SCRAMBLE: Reuvers had a front row seat for the Snoop Dogg halftime show yesterday!!

Summary

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Garage Logic - Weekly Scramble

Episode: SCRAMBLE: Reuvers had a front row seat for the Snoop Dogg halftime show yesterday!!
Date: December 27, 2025
Hosts: Chris Reivers, Mike Fratelloni
Special Guests/Contributors: Mishki (brief cameo)

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Garage Logic Weekly Scramble is a post-Christmas, year-end catch-up between Chris Reivers and Mike Fratelloni. Chris shares his experience attending the Minnesota Vikings’ rare Christmas Day home game, with particular focus on the much-hyped Snoop Dogg halftime show. The duo explores why these modern halftime spectacles exist, how Netflix is pushing into NFL territory, and the ever-changing tradition of football on holidays.

Peppered with the usual Garage Logic blend of self-deprecation and Midwestern humor, topics range from NFL bathroom strategy to infamous Buffalo Bills fan antics, and an unexpected, hilarious dive into bizarre emergency room statistics.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Chris’ Christmas Day at the Vikings Game

• Chris recounts his last-minute decision to attend the Vikings’ Christmas Day home game, a tradition in his Bohemian-rooted family.
• Relays the festive yet oddly deserted feel of downtown Minneapolis on Christmas.
• Memorable moment: Describes the fun and freedom of attending a game alone:

  "The beauty of going to a game by yourself is you can do whatever the hell you want." (05:11)

[03:14] Snoop Dogg & Halftime Show Hype

• Chris went in part to see Snoop Dogg and country star Lainey Wilson at halftime.
• Mike mentions “K Pop Demon Hunters” also performed—a popular kids’ Netflix anime group, though Chris is clueless about them:

  "Who the sweet hell is that?" (03:22)

[07:13] Halftime Spectacle: Who Is it For?

• Chris questions the value of these halftime performances for fans in the stadium:

  “Who are these shows for?” (07:13)

• Notes Snoop was clearly lip-syncing, but everyone took videos for social media.
• Mike asserts these shows are primarily for the TV and streaming audience—especially as Netflix aired the whole game, using its own properties to increase engagement.

  "Netflix is just trying to figure out if we can put a halftime show together that keep people engaged with Netflix. And I think they did it." (11:21)

2. Halftime Logistics and Stadium Observations

[08:10] The Bathroom Conundrum

• Chris observes that while bathrooms were packed throughout the first half, at halftime they were totally empty as everyone watched Snoop.
• Everyone was videoing the show for social media.

[09:53] The Great Exodus

• Chris asks a sheriff if fans will leave after halftime:

  "'Is the max exodus about to happen?' He goes, 'This place will be half empty in 20 minutes.'" (09:50)

[12:52] Football Odds and Ends

• Mike points out negative passing yards by the Vikings, leading to banter about their defense and unusual “whiteout” attire at the game.
• Quick history of Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving tradition ([13:38]), and reflections on attending NFL holiday games as family events.

3. Upcoming NFL Matchups and Fandom Antics

[17:51] Preview: Eagles at Bills, Fan Behavior

• Reivers predicts chaos at the "game of the week" due to passionate Eagles and Bills fans:

  “You are combining two of the most moronic fan bases in the entire league...” (17:55)

• Discusses strong law enforcement presence at such games.

[19:45] Tom Brady’s Return to Buffalo & Unusual ‘Tribute’

• Explains the notorious Bills fan tradition of throwing pink sex toys onto the field when Tom Brady visits ([20:29]).
• Mike details:

  “When someone turns to you and you’re working part-time there as security and a guy says, ‘run out there and grab all those dildos and throw them away’, you’re like, I don’t think I have the right kind of gloves on." (21:55)

• Anecdotes about starting on the “ground floor” of NFL teams—sometimes literally picking up embarrassing items.

[24:25] Lax Security and COVID-era Fan Experiences

• Reivers recalls the light vaccine-checking at Buffalo’s playoff stadium entrance in 2022.

4. "Objects Up the Butt" ER Challenge

[27:38] Mike’s Brain Teaser: What’s the List?

• Mike presents a cryptic list (nails, baseball, dog, dryer sheet, babseball, uncooked pasta, sandal, marbles, etc.), asking Chris to find what they have in common.

[31:01] The Reveal

• All items on the list have been retrieved from rectums in ER visits in 2025.
• Mike reads out some actual documented explanations:

  "The reason for the baseball was to see what it felt like." (32:54)

• Chris marvels at the inventiveness (or desperation) of some patients:

  “How in God’s name do you get a baseball up there?” (32:15)

• Mike adds statistics: Average of 3,890 US ER visits per year for “rectal foreign bodies”, 78% male, average age 43 ([37:10]).

5. Lighthearted Closing

[40:03] Limo Dad Joke

• Mike jokes about a limo rental with “nothing to chauffeur it” and Christmas-tree themed puns.
• The hosts end with gratitude for their listeners and wishes for the coming year.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Who is this for? Because obviously everybody there was there so they could take their Instagram photo so they could post it to social media, put their social. You know what I mean? That's, I bet why 90% of the people were at that game yesterday.” —Chris (09:45)
• “Netflix is just trying to figure out if we can put a halftime show together that keep people engaged with Netflix. And I think they did it.” —Mike (11:21)
• “When someone turns to you and you’re working part-time there as security and a guy says, ‘run out there and grab all those dildos and throw them away’, you’re like, I don’t think I have the right kind of gloves on. I’m not doing it.” —Mike (21:55)
• "Well, let me tell you, in 20, 25, each one of those items somebody had put up their butts and had them stuck in their butts and had to go to the emergency room to get them removed from their butts." —Mike ([31:01])
• “I live in a judge free zone. You let your freak flag fly.” —Chris (31:47)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:14 — Talking Snoop Dogg Halftime Show and who the performances are really for
• 07:13 — Chris questions the purpose of stadium halftimes for fans
• 08:10 — Stadium logistics: the empty halftime bathrooms
• 09:53 — Social-media culture and the fan exodus post-halftime
• 12:52 — Vikings game recaps, traditions, and the Detroit Lions’ holiday legacy
• 17:51 — Eagles vs. Bills preview, fan chaos, and stadium security
• 19:45 — Tom Brady’s return to Buffalo and the infamous Bills “tributes”
• 24:25 — Security anecdotes and post-COVID stadium details
• 27:38 — Mike’s brain teaser: Rectal Emergency Room challenge
• 31:01 — Unveiling the answer: ER stories, stats, and reactions
• 40:03 — Closing jokes and gratitude

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Tone & Style

The episode is informal, irreverent, and filled with playful sarcasm and Midwestern humor. Banter is good-natured; personal anecdotes and absurdities abound, especially in the “objects in the butt” segment, which becomes a running joke. Sports talk shifts seamlessly into slice-of-life comedy, making the recap both entertaining and representative of the hosts’ unscripted, conversational style.

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Summary Takeaway

For listeners who missed out, this episode offers an entirely unsanitized look into the modern NFL spectacle, family and fan traditions, and the occasionally absurd side of both sports fandom and human behavior. Chris and Mike’s chemistry shines brightest when riffing off each other’s stories—whether it’s the corporate strategy behind staging Snoop Dogg and anime bands or the kinds of things you truly don’t want to discover in your hospital ER rotation. It’s Garage Logic at its weirdest, warmest, and most unpredictable.

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Transcript

[Mishki]

Hey, Garage Logic fans. I do a podcast on the Garage Logic Network that comes out every Wednesday and Friday. Now twice a week. But here's an important caveat. There is zero logic available in my show. In the formal definition of logic, of course. Life is a yin and yang kind of thing. There's the logic side, and then there's the what the hell? Side, which needs to get its exercise. So come for the what the hell and stay for the. You've got to be kidding me. Mishki. Now, Wednesdays and Fridays, twice a week.

[Mike Fratelloni]

This is the weekly scramble. A place where we chat about life over a cold one or two. It's time to belly up to the pod with Mike Fratelloni and your host, Chris Reivers.

[Chris Reivers]

That's right. It's time for the weekly scramble podcast. My name is Chris Reavers with me as always. His name is Mike Fratelloni. Hello, Michael.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How you doing, Reivers?

[Chris Reivers]

Good. And just for you people out there, this is not a best of. We are recording this the day after Christmas in our year's Lord. How do you say that? Year of our Lord 2025. I want to start out with this. So you know me.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I do know you.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm kind of one of those guys that fly by to the seat of my pants at times. I mean, I'm structured, very structured. But there's things like, ah, screw it. Let's do that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Let's drive to Indianapolis.

[Chris Reivers]

Exactly. So yesterday or Christmas Eve, my family always does Christmas Eve. It's rooted in. My mother is bohemian, and in Bohemia, they celebrate Christmas Eve. It's actually kind of fun.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Can I give you my cartoon bubble of a bohemian woman? Long hair, flowing dresses, hairy armpits. Is that bohemian?

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why does it seem. Did she have a rhapsody in her life that.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't know. I guess I can't answer that. But we did Christmas Eve, and I was talking to my brothers, because when you have two brothers, the main objective in life is. And my sons are getting a firsthand front row seat to this. Your only job is to rip the crap out of each other. Like, that's just what you do. And so my brother and his wife and their family, they decided that this year. Cause they're kind of all over the place. They decided they weren't gonna do a Christmas gathering. What they were gonna do was they were gonna go to the Vikings game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, true Christmas celebration.

[Chris Reivers]

Correct. And so the Vikings were playing the rare home game on Christmas day.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Wonderful.

[Chris Reivers]

And I thought, you know what? I had my family obligations in the rear view. I thought, I'm going to go to the Vikings game. And so, you know, you wake up, kids are opening up the presents and then of course they're going to spend the rest of the day playing with whatever gifts that they received that day. And so I said, you know what? I'm going to go to the Vikings game as well. And I actually had a ticket. I have season tickets, but I normally sell my main ones. But I always keep an upper deck ticket until the day of the game. Just in case somebody from out of town that I know really well is gonna go, that I can go have a beer with them and then head back. And so I thought, oh, that's right. I heard Snoop Doggs playing the halftime show.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Big deal.

[Chris Reivers]

And so I thought, okay, that'll be kind of fun.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And K Pop Demon Hunters.

[Chris Reivers]

Who?

[Mike Fratelloni]

K Pop Demon Hunters was also playing.

[Chris Reivers]

Who the sweet hell is that?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Number one band in the world right now, Literally. No, it's from a kids television show.

[Chris Reivers]

So is that the kid? So you.

[Mishki]

I did not.

[Mike Fratelloni]

But everyone was super pumped at my gathering to see K Pop Demon Hunters.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, so your girls are gonna kill me.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

A. I have no idea who they were.

[Mike Fratelloni]

My girls weren't. It's little kids were.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, it's little kids. Oh, oh, okay. Okay. This is not the teenage. Okay, whatever.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, it comes from some anime show or something.

[Chris Reivers]

So I thought, you know what? I had not been to a home Vikings game all year. And I do like to go to a game every year. Cause it is kind of fun. And it was festive. It wasn't gonna be brutally cold outside. I thought you some stuff to do. I had to actually come here. Anyway. Anyway, I had to come here to put a best of together for Garage Logic. And I thought I'll get a couple of things done and then I'll head over to the Vikings game. And I thought maybe I could just park here and take the light rail. And I thought, screw that. I want to be. I have a super secret spot. That's fantastic. And it's a four block walk to the game. And then you get right back to your vehicle. You're right on 394 and you're out of there. Two observations walking to the game. I know it was Christmas Day, Mike. Nothing was open. Oh yeah. And it's Christmas Day. I get it. But it's downtown. I thought, this is so weird.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Tom's Watch Bar.

[Chris Reivers]

I didn't walk that way. I walked kind of the other way. They might have been open But I did not walk past that bar, so. But there was literally nothing open. So I walked by and my buddy Matty Matt was DJing on the Plaza area because it was a 3:25 kickoff and it was basically overcast and depressing all day. So it started to get dark basically right before kickoff. So I walk in, I have my ticket and I know the best entrance known to man because everyone goes to the main one. Like, oh yeah, dummy, go over to this side and you walk right in. And so I walked in and walked around and I cannot tell you how many people I ran into that. Both that I know personally, but also that I ran into a couple of frat packers listeners of gl. It was so much fun and festive and the beauty of going to a game by yourself is you can do whatever the hell you want.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Whatever you want, get yourself a beer, walk around.

[Chris Reivers]

So I did. I wanted to get my steps in. So I was walking around and it was like, I will give the Vikings so much credit. Their in game production from the intro to every. It's top shelf. Like it's second to absolutely none. They do such an amazing job and I know whatever, right? And I know Brian Harper, longtime director of I believe it's the Vikings Entertainment Network. I believe he is taking another job and he is the best in the business. I've met Brian, he's a great dude and he's super good at what he does. But in any event, the whole the nights are coming and the snow is falling and here we come to take over the. It's just, it's top shelf, right? So I walked around, then I was gonna go say hi to my brother and his wife and their family and I said, I'm here to watch Snoop Dogg. And the second that show's over, I am back in my car and I'm gonna watch the second half at home, right? That's kind of the mindset. So here's the reason I'm bringing this up. So I go back to where the main entrance is. My season tickets happen to be on the absolute opposite side of that field where you look at like the downtown skyscraper scene and stuff. So I walk to the other side because I thought, well, my car is that way. I'm going to take a video that my 14 year old wanted me to take so I can send it to him and I'm going to watch Snoop Dogg and Lainey Wilson and then I'm out of there. And I got to tell you, here's what I don't understand. About these shows. And I love Snoop Dogg, right? I love Snoop Dogg. Who are these shows for?

[Mike Fratelloni]

The TV audience.

[Chris Reivers]

Right? But. But who. Because I'm watching this saying, Snoop Dogg's saying none of the words that are coming through the microphone to the point where you could see the microphone at his hip and you could still hear his voice. So that part, you expect production, right? But, Mike, I'm not joking. The lines for the bathroom in the entire first half. You better hold it, because the lines were out the door. And U.S. bank is very accommodating for the bathroom goer, Especially the guys that having a couple of pops and whatever. The second the halftime started, I went, oh, this is kind of dumb, but whatever. And the in game. And the reason I preface by saying the Vikings entertainment network does such a great job with all of that. The actual audio from the show in the stadium was dreadful, but it was also dreadful at.

[Mike Fratelloni]

For us listening from the tv, it was okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, that was going to be my question because I knew you were at home with the fam watching this as well. But then the thing was, is the second. And you could tell when a halftime show was winding down. They got the clock going on in the background. And Lainey Wilson, who's adorable. And you know what? I kind of have a thing for Lainey Wilson. She's got an amazing voice. I do like some of her songs. But you could tell it was starting to wind down and that. All right, well, I'm leaving, but I'm going to hit the head. I'm going to use the bathroom before I take off. I'm not joking. I was at the main bathroom right by the Polaris entrance. There was not one human being in that bathroom.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Really.

[Chris Reivers]

I walked right in, like, well, everybody's. Because everybody's watching halftime.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'm. Go ahead and take a number two.

[Chris Reivers]

I wasn't going to do that. I just thought because I got a little bit of a walk and it's about a half an hour drive for me to get home. And I thought, but every single. And I don't know if you could see this from tv. Everybody had their phone out. I was guilty, too. I was taking a video for William because he wanted a video of Snoop Dogg. So everybody there was taking a video the second. So I'm walking out, right? And I walked by a Hennepin county deputy sheriff and a Minneapolis police officer. They were standing there together. I said, is the max exodus about to happen? He goes, this place will be half empty in 20 minutes. Right? Meaning, like, everyone was Staying for halftime and then everyone was leaving. But I'm thinking, who is that for? Because obviously everybody there was there so they could take their Instagram photo so they could post it to social media, put their social. You know what I mean? That's, I bet why 90% of the people were at that game yesterday.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, we know what it's for. It's for Netflix to get their foot into the NFL, right? To really get their claws dug into the NFL. So you see. Yeah, it's Snoop Dogg. Did Martha Stewart introduced him. Did you see that?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, yeah, the video was quite charming on the scoreboard. Yeah, it was very charming.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Lainey Wilson, Andrea Pacelli and Matteo. But what you're not getting is that it was Hunter Rx or the K Pop Hunter Experience. So let me read you something from K Pop Demon Hunters. That is a cartoon that's on Netflix. Since this hit, K Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix is up 17% based exclusively on that. You're saying 17% of their revenues have come from K Pop Demon Hunters. It is by far the biggest show on Netflix and it is across the world successful. So it's not just United States successful. K Pop Demon Hunters. So they have a bunch of songs in the movie K Pop Demon Hunters or the series or the television show. And those songs are the number one songs across the United. Not, I shouldn't say United States, across the world right now. So this was Netflix way of saying we own these properties. Snoop Dogg, Lainey Wilson, Andrea Pichelli, and K Pop Demon Hunters. By the way, you should go ahead and increase our revenues another 17%. Like when K Pop Demon Hunters came in the third quarter of this year, revenues increased 17% at Netflix. So Netflix is just trying to figure out if we can put a halftime show together that keep people engaged with Netflix. And I think they did it.

[Chris Reivers]

So I know that with the game being on Netflix, because I was answering because of course, my dad and he's all worried about how to watch the Gopher football game this afternoon. The Gopher bowl game this afternoon. So guess what I get to do? I get to drive to his house and get him aligned with the tv.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, the bowl game.

[Chris Reivers]

It's super huge.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You know, one nice thing about this bowl game is it's someplace warm.

[Chris Reivers]

That's true.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So at least you don't have to. It's not the. What was it? What. When did you work in Detroit?

[Chris Reivers]

It was at that point called the Quick Lane Bowl. It has a different name now. It's like the sports online something Bowl Game or whatever where I was driving there in an ice storm because that's what you want to do with the day after Christmas.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why does Detroit always play on Thanksgiving?

[Chris Reivers]

Well, it's Detroit and Dallas. There is a reason why I don't remember it off the top of my head.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why did they have to play again on Christmas? Thanksgiving and Christmas, you think they'd give them one? Do they always play Christmas?

[Chris Reivers]

That's a good point. I hadn't thought about that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's kind of weird because that's kind of a shame.

[Chris Reivers]

I mean, up until the Vikings eliminated them yesterday, I mean they're one of the. They were one of the marquee names in the league right now. I mean, they went to the. They were the number one seed last year and they were an NFC champion.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They got screwed last year. They really should have gone all the way. Well, probably what I don't get. Reavers. If I'm not mistaken, you'll know the stat. Did the Vikings only have negative 3 passing yards?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, it's funny you say that. I remember I was standing next to a guy who basically had the same plan as me. And again, full disclosure, here's what I was wearing yesterday. I'm going to put this on for the YouTube crowd. I was wearing my black Vikings hat.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Black.

[Chris Reivers]

My quarter zip Under Armour shirt, black. And my black Reebok twins pants that I love to death, not realizing it was a white out. So I was that guy. Because my niece goes, hey dumbass, you know it's a whiteout today. Go. Yeah, I now remember. Now you know. Cause as soon as I walked in I went, oh crap. That's right. It was a white out today.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You could have probably taken that white robe and hood thing you have. I'm just kidding. He doesn't have a white robe and hood.

[Chris Reivers]

That was a good joke though.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That was pretty funny though. But the Detroit Lions play every Thanksgiving because their owner, George Richards started the tradition in 1934 as a brilliant marketing move to boost attendance the game. Their team's attendance were so low that he committed. The Lions will play Thanksgiving because we need to get our attendance up for those games. So it's been since 1934, almost a hundred year tradition.

[Chris Reivers]

I did not know that. And I know there's always those cool stories about that's how families essentially like, this is what we do for Thanksgiving. We tailgate, we have Thanksgiving dinner and then we go to the Lions game, which is I think actually kind of cool.

[Mike Fratelloni]

In 34, Richards bought the Portsmouth Spartans, moved them to Detroit and renamed the Lions. And they were having such a hard time filling the thing. He said, hey, let's do this. The only time it's been interrupted was World War II. And that was from 39 to 44. And then ever since they've been playing on Thanksgiving.

[Chris Reivers]

And the neat thing about going to a game like that that's on a holiday is there's so many, you know, people that go to those games for the very first time. You know, I was, I was talking to a dad who had brought his, I would guess, 10 year old son, right? And they're all wearing their white Justin Jefferson jerseys. And for him, that kid has no idea that the Vikings this game means nothing to the Vikings ring. But for him, that's his experience. He got to go to the game with his dad on Christmas Day and he's gonna remember that forever.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And it's a great show, which is cool. No matter what, it's a great show.

[Chris Reivers]

So anyway, it was, it was a fine production and I'm glad I went. But boy, I gotta tell you, I guarantee you, I was the first person out of there after halftime because it's the second it was done like see if Ike.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So you think about win at that point. No, we weren't. It was not.

[Chris Reivers]

And I was listening to the game on the radio and PA and Pete were talking about it, I kept thinking, they're going to find a way to blow this. They're really going to find a way to blow this.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Negative three passing. I mean, I understand how that sacks.

[Chris Reivers]

That'S how great the defense played. Oh my goodness.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That is how we turn them over six times.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, it was, it was 10 combined sacks and turnovers in the game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Wow.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, so they're going to tear this thing.

[Chris Reivers]

And number two, they're both really good teams and this means a ton for both franchises. Reason being if, if they could somehow provide drone footage, as a guy that's tailgated for games at that stadium before, if there was some pay per view style of drone footage for the tailgate line, I would 100% watch every second of that. No, it's the three. Oh good. It's the 3:30. We've been drinking since 9:00am Game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Serious. I mean, that is going to be problematic.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Eagles fans are just morons. They're just morons, right? Throwing bottles at people. Super disrespectful. And then you have the Bills fans and it's in their home territory. That is going to be really an interesting thing to watch. How many higher or lower than a 100 fights?

[Chris Reivers]

There's going to be 100 fights. I'll say lower. And here's why I'll say lower because like I said, having gone to six, seven games out there, whatever the number is, the police presence. Absolutely. Second to none. Second to none. And so, and the thing is, you know, I was in Cleveland last Sunday with William and you couldn't, you couldn't walk two steps without running into a uniformed officer. So they'll be prepared for this. And I know that the family that owns the bill, they aren't going to put up with that. So I'm going to say lower. Lower. Okay, that's good, but it won't. Excuse us, but here's the other element that I think is missed. And I was reading a story about this on ProFootballTalk.com yesterday. This will be the first time that Tom Brady returns to Highmark Stadium for the first time since he played there with the Patriots in 2019. Do you know why that's significant?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, first, don't look it up. I'm not looking it up. No, I do not.

[Chris Reivers]

So obviously player, hall of Fame quarterback turned broadcaster, he's coming back for the very first time. Okay. Be at the Google. Okay, so I can explain this without having to say what I'm trying to say to get us into trouble. So every year up until Brady was done with the Patriots. So 2019 was his last year at the Patriots, and then he played for Tampa Bay for, what was it, two years? I think so two or three years. Whatever it was. The Bills fans came up with a tradition to honor Tom Brady.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, really?

[Chris Reivers]

And his presence and not quite. Okay, his presence and his legacy. They would throw an object onto the field to show their appreciation for all of his success.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, good.

[Chris Reivers]

And basically because he. I think he was like 2003 all time against the Bills as a quarterback for the Patriots.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, yeah. Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you remember this now?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Vaguely.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, so I. Not that I know anybody ever involved with this, but they would always throw this object. The object is a toy. Not the kind that you would wrap under the tree for Christmas.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, no. It would be maybe in the nightstand in your bedroom.

[Chris Reivers]

Correct. For the missus.

[Mike Fratelloni]

For the missus.

[Chris Reivers]

And so that toy, it was always pink.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, that's kind of nice.

[Chris Reivers]

Right? And in fact, there was one here. You got to look this up. Not right now, but you got to look this up because there was one year where so many of these had been thrown on the field, they had to call a timeout. And I can't remember if it was a shovel or if it was one of those John Deere kind of skid steer deals. They had to get them off the field because there were so many of them.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It first occurred in 2016 as I'm looking that up.

[Chris Reivers]

So it was. Okay, it does go back to 2016.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It goes all the way back and only in Buffalo. And it is. I mean, when someone turns to you and you're working part time there as security and a guy says, run on out there and grab all those Dildos and throw them away. You're like, I don't think I have the right kind of gloves on. I'm not doing it.

[Chris Reivers]

In fact, one of the gentlemen that I ran into yesterday, my buddy Nate, I actually was his coach for baseball, and he worked for the Vikings for, oh boy, about a decade or so. And he had his beautiful little girl there and we chatted for a little bit. And when you start working for an organization, NFL, mlb, whatever, you start Hubbard Broadcasting, you start ground floor, started from the bottom. You're selling T shirts at the fair for the Vikings, you're running tickets or whatever you're doing. So you're thinking, okay, I have my degree in mass communications, sports marketing, whatever my degree is in. And I got a job with my hometown Buffalo Bills. I cannot wait. Oh, my gosh. I get to quote, unquote, work game day. Oh, I wonder what they're gonna have me do. I wonder. Get out there. Am I gonna work like communications in the locker room? Am I gonna get Josh Allen through his press conference? What's my gig? No, you get to go collect sex toys from the field at Highmark Stadium.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And then, you know, there's a guy standing on the sidelines that was there that day and all of a sudden, boom, back of his head, he turns around and he just took one in the head. A pink sex toy. Bonke his head. That would be embarrassing. You be embarrassed.

[Chris Reivers]

That is behavior that we certainly do not condone here on the weekly spread. No, we do not. We do not. We absolutely do not. But I gotta tell you, I gotta give a quick shout out to my brethren there in western New York. Uncle Chris is going to be really disappointed if that doesn't find a way to happen.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They have ban from. They ban them. So how would you sneak those in? I don't know.

[Chris Reivers]

Having gone through the rigorous check in.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sure they know they don't do it. Just kind of running through the mike.

[Chris Reivers]

I will say this, and again, I love my brethren, the Bills Mafia. You're my people, right? I mean, I'm an adopted member of the Bills along with my 14 year old son. But let me just put it this way. I attended a playoff game there, which would have been the 2021 season, but it was January of 2022. So Covid had kind of tamp down a little bit, but it was still on the, it was still on the minds of people. Because remember the 2020 season, we had no fans. Like, remember the Super bowl had 50% capacity, I think. So 2021, we decided, okay, we're gonna open up the doors. And then that playoff stretch. So this was January of 2022. I went to the Bills Patriots playoff game, and you had to have your vaccine card.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, that was good.

[Chris Reivers]

And I remember thinking, oh, crap. My buddy Ryan, I said, dude, I don't have my card on me. He said, oh, do you need one?

[Mike Fratelloni]

What do you mean, what?

[Chris Reivers]

And so basically there was a string of about 90 of us that kept texting the same card to each other so we'd get up to this. You got your card. Yep.

[Mishki]

Here it is.

[Chris Reivers]

Get on it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Like, yeah, no one was.

[Chris Reivers]

Let's just say security was a bit light for that particular game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Such a weird time that was, wasn't it?

[Chris Reivers]

Such a weird time.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I know we have another break, but I have a really important test and question for you after the break. Okay, stay tuned because this is gonna be interesting.

[Chris Reivers]

You told me there wasn't gonna be math.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's not math. I wanna see if you can use your brain.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, I mean, like a teaser. Like a brain teaser almost.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's going to be something where it would be like a high IQ person would get this.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So we'll see if you can do it.

[Chris Reivers]

Wow. Okay. I feel honored that you would challenge me in that particular way. Let's talk about we are Nuts. You know, what a wonderful time of the year to be sampling. In fact, I mentioned this earlier when we did our road trip to Cleveland. That kid woofed down two different jars of cinnamon toffee peanuts on the road trip. But it's a wonderful gift to bring if you've still got holiday gatherings going on. I know I do coming up next week as well. But you can go online to wearenutsmn.com and place your order or walk into any one of your Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores locations. Mac's Hardware, Lunds and Byerlys, Kowalski's markets, Cub Foods, Coburn's now is also accept or has we are Nuts in stock. And also, by the way, kwiktrip has we are Nuts selections as well. In fact, I had to do white Elephant this year.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, you did?

[Chris Reivers]

For my family's holiday gathering.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Did you just take some empty containers of we are Nuts?

[Chris Reivers]

I had hokey pokey, popcorn, cinnamon toffee.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Peanuts, almonds, white elegant white elephant gift.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, you put it all in like a package because of course. What did my dad say? He said, which one did Chris bring? Because I know what he's bringing. Is it that one? Okay, that's the One I want. So he's no dummy.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He knew white elephant gifts were kind of funny. Gifts where they open it up and it's like a greedy sex toy.

[Chris Reivers]

But I thought, well, I'm just gonna bring. We are nuts.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay?

[Chris Reivers]

Because here's why. He's gonna open it up and you're gonna. What's he gonna do?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

He's gonna share it with.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And the grandkids are gonna start eating it.

[Chris Reivers]

Exactly.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He's not gonna say no.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes. Do us a favor. Place your order at. And please let them know that you heard about them here on the Garage Logic podcast. You have a test for me? Okay.

[Mishki]

Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm going to rarely ever call me Chris on this show.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay. Reavers.

[Chris Reivers]

I thought that was charming.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I have a. And everyone who's listening, play along. I'm going to read a series of words and I want to see. At any point, you can start guessing. I want you to see if you can guess what this series of words has in common.

[Chris Reivers]

I have my marker.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay. So play along at home. All right, so let me start. Nails and screws.

[Chris Reivers]

Nails and screws.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Baseball. Uncooked pasta.

[Chris Reivers]

Egg.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Dog.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait, egg? As in just like.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Just egg.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mishki]

Dog.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Chew toy. Dryer sheet.

[Chris Reivers]

Dryer sheet. So is. This isn't like a shopping list? That's what I'm getting so far. Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Doorknob.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you say sandal, by the way?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yep.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Marbles. Eyeglasses.

[Chris Reivers]

White elephant gifts.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, that's not a bad guess. Turkey baster. Plastic bottle. Aerosol can.

[Chris Reivers]

Aerosol can.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Dental pick. Corn cob holder.

[Chris Reivers]

Ooh. So the thing you would put.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, you guess. You got a good guess.

[Chris Reivers]

Like I said, I thought maybe shopping list. Is this. Things that. Wait, hold on. Is there a plastic element to it? Like what would be include. Oh, baseball. Things that have a core with baseball.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, you're doing good. Battery powered. Light film canister.

[Chris Reivers]

And it's not gifts.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's not gifts. Penny. Light bulb. Vape pen.

[Chris Reivers]

Holy crap.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Rectangular travel toothbrush.

[Chris Reivers]

I have one.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You have one.

[Chris Reivers]

In fact, it's actually in my. Am I weird? I always have the travel toothbrush and a little tiny thing of crest that's in the. What do you call it? The thing in my truck.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Travel. Oh, yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

I have it right there.

[Mike Fratelloni]

The center console.

[Chris Reivers]

Just in case. You never know when you gotta brush them choppers.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, I don't think you're gonna get this.

[Chris Reivers]

No, I'm drawing a blood. Cause this isn't like a list of things that you would bring to a holiday Gathering. Because I know it's things you could.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Buy at a store.

[Chris Reivers]

Buy at a store. Because I know if he had said football instead of baseball. Because, you know, you always want. Like my kids and my nieces and nephews all played football during our holiday gathering on Christmas Eve.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Did you notice no footballs were on the list?

[Chris Reivers]

No, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No beach balls were on the list.

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No loaves of bread or whatever.

[Chris Reivers]

It's a very distinct and eclectic list of items.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Can you think of something someone could do with each one of those objects? What could you do with a penny.

[Chris Reivers]

Or a nose hair trimmer when you went from pasta to egg?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Uncooked pasta.

[Chris Reivers]

Uncooked pasta. It's true. Penny, light bulb. I gotta tell you, I'm drawing a blank.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, let me tell you, in 20, 25, each one of those items somebody had put up their butts and had them stuck in their butts and had to go to the emergency room to get them removed from their butts.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Uncooked pasta.

[Chris Reivers]

Hold up.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yep.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute. Something ain't right. Can you believe that? I was making a list and checking it twice. Yes. Okay. Right here. Okay. I have some questions.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How would they put a sandal up there?

[Chris Reivers]

I'm wondering about sandal.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sandal. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Again, this is a judge free zone here. We don't care. If you want to put something up.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Your buck, go for it if it's.

[Chris Reivers]

If that's what you're into. I'm not here to judge. Am I going to do that? No. But you know what? You do. You. Right. I just. I mean. And again, again, I'm not here to cast light on anybody. I live in a judge free zone. You let your freak flag fly. That's just kind of my thing. Right. Whatever. How in God's name do you get a baseball up there?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I have a answer for that. Because there's reasons given to the doctors. And the baseball was.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Stop, stop. Hold up, hold up. So in addition to you having the list of items, some of them have.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Reasons given why it's up there.

[Chris Reivers]

Also an explanat. So, for instance, if I'm just. You know what? I'll just pick me if Chris Reavers goes to HCMC in the middle of the night after a Vikings game or not. No, that wouldn't be after a Vikings game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

After a town ball game.

[Chris Reivers]

After a town ball game with baseball.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Stuck up your ass.

[Chris Reivers]

And I go to the doctor. Hey, Doc, here's what Happened. Here's the deal. And again. Okay, okay. That. Wow.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, okay. The reason for the baseball was to see what it felt like.

[Chris Reivers]

Jesus.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, it's probably gonna feel like a baseball stuck up your butt, you moron. The bearded or the beard clippers wrapped in plastic was feeling. The reason why they was up there was feeling constipated for two days. So they had to jam a beard clipper up there.

[Chris Reivers]

So to hell with Metamucil.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes. We're going with the beard clipper slipped in the shower or a shampoo bottle. And the reason was given. I was bored.

[Chris Reivers]

So here's the thing. Here's. I guess the bigger message I wanted to send. I know someone that works in a hospital, and she spent some time working in the ER for a different hospital. And one of the reasons she didn't last very long working in the ER was the discovery of some of the things you're going to have to deal with. God bless every first responder out there that has had to say, you have what? What are you in for? Okay, you've got a sandal up there. Okay, well, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna give you some sedatives so that way your muscles tense down. Cause I'll never forget this. I have been admitted to the er. Wait.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, wait.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. Wait for what?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Did it hit the list? No.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, full disclosure. Here we go. So this would have been 2005, I think. 2005. And I had just gotten braces. I got braces as an adult.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. Did you never know that about me?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Maybe.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, so I got braces as an adult because I was gonna get married in a couple of years and I wanted to have really. I wanted to have the world. Not that I had. I didn't have bad teeth, but I wanted to have good straight teeth, right? And so I got braces. And my. I remember my orthodontist had said, hey, you know, eating now is going to be a bit of a challenge because every month you got to go in and get them tightened, crank them up a little, and then when you get them tightened, you don't want to chew on anything. And so it was a lot of liquids and a lot of whatever. And I mean, it didn't matter. So I remember we had had a get together for a Monday night Vikings game where we made steak and we made tri tip. It was fantastic. And I remember I had just gotten my braces tightened that day. And I. So, dude, I love if you want a way to my heart, if you want to get right here to Chris Reavers, you cook me a tri tip, and I will love you till the end of time.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Duly noted.

[Chris Reivers]

We had made a couple of tri tips, and I was so looking forward to it, but my teeth hurt so bad. And so I grabbed a piece and I started to chew it. I went, you know what? Tell with it. Screw it. And I swallowed it, and it got lodged right here. There's a reason I'm bringing this up. And I remember I had been admitted to the er, the same spot where, if you had had one of these things, it was kind of the same division, we'll just say. And so they gave me a sedative because they had to find a way, because my throat had clenched up, because I was trying so hard to either throw it up or get it to go down. And either way was working. And meanwhile, I wasn't choking, but I could barely breathe. And so I remember we went there, and they took this gigantic tube. And I was sedated to the point where I wasn't feeling any. I was feeling nothing. And they took this tube and shoved it all the way down my throat to finally. I could feel it just go. Whoop. So I've had a similar experience to our friends here on this list.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, let's give you a little data. In the last 10 years, on average, Reavers, on average, how many people a year do you think go to the emergency room because something accidentally or on purpose is stuck up their rectums?

[Chris Reivers]

Let me ask. Not that it matters, but is it this country or worldwide?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I think this is. It's strangely foreign objects, but it's the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, so I think it's the United States of America. Let me state this. The rest of the world doesn't have time to be putting sandals up their asses. They gotta work. They're just hungry.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute.

[Mike Fratelloni]

We have free time to do that stuff?

[Chris Reivers]

A dryer sheet?

[Mike Fratelloni]

A dryer sheet. I mean, I don't know. I don't know what. So I'll give you this.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm like, bulb. Aren't you worried that things are gonna break?

[Mike Fratelloni]

3,890 on average, per year. Wow, 3,000 people. Almost 4,000 people. That's a lot of people per day.

[Chris Reivers]

Eyeglasses.

[Mishki]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What's the average age of someone doing this?

[Chris Reivers]

28.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, man. That was a horrible guess. You have to think of the desperation of a lonely guy just sitting there doing Nothing.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, God.

[Mike Fratelloni]

78% of these people are Male.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, my God. I thought you were gonna say 78 years old.

[Mike Fratelloni]

78% of them are male. And the average age is 43. So you're a 43 year old guy, kind of hard on home alone, looking at your shampoo bottle in the bathroom, in the shower, and you're like, I think I'm gonna try to push that up there.

[Chris Reivers]

Can I? Not that this matters.

[Mishki]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

But I just was wondering for a specification. You said egg.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Egg.

[Chris Reivers]

Are we talking about a hard boiled egg? Are we talking about an Easter egg? Like a plastic kind?

[Mike Fratelloni]

What's that big animal? Ostrich. What if it's an ostrich egg? Because they didn't specify the egg. I mean, and when you look at this reverse, people, we're too good here in America. Life is too easy. And you know what's interesting is we have a great group of people that listen to this show.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Somebody, one of our listeners in the last handful of days, that list that we read off said, yep, I've had highlighter up there in the last 10 days. That's right. I've done it. Because they average over 43 years old, 78% of them plus are probably male.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm gonna guess it's Angie. Yeah, I know. I'm gonna get hate man. Angie, you know I love you. I knew you were the one guy I could pick on.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Obviously. Ooh, that's quite the list. Marbles. I like that one. Like when you say, do you have no marbles?

[Mishki]

Yep.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Got about 100 of them stuck on my butt.

[Chris Reivers]

Uncooked pasta, A rock.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Turkey baster. Turkey baster. I kind of get Arisita can. Okay, here's a question for you. What on that list, you had to.

[Chris Reivers]

Push something up there? I think a marble Preparation H is about it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

By the way, when you said the word Penny, I'll never forget this, I freaked out when my son, he would have been three at the time, put a quarter in his mouth. I said, get that out of there. He said, dad, it's mine. But I go, you have no idea where that coin has been. Oh, gross. I just. I made it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Wifey would have swallowed it. That would have been so gross. You know, it's funny because for the holiday season, you know, we were going, and I knew I was gonna do a little drinking at my parents, so I rented a limo. You knew that I do that on occasion, so I rented this limo.

[Chris Reivers]

You're very, very smart about that kind of stuff.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was 500 bucks. That's nothing. Oh, my God. That was a lot. But it didn't come with the driver. I was like, what do you mean it didn't come with a driver? So I was a little mad. I was like, I spent all that money and I have nothing to show for it. Get it?

[Chris Reivers]

Nothing to chauffeur it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That is one of my. That is one of my all time. Because you see what I did, I worked it into the story, like, oh, it's believable. Franklin rented 100%, you know, okay, then I have to do one Christmas themed one.

[Chris Reivers]

All right. Okay. I'm here for you.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What's a Christmas tree's favorite kind of candy?

[Chris Reivers]

My. I have no idea what a Christmas tree's favorite kind of candy is.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Ornaments. Reavers. You are the best.

[Chris Reivers]

Please do us a favor. Rate and review the show wherever you happen to be listening to the weekly Scramble podcast. It helps others find the show. It helps us out as well. And we appreciate each and every single one of you. Thank you to all of you that have reached out over the last year. And you know what? It's going to be a wonderful Christmas. It's going to be an even better new year. And we appreciate each and every single one of you. His name is Mike Frattaloni. My name is Chris Reivers. Thank you so very much for listening to the weekly Scramble Podcast. We will talk to you again next time. And until then, cheers.

[Mishki]

Until.