B (1:29)

No. Who needs Mel when we have. When we have Santa?

C (1:32)

What is this? A microphone?

B (1:33)

By the way, he is actually Saint Nick.

C (1:35)

Oh, man. I had no idea my slade was gonna crash in the middle of a podcast room.

A (1:40)

Yeah. Wow. I can't believe. Listen. Call her daddy. Fucking armchair expert. All the biggest pods he could have gone to. Where does he. Where does St. Nick go?

C (1:50)

Two Jews right here. Right here. I'm right here. Thank you for having me.

B (1:54)

Nick, Nick, Nick. It's wonderful to meet you.

C (1:57)

Thank you for having me. Virtually, I guess, because I crash landed. Hey, buddy, how you doing? What's your name?

B (2:01)

I'm doing great. Is Santa gonna be like this the whole time or can I acknowledge that it's that it's your friend Nick, who I haven't met. It's Stana.

C (2:10)

You're right. It is Saint Nick. Yeah.

B (2:13)

Okay, good. Saint Nick. All right. So how do you feel about the Jews? Saint Nick, how do you feel about Jews?

C (2:19)

My favorite. I love him.

B (2:21)

You love the Jews?

C (2:22)

Yes. I wish I would skip their houses.

A (2:24)

You don't have to scream. St. Nick.

B (2:25)

Why do you skip their houses?

A (2:26)

It's a little. You're going to peek the microphone.

C (2:30)

That's how passionate I am about Jews. That's why. That's why I'm screaming.

A (2:34)

Are you. Is maybe St. Nick like a Jew the way Jesus Christ was? Maybe.

C (2:40)

Listen, why are you so out of breath. God damn it. I got to snap out of this character. Fuck. Can't breathe in this. Holy fuck, it's me.

B (2:51)

Oh, my God. I can't believe it.

C (2:53)

Overall, what's up, dude? I try to stay in fucking Santa character. I couldn't do it. I was getting fucking out of breath.

B (2:59)

You look gorgeous. You look gorgeous. I should have. Josh didn't tell me I would have worn a Santa suit. I didn't even know. But there can only be one.

C (3:06)

He dressed me up in the back.

B (3:07)

What a surprise.

C (3:08)

He dressed me up in the back. He's like, you're Santa now. And I was like, all right, cool. I got the text fucking 45 minutes ago.

B (3:15)

Such a stage mom. He's like, I. I ordered the suit. You're wearing it. Nick, you're wearing.

A (3:21)

I got the Deluxe from Amazon. $75 Prime.

C (3:25)

It feels really warm in here, dude.

A (3:26)

It's okay. We'll disrobe you. Wait, wait. Hold on. Let's put the. Put the hat back on really quick because I know you can put it over. Put it over the headphones. That'll be funny. I'm sure it'll fit your joint.

C (3:40)

Oh, God, dude.

A (3:41)

Okay, wait, wait. Santa. Santa. I heard that you had some presents for us that you wanted to maybe read about. Santa knows about the show. And seven, I heard you brought us some presents. Do you want to maybe start with me? I love presents.

C (3:59)

Which one is my. What's my lines?

B (4:05)

They're all your lines.

C (4:07)

These are all really mean.

A (4:08)

They're all yours. Okay. Santa, I heard you had some presents for us that you wanted to do. I love presents.

C (4:15)

Great, Josh. Merry Christmas to Jew. I heard you're back on antidepressants. None of us can tell.

A (4:20)

Ok, that's not nice. That hurts.

C (4:24)

Josh, I really love your 4 seconds on the Last of Us this year. Your work is like microdosing too much and you want to throw up. These are really fucked up stuff.

B (4:33)

Wow.

C (4:34)

Ok. You're doing really fucking mean.

A (4:36)

Can you say it slowly? Fuck you. Like deliver.

C (4:40)

I'll deliver that differently.

A (4:41)

I wrote these fucking roast jokes for this schmo. They're great.

B (4:46)

You're killing it.

A (4:47)

Read it slowly.

C (4:48)

All right, I'll start from the top. Great, Josh. Merry Christmas. You. I heard you're back on anti depressants. None of us can tell.

A (4:57)

Ouch.

C (4:59)

Josh, I really loved your 4 seconds on the Last of Us this year. Your work is like micro dosing too much and you want to throw up.

A (5:07)

That's funny.

C (5:08)

Were you. Were you on that show? Last of us.

A (5:09)

I was for like, one scene.

C (5:13)

I didn't see. I didn't see.

A (5:14)

You okay?

B (5:16)

He was there.

C (5:17)

It was a big get. Josh, I heard. Josh, I heard you just had a third kid. Whoa. What a blessing. Now there's three people who can feel embarrassed for you when you're wearing a shirt in the pool. How depressed are you? Why do you hate yourself so much? This is really mean. You need therapy. I'm telling you right now. You need help. You wrote this about yourself. Top of the morning, you. You woke up, you had a cold brew, and you wrote really mean things about yourself and an energy drink like, this is not even like this. This. This screams, I need help.

A (5:56)

I am a monster.

C (5:58)

Dude. This literally screams therapy. Now, please.

A (6:01)

Pretty good jokes. Okay. Do you have anything, Any gifts for Ben?

C (6:06)

Pretty good.

A (6:07)

Yeah.

B (6:07)

Do you have any gifts for me?

C (6:08)

Ben? Happy holidays. I got you a new mayor for Christmas. Mary Mamdani.

B (6:15)

Thank you. Thank you so much. I thought you said you like juice. I thought you said you like juice.

C (6:20)

Okay, Ben, you're getting cool in your stocking because you broke kosher.

A (6:24)

Start again.

C (6:25)

Sorry. Sorry. Ben, you're getting. Ben, you're getting cold in your stocking because you broke kosher. 397 times this year.

B (6:34)

Oh, my.

A (6:35)

Whoa.

B (6:36)

Whoa.

A (6:37)

Jedi been shot like.

C (6:40)

Oh, man.

B (6:40)

Whoa, man.

C (6:42)

Olivia, wait, wait.

A (6:44)

There's one more Ben joke.

C (6:45)

There is. Ben, I love. This is really fucked, because I actually do like your food content. And I scroll on it and I look at it and it's. It's. Ben, I love all your food content, but speaking on behalf of your cardiologist, maybe you should try some treadmill content. Just kidding.

B (7:02)

You look great.

C (7:06)

Mounjaro. Season that. Dude, I would not let that slide. I don't know. I mean, I love Josh. He's top two of my favorite people in the world. That is just really fucking mean.

A (7:18)

Whoa.

B (7:19)

No, don't let me become a fitness influencer. Do you want to become fitness influencers?

A (7:23)

Nick?

B (7:24)

I'm down. It's pretty gay, but I'm gay.

C (7:27)

Would love to, bro. We have the same. But we. We have a similar body type, so I think we can blow up.

B (7:34)

Same body.

C (7:35)

Let me see your belly.

B (7:36)

Same body. We do. Yeah.

A (7:40)

This is what people are.

C (7:41)

Oh, wow.

A (7:42)

It's gorgeous.

C (7:43)

Beautiful. I love it. You're slightly skinnier than I am.

A (7:47)

He looks great. Can I get rid of this costume, please?

B (7:49)

Are you on. Are you on zapbound? What?

A (7:51)

What?

B (7:51)

Are you on a. Is he on a glp? Are you on a manjaro as to Armenian for that.

A (7:55)

Wait, there's one for. Talk about. There's one more for Olivia, right?

C (8:02)

I. Olivia. I heard you're from Cincinnati. Hey, at least it's not Dayton. Jk, Cincinnati is terrible. I wish there were more Jews there so I can spend less time there. I hate you, Josh. Love you, Olivia.

B (8:22)

Oh, he's making me mean. That was beautiful.

C (8:25)

You're just making me be mean to people. Top of the morning.

B (8:29)

That was beautiful. Well done, Ben.

A (8:31)

I would only make the workout content joke because you're in such good shape.

C (8:36)

Oh, fuck, dude. I'm dying.

B (8:37)

By the way, this. This is such a wonderful surprise. I had no idea, Nick. Josh didn't tell me a thing. I didn't even know you were coming. You don't have headphones in. You can't hear a thing I'm saying. But Nick. Yeah, yeah, he can't hear me. He can't hear me.

C (8:52)

What I keep for this shit?

A (8:54)

Fuck you.

B (8:55)

If you guys aren't watching on YouTube, you're missing just. This is it, Josh. This is.

A (9:00)

Do you want to take off the jacket?

C (9:02)

I have to. I'm done. I'm passing out, bro. I can't do it, mel. You're dressed, Mr. Potato Head, like a build a bear.

B (9:10)

Is it a warm studio? Is the studio warm?

A (9:13)

No, it's a super. It's like a super thick fellow.

C (9:16)

I'm sweating.

B (9:17)

Yeah.

C (9:18)

Wow. All this you see is real sweat. I didn't wash my face or anything.

A (9:22)

You being a human build a bear is funny. Can I have the jacket here? This is not comfortable. Okay. Sorry. Okay, you take it off.

C (9:34)

The pants. I have pants underneath. I don't freak the pan out.

A (9:41)

Ben wants to know why you won't take Oic or Munaro or any of.

C (9:45)

That out of here. Why the would you even ask that?

B (9:48)

I didn't put it on.

A (9:51)

Put the headphones on.

C (9:52)

He can't.

A (9:53)

He can't hear you.

C (9:54)

I'm dressing back up.

B (9:57)

Hey, I thought I. I didn't ask that question. I didn't ask that question.

C (10:02)

I was so close.

B (10:03)

I didn't ask that question. Dude, I would never ask that question.

C (10:07)

Really liking you. What the is your problem?

A (10:09)

Never.

B (10:11)

He's. He's putting a wedge. Josh is putting a wedge. Look at him. See? Look. He's so excited. You look gorgeous. You don't. You don't need Ozempic. You look gorgeous.

C (10:22)

You chubbies, dude.

A (10:25)

All right, here. Here we go.

C (10:27)

27 cameras to cover you on Drake and Josh. Who the fuck is. I wouldn't be talking about being heavy.

A (10:35)

No, I do. I.

B (10:36)

You're the biggest thing on tv.

C (10:38)

You're huge. You're gigantic. When I saw you on tv, I thought I was watching Willy the Willy the Whale over and over and over again.

A (10:45)

No, I do.

C (10:45)

The whole time I thought I was on this on the SeaWorld Live.

A (10:49)

Live feed from Shamu.

C (10:51)

The live feed from. Yes, exactly. I thought I was watching Shamu swim around in circles in the pool. That's. I literally. That's literally what I thought every time I saw you on tv.

A (11:00)

Should we. Should we. That's cool.

B (11:01)

Should we all take off our shirts? Josh? Is that what we need? Should we all take off our shirts?

A (11:05)

You thought Shamu had a shirt?

B (11:06)

Should we take off our shirts now?

A (11:08)

Shamu had a live feed. No, I do watch old episodes of Drake and Josh sometimes, and I look like John Candy ate John Belushi. Like I look. So it's.

B (11:21)

You know how people say josh real talk. You are always gorgeous. I swear I turned on the show just to watch another gorgeous fat man that I could see myself. I know I'm not in the mood here, Nick, to be mean to people.

C (11:33)

Okay, me neither. You're right.

B (11:34)

I'm in the mood to be nice.

C (11:35)

You're right. You're right.

A (11:36)

You're right.

B (11:36)

Y' all look gorgeous.

C (11:37)

You're right.

B (11:37)

We're here. It's Christmas. You got two Jews. Okay.

A (11:41)

That's right.

B (11:43)

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A (15:56)

Okay.

C (15:56)

I don't really know much about Christmas. Like, I'm like the surface level Christmas doer, you know what I mean? Like, it's the. It's the. It's the trees and stuff. Like, growing up, we didn't really do the whole presents and whole. You know what I mean? I don't know. We were. It was Christmas to me was like. It was like another day. I wanted it to be like that, that awesome. Now I'm kind of treating it like that. Now I'm like, trying to, like, buy gifts and do this. I mean, we grew up kind of like broken shit, you know, like, it's a little. It's really cool when you kind of have like, you know, when you have money for Christmas. I don't know how to explain it, but, like, our trees were dry most times because it was like used trees when they threw out, we had. We'd grab it off the street like on the 23rd, 24th.

A (16:38)

People are throwing them out on the 20th.

C (16:40)

Sometimes they would. Yeah, sometimes people renew their trees. So we'd grab the renewal. The old renewal trees. Christmas tree was usually dry, nothing underneath it at ever. I've never, like, woke up. Top of the morning. Wow. Oh, my God, a Christmas tree. Now I'm trying to take it through and now I'm like, you know what, dude? I wanna, I wanna buy right now. If you go to my house, there's toys everywhere. Swear to God, I'LL fake like I will literally face on my girlfriend right now. Flip the camera. There's toys everywhere. I bought three RC Jets.

A (17:09)

It's all adults in your house.

C (17:10)

But it is. But I don't really know much about Christmas. The only thing I know is. Is gifts. I never really got any gifts growing up, but now I'm.

A (17:17)

You know, Armenians are the original Christians.

C (17:19)

We are. We are.

A (17:20)

Isn't there an Armenian?

C (17:22)

Don't peer pressure me, all right? I'm trying to be better. I'm trying to be a better person.

A (17:26)

A little less loud.

C (17:27)

I'm trying to.

A (17:28)

I'm trying to be peeking the microphone.

B (17:31)

By the way, Josh, you never introduced Nick. Introduce Nick to the people.

C (17:35)

Introduce me for you. Peer pressure me into asking me Christmas questions.

A (17:38)

Nick Antonian, brilliant comedian, influencer, Most importantly, actor, filmmaker, writer. Soon we're going to talk about. It has a big movie coming out next year.

B (17:50)

This is really exciting with James Franco. We weren't friends when I saw it, so I couldn't wish you congratulations, but congratulations. It's fudgeing.

C (17:57)

Thank you. You remember that Snapchat thumbnail we got? You and I tried to kiss each other. We didn't fully commit. Yeah.

B (18:03)

Yeah.

A (18:03)

You know, it's the one thing that I know because I've told Ben. I told you this, and you. You looked at me really oddly. I think it hurt your soul. And I was like, I think I'll.

B (18:13)

Have to be with me. He told me this, Nick, four times in the same day, by the way. Continue.

A (18:17)

I said, I think before I die, I'll have to be with a man once. You know, to feel the love of a.

C (18:25)

Can I be a fly on the wall? I want to watch. Is that weird?

B (18:28)

No.

C (18:29)

You. Does that make you gay for wanting to watch my best friend? I want to. I want to watch that. Yeah, dude. I'm gonna hop in for, like 20 seconds. I'm not fully gay.

A (18:38)

Oh, my God. And I would only go to second or third base for the dude. I wouldn't go full home run. But not that I've thought about it.

C (18:45)

But what's second or third base? Explain sucking.

B (18:49)

I think is.

C (18:50)

Is in there.

A (18:52)

You know what? You make it. I would only.

B (18:54)

I would only suck. I wouldn't go any further than that.

A (18:58)

Let me make it sound really ugly, Ben, when you say it like that. Okay. What about a mouth hug? I had to kiss John Stamos when we did that show together. And what I will tell you is. And I love John. As we got closer. And who else are you Going to be gay for than John Stamos. We got closer and we kissed and I thought, ah, it's just kissing. And then I thought, it's not for me. And like, yeah, that was like the moment where I was like, okay, I do like women.

C (19:29)

So wait, you went to second base or was that third?

A (19:31)

That's first. Is it a kiss?

C (19:34)

What's second base?

B (19:34)

That's first. That's first hand movies. Okay, H.J.

C (19:39)

H.J. Okay. Playing with dick. And second, that second base you said.

A (19:44)

I think second base is like heavy petting touching the organs, but not.

B (19:49)

Yeah. Second is hands. Third is anything with your mouth. And then fourth is the bingo bango. Home run.

A (19:59)

All right, let's. Ok, so the Christmas. What's cool about Christmas at the Antonians. Christmas at the Antonians is that you guys will do an amazing spread of food, but it's not like the typical, you know, roast turkey stuffing. It's like Mediterranean.

C (20:13)

That's why I don't have an answer for you when you ask me, like, Christmas, it just feels like another day.

A (20:18)

Like, talk about the sp. Because I love coming over to your house the day after Thanksgiving or the day after Christmas.

C (20:25)

Yes. Ex. Yes. There's a bunch of food on the table.

B (20:29)

We.

C (20:29)

We Armenians are. Brother. What the do you mean? What kind? Just there's. Because there's so many. So many kinds. I'm. I'm Armenian. So our. Our main celebration is food. Like some happens. Like Ben right now, like, for example, some great thing happens in his life. Doesn't have to even be that great. You can just get out of a parking ticket or something. I'd call Ben up, dude. I just. I lit the fire up. We're doing fucking barbecue. We're all hanging out. We got the homies coming over. We're going to spread as much food as possible on the table. We're all going to hang out and eat and have a good time. There's. I don't know, like tomato cucumber salad. There's kebabs. Kebabs. There's like, you know, chicken breast, usually with really good marination.

A (21:15)

Rice, like pilaf.

C (21:16)

Lamb chops. Yes, pilaf. Pilaf is like babies.

A (21:19)

Yeah.

C (21:20)

Rice. There is.

A (21:23)

That. That is such an armo slash Slavic approach to like. It's right.

B (21:28)

Spiel off.

A (21:29)

But it's. They use the English word, but they just go pull off. It's like, like. You know what businessman is in Russian?

B (21:37)

It's business, man.

C (21:39)

Businessman. Businessman. But yeah, dude, I mean, it's. Have you been you got to come to my house during a very.

B (21:50)

I would love to. As you're saying it, I'm literally thinking to myself, all that I. All that I love to cook is apparently Armenian food. That's my favorite stuff.

C (21:59)

All of that.

B (21:59)

Yeah. And by the way, and Jews are the same. We. All that we do is we celebrate with food and what you called cucumber tomato salad, we call Israeli salad. And we make a ton of meats. We love it. Chicken. Delicious.

C (22:12)

Bring. Bring some of that delicious food to my house and then I'll have my grandma and my mom whip some crazy shit up and we'll. We'll call it a Christmas. When are you back in la?

B (22:21)

I'm in February.

C (22:25)

February. For a minute. Where are you at right now? New York.

B (22:30)

I'm in New York, but I live in New York.

C (22:31)

You do? What part?

B (22:33)

Yeah, somewhere that people can't find me in the city.

C (22:37)

I'll be. I'll be in Manhattan on the 22nd.

B (22:41)

Oh, great. I will then be in. I'll be in Florida.

C (22:44)

Until when.

B (22:45)

When are you gonna be. When are you. When are you gonna be there again?

C (22:48)

I don't really go to New York too often. Yeah, we drop Josh to become best friends.

B (22:54)

No, we're gonna, we're gonna hang.

C (22:55)

We're gonna. Dude, I. I'm like, I guess I can make it out to Cincinnati. It was somewhere in my head. That's funny, dude.

B (23:08)

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C (26:29)

Josh is a vegan.

A (26:31)

I'm toying with it.

B (26:32)

His life is vegan though.

C (26:33)

Get the out of here. You'll never be a vegan. Not with the way you eat. I've seen him throw down. Dude, he's not. You can't be vegan. Don't lie to yourself. And don't lie to the people around you.

A (26:42)

That's cute that you talk about the way I eat. You've never lived, Ben, until you've seen Jonah Hungry at an El Polio Loco. Let me tell you, it's like they need to put down Max. Okay.

C (26:54)

He's all right.

A (26:55)

Dude, it's like. It's like a cow at the feed.

C (26:58)

Get the out of here, dude.

A (27:00)

Dude, this kid puts it away. And there's not a lot of breathing and there's not a lot of eye contact because it just becomes about the food.

B (27:08)

What's better than that meal? When you're in the middle of the meal, you're so full, you're pushing further. You fucking hate yourself, but you love it. And you're digging and digging and digging that. I need that.

A (27:21)

So, Nick, talk about. I'm dying to know. So, obviously, everyone knows you from your comedy career. Social media. David Dobrik. You know, you've been a staple in our homes now. I'll give the backstory, and then you take over. For the last four years, Nick's been talking about this movie that he wrote, and it's been in some versions of Green lit in quotes. But as all indie filmmaking, you secure a budget, you get an actor, some of the money drops out, the actor has to go do something else. They have to drop out. It's really hard for the stars to align, right?

C (27:54)

Yeah.

A (27:54)

So at a certain point, I go, nick, I hope it happens, but it's a bitch. And of course, Nick would be like, I'll see you at the Oscars. I'm like, you will? And I was like, okay, I'll. I respect that level of belief in yourself. Finally, when you know the way.

B (28:08)

Optimist.

A (28:10)

Like, September. Optimist, September.

C (28:12)

Okay. I've been. I've been talking to Josh about this movie for. And it's also okay to say that you didn't believe it was going to happen, because nobody really did. Nobody, like, really believed it was going to happen ever.

A (28:24)

I don't believe anything's going to happen, though.

C (28:26)

I know you're. You're super pessimistic, which is.

A (28:29)

Okay. We're realistic.

C (28:31)

But is it really realistic?

A (28:32)

I think it's almost. I would call the odds of getting a movie financed close to impossible.

C (28:41)

You see, that's. That's. That's where your mind's fucking with you. Okay, I agree. If. You know.

B (28:47)

I agree.

C (28:48)

If you plant the seed that something's not going to happen, you give me a lot of really, really good advice. I Swear to God, I look up to you like an older brother. Like, I would literally call you sometimes and ask you for advice because I really, really want to know what you have to say. I genuinely. You're one of my favorite people in the world. I'm. And I'm, you know, I, I say this to every person I'm around to ask you who one of your favorite people is in the world. It's 100% you. I genuinely look up to you as an older brother, but sometimes what you do that I don't want to see you do. Honestly, moving forward, I agree with being realistic, but you need to have some sort of delusion sometimes to get to a level that is really hard to get to, right? If I was a real. If I was realistic, I would have told myself 10 years ago, I'm not gonna. I go like, you know what? It's not gonna happen. Everyone's doing it. What are the odds of me making it? I think one thing that I'm not giving you advice, but I genuinely sometimes think you should have some sort of delusion to really be great sometimes. You like that? I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. Because I hear you talk about it, you're like, I gotta be real about something. How about, how about, how about easier mind and be a little delusional sometimes? Go like, you know what? Fuck it. If it's not gonna happen, someday it will. Maybe it won't happen right now. It won't happen. It won't happen the next month. It's not gonna even happen in the next fucking five years. But someday it'll happen. I think you should have that delusion, bro, because I hear you sometimes talking to me about the movie that you want to. That you wrote. You want to direct, you want to do the TV show. You need to have that delusion inside of you. You need. Because the odds are impossible. The odds are against you. Look at guys like Elon Musk and all those other guys that are fucking.

A (31:04)

Doing crazy shit like, once in a lifetime genius.

C (31:07)

But, bro, but, but if, if, if, if they thought realistic, they would have. And that. This is for all the dreamers in the world. This is for everyone that's a creative. This is for everyone with wild dreams. Be as fucking delusional as possible. Because sometimes delusion pays off.

A (31:24)

I agree, Nick.

B (31:25)

You are really my fucking language.

C (31:27)

You should be delusional.

B (31:28)

You are speaking my language. I love this. I love this. I do think it's part of Josh's shtick. I don't think he's actually that down on himself.

C (31:37)

No, he's not. He's not.

B (31:39)

But. But sometimes you're saying, what you're saying is gold.

C (31:43)

Yes, it's gold. It's gold. And it's true. Sometimes you have to. You have. You have to just let go of your brain and let it, bro. Because dreaming is free. It doesn't cost you anything. All it does is cost you time.

B (31:57)

Did you know when you were bringing on Santa, did you know that when you were bringing on Santa that you were going to get this level? My God, this is better than Mel Robbins here.

A (32:06)

This is.

B (32:07)

She hasn't come out yet.

C (32:09)

We don't know it's the truth, do I?

B (32:12)

We don't bank.

C (32:13)

Who do I? Do I believe someday I'm going to win an Oscar? 100%. 100%. Do I believe I'm going to be one of the biggest comedy actors in the world? Guarantee it might happen within the next decade. It'll take me, sure. It might take me till 2035 if I'm not dead, obviously, to become. To become. To become top 10 in comedy. But it'll happen. It will 100% happen. And nobody can fucking tell me otherwise. Nobody, no one can ever tell me otherwise.

B (32:43)

Enjoy your.

C (32:44)

Because they can't take that away from me, bro. They can't. They can take away everything from me. They can't take away my fucking dream.

B (32:50)

Yeah, it's just what it is you're describing. Shoot for the stars, land on the moon. That's what I'm fucking talking about. Yeah, dude, we shoot for the stars. We're gonna be really happy on the moon if we shoot for the sky and then we fall on our ass. God, this is a great podcast. I'm so merry with cheer. Do you like, what else do we do on Christmas as Jews? We typically go to Atlantic City and we eat Chinese food. That's what Jews do.

C (33:14)

That's what they love, Chinese food.

B (33:15)

You can go to Atlantic City and you see a bunch of hussards bumming cigarettes, playing blackjack. That's what we do.

C (33:21)

That sounds a great fucking time, dude.

B (33:24)

Right?

A (33:24)

Oh, speaking of hostage, this is. I'm going to do my. What are you nuts? Early, by the way, we do a segment at the end of the pod called what are you, nuts? It's our gripes with people, places and things. Like anything in life, big or small, that you're like, what are you, nuts? So start thinking about it now. You'll have, you know, 20 minutes to think about it. But my. What Are you nuts? Is. Speaking of hostage, I was on a flight back from New York after our wonderful record with the great Oz Perlman. So we're. I'm flying back on United and there is Hasidim family and there's this kid who's like 12 years old and much respect to all religions, all cultures, always. But, you know, as Ben can speak better to it, there is this idea of not letting outside too much outside culture in because it can be. What would the word. Word, Ben? Like incriminating. It can foul the mind. I think it's. It, it would just.

B (34:17)

No, it would probably just tempt you to do something that you're not supposed to do. Like if you, if you watch movies where women are doing promiscuous things, you're going to want to do promiscuous things. That's the idea.

A (34:30)

Okay. And by the way, and that's in almost every religion, that's for people who are very devout.

B (34:36)

Yeah, for sure.

A (34:38)

And so there's this kid, and he's like 12, 13 years old, and there's this beautiful monitor in front of him with 500 movies and a thousand TV shows. He watched the map for five and.

B (34:48)

A half hours, bro.

C (34:50)

That's the story of my life, bro. The amount of times I've dozed off looking at the map is insane.

A (34:57)

I felt so bad for him. I was like, dude, let this kid watch Paw Patrol. I don't know, he's 12. I'm like, let him watch Stranger Things. Like, that sucks. But respect, respect.

C (35:06)

Sometimes the map is the best thing to watch on a flight. I swear to God, dude, I don't.

B (35:10)

Know why, when you're not watching, when you're not watching the map, all of a sudden they bring you on a weird ass route. So honestly, maybe the director, you know what it's like, all of a sudden you pop into the map, you're like, why the fuck did I go up, down, left, right? And then I lost 45 minutes, bro.

C (35:26)

You know what? It's like, I feel like it's a, it's like a, it's a, it's a very like guy thing, you know, like sometimes like even like a fucking. The captain of like a cruise ship. You. I don't know, I feel like if I were on a cruise ship, I'd be like eyeing the captain to make sure he's steering right, you know what I mean? So I don't have to interfere and like steer for him. But like, I, I just feel like we're always trying. I don't know, it's like you're always trying to save situ. I, I don't know if that makes sense. Like, when something's like, something goes out, like, goes down outside. You walk with, like, outside with, like, your flip flops on. You're, like, watching the ruckus outside, seeing if there's anything you can, like, assess and like, hey, settle down, like, you know what I mean?

A (36:03)

Yeah.

C (36:04)

I don't know if that makes sense or what I'm saying.

A (36:05)

It doesn't. Hey, Nick.

B (36:08)

No, I, I, I'm fairly, I'm confused.

C (36:11)

But really, I can't explain it correctly.

A (36:14)

Okay, so tell us about. So you finally secure the money for your movie in September, right?

C (36:19)

That terrible. I couldn't get that mic. Like, I know what I'm saying in my head. I don't know how to get it out. It made perfect sense in my head, too. That's the fucked up thing.

A (36:29)

That'd be the name of your thing.

C (36:30)

Makes perfect fucking sense. You're like, wow, that makes a lot of sense.

B (36:33)

I'm talking about watching a map and you're like, yeah. You know when there's a catastrophe outside and you throw in your flip flop?

A (36:38)

There is. Okay, wait, so you get the money for the movie? How do you get James Franco?

C (36:47)

The, the, the producer reached out to, to, to his manager, and we sent in an offer and the script, and then he wanted to do the film. But the two characters in the movie, it's Adam and Jacob. We initially wanted him to play Adam in the complete beginning. I was supposed to play the role of Adam, but we were like, you know, what with my comedy timing and stuff, maybe I should play Jacob and he should play Adam. He came back, he's like, I think it's way funnier if I play, if I play Jacob.

A (37:20)

And is Jacob more of the.

C (37:21)

Jacob's like the goofball. Like, he's full of life and Adam's super depressed. Adam is super depressed. He hates his life. He's super pessimistic.

A (37:32)

So tell me. I love this moment. Tell me about the call when they.

C (37:36)

Say kind of bring it down. I feel like my face is blocked. Okay, go ahead.

A (37:41)

Tell me about the call that comes in when they say Frank goes in.

C (37:45)

David filmed it.

A (37:47)

Okay.

C (37:48)

But Dave, I was sorry. Thank you.

A (37:52)

We're on a podcast.

C (37:53)

Okay, okay, okay, okay. This is exactly what happened. I don't want to sound like a, like a super.

A (37:58)

No, people love this.

C (37:59)

I don't want to sound like a super weirdo, but I knew that day was going to come. I, I, I for years, bro. I'm telling you, dude, I'm telling you, bro. Like, I, I just had this feeling. I had it with you too. Swear to God. Ever since I was, I was young, I was like, dude, I think me and Josh can, like, do a lot of comedy together. Well, we'll, I.

A (38:21)

Do you want to tell that story now?

C (38:23)

Wait.

B (38:23)

Because it links.

C (38:24)

It links. It links. Can I say, can I say that? Let me. Let. What delusion is.

A (38:29)

Get ready.

C (38:29)

We're getting back to that. Let me show you what the fuck delusion is right here.

B (38:34)

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C (40:05)

When I was like 18, 19, I knew where Josh lived. I. I knew his.

A (40:14)

Never a good start.

C (40:16)

I knew where he lived. He lived on Vineland at the Ava apartments, right? Was it the Ava apartment?

A (40:22)

And tell people what a real motherfucker I am. I lived in that apartment till I was 29. That was, I mean, super humble.

C (40:27)

Super humble. I saw him. I saw him park his black BMW at the apartment building. He walked into the elevator. And then I walked. I walked in front of him, and I held the elevator door open. This is literally the idea of the elevator pitch. But I knew it was gonna happen for years. I. Because I was a fan of him growing up, I. I thought, I can contribute my acting services to him. And I thought. I. I just. I was just like, I think we would be great together. But I already knew it years before he even knew who I was. And I told him, I'm like, dude, there's this TV show that I want you to do. I think you'd be great for the role. You and I together, we can make it hilarious. He's like, talk to my manager. I don't do deals in elevators where I live and where you live, elevator door closes. And I was like, all right. I was like, game on. I'll be best friends with him someday. And then. And then year.

B (41:26)

I don't do deals in elevators. I don't do deals in elevators.

C (41:30)

Like, five years passed, and thank God he didn't recognize who I was. Five years passed, and, you know, David invites me. He's like, hey, we're gonna film a bit with Josh. And I was like, great. I was like, okay, be as funny as you can. This is your moment to show him your acting services.

A (41:52)

So.

C (41:53)

So. So I. We did a bit and stuff together, and then I think you got. You got my number or something. And then I was like, all right, I almost have it in the bag. I still have the TV show in the back of my head, by the way. Keep in mind, I'm still thinking about the TV show. We started talking back and forth, and then, bro, years later, we shot a pilot together. And that was literally the pilot that I pitched to him, like, a decade ago. Didn't get picked up.

A (42:18)

You know, don't talk about it like that. You shot. Okay, hold on. You shot a pilot presentation that I was. I played a character in because I love you, and I wanted to. You're making it sound like, you know, we didn't get picked up by Fox. Like, you shot a little proof of concept.

C (42:35)

It was a proof of concept. Yes.

A (42:36)

And I wanted to come help support.

C (42:37)

Yes, yes, yes.

A (42:38)

It was.

C (42:38)

It was a proof of concept. We filmed it, but it was literally the same thing. I pitched him in the elevator. But it's funny how, like, things just come around in a circle because I. And then. But obviously, like, we did the pilot. We're still, you know, pitching it around. I. It'll. It'll get picked up someday. It's so good. It really is really, really fantastic.

A (42:57)

Okay, so Franco.

C (42:58)

And then I. I told Franco, too. I was. I was like, bro, I was like, I knew years ago we were gonna work together. I knew years ago. I planted that seed in my head. I. I knew for years you and I are being. Are going to be co stars someday. I saw it in my head. I saw him and I together, and I thought it was hilarious. I thought it was really funny, you know, like, chubby, funny guy. Franco. Good looking, funny guy. Perfect, perfect mix. And I told him. I was like, we're. It was. It was like day. Like day 10 of the shoot. I was in the car and I was like, bro, I'm like, I knew this day was gonna come. I was like, literally having an out of body experience. I'm like, I knew, like, you. You didn't know, but I knew. I knew for years, bro, that, like, this. This duo was gonna someday happen.

A (43:45)

Franco goes, no, I knew.

C (43:48)

Yeah.

A (43:49)

And goes, really?

C (43:51)

But, dude, that this is exactly what delusion is about. Like, sometimes you. You have to plant that seed in your head. You got to tell yourself over and over and over again that this is gonna happen. Whatever you have planned in your head, bro, whatever you have planned, you plant that seed, and someday it'll happen. I, I. With Josh, I knew. With James, I knew.

B (44:14)

Who's your next victim? Who's your next victim?

A (44:17)

Trump, who's your next victim?

C (44:20)

I'm gonna do a movie with Brad Pitt soon.

B (44:24)

Okay. I like it.

A (44:25)

That's.

C (44:25)

I'm gonna do a lot.

B (44:26)

All right.

C (44:27)

I'm gonna do a movie with Brad Pitt very soon. I don't know when, but it's gonna happen soon.

A (44:31)

It's actually Brat Pit, and he's an Armenian guy.

C (44:35)

Yeah, him and I are gonna do a. We're gonna do a. We're gonna do a comedy together.

B (44:38)

He worked.

A (44:39)

Yeah, he.

B (44:40)

He owns a kebab shop. Maybe it's a rival kebab shop.

A (44:44)

Brat Pit.

C (44:46)

Pitmaster.

B (44:52)

Pitmaster.

C (44:53)

Pit.

B (44:54)

That's good. Pit master.

C (44:55)

Pitmaster.

A (45:04)

So what's up? When does the movie. You guys are editing it now and.

C (45:08)

Then, bro, it looks so good.

A (45:11)

And will you try to do, like, festivals and.

C (45:13)

Yeah, we're gonna. We're gonna do south by Southwest. I'll be on stage picking up my awards. I don't know.

B (45:22)

Oh, it's shot already?

C (45:23)

Yeah, movie's done.

B (45:24)

It's shot already.

C (45:25)

Movie's done.

B (45:25)

Got it. All right, well, thanks.

C (45:27)

Call. It's in post, bro. It's. It's been in post for the last couple weeks.

B (45:32)

Just saying. I would have loved to have been an extra. It's gone, bro.

C (45:36)

We're filming another one in June. I'd love to have you there. I'll write you in, actually.

B (45:39)

Great.

C (45:40)

100.

B (45:40)

Great. I'm in.

C (45:41)

I'll, I'll write you, I'll write you in. Josh in.

A (45:44)

Perfect. We'll be the good guys. We'll play ourselves.

B (45:47)

I love it.

C (45:48)

No, I would love to have you guys play it. Play a role in the next movie.

A (45:51)

With the little time we have left and tell me if you don't want to go here because we don't have to. We can, we cannot go here. But because you have a beautiful, lovely girlfriend. But I'm fascinated by. You have told me before that since your fame that there are, there's certain clientele for a guy like you that women sometimes fetishize you that they like. Sometimes. Sorry, it's just the icon.

C (46:15)

This is going to the big, the big situation.

A (46:19)

Yeah. Good job, Carmen Sandiego. But like, what?

C (46:23)

Insult me? Keep insulting me, dude. Go ahead.

A (46:25)

But like, like their girls would be like, you're my type. Like, I like you and Zach Galifianakis are my type. Right. Someone said that to you once? Like, what is that? I would just love to hear about, about that.

C (46:41)

Ask Paige.

A (46:43)

Why my wife.

C (46:45)

I mean. Yeah.

A (46:50)

What? Oh, because she, Because I'm like you.

C (46:52)

Yeah.

A (46:53)

Oh, I got it, got it, got it. Okay. Took me a second.

C (46:55)

No shit.

A (46:56)

Oh, got it, got it.

C (47:00)

I mean, yeah, we're not super far off, but we, I get it. Yeah. I'm a little on, I'm on the bigger side. Obviously.

A (47:04)

I'm just asking because you will say like women will have a certain fetish.

C (47:09)

Let me, let me say something, bro. Sometimes really, really good looking guys just don't have the person. I'm not saying I have a great personality, but I think I have a better person. I'm a little more bubblier. I'm a little like funner to be around. I, I, you know, I, I like to eat, eat like after like 11, 11, 11, 11pm it like, let's order Domino's. We'll hit the gym tomorrow. Are we going to hit the gym tomorrow? I don't know. We're just saying it so we can order dominoes and some wings and hang out. A dude that's eating cucumbers and chicken all day long is not going to be as fun. Girls want to, you know, they, they, they want to have a little bit of fun. Whether it's The. The personality. The late night frozen pizza. You know, ice. Ice cream, for example. Right. Oh, hey, we're passing by Baskin Robbins. Let's. Let's pop in. Fit guy. Hell no. He's. He's going straight to Erewhon getting a smoothie. He's getting the strawberry smoothie at Erewhon. He's not gonna get Baskin.

A (48:10)

Robin, cucumbers and chicken.

C (48:11)

You know, I love Erwin. I love Erewhon, by the way. I love. It's my favorite place in the world. Sometimes, Baskin, sometimes. Sometimes you want. You want the. The. The cookies and cream with a little bit of chocolate chip cookie dough with some strawberry and like a chocolate mint. Okay. Yeah.

A (48:36)

Yeah.

C (48:36)

It was coming. So that's what. That's what some girls want.

A (48:40)

Ben, should we get to. What are you nuts?

B (48:42)

What are you nuts? Gripes of people. Places and things. You look on the street, you're like, what are you fucking nuts, lady? Put on some shoes. You got something, Nick?

C (48:51)

Person, place or thing? Person place. Your thing. Shut the hell up. Let me think. Person, place a thing. My brain's slower than yours. Let me think for a second.

A (48:58)

We know.

C (48:58)

Person, place. Wait, what? Person place. Your thing. Person place a thing.

B (49:06)

Nick's like, who's a person?

C (49:08)

I got it.

A (49:11)

Good luck. Good luck fixing the levels on this app. Olivia. Holy shit. Oh, my God.

C (49:17)

All right, skip past me, guys.

A (49:20)

Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Thank you for listening to the Good Guys podcast. Ben. What? What do you want to plug? Anything.

C (49:27)

Watch the movie when it's out. It's incredible. It's so good. It's my breakout performance role. All the way to the top, brother. It's called Love Meets in the Sunshine. Called Love Meets in the Sunshine.

B (49:38)

Love me. Love Meets in the Sunshine.

C (49:41)

I love that. Do you?

B (49:42)

You're sure it's not a gay story? It's not gay.

C (49:45)

People keep saying that. People keep saying that.

A (49:49)

It's okay.

B (49:50)

Love meets in the sunshine gives me Brokeback Mountain. You and Franco. And that's not a bad.

C (49:55)

On top of the goddamn zoom call. Fuck you.

B (49:57)

That's not a bad thing. That's what it gives me. Love into the sunshine gives me that.

C (50:02)

Can I ask you something?

B (50:02)

I'm expecting he's going to groom you.

C (50:05)

That's what I'm expecting. Can I ask you something?

B (50:09)

You can.

C (50:10)

You posted this video of you eating caviar with fried chicken. How was that?

B (50:17)

Unbelievable, dude.

C (50:18)

Was it? Yeah. Okay. That's all I had to make sure.

B (50:22)

It's as thin. You need to make sure it's as thin as a chip. And then all of a sudden, it's like a chicken potato chip with creme fraiche caviar. And it's the best fucking thing.

C (50:30)

What was it out of 10?

B (50:33)

Probably a 12. 12 out of 10?

C (50:36)

Wow.

B (50:36)

12 out of 10.

C (50:37)

Fuck.

B (50:37)

But by the way, everything, even bad food, is a 10 out of 10. Actually, there's bad and then there's good. Normal is 10 out of 10. This is a 12 out of 10. This is above normal. Very delicious. Highly recommend.

C (50:47)

Where do I get that in la?

B (50:48)

Highly recommend. You make it.

C (50:51)

You didn't make that. You got it in a box.

B (50:54)

Oh, you're talking about that. Okay, Cocodak, this episode's five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts?

A (51:00)

Listen to us.

B (51:00)

Wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share our clips. Watch Jonah's gay movie. Next time.

C (51:20)

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