Knicks Fever & Delusional Little League Parents

Summary

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Good Guys Podcast – Episode Summary

Episode: Knicks Fever & Delusional Little League Parents
Release Date: June 11, 2026
Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Producer: Dear Media

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Overview

In this lively episode, Josh and Ben unleash their “Knicks fever” as New York is swept up in basketball mania, discuss the emotional chaos and humor of body image and clothing sizes, and dive headlong into the wild, competitive, and sometimes absurd world of Little League parenting. The episode bounces between deeply relatable personal stories, playful banter, and sharp takes on pop culture, food, travel, and sports. Both hosts mix warmth and sarcasm as they confront everything from the stress of checked bags to questionable fan behavior at kids’ baseball games.

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Key Discussion Points

Knicks Mania & New York Sports Culture

[00:36–03:00]

• Josh is overwhelmed by the Knicks’ playoff success, sharing how New York unites behind the team in a deeper, more emotional way than any other city institution.
  • “You understand the way that this city rallies around the New York Knicks. Probably more than anything. Like, people pretend like, oh, it's the Yankees. It's not the fucking Yankees.” – Josh [00:44]
• Ben and Josh trade stats, marveling at Jalen Brunson’s record-breaking plus-minus, and playfully roast comedian Sebastian Maniscalco’s Spurs allegiance.
• The conversation veers into Charles Barkley’s infamous comedic style and how some sports personalities are “uncancelable.”
  • “He’s so funny. He’s just, like, uncancelable. He’s just like, on prime time. He’s like, you only go to San Antonio for big women and churros.” – Josh [02:53]

Body Image, Clothing Sizes & European Fashion

[03:12–09:12]

• The hosts get real about fluctuating body sizes and the confusion with sizing, especially in European brands.
  • “A 50 jacket’s a big jacket.” – Josh [06:12]
  • “I was a 40. My largest jacket size was a 50... It’s a huge jacket. It's getting close to tarp.” – Ben & Josh [06:22–06:31]
• They reminisce about transformative shopping experiences abroad and why clothes just feel “better” in Europe.
  • “I think it's better everywhere from a clothing perspective. I had a similar experience, weirdly, in Portugal.” – Josh [08:20]

Travel Habits, Packing, and the Dreaded Luggage

[12:34–17:26]

• Ben suggests using shipping services for luggage, challenging traditional travel routines.
  • “People will always pick what's uncomfortable and familiar than what might be better and unfamiliar.” – Josh [13:53]
• Both share frustrations with overpacking and learning travel hacks, including the liberation of living with a carry-on.

TV Recommendations & Jon Hamm Jokes

[23:37–26:27]

• Josh recommends the new Attenborough doc “Gorillas” and waxes poetic about its insights.
• The banter quickly turns to Jon Hamm’s, um, reputation:
  • “I’m a huge, huge fan of Ham’s Ham.” – Josh [25:07]
  • “It’s that Je ne sais dick.” – Ben [25:32]

Pride Month Shoutouts

[26:09–26:27]

• In a quick moment, the hosts celebrate Pride Month and reflect on their support for LGBTQ+ communities.
  • “We’re allies. Teetering on participants.” – Josh [26:20]

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Little League Realities & Overzealous Parents

Season Recap & Participation Trophies

[26:33–27:57]

• Ben recaps his son’s team making it to the semi-finals and the oddity of giving kids “rings” even if they didn’t win.
  • “They didn’t win a damn thing, so not sure why they got rings.” – Ben [27:17]

Listener Mail: Parenting, Coaching, and Sideline Yelling

[28:57–36:07]

• A listener writes in about balancing fun and discipline in Little League, admitting to yelling instructions from the stands.
  • “Am I nuts for thinking that having fun is a priority, but following instruction and hard work ethic is also a priority?” – Listener [29:42]
• Ben’s firm take: Don’t yell from the stands – it embarrasses everyone and is never helpful.
  • “You cannot scream out at your kid from the stands. It embarrasses him, it embarrasses you and it is a net negative no matter how much you think you are helping.” – Ben [30:13]
• Josh and Ben riff on the developmental hurdles of kid-pitch leagues and the delusions of parents believing their children are future pros.
  • “Statistically, your child is a loser.” – Ben [34:09]
  • “These kids are seven. They are figuring out if they like the fucking sport.” – Josh [34:26]
• Viral moments debated—child umpires, parental overzealousness, and how parents take kids’ sports way too seriously.

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Food, Weird News, and Playful Lists

Unhealthiest Chain Restaurant Dishes in America

[41:52–46:56]

• The trio compete to list the most caloric chain restaurant appetizers, with the Bloomin’ Onion scoring top marks.
  • “Number one is the Outback Steakhouse Bloomin Onion. At a modest nineteen hundred calories.” – Ben [42:22]
  • Cheesecake Factory Nachos, TGI Friday’s Loaded Potato Skins, and Texas Roadhouse’s Cactus Blossom also hit the list.
• Hilarious insults for the American diet – “designed for sharing, but not if you’re fat.”

New York City Eating Challenge

[46:56–49:42]

• The guys fantasize about a “food walk” across NYC, plotting multi-borough feasts from Golan Heights to Brooklyn’s steakhouses.

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The World Cup—A Dad Moment & Upcoming Excitement

[50:26–54:15]

• Ben is excited about taking his sons to the upcoming World Cup opening ceremony.
  • “What I’m really excited about is that I’m going to be taking my boys to the World cup opening ceremony. Wow.” – Ben [50:56]
• The hosts discuss the scale of the event, hosting cities across North America, and their own ambitions to attend.

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What Are Ya, Nuts? – Rapid Fire Rants

[55:43–58:10]

• Josh attempts to order chia pudding at a Pliables, only to find out the “pudding” is actually decorative sand and shells.
  • “She said, chia pudding. We don’t sell chia pudding here. ...Sir, that’s a cup of sand and seashells.” – Josh [56:39]
• Ben rails against the outdated pocket watch:
  • “Pocket watches... there was string, there were straps, and yet you added all these steps to look cool. What are you, nuts?” – Ben [57:35]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Body Positivity with Humor:
  “I have a tush. I have a fat ass.” – Josh [04:05]
• On Delusional Parenting:
  “You have to accept that your kid is a loser. Statistically, your child is a loser.” – Ben [34:09]
• Food Guilt:
  “Nachos are a, what are you, nuts?” – Josh [45:36]
• On NYC Sports Allegiance:
  “The boys are rooting for the Knicks. If they want somewhere warm and safe to sleep tonight. Fuck, yeah.” – Ben [50:30]

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Important Timestamps

• [00:36] Knicks Fever & NBA Playoff Emotions
• [12:34] Baggage Shipping & Travel Habits
• [23:37] Gorilla Doc & TV Chat
• [26:33] Little League Season Recap
• [28:57] Listener Mail: Sideline Yelling
• [41:52] Unhealthiest Restaurant Foods
• [50:26] World Cup Dads & Soccer Fandom
• [55:43] “What Are Ya, Nuts?” Lightning Round

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Episode Tone & Flow

• Conversational, punchy, and relentlessly self-deprecating
• Smart, observational humor about everyday absurdities (body image, parenting, food, travel)
• The hosts sprinkle in pop culture and sports commentary while regularly breaking for intimate, honest, and often silly confessions

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Conclusion

This episode blends New York sports fever, playful body talk, travel hacks, and “delusional” Little League parenting into a breezy yet rich hour of conversation. Fans of the Good Guys will enjoy the ride from start to finish, as Josh and Ben’s chemistry, outrageous honesty, and self-aware humor keep things real, relatable, and laugh-out-loud funny.

Transcript

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[Ben]

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[Josh]

Josh. I am freaking out, okay? I'm freaking out. I'm freaking out because. I'm freaking out because regardless of when this podcast ends up airing. Sorry if it's like two weeks after the NBA Finals. We are recording it before the NBA Finals. And let me just explain because I haven't had a chance to fully talk with you about this. You grew up in New York. You understand the way that this city rallies around the New York Knicks. Probably more than anything. Like, people pretend like, oh, it's the Yankees. It's not the fucking Yankees. I'm sorry. People wear the Yankee hats. The New York Knicks, it's a completely different animal. Like, I don't even know what to do with my unchecked emotions. I really, like, I'll just find myself randomly during the day. I'm ready to cry. I don't understand. How did we get here? Me too.

[Ben]

But not about sports.

[Josh]

How did we get like. How are the Knicks, Josh? They've won 11 straight games in the playoffs by an average of 21 points. Okay. They're the greatest playoff team in NBA history. Lead heading into the finals. Jalen Brunson has the greatest plus minus in the history of the NBA playoffs, which for people, that's very sports jargon. Plus minus is every minute that he's specifically on the court. Are the Knicks winning or losing? He has the highest margin of any player in NBA history when he's on the court this playoffs. And now we get to play the San Antonio spurs that Sebastian Maniscako is rooting for.

[Ben]

So that is just a beyond asunder. This guy. Sebastian Maniscalco, San Antonio fan.

[Josh]

You know how much New York loves you? I saw you at the Garden, okay? Like, not at the Alamo.

[Ben]

Good luck getting a chicken parm in San Antonio. No disrespect. I love that Riverwalk. And I can't get enough of the Alamo. But what are we talking about?

[Josh]

You know, Charles Barkley's bit. He's like, you only go to San Antonio if you're looking for big women and churros. He Says that on tnt.

[Ben]

I'm not going to try Charles Barkley.

[Josh]

He's so funny. He's just, like, uncancelable. He's just like, on prime time. He's like, you only go to San Antonio. Big women in churros.

[Ben]

I don't know if this is disrespectful, but I hope it's a lovely disrespect. Is that meeting Charles Barkley in person. The tush on this guy. God, does he have a beautiful butt. Wow.

[Josh]

Jealous.

[Ben]

Oh, my God, what a tush.

[Josh]

I love seeing a good, juicy ass in person, don't you? Especially on a nice man.

[Ben]

You know, he was swinging those hips, though, to get people out of the paint. Boom. You know what I mean?

[Josh]

Get outta here. By the way, we are brothers in row with him. Okay. Are we? He's a big roe co guy. I think he's one of their main ambassadors. He's been on a GLP and he is looking slender.

[Ben]

Yeah, Ro. It's not gonna help you grow. It's gonna help you shrink.

[Josh]

It's gonna help you shrink. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I'm sure that this is inappropriate. My dad, he won't hate this, though. My dad's ass, completely gone.

[Ben]

Really?

[Josh]

Oh, yeah. He always had a bit of a flat tush. Even as a larger gentleman, he is zero ass. Zero.

[Ben]

Zilch. I got no tush either.

[Josh]

I have a tush. I have a fat ass.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Josh]

It's now a fat slightly.

[Ben]

What's it. Compare it. Because I want to say respectful. Compare it to a fruit snack. Is it like a nerd's cluster? Is it a gusher?

[Josh]

Is it.

[Ben]

Is it a ho ho?

[Josh]

I think.

[Ben]

Is it a Ring Ding?

[Josh]

Right now it feels like a gusher that you bit into, sucked out a little bit of the middle, and it's just sitting there. Like, not a full gusher.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, it's like a yodel.

[Josh]

It's an eaten yodel.

[Ben]

It's an oatmeal pie. It's a zebra cake, I think.

[Josh]

A zebra cake. Gosh. And yeah, I have a juicy ass. And I have juicy thighs.

[Ben]

Sure do.

[Josh]

And that's why no matter how much weight, I lose. Big pants. Big pants. Josh. I'm still wearing a 38.

[Sponsor Voice]

That's okay.

[Josh]

Big pants. Sometimes I'll wear a 36. Depends on the brand. Claudia tells me not to think about sizes.

[Ben]

Maybe think about it.

[Josh]

I'm like, okay, I'll try. She's like, why don't you just do Bloomingdale's Go and get your size. Like, what do you mean? I'm aspirational when I shop, I'm a large. And then I put on the shirt and I'm really an extra large. And she's like, why didn't you just get an extra large? And it's like, because I worked this fucking hard to be an extra large.

[Ben]

Do you know, at the height of my weight loss, like right in the final season of Drake and Josh, I was a medium.

[Josh]

Can you imagine a medium t shirt?

[Ben]

170 medium t shirt. No muscles, no hope, but not a lot of fat.

[Josh]

A medium T shirt is really fucking sexy. What was your biggest pant size?

[Ben]

44.

[Josh]

That's hot.

[Ben]

It's hot, right? And that was in hip hop wear. Like, if you're 44 waist in fucking Pele Pele, like, you're 44 waist and Echo jeans, you're a fat buck.

[Josh]

44 is really nice. I was a 40. My largest jacket size was a 50. A 50 jacket's a big jacket.

[Ben]

It's a huge jacket. It's getting close to tarp.

[Josh]

A 50 jacket I'll put back on. Sometimes I'll just like, grab, because I don't throw anything away. I'll just like, grab a jacket, a suit jacket, and I'll put it on. And I'm like, oh, my God. I was. It's a 50 is so big. So big.

[Ben]

I'm imagining a 50 jacket where the tailor just unrolls a big thing of fabric, cuts two armholes and goes, done. Oh, man. And these are not European sizes, by the way. It's not a European 50.

[Josh]

No, we'd be. I'd be European 60. His European size is disgusting. Triple X for libroquin. Like, it fits like a large. What are they trying to say?

[Ben]

I know.

[Josh]

I don't know why they do that. Like a. Literally like a Paul Smith. I remember, I remember I'd go into Bloomingdale's. All I wanted was a cool Paul Smith shirt when I was £280. And I'd go, I'd pick up a double X. I swear on my life, I couldn't even get it over my head. Like, it. They're so small, these European sizes.

[Ben]

Tell me if I maybe look at it through rose colored glasses. Because it may be me, but like, I was in Europe. I was in the south of France in Montpellier. Montpellier. Bonjour. Sava Montpellier. And I remember I was there and it was rainy and I didn't plan. And so I just went to, like, a mall to, like, A regular middle of the mall type store. And I bought a standard black raincoat. I think it was like 90 bucks. It was my favorite coat for 15 years. It just fit beautifully and it wasn't anything crazy special. Like, is that. Am I nuts or is it just better in France?

[Josh]

You're not nuts. I think it's better everywhere from a clothing perspective. I had a similar experience weirdly in Portugal. I think just when you know that they made it, it's just better. Like we're going to a department store. I don't know who the fuck made it. I don't know when they made it. I don't know how they made it. You're looking in the eye of the maker and he's selling you the coat off his back for $90. And that $90 meant a lot to him because you came into his store,

[Ben]

but he didn't make it. This is a middle of the mall French store. You looked in his eyes, it was their Hollister.

[Josh]

And he sold you the coat off his back. You're like, ben was Abercrombie.

[Ben]

Yeah, what the hell?

[Josh]

No, there's something about buying things overseas. It's just an experience. He also. You brought it back and you're like, was it a pea coat? Oh, you said it was a raincoat.

[Ben]

Raincoat, yeah. It was a good looking raincoat.

[Josh]

Yeah. I just. You probably always felt when you wore it like you were in Paris and there was something nostalgic about throwing it on. I don't know. I'm with you on that.

[Ben]

It was a great coat. But I also remember that when my wife and I were in the. Were. We were in the boat. We were in Italy, in Puglia, Italy. Right. So it's like completely removed from like a major city. And my wife was six months pregnant and her luggage was lost and it was an issue. So she had nothing. No underwear, no nothing. I'm like, oh, this is as bad as bad can be. So I remember I went, and your boy had only a carry on because what do we talk one week? You think I can

[Josh]

be a professional power move?

[Ben]

So one day I just felt so darn bad for her. So I have the hotel drive me to a Italian Walmart and I thought even though I didn't speak Italian, if I said English words in an Italian accent, they'd get it, you know? So like, the woman worked at the makeup section and I literally said to her, bronzer, bronzer, bronzer. And she looks at me and goes, sun block.

[Josh]

I was like, oh.

[Ben]

And. And then I Had to get my wife some, you know, some delegates, some under underwear garments. And I just remember that it was like very. Their entire selection was extremely 90s. Like a lot of polyester, a lot. Like, there weren't like any basic cotton, like the way you get from skims or something. It was like a lot of lace.

[Josh]

Like, my worst nightmare would be underwear. Shopping for my wife at Walmart in Italy. Anywhere. Anywhere. That would be my worst nightmare. Because I. I would offend her no matter what. I know that. No matter what I got, no matter how earnest I was being, I would offend her. No question. What would you thankful for? Was she thankful for the undies or was she. Or was she upset that you ended up getting her lingerie?

[Ben]

No, she was. She needed it and she was like. She. Like, it pinches. But it's fine. Let's talk in generality so Claudia doesn't yell at us. What are you going for?

[Josh]

I'm going for the most basic cotton.

[Ben]

Like, let's talk about the coverage covered.

[Josh]

Granny panties. That's what I'm going for.

[Ben]

Granny panties.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Josh]

That's what I am, 100%. I am to get the job done. We lost luggage on vacation. I'm not. You're here for function. Okay. And by the way, the first thing that I'm gonna do, though, is just in case it's of interest to you, I'm gonna offer you my underwear. You're not going to want it, but you can absolutely have my boxer briefs, just in case they do anything for you. They won't, but then I will go out. But this, really. She would be buying her own underwear 1000%. But to play it on the safe side, I'm going function over fashion 100%.

[Ben]

But she's. Remember, she's six months pregnant, she's got her feet up, her ankles are swollen.

[Sponsor Voice]

Okay.

[Josh]

Yeah. I'm going function over fashion. Function over fashion for sure.

[Ben]

Fair enough.

[Josh]

Function. Function. Josh, when are we going to stop bringing luggage with us on planes? When we have the infrastructure to ship our luggage. Hear me out, okay? Ship sticks. People in golf know as the premier shipping company for golf clubs. 50 pound bag, Josh. Up to 50 pounds you can ship via Shipsticks for $79. To most places it shows up within one to two days. Why, Josh, wouldn't it be significantly easier? You put together your luggage and they offer the same thing for luggage. $79, okay. Why wouldn't you pack your bag, ship it. Okay. You don't carry anything on the plane. It's not getting Lost. It's there. What do you think?

[Ben]

I worry about not bringing any luggage on a plane because I don't want to go through TSA and have them look at me and I make eye contact with them and I go, tick, tick. You know what I'm saying?

[Josh]

Sure, sure.

[Ben]

They go, you don't have luggage. They go like it's a one way ticket.

[Josh]

Sure. But sure. Let's say it's commonplace. I agree with you. That would be one barrier to get over.

[Ben]

I'll tell you.

[Josh]

Let's say we all got over it.

[Ben]

Here's my theory on this, Ben. People are unable to change and they're just not used to it. And the idea of adding in an extra step. Even people will always pick what's uncomfortable and familiar than what might be better and unfamiliar. You know what I mean?

[Josh]

Yeah, I do.

[Ben]

I do. You're right.

[Josh]

It's like my parents.

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[Josh]

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[Ben]

But it's not the tea's fault because I know the people behind St. James

[Josh]

and it's a wonderful tea, by the way. So do I. St. James is amazing.

[Ben]

It's amazing.

[Josh]

I just played golf with their owner, Brendan Cohen. He's the nicest guy. This is great tea.

[Ben]

Gorgeous.

[Josh]

Great. We're talking no sugar. So happy you mentioned that. And where I podcast, it's unbelievable. They have a St. James fridge, Josh. A hundred of them at a time in this place.

[Ben]

I got none here. Olivia, you see any here? No.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Olivia]

See some sparkling element.

[Josh]

Well, Brendan will get you some. But my parents just on short flights, just stopped checking bags, just. But they forever were. Even if it was small, they check it. It was just customary to go wait for your luggage, even if it's like it's a weekend, like, put it in a check. What are you doing?

[Ben]

People love. They love to check. They love the inconvenience of the inconvenience.

[Josh]

You know, is there anything more inconvenient than travel with a checked bag? I can't think of a more inconvenient situation.

[Ben]

I'm not a big fan and it's horrible.

[Josh]

It's horrible.

[Ben]

I listen. Tell me what you think about this. I listen to this podcast called you be Trippin by the great Ari Shafir, where he has people come on every episode and talk about a place they've been. And so the most recent episode is North Korea. It's so fun. And they really will go into detail about the place that they were at and photos and so it's nice to live vicariously. But what I'm hearing now as like a common travel tip is pack half as much as you think you'll need. A. Everywhere does laundry. Every country, every village, no matter how small. How. But everywhere does laundry. So if you really need, you can do it. But like you are going to acquire shit. Like take half the amount of T shirts you need and half the amount of underwear and figure it out when you get there.

[Josh]

I always end up with four button downs that I never wore. Yeah, I unpack things that I never wore. And if I could just be decisive in the. Like right now I'm packing. I know that I have one nice dinner. Okay, Pick the fucking shirt now, Ben, you don't need to bring four options. So you can pick it then. Pick the option now. But no, I always. Yeah, I'm an overpacker for sure. I've gotten better over time. Claudia has been a carry on since I've known her. She was carrying on before anybody carried on.

[Ben]

Love her.

[Josh]

And I was originally a checked bag man because I come from a family of checked bag men and women. Okay. But I was converted and slowly but surely I'm whittling it down, whittling it down, whittling it down. And now sometimes I pack too little and I end up having to go shopping. But that's a nice fun thing to do too. You go to a nice. You pay a little bit too much money in a resort shop for a linen shirt. That's fun.

[Ben]

So true. I love it. I love overspending. No, I don't. It scares me badly. I've had to make some big purchases lately on my credit card and I'm afraid to even. I don't even. I have to act like it didn't happen.

[Josh]

Are you able to share what these big purchases were?

[Ben]

No, it's all. It's like just plutonium and nuclear vision material. A motorcycle. And I bought a small. You know, it's a endangered species in every country, including here. But it's a beautiful rug I had made from a. You know, the animal is just teetering non existence. But I said, how am I going to enshrine and make sure that this one's remembered? I need it as a rug in my solarium.

[Josh]

I need it under my feet.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah. In my Florida room.

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[Josh]

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[Josh]

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[Josh]

We're going to use our hands and we're going to feel it out. We're going to taste it.

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[Josh]

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[Josh]

Josh, I just watched the greatest. Speaking of an endangered that's no longer endangered, I just watched one of the better David Attenborough documentaries that I've seen in quite some time. It's a new one called Gorillaz. I highly recommend watching is the silverback Gorillaz. And I, you know, I love that.

[Ben]

I thought it was just a bunch of burly gay dudes in Provincetown. Gorillas. It's just, it's just Joey Kamasta and a couple bugs

[Josh]

like Ben and Josh. What are you doing here? Yeah, but Josh, you need to watch this. Max would love it. This is just. He had such an up close look at how smart they are, the way that they deal with conflict. Like there's this part where one of the. There was a change of the guard. One of the elder gorillas killed one of the mother gorilla's infants because he was excommunicated and they went and beat the fucking shit out of the guy. They beat him up and he was exiled. But you literally watch this and Attenborough, you know, he's 100 years old. A hundred? Yeah, I think that's right. I think he's 100. Josh. He's old. He's old and he's killing it. So, yeah, Gorillaz, highly recommend that. I'm trying to think of what other shows I've watched recently. You don't watch Friends with Neighbors, right?

[Ben]

I don't, no. I know you love that with this Jon Hamm. You love it. You watch the show Olivia?

[Olivia]

I actually haven't seen it yet.

[Josh]

No. Oh, it's so great.

[Ben]

He loves this huge, huge hog.

[Josh]

I'm a huge, huge fan of Ham's Ham.

[Ben]

Yeah. Huge.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

John Ham Hawk. That's a bu.

[Ben]

Is that what they call him?

[Olivia]

Yeah, that's what I call.

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

What else? You know, it's like this is when you start questioning whether life's fair. You know, that face. Talented and just something to write home about.

[Josh]

It's yeah, it's his. It's his je ne sais quoi, man.

[Ben]

It's that Genesee dick. Genesee.

[Josh]

Genesee.

[Olivia]

Coc.

[Ben]

I love women. Don't put that on me. I love women. Like, that's. Man, just call me Icarus, bro, because I do fly close to the gay sun. But like, I'm telling you, dog, I love women.

[Josh]

We are recording on Pride Day, Josh. We are.

[Ben]

It's Pride Month. No.

[Josh]

I thought. Oh, is it? Why is everybody posting today? Oh, because it's the first of June.

[Ben]

Got it.

[Josh]

Got it.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Love it.

[Josh]

Okay. Pride Month.

[Ben]

Shout out. Shout out. Pride Month. I love it. We're here for it. Shout out. The Stonewall riots. Shout out. Shout out. Harvey Milk.

[Josh]

Shout out. I mean, we're. We're. We're allies. Teetering on participants.

[Ben]

We're allies slash members, man. Oh.

[Josh]

Can we talk a little bit? Give us a Little League update, Josh. How's it going?

[Ben]

Little League's over. Did we win? We actually were one. We made it to the. I guess what's. Right before the big game. The semi. Semis. We made it to the semis. Okay, so we got the pennant, technically, right? We. Nice. Yeah, we won the conference, but we lost. We didn't make it. Or we lost the conference, and then we. We didn't make it to the. To the World Series. But those boys. God, did they fight. They fought and they fought for every inch. And then we had a wonderful closing party, which was really great. And all the kids got rings, nice baseball rings, which they didn't win a damn thing, so not sure why they got rings.

[Josh]

What are they?

[Ben]

Reinforcement.

[Josh]

What are we making of these second place rings?

[Ben]

Hard plastic. Okay.

[Josh]

Respect.

[Ben]

Very cute. And. And. And wouldn't you know it? And our wonderful head coach, Chase, and the assistant coach, the wonderful Tommy, they got me. They got me a gift for being the Dugout Dad.

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

Beautiful.

[Josh]

What'd they get you?

[Ben]

A beautiful Yeti thermos for my coffees. And I. And it. The inscription was my nickname, Shua. Cause he said we were gonna go with Dugout dad, but we weren't sure whether you'd want that forever, so we went with Shua. It was so nice.

[Josh]

Very, very nice and thoughtful. I love a useful gift, Josh. I love the gift. I love it. I love it. I actually have a moron mail about Little League. Would you like me to read that to you?

[Ben]

God, would I. God, would I. And I'll get some weird stories ready. And. You know, it's been a minute since we recorded the Podcast. So I've just been writing down observances. People only say I love your guys relationship when two uglies get together. Or two eccentrics. No one ever told Brad Pitt and Angela, Angelina Jolie, I love your guys relationship.

[Josh]

You ever notice that? So true.

[Ben]

People only say it when it's two uglies.

[Josh]

100%.

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[Josh]

That's why they say about us. They're like, we love your chemistry. It's like, what do you mean you love our chemistry? You mean you, you love how smoking hot we are? That's what you meant to say. That's what you meant to say. That's funny. Keep going while I find it. Oh, I found it, but keep going.

[Ben]

Okay. I'm trying to think of anything else that I got. Nothing. Go for it. Okay.

[Josh]

All right.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Josh]

All right. Little League. Hey, good guys. I'm a mom of two boys ages 5 and 8. I coach my 5 year old's little league team and they are currently undefeated with only a couple games left in the season. It's coach pitch and our team typically practices two to three nights a week. My older son is in his first year of kid pitch. As you can imagine, pitching is crap. And my son has figured out that getting beamed by a ball or getting walked is more likely so he refuses to swing the bat. His coaches are amazing and very kind to my son. He has friends on the team and really enjoys going. They do not correct my son. So I find myself yelling instructions from the bleachers to remind him of the fundamentals. We practice at home looking like a complete psycho.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Am I nuts for thinking that having fun is a priority, but following instruction and having hard work ethic is also a priority. Our coaches are very kind and remind him to relax. But hey buddy, you should be correcting my kid, not his mom from the bleachers. I didn't coach my older son's team because of not wanting to be the only mom coaching and embarrassing him. But I'm afraid I'll have to do that. Anyways, love the show. Wanted to give you guys a glimpse of a little Central PA Little League. Also, don't get me started on the politics of all star teams.

[Ben]

Oh my God. Central PA Ma', am, you cannot scream out at your kid from the stands. It embarrasses him, it embarrasses you and it is a net negative no matter how much you think you are helping. The bigger picture is you are hurting more than you're helping. Mostly your reputation because I'm on the side going with this yenta lock up her lips. No one asked you miss. It's. It's the worst look ever. You're not his coach when he's playing in the game.

[Josh]

Also, if you have that level, if you want that level of competition. Josh, isn't there. Isn't there a different league? Like, if you're worried about, okay, kid pitch, bad pitchers. Isn't there a league, if your son is truly that gifted, where the pitchers are great because they're prodigies? No, not really.

[Ben]

It's a very common theme that. It is the bane of most parents existence when they first introduce kid pitch because it starts with T ball, then it goes to coach pitch or machine pitch. So it's very standardized. And then as soon as the kids start pitching, it's like it's going to be year or two of misery because it's really hard to pitch and they've got to like, dial in how they're going to do it.

[Josh]

So. So why don't they practice a little more and why don't we delay kid pitch? Is there not. It seems like we're introducing kid pitch a little bit too early. If they can't pitch is free for all to see who can pitch.

[Ben]

You have a point. You have a point.

[Josh]

Especially if they're like. And I don't know if this is like, the way that she was describing it, her. Her children are the next Derek Jeter. Okay? So I'm just going to go off the assumption that that's true, even though it's probably not true, and you're probably taking it way too seriously. The next Derek Jeter should have a place to play baseball by getting good pitches.

[Ben]

Right?

[Josh]

I think, like in basketball, the equivalent of that is AAU immediately, like, if you are way better, you're not playing like you are. You are. You are being moved into a significantly better league with significantly better basketball players that are older than you, that are stronger than you, that are tougher than you, that allow you to get better and play with them. So if that doesn't exist in baseball, Josh, we gotta figure that out.

[Ben]

My big brother talks about this, and I agree that his son was playing Little League and he started to coach with a guy who basically said to him there was private coaching, and he was like, look, I'm happy to do this and take your money, but the truth of the matter is, if he doesn't get significantly better by the third or fourth week we do this, then he's going to hate it because, like, I'm going to show him what's required for him to move on in this sport. And if he can't do it or he hates it, then let's, you know, maybe we should leave it here and, and, and find a different sport. So it's rough. I, I, I have to say that I've only dealt with 7 year old and younger group sports for kids and it has made me so disappointed in the human race. I mean, for real, I, I'm, I think people are awful and it's everything. We had a clip go viral of me talking about how there are kid umpires now. I think it's really cute and I think you have to be insane to be an adult scream at a kid umpire. And literally the comments were, that sounds like some Hollywood beta fuck ass bitch shit.

[Josh]

And I'm like, you're like, how did you know?

[Ben]

I was like, yeah, and say it's my sparkle, it's my secret sauce.

[Josh]

That's crazy. People are nuts.

[Ben]

But like it's true. Like parents are already getting chippy with seven year olds. But like you have to accept that your kid is a loser. He's, statistically, your child is a loser.

[Josh]

So that's the baseline that we need to go into these conversations with, okay? He's not the next Derek Jeter. And if he is, pull him and figure, figure out something else for him. You can figure it out. There's probably like a, a summer camp or some field that you can send him to if he's really the next Derek Jeter.

[Ben]

Right?

[Josh]

Okay, the Dominican Republic. Exactly. Send him somewhere. Okay, the baseline, Josh, is that these kids are not going pro. These kids are probably not even playing in high school. They're probably not playing in college. They are seven. They are figuring out if they like the fucking sport, okay? They're figuring out how to, they're figuring out the rules. Do they know the rules? Well, I'm sure some of them, they

[Ben]

don't know the rules. They're going to go pro. And fentanyl, it's statistically, is what they're going pro in. They're going to go pro in buzz balls, Janet. So fucking get over yourself. Don't you get a couple spreadsheets to turn into your boss hun

[Josh]

Prosper. Yeah, dude, it's, it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. So yeah, don't, don't yell at your kids. Don't embarrass them. And the kid umps, by the way. It's not like they're like, okay, they the reason that we get angry or at Least me personally. I get angry when I watch an NBA game and the highly paid official gets it wrong. Because I start thinking in my head, is, is he being paid? Is something going on in Vegas? Why didn't he call that? It was blatant. It was obvious, right? The conspiracy theories start as you're a fan of professional athletes, you're watching a game, who gives a shit? Obviously the kid ump isn't being paid, right? I mean, maybe Janet has that conspiracy theory that she's like, that he is being paid, but otherwise, who cares? He called a ball a strike. A strike, a ball. Who cares? Swing the bat. Swing. There's. By the way, there's. You don't have a problem if you get a hit.

[Ben]

Totally. Right?

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[Josh]

got a weird news story.

[Ben]

I always do, actually. Let's get to something a little fun.

[Josh]

I like fun.

[Ben]

Can you name the top five unhealthiest Dishes from American chain restaurant. Olivia, feel free to jump in here.

[Josh]

We're talking, like, fast casual, right? This doesn't include, like, an Outback Steakhouse.

[Ben]

This includes. Absolutely. An Outback Steakhouse. Absolutely.

[Josh]

Yeah. Because if it includes an Outback Steakhouse, the Bloomin Onion is way fucking up there. Bunny, you should say, I think the Bloomin Onion is one.

[Ben]

Number one is the Outback Steakhouse. Bloomin Onion. At a modest nineteen hundred calories.

[Josh]

Liars. Nineteen hundred? What are you nuts? It's at least three thousand.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Ben]

Maybe without one hundred and fifty grams of fat, four thousand milligrams of sodium. The undisputed king of unhealthy appetizers.

[Josh]

Wow. I love that. I knew that. That is a great dish. Whoever thought of it as a genius, okay, you're not going there to be healthy. You're going there to have an experience. And the Bloomin Onion is absolutely an experience. What else is on the level of a Bloomin Onion?

[Olivia]

I feel like there's gotta be something super calorically dense and intense from the Cheesecake Factory, but you can't ding, ding, ding. Of a specific dish.

[Ben]

Number four. The Cheesecake Factory factory. Nachos with chicken. 2000 plus calories, mountains of cheese, chicken, sour cream, guacamole, beans, chips designed for sharing, but not if you're fat.

[Josh]

Well done, Olivia. Yeah. Designed for sharing. Says who? Okay, so we have Cheesecake Factory, we have Outback.

[Ben]

Sounds like a line at a swinger party. I'm designed for sharing. Yucky.

[Josh]

Oh, what are other. Big Morton's butter cake.

[Ben]

This is appetizers.

[Josh]

Oh. Abs only. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Spinach, artichoke dip.

[Ben]

Here's one. Here's a hint. Magic Johnson owns many of these.

[Josh]

Magic Johnson.

[Olivia]

Is it Applebee's or Chili's? No, it's neither.

[Ben]

It's not.

[Olivia]

It's neither. One of those.

[Ben]

Not one of our marquee sponsors, Olivia.

[Olivia]

I love Applebee's.

[Josh]

I love Applebee's.

[Ben]

Me, too. Me, too. What does he own?

[Josh]

Me too. What the fuck does he own? I don't know.

[Olivia]

I can't.

[Ben]

You guys call yourself.

[Josh]

I'm supposed to know. I'm supposed to know. What chain?

[Ben]

Why am I so butched? I know what every athlete owns, as we all own.

[Josh]

And are you sure that it's Magic Johnson? You're not thinking of, like, Shaq and it's like, Wingstop or something?

[Ben]

I'm not thinking of Larry Johnson. It's TGI Fridays.

[Josh]

Ooh, you were close, Olivia. Okay. TGI Fridays.

[Olivia]

Oh, I love TGI Fridays.

[Josh]

Me too. Absolutely delicious.

[Olivia]

Unreal.

[Josh]

Is it the spinach artichoke dip at TGI Fridays?

[Ben]

It's the loaded potato skins at 1700 calories with cheese, bacon, sour cream and fried potato. Surprisingly easy to polish off.

[Olivia]

That's loaded up.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Josh]

Those are the most dangerous. Okay. Olive Garden.

[Ben]

No. Nothing from Olive Garden. Think these are outliers. Think, think. Here's a clue. Buffalo Wild Wings. Sorry, I had no.

[Josh]

Wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.

[Ben]

No. The ultimate nachos often exceeds 2,000 calories loaded with beef, queso sour cream, chips and sauce.

[Josh]

We've definitely spoken about this, Josh, but nachos are a. What are you nuts?

[Ben]

Are they?

[Josh]

I think, yeah, because they are. It's way too easy to put down whole flour tortillas. That's what you're doing, Josh. Or if they're corn chips, whole tortillas. You're telling me you're having four chips? No, you are having a minimum of 40 chips. You're watching a game. You're having 40 chips. That means that you just had 10. 10 tortillas. 10. It's too easy. It's too easy to put them down. So good. Is it a corn dog? Is that the last one? Corn dog?

[Ben]

The last one was actually Texas Roadhouse and it's Bloomin Onion. They have their version of it and it's called the Cactus Blossom.

[Josh]

Oh, I like that more.

[Olivia]

It's good branding.

[Josh]

I gotta go to Texas Roadhouse. The Cactus Blossom. Who copied who?

[Ben]

I. I'm assuming Texas Roadhouse, but it actually has 2,200 calories to Outback's 1900. So Outback's a skinny mini restaurant. And yeah, the Texas Roadhouse has a deep fried onion the size of a small bowling ball. Wow, I love that.

[Olivia]

That's like the mark of measurement is

[Josh]

the small bowling ball. Yum. Wow. Starving. I would love that. Even though it would make me feel so terrible. Terrible.

[Ben]

I was. I want to do this. Maybe we could do this together. Although I can't see of a time where you'd be able to be away from home this long. I would like to do. I feel like it would be fun in New York just because of the walkability and the options. Dietarily we decide we're going to wake up at like 6am we start walking at 7. We start wherever we start in Washington Heights and we go till 10 and then we have breakfast and then we walk from 11 to 2 and then we have lunch and then we walk from three to six and we have dinner and then we go. You know, another two hour walk, have dessert, like, so we walk about 10 hours during the day and we have three amazing meals.

[Josh]

I love it. I absolutely love it. We just need to hit Washington Heights by dinner to go to Golan. To go to Golan.

[Ben]

You've told me about Golan.

[Josh]

It's so good.

[Ben]

Oh, it's delicious.

[Josh]

And we could also, like, if we want to go, like, a little crazy, we could also. There's like some Dominican restaurants there too. We could go to Golan and we could get some Dominican cuisine.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Josh]

But trust and believe. Golan Heights, the king. So fucking delicious. And then I guess our desserts in the Bronx, that's probably where we're walking next. Josh, Our desserts in the Bronx.

[Ben]

It's so hard. Or do we walk, like, do we start in a different part of New York and then we walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and end it at Luger's?

[Josh]

Tough. Okay, so we start, you know, you might.

[Ben]

Or we could go there for lunch. Luger's does lunch. Golan only does dinner or Golan does lunch.

[Josh]

Golan never closes. Go on Golan. He go in anytime.

[Ben]

Golan hikes. Does an Easter brunch.

[Josh]

Yeah. They're never closed. They're never closed. Yeah. No Luger's lunch, the burger. How do we orchestrate that? So maybe we would have to start in breakfast in West Chelsea, move our way through to lower Brooklyn, then move our way through. Where are we having dinner? We had lunch in Brooklyn. I don't want to stay in Brooklyn for dinner, Josh. Cougars is out.

[Ben]

Cougars is out.

[Josh]

It's out. It's out. Luger's is out. That's too risky.

[Ben]

Maybe we go to that place with the honey, the fakacta, that big stupid pancake. Everyone waits in line for this big butter honey pancake.

[Josh]

I've seen that. I've seen that. Something diner. It's a diner, right?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

I don't know the name. I don't know the name of it.

[Ben]

We go, we start, and that's like Les. It's downtown. So we start there, then we make our way east to Brooklyn, lunch at Luger's, then we come back and we walk a smooth 190 blocks to go on.

[Josh]

I'm in. Oh, I have another idea. We could start at Golan, okay. For breakfast, walk 190 blocks down. Or no, we'll walk.

[Sponsor Voice]

We'll.

[Josh]

Okay, we're gonna walk 95 blocks down, 95 blocks up, go to Golan for lunch, 95 blocks down, 95 blocks up,' and go to Golan for dinner.

[Ben]

Just only Golan.

[Josh]

Only Golan.

[Ben]

Golan.

[Josh]

So good. All right, so I know that Max is. He's a Laker fan. Okay. He also. He's been to a couple of Kings games. Right. But the boys are rooting for the Knicks. Right?

[Ben]

If they want. If they like their bunk bed.

[Josh]

The boys are rooting for the Knicks. Yeah.

[Ben]

If they want somewhere warm and safe to sleep tonight. Fuck, yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. It's just. I can't wait for Ruby to be old enough to care because Max cares a little. Like, he gets it and he has fun at games.

[Ben]

Like, yeah, we're gonna be going off if the Knicks.

[Josh]

How fun is that? How fun is that? Like, how fun is it to have a son of age to be able to care about a sporting event?

[Ben]

It's very cute and very fun, and what I'm really excited about is that I'm going to be taking my boys to the World cup opening ceremony. Wow.

[Josh]

Yeah. It's so fun.

[Ben]

I can't believe it. I'm very lucky. I'm very blessed.

[Josh]

That's amazing. Mom, Donnie got you a ticket. Mom.

[Ben]

Don, listen.

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[Ben]

Don Corleone. You know what I'm saying? Mom, Donnie Trump. So we're going to. We're going to go sit in. In. You know, in the way ups. But I just. I love soccer. And we couldn't. And they're playing the Beauty. Foot away, baby.

[Josh]

By the way, I need to get, like. I know that the World cup being here will get me into soccer. I'm into anything that is really good and within my purview. Like, I went to one New York. What's the New York team called?

[Ben]

The New York.

[Josh]

I don't know.

[Ben]

Fascist.

[Josh]

What is their name? I'm sorry, what is their name? New York Galaxy. But that's the Galaxy.

[Ben]

No, there's the Red Bull.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Nycfc. The New York City Football Club.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

That's why I couldn't remember it. What a dumb name. Okay. I went to an NYC FC game. Josh. This was fun. I enjoyed myself.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Okay. I did. I could tell that the talent wasn't really there, though.

[Ben]

Sure.

[Josh]

Okay. I could tell that it wasn't it. Okay. But I get to watch the best soccer players in the world here. I'm gonna love it if I'm in person. It's a rarity that I don't love it. Okay. Do I need to go to the World Cup?

[Ben]

Yeah, it's go. It's all in Miami and in New York. So you can go either side wow.

[Josh]

When are. When. When is the World Cup? Is it this summer?

[Ben]

Yeah, it's like in a week and a half.

[Josh]

My head's in. My head's in New York, Nick Land. I. I can see nothing else. Okay, so it's coming up.

[Ben]

It's the number. It will be the. The most watched sporting event in history. It'll be the most watched thing ever on television.

[Josh]

How did we get the World Cup?

[Ben]

You have to campaign for it. And so, I mean, it's kind of interesting because we didn't get it. The continent of North America got it. So it's all over. It's in la, New York, Miami. It's in Canada. It's in Mexico City.

[Josh]

Oh, wow. That's cool.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's all over.

[Josh]

Okay, so we. So Canada has it too. Where in Canada? You gotta go there.

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[Ben]

God, do I. Oh, I know. Sometimes I ask ChatGPT, and I go, Should I move to Canada? And ChatGPT literally goes, no,

[Josh]

they're right for that.

[Olivia]

In Canada, it will be in Toronto and in Vancouver.

[Ben]

Toronto? Yes, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[Josh]

Vancouver would be fun. And the weather would be significantly better. Imagine going in the middle of the summer in Miami to a soccer game. Oh, my God, people are going to die. Oh, yeah. Or Guadalajara.

[Ben]

In Guadalajara.

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

Beautiful.

[Josh]

You can miss me, too.

[Ben]

Hot. Near. Near the ocean.

[Olivia]

Guadalajara, Mexico City. And Monterrey in Mexico.

[Ben]

Monterrey.

[Josh]

Yeah. Monterre.

[Olivia]

And then the United States is. Yep. Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston.

[Josh]

How did. How did Atlanta get it?

[Olivia]

Yeah. Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and New Jersey. MetLife Stadium. Philadelphia, SF and Seattle.

[Ben]

Oh, it's all over.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Ben]

So that means that.

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

You know, what it really means is that not no one city could handle it.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Josh]

That's too much. Wow. Wow. That's amazing. I hate. I hate MetLife Stadium.

[Ben]

The final game is at MetLife, so if you want to try to pull some strings and I'll miss you, I'll meet you there, Josh.

[Josh]

But I don't know how we would. It is the. It is the biggest nightmare trying to leave MetLife Stadium.

[Ben]

We'll do a helmet. We'll do a helmet.

[Josh]

No matter how. That would be the only way. If you drive. Nightmare Train. Nightmare. It's a nightmare. Oh, wait. Do you think it's gonna line up on our secret engagement at American Dream?

[Ben]

I think it's in July, but does MetLife have a Marriott Courtyard? Like, could we maybe stay overnight?

[Josh]

We could sleep in the mall. Let's ask. And also, by the way, I'm sure American Dream has a relationship with MetLife Stadium. Josh, maybe we just.

[Ben]

I think it's a month before.

[Josh]

No, I'm saying maybe we just waive the fee and we ask them for tickets front row.

[Ben]

Oh, God.

[Josh]

To the final. Actually, I'm not waiving that fee. You could give it to me as a tip.

[Ben]

What are you, nuts?

[Josh]

What are you nuts? Are gripes with people, Places and things with big and tall, Whatever's sticking in your crawl. Josh, I have a real. What are you, nuts?

[Ben]

I'm ready.

[Josh]

Okay. Do you have this place? I think I've asked you this before. You have pliables over there?

[Ben]

Yes, a version of.

[Josh]

Okay, I love pliables. I go to New York. I go in Florida. There. I love their oatmeal that I get. I get their iced coffee occasionally. I'll get a smoothie. I'll get these protein bites that are 110 calories per bowl. What are you, nuts? But there's no added sugar. And I convince myself that it's healthy. I thought, Josh, maybe I would get something new. I'm standing at the counter, I order the oatmeal, I order the iced coffee, and I point to this cup. There's a pliables cup that. It looks to me it's chia pudding. I'm like, oh, can I have that? Chia pudding with some berries on top? She said, chia pudding. We don't sell chia pudding here. I'm like, no, it's right there. She's like, sir, that's a cup of sand and seashells.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Josh]

I was so. First of all, first of all, sand and chia pudding look very similar. I wasn't wearing my glasses.

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[Ben]

Not even close.

[Josh]

This was so not even close, dog. This is so mortifying.

[Ben]

I have a hookup for you for LensCrafters. This woman, Nikki, I met over the weekend, she's like, can I get Ben an exam at LensCrafters? He said, I'll connect you.

[Josh]

She's like, you mean the sand? What are you, nuts?

[Ben]

Sir, that's clam chowder.

[Josh]

Sir, that's sand and seashells. Oh, my God. But they put it in a branded cup.

[Ben]

Sir, that's a ship in a bottle.

[Josh]

It was really bad.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Josh]

Got one.

[Ben]

My woody nuts moment are pocket watches. Now, this was in invention of the, you know, 17, 18, 1900s, where men would have a watch connected to a chain that would go into their pocket, and they would pull it out and they'd flick it open and they'd look at the time. And then they'd flick it close and put it back in the pocket. Except straps existed. What are you, nuts? There was string, there were straps, and yet you added all these steps to look cool. What are you, nuts? What are you, a conductor? Crazy.

[Josh]

It's no good. Even though, Josh, I think maybe we should get a pocket watch.

[Ben]

No, they're pretty lit.

[Josh]

You have a nice watch, though. And you connected me recently to a beautiful man that maybe is getting me a nice watch. But, Connie, you think he can source me a pocket watch?

[Ben]

No.

[Josh]

Do they make, like, a Rolex pocket watch?

[Ben]

They probably. I don't know about Rolex, but yeah, I mean, like a vintage one.

[Josh]

A vintage. No, not like a current. I don't think they currently make pocket watches, but like a. They probably at one point made a pocket watch that's.

[Ben]

You should get, like, a Richard Mille pocket watch. Like a $500,000 Richard Mill. Like, Steve will do it.

[Josh]

Yeah. Nothing better. Nothing better. Buying that. And nobody even knows I own it.

[Ben]

Can you imagine?

[Josh]

You're like, my pocket.

[Ben]

The New York Knicks win the championship, and you walk on to center stage onto half court, and you're like, jalen, look at this.

[Josh]

My Richard Mille pocket watch. I would have to give it to him. He'd think it was a present. I'd show it to him and he'd take it, and that would be really bad for me.

[Ben]

He would think it's a present.

[Josh]

Yeah. You know what else is a present, Josh?

[Ben]

This show.

[Josh]

Doing this episode with you, that's a present. This episode's five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Listen to us. Wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on Spotify, okay? Spotify. The video is unbelievable. This quality, I'm looking at him like we recording 4K. What is it, Josh? 5K. What's the new K? It's such a beautiful thing. It's gorgeous. Monday and Thursdays, folks. We'll see you bada ba ba next time.

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