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Aaron
This is a headgun podcast.
JPC
The doctor was the mother. He stood on a block of ice. Both of them were goldfish. It was the cabin of an airplane. He stabbed him with an ice ray. And the horses ain't Friday. Okay, and can you tell me in your own words, why you want to be a exploratory deep sea diver?
Aaron
Right. I thought this was going in the opposite direction when I signed up. I thought this was going up into space exploration. But sort of the same though, right?
JPC
It's sort of the same. Yeah. It's all kind of like intense pressure, both physically and mentally. Great. And you're exploring like an unseen darkness. Yeah.
Aaron
Great. Then I guess I want to be one because I want to meet an alien and see the stars.
JPC
Great. And how long do you think that you can hold your breath?
Aaron
Let's see. One. Two seconds.
Adel
Two seconds.
JPC
Okay, two seconds. Pretty good. Pretty good. You're so far the best I've seen today.
Aaron
Thank you.
JPC
Just a little joke, because you're the first I've seen today. Okay. And you, sir, why do you want to be an exploratory deep sea diver?
Adel
My mother was a exploratory deep sea diver and her. Yeah.
JPC
Yikes.
Adel
The eels got her.
Aaron
Yeah, eels can get you.
Adel
Well, the band. Oh, she was killed at an Eels concert.
JPC
Oh, yeah, they did.
Aaron
Not bad then.
JPC
No, they did a concert 10,000 Leagues under the Sea and a bunch of eels broke in and killed everybody.
Aaron
Huh.
Adel
Why? Just a huh.
Aaron
No, I mean. Aww.
Adel
Thank you.
JPC
It's an awe worthy story. Not really a huh worthy story.
Aaron
Sorry. Yeah.
Adel
I can hold my tongue for probably two days and then I want to tell somebody something.
JPC
Okay.
Aaron
Are you sitting on a secret right now?
JPC
How long you been sitting on it?
Adel
Oh, about. Okay, almost 48 hours. Okay.
JPC
Okay. Do you want to just tell us?
Adel
Okay. Can I tell you?
JPC
Yeah, you've made it about two days. You can tell us.
Adel
Matt Damon had that leg lengthening surgery.
Aaron
Would. With both legs. Huh? Huh?
Adel
Yes, with both legs.
JPC
You're telling me super crooked Matt Damon had the leg lengthening surgery?
Adel
Yes.
Aaron
Huh.
Adel
Yeah.
JPC
I mean. Aww.
Adel
My cousin's wife is a surgeon.
JPC
Kind of a doctor. Was the mother situation.
Adel
Yeah. Yeah.
Aaron
So do we get in this and then we go to space or. No, this is deep sea. I got in the wrong line.
JPC
This is deep sea. And I'm sorry, but unfortunately neither of you made the cut.
Aaron
What?
Adel
Oh, nerds.
JPC
Yeah, we're actually almost full on the staff. We're just looking for someone who has a PS5 that's the one thing we don't have under here. And so kind of the one thing we're looking for to kind of round out the rest of the deep sea exploratory crew. Yeah. But feel free to grab a bagel and a coffee on your way out.
Adel
There's no bagels.
Aaron
There's no bagels. There's no bagels.
JPC
Yeah, there's a Dunkin half a block down.
Aaron
Oh, just feel free to go to a restaurant.
JPC
Yeah. Go there, pay money and. Yeah, and I'm just telling you where it is, basically. Except I didn't tell you where it is, but now I am. It's about half a block. It's about three blocks down. Three miles. What am I saying? Did I say blocks? Three miles down?
Aaron
Huh.
Adel
Well, good luck with.
JPC
That's at least worthy of an awe. Aw. Thank you. And thank you for listening to a riddle. Riddle. I'm jpc.
Adel
I'm Adler. Fai.
Aaron
And I'm Adlerify.
Adel
Wait, what?
JPC
Who do I kill? Who do I kill?
Adel
Aaron, have you seen Project Murray?
Aaron
No, I'm looking to go see it next week. I have a couple days off and I'm. I think I might go to, like, a morning movie.
JPC
Yeah, morning movies are fun.
Aaron
Although I heard about a little character in it that is sort of a puppet. And I'm actually quite scared to get emotionally attached to a thing like that. I don't trust that it will live. So I'm actually kind of a little bit scared.
JPC
You've been kind of scared to get emotionally attached to puppets in the past. Yeah, puppets are a big trigger for you.
Aaron
Anything that's like. Yeah, any, like, guy that keeps you company that's little that you get emotionally attached to that was with you in your hour of need, and they're at risk of dying or dying for you or going home or whatever, et etc.
Adel
So this is probably from, I think, in the last season of Andor. Didn't they blow Babu Frik to bits?
Aaron
Yeah, they exploded Babu Frik.
JPC
They melted him down into a watch. And I believe someone swallowed the watch a la Pulp Fiction.
Aaron
Yeah, I think someone swallowed the Babu Frik watch a la
Adel
his last words were. Or whatever he does. I forget his name.
JPC
Or whatever it is that he does. Aaron, I got a question for you. So you love puppets. That's been well documented on the show. You love puppets. You have. Have you ever. I don't want to say met, but do you know any puppeteers? Because I believe that you are in a field so adjacent to puppeteers that certainly. You must have crossed paths with one before. But do you have any puppeteer friends?
Aaron
I actually have just recently put out, like, a. I'm looking for a puppeteer for a project that I'm working on.
JPC
Okay.
Adel
Ooh, very cool.
Aaron
And so, yeah, I saw the Brian Henson puppet show that was at Sketchfest, and I was so blown away by the performers that were in that show. Like, of course. They're like Henson puppeteers. Like, they're gonna be the best in the business. But I was like, yeah, why aren't I. I wish my entire friend group was puppeteers.
JPC
I don't have a dog in this race, and I think it's unethical to get dogs involved in races because humans are faster. But I think, Aaron, I would love to see you in a room full of puppeteers. I would love to see you ingratiate yourself into a puppeteer social circle. I think that would be fascinating. I think that would be a great boon for you. Right. I think you'd have a good time in it. But I want to know the inside scoop about, like, what puppeteers are like socially.
Aaron
They seem really nice and funny and kind of unassuming.
JPC
It seems nice from the outside. I want you to get inside. Okay.
Aaron
I know, but I fear I'm an
JPC
embedded journalist here, Aaron.
Adel
Yeah, it's like Gorillas in the Mist, but with puppets.
JPC
Yeah.
Aaron
I introduced myself to Brian Henson, and by that, I'm a friend of the pod. Paul Saborin, very kindly was, like, tried to get me to talk to him, and I was so nervous. Cause I was like, well, this is my number one hero. Number one of all time.
Adel
Didn't you say you wanted to meet a puppet in the wild?
Aaron
Yeah. You guys, you're not gonna believe it, but anytime I'm in sort of a high pressure situation, and again, you guys are not gonna believe this, I blow it. And as someone who's haunted by telling Lorne Michaels that we're both Scorpios, I sort of have a new version of that where I told Brian Henson that it is my dream to talk to. I said, it's the last thing on my bucket list is I want to talk to a Muppet. And then he went, okay. And then I said, well, I kind of. I want to, like, meet one at the airport or something. Like, I want it to happen organically. I want to run into one.
JPC
Yeah.
Aaron
And then I. And then I walked away and sort of stared at the wall for a minute.
JPC
I think your issue, Aaron, is that you shot too High. Like, if I wanted to introduce myself to sex, I wouldn't start with Jenna Jameson. Okay.
Aaron
Right.
JPC
Right.
Aaron
Topical.
JPC
You said. You said. Right. Like you knew what I meant by any of that.
Aaron
Yeah, I didn't even know. You don't want to have sex with the person you want to have sex with the most the first time you have sex, because you want to be good at sex by the time you. You're right that I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
JPC
All I'm saying is that you. Instead of introducing yourself to, like, you know, someone whose last name is Hinson, for instance, you need to, like, start with, like, someone who was on, like, the, like, off off Broadway, like, touring cast of Avenue Q. Right. Like, you need it. You need to get in with, like, a baseline puppet person and have them, like, open your puppet world up.
Adel
I can. I could see you and the bat from Eureka's castle pretty well.
Aaron
Well, if anyone knows any puppeteers that you think I should be friends with. But here's the. I don't want to be irritating socially. I go, can you bring your puppet over when you come over for a drink? And now I'm a pariah of a friend that you never talk to again.
Adel
Aaron. I know, exactly. Actually. Pariah. Puppet. Mariah. Jpc. Think about it.
Aaron
Think about it.
JPC
Yeah, jpc.
Aaron
Think about it.
Adel
Aaron. I have the exact prescription for what you need. I like to see a scene. Aaron, you are at the airport.
Aaron
Great.
Adel
Jpc, you are a puppet. And, Aaron, you are going to meet jpc. You're gonna meet his puppet at the airport.
Aaron
Sorry, I think I just picked up your bag by accident. Oh, my God.
JPC
I'm sorry. Hi. Yeah. You're touching my bag.
Aaron
Oh, sorry. No, I accidentally. Are we accidentally.
JPC
I had my headphones in. You're touching my bag. Oh, this is my bag.
Aaron
Yeah, this is your bag. It looks so much like my bag, I accidentally took it for a second. I got, like, one foot away, and then I looked down.
JPC
I have it kind of wrapped under my foot. And you came and pulled on it hard.
Aaron
I thought it was my bag because I was sitting here a minute ago and I'm just looking for my bag. That's actually not my bag.
JPC
I've been here for an hour.
Aaron
Right? Yeah.
JPC
Are you a Muppet chaser? Sorry, I'm not. I'm not interested. You're a Muppet chaser? No. You want to. You like to Muppets in the airport?
Aaron
No, I'm open.
JPC
You see my wedding ring? I'm Married.
Aaron
Yeah, but like, are you married or is the puppeteer married?
JPC
There's a lot of other puppets here, lady. If you want to. A puppet.
Aaron
Hey, hey.
JPC
There's a lot of other options.
Aaron
Yeah. I'm not trying to make a scene. I'm so sorry. I almost tried to take your bag. I see that you're married.
JPC
You know how many five, eight wannabe blonde women come over here while I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Denver to see my sick puppet father try to grab onto my puppet dick?
Aaron
And I just didn't know what the wedding started.
Adel
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Let's stop for a second. Aaron, is this how you wanted it to go?
Aaron
Did I want a puppet to say I was a 5, 8 wannabe blonde?
Adel
Let's restart. Let's restart. So take it from the top. And Aaron, just really. It's like when you're dreaming, lucid dreaming. Really take control of what you want yourself to be.
Aaron
Cause this is my dream. I can make this your dream.
JPC
Yes.
Adel
Put it into the ether and sort of manifest it. Here we go. Totally.
Aaron
Because this is my dream and it can be anything.
Adel
Here we go.
Aaron
Great. Hi. Could I buy you a drink? I never usually do this, but I'm going to Denver on a business trip.
JPC
Hold on, I'm on the phone. It's puppet leukemia.
Aaron
Oh my God.
JPC
Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can.
Aaron
Isn't leukemia like a bone or blood thing? Sorry.
JPC
I'm sorry. What did you just say to me?
Aaron
I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to myself.
JPC
You're trying to fuck a puppet.
Aaron
No, I'm not. I wasn't trying to fucking anybody.
JPC
Leukemia.
Aaron
I didn't know your dad was dying.
JPC
Oh, so now it's my fault?
Aaron
No, no, no, I.
JPC
So now it's my fault?
Aaron
I was just gonna offer to buy you a drink. I am interested in how puppet leukemia works. Cause I'm pretty sure you don't have any of the parts that require.
JPC
Fine. You know what? Meet me in the bathroom in five minutes. Pull that skirt up. Shut that mouth.
Aaron
Into this, into this. Adol. Ask your question again. Yes, 10.
Adel
10 out of 10.
JPC
Woo.
Aaron
Okay. Exactly my dream.
JPC
Aaron, I think you're. Look, live your life. But I think you're going about this in the wrong way. I don't think you should. You want me to live my life a little bit? I don't think you should be like, hey, puppeteer, bring your puppet to this thing. I think you should get to know the puppeteers.
Aaron
Because that's weird, right? That's weird.
JPC
Exactly.
Aaron
Weird.
JPC
But as far as a strategy goes, you're going to catch more puppets with honey. You know, get to know these puppeteers, listen to their bullshit lives, like, learn about their blah, blah, blahs, and then eventually, you won't even have to ask them to bring the puppet around. The puppet will just be around. Right.
Adel
Like a guy with a guitar at a college party. Why don't I feel like if you're in college right now, listening to this, instead of going to the quad and busting out an acoustic guitar and playing Dave Matthews or something, swap out the guitar for a puppet. Let's normalize people taking puppets out in public.
Aaron
I. You know, this is very nurturing. This is very sweet. You're pushing me to follow my heart, to get out of my comfort zone a little bit. I think that you're right. I think I just need to be braver, and I don't need to outside of professional context. I can just go up to puppeteers and say, hey, I don't do what you do, but I'm into what you do, and I think you're interesting, and I'd love to support you.
JPC
Yeah.
Aaron
Now let's go to that bathroom. You shut your mouth.
JPC
Oh, my God, I'd love to support you is something that every puppeteer is dying to hear. They're like, oh, thank God. A potential patron, a potential mate. Like, who knows what this is? But, oh, finally, I can puppet all day long. All right, you guys want to get into some fucking riddles?
Aaron
I'm ready.
Adel
Yes.
JPC
I'd love to rock your worlds with some riddles. These riddles are going to come from. And this should be no surprise to anyone. 2019. This riddle is from Johanna. Okay, so Johanna writes, I am made of four parts. A vowel at my end, a vowel at my start. Part one, I can be used as a noun. Part two, I am the first sound of coal. Part three, I am said before down. Part four, I am found at the end of a circle. Put me all together.
Aaron
Popsicle.
JPC
Popsicle it is. Ooh, it's not Popsicle.
Aaron
Wait, can you do the. It starts with a noun.
JPC
I'm made of four parts. A vowel at my end, a vowel at my start. Okay, so we have a vowel at the end and a vowel at the start. Part one, I can be used as a noun. Part two, I am the first sound of Cole. That's the easiest one to get. Part three, you know it? Volcano. No, I don't part three. I am said before down.
Adel
What's said before down?
Aaron
Upside.
JPC
There's a lot. It's called a lot of things. And then part four. I am found at the end of circle.
Adel
Well, circles don't have an end. Oh, E. Cool.
JPC
Yes.
Aaron
So it starts.
JPC
Okay.
Aaron
With a vowel. End to the vowel.
JPC
It's not just E at all. I'm found at the end of circle. You're halfway there.
Aaron
C, L, E.
JPC
Well, if E was halfway.
Adel
Ellie.
JPC
Ellie. Yes. Ellie. So ellie is how this word ends. So you got part four, and it's four syllables? Yes. Yes, it's four syllables.
Adel
AlcoHoly.
JPC
AlcoHoly is not right. But that's like. I mean, blank. Yes. Yes. You have the K,
Aaron
And the hole is oracle.
JPC
No, I am.
Adel
Okay.
JPC
I can be. Okay, here's a final hint. There is a final hint to this. I can be found in nice weather.
Aaron
Hmm.
JPC
I think you have the kul and the li Circle.
Aaron
And the first one's a noun.
JPC
The first one can be used as a noun. Yeah.
Aaron
But it could also be used as something else.
JPC
Yeah, yeah. And it's a vowel. It's a vowel that can be used as a noun. It's not a. Oh, E. It's not O. It's not I. It's not I. Y, U, U, U, U, U. Ukulele.
Aaron
Ukulele.
JPC
Yes. Yes, it is ukulele. It can be found in nice weather. Oh, I love that one. Thank you for sending. I can't believe you guys went through all the vowels. Except. That was truly very fun. We have another one. This one is from Richard Payne. And Richard did say that I could use their name. Richard sent this in 2019. Then at some point, I must have asked if people were still listening, because in 2021, Richard sent an email that said, hey, JPC. I still listen. This is still a riddle. Then in 2026, I sent a riddle to Richard, and I said, but do you still listen? And Richard sent back an email that said, yeah, dude, still here. Oldest living listener. Also, the riddle I sent in sucks. So we're going to use the riddle that.
Aaron
Oh, I love it. I love that you're still here. That's so awesome. What a happy ending. I was like, oh, he's long gone.
JPC
It's. It's. It. He's still here. He sent it over seven years ago, and we're gonna get it. And I have asked for people to let us know if they're still a listener.
Aaron
They're still here. Thank you.
Adel
Even after the seven year itch, now,
JPC
seven years of anticipation. The riddle Richard has said, does suck, but we're gonna do it anyway. Here's Richard's riddle. Ritty kitty has to take a ferry for her daily commute. On one particularly foggy morning, she wanders up the top deck. Where the grizzled old filthy captain is leaning on a railing overlooking. However, it is so foggy this morning that the cars are practically invisible. As the ferry pulls into the dock and the cars begin to pull forward, the captain turns to riddy kitty and says, cars with manual transmissions are becoming quite rare. In fact, there are only seven on the boat this morning. If the captain couldn't see the cars, how did he know how many were stick shifts? Now, again, this is kind of less a riddle and more of. Do you know a specific thing about manual transitions, Transmissions versus automatic transmissions?
Aaron
Is it a sound that they make, Aaron?
JPC
Great guess. It's not a sound that they make. Has nothing to do with sound. Well, I guess it's not smell
Aaron
over again.
JPC
It's not touch. But I do love. Yes. Or if you keep going down this road, you're going to get information.
Adel
Okay. Touch, sight, sound.
JPC
Wait, who said sight?
Adel
Taste, Sight.
JPC
Did someone guess sight?
Adel
Sight.
JPC
Sight. Yes, it has something to do with sight. Something that he's seeing. Has something to do with sight.
Adel
He can see. It is foggy, so you can't see the cars. But he can see.
Aaron
Like a light. Does a certain light go on?
JPC
And let's just. Aaron, that's. Yes, it is that. And let's just do a quick sidebar break. Just as just me and you here, Richard. This is what we wanted. Did we think after seven years it would be like this?
Aaron
He wanted this to be read in 2019. He wanted this just to be burned through quickly. This wasn't supposed to age like wine.
JPC
He never asked for this attention. This is. This is. This is not what I wanted.
Aaron
Richard. I'm so sorry. You deserve better.
JPC
It is lights. There's a light. Lights are a component to this.
Aaron
Well, I did that so well. But I did my lift.
JPC
Do you guys want to hear the answer?
Aaron
Yes, please.
Adel
Sure.
JPC
Okay. So, as the cars with automatic transmissions shifted down into drive, the reverse lights briefly came on. And the captain noticed whose backup lights didn't come on. And that's how he knew how many manual transmissions were on the boat.
Aaron
I still don't think I totally understand, But I trust you.
JPC
Okay. Well, hey, Aaron. That's all that. That's all that we need to know. Have you guys ever driven manual at all you drove manual before, right?
Adel
I went to visit my dad in Ohio and he promised me, he's like, come visit me and I'll buy you a car. And I went to visit him and I was like, oh, my dad's going to buy me a car. He gave me his old car, didn't buy me into it, and it was manual and I didn't know how to drive manual. He said goodbye to me and gave me like a 10 minute instruction in a parking lot. And then I drove from Ohio back to Illinois and with the car continuously stalling out and I had a bit of a mental breakdown.
JPC
Hey, I got to say, there are lots of wrong ways to learn how to drive a car. That's got to be one of the wrongest.
Adel
Trial by fire.
JPC
Trial by fire. But also on a trip that you're not on unfamiliar roads. The one thing I'll say, if it's all highway miles, driving a manual is kind of the same as driving an automatic. If like once you're in fifth gear, you're just like going 60 miles an hour. But that sounds like a nightmare. As a person who knows how to
Aaron
drive a manual, that's scary.
Adel
Brutal. Brutal.
JPC
Also, every time I've ever driven a new manual, I've had to like teach myself how that specific clutch works to know not to stall it. Like, I don't think I've ever gotten into a manual that I've never driven before and not stalled it the first time.
Aaron
What is it actually happening when you're stalling it? Is it like a liquid? Like.
JPC
So an automatic transmission just automatically switches gears, but a manual transmission, you manually switch the gear and if you don't switch the gear, the engine just stalls out. So the engine just basically stops. It like shutters and stops because it's not in a gear. There's no propellant motion moving through the drivetrain. How do you manuals are? You restart the car, you turn the car on and then try to put it into gear again and then try to start it from there.
Aaron
That sounds scary if that happens when you're in a busy area.
JPC
Yeah, a lot of times it happens when you're at like a stoplight. Cause you stopped, you know the car, you're not in gear or you're in first gear. Like holding it at a stoplight and then the light changes and then you stall your car and then that is very like nerve wracking because then everyone behind you starts like laying on their horn because you're not moving when the light is green. And then you have to, like, restart it, and now you have to, like, put it into gear under pressure of everyone honking at you. Yeah.
Adel
Gary, nice to see a scene. We're all. JPC and I are nascar kind of pit crew comms. Aaron, you are a new nascar driver. You've never driven manual. And the race is just starting.
JPC
I'm looking at your dashboard, all your gears, all your lights are green. You are good to go, driver.
Aaron
So I. I don't know who actually who to talk to about this. So I just need you, first of all, I just need you to believe me. Just give me the benefit of the doubt. Have you ever seen the movie big driver?
Adel
We have. Yes. We have seen the movie big with tom hanks.
JPC
Tom Hanks.
Aaron
I. That happened to me last night. I'm a kid, right? I'm a kid, and I made a wish, and I'll never make a wish again. No, I, I, I. I feel like you're not hearing me.
Adel
Driver, go.
JPC
Driver, you. You are in the front position. You are. The cars are swerving around you. Driver, go. You go with Now. Go. This is your current chief driver. Time for you.
Aaron
I'll listen to my mom. I. I'll. I'll be nice to my mom. I'm sorry. I learned to listen.
Adel
You're doing it. Driver, you're. Whoa. You're drafting. Oh, you're passing. Oh, you're doing it.
Aaron
My eyes are closed. My eyes are closed.
JPC
Oh, my God. Driver, open your eyes, for the love of God. You're going as fast as I've ever seen a car go before. Driver.
Aaron
No. No, probably not. I think I'm going to head to bed. I'm tired. Being a grownup hurts.
JPC
No.
Adel
Driver, you're off the track. Driver. Oh, you're merging onto the 294. Driver, ple. Oh, driver, please.
Aaron
I'm going to go to chuck e. Cheese, and I'm going to go to gamestop, and then I'm going to go to bed, and I'm going to wake up again.
JPC
Driver, you do not have turkey signals.
Adel
You.
JPC
You should not be driving on the road.
Aaron
Turn signal.
JPC
Even kids know what turn signal. Driver, come on.
Aaron
Are you the wizard that changed me?
JPC
I'm your crew chief.
Adel
I'm the wizard that changed you.
Aaron
Oh, yeah.
JPC
Why the hell are there two people on this line? Sorry.
Adel
All right, I'll change you back.
Aaron
Scene.
JPC
The crew chief and the wizard Coming this far to nothing.
Aaron
To nothing. We. Oh, we just looked. Oh, it's coming to nothing. Dang. Okay, the.
JPC
Okay. We have A riddle from Ryan. They. Them. Ryan asks, who knows what other people are missing. Apparently this is a riddle that Ryan's grandfather used to give them. Or maybe not. Maybe this is like a riddle that Ryan's grandfather used to give them. Who knows what other people are missing?
Adel
Is it the guy? What's the TV show where he's like, if you have any information, please call us now.
JPC
Oh, my God.
Aaron
Oh, we watched an episode of this, didn't we?
Adel
Every episode was about missing people.
JPC
Is that Robert did we watched an episode.
Aaron
Unsolved Mysteries.
Adel
Unsolved Mysteries. If you have any information.
JPC
Well, but that guy doesn't have the information, whoever that guy is. Cause he's asking me for it. But he might be asking this person for it. The person who knows what other people are missing.
Adel
Person who knows what other people are missing.
JPC
I have a hint that I could give to Adol for this one, but I think it would be like a giveaway. So walk me through your process before I give you my giveaway hint.
Adel
Hmm. I'm kind of in the weeds here.
JPC
In the weeds.
Aaron
Can you read it again?
Adel
What other people are missing?
JPC
Who knows what other people are missing? So this is a. Oh, go ahead.
Adel
Like a doctor. Like someone who can see inside some X ray technician.
JPC
That's such a good guess. An X ray technician is a really good guess.
Adel
I can see you've had your gallbladder out, et cetera.
JPC
Yeah. Are you missing your car keys? I have found them inside your butthole.
Aaron
Yeah.
JPC
It's not that. It's not a doctor.
Aaron
Is it like, longing for missing or misplaced? Like what
JPC
it is not longing for. And it's kind of like misplaced. It's like some person had it, but it's not there anymore. And there's someone who knows where it is or knows what it is. Probably both. Probably what and where?
Aaron
Oh, is it like a card dealer?
JPC
Interesting. No, it's not a car dealer.
Adel
Is it a car dealer? Okay, you are missing out on a great deal with this BMW 490X ADOL.
JPC
It's not a car dealer. But car dealer does have to do with the hint that I was going to give you. Because the hint that I was going to give you, and this may not be helpful to you, but I was going to give you. Think James Caan.
Adel
James Caan.
JPC
The original Aaron. Do you know who James Caan is?
Aaron
I do, yeah.
Adel
Most famous for playing buddy's dad in Elf and then secondly in Godfather.
JPC
Okay.
Aaron
Yeah. Having a bad attitude on the set of Elf. First and foremost, did he have a
JPC
bad attitude on the set of Elf?
Aaron
Yeah, I think he was like, what is this?
JPC
Yeah, that makes sense. I guess you kind of don't cast James Caan if you're like, let's get somebody with a really good attitude.
Adel
Then you go to Scott Khan.
JPC
Yeah, Scott Khan. Absolutely thrilled to be there. James Caan, absolutely over it. Rest in Power. It's a different James Caan role. Adol. I think it's for a movie that you've never seen, but I think you want to see Thief.
Adel
It's a thief.
Aaron
It is a thief.
Adel
Michael Mann's Thief.
JPC
Michael Mann's Thief.
Aaron
I would like to see a scene, please. Jpc. You are a thief that has broken into someone's home and you're going to actually wake up the person that you are robbing, played by Adol, to tell him to get his shit together and get his life together. There's too much that's amiss in this house.
JPC
Gotcha. Hey.
Adel
Hey.
JPC
Wake up. Wake up. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. I'm not. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm gonna hurt you.
Adel
Take what I'm.
JPC
No, no, I. Yeah, I was. I was going to. I'm. I broke into the house to rob you.
Adel
Yeah, I figured. Yeah, yeah, of course. You broke into the house. Could you.
JPC
Yeah, and I was. I was.
Adel
I was on fist pack like that.
JPC
No, no, I'm not gonna. I just. You. I just want to make sure that you stay calm. I broke in here to rob you. I want to make sure that you understand that. I was on my way out and then I. I saw you in here and you're. You're a little older than I expect. You're. What are you, 40? You look 40.
Adel
43.
JPC
43. Hey, man. This Denise.
Adel
Denise. Oh, no, sorry. Never mind.
JPC
Did you think there was someone else here? A woman would.
Adel
My.
JPC
No. Women would be.
Adel
Yeah, X. Yeah. I'm sorry.
JPC
A lot of the furniture that you have in here is like. It looks like stuff that was like bought at target like 15 years ago.
Adel
Really?
JPC
Yeah, it's. Is that surprised you or.
Adel
It was bought at Target 13 years ago?
JPC
Yeah, about 13 years ago. It's like. A lot of. It's pretty shit shabby stuff.
Adel
There's not anything, like mostly stuff from anthropology. Beautiful furniture.
JPC
Anthropology's nice stuff. I would definitely steal some of that. Like, I'd still get a nice anthropology vase that would, you know, get me a mouse. No, I don't need it. You shouldn't have it from memory or anything like that either. That's. You know, there's not even anything on the walls. You know, like, posters are not expensive. Do you have a taste for anything?
Adel
Or maybe like a Braveheart poster? Is that fun?
JPC
That's not good. The fridge is also empty. Empty. I've seen fridges. Sometimes the thing of. You'll open a fridge, there'll be a thing of ketchup in it or some sauce packets from delivery or something like that, and that's it. You don't even have an empty water filter. It's just empty. Empty and still dirty. It's dirty and empty. Which. I don't know how that happens.
Adel
Yeah, I mostly eat doordash, kind of exclusively. Doordash or.
JPC
Yeah, no, I can tell. Anyway, I just wanted to wake you up and let you know that, like, I didn't take anything. Not that there's anything really to take. I actually was gonna wrap up the stuff that I took in some curtains. And I just hung the curtains in
Adel
your house because I've been meaning to get. Yeah, yeah, you should have curtains.
JPC
Sorry.
Adel
Thank you. Thank you for that.
JPC
Open windows is insane.
Adel
Can I. If you grab my checkbook from the nightstand, I could write you a check or something.
JPC
No, no. Yeah, I did. I grabbed that. That was one of the first things I grabbed. Kind of leafed through it. All of the checks say void on them as well. So it seems like you went and like.
Adel
No, that stands for Virginia. Automobile.
JPC
Automobile.
Adel
I'm broke.
JPC
Yeah. Well, here is. Let's see. What do I have on me? 21, 22, 26. I have $26.
Adel
You don't have to do this.
JPC
I absolutely am going to. $26. This is a starter for you, you know, for like, maybe. Maybe a non Mel Gibson poster that you can hang up here or something just to kind of get your Apocalyptico. Okay, that's.
Adel
He directed it.
JPC
He directed it. Yeah, he directed it. That's not even. I don't even think that's the name
Adel
of the movie, but it is apocalyptico.
JPC
It's. You know what?
Adel
Apocalyptico.
JPC
You figure that out. I'm gonna get out of here. I do have to punch you in case you call the cops or whatever.
Adel
Oh.
JPC
To make it look real conscious. Not really to make it look real. We're just. So. I get, like, a head start. Yeah. You know what?
Adel
Grab a drink or something. I'm up.
JPC
No, I'd love to. You don't have a drink here. You don't have a Single drink in this house.
Adel
So I don't know, maybe you would. Yeah. Get out here.
JPC
Yeah, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go.
Adel
Thank you.
JPC
Oh, you punch yourself. Perfect. Seems like old hate at that. Well practiced. Okay. A lot of people, a lot of people can't get that much power into a self punch. You really went for it. I have. Well, he's out. He's unconscious. Holy shit.
Adel
Apocalypto.
Aaron
Oh, my God.
JPC
Have either one of you ever seen Apocalypto? No, no, I never saw Apocalypto. I never saw Passion of the Christ. Right. Passion of the Christian.
Aaron
Yeah, I think those can be a skip.
JPC
I don't think I need to fill up my Mel Gibson watching bracket. Yeah, what was the other one? He did a war movie with spider man in it. With Andrew Garfield. Right.
Adel
We were soldiers once. And young.
JPC
That sounds like a title. He directed One Cracksaw Ridge.
Adel
Oh, I didn't know who he directed that. I've never seen it.
JPC
But yeah, good marketing for Hacksaw Ridge that you don't know that Mel Gibson directed it. They kind of keep that out of the. Keep that out of the main focus of it. Yeah. I don't know. Having kept up with Mel Gibson past one specific thing that happened with him. What kind of. I don't know. I definitely remember. That's where my interest with him kind of stopped. Can't recall what that was. Anyway, let's take a break. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8,
Aaron
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JPC
Okay. Adel. Aaron. I. I've. I've seen the movie. I've read the book. I'm all about project Hail Mary nowadays. And I don't want to brag, but I have actually built something that is pretty cool and kind of relates to a sponsor of the show. If you know where I'm going.
Adel
I'm a friend here.
JPC
So this is Adol. This is Rockette. Rockette Money. This is Rockette Money. He is.
Aaron
Oh, like the app that I love.
JPC
Oh, man.
Aaron
Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills so you can grow your savings.
Adel
Yeah, I had a subscription. Speak of the devil. I had a subscription to the Rockettes at Radio City Music hall, and I was losing money hand over legs, and thank God Rocket Money caught it.
JPC
Don't mention Hands and Legs Around. Rock at money because he doesn't have kind of. Don't worry about it, buddy. Look, all you need to know is that you didn't get your name from the app. You're your own guy. I love you. I found you in space. And Rocket Money has automatic transaction categorization across accounts, plus customizable categories and tags to reveal spending patterns. You can save for, like, a big event, like it helped me save for my wedding celebration. Or you can use it to set budgets and goals, which is something that I love setting. And I use it daily, weekly, monthly for that as well.
Aaron
It has canceled so many unwanted subscriptions, it has saved users over 880 million in canceled subscriptions. I know we're always signing up for free trials for things and forgetting it, and they're hoping that you're not going to notice. But, you know, who notices? Rocket Money and They go, not on our watch.
Adel
Rocket money is like a good wingman at a bar who's like, whoa, you're not buying two old fashions. You're buying one.
JPC
And don't worry, buddy, I'm not going to forget about you when this ad's over. I'm going to, we're going to be really good friends from space because we were in space together. So it's not going to be a situation where I'm not going to forget about you.
Adel
Hey, Aaron, that's just a rock with eyes drawn on, right?
Aaron
Yeah, I see the same thing you see.
JPC
Plus, you can set automated savings goals in rocket money so you can grow towards goals with adjustable amounts and frequencies. You can set it and forget it with rocket Money.
Adel
Whoa, guys, look. That rock is starting to float in the air. Let rocket money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join@RocketMoney.com Riddle that's RocketMoney.com Riddle RocketMoney.com/Riddle.
Aaron
It's. It's real.
Adel
I love you daddy. Oh, GPC.
JPC
Guys, I was doing that. I was doing that with my, with my mouth. I'm just, I'm holding it.
Adel
Oh. Oh yeah. There's a hand on the rock.
JPC
Well, well, well. Hey guys, it's jpc. Sorry, I cannot be too loud right now. Adel and Aaron are next to me. They are fast asleep on a Helix mattress. It's actually my Helix mattress. It's my midnight luxe. It's the best mattress I've ever owned. I invited Adeline Aaron of course over for a sleepover. We were going to stay up all night and share secrets and kind of talk about our crushes and that means who we would like to crush with rocks. But they got too excited and they fell asleep immediately because my Helix sleep mattress is absolutely so comfortable. It's kind of a problem. It's so comfortable. But something that's not a problem is that there's 120 night sleep trial and a limited lifetime warranty with Helix. They have the Happy with Helix guarantee which means you can rest easy with seamless returns and exchanges. The Happy with Helix guarantee offers a risk free customer first experience designed to ensure you're completely satisfied with your new mattress. Plus, Helix is the most awarded mattress brand tested and reviewed by experts like Forbes and Wired. But don't just listen to the experts. Listen to Adeline Aaron. And I'll let you decide whose snore is whose. Anyway, go to helixsleep.com riddle for the memorial Day sale. Best of web. That is 27% off site wide and that is exclusive for listeners of. Hey, Riddle, Riddle. That's helixsleep.com Riddle for the Memorial Day sale. Helixleep.com Riddle okay, guys, wake up. Time to talk about who we want to crush with stones. I'll go first. I want to crush. All right, we're back. We're back from break and we're back with some, you guessed it, riddles. Would you guys rather do some more one off riddles or like a series of riddles?
Adel
Should we confirm?
Aaron
Yes.
Adel
Okay.
Aaron
Okay. What if we went to Culver's?
Adel
Ooh. Oh, yes.
Aaron
And we got like butter burgers.
Adel
Oh, yeah. Maybe like a malt. Yeah, malted on something sweet treat.
JPC
You guys look back. I'm gone. I'm at Culver's.
Adel
I'm eating three concretes.
Aaron
I want a series.
JPC
A series.
Aaron
I want to be taken away. I don't want a small bite. I don't want a quibi. I want a movie.
JPC
Oh, a movie, not a quibi. Okay, so prepare to be trans or smobby. Thank you, Adol, for our little history. This is our culture. We're smobby coded as a podcast. These are what am I? Style riddles from Chris. So, Chris, this is the first one. I think you'll be able to pick it up. Armored and tall, I stand alone. My head and heart more cold than stone as hunger enthralls my back to the wall. I'm waiting for you at home.
Adel
Oh, Statue of Liberty in your house.
Aaron
Refrigerator.
JPC
You're both right. It is a refrigerator. But what is the refrigerator if not the Statue of Liberty of your house? Wow.
Aaron
Huh?
Adel
Give me your tired, huddled groceries.
Aaron
Yeah.
JPC
Aaron. Yes, it is the refrigerator. You are absolutely correct. You did. Yeah.
Aaron
I would like to thank my co host, JPC and Adol for something, I'm sure. I would like to thank God. I'd like to thank the entire Chicago comedy community. Casey, Toney, Arnie, parrot.
Adel
The music's playing.
JPC
I was just about to ask adult for Casey to play music to cut her off, but hey, can I say, can I? Casey, if we had asked for music is the only music that you have at the ready? Yep.
Aaron
Oh, my God. Yeah. I would like to thank the Academy. I would like to obviously also thank my family. I love you.
Adel
Rap it.
Aaron
Rap it. Oh, right. That's a good point.
JPC
Your speech.
Aaron
I want to thank you. I want to thank you. I want to thank you for all that I have. Stop diving off the screen. I didn't even get to do one rhyme. This is what I mean. You cannot have me rap. You. You cannot have me rap. And have two on the screen. No, I. No.
JPC
Can we talk about when you started? You put your hands up. I don't think I've ever seen.
Aaron
I'm stretching.
Adel
Who turned off our cameras?
Aaron
What rhymes with academy? What rhymes?
Adel
Are you mad at me?
Aaron
Oh, yeah. Thank you. I'd like to ask. Ask the Academy. Ask the academy if they are mad at me. Why'd you do this to me? I didn't earn it. I didn't learn it. I didn't stop. I can hear at all. This is a sensory nightmare for me. My palms are sweaty.
Adel
Palms are sweaty. Use it, Mom.
JPC
Spaghetti.
Aaron
Palm. Spaghetti. Palms are sweaty. Someone already did this rap. I want a nap. I want to go. I want to clean my house and take a rest. I want a nest in my house. And then I'll come back to record. Set a record. Record. Set a record. Win an award. Record, a reward. Hit it.
Adel
And now, Aaron, do that. Do like what ariana DeBose did.
Aaron
Adol did the thing. Adol did the thing.
Adel
Angela Bassett did the thing.
JPC
I still do say Angela Bassett did the thing in my house quite often. I love saying that.
Aaron
Yeah, well, you like to have fun.
JPC
I do like to have a good time. I want to see it hurt.
Aaron
I think I got hurt by that. I'm hurt. I'm physically hurt.
JPC
I just love that that's the one thing that we have ready on the soundboard for Eren. I do want to see a scene. So, Eren, you're gonna be at home. Adol, you're gonna be playing Eren's refrigerator. But much like the Statue of Liberty, this refrigerator was granted to a France.
Adel
Ah. Downstairs in the middle of the night.
Aaron
Hey, this is already humiliating. I don't really need, like, condescending French judgment.
Adel
No condescension.
Aaron
Champagne, pate, macarons, Loose cheese, please.
Adel
Loose cheese.
Aaron
Oh, like, shredded. Like shredded cheese. I want to eat it like a raccoon.
JPC
Wow, wow, wow.
Adel
You have given me ennui.
Aaron
Okay, can I have two olives, A sip of lacroix that I put back in the refrigerator earlier when I didn't.
Adel
Your life is marred.
Aaron
No, just like some deli meat. Can I get some soy sauce? And I'm gonna mix it with ketchup, and I'm gonna put. There's some Cape Cod potato chips in it.
Adel
You know what?
Aaron
Just give it to me.
Adel
You know what?
Aaron
You have to look.
Adel
I'll go in the other room, unplugs myself.
Aaron
No, come on.
Adel
I'm going to head out.
Aaron
No, come on, please, please.
Adel
I was made from stainless steel to hold culinary delights, the sights that France has never seen. But you, you eat like a pig.
Aaron
No, come on. Hey.
Adel
Eat like a rusted pig.
Aaron
Here's the thing.
Adel
Am I saying that right? Translation.
Aaron
When I. When grow grocery shopping, I was a different woman. I thought I was going to cook things. I thought I was a person. And now I just have a bunch of ingredients and now I have to eat them like a rat in the middle of the night. This is my God given right as a person in my own home. Now, please.
Adel
A rat tried to eat some of the stuff you mentioned and they threw up and died inside me. I took care of it this morning.
Aaron
Awesome. All right, well, give me my Taco Bell hot sauce package and two days old pizza. Oh my gosh.
Adel
Listen, this has been sort of a ratatouille situation where I'm sort of like
Aaron
brings in my guillotine from the other room. Keep going.
Adel
Hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Aaron
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You hear the people sing Singing the song of angry men. This is a music of a woman who wants to eat again. And the strategies is good.
JPC
Daisy, play it.
Aaron
It's always good.
JPC
Oh, seed, Seed. See?
Adel
Aaron, you did it. Le fridge.
Aaron
Le fridge.
Adel
Le frigerabe.
JPC
Aaron, you might not be able to rap, but you can always Le Mis.
Aaron
Oh, thanks.
JPC
Was that me? Say, is that a compliment? I don't know. Hey, she took it as one. Here's your next one.
Aaron
Keeps the fridge door open.
JPC
Here's another one from Chris.
Aaron
Groceries down the
Adel
one fridge.
JPC
She almost got it. Another snack.
Adel
Another lunchable.
Aaron
You know what? Have fun. Gpc. Isn't this. The point of the show is we. We talk and talk and talk until we stumble upon something that's fun. You don't want to do fridge. Les Mis. You don't do Les Fridge.
JPC
I was thinking, is this the point of the show? And I feel like we've done so many versions of Les Mis on the show that it might be the point of the show might be just to get to Les Mis in whatever way we can and then do it.
Adel
We either need to get to a version of Les Mis or a type of Venom and that's our mo.
Aaron
I'll be over here thinking about that. And you.
JPC
Tomato on the bread.
Aaron
There you go.
JPC
Pizza on the sauce. Javert. Javert.
Adel
Take the bread.
JPC
Le Venom is there. I was trying to think of it. Isn't there a cheese that sounds like Javert.
Adel
Chevre.
JPC
Chevre.
Aaron
And I am Chevrer. Do not forget my name. Do not forget cheese.
JPC
Gruyere. Gruyere, I guess.
Adel
Gruyere.
Aaron
Gruyere.
JPC
I am warning you, Gruyere. I will cut off all the mold.
Aaron
See? Aren't you happy you had fun? Aren't you happy you had fun?
JPC
The whole time I was trying to think of. I'm wording you, Greer. Here's the next one from Chris. When I was small My voice would ring high and bright When I would sing As I grew large My voice turned low While my brothers sat in their row they hung me high up in a church Where I was left to swing and lurch Though all could hear me far and wide There were no words in my helpless cries Bells.
Aaron
Some sort of bells.
JPC
Yes, these are bells. These are church bells.
Adel
I'd like to see a scene.
JPC
Casey, clip that for me.
Aaron
Bom, bom, bom, bom.
Adel
I'd like to see a scene. Jbc. You are Beast from Beauty and the Beast. Aaron, you are a townsperson. And the Beast has just entered a bar that you're at, Aaron, and brought in his new wife. That's an actual bell. It's just a big bell.
Aaron
Eh, Bonjour. Camine. Camin. Make yourself at home. Warm yourself by the fire.
JPC
I'm keeping on my cloak.
Aaron
Oh, yes, that is fine. A table for one, monsieur.
JPC
A table for two. I'm obviously here with my beautiful wife.
Adel
Dong.
Aaron
Something is gonna miss. This miss is a Belle.
JPC
Ah, so you've met her. You've met my precious Belle.
Aaron
So it's a. The witch's curse. She became an object when she came to your home, monsieur.
JPC
Nope, nope. Just. This is her.
Aaron
You just made love to Abel, fell in love and made it your wife.
JPC
Not in that order. I waited. I'm a gentleman. We were married first. Then, if you must know, we consummated the agreement. Hey, Gaston's not here, right?
Aaron
No.
Adel
Okay. My ears burning.
JPC
Bench pressing.
Aaron
You are gigantic.
JPC
I beat my ass. And he stole my real wife. I had to marry this bell.
Adel
What have we here?
Aaron
Oh, this is another bell.
Adel
Jesus Christ. But.
Aaron
Oh.
JPC
Hey, Gaston. Oh, man. Hey. Long time no see, dude. How's. What was her name? Or Belle? That's her. Yeah.
Adel
Good. She's a published author now. She wrote the story of my love for her.
Aaron
I look out the window at the bar. I still see the. Across the street, they're still doing the Les Mis Fridge game. I slowly sneak out of this seat. I tiptoe across Barman, barman, barman.
JPC
Let me buy a round for my friend.
Aaron
Great. Help yourself. Miss you.
JPC
No, no, no. Stick around. If you want to do any. Like, if you want to do any ref. Hey, stick around.
Adel
I Dreamed a Dream of Frigidaire.
JPC
We have songs, too. We could do our songs, you know.
Adel
Yes.
Aaron
That can't be spoken. Empty.
JPC
We could do our songs.
Aaron
Empty drawers.
Adel
No one Eats like Gaston.
Aaron
No one. Yeah.
JPC
See? See? Someone do Be My Cheese or whatever.
Aaron
No, no, I'm going over here.
JPC
See? See? Okay. As a verdant sentinel, I spur you on until. With gold I ply for you to stay. I hold you beneath my bloodied eye then once more send you on your way. Whoa. Yeah, this one's a longer. It's not a ring. I like that. No, it's not. The sun.
Adel
Bloody eye.
JPC
Yeah.
Aaron
Is it like an X ray?
Adel
Oh, it's like a dark room.
Aaron
Dark room.
JPC
No. So here's the first line. The first line may have escaped you, but I think it's pretty key. Here. As a verdant sentinel, I spur you on until. With gold I ply for you to stay. I hold you beneath my bloodied eye Then once more send you on your way. Okay, the order of that is also the order of this thing.
Aaron
It's the order.
JPC
As a verdant sentinel, I spur you on until. With gold I ply for you to stay. I hold you beneath my bloodied eye Then send you once more on your way.
Aaron
It's like a shot.
JPC
Oh, interesting. No, it's not a shot.
Aaron
Is it a medical thing in any way?
JPC
No, this has nothing to do with medicine or medical anything.
Adel
Is this some sort of monster?
JPC
No, it's not a monster.
Aaron
A checkpoint of some kind.
JPC
A checkpoint of some kind is the closest I believe, that you have been. Yes, it is. I guess it is kind of a checkpoint. Not really, but it's like. Once you get the answer, you'll say, like, oh, yeah, I guess.
Aaron
What's the most helpful part?
JPC
I hold you beneath my bloodied eye is the most important part.
Adel
O Sauron.
JPC
No, it's not a literal eye and it's not literal blood. I would say that this is an object and this is a stamp.
Adel
Lava lamp?
JPC
No, it's a routine object that I think that you two would encounter in your normal lives. You know, throughout the day, you would encounter this object.
Aaron
Phone.
JPC
Phone. No.
Aaron
What room in the house would it be in?
JPC
It spurs you on. It plies for. It's not in the house. It spurs you on, it plies for you to stay. And it holds you beneath its bloodied eye.
Aaron
Oh, is it a stoplight?
JPC
It's a stoplight, yeah.
Adel
Good job.
Aaron
Sorry, guys. It's hard. It's hard. It actually is hard to solve. For that.
JPC
You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna give Chris my award for the best one I've heard in a while. Because I think that this is a good one. I do love the imagery of bloodied eye for the red of a stoplight. That's very fun.
Aaron
I'd like to see a scene.
JPC
Oh, please. Yes.
Aaron
I will be the red light.
JPC
Okay.
Aaron
Jpc, you will be the yellow light. And adol, you'll be the green light. And we are all trying to give our fourth friend advice on dating.
Adel
You just gotta put yourself out there. You gotta go, go, go. You gotta. You know, speed dating is a good situation, I think.
Aaron
I don't know. I think try to be single for a while. It's really way too vulnerable to be in love. And then you're sort of tied to the choices they make, and then what if they make a chaotic choice? Or, you know, I just. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I'd call it.
JPC
Why make any choice? I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't mean to take control of the conversation, but why make any choice when you could just kind of wait for a choice to worry?
Aaron
He only talks for like a second and then he.
Adel
Okay, back to me. So I think you should. If you want something, get out there and grab it. You need to ask for forgiveness, not for permission. In terms of dating.
Aaron
Yeah.
Adel
In terms of asking someone. You scrap what I said.
JPC
You know, I don't hate what you said, so. I mean, like, think about it. That could be an area. Don't make any decisions right now, but think about any.
Aaron
No. And you know, Gary, Mr. Yellow over here is always, like. He always says to maybe, like, slow down or stay in the middle area. But what you end up doing, Gary, is you rush into things. That's what you actually do, Right? This wishy washiness makes it so then you just hurry up and go, go, go, go, go.
Adel
Get out there. Park your car right now. Get out of here. Go. Chase. Did you hear about that kid? There's a kid who was cursed by a wizard to be a NASCAR driver, and he went to Chuck E. Cheese something else, and then went to bed. That's what you need to be doing. Pursue your dreams.
JPC
Well, we don't know what actually happened to that kid because as far as I'm concerned, the story remained a little bit unfinished.
Aaron
No, no, no. We know exactly what happened to that kid. And he regretted every choice he ever made. He died in that car, obviously, because he was a grown up who was actually a kid in a grown up body.
JPC
Guys, guys, guys, I. I appreciate all the advice. I think I'm just gonna keep fucking my bell. It feels really nice.
Aaron
Stop.
JPC
See?
Adel
Yeah, I agree.
JPC
All right, we have two more of these left from Chris. Silent, I stalk in the dead of night. Then in a flash, I strike and bite. My roar shakes with terrifying sound. Yet I soar and never touch the ground.
Adel
Lightning and thunder.
JPC
It is a thunderstorm. You got it right on the money. Okay, well, that leads me to the last one that Chris sent in. And I think we'll all enjoy this one. Invisible. Our voices come with a click of your mouse or thumb. We'll joke and jape while we address the puzzle of each wordy message. You'll hear us banter and improvise laughing till tears are in our eyes. Upon the middle of the week, you'll get your chance to hear us speak and play along with all the fun. Oh, and please join our patreon.
Adel
My brother, my brother and me.
JPC
Yeah, unfortunately, it is my brother, my brother and me at the end. Oh, that is a devastating one for me to read at the end. I didn't even look at that answer until I got there and. Oh, fuck, Chris. Brutal. Absolutely brutal.
Aaron
Brutal, brutal. Chris.
JPC
I want to do. I want to do one more. This is one that Josette sent in, and this has been on my list for a while, so I wanted to. I wanted to move it off, but it's a pretty simple one. I think you guys are going to do fine. What serves on either side. And if you wish to hide, may protect you from your foe or show him where to go.
Adel
Racket.
JPC
Ooh, I love that answer because you could see through it, you know? No, it's not a racket.
Adel
Do you say this is from Cosette? Is that what you said?
JPC
Yeah, yeah. Why not? It's from Cosette.
Aaron
A fridge full of food.
Adel
Can you read it one more time?
JPC
I know a fridge that's full of food. See? Yeah. See? It's fun. It's fun. Empty shelves on empty. What are the shelves on? Shelves. I don't know.
Aaron
Empty shelves and empty drawers.
Adel
Master of the sauce. Keeper of the sauce.
Aaron
Condiments and also sauce.
JPC
I would. I would see it all at all version of Les Miz, provided that they were not allowed to Think about before they got on stage.
Adel
Master of the sauce.
JPC
That's so funny. Just finding it. They're just constantly finding it, bouncing around.
Adel
Can you read it one more time? Jeev.
JPC
It's from Josette. I want to give Josette a proper attribution. What serves on either side and if you wish to hide, may protect you from your foe or show him where to go.
Adel
Boy, oh boy.
JPC
This is another thing that I would say is. Oh, please.
Aaron
Oh, no. I was going to say I was thinking about like bumpers. Like bowling bumpers.
JPC
Oh, interesting.
Adel
That's a great one.
JPC
This is a very common, common object. You'd interact with it in your normal daily life. Yes.
Adel
Stoplight.
JPC
I wish it were a stoplight. What serves on either side and if you wish to hide, may protect you from your photo. Where you go. I mean, like. Yeah, there's a way that stoplight fits that. Yeah.
Adel
A fence.
JPC
A adol. You're closest with fence. You're closest with window.
Adel
Door.
JPC
It's a door. Yes, it is a door. Thank you for sending that one in, Josette. And that is all the riddles that we are contractually obligated to do today on the show. Which leads me to my favorite part, and that is asking Casey, do we have a voicemail? 8:05.
Adel
Whoa.
JPC
Wow.
Adel
Is that Dragon Force,
JPC
right? It definitely. It definitely felt like that.
Aaron
That was awesome.
Adel
Sounds amazing.
JPC
Yeah, that one was from Ryan Hanson. Ryan titled that 805 metal one. That was great. Thank you, Ryan, for sending that in. If you want to get a voicemail theme featured on the show 30 seconds or less as a WAV file hrrpodcastmail.com Casey, do we have a voicemail? Hey, Clue crew, this is Sam. I just moved to Chicago from Hamilton County, Indiana and I am walking on my way to my Level 2 showcase at the I.O. theater. I feel like in group work I'm always in my head and I'm very curious how you guys get out of your head and focused on the scene when you're doing improv. So would love any advice from three IO alums. Yes, that's it. Love you guys. Bye forever.
Aaron
Sam.
Adel
Congratulations on your showcase, Sam. That's awesome, Sam.
JPC
I think I speak for all of us when I say we have never encountered this problem before. This is new to you. You have a mental defect. It is nothing that can be
Aaron
word saying something so awesome and funny that is really hard to do. I did a herald for the first time in years recently and group work, especially when you're having to do Pattern group work, I would say, is the most universal time that people get stuck in their heads is Carol Joe group work. So you're in good company despite what JPC just said. And that is a common problem that you will have to face for a long time.
JPC
I don't know if this is helpful to you. In fact, I know that it won't be. But I have. I guess it's like a little, like, vocal stem thing that plays in my head. But whenever I hear someone say, how do I get out of my head, get out of my head, get out of my head. I always go, get out of my head and into my car. So I don't know if that's useful to you to use in any way, but feel free to do it if it does have a use to you.
Adel
I would say in group work, as much as this is helpful, I would say try and mirror someone else and. Or use repetition to your advantage. I think a lot of times people get stuck in group work because they're trying to figure out what the next thing is. Where I feel like, if you just commit to what is currently going on, the next thing always comes. There's no group that's still performing an opening from eight years ago because they're stuck in the moment. Something new always comes.
JPC
That's fun.
Adel
And then for scene work, I don't know if this is helpful, but I always try and say, if you treat something as if it's important and meaningful, it becomes important and meaningful. So in a scene, I think what's good is just taking everything that someone else says as if it's a clue or a key to what the scene is or what the scene can become. So if Eren sits down next to me in a scene and says, like, beautiful morning, isn't it? I can be like, fuck, what's the scene? I'm so in my head, what is she going for? What does she want from me? Or instead, I can treat it as if it's something important and meaningful and go, yes, it is a beautiful morning. The hawk flies at midnight, and then suddenly we're like two secret agents exchanging briefcases or something.
Aaron
Yeah. Or have it be like it means something emotionally to you. Like, if I go like, it's a beautiful morning, isn't it? Start to get emotionally moved and be like, oh, my God, it's so good to see you in a good mood. This is the first time you've woken up in a good mood. Our marriage is going to be okay. Having an emotional reaction to something helps Yeah.
JPC
I also think that when people say stuck in their head, what they mean is that they are trying to actively figure out what is going on. And I will say, in improv, there is no one right answer. So instead of trying to figure out what's going on, frame it as you are now in charge of making a decision about what is going on. If that is in a group game, do something. Right. Mirroring is a great way to do something. The physical action of you doing it, saying it, moving you will propel yourself towards further movement. If you are in a scene and someone says something to you and you're trying to figure out what the context of that thing means, you're using this editing part of your brain. You need to just ram through and like, write. Right. Whatever you say will be true. So let's build off of that. It's always going to be better to provide whatever that information that you can add to it is going to be than to sit there and try to figure out what the other person is. You're never going to figure out what someone else has in their head. Right. It's better to just kind of like, work through it physically than to. To be internal and thinking about it. So I don't know. Yeah, I kind of tend to luck
Aaron
to you a lot, too. And the other thing I was going to say is when you start group games, the number one thing I want you to be focused on is clarity. Is this going to be clear to the audience and at least half of my teammates of what I'm doing? If you think of your initiation as you're trying to clear something up, and not that you're just going out and going like, blah, blah or whatever, know what you're going for. And if that changes, fine. But if you have a clear, complete, clear picture of what you're initiating, the scene is always gonna end up better. Cause if you go out for a group game and someone goes, I'm gonna put something confusing forward, and then someone else is gonna figure it out. You're coming from a deficit. Even if it changes. The person initiating come in going, this is exactly what we're doing. We're a bunch of dogs pulling a dog sled. And if it turns into something else, great. But try to be as clear as possible going in and then eye contact. Those are my advice. That's my advice.
Adel
And if you're ever at a loss, go either Les Mis or Venom.
JPC
Yeah, Les Mis or Venom. That's gonna help you through 99% of the time. The one thing I'll say. And this is real. I believe, and I'm looking this up. There was a big study done that if you were born or lived or spent any time in Hamilton County, Indiana, there was something in the water there that's gonna make you worse at improv forever. So that's gonna be sapping away anything that you have that is gonna make you, propel you forward in this line of career. It says go to dental school. So whatever that means to you, I don't know. But you're gonna be a great dentist, Sam, and we really look out for you.
Aaron
Congratulations.
JPC
Those teeth. Erin, do you have anything that you would like to plug?
Aaron
I would like to plug Sam at IO future dentist and fantastic improviser Adel. Anything to plug.
Adel
I want to plug Ryan in that Dragon Force esque theme and I kind of want to do like a metal Les Mis now. Has that been done?
JPC
I don't know.
Adel
Kind of like what Manheim Steamroller did for Christmas. I want to do for Les Mis with Ryan.
JPC
JPC I would love to read a review. This is a five star review. If you want to get one featured on the show, just leave one wherever you leave reviews. This one's coming from Noodle Dance 26. The title of the review is Potatoep. I've been listening to the back catalog. Yes, from episode one. I will be doing this forever. And finally came to Write a review 10 minutes into the episode where you start by deep diving into potato formats. Me not skipping through a second of that absurd opening is a real testament to how incredibly funny and delightful you all are. Thank you for all the once and future laughs. I don't. Do you guys remember the potato four by four?
Aaron
No.
Adel
No.
JPC
Well, hey, I believe you, but I believe ya.
Aaron
We believe ya.
JPC
We believe you. And while we might not remember an EPO where we talk about potatoes. Aaron, I think we remember an EPO where we talk about hot potatoes.
Aaron
Why do I even say it? When you have the thing?
JPC
I like to layer it sometimes. Like hot dogs and potatoes casserole. Casey, tony. Hey there cobblers and gobblers. If you like that, you're going to love this week's Patreon. We bring you to the Marisol County Cobbler Cook off with our friend Mike Brunlead. You can listen to that plus the entire back catalog@patreon.com HeyRiddleriddle by joining the clue crew for $5 a month or start your 7 day free trial or the review crew for $8 a month plus you get those ad free episodes. See you there.
Aaron
That was a Hitgum podcast. Hi, I am Mandy Moore.
JPC
Sterling K. Brown.
Adel
And I'm Chris Sullivan.
JPC
And we host the podcast that was us now on Headgum.
Aaron
Each episode, we're gonna go into a deep dive from our show. This is us.
JPC
That's right.
Aaron
We're gonna go episode. Also gonna pepper in episodes with different guest stars and writers and casting directors.
Adel
Yeah. Are we gonna cry?
JPC
Yes, a little bit. Are we gonna laugh a lot? A whole lot.
Adel
That's what I'm hoping, man.
JPC
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Adel
Or watch full video episodes on YouTube or Spotify.
JPC
New episodes every Tuesday.
Podcast: Hey Riddle Riddle
Hosts: Adal Rifai, Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan (JPC)
Theme: Riddles, Improv, and the Unexpected Magic of Fridges
“Le Fridge” features classic Hey Riddle Riddle chaos: surreal improv games, meandering riddle-solving, and a recurring obsession with fridges, puppets, and Les Misérables. The trio teases each other, riffs on pop culture, and explores the line between earnest support and absurd bits—all while occasionally remembering to solve riddles sent in by fans from years past.
A listener seeks advice for getting out of their head in group improv scenes, sparking an earnest round of practical tips:
This episode showcases the delightful unpredictability of Hey Riddle Riddle: from fridge-based Les Mis puns, to puppet improv, to car mechanic tangents. The hosts embrace the chaos, veering between brain teasers, scene work, and affectionate mockery of themselves and each other. Even when the riddles get tough (or the answers are mundane), the journey is always the point—and the destination is almost always a musical improv about cheese.