Temple Mishaps, Rafting with Mr. Darcy & A Sacre Bleu Moment: Listener Episode #21

Summary

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Episode: Temple Mishaps, Rafting with Mr. Darcy & A Sacre Bleu Moment: Listener Episode #21

Hosts: Josh Meyers & Seth Meyers (with guest host Hillary “Hurry” Meyers)
Date: February 26, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode is a "Listener Stories" special, with Seth and Josh’s mother, Hillary ("Hurry") Meyers, joining while Seth is away. The Meyers family, joined by producer Sam, listen to listeners’ travel stories full of mishaps, near-misses, and heartwarming moments. There's also a listener-written poem, questions about Josh's beloved episode songs, and the usual blend of affectionate teasing, self-deprecation, and Meyers-family warmth.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Welcoming Hurry - Snow Angels & Family Pets (00:17–03:28)

• Winter in New Hampshire: Hillary shares tales of the enduring snow and how their sheepdog Albert camouflages outside.
  • “[Albert] comes up around quarter to seven because he knows he gets his father up at seven. So he lays between us... Because I don’t like to get slubered on in the morning.” — Hillary (02:05)
• Prism Rainbows: Hillary and Josh bond over the joy of inexpensive window prisms that scatter rainbows into their rooms.
  • “They’re like five or $6 each. I mean, it's nothing... they're fabulous.” — Hillary (03:16)

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2. Hillary’s “Sacre Bleu” Canal Adventure (03:28–07:59)

• Annual "Girls Only" Sister Trips: Hillary describes an epic sisters-only annual tradition, culminating in a houseboat mishap in France.
  • The group’s rented "penny shet" (actually péniche/houseboat) drifts away after being improperly tied.
  • Sister Alex dives in to rescue the boat—stripped to her underwear—while French onlookers exclaim, “Mesdames, mesdames, bleu, mon Dieu.”
  • Memorable moment: “She can’t do everything. She threw up her hands and said, I can’t do everything here. So I said, well, I’ll tie it up. Well, apparently not well.” — Hillary (05:55)
• Family inside jokes emerge: Jokes about Alex's “va va va voom” presence and the classic “sacre bleu” French stereotype.

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3. Listener Stories

a. Jean’s Temple Mishap in Seoul (08:15–13:29)

[08:15–11:25]

• Jean and her uncle visit Korea, accidentally get stuck in a Buddhist service, and try to leave discreetly… only to get trapped in an electrical closet, having to re-enter through the temple and bow their way out.
  • “Our embarrassment turned to semi comfort. That was until I looked at my clock and realized that we were supposed to be meeting up with my uncle's friend for lunch... We would simply walk out the door, gather our shoes... Boy, were we wrong.” — Jean (10:43)
• Host reaction:
  • “That’s those situations where you know every eye is going to be on you. It’s just the worst.” — Josh (11:31)
  • “A religious ceremony is a different level of something to have to walk out of.” — Hillary (12:14)
  • Musings on Buddhist forgiveness and the perils of accidentally breaking social customs.

b. Eileen’s “Mr. Darcy” Whitewater Disaster (19:26–26:51)

[19:26–26:51]

• Eileen, newly in love and idealistic from Jane Austen novels, is whisked by her boyfriend “Mr. Darcy” and his parents onto dangerous class 5-6 whitewater rapids instead of the safer 3-4 level. The family is tossed from the boat, glasses and ankles are broken, but the romance endures.
  • “Mr. Darcy led us over to the line of the 5, 6 rapids… ‘I thought it would be good for us to challenge ourselves. I’m sure we’ll all laugh about this someday.’ Dead silence.” — Eileen (22:00)
  • “Nope, he’s still cute. So the next day, Mrs. Darcy goes to the doctor and finds out her ankle is broken. But you know what’s not broken? The spell this guy has cast on me. Because 33 years and two kids later, Mr. Darcy, my husband Craig, continues to take me down adventurous paths...” — Eileen (23:05)
• Host reaction:
  • “I mean, if you were already married, that’s grounds for divorce.” — Josh (23:18)
  • “That’s like my old man... I always said do not be going near those black diamonds. And he’d say, oh, I made a little miscalculation.” — Hillary (23:32)
  • Laughter about risky trip decisions being a feature of family journeys.

c. Andrea’s Pontiac Gas Leak (26:56–30:45)

[26:56–30:45]

• Andrea tells of a cross-Nebraska road trip where her dad’s car leaks gas after hitting tire debris. The dad’s advice: “Children, put your shoes on in case we need to jump.”
  • “Even as a 10 year old, I knew that was not a good sign... Our father, who was not a very mechanically minded man... said, ‘children, put your shoes on in case we need to jump.’” — Andrea (28:17)
• Host reaction:
  • “Jump out of a moving car. Is that what the implication is?” — Hillary (28:55)
  • “Disaster averted.” — Josh (29:28)
• Reflections on the universal anxiety of breakdowns in desolate places; mention of Iceland’s law requiring you to stop for any car on the road.

d. Whitney’s “Tum Tum” Squirrel Saga (30:52–34:36)

[30:52–34:36]

• Listener Whitney relates “befriending” generations of red squirrels, all named “Tum Tum,” and draws a parallel to the Meyers' affectionate naming of all pets “Albert.”
  • “My daughter and I are now determined to befriend any squirrels possible.” — Whitney (32:19)
  • She also shares how the podcast inspires her to build a family like the Meyers.
• Host reaction:
  • “Albert is not the first animal we’ve had the same name for... All of our frogs were jimmies... Any frog we found moving forward... we always said Jimmy came home.” — Josh (33:07)
  • “There’s something to a consistency of a name... That’s comforting. Because a lot of times with these animals you can’t build a long relationship, but if you just keep stringing them together, it can be your whole life.” — Josh (34:16)

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4. Listener Questions & A Poem

a. The “Joshies” Award Proposal & Origin of the Songs (40:07–44:59)

[40:07–44:59]

• Listener suggests the “Joshies,” an award for best original podcast song.
  • “Feel like Josh puts a ton of work into them and maybe doesn’t get all the recognition he deserves.” (40:23)
• Josh discusses the songwriting process, avoiding AI, and his growing workload.
  • “There's something I feel like would be lost in that... These songs really are a challenge for me, but I do enjoy it.” — Josh (41:14)
• Hillary weighs in on authenticity vs. AI after a husbandly editing anecdote.

b. Listener Poem—A Podcast Ode from Jen (45:02–48:57)

[45:02–48:57]

• Jen from Boston shares an original, affectionate poem about the podcast, referencing inside jokes, recurring guests, and family quirks.
  • “Seth jokes that their parents without a doubt like Josh the most… no matter what kind of episode, Josh writes a song for each and they are all amazing to hear…” — Jen (47:13)
• Hosts “warmed” by the tribute; Hillary especially appreciates the literary effort.

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5. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “He [the dog Albert] kind of... he's camouflaged in the snow, so it's tricky to find him sometimes.” — Hillary (01:33)
• “She can’t do everything. She threw up her hands and said, ‘I can’t do everything here.’ So I said, well, I’ll tie it up. Well, apparently not well.” — Hillary re: the floating boat (05:55)
• “Nope, he’s still cute. [after the rafting disaster] So the next day, Mrs. Darcy goes to the doctor and finds out her ankle is broken. But you know what’s not broken? The spell this guy has cast on me.” — Eileen (23:05)
• “Children, put your shoes on in case we need to jump.” — Andrea’s father (28:17)
• “Any frog we found moving forward, regardless of size, color, whatever. Maybe it was a toad. ...We always said Jimmy came home.” — Josh (33:31)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:17–03:28: Josh & Hillary chat winter in NH, Albert the sheepdog, family rituals
• 03:28–07:59: Hillary’s “sacre bleu” canal-boat mishap
• 08:15–13:29: Jean’s temple mishap in Korea
• 19:26–26:51: Eileen’s “Mr. Darcy” whitewater rafting misadventure
• 26:56–30:45: Andrea’s leaking Pontiac adventure in Nebraska
• 30:52–34:36: Whitney names all squirrels “Tum Tum” & listener inspirations
• 40:07–44:59: Question about the “Joshies,” Josh on songwriting, avoiding AI
• 45:02–48:57: Jen’s poem tribute to the show

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Recurring Themes & Tone

• Affectionate family ribbing and humor (“That’s like my old man...I made a little miscalculation.”)
• Treasured, often chaotic, childhood and family travel memories
• A celebration of mishaps binding families together
• Sincere appreciation of the podcast’s listeners and their creative engagement
• Understated, dry-witted, and warm tone throughout (“Jump out of a moving car. Is that what the implication is?”)

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Closing

The episode ends with Josh’s signature recap song weaving together all the listener stories and inside jokes (“Jean and her uncle went to Seoul to explore... Mr. Darcy lied about the list—classics rapids... children put on your shoes in case we all need to jump... Jen wrote a poem, Whitney told us about Tum Tum, oh yeah, Tum Tum’s a red squirrel…” 50:38–53:41).

A quintessential “Family Trips” episode: funny, poignant, comfortably chaotic, and full of love for both family and the show’s community.

Transcript

[Josh Myers]

Family trips with the M. Brothers.

[Seth Meyers]

Family trips with the My Brothers.

[Josh Myers]

Here we go. Hey, Tripsters, we've got a listener episode for you today. And this is a very special listener episode because Sufi, once again, he's out on the road, he's traveling. He didn't have time for you. He didn't have time for me. So we are joined by none other than my mother, Hillary Myers, also known as Mommy Girl, but most often known as Hurry. Hi. Hurry, how are you?

[Hillary Myers]

Hi. Good morning. This is very exciting.

[Josh Myers]

I know. Thank you for stepping in. I gotta say, the listener episodes, of all the episodes we do, they're sort of. They're the most relaxed for us. So I think this is a good entree for you. How are you?

[Hillary Myers]

All good. All good. Living in a winter wonderland here in Bedford, New Hampshire.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. You guys are getting. Getting slammed, aren't you?

[Hillary Myers]

Well, the snow's has. Since Christmas, the snow's been on the ground, great big piles of it. It's so beautiful. I just love it. No melting taking place yet.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. And you, you like to go out and play in the snow, right?

[Hillary Myers]

Make the odd snow angel. Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Myers]

You do have a dog that is like perfectly suited to Albert, the old English sheepdog. He. He just loves it.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, he loves the romping. Yes, yes, yes. And he kind of. He's camouflaged in the snow so it's tricky to find him sometimes. Yeah, he's predominantly white. Whiteish. Grayish. Yes.

[Josh Myers]

So he is. One of the things I love when I'm home is Daddy will tend to get up before you. And Albert certainly gets up as soon as dad gets up and wants to go outside. But then Albert will come up and just join you in bed and sleep with you until you decide to get up.

[Hillary Myers]

Well, he, he comes up around quarter to seven because he knows he gets his father up at seven. So he lays between us, facing his father. Because I don't like to get slubered on in the morning. That would be. Yeah, slobbery. Slubbery.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

But when his father wakes up at 7, the two of them leave. And then Albert will come back and get me at 8. He knows that is my wake up time. And that's when the bedroom is awash in what I call poshy rainbows. The little prism that you gave me that goes in my window and covers my ceilings on a sunny day with beautiful rainbows. So it's a nice way to wake up a big sheepdog. Rainbows. It's a good way to start your day.

[Josh Myers]

It's A great way to start your day. And I really like. The prism that I got you is not. You know, it's not an expensive thing, but it sort of. It really delivers in terms of bang for your buck. If you're looking for a gift, if you know of someone who has a window that gets some sun in it, it's. They're so nice. We have one hanging in our window. And when, you know, when the living room gets all rainbowy, it's. There's something that's just magical about it.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, I. I bought them for a bunch of my friends, and, yeah, they're like five or $6 each. I mean, it's nothing. You know, put a little wire string on them, heavy string, and. Yeah, they're fabulous.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Just talking about trips real quickly. You. You mentioned that you maybe had a trip story that you wanted to tell, so I want to give you the. The floor.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah. I'd only told ones about our immediate family, but my sisters. I'm one of four sisters and my mother, we started an annual reunion about 25, 30 years ago. And we went on a trip every year for a week. We went all over the world. Bermuda, Quebec, Amsterdam. All over the United States. It would be a week. We do have two brothers. They were never invited. The husbands were never invited. It was strictly the girls. And one year, a friend of mine at school said, we just took a penny shit down a canal in France.

[Seth Meyers]

And.

[Hillary Myers]

And I thought, wait a minute. What is a penny shet? And what's the deal? And it's like.

[Josh Myers]

I think everyone listening also had the question, what's a penny shed? And we're all glad that you swung back around to it.

[Hillary Myers]

So it's like a little mini houseboat slash barge because it goes down canals. So you go through locks and stop in all kinds of little towns where there's wineries, get free wine, walk in the little towns. And it's very little traffic on the canals, so it's kind of ideal. But this friend of mine had gone with her husband, and we have no men in our group. And you think of a skipper of a ship as being a man. At least I do. But then my sister Alex famously learned to be quite the sailor in Marblehead, Massachusetts, growing up and taught sailing in North Carolina when she lived there. So I thought, well, she can maneuver this boat. How hard can it be? And of course she could maneuver. It was no problem. They showed her the maps, and she said, I got it. So we just floated down these canals for a week, and at night, you would tie up to appear, and usually there would maybe be two other boats at the most, and you'd go into the town and have dinner or do whatever you wanted to walk about. So one night we all got dressed up and went into town, and we came back and there's a Frenchman at the end of the pier saying, mesdames, mesdames bleu, mon Dieu, that must be your boat. So our boat is floating down the canal, and somebody had not fastened it tightly. I believe I was put in charge of that job.

[Josh Myers]

Why were you put in charge of that?

[Hillary Myers]

Because she can't do everything. She threw up her hands and said, I can't do everything here. So I said, well, I'll tie it up. Well, apparently not. Well. So we're watching the boat go away with all of our belongings, and I said, what do we do? So my sister Alex, no problem, takes her dress off, pulls it off over her head and is wearing, of course, a very attractive set of black lace bra and panties, dives off the boat and swims to the boat. It was not close. Swims to the boat, jumps up on it and brings it back to the pier. At which point the Frenchmen that are standing there clap and clap. And, yes, a big hats off to my sister Alex, who saved the day.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Who also. I mean, not to. I guess it's strange to talk about your aunt's breasts, but she would have had no trouble with buoyancy.

[Hillary Myers]

She was what is known in our family and around the world, I think, as a va, va, va voom.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's. Yeah, she's something else. I also love how stereotypical that Frenchman is. Unless maybe that is what they all say. They would all say, suck r Bleu,

[Hillary Myers]

but we Americans, we like to think that.

[Josh Myers]

But, yeah, the. You also. You were shooting video on, like, a camcorder, I believe, on that trip. Because at the time you were still a French teacher at the junior high school. You were my French teacher. You were Seth's French teacher. And you sort of. You made a video to show in class where you're speaking French. And I found that tape a few years ago. Oh, no way.

[Hillary Myers]

I didn't remember that.

[Josh Myers]

Oh, yeah, yeah. And I. I haven't heard.

[Hillary Myers]

I mean, it was one of those gigantic ones and I'm all shaky.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, I don't think it was a great teaching aid, the video that you eventually brought to those people. But. But it really sort of shows what your days were like. And. Yeah, it was great.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

So Sam, I think we've got some stories, I believe.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, we do.

[Sam]

We have a few stories.

[Hillary Myers]

We have a question, we have a poem.

[Sam]

So we have a lot of fun stuff.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh boy.

[Josh Myers]

Very good. Well, let's. Let's hear our first story.

[Sam]

Hi, Seth and Josh. My name is Jean from Manchester, New Hampshire. Huge fan of the podcast. Been listening since week one. This family trip includes myself and my uncle. A bit of a backstory. My uncle was adopted at the age of 10 from South Korea in the 1970s. I'm now in my 40s, and as I have grown into an adult, my uncle and I have been very close. We both love traveling. He's the most well traveled person I have ever met. From safaris to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro a few years back. I've also done my fair share of traveling, including being a U.S. peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador and gallivanting around South America. My uncle and I had talked for years about how cool it would be if I went back with him to Seoul to meet his biological siblings and see where he grew up. It finally happened in April of 2025. So many emotions, so many memories. I wanted to fully engage in the South Korean culture. So we tried all the food. 10 out of 10 recommend any and all seafood you can get your hands on. Took a bus tour across the country and learned about historical places and people. Went to so many open air markets and explored multiple Buddhist temples. This is the backdrop for our family trip mishap. We arrived at the temple and entered without our shoes, which is customary. We sat on pillows in silence. I was enamored with the ornate statues of Buddha, the aroma of incense, and the passion of those worshiping and praying. Unbeknownst to us, there was a service beginning. In a few moments, people began showing up, picking their pillows, kneeling and praying. I was truly transported to a spiritual place as an observer to this part of the Korean culture. Suddenly, two monks walked in and took their places toward the altar. My uncle and I made eyes. We realized we were now in a service and we had no idea what to do. We telepathically spoke to each other. How long will this last and what should we do? As the service began, people started kneeling. Some were bowing. We were definitely fish out of water. I should also mention that I'm 5 foot 9. There's no way around looking completely out of place. I continued to savor the moment when the kind man next to us began to motion. When we should stand or sit or kneel, he would knock on the floor. If we needed to change our positions to meet that of the crowd. Our embarrassment turned to semi comfort. That was until I looked at my clock and realized that we were supposed to be meeting up with my uncle's friend for lunch and a tour of downtown Seoul. We again spoke telepathically that we should walk out of the temple as respectfully as possible. We stood and bowed toward the altar and the rest of the people toward the door, which was not the door that we had entered through. Once through the door, we thought we were good. We would simply walk out the door, gather our shoes back at the entrance. Boy, were we wrong. We were staying in an electrical closet that also posed as an emergency exit. The doors to the outside had a big red X on them. We panicked. The only way out was back through the entire temple. So we took a deep breath and walked back through, bowing again toward the crowd and the altar to the entrance door. We were sweating bullets and laughing together as only my uncle and I can.

[Josh Myers]

Oh, that's great.

[Hillary Myers]

That's a great one. Boy, she could sure paint a picture, our Gene. Nice job.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, exactly. That's those situations where you have to get up and walk out of somewhere and you know every eye is going to be on you. It's just the worst. We saw. I don't know if you remember the musician Suzanne Vega, but Mackenzie and I saw her earlier in the week at Largo, this great little venue in Los Angeles. And I was in the front row on the left hand side, and I just had to go to the bathroom. And I was like, she's so cool. And I knew that if I got up, she was gonna see me. And I told Mackenzie. I was like, I have to go, but I don't wanna go because I don't want Suzanne Vega to think that I'm like, dissing her because she's so good.

[Hillary Myers]

Right? Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

But a religious ceremony as well is a different level of something to have to walk out of.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah. And I thought for sure when you went out that other door, I was thinking, oh, their shoes aren't gonna be there.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. I thought like, well, they certainly weren't where the shoes were. But I. With that red X on the door, I thought that they were maybe gonna set off a fire alarm and have the whole place.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, my gosh, I didn't even think of that. Yeah, fire alarm would have been the worst.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Well, the good thing to know is that if. I think Buddhists are pretty forgiving.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes. They're Zen.

[Josh Myers]

They can deal with distraction. They can handle it. Better than. Better than Daddy, I would say.

[Hillary Myers]

Better than most of us. Better than most of us. What a great. What a great uncle to have great experiences. Wow.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Yeah. And I feel like that's, that's the kind of trip that you just have to say, we have to do this.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

And yeah. I mean, particularly, I mean, going somewhere where someone's from when they have real history, it's. They can be such good tour guides. And then if you have, you know, old friends, old family that you can meet up with those trips. Those trips are amazing.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, yeah. Great story, Gene. Great story.

[Josh Myers]

Thank you, Gene. And like, you've got some cousins in England that, that came on that trip when you and your sisters and your mom came to Amsterdam.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes.

[Josh Myers]

Jane and the two Janes. The two Janes.

[Hillary Myers]

Jane and friend Jane. Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. No, and it's just like, it's so nice to have people that you are connected to that you don't really know that well. But there's, there's something that there is a glue there.

[Hillary Myers]

There is.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah. A lot of cases they call it family.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

All right. Thank you so much, Gene.

[Hillary Myers]

Thank you, Gene.

[Josh Myers]

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[Seth Meyers]

Hi, I'm Eileen Burmeister calling in Phoenix, Arizona, in the early 1990s. I had just graduated from college in Ohio, and I was a high school English teacher. I had met a very cute guy, and because I was filled with a lot of Jane Austen novels in my head, I had extremely idealistic views of what love was. So you can imagine we fell madly and deeply in love very quickly. So quickly that in three months time, he invited me to go on a trip with his parents to a camp and go whitewater rafting near West Virginia at a place with the unfortunate name of Ohio Pile, a town in the middle of nowhere. Fun fact, it's the location of a little film called Silence of the Lambs. Because I was in this stage of relationship where I wanted to sound cool, I said, that sounds great, even though it did not sound great. But this guy, let's call him Mr. Darcy, was a rugged outdoorsman, loved nature, thought nothing of throwing a backpack on and hiking the Allegheny Trail for a week with his dad. On the drive down with his parents, Mr. Darcy was explaining that there are three levels of white water rafting. The 12 rapids were for people who didn't know what they were doing. The three four rapids were for people who could navigate their way through a river. And the 5, 6 rapids were for people who basically had a death wish. He told us. I signed the four of us up for the 34 rapids because dad and I know what we're doing. But as we were walking up to the riverbank the morning of, Mr. Darcy led us over to the line of the 5, 6 rapids. When we all looked at him confused, he said, oh, they were out of room in the 34 rapid group. So I decided we'd just push ourselves and do the 5 6. It'll be fine. No, no, no. Well, Mrs. Darcy is in her early 50s, and Darcy Senior was in his late 60s. But you know, I'm here for the ride. So our guide told us that this three hour tour would culminate in this incredible rapid that they call the double hydraulic, which is as awful as it sounds. It's like one wave hits you, then another one just smacks you back again. We watched as other boats got through the rapids unscathed. And then it was our turn. It's as if the river were saving up all its rage just for the Darcy family. And when we started going into the first hydraulic, the first first wave hit our boat up halfway. Then the second wave knocked us all the way over. Darcy senior was tossed out of the boat, Flew through the air and landed in the boat behind us with his glasses broken on top of his head. Mr. Darcy, the cute guy, fell under the boat and couldn't come up for air, which was fine with me at this point. Mrs. Darcy hit her ankle on a rock. I heard the crunching sound from the fetal position that I was in, Where I was questioning my life choices at this point. So on the way to the campground, when we're all asking why were we on a 56 river that we had no business going on, Mr. Darcy chuckled and said, funny story. There really was room on the 34 rapids, but I thought it would be good for us to challenge ourselves. I'm sure we'll all laugh about this someday. Dead silence. His dad turned around from the front seat and said, are you kidding me? His mom, holding her ankle, just glared at him. And I. I'll be damned if I'm not in the back seat with him. And I think, nope, he's still cute. So the next day, Mrs. Darcy goes to the doctor and finds out her ankle is broken. But you know what's not broken? The spell this guy has cast on me. Because 33 years and two kids later, Mr. Darcy, my husband Craig, continues to take me down. Adventurous Paths, but knows I will never go whitewater rafting with him again.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Josh Myers]

I mean, if you were already married, that's grounds for divorce.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes. Yeah, I thought for sure you were going to say you cut him loose.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, of course, of course.

[Hillary Myers]

That's like my old man. We go on ski trips and he always. I used to nickname him Mr. Map because he always had to get out the pictures of the slopes and which. Which runs of go where, what with which one shall we choose? And I always said, do not be going near those black diamonds. And he'd say, oh, I made a little miscalculation. A black diamond. I don't want to risk life and limb. Ever.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

Ever.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. That's a crazy story for the. The Darcy senior to be launched from one boat to another boat to the other.

[Hillary Myers]

I know.

[Josh Myers]

And his mom to break an ankle. I mean, I wonder if. If Eileen's in laws, you know, still hold that against their son Craig, for. For doing that to him.

[Hillary Myers]

I love that you call him Mr. Darcy. What a great. What a great addition.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. I mean, that's. That's young love. I fear that.

[Hillary Myers]

Is that.

[Josh Myers]

Is that held on during that Austin phase?

[Hillary Myers]

Wow. Well, some people say they want to. They don't want to go through life straight. They want to have ups and downs and ups. And so you had a great big up. Up in the air.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, yeah. Ohio pile. Was that the name of the town?

[Hillary Myers]

Silence of the Lambs. I thought she was going to say Deliverance. That would have been scarier.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, they're both pretty scary when it boils down to it.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, great story. Oh, my gosh. I can't even imagine.

[Josh Myers]

Also just the double hydraulic is that you're like, oh, this is our route. That's such an intimidating name. I remember we used to. Before we lived in New Hampshire, we would go visit New Hampshire and we would drive around and do sort of all the touristy things up in the north of the state. And there were. What were those caves called?

[Hillary Myers]

The Polar Caves.

[Josh Myers]

The Polar Caves. And you know, some of those were. I know there was like a Lemon Squeezer.

[Hillary Myers]

I was going to say the Lemon Squeezer. You had to be thin enough to get through there.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. But they sort of. There would be some names that would be like, hey, do you really want to do this one? The Lemon Squeezer. Because I was a very skinny, awkward little boy, I could get through there. But I don't think. I don't know if anyone else. Any of the Rest of you could. But. But yeah. Double hydraulic is not something I would have any interest in. Going down.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

What?

[Hillary Myers]

That was a scary, scary story. My heart was in my mouth. Thank goodness I wasn't on that boat.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. No, I think we're all, we're all glad you weren't on that boat. Thank you so much, Eileen. And yeah, I mean there is, there is also something to be said for, you know, going through something with someone does make you closer.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

And the memory. You'll always have that memory, certainly.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Yeah. Great story. I'm glad you guys made it through that. Made it through two kids. I bet the two kids seemed like a cakewalk after.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah. After a start like childbirth was nothing after nothing.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Not after the double hydraulic.

[Hillary Myers]

Nope.

[Josh Myers]

Thank you so much, Eileen. Sam, I think we got another story.

[Seth Meyers]

Hi Josh and Seth. My name is Andrea. I live in Spokane, Washington and I really enjoy listening to your listener story episodes and I thought I would share one from my own childhood. I am the youngest of five. I have four older brothers and my parents were a real country mouse. City mouse marriage. My mother who was from rural farming country in Nebraska and my father an immigrant kid from Brooklyn, New York. We grew up in a western suburb of Chicago and spent a lot of time in the car going between these two parts of the country. We spent many summers on our grandparents farm in Nebraska. One summer when it was just my next older brother and I, we were driving from one side of Nebraska to the other side to see relatives. As you can imagine, there are long stretches in Nebraska that are very desolate. That is where we were when our father, who was driving, ran over a piece of tire and it punctured the gas tank. I can remember looking out the back window of the Pontiac sedan we were driving in and seeing gas pouring out onto the highway. Even as a 10 year old, I knew that was not a good sign. Our father, who was not a very mechanically minded man, also knew this was not a good sign in his wisdom. We kept driving at speed down the highway and what made a big impression on me was when our father said, children, put your shoes on in case we need to jump.

[Hillary Myers]

We didn't jump.

[Seth Meyers]

There were no explosions that day. I don't really remember how this story ended except I have a vague memory of riding in a tow truck cab with my mother. I love the show and I love remembering my own family adventures. Thanks.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh my gosh.

[Josh Myers]

Just be ready to jump.

[Hillary Myers]

Jump out of a moving car. Is that what the implication is?

[Josh Myers]

I think the implication Is what if this thing catches fire? And if it catches fire, then there could be an explosion right on the heels. And if that's the case, we're going to have to jump.

[Hillary Myers]

You need your shoes on for this.

[Josh Myers]

You need. Yeah, it's a good idea to have your shoes on. It's a great. Actually, it's a great idea to have your shoes on.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, my gosh. Dripping gas. I thought she was going to say the tire blew out, which is bad enough, but dripping. Oh, my God.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

Disaster averted.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Thank goodness.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

Driving. Driving across a highway when something goes wrong with your car, like on a long. On a long, desolate drive, is. Is a very uncomfortable place to be in.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

I remember when we drove. We went to Vegas from California.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

And that drive. And I thought for so long, you don't see another car, and you think, geez, if we run out of gas here, what happens? It's kind of terrifying. And I'm sure that road in Nebraska was similar.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, yeah. There's. In Iceland, I believe it's like a law that says if you see a car on the side of the road, you have to stop because there's so few cars in some of these roads. So if you're, you know, if you're broken down or. No, no one has to know what your situation is. They just have to check and see. Hey, are you okay?

[Hillary Myers]

I have to check on you. That's a great good neighbor rule.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Well, also, they're all related over there, so.

[Hillary Myers]

That's true. That's true. Sven is brothers with Finn and Ye.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. To keep it on the family trips thing. Every trip is a family trip in Iceland.

[Hillary Myers]

That's true. That's true. No matter where you go. Great story.

[Josh Myers]

Great story. Thank you, Andrea. All right, Sam, what's next? We have another story.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes, we do. I'm gonna play that right now.

[Sam]

Hi, Josh and Seth.

[Josh Myers]

My name is Whitney.

[Seth Meyers]

A fun fact about my family is

[Sam]

that my children will go to the

[Josh Myers]

same high school as Bob Odenkirk.

[Seth Meyers]

And I only learned that fact because I listened to your conversation with him. I've listened to every conversation of this

[Josh Myers]

podcast on the day of release because I adore you two. I respect your parents and how they raised you.

[Seth Meyers]

I am thankful for your emotional intelligence

[Sam]

and communication with each other.

[Josh Myers]

I didn't grow up with a family

[Seth Meyers]

like yours, but I wish I had. And your family gives me hope that my family can grow to be like your family. When my kids are grown, I feel like I'm already a Lot like Hillary

[Sam]

because I talk a lot. Je pas lenses.

[Josh Myers]

And I drink gin and tonics if

[Sam]

I'm not drinking old fashioned. Getting to the point.

[Seth Meyers]

My comment today is about the Alberts. Your dad calls every dog Albert and I call every female red squirrel. I befriend Tum Tum. I've lived in my house for 12 years now. The original Tum Tum would cool off

[Sam]

by spreading out her on cool objects like a shaded stone or a tree limb.

[Seth Meyers]

I did my best to befriend her, but she's passed on and I continue my attempts to befriend all her children. I assume I'm on my third Tum Tum.

[Sam]

My daughter and I are now determined

[Seth Meyers]

to befriend any squirrels possible.

[Sam]

And I figured Josh, being a nature lover, would appreciate this story.

[Seth Meyers]

I appreciate his nature stories, even ones about helping slugs.

[Sam]

In another timeline, I'd like to think we'd be friends. Thank you for giving me so much

[Hillary Myers]

joy week after week.

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you for every smile, giggle and laugh out loud moment.

[Josh Myers]

Oh, Whitney, that's.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, my gosh. That just warmed my heart. Another gin and tonic fan. That's French speaking.

[Josh Myers]

Oh, my God. I was gonna say what warmed my heart is that she liked our family, but I guess gin and tonics. Yeah. Oh, that's. Yeah, we've. It's. Albert is not the first animal that we've had the same name for. I think it all started with our frogs.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep.

[Hillary Myers]

They were all jimmies.

[Josh Myers]

They were all Jimmy because we. We would catch a frog out in the woods and we would make a little box for it. And then I don't know if the frogs would die. I'm guessing that would be what would happen. Or maybe you guys would just be. You guys don't need a frog anymore. And it would be released away.

[Hillary Myers]

They had another life to live.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. So we would always say Jimmy ran away. And then any frog we found moving forward, regardless of size, color, whatever. Maybe it was a toad. We weren't that particular. But we always said Jimmy came home.

[Hillary Myers]

He came home. Yeah. It was always a good story.

[Josh Myers]

And then also all of our. The chipmunks all have the same name. We. Seth had a name. Seth wanted to call them Rufus. And I said we should call a chipmunk Faby because they are babies. So all of the chipmunks were Rufus Faby, which is. Which really disappointed Seth. But it sort of sticks in our mind and.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, it does. It does.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. There's something to a consistency of a name of. Of a Single kind of animal.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes.

[Josh Myers]

That's comforting. Yeah. Because a lot of times with these animals, you can't build a long relationship, but if you just keep stringing them together, it can be your whole life.

[Hillary Myers]

That's right. That's right.

[Josh Myers]

Oh, yeah. Well, I hope, I hope one day maybe you and a tum tum can really connect, Whitney. I'm sure you will. Just keep at it.

[Hillary Myers]

Keep at it. Whitney, thanks for all the kind words. Thank you. Very, very touching.

[Josh Myers]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Josh Myers]

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[Josh Myers]

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[Josh Myers]

Here we go. What else do we have, Sam? Couple questions maybe?

[Sam]

Yeah, we got a question and a poem. So I'll play this question next.

[Josh Myers]

All right.

[Hillary Myers]

Hi.

[Seth Meyers]

Wondering if you guys ever considered doing

[Josh Myers]

some awards called the Joshies. The songs are so great.

[Hillary Myers]

I thought guests could nominate their song

[Seth Meyers]

and maybe listeners could vote on the top three.

[Sam]

Feel like Josh puts a ton of

[Seth Meyers]

work into them and maybe doesn't get all the recognition he deserves and curious

[Sam]

how they're received by the guests. So thanks and thanks for great listening. Really appreciate it.

[Seth Meyers]

Go Steelers.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, gosh.

[Josh Myers]

Go Steelers.

[Hillary Myers]

The songs are unbelievable. Just from a mom's point of view. They are so great. Look forward to them. Yep.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, we. I will say, you know, in this world of AI, I imagine there's a way that I could use AI to make this all easier on me. I still have not. And I don't. I really don't want to. You know, there's. There's something I feel like that would be lost in that. But it does take sometimes a lot of time.

[Seth Meyers]

Sure.

[Josh Myers]

And as I get busier, you know, I have like a second podcast now, this California now podcast. And then I have life and I have, you know, other jobs that crop up sometimes. These songs really, really are a challenge for me, but I do enjoy it. And we do send the songs to the guests in a thank you email afterwards. They don't have my email address. I'm not connected to everyone that we. We talk to and we sort of, I think we communicate through our people as. As you say. But, you know, occasionally someone will reach out and say, oh, that was really something else.

[Hillary Myers]

So they're like your signature songs. They have your signature on them. And it wouldn't be the same if you did a AI thing.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

Like your father. When I did a book review on The Pod Sets Late Night lit podcast. And I. I always run him by him and he'll edit them and whatever put commas in. I say, I'm reading this. I don't need a comma. Well, you need to know when to pause. Maybe. But anyhow, I typed this one, and then he brings it back to me, and it's totally different. And he said, I think this one's better. So I read it. I said, well, it's totally different. What is it? He said, it's AI. I just put it in there, and it's much better than yours. And I said, no, it's not in my voice. It's not. It's pretend. I'm not buying the other. And the Late Night lit people said, no, we're not. Hillary has a certain style, and it's staying there. So your songs are your songs. They're signature poshy.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, maybe we'll come up with something where people can vote for their faves of the year.

[Hillary Myers]

That's a great idea. Great idea. I love it.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. I also. Another thing, you know, another thing I was thinking of doing, which would just take some time because we've done. I don't know, we must be coming up on a couple hundred episodes. But I kind of want to put together just a public Spotify playlist of all the songs that inspire the songs. Yeah, I feel like that would be a good thing to have, because sometimes people are like, I don't know that song, but you could just go check on Spotify or something.

[Hillary Myers]

Did you start from the very beginning? Was there a song in the very first one? I can't remember.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Yeah, because I did these songs. I do these songs for our. For our fantasy football drafts. And, you know, it also. It started because, you know, Seth's friends, who are also my friends, but guys and Seth's here, they would do original songs for weekends when they would get together. Hot Dog the Weekend is a classic. You know, just sort of silly songs that hit for a very, very targeted demographic, which is this group of 12 guys.

[Hillary Myers]

Right.

[Josh Myers]

And then. Then I started working with our friend Doug Stradley and Jake Miller to sort of do songs. And then at some point, I just sort of. Yeah, I would do one every year. And then Seth said once we were starting this podcast that I should maybe do a song for each episode, not, I guess, realizing that we would be doing hundreds of these. So. Yeah, we will. Yeah, we will take that under advisement to have the Joshies or maybe the Pashis. I guess makes more sense, but great suggestion. Thank you for that, Sam. Do we have anything else?

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah, we have one more thing I'm

[Sam]

gonna go ahead and borrow for you.

[Seth Meyers]

Hi, Josh and Seth, this is Jen from Boston. I love your podcast and I was trying to think of a family trip story that I could share, but I didn't have any funny ones. So I decided to do something that I don't think any other listener has done, which is to write a poem about the podcast. So here it is. I have to give credit to Jimmy Kimmel on Strike Force Five for talking about family trips. Although he didn't talk about the podcast for long, he did mention that Seth's brother at the end of each episode would sing an original song. Seth Meyers has a brother and they have a podcast. I thought that's fun. So I set out to listen to them one by one. At first I was confused as to who was Josh and who was Seth. I almost thought it was a game because when you first listen, you will hear that these brothers sound exactly the same. They chat before the guest comes on and catch up on each other's lives. Seth talks a lot about his kids, but there's not as much talk about their lovely wives. They talk about their parents, Larry and Hillary, and even though they are all super close, Seth jokes that their parents without a doubt like Josh the most. They've had so many guests on the podcast, some I didn't even know. Timothy Oliphant, Aya Cash, Josh Homey, and Paul Damo. Some guests talk about family trips and others will say, we never went anywhere and I don't have any stories to tell. This makes Larry furious. This is called family trips. No vacations, no trips. What the hell? Seth is very quick with the jokes and great at chatting with guests old and new, but sometimes it's hard to tell. Is this a podcast about family trips or the old SNL crew? Occasionally they have listener stories where some read from the page and others ad lib if they're able. One of my faves is the mother who got carried into the house on a picnic table. No matter what kind of episode they have, Josh writes a song for each and they are all amazing to hear. I'm not sure how he continues to come up with great songs year after year. Thanks Josh and Seth for making a podcast that's interesting and super fun. I love it so much and my book, you, podcast is number one.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh my God.

[Seth Meyers]

I hope you like it and I hope it is Larry Myers approved. Thanks. Bye.

[Josh Myers]

I'M sure it will be proud of us. Beautiful job.

[Hillary Myers]

Thank you.

[Josh Myers]

And that has not been done before, so we really appreciate that. Also, I think of all of us, Hari, you are our most literate. Not literate in terms of you can read and write, but you're the most literary minded, probably.

[Hillary Myers]

Yes.

[Josh Myers]

So for a poem to come in here on an episode when I'm the

[Hillary Myers]

guest host, it's wonderful. Yeah, yeah. Beautiful job. Very flattering. I love that the listeners are such loyal listeners.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah, yeah, we do, too.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. That Strike Force Five song, I do think that was a very good song. But I, you know, Jimmy asked if I would do one, and I. I did one to it's so Hard to say Goodbye to Yesterday by Boyz II Men. And then Seth was like, I don't think this is the right vibe. So I had to do two songs for that one. The souf was like, yeah, that one's. And it was really good, but it was just, like, slower.

[Hillary Myers]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Josh Myers]

And, yeah. So there's a hidden track out there, everybody. Yeah. But maybe we'll throw that up someday. Maybe if there's another strike. And Strike Force 5 comes back. There we go.

[Seth Meyers]

Cool.

[Hillary Myers]

Very cool.

[Josh Myers]

We'll give it on that. Well, hurry. This has been so lovely to host a podcast with you, and it's been nice. Sufi hasn't been here to talk about snl.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah.

[Josh Myers]

Or stand up.

[Hillary Myers]

I appreciate the invite and I appreciate being on my own so I can. I don't have to. Yes. Out talk your father, which is difficult.

[Josh Myers]

It is very difficult. Yeah. Yeah. That's why you can just go take a nap. Well, you have your. Your chair up in your room where you go to read a book. You call it Gray Gardens and that's right. You can always just sort of pull the rip cord and float up to Gray Gardens with a. I do.

[Hillary Myers]

I spend a lot of time there. A lot of quiet time. Reflecting time.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah.

[Hillary Myers]

All right. Well, I enjoyed myself. This was so much fun.

[Josh Myers]

Yeah. Yeah. You were wonderful, Hari. Thank you so much. And thanks to all the listeners with your stories and your questions and your poem, Jen.

[Hillary Myers]

Yeah. Really brought it home, listeners. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Josh Myers]

Time for more these listener stories. Time for more these listener stories. Sneak your uncle out the temple trying to find an exit. Sneaky your uncle out the temple, find their closet. Jean and her uncle went to Seoul to explore, meet some people from his past. Then they wandered into it. Temple service started. Didn't know how long would last. So they tiptoed out of there or went the wrong way there were no shoes no no they both had to just double back no choice and try

[Seth Meyers]

to

[Josh Myers]

try to sneak back through steaming platter on white water I would have been pissed scheming potter on white water Mr. Darcy lied about the list classics rapids that's what they did was a real cute guy but he he took it for a ride the D double hydraulic got pretty chaotic boat went upside boat went upside down down and Andrea in Nebraska dad drove over tire it

[Sam]

was just a little fun

[Josh Myers]

window peeking you could see the gas leaking said children put on your shoes in case we all need to jump tire coulda led to a fire I mean what you gonna do tire coulda led to a fire whole thing coulda blew Jen wrote a poem Whitney told us about tum tum oh yeah Tum tum's a red squirrel Jen wrote a poem with he told us about tum tum oh yeah Tum tum's a red squirrel girl.

[Seth Meyers]

It.