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Or watchers, and welcome to Distractible. This episode, Melodramatic Mark kicks off with Coming Up Behinds, then initiates a terminal hot potato duel, Bullshitting Bob pounds hard upgrades James Attire advocates Gordon pussy, but Mrs. Iron Lung. Go watch it Wiggly Wade admits, then displays amnesia, mentions Mark minuscule mane and struggles with syntax. From podcast longevity to Martha Wash, it's time for Mark's big Dangerous Word Game. Now sit back and Prepare to be distracted and enjoy the show.
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Hello and welcome to Distractable, the podcast that is definitely not gonna end anytime soon. So don't you worry about that. We're gonna be here for a while. Don't listen to the R. We are here for you for as long as we need to.
B
Ha ha ha.
C
And, you know, else is probably gonna be here, or at least one of them. Bob and Wade.
A
I'm one of them.
F
There was a lot of things said there that were slightly concerning. Well, it was concerning.
A
He said, don't listen to the rumors.
C
Yeah, don't listen to the rumors. If it makes you feel any better, I'll give you both some concerned points. Not that that makes them valid or anything. Just because I'm assigning a point to it doesn't mean that your concerns are validated. I'm just doing this because that's a.
A
Good reason to do stuff.
C
Anyway. This is the game show, and yes, it's a game show because points and rewards are offered during every single one of these episodes. Or at least we'll say that to get our ratings up. And I'm your host, markiplier, multi hyphenated, talented, weekend losing director, along with an Emmy losing director. Whatever I do, I'll always get second place. There's. There's no question about that. Oh, he's coming up right behind the first place finisher.
A
That's a really good place. The best pace, even, depending on how you think about it.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
B
For sure.
F
First is the worst. Second is the best.
C
I've heard these are all good sayings. And Wade, you just earned yourself a point.
F
Thank you.
A
But I heard it too.
C
I'll tell you why later. But anyway, what we do here first, as we've done every episode since the dawn of time, is talk about our lives, because we're very conceited like that, and we want to. We think that our lives are interesting enough to share with you, and you want to listen to it. So that's exactly what we're going to do. Who wants to go first?
A
Me.
C
I actually heard that at the same time. Who said that first?
A
Me.
C
That time Bob was slightly ahead. I'll give you one more chance. One more chance.
A
Me.
C
So slow. Well, Bob got there.
F
I was trying to stick it up.
C
You get the first point there. All right. Okay.
F
I wanted to time it up to be tied with Bob.
A
You could never tie with me, Bob.
C
What's your life?
A
My life is pretty good. The walk in 365 miles is going well. Still on pace through today, and I think I'm ahead a couple miles. It's good, it's good. It's not getting as easier as I would have hoped, but also I'm going to start turning up the speed a little bit, so it's going to get harder, but then it's going to get way easier really fast because that's how exercising works. I try hard, like twice and then it's all easy. So I'm looking forward to it.
C
I think. I think that is actually how it works.
F
Yes.
A
Okay. Soundboard. Wade.
F
Yes.
A
I thought I had another thing.
C
And we pass it to Wade.
A
Ah, dang it.
C
Almost out of there. Almost at it.
F
Welcome, welcome, welcome back, everyone. Not gonna lie. After one of the recent episodes we did, Bob was talking about some good old sausage gravy. I have convinced my family that we are getting together and they are making me some gravy. And I can't wait.
C
That's great, man.
B
Great.
C
This I remember you talking about some sausage gravy.
F
Yeah, Bob talked about it and I was like, you guys won't believe what Bob brought up on the podcast. Some good old fashioned sausage gravy. You guys should totally make some and invite me over.
A
You're not interested in making it and learning about that or participating in that?
F
Oh, no, no, no. Nothing's quite like having some good old mom made food.
A
It's fun to learn new skills. It's. It's pretty fun. It's pretty fulfilling, you know?
F
Oh, you're right. No interest whatsoever. Okay, man, now we should. We could, but no, it was actually a coincidence. I'm totally lying. Damn it doesn't make it a lie. Point.
A
Wait, what?
F
My family was just out of the blue, was like, hey, we're going to make this, and they invited us over.
C
Oh, okay. So there is gravy.
F
There is gravy. Just. I didn't initiate it. I was just trying to, you know, make it look like I did it.
A
The pretext is a lie, but the story is true.
F
Story is true. Just like all stories, there's a little bit of fluff, a little bit of filler, and a lot of gravy.
A
Like all stories, my stories are all 100% true. Don't manifest that for me. I've never exaggerated anything ever in a story I've told on this podcast.
C
Listen, Bob.
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What?
C
Is that a lie?
A
It's clearly not a lie because I said it was true.
C
Is that a lie?
A
No. Ask me again.
C
Is that a lie? Is that a lie?
A
Yes.
C
Lie. Point.
F
I continue to worry about my memory. That's the other thing. My memory is so bad. Apparently I was talking to Pat into it and JP recently over record videos with on the YouTube channel. They were like, oh, man, this thing. Remember this big story we talked about, like, two weeks ago? Well, there's an update. I was like, what big story? Was I there? And, like, they kept dropping hints as to what it was about, and I was like, zero recollection.
B
None.
C
What? You guys sure?
F
I was there. And then they sent like, a long paragraph of retelling the whole story. Like, oh, yeah, that. It took retelling the entire story for me to remember them telling me the story.
A
I don't know if that's remembering. I think that's just learning.
F
But after I learned it, I remembered learning it before. It was like deja vu.
C
Wait, so it was a story that you've heard before, but they didn't know that you heard it before?
F
No, they knew. I had. I had forgotten that I heard. It wasn't even a story. It was like a real life event. That was like a big deal. Like, yeah, remember. Remember this thing? And I was like, nope, he doesn't remember.
C
I actually don't know.
A
You can't. That's the bit. You can't. The bit can't be real.
F
No, it kind of. That's the thing, though.
A
It kind of is.
F
Like, it was one of the. It was one of those stories about, like, not picking up the hints that someone was into you.
A
Is that a thing you deal with on a regular basis? I guess you wouldn't know, would you?
F
I hope my wife's into me. But to record some of our interactions and see if someone, some expert, help me figure it out.
A
You should covertly record some of your interactions and then post them anonymously online. Then you can see what she really thinks. And nothing else bad will come from that.
C
Wade, I'm gonna tell you this right now because this is part of it. I've written a conditional thing down at the end of this episode. I'm gonna ask you if you remember even the thing that this point is related to. You don't have to remember the story.
A
He's not gonna.
C
But if you remember, I'll give you this point.
A
Okay, I got this in the bag.
C
It's weird, though.
F
Like, I can recollect an epic rap battle of history. Full lyrics. I can picture the whole thing that I've not heard in, like, five years. And then something important from, like a week ago gets brought up and I'm Like, I have no idea who that is. It's like that. That's your relative. Oh, have I ever met them? Only your whole life. Like, I'm exaggerating slightly, but, like, there. There have been moments where, like, I don't know if I'm just that spacey or if my hard drives are so full of crap that, like, important stuff's.
C
Getting deleted, but I think that's how it works.
F
The memory issues have been a little scary. Not going to lie. They've been a little scary.
A
Simulation's breaking down. We're going to be careful, boys.
C
All right, I won't. But you know, what can you do?
F
Unplug me so I could be the bald guy that wants the steak.
C
Wait, no, you're already in.
A
Can we talk about that?
F
Last time I remembered something.
C
That's a callback. So I'm going to remember that you have one callback, but you're already in the simulation, and you are the bald guy. And you do love steak.
F
I have a steak?
C
Yeah. Actually, you could order a steak right now. You could go to the grocery store, get a steak.
F
Nothing sounds good.
C
But it's tender juicy. I know it's not the Lord of the Rings scene with the tomatoes, but I imagine I'm reimagining that scene where he's like, I know the steak is tender juicy.
A
That scene weasels its way into so many things in my life. There's anything even remotely similar to that guy eating my brain is like. You remember that scene?
C
Tomatoes.
A
Yeah, yeah.
C
Toes. Yep. Tomatoes.
A
Boil a mash. Em sticking in a paschetti.
C
Anything else? Didn't mean to. Like, I was trying to think of a way, like, all right, I get. I get what you go for.
A
And it was so funny. We're just gonna skip right past it.
C
I knew that they were gonna add post laughter, like, crowd laughter, so I was just waiting for that to die down. That's what that was.
F
Do we do that? Do we have laugh tracks?
A
Oh, yeah. The editors prop us up a lot.
C
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
F
Distractible was filmed in front of the live studio audience.
C
Well, that's a lie.
A
I could tell lies.
C
No, I'm not gonna do that. If I said lie all. Because that's just a joke. If. And jokes are mostly untrue. If I was like, has to be an actual lie. A lie with intention, maybe. Well, I mean, I'm just gonna say that right now, but we can codify it in the Constitution later.
F
So if you misremember something, are you lying? Even if it's unintentional or.
A
Are you joking?
C
I don't think that misremembering can count as lying.
F
A lie has to have intent, right? Yeah, you have.
C
A lie means that you know it's not true.
F
Yeah, you're acknowledging truth. You're just choosing to say the opposite.
A
So if you're delusional, your delusions aren't lies. You're bullshitting, even if they're untrue.
C
Yeah.
F
That makes me want to read some philosophy papers.
C
Bob, you didn't get much time for small talk. Do you have anything else before we move on?
A
I really actually don't have a whole lot new. Did I have. I told you guys, James is wearing big boy underpants these days.
F
Well, that's cool.
C
That's huge.
A
He's like, he did it. He's potty trained. He's like a whole person now. Not that he wasn't a whole person before, but him. Him standing up and just being like, I got a pee is hilarious because it just is. I don't know.
C
Is his grip strength growing exponentially with his size?
A
Kind of. He's terrifyingly strong. He could probably beat me up if he caught me off guard. If he got the first shot in and he caught me at the right moment, he could probably take me already.
B
Just.
C
Little Shoryuken. Right to your nuts. Just sh.
F
Okay, how tall is he now?
A
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 inches. How many feet is that?
F
Three. Three and a half.
A
Three and a half feet. Something like that.
F
Careful, Mark. He's catching up. Come on, man.
A
God damn.
B
Come on, man.
F
Can I get a point for that?
C
I'm gonna put on the wheel. Preemptively mentioned Mark's height the most.
B
I'm winning.
A
Wait, is that good? Or do you lose a point for that one?
C
We don't have many minus points, so let's make that a minus. That'll be a minus.
F
Kind of like when our heights are compared to. Huh? I don't know. Just laugh.
C
No one's laughing. Editors, no, please take the studio out of here.
B
Put them in Guam.
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Who's ready for.
B
I don't know what to name this game.
F
Just call it the Perfectest Crime, no matter what it actually is.
C
No, no, it's not that. It's not that. Wait, you got a segue point to go into this because you said something that was kind of like what the game is going to be.
F
Oh, hell yeah, what was that?
C
You took a phrase and you changed the ending of it, right? That's kind of what this is. We're playing a mixture of hot potato with a grenade and sentence get longer and it's funny.
A
With a grenade.
C
With a grenade. Okay, I have to explain this fully so that we all are on the same page. I have my random timer. It's set from 30 seconds to 90 seconds, so it'll average out to be about a minute. But it could be anywh in there. When the timer goes off. You guys are taking turns doing the game. When the timer goes off, whoever's holding the grenade, boom. Dead, gone, obliterated, destroyed. The other person gets a point.
A
Easy, simple.
F
I feel like we did the opposite and it worked out great for Bob and I have a bad feeling somehow this is also going to work out great for Bob and I'm already mad about it.
A
No, if we did the opposite and I did well, we're doing the opposite of that now. You'll do well because that's the opposite.
F
You'd think that logically, but somehow I've.
C
Got some extra structure here for this, right? So it's not going to be completely open ended or it is going to be open ended, but it starts with a base, right? So for example, my favorite color is blank. That'll be whoever's going first their prompt and they have one word for the first sentence. Now where it gets complicated is the other person then has to make that Two words, and you could just string it together like blue, baby blue. But when you get to three, you have to keep going and the sentence still has to be a complete sentence with non gibberish words and no repeating words. You can't do very, very blue. You can't do baby, baby blue.
A
Do we have to keep what we're given and add to it?
C
No, no, no. You can do whatever you want.
A
You just need to keep adding another total word.
F
Yes.
C
So you get the same beginning of it. This way you don't have to continue because it wouldn't make any sense if they said blue.
F
So we only add to the end?
C
Yeah, yeah. You have to add to the end where the blank is. You both are adding at the same spot and you're both starting over. So when I get to. Let's say Bob's going first, I would say my favorite color is. And then you would say the rest. And then I would go to Wade and he. I would say my favorite color is. Or it could do it differently. And you start the sentence, you guys say it. And otherwise not whatever feels out, I'll do it first. Just for the first round. We'll feel how that feels. And if you guys are comfortable, you can just like take out. Take the rest of it away and say the sentence back and forth. And that way it's just you guys. And I'll just play judge, making sure no one's cheating, no one's doing illogical sentences, and no one's repeating what the other person said too specifically. I'm going to be loosey goosey about that one. You can definitely build off of each other. But if you say baby blue and then like kind of baby blue, I'm going to be like your first warning. And then, you know, so the variety stays there. But I'll. I'll play it loose.
B
Yeah.
C
Fuck.
A
The word kind of kind is for idiots.
C
Okay. Does this all make sense?
A
I think it does.
F
Yeah. I'm gonna break all the rules, but I'm excited for it.
A
I didn't mean to sound so shocked, but I think. I think it does.
C
Yeah. No, it's a. It's a little complicated because there's a few more rules, but I think that it should work. All right. Head for Wade, tails for Bob.
A
That's bald.
C
Yeah, and he goes first.
F
All right.
A
Bald, bald, bald, bald.
C
When I give you the prompt, as soon as I say what the sentence is, I will probably say it again just so you really get it. Well, actually, no, I won't say it Again. Because I'm going to say it again when I give it to Bob. And then I'll say it first to be each of you this time. One word, then two more words after my prompt, then three, then four, then five, then six. Whoever is stuck on their turn by the time the timer goes off and the grenade explodes loses.
A
So I say. I'm already thinking of my victory speech. So I'm pretty excited about this one.
F
I'm already worried because whenever you said favorite color, my first thought was fish. So I'm excited.
C
Okay, good. Okay, good. I would count that for the first, but then you get a warning. I would be like, okay, but get.
F
This is a color.
A
Timer wasn't on. That was. That was outside the bounds.
C
Yeah, yeah. This is. We're not doing favorite color. That was throwaway example.
F
Oh, good. I was prepared for it. Let's do something else then.
C
Were you thinking nothing but colors?
F
I was trying.
A
Ah, my favorite improv game. Think about this sentence for five minutes and then let's make it. Let's do one of those things you planned.
C
We can start with that if you want to.
F
No, no, no. I'm having a slow br. It'll be much funnier if I don't know the prompt.
C
So. Wade, your prompt.
B
Give me liberty or give me.
F
All right.
B
Give me liberty.
F
Forgive me, do I not start now?
C
No, I just thought you were just going to say you said all right.
A
Like that was the answer.
F
Oh, no, no. I was.
B
All right, so give me liberty. Give me.
F
All right. All right, Bob, I thought we had to say the whole thing.
A
Give me liberty or give me.
B
All right, Wait.
A
Oh, wait. We're not supposed to do that. I remember. Right, right. I messed up.
C
This will be a warm up round.
A
Yeah.
F
Wait. Give me liberty or give me the death penalty, Bob.
A
Give me liberty or give me three golden cat babies.
B
I think you got it.
A
Oh, yeah. Victor's speech coming in hot.
C
All right. Okay. I knew we needed a test around. We're gonna wash our hands with that one. What I'm gonna do to help you out instead of just going, bob, I'm gonna say the sentence, and then all you need to worry about is saying the last words. So I'll be your mad lib book. You are the just the blank. We'll try that and feel that out. Okay.
A
Yeah. We don't get to set the pace. Mark sets the pace. We just have to keep going.
F
All right.
A
Very explicitly not supposed to build off of each other. I'll learn.
C
Your instincts are so strong. Hey, I'm not gonna stop you if you do. If it makes sense, hey, go for it, man. But at the end of the day, so long as the sentence makes sense, that's all we're going for.
F
I think we're just used to that style where we build off of each other.
C
Nah, this.
A
This is new. This is fresh. We just have to adapt.
C
Wait, I'm gonna let you go first again. There were no points awarded in that last one.
F
All right.
C
Dear Penthouse Forum. I. Bob. Dear Penthouse Forum.
A
I fucked.
C
Dear Penthouse Forum.
B
What up, dog? Bob.
C
Dear Penthouse, for.
A
Finally said yes.
B
That's great.
C
Wait. Dear Penthouse Forum.
F
I really thought I could.
C
Dear Penthouse Forum. Bob.
A
Sometimes I wonder why she left.
C
I wonder why she left. Yes. Wait. Dear Penthouse Forum.
B
I couldn't get it in there. Right? That was good. Dear Penthouse Forum.
A
I had sex with a really hot lady.
B
Dear Penthouse Forum. I don't even know why I'm writing. Oh, that's only eight. That was only eight.
C
I don't even know why I'm writing. Yeah, yeah. You need nine.
B
I do not even know why I am writing.
A
Wait. Let's.
C
Let's do a check. I do not even know why I am writing.
B
You did it.
C
You shucked the grenade at Bob at the last second. All right, Wade, congratulations. You. You got deer. Penthouse Forum. Point.
F
Man. I'm better with words than I am at counting. I've learned.
C
I'm cool with reading the prompts to you. I like you guys just focusing on just the sentences because it makes it easier to count.
F
Yeah, I think it's fine like that.
C
Yeah. Okay, so I'll just keep doing that. Bob, are you ready?
A
Mm.
C
O Canada, our country. Oh, Canada, our hot mama. O Canada, our and native land. Yeah.
B
Oh, Canada, our big spoon, little spoon. What?
C
Hey, look, if I'm gonna take our and native land, I'm gonna take big spoon. Little.
A
All right, all right, all right.
C
Oh, Canada, our place with lots of bears. Oh, Canada, our place.
F
That's way too big. I.
B
Dragon.
C
Say that again. Just turn it into an A and you've got it instead of I. Yeah. A, Y, E. I.
B
Hurry. Say it. I, A. Say that whole thing. Wait.
A
Oh, no. Don't take your time.
B
The place that's too big for a. What the fuck? He doesn't remember what he said. Bubby. Guam. You don't remember what you just said? No, it's the problem. I don't remember. We've been over this.
A
I think I was at a distinct advantage when Wade had to remember words previously.
B
I was already moving on to 8.
C
Yeah, you were very close. If you had said A instead of I, I would have. I would have given that to you, so.
B
Oh, damn the vowels.
C
That was very good. Wade, Your sentence is, Everybody loves when I dance. Bob. Everyone loves when I get down. Wade. Everyone loves when I have bald head. Everyone loves when I pull up my pants. Everyone loves when I smooch twice then run away.
A
Everyone loves when I bring ice cream to the party.
C
Yes, that's good. Wait. Everyone loves when I break it down.
F
Philosophically at the house.
C
Wait, Break it down philosophically at the house? Yes, Bob. Everyone loves when I get lost, but.
A
Then remember where I'm going.
C
Good.
F
Wait.
C
Everyone loves when I totally don't know.
F
Where I am or what doing.
B
I'll let that slide, but you're on thin ice, Bob.
C
Everyone loves when I go to Africa.
A
Then play that song by Toto. Go to Africa, Then play that song by to. Oh, Toto is one word. Toto Band.
C
I gave Wade one. I'll give you one.
B
Wade.
C
Everyone loves when.
B
I don't know what to say anymore because I thought Bob lost. I think he got it.
F
Don't know what to say anymore because I thought Bob lost.
A
11. He was doing 11.
C
Oh, no, you got it.
A
Wait, did I do nine, though, or.
C
You did ten. You started with nine, and you needed one more for ten. That was clutch. Wade, that point goes to you.
F
Oh, I didn't even count the words that just came out of my mouth and happened to work.
C
All right, Lux, on your side. You get the everyone loves me point. You guys are doing amazingly.
F
30 minutes of heart racing.
A
It's been, like, five minutes, buddy. It's not 30 minutes at all.
C
I know that this is probably stressful for you guys. It's very fun.
F
As soon as it gets higher than 5, panic starts to set in.
A
It's funny.
C
I'm struggling to count these at the same time. You guys are so fast. If that comes again where it's. It's like, I think we need to stop and make sure. I might just stop the timer so we can confirm if. If I do that, I don't know if I have that control.
F
It's tough when it's getting to be like, the. Like, I said, seven or plus, it's hard to count them while we're doing it live.
C
I have a pause resume button, so I will pause it for things that I'm like, hold on, Pause. I need to count that. That way it's more fair to the other person so that they Time to actually get that underway for the next one. So, Bob, are you ready?
A
Yes.
C
Eenie, meenie, miney.
A
Wait.
C
Eeny, meeny, miney.
F
Oh, no.
C
Eeny, meeny, miney, Moe. You lose. Eeny, meeny, miney.
F
Hey, Wade was here. Yes.
C
Eeny, meeny, miney.
A
Mo money, mo problems, right? Yep.
B
Eenie, meenie, miney.
F
I really don't know what next.
B
Oh, you're on thin ice, man.
C
You're on thin ice.
B
Eeny, meeny, miney, Bob.
A
Mo meeny, meanie miney mo, me bo. Yeah, that's not it. How many was I supposed to do?
C
You needed seven.
A
Ah.
C
I would have taken it. I would have taken it if you had just finished with one more word. You got up to six, I think.
A
And then it was like, die, surrender. That was just nonsense words. That didn't.
C
That's fair. That's fair. That's fair.
A
I thought Wade was about to lose.
F
I did, too.
A
I gotta stop giving up early.
C
I also have no idea how to spell eeny, meeny miney.
A
E, E, N, I, E, M E E N I, E, M E I N, I, E, M, O.
C
Why did you sound like speak and spelt M E, N I, e?
A
I was just enunciating so you could get all those cool letters I was giving you. Wait.
C
Are you ready?
F
Oh, me? Yes.
C
Take me out to the. Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the small circus tent. Take me out to the good side of town.
B
Take me out to the Ohio.
F
No, wait. Maybe California.
A
Take me out to the movies to go see Hitch. No, I was six. Oh, man, if only I could count.
B
Come on, man.
A
Come on, now. Go movies to go see Hitch.
C
Now those, like, iron lungs right there, man. All right, go ahead.
F
Go ahead.
B
It's fine. Oh, sorry. Take me. I'm still singing this song, I guess.
A
Take me out to the showing of Iron lung.
B
That's happening right now.
C
That's what I thought. Oh, shit.
F
Oh, am I dead?
C
No. Sorry. I meant to hit pause. I hit stop. I'm gonna put 30 seconds on the clock. That's unfair.
F
Yes.
A
I'm gonna be honest. I was gonna do Iron Lung on my first one, and then I bailed because I thought I had to do five, and I was like, I didn't face it out correctly.
B
Fuck, no.
C
It would have been perfect. All right, whose turn is it?
F
I think me and I have to do nine.
C
You went first. You would have to. Yeah. You have odd. So, yes.
B
All right.
C
Are you ready?
F
Sure.
B
Take me out.
C
Invalid.
B
What the fuck?
C
Invalid. Time selection.
F
I don't remember that as part of the song.
B
All right, here we go. Take me out to the. Wait, no. Invalid time selection. But I thought I did, right? Fuck.
F
That's 11.
B
That's too many. Take me out to the. Blow me up.
C
No, no, Bobby, you're good.
B
Blow me up and I will tell you more secrets.
C
I think that was 10. Wait. Pausing. Pausing. Blow me up and I will tell you more secrets. Damn it, Stan. All right, you're still on.
B
Why did I conjugate?
C
Fucking take me out to the.
B
Wait, you. You need nine. I'm an owl. Fucking kill me.
C
Wait.
B
I'm an owl.
C
It kill me almost. If you just said hoo hoo. If you just said hoo hoo.
B
I'm an owl.
F
There's no recovery once I fuck up my brain. Just like.
B
No.
F
You failure. You're dead.
C
Bob, you're up first. Are you ready?
A
Yep.
C
Your sentence in full is. Stick your hands up. Now dance Good. Stick your hands up now lick me. Stick your hands up now.
A
Don't lick me.
C
Stick your hands up now.
B
Smell my big foot.
C
One of you is evil, one of you is for good.
B
Stick your hands up now.
A
I smell his feet, not me.
C
Stick your hands up now.
B
Prepare me a delicious meal.
C
Oh, you need six.
F
Quickly.
C
All right, I'll take it. Bob, take your. Stick your hands up now.
B
Put the money in the bag.
C
Fast. Stick your hands up.
B
Now Toss me a coin for I am witcher. All right, sure.
C
Stick your hands up.
A
Now Put your hands down. Now Stick your left foot out.
C
Yes, that's good. Stick your hands up.
B
Now tell me a tale about your ancestors, my lovely friend. No, one too many. Oh, one too many. Did I do 10? You did 11. Fuck.
A
That's one more than 10.
B
Less. Lovely friend. No. Just friend.
A
Boom.
C
Oh, too bad. Oh, my God. Okay, I forgot. Bob, you won take me out. Right?
A
Yes. Wade sort of forfeit that one.
F
Which one?
A
The ball game one.
F
Was that the Hoo hoo? I'm an owl.
A
Yes.
F
Oh, no, guys, that's my best effort.
B
That will fucking kill me. All right?
F
My brain might have panicked a little bit. Okay.
A
If you didn't swear so much, that would have been a great answer.
C
I thought I would be given points for, like, bonus funny moments in there, but I have no time to even remember them. So I got. So it's just purely by rounds.
F
This is a good game.
C
I just need a name for it.
F
I find that our limit is somewhere between 8 and 12 syllables, it really breaks down there.
C
It really breaks down.
F
8 to 12 words really falls apart.
C
Okay, wait, you're back up. Okay. Your sentence is, frankly, my dear, I quit. Good. Frankly, my dear, I hate you. Oh, frankly, my dear, I think you're great. Frankly, my dear, I just want some.
A
Ihop.
C
Just want some. Yeah.
F
Frankly, my dear, I want to make some babies.
C
Damn. Frankly, my dear, I can't find my wallet.
A
You seen.
C
And I. Frankly, my dear, I invested all of.
B
Our money very poorly.
C
That's six.
F
Invested all of our money very poorly. All of our. Moi.
C
Okay, you're good.
F
All of our money very poorly.
C
You're good. Okay. Got.
F
You're good.
C
I didn't hear the of good. Okay. Frankly, my dear, I don't think the.
A
Yankees can do it again this year.
C
Was that one too many?
A
That was one too many. I don't think the Yankees can do it again. Fuck. That's one too few. Frankly, my dear, I hate this game because counting is so hard.
B
What the fuck, man?
C
That's too many.
B
No, that was eight.
C
I hate this game because counting is too hard.
B
No. Oh, okay.
C
Resuming timer.
A
I can't count to the number seven or eight. Fuck. No.
B
God. Shit.
A
Damn it.
B
Come on, you have time. You have time.
A
Stink at games where you have to count.
B
I don't even know what number you need anymore. He needs eight. He needs eight. You have time. I can't count to eight. Please help me. Yes. Frankly, my dear, I don't need help counting to nine. After Bob's turn. Shit exploded.
F
Either.
C
That was the most genius play by Bob to drain the time.
A
Perfectly nailed it. I was looking in Mark's eyes, reading the numbers and the reflection, just gauging it out. So I knew Wade would lose as soon as I.
F
Man, that ice had to have been paper thin by the end of that.
A
Hey, you didn't say you didn't get to try again. He just said it had to make sense.
C
Yeah. Yeah. You just keep trying until. And usually that would mean that the timer would have more chance to blow up right then and there.
A
Yeah. It's such a short timer, relatively speaking. I can't believe I survived that long on it.
C
That was the long. It actually, that one started perfectly at 1 minute 30, so that was the longest round we've had so far.
A
Used it perfectly.
C
Wade, if you think it's cheating, I will not say you still have time.
F
Oh, no, I don't care. That's fine.
C
Okay, cool. All right, cool.
F
Oh, man. All this counting is really great for this headache. I'm like, man, why does my head hurt so bad? Oh, yeah, it hasn't stopped.
A
Take some Advil or something.
F
I don't know.
A
What do you got? What are you doing?
F
Excedrin. I took the big boy pills.
C
You ready?
A
Yes.
C
Here we go.
A
Don't move. It's there.
B
Don't move.
F
It's my ass.
B
Don't move.
A
It's gonna see us.
B
Don't move.
F
It's too small to notice.
B
Don't move.
A
It's vision is based on movement.
B
Yes. Don't move. It's a delicious tray of dark chocolates.
C
Ho ho.
B
Don't move.
A
It's time for our hourly standstill. Is stand still two words?
C
Is stand still two words. Hold on, let's confer.
A
I was treating it as two words. I don't know if that's accurate.
C
I also thought two words in that context, one word. I paused it. I'm resuming it right now.
A
Time for our hourly standstill moment.
C
Oh, did you get that in?
A
I. It was pretty close. I couldn't tell you if I beat it or not.
F
I feel like he held the letter T so he, like, got the words out. But, like.
C
Wade, I'll leave it up to you.
F
I know how to figure this out. I'll flip a coin.
C
All right? Sure, Bob.
F
You want heads or tails? I'll let you call it.
A
Heads. I faked out the universe.
F
Oh, that's good for you. Right?
A
I win.
C
You did win that one. Yeah. By the skin of your hand.
F
Yeah. Because that was. That was so close. It's hard for me to even notice, though. Yeah.
C
Because I don't know what was video lag. I don't know what was just there. It was really down to the wire.
F
I don't know if I just didn't process the alarm till after the sentence or, like, because it was. It was right there at the end.
C
Of the word moment. I actually want to do one more, but I'll give you a choice from what I have.
A
You said there was a song. Is it the song?
C
No, the other song was Take Me out to the Ball Game. I can get another song if you guys have another one that you want.
A
Well, if you had one you wanted, that's fine.
F
I just.
A
I like the song ones, too.
C
Those are funny because I have two's a company, but threes blank. I'd buy that for a blank. Officer, you have no evidence that I. Some of these are longer. I was going for short ones and I got, like, cut, Cut. I need More blank. Babe, you forgot your. Those are the options of what we can go with if you want those. Or I can come up with another song.
F
You do a song. I think song sounds fun.
C
All right, let me get. What's a. What's a little. Like. What's a lullaby? What's a song?
F
Let me.
C
Let me look up.
F
About Rockaby Bobby.
C
No, no.
A
Just a small town girl and I'm not a dance. Can't do that voice. I just love like. We made it to nine.
B
Everybody dance. Soon, but not right now because it's not time for dancing on the floor. Right?
A
All right.
C
We can do that one if you want.
B
Oh, fuck, no.
A
That was my only one.
C
Are you boys ready?
F
Who's going first?
C
You. Do I get to sing this every time?
F
Up to you, man. You're the host. God.
C
Fuck.
B
All right, everybody.
C
Oh, fuck, man. All right, hold on a sec.
B
Everybody dance.
C
I'm not gonna do that. No, I can't do that every time.
B
All right, everybody dance. You.
C
No.
B
Fuck.
F
Oh, God.
A
Not now.
B
Fuck. God. Where's the blank?
A
Hold on.
B
Everybody.
C
It sounds so bad when I just don't go into it.
B
Everybody dance. Everybody dance.
A
This is the best.
B
Right now.
C
Oh, God.
F
It's hard when you don't sing the first part to continue the song in that pitch.
A
This is the best trap we've ever laid for the hosts. He heard that and was like, oh, that would be funny.
C
Okay, I'm going.
A
Resume.
C
Bob, you got that one. So it's going to be you, Wade, you need three.
A
Yeah.
C
Every.
B
Everybody.
C
You guys.
B
Oh, I'm going to pee my pants. Holy. Oh, man. Everybody dance. In a moment. Everybody dance. However you want, dude. Everybody dance. Right now or else something. Everybody dance. Whenever you want to, I.
A
Guess.
C
Yes. Okay.
B
Everybody dance. Lots.
C
What?
B
Did you say?
A
What?
B
Right now or.
F
I don't fucking remember.
B
How do you not remember? It's me. I paused it.
F
Right now. Or else I'll cry lots.
C
That would be seven, I think.
A
Yeah, I got seven.
B
I know. Or else I'll cry lots of Bob. Oh, fuck me, man. Everybody dance to the song we're playing right now for you. Oh, no.
C
One too many.
B
One too many. For the song that we're playing right now.
C
For the song we're playing that we're.
A
Playing or that we're playing right now?
C
We're playing right now. Yes. Okay.
B
Everybody dance now.
C
Sorry, hold on.
B
Everybody dance quickly and quietly or else I'll miss your dance.
A
Fuck.
C
Quickly and quietly or else I'll miss your dan. Yes.
B
Everybody Dance appropriately, but cool, but not too cool or I'll feel bad. What?
C
It was at one second.
A
Hold on. Appropriately, but cool, but not too cool or I'll feel bad. Oh, wait, is that 11?
C
Oh, no.
F
You have a second to do it.
A
Okay, I can do this. I can do this.
C
Okay, I'll cue you in. It's like just like they do into the show business.
B
All right, everybody. Dance appropriately, but cool, but not too cool or I'll feel bad. Fucking sorry.
A
Just a repeated explosion. I cut out one word. I cut out else.
C
Then if you did that, then that did get in there.
F
I didn't even listen to the words. I just was like. Unless there was the alarm and then you got it out. That one wasn't even close. You just did it.
A
I was ready.
C
I paused and unpause a lot. But I think it was fair between the both of you who I paused and unpause for. That was clutch. Again, I did say what the last second was, but so whether or not that.
F
No, that's fine. I told you that was fine.
A
Wait, Was that still 11, though?
F
I don't know, because I don't know exactly what you said.
A
Appropriately, but cool, but not too cool or I'll feel bad. So it was 12 before.
C
Shit. Shit.
F
Oh, that was an impressive failure.
C
We'll confirm. We'll confirm. The editors will confirm. We'll make that a conditional. But if that's what you said, and I do remember you saying appropriately at the beginning again, then that would go to Wade by the skin of everyone's teeth, and I will never sing again.
F
That was impressive nonetheless, that you even got. You got even more words in one second.
C
It was, it was very, very good.
F
You know, if it comes down to a timer, at the end of the fourth quarter, I'm giving Bob the ball.
A
So long as the ball is talking and I know what I'm supposed to say, it's guaranteed. All right.
C
Wade, do you remember?
F
No.
A
Are you sure?
C
Are you sure?
A
Because what you need to remember seems doable.
F
Yeah, but I, I, I remembered. I needed to tell you that I remembered that I forgot.
C
Can you give me any detail about the thing?
F
Was it story related or podcast related? Like phone a friend?
B
No.
C
All right, I think that's, I'll give you 10 seconds.
F
Warn me when I get to 1.
C
5, 4, 3, 2.
A
Friends.
F
Friends. I forgot friends story.
C
Technically.
A
Is that specific enough for you, Mark?
C
I was hoping you would say something along the lines of that you. It was like the this girl didn't know that you Had a crush on her. That was the only nugget that came out of that thing. But you did remember that you were told a story that were friends. Bob, do you think that's fair?
A
I mean, I. I remembered what you were saying, as if he remembered that he needed to remember something that would be adequate. That's what I thought. If I'm being completely honest and above board, he did remember something.
C
All right, then we're confirming that conditional point. Wade, good job. Your memory's improving.
F
I got a tear in my eye, man. I was trying so hard to think. I think I burst a tear duct. Can you do that?
C
I don't think so, but that. That's pretty cool. All right, the point stand as follows. Bob, you have the concerned point. The first small talk point. Easy workouts. You have a lie point. So that is conditional. You got big boy undies. And I also tied that in because, I mean, it might be a spoiler, but in Dungeon Crawler Carl in the first book, there's a thing about big.
A
Boy undies that's pretty early on. Yeah.
C
Yeah, it made me laugh. Okay, you won the O Canada round. You got take me out to the stick Your hands up. Don't move. So you are going in with eight points. Wait, you got the concern point. You got the segue point. Gravy part two. You did remember. Dear Penthouse Forum round, everyone loves when I eenie meenie miney and then everybody dance. You have eight to Bob's eight. It is tied. But Bob does have a lie point, so there is a conditional there. And I already know what my contribution to the wheel was gonna be, which is whoever mentions my height the most loses a point.
F
Who did that this episode?
A
Who would have did that?
F
That's okay. We know our additions never show up in the same episode that they're headed.
C
I know, right?
F
Okay, for lie points doubled, does that mean they still have to become absolute, or does that mean they become absolute and are just doubled?
C
There can be a negative lie point. That was another thing is like a lie point can be negative times 2.
A
Is unaffiliated with the absolute. Those are different.
C
But I think if it lands on any lie point spot, lie points become valid.
A
Yeah, they come into play, right?
C
Yes.
A
Yeah, I feel like that makes sense.
C
I think there's a basic. Lie points are val. There's a lie points are absolute to. To obfuscate the negative lie points. And then there's that one, which is another one. But any lie points where I think activates the lie points all Right. Let's do it.
A
Even.
C
Even. Yay. All right. Oh, yeah. Well, good thing it's low, right? Good thing it's probably fine.
A
Spin number one. Loudest.
C
Loudest. Interesting. You both had times where you were shouting. I will say, though, when Wade was shouting, he might have been slightly louder.
B
Especially that will fucking kill me.
A
Yeah, that might have been kind of loud.
F
Was that louder than the.
C
I don't think that I did that loud.
A
Well, those were both you.
F
I thought we both did that.
C
No, no, no. I think. Dude.
F
Mark had me crying, dude.
C
Oh, look, it wasn't that bad.
F
No.
A
Is that funny? No.
B
Okay. All right.
F
It was bad. It was funny.
C
Okay. All right. Just spin the wheel again.
A
I liked your singing, Mark. I thought it brought a sense of levity and fun to the episode.
B
Oh, what the. No wins. Holy. I forgot that was even a thing. I forgot that was on there.
F
When is the last time I won, man? The One man show, I guess. But. Holy. I was like, I got this in the bag.
B
It's been, like, five episodes since you won.
C
Well, all right, I'll take it. You both get to say a loser speech.
F
That's unprecedented, isn't it?
A
I don't think we've landed on that before. Yeah, yeah.
C
That's never happened. No. I don't know when that was added to the wheel, but, man, I don't.
A
Remember when that was added. That's old. Old one.
C
Holy.
A
Wow.
C
That's crazy. You don't think it was One of the OGs like, the original?
A
It's possible because that's definitely the kind of thing where it was like, oh, how do we populate this? Okay, like, point for Wade, host wins.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're gonna go lose a speech in order of who had the most points at the end anyway. So Wade, you go first with nine. Whatever honor that means to you, that's what you get.
F
You know, I feel like the biggest loser because after getting the previous loud point and being up by a point, I was, like, feeling pretty good about my channel chances and been on a bit of a losing streak. I really thought I'd turned it around. And yet where did that lead me? Back to the bottom.
C
Okay, well, very well spoken, Bob. Being in second place, maybe you all, you are the biggest loser. I don't know.
A
Depends on how your perspective as the loser is. Loser of the group. I can say that while it stings to be down here and to technically be behind Wade, it feels good knowing at least Wade didn't win in that we can all find some solace.
C
I definitely find it because I have not had many wins. I, like, I was. Had a huge win streak at the beginning of the season and then, you know, it kind of fell away. I guess this is my winner speech. But, you know, hey, I'm climbing back because the season is coming to a close and I really would like to win a season. So, hey, it's another one for me. I didn't do much of anything in this episode and we can all forget that. That singing in no way contributed to me winning or losing this episode. But, hey, I win. So you get to see this guy host another episode. Will it be the perfectest crime?
B
No.
F
Oh, okay.
C
Almost certainly not. But you never know. You never know. So thank you everybody, so much for this. This is amazing. I will host next episode, but you can know that I will host the next episode by following the podcast. Yes. You can also go to Distractible Shop for all of our beautiful merch that you can find on that website. You can find Bob at My Skins. That's Your last name? My SK.
A
Close enough.
F
Find me at Barnes or.
C
Yeah, he Barnes and or Minion 777. I'm Markiplier. And thank you for listening and or watching to this podcast. Unprecedented events happen every week here unless they are completely precedented because we forgot we did that episode already.
A
Thank you. That's so true.
C
It isn't and it's true. Podcast out.
E
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Hosts: Mark Fischbach (Markiplier), Wade Barnes, Bob Muyskens
Release Date: February 9, 2026
This episode centers on a high-stakes, quick-thinking word game invented and hosted by Mark, featuring intense rounds of “verbal hot potato” where Bob and Wade battle to add increasingly complex phrases under a countdown timer. The episode blends classic Distractible humor, playful rivalry, and the trio's hallmark self-deprecation. With the season coming to a close, Mark celebrates a rare victory, while Bob and Wade commiserate in defeat.
[02:43-03:26]
“This episode… is definitely not gonna end anytime soon. Don't you worry about that. We're gonna be here for a while. Don't listen to the rumors.” (Mark, 02:43)
[03:26–13:02]
“Like all stories, there's a little bit of fluff, a little bit of filler, and a lot of gravy.” (Wade, 06:37)
[07:10–13:13]
“There have been moments where, like, I don't know if I'm just that spacey or if my hard drives are so full of crap that, like, important stuff's getting deleted.” (Wade, 09:26)
[11:45–13:02]
[14:20–20:00]
Mark introduces the episode’s central competition, a “hot potato” style word game with increasing complexity and a random timer (set between 30–90 seconds).
Game Rules:
Notable Explanations:
“You're both starting over. So when I get to... let's say Bob's going first, I would say ‘my favorite color is’ and then you would say the rest... The other person then has to make that two words… keep going and the sentence still has to be a complete sentence with non-gibberish words and no repeating words.” (Mark, 15:32–16:17)
[20:00–41:00]
“There’s no recovery once I fuck up my brain. Just like... no. You failure. You’re dead.”
(Wade, 30:07)
“And I will never sing again.” (Mark, 42:39)
“As soon as it gets higher than 5, panic starts to set in.” (Wade, 42:02)
[43:04–44:22]
“I remembered what you were saying, as if he remembered that he needed to remember something that would be adequate.” (Bob, 43:53)
[44:22–48:04]
[48:04–49:27]
Wade:
“I really thought I'd turned it around. And yet where did that lead me? Back to the bottom.” (Wade, 48:28)
Bob:
“While it stings to be down here and to technically be behind Wade, it feels good knowing at least Wade didn't win and that we can all find some solace.” (Bob, 48:34)
Mark victoriously closes out, celebrating an overdue win.
“I didn't do much of anything in this episode and we can all forget that. That singing in no way contributed to me winning or losing this episode. But, hey, I win.” (Mark, 49:24)
On Exaggeration:
“My stories are all 100% true. Don't manifest that for me. I've never exaggerated anything ever in a story I've told on this podcast.” (Bob, 06:43)
On Game’s Stressful Nature:
“Thirty minutes of heart racing.”
“It’s been like five minutes, buddy.” (Wade & Bob, 25:29–25:31)
On the Essence of Lying:
“A lie means that you know it's not true.” (Mark, 11:29)
On Song Prompts in the Game:
“This is the best trap we've ever laid for the hosts.” (Bob, 38:47)
| Timestamp | Segment / Event | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 02:43 | Mark assures show will continue | | 04:56 | Bob’s fitness update | | 05:34 | Wade’s sausage gravy story | | 07:10 | Wade’s memory woes begin | | 14:20 | Mark explains the Dangerous Word Game | | 20:10 | First real game round begins | | 32:10 | Verbal chaos at high word counts | | 37:00 | Song-based prompt round (“Everybody dance now”) | | 43:04 | Wade’s memory test callback | | 44:22 | Final points tallied and wheel segment starts | | 48:04 | Loser speeches | | 49:24 | Mark’s winner speech |
High-energy, witty, and chaotic—with lots of wordplay, supportive ribbing, and frequent moments of self-mockery. Mark, Bob, and Wade poke fun at their own limitations, memory failures, and competitive natures while maintaining a tone that’s both friendly and absurdly silly.
This episode of Distractible showcases the group’s chemistry, humor, and quick thinking, making for an especially engaging listen for fans who enjoy their unique blend of controlled chaos and genuine camaraderie.