Chauncy, Chauncy, Where Did Your Leotard Go? (Armen Weitzman, Paul Rust, Neil Campbell)

Summary

Podcast Summary: Comedy Bang Bang – "Chauncy, Chauncy, Where Did Your Leotard Go?"

Podcast: Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Host: Scott Aukerman
Guests/Characters: Paul Rust, Armen Weitzman, Neil Campbell, Barrett & Benny Bachelor (the Bachelor Brothers)
Release Date: February 26, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode is a classic Comedy Bang Bang blend: a semi-sincere celebration of friendship, alt-comedy, and creative projects; absurd, layered character bits; and an increasingly surreal narrative in which truth, fiction, and in-jokes intertwine. The main focus is the film debut of comedian Armen Weitzman with his new movie, "The Napa Boys," co-starring and co-written with guest Paul Rust, who also appears. The episode offers a tongue-in-cheek tour of Armin's comedy background and a parade of character-driven segments, including the return of the Bachelor Brothers, as well as the introduction of a new character, Frankie Forkson.

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Key Discussion Points & Memorable Moments

1. Modern Moviegoing and the Nature of Screens

00:40 – 05:40

• Scott and Paul joke about the paradoxical development of screen sizes: "screens are getting smaller and smaller... but other screens are getting bigger and bigger” (03:30 – Paul).
• Imaginary regulatory committee that mandates one “median-size” for all screens.
• A recurring bit about pants getting bigger to accommodate giant pocket TVs, referencing Jared from Subway.

Quote:
Scott (04:05): “So if you have a phone and it’s like TV-sized and it’s in your pocket, that would change fashion forever. Pockets get bigger.”
Paul (04:17): “Pants get bigger. Pants get bigger.”

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2. Armin Weitzman’s Debut & Backstory

05:40 – 14:50

• Introduction of Armin Weitzman and his film "The Napa Boys."
• Armin’s low-key, self-deprecating humor—“the opposite of 32 [appearances]" (06:01).
• Reminiscing about L.A. comedy, sketch group Hendershaw, Harris Wittels, and comedic collaborations.
• Harris remembered as “the bad boy of American comedy” (13:04, Scott).

Quote:
Scott (13:04): “He really was the bad boy of American comedy... who was against him in the international races of bad boy? Was it Mr. Bean?”

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3. Comedy Roots, Book Club, and Self-Mythology

06:27 – 09:44

• Ongoing bit about the group’s “great Gatsby” book club (none of them have read it).
• Playful confusion over literary facts and the creation of bizarre Gatsby fan-fiction involving ash monsters and Hoboken.

Quote:
Paul (07:48): “A sort of ash monster that attacks Hoboken, New Jersey.”

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4. Making ‘The Napa Boys’ – Concept and Process

14:50 – 24:32

• The film is pitched as a surreal “Part 4” in a non-existent franchise, imagined as "Sideways" gone through a string of “American Pie direct-to-video sequels.”
• Ensemble cast includes Sarah Ramos, Mike Mitchell, Ray Wise, DJ Qualls, David Wain, Ricky Lindholm, Natasha Leggero, Steve Agee, and many podcast fan favorites.
• Paul Rust plays the antagonist (“Squirm”).
• The film mixes podcast/alt-comedy in-jokes, but also aims to surprise with “layers of the human condition.”
• Comparison to ensemble films like “American Graffiti” and Altman’s “Nashville.”

Quotes:
Scott (17:54): “...it is part 4 in an imaginary series of films called The Napa Boys... it’s almost as if Sideways had gotten a bunch of American Pie style direct-to-video sequels...”
Armin (20:43): “It describes the layers of the human condition in such an interesting way, in a deep way that I think people will really be surprised that you guys were capable of going there.”

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5. Distribution and Inside Movie Business Jokes

23:25 – 26:26

• The film played TIFF, picked up by Magnolia Pictures—a running gag about the “Magnolia” (the film) cast as its board.
• Scott received a watermarked screener with his name emblazoned, confusing his partner into thinking he starred.
• Ongoing joke about only Magnolia and this movie being released by the distributor.

Quote:
Paul (24:46): “...the executive board is all the living actors from Magnolia in character.” Scott (25:00): “They’ve only put out the movie Magnolia up till now... this is only the second movie that they’ve ever put out.”

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6. Comedy and Nostalgia as Emotional Currency

26:06 – 29:39

• Fraternal, self-referential jousting between comedians.
• Emotion bubbles up as Armin, Scott, and Paul reflect on two decades-plus of friendship and comedy; Armin gets “emotional and can’t even joke about Ross or Rachel.”
• The joy and unpredictability of old friends reuniting on-air, joking that their shared years of friendship add up to “80 years between us.”

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7. Bachelor Brothers Segment: The Record Biz Goes Woke, Then Unwoke

33:32 – 53:53

• Barrett & Benny Bachelor, recurring characters: “record industry titans and sandwich artists.”
• Story arc: Their label “went woke, went broke”, signing acts with positive social messages (e.g., “The Clean Plate Club”) that flop, then whiplash into “anti-woke” acts like “The Please and Thank You and R Word Sayers” (blowing raspberries).
• Escalating lists of ridiculous band names and even more ridiculous backstories, e.g., “No Tucks Chucks,” “Conscientious Caveman,” “The Manosphere” (a guy in a silent plastic ball).
• Bathed in wordplay, misunderstanding, and comic exasperation.

Quotes:
Barrett (36:07): “We went woke and we went broke. We stopped signing the wildest, hottest acts and we started signing all the woke acts.”
Paul (55:01): “You know, it’s all the original members of the New Kids on the Block. We got them reunited... changing their name to the Rude Kids, all their songs are getting changed to rude based.”

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8. Surreal Character Parade: Frankie Forkson

57:35 – 67:04

• Introduction of Frankie Forkson (Armin): a self-styled Philadelphia “scoundrel” famous for constantly dropping forks.
• Beef with the Bachelor Brothers: suggests they’re “goofing” on Scott, but then quickly rekindles friendship.
• Exchanges about Philly, Lady in the Water, and plans for a collaborative comic strip that mashes up Alvin & the Chipmunks and Hellraiser in a one-panel format.
• Running gags: “haven’t dropped a fork in four days” (later clarified as “fork days,” actually five minutes), and meta-discussion about the logic of forks and lore.

Quotes:
Frankie (58:52): “Ever since I can remember, I was dropping forks... and everybody calls me Frankie Forks.”
Scott (66:19): “We all know that fork days are five minutes.”

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9. Episode Wind-Down: Plugs, Friendship, Antigravity Forks

67:06 – End

• Plugs for The Napa Boys (in theaters LA this Friday, NY next week).
• Paul and Armin have left; the Bachelor Brothers beg listeners to “GameStop” the voting and make the episode a “best-of.”
• Scott plugs CBB World, merch, action figures; banter about making a Frankie Forkson figurine complicated by the cost of so many forks.
• Finale: comic camaraderie, inside jokes, and a group affirmation of love and long-time friendship, all filtered with absurdity.

Notable Quote:
Frankie (68:19): “But what I really want to plug is I love you guys. I love you guys. I, I, I, I mean it. And I’m saying this as Frankie Forkson. You guys are three great guys.”

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Important Timestamps

• Movie/Screen Discussion and Paul’s Membership: 01:00–05:40
• Armin’s Introduction & Backstory: 05:40–14:50
• Napa Boys Concept & Cast: 14:50–24:32
• Release & Magnolia Pictures Bit: 23:25–26:26
• Old Friends, Emotional Reflection: 26:06–29:39
• Bachelor Brothers: “Woke/Broke” Record Label Arc: 33:32–53:53
• Frankie Forkson Character Segment: 57:35–67:04
• Plugs & Farewell: 67:06–End

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Tone & Language

The episode is a masterclass in silly, affectionate, self-aware improvisation. The hosts and guests play with language, narrative, and character, shifting effortlessly between genuine conversation, doggedly absurd callbacks, and meta-commentary on the act of podcasting itself. The overall mood is both nostalgic and gleefully anarchic, best summarized by Scott’s warm, dry delivery in the face of mounting surrealism.

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Bottom Line: Why Listen?

This episode exemplifies Comedy Bang Bang’s talent for combining grounded personal moments (old friends sharing big creative milestones and remembering departed colleagues) with its signature onslaught of character bits, quickfire wordplay, and recursive meta-swerves. It’s especially recommended for long-time listeners, fans of comedy history, and anyone curious about the inner circles of the alt-comedy world—or for those who like the idea of a record label run by identical twins who also run a sub shop and sign The Rude Kids on the Block.

Transcript

[Scott Aukerman]

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[Paul Rust]

I'm good. Thanks for having me. And I agree. Like, it's so funny that we live in this day and age where some screens are getting smaller and smaller. I mean, the smallest they might have ever been in the history of screens, but also at the same time, there are screens that are getting bigger and bigger.

[Scott Aukerman]

It feels almost as if there should be some regulatory committee that, you know, makes screens the exact same size.

[Paul Rust]

Just choose a median size, whatever the

[Scott Aukerman]

average of every screen screen that exists out there right now is.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Make that the average and then make every. So if you have a phone and it's like say, TV sized and it's in your pocket, that would change fashion forever. Pockets get bigger.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Go.

[Paul Rust]

Pants get bigger. Pants get bigger.

[Scott Aukerman]

Like Jared from Subway style.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah. Oh, everybody, they'd. Oh, they'd be begging, Jared, please, please make more pants like yours so we can wear them to fit our large. Oh, you know, the future scares me. Conversations like this, do they ever scare you when you think about, like, oh, where we're headed as a future?

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. He's entering the 32 Timers Club on Comedy Bang Bang. And I believe he is our only guest to ever be on every single year, calendar year of Comedy Bang Bang. Is that true?

[Paul Rust]

I don't know. But 32 times. What's the secret Disney restaurant that I've never been to?

[Scott Aukerman]

Club 33.

[Paul Rust]

Club 33.

[Scott Aukerman]

You're almost there. That's also Lage du Christ. The age of Christ when he died. I know some of our guests don't believe in that.

[Paul Rust]

Well, I heard that Club 33 honors that by when you come in to the Disneyland. It's not in the restaurant where you. No.

[Scott Aukerman]

Huh.

[Paul Rust]

I heard in the lobby.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

You don't see this, but where you eat, there's like a crucifixion. Oh, really?

[Scott Aukerman]

In the lobby of Club 33. And you eat in the lobby. How interesting. What a strange restaurant. But I mean, hey, it's topsy turvy for you.

[Paul Rust]

Yep, yep.

[Scott Aukerman]

He was an imagineer. He Imagined people eating in the lobby.

[Paul Rust]

If he had his way, you know, we'd eat breakfast on our kneecaps at nighttime.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's a good point about Walt Disney. Let's bring in our second guest. He is the co writer, the co star of a new movie coming out this Friday called the Napa Boys. Please welcome to the One Timers Club, Armin Weitzman.

[Armin Weitzman]

Hello, Scott. Thank you.

[Scott Aukerman]

Hello Armin, how are you? It's great to you see.

[Armin Weitzman]

It's great to see, but great to be here. The first. The opposite of.

[Scott Aukerman]

The opposite of 32. Exactly. I've always said that. Armin, you are an old friend. You've never been on the show before, but you haven't had a lot to promote in the past. And now you have a huge, huge project, a movie that you have co written and you are co starring in called the Napa Boys coming out this Friday. How do you reconcile these two existences?

[Armin Weitzman]

I think that's what we were saying about the Great Gatsby and I.

[Scott Aukerman]

We had a long literary discussion. We also do CBB book club right before we come here. And none of us had ever read it.

[Paul Rust]

We do it before the recording of every episode. And then you usually say book club. Over here are the guests for the next, you know, everybody bag. So it's kind of cool that for the first time.

[Scott Aukerman]

The first time we're doing it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

10 years of doing the book club

[Paul Rust]

before the recording that we stuck around.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, that's true. I just.

[Paul Rust]

Well, what's like great.

[Armin Weitzman]

No, you're right. I got a little too attached to this Great Gatsby opener which was just that like Great Gatsby, I've now re emerged from the ashes and to make you proud of me.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's right. Great Gatsby famously in his book, disappeared a few years back and hasn't spoken to any of his friends in a while.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah, but I recently read it. When you say he returned from the ashes, that's literal too. Cuz the second to last chapter, Gatsby, like his house starts on fire and then he starts on fire. It's like

[Barrett Bachelor]

the flames eat his body.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. And then he becomes ashes and then suddenly magic happens and he swirls around. They all reconstitute his body and he's like an ash monster at the end of the book.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah, A sort of ash monster that attacks Hoboken, New Jersey.

[Scott Aukerman]

All right, Paul. Classic Paul R. Comedy.

[Armin Weitzman]

I'm so sorry.

[Paul Rust]

It's.

[Armin Weitzman]

This is emotional time. This is.

[Scott Aukerman]

This is an emotional time. It's great to see you. Let's. Let's explain to newish listeners. Well, look, you've never been on the show before. Some people may not even long time listeners may not know who you are. But let's go through your biography a little. You grew up here in Los Angeles. Well, you. Then you're taking issue with that.

[Armin Weitzman]

That sounds like I'm one of those LA types.

[Scott Aukerman]

But.

[Armin Weitzman]

But I'm. I'm.

[Scott Aukerman]

You're not an LA type in terms of your personality, but you grew up in LA and. Yes, yes. And you were the type of person to grow up in la. You then went to Emerson College. Not even that. Yeah, you're right.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, you're right. No, Yeah, I met some great friends there and that's what I learned about doing comedy for more than just your.

[Scott Aukerman]

You started doing comedy in Emerson College. You met a certain gentleman named Harris Whittles. And were the rest of the people in your group that you were in the group with from Emerson as well?

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes, they were.

[Scott Aukerman]

Who else explained this group?

[Armin Weitzman]

Now, of course, there's an original group, but the ones maybe I think you're thinking of are Mookie. Mookie Blakelock, and there was also Dave.

[Scott Aukerman]

Dave. Dave Horowitz. Yes. And you guys all started a group called.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, Hendershaw, although I wasn't part of that name naming.

[Scott Aukerman]

But you were in a group called Hendershaw, and that's how I first got to know all of you.

[Armin Weitzman]

That's right. That's right.

[Scott Aukerman]

You were in sketch group called Hendershaw and you would perform out here at shows at the Embar, at the UCB Theater. And that's where I first met all of you guys. And you in particular were close with Harris.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes, extremely close.

[Scott Aukerman]

You guys were great friends. And in the Hendershot group, you guys worked together a lot, right?

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes, and then we became sort of enmeshed in a. Sort of a. Yeah, like a wife or whatever it's called. A partner.

[Scott Aukerman]

Sure. Yeah, you can call it either one, depending on.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, I meant like wife. Is that what they say?

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

I just meant, you know what I mean? But I mean like a work wife.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yes. So you had. You had a very tight relationship with Harris. You were. You would write together, you would perform together a lot.

[Armin Weitzman]

Like Bob Zamuda.

[Scott Aukerman]

Like. Like Bob Zamuda.

[Paul Rust]

You co directed something with Harris as well, right?

[Scott Aukerman]

That's right. What was it called? It was.

[Armin Weitzman]

It was also called the Badger's Promise.

[Scott Aukerman]

But it was the Badger's Promise. Yes.

[Armin Weitzman]

You know, never mind. It's not a fun.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, but that was a separate show that you and Harris did together. The badger's promise was alive, which I

[Scott Aukerman]

saw at ucb, which is very, very funny.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, I think you were a guest. Yeah, a guest.

[Scott Aukerman]

I was a guest on it too. Oh, okay.

[Paul Rust]

I don't remember.

[Armin Weitzman]

So was Paul.

[Paul Rust]

Was this happening also during the live show? Little Don Draper. Was that ever a live show?

[Armin Weitzman]

Little Draper's date night.

[Paul Rust]

Little Drapers date.

[Scott Aukerman]

What exactly was that?

[Armin Weitzman]

That was, you know, a one or two off show that was canceled at the UCB theater.

[Scott Aukerman]

They canceled things?

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, a couple of times because the guest didn't show up. Then we brought a audience member on, but I think she was not old enough to drink after.

[Scott Aukerman]

What it was. It was a little. It was someone acting like little Don Draper.

[Armin Weitzman]

Is that what I think? Yes, in many ways it was sort of me. And the humor would be that I'm not even as smooth as Don Draper.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay, great. And you. You people listening to you right now are sense of your personality and way of speech. You have a halting way of speech that zigs and zags in all sorts of directions.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes. Although I am. Yeah. Here's the truth, though. But I'm trying not to. But you're right.

[Scott Aukerman]

But you. But you. But you. What's. What's the most coherent you could talk if you really tried?

[Armin Weitzman]

When they say. Action. Okay.

[Scott Aukerman]

Action.

[Armin Weitzman]

Hey, what's up, guys?

[Scott Aukerman]

Hey. That was pretty good.

[Armin Weitzman]

What's up? House traffic.

[Scott Aukerman]

The band.

[Armin Weitzman]

The band, the Cars.

[Scott Aukerman]

I mean, look, and the Cars are great.

[Armin Weitzman]

Normal stuff. Normal. Normal.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, normal stuff. So you. You. You in Hendershaw, you were this group, and then Harris, for those of you who are not long time Comedy Bang Bang fans, investigate Harris's work. He is no longer with us. This. In fact. Is this the 10th. This is the. The 10th anniversary of. Of him passing away, I believe.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

And I think so.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, 11.

[Armin Weitzman]

11.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, is it 11? Oh, okay. So this is. This is one of those off anniversaries that we don't need to celebrate. No, no, no. We really should have gotten it together for the 10th when you think about it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

But.

[Armin Weitzman]

But that's classic Harris, dude. He liked odd numbers.

[Scott Aukerman]

He liked odd things. He liked odd numbers. He liked.

[Paul Rust]

He liked being odd. Awed.

[Scott Aukerman]

He got even with people who crossed him.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yeah, yeah. We had a good cop, bad cop thing.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. Who was good cop?

[Armin Weitzman]

I was the bad. I was the good.

[Paul Rust]

I mean, he.

[Scott Aukerman]

He's.

[Armin Weitzman]

He's the bad boy.

[Scott Aukerman]

He was a bad Boy. Well, he really was the bad boy of American comedy. Yeah, exactly. He was active and we always said.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah. Who was against him in the international races of bad boy? Was it Mr. Bean?

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, Mr. Bean was representing Eng.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, I was going to say. Or Donald Glover or Mr. Bean.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. And I think ABBA was representing Sweden. They weren't even comedians, they were just. They were musicians.

[Armin Weitzman]

But like traffic.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, like traffic.

[Armin Weitzman]

Double meaning.

[Scott Aukerman]

So that's a little bit of background about you and you, Scott.

[Paul Rust]

It's got me curious. Do you think with you guys talking about Armin's background, him growing up here in Los Angeles, we met him because he came through people he met on the east coast and then came to the West Coast. Do you think there's a world where Arma would have never even. But. Or if he had just stayed in Los Angeles?

[Scott Aukerman]

If you stay and never went to Emerson.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

I think our path was still cross.

[Scott Aukerman]

Maybe.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, maybe I'd even be more successful.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, yeah. If you had never went to Emerson and met Harris and everyone, you'd be more successful.

[Armin Weitzman]

I was very into the magic of movies and then he taught me about comedy and I thought we'd all be like Monty Python.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Making movies.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah. Before they broke up, you know.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. But you, you. So you really, you wanted to make movies before you went to Emerson and Matt Harris and he taught you about comedy. So what kind of movies did you

[Paul Rust]

want to make before Armin made one, I think, Right. In high school, didn't you make a feature film?

[Scott Aukerman]

Sure.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, no, no, this is not, this is for the, the. Yeah. Friends to see,

[Scott Aukerman]

everyone start somewhere. But.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, no, no, it's just dreams sort of thing. I'm just saying it then. Yeah. Not counting how old I actually am or what year it is. I'm a young up and comer and this is a dream come true. And I'm just.

[Scott Aukerman]

Because now you've made a movie, you've made a feature film that's being released in theaters. Let's talk about it.

[Armin Weitzman]

That is. It is real. That's true.

[Scott Aukerman]

It is real. It is a real film.

[Paul Rust]

And yes, take it away. Fine. Sometimes with, with comedians in the comedy world, you know, they might. Of course, they're lovers of comedy.

[Scott Aukerman]

Sure. Comedians, they usually are lovers of comedy.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

But they. A lot of times they're bigger fans of the cinema. They're movie maniacs sometimes, I think. So really, when Armin has, you know, he went to college, he wasn't necessarily thinking of Chris Hardwick, he was thinking of Federico Fellini.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Normally that that joke structure works better if one.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I know.

[Paul Rust]

I thought later as I was saying

[Scott Aukerman]

Chris Hardwick, I was like the second Chris Pine.

[Armin Weitzman]

Chris.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, oh, oh. I thought you just meant the order of the names.

[Scott Aukerman]

No, I'm just saying like he wasn't thinking of Chris Hardwick. He was thinking of Chris.

[Paul Rust]

Chris Palini.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, dear.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Chris Huffellini.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, let's talk about the Napa Boys. This is a real film. I've seen it. It's coming out in theaters this Friday. This is co written by yourself and a gentleman, a gentleman named Nick Son. Corey Rossi. Yeah, Corey Rossi.

[Armin Weitzman]

And some would say no. Well, nevermind. Yeah, some would say he's the. He's the new bad cop. But it was a joke about. Because the other one. Because I got a new one.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, I get it. I understand.

[Armin Weitzman]

But of course that is humor based.

[Scott Aukerman]

Whoever's hearing this, it's humor based quips that we're doing right here. But there's an element of truth here.

[Paul Rust]

But getting the last name right too. It's a little like I've always heard a bit of a debate between Ceci and Seisy of Scorsese. Right?

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. His daughter Ceci, you mean.

[Paul Rust]

Isn't it interesting that Sissy Spacek never slayed a Scorsese?

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, I don't know that it's interesting

[Paul Rust]

as much as slay never shot. Okay, that's what I said. Slave is not a good S word there. I'll tell you what a good S word is though.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well,

[Paul Rust]

one of my kids toys. Yeah. A good S word is.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh. Oh, gosh, listen, when I met you, you didn't even have a kid. You were.

[Paul Rust]

That's right. I was just screaming for other reasons.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, you weren't stepping on anything. You're just screaming everywhere you went. But these days you do have a kid, Paul. And we'll get to you your involvement in this film. Sure, I do want to get the information.

[Paul Rust]

Of course.

[Scott Aukerman]

It is co written by the two of you. So this. He directed this movie. This is co written by the two of you. It co stars the two of you. Paul, you are also in this movie. You play the antagonist in this movie.

[Paul Rust]

That's right.

[Scott Aukerman]

Squirm. And what. What's the concept of the film? Do you. Do you want to say it or do you want me to say it and you agree with.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, I kind of. That'd be interesting.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. I think the concept of the film is it is part 4 in A. In an imaginary series of films called The Napa Boys and the Adventures of the Napa Boys. It's almost akin to. I think. I think I was reading an interview where the two of you were talking about how it's almost as if the movie Sideways had gotten a bunch of American Pie style direct to video sequels, where the concepts kept getting more diluted and more weird as it went down. So this is. This is episode four of the Napa Boys.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, that is. That's basically correct. But of course, it's even much more. And anyone. Also, it's, you know, the part four. You know, A New Hope was Part four. That didn't stop you guys from eating it up.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's right. Yes. So this is this. Exactly. We, Star wars released Episode four first, and everyone loved it and everyone understood it. And I, look, I understood this film. I. I wasn't lost. I was like, these are the Napa Boys, obviously. But it's the two of you play the titular Napa Boys and you go off on an adventure to save the winery of a good friend of yours.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, that pretty much does it.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right? Yeah. So who's in this film? We have the two of you. We have Sarah Ramos. We have Mike Mitchell, one of the Doughboys himself. Was that uncomfortable to be on set with the guy who banned you from his show?

[Armin Weitzman]

No, no. He doesn't seem to think that I was banned. And yeah, you know, he was just happy to see me. I think we just had been a while.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Mm.

[Scott Aukerman]

It'd been a while. So we have Mike Mitchell.

[Armin Weitzman]

I should have answered with that one.

[Scott Aukerman]

We have other people. Like Ray Wise from Twin Peaks is in this amazing. DJ Qualls. David Wayne.

[Paul Rust]

That's right.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yes, that's right.

[Scott Aukerman]

We have Ricky Lindholm. We have Nelson Franklin. He's one of the Napa Boys. We have Beth Dover. So many. Natasha Leggero, Steve Agee. So many alumni of this show. Plus we have other great people. Ryan Perez is in this. And then we also have cameos from people I don't want to necessarily spoil who are in this. And it's just a comedy lovers feast. And people who listen to podcasts and know about things like Bug Main and whatever it is. They're gonna have a ball watching this. Is that right?

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yeah. I mean, I think also it's always been on your shelf. This movie's been there since, you know, I mean, this is all things. I think you're going to be surprised that it's not just some sort of niche. Sort of niche comedy. Silly.

[Scott Aukerman]

This is also it's so much more than that.

[Armin Weitzman]

Exactly.

[Scott Aukerman]

It describes the layers of the human condition in such an interesting way, in a deep way that I think people will really be surprised that you guys were capable of going there.

[Armin Weitzman]

I think so. And I think also we really adopted the ensemble similar to, like, American Graffiti.

[Scott Aukerman]

Sure. Or an Altman type film like Nashville or something like that. It really reminded me of that type of film when the mavericks of 70s cinema.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Were out there breaking all the rules.

[Paul Rust]

And it could be called Napa Boys or it could be called Tapestry.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Or Tapa Boys. Like Tapas Boys. How about that?

[Paul Rust]

Oh, did I say Tapestry? You know what we did?

[Armin Weitzman]

We. I'm gonna write that down.

[Paul Rust]

That's good.

[Scott Aukerman]

Do you need a pen? Because I don't see you.

[Paul Rust]

And Scott, you mentioned Ray Wise and comedy fans.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

Ray Wise shares the screen with the comedy World's Mike Hanford, I believe. Yes, yes. But, yeah, I'll echo. Scott, what you said about.

[Scott Aukerman]

What is this the Grand Canyon?

[Paul Rust]

Oh, my God. Well, you're gonna edit that out, right? You have to edit that out.

[Scott Aukerman]

That was funny.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, my go. Do you mean, like.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yeah.

[Paul Rust]

I should have never said echo around this canyon. This canyon. Head left and right. Always talking about echoes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

Anyway.

[Scott Aukerman]

Anyway, get back to your point, if

[Paul Rust]

you can remember it, that it wasn't. Oh, for.

[Armin Weitzman]

For.

[Paul Rust]

If you are a comedy lover. And hey, you're listening to this podcast, so you are.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Hopefully. Hopefully, you'll love this movie.

[Paul Rust]

You gotta check it out. Armin's not gonna, you know, he's too modest.

[Scott Aukerman]

You're too shy and reserved.

[Paul Rust]

Armin and Nick, both of them have made something really, really special. The two of you. I loved working with you. It was great.

[Armin Weitzman]

It was an honor, I think. I just. Yeah, I just. Everybody got a moment to shine and we put, you know, these guys, this cast, the beautiful things and everyone.

[Scott Aukerman]

The great thing was, is the cameras were running when they were doing it.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, that's. Now you're.

[Scott Aukerman]

Sometimes you'll make a movie and it'll be like, everyone, it's magic is happening. Then you're like, we should turn these cameras on eventually.

[Armin Weitzman]

Right? We were. Yeah. Look, I'm just saying, just in case I die, one earnest thought is that we did. You know, this was from our souls and it was just sort of like Lord of the Rings. We slip this through the system behind the. The armies of the.

[Scott Aukerman]

The gatekeepers, trying to keep this type of movie out of people's hands. Well, you know, it. It went to Tiff. The Toronto International Film festival. Is that what it stands for? Oh, is that what the I is for?

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

I mean, so it's not for. It's not like the I in imac. No, no, no.

[Armin Weitzman]

Although.

[Paul Rust]

Or igloo.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, exactly. So it went to Tiff and it. Did it play really well there?

[Armin Weitzman]

Sure, I think so. I think I'd have no idea.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you were there, and then it got. It got picked up by Magnolia Pictures.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes. Such a.

[Scott Aukerman]

Who let me watch it on an app, as the filmmakers intended, with my name right there in the middle of the screen the entire movie.

[Paul Rust]

That was that tiff, though, too.

[Scott Aukerman]

It legitimately confused cool off because it said starring, and then my name came up and she's like, you're in this. I'm like, no, this is the watermark that's on it.

[Paul Rust]

Yes.

[Armin Weitzman]

We did add request watermarks and the sound is fixed now.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh. Since I saw it.

[Armin Weitzman]

Not that you. But yeah. Just so you know, in your heart, it's even better than you.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. We did. Well, we did that. That just. It's actually good to know because we did think that there were some issues with the sound.

[Armin Weitzman]

Exactly. I just want you to think we were joking around. That was.

[Paul Rust]

And this must just be special having Magnolia Pictures release it, because the board, the executive board is all the living actors from Magnolia in character.

[Scott Aukerman]

William H. Macy.

[Paul Rust]

Right.

[Armin Weitzman]

Phil Hoffman.

[Paul Rust]

Phil.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, Phil Parma, I guess. And yeah, yeah. The whiz kid.

[Scott Aukerman]

Philip. No, Philip. What's his name?

[Paul Rust]

Yeah. So there's kid.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah. Whiz Kid. Quiz Kid. You could call him Quiz Kid.

[Scott Aukerman]

And they've only.

[Paul Rust]

Professor Jim Curry.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right. They've only put out the movie Magnolia up till now. So this is only the second movie that they've ever put out. They were like, well, okay, we put out this movie. We're all in. Yes, but this one's too good. We got to put out this one. This is.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah. Well, similar to this moment, I think someone at Magnolia lost a bet, and now they're forced to do this.

[Scott Aukerman]

You. So you're saying you lost a bet and you're forced to do this show?

[Armin Weitzman]

I was being. As they say, I was humbly. That you lost a bet. I understand.

[Scott Aukerman]

Armin.

[Armin Weitzman]

Can I call you Scott?

[Scott Aukerman]

You can call me Scott. Although you were looking at Paul when you said because it was scary. Maybe you're asking him it was too scary.

[Armin Weitzman]

Scotty. Scotty.

[Scott Aukerman]

Scotty. Well, Armin, look, I've known you a long time. I've known you 20 years maybe, or. When did you come Back to.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, yeah. Oh, no, back. Oh, yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

When. When did Hendershaw come and start doing stuff? Was that. I don't know, 2006.

[Armin Weitzman]

I was gonna say 2006.

[Scott Aukerman]

Somewhere around there. So I've known you 20 years.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, no.

[Scott Aukerman]

It's great to see you putting out something that you. That you made. It's. It's great.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah. Yes. And he's. Even if we weren't friends, though, you. You. He would like it.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. I mean, obviously.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

Because it's even better than even if

[Scott Aukerman]

we were, like, enemies, it probably would heal the divide between us. It's that good.

[Armin Weitzman]

That's what I think. I do think that. And everyone.

[Paul Rust]

Who.

[Armin Weitzman]

Whoever hates the haters.

[Scott Aukerman]

The hater. Do you. Look, I know you want to. To take part of the show to talk to your haters. Do you want to. To go? Is that right now? Do you want to talk about them?

[Armin Weitzman]

I just want to say it's kind of cool to have someone on these things that is holding their breath. Yep.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yep. That's pretty.

[Armin Weitzman]

I. I love it.

[Scott Aukerman]

That was exactly what you told me you wanted to say to the haters. So I'm. I'm. I'm so glad you got a chance to do that.

[Paul Rust]

Well, I think with Armin's debut here, I think it was rather smashing. I think it was a smash debut.

[Scott Aukerman]

Smashing debut. Amen. Smashing, guys. Yes, Armin, it was. It was a smashing debut. Now, look, we're coming up on a break, okay? So do you want to say anything else about the film before we. We take a break?

[Paul Rust]

We're coming up on a break, okay?

[Scott Aukerman]

I dress for less.

[Armin Weitzman]

I just.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Rachel, we gotta dress for less.

[Armin Weitzman]

I just want to say that Paul was really. He was really great in the film.

[Scott Aukerman]

And Paul's very good in the film.

[Armin Weitzman]

It was.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yes, very funny.

[Armin Weitzman]

If you had seen him in. In his. Neil and Paul. I don't know if you heard about Neil and Paul. They used to be sort of a duo.

[Paul Rust]

Well, they directed the Hendershaw Show.

[Armin Weitzman]

That's correct.

[Scott Aukerman]

When you say they, you mean you and this other guy, Neil.

[Paul Rust]

Me and Neil, Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

But I would call them Neil and Paul.

[Scott Aukerman]

Neil and Paul, Yeah. They were in a different group whose name I can't remember. What was it again?

[Paul Rust]

Chauncey. Chauncey, where'd your leotard go?

[Scott Aukerman]

Chauncey. Yeah. Great sketch group. It's hard to come up with sketch group names, but. Chauncey, Chauncey, where did your leotard go? Was a rival. Not even a rival, because that implies that you were against each other. But a. Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

To change it from unitard because we couldn't get the URL.

[Scott Aukerman]

It should be U N I T A R D. God, we're having a lot of fun here. Old friends.

[Armin Weitzman]

No, this is. Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Decades of friendship between us. I think we have 80 years of friendship between all of us.

[Paul Rust]

That's good, right?

[Armin Weitzman]

Just think this. Okay. If you're listening, what if your dream was to be on this podcast? You were just a regular Joe. That's like me. Like, I'm feeling emotional and I can't even joke about Ross or Rachel.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's. Well, it's. It's hard to talk about Ross or Rachel when you're feeling this emotional. But I'm glad, Armin. I'm glad that you're here.

[Barrett Bachelor]

You.

[Scott Aukerman]

I'm glad you have reemerged from wherever you've been and you're putting out.

[Paul Rust]

You're here.

[Scott Aukerman]

I want to encourage people to see it now. It's coming to LA this Friday, and then it expands to New York the next Friday, and then it's in even more cities after that. The Friday after that, Correct?

[Armin Weitzman]

That is correct.

[Paul Rust]

You know why? Because when you see, you're going to want to tell a friend exactly who lives in New York, you're going to tell your. A friend who loves comedy. You're going to see.

[Armin Weitzman]

And it does get better. Like the prestige the second time you start to realize what actually.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, I thought you meant the actual prestige part of the magic trick. Well, I was gonna say, oh, finally this magic trick got better.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, you see that magic tricks are

[Scott Aukerman]

actually really bad until.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, until you bring it back.

[Scott Aukerman]

So everyone, everyone watch this film in la. Then call all your New York friends. And then all those New York friends, when you see it, when it's there, call all your friends in all these other cities. And we want people to be out there watching the Napa Boys.

[Paul Rust]

That's right.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yes. So the Napa Boys in theaters this Friday. We're going to take a break. Armin, you can stick around, right? Paul, I know you have to go. When we come back, we're going to be talking to some record industry titans. This is exciting. We're going to be right back with more Armin Weitzman. No more Paul Russ. We'll be right back with more Comedy Bang Bang. After this,

[Paul Rust]

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[Scott Aukerman]

But what if breakfast, Breakfast could be

[Paul Rust]

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[Barrett Bachelor]

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[Armin Weitzman]

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[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Alphabetically.

[Armin Weitzman]

Near sideways and I don't.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, alphabetically.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, oh.

[Armin Weitzman]

Did you say alphabetically?

[Scott Aukerman]

I did say alphabetically, but I mean, let me start.

[Armin Weitzman]

Then I would be near the ends.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. What are the. Are there other movies like Napa? I'm trying to think of n. A.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Okay.

[Scott Aukerman]

Namaste. Is that a movie or Nan. Oh, Nantucket. Is that a movie? No.

[Armin Weitzman]

Nebraska.

[Scott Aukerman]

Nana. Which was that a movie? Oh, directed by. Nebraska would be after you. Ye.

[Armin Weitzman]

Alexander.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, no, Alexander Payne. That's right. Yeah, that's right. You're a pain head. Well, sure, because you're all pain in my ass right now.

[Paul Rust]

All right.

[Scott Aukerman]

Of course.

[Armin Weitzman]

He's kidding him.

[Scott Aukerman]

Enough joking around. Let's get to our next guests. They have been on the show many times. They are record industry titans and also sandwich artists. Please welcome back to the show Barrett and Benny Bachelor, the bachelor brothers.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We're back.

[Paul Rust]

We're back.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's ringing a bell. Where do I remember that from?

[Paul Rust]

From the bachelor brothers, of course. We said it last time.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, that's right.

[Barrett Bachelor]

That's what we say when we go back someplace. No matter.

[Scott Aukerman]

No matter where it is.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Even if we don't know people working there.

[Scott Aukerman]

Do you find yourself wanting to go to new places because you get tired of saying we're back all the time?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Well, we go into new places so that we could quickly turn around and come back the next day.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah, when I. When we go into a new place for the first time, I'm just holding my breath until we can come back the second time to say we're back?

[Scott Aukerman]

Do you hope eventually to go to every single place that exists on earth so you can. Then everywhere you go, you say we're back? Exactly.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

I'd like to go there twice.

[Scott Aukerman]

Benny, so good to see you. Barrett. Also great to see you.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Thank you. Great to see you.

[Scott Aukerman]

Babe, if people haven't heard your. Oh, that's right, babe, you're pre. Oh, that's right. Yeah, you say babe.

[Barrett Bachelor]

That's right. We say babe a lot. Babe,

[Scott Aukerman]

if people haven't heard your previous experiences. And when I say that, I mean episodes on this show. Talk about your history a little bit.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We're twin brothers. We own a record label, Bachelor brothers Records. Right.

[Paul Rust]

And we only sign the hottest, most wild acts.

[Barrett Bachelor]

But a few years ago. And this is an update for you, this isn't part of the lore. This is. This is new.

[Scott Aukerman]

Because I haven't. I haven't spoken to you in a number of years.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, it's. It's been. It's.

[Paul Rust]

It's been a rock and roll minute.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Exactly.

[Scott Aukerman]

Sure.

[Barrett Bachelor]

So it's been a few rock and roll minutes ago.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, here's the problem.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Bachelor Brothers Records. We went under.

[Scott Aukerman]

Under? Wait, the. The water. The sea.

[Paul Rust]

Under the sea.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Well, yeah, we almost.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's where it's hotter under the water.

[Paul Rust]

Take it from you,

[Barrett Bachelor]

we were stopped. We did go on an ill fated.

[Scott Aukerman]

Were you in a submersible?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, submersible, yeah. But went.

[Scott Aukerman]

Why was it ill favor?

[Barrett Bachelor]

It had a tiny little hole in it and some water got in. We only went one foot under the water, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

But that's not what. That's not what we're talking about. We would.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We went woke and we went broke. No. Yeah, we stopped signing. We stopped signing the wildest hottest acts and we started signing all the woke acts.

[Paul Rust]

No, you remember our previous bands, like the Kooky Caveman?

[Scott Aukerman]

I remember. They're your. Probably your most popular.

[Barrett Bachelor]

They would dress like cavemen and play instruments that look like I'm just absolutely wild.

[Paul Rust]

And you could get away with that sort of stuff 10, 20 years ago, but in this day and age, right?

[Barrett Bachelor]

The public appetite shifted.

[Paul Rust]

Okay, so forget about the appetites. Talk about the boycotts, the picket line.

[Scott Aukerman]

Talk about them. Come on, Barrett, talk about them.

[Paul Rust]

That's what was doing us in. People outraged.

[Barrett Bachelor]

All these. All these. These people afraid of our record. You know, our record building.

[Scott Aukerman]

Your record building?

[Paul Rust]

Yes.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, that has a sub shop downstairs. Like a record with a sub through the middle of it. Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Because I like the Randy's Donuts.

[Scott Aukerman]

A submarine. Like Spielberg's old restaurant Dive. Century City Mall.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Like Ashton Kutcher's old restaurant Ketchup.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Got was called Ketchup Dive.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Paul Rust]

So it's sort of like a big double dare obstacle.

[Barrett Bachelor]

There was a big bottle of ketchup

[Paul Rust]

and you dove into it. If you got to the potty, we got a French.

[Scott Aukerman]

You dove into the bottle.

[Armin Weitzman]

Wow.

[Scott Aukerman]

This. Anyway, that's all that passed.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And who's this guy? What, you date the double dare host's daughter or something? They're.

[Scott Aukerman]

They're talking to you. Armin, did you date the double dare host's daughter or something? Mark Summers, I believe is his name?

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, well, I'm. I. I talked. I can talk.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

You can? Yeah, please. Yeah. I mean, they're. They're asking you this question. Armin, did you date. Date Mark Summer's Daughter or something.

[Armin Weitzman]

I don't.

[Scott Aukerman]

You're not under oath yet.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Fair enough, babe. Fair enough, babe.

[Paul Rust]

So the top floor of our building is a recording studio. The bottom floor is a submarine sandwich place.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right, Right.

[Paul Rust]

So we got the record.

[Barrett Bachelor]

No Jared's allowed. Right.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. And people were picketing.

[Barrett Bachelor]

The outside people are picketing because our acts were too wild. So we set the public appetite once these new woke acts. Yeah, that's what we got. We signed this band, the Clean Plate Club. Okay.

[Scott Aukerman]

The Clean Plate Club. What did they sound like?

[Barrett Bachelor]

They. After every song, they would finish their plate and show it to the audience and go, look, I ate it all. I ate every. Every morsel. Even the lima beans.

[Scott Aukerman]

So they started eating before the concert, and then they would. Or they were eating continuously through.

[Barrett Bachelor]

The other band members would eat while the singer was singing, and then seems

[Scott Aukerman]

like they would want to be playing to back him up.

[Armin Weitzman]

Or.

[Scott Aukerman]

Or did everyone take turns?

[Paul Rust]

Take turns.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Take turns. When someone does a solo, the other ones are munching. So the Sega gets. You know, when there's a drum solo, he's.

[Paul Rust]

He's.

[Scott Aukerman]

So everyone took turns playing. So it'd be like someone playing the drums.

[Barrett Bachelor]

That's exactly what he would stop.

[Scott Aukerman]

And then everyone would. And then a guitarist would start.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah. And then they'd show off their plate. And we thought, hey, this is what the. The public wants. They want these acts that are so woke.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right.

[Barrett Bachelor]

They didn't care. They didn't like it. They didn't buy their records, babe.

[Paul Rust]

No, we went woke. And then because of that, we went broke.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We had all these talk about another woke, Benny.

[Paul Rust]

We had the pardon me's. The.

[Scott Aukerman]

The pardon me.

[Paul Rust]

The pardon me.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

A bat would come out and go, pardon me.

[Armin Weitzman]

Hey, Scott.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah?

[Armin Weitzman]

Can I try?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

Watch this. The pardon me's.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Hey.

[Scott Aukerman]

Pretty good.

[Armin Weitzman]

So what does that mean? That some sort of.

[Paul Rust]

Are you. What are you starting to think we're kind of quirky dudes here?

[Armin Weitzman]

I'm just saying, I'm kind of like Scott's.

[Scott Aukerman]

You can take over as host of this if should ever anything happen to me.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah, what about our woke band, the All Star? Doing your homework without mom asking.

[Armin Weitzman]

Right. So let me guess. The dog ate it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

No, they did the homework, babe. That's the problem. They weren't bad boys at all.

[Scott Aukerman]

Then the dog ate it.

[Paul Rust]

It.

[Barrett Bachelor]

No, they didn't even own a dog.

[Scott Aukerman]

No, the people who say the dog ate their homework, they did the homework, much like your group.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, true.

[Paul Rust]

But there was a woke band that really. We've had the most passion about. Okay, what band was this?

[Barrett Bachelor]

The please and thank you Sayers. Okay, before every song, may we please play you another song?

[Scott Aukerman]

And then people say, yay, thank you.

[Paul Rust]

And then they go, why, thank you.

[Scott Aukerman]

And then they play the song, and

[Paul Rust]

then they finish everything on their plate.

[Scott Aukerman]

So they're doing the same stuff as

[Barrett Bachelor]

the Clean Plate Club that pissed off the Clean Plate, but it was all veggies, baby. All veggies. They were vegan, babe.

[Paul Rust]

Broccoli, lima beans. Broccoli, cauliflower. Okay, and by the double encore, they're just chomping down carrots.

[Scott Aukerman]

What's a double encore where they're playing two songs at the same time?

[Paul Rust]

Isn't that when a word sort of has another meaning?

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, no, that's a double entire. So they were doing double entendres. That doesn't sound very woke.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We. It might have flown right over our heads, babe, you're very literal.

[Paul Rust]

We're 125 years old.

[Scott Aukerman]

What? You're 125? Oh, combined?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yes, Combined with a couple other people, it's 125.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, we forgot to mention the biggest part of our lore, Sky.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, what's that?

[Paul Rust]

That when us. We were twin boys when we were born. We came out 60, 90.

[Scott Aukerman]

I do remember this from your previous appearances.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I just wanted people to remember. I provided Benny with oral pleasure. Okay, so we went broke.

[Scott Aukerman]

So the. The. The. I mean, you. You signed four acts and you went broke. It seems like maybe there wasn't a lot of money. Records wasn't a lot of money in the college.

[Paul Rust]

And we tried to do a revamp of the Kooky Caveman.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, what happened?

[Paul Rust]

Called the Conscientious Caveman.

[Scott Aukerman]

Conscientious Cavemen. And what. What were they like?

[Paul Rust]

They had their hit song Pterodactyl Adoption.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, where.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Where it was all adopt, don't shop. Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Pterodactyl.

[Paul Rust]

Don't go to a Pterodactyl breeder. You know, was there an issue with

[Scott Aukerman]

people saying, like, hey, the caveman and the dinosaurs weren't on earth at the same time or anything like that? Or.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, we went on Neil DeGrasse Tyson's podcast and he kept hammering us on scolding you. Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

God, what a bore.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We said. We begged it different, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, I mean, look, that's terrible.

[Barrett Bachelor]

So it was a low point.

[Paul Rust]

But now.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, now what's happened? How did you.

[Barrett Bachelor]

The rise.

[Scott Aukerman]

How did you, much like the Great Gatsby, come rise from the ashes?

[Barrett Bachelor]

We rose Like Skywalker, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Ray.

[Paul Rust]

So we. You know what you gotta do. If you go woke go broke, you gotta go anti woke.

[Scott Aukerman]

To go anti woke, you went the opposite way. What were some of the acts that you. You signed after that?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Thanks for asking. The please and thank you and R word sayers. That's right. It was the please and thank you sayers. But they started saying the R word.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

They Raspberry. Oh, they started blowing raspberries at their audience every show.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's rude.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, the most anti woke thing you can do, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, I would hate it if I went to see a band and they just pointed at me and started blowing a raspberry. That would be awful. Oh, I would feel so embarrassed.

[Paul Rust]

I know people come to the show and they're like, we were ready for you to blow horns, but blow raspberries. No, no, no, no, no, no. But I'm staying because I'm boogieing.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right.

[Paul Rust]

I love this song.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And those records are selling like hotcakes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. Which you do sell in your sandwich shop.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yes. Is now all hotcakes.

[Paul Rust]

Okay, but it also works as a record.

[Scott Aukerman]

And that's selling okay, or is that

[Paul Rust]

not so it's selling like records.

[Barrett Bachelor]

It's selling like records. R. Crumb's always in there. These are the only records he collects anymore.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, does. Does R. Crumb collect records because his name is Record. Yeah. Record crumb.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Exactly. Babe.

[Paul Rust]

You always know he came and looked at our records because there's always crumbs all over.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, I mean, look, he loves records. R and Crumbs. Sandwich out. Yeah, that's when he would be there.

[Barrett Bachelor]

A sandwich. Chops, breaded butter is the crumbs, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's how I bet if you swept up all the crumbs we do that were left over from a day.

[Paul Rust]

Cheese butter is the crumbs.

[Scott Aukerman]

You can make one sandwich out of it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Hey, then we sell that for a lot of. What do we call it? Scratcho a la

[Paul Rust]

Another band.

[Scott Aukerman]

I'm sorry, is that money?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yes, I think so.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, got it, got it. All right. Another band. You were saying? Oh, Benny.

[Paul Rust]

The no Tucks. Chucks.

[Scott Aukerman]

The no Tucks Chucks. What is.

[Paul Rust]

What could this possibly be?

[Scott Aukerman]

All right.

[Paul Rust]

And they come and they sing with their guitars, but all their shirts are untucked and their names are all Chuck.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, any members from any other of the bands in this one or it's

[Paul Rust]

all the members of the Tucks.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, I haven't heard of the Tucks.

[Paul Rust]

They'd come in with their shirts tucked in. So Tight.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, and they were all named too.

[Paul Rust]

You remember their album Visible Belt?

[Scott Aukerman]

I sort of do remember this. Why didn't they call themselves the Tuck Chucks? Since their names are all Chuck.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Slipped their mind.

[Paul Rust]

Subversivity babies.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, so. And the. These guys are selling like records. Which are selling like hotcakes.

[Paul Rust]

Yes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, great. And who else have you signed?

[Barrett Bachelor]

The Manosphere.

[Scott Aukerman]

The Manosphere.

[Barrett Bachelor]

It's a man who lives inside a clear plastic sphere.

[Scott Aukerman]

Like the bubble boy. Yeah.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And if you're wondering how he eats food or where his urine or fecal waste goes. Detachable tubes, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Detachable tubes.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Detachable tubes that hook right up to the clear sphere.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, so food goes in, they get

[Paul Rust]

replaced when they start to brown.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And we give him the sandwich made of crumbs.

[Paul Rust]

Our bread and butter is the crumbs, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

And he gives you scratch olive or

[Barrett Bachelor]

now it is a soundproof sphere. So his record is just silence. We don't know what he sounds like, but it's selling like hot cakes.

[Paul Rust]

You call something the Manosphere and the Joe Rogan crowd comes a running.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, have you signed Joe Rogan?

[Paul Rust]

Yes.

[Armin Weitzman]

No.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We got him to sign an autograph for us.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, really?

[Barrett Bachelor]

We went to the Comedy Mothership.

[Scott Aukerman]

How was your experience there? I've never been.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Been. We just wanted the autograph. We didn't really pay attention to the show.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And.

[Scott Aukerman]

And did you rush the stage?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, yeah. We had our news radio poster and he was the final autograph. We've been going through a terminal like thing.

[Scott Aukerman]

You remember the terminal over the last 30 years.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Exactly. It has been.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wow.

[Paul Rust]

Scott, though, you remember the terminal, right? He's trying to get the autograph of every jazz player.

[Scott Aukerman]

Every jazz. Of course I remember the terminal.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We were trying to do that with a news radio post.

[Scott Aukerman]

I've seen the terminal, don't worry.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And we've also been living. Living in an airport.

[Scott Aukerman]

How do you do business at your record slash subs?

[Paul Rust]

It's easy to do anything when you're there with Catherine Zeta Jones.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I spoke it like a true Michael Douglas.

[Scott Aukerman]

Let me inspect your tongue, see if you have the same.

[Barrett Bachelor]

All right.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. Yep. You have the same affliction that he had.

[Barrett Bachelor]

That's from Benny, babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, I don't know about that. So wait, everything is going well then?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh yeah. Now that we're anti woke, we're back on top of the charts.

[Paul Rust]

You gotta catch our bands like Dr. Foote and the Hot Foots.

[Scott Aukerman]

Dr.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Foot and the Hot Dr.

[Paul Rust]

Match.

[Scott Aukerman]

Dr. Match.

[Paul Rust]

You know their hit song no idea. I'm gonna light a match and put it between your toes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Classic prank. Yeah. Anti woke that no one wants to have happen to them when they go see a car.

[Paul Rust]

Very anti. Whoa.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's right.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, and this one you're gonna love.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Braden Bradley.

[Scott Aukerman]

I don't know. What's Braden Bradley?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Not everyone's name describes their gimmick.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, What's Braden Bradley do?

[Barrett Bachelor]

He has a song called I Pulled Sisters Pigtails.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, and dipped him in ink, I bet.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I bet.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, I've been over to that kid's house. He's got little ink wells everywhere. Dumped over.

[Scott Aukerman]

My friend Paul. Would hate to to walk around that house. If he stepped on one, he'd probably say the S word.

[Barrett Bachelor]

What? Sloppenheimer.

[Paul Rust]

I would.

[Barrett Bachelor]

That's right. The Mad magazine subscribers are one of our bands.

[Paul Rust]

I would also think he would be upset seeing Inkwell spill because Paul hates spilling.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, I don't know what that means.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, it seems like perhaps earlier he might have spilled right before recording began.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, that's a yes. Of course.

[Paul Rust]

I heard through the grapevine and that grapevine.

[Scott Aukerman]

He did. Yes. Jason Manzuka style spilled, but instead of coffee, it was just water, which I appreciated. Now, there couldn't possibly be any other bands on this list that you're reading from, I think.

[Barrett Bachelor]

So I can mention more songs by the Mad Magazine subscribers.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, sure.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Air Farce one, The Da Vinci Coma. Okay, good. The Groan of interest. And Timmy McVeigh. That's their parody of Ella McKay.

[Scott Aukerman]

Timmy McVeigh?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Timmy McVeigh.

[Scott Aukerman]

The guy who. What did he do? What was his thing?

[Barrett Bachelor]

He got executed in Terre Hawk, Indiana.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, all right. That wasn't his thing, like main claim.

[Paul Rust]

Well, that's how we'll remember him. That he was executed by our government.

[Scott Aukerman]

Right. So, guys, you're back on top.

[Paul Rust]

Don't forget about another band.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Wow, this must be a hot sighting. I don't even know about this one.

[Scott Aukerman]

Who's this?

[Paul Rust]

Benny, this is the Rude Kids on the Block.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

You know, it's all the original members of the. The New Kids on the Block. We got them reunited.

[Scott Aukerman]

Really?

[Paul Rust]

They're changing their name to the Rude Kids and all their songs are getting changed to rude based.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, so what? Frequency.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I like what I'm hearing.

[Scott Aukerman]

Give me examples instead of the right stuff.

[Paul Rust]

Okay, it's the bright snot.

[Scott Aukerman]

So, like bright green snot.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Imagine that.

[Scott Aukerman]

I mean, look, you guys seem to know what you're doing.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, well, we got you salivating for a reason.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay?

[Barrett Bachelor]

We want you playing these acts on cbbfm, babe?

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, I thought that you were gonna say because you brought sandwiches.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, we did. To help smooth out the paola, babe. Lubricate the palms, if you will.

[Paul Rust]

Paola, granola.

[Scott Aukerman]

So you wanna get rid of my salivation in my tongue, and you want my palms to be greased with a little bit of. You want me to play these songs? Yes.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And, Armin, babe, ever hear of a soundtrack with music from and inspired by a motion picture?

[Scott Aukerman]

That's right. Who does the soundtrack of the Napa Boys?

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, all kinds.

[Scott Aukerman]

All kinds of people do the soundtrack for the Nappa Boys.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Well, don't you want a needle drop from Braden Bradley?

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Is it too late to put in.

[Paul Rust]

It's a done deal.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. Is it too late to put in a song from Braden Bradley? Not at all.

[Armin Weitzman]

Not at all.

[Paul Rust]

Not at all.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, great.

[Paul Rust]

Real quick.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Do you think ever once in history when a soundtrack said music was inspired by the film that was true?

[Scott Aukerman]

That someone watched the film and said, man, I'm gonna go be a great idea for a song. Yeah.

[Paul Rust]

This isn't a B side from two years ago.

[Scott Aukerman]

No.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I'm that inspired by Batman Forever, babe. I don't think it ever once was true. Until now.

[Scott Aukerman]

Until now. And so you're gonna have. You're gonna screen the Napa Boys, Armin, for these artists. Artists. Bachelor Brothers Records. They're gonna get very inspired and they're gonna come up with the soundtrack inspired by the movie.

[Paul Rust]

It's like, we are the world. We're gonna record it all in one night.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

And release it the next day.

[Armin Weitzman]

Would be great. No Jokes Here Would be great.

[Scott Aukerman]

No Jokes from Marvin.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We haven't joked once.

[Scott Aukerman]

No. Well, I haven't joked this entire. For the past 17 years.

[Paul Rust]

We should start a political podcast that's done by comedians called no Jokes Here.

[Armin Weitzman]

Here.

[Scott Aukerman]

I think that'd be cool. I think that would be really cool. I would love to hear what comedians think about politics.

[Paul Rust]

Okay.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, guys, this is exciting stuff.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

And although I may not agree with your tactics, I mean, it's obviously working for you.

[Paul Rust]

It's in the tunes, though.

[Scott Aukerman]

Why were you just hitting your. Your chest?

[Paul Rust]

My pacemaker.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, no. Are you all right?

[Paul Rust]

Yeah. I'm getting shocked right now.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, shit.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Sometimes I can't tell if it's a health emergency or his impression of McConaughey from the beginning of 12 of Wall Street.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, right. Yeah. No, but it is something with your pacemaker. I think I saw something like this on the pit.

[Paul Rust]

I haven't seen it. Are they taking headlines from my life?

[Scott Aukerman]

I think most of the story lines are, were you ever at pitfest and it got shot up by Are they taking my stories from pit fest?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Benny's always on the lookout for pits.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, really?

[Barrett Bachelor]

His biggest fear. We're gonna fall into a pit. Keep your eyes on the ground.

[Paul Rust]

I say bear it. Bear it. Hold my hand. I might fall into this pit.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

And Barrett's always right there holding me by my back belt loops.

[Barrett Bachelor]

It's visible after all.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, guys, this is exciting stuff.

[Paul Rust]

Really.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And you think your listeners will agree?

[Scott Aukerman]

No, but I think that.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Let's get those votes. Votes. Best of babe

[Scott Aukerman]

mark this episode down for the best of babe. Because the bachelor brothers are. That's right. We're gonna take a break here. Armin, you have to go. Is that right?

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, no, I do, but I.

[Paul Rust]

Well, that's too bad.

[Scott Aukerman]

But it's. We'll be back with more Barrett and Benny Bachelor. But we also have a scoundrel is going to be here.

[Armin Weitzman]

What?

[Scott Aukerman]

An episode of comedy bang Bang. We'll be right back with more CBB after this. This.

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[Paul Rust]

We.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We were catering a wedding this weekend.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, really? So with the sandwiches or with records?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Both. Sandwiches and records. Swift. Kelsey. Babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

Bachelor brothers Bakery.

[Scott Aukerman]

So you guys are doing the Taylor Swift wedding? This is huge.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah. Should we have led with that?

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. That's way more interesting than all this woke broke shit that you were talking about.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We listed a lot of bands.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's a good point. You probably wouldn't have listed as many bands if you talked about Taylor Swift earlier.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. Well, we.

[Paul Rust]

Taylor's great, though. She's a poet. Even when you're just talking to her. Like, we said, what would you like on your cake? And she said, I seen. I seen would be nice.

[Scott Aukerman]

Scene. Wow, that's. I can hear that in a Taylor Swift song.

[Paul Rust]

I said, put that in a song. Taylor really did.

[Scott Aukerman]

She.

[Paul Rust]

She slapped me.

[Scott Aukerman]

She. Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And then I asked Travis, hey, what are. What are two small dwellings? And then a walk through the woods, and he went, hut, hut, hike.

[Paul Rust]

It burned him up. So you guys.

[Barrett Bachelor]

You can't imagine that way.

[Scott Aukerman]

All right.

[Barrett Bachelor]

He hired us.

[Scott Aukerman]

He hired you, though. All right, well, let's get to our next guest. What do you say, guys? Yeah, this is exciting. We have a scoundrel on the show, and I don't. I can't remember the last time we had a scoundrel on the show.

[Paul Rust]

I think he just did two.

[Scott Aukerman]

Them.

[Armin Weitzman]

Of.

[Paul Rust]

Of us.

[Scott Aukerman]

All right, guys.

[Barrett Bachelor]

All right.

[Scott Aukerman]

But let's bring him out here for the first time. Please welcome Frankie Forkson.

[Armin Weitzman]

How are you? Hey, guys.

[Scott Aukerman]

Hey, Frankie. How are you?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Welcome.

[Armin Weitzman]

Honestly, the truth.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, the truth.

[Armin Weitzman]

The truth is, I think you're kind of. I think these guys are kind of goofing on you.

[Scott Aukerman]

You think? Wait, you think the bachelor brothers are goofing on me?

[Armin Weitzman]

I'm telling you, I'm sitting here.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wow.

[Paul Rust]

Okay.

[Armin Weitzman]

First I saw this other guy. He leaves. He's all depressed. He's loving everybody. That guy.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, he's depressed and he's loving everybody.

[Armin Weitzman]

But he was a great movie. Want to check it out? But then these guys. I'm just telling you, from what I see.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

And I want to even quit whatever else I was gonna say they're goofing on you.

[Scott Aukerman]

You think they're goofy on me? I feel like they treated me with the utmost respect.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, I mean, sure, on some level, but on other levels, they're goofing. They're goofing because you're so nice.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, thank you. Frankie, I have to confess, I don't know anything about you or why you think you should be the arbiter of who's goofing on you.

[Paul Rust]

Frankie, that is a very serious accusation. Where we come from to say that we're goofing.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well.

[Armin Weitzman]

Cause where I come from, we don't goof.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, where do you come from, Frankie?

[Armin Weitzman]

We don't know anything about the streets of Philadelphia.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, Bruce Springsteen sang about him.

[Armin Weitzman]

I came here to tell you guys about the whole thing. I dropped forks. I just want to tell you.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. Back up. What are you talking about?

[Armin Weitzman]

Ever since I can remember, I was dropping forks wherever I go, they fall behind me or maybe in front of me. And everybody calls me Frankie Forks. And that's basically. You know, it seems that's your.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's your origin story.

[Barrett Bachelor]

What was your name before that?

[Armin Weitzman]

I'm skipping over because now I'm getting.

[Paul Rust]

All right, well, okay.

[Armin Weitzman]

Let's go back. Of course. No, I was born Frankie Forksen. Sorry, I don't know if that was.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, so.

[Barrett Bachelor]

But.

[Scott Aukerman]

So there were other reasons that people called you Frankie Forks and other than just the dropping for.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, sure. I mean, I was gonna tell you guys. Just recently, I. I stopped dropping them, but.

[Scott Aukerman]

But you were gonna tell us that. Go ahead, go ahead.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, just this past, like, four days,

[Scott Aukerman]

you stopped dropping forks. Frankie Forks. And that's everything we know about him.

[Armin Weitzman]

I know. And now I feel bad because I'm just so. I'm stuck on this. I watch you out here day in, day out.

[Paul Rust]

What do you do?

[Armin Weitzman]

You say, hmm, sandwiches. Hmm. Oh, interesting. You sort of lead them forward.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, that's sort of the style of being a host is.

[Armin Weitzman]

But some of the things they're saying is completely cuckoo. They 69 each other.

[Paul Rust]

They're brothers.

[Scott Aukerman]

Look, Frankie Forks. And I gotta admit, sometimes when I do the show, I can't believe the things that I get our guests to admit to. But that's just the comedy bang bang vibe. You know, we're very comfortable here, and people let their guards down and sometimes tell their guards to back off.

[Paul Rust]

All right.

[Armin Weitzman]

Sorry, I got stuck on this.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, but I. But I. But I do think that their story, where it may Be odd. And maybe not everyone's cup of tea. It is unique to them, and I appreciate.

[Paul Rust]

I think Frankie has about it.

[Armin Weitzman]

Okay.

[Paul Rust]

You haven't buried a hatchet.

[Armin Weitzman]

No.

[Paul Rust]

These last few years, we've had our past.

[Scott Aukerman]

You guys know Frankie Forkson?

[Armin Weitzman]

Yes, I know these guys.

[Paul Rust]

Fortunately, you.

[Scott Aukerman]

Frankie Fortson, a guy that we know basically, that you used to drop for.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, yeah, here's.

[Barrett Bachelor]

And he's from Philadelphia.

[Scott Aukerman]

What's.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah, well, what's cool is that instead

[Armin Weitzman]

of going through all the rigamarole of me dropping forks lately, I've stopped.

[Scott Aukerman]

You just stopped dropping for, like, I.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Every time I hear it, it shocks me.

[Armin Weitzman]

Like. Like. Like a. Let's say I found a piano in the street.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Sure, sure.

[Scott Aukerman]

It happens to us all every day.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Several of our artists started that way.

[Armin Weitzman]

Once you pick it up, life changes.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, okay. Frankie stops dropping forks. Let me see what else is in the news. Water stops being wet.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. I don't think either of these things are happening, but you see what I mean?

[Paul Rust]

Earth stops. Are you kidding with that?

[Armin Weitzman]

Because water is wet.

[Scott Aukerman]

No, that's what I think. That's what we're saying. Frankie, you. Look, here's what we know about you. You're from the streets of Philadelphia.

[Paul Rust]

Sure.

[Scott Aukerman]

And you've been dropping forks since you were very little.

[Armin Weitzman]

Since before I can remember.

[Scott Aukerman]

And your Christian name at birth was Frankie Forksen.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

These are the things we know about you. And to have any of these altered,

[Armin Weitzman]

I'll say one thing. I do sometimes call it Philly.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay, this is good. This is a new tidbit of info about Frankie Forkson. It has that cut off, man.

[Armin Weitzman]

No, it's been.

[Paul Rust]

Fair enough.

[Scott Aukerman]

Give us the truth, Frankie. Hit us with the real. Real.

[Armin Weitzman]

I just. I'm just watching you guys. I just, like. I kind of like what you guys are about. I take it back.

[Barrett Bachelor]

All right.

[Paul Rust]

Hatchet has been buried.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Thank you, Gary Paulson.

[Scott Aukerman]

Pleat 180 from Frankie Forkson.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, I feel bad.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, I love to see.

[Paul Rust]

I just want to make sure y' all heard.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yes.

[Paul Rust]

Barrett referenced Gary Paulson's the Hatchet babe.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, no, I did. I didn't.

[Paul Rust]

Have you picked up this tome recently, Scott?

[Scott Aukerman]

No, I haven't.

[Paul Rust]

It's a real page turner.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. I mean, that's what you want in a book is like, imagine if you picked up a book and you read the first page and, like, shut it. And was like, okay, I guess that's it. Boy, that wasn't worth the 32.99 I spent. But to read one page or something. And then someone says, no, no, no, you have to turn the pages. And then you world of literature opens

[Paul Rust]

up to you guys. Oh, I say, me and Barrett say all the time, we got the best passports in the world that can take us anywhere in the universe. Our library cards.

[Scott Aukerman]

That's so funny. I literally thought you guys had great passports.

[Barrett Bachelor]

No, it's a library card.

[Paul Rust]

Wow, Frankie, do you have a library card?

[Barrett Bachelor]

What the hell?

[Scott Aukerman]

You don't have to take that from Benny Bachelor. He's called you a smoke.

[Armin Weitzman]

Look, everybody knows. Well, I've been called worse before. Called better by few.

[Paul Rust]

Here's the thing.

[Armin Weitzman]

You have a tin foil hat, you put it in the garage, you eat it. Same shit every day. What I'm trying to tell you guys, before you get me off track here, is that of course, you read a book page at a time. Are you guys kidding around with this shit?

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, I mean, it seems like. Frankie Forksen. Yeah, it seems like you're not a fan of the Bachelor brothers.

[Armin Weitzman]

No, no, I love him. I've known him since I was birthed.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I got a question for you.

[Armin Weitzman]

I just feel scared.

[Barrett Bachelor]

You live in Philadelphia?

[Armin Weitzman]

Not anymore.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, but you used to.

[Paul Rust]

Sure.

[Scott Aukerman]

And you call it Philly? Well, occasionally, but it hasn't caught on.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Was the handyman who worked in your apartment building, by any chance, named Cleveland Heap?

[Paul Rust]

Tell me why he.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I don't even know. This is the famous handyman from a Philadelphia apartment complex?

[Scott Aukerman]

H E E P. Right?

[Barrett Bachelor]

I believe so. Yeah. Lady in the Water sort of dramatizes his story.

[Paul Rust]

Oh, yeah. Frankie, you love lady of the Water? We all went to it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

One arm's bigger than the other.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah. Guys, it sounds like you guys are friends.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, yeah, you guys are really good friends.

[Scott Aukerman]

You all went to the lady in the Water together?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, yeah, I'm having.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, I love it.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Old lady in the Water.

[Scott Aukerman]

We saw them all. So wait, so you. So the Bachelor brothers. I should have brought the three of you on at the same time since you're all old friends. Oh, are you guys gonna appear together on this show from now on? Together? Exactly.

[Armin Weitzman]

I sure hope so.

[Scott Aukerman]

Like the Calvin striplets, who started off as two people and then they asked a third one to join them.

[Paul Rust]

Of course. Yeah, yeah, I'm a character.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, he's gonna run our sandwich shop.

[Armin Weitzman]

Don't do it.

[Paul Rust]

Starting a comic strip where you're the Dave and we're the three chipmunks.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, okay.

[Paul Rust]

But you see, it's a one panel that, though, so we got to get all the Jokes in one panel.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, stuff all the jokes that would normally be in four panels.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Into one panel.

[Armin Weitzman]

Sure.

[Paul Rust]

So it's Dave, like getting his guts pulled out of his ass by the chipmunks.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Also, David, the chipmunks are in it too.

[Paul Rust]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Okay.

[Scott Aukerman]

And we're watching.

[Barrett Bachelor]

We're watching. Yeah.

[Scott Aukerman]

Okay. And we like turn the camera and say something fun.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, you kind of turned the camera and you go, boy, this new Hellraiser movie is certainly something.

[Scott Aukerman]

So wait, so we're. We're violating the copyrights of both Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Hellraiser franchise?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, and I'm in the next strip. We're still watching the movie. It's the exact same thing.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wait, it's a movie?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah, we're watching this happen on a screen now. And we go, go.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wow.

[Barrett Bachelor]

They. The lament configuration really did its trick.

[Paul Rust]

Really did its trick.

[Scott Aukerman]

That I don't remember from these films.

[Paul Rust]

Ow.

[Scott Aukerman]

What happened?

[Armin Weitzman]

Something.

[Paul Rust]

I just felt something fall and poke my foot. A fork. Oh, geez.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wait a minute.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Well, you said those days were behind Frankie for.

[Armin Weitzman]

Listen, I have a lore myself and as that's what it is.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, but you said you hadn't dropped them in four days or so. Wait a minute. Did you mean you haven't dropped them in fork days?

[Paul Rust]

Which is only five minutes.

[Scott Aukerman]

We all know that fork days are five minutes.

[Paul Rust]

Oh God, it's true.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Shakespeare. I meant fork days.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, guys, this has been a fascinating segment here. I mean, Seablock was really was incredible today with Frankie Forks and hearing all

[Armin Weitzman]

of this stuff, a character could be anything.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, it doesn't have to be. Exactly. But look, we are running out of time. We only have time for one final feature on the show. And that is of course a little something called plugs. Open his name, Talk a man. But he's not a Jew. Once I smell my pants, it's definitely poo.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I guess now I could be president too.

[Paul Rust]

But first, please tell me what's new with you.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Open.

[Armin Weitzman]

Back.

[Scott Aukerman]

Back. Oh yeah, that was. Oops. I Plugged My Pants by John Webb. Maybe brother to Mark Webb who directed the Amazing Spider man franchise.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Probably

[Scott Aukerman]

thanks to John Webb. If you have a Plugs theme, head over to cbb world.com plugs and you can upload them there. You'll also find what you need for the closing plug bag remixes all the stems. Guys, what do we plug in here? Frankie Forksen, I would imagine you're a cinema lover. Do you want to plug any movie coming out this Friday that you want to Plug, Sure.

[Armin Weitzman]

But what I really want to plug is I love you guys.

[Scott Aukerman]

Hey, plugging love.

[Armin Weitzman]

I love you guys. I, I, I, I mean it. And I'm saying this as Frankie Forkson. You guys are three great guys.

[Scott Aukerman]

I mean, you have a long history with these guys. You saw Lady Water together even longer. We just met.

[Armin Weitzman]

Sure, but I just mean each of you are very special, independent.

[Scott Aukerman]

You just dropped another fork.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Well.

[Scott Aukerman]

Ow.

[Paul Rust]

It went into my full toe and

[Scott Aukerman]

it dropped so slowly. He said ow, house so long after it dropped.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Wait, those anti gravity forks you've been developing that you told me didn't work out.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wait a minute. You lied about those?

[Paul Rust]

A fork only Neil Armstrong would eat off. Is that what you said? That's what I've been saying.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I do.

[Scott Aukerman]

Wow.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Oh, wow.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, I, I, I. Perhaps because Armin had to leave. I want to plug. His movie. The Napa Boys comes out in LA this Friday. And also Paul Rust had to leave. He is in the film as the antagonist. And what a cast you have. Mitch from Doughboys. You have Ricky Lindholm. Not Natasha Leggero. And so many more comedy people. David Wayne. So many. Such a great cast. Check it out. And Barrett and Benny Bachelor. Do you guys want to plug anything this episode?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Babe, vote for it for best of. We know. We know you're not liking it. We know none of us are your fave.

[Scott Aukerman]

You're imagining the reviews.

[Barrett Bachelor]

I can picture the reviews. But look, do a sort of Gamestop thing and just sort of pump it. You know, pump this episode with votes.

[Scott Aukerman]

Because those rich billionaires don't want this to be number one in the countdown.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Exactly. You think those people, they come on and kill it every time.

[Scott Aukerman]

I don't want to.

[Barrett Bachelor]

They have hard lives. Don't mean the lives are easy. Our lives are hard.

[Scott Aukerman]

We need them and nothing else. You want to plug or. Okay, great. I want to plug. Hey, head over to cbb world.com we have so much going on over there. We have, of course, the complete archive of comedy. Bang bang, every single episode. If you want to hear all of the Bachelor brothers appearances over the years, then that is where you want to head over to. We have every live episode we've ever done, plus we have other shows. We have CBB Presents, where people from this show host their own show. We have Scott as in scene, where I watch movies with people and movies I haven't seen before. Along with Sprague, the Whisperer. So much going on over there. I also want to remind you that the Reggie and Forville action Figures are still available over at. You go to figurecollections.com also in stock we have Italiano Jones, Andre P. Newer, Randy Snuts, Carissa Big Sue Sprague, the Whisperer, and Scott Aukerman. More coming soon. Soon available for customers [e-mail] that's free shipping with a US address or in Europe with cheaper import fees@action figureseller.com.

[Barrett Bachelor]

you got to do a Frankie, folks

[Scott Aukerman]

in one got to do a Frankie forks and one. Although I don't know that we can afford all of the forks that would be dropping out of his. Because, I mean, look, as I was just saying all that about the action figures, you dropped 23 more anti gravity forks and they're up on the ceiling right now.

[Armin Weitzman]

They're up there. It's no big deal.

[Paul Rust]

A little embarrassing.

[Scott Aukerman]

It's kind of a big deal because I don't own a ladder. Oh, great. What am I supposed to call the fire department to get these forks off my ceiling?

[Barrett Bachelor]

Yeah.

[Armin Weitzman]

Or the ladder company.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh.

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh. Good night, everybody.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, okay. Yeah, I'll just call the ladder company. All right, let's close up the old plug bag.

[Paul Rust]

To kiss.

[Scott Aukerman]

Ass. All right, that was I wanna by Nells for smells. Oh, Nels for smells has another one. Thanks so much to Nels for smells. And guys, I want to thank you so much. I mean, look, you're three great friends and you agreed to be on the show together. Thank you. And that counts for something. That's true. You know, your old, old friends. How long have you guys known each other?

[Armin Weitzman]

Other?

[Scott Aukerman]

I mean, obviously the bachelor brothers. You've known each other since the. You came out of the womb in a 69. But how long? Frankie Forks and how long?

[Armin Weitzman]

Oh, about seven fork.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, seven forks.

[Barrett Bachelor]

Seven forks or whatever.

[Armin Weitzman]

That was seven fork years. Whatever.

[Paul Rust]

Napkins.

[Scott Aukerman]

Seven fork years ago. Meaning? Meaning seven minutes ago.

[Armin Weitzman]

Well, seven, 74 years ago.

[Scott Aukerman]

Oh, 74 minutes ago. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. So right at the beginning of this episode, we became friends. Go to.

[Armin Weitzman]

Yeah, sure.

[Scott Aukerman]

All right, quick Lore, this is some

[Armin Weitzman]

good podcasts, but that's a long time for me.

[Scott Aukerman]

Well, guys, I want to thank you so much for being on the show.

[Paul Rust]

Thank you, Scott.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, it sounded like you were going to say something, but you just wanted to angrily say thank you.

[Armin Weitzman]

I want to say thank you, Scott, for. For letting me be on. I was part of the show.

[Scott Aukerman]

You were. Frankie, you're integral. Oops. You're an integral part of the show. Frankie, we love you. Frankie Forksen. Frankie Forkson. We love Frankie Forkson.

[Paul Rust]

And then they throw forks. When they chant it, the fans, they throw the forks.

[Scott Aukerman]

Yeah, and then one hits Frankie in the eye and he goes, hey, that's my job. All right, we'll see you next time. Thanks. Bye. My dog Ellie's my best friend. We're inseparable. And Home dialysis Fresenius Kidney Care helps us stay that way. Right, girl? Home dialysis helps me feel my best

[Paul Rust]

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[Scott Aukerman]

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[Barrett Bachelor]

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