British Food, Baptisms & Bar Fights

Summary

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Good Guys – "British Food, Baptisms & Bar Fights"

Podcast: Good Guys
Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Date: October 9, 2025
Production: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

In this lively and irreverent episode, hosts Josh Peck and Ben Soffer dive into the quirks of British cuisine, their uniquely Jewish (and occasionally Italian) upbringings, and the etiquette around bar mitzvah and baptism invitations. The duo fields listener questions ranging from friendship drama to wedding copycats, riffing on pizza culture and modern social media habits along the way. With tons of playful banter and rapid-fire “what are you nuts?!” moments, this episode is a quintessential ride with The Good Guys.

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

1. Podcast Audience & International Fan Interactions

• Josh and Ben reflect on their avid, diverse listenership, from Italian prosecutors in New Jersey to Pakistani superfans.
  • “If we can mix in the 56-year-old Italian man, nice 45- to 55-year-old Jewish woman from Long Island, and the OG Stan from Pakistan...”
    — Ben (02:24)
  • A running gag emerges around OG Stan from Pakistan ("Pack OG Stan").
• They riff about the international reach, joking about whether their fans are “toasters.”

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2. Spices, Food Experiments & British Cuisine

• Ben raves about his new favorite spice, harissa, and challenges Josh to experiment more in the kitchen.
  • “My favorite new spice is a nice North African spice. It’s called harissa...I’m putting harissa and freaking everything.”
    — Ben (03:05)
• The duo discusses culinary trends like mustard- and mayonnaise-basted steaks, agreeing mayo provides a great crust.
  • "The secret to a good crust is mayonnaise."
    — Ben (06:11)

[06:54] Moron Mail: English Cuisine Edition

• Anonymous Moron Mail: An “English moron” asks what British foods Josh and Ben would try.
  • Ben identifies “toad in the hole” as “Rocky Mountain toast,” while Josh learns about “spotted dick.”
  • Highlights include mutual curiosity about beans on toast, shepherd’s pie, beef Wellington, and the omnipresence of mash and pies in the UK.
  • “You can’t beat a toad in the hole followed by a spotted dick. Yes, these are real dishes here, by the way.”
    — Anonymous (06:54)

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3. Deep Dish Pizza & Pizza Discourse

• The hosts riff on the merits of deep dish pizza (Pizza Uno memories, Chicago staples) vs. classic thin crust.
  • “If you’re going to have delicious bread, delicious sauce and delicious cheese, this is a combo...Deep dish made right is fantastic.”
    — Ben (13:53)
  • They also wax poetic on cafeteria pizza, 7-Eleven slices, and the peculiar thrill of cheap frozen pizza.
• [19:33] Josh quizzes Ben on frozen pizza favorites. “You did frozen pizza?” Josh asks, reminiscing about Red Baron and DiGiorno.

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4. Pizza Scenes: East Coast & LA

• New York and LA pizza hotspots are compared, including Prime Pizza, Apollonia, and Doughbrik’s.
  • “The best, yeah, we agree...Prime Pizza, I think it’s the best.”
    — Josh (22:37)
  • LA’s complicated hours and Portnoy’s pizza reviews are discussed.

5. Moron Mail: Snacks, Granola, and "Nuts for Nola"

• Ben considers launching a chip or granola brand (“Nuts for Nola!”), stories of family granola recipes, the caloric density of nuts, and granola’s impact on relationships with misophonia.
  • “Granola should have a misophonia scale!”
    — Josh (27:51)
  • They discuss dried fruit—Ben is particularly passionate about pineapple and cranberry in granola.

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6. Weekend Recaps: Bar Mitzvahs & Baptisms

[28:48] Josh’s Bar Mitzvah Story

• Josh shares how he showed up impromptu to a fan’s Bar Mitzvah, earning bewildered reactions from teens and gratitude from parents.
  • “Do you know who this is? He’s a professional actor. His buddies were like, is this...I don’t know, is this Tekashi 6–9?”
    — Josh (30:25)
  • Leads to a joke on offering their guest appearances at weddings (“What’s the right price for Josh and Ben at your wedding? $100,000.” — Josh, 31:23)

[36:37] Ben’s Wedding/Bar Fight Weekend

• Ben regales listeners about consecutive weddings and a baby shower that left him aching and 10 pounds heavier.
  • “Saturday night, your boy got drunk as a skunk...my bones are inflamed. I shot up 10 pounds on the scale.”
    — Ben (37:14)

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7. Moron Mail: Baptism Encounters

[39:20] “Should I End the Friendship?!”

• Listener vents about a friend who failed to recognize Josh at a baptism.
  • “The fact that you didn’t know who Josh Peck was...Are you living under a rock?”
    — Ben (40:24)
• Josh: “This was my first baptism, and let me tell you, I think I have the tism because...it was a lovely...” (41:11)
  • Extended bit about Jewish identity in non-Jewish spaces, and the joy of finding a “Semitic brother” at a church event.

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8. Social Media & The Modern Photo Obsession

[51:02] Carousel Photo Dilemma

• Listener Ashley complains about an acquaintance posting identical “down on one knee” engagement photos in two outfits.
  • Hosts debate the meaninglessness of digital excess and the lost magic of rare, special photographs.
  • “Pictures used to be special because there wasn’t an infinite amount...there’s a literal photo shoot for everything nowadays.”
    — Josh (52:29)
  • Olivia: “People think they’re too important...nobody gives a rat’s ass.” (53:59)

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9. Moron Mail: Cruise Ship Wedding Copycat

[56:27] Who Owns the Idea?

• Listener Lee is upset a friend is copying her cruise ship wedding, to the same ship and destination.
  • “You didn’t invent the cruise...there’s nothing original about what you did.”
    — Ben (58:22)
  • Ultimately, both hosts suggest letting it go, focusing on the friendship, and being supportive, especially given the friend’s whirlwind romance.

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10. "What Are You Nuts?" Rants

[62:53] Weekly Rants

• Josh’s: Annoyance at being introduced as an influencer.
  • “Just say, this is my friend. What are you, nuts?”
    — Josh (63:49)
• Ben’s: Discovery that using Head & Shoulders shampoo might cause baldness.
  • “You’re only supposed to use it while you’re having dandruff...it has an active ingredient that causes male pattern baldness.”
    — Ben (64:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “My favorite new spice is a nice North African spice. It’s called harissa. I’m putting harissa and freaking everything.”
  — Ben (03:05)

• “You can’t beat a toad in the hole followed by a spotted dick. Yes, these are real dishes here, by the way.”
  — English Moron Mail (06:54)

• “Do you know who this is? He’s a professional actor. His buddies were like, is this...I don’t know, is this Tekashi 6–9?”
  — Josh (30:25)

• “Pictures used to be special because there wasn’t an infinite amount...there’s a literal photo shoot for everything nowadays.”
  — Josh (52:29)

• “You didn’t invent the cruise...there’s nothing original about what you did.”
  — Ben (58:22)

• “Just say, this is my friend. What are you, nuts?”
  — Josh (63:49)

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Additional Highlights

• Intimate banter about wedding traditions, the role of “godparents,” and the arbitrariness of titles like “uncle.”
• Ongoing jokes about product ads, starting new snack brands (e.g., “Nuts for Nola”), and podcast monetization schemes.
• Olivia and occasional guests join in for commentary and laughs, especially on social trends and photo habits.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:24 – Audience demographics; OG Stan from Pakistan
• 03:05 – Spice obsessions & harissa
• 06:54 – Moron Mail: British cuisine
• 13:42 – Deep dish pizza discourse, New York vs. Chicago
• 19:33 – Frozen pizza preferences
• 22:37 – LA pizza scene & Portnoy reviews
• 28:48 – Josh’s bar mitzvah story
• 37:14 – Ben’s wedding/sick weekend
• 39:20 – Moron Mail: Baptism, meeting a celebrity
• 51:02 – Ashley’s photo shoot carousel drama
• 56:27 – Lee’s wedding copycat dilemma
• 62:53 – What are you, nuts? weekly rants

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Summary

This episode delivers the full Good Guys experience: affectionate cultural roasting, passionate food rabbit holes, candid personal stories, and the best (and worst) of listener drama. If you value sharp wit, millennial nostalgia, and the warm chaos of friendships—especially those with bickering, food-obsessed Jews—this episode is a must.

Transcript

[Olivia]

The following podcast is a dear media production.

[Josh Peck]

Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the Good Guys. A mother's dream Premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine. It's a Good Guys.

[Ben Safer]

And if you don't give us five stars.

[Josh Peck]

What are you nuts?

[Ben Safer]

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

[Josh Peck]

They're not the great guys. We're just the good of good of the good guys. Miles and morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. I'm sitting here with the great, the only Ben Safer.

[Ben Safer]

And I'm sitting here. Great.

[Josh Peck]

Yep. God, it's just one.

[Ben Safer]

There's only one. Is there more than one? Like, when you Google your name, does somebody else pop up? For a while it was me and this doctor. Okay? Now it's really just me, which, like, lets me know that, like, Google's like, doing its thing. Like I'm. I, I'm still. My Wikipedia is still husband of Claudia Ashray. Which, like, if you're, if you're somebody at Wikipedia, like, it would be really nice if we could talk about that 100%.

[Josh Peck]

You gotta get changed.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, I got nothing. Husband like crazy. I'm nothing more than a husband. Do you. Do you Google?

[Josh Peck]

I don't like. Listen, how much of our listenership is toasters?

[Ben Safer]

Probably all.

[Josh Peck]

No, I disagree.

[Ben Safer]

Just kidding. I would say, I would say 50% overlap. 50% overlap would be my guess.

[Josh Peck]

And I feel them falling off. I don't think they're sticking with us. No, I think we have a very wonderful, very specific demo. And they're called people who eat at 4. Okay. They're the older, they're the seniors, they're the mothers and the fathers.

[Ben Safer]

Yes, they are. They are.

[Josh Peck]

It's a mix. My great cousin Peter, a great Italian prosecutor from New Jersey, he never listened to the party came over and we had a wonderful brunch the other morning when him and his lovely wife were here visiting. And he said, I've been listening to the pod. It's funny. I said, see if we can get a guy like Pete, a good Italian kid from Jersey.

[Ben Safer]

We're winning, we're winning. And you sprinkle in. By the way, our first live caller needs to be our friend from Pakistan. Okay. The Josh Peck OG from Pakistan.

[Josh Peck]

Totally.

[Ben Safer]

We need, we need him. But if we can mix in the 56 year old Italian man. Nice. 45 to 55 year old Jewish woman from Long Island. And the OG Stan from Pakistan.

[Josh Peck]

My God, the OG Stan from Pakistan.

[Ben Safer]

The original, the original OG Stan.

[Josh Peck]

I love that.

[Ben Safer]

From Pakistan.

[Josh Peck]

I just said Pakistan.

[Ben Safer]

Pack OG Stan.

[Josh Peck]

Pack OG Stan. God, do I love that. How good is Pakistani food?

[Ben Safer]

Amazing. Amazing, Amazing. Fantastic. Yeah, it's great. How great is Indian food beyond?

[Josh Peck]

You know what? I actually.

[Ben Safer]

Anything with spices. Like, we need more spices. If you're not exploring spices. Okay. My favorite new spice. Not that anybody asked me. My favorite new spice is a nice North African spice. It's called harissa. Okay. I'm putting harissa and freaking everything. A chef showed me you'd make, like, a nice. You put harissa on the outside of ahi tuna, Josh, before you grill it. It's phenomenal. So I took it up a notch and I said, what if I put harissa in my tuna salad? My God, this is unbelievable. A plus. You need to experiment with spices.

[Josh Peck]

You should name your next child that Harissa. Safer.

[Ben Safer]

Harissa.

[Josh Peck]

Harissa.

[Ben Safer]

I love it.

[Josh Peck]

It's like Teresa but spicy.

[Ben Safer]

It's like Teresa. It's like Clarissa Harisa.

[Josh Peck]

What do you think about when they do the. They do it a lot with Smash Burgers, where they, like, basically dip the entire burger in mustard and then fry it. Have you seen this?

[Ben Safer]

I have. I saw recently. I didn't know they did that with Smash Burgers. I saw somebody recently do it with a steak. You're just marinating the whole steak and mustard, Josh. I think it's a big waste of mustard using just too much mustard. At least what I saw, it was like a mustard bath.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

You didn't need that. Just, like, coat the outside. You do one dip. But, yeah, I saw him, like, put so much mustard, thought it was a waste.

[Josh Peck]

Do you. The profile, the flavor profile, Is it elevating?

[Ben Safer]

I. I can't imagine it elevates it more than mustard powder, Josh. Like, why wouldn't you use. If you want the taste of mustard, the same way you do salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder. Why wouldn't you use mustard powder? It would stick to it. It's far less messy. I don't really know how you get that char or that grill that you're looking for with the mustard. I guess it works with a burger, but I feel like you're just, like, cooking it off. I love a Smash Burger. God, so delicious. The caramelized meat.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my God. With the special sauce. But a real good Smash burger, they've got to do very thinly sliced onions that. Where they fry the burger in it, right?

[Ben Safer]

Yes. That's key. Yes. Mandolins, Josh. The mandolin.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

It's not unbelievable.

[Josh Peck]

It's not womandolin. Sorry, Olivia.

[Ben Safer]

It's. It's mandolin. And this is a kitchen gadget. Again, not the US But Arisa and a mandolin one. Buy a mandolin.

[Josh Peck]

You know why it'll change your life? Because it's stupid. It's a stupid device.

[Ben Safer]

Of course it's essential.

[Josh Peck]

Of course. The appliance called a mandolin is the thing that could put you in the hospital quickest.

[Ben Safer]

So true.

[Josh Peck]

So it is stupid.

[Ben Safer]

You're so right. No, they shouldn't sell them without gloves because you literally, you're at the end, you're doing the end, and you're like, just one more push. Finger off.

[Josh Peck]

All done.

[Ben Safer]

All done.

[Josh Peck]

Now, I also saw a steak being grilled in a mayonnaise bath. A mayonnaise bath. And then grilled in the mayonnaise, which I guess is just fat on fat. Right? It's just.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

You know, that one I actually like more, because the secret to a good crust is mayonnaise. If you're making, like, grilled cheese and you want it, like, golden on the outside, shmear a little mayo on the outside. It's the key to a golden crust. So I have to assume, Josh, that it would also be the key to a golden crust on steak. It's just like butter. It's fantastic.

[Josh Peck]

True, Dad.

[Ben Safer]

I love mayo. I love mayo.

[Josh Peck]

Well, I want to get to a moron mail really quick because you did set me up beautifully for it. And we love our moron mailers who have just the cutest little accent. So hold please, because this is important. This is from anonymous moron mail.

[Anonymous Moron Mail Caller (English Moron)]

Hello, Josh and Ben. English moron here. And toaster calling from London, England. I'm not sure if you've ever been to the UK before, but we're not really known for our cuisine. But I think personally that you can't beat a toad in the hole followed by a spotted dick. Yes, these are real dishes here, by the way. But my question to you two is, if you ever came over to England, what British food would you really like to try?

[Ben Safer]

And why? Cheerio for now. Bye. I know what toad in the hole is, because we have toad in the hole is you crack an egg in. We call it, like, Rocky Mountain toast. Or, like. That's what it is. It's a piece of bread. You cut out the middle and you fry an egg in it. It turns into, like, just a delicious breakfast. That's toad in the hole.

[Josh Peck]

It's kind of like a hillbilly croque Monsour.

[Ben Safer]

Sounds delish. Yeah, I'm in. What is a spotted dick? Never heard of that before.

[Josh Peck]

It's me in the mid-2000s. No.

[Olivia]

It'S a traditional British steamed pudding made with suet, dried fruit, typically raisins or currants, and often served with a custard.

[Josh Peck]

Yuck.

[Ben Safer]

Sounds delicious.

[Josh Peck]

No.

[Olivia]

Looks like a tall, like, pound cake kind of.

[Ben Safer]

I don't just, I don't discriminate against desserts. I, I, I'm in for a spotted dick. It looks good for a spot of dick. Yeah. Why not get a spot of that dick? I, I'll take two of your finest dick.

[Josh Peck]

I It sounds like a, it sounds like a gay dude from the Bronx goes, goes to the UK to try to hook up, like, try to cruise like, like, yo, son, let me get a spot of that dick. I'm out here acclimating G. I'm climatizing my G. Put some dick on the barbie. No, what was I going to say about. Oh, oh, British cuisine? So you know, I follow Bosch. Do you follow this guy, John Bosch?

[Ben Safer]

You've told me about Bosch before. I was going to say I don't know what British cuisine is, so I find it difficult to answer this question. But let's talk more about Bosch because I, Bosch is a good man.

[Josh Peck]

Bosch is the best. And so first of all, and I, I'm going all inclusive with British cuisine here because they do so many other different ethnicity cuisines, so. Well, there. First I would have to eat at the Blue Orchid, which is his favorite Chinese spot. And I'd have to have Hong Kong prawns and chili beef special fried rice, chicken chow mein, prawn bowls. I would have to do it all. And then after I went to the Blue Orchid, he famously eats pie and mash. But it's so it's the old school. Like, they're meat pies, then a bunch of mash, then they put on the liquor, the liquor, which is like a green parsley gravy. It's kind of interesting. Then a chili vinegar, and then he does it old school British style with stewed eel, which, miss me on that. But. Yeah, but the pie and mash sounds amazing. Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

So I guess, like, because that's what I was thinking, like, when you think of American cuisine, sure, we have the melting pot of all of the best of everything, but American cuisine is what? Burgers, fries, hot dogs, like, that's American. So when she said British cuisine, I certainly wasn't thinking of, like, the number one Chinese restaurant in Britain. But like, yeah, okay, fish and chips, love, I love a fish and chip. If that's, if that's technically British cuisine. I'm all over that. I was thinking just like, don't they just eat like beans on toast? That's good though. Isn't that British cuisine? Is it?

[Josh Peck]

Oh, yeah, it's fabulous. You never really had it?

[Ben Safer]

No, no, I've never really thought. And I love, I love a bean. Beans are great. I would, I would. Interesting.

[Josh Peck]

It's a perfect balance. So what you do is you go to. Go to World Market. You have those in the city. No, there's gotta be somewhere where that, like a British food supply store where they have the green cans of Heinz beans, the British beans. They're kind of sweet, but it's like a sweeter baked bean. And then you just do a beautiful toast with butter on it. Then you cook up the beans with a little salt and pepper on it and you just pour, pour it over the toast. It's amazing. I can't tell you how good it is. My sister in law, Taylor, loves it.

[Ben Safer]

So I need to try this because I think you know this, Josh. I now bake my own bread. And let me tell you, my sourdough journey. I am just. My bread is fantastic. I have a fresh loaf at home, A gorgeous fresh loaf. So I will toast up some bread. I'll get these sweet beans. I'll put the sweet beans on the bread. I'll try it. I'm in. Fab. I'm not gonna discriminate against it. I'm in. What else is a British cuisine?

[Josh Peck]

Shepherd's pie. It feels more Irish, but yeah, shepherd's.

[Ben Safer]

Pie, that's just like a, like a beef kind of like pot pie situation. Right.

[Josh Peck]

But I think technically shepherds baked mashed potatoes on top is shepherd's.

[Ben Safer]

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Fantastic. That's an invention.

[Josh Peck]

A Wellington, A beef Wellington, which I've only heard about. I think it's a myth.

[Ben Safer]

That's. That's like the Gordon Ramsay. Like, he rolls it. I mean, he covers it, bakes it in the puff pastry and the puff pastry. And it's like a filet mignon that's puff pastry. It seems incredibly unnecessary, but like, I guess I could. I guess. So like, I love just like a filet mignon. I need a roll it and puff pastry.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

Seems like a little nut. You know what else is very American? A deep dish pizza. Deep dish, right.

[Josh Peck]

What are your feelings on deep dish? Or do you want to save it for the Patreon?

[Ben Safer]

No, I'm kidding. My feelings on deep dish. Maybe this is just such a new York thing. It came and went with Pizza Uno. I loved Pizza Uno. This was like, this was like it. Okay. You'd go, you'd get a deep dish. Yeah, it's Chicago style, but this is what we did in New York. And the second that Pizza Uno went out of business, in my opinion, so did the deep dish. I'm sure they're still serving it in Chicago and you can get it and it's great. But in New York, it was pizza Uno or bust.

[Josh Peck]

Have you been to Chicago and had like Giordano's or Luminari, I think? No, there's no Erics.

[Ben Safer]

I just thought Luminari. That's what it's called. Luminari.

[Josh Peck]

Lumonis.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, yeah, whatever. I've had that. Yes, I have had that. Fantastic. I like look, if you're going to have delicious bread, delicious sauce and delicious cheese, this is a combo. I actually, it's probably an unpopular opinion. I love like a focaccia style pizza. As long as it's good.

[Josh Peck]

Roman. Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

I'll take my sourdough, put great sauce, great cheese, throw it in the oven, it'll taste delicious. Like, I like bread, sauce and cheese. That said, if your sauce is no good, if your cheese is no good, then you and your bread is no good, you have a problem. But if it's good, deep dish made right is fantastic. You agree?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. I like cafeteria style pizza. Like, I can, I can appreciate mostly all of it. I don't know if you've ever had a slice at 7:11, but sometimes 7:11 fucks.

[Ben Safer]

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[Josh Peck]

What was your growing up? What was your go to frozen pizza?

[Ben Safer]

Ooh, go to frozen pizza. I don't think we did the frozen things that I did were like Lean Cuisines when we were like trying to be skinny and I would have like nine Fettuccine Alfredo Lean Cuisines and have diarrhea for a month like that. That wasn't keeping me healthy or skinny. I don't, I didn't really do frozen pizza. I think, like in the city, like, there was never really a need for frozen pizza. There's pizza everywhere. You did frozen pizza?

[Josh Peck]

Sure. Yeah. We would get it from the 99 cent store. So one out of four, you'd get food poisoning. But we, but we did like, you know, the Red Baron or the Celeste. Celeste was super hot and super cheap. And then somewhere in the 90s, they dropped DiGiorno. And that's really when my cholesterol spiked like that was. That did me in.

[Ben Safer]

I've never had. Of course, you know, it's not delivery, it's digiorno. There's a. There's a brand.

[Josh Peck]

Now, as a marketer, Ben is a brilliant entrepreneurial mind. Is it's not delivery. Digiorno. One of the great catchphrases ever.

[Ben Safer]

Of all time. Of all time. Yeah. Okay. Rushed, they crushed. And it also goes to show you, if you have a great line, you don't even need a great product. I know that line and I have no idea if their pizza's any good. It's not delivery. It's digiorno. Sick.

[Josh Peck]

So sick.

[Ben Safer]

It's so good. I do have. It's funny in our fridge. I never ate frozen pizza, but I actually have frozen pizza in our fridge now. Claudia loves this company, Cole87, if you've heard of them. They are like amazing. Amazing. Like classic. Like Italian style pies. They're like small, thin sauce cheese.

[Josh Peck]

Nepalitano.

[Ben Safer]

Yes, exactly. Delicious. Delicious. That said, we literally live next to New York, has some of the best pizza, period. So I don't know why you need it.

[Josh Peck]

But what's good pizza on the east side? Is it like on Upper east side? Is there scars up there?

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, I like just like a classic. Maybe this is like my version of eating frozen pizza. I like rays. I like like these, like classic. Like there are like those like really popular John's or Joe's or scars or what's the. The one that your friend also owns, the one with the street. Like there are these places, of course, but like, I think it's very hard to find a bad slice in New York. You'll look at the place and if it looks scary, don't go in.

[Josh Peck]

Right.

[Ben Safer]

But if it doesn't look scary, the pizza is going to be good. Like I. Yeah, like I like a. I think the place near me is Ray's. There's another one like, called Little Italy pizza. Even though it's nowhere near Little Italy, it's delicious.

[Josh Peck]

90 from Little Italy Pizza.

[Ben Safer]

Literally. But it's. It's delish.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, man.

[Ben Safer]

Has the pizza scene in L. A. I know, it's gotten better. Is it good?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, we have. So funny enough, I just ate at this new place that Portnoy gave it like high eights and said it was a contender. The best I in my opinion. And there's actually. It's very easy to get now. There's multiple locations. Portnoy put them on the map and they really deliver his prime pizza. I think it's the best. Yeah, we agree. You go to the one on Santa Monica Boulevard.

[Olivia]

Absolutely, absolutely. I'm bleeping that.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, put that away. So, okay, so Olivia knows what's up. And. But then there's two places. There's a new spot called Flower in Brentwood.

[Ben Safer]

Quite good, Quite good.

[Josh Peck]

Very busy. Could use some more staff.

[Ben Safer]

You are. Or W. I think Flower or flow. Like flower or flower F L O.

[Josh Peck]

U R. Okay, cool.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, just making sure. Yeah, that makes more sense.

[Josh Peck]

And then there's Apollina's, which are Apollo. Apollina. I think it's Apollina's on Wilshire and La Brea. Unbelievable. Very difficult hours. Like, like almost intentionally so.

[Ben Safer]

But see, that's why their pizza is great. What I was going to say, any place where you're going and you're able to get a fresh slice of pizza, this is going to be delicious pizza. More often than not, you're not getting fresh pizza, especially in the city. Like, these are made in the morning, put out, reheated. It's just not the same if you can get a fresh pie. That's why the constricted hours, that's key, Josh, because they know your pizza can't be that old. Meanwhile, this little Italy pizza, even though it's fantastic, they open at 9, they close never. So I don't know, like, I don't know when they made that pizza. Like, and it's still good. But imagine if it's. You got it when it first came out. Wow.

[Josh Peck]

It's actually called Apollonia. So I want to give them the hype on La Brea in Wilshire.

[Ben Safer]

Apollonia.

[Josh Peck]

And now with Kimmel gone and state sponsored media in, I just want to say my favorite pizza is Doughbrik's located in West Hollywood. It is m. So delicious.

[Ben Safer]

Thick, thick slices.

[Josh Peck]

Yum.

[Ben Safer]

How is the pizza?

[Josh Peck]

It's good. I like it.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, it's fine.

[Josh Peck]

It's like totally good. That's so easy. He gets a lot of heat for it, so it was an easy one.

[Ben Safer]

I saw him. He has a chip brand. That looks yummy. Have you had those waivers?

[Josh Peck]

I haven't, no.

[Ben Safer]

They look good.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

This is like. Is it only sold at the pizza place? I.

[Josh Peck]

No, I would imagine he's knowing him, he's going to get it put everywhere. Could you imagine? You guys do a spritz and dough chips collab.

[Ben Safer]

I love it. I love it.

[Josh Peck]

Sitting next to each other in a display at Target.

[Ben Safer]

I'm in. I'm in. Josh, we should make a chip. I actually had somebody approach me the other day. He's been white labeling granola. So he has for whoever. He's like, I love white washing.

[Josh Peck]

I love white labeling.

[Ben Safer]

But he has no brand. Josh, should we make the brand around the granola? I love granola.

[Josh Peck]

I'm. I'm nuts for Nola. Is that our catcher?

[Ben Safer]

It's good. Nuts for Nola. What are you nuts? Ooh. No, we need a nuts brand. Fuck Planters. They never paid us anything. You know, it's a fucking layup for them to sponsor. What are you nuts? Fuck you, Planters. We should make a nut competitor. Oh, I love it.

[Josh Peck]

But I've recently been feeling that nuts are bullshit.

[Ben Safer]

You think so?

[Josh Peck]

Am I nuts for this?

[Ben Safer]

I think so.

[Josh Peck]

Gosh.

[Ben Safer]

Leave. I know. They're so calorie dense.

[Josh Peck]

So calorie dense. Like.

[Ben Safer]

I know, I know.

[Josh Peck]

Drinking a shot of oil the next.

[Ben Safer]

Time you're hungry, Josh, pick up a. I know I just said planters. Pick up a salted planters.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

Take a nice scoop in a can. Salted peanuts in a can. And my God, is it delicious. So good. But yeah, no, it is. It's basically like drinking oil. You're right.

[Josh Peck]

My mother in law makes. Ben, it would knock your socks off. How good this granola is. It is so beyond good.

[Ben Safer]

And the woman, what is she putting it?

[Josh Peck]

So she does it and she recently said, have you noticed the difference? I said, no, it's as good as ever. She goes, I stopped adding sugar.

[Ben Safer]

Wow.

[Josh Peck]

She just uses maple syrup as a, as a light sweetener, I believe. Maple syrup. But it is so beyond good. But she, she gatekeeps it. You know, she'll be like, I brought some over. I said, thank you. And what, what granola will I be eating tomorrow because this is no longer going to be here tonight. And she goes, well, I'll see you in six, eight months. It's like, stacy, we need more.

[Ben Safer]

And, and you have no idea what's in it. Is it nuts?

[Josh Peck]

It's. It's a mix of nuts and oats. And it's just fabulous. It's. It's all. There isn't a bit that isn't crunchy. And that's why it's great.

[Ben Safer]

That's the key.

[Josh Peck]

Yes.

[Ben Safer]

Very crunchy. Very. And she throwing a little dried fruit or no fruit.

[Josh Peck]

I don't think she does dried fruit. But I agree. Granola should have a misophonia scale, right? So it should say, if you are married to someone of misophonia, my wife, you might want them to leave the room with this granola. It's a 10 on the misophonia scale.

[Ben Safer]

I need fruit in my granola, Josh. I need a dried fruit. I need the best I've ever had. I had a granola that had a little bit of dried pineapple in it.

[Josh Peck]

Ooh.

[Ben Safer]

This is a tropical paradise.

[Josh Peck]

Tropical.

[Ben Safer]

This is a tropical paradise. I love a dried cranberry. Fantastic. I love anything. Any dried fruit. I'm dried fruit.

[Josh Peck]

Yes.

[Ben Safer]

I'm dried fruit. 100% me dried fruit.

[Josh Peck]

Guess what I did Saturday night? Because there's no one like me, Ben.

[Ben Safer]

Olivia, I want to know. And then I'll tell you what I did. Saturday night. I want to know.

[Josh Peck]

So Saturday night, my buddy Josh, who we worked in the show Turner and Hooch together, he produced it. And so when we met five years ago, his son Noah was, I don't know, I guess it would have to.

[Ben Safer]

Be 8 years old.

[Josh Peck]

And he was really sweet and really cute and a big Josh Peck fan. Shout out. Respect. So cut to five years later in May of this year, Josh writes me and says, listen, Noah's having a bar Mitzvah. I don't expect you to come, but he would like you to be invited. So if you by chance have nothing to do mid September on a Saturday night, you are more than welcome to show. I said, when and where? When and where, my boy?

[Ben Safer]

Smart.

[Josh Peck]

So cut to Saturday night. It's seven o' clock at night. I've just put down the second of my third child of my three children and I go, it's Noah's bar mitzvah. I literally just remembered. I'm like, I go check the invitation real quick. I didn't rsvp. I'm like, I'm just going. I'm like, I didn't. I'm not having a meal. Who cares? And so you've shown up. It was going till 10 o' clock at night. I put down young Max and I showed up at 8:30 at night and let me. The reception. These people, these appreciation. Now granted, 13 year olds are no longer my demo. So Noah was taking me around going, do you know who this is? He's a professional actor. His buddies were like, is this. I don't know, is this Tekashi 6 9?

[Ben Safer]

I don't know who the fuck this is.

[Josh Peck]

But you know what? We had a fun 45 minutes. I went to the photo booth, I met the grandparents. It was super cute and I'm really glad I went.

[Ben Safer]

See, this is why you're the best. This is fantastic. And this is the right move. That said, now you gotta start showing up, I'm sure. Do you know how many morons would love to have you at their wedding? And do you know, and do you know the way you would be received? Josh, do you know the way you would be received?

[Josh Peck]

Not.

[Ben Safer]

This is some actor. This is the actor. This is him.

[Josh Peck]

Can we put out to our very wealthy listeners that you and I will go to a wedding for the right price?

[Ben Safer]

Yes, we will go to a wedding for the right price.

[Josh Peck]

Okay, what's that price?

[Ben Safer]

That price is only to be discussed on the back of a napkin and pushed across the table.

[Josh Peck]

It's $100,000. That's fair, right? And you know what? We'll pay for our own plane and hotel.

[Ben Safer]

I think that's the right amount of money, depending on where it is. And as long as I'm safe. Yes. I'm not going for 100 grand to your wedding in, I don't know, somewhere random and scary, you know?

[Josh Peck]

Okay.

[Ben Safer]

Because who knows? But Missouri.

[Josh Peck]

Dayton.

[Ben Safer]

Sure, sure. Dayton. Home of the Wright brothers. And home of the wheel. And home of the bicycle factory.

[Anonymous Moron Mail Caller (English Moron)]

Not me.

[Ben Safer]

Home of the wheel.

[Josh Peck]

That's super cute.

[Ben Safer]

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[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

In case I look like I'm in pain this morning, it's because I'm in pain.

[Josh Peck]

Okay.

[Ben Safer]

Friday night and Saturday night again, we. We've been in Ruby land. Ruby Bliss. Ruby Bliss. The second my wife stopped drinking when she was pregnant, I also stopped drinking. I'll have like a spritz or like, like drink every couple of months. It just like, it hasn't been my thing. Josh. Friday night wedding. Saturday night wedding. Sunday night baby shower. That was also like a party. Oh, I am hurting. Saturday night, your boy got drunk as a skunk.

[Josh Peck]

Whoa.

[Ben Safer]

Drunk as a skunk. Oh. And I'm still. Let me tell you, I'm feeling it this morning. I am in pain. My bones are inflamed. I shot up 10 pounds on the scale.

[Josh Peck]

Ouch. 10.

[Ben Safer]

And it was really fun.

[Josh Peck]

Sounds it. What? What, what's it look like when you're shithoused? How do you act?

[Ben Safer]

I get, I get like dancy, happy, funny, unfiltered.

[Josh Peck]

That's me.

[Ben Safer]

That's me. Really unfiltered. Really unfiltered.

[Josh Peck]

Olivia, you.

[Olivia]

I. I'm about the same. Yeah. I love to just have fun. Giggle. I do. I, I. The Russian accents start to come out sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. We try to be careful with that. No, but just fun. And I get like very. Not overbearingly lovey dovey. But I will make sure that you know that I care about you. I'm still with you.

[Josh Peck]

Me too.

[Ben Safer]

Me too.

[Olivia]

I'm like, you're an awesome person. I love you. And they're like, we can't. I'm like, you're great.

[Lee]

I appreciate it.

[Ben Safer]

Me too. The accent is so real.

[Josh Peck]

Should we get to moron mail?

[Ben Safer]

Moron mail. Nice.

[Josh Peck]

And we have a big announcement with moron mail. So we think it would be fun to do some live call inside where we get to interact with our morons face to face or at least ear to ear. So here's our thoughts. Sometimes when we do a moron mail, we want to get a little more info. We want to do a follow up. So when you go to speakpipe.com goodguys to leave your message or ask for some advice. Make sure you leave your email, and we might choose one of you to call in a new episode.

[Ben Safer]

I love it. I love it. It's fantastic. Yes. Make sure to leave your email.

[Josh Peck]

Make sure you leave your email if you want to be on the show. Very exciting. And it might just happen. At the very least, you might get to talk to Olivia.

[Ben Safer]

Maybe.

[Josh Peck]

If you're lucky.

[Ben Safer]

If you're lucky.

[Josh Peck]

Okay, so our first piece of moron mail is from. Ooh, this is something I did this weekend. Let's go to Anonymous.

[Anonymous Moron Mail Caller (College Friend)]

So I am going to keep this short and sweet. I'm a big fan, but let's get to the point here. So my friend from college was at a baptism today, and she texted us and was like, oh, my God, Josh Peck just walked in, and I was.

[Josh Peck]

Like, oh, my God.

[Anonymous Moron Mail Caller (College Friend)]

Like, I'm, like, the biggest fan of, like, his and Ben Softer's podcast. And long story short, she, like, didn't one know who you guys were to. Didn't, like, even say hello and tell him that, like, I'm the good guy's biggest fan. So I need your advice because I think I should end our friendship. No, not actually, but, like, more people need to know about you guys, so I'm just spreading awareness and.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah.

[Anonymous Moron Mail Caller (College Friend)]

Love you guys.

[Ben Safer]

Love you. That is a shame. That said, Josh, there's nothing worse. I'm happy on your behalf that she didn't come up to you and say, oh, my God, my friend is your biggest fan.

[Josh Peck]

Fair.

[Ben Safer]

No, don't care at all that your friend is my biggest fan. Sorry, it's just not endearing at all. If you want to perhaps record a video for the friend or maybe a call or a FaceTime or something. That's fun. That's. That's cool. When somebody comes up to me and says, oh, my God, my girlfriend's mother's housekeeper is your biggest fan, I want to say, what, are you nuts? And shake you. And shake you. That said, the fact that you didn't know who Josh Peck was. What are you living under a rock? That you didn't know this podcast. What are you living under a rock? Okay, there's a beautiful man in Pakistan that knows this podcast. You don't know this podcast. Are you living under a rock? That's a new segment. But he living under a rock.

[Josh Peck]

Love it. Yeah. You know, this was my first baptism, and let me tell you, I think I have the tism because it was a lovely. You put.

[Ben Safer]

You put the tism in baptism? Yes. I love It. That's a great episode title. Putting the tism in baptism.

[Josh Peck]

I really think that I do. My wonderful nephew, the beautiful Gus, was baptized my wife's sister Blake, and her and her husband Will. And it was short and sweet. It was nice that everyone got dressed up. It was nice to be in this gorgeous church. Priest did a great job. He was like, I must not be doing this right because none of the kids are crying. None of the babies cried as they got their little. Got their dunk. And the best part was as we're standing there, because this is just our people. Ben, a guy sidles up to me with a nice sized beard and built like you and me. And he looks at me and he goes, nice to have another Semitic brother in here. So us. It was like, oh, my God.

[Ben Safer]

I told you the story about how I met my now best friend the first day of college or.

[Josh Peck]

No, no.

[Ben Safer]

I literally walked up to him. I'm like, this might be weird, but like, pretty sure you're Jewish. I'm Jewish too. We should be friends. It's literally exactly like what that guy said.

[Josh Peck]

Semitic. Are there a big non Jewish contingency at yeshiva?

[Ben Safer]

Sorry. So I went to. For those that don't know, I actually went to City College Baruch for one year before transferring to yeshiva. So this is at Baruch, which has some Jews, some Pakistani, some Indian. It is a full blown melting pot. Full blown melting pot.

[Josh Peck]

It is funny though that you're saying that about City College Baruch. Totally. So I met.

[Ben Safer]

It's very. It's really Baruch, like, but it is actually spelled Baruch.

[Josh Peck]

It's so funny. I met another Jewish kid at City College. Hot dog. At City College.

[Ben Safer]

Kidding. I can't believe I met somebody Jewish in gefilte school.

[Josh Peck]

That is so good. Yeah, dude. A baptism is fun, fun, fun. I thought it was really.

[Ben Safer]

So why you. So you pour water on their heads? I've seen videos where they like, literally it looks like they're drowning them, which is not this, like. Like this is just. You're just supposed to put a little water on the head. Right. That's a baptism.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

So why do some people. Olivia, maybe you know the answer to this. Like, why. Why do you see some videos where they're like literally putting them in a dunk tank? Like, is there any Orthodox?

[Josh Peck]

Right? Like Greek Orthodox, perhaps?

[Olivia]

I'm not entirely sure about the like distinction there, but I know like if you're a grown up and you're doing it like you're. You can get dunked Underneath, like the. You know, you go all the way underneath. It's like a spiritual cleansing of the sin. Sure.

[Josh Peck]

But for.

[Olivia]

Maybe I don't. They don't do the dunking because the baby doesn't know how to hold water, I think.

[Josh Peck]

Right.

[Ben Safer]

But I've seen video. I've seen videos where they like take babies and they like, they really dunk them.

[Josh Peck]

You usually see it, I feel like in more of like a different style, like a Greek Orthodox church or. But it's. Yeah, it's. Those videos are amazing. But this was. And this is also. Basically you're sort of committing the child to be brought up in Christ and Catholicism. And then this is also when the godparents are sort of given their distinction and. Because I grew up with a godparent, but I think it was just entitled because traditionally it's for them to help shepherd that kid through their sort of like religious experience. Right.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah. I also grew up with grandpa with godparents in title only. I think that was like. Like when you want to be like nice to a friend or something.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

But they're not like an uncle or an aunt, but they're really close. Like, at least that was my experience. I also had fake aunts and uncles. You have any of those?

[Josh Peck]

Like, sure, Uncle Bob.

[Ben Safer]

I have just. Yeah, it's just like you're not my uncle. Like, you're. You're factually not my uncle. Like Uncle Russell. Love him. My dad's nephew. Not my uncle. The opposite. But he's uncle.

[Josh Peck]

But you're gonna. Like when you meet my kids, you're gonna be Uncle Ben. Just. Cause like then you have to sense. Cause it'd be weird for them to call you Ben. And then also, like, if you were an adult who wasn't close to me, you'd be Mr. Ben with my kids.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

So I feel like if you're close to me, I'm giving you an aunt and uncle title.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah, no, you should have it. But then we should also. We should change the name of an actual aunt and uncle.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, right.

[Ben Safer]

Like, what should they be like my sister's brother or my, I don't know, my mother's brother.

[Josh Peck]

I love that formal.

[Ben Safer]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

Okay, this next one is from Imagine.

[Ben Safer]

Imagine we just spoke to everybody like that, like in a full family tree style. Like, oh my. My sister's son's brother. Good to see you.

[Josh Peck]

This is my sister in law's son, Gus.

[Ben Safer]

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[Josh Peck]

This next one's from Ashley.

[Ashley]

Hi, big moron and toaster here. I'll be quick remedy's key. So this girl from my high school gets engaged. So happy for her. The photos go up. She's in a blue dress and they're in like this nice location. And then I guess friends and family show up, they bring her a white dress and she changes, has a little photo shoot, whatever. Like, pretty typical to have a post engagement photo shoot, but then she posts a full carousel with two down on one knee photos. Like, same location, same pose, literally same backdrop. Just one in the white dress and one in the blue dress. Like, did she make him get back down on one knee for the outfit change? And then to post both versions. If she only posted the white dress, like, fine. Like, I respect the hustle, but to post both back to back. I truly thought I was losing my mind. I even texted my friends, like, are you guys seeing this too? Or like, am I actually hallucinating? What are your thoughts? What are you not or am I not? So let me know. Love you guys.

[Ben Safer]

You're nuts. Who gives a shit? Like, you're like, you're, you're. You're nuts. And like, this is. You sound lovely. But like, I hate, like, I don't know, like, can't we just care a little bit less? Like, it's the girl's wedding, she did what she did. Like, she was happy. We don't always have to, like, be. Even though, like, it's fun to be negative. I totally get it, but like, I don't know, who cares?

[Josh Peck]

Actually, this isn't.

[Ben Safer]

It's not even that I literally. I don't care. I don't care. Do you care?

[Josh Peck]

My thought on it is, and I'd be interested to hear Olivia too, because I'm sure you have plenty of friends, is that this is the problem with digital photos and film costing nothing nowadays. Pictures used to be special because there wasn't an infinite amount. And so like, there would be that one great photo of like grandma and grandpa when they got engaged or mom and dad, like, and you know, it's like one photo, right? Because it just, if you were lucky, you got, you know, it just the idea of having photo shoots for everything. There's a literal photo shoot for everything nowadays. And so I think in general, like, we just don't care because we see too much of people.

[Ben Safer]

Totally. And when somebody brings their camera out that's special. Like my sister in law, Margo, she has like, I don't know what this, like, special camera is where, like, it just. Every fucking picture looks amazing. Like, that's film versus. Yeah. On our phones we can document everything, and it's no longer special at all.

[Olivia]

I would prefer quality over quantity. But it sounds like. I mean. And just in general, like. I mean, there's a photo shoot for everything, like you said, and people want to, like, make everything, like, this big, beautiful moment. I think in this instance, it's clearly a very special thing for this woman. And to Ben's point, quite frankly, who gives a shit? Like, you know, what. What. How she's taking her pictures or what she's wearing. But then it's also like, yeah, she put it out there. So I don't know. I think that's just a broader thing with our culture, though, where people just, like, think they're really important all the time.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

You know, so, yeah, like, do what? I do think that they're too important. That really is what it is. Like, people think they're too important. Nobody gives a rat's ass.

[Josh Peck]

You should do this because it's your first. Because it's Ruby's first year on Earth. Are you guys planning a Christmas card?

[Lee]

Ooh.

[Josh Peck]

Holiday. We should.

[Ben Safer]

We should.

[Josh Peck]

You should.

[Ben Safer]

No, I like a Christmas card. Let's throw a ruby on Santa. Like, that sounds great.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

You know, or, like, me and Claudia dress up as Mr. And Mrs. Claus, and he's just beautiful, baby. It's like, so I'm in. Yeah. No, we should do that. I wasn't planning on doing it. I'm doing it now, and it's gonna be full Christmas theme.

[Josh Peck]

Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it.

[Ben Safer]

Maybe we'll rent, like. Can you rent, like, a sleigh? Is that a company? Like, rent a sleigh Sleigh.

[Josh Peck]

Slay. I. But again, like, I. I want to see Ruby all done up. And new family, when you have new kids, definitely. But, like, you know, they'll be, like, Asher's 8 and Dina's 11, and they're boy Scouts.

[Ben Safer]

Shut up.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. No, sometimes these Christmas cards, they have newsletters on the back of, like. Here's a quick update with what the family's been up to. Don't care if I need to find out from your yearly gift card. No. You miss me? We're not that close. No.

[Ben Safer]

But I do think we should get back to. Do you guys do a yearly card? No, we.

[Josh Peck]

Sometimes we miss a year, so we'll, like, do every other year. And we've had new kids.

[Ben Safer]

I like a yearly card, but not one. Not one that gives me an update on you. Maybe it's like, one that I'm trying to Think, like, what could be multi use? Like, what could you use this photo for? I don't know.

[Josh Peck]

Selling real estate. You know, we just. We just put our house up. Happy holidays. Also, if you're looking for a five bedroom or we just, like, put a.

[Ben Safer]

QR code that scans to listen to the podcast.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

If you. Happy holidays, by the way, in case you need something for your commute.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

Listen to good guys. Yeah, I like it. That way we can get the podcast to pay for it and we can write it off. You see? Please, you see.

[Josh Peck]

All right, well, our next, from Lee.

[Lee]

Hey, good guys. My name's Lee. I actually thought it was really funny how Ben, a couple weeks ago was talking about if there was a girl named Lee and a girl named Haley in the same room and someone said Haley, like, who would turn around? Because I've literally done that for someone named Haley. Anyway, nice. My question is, I have a good friend who is essentially copying my wedding. I got married on a cruise this past May. She was there, and after the cruise, she decided that she wanted to do the same exact thing for her wedding to her boyfriend at the time, who she hadn't even been dating for a year. Um, so now she is planning on getting married in June 2026 on the same exact boat to the same exact destination. And my question is, do I approach her on how weird this is for me? Like, I should be flattered, but I just find the whole thing very strange. And it's kind of making me uncomfortable just because she barely even knows this guy, I barely know him, and they're just essentially copying the whole same exact wedding. So do I approach her on how this is making me feel uncomfortable, or do I just be fake happy and know that my wedding can't be topped? Anyway, thanks for your advice.

[Ben Safer]

Well, two things. The first is. Okay, so first and foremost, Lee, um, I also think similarly to the past. Speak pipe moron. Mail.

[Josh Peck]

Excuse me?

[Ben Safer]

That you shouldn't care. You went first. And I hate to break it to you, you didn't invent the cruise.

[Josh Peck]

Totally.

[Ben Safer]

Like, like, like this, like, isn't. You don't own the cruise. You're not the first person to get married on that cruise. Like, I get that maybe it feels a little weird for you, but you should be flattered. And your idea was not original in the slightest at, like, at all. There's nothing original about any of your plans. You definitely worked with a planner who worked with thousands of people before you. Like, there is nothing original about what you did. So you being offended that she took your unoriginal idea and is pretending that it's her original idea when they're both unoriginal ideas is a complete. Woody, A nut. And you're spending too much mental energy on it. You should move on.

[Josh Peck]

All I have to say is this is what I imagine getting married on a cruise ship is like.

[Ben Safer]

Oh, also, they're both terrible.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my God. It's like, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?

[Lee]

Peace up.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my God. Sorry. The party deck just started.

[Ben Safer]

And have you seen these cruises recently? Oh, they're a mess. Like, there's, like, chicken being thrown everywhere. Like, I've seen some crazy videos. Like, there's, like, chicken in the pool. You don't want that.

[Josh Peck]

No, there was. You're referencing the video of the people fighting over the chicken tenders on the cruise ship. Yes.

[Ben Safer]

Yes. Insane.

[Josh Peck]

There were people fighting over chicken tenders on a cruise ship.

[Olivia]

It's just.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. I mean, a cruise ship wedding is. Is insane. And that's perfect, right? It's unoriginal. I would almost say the best way to get over it is to be 100% helpful and of service to your friend because you did it before. You know exactly what's gonna come up, right? Where someone booked the stateroom with the veranda, and they're on level L8, you know what I mean? And, like, how much Dramamine you have to pack for all your gas, right? Like, help your friend. Like, you literally walked through this a year ago. And I think by you being. And by the way, in case there's any crossover amongst friends and family who are going to be at both weddings, they know what's up. They know you had the first wedding.

[Ben Safer]

They know what's up a thousand percent. But the more I think about this, Josh, it's like being upset that somebody got married at the same hotel you did. Like, that's why the hotel exists, right? To make revenue off of doing weddings. Like, I don't know. Also, like, the last thing. Sorry, this is just, like, a personal thing. The last thing I would ever want to go to is a wedding on a cruise.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Safer]

Don't invite me. Like, I don't care who you are. If you are my best friend and you put a wedding on a cruise, I won't be there.

[Josh Peck]

Olivia feels bad. Are we shitting on this girl's wedding too much? No.

[Olivia]

The only thing. I agree with everything that you said. I'm sorry, but the only thing that has stuck out to me about what she said was like the.

[Lindsay Metzilar]

The.

[Olivia]

It seems like it was a quick turnaround with this guy that's like a. Like the guy that she's getting. Her friend is getting married to.

[Ben Safer]

Right.

[Olivia]

I would spend more time making sure that your friend is feeling secure and happy in, like, this newer relationship that seems to be moving kind of quick. I don't think, like, all, like, she's not cop. Maybe she's copying you. Whatever. Like, that is kind of besides the point. She probably had a great time at your wedding. Like, you know, wanted to do the same thing. But what sticks out to me is the fact that, like, it's all happened very quickly. She's your friend, you know, keep an eye on her, check in with her, make sure that she's doing okay. But also, it's like, her life, and I don't think you need to care that much about it.

[Ben Safer]

It's her life, and you don't need to care that much. That's the takeaway. That's the takeaway. She's doing something quick. She knows that. You don't need to tell her, like, she got. She met a guy, got married. Like, we spend. Collectively, we all spend too much time thinking about other people's problems. It's their problem. If they want help, they're gonna ask you. And, like, I. I did this for so long, like, trying to solve. You can't solve the world's problems. You can't. You can't. Like, otherwise, you're just gonna drive yourself nuts.

[Josh Peck]

Speaking of that, should we get to our what are you, nuts?

[Ben Safer]

What are you nuts? Ripes. People, places, things, Whatever's sticking to your craw. Josh, you got one. Our.

[Josh Peck]

What are you nuts? Moment of the week. Here it comes. Oh, I ran into a buddy the other day at a restaurant. Hadn't seen him in a long time. He's with his lovely girlfriend, and we're talking catching up, and he just. He felt the need to explain to his girlfriend who I am. And I just was like, yeah, no, no, I could just be your friend, man. And he goes, you know, this is. And she goes, yeah, yeah, I know. And he's like, man, like, this guy is an influencer. I was like, I gotta go. And, like, I know that he was just trying to, like, say nice things about me, but he's like, this guy, he be influencing. And I'm like, I gotta be leaving. So you know what? Just say, this is my friend, so and so nice to see you. What are you, nuts?

[Ben Safer]

What is it, Josh, about the word influencer? That is so awful. Like. Like, really, like, it just. It's such a terrible word when somebody says, are you still influencing. This actually happened at the. The baby showers. At. Somebody said to me, are you still blogging?

[Josh Peck]

Great.

[Ben Safer]

God damn it.

[Josh Peck]

Like, it's so good.

[Ben Safer]

I don't know why it's so bad, but I totally agree completely. Nuts. My what are you nuts? Moment is I thought I made, like, a groundbreaking discovery and comment a couple of weeks ago when I said I use head and shoulders all the time. I don't understand why there's dandruff shampoos and why people would choose to not use dandruff shampoos. You can never get dandruff, Josh, if you're always using head and shoulders. Right?

[Josh Peck]

Sure.

[Ben Safer]

And you agreed. You thought that was a good call. Yeah, Until I found out that the number one ingredient in Head and Shoulders and dandruff shampoo is something that makes you bald.

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[Ben Safer]

What are you, nuts? Yes. You're only supposed to use it while you're having dandruff because it has an active ingredient in it that causes male pattern baldness.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my God.

[Ben Safer]

So if you use it all the time. If I told you to use it all the time, you could probably sue me. What are you nuts? This is like. You need to put that, like, front and center on the label. I don't. I don't want to be bald, ok? I just didn't want the flakes in my hair. That's it. I just. I couldn't believe it. I could not believe it. Once that episode came out, I probably got 100 DMs. Ben, do you know that it causes male pattern baldness? Like, I got to take my freaking neutrophil. I gotta triple it. What are you, nuts?

[Josh Peck]

Nuts.

[Ben Safer]

Oh, good. That's crazy. By the way, that would have been a good having a good day. How about now?

[Josh Peck]

So true.

[Ben Safer]

Right? God, we'll get it. We gotta figure out the difference between that and Woody and Nuts. But that's our problem, folks. We won't bore you with that. This episode, five stars. Otherwise, what do you. Nuts. Listen to us wherever we get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share clips on Instagram and TikTok. Don't forget about the TikTok. Don't forget about the Instagram. Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see ya. Thought I glitch. Next time.

[Josh Peck]

Next time.

[Olivia]

Please note that this episode may contain.

[Lindsay Metzilar]

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[Ben Safer]

Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.