Josh Was in a Police Chase?!

Summary

Podcast Summary: Good Guys – "Josh Was in a Police Chase?!"

Podcast: Good Guys
Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Episode Date: September 15, 2025
Network: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

In this lively and comedic episode, Josh Peck and Ben Soffer, aka The Good Guys, deliver their signature blend of pop culture banter, Jewish humor, and candid takes on modern life. The episode opens with Josh recounting his recent experience getting stuck in a freeway police chase—a story that sets the tone for an episode loaded with relatable frustrations, rapid-fire riffs about Yiddish culture, family life, relationship challenges, and listener Q&A. Along the way, the hosts serve up plenty of memorable one-liners and funny anecdotes while also delving into more meaningful conversations about love, parenting, and personal growth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Josh’s Police Chase “Adventure” and Road Rage

[00:43–02:38]

• Josh is late due to a police chase on the freeway, sending Ben video messages as evidence.
• The audio captures his frazzled response as helicopters circle and the freeway is completely shut down.
• Josh: “Someone better have committed a massive crime. Why is the popo here? Why the ghetto bird up in the sky?” [01:28]

2. US Open, Traffic Gripes, and Rachmanis

[02:46–05:02]

• Ben and Josh share an amusing tale of leaving the US Open early to beat traffic, only to get stuck anyway.
• Ben: “Can people stop getting into accidents?… You know how inconvenient it is that you probably died? Can you please…have a little Rachmanis?” [03:00]
• They riff on the meaning and use of the Yiddish term “Rachmanis”—exploring its nuances with Josh’s wife growing up Irish Catholic and her reaction to Yiddish expressions.

3. Celebrating and Exploring Yiddish in English

[05:18–10:32]

• Spirited rundown of Yiddish words now mainstream in American English (e.g., schmuck, putz, klutz, schlep, mensch, kvetch).
• Debate over what’s “real Yiddish” and playful ChatGPT banter.
• Ben: “If somebody comes up to you, they say, ‘Hey, fuck you, guy.’ You say, ‘GE kakanachanyan.’ You go shit in the ocean, motherfucker.” [06:06]
• Lighthearted push for everyone to embrace Yiddish (“not trying to gatekeep it”), discussing favorites like shmear, yenta, meshuggana, chutzpah.

4. Temporary Studio Setup, Visual Upgrades, and Katy Perry’s Powder Room

[15:25–18:01]

• The hosts comment on the temporary studio's look and joke about video quality.
• Humorous detour about whether “Katy Perry’s powder room” is a euphemism, leading to a racy riff about masculine tropes and "going down on someone."
• Josh: “I don’t go down on people. It’s nuts.” [18:10]
• Discussion about cultural perceptions of masculinity and relationships.

5. Labor Day Parenting: The Instagram Myth of Fun

[19:47–20:12]

• Josh describes the stress of big holidays as a parent (“the bigger the national holiday, the worse time you have.”)
• Both hosts call out the inauthenticity of Instagram “parenting fun.”

6. Grilling, House Amenities, and Having a Guy

[20:15–22:10]

• The rare utility of building and house amenities: do people actually use their pools, saunas, etc.?
• “It’s a shunda, because the moment something breaks, you gotta have a guy.” [21:38]
• Ben’s “Little Mermaid” lyric flex leads to talk about Tony box kids' toys—modern parenting tech.

7. Parenting Products and Personal Health Woes

[23:54–26:28]

• Josh wonders if he has lice or just an itchy scalp—detailed back-and-forth about possible causes, including sunburn, dandruff, and too much turmeric supplement.
• “Maybe you don’t have parmesan coming down from my follicles, dog.” — Josh [24:39]
• Supplement complaints: Ben laments turmeric without black pepper as “false advertising.”

8. Relationship Trends: “Date Them Till You Hate Them”

[31:26–38:59]

• The viral “date them till you hate them” breakup trend—should couples ride out discomfort until it’s clearly over?
• Ben opposes quiet quitting in work, but thinks relationships sometimes need time to prove themselves.
• Discussion extends into long marriages, evolving together, and the distinction between loving versus liking a partner.
• Participation from Olivia, their engineer, sharing personal anecdotes.

9. Marital Dynamics and the “Ick”

[40:45–42:43]

• They talk about moments in marriage when you may not like but always love your spouse.
• Josh: “Am I giving you the ick right now?” [40:45]
• Ben shares a funny anecdote about Claudia calling him out for bad breath at the US Open.

10. US Open Sponsorship Humblebrags and Sports Branding

[43:13–47:23]

• Ben details how their brand sponsored unranked doubles players at the US Open, who then made a surprise run.
• Entertaining critique of sports branding and the oddity of advertising patches on pro jerseys.
• Brief, nostalgic phone banter (Motorola Razr, athlete sponsorship influence).

11. SpeakPipe Q&A: Wedding Food Fiascos and Family Drama

[47:42–54:02]

• Caller Q1: Is serving ice cream instead of hors d’oeuvres at a hot Texas wedding ok?
  • Ben: “You’re going to ruin everybody’s appetite…what if people are lactose intolerant?…This is a terrible idea.” [48:32]
• Caller Q2: Mother-in-law asks, “Does obesity run in your family?”
  • Ben: “Not nice to go to a big fat fatty and say, ‘Hey, does big fat fatty run in your family?’” [52:29]
  • Both hosts riff on family genetics, body types, and loving their own “fatty” attributes.

12. Physical Therapy, Parenting, and What Are You Nuts?

[53:19–55:35]

• Updates on host health: PT for mobility, TMJ, and neck/shoulder pain.
• Josh’s “What Are You Nuts?”: Annoyance at people linking birthdays.
  • “Birthdays are stupid. Everyone anything that everyone has. Not cool. Not cool. What are you, nuts?” [55:31]
• Ben’s “What Are You Nuts?”: The strange persistence and branding of the “wife beater” tank top.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Someone better have committed a massive crime. Why is the popo here? Why the ghetto bird up in the sky?” — Josh [01:28]
• “If somebody comes up to you, they say, ‘Hey, fuck you, guy.’ You say, ‘GE kakanachanyan.’ You go shit in the ocean, motherfucker.” — Ben [06:06]
• “The bigger the national holiday, the worse time you have. I love it.” — Ben [19:49]
• “It’s a shunda, because the moment something breaks, you gotta have a guy.” — Josh [21:38]
• “Maybe you don’t have parmesan coming down from my follicles, dog.” — Josh [24:39]
• “Am I giving you the ick right now?” — Josh [40:45]
• "You're going to ruin everybody's appetite giving them ice cream before they go to dinner...This is lunacy." — Ben [48:32]
• “Not nice to go to a big fat fatty and say, ‘Hey, does big fat fatty run in your family?’” — Ben [52:29]
• “Birthdays are stupid. Everyone anything that everyone has. Not cool. Not cool. What are you, nuts?” — Josh [55:31]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:43 – Josh’s police chase story
• 03:24 – What is “Rachmanis”?
• 05:18–10:32 – Mainstream Yiddish words and ChatGPT banter
• 19:47 – Parenting holiday honesty
• 23:54–26:28 – Lice, itchy scalps, and supplement talk
• 31:26 – “Date Them Till You Hate Them” trend
• 40:45 – Marital “ick” moments
• 47:42 – SpeakPipe: Wedding ice cream
• 51:05 – SpeakPipe: “Obesity run in your family?”
• 53:19 – Physical therapy talk
• 55:31 – “What Are You Nuts?” segment

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Tone and Personality

• Fast-paced, irreverent, and full of good-natured ribbing.
• Equal parts pop culture, Jewish in-jokes, and personal vulnerability.
• Willingness to veer between racy humor and meaningful relationship observations.
• Banter with production staff (Olivia) keeps the vibe friendly and inclusive.

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Bottom Line

This episode is classic Good Guys—balancing relatable anxiety and everyday gripes with clever humor and surprising emotional depth. You’ll laugh about road rage, learn some new Yiddish, and possibly rethink your next wedding menu. Above all, it’s a reminder to not take life (or family genetics) too seriously—unless, apparently, you’re serving ice cream at a Texas wedding. Then, what are you, nuts?

Transcript

[Josh Peck]

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

[Ben Soffer]

And if you don't give us five stars.

[Josh Peck]

What are you nuts?

[Ben Soffer]

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

[Josh Peck]

They're not the great guys. We're just the good of the good guys. Mazda Morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. I'm sitting here with my co host, Ben Soffer, and me, Josh Peck. I'm missing my antidepressant. Anyway, let's move on.

[Ben Soffer]

I want to know. Okay, so you're missing your antidepressant, and.

[Josh Peck]

You were just in some serious missing me. No.

[Ben Soffer]

And you're just in some serious traffic. Does that create road rage?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. Well, no.

[Ben Soffer]

How angry were you? Waiting. Josh texts me. He's like, I'm gonna be 10 minutes later. And me, I say, no problem, I don't care. You show up when you show up. You're a celebrity. You show up when you show up. But Josh sent me a video that I actually haven't watched yet where he said that somebody was arrested on the freeway. So perhaps we listen to it together.

[Josh Peck]

Play the first one and then the second one. Cuz I'm such, like.

[Ben Soffer]

I felt the first one. The first one was hilarious. You were just like, bro, bro, bro. Take a shot every time Josh says bro in this clip. Ready?

[Josh Peck]

I feel the need to give proof when I'm late.

[Ben Soffer]

Listen.

[Josh Peck]

This is what I'm dealing with right now. I'm very sorry. It's taking an extra minute. I'm gonna be about five minutes late. Ah, I'm so sorry, bro. Oh, what is happening? Someone better have committed a massive crime. Why is the popo here? Why the ghetto bird up in the sky?

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, and that's you only. You only said bro one. So take one shot. That's a video. I thought you said it more.

[Josh Peck]

That's me taking a video of the helicopter, the police helicopter circling the freeway and me in dead stop traffic.

[Ben Soffer]

And then this one I haven't listened to yet.

[Josh Peck]

Dude, I'm sorry. I'm a minute or two late. I know there's no excuse. It's not like they shut down the freeway. They shut down the fucking freeway. Oh, my God, look at. I want to get my guy. I cut it off because I was like, my God, I didn't know if it was acceptable the way I was like, look, there's the guy. And he probably. I literally Started like editing in my head. I'm like, he's probably a nice guy.

[Ben Soffer]

But yeah, there's absolutely nothing worse. Last night we went to the US Open. Josh. Which we have to talk about.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

And we're leaving the US Open. It said we left early. Ok? We left in the middle of the third set of the Djokovic match out of five sets. We wanted to beat the traffic, get home to ruby. It's a 24 minutes. 24 minutes. That's beautiful.

[Josh Peck]

Hot.

[Ben Soffer]

That's beautiful. We get to the freeway, we're 12 minutes away on the FDR. All of a sudden, 12 minutes jumps up to 30. Accident. What are you nuts? Can people stop getting into accidents? I have places to go. You know how inconvenient it is that you probably died? Can you please. Come on, Come on. As my dad would say, have a little Rachmanis.

[Josh Peck]

Rachmanis.

[Ben Soffer]

Rachmanis.

[Josh Peck]

Let's, let's. What's the etymology of Rachmanis? Because growing up, Rachmanis to me was like, ugh, Rachmanis. Like, it was like a negative. Not like, have a little grace.

[Ben Soffer]

It's like, have. At least the way that I've always known it to be is like, have some Rachmanis for this poor fella who I don't know, has one leg. Have some Rachmanis, you know, for our one legged friend. Or have some Rachmanis for me who's inconvenienced by the death of a drunk driver. Have some Rachmanis.

[Josh Peck]

You have to understand the look on my wife's face. Her growing up Irish Catholic in the great capital of California, Sacramento, realizing that there's a Jewish language called Yiddish. Like when I told. I might as well have said, and here's the horns, like, oy vey.

[Ben Soffer]

You just like poke your belly button and they pop up. Shoo.

[Josh Peck]

The Jewish Pillsbury Doughboy. You poke him at the stomach and he just goes, eich. Not so hard.

[Ben Soffer]

Yiddish is the best. Like, if you don't know Yiddish, this is not like we're not trying to gatekeep it at all. Go learn it and use it. It's fantastic. And I feel like not. I feel like some Yiddish words have made its way into the American lexicon. They have. And you don't even realize when you say oy. Oy vey. Is. This is. This is the pinnacle of Yiddish.

[Josh Peck]

Let's talk about them. And we have some. I don't mean to, you know, gentile splain, but I know Olivia. She is not part of the tribe. I assume our wonderful engineer here. Perfect, perfect, perfect. Okay, so at the end, we'll be.

[Ben Soffer]

Doing a short conversion ceremony. It's no big deal. Yes, I'm ready. It's no big deal, but. Okay, yeah.

[Josh Peck]

Let's think of Yiddish words that have made their way into the regular lexicon of the English language. Ivey. For sure.

[Ben Soffer]

Honestly, Josh, I'm going to ask ChatGPT.

[Josh Peck]

No, no, no.

[Ben Soffer]

They're gonna spit. They're gonna spit it out.

[Josh Peck]

Way to fuck the game up.

[Ben Soffer]

Let's see.

[Josh Peck]

Don't, don't, don't. Let's guess.

[Ben Soffer]

Fine, fine. Well, wait. Well, wait. Well, wait. Well, wait. This c. Chatgpt. They're ruining us. It's ruining. Instead of using my brain, I'm like, oh, I have one second of I can't think. ChatGPT. Oh, my God. We have to delete this app. It's making. I can't think anymore. I can't think. Okay. Oy vey.

[Josh Peck]

For sure.

[Ben Soffer]

That's what comes to mind. I have, for whatever reason, the second one that comes to mind. It's not in the lexicon. Okay. Ge. Khakhenachenyan. Means. Means. Means go shit in the ocean. That's what that means. If somebody comes up to you, they say, hey, fuck you, guy. You say, GE kakanachanyan. You go shit in the ocean, motherfucker. That's not an lexicon. But that one popped up. You have an one?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. Okay. I would say Bobby.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, Bobby's good.

[Josh Peck]

Bobby.

[Ben Soffer]

Bubby bubble up.

[Josh Peck]

There. Wait, wait, there's other ones.

[Ben Soffer]

There's a. There's a million. I'm having the schmuck. Schmuck. Schmuck, yes. Which in Yiddish means penis, and we just really use it colloquially as, you know, he's a schmuck. He's a.

[Josh Peck]

He's a dick.

[Ben Soffer]

A loser. A loser.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. A loser. Putz.

[Ben Soffer]

A loser.

[Josh Peck]

A putt.

[Ben Soffer]

Putz. Josh, you're good at this. Your brain is firing. You take Alpha Brain. Before this, what'd you take? You took something. Okay, yeah, that's good.

[Josh Peck]

That's good.

[Ben Soffer]

Wait, wait.

[Josh Peck]

There's other ones, though. Like Gesundheit. No, that's German.

[Ben Soffer]

It's probably. There's probably something close to Gesundheit, though. In Yiddish, maybe it's Gesunder or Schmitz Schmidt. Schmitz. A Schmitz for sure. Schmitz. Going to the Schwitz.

[Josh Peck]

I love this because, you know, there's some, like, yid on the. On the Van Wyck Expressway, screaming at the Radio right now, being like, you.

[Ben Soffer]

Guys are missing it.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, Klutz.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, klutz.

[Josh Peck]

Klutz is a good one.

[Ben Soffer]

Tell me when I should ask. Chatgpt.

[Josh Peck]

Kibbitz. No. Yes.

[Ben Soffer]

To fill in the blanks. Okay. Yenta's a good one. Okay. Just to fill in the blanks. Okay.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

I don't. I don't even type anymore.

[Josh Peck]

Mazel tov. Well, that's Hebrew, though.

[Olivia]

Oh, sorry.

[Ben Soffer]

I think it's expressions that have made its way into American culture.

[Josh Peck]

Yarmulke.

[Ben Soffer]

A surprising number of Yiddish words and expressions have become a part of everyday English language.

[Josh Peck]

No good. Jew.

[Ben Soffer]

No. Schlep. Schlep, Josh. Schlep.

[Josh Peck]

Schlep. Great.

[Ben Soffer]

Ok. Schmooze to chat.

[Josh Peck]

Okay.

[Ben Soffer]

Schmooze. Schlock. I didn't know cheap, low quality schlock. It feels personal. I don't know. Schmaltz is a great one. Chicken fat schmaltz. Some people cook with schmaltz, but then.

[Josh Peck]

Also people have used it. It's like, got schmaltz. It's fat, but it's not in the literal sense. It's like, oh, it's overdone. It's like, ugh. Schmaltzy.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, interesting. I haven't used that. Shmear. Josh. Schmear. We forgot about shmear. A little bagels and shmear. Okay, a little bagels and shmear. And then personality, behavior. There's a million of them. Mensch. Men. You're a mensch. Our producer over there, he's a mensch. Lovely.

[Josh Peck]

I can.

[Ben Soffer]

Olivia, I think you'd be a. I think maybe, Olivia, you'd be a mencha. I don't know if mensch is male or there might be a female word for mensch. I'm not positive. Fetch. Fetch. All we do is kvetch. By the way, that would be a good little title for a segment. Fetching. Fetching in something like where we complain about things.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

Kvel.

[Josh Peck]

I'm kveling.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm kveling. I'm kveling.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

By the way.

[Josh Peck]

Overwhelmed with pride and joy.

[Ben Soffer]

And I'm kaveling. Did we say yenta?

[Josh Peck]

Yenta.

[Ben Soffer]

We're gonna yenta with Kathy Griffin. She's a yenta.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, is she a yenta?

[Ben Soffer]

Wait. Cannot wait. She's a yenta. Oy vey. My favorite. Which I honestly forgot about. Do you know, Olivia, there's a big version of oy vey. It's called oige. Walt. That's. That's big. Oy. Vey. That's big Oy. Vey. There's oy vey and there's oygewalt, which just means big oyve. What are you, meshuggahna?

[Josh Peck]

Meshuggana. It's a good one.

[Ben Soffer]

We could go forever. Wait, there's only two more actually in here. Chutzpah. You have so much chutzpah. Means you got nerve. And last, Olivia was right. Mazel tov on your promotion.

[Josh Peck]

I didn't know that that wasn't he.

[Ben Soffer]

Neither did I. By the way, we're trusting Chat. Maybe they're wrong. I don't know. I thought it was Heber, too.

[Josh Peck]

If you're going to trust anyone, right?

[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

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[Josh Peck]

It's so cool having Olivia here in our temporary set. Like, with the way this is set up with, like, the fake plants and everything. Feel like we're like on our college radio show.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes, totally.

[Josh Peck]

This is so good.

[Ben Soffer]

I also kind of feel like we're like on the Vile Files. Except Nick isn't here. He's just.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, I'll do my best impression of Nick to be, like, slightly detached, but very insightful.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, let me hear.

[Josh Peck]

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[Ben Soffer]

He's so handsome and huge. Why are all these guys so big? I used to think I was tall, and then I started meeting. Meeting people that went on the Bachelor. These guys are all six five. Who knew?

[Josh Peck]

Who knew, like, Joey Kamasta was six two.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, my God. Joey Canasta is a unit. A unit.

[Josh Peck]

Utter unit.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, no, he could. He could. He should play football. Yeah. The big. He's a big boy. And he will take offense to that. He svelte. You can be big and svelte, and you're big and svelte, Joey. Big and svelte. It's an absolute compliment. Absolute compliment.

[Josh Peck]

But I will say, and I've been getting some feedback, and I don't want this to make it to the dear media ears, but we do have our Olivia here. I'm hearing that these video cameras in our temporary studio.

[Ben Soffer]

Better.

[Josh Peck]

It's better. Like, it's more nice. It's more clear. I know it's Cause These are the FX3, right? Fancy Cinema cameras.

[Ben Soffer]

You look insane right now. You look so unbelievably clear.

[Josh Peck]

I feel insane. I feel it.

[Ben Soffer]

You do, right?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

You look at you look nuts. I'm a nuts. And I'm sure that everybody noticed. Yes. I'm no longer in my temporary Hampton studio that I needed to set up by hand. Okay, you guys don't understand. You're complaining. I was woodworking every day. I was nailing. I was creating. I gave you the best I could. Now we're back. Or home. It's beautiful. What is this, taupe? This is light pink. What is a cross between taupe and a light pink. What is this called?

[Josh Peck]

I don't know. It's like a flamingo. It's giving bubblegum dreams.

[Ben Soffer]

Bubblegum.

[Josh Peck]

It looks like Katy Perry's powder room.

[Ben Soffer]

Gorgeous. That's not where I thought you were going. And I thought we were going to have to cut it. I was like, whoa. Katy Perry's like, get your head out of the gutter.

[Josh Peck]

I think. I. I don't know. Am I allowed to say that I think Katy Perry's a babe?

[Ben Soffer]

Sure. I thought you were going to say that you'd love to see Katy Perry's powder room. That would be insane.

[Josh Peck]

Way more than calling her attractive. That would be. That would be a fun code word for going down on someone.

[Ben Soffer]

Powder room.

[Josh Peck]

Trying to see that powder room, baby.

[Ben Soffer]

I want to see your pill. I want to see your.

[Josh Peck]

I don't go down on people. It's nuts.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, that's you. I'm not gay like that dog. No kidding.

[Josh Peck]

But, you know, like, amongst, like, certain. Like, I don't know how to phrase this, but in tougher neighborhoods, it's considered less than masculine to go down on someone. And I'm like, you're nuts.

[Ben Soffer]

You're nuts. You're nuts. And you're also, like, kind of a jerk. Like, she deserves fun, too. Like, beyond. Yeah, you nut job. Like, if you. If you want that, go. I don't know, hire a hooker. We have to cut all this out.

[Josh Peck]

No, we're not.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, cool. Leave it.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. Beyond.

[Ben Soffer]

By the way, it's the only time.

[Josh Peck]

Where I know I've actually done my job totally in. In the other sense. Like, I'm just kind of taking your word for it, you know?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, no, for sure. There's no. I mean, I guess you could act in this. We're talking about cunningus, right?

[Josh Peck]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

Is that Yiddish? It could be. I wonder what the. I have to ask. What is the Yiddish term for cunnilingus? And then I'm done with chatgpt.

[Josh Peck]

The word. The word fellatio is clearly Italian because it ends in a vowel.

[Ben Soffer]

Yiddish doesn't really have a native. Widely used term for cunnilingus, but Yiddish sexual slang exists. Let's see.

[Josh Peck]

Stepping.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, it's. Yeah. Stupping. Schmuckputz. Okay, that's schmuck. Nothing we didn't know. Nothing we didn't know. Oh, my God. Josh, tell me Labor Day weekend, Was it wonderful?

[Josh Peck]

No, it's awful.

[Ben Soffer]

I knew you were gonna say that. Tell me why it was so stressful. It's so funny. The bigger the national holiday, the worse time you have. I love it.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, bro.

[Ben Soffer]

Because the kid. Because the kids don't have school. It's a lot. It's a lot. They don't have camp, they don't have school.

[Anonymous Caller]

They got nothing.

[Josh Peck]

It's a lot. I'm also 38, and I'm in on the joke, which is like, I can tell through Instagram, you're not having the fun that you're saying you're having.

[Ben Soffer]

I just know it.

[Josh Peck]

I know it, know it, know it.

[Ben Soffer]

Well, we know you're wishing it. Certainly you're like, you're not having fun, are you? Not like, do you grill at all? We've never spoke. Do you have an outdoor grill?

[Josh Peck]

I do. I love to grill.

[Ben Soffer]

You do grill? That sounds like. Did you do that? That would have been a lovely activity. No, you didn't. How often do you grill?

[Josh Peck]

I get. I go in spurts. So, like, I'll be all, like, I'll do it once or twice a week for like a month or two, and then it'll sit dormant for six months.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, it's kind of. It's so interesting. So, like, in the city, you have two options for buildings, Right. You'll have a non amenity building and an amenity building.

[Josh Peck]

Sure.

[Ben Soffer]

And. And you're paying for these amenities, Right. Some of them have gyms, some of them have pools, some of them have rooftop decks for tanning. And you're paying up for these things, and they sound amazing, but if you live in an amenity building, I always think you're going to pay for the amenities. 9 out of 10 people won't ever use the amenities. Is it the same thing with a house where you have all these gadgets and gizmos aplenty? Who's its and what's its galore? Like a Jacuzzi, like, grill. Do you ever use them?

[Josh Peck]

I mean, I don't have those kinds of things just because I'm more like, basically, when you live by the beach, the ultimate gizmo is the beach.

[Ben Soffer]

And then do people use them? I'm saying the people who have these huge, beautiful pools, these beautiful jacuzzis, these saunas, like, they. They trick out their houses, do they use them ever?

[Josh Peck]

I think some people do. I certainly would. But it's a shunda, because the moment something breaks, you gotta have a guy.

[Ben Soffer]

Gotta have a guy, Must have a guy, Must have a guy.

[Josh Peck]

And you gotta.

[Ben Soffer]

By the way, I. I didn't get any credit for gadgets and gizmos aplenty. I got whozits and what's its galore? You want thingamabobs? I got 20, but who cares? No big deal.

[Josh Peck]

I want more, brother. This is a high tea podcast. It is so hot.

[Ben Soffer]

My God.

[Josh Peck]

Little Mermaid lyrics.

[Ben Soffer]

We do. We do. I was just playing that actually, for Ruby. I'm sure you know, but you obviously know about this, this invention, Josh. This is. We actually, I think spoke about it on the podcast already, but I have to call it out again. The invention of the Tony is fucking genius. Okay? I used to have these. I called them figurines. My parents would buy me, like, a little, like, caricature of Belle from Beauty and the Beast. And I had. I like, collected them. I loved them. And now they make them where you put them on top of this box and they sing. So you can have Buzz Lightyear and you put him on and it tells stories from Toy Story so kids don't have to necessarily watch. They can hear. They can listen. Ruby at 3 months, he loves it. He hears like, it's. It's. He has a little Mozart guy that plays Mozart. A Little Mermaid that does a Little Mermaid. Shout out Tony of it.

[Josh Peck]

Shout out Tony. It's fabulous. Both my kids have it. My son goes to sleep to the Arthur podcast, Tony. Every night.

[Ben Soffer]

But that is so cute.

[Josh Peck]

Two years in, I'm like, dog, we've been hearing the same story because I lay with him every night. Oh, my God, here comes. Here's another story from Arthur. I'm like, I am going to end it all. I'm going to throw myself off your bunk bed, dude. But he loves it and he won't accept another one.

[Ben Soffer]

It's like that. There's also a Fisher Price toy, the kick and play that Ruby's using right now. And it's the same fucking song that Purple monkey. Can you shut up, Purple monkey. Okay, I've had enough. I've had enough of you. Fucking monkey. Stupid purple bro.

[Josh Peck]

I'm in a. I'm in a little bit of a crisis, and I'm willing for everyone to. To weigh in here. I have itchy scalp. And I have children, so I got nervous. I might have lice.

[Ben Soffer]

I don't.

[Josh Peck]

None of my kids have it. But I bought a preventative conditioner and shampoo, which I've been using for, like, the last two weeks. So I'm good. I've been, like, looked at for lice. I'm good. I'm good. But do I just have itchy scalp or. Here's another thing I've been thinking, because I've been going outside at night a bit, and it's still super hot in August. September weather. I think I'm getting lit up by mosquitoes on my scalp.

[Ben Soffer]

Gosh, I'm so. I'm so happy that you brought this up. Okay, first of all, I think that you just have a little bit of dandruff. I don't have a dry scalp.

[Josh Peck]

Look, maybe you don't have parmesan coming down from my follicles, dog.

[Ben Soffer]

I think they might be deeper. You might not know. Or maybe you got sunburned. Is it possible that the top of your head got sunburned? Maybe you were, like, walking in the. In the heat and you don't realize that maybe it's a little bit red under there. All I know. Even if you don't have dandruff, why is Head and Shoulders not the only shampoo we use? We have a dandruff preventative shampoo. All these other shampoos don't do anything. It's like, okay, your hair will be soft, but with Head and Shoulders, you'll never get dandruff and your hair is soft. Or on the flip side, why isn't every single shampoo dandruff preventative? I don't understand. Right? Is this not a question that you ask yourself? I ask myself this every day. I now use Head and Shoulders every day because I do. Sometimes I get an itchy scalp. Okay. Turmeric makes me itchy everywhere. I get itchy everywhere.

[Josh Peck]

I've been doing my turmeric supplement. Maybe I'm. Maybe it's.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. You're overdosing. What units are you taking?

[Josh Peck]

I'm doing. I do about 2000mg a day. Too much meshug.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm happy we spoke about this. Yeah. The normal range is 500 to 2000. You don't need 2000, my dude. You don't need it.

[Josh Peck]

I got inflammation everywhere.

[Ben Soffer]

I know.

[Josh Peck]

I'm telling you.

[Ben Soffer]

Do you have it?

[Josh Peck]

I'm retaining black everywhere.

[Ben Soffer]

You have activated black pepper with it or.

[Josh Peck]

I have activated black pepper.

[Ben Soffer]

Am I an asshole? I was an asshole. I took turmeric plain for like, a year and a half. It did nothing but give me heartburn. The activated black pepper is. Does. It's the whole. It's a whole thing. It's a whole jam. It's the whole jam.

[Josh Peck]

So true.

[Ben Soffer]

I don't even know why. Honestly, the fact that they sell turmeric without activated black pepper. These people need to be held responsible. This is false advertising.

[Josh Peck]

It's because it's for a curry, not a. Ben.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah. You're just gonna give me hot. You're just gonna give me hot pee. Like, I don't need that. I need an inflammation reducer.

[Josh Peck]

But do places in which. Like Southeast Asia that uses a lot of turmeric. We're talking India. We're talking Indonesia. Like, do these people just have no inflammation?

[Ben Soffer]

No, they must not. They must feel amazing all the time. I must feel amazing. We should just start cooking with our supplements more. Yeah, it's a creatine saffron turmeric stew.

[Josh Peck]

Enough said.

[Ben Soffer]

Sounds good to me.

[Josh Peck]

I would. I love that. God, do I love that.

[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

Yeah, let's gab. Let's keep it really wild and free.

[Ben Soffer]

You think that's Yiddish?

[Josh Peck]

Gab. Gab.

[Ben Soffer]

Where does that come from?

[Josh Peck]

I don't know. It sounds just like, I don't know. It's gotta be short for something.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah. Gabagool.

[Josh Peck]

So true. Well, singles are dating until they're hating. To make breakups easier, here's how to tell if this toxic trend is happening in your relationship. The date them till you hate them theory isn't about stormy splits. It's about slowly ghosting your way out of love. The buzzy breakup strategy is racking up views on TikTok. Though relationship pros say it could be downright toxic, the trend traces back to creator Meg Neal, who went viral after spilling how she slipped out of a four year relationship without crumbling. I dated him until I hated him. She, she declared in a TikTok video. Rather than nagging, fighting, or demanding change, she simply pulled the plug on her emotions. You're going to let them disrespect you? Neal noted. You're going to watch them disrespect you until you no longer want to associate with them anymore. It's breakup by slow burn.

[Ben Soffer]

Makes sense to me. Yeah, like waiting until you hate each other and then it's a natural split. I have no issues with this. Then somebody is not like, devastated. There's nothing sadder than when one person is ready to break it off and the other person felt like they were blindsided, you know, which I never really understood. Like, how are you that blindsided? Like, unless, like this person, I guess really kept it under wraps how much they hated you. But I, I support this idea of giving it enough time until you're positive that there's no recovering.

[Josh Peck]

Right? Yeah, I, I, I think at this point, like, I guess it's just how much time do you have to spare? Right? Like, are you willing to just like wait it out? But I don't know, I'm not a big Fan of quiet quitting. Like, I've worked with this. I worked with a producer for. For this thing that I wrote for, like, the last year. And six months into it, I'm just like, are you still into this? And he was like, yeah, bro. And then for six more months, he just didn't do anything. And I'm like, brother, like. And then finally, when I was like, I feel like we should part ways. And he's like, definitely. I'm like, dog, why did we do this six months ago, bro? Like, why are you quickly affirming what I believed?

[Ben Soffer]

I completely agree with you. When it comes to work, Quiet quitting, this is unacceptable.

[Josh Peck]

Right?

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. This is wasting time. But in a relationship, like, you never know, it could turn around. I often feel like, at least like, my single friends that are, like, serial daters but just never. Whatever reason, they always find something wrong with the girl that they're dating. I just don't think they ever give it enough time. So I think that if you have this mentality that you're gonna give it your all until you potentially hate the person, you could end up liking them. You never know. But, yeah, Quiet quitting in the workplace, this is no bueno at all. You're wasting money. You're wasting time. I don't know. I think it's a little different.

[Josh Peck]

I don't hear you. I don't want to make a blanketed statement, because I'd like to actually have one on the show just because I think we could learn a lot from them. But I've had friends before who've been in marriages who've been like, you can go to couples therapy. It won't work. Like, they're just. They're like, it's. You're stuck with this person who's not going to change. And either you, like, really bear down, get down with the vows and just go, okay. Like, hopefully, like, the stock market, this trends up, but right now, we are in a bear market. We're down 10,000 points.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

What do you think?

[Ben Soffer]

I think that you can't ever be with somebody with the intention to change them at the same time. I do think that depending on when you meet, you will change naturally. And I hope you evolve in the way that I hope that you evolve together. When Claudia and I met, we were two completely different people. I genuinely. I'm very thankful our relationship gets better every single year. We fought more in the first year of our relationship than we do today.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

It just. And I think that that's because little things that Bothered me. I would bring up little things that bothered her. She would bring up. There was no swallowing. And for a little. For a period of time, you start to swallow the little things that bother you, and then all of a sudden, they don't bother you anymore because they're. You grew up. Like, that tick no longer bothers me. Peace is more important to me than whatever that little thing was that was bothering me. So, again, I'm not trying to make a blanket statement, but I do think that if you're not growing with someone, yes, you could get down with your vows and just be cool with it, but I can't imagine that. Like, that. That would really stress me out if my relationship was deteriorating over time and I was just stuck. That would suck.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. I mean, I. But I know. I know from a lot of married friends who say. Who've gone through, like, elongated rough periods, like, rougher than we think. We, as people who have either been single and. Or were in, you know, just dating relationships, when people will talk about, like, oh, yeah, like, 2014 to 2020 was. And I'm like, well, what? And they're like, wow. Yeah, they're like, it was rough, but they're like, we had kids. We're married. They're like, it got better. It wasn't. Oh, it wasn't 365 days a year of awful. But, like, it was a net tough. It was net negative for those four or five years of just, like, put your head down, raise these kids and.

[Ben Soffer]

Wish it was better with young kids. Is that what it is?

[Josh Peck]

I would say so, yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

I think that that's also a very, very valid excuse for having a tough time. That makes sense to me where if you have children and all of a sudden your life is completely flipped upside down, your schedule is. You're no longer living for each other. You're living for someone. Like, I. I don't remember who posted this on Instagram, but I. It. It resonated. I think it was Jesse Itzler, if you know who that is.

[Josh Peck]

Sure.

[Ben Soffer]

He posted on Instagram that, like, the most important thing that you can do for your children is love their mother. And I thought that was really profound. And it made me think, like, if you. If you can make sure. And the. Obviously, the reverse should be equally as important. The best thing you can do for your kids is love your husband. But if you can have that foundation, always be really strong and solve problems together, I would think that it would be easier to not just focus on how do we raise? Like, how do we put our kid first because we put ourselves first already, and now we're collectively gonna put the kid first. That makes sense.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

No, I can see. Because I can see the flip side, obviously, happening, where, like, you're just trying to survive, and so your relationship completely takes a backseat while you just figure it out.

[Josh Peck]

Right? Yeah. I think it depends. I would be interested. I've said this to Paige before, and I don't know, you know, if other people feel this way. I. I've said to her, I'm like, you know, I know you love me, but I'm not sure you like me. It's true. This. Are we doing the truth corner? Olivia's nodding her head. Is that true?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah. I'm here.

[Josh Peck]

You get it, right?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

Yeah, definitely. Like, there are moments, I think, where if you're having, like, challenges with a partner, too, it's like, I don't like you right now, but I still, like, love you. I feel like that probably comes more to when you're, like, a parent and you have children and, like, I don't know. I just, like. I know, too. I have that feeling with, like, my family members where, like, I don't like you right now, but I'll always love you because, like, you become family when you make that commitment to each other, obviously. But, yeah, I like, just speaking, too, of, like, this whole idea of, like, dating until you hate someone. Like, I had an ex years ago that we were, like, best friends and then dated for about the same amount of time that we were best friends. And, like, I just remember there was, like, a point about a year and a half in, and I was like, I don't think this is gonna work out long term, but, like, I really care about this person. Like, I loved him, but I did not, like, anymore. I was like, I love you as a human being, and, like, I want you to be better, and I want, like, both of us to grow. But it was just funny because we dated for another, like, year and a half after that, ended up breaking up very amicably. But, like, we both just, like, flourished right after we broke up. It was like, oh, okay. Maybe if, like, you take out that level of. To, like, Ben's point, too, of, like. Or your point, actually, of, like, how much time do you have to kind of, like, give that space? But, like, I don't know, it made it, like, easier, I think, for both of us to, like, let it go, give it rest, because we tried. And then, like, we both just, like, took off after that. So that kind of rounds Back to the first point. But, yeah, I think you can definitely love someone and not always like them.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, yeah, I can. I'll look at Paige and be like, am I giving you the ick right now? Like, and by the way, that.

[Ben Soffer]

And that gives her the more ick. If you were giving her the ick before you asked. If you're giving her the ick now, she's icked to the fucking Max.

[Josh Peck]

To the gills. Yeah, like, yeah, like, I, like, Claudia thinks you're dope. No way, by the way, bro.

[Ben Soffer]

I think that. I think that certainly there are plenty of times. And she will tell me when I'm bothering her, when something's wrong. I just accept it, though. I think that's one of those things where, like, early on I. I would have been pissed. And now it's just like. It's just like, okay. And then it. And then it goes away. Like, if I think about it, it doesn't go away. That's one of the perfect examples. Like, I'll. I'll tell you, last night, we're at a tennis. We're at the US Open. And I know that she's joking, but, like, I turned to her, I had a nice honey deuce. And she's like, ben, your breath stinks. And it's like, what do you want? And it's like, what do you want me to do about it? Okay, what do you want me to do about it? But instead of getting annoyed, I just. I would just, like, laughed it off and then it was funny. But, like, there was a period of time where, like, I would have been, like, self conscious. Like, oh, my God, my breath fucking stinks. Like, what do you want me to do? I don't have a toothbrush. I'm literally sitting at the US Open. Like, what am I supposed to do now? Why did you tell me this?

[Josh Peck]

Because I'm now in my head after a honey deuce, though.

[Ben Soffer]

I feel like it would alcohol, at least for me. Alcohol. I think it's. By the way, it's not just for me. I was going to, like, act like I'm the only person who gets dehydrated from alcohol. I think that it dehydrates you and then your mouth is dry. Also, Claudia has. She literally could work for the police.

[Josh Peck]

She has the nose.

[Ben Soffer]

She has the nose of a fucking police dog.

[Josh Peck]

Yes, she.

[Ben Soffer]

She. Yeah. She could be, like, sniffing. Like, sniffing a bag and know that there's cocaine.

[Josh Peck]

And by the way, so could I.

[Ben Soffer]

She could be, like, sniffing a whole bag of coke and knowing it's blow.

[Josh Peck]

I don't like coke. I just like the way it smells. Yeah, she's our little Angela Basset hound.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, she. She has a. She's a good nose. A strong trained nose.

[Josh Peck]

She could work for a. For a perfume. Perfumery.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. It's identifying notes. Fantastic. But yeah, but yeah. Oh, I wanted to. I forgot about the US Open. Okay, so we went to the US Open and Josh, we randomly Spritz Society sponsored. Did you have you see my Instagram stories?

[Josh Peck]

Maybe.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. We sponsored these two unranked kids. Doubles. Robert Cash and J.G. tracy. Completely unranked. Made them hats. Thought, okay, they're going to lose in the first round. It doesn't matter. They made it to the quarters. They've beaten three ranked teams in a row. So we went and we watched them last night before Djokovic, 23 year old studs from OSU are just ripping it, ripping it and it's so amazing. They win press conference. Spritz hat.

[Josh Peck]

Fuck yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

Like, fuck you. It's. It's unbelievable. So, yeah, I had to share that at the US Open. We literally were going. We're watching them. People are coming up to us and they're like, we're here to see the Spritz guys. I'm like, are you kidding me? Like, this is sick now.

[Josh Peck]

What does that mean when you're sponsoring, like, does that mean you just gave them a check to wear the hat for this?

[Ben Soffer]

No, like, we didn't even, like, they're, they're, they didn't even, they didn't have any sponsors. Like, it's for this. Like, I think eventually, especially because they're, they're now like pretty good, we will compensate them financially. But it's been, we're gonna make you hats and we're gonna talk about you. Like, they spoke about them on the toast. They're getting Instagram followers. I'm tagging them. They have 2,000 followers each. We have millions. Like, I think it's just awareness. They didn't, they didn't have. They had no sponsors. They were completely unknown and we just got lucky. It's like a complete flyer. It's like they could have easily just lost in the first round. So you can't. Can't pay somebody like that because they're completely unknown. But now imagine they win the US Open. They could. They're in the quarters.

[Josh Peck]

What do you think of the fact that now on. It does ruffle my feathers just a little bit that in things. I guess they do it in hockey too, but they definitely do it in basketball. How the jerseys have, like, the Motorola patch or, like, they're sponsored by one massive sponsor. It's weird.

[Ben Soffer]

I think it's weird, too. I think it's. I. I like when, like, Djokovic does this. Okay. And I guess the. I guess Robert Cash and J.J. tracy are doing with the Spritz hats, too. They're not wearing it during the match. They wear it during the press conference. Djokovic, you'll see. He will finish, I think his sponsors, Audemars, and he'll go and put on a sick fucking watch, right? The second he finishes, you watch, he reaches into his bag, he puts it on, and that's where he's contracted. Like, I like when people are sponsored by more than one thing. He wears Lacoste shorts. So, you know, it's that he wears, I'm sure, a different shoe brand. Yeah, no, there are really lame sponsors like the Knicks for. I think the Knicks is like. I think we're sponsored by, like, Abu Dhabi. It's like the tourism board at, like, there are. There are brands. Yeah. What's his name? Fritz. Last night, Motorola. Sorry, Motorola. You don't sponsor us anyways. Such an ugly logo. Like, I'm trying to think of others in the NBA.

[Josh Peck]

There's a weird, weird Motorola razor. So sick.

[Ben Soffer]

It was an amazing phone. What about amazing phone?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, but it's funny too, right? Because Rafa Nadal was famous for having, like, these ticks that he would always, like, pull his hair back and he would, like, do all these things while he was playing. And he famously always pulled his wedgie out. I think before. Before each point, he was just like, do a quick tug of his shorts. And like, what if you were like, his short sponsor being like, rafa, maybe you don't pull a wedgie out every time. It's telling people that, you know, Uniqlo gives you wedding.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, no good. No good at all. Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

You know, that was a meeting.

[Ben Soffer]

I think Uniqlo was Uniqlo, Federer.

[Josh Peck]

I'm not sure.

[Ben Soffer]

Or is it Nadal? I think. I think Federer, like, when you're that good at tennis, I think the same thing happened with On Cloud. You literally, you're Federer. He got a piece of On Cloud. He started wearing on clouds, and on Clouds exploded mass. It was like. Like, it's. It's just so when you're that level of influential, these partnerships are everything, and that's why they're so expensive. Nadal or Federer wearing Uniqlo made people think that Uniqlo Is for tennis. Like, it's just. It's. I don't know. It's genius when it's. When it's that big of a person.

[Josh Peck]

Should we get to a quick speak pipe?

[Ben Soffer]

We should.

[Josh Peck]

If you want to leave us a message, get some Advice, go to speakpipe.com goodguys. Keep it brief. Brevity's key. Okay, let's hear from somebody good. You already know the deal from anonymous.

[Anonymous Caller]

Guys, I am getting married at the end of June in Texas. So it is going to be super hot. So instead of pastor d', oeuvres, we are thinking about doing a little ice cream stand at our cocktail hour. It's an indoor, outdoor cocktail hour. It's a little guy with the stand and umbrella. It's kind of cute. And he does mini ice cream sandwiches and push pops. So we were thinking of doing that instead of past orders because personally, I think nobody wants a mid empanada when it's 100 degrees outside. But my question is, is. Is that weird? As a guest, are you expecting or wanting past hors d'?

[Ben Soffer]

Oeuvres?

[Anonymous Caller]

Are you not wanting a cocktail with ice cream? Or what are your thoughts? Y' all are the kings of food. And I heard you talking about this coastal wedding, so wanted to know your opinion. Thanks so much.

[Ben Soffer]

Love you. But what are you fucking nuts? Okay, this is a horrible idea for a million reasons. First of all, you're going to ruin everybody's appetite giving them ice cream before they go to dinner. What if people are lactose intolerant all of a sudden? They're shitting themselves the whole night. You have dairy at the end. You don't have dairy at the beginning. And most importantly, it's a boiling hot day and you're going to give people ice cream that's going to drip and fall in their tuxedo. This is a terrible idea. What if it's chocolate and falls on your white dress? This is a horrible idea. I've never heard of anybody complaining about an empanada at any. At any degree. Who cares? All of a sudden you can't eat food because it's warm out. I was ready to roast you when I thought you were going to do a gazpacho station, which I'll never understand. Gazpacho. But ice cream before instead of past hors d'? Oeuvres. This is lunacy.

[Josh Peck]

But first of all, there's no tilde on empanada.

[Ben Soffer]

Totally. I was saying the same thing. Empanada. You live next to Mexico. What are you nuts? Empanada I have been. Not a pinata. It's not like a pinata.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. There's no tilde.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, Judge. Imagine a big. An empanada the size of a pinata. Smack it and beef pours out.

[Josh Peck]

That'd be amazing, right? Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

A big pinata empanada. And we call it the empanada. You created something great, you just didn't know what you made.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my God. Mark Zuckerberg and his dorm room at Harvard.

[Ben Soffer]

The VCs are going to be calling on empanada. I'm telling you. I'm telling you.

[Josh Peck]

If Goya is a vc, I'm in.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm in. I'm in it for the empanada.

[Josh Peck]

I mean, what about. What if they still do past hors d'? Oeuvres?

[Ben Soffer]

But.

[Josh Peck]

Okay, here's maybe a compromise, Ben. They do slushy drinks, inspired slushy. So like ice margaritas, daiquiris, pina coladas. Like fun slushy, inspired drinks is kind of the cooling mechanism.

[Ben Soffer]

This is a lovely idea. Lovely. I think it's wonderful. You could also, I don't know, do the cocktail hour inside also. It's. I just. I. I don't like any of this. I like your idea. That's a wonderful idea. I don't like her thinking, nice cream. She really. You better not do it. This is bad.

[Josh Peck]

So true.

[Ben Soffer]

This is a bad idea.

[Josh Peck]

Nuts.

[Ben Soffer]

One of the worst speak pipes I've ever heard.

[Josh Peck]

What are you nuts? Total.

[Ben Soffer]

Thank God you called in.

[Josh Peck]

Next one from Fatty. That's what they said.

[Ben Soffer]

Hey, good guys. Something happened recently and I just. I know you don't know me and I don't really know you, but I just felt like the two of you needed to know that this happened. My sister recently had an engagement party and as my mom and I left said engagement party, her mother in law turned to her and asked her and I quote, does obesity run in your family? Toodles. Yikes.

[Josh Peck]

Hell yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

That's what's up.

[Josh Peck]

And a fair question.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, I mean, you gotta know.

[Josh Peck]

I mean, obesity doesn't really run into family. It walks. Does obesity scoot in your family?

[Ben Soffer]

Do New Balance run in your family? Velcro shoes? Oh, my God. I. It's a terrible question.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. What are you gonna do?

[Ben Soffer]

I mean, I have to assume the she's fat, right? That's why she asked her.

[Josh Peck]

That could be right.

[Ben Soffer]

I don't think that you would ask a skinny woman. Does obesity run in your family?

[Josh Peck]

Sure.

[Ben Soffer]

So it's not. So it's not nice to go to A big fat fatty. And say, hey, does big fat fatties running your family? Your mom a big fat fatty? Is your dad a big fat fatty? Is everybody a big fat fatty? That's not nice. You can just assume. Yes. Yeah, it does.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ben Soffer]

It absolutely does. It typically does. It typically does. I tell my wife it's rare that there's an outlier. Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

From Jump Street. I was like, our kids are gonna have flat feet and depression. And you know what? They're gonna be sweethearts.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, they're gonna. They're gonna love their mother.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, they are gonna love their mother. They might have a list.

[Ben Soffer]

They're gonna love their mother.

[Josh Peck]

Flat feet in the lisp. Oh, sorry, I forgot. Life's not fair.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, it's fine. They'll have a second toe bigger than the first me. They'll have a big gap between the big toe and the second flat feet. Ooh, Josh. I'm starting physical therapy today.

[Josh Peck]

Matzo. I go all the time.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, I literally. It was actually. It was funny. We were doing the Soto method with our friend Hillary, who runs it, and she was having me do, like, do some kind of a stretch. And I guess she didn't realize how little mobility I had this way. And she literally looked at me and she's like, you need to go into PT yesterday. So we're going to work on whatever this is. Getting this back more and the external rotation on my hips.

[Josh Peck]

God bless you.

[Ben Soffer]

So I will keep you posted. Great.

[Josh Peck]

I'm currently in physical therapy for my TMJ with my neck and tight shoulders. Shout out my physical therapist on God. Or as I call him, on God.

[Ben Soffer]

That sounds like a masseuse, right?

[Josh Peck]

No, you just get massages. No, no.

[Ben Soffer]

My neck and shoulders. What do you do?

[Josh Peck]

I go to the place where the LA Kings go for physical therapy.

[Ben Soffer]

Wow.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

Ooh, that's hot.

[Josh Peck]

It's horrible. But, yeah. No, it's fine. Like, you do certain rows. It's basically strengthening your shoulders and your neck. Got it. They put a rubber. One of those rubber bands around my head, and I have to, like, use resistance to strengthen my neck.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, wow. Okay. So this isn't. This is gonna be hard stuff, what I'm about to do.

[Josh Peck]

It's. No one does. I'll tell you what. Physical therapy has only ever been the only thing that fixes me. No one does it because it's actual work, and they'd rather go and throw their money away for a chiropractor and lay on a table like a big, lazy bastard.

[Ben Soffer]

Big fat loser.

[Josh Peck]

Go do the work.

[Ben Soffer]

No, I'm gonna do the work. I'm excited.

[Josh Peck]

Feel great.

[Ben Soffer]

You got a wood of your nuts.

[Josh Peck]

My Woody and nuts is our Woody and nuts moment of the week. Are gripes with people, places and things both big and small. Whatever is sticking in your craw. My woody and nuts is whenever someone says, hey, when's your birthday? And you say, November 10th, and they go, November 8th, who cares? Oh, same month, same week, don't care. That's not ill. We're not seven, you know what I'm saying? We're not going to run in, run into each other at Chuck E. Cheese because we're having a birthday on the same day. We're grown ups. Birthdays are stupid. Everyone anything that everyone has. Not cool. Not cool. What are you, nuts?

[Ben Soffer]

I couldn't agree more. Complete. What are you nuts? Even if it's the same day. What are we going to have a joint birthday party?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Ben Soffer]

Who gives a rat's ass? Okay? No one. My woody nuts is the wife beater. This is a Woody nuts. Yeah. Tank top. I don't understand. We have a tank top that's called a wife beater. Very openly called a wife beater. This is a very weird. Like anybody. I'm sorry, Tony Soprano. You're wearing it under your shirt. This is just very strange. It's a weird material. I just don't like it at all. It's a complete. What are you nuts? If somebody wants to rebrand it, rename it, no issues. What happened? Are producers wearing a wife beater? No, he's not. He's like. He is. Okay. What do you do? Beat your wife? I don't know. It's just like. It's fucking nuts. That's it. You know what else is nuts? Not giving this episode five stars, that's what. Are you nuts? Listen to us wherever you at your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share our clips Instagram and TikTok Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next time.

[Olivia]

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