Snooki vs. Chris Christie

Summary

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Good Guys Podcast – Episode Summary

Episode: "Snooki vs. Chris Christie"

Hosts: Josh Peck, Ben Soffer
Guest: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
Date: May 4, 2026

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Overview

This fun, fast-paced episode of Good Guys welcomes Jersey Shore legend Snooki (Nicole Polizzi). Josh Peck and Ben Soffer dive into Snooki's origin story, reality TV authenticity, the bizarre world of Housewives, entrepreneurship, pickles, ghost hunting in Canada, and more. The conversation is packed with laughter, nostalgia, and genuine talk about fame, family, and the rollercoaster of modern reality TV.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Snooki & Joey Kamasta: Origin of Friendship (02:01–03:13)

• Snooki recounts meeting her best friend, Joey Kamasta, while filming a web series for MAC during Jersey Shore Season 2. Despite her rough morning after partying ("wrapped in a blanket" at 7am, vodka in hand), their instant click led Joey to win the makeup competition and become her go-to makeup artist and best friend.
• Quote:

  "Right before we started, it was like 8am and I was like, will you do [a] shot with me in the bathroom? And he was like, of course. And ever since then, we've been besties." (02:45, Snooki)

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The Reality of Press Week for a Mom (03:33–04:22)

• Snooki explains how press tours have changed as a longtime mom. She now relishes the quiet, adult time as a needed break, but still looks forward to returning to her kids.
• Quote:

  "I've been a mom for 14 years now, so I'm like, bye. Mommy has to go to work." (04:02, Snooki)

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Early Days of Jersey Shore and Sudden Fame (04:41–06:49)

• Josh reveals his superfan status, and the hosts recall the cultural firestorm after Snooki’s infamous on-air punch – a pivotal moment in the series' popularity.
• Quote:

  "Once I got punched in the face, I feel like that's when everyone was like, what is this show? You have to watch it. This little girl just got punched in the face at a bar." (06:16, Snooki)

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Manifesting Fame & The ‘Guido’ Casting Call (12:20–13:46)

• Snooki never expected reality TV stardom; she’d tried out for The Real World twice and only went for Jersey Shore after seeing a call for "guidos."
• She's a deep believer in manifestation, journaling her dreams and attributing her success to intentionality.
• Quote:

  "I basically manifested everything that I wanted in life and it happened." (13:43, Snooki)
  “I write in my manifestation journal, like what I want for the year and what I want to tackle and it happens, basically.” (14:13, Snooki)

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Reality TV Authenticity vs. Modern Reality Drama (16:36–18:02)

• The trio laments the current state of reality TV, where drama feels manufactured. Snooki argues that the original Jersey Shore had no script—just fun, which cannot be replicated.
• Quote:

  "Reality TV now is just so scripted... Back then, when we did the show, we just went there to have fun." (17:09, Snooki)
  "I never liked drama. I hated fighting with my friends. When I did fight, I quit for a full season." (17:42, Snooki)

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Housewives: Drama, Friendship & Family

• Snooki’s clear she’d never trade real friendship for reality drama, so “Housewives” isn’t for her.
• Quote:

  “I would never sell out a friend like that. And I would cry if someone did that to me.” (18:51, Snooki)

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The Pickle Business & Dream Reality Show (20:08–22:08)

• Snooki dreams of a reality show where she travels the world tasting pickles and martinis, then reveals she’s developing her own pickle brand.
• Quote:

  “I’m actually in the works right now to do my own pickles. You heard it here first.” (21:33, Snooki)

• Snooki hints the pickles will come in leopard print jars. Name: Snooki's Pickles.

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The Infamous Wedding Speech (26:56–27:36)

• Snooki admits the awkward speech at Angelina’s wedding was even worse than televised.
• Quote:

  “It was worse. ...As I'm watching it, I'm like, oh my God... I felt awful. But in our defense, we were trying to be funny.” (26:56, Snooki)

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Vinny's Comedy & Jersey Shore Roast (28:52–31:14)

• Snooki praises Vinny for his standup courage, noting how introverted he really is.
• The hosts tease the much-anticipated Jersey Shore roast, which has already been filmed with Chris DiStefano as host.

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Jersey's Real Impact: Snooki vs Chris Christie (32:01–32:59)

• The hosts raise the issue of New Jersey’s relationship with the Jersey Shore cast.
• Snooki shares that, despite revitalizing shore tourism, Governor Chris Christie never liked them—even at charity events.
• Quote:

  “…Chris Christie never liked us. He always said bad things about us... He was just never nice to us.” (32:44, Snooki)

• They joke: “You’ve done more for that state than I don’t know, Chris Christie, I don’t know, Bruce Springsteen!” (32:10, Josh Peck)

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Canadian Ghost Hunting Adventures: "Snooki the Paranormal Rookie" (34:07–36:24)

• Snooki spills all on her Canadian ghost-hunting show, which she’s eager to bring to the US.
• Quote:

  “I was trying to sell my ghost show for, like, three years. No one was picking it up... And then all of a sudden, we just went to Canada and boom, they took it.” (34:32, Snooki)
  “So I have a medium on there... and then I have Todd, who’s the tech guy, and then I have my good witch who is Missy.” (35:37, Snooki)

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Scary Moments While Ghost Hunting (40:56–42:10)

• Snooki describes feeling “evil energy” during a recent shoot and seeing claw marks on the wall. Crew members were so unsettled, they all insisted on "saging" afterwards.
• Quote:

  “As I was feeling evil, my medium friend saw a creature crawling on the floor, which obviously we didn’t see. But then we went into the room and there were scratch marks on the wall and I was like, oh no, no. Like, this is demon activity...” (41:07, Snooki)

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Dog & Kid Safety: PSA on Grapes and Pet Insurance (43:04–44:31)

• Snooki warns that grapes are toxic to dogs, sharing her own near-tragedy after her dog ate three grapes (“his kidneys were shutting down”) but recovered thanks to pet insurance.
• Quote:

  “My dog Rocky had three grapes. I rushed him to the emergency room and his kidneys were shutting down.” (43:04, Snooki)

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Cheer Mom Life (45:12–46:31)

• Snooki details the drama of being a “cheer mom,” from parent disputes about routine spots to making amends with coaches. She keeps it civil and focused on the kids.
• Quote:

  “I sent her $300 worth of flowers, and I said, ‘Sorry, I was a cheer mom bitch.’ Ever since then, we're, like, really close.” (45:34, Snooki)

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What Are Ya Nuts? Segment (46:59–51:44)

• Hosts and Snooki each complain about day-to-day irritations, from backward light switches to inconsistent wine pours in restaurants.
• Notable Quotes:

  “If you're an electrician...and you make it so that when you put [the light switch] down, the light turns on, and when you put it up, the light turns off... What are you, nuts?” (47:16, Ben)
  “Why are you doing a big wine pour here? But, like, over here, it's a lesser wine pour, but it's the same amount that you're paying. ...I want the glass filled to the top every time!” (51:21, Snooki)

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Snooki’s Shops, Merch, and Pickle Plans (51:51–52:32)

• Snooki promotes her “Snooki Shops” in various locations (Madison and Seaside Heights, NJ; Nashville, TN; Huntington, NY), which sell merch and, soon, her pickles.
• Quote:

  "So it's basically you're shopping my closet... And then obviously we have the Snooki merch. ...Soon to have pickles!" (52:18–52:32, Snooki)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Family first, always. Friends, camaraderie...all of these shows, these people get divorced, their lives are terrible. Real Housewives, nobody’s even married.” (19:09, Ben)
• “If there’s like a deck, I’ll invest [in Snooki’s Pickles].” (21:45, Ben)
• Snooki on being a “paranormal rookie”: “So it's kind of my journey of becoming a ghost hunter and a medium…I have a medium on there…a tech guy...and my good witch, who is Missy.” (35:37, Snooki)
• "Jersey has sometimes, and that's all that matters." (32:59, Snooki)
• “You guys could have a freakin' mansion in Jersey.” (33:31, Snooki)

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Fun, Fast Facts

• Snooki journals her manifestations and swears by the practice.
• She’s launching "Snooki Pickles" in leopard-print jars, soon in her shops.
• Her Canadian ghost hunting show features tech, mediums, and "spirit juice" (wine!).
• Grapes are deadly to dogs—Snooki learned this painfully and now champions pet insurance.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:01 – Snooki & Joey Kamasta origin story
• 04:02 – The realities of press week & motherhood
• 06:16 – Jersey Shore’s breakout moment
• 12:20 – Manifesting and life goals
• 17:09 – Real vs. manufactured drama in reality TV
• 21:33 – Snooki Pickles announcement
• 26:56 – Angelina’s wedding speech disaster
• 34:07 – Snooki’s Canadian ghost-hunting show
• 41:07 – Scariest paranormal experience
• 45:34 – Cheer mom drama
• 47:16, 51:21 – Signature “What Are Ya Nuts?” rants
• 52:18 – Snooki’s shops & pickle plans

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Closing Note

The episode delivers a generous slice of Snooki’s personality—grounded, funny, authentic, and enterprising. The hosts’ rapport with Snooki is genuine, filled with camaraderie, nostalgia and lots of laughter, making for an effortlessly entertaining hour.

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Quote to Remember:

“I basically manifested everything that I wanted in life and it happened.” (13:43, Snooki)

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Transcript

[A]

Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the Good Guys. A Mother Stream premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine.

[B]

It's a Good Guys.

[A]

And if you don't give us five stars. What are you nuts?

[B]

What are you nuts? Yeah, we're the good guys.

[A]

We're not the great guys. We're just the good. The good of the good guys. Whoa. Mazamorans. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. Ben introduced this honor, this treasure of a guest we have.

[B]

Wow, what a treasure. Snooki, stop. Thank you for coming.

[C]

Thank you guys for having me.

[B]

Oh, you're the best. You're the best. Look we share. The second I saw Snooki, I'm like our mutual best friend, Joey Kamasta.

[C]

Oh, I feel like I know you already.

[B]

She's like, also, what about your wife? I'm like, yeah, her too. Joey Kamasta.

[C]

Joey ready?

[B]

Joey comes up more on this podcast.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

How. How many times a week do you think we talk about Joey?

[A]

I just recently talked about him in our prior episode because a man tried to make a. A pass at me through the divider at a. At a urinal. Okay. Need I say more?

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And I immediately said, I don't quite understand the signaling he's giving me. Let me text the expert. So I wrote Joey and I said, I have an indelicate question. And he confirmed that the man had had a eyes for me.

[C]

Did you feel good about yourself, though? I did.

[A]

Why not?

[C]

That's a compliment. Yeah. Like, wow.

[B]

I said the same thing to Josh. I said, you know, I'm feeling a little down on myself.

[C]

That's never happened again.

[B]

Gay guys aren't hitting on me. I'm not sitting in the stall, and all of a sudden, there's a hand gesturing to me.

[C]

Oh, that's what happened. A hand came over.

[B]

Josh was. Yeah, he was probably.

[A]

It was a hand on the floor, but through. Through the partition.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

And he had a.

[A]

And he had an Apple watch. So I was like, guys got money.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I should have just did it.

[A]

I know.

[B]

How do you know Joey? What's your Joey origin story?

[C]

So it was season two, and I had to do something for Mac. I was, like, hosting, like, this web competition series. This was, mind you, like, season two, Miami Snooki. So, like, coming in after a club appearance, still drunk from the night before, because I probably. Yeah, I had a club appearance. So I'm drinking, meeting people, and I get to the shoot at, like, 7am Like, I land and go straight There. And I'm, like, wrapped in a blanket. And I bring my vodka because I'm like, we just got to keep going because I'm going to die. I didn't sleep at all. So I sit in the chair and Joey's my makeup artist. And he's, like, so nervous and shaking. And I'm like, are you okay? And he literally said, I'm sorry I get nervous around celebrities. But that's like his joke with me. Like, oh, sorry. I get nervous around celebrities. Like he says all the time now. And he was doing my makeup, and then right before we started, it was like 8am and I was like, will you do shot with me in the bathroom? And he was like, of course. And ever since then, we've been besties. Yeah. So I made him win the competition because he was in the competition. So whoever won the competition came to Vegas with me to do my makeup for Halloween. So he did the trip with me, and that's when we just became best friends.

[B]

Well, thank you for becoming best friends with Joey.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Because you've brought him into our world.

[A]

He wouldn't.

[B]

We wouldn't know Joey. If Joey wasn't friends with Snooki, where would Joey be today?

[C]

Joey would still be at Mac selling powder.

[A]

Yeah. He would be doing sexual favors for Ozempic needles.

[C]

And he would be a hundred percent. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Wouldn't we all? Yeah, wouldn't we all? So you're currently doing press right now, right, for the show?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

How's that going for press week?

[B]

How's it going? What do we think of press week? Is it just like, I can't wait to get home? Are we enjoying doing it? Are we stressed? Are we tired? Especially, like, with a family. I just think about it all the time. Like, it used to be it was so different. No kids. I'm ready to fucking do anything. Now it's like, I can't wait to get home to Ruby.

[C]

No, I know.

[B]

And it's just like, everything. It's your time. Like, how's it going?

[C]

Yeah, well, I've been a mom for 14 years now, so I'm like, bye. Mommy has to go to work.

[B]

So it swings back around. You're like, okay, I'm excited.

[C]

Obviously, I can't wait to get home to them. But it's a nice break. You know, I get to see my friends. I haven't seen the roomies. Yeah. Probably eight months.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So it was nice for all of us to, like, get back together and hang out and, you know, do the thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Who from.

[B]

Who from the show have we had on our podcast? We had. We had Vinnie on. We had Mike on, Right?

[C]

Oh, nice.

[A]

I'm a superfan from season one. Okay. I grew up in New York. I grew up going to the Jersey shore. My people lived in there. Matasquan, Point Pleasant, Bradley Beach. You know, these are some wonderful areas.

[C]

There you go.

[A]

And I actually. And it's okay, Snooki, that you don't remember. Neither did Vinnie. But I a. A Jersey shore after show in New York. So we have met. You were very nice

[B]

with me. Stop.

[C]

What year?

[A]

Yes, it was you and Ronnie and Vinnie. I think Ronnie was the only one who laughed at my jokes, so maybe I wasn't on, but I was probably bombed, so maybe you had a sip or two. You might have had a sip.

[C]

Yeah. Wait, what year was this?

[A]

This was 2018. 2019, maybe.

[C]

Oh, so I already had kids.

[A]

Listen, I get it.

[C]

Wait, when was this?

[A]

It was fine. It was.

[C]

Are you sure it was me?

[A]

Could I forget this? It was at the old TRL studios. I'm 1515.

[C]

Wait. I feel like it's coming back to me. It's okay. So we did meet.

[B]

We did meet.

[C]

I'm so happy that you're.

[A]

Good to see you again.

[C]

That was, like, one of the best interviews ever.

[B]

I thought so, too. You did one of these things when somebody says, nice to meet you, you have to say, nice to meet you back. Totally. You can't say, nice to see you otherwise, like, oh, shit. Yeah. Yeah, you got nice to.

[C]

No, I remember it. I remember it now. It's coming back.

[A]

I can feel that.

[C]

You did great.

[A]

I do feel that.

[C]

Yeah, you did great. I remember it.

[A]

What? Can we go back first for a second to, like, how quick was the life change? Because Jersey Shore was sort of an instant hit, right?

[C]

Um, I don't know if I would say instant.

[A]

How many episodes after I got punched

[C]

in the face, right then it was like, boom.

[B]

Yeah, fair.

[C]

I don't know what episode that was. Do you remember, Mike, episode eight? Well, I feel like we were making our rounds of, like, you know, making the Italians mad. People watching us, like, what are they doing? They're orange and drinking and weird and they talk weird, like, all the things. But then once I got punched in the face, I feel like that's when everyone was like, what is the show? You have to watch it. This little girl just got punched in the face at a bar. She's on the floor. So I feel like that was what really made it take off. Yeah.

[B]

Did Claudia tell you? So you went on my wife Claudia's podcast?

[C]

She came to my store.

[B]

She came to your store? Yeah. She had a great time.

[C]

She's great.

[B]

She's great. Did she tell you that literally through high school, people called her Snooki? Did she tell you that?

[C]

And she showed me the pictures.

[B]

Yeah, no, she. You guys. Yeah, twins.

[C]

But I was so surprised because when she came to interview me, I thought it was just gonna be like, fun girl talk. And she was so Barbara Walters.

[B]

She's. She's. She's unbelievable.

[C]

And I was like, damn, she's unbelievable. Like, she was like, when she has

[B]

a job to do, yeah, she's gonna do it.

[C]

She was doing the questions and like that.

[B]

If you wanted her to go to Girl Talk, she can just. Yeah, Barbara's gone. Yeah, it's unbelievable. Yeah, she's a magician.

[C]

She's great.

[B]

She's fantastic.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But, yeah, she was. She was Snooki.

[C]

Yeah, she showed me. She did great.

[B]

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[C]

I

[A]

feel like it was sort of like if we had to pick two people who really emerged as stars in that first season, I mean, it was you and Mike, right? Like, this was. What was that like? To not only be on this massive hit show, but also sort of. You're the queen of it.

[C]

I mean, I definitely felt grateful because when I was filming the first season, I felt like I didn't fit in, and I felt like no one liked me. I felt like the outcast, to be honest.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And that was the first time in my life that I felt that way. And I think it's because no one saw a little creature drink like that before. So they were like, what is this, girl? So I think I scared everyone, but then they came to love me. So I honestly thought, like, no one was gonna like me on the show, and I was gonna get, like, a bad rep. And, yeah, I was nervous. So when I came out, like, everyone's, like, underdog favorite. I was like, oh, my God, thank you.

[B]

And what was your expectation going into the show? Like, did you ever, in your wildest dreams think that it would turn into what it did? Did you think of it as just, like, a fun opportunity? All right, like, whatever. I'll. I'll give this a shot.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But I. I'm not. I'm not putting any stock in it at all.

[C]

Well, I mean, I always wanted to be in Real World, so I auditioned for Real World twice. Didn't hear anything, and I was like, all right, like, maybe I'll see a casting that, like, really resonates to me. And then it was like, calling all guidos Jersey Shore. And I was like, okay, cool, let me try out for this. So, yeah, I was. I was hoping that, you know, it would be, like, a one season, like, great opportunity, and then I get my 15 minutes, make money, and then go back to school. So I wasn't expecting this to be my career. Yeah, like, crazy.

[B]

Calling all guidos, Josh. We never get any of those. Calling all Guido, Calling all Jews, Calling all yentas. The only time we get calling all Jews, there's a problem. Yeah, you run for the hills.

[A]

When they say calling, there's a train involved.

[B]

And you run. You run guidos. That's. If you hit show, it's a hit show. It's amazing. I didn't realize that it was. I don't. I don't know why. Like, just like, such, like, a novice fan, I was like, oh, like, these guys, they were friends. Maybe they like met up and they decided to film a reality show, which is so dumb. Obviously there was casting. Yeah, obviously it was like. So you wanted to be a reality star?

[C]

I did, yeah.

[B]

So you, you manifested and you fucking got it.

[C]

I manifested it, yeah.

[B]

That's.

[C]

I basically manifested everything that I wanted in life and it happened.

[B]

Do you like, like, do you talk and think about manifestation? Like, is that like a word that.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Like you're very intentional about what you, what you want to happen and you make it happen.

[C]

Yeah. So like 11, 11. I wish like my kids health and everything like for that and then I'll manifest at 11, 11, 4, 44. Because 4 is my number and I have a journal. So I write in my journal, my manifestation journal, like what I want for the year and what I want to tackle and it happens, basically.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

I, I'm, I believe it.

[B]

I'm also a pretty big manifester. I'm like a. I, I can't do year to year. I can see something long term and I can get that. I don't know, I don't know how it gets. I don't know how the in between works.

[C]

Yeah, but you build up to that.

[B]

But I build up to that. I don't know what I'm building or how I'm building to get there, but I see that end result. So I resonate with that. Are you a manifesto, Josh? Are you like, these guys are fudgeing woohoos. I'm going to need to check them in some.

[A]

I'm so broken. I'm manifesting lunch. You know, I'm thinking about what I'm going to order.

[C]

It's going to happen.

[A]

The truth is I'm going to order. I'm going to order an egg white rap from Starbucks double baked. Because I'm, I'm a sad, sad boy. But you know.

[C]

Yeah, I don't. Oh, yum.

[A]

I think there's something to be said and I think there's. When you see like the Michael Jordan documentary and you see how he was like, I am going to get back at anyone who ever doubted me. Like, I think that, that having that mind control is very powerful. Sure.

[B]

You're having an egg white wrap. I had, I had a Second Avenue deli for lunch in my car. How delicious is that? A hot pastrami sandwich. Whoa. Do you guys eat pastrami? You're not pastrami people?

[C]

No, I'm not.

[B]

No.

[C]

I'm very picky. I wish I wasn't, but.

[B]

Are you like an Italian meats person? Like I am. Okay, so you'll have like a brajol.

[C]

Brajol.

[A]

Brazil brajol. You know what? I just started thinking? Tell me if this. Do you know the term go goots?

[C]

No.

[B]

What's a gaguc?

[A]

I've started calling my kids this. You can have it, too. It is freaking cayut. It's Tony Soprano on Sopranos calls his son. He goes, where's Gag Carmel? Where's Goots? Where's Goots? It's a pumpkin.

[B]

Is that fun? That's cute.

[C]

That's cute. Yeah. I actually call my kids pumpkins. I say, sorry, I just burped.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

I say, I always burp.

[B]

Me too.

[C]

I say, hi, pumpkins. I love. Maybe now I could say that.

[B]

Hey, goots. It doesn't roll off the tongue the same. Hey, gaggots.

[C]

Yeah. You know, I like pumpkin better.

[B]

No, but maybe it's. Maybe it's the Tony of it all. I can't. By the way, you do a good Tony. Yeah, well, it's very good.

[A]

I aspire to be an actor.

[B]

Yeah, you should be an actor.

[A]

Thank you. Really do that in between.

[B]

Pretty good at it.

[A]

My influencing career.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So, you know, I already spending 15 minutes with you, Snooki. Like, you are so refreshingly authentic in yourself. Right. And I feel like knowing, like, I'm friends with the great Kristen Doty from Vanderpump Rules and the Valley. And she sort of explained to me that in reality tv, like, there is a part of you that has to sort of want to be seen. Right. You have to sometimes create a little bit of drama because that is where the cameras are going to point. That's what producers are going to highlight. Did you ever feel like you had to do that or you just were yourself?

[C]

You know, I feel like I was always myself. And I feel like reality TV now is just so scripted and like, the new shows and the new people that are coming on, like, they know what to do on a reality show, like, you have to go in. You got to make drama. Back then when we did the show, we just went there to have fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

There wasn't really, like, a guide to do good reality, you know, like, now I feel like people go into reality show and they're like, oh, I have to create drama. I have to sleep with this person. I have to do that to, like, be known.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And us, we were just like, we're just going to have fun. And I feel like my character in general, like, I never liked drama. I hated fighting with my friends when I Did fight with my friends. Like, I quit for a full season. Cause I just didn't like the drama of it all.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And thankfully, my role was party girl, so. Hey, you guys can fight. I'm going to the bar and getting a drink and dancing, and that's me.

[B]

But that's why a show like yours just will never be replicated like you can. People. You said she's so authentic. Like, you can smell inauthenticity from a mile away.

[C]

100%.

[B]

And especially because Claudia does a daily pop culture show.

[C]

I'm up.

[B]

I'm up on almost everything. Like, I have to watch all of these shows. Some I like more, more than less. And I've watched a lot of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I don't know if you watch that show at this point. It's just so manufactured. It has to be like, the drama is just. There's this. She's actually a manifesto, this woman Amanda on it that I just know was only put on it so that people would hate her. Like, there's no other reason that she's on the show.

[C]

Just like Housewives, they throw people in.

[B]

They throw people in just for hate. Just so people are online.

[C]

Housewives.

[B]

How'd you get on all drama.

[C]

Yes. And they sell each other out for the drama.

[B]

They do.

[C]

I'm. I'm a big fan of Housewives. I'm not, like, religiously watching it, but they're always saying, like, why. Why don't you go on Housewives? I'm like, I would never sell out a friend like that. And I would cry if someone did that to me. Yeah. I don't like drama. I'm just there to, like, have a good friendship, to have fun and go home.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So Housewives is just not my vibe as, like, a job.

[B]

And how do you, like. I just. I think. I think specifically as it relates to Housewives, so many people's relationships and marriages are in tor. Are in turmoil since going on that show.

[C]

Horrendous. Yeah.

[B]

And it's just like, how do you. How do you prioritize wanting to be a reality star but putting your family completely in jeopardy? Like, I feel like with you guys, it's the complete opposite. It was like, family first, always friends, camaraderie. Josh, I don't know if you feel the same, but, like, all of these shows, like, I just feel like they go on, these people get divorced. Their lives are terrible. Real Housewives, nobody's even married. Like, literally none of them are mad

[C]

each other out, and they. They try and ruin each other's lives.

[B]

But so then what's the point in, like, you. You need to check that badly that you want to ruin your life. They're all. They're all divorced or single. All of them?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, the idea of a housewife.

[C]

They're going to jail.

[B]

None of them are married.

[C]

Like, we love it. So keep doing your thing. Totally great fan of it. Great drama, but, yeah, that's not us.

[B]

Nocturne. If you could pick a new reality show, you're starting a new one. What are you doing?

[C]

Like, me a new show?

[B]

Yeah, you. You said that you loved housewives, but you don't love drama. Like, is there, like a. Is there, like, a dream situation for, you

[C]

know, maybe traveling the world trying different pickles?

[B]

Yes. Yeah. I come with you.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, my God. I would do that in a heartbeat. I love.

[C]

And then we would have to try, like, so we would try pickles in every state and then martinis with it.

[B]

I like. I'm completely sold. We'll sell it to the network tomorrow. What's your favorite kind of pickle?

[C]

I do like a butter pickle.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I can't do spicy. I wish I could butter and garlic.

[B]

Okay. I'm a big sour pickle person. Do you like sour pickles?

[C]

I could do it, but, like, it's not my go to.

[B]

Not your go to?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

You want that cucumber that's been in the barrel for five months?

[B]

Correct. I love full. Full sour.

[C]

Not bad.

[B]

I'm not a half sour person. It's just like, I'd rather eat a cucumber. I like a dill pickle. Dill pickles are nice, but.

[C]

Dill pickles are nice.

[B]

They're nice, but. Yeah. Butter pickles. Good.

[C]

Yes. And then garlic pickles.

[B]

Delicious bomb. Oh, so good.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you make pickles? Have you ever made your own pickles?

[C]

Gianni actually made pickles before.

[B]

They're not that hard to make.

[C]

No, they're not that hard to make.

[B]

They're probably.

[C]

But they're chilling in a jar for a while.

[B]

They're chilling in a jar? Yeah. No, you have to be very patient.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Very patient.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

They're delicious.

[B]

Unbelievable. And high in electrolytes.

[C]

Yeah. I'm actually in the works right now to do my own pickles.

[B]

Genius.

[C]

You heard it here first.

[B]

Genius.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I want to break that story.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

We got this genius story here on the good guys.

[B]

This is genius. I want to. If there's, like, a deck, I'll invest.

[C]

It'll be sold at the shop.

[B]

This is it. This is what we need, Josh. Snooki's pickles.

[A]

Amazing.

[B]

I'm in. Do we have a name or no?

[C]

Snooki's Pickles.

[B]

It's called Snooky Pickles. Okay, good. I love it. You heard it here first.

[A]

Are we doing an angel round?

[B]

That's what I'm saying.

[C]

And the jar. The. The jar might have leopard on it, and it's really cute.

[B]

Yes. I love it. Great.

[A]

This episode of the Good Guys podcast is sponsored by Zyzol.

[B]

Josh, I'm sorry. Sorry, Josh.

[A]

Bubby.

[B]

Yeah, I know it's. It's bad over here, man.

[A]

What do you got?

[B]

I think it's just seasonal allergies. It's allergy season. You know, I'm walking around this big, beautiful city. I see all of these beautiful trees in bloom. The cherry blossoms, Josh, they're everywhere. They're beautiful, but they're killing me. They're killing me.

[A]

I don't like this. You know, you. Your season is always a good thing for you. You were keto season.

[B]

Yes, right. Yes, I was.

[A]

And. But allergy season. Not the best.

[B]

Allergy season is not the best, Josh. And it comes out of nowhere. One minute you're strolling around the neighborhood, walking your dog, having a nice time. The next minute, all of a sudden, you can't. Your throat's itchy, your eyes itchy. I get itches in place, the watery eyes. How'd you know?

[A]

I gotta tell you something because, you know, your wife is incredible. The great Claudia. But the truth is, she contacted me and she said, I can't live like this anymore. I said, what is it? You know, really? Wow. You too. Done. She said, never. But she said, I try to sleep at night. He's clearing his throat. He's doing. He's keeping me up. Josh, we need to intervene. I said, claudia, I think we have just the thing for him.

[B]

I can't even defend it. Josh, it's bad. I'm there. It's. There's just this post nasal drip. I can't get rid of it. You're telling me you have a solution?

[A]

I do. And if you just look to your left or right. What's there? What's there? I planted it there from 3,000 miles away.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

This is the Zyzal allergy. 24 hour relieves allergies while you sleep, so you wake refreshed for a productive next day. God. And you know what the truth is, when you're getting allergy relief from zyzao it does start to work in as little as 45 minutes for powerful 24 hour relief. 24 hours, that's a long time.

[B]

24 hours is essential, Josh. You take it right before you go to bed, 45 minutes later. No more. Less throat clearing. Okay? Less throat clearing so my wife doesn't have to be bugged by me. Less watery eyes, less itching, less all of these bad things that seasonal allergies come from, and you wake up the next day. Josh, you know me. I'm running and gunning you. You're running and gunning. We don't have time to think about taking our allergy meds in the morning. No, we take them at night, they last 24 hours, and then the next night, Josh, you do it again. It's called being in a routine. And we're in a routine with Zyzol allergy. 24 hours.

[A]

It's so easy because at night is when I take my things. I take my magnesium, I take my zyzal, I take my antipsychotic. Cut that last part out. But at night is when you do your things, you know, in the morning, you're running, you're gunning. You gotta go, give me my coffee, make Max's lunch. Let's go, let's go. But you're gonna forget. At night is better.

[B]

At night is better.

[A]

Josh, look, here's the truth. You know us good guys, right? And we don't work with anyone. We have been complaining about allergies for an infinity. Yes, right. Maybe at infinitum, yes. Okay? But with Zycal, you're just going to have less interruptions, less runny nose, less clearing of your throat, less watery eyes. Tell pollen to take a rest. Who is this big pollen out here doing? Oh, is this. Is this, you know, necessary for the blooming of the seasons? I'm not a scientist. What I am is a guy who wants less interruption from these things. So Zyxel is designed to be taken at night, so it's already working in the morning when pollen levels are highest. Look, the truth is, is over the spring and summer, when allergies are really going to get you, whether you're taking a walk with your family, you're. You're at an event outdoors, you want to have a little bit of relief from constantly thinking about your allergy symptoms. Which is why, be wise, all take Zol at night. I have to ask because I've always wondered. The infamous wedding speech at Angelina's wedding was portrayed so unbelievably, was it you got to tell me live in the room, did they judge that up for TV to feel as awkward and people as it was or was it just like in the room?

[C]

It was worse. So going, going into the speech, like Angelina wanted us to be bridesmaids. Like, we were like, okay, like we got you, girl. But like, our relationship with her at that time was just like, she's the funny friend. We can make fun of her and like she makes fun of us. So we were actually trying to be jokesters. But like, I guess we took it too far and nobody understood our relationship. So as I'm watching it, I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, we sound so bad. Like, I felt awful. So it didn't hit like we thought it would. But in our defense, like, we were trying to be funny.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it didn't. It didn't work out at all.

[A]

You know, when I was at this wedding, I recently, I was at the great Nick Fayal's wedding with jwoww and I didn't know my wife played a dirty joke on me. So she's sitting in our row and I'm like, oh my God, jwoww is here. But you know, I had done the Jersey Shore after show and didn't leave much of an impact, so I was afraid to go up to her.

[C]

Oh my God, stop. I feel terrible.

[A]

The best part was I go to the bathroom and I come back and JWoww and her husband Zach are sitting near us. My wife goes, oh, I was just talking to Jenny. Say hi. I'm like, hi, nice to meet you. She goes, you know, I know you. You did such a great job hosting the after show. And I was like, really? She goes, no. She said no. She's like, your wife made me say that.

[C]

You know my wife.

[A]

My wife said to get me, dude. She was like, can you mention the after show?

[C]

What a sin.

[A]

Can you imagine? Thanks, Paige. Love ya.

[B]

That is honestly a world class prank by your wife. Like, good for her.

[C]

Well, the fact that Jenny forgot too. I mean, okay.

[B]

No. By the way, they've all forgotten. I'm starting to think that Josh dreamed it.

[A]

I don't. It might have been.

[C]

No. Yeah. I think I have to google this, make sure this actually happened.

[A]

How do we feel? How do we feel about Vinny's stand up comedy career?

[C]

I think he's doing great.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I feel like I'm so proud of him because he's so introverted. And you would never think, like knowing him that he would go in front of a stage and, like, perform like that and just be comfortable. Because he's such a introvert. I mean. Yeah. So when he started his comedy career, I was like, oh, my God, you're really gonna do that? And then he went on stage, and he was so comfortable in his skin. I was like, this is your thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You're cozy here.

[B]

It's hard. Very, very hard to do.

[C]

Oh, my God. I can imagine.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Especially what he's doing, which is more like open mic type setups. That's hard. Like Claudia did. She's a standup comedian, but she did shows. It was a consistent tour, and so you have a rough framework of what you're gonna talk about, but when you hit, like, a hot mic. Josh has been doing standup. Josh was doing standup at eight years

[A]

old, but I didn't have a dad,

[B]

so it was even eight years old. He was doing stand up. Eight years old. And it's just. You go on these, like, open open mic nights, and you just, like. I see him in, like, the. The Cellar, I feel like. And he's just ripping new jokes, trying new material. That takes balls.

[C]

I know. Terrifying. I. I could never do that. Absolutely not.

[B]

I don't like. I guess maybe it's like ripping a band aid off, like, once you. Once you do it, like, you.

[C]

But he is very funny. So when he did do that career choice, I was like, that makes sense, because you make us crack up all the time with, like, the silly things that you say. Right. So it wasn't a surprise, but I was, like, surprised because he's an introvert.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know if this is announced yet, but he's talked about it on his podcast a lot, which is great. Friend of the show, Chris DiStefano. There's a big Jersey Shore roast coming. Is this right?

[C]

Yes. Yeah.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

I. I cannot wait for this.

[C]

Yeah, I think that's gonna be towards the end of season. He hosted it. It happened already.

[B]

Oh, it happened.

[C]

It happened like, a year ago.

[B]

Was it great?

[C]

It was great.

[B]

I love a good roast.

[C]

Well, I did get. I. I drank a lot of wine before I got on stage, so I, like. I just got up and left mid mid roast, and everyone's like, where are you going? And I was like, so I'm excited to see me do that in the middle of the roast, but no, yeah, it was fun. It was in Atlantic City. Sold out, and. Yeah, Chris was great.

[B]

Atlantic City is really a wild place.

[C]

I could stay there for years.

[B]

It's funny.

[C]

You.

[B]

Once you get through all of the needles and the garbage and you get into the borgata, it is, yes. A dream.

[C]

Well, I'm. I'm an Oceans girl.

[B]

Okay. Oceans.

[C]

Oceans is where it's at. Oh, yes.

[B]

So fun. You don't know. You don't know what time it is. You go in for a massage appointment. You go play in the casino.

[C]

You play poker at 7am with a cocktail. I love it.

[B]

The dream. Josh, we need to go to Ocean's.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah. I could get you hooked up.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I need a girl there.

[B]

Okay. We need to go to Ocean's. We need to do that.

[C]

Spend the weekend there.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Get a couple of massages. No, we won't leave.

[C]

You won't leave.

[B]

We'll just become gambling addicts and just stay there.

[C]

Yes. The best.

[B]

But at least we'll have free rooms.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

Have you guys been. Because you mentioned Snooki that early on in the show, like, you were getting, you know, the Italians were mad at you or like, has, like, the tourism board of New Jersey embraced the cast of Jersey Shore. You've done more for that state than, I don't know, Chris Christie. I don't know, Bruce Springsteen, like, right. There should be some love for you guys.

[C]

I agree. But I remember Hurricane Sandy happened, and Chris Christie never liked us. He always said, like, bad things about us. And we're all at, like, the, you know, seaside for the hurricane relief. And we're there, like, supporting. We're all there for the same thing, to raise money to rebuild Seaside. And he was just still nasty. Like, Chris Christie never liked us.

[B]

He was probably hungry. Just.

[C]

Yeah, it looked like he was gonna eat me.

[B]

He was probably hungry. He was probably hungry.

[C]

He was just never nice to us.

[B]

No.

[C]

I feel like some part of Jersey, you know, appreciates us and loves us, but a majority of Jersey? No.

[B]

Well, the rest of the country does. And Jersey is sometimes.

[C]

And that's all that matters.

[B]

New York's also self hating. I feel like anywhere that you're from, you hate it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, we talk all the time. Like, I. I have a love hate relationship with New York. If I lived in New Jersey, I'd have a love hate relationship with New Jersey.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Right. Okay.

[C]

Well, where'd you grow up?

[B]

The city.

[C]

Oh, so you were always here?

[B]

Always here.

[C]

Oh, damn.

[B]

Yeah. And I'm starting to think, like, I've

[C]

always lived in Hudson Valley.

[B]

I should. I should be in a house.

[C]

Yes, you guys, we cook. You guys should have a Freaking mansion.

[B]

Yeah, we need a mansion.

[C]

What are you doing?

[B]

I don't know. And she with the rats.

[C]

You could literally go right here in Jersey and get a beautiful home.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. Do you know a realtor? Are you a realtor?

[C]

Yeah, I'm a realtor. Okay. No, I know realtors.

[B]

Okay. You know realtors. All right, good. Yeah, we're going to do this.

[C]

Get a beautiful.

[B]

And we're going to do pickles.

[C]

Maybe we do have a backyard.

[B]

Maybe it's a combination show.

[C]

You can make pickles.

[B]

Maybe it's a combination show, Snooki. Maybe it's. We're real estate shopping, but we're trying pickles in the towns where we're seeing the homes.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

We're trying pickles in each.

[C]

Okay, so you're involved in my show now?

[B]

Oh, yeah. I'm in your show.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

No, no, You. You came here. This is. It's our show. It's our show.

[C]

So you got the rights.

[B]

I'm in. I'm in. Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Speaking of. Speaking of Snooki shows, this is one that I really love, Snooki, because the only thing that I love more than you is Canada. Ben, did you know that Snooki has a show that is solely on in Canada, and it's her ghost hunting.

[B]

You're lying. You swear you're a Canadian ghost hunter?

[C]

I literally want to do a dual citizenship because I love Canada so much.

[A]

Same here.

[C]

I went there. So I went there to do Canada Shore because it was like a spin off.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

And then I guess Canada loved me. And I was trying to sell my ghost show for, like, three years. No one was picking it up because you know how hard it is to sell a freaking show. And then all of a sudden, we just went to Canada and boom, it was. They took it. Wow. So I've been. I've been filming my Canada show for, I don't know, like, two months now. And I always fly to Toronto and then we go to these random places. We just went to Niagara Falls, and the tunnels in Niagara Falls is haunted with this lady, and we saw her.

[A]

Well, wait, say more about that.

[C]

You saw a ghost, So I didn't see a ghost. I felt things. So the whole thing of the show is it's called Snooki the paranormal rookie. And I always felt things my entire life. So this is more of me just like being a rookie at ghost hunting and my mediumship and feeling things. So it's kind of my journey of becoming a ghost hunter and a medium, I guess. So I have A medium on there. And he like basically sees everything. Like he sees the ghosties. He knows exactly what their name is.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

And I'm training from him. And then I have Todd who's like the, the tech guy who like, you know, he records all the ghosties. And then I have my. My good witch who is Missy. So she like casts spells and she protects us. So yeah.

[B]

This is such a shame that it's on Canadian television.

[C]

Well, I have the rights to sell it to the States.

[B]

Great. Because this is.

[C]

Hopefully it gets picked up in the States.

[B]

Oh, hopefully it gets picked up. This is the. I need to watch it right now.

[C]

And I have spirit juice. So when I get nervous I go spirit juice. And they give me like a. Like a goblet. They give me a goblet of wine and I'm like. And then I'm not really. And then I'm not that scared.

[B]

Is ghosty what you call them or is that the professional term for ghosts?

[C]

That's my term. Ghosties.

[B]

I like ghosties. I love it.

[C]

So when we walk in a place, I'm like, we're here. Ghosties, like wake everybody up. I love it. It's like my favorite show right now. It's a film.

[A]

There's a series on TikTok where like these two best friends, it'll be like, the gays, not the gays. This is the one where it'll be this white kid will be like taking my black friend to do white people shit and then vice versa taking my white friend to do black people shit. And the white dude is always taking his friend ghost hun.

[C]

I love that. Oh, he's probably freaking out. Yeah.

[A]

Oh my God.

[B]

I want to know about the gay ghost hunters.

[C]

There's another series on YouTube where it's two gay guys and they're just walk. They're just ghost hunting and they're like, bitch, stop.

[B]

I feel a ghost.

[C]

It's so good.

[A]

So good.

[C]

I literally love them. Yeah, that's one of my favorite series.

[B]

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[A]

And have you ever had a bad, a bad meeting with a ghost where something felt like really dangerous, something awry, something like you were betray the ghost or that you shouldn't have been there?

[C]

Well, no, but like this last one it. So we were in like an abandoned office. It was like everyone just picked up and left. Like something crazy happened and it was abandoned and we went in there and I always felt like spooky ghosts or like, you know, not great people in their life but so you know, when they die they're just like negative energy. But this one felt evil. And as I was feeling evil, my medium friend saw a creature crawling on the floor, which obviously we didn't see. But then we went into the room and there were scratch marks on the wall and I was like, oh no, no. Like this is demon activity, this is evil. So after every ghost hunt I get staged and I'm the only one that gets staged because I don't want to bring anything back to my kids like my home. So I want to be clean before I go on the plane and get home and it's only me doing it. But after this round of where we went to, the whole crew was getting saged. They were like, oh no, there's something crazy here. So that's when I knew that was like an evil place to go.

[B]

An evil ghost. I don't do ghosts.

[C]

Not like a demon though.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I don't like demons. I don't like the idea of.

[C]

I like vampires.

[B]

Okay. I like vampires too.

[C]

Would you be a vampire if you could?

[B]

Would I be a vampire if I could? No, I Love garlic too much, by the way. You couldn't be.

[C]

I don't think that's real.

[B]

I think.

[C]

No, no, it's like a myth.

[B]

I think garlic is. Isn't it? Isn't that how you kill a vampire?

[A]

Sure.

[C]

Stake through the heart on Transylvania. The cartoon.

[B]

So this is fake.

[C]

When he ate garlic, it just gave him gas. Okay, so.

[A]

So you just think sunlight, it's in the heart.

[B]

It's like, it's like. It's like. It's like dogs with grapes.

[C]

No, that's real.

[B]

How do you know?

[C]

Because.

[B]

How do you fucking know that that's real?

[C]

Because Rocky had three grapes propagated. How do you know Rocky had three grapes? My dog Rocky had three grapes. I rushed him to the emergency room and his kidneys were shutting down.

[A]

Okay, so it's real and so is garlic.

[C]

Try it on your.

[B]

No, it's real.

[C]

Try it on your pup.

[B]

No, I won't. Now that you're the first person that I know that's had a legitimate grapes.

[C]

His kidneys flushed out.

[B]

Great. So no grapes for dogs. No, you heard it here first.

[C]

No grapes or raisins.

[B]

Okay, done. That's it.

[A]

Honestly, no way.

[C]

Did you not only attend.

[B]

Why do we feed our children? Why? Why? Tell me this, why? My sweet Ruby, 11 months old, why is he eating quartered grapes? If I have to chew, he'll choke. No, they're small. He won't choke. He can chew them.

[C]

No, but that's why you have to cut them.

[B]

No, I mean, why is he eating grapes at all? If I have a dog, there aren't a million other fruits. He's obviously gonna drop them on the floor. We have to get the grape. No, he can have a mango.

[C]

No. It's true though.

[B]

Why do we serve grapes to children if there are dogs in the home?

[C]

I was buying grapes after my dog almost died and my husband hates me for it. I don't care. I'm not buying grapes.

[B]

I'm with you.

[C]

You have stop buying grapes.

[B]

You have a dog and young children. Your young children can eat other fruit.

[C]

Yeah, if your dog eats that, you gotta go right to the vet.

[B]

Great. Okay, good to know you've heard it here first.

[C]

Yeah, it's real. These vets, they shut down $6 later. Yeah, six. But I got 4,000 back from insurance.

[A]

So this insurance, pet insurance, this is a forward thinking woman.

[B]

This is smart. No, this is smart because by the way, pet insurance, honestly, no, no. And by the way, you have no idea how much money we spend trying to keep my Last dog alive.

[C]

Idiot. You could have got almost 80% back.

[B]

The chemotherapy wouldn't have been covered.

[C]

Well, yeah, but you would get something.

[B]

No, it was. It just maybe. We spent, like, 30. $30,000 trying to keep my. My last dog alive.

[C]

What's your baby?

[B]

He was seven. He was, like, not shitting for, like, two days. I brought him in. I thought he just, like, was constipated. He had a huge tumor blocking his rectum. And just, like, we tried the chemo. Didn't work. Legs, terrible story. Died.

[C]

Awful.

[B]

Had to put him down.

[C]

I'm sorry.

[B]

It was really bad.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I think I remember that.

[B]

What kind of dog do you have?

[C]

I have a shipu.

[B]

That's cute.

[C]

Yeah, he's so cute.

[B]

Yeah, I love dogs.

[C]

He's my fourth child.

[A]

Can we hear really quick? Because not that this isn't depressing, but

[C]

this is so sad.

[A]

Snooki, will you tell us? I know, you know, you have these beautiful kids, and you are a cheer mom. I want to hear about the drama of cheer momming, because I'm imagining there's plenty going on there.

[C]

I mean, yeah, not with me, because I love all my cheer fellow moms.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

But there is drama of, like, a child not being center or why did she get taken out of a stunt and now she's not flying and she's in the back. I mean, I had an incident with the gym owner that my daughter goes to. It was, like, probably her third year, and I knew it was gonna happen, and we had a little, like, falling out, and I was like, I'm ripping her from the program. And then the next day, I'm like, oh, my God, no, I want to keep her. So I sent her $300 worth of flowers, and I said, sorry, I was a cheer mom bitch. So that ever since then, we're, like, really close. But no, it's. It's a lot. It's like dance moms. Yeah, it's. Yeah. I just. I don't get involved in that trauma because obviously, we're there for the kids, and I have great cheer mom friends. But it does happen. Yeah.

[A]

I do think for men, the new fitness goal is going to be a male cheerleader, because those guys are fit as a fiddle.

[C]

Oh, are you kidding? Yeah, they just throw girls in the air.

[A]

They're so strong.

[B]

I think you. I think you could do it, Josh.

[C]

You probably could do it. I feel like you're strong.

[B]

He is strong. He's very strong. His arms. He's there. He's there. Look at this. Wait, I don't know what he.

[C]

Oh, oh. Are you doing a split?

[B]

I think.

[A]

Is that it?

[C]

Oh, yeah. That's a nice high V. That's a good high V. You could be on the next. Bring it on.

[B]

You could.

[C]

Yeah, you could. You could be the coach.

[B]

You are amazing. She said that you could be the coach.

[C]

You could be the coach. Because we're old now.

[A]

That's.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, you would be the coach.

[A]

So Snooki, Woody, and Nuts is our final segment. It's our gripes with people, places and things both big and tall, whatever is sticking in your craw. We'll go first so you have time to think about it. But it's any complaint you have with anything.

[C]

Anything.

[B]

So for me, I love complaining. My, what do you. Nuts moment. It's not of the week. It's in general. If you're a contractor, you're an electrician, you go into a home, you install a light switch, okay. You accidentally make it so that when you put it down, the light turns on, and when you put it up, the light turns off and you leave it. What are you, nuts? Okay. You know when you go into a house and you can't figure out what's on and what's off?

[C]

That's kind of like toilet paper. Like, why are you putting it the wrong way?

[B]

Yeah, switch it.

[C]

Yeah, switch it. I switch it all the time. I'm like, your toilet paper's wrong.

[B]

Oh, in other people's homes, you'll switch it?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Okay, well, that's just being a good friend.

[C]

Like, I don't like that.

[B]

No, you're being a good friend, even though I think some people prefer it the other way. But if you're an electrician and you're installing it the wrong way, you didn't finish the job. What are you nuts? This is a terrible inconvenience. I'll never know if my light's on or off. What if it's. I thought it was broken. No, it's just off. And the light bulb is. Is half loose.

[C]

That makes sense. Wait, so for the toilet paper, is it under or over?

[B]

Under.

[C]

Oh, no, mine's over.

[B]

Really? You. You pull that?

[C]

I pull over.

[A]

Over.

[B]

Do you, Josh, you pull over?

[A]

You wanted to come in under.

[C]

Pulling it.

[B]

We pull under.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

So am I doing it wrong? I change everyone's.

[B]

No, I mean, you're. It sounds like you're both. You go under or over? Over.

[C]

It's easier to pull it over. Under. You're, like, pulling the whole roll.

[B]

You are pulling the whole Roll.

[A]

Are you wiping between the legs, Ben?

[B]

Oh, my.

[A]

Are you doing one of these?

[B]

No, no, no, no. You go around.

[A]

You're not doing that, are you? Because that's.

[B]

No, you go.

[A]

That's aggressive.

[B]

No, no, you go around. But sometimes, if it's messy enough, you go both ways. You have a. What do you not.

[A]

I'll go first so you can think.

[C]

Yeah, let me think, let me think.

[A]

My woody and nuts. Oh, man. I just. It just left my brain. Hold on. I just had it. And it's something to do with the.

[B]

Is it wiping both ways? Yeah, is wiping both ways.

[A]

That's crazy. Oh, here we go. Unrelated, and this is a bit of rich rpp, rich people problems, but I'm just going to say this. If you have a remote control for your television, that isn't the stock remote. Get out of here. These big fancy remotes that are like, oh, it controls the curtains and the surround sound. Give me a break, brother. What are you nuts? They never work. They never ever, ever, ever, ever work. And then I go, hey, can I throw on espn? Look how butch I sounded. Hey, can I throw on espn? I'm not watching espn. But I'm like, hey, really is tlc. Can I turn on. Yeah, can I turn on my 600 pound life? There's a marathon and we're Jersey Shore

[B]

family vacation or Jersey Shore family vacation. Of course, only after Dr. Nazard.

[C]

Only on Thursdays.

[B]

Okay, only on Thursdays.

[A]

Shout out jerseys.

[B]

Kids are here 8 o'.

[C]

Clock.

[A]

But I, I. Yeah. And I just can't. I can't stand it. And they look at you like you're the idiot. Like, what, you can't figure it out? I'm like, no, bro.

[B]

They're like, why'd you pick up my Apple TV remote? Because you have an Apple tv. Like, that's why I picked it up. Why don't you then throw it away? They also love to leave out the other remotes. Josh. They're still there. They're just vanity.

[A]

Total vanity.

[B]

Nuts.

[A]

Yeah. Remote flex.

[B]

What are you nuts? Anything on a. Yeah, I'm trying to think of mine typically, like an airplane. Like somebody did something weird. They're talking on speakerphone. Like the one time something while driving. Who is I? Oh, she's also from New Jersey. Not your show, though. Teresa Giudice was once on speakerphone. Once on speakerphone next to me in first class. On speakerphone, having a call. No, the entire flight she was FaceTiming out loud. No AirPods.

[C]

About what?

[B]

I don't remember. I put in AirPods, I was so

[C]

annoyed you didn't talk to her.

[B]

Oh, no. Oh, no. I didn't realize that it was her until the end.

[C]

Would have been like, ma'. Am.

[B]

And then I was like, are you fucking kidding me? And, like, not to throw shade, but she was in first class and her husband was in the back.

[A]

Shout out.

[C]

I'm taboo. I don't know. I was going to say this is, like, very meatball of me. But, like, anytime you go to a different restaurant, they do different wine pours. And why are you doing a big wine pour here? But, like, over here, it's a. It's a lesser wine pour, but it's the same amount of wine or same same amount that you're paying.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You're never getting the same amount of wine.

[B]

There should be standardization across wine.

[C]

I want the glass filled to the top.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Every time.

[B]

Or at least you want consistency.

[C]

Yeah. And every place is different.

[B]

What do you.

[C]

And different prices.

[B]

What are you nuts? Inconsistent wine pours. Josh.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

That's rude.

[A]

Snooki, we love you. Thank you.

[B]

Yes. We love you. Talk about Jersey Shore jerseys.

[C]

Yeah. Jerseys, Jersey Shore. And obviously, come to my store. I have Gina here.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yes. She met your wife.

[B]

Okay, great.

[C]

Because. Yeah, she came to the store. So Gina runs my store. Okay. So come to my stores. Yes. I have a store, the Snooki shop in Madison, New Jersey. We have Seaside Heights, New Jersey. If you guys come down the shore, we have Nashville, Tennessee. Love Nashville. And then we have Huntington, New York. So.

[B]

And what are we selling at this store for those that don't know?

[C]

So I like to sell things that I would wear. So it's basically your shopping. My closet.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

So stuff that I love, we have cozies, we have going out stuff. And then obviously we have the Snooki merch.

[B]

Snooki merch.

[C]

Snooky merch. Jersey Shore merch.

[B]

Soon to have pickles.

[C]

Soon to have pickles. I'm really excited about that. Um, so, yeah, I have a lot of things going on. I'm excited.

[B]

And your Canadian ghost hunting.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

What can't you do? What can't you do? The great Snooki folks, this episode's five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Listen to us. Wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, but really watch us on Spotify. I don't know if you know Snooki. Our video's on Spotify. And let me tell you.

[C]

Oh, love that.

[B]

This video through the roof. You're in the app. You're looking at it, you're like, oh my God, they look so clear.

[C]

I didn't even think that was a thing.

[B]

I'm throwing it in landscape. Oh yeah, it's a thing and it's amazing. Very nice Mondays and Thursdays, folks.

[C]

Just like jerseys.

[B]

Mondays and Jersdays. We'll see you next time. Join host Scott Aukerman along with Paul F. Tompkins and the Comedy Bang Bang

[A]

All Stars as they perform a totally improvised version of the award winning podcast

[B]

we have the Comedy Bang Bang Tour.

[A]

Come see us. It would be our greatest wish to

[B]

see you in person. We want to see you there, seeing us. And now here's the part where I press the button and stop this Comedy Bang Bang ground Beefing Tour 2026, June 1 Kimba Live. Get tickets [e-mail].