Bad Bunny, Botox, and Stolen Hokas with Katherine Blanford

Summary

Good Guys Podcast
Episode: Bad Bunny, Botox, and Stolen Hokas with Katherine Blanford
Host: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Date: February 12, 2026
Guest: Comedian Katherine Blanford

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Episode Overview

This episode of Good Guys brings comedian Katherine Blanford into the fold for a hilariously candid discussion covering everything from hair extensions, aging like celebrities, Super Bowl halftime performances, cosmetic surgery, lottery scams, and the indignities of package theft (including her stolen Hokas). The conversation is peppered with witty banter, pop culture asides, and relatable gripes about everyday absurdities.

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Major Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Celebrity Hairstyles & Notions of Age (00:26–05:10)

• Comedian vs. Comedienne: Josh playfully resists the word “comedienne,” introducing Katherine as just a “comedian”.
• Hair Extensions Confessions: Katherine shares her evolving act and the woes of visible extension tracks. She explains her methods—clip-ins versus sewn-in, leading to jokes about the possibility of the hosts getting “matching rat tails.”
• Theo Von & Guy Fieri as Iconic Looks: Banter about Theo Von’s “ageless” mullet and Guy Fieri’s refusal to give up frosted tips.
  • “He gives us courage to be who we are no matter what society says we should be doing.” — Katherine (04:06)
• Super Bowl Commercials & Celebrity Aging: Guy Fieri’s Super Bowl ad is dissected, as is Ricky Martin’s age-defying appearance.

2. Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance & Global Vibes (05:17–11:35)

• Bad Bunny’s Allure and Performance: Guest and hosts rave about Bad Bunny’s performance and discuss its cultural references (cane sugar, Puerto Rico, and extras dressed as plants/crops on stage).
• Universal Appeal Despite Language Barriers:
  • “It’s all just a vibe. Unless you’re a diehard fan, you don’t know what they’re saying.” — Ben (08:54)
• The Artistry of the Show: Josh admits he was wrong to initially doubt Bad Bunny’s mass appeal.
• Vibe > Lyrics: The group compares Bad Bunny’s resonance to artists like Tyler, The Creator and Gypsy Kings:
  • “I don’t hear understand a thing he’s saying, but the whole time, his foot’s like this…” — Katherine (09:53)

3. Unpacking the Lottery and MrBeast’s Super Bowl Ad (18:34–24:59)

• MrBeast & The Salesforce Ad: Discussion about marketing returns from giveaways and skepticism about the value of email leads collected via million-dollar contests.
• Fun Dive into Lottery Economics & Taxes:
  • “Do you take the lump sum or do you take the yearly installments? ... 90% of the people that play the lotto, they pet cats too hard—you know, they’re weird, right?” — Josh (21:22)
• The Real Winners: IRS & The State/The House Always Wins:
  • “The IRS is making this money off all these prizes every single time.” — Katherine (23:00)
  • “The lottery is insane. They can’t lose.” — Katherine (23:34)

4. Beauty Routines: Extensions, Botox & Facelifts (25:04–34:00)

• Josh Discovers Extensions: Hilarious recollections of accidentally discovering someone’s sewn-in extensions.
• The Hair Trade: Katherine reflects on the ethics and spiritual context of “temple hair” sourced for extensions.
• Cosmetic Work as Empowerment: The group discusses Botox, facelifts, and attitudes toward aging and plastic surgery:
  • “What fun... If you want to, you can change up your look. We live in 2026 and if you want to change up you can.” — Katherine (32:47)
  • Kathy Griffin’s approach to cosmetic surgery is praised—“Go to Kris Jenner’s last guy!”

5. The Absurdity of Ransom & Elder Scams (36:12–44:24)

• Savannah Guthrie’s Mother's Kidnapping: Disbelieving tone about ransom notes, how “old school” it all feels, and serious digression into the risks of AI in enabling scams, especially elder fraud.
  • “It feels old school, but... elder fraud is such a thing and with AI it’s only getting worse.” — Ben (38:48)
• The Vulnerability of the Elderly: Warnings and laughs about how easily scammers can exploit tech-averse grandparents and the dangers of FaceTime and selfies for older generations.

6. TV, Fandom, and Reality Casting (44:24–47:31)

• Traders Casting Story: Katherine hilariously recounts being approached to apply for “Traders,” only to discover it’s for “absolute loser nobodies.”
• Peacock’s Crossover Marketing Geniuses: Ben points out the strategic casting of Olympic figure skaters on Traders to boost the Peacock platform during the Olympics.

7. Audience Q&A: “Heated Rivalry” and Cultural Blindspots (50:33–56:42)

• Moron Mail: What is ‘Heated Rivalry’?: The hosts and Katherine puzzle over a listener question about the show “Heated Rivalry,” leading to a riff about how some cultural phenomena can pass you by—even for plugged-in hosts.
  • “Is this my Bombolayo moment?” — Ben (51:19)

8. Sex and Transactional Culture (56:42–57:00)

• Observations on Gay Dating Culture: Katherine admires the transactional, unattached nature of hookups in some gay male circles, comparing it humorously to ordering a coffee before a show:
  • “It's like going to get a grande coconut latte at Starbucks.” — Katherine (56:47)

9. What Are You Nuts? Segment – Weekly Gripes (57:01–63:11)

• Ben: The gross finger-licking necessity of opening poop bags while walking the dog (57:01).
• Josh: Annoyance at constant “strep” or “lice alert” emails from his kid’s school – “What are you nuts? Don’t tell me, there’s nothing I can do.” (59:04)
• Katherine: Personal story of her stolen Hokas and liquid death drinks, later spotted as trophies on a local character in her neighborhood (“He was sitting on top of it like a throne, kicking his—my—Hokas.” – 61:26)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On True Style Confidence:
  “He gives us courage to be who we are, no matter what society says we should be doing.” – Katherine, on Guy Fieri (04:06)
• On Vibes Over Lyrics:
  “It’s all just a vibe... you have to listen to a song like 15 times before you know what they’re saying.” – Ben (08:54)
• On The Real Winners of the Lottery:
  “You know who really won? The IRS.” – Ben (22:47)
• On Cosmetic Work:
  “We live in 2026 and if you want to change up you can.” – Katherine (32:47)
• On Extension Ethics:
  “I've been told this is ethical hair... women in India, they grow their hair out and sell it, then donate the money to their temple.” – Katherine (28:15)
• On Shopping for a Surgeon:
  “Go to Kris Jenner's last guy.” – Kathy Griffin strategy, recounted by Josh (31:05)
• On Getting Approached for Reality TV:
  “For absolute loser nobodies, think you’d be great!” — Katherine, reading the “Traders” application (45:01)
• On Stolen Hokas:
  “He was sitting on top of it like a throne, kicking his—my—Hokas.” – Katherine (61:26)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:26–05:10 – Celebrity hair & extensions
• 05:17–11:35 – Super Bowl, Bad Bunny, and cultural performances
• 18:34–24:59 – Lottery, MrBeast’s ad, and IRS windfalls
• 25:04–34:00 – Beauty standards, hair, and facelifts
• 36:12–44:24 – Ransom stories and elderly fraud
• 44:24–47:31 – Reality casting and TV business
• 50:33–56:42 – Q&A on “Heated Rivalry” and cultural gaps
• 57:01–63:11 – “What Are You Nuts?” segment & package theft saga

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Tone and Style

The vibe is spontaneous, conversational, comedic, and intermittently self-deprecating. The hosts and Katherine bounce swiftly between playful digs, sincere admiration (“you're a wonderful looking human...is the hair for you or for the world?”), and storytelling. They riff effortlessly on the news of the week while keeping a pulse on cultural ceremonies (from Super Bowl to school lice outbreaks) and modern anxieties.

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Final Takeaways

This episode delivers the trademark Good Guys blend of cultural commentary, real-life woes, and millennial comic stylings. Katherine Blanford shines as a guest with self-aware humor and relatable stories about odd encounters, beauty routines, and life’s daily injustices. Through it all, the episode brings plenty of laughs, a few accidental lessons in economics (and hair care), and a gentle reminder to maybe take FaceTime away from your grandparents.

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For more information on Katherine Blanford’s tour, see katherineblanford.com.

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Transcript

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The following podcast is a dear media production. Two Jews, both big and tall.

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No subject too small for the Good Guys.

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A mother's dream premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine.

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It's a Good Guys. And if you don't give us five stars.

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What are you nuts?

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

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They're not the great guys. We're just the good of the good guys. Muscle morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. We are here with brilliant. I hate when people go, comedienne, comedian.

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Say it.

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Katherine Blandford.

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Thank you guys so much for having me. Wow.

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Thank you for being here.

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I had so much coffee. Is my tongue orange?

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It's a little.

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It's got a tint. It's got a tint.

[C]

Yeah. And it matches my shirt.

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Catherine walked in here like this, Ben, because she's like, I'm hiding my grown out tracks from my extensions on my head.

[C]

Yes, good. Yeah. Well, I used to do an act out where I turned around, and I've since stopped doing that because I don't get my extensions moved up in a timely manner. And I kept seeing my tracks when I would do the act out.

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Josh, we should explore extensions. What do you think?

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We talked about it.

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Yeah.

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Maybe just like a little rat tail for me. Just like something that just like goes in the back.

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Yeah.

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Like, it would take way too long for me to grow it, but I'm down to, like, mess around, you know.

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Now would you do clip in where when you just wake up in the morning, you go, I have a podcast today. Let me clip in my tail. Or would you do me where you go see a lady every six weeks and she unsews it and then sews it back up closer to the root?

[B]

I think. I think I'd prefer the clip in. I think that sewing in closer to the root once every six weeks sounds uncomfortable and unnecessary, but, Josh, I think we should get matching rat tails. I think it would be. Maybe we do, like, ratail Thursdays instead of topical Thursdays, and we just, like, go. We go all in.

[A]

We look like Theo Von. Yeah, that'd be hot. Theo von is 50, right? Or how old is Theo?

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He almost 50? Yeah, I think he's close. It's so surprising when you hear about that because he's.

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His skin looks great.

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He looks amazing. Does he have to abandon the. What is it? What would my. My wife and her friends call all their kids want a sports mohawk or. No, a sports mullet. Which is. Feels like what he has, like a modern Mullet.

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It's the TikTok hair.

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Does he have to abandon it at the big five?

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Heck no. Not anymore.

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Own it.

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No. Yeah, it doesn't matter anymore.

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Heck yeah.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And also he's like, I don't. I think he's ageless. You know, his vibe is ageless.

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It's like Guy Fieri. Like Guy Fieri. He's far too old to have frosted tips. He's not getting rid of those tip.

[C]

Yeah, you would feel. Did you see the super bowl commercial he was in?

[B]

Oh, did I ever. What a genius commercial. And the way that they had it trending like for like the last month and a half, we're like, oh, guy is just a normal guy. No, he's not. He's frosted tips.

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I know you said. Oh, I didn't even recognize. Have you seen it? Okay, so it comes, it shoots on him as just a normal dressed up guy. He has a brown comb over and he's wearing a lot of Costco clothes.

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Okay.

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And then, you know, it cuts to him like, I'm a guy. And then, you know, he's got his frosted tips back and he's dressed in his red denim cutoff vest. And when it shifts to him being the real guy with his frosted tips, you go, thank God, that's my guy. That's how I like guy. I don't want guy with brown comb over and khakis on.

[B]

No, I don't want regular guy. I have no interest. But it's funny, when you saw him like that, you're like, holy. I guess he could look like that. Like he, he doesn't have to look like frosted tip crazy diners drive ins and dives guy. But he'd be, it would be so strange. But he could look like a regular guy.

[C]

He gives us courage to be who we are no matter what society says we should be doing. Did you see Ricky Martin in the halftime how good he looked?

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He looks incredible. But I would expect nothing less than a beautiful cappuccino skinned gay Latin man.

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Right?

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Like this was.

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I love Ricky.

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I see it fully and he is the greatest.

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Right? It's so sexy. And he's in his 50s. We don't want him to, you know, dress down for the age.

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But that's a different story. What drugs are is Ricky Martin on Josh, you would know better than us. Like what is he injecting that he looks like that he's pregnant.

[A]

Peptides. He has a natural beautiful skin tone. That's probably aided by a Little bit of like a 24 hour bronzer. He might do a bit of hair coloring and God bless him. And he's fit as a fiddle and he's timeless, as you said.

[C]

Yes. And he's hooking up with Latino men.

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Yeah.

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That is the new adrenochrome.

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You don't need nad. You need to get down to Puerto Rico and have some fun.

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I mean, Bad Bunny is gorge. How old is Bad Bunny?

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Young, I think, like, I feel like 20s.

[C]

He's. No, I think he's 30, 31.

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He's talking about a handsome king.

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He looked great, too.

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Yeah. And he. He dressed very. He. He didn't show off his body for the super bowl performance.

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Yes.

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And. But we still knew.

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Yeah.

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We're saying.

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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There's a video of him online. How would you say. Making love with the air.

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Okay.

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And let me just say this. I don't understand anything he's saying, but I get it.

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I can just. I wish you were here, Ben, because Katherine just went somewhere.

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I did. And then I go, Kevin, you're working right now.

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Yeah, it's not time. It was. Should we talk about. Should we do the Super Bowl? Do it.

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We can. I think it. It will be a little late. Up to you.

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Let's do it. Why not?

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Okay. Let's do it. Fine. Okay, great. So then if we're.

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Let's make.

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Let's.

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Oh, this. Okay, great.

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We.

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We'll release this on Thursday. That's a great idea. I love it, too. Bad Bunny looked fantastic. I didn't know what he was saying, but I didn't care. I was grooving. I loved it. I loved it.

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The. Well, then you go back and you.

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Look at all the, like, Easter eggs.

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Easter eggs. Yeah. All the references. The cane sugar plants. And then like the.

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The little boy he gave his grammy to.

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Yeah. And then the power lines, you know, which is like, in context, all the power outages going on in Puerto Rico. My favorite was the people that were the cane sugar plants. Did you know about this?

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No.

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Did you know about this? Oh, my God. Okay, so I saw they. The NFL only allowed them to have 24 carts or 25 carts or something to wheel out the whole set. Right. And. But they wanted this setting where there was a bunch of, you know, crop everywhere. And so they flew in, I don't know how many extras and gave them bush costumes like they were the plants. They. And so you saw them coming off the field. All the plants are moving. They have feet.

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Oh, wow.

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Wow.

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Moving in. And Out. And if you, like, zoom in on. On, you know, Bad Bunny walking through the shrubbery, you can see people's faces through the plants.

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Terrifying.

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Wow.

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I commented on one of the clips, I was like, wow, we are all energy and people are just so mad. They're like, absolute freak. Of course we are. Wow. But it is cool to like, like, to, you know, like the set design or whatever. To. To be like, we, you know, we. We will. We will find a way, no matter what, right, to, like, bring the set that we need. I life, I loved it.

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And I will tell on myself that months ago when it was first announced, I had some, like, boomer energy. And only in the sense that I was just like. Because I love Bad Bunny, but I was just unsure of how it would connect with the audience. And I couldn't have been more wrong. And I knew in the lead up to it, I'm like, I'm wrong. I know I'm wrong. And then I'm like, bumping in my car. I'm like. And I was like, I was getting hyped. And as each layer was revealed during the halftime show, I'm like, this is exactly what we need right now.

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In my opinion, he's just too big. Like, it was. It was impossible, like, too big to fail. He has, like, multiple songs with a billion streams. Like, I don't even know why it ever crossed anyone's mind that this wasn't a good idea. And then for the people who will say, oh, I didn't understand any of it, Sorry. You also don't understand if you don't know a song, you can't hear the words as they're singing or rapping. You know, like, when they come up, you don't know what they're saying anyways. It's all just a vibe. Like, unless you've listened to the music before and you're a die hard fan, you don't know what they're saying. You have to listen to a song like 15 times before you know what they're saying. So to that. I never understood that anyways. And it was such art, like Josh, we spoke about a couple of weeks ago, that I didn't understand Tyler, the creator, and when he was at the Grammys, he put on this, like, amazing show, but it wasn't backed up by music. Bad Bunny had the show and the music. I thought it was sick. I thought it was sick.

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This is. This is like. This is the perfect illustration of that whole situation. It's people going, watching the show. It's a Vibe. It's fun. Everybody's having an amazing time, and I see somebody's uncle going. I don't hear understand a thing he's saying, but the whole time, his foot's like this. It's tapping. It's loving it. It's like, you can't help it. Then he's going, what? What the heck is he saying? Right? Right. But you just can't help. Your body's like, ooh, we're digging it now.

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Tell me this. He's like. He's like, this generation's Gypsy Kings. Like, who are you?

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Hey.

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What?

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And I. And I love. And I love me some Bombo Leo, but I don't know what the hell they're saying.

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This is when we cut off your tail. We got. You got to deserve. You got to earn this back.

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You got to earn back the rat, okay?

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The rat. You guys got to listen to Gypsy Kings.

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What is. What is Gypsy Kings?

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Oh, my God. You should be embarrassed.

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Like, school us men. School us.

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I mean, just play like you sing it, because we.

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We're not gonna mess with the monetization. Yeah.

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Like, I don't know the words. I know the vibe.

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Yeah. I think I know Bombalayo.

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I think they have the number one cover of the Eagles. Josh. They did Hotel California, which I think almost eclipsed regular Hotel California, but, yeah, by the way, that. That's going to age as a good call. We should clip it.

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I believe you. I believe you.

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It's going to be one of those things when we hear the song and we go, oh, we know the song. Yeah, but do we know Gypsy Kings?

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We probably should. But you should.

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I know.

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Get over the gypsy cake or play Volare?

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They didn't write Bollare.

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Yes, they did. They didn't write.

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For 70 years.

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Yeah, they're 100 years old, Josh. Nah, dog. Yeah, dog, they are. Yeah, dog.

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They didn't write Volade.

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Yeah, they did. Yeah, you're about to get schooled.

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What? Hey, where are they from? They're actually a clue of Arles, France, but they played a lot of Catalan music. So. Like Spain Spanish. Okay. Like flamenco kind of vibe was the inspiration.

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A song inspired by a Mark Chagall painting and sung by the Italian actor. By an Italian actor. The popular music of the late 1950s. Bolade from Dominico Mad Madugo.

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That was a good. That was a good accent. You spun on that at the very end.

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God bless you.

[C]

You get two tails.

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Finally, we have a merch idea. Come to our show. What's your. What's your merch like, Catherine?

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Oh, it's horrible. It's so ugly. I sell it on as a joke. Really? And it does well. Okay, well, the first one was, you know, the gas station wolf T shirts, Right. You know what I'm talking about, right? Like the wool. It's like three wolves are silhouetted. One's howling at the moon. I used to do a lot of horse girl material, so I got like three White horses, you know, their manes are flowing in the wind. And then I'm kind of like the Regina George horse at the very top of the pyramid. And there's a moon behind me and there's lightning.

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Love it.

[C]

The shirt doesn't make sound effects, but when you.

[B]

That would be sick if it made sound effects. I was like, what kind of tech is in your shirt?

[C]

It is. It's $87 because there's a battery pack and a speaker inside of it, and it only does lightning noises.

[A]

I used to get the off branded wrestling shirts because we didn't have money for the real ones. So I had a stone cold one that had a button, and all of a sudden you just hear, like, his entrance music on my shirt. How you couldn't wash it.

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Heavy. Yeah, yeah, we. Like how heavy. I see, like, one shoulder just being dragged down from the battery pack. Was it?

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I have some pretty sad stories, Catherine. One time I got. When I got my first movie called Snow Day when I was 12 years old.

[C]

Yes. I remember this one. Disney Channel original movie.

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Yeah.

[C]

Which is one word. Disney Channel original Movie.

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This was a Nickelodeon, but I. I wanted to, like, break your time. Disney Channel Original Movie. Smart House.

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When the snow globe. I remember it.

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Yeah.

[A]

Nickelodeon, but they're the same. But I remember going through airport security. I was 12 years old, and I had just gone to my first wrestling event, and I got a fake foam and plastic intercontinental championship wrestling belt that I was wearing under my clothes for security. And I literally walked through TSA and set off the alarms and. And they're beeping me, and they're like.

[C]

I'm like, oh, it's so cute.

[A]

They were like, dog, you're gonna have a rough teenage period.

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It's amazing.

[C]

Or the best.

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No.

[C]

Catherine, you look like you're smuggling in WWE merch. That's awesome.

[A]

You wearing an intercontinental belt? Are you just happy to see me? Sucks.

[C]

It's like, this kid's gonna ask the pilot for some wings. Yeah. You can tell that's the skit.

[A]

This kid's gonna need two ginger ales.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. You're 14. You're still like, can I see the cockpit? They're like, no, you have a beer. Get out of here. Can I sit on pilot's lab? You're like, no. Your voice is sunken.

[A]

We should try that as adults to be like, can I go check out the.

[C]

Dude? Done. Don't break character at all. W. Lots of sparkly dude. I. I get. So I'm in an airport every day, so I Get so annoyed. I've. You know, I'm. A lot of times I'm the next one to get on the plane, and then the line's being held up because a child's looking at the cockpit. And I'm. I've a few times recently been like, all right, time to wrap up the wonderment.

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Yeah.

[C]

Some of us need to fall asleep on the. On 23e.

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Yes.

[C]

I know it's mad. It's bad. But come on, we got connections to make. I'm not missing my connection. Yeah. Because this.

[B]

Vamanos, vamanos. In the words of the gypsy kings, vamanos, vamos.

[A]

Oh, wait, that's Enrique Iglesias. No, I want to ask about before we finish with the Super Bowl. Like, the great friend of the podcast, Mr. Beast was on the pod. Genius of all geniuses. We love him. We love Jimmy. But I did have a question, right? So he did this Salesforce ad, which basically was sort of this. You scan a QR code during the commercial, and you have a chance to win a million bucks.

[C]

And.

[A]

And Marc Benioff, the president of Salesforce, the owner, was like, this, gave us a 50x return. Mr. Beast, you're a complete genius. Thank you. Which he is. But my only question is, if you offered a million bucks to anyone for any product, would you get a 50x return? If you were like, if, like, the state of Iran was like, scan this QR code for a chance when a million dollars with the shah be like, we did it, guys. Like, that's my question.

[B]

So I'd love to know what goes into the 50x return. Like, I'm sure that it's registering emails. And then the question becomes, not to get too technical, but, like, how qualified are those leads? That would be my question. Like, how. How many Salesforce users. I believe. I believe that they got a ton of emails, and they probably put, like, a cost per email on that. So if they got 50 extra turns, then they got $50 million worth of emails and you could back out how many emails that was versus, like, people that put in their email. I just. I wonder how many. Like, like, do you really care about Salesforce? You just care about winning a million dollars? I don't.

[A]

I don't. I would imagine you care about winning a million bucks.

[B]

I think so. So, like, I don't. I don't think. It doesn't strike me as a qualified lead is what I'm saying. They're going to get a call today. Hey, you gave us your email. Or they're going to get an email. Hey, you signed up for Salesforce. They're like, who the fuck are you? Yeah, Unsubscribe. Yeah.

[A]

It's like, this is Max pack. I'm seven.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I love Mr. Bees.

[C]

Here's also. I go. I go, hey, if you're scanning a QR code for a chance to win a million dollars, you're not using Salesforce. Not hot. The people are using that also. Does somebody get a million dollars? Like, I'll.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[C]

Do we.

[A]

Jimmy wouldn't mess around. And I bet you it's. No, it's.

[B]

It's so illegal for them not to. And it's. There's too many eyeballs on the Super Bowl. They definitely give away a million.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Definitely. That said, it's heavily taxed. They're probably going to give you two options. You're going to get a lump sum option, which you do. We. I forget, Josh, do you take the lump sum or do you take the yearly installments? When you win the lottery, one is significantly better than the other.

[C]

Because a lottery is definitely more than a million.

[A]

Usually. Yeah. Like, if you were like a Powerball or make a million, it's gonna be hundreds of millions. But my favorite is, like, first of all, 90% of the people that pay the play the lotto, like, you know, they pet cats too hard. You know, they're weird, right? Like, these are not like people you would have as financial advisors. And I love when they go, bro, I would do the payments, always take the lump sum so I can invest it. I'm like, yeah, Kirk, like, right, we need investing that money. Like, you're broke now.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What makes you think if you had $250 million, you'd somehow 5 exit. But I have heard, because you just have to.

[B]

The lump sum, because you can invest it as opposed to over time, it depreciates in value, the dollar weakens, like. Or inflation, like. Yeah, yeah, you take it.

[C]

Now, I always thought it was the.

[B]

Payments, but the million overnight becomes what, Josh? 500 grand? I think. I think it's half. I think it's 50%. Is lottery about 50?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You definitely take the lump then.

[A]

Yeah, because I think the payout would be, like, 75% of it, and then if you take the lump, you get 50%. But the law of compound interest is every seven years, it'll double.

[C]

In theory, if you take the lump and then invest it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

If you put it in, like, a moderate to medium risk, like index funds and whatnot, it most likely will Double every seven years.

[C]

Gotcha.

[B]

So you know who really won? You know who. Who really won? The irs. They won.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Because they won half a million dollars for an ad. They weren't supposed to be paid for any ad, but they won half a million dollars that.

[C]

I don't even think about that. The IRS is making this money off of all of these people prizes every single time.

[B]

Oh, my God. The lottery is the greatest scheme in the history of the world. Every time there's a billion dollar jackpot, the lottery makes $500 million from the people playing it on taxes.

[C]

What do we do? We don't even have to pay taxes as long as we have the lottery.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What are we doing over here?

[B]

Yeah, you always go, we're getting fucked. We're getting fucked. The lottery is insane. They can't lose the lottery. They always win 50% of the lottery.

[C]

Really? Every time they play, every time I. We start talking money like this, I just go, we're in the Matrix and all this stuff. There's a new game that's invented. Every time I hear about some money situation, I think I forget about that. The. The government is just. The IRS is getting half of every lottery.

[A]

It's wrong. It's wrong.

[C]

I should be. I should be in a flying car right now.

[A]

We're not.

[C]

Why are we still on the roads? Why am I serving to break for a bus in front of me? There's too many inconveniences for the lot for the IRS to have this much money. So I sound like the uncle that hates bad Bunny right now.

[B]

And the fact, by the way, that they made it illegal for us to. To do lottery? Like, do you know how rich we could be if it wasn't illegal for us to host our own lotteries? Like, we could go on Instagram and just, hey, want to play the lottery for a dollar forever? Like, you know what I mean? And we. We don't have to keep 50%. We keep 20%. I've spent way too much time thinking about this, Josh. Imagine if you could run a lottery from your Instagram.

[A]

Oh, God.

[C]

So that. I guess the biggest thing is you have to have the money to pay it out, right?

[B]

They're paying you for it, and then you're giving them 80% back.

[C]

Wait, why are we not all doing this?

[B]

It's illegal.

[C]

We're not allowed to.

[B]

It's illegal. It's illegal.

[A]

Gross. Oh, I remember what I wanted to say about extensions. Sorry, was that too late to go?

[C]

No.

[B]

Good. We shouldn't. Rallory.

[A]

Enough, I didn't know what extensions were. Like, I knew I'd heard the word, but I didn't know that it can be like, tied into your skull.

[C]

Yes, I can.

[A]

Skull meat. And I remember I was kissing a girl once, I put my hand through her hair and I just. I'm so glad I did not make an audible because I was like, there's knots. It felt like knots.

[C]

Yeah, well, there also can be knots. What you felt might have been knots. It gets a little bit because.

[A]

What was that feeling?

[C]

It could have been.

[A]

She was from Atlanta, Georgia. Go.

[C]

That's where I get mine done.

[A]

Okay, Solid. Solid.

[C]

Okay. Now sometimes, because it gets. See, I have a weft, so it gets sewn into like a row of, you know, into my root. Right, right at the top. But as it grows out, it grows with your hair. And if you don't take care of it properly, that hair in between where the, where the weft is and from your root as it grows out, that can get all tangled. And then what you have to do then is pray for forgiveness and shave that part of your head off. Yeah, yeah. So you might have truly been feeling like it's like a little dread.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then someone else's hair who was hoping they were giving it to a good person and it ended up on, you know, my head.

[A]

But yeah, it felt like those bracelets you make a camp, you know.

[C]

Where you, you're like, our friendship is good as long as this knot stays knotted.

[A]

Yeah, those, the, the, like, you know, the vinyl strand. I don't know.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, that's exactly what it is.

[A]

Okay, cool.

[C]

Yeah, it's so. It's so fun. I have had a few rendezvous with a passionate men or two recently and they've like touched the back of my head and it felt like a few of them, like, oh, my God, she's dying. She's. She's had her. Her skull sewn shut recently.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Because it feels like, like that, like a giant scar or something. But you know what it is, it's just cool that we live in 2026 and you can purchase anything now.

[A]

Yeah. And let me ask you this.

[C]

Besides your own lottery, if I'm allowed.

[A]

And if I'm allowed to say, like, you're a wonderful looking human, as we all are, you know, gorgeous people. Is the, are the extensions for you or for the world? Who are they for?

[C]

For me.

[A]

Really? You like it?

[C]

Yeah. I'm a hillbilly. I have 12 strands of hair, real hair. You could see my skull and at Any given day with enough wind.

[A]

So Neutrophil get you neutral.

[C]

Also one of the Logan, Kyle, John's brands.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

And it's cool that I now I can buy some lady who had a lot of hair and sells it and can sew it under my head. And now I have the hair I was always jealous of. So fun. It's so fun. I love it. I don't even care if it looks fake. I'm like, look, I'm doing so well. I work so hard. I get to buy the head I always dreamed of.

[B]

What a business idea. What I said, it's genius. What a business idea. Like, who was the first person to think I have a great hairdo? I'm gonna shave it off and sell it.

[C]

I do kind of feel bad for the women because I'm like, I. I've. I always get told this is like. Like touchy subject, but I. I'm just gonna say it. I've been told that this is ethical hair. It's called temple hair. So it's like women. Like, for example, it's like women in India, they grow their hair out because they have very thick, luscious hair. They grow it out and then they sell it, and then the money they make, they donate it to their temple. So it's like a bake sale.

[A]

Isn't it like an offering, too? Like, there's something about. Like, I've seen it in the temples.

[C]

Oh, I haven't even seen that.

[A]

Maybe, like, there's some religious offering part of it, like offering your vanity to the gods.

[C]

Oh, that makes sense.

[B]

Maybe.

[C]

Y. That I do feel bad for those ladies, though, because they're probably like, you know. Well, they're doing it to give back to their. Their religion. And then it's just going on my head, and I. And I'm whipping it back and forth during a Mumford and Sons concert on mushrooms.

[B]

She's like.

[A]

She's shaving it off. They're like, and where do you hope your hair goes to? And she's like, someone on Bert Kreischer's.

[B]

Cruise.

[C]

Judging a speedo contest, which turns into the smallest penis contest I'm pointing out.

[A]

I hope it goes to a feature act in Helium in pa. Shenanigans in Lancaster.

[C]

And the tracks are showing when I'm doing it. Act out of what I want to get eaten when the zombies attack. So good. I do apologize. But they get to donate the money no matter what.

[B]

I was gonna say. You're donating the money.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, you shouldn't feel Bad. You're donating to the. To a wonderful cause.

[C]

You're right.

[B]

An Indian temple.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Great.

[C]

I'm happy it's you guys. Do you buy Girl Scout cookies? Do you buy a little kid's 100 candy bars to go towards their baseball team? Sure. I'm sure there's 100. Beautiful.

[B]

Because my brain is. Because my brain is sitting in financial land because of the lottery. I think you can write off your hair as a charitable contribution.

[A]

She can. And if nothing else, it's part of your work.

[B]

You should be writing it off.

[C]

Oh, it absolutely is. I. I also talk about my hair extensions. I talk about anytime I get. And I don't have that much work done, but anytime I get work done, it's the first thing I say when I see people. I'm so excited about it. I'm. I'm happy that I have the money and live in a world where we could do that. It makes me. So I talk about all of it.

[A]

The.

[C]

The day I get a facelift, you're ready to go. I will have a billboard about it on Sunset Boulevard.

[A]

So we have the great Kathy Griffin on the pod.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And she had a very interesting strategy, which was she went to Kris Jenner's last guy.

[C]

Not.

[A]

Not the newest. She's like, I'm not dropping a million on. On a facelift, but I will drop $218,000. And yeah, she said it was. I mean, she looks incredible. She's in her mid-60s.

[C]

Wow. So she went. She looks. She looks amazing. Going to Kendall or to Kris Jenner's last guy is genius because they want. I'm assuming they're not the top dog anymore. Right. But they want to get back there pretty damn good. Yeah.

[B]

The only thing that could be better is if she could find out who Chris is going to use next and go now. Okay. Pre blow up. She needs to go to a psychic next time and find out who is Kris Jenner's next procedure with. Because right now, he or she is charging nothing in comparison to the one she's already been to.

[C]

That's such a good point. God. But it's like crazy to $218,000 for a new face. Seems crazy. Money. But then a lot. It is a lot. But then you're like, it is. It is your. Is your home like, you know, like the thing you live in 24 7. Yeah. And you spend like 10 times that on. On a house. Right. That you could sell at any moment.

[A]

Right.

[C]

So it actually isn't that much money when you Think about it.

[B]

I completely agree.

[C]

Did it make sense?

[B]

I think it's cheap. A new face? Yes. A new face.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

218 sounds good.

[C]

It does. And also it's so people like, I always get like, people like, oh, I can't believe like she got work done and you can tell she got work done, blah blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, what fun. What, how, how fun is it that we live in a world that if you want, I'm not saying you have to, but if you want to, you can change up your look. You can look younger, you can. You're not stuck in the body that's aging in a way that you can't control. It's so cool. We live in 2026. And if you want to change up, you can.

[B]

Yeah, totally.

[C]

Bye bye. Or whatever the song is. I think it's just so cool we live in this age, you know, I.

[B]

Think you guys, you got to play it.

[A]

My, my friend got, she got one that we all thought was expensive at $100,000. Yeah. She got a facelift which looked great and but she, you know, people were lamenting and like, yeah, it's 100 grand. And like the doctors making her like do like a three day stay at like an aftercare place and hyperbaric oxygen. It's like, I'm like, yeah dog, it's your face.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Like maybe you shouldn't be running errands the next day.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, relax, take it easy for a couple days. And. And yeah, do some hyper. No one's ever been like, I did hyperbaric chamber and got worse. Worst thing you hear is it didn't really do much but sometimes it really helps.

[C]

But I. That should be like anything face and above.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Is like you should go to the as many as much extreme as you can to make it as great as it can be. Like that's. That's cuckoo. If I saw a tick tock and someone's like. And the next day I was at Pure Bar.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I'd be like, girl, that thing's melting off in three to four weeks.

[B]

Oh yeah. I have doomed.

[A]

I. I had my under eyes. I'd had big bags since I was like 15.

[C]

You've been stressed out for a long time.

[A]

It's been a rough time. I sadly, I get it's genetic. I. I see it in my little 3 year old shy who is cute. Cute, cute.

[C]

Wait, really?

[A]

Yeah. But he's got like little dark circles. I'm like, you're welcome. But I know a good doctor and.

[C]

He'S got some deadlines. That three year old.

[A]

Yeah, it's rough. It's not looking good. And so when I went and so I had a little procedure, it took like, an hour, and they, like, made it look great. But the. The nurse was emphatic. She was like, do not. She's like, this is gonna look so good when we're done. Like, it's one of those rare surgeries that right from the moment it's over, you're gonna look great. Yeah. She's like, do not go out tonight. I was like, go out. I have three kids for you nuts. Like, I'm going straight home, like.

[C]

And.

[A]

And I feel like I got punched in the face. But she's like, we have had people who got so excited of how they looked after they went to the club six hours after their surgery.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Feeling like more.

[B]

The clubs and the club's the worst place to go. It's so dark. They'll still look at them and, like, think that they still have the bad.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

And then you're like, oh, can't you see Donna look so good? They're like, sure.

[C]

Like, it's, like dark, but, like a green laser every now, and it's like.

[A]

Hey, guys, while we're here, where's Savannah Guthrie's mom?

[C]

I do think, though, it's so weird that people were still kidnapping people like that. Doesn't it feel so old school?

[A]

It just is weird that there's not a lead. I mean, this is. Okay.

[B]

We're.

[A]

We're just so people know we're meeting on Monday. The what, 8th? Today is the 9th. Today's the 9th. This will come out on Thursday. So anything could happen in the next three days. God willing, she's found safe and sound. Please, God. But as it stands today, as I read in the newspaper this morning, there ain't even a lead.

[C]

Oh. So they had a video that came out that was like, we are willing to pay. Right, Right. Is that. Does that mean, though, that somebody said, here is a price or they're just throwing out every hail Mary?

[B]

I thought that based on that video that they had heard that they were going to meet the demands. I don't know what the demands were. I don't know how they were contacted. But, yeah, I don't think that we know. We have no idea who the person is. But I did think that there was. There was some contact to know. There was some contact to know what the demands were.

[A]

Olivia, what do you say?

[C]

Yeah. So on Friday, there was a note that was delivered.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it was another ransom note. And the FBI, like, held off releasing anything about it on Friday, but I think they released it on Saturday, but the amount was $6 million is the demand for her. And if it's. They're threatening her life if it's not met by 5pm today. Okay, then call the Kardashians. Yeah. Get the money. They said they were gonna pay for it. Yeah. So, yeah, we'll pay.

[A]

Savannah's got it.

[B]

I was gonna say she's got the 6 million bucks, so. And. And you. We. We mentioned before, the 218, 000 is cheap for a new face. Pretty sure $6 million is cheap for a mother, for sure.

[C]

Yeah. It's just. Does it not feel old school? Does it not feel. You're like, we have. If I'm sitting here going. If I'm talking about Instacart right now. If I go on my Instagram and I'm scrolling down, there will, you know, like, there's like. Everybody's always listening to everything. There's surveillance, even when we don't realize there's surveillance.

[A]

Is that why I'm always getting ads for Grindr?

[B]

No, I'm kidding.

[C]

Is that why my type is always on Grindr?

[A]

Weird.

[C]

I'm always saying I like short redheads, but it just feels wild that someone's. Can kidnap somebody.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And nobody knows who they are. We can't track them down. And that there's a ransom note. Is it in, you know, cut out magazine letters too? Does this not feel so old school?

[B]

It feels old school, but at the same time, it feels like a really big, scary warning. Like, elder fraud is such a thing. And with AI, it's only getting worse. Where you have, like, you could literally send a video of my parents, of me to my parents that looks like me talking and telling them to meet me somewhere. And they wouldn't track and see, oh, it came from a different phone. They're just gonna show up, and then they get kidnapped. Like, I don't know that that's what happened. But right now we can, especially for a public figure, we can completely mimic their voice. We can make AI generated videos with their body that look incredibly realistic. And the number one, the easiest person to trick is the elderly that just simply do not understand this world. Like, my dad still can't set a password, and he's not even that old. He just. I don't think wants to. But, like, you know what I mean? I think I agree with you. The ransom note all of it feels old school, but I think it's. It's like we should take this as a warning and just, like, one of the very terrible things that comes from this. This type of AI. Right.

[C]

Yeah. That makes so much sense. Do you. You think Savannah's mom fell for some kind of scam?

[B]

I. I don't know. I just know that old people every day in this country are falling for scams. Like, there's some astronomical number of the billions of dollars that the elderly has been robbed of because they'll get a call. Hi, it's the irs. You owe us two grand or we're going to shut all your accounts. And they're like, oh, let me get out my checkbook. Like, it's. It's so they fall for it like that.

[C]

That is so scary.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But crazy. They can't find her.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's just weird that there's, like, no leads, that she, like, disappeared out of thin air.

[B]

And.

[A]

I don't know. I mean, apparently the FBI is in on it, so we've got, like, the, like, Tucson pd No shade. But, like, okay, maybe their resources are limited, but, like, even Trump's out there taking credit, being like, we're sending the best for Savannah's mama all over it. I'm sending in Marco Rubio.

[C]

You're like, no, don't.

[A]

No, send this one out, Trump, please. We got it.

[C]

He'll help us. But not.

[A]

Yeah, but, like. Yeah, it's. It's heartbreaking. And then people are really. Tell me if I'm right, Olivia. Aren't they, like, being very critical of the videos that Savannah and her siblings are making? Because some. I guess because they. It seems as though the ransom note is requiring them to answer certain things in, like, a cryptic way. So what appears to us is, like, the public seems weird in the video, but I don't know. I know that when they got that guy, Brian Kohlberger, the. The killer from Idaho with the kids, the college kids, they basically. They were so far ahead of him and knew where he was that they kept it in the public as if they had no leads. Or they even said, we're gonna. We're gonna implicate one of the boyfriends, and we're just gonna say it was you for, like, a second, like that. We think it might be as a person of interest because we're busy on the east coast arresting him, and we don't want him to know anything's coming. But imagine being the boyfriend being like, yeah, okay, sure.

[C]

So what you're telling Me is I'm being cast in a role right now. Yeah, this isn't me. I'm doing my part. Okay. He's in a fetal position.

[A]

Like maybe they have the guy right now. But what they're presenting is that they have no leads, no nothing.

[C]

Oh, so you're saying you think the media representation is a front?

[A]

It could be. Or what they're. The media is just reporting on what they're getting and that the police and the FBI might be like, report on this. I don't know.

[B]

Trump had said last week. I thought the last thing that he said was that they had an idea of who this was. I thought I saw that. Maybe I was wrong, but I hope that look, get that woman home. It's like such a terrible story and everybody needs to leave old people alone. Like it's the, it's the saddest target. Like she's fortunate, God willing she comes home and everything's fine. That she has a very well off family. But like these, like these fraudsters are taking these 85 year olds last dollar. Like their retirement funds are going poof from elder fraud. It's really fucking horrible. It's horrible.

[C]

Maybe we don't show grandma grandpa how to take a self selfie. Maybe we don't show them how to FaceTime. Maybe we go, we're taking your landlord landline away. Here's a pager. Yeah, like maybe, you know, like the more technology we show them, the more duped they get.

[B]

Or we'll see you when we see you.

[A]

Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

You don't even get a picture. Like, I'll be back.

[C]

Okay, hold on, I'm.

[B]

This is like when you grew up. I'll be back.

[A]

Just get them like HBO Max, get them all the streaming services. You get to watch Watch Peacock, Paramount Plus. But you don't get to connect with the outside world.

[C]

Don't do that. Don't go for a walk.

[A]

You're going to be watching Traders. You're going to be watching one battle after another. But you're not going to talk to your grand.

[B]

No, your grandkids will come when they come.

[C]

Yeah. And then, and then you have to go visit your grandparents face to face.

[B]

Yeah. Get away with this stupid FaceTime. No, it's not safe.

[C]

Can I say something about Trader really fast?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He loves it.

[B]

Please.

[C]

Okay. I was contacted by a casting person was like, hey, are you into traders? Would you ever be interested? And I was like, yeah, let's talk. And she sent me out this form. I started Filling it out. And then I called my manager later and I was like, hey, just want, you know. You know, Casperson reached out to me about Traders. He's like, oh, great. Yeah. They are casting for a new season. It's plastered everywhere. Like, this is a season of not famous people, just normal.

[A]

They reached out to me too. That hurts you.

[C]

I went on the website and it's pretty much just like four absolute loser nobodies. Think you'd be great for this. Oh, gosh.

[B]

Oh, that's so funny.

[C]

Hey, we just now thought about you for this.

[A]

We were on our new season of Dancing with the Schmoes. That hurts.

[C]

Dancing with the. Why she on here?

[A]

So how'd it go? What are we thinking? Hey, a win's a win. Come on.

[C]

I. I exit out of it. No, it's in my. I'm thinking about it, so I think.

[A]

You don't qualify for that.

[C]

I. It would be. Here's what would be the worst. If I even did it. And people. Then I would get like, DMS from people. Like, I swear I thought I recognized you. Which would be worse than like, hey, what are you doing on this show? You shouldn't be on there.

[A]

But what a joke. And. And Ben and I have talked about this. Besides the fact that you're an up and cominging rising star, for sure. We are true fans here. And in addition, you're way more famous than the Survivor cast that's on Traders today.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess. Well, I guess. I don't know. Maybe they were on. What is Survivor? On NBC.

[A]

Cbs.

[C]

CBS Weekly. For. For however many weeks, I guess.

[A]

But they're not entertainers. That was my issue with it. It's like most of the people on there are not like. That's why I loved Mike Rapaport on it.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Or Lisa Rinna. Because, like, they. They are true entertainers. But yeah, you know, 8 out of 10 of these people are just duds.

[B]

Because, by the way, they were geniuses. I didn't even real. I didn't even put two and two together. I think we spoke about this, Josh. I was like, why are these two figure skaters cast on Traders? Why are they. And now I'm watching Peacock and they are the ones commentating figure skating. It's genius that Traders has Peacock or Peacock has Traders, and Traders has the Olympics. And while the Olympics are going on, you watch them on Traders. It is just like, it is a masterpiece in marketing.

[C]

That's so funny.

[B]

It's amazing. I was originally like, what the hell are they doing? Like, they're not funny. But no, it's like the through line is unbelievable.

[C]

Do you have a book coming out? You'll no longer be doing Kelly Clarkson. You will be on Traders.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Great.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Do you want to promote your book? Will you be on set for 12 weeks with no contact with the outside world?

[A]

I'm not. You know what? I don't ever want to be on any of those shows because this is always the feedback whenever I have something to promote from the publicist. They love you. They're just not sure if they have time right now. I'm like, what? I'm like, at least late nights nice enough to be like we pass, but midday is like, they love you.

[C]

Right? No, They are huge fans. But instead they have to promote with Kris Jenner's 19th cookbook. I'm so sorry.

[A]

They have two kids who shut at a lemonade stand in Wichita and it's. It's a real feel good story. So we can't even have you for the four minute segment at the end. Great, Drew, thanks. I'm walking down that weird hallway. Jennifer Hudson with the dancing shout out. Jennifer Hudson, you're an incredible nightmare.

[B]

Fuel is walking down that Jennifer Hudson.

[A]

We love you, Jennifer Hudson. I would feel uncomfortable though. I wouldn't know what to do.

[C]

Do you? We. I have always thought about what I would do. And then the SNL came out with the sketch about what was doing and like the anxiety everybody feels about what they would do walking down the.

[A]

You know.

[C]

Did you see the sketch? So funny. It's like, I think it was Nikki Glaser's episode, I think. And it's like she's having nightmares about what she would do if she was walking down the hallway. Yeah. For the. Jennifer. I don't know what I'm. My. One of my greatest fears is my white woman dancing. Being exposed to the world. I mean, was I bumping bad bunny all morning? Absolutely. Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Do I want anyone to see that? No. Like I immediately turn into, you know, a middle aged mother of three. Yeah. Trying to understand my kids music groove. Yeah.

[B]

What song, Josh, would you ask them to play?

[A]

But do they play or don't they just have like a thing that they like chant as you're walking through like, like a stonemason ceremony.

[B]

But don't. But don't they do it to a. So no.

[A]

Do they do it to a song?

[C]

It's. They're like dubbing a popular song. Ah, yeah.

[B]

Like for me it would be.

[C]

Would you. Would you salsa a little bit yeah.

[B]

And then I would get canceled. Like, that's.

[A]

You're allowed to salsa, are you?

[C]

You. You grab one of the girls and start dancing with her, she immediately sues you.

[B]

Yeah, she just gets the ick. And I' sued for giving the ick.

[C]

It's a meme of her face dancing with you.

[A]

We don't love this. Should we get to a moron mail?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So our listeners are morons. That's what we call them. Our fandom. And so they can call in and. And leave us messages. Ask for advice. If you want to ask us a question, get some advice, go to speakpipe.com goodguys keep it brief. Brevity is key. And we don't want to hear your woody and nuts is. They're not great. Let's hear from Amanda.

[C]

Hey, good guys. Major moron here. Jewish, Long Island. Love you both. You're the best. And I just have a super quick question as two, you know, proud lovers, essentially, what are your thoughts on heated rivalry? Have you watched it? If you haven't, why not? You need to watch it, and I would love to know your thoughts if you have seen it. Love you both.

[B]

Bye. I don't know what it is.

[A]

What?

[B]

No clue. Wait, is this my bombolayo moment?

[A]

Yeah, apparently.

[C]

Hold on.

[A]

Wait. Maybe you just shown her the name. Maybe you're unfamiliar.

[C]

This is such a Gypsy king full circle moment.

[A]

It is full circle. Wow. We end how we begin.

[C]

Yes. Are you. Are you. Are you screwing with us?

[B]

I have no idea. What heated rivalry?

[C]

Have you been kidnapped?

[B]

Zero idea.

[C]

Do you have wi Fi where you are? Do you have Internet?

[B]

So it's.

[A]

Are you.

[B]

Sounds like it's like a. It's like a horny show. Like, is it like Love Island?

[C]

Should you. I don't. I'm. I'm taking aback right now. I don't even know. I don't know heated rivalry.

[B]

By the way, my Ben doesn't know heated rivalry either.

[A]

It's team Gypsy.

[B]

This is about versus heated rivalry.

[A]

It's about the two hockey players who fall in love and they have a gay love affair while playing on the same hockey. Are they on the same. I haven't seen them.

[C]

No, they're on competing hockey. They're on kind of rival teams. Right?

[A]

Well, he did rival. Okay, that makes sense.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That sounds great. And I'm in.

[A]

But Claudia knows this. Your beautiful, perfect wife who talks about everything. Maybe Claudia and Jackie definitely know.

[C]

How do you know?

[B]

Okay.

[A]

For sure. I'm sure. Wow. Unbelievable.

[C]

Are you doing this Is this a thing that you've been enjoying is walking around pretending like you don't know what heated rivalry was? Rivalry is.

[B]

I. Is this a new movie?

[C]

Wow. Okay. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. Outside of this, I would never.

[A]

Now, Ben, take a smoke break.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Is this now?

[C]

I wouldn't.

[B]

Have you seen it? Josh said he hasn't even seen it.

[C]

No.

[A]

No, I haven't.

[C]

Oh, you haven't?

[A]

No. I'll tell you why I won't watch it. And I shout out the show. It's beautiful. Love it. I'm so glad people love it. I won't watch it for the same reason why I don't watch. Nobody wants this, you know, the Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, because I'm a Jew. And so a lot of the humor and shit in there, I'm like, yeah, I know, right? It's like, my brother works in finance. He won't watch the show Billions because he's like, I live it. So it was a really wonderful access point for people who didn't know a word like shiksa or like, fun Yiddish words to be like, oh, cool. Like, I'm really being educated. Heated rivalry. Growing up with someone who was in Snow Day at 12, I've grown up in the performing arts. I've. My dearest friends are wonderful gay men who have. Who have informed me on some of their loving practices. So I've, as of the last month, have run into many women who've been like, did you know one guy's a top and one's a bottom? I'm like, yeah, babe, I knew at 14. I went to performing arts high school. These are my best friends.

[B]

Yeah, I knew at 14 and I'm a top.

[C]

It was a sorting hat situation.

[A]

School, I'm a power. Middle, I'm a swing.

[B]

I'm a dtc.

[A]

Down the cliff.

[C]

I can mix with all of them.

[A]

The novelty doesn't really. But I've heard it's wonderful and maybe I will check it out.

[C]

It's really. It's fun to watch. It's also truly one of those. If you have three people in a room and you're like, what should we watch? And do you want to have a conversation during some of it? It's that perfect show word. And.

[A]

Yeah, what's the. And Olivia, tell me, because I've heard that there's, like, a lot of romance in the first couple episodes, which I think was the part that was interesting to people, but then it turned into this beautiful love affair that people can't get enough of.

[C]

Yeah. Well, it was like lush or lust. A lot of lust in the beginning and the most perfect. But you've ever seen. Who? What's his name story, I believe, right? The one with the blonde. Yes. I'm telling you, it doesn't matter. Your sexuality, your religion. Yeah. Your point of view, where you live in this world. It's a butt that you will appreciate. It's a butt that you go. And it looks real, the real perfect, but it's a butt where you go, I don't think no matter how hard I could work, I could get that butt, you know? And that's. That's my pitch.

[A]

I'm in.

[B]

Okay. I'm in, too. Sure. Heated rivalry.

[A]

Great. Keep it heated.

[B]

I'm all in. I'm gonna listen to the Gypsy Kings while I watch.

[C]

You know what? That actually fits. But you know my favorite thing about heated rivalry and rivalry. That and. And I always say to my. My. My gay guy friends is I go, I really appreciate y' all sex because it's much more transactional. It's in, it's out. And then there's a lot of. There's not a lot of feelings and attachments after the end, you know, Like, I have friends that are like, yeah, I'm going to Miami. You know, I'll hook up with a guy after the show, before a show. And I'm like, aren't you tired for your show? You have two shows. He's like, you have six minutes. I don't know his name. And nobody has any feelings. Yeah. Before or after? It's like. It's like going to get a grande coconut latte at Starbucks.

[B]

Right.

[C]

I just need my fix before the show. You know, it's like so quick.

[A]

It's like going to get a grande Jorge. You know, I assume we're in Miami, you know what I'm saying? Should we get to Woody Nuts?

[B]

Yeah, let's do it.

[A]

Ben, take it away.

[B]

Our what against moment of the week is our gripes with people, places and things both big and small. Whatever's sticking in your craw. You said that you travel a lot. Woody and Nuts are all over the plane. You're looking around, you're like, what is this, Lady Nuts?

[A]

Take your time.

[B]

So I was walking my. I have a two year old King Charles Cavalier, and I don't know if you're a dog person, but, you know, you walk the dog and the dog takes a shit, and you watch them take a shit and then you take out one of the poop bags. And you go to clean up the poop, but in order to open the poop bags, you have to do the same thing that you do at the grocery store. You lick two fingers, you push it together, you open it up. And I'm just thinking to myself, you know, I'm watching my dog take a shit as I lick my fingers and open this bag. And I'm like, what are you fucking nuts? Like, there's something so disgusting about me licking these two fingers while watching shit come out of my dog's ass. So that's my. What are you nuts? It's nasty.

[A]

Yeah, sick.

[C]

You gotta, you gotta lick a bag's lips.

[B]

Yeah, you do. It's yucky.

[C]

Yeah. You know, I saw something on Tick Tock. Somebody said they took their fingers and they touched their dog's nose because the nose is moist and they used that. Oh. To open the bag. Also weird though, because your dog is taking a and then you're caressing its nose.

[B]

That's strange too. Yeah, I did. The whole thing is weird. Why can't they just pick up their own.

[A]

Why can't we leave it for sure?

[C]

Yeah, why don't. I don't want. I don't want to have to touch a bag while my dog's. Why can't I just leave everywhere? Right. Such a good point.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

Let's just leave the.

[C]

I'm down it my. I live in East Hollywood and I always say when I go for a walk down my street, it looks like I'm hopscotching.

[A]

Right.

[C]

Because I'm stepping over shit and humans and syringes and etc. So I'm pro for licking the dog, the bag and picking up the shit.

[B]

Understood? Yeah, understood.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, yeah, I support it. My Woody Nuts moment of the week is I have a seven year old little boy. My son is in elementary school and I kid you not. Once a week, sometimes twice a week, we will get emails from the school. Strep alert. Someone in first grade has strep. Lice alert. Someone in first grade has lice. Now, of course there's nothing you can do about it. And they can't turn off school so they're not going to send everyone home. So my idea is don't tell me. What are you nuts? Like, yeah, I will discover the lice at home as I'm shampooing his hair one night and I will have to deal with it and if he gets sick, I'll keep him home. But like, you don't have to tell me because there's nothing I can Do.

[C]

Nope.

[B]

Or tell us who that little rat is. Yeah. And then we can find out what the. Where the hell he went lifestyle. But if you're just gonna say general strep alert, and you're not gonna say that it was little Jimmy because his mom kept him out in the cold, like, I don't want to know.

[C]

Right.

[A]

And you know what? It's not cool. But you guys will see. And Ben has a beautiful almost one year old. Everyone sends their kids to school sick because unless they're really sick, you gotta work.

[C]

Yeah, they were kind of sick. You'd never send them to school because they're always kind of sick.

[B]

Always kind of sick, Exactly.

[C]

Right. Yeah. Yeah. And that's how you get immune systems.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

A good immune system, you gotta get exposed.

[A]

Do you have a. What are you nuts?

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Mine's really specific. I hope I don't get in trouble for this. I'm. What are you nutsing myself. Okay, perfect. So we. Our apartment building got robbed recently. Somebody, like, ran through the gate to our garage downstairs right as it was closing. And then they went up to the lobby and they stole a bunch of packages. And I'd had REI boots shipped there from something I'm about to shoot. And liquid death had sent me a bunch of cases of liquid death and stuff, right? And then like a day later, I'm driving to the front of my street and I see a few men who live in tents at the top of our street sporting my new hokas. No, truly, one of them, I'm not kidding you, was sitting. They had my. All of my liquid death cans boxes stacked on top, and he was sitting on top of it like a throne, kicking his. My hokas.

[A]

He was, he was a size 7 woman's.

[C]

You know, his toes are like. He's got holes for his toes, right? I like these HOKA sandals.

[A]

Shout out. We love them.

[C]

Dude. And I, I, I almost went up there and confronted him, right? I was like, driving by and almost rolled in my window. And then I was like, what are you nuts? I was like, this, this is, this is our, this is our pimp. You know what I mean? He is a shiv. And every time I walk up the street, he yells. One time he yelled, he goes, you got a little sass with that no ass. And he bullied me. And I was like, there's nothing I can do. I'm not getting that back. That's a man who has nothing to live for.

[A]

Right.

[C]

I just have to send a picture of him to REI and ask for them to send me a replacement.

[A]

Rei Hoka just slip into her dm.

[B]

So, friends, you have the Hoka hookup now. Ben and he gave it to me.

[A]

We'll give it.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

We'll get you new hokas in liquid death. They can't get rid of that stuff fast enough.

[C]

Exactly. You know what they love? They love free pr.

[A]

They love.

[C]

And the moral story is sometimes you just have to throw in the towel and say sometimes things don't go your way and it's okay and move on. And don't try. Don't try and get your hokas back.

[B]

No, they're gone. You don't need them.

[A]

There's a hole in the big toe spot anyway.

[B]

Do you have anything to promote too? He's already on his foot. What are you gonna do with it now?

[A]

Oh, it's done.

[C]

They're so cute. They look good on. So he is sponsored now. Okay. I'm sorry. Is that the weirdest? What? Do you not.

[A]

No, it's perfect.

[C]

No, it's so oddly specific.

[A]

It's so good.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

Give us your dates. Tell us what you want to promote.

[C]

Yes. Okay. I'm on tour. All my dates are@katherine blandford.com social media. It's Katherine Blandford. Hopefully I'll have a little special coming out soon. Yes. With some hokas on my feet.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Dude. Follow Katherine. Literally. Your videos make me so happy. I reached out in December. I'm so glad we finally got this to And I'm a big fan. I know. Olivia, Ben, big fan.

[B]

We're all big fans. This was great. Thank you so much. Everybody. Follow Katherine. This episode's five stars. Otherwise. What are you, nuts?

[C]

Listen to us.

[B]

Wherever you get your podcasts, watch our clips and make sure. Okay, when you leave a review, it's five stars.

[C]

That's it.

[B]

Five stars. We're going to read the five star reviews. If you leave us a one star review, I'm contacting Apple and asking them to delete it. We don't need this negativity. Five stars. Josh, do we have a review we can read?

[A]

It's so funny. You know what? We really do. Five star review from Aaron Alvarado. God bless. Five stars. You don't listen to the good guys. What are you, nuts? Joshi and Benny never fail to make me laugh out loud with their antics. They are newly topical, heartfelt, and perfectly chaotic in the best way.

[B]

Thank you, Aaron.

[A]

Thank you, Mary.

[B]

Everybody. Mondays and Thursdays. We will see you next time.

[C]

Bye. Take FaceTime away from your grandparents.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Immediately.

[B]

Definitely. Definitely.

[C]

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