Is Timothée Chalamet King of the Knicks?

Summary

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Good Guys – "Is Timothée Chalamet King of the Knicks?"

Podcast: Good Guys | Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Producer: Dear Media | Date: June 1, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Josh Peck and Ben Soffer—the self-proclaimed "just good, not great" guys—explore the whimsical question of whether Timothée Chalamet is now the King of New York Knicks fandom. They meander through celebrity culture, late-night TV, health and wellness, parenting, childhood nostalgia, and pet peeves with their trademark banter, humility, and irreverence. Listeners get an inside look at friendship, fatherhood, and society’s quirks—all sprinkled with New York flavor and a lot of self-deprecation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Posture, Power, and Being Funny (00:36–02:11)

• Ben and Josh banter about posture, referencing Tom Hardy and Tom Ford as examples of “power sitting.”
• Josh: “My acting teacher's always talking about that. No forward slumping energy.” (01:13)
• They debate whether posture impacts comedic delivery (“How can I be funny sitting like this?”)

Benihana and Celebrity Spottings (02:11–04:39)

• The duo excitedly plans a Benihana dinner with friends and babies in tow, lamenting the communal seating and elusive checks.
• Ben predicts spotting Tracy Morgan, having seen him “three or four times” at Benihana and front row at Sixers games.
• Josh (about Tracy Morgan): “He lives there. I think he lives there.”

Celebrity Knicks Fans—Chalamet on Top? (04:29–05:56)

• Discussion of the Knicks “celebrity triangle” courtside: Timothée Chalamet, Ben Stiller, Tracy Morgan, and Spike Lee.
• Ben: “Timothée Chalamet is at the top...he’s put himself at the top of the pyramid.” (04:29)
• Reflect on the possibility (or impossibility) of Chalamet appearing on their podcast due to “gatekeeper” publicists.

Celebrity Publicists & PR Moves (05:56–06:55)

• Noting Kylie Jenner’s unexpected podcast tour as a sign that celebrities' media strategies shift when “they need to reach” a particular audience.
• Ben: "It's all about what are they promoting and who do they need to reach." (05:44)

Late-Night TV Endings & Colbert Critique (06:13–07:06)

• Ben reveals Stephen Colbert’s final guests were fellow late-night hosts, which they find “boring” and “inside baseball.”
• Suggest Colbert should have done a “funny mashup” instead: “Me and Meghan Markle,” jokes Ben. (07:10)

Meghan Markle, Preserves, and Pronunciation Debates (07:11–08:44)

• Tangent into Meghan Markle’s apricot preserves—pronunciation debated (“apricot” vs. “apricot,” “aunt” vs. “aunt”).
• Josh: “I've had her apricot preserves. Josh, let me tell you, okay? This is fantastic.” (07:15)
• Ends with Meghan’s nickname for Harry: "H."

Weed, Joints, Hand-Rolled Cigarettes, and Coolness (08:44–10:51)

• Contemplate benefits of modern weed, rolling joints, and hand-rolled American Spirit cigarettes—romanticizing and poking fun at the “cool” phase.
• Ben: “You start smoking an American Spirit, you're going to have to clear your week.” (10:08)

Should Celebrities Stop Talking Politics? (14:53–17:19)

• What if there was a “moratorium on anyone famous talking about politics”?
• Josh: “If you're not working in politics, you're not allowed to comment no matter how many followers you have.” (15:08)
• Ben advocates for less daily chaos-news, saying, “I don’t find it important to get an update every day on a war… I’ll get an update once a week. That’s enough for me.” (16:10)
• Both respect figures like Muhammad Ali and Jane Fonda for “risking it all” vs. performative activism.

Parenting & Fitness: Getting Strong for the Kids (18:21–20:27)

• Ben recounts childhood gym class, inability to press weights overhead due to shoulder mobility, and aspirations to lift his son painlessly.
• Josh coaches him, leading to live “manipulation” to check Ben’s form—with much self-conscious laughter.
• Ben (about fitness): “I want to put my sweet son on my shoulders and not be in pain.” (19:23)

The Aging Process, Skincare, and Tanning Regrets (20:27–23:29)

• Conversation on tanning habits, skincare routines, and the dangers/regrets of sun damage.
• Ben: “You need to be tan for life, it’s important. No olive skin…” (20:27)
• Both admit to using sunscreen now, with stories about catastrophic sunburns and home remedies (“five pints of Greek yogurt” as an aloe alternative).

On Appearances vs. Inner Life (23:29–24:00)

• A candid, self-deprecating reflection on feeling miserable inside but maintaining a good exterior.
• Josh: “Inside I'm scum. I hate everyone and everything. Truly. I'm mean, I'm a miserable bastard in here.” (23:15)

Parenting Nostalgia: School Lunches, Food Choices & Social Survival (27:32–33:27)

• Article sparking the idea that what mothers eat during pregnancy influences their children’s vegetable preferences—Ben’s skeptical, citing his own family’s eating habits.
• Ben: “My sweet Ruby yesterday had an entire cup of borscht… loves a carrot ginger soup… his mama loves nothing.” (28:31)
• Josh and Ben reminisce about unique home-packed school lunches (e.g., “chicken satay” in kindergarten) vs. the coveted Lunchables and Capri Sun.
• Discuss stigma around “smelly food” (e.g., tuna) and the importance of helping kids blend in at school.

Oddest Divorce Demands: Petty or Symbolic? (33:32–35:14)

• React to NY Post story about divorces derailed over cheap items (a $49 toaster oven).
• Both agree they're uninterested in fighting over household goods if their marriages ended.
• Ben: “The idea that you would argue over pots and pans just to spend money and ruin somebody's life… I would want even less to do with her.” (35:12)

LA Politics: Alleged Spy, Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Campaign (35:41–39:28)

• News brief about Arcadia's former mayor allegedly spying for China.
• Playful, but thoughtful, assessment of Spencer Pratt’s surprising success running for LA mayor: “He’s clearly great at campaigning… If the Mamdani effect tells you anything, a well run campaign gets you the seat." (38:31)
• Debate whether charisma in campaigning translates to real leadership.

Transportation Woes: Bus Lanes, Traffic, and City Planning (52:01–53:47)

• Ben rants about NYC bus lanes overtaking car lanes, causing traffic meltdowns.
• “You’re going to be there for 40 minutes. It’s one lane. … Otherwise, zip around, you’re there in 30 seconds.” (53:11)
• Josh suggests the subway is more dangerous but less frustrating than buses.

Locker Room Etiquette: Nudity & Social Norms (49:49–51:45)

• Mailbag: Listener appalled at their gym requiring changing only in bathroom stalls.
• The guys discuss personal comfort and etiquette regarding nudity in gym locker rooms.
• Josh: “I'm the naked guy... around the area, around the bench, you can walk around naked. Sure, no problem.” (51:22)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Timothée Chalamet as Knicks King:
  “Timothée Chalamet is at the top...he’s put himself at the top of the pyramid.” – Ben (04:29)
• On Late-Night TV Endings:
  “It's your last week…these are the interviewers interviewing the interviewers? …That's not interesting.” – Ben (06:49)
• On Celebrity Activism:
  “So much of the posturing and people commenting on things seems purely performative, that you’re just like, oh, but maybe you did less than nothing. Maybe you made it worse.” – Josh (18:03)
• On Marriage & Divorce Drama:
  “The idea that you would argue over pots and pans just to spend money and ruin somebody’s life… I would want even less to do with her.” – Ben (35:12)
• On Tanning Regret:
  “I fudged up at 37. I looked at my dumb face and I was like, you ruined it.” – Ben (20:37)
• On Physical Fitness:
  “I want to put my sweet son on my shoulders and not be in pain.” – Ben (19:23)
• On Parenting and Lunchables:
  “But when I send them to school with those things, I go, I’m an incredible dad...the kids are so jealous.” – Josh (32:42)
• On Confrontation-Free Interviews:
  “I would never, ever deceivingly bring somebody on the show and then ask them the questions that will make them uncomfortable. Even if it was my worst enemy, they would have a great time on this show.” – Ben (44:34)
• On Locker Room Nudity:
  “I'm the naked guy...it's freeing.” – Josh (51:22)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:36–02:11 – Power posture & Tom Ford impressions
• 02:11–04:39 – Benihana, celebrities, Tracy Morgan sightings
• 04:29–05:56 – Knicks celebrity triangle debate
• 06:13–07:06 – Colbert’s final late-night guests critique
• 07:13–08:44 – Meghan Markle preserve/Apricot or Apricot?
• 14:53–17:19 – Should celebrities shut up about politics?
• 19:23–20:27 – Ben’s fitness journey for parenting
• 23:29–24:00 – Self-deprecation vs. appearances
• 27:32–33:27 – Parenting, school lunches, and Lunchables nostalgia
• 33:32–35:14 – Petty divorce item battles
• 35:41–39:28 – LA politics, Spencer Pratt’s campaign
• 49:49–51:45 – Locker room nudity debate
• 52:01–53:47 – NYC bus lane rant

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Tone, Structure & Style

• Style: Conversational, comedic, self-aware; signature blend of sarcasm and sincerity
• Chemistry: Playful ribbing between hosts, occasional vulnerability, many pop-culture references
• Listener Engagement: Encouragement to email stories, rate/review, and join the ongoing “What are you, nuts?” community

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Summary:
This episode is classic “Good Guys”: a lively blend of New York tales, celebrity folklore, parenting wisdom, and sharp-witted takes on everything from city transportation to gym culture. Timothée Chalamet, Knicks superfan stardom, and late-night TV culture offer entry points into bigger conversations about fame, authenticity, and finding joy (and humor) in life’s daily absurdities.

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Transcript

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The following podcast is a dear media production.

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

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It's a Good Guys.

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

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What are you nuts?

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Yeah. We're the good guys. They're not the great guys. We're just the good and good of the good guys. Mazda morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast.

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We did it again.

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Look at this. The same green twinsies. What size shirt you wear?

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This is an xl.

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Wow. And I'm a large.

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Yeah, it's the shoulders you brought. You broad shoulders.

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I don't know about that.

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They look pretty broad. No. Maybe. No.

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I have sloping shoulders. My boxing coach as a kid would call me baby shoulders.

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They're definitely sloping, but that's just because

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you're big up here.

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That's a good thing, isn't it?

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Isn't sloping mean that you have a big upper area?

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I wish I had more, you know, like, who walks around like Tom. Tom Hardy. Yeah. Big traps and shoulders. I need that.

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I just need to do this. Just get my shoulders back. How much better do I look now versus this?

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Well, that's everything. My acting teacher's always talking about that. No forward slumping energy.

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So hard. How can I be funny sitting like this?

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I once did a scene and she goes, josh, who am I? And she was like, I'm you.

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I was like, ow, Ouch. That was very unnecessary of her.

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That's right. She was right.

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You really feel like you can be

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just as funny sitting like this?

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I think this is like, if I. Okay, if I'm Tom Ford on a flight to Monaco, I'm sitting like this the whole flight. Yeah. Hi, I'm Tom Ford.

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This is impossible. Hi.

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Hi. Hi, I'm Tom Ford.

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Yeah, right.

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This is power. Hi, I'm Ford. This is nebbish. This is possible. This is. I'm barely making it, but can you

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be funny sitting like this? I'm having trouble.

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I'm uncomfortable. I'm thinking a lot about my posture and. Oh, I feel so much better.

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I think it's just about backward energy.

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Yeah. Okay.

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That's a move.

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Okay. Okay, I'm down. Should we try tonight at Benihana? That's right. We're going to Benihana. Freaking Hana.

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I'm gonna. I'm taking the sweet Reuben and I'm looking at the chef and I'm gonna go. Hit me with the shrimp now. And as the shrimp comes towards My mouth. I'm gonna lift up Reuben, hit him

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in the back of the throat.

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Oh, my God. First time to Benahama's for Reuben.

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Oh, yeah, first time. And this is like, we have a proper eight person table. I haven't told you yet, but two other folks are coming. You know, Shannon Ford, Claude's friend, Her and her husband are coming with their. With their baby. We got two freaking babies of Benihana.

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What an honor.

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So we're sitting at a nice. I think eight is the max. We got an eight person. We have our own table. Own chef. Love it. That was always the tough part. You go to Benihana, you're sitting at this communal table, and then all of a sudden you see, you know, I ordered the chicken fried rice. You ordered the chicken fried rice. You got a little more freaking chicken. Okay. Yeah. I didn't come with you, Suzanne. Right. Why do you have more chicken?

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Totally.

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This is not like, don't make our things at the same time. I'm one order, she's one order. Now I understand why they do it at the same time, because that's just. Makes sense. Sure. Right. Otherwise it's a waste of time. You're going to make the same exact dish twice.

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Can you imagine if Benahonta's was all a carte and they did eight separate cookings?

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Yeah. Yeah.

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All right. This one's for Ben. Here we go.

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You're there.

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Onion tower.

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I was going to say. You're already there for three hours minimum.

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Yeah.

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And also, look, we're gonna say, so much pot. So many positive things about Benihana. Okay. One negative thing. It's impossible to get the check. I'm ready to go. They're never there.

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Sure.

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Every time I'm there. Also, I would say that there's a 90% chance that we see Tracy Morgan tonight.

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Really?

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I've seen him every time. I've been to Benihana.

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We're going to Benihana.

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He lives there. I think. I think he lives there. I've seen him. I've seen him three or four times.

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I'm gonna eat some banana and get you pregnant.

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I wanna see the shrimp track. Do that shit with the onion tower.

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He's so good. He's so good. And you just look. Game four in Philly. You're looking front row. Who's there? Tracy Morgan.

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T morgue.

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He's a. I think it's him. I guess you have to throw in Spike Lee. Timothee Chalamet is at the top. Nick's fandom he's put himself at the top of the pyramid.

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It's fun.

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You now have Ben Stiller, who's also right there.

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Right.

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You got Tracy Morgan. And over here. Yeah, you got Spike Lee. Whatever. But this is the. This is really our triangle of the Trinitay. Timothy Timothee. Timothe.

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He would be so good on the pod and he would love us. And he'll never come on. Who knows?

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But yeah, he lost.

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There's a publicist who's thinking right now, over my dead body.

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Yeah.

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Why do these publicists have to be the ultimate gatekeepers to these people?

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It's fiend power.

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It's fake.

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They also. They need to like Kylie Jenner. I'm sure that no one ever would have thought that she would have gone on a podcast tour. She's on a podcast tour, is she? Yeah, she did Kid Cudi's podcast. Who knew he had a podcast? I guess. Cause they're friends. She just did Jake Shane.

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Which we love Jake.

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Jake's great.

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We're jealous of Jake.

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I'm just saying, he's the best. If Kylie can do a podcast tour, Timothee Chalamet can do a podcast tour. It's all about what are they promoting and who do they need to reach.

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Right.

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And so if we happen to catch him needing to reach Yentas in the Midwest, which, by the way, that's who's buying your stuff.

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Timmy.

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Yeah. Okay. Then maybe he'll come on and. Yeah, there's. There's so much we could talk about. He seems just like a great, fun, normal guy.

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He would. This would feel familiar. Definitely, right?

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Definitely.

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He's going on the Today Show. He's going on Seth Meyers.

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This isn't fun. This isn't fun. That isn't fun.

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This is fun.

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So Colbert's done, right?

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Yes.

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He's finished.

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Yes.

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Last episode aired.

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I think so.

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Also, this was interesting. And maybe this is just me, you know, for the last week he did. His guests were. And it should be. The last guest should be Letterman. I get that.

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Right.

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Because he inherited the show from Letterman. Letterman, one of the greats ever. But he interviewed every late night host. Boring.

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Oh, he did all of them. I didn't see. Oh, maybe.

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Unless it hasn't come out yet. But that's for the last week. It's like James Oliver Fallon. Seth Meyer. That isn't. This is interesting.

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Not at all.

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It's your last week.

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And also, these big favors. I was gonna say these are the. These are the interviewers you're interviewing the interviewers? Yeah.

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That's not interesting. They're interviewers.

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They're not interviewees. Right. What are they gonna say? They're gonna say they're gonna ask you questions.

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It's inside baseball.

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No, it's not gonna be five nights in a row. That's not interesting.

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You should do a funny meetup. Like a funny mashup of people.

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Oh, yeah.

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One episode.

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Everyone.

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Me and Meghan Markle. Can you imagine?

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Sure, I can imagine.

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I would.

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I mean, I've had her apricot preserves. Josh, let me tell you, okay? This is fantastic.

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Really?

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Oh, yeah.

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She crushes a preserve.

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Crushed it.

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Literally.

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It showed up in pr and for colad, of course, I'm not getting Meghan

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Markle's Be the Way. All right.

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But she wasn't looking. I stole it. I tried it, let me tell you. 35 calories, 2 tablespoons. That felt totally fine. That's enough to put on toast.

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More than enough.

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Delicious. Really? Apricot preserve.

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You think she calls it apricot?

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That's such a good question. If you call it apricot, are you also saying, do you say aunt or aunt?

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I say aunt.

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Okay. I say aunt. Do you say apricot or apricot?

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Apricot. Apricot.

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Okay. I say apricot. See, this is right interesting. Do you say tomato or tomahto?

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Tomato. What am I, from the uk?

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Do you say, I'm trying to think of others. Do you say,

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dad, please don't leave? I mean, if I was with. If I was with Meghan Markle, first of all, I'd be like, how's H? Yes. She likes to call him H. Does she? How's H? You know?

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Sounds like a drug.

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Yeah. He loves H, she loves H, who does it. You know, like K. Yeah.

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Good.

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Tell me about H e boy, you know. And I'd be like, hello, Dutchy. Because, you know, she likes to tell. She's told Mindy Kaling on her show. Like, actually, it's funny you call me that, cuz I'm really the Duchess of Sussex or whatever.

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Like, really. We didn't know. Yeah, you've told us, Megan. Yes, you've told us, Dutchy.

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Hello, Dutchy.

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That's what you get at the corner store when you're trying to roll a blunt.

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Yeah, A Dutchie, honey. Dutch.

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A Dutchy.

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Yeah. Driving up here, I saw a person ripping a blunt at 9:30 in the morning.

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Good for them.

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What's the rest of their day like?

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Nothing.

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Cause the weed's really good now, right?

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Yeah. No, the rest of their day is nothing. It's wandering. It's.

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It's not like a one hitter where you could just maybe take like a little mini hit and microdose yourself. You smoking a blunt, so you're getting a sidekick to the face.

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You know, it's sad to know that I'm gonna die not knowing how to roll a joint. I could never do it.

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You don't know how.

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My fingers just could never do it. I could never figure it out.

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Could do it easy.

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You think so?

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If I can do it, you can do it. And I'm not, you know, I'm not known for my dexterity.

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I was gonna say I'm not talented with. I can't.

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People see me on the street, they go, not nimble. Yeah, but I could do it.

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You could?

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Okay, yeah, I can do it. I used to, for a moment of douchebaggery, I did go through a hand rolled cigarette phase, by the way.

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As you should.

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I'm like, what am I, Fat Johnny Depp? What the fuck is happening?

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No, there was nothing cooler than just having a sack of American spirits tobacco.

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That's right.

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And you had your own papers and you did it and you convinced yourself it's so much healthier because there's no

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filter and there's no nugget because it's natural.

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Natural, Natural.

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Yeah, yeah. But you start smoking in an American spirit, you're going to have to clear your week.

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Oh, you're done.

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It takes forever.

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Yeah, you're toast.

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But yeah, you got your little peg. You open it up and you're trying to have conversations about like, I don't know, fucking canvas tote bags.

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You're not listening to anybody. You're doing it. You're there. You're not listening to what they're saying while you're trying to roll your hand rolled cigarette. You know, the amount of mental energy and attention to detail to roll. Unless you can't. A passive roller. Can you pick? Are there, is there such thing some

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people can do single handed? It's wild. Seth Rogen's good at making many different joints, but I think when you have his level of success, fame, marijuana and jesting, you've perfected.

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You've perfected. You spend time doing it.

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What do you think would happen if they did a one week or a one month moratorium on anyone famous talking about politics? Would we die?

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Oh, yes.

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No. I think the world would be a better place.

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I think it would be a much better place.

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Like what if they just were? Like if you are not working in politics, you're not allowed to comment no matter how many followers you have.

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Everyone in the world would be happier.

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Yep.

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And they would never let it happen. It's too profitable.

[B]

Who? Who is they?

[C]

I guess you could start with just the news organizations, but I don't really. I don't know how far up it goes. I know that a more chaotic world needs more structure. A world that needs more structure, needs people in charge. A world that needs people in charge keeps people in line. And it all flows. And this isn't a conspiracy theory, this is just a fact. If the world was peaceful and there was no chaos, we wouldn't feel as tethered to needing guiding principles. People, government, teachers, like, we seek these things out to give us structure in a chaotic world. But easily. Today I joke that I keep my head in. My head's always in my ass. I don't know anything about anything. I do that intentionally a lot of time not to. I don't want to know so much because it just stresses me out. And then I'll like the important stuff, of course. But I don't find it important to get an update every day on a war. I don't find it important to get an update every single day on the worst of the worst. I'll get an update once a week. That's enough for me.

[D]

Not every day.

[C]

And so, yes, the world would be, oh my God, so much better. Because we don't need to know of what's going on in every part of the world when we can't do anything about it. Like, you can't, like people can say, oh, no, you can draw attention to it. It's like. But you can't draw attention to everything. And that's when we get these cause driven platforms and ideals where it feels like they're singling out a certain cause. And it's like, why'd you do that? And it's because it was popular to single it out. Right. There are a thousand more than that. There are a million atrocities happening right now in this world. That's a fact. People are talking about one maybe at a time, because you can't talk about more than one.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

So.

[B]

And then it becomes fashion.

[C]

And then it becomes fashion.

[B]

Right? Because it's whatever the thing is to talk about. But yeah, it's interesting too, because I don't know, I always. Fran Leibowitz, in her documentary who's Queen? Talks about how much she loved Muhammad Ali.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Because she was like, I could give a shit about boxing. But she's like, obviously, first and foremost, like a movie star. One of the most charismatic figures to ever live. She's like, but also like, he went to jail because he didn't want to stand with the Vietnam War. Yeah, that's brave.

[C]

Totally.

[B]

Like, you want to stand behind it so much more that you will give away your career and go to jail for this thing that you think is wrong. Like, shout out respect.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Jane Fonda, who's been on the right side of things for 50 years. Yeah. Like queen respect.

[C]

Totally.

[B]

Like. But so much of the posturing and people commenting on things seems purely performative, that you're just like, oh, but maybe you did not. Maybe you did less than nothing. Maybe you made it worse. Look how far your shoulders are going back.

[C]

Better.

[B]

Are you working on that?

[C]

I am. I am better.

[B]

How's that? Talk about your fitness journey, your flexibility

[C]

right now, right here.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

So I went back to.

[B]

This is the saddest thing I ever heard.

[C]

I know. I went back to the great live method because I can't put Ruby on my shoulders. Since I'm 13 years old. I have ingrained in my brain. I'm in gym class, and Larry Rispoli was his name. Shout out Larry if you hear this. What a great guy. I think he also had a born career. Great guy. Great guy. And let me tell you,

[D]

he said,

[C]

ben, I want to put. I want you to start lifting weights. I'm gonna give you a bar. I just want you to lift it over your head.

[B]

That's a kind thing they say to fat kids. Cause they go, if you're gonna be fat, at least be strong. Yeah.

[C]

I couldn't get the bar over my head since I'm little.

[D]

I don't have the ability to get

[C]

my arms far enough back. It'll sit, like, on my neck, which. Anybody that does bar work, it doesn't sit on your neck. It sits on your shoulders. Then you push up. So I went back to the gym and I was like, matt, I need you to. Right now, it's about lengthening my chest or whatever it is. I want to put my sweet son on my shoulders and not be in pain. So, yeah, this is. I mean, this is bad. Look at this from the side. I don't know if you can see. This is it.

[B]

Let me see. I'm going to come. I'm going to come. I'm going to do a bit of a. Can I do an on hands manipulation?

[D]

You can, but if you hurt me, I'll be upset.

[B]

All right, so here. Here's the arms, right? And I'm the bar.

[C]

My arm's the bar.

[B]

Right?

[C]

Okay. Grab on, Grab on. Dad. No, it's okay.

[B]

I feel like that's all you need, babe.

[C]

You think so?

[B]

I feel like you're almost there, but

[C]

isn't it sitting on my neck? How's that? Ah, it's bad.

[B]

It hurts.

[C]

It's bad. We're almost there.

[B]

I probably need tan lines.

[D]

You look great.

[B]

I know.

[C]

I don't even. Do I have tan lines?

[B]

Yeah, we're coming at you.

[C]

Can you imagine one month in a

[B]

year after I'm 40, one month in

[C]

New York, my all my Florida tan's completely gone.

[B]

Gotta stop tanning, babe. And I know.

[C]

No, no, not tanning.

[D]

Just like I'm living.

[B]

I know. You gotta get rid of it.

[C]

I can't.

[B]

I'm on. Let me tell you. I wish.

[C]

I gotta get rid of it.

[B]

I need.

[C]

By the way, you need to be tan for life is important. No olive skin.

[B]

It's gonna age. Yeah, olive skin is hot.

[C]

It's hot.

[B]

Get a spray.

[C]

Tamboo.

[B]

I fudged up at 37. I looked at my. My dumb face and I was like, you ruined it.

[C]

But I don't go. I've never been to a, like, tanning salon. I'll never sit under something. I haven't done that. But I'm like, but you go beach.

[B]

But would you go to the beach for a couple of hours and not put on some block?

[C]

Never, never, never, never. No. I'm at the pool. I'm 50 lotion heavy.

[B]

Every time.

[C]

Every time. And when you golf every time. My dad calls me in the morning, he's like, ben, if you're not wearing screen, I'm disowning you.

[B]

Here's me standing corrected.

[C]

Yeah, no, I'm a big screen guy.

[D]

Big, big time.

[B]

Cuz I never was.

[C]

Yeah, I understand. You have to be. It's very important. Babe, you get sunburned. I got. I got a catastrophic sunburn once.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And since then, I've never not put on 50 plus screen. We were in, I don't know, St. Thomas or something. It was like an hour we were going to. St. Thomas is like a port where you can go to like these other islands. And I think we had like an hour layover and Claudia and I were like, we want to be really tan this weekend. We don't want to show up like marshmallows. So I sat one hour on the St. Thomas beach just trying to get tan for the weekend. Blisters too close to the equator. Oh my God.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, it was so uncomfortable that I went and I got. I think we got five pints of Greek yogurt and just rubbed it on my body.

[B]

Is this an.

[C]

That's what they say. They say Greek yogurt? Yeah, apparently it's like an aloe. It cools the skin. He stunk. It was so smelly.

[B]

A guy named Yorgos walks by and goes, why do I know that smell? Ah, Benny, you have a little. Little sunburn.

[C]

He just comes with a pita. Shit.

[B]

Yeah. I love the taste of yogurt skin. So good, so good.

[C]

But yeah, the last time I did that.

[B]

God, you poor thing.

[C]

That was horrible.

[B]

I don't know, I'm like, you know, I do some. Some skin lasers. Obviously, I've done the upper blf.

[C]

What part of your skin do you think isn't perfect? I'm looking at your skin. It's great. What's wrong?

[B]

It's okay. You know what? Cause you get the spots. You get the little bit of aging spots, like get a little bit of the melasma.

[C]

We're aging.

[B]

No, we don't have to.

[D]

We do.

[B]

We're talent.

[C]

Okay, that's fair.

[B]

We gotta. Listen, I do a little Reddit.

[C]

I'm just saying it's all about how you feel in here. How old do you feel in here?

[B]

Disagree.

[C]

How old do you feel in here?

[B]

It's all about how I look out there.

[C]

How old are you feeling?

[B]

I want, I want. What do they say? Don't judge your. Your insides by other people's outsides. I want you to judge from my outsides. Inside I'm scum. I hate everyone and everything. Truly. I'm mean, I'm a miserable bastard in here. Oh, my God, it's so true. Sometimes I look at my kids, I go, do better.

[C]

Smelly.

[B]

Yeah, stop it. Getting food everywhere. You're 10 months old. Have some respect for yourself, Meyer. I turned my. I turned my back the other day. I was feeding Meyer and I went to go get something and I. And I hear him cry out and I'm like, what's up, bud? And then he, like, kind of just quiets down. But I'm like, you know, 20ft away from him because I'm in the kitchen and he's at the dining room table. I walk back, he threw up everything all over his body. And he's just sitting there going like this. I'm like, now I know why you were upset.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

He just didn't like the food, I guess.

[C]

Yeah, he was uncomfortable. Cutie. Cute. I wish we could just throw up on ourselves.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

We get like, we have.

[D]

We go through too much.

[C]

Like, yeah, my stomach's dropping. There's no panic. Just shit yourself.

[B]

So true.

[C]

There's only a problem because these social constructs we put in place where I can't shit myself.

[B]

Right, right.

[C]

But there would be no panic. Your stomach drops. What's the runs. I'm shitting right here.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

What a terrible society that would be.

[D]

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[B]

should we get to a story?

[C]

Yeah, anything to get me to stop talking about the run.

[B]

Well, the New York Post said your kid's more likely to eat vegetables if you stick to an easy healthy habit during pregnancy. Gourd news for parents trying to raise healthy eaters.

[C]

Gourd.

[B]

Gourd.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Turns out that the battle to get kids to eat their veggies starts much earlier. You might think so mothers have a chance to influence tastes in the womb. New research out of the UK finds that fetuses exposed to vegetables in utero are less likely to grimace at the scent of those vegetables later on in life.

[C]

I'm calling bullshit, okay? Because Claudia is not an experiment leader. Everybody knows that about her. We've gotten her now. She'll have a. A nice piece of cooked salmon. She'll even have a branzino. But she's like, she sees a beet, she's running for the hills. Okay, Let me tell you, my sweet Ruby yesterday had an entire cup of borscht. He loves borscht.

[B]

A little sour cream.

[D]

Loves it.

[C]

No sour cream yet. He should have though. We should have put a little in that. No, this is just a plain beet soup. He loves a carrot. He's a soup man. Loves a carrot ginger soup. He loves. He Ruby loves everything and his mama loves nothing. Okay, so true. What I thought they were going to say, which I think is definitely true, is if you want your kid to have a chance at not being a Big fat fatty, then you can't eat big fat fatty all the time around them.

[D]

Right.

[C]

Because this idea that I'm going to give Ruby a piece of broccoli while I'm having three chow funs, that's not going to work.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And I think that. Right. Like, I mean, you're. You're a parent with older kids. Like, is that not it? Like, if I eat healthy, you're going to eat healthy. And then we can collectively eat unhealthy together.

[B]

Right.

[C]

But I think that if you're expect. You can't expect your kids to eat healthy if you're just eating unhealthy in front of them.

[B]

So delicious.

[C]

No, that makes sense.

[B]

It's in the name. It's not Chow miserable.

[C]

It's. It's chow Fun. What's better than chow fun? Oh, that big, wide noodle.

[B]

I like a nice big back noodle.

[C]

Fat.

[B]

What's the biggest fatsone noodle? Rigatoni.

[C]

I think it might be chow fun.

[B]

Chow fun.

[C]

Especially when you're fortunate enough that they got stuck together.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And all of a sudden you get a mountain of those noodles just stacked on each other.

[B]

I see someone with high BMI ordering angel hair, I go, stop it, stop it. I know you want more coverage.

[C]

You don't want. You know, angel hair is not for you. No.

[B]

It's like eating guitar strings.

[C]

It's no good. Also, you have to be so good at cooking it, otherwise you'll ruin it that. You know, angel hair cooks in one minute. No, you drop it in. It's cooked. Pull it out.

[B]

It's crazy.

[C]

It's crazy. What's the longer. It's more than spaghetti,

[B]

not tagliatelli.

[C]

What's the one that has the little hole in it?

[B]

Bucatini.

[C]

Bucatini.

[B]

Bucatini.

[C]

That's a serious fucking noodle.

[B]

That's devil's hair.

[C]

A bucatini cacio e pepe.

[B]

Aye.

[C]

Aye.

[B]

Ay.

[C]

Claudia just did a deal with Jarlsberg. There's just a wheelie Jarlsberg sitting in my house.

[B]

Wow. A Jarlsberg Sponsorship. Yeah, by Big Cheese.

[C]

Big Cheese. I guess it was with Devil Wears Prada. Bigger. Your arch nemesis.

[B]

No, I love him. You never see us in the same room at the same time.

[C]

No, you're the same ever.

[B]

We are the same guy.

[C]

She got a Jarlsberg deal and there's just a wheelchair. There's so much cheese in my house. Jarlsberg's delicious cheese.

[B]

Sounds fab. The one thing I will say, and I hope you're more of a foodie than maybe my wife and I. So I hope it stays this way for young Ruby. My kids were the same way. And then once they got free will, something changed.

[C]

Interesting.

[B]

Like around 2, 2 to 3, taste got much more constrained, but they're still pretty. They like variety.

[C]

I certainly, I'm sure that's the case. I'm sure.

[B]

But it's just, it's like a stage. And then they'll go back, then they want brown foods for, you know, a couple years. Like tenders and fries and shit.

[C]

That makes sense.

[B]

But if you keep pushing, they'll. They'll realize what's up.

[C]

I just like, my parents would send me to school with the craziest shit. Like my dad would just come home from a wedding with leftovers and I would literally go to kindergarten with chicken satay and a side of peanut sauce.

[B]

Ben, why do you have a Mason jar of vodka sauce with you? Sorry, teacher.

[C]

You want some? Yeah, they always wanted some. Of course. So it's like. I don't know. But I'm. I'm not gonna do that. It's embarrassing. I'm not gonna do that to Ruby.

[B]

I know.

[C]

Like, you can't do that to him. You also can't. I love tuna. You can't send your kid with tuna to school. Then they're tuna kid, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Then they smell like tuna. Unless they, Unless you're sure that they're locked in. They have a great group of friends who aren't gonna judge them for smelling like tuna.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

If they're an outcast and you're sending them with tuna, they're done.

[B]

No, you're right. You know, it's no way to live.

[C]

You can't send smelly foods to kids that maybe haven't made friends yet.

[B]

No. You have to be really careful. They now have more elevated lunchables. So it'll be like salami and cheese and crackers.

[C]

Delicious.

[B]

And a pre made thing. And they'll also have like good turkey and cheese and crackers. And you kind of look at them and go like, well, the cheese and the turkey are protein. It's good. And some crackers. It's actually not a too bad of a lunch.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But when I send them to school with those things, I go, I'm an incredible dad.

[C]

Why incredible?

[B]

Because I know that they're stoked.

[C]

They're stoked. And the kids are so jealous.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

The kids around them with their brown bagged PB and J.

[B]

Right.

[C]

All I ever wanted was that lunchable.

[B]

They're like, your name's not Sargento. Yes, it is. Today it is.

[C]

It was the dream to have the. And I never, like, because my parents are sending me like gourmet shit. I never got sent that stuff.

[B]

I know.

[C]

And that was. I always wanted that. A Capri Sun. All I wanted was a Capri sun in that brown bag. That was it. So, yeah, you know, I backtrack a little because being a kid, you want those things and it's really fucking fun. They should be able to have it.

[B]

It's great.

[C]

So hard to have it in moderation. But maybe they won't be broken. Who knows?

[B]

Well, the New York Post said that the craziest divorce demands ever revealed, including how a toaster oven unraveled a $20 million divorce. A $20 million divorce unraveled over a paltry $49 toaster oven. In another case, a woman had a tanning bed moved out of her marital home and into her hotel room mid divorce. Then there was the man who tried to claim a couch. Not for comfort, but because it was there. His wife had caught him cheating with his mistress. So I had a little posterity. The couch where he picked up with his moustache.

[C]

Okay. Yeah, he wanted it.

[B]

Those requests are not outliers. They're quite common. The most common fights I see are over stupid, inexpensive items. Divorce attorney Paul Talbert told the Post. Spouses will get into these knockdown, drag out arguments over old mugs, pots and pans, cheap dining room tables and couches worth next to nothing. So God forbid we one day we're not with our wives. What's the one item you need? You don't mention our kids.

[C]

Nothing boring. Nothing. I swear. I don't want. Like, the idea of what you just said is what's wrong with society.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

You don't want to be with each other anymore. Great. I need nothing. I come with what I came with.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

I can get a new couch, I can get new furniture. Whoever's keeping the house, which is going to be her, you keep everything that's in the house.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And I'm. If I'm starting, like, I honestly, I'd want to start fresh in a God forbid situation. I want to be brand new. I want nothing.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

The idea that you would argue over pots and pans just to spend money and ruin somebody's life. I don't care if she cheated on me. I don't even in that instance, I would want even less to do with her.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

Like, right. Can you comprehend?

[B]

No.

[C]

This level of just pettiness. Pettiness.

[B]

They said at one point, we are debating the value of a half full bottle of dish soap that was left under the kitchen sink.

[C]

Like. Like what. What. What does that even mean?

[B]

And was it Kirkland or was it Dawn?

[C]

Dawn, for sure.

[B]

Yeah, I'd fight over Dawn.

[C]

You know, it's great. Yeah, I'd certainly fight over the power. The. The spray. You have the dawn spray.

[B]

Lovely. And very high end.

[C]

Very high end.

[B]

Did you know that neighbors of a SoCal mayor who worked as a secret agent for China reveal her secret double life? Did you see this? That the disgraced former mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, has finally resurfaced in public after resigning in shame over allegations that she acted as a spy for the People's Republic of China.

[C]

No. And it's true.

[B]

She stepped down.

[C]

Yeah, it's true. Wow.

[B]

It's allegations. It's alleged.

[C]

Wow. What's going on in Los Angeles?

[B]

That's pretty epic.

[C]

Is Spencer Pratt gonna win?

[B]

And who's. What country is he working for? Barbados?

[C]

Is he gonna win? I know last time we spoke, it's no chance. It seems like.

[D]

Have you seen.

[C]

He's doing a great job with his ads.

[B]

They're crazy.

[C]

They're crazy.

[B]

They're crazy.

[C]

But they're. They're attention grabbing. And maybe he'll win.

[B]

I can't tell.

[C]

I think he's in second. Yeah, he's second and behind Karen Bass, who is still voting for Karen Bass.

[B]

My only question is, will he be any good?

[C]

I have no idea.

[B]

It's the problem too, because I think that we are underestimating how much credence people give a well run campaign. Sure. And I think people always go like, well, yeah, like he's, you know, so and so. Isn't running as good a campaign as the reality star? Of course not. But they're better suited. And I go, it doesn't matter. It's like me being like, well, I'll be great in the job, but I'm gonna tank the audition. It's like auditioning is part of the job 100%. And it's different than, like, auditioning for president is different than being president.

[C]

100%.

[B]

You unfortunately have to be great at both, of course. And so I wonder. He's clearly great at campaigning and running.

[C]

He's great at campaigning. And I think that he has some very rational ideas that. That aren't supposed to be polarized. Polarizing. They're just. It should be the norm. Just the line has moved so far that no one knows where it is. And in comes a guy that's like, yeah, you know, we should. He. He posted some crazy video of this children's playground. Did you see this video? Next to an encampment? And like, literally on the slide is just. It's just covered in trash. Like just garbage and food and needles and it's disgusting.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And it's just like campaigning on the fact that children's playgrounds shouldn't be next to encampments. That's not like.

[B]

Right.

[C]

Why is. Why is that a polarizing concept? Like, why? I don't know. And it's so funny that we're talking about it. I hope, honestly, that this isn't the norm going forward. It happened with Mamdani on the complete opposite side, where all of a sudden what was going on in a Manhattan mayoral race was worldwide news.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

The same exact thing is happening in Los Angeles with Spencer Pratt, I hope to the point of not needing unnecessary information to just make us stressed. Yeah, why am I? Who gives a shit? Why do I care?

[B]

Right?

[C]

Why do I care? And so I'm hoping this isn't the trend. But, yeah, he's running a great campaign. And if the Mamdani effect tells you anything, a well run campaign gets you the seat.

[B]

I think it's legitimate. And I think, look, my buddy always says is that it's really easy to call out issues like that, but, like, there's a reason why these things go on 30, 40 years. And it's not just because there wasn't a hard charging person who goes and says, I'm gonna fix everything. Like, there's just a lot of obstacles in the way.

[C]

There could be, but there are. There are certain types of people. There are people that say, oh, there's an obstacle, I'm going to go around. And there's a person that says, there's an obstacle, I'm going to remove it. Like, that is a. That is 100% a personality trait. And I think it's also.

[B]

I'm the first one. I said, I go, there's an obstacle. Let's turn around.

[C]

I'm judging by the way that I drive. There's an obstacle. I'm driving through it.

[B]

Right?

[C]

Like, I just. It's. It's me. It's me and my life.

[B]

I don't like a speed bump.

[C]

Yeah. You know, by the way, speed bumps are terrible.

[D]

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[B]

Dude, the other day, I was parked next to one of those little, like, cement dividers in a parking lot, and it was like Sunday morning at 7am and I just forgot. Just drove my car over it. Like, the middle of my car scraped against the bottom of it. Like, I bottomed out on this curve and I was just like,

[C]

it's so bad.

[B]

And, like, it's happening. I'm like four seconds into it and I'm like, well, I just got to keep going now. You do?

[C]

Yeah, you just got a power through.

[B]

I scrap, screech, scrape the fuck out of the middle of my car.

[C]

What can you do so bad?

[B]

Just the bottom. You don't see that?

[C]

No, it's fine.

[B]

Tesla's not going to check. Are you, Tesla don't check.

[C]

No, they're not. They're not going to check.

[B]

You need my money, Tesla?

[C]

You need my money, Eli, by the way, Elon Musk, can you come on the podcast?

[B]

He won't stop talking about it.

[C]

That's what I'm saying. Can you come on the podcast? You know how many people have sent

[D]

me the story, by the way?

[C]

We can do an entire episode. Elon Just talking about Starlink for an hour. We'll do a Starlink ad. Yeah, we're the right people. You've shared our clip now four times on Twitter where none of our fans are. Can you post it on Instagram?

[B]

Put it on Instagram, babe. And it's not just because Mr. Beast sent it. We know. It's because you love us, not just Jimmy.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. And look, it's a great ad. It's our show. Come on. Talk about Starlink.

[B]

I never know how to respond to because I can't help myself. So every time he does post, I always go, feel free to come on the pod anytime, Elon. I don't think he sees it. I just think we'd have a nice time. I would. We'd ask him the hard hitting questions. What do you eat when you're sleeping on the floor of Tesla?

[C]

We would have a nice time with anyone. I genuinely think that.

[B]

Why wouldn't we? There's no one. We wouldn't have a great mom. Donnie would come on the pod and we would treat him like a king.

[C]

We would.

[B]

We'd have a nice time.

[C]

Because I don't have. I will never be confrontational like that with someone. I would never, ever deceivingly bring somebody on the show and then ask them the questions that will make them uncomfortable. Even if it was my worst enemy, they would have a great time on this show. And then I would call you after and I'd say, this guy.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

That's what I would say.

[B]

I always look forward to that. The wrap up call.

[C]

But in person, no. Like we're gonna let you be who you want to be on the show, do what you want. And hopefully you don't try and take over the show. Hopefully you just come into our universe. But I don't think that there's a person that would come on this show that wouldn't be great, by the way. And we should try it with Putin.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Please just talk about his dog, Zadika.

[D]

Morons.

[B]

Welcome to the good guys. Wow. Today we have on Supreme Leader Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin. Oh, my God. He'd be on that horse shirtless.

[C]

We would be too.

[B]

Yeah. What? What? An ad.

[C]

We podcast from the horse. The three of us on one horse, live from. We'll just stash a mock, pass a mic back and forth on the.

[B]

Oh, that'd be good. Have to be a strong horse. By the way, recently, you know this guy Clavicular.

[C]

No.

[B]

Okay, so clavicular is a streamer who's doing the looks maxing. Right. So he's like this incredibly incredible looking guy who does like all these surgeries and things to look like as young as possible. But he's actually in his early 20s, so clavicular is, like, pretty widely hated and he's very much, you know, villain energy. But he went on the Logan Paul podcast and him and his wonderful co host Mike Majak, who I think wants to come on the pod.

[D]

Great.

[B]

They asked clavicular to rate them from 1 to 10, because, of course, Clavicular's a 10 in his own eyes. And he's a good looking kid. The great Mike, he gave a 3. 8. To the great Logan Paul, he gave a 6. 2.

[C]

This is big Mike. That's his. Yeah, I know who that guy is.

[B]

And they were pretty mortified.

[C]

Yeah, no, that's tough.

[B]

What do you think he's coming on our pod? What do you think we're getting?

[C]

He's giving me ones. It's bad if he's actually looking at every inch of me, pointing at every insecurity that's possibly in my brain. He's not measuring the heart, Josh. Right. He's not giving a heart score. He's not giving a humor score. It's just raw looks.

[B]

You're six two. You're cute as a button.

[C]

I agree.

[B]

You know, you've got a little extra weight on you, but you know what? It's part of the package.

[D]

I agree.

[B]

Yes, please.

[C]

You need the package. Yeah.

[B]

Cause you're not looking at the package, Josh.

[C]

No, he's looking straight on one. Yikes. Keep clavicular away from me.

[B]

I think I'm getting a three. Unless he asks me to take my shirt off and then I'm going into the negatives.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Because he's negatives.

[C]

That would be rough.

[B]

Yeah, he's gonna say negative one. Why does your body look like a topography map? Negative hills and crests and divots.

[C]

This account rate my chives. Have I spoken to you about this guy? No. He is an Instagram account that rates people's chive cutting skills. He has like a hundred thousand followers. And people just like, film videos and themselves cutting chives.

[B]

Great.

[C]

And he'll just like, post it and he'll be like 1 out of 10. Worst chive cutting I've ever seen. Great. And I literally got like, the. The balls to do a rate my chives. You gave me a three. It's terrible.

[B]

Oh, that hurts.

[C]

It was terrible. But these, you look at it, you're like, oh, my God, that person can really.

[B]

And your father a chef and the owner of a kosher caterer calls you Benjamin. I was watching my favorite show. You cut chives. I saw you, Benjamin. You bring shame to our family. Your excommunicated. I disown you, Benjamin. This is no way to cut a chive. Ava, you saw this schmuck cutting chives. This Benjamin. Sure he's got a beautiful child, a wonderful wife, and he's very successful business wise. But his chives scary.

[C]

He get cut.

[B]

He brought shame to our family on cutchives.net

[C]

I can't wait. Tomorrow night you are going to meet the great Ava and Bruce. You are. They're coming. They're very excited and then you get to hear their actual voices. And I'm excited.

[B]

I'm gonna be Starship.

[C]

I'm excited for that. They're very excited.

[B]

Should we do a more mail and then what do you.

[C]

Yes, yes. Good guys podcast1gmail.com.

[D]

Keep writing in.

[C]

They're fantastic.

[B]

Oh, can't wait.

[C]

We just need more of them. More and more and more.

[B]

Yeah, send more and rate and review and subscribe. You know what I'm saying? Five stars, it never hurt nobody.

[C]

It never hurt.

[B]

And if you want to give four stars, you don't have to give anything, but five are bust.

[C]

And also if you send it to me once I saw it, don't change the subject and send it again because I almost just read one that I've already read before because it was a different subject. All right, we're going to try this one. Steam Room talk. What are you nuts? That's very us, Josh.

[B]

It truly is.

[C]

Good morning, Ben and Josh.

[D]

I'll keep you.

[C]

Keep it brief. Brevity is key. Thank you. I know Ben isn't a fan of people emailing in a. What are you nuts? But going along with the steam room and gym talk, I felt I needed to send this one in to you guys to see what you think. I live in Florida and go to a local gym. Recently, our locker room, full service locker room with sauna, showers, et cetera, has a sign up that tells us to change in the bathroom stalls to make sure everyone is comfortable. What are you nuts? In a locker room Gym?

[D]

A locker room is a place for people to change.

[C]

There are no changing rooms or anything. They expect us to get ready for work in a tiny little stall.

[B]

That sucks.

[C]

That's weird.

[B]

That's insane.

[D]

Right? Are you full?

[C]

You're completely naked in the. In the gym locker room or are you hiding behind a Towel. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

I'm just going. I'm going. I'm going to the side because I'm giving a little peek to my fandom. I'm going, hello. And then, hey, everybody ready?

[C]

My towel.

[B]

No. And I'm going, brief, soft, workout shorts on. Maybe I'm like, naked for 20 seconds. I'm more worried about my chest, honestly. I know you can see my wiener all along. I'm like, do we want to. Hey, Muhammad, I'll see you at the squat rack. Don't look at my tits, mug.

[C]

I recently. I don't know when I crossed that line where I don't care at all. I'll be. I'm the naked guy.

[B]

Good.

[C]

I'm not. I do not support you being the naked guy. Brushing your teeth or washing your hands or combing your hair, blow drying your undercarriage. You put on a fucking towel when

[D]

you leave the area that you were changing in.

[B]

That's right.

[D]

But around the area, even around the

[C]

bench, you can walk around naked. Sure, no problem.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And that's me. I'm naked these days. You should be. And it's freeing.

[D]

It's really freeing.

[C]

I used to take the tiny towel. These towels are too tiny. And do my best to get it around, tuck it over the hips. No, I'm nude. Fuck it.

[B]

You sure are.

[C]

Fuck you and fuck it.

[B]

Yeah, fuck it.

[C]

You know? Yes.

[B]

Trigger your nuts.

[C]

Our woody nuts moment of the week is our gripes with people, places and things both big and tall, whatever. Sticking in your craw. Yeah. Bus lanes. Josh, tell me, did you see them on your way here? Mm. Specifically on Madison Avenue, the bus lane is two thirds of the lanes. There are three lanes. They've now made it bus lane, bus lane, car lane. What are you nuts? Okay, I'm now I'm exclusively.

[D]

I'm driving in the bus lane exclusively.

[C]

I haven't gotten a ticket yet. I'm sure they're all coming in waves. I'm sure one day I'm just gonna get a bill for like 40 grand. God, I'm sure that's gonna very scary. And they would be right, because I'm in a bus lane. But, Josh, we live in a city that doesn't know what it wants to be. If you don't want cars, we need to do something far more than just putting bike lanes and putting bus lanes and causing congestion and causing traffic and putting up these stupid tolls on 61st street where you get charged $10 to go over it. That's not going to discourage people from driving it's just going to create more congestion. Literally. To go 10 blocks on Madison Avenue,

[D]

you're going to be there for 40 minutes. It's one lane.

[C]

Unless you do what I do, zip around, you're there in 30 seconds. So true. So I think bus lanes are. What are you, nuts? I think that we need to be like Chicago and have an up, like an upper level and a lower level. Buses can go on the upper level. Let's build up.

[B]

I agree.

[C]

Or how about you take the fucking train? If you're going to take a bus, how about you go underground to the underground bus called the train?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It's faster. It doesn't cause traffic.

[B]

More violent.

[C]

Way more violent.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Higher likelihood of stabbing, but lower likelihood of getting in a bus accident.

[B]

So true. And a train accident is more final.

[C]

Yeah, that's true.

[B]

Yeah. Cause if you're gonna get in an accident, make it stick.

[C]

Yeah. No, you're dead. That's true. You're dead. You're dead. And by the way, nobody takes a bus. My dad, Bruce, four times a day, he's always calling me from the bus. And I always have to say, can you fucking keep your voice lower when you're talking about the person next to you and how crazy they are?

[B]

Right.

[C]

I'm so scared that he's gonna get stabbed every time he calls me.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I'm like, please call me when you've left the bus.

[B]

Benjamin, should I buy some DVDs? There's a man here, Benjamin. He's got DVDs in a trash bag. Four for 20. He's got all the new titles. Benjamin. He has the new Michael Jackson film. You've seen this.

[C]

What happened to bootleg DVDs?

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

Bootleg business seems to have gone out.

[B]

Well, it exists, but it's just like deterrent.

[C]

Yeah. I think this a physical bootleg opportunity. Yeah. I never bought him, but, boy, did that seem exciting.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Guy's got a nice blanket set up in the front of a bodega.

[C]

Amazing. Yeah, he just has them all laying out there.

[D]

Movies that don't come out for three years.

[C]

Yeah, he got the new Avatar. Doesn't come out till 2029.

[D]

It's there.

[B]

Yeah. They have Christopher Nolan's ideas. They have it. It's there.

[D]

You can buy it.

[B]

Christopher Nolan hasn't even written this yet and it's there. Yeah. And Richie on the Corner's got it.

[D]

It's legit.

[C]

For sure.

[B]

For sure, for sure.

[C]

What's yours?

[B]

My Woody Nuts moment is myself, as per Usual. Just because you think of something doesn't mean you have to say it. We were on the flight here to great New York, and there was this adorable flight attendant for the great United. Shout out my girl Maggie over at United, but I paid full freight. I just like Maggie. And this guy is just adorable. He's talking to all the different people on the flight, and he's checking everyone in. Flight attendant. And he had an accent. And my wife turns to me and goes, oh, he reminds me of our friend Constantine. I go, he's exactly like Constantine. I wonder if he's Greek. Well, as I'm walking down the aisle towards the end of the flight, he goes, have a great flight. Nice seeing you. You know, enjoy New York. I go, thank you. Where are you from? And he goes, I'm Croatian. I go, oh, because you reminded us of our friend from Greece.

[C]

You're the worst.

[B]

What are you nuts, Josh? He looked at me like, okay, exactly. Thanks. Like, he's like, they're close. I'm like, sorry, it's the equivalent.

[C]

Which is also the worst. Your birthday, April 3rd. Oh, mine's April 23rd.

[B]

Who cares?

[C]

So, yeah, what do we do now?

[B]

Save it.

[C]

You know what we do now, Josh? We rate this episode five stars. That's what we do. We rate it five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, Watch us on Spotify, watch us on YouTube, share our clips, Instagram and TikTok. I'm going back to the beginning. Do it all Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We'll see ya next time.

[A]

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