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John Gabris
This is a headgun podcast.
Mike Mitchell
What's up, Shannon? Is it a bad sign that I just got light headed walking out here? Oh, fuck. It's gonna be a long one tonight. Before I get started, I just gotta say welcome back to a very special episode of High and Mighty. It's me, ya boy. The number one fuck boy, Johnny G, from the south shore of Nassau county, long Island, standing 6 foot 2, 309 pounds. Sorry. To my Cedars Sinai cardiologist. If you're watching, I sent you the link. Why won't you respond? It's John Gabris. All you gotta do is trust me. Jackson, Maine, what are you doing here? Abortion is health care. Fuck yeah. Let's get political. Not on this Power Hour. Don't worry. Also joining me here at live at the Dynasty Typewriter is you, the live audience who bought tickets before the livestream freak fully cardio at this point. Also joining us spiritually is young, my original silent co host, now truly silent forever rip to a real one, Arthur Gabris. And if someone's brought you here, Arthur is my. Not like a relative rip to a real one. Big John, my father. He would be so honored that I casually brought him up before the show started. Holy shit. Who's here at their first power hour ever. Who's been to more than one power hour? Holy shit, I can't believe you returned. Shout out to my engineer, producer and friend Emma, who clapped when I said, who's been to more than one power hour? The woman who has to wake up tomorrow and edit it so that you freaks at home who can't afford the livestream get a chance to listen to it. Actually, don't tell the live stream people that it's for free on your podcast feeds. Bad business, baby. I see people looking at their partners now. Oh, we could have just listened to this. Tomorrow we had to drag the Dynasty typewriter on Thanksgiving eve. We brought my fucking parents. Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. If you're listening, the livestream is still for sale. I know, I'm selling it real fucking hard. But if you're listening for free and you're like, wait, what kind of hat is Gabrius wearing? Spoiler, I'm not telling you, but it's a Chubby's sailor hat. I am both of those things. Guys, I wanna say I'm so thankful to have a venue and an audience and friends and like a support structure that is willing to do this once a year. It is the 10th annual parentheses, potentially last high and mighty Thanksgiving eve power hour 10 fucking years I've been doing this. I wanna pretend like it's for you guys, but it's for me. I was on vacation a couple of weeks ago and I cut drinking off like with four days left in Cartagena. Cause I wanted to save all the booze for tonight. So I haven't drank in like a month. And now tonight is my first time doing it in a long time. I'm sweating, my face is warm. I've had two BLS things. I've had two BLS in about nine BMS. I've had two Bud lights and two BLS. And two BMS since I got to Dynasty typewriter at 6:30. Don't worry, freaks. I did it in the green room. Speaking of freaks, I cannot do this show alone. Not because I don't have the cardio for that is one part of it, but the other part of it is it's really fun to have guests when you come out here to do something like this. So if you guys want to keep the applause going, I'll introduce you to our guests for the evening. Do you hear that, guest? You're coming out shortly. Starting off with. Joining us for the first time tonight, I've got Ify Waddaway and Gilly Neeson. Oh, hell yeah. Coming straight from the Take Back the Night vigil. Here, leave this for me. He was here last year in his first power hour. This is his second power hour. He's our sober spirit guide getting us through this on water and Gatorade. Put your hands together for Oscar Montoya. I don't know if you guys would even know who I am or listen to to my podcast if it wasn't for these next two gentlemen. Well, people, put your fucking hands together for the Dobies. It's Mike and Nick. Oh, now, livestreamers, if you're wondering what that pop was, you're gonna have to buy a ticket and watch. Yes. Mitch pulled out his pecker dog. We got zoom lenses set up. This is not the total cast. I saved this person for last. Cause I met this woman 10 to 15 years ago and I've done more power hours with her than anyone else in my life. It's my sister from another Mr. Betsy Sedaro. Yeah. Fuck ye. Holy shit. The whole squad is here. I've noticed. Weiger, I appreciate you dressing up in my search terms. It makes it a lot easier for me to crank off to my own livestream later.
Betsy Sodaro
Do you want me to sit behind the tv? You want to switch spots?
Nick Weiger
Why?
Betsy Sodaro
You were in a costume no, yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
I'll switch with you.
Nick Weiger
No, I'm fine here.
Ify Nwadiwe
No, no, why you're sitting. Sit. We'll switch.
Nick Weiger
No, wait. No one needs to switch. No one needs to accommodate me. People can see the costume.
Ify Nwadiwe
You're wearing a costume. You should be closer to the center.
Nick Weiger
Let's just scooch over, get cozy.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, God.
Mike Mitchell
It's a tight squeeze up here. I'm texting.
Nick Weiger
How's everyone doing out there? Anyone take the train here? Now make some noise. If you got off at the Westlake MacArthur park stop. And which of you crazy motherfuckers got off at the Wilshire Vermont stop? Wow. Just me.
Mike Mitchell
I'm sure a few more people, but they got caught counting toothpicks at a diner. And I'll be here shortly.
Betsy Sodaro
Are you not not entertained?
Mike Mitchell
Am I not entertaining? Oh, everyone's in agreement. A lot of thumbs up out there. Holy shit. Weger in full. Gladiator. Did you see G2? Did you see Gladiator?
Nick Weiger
I didn't see it yet.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, wow.
John Gabris
I saw G2.
Mike Mitchell
You saw G2? Yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
As soon as I saw Denzel Washington by a white slave, I'm like, of the year. You know, this is what cinema is about.
Mike Mitchell
I know a lot of people are like, Gladiator 2 is too woke. I'm like, I think there's one thing you dislike about it, cuz it's like a white savior hero. It's like nothing is woke about it except a black dude is in it. Yeah, yeah, he's there and he's doing. He's doing pure Denzel at rules.
John Gabris
Just knocking it out the park. There's that one African guy and I feel like I judge movie Africans. I'm like, that ain't. That ain't close. Because, you know, since I'm Nigerian, but like, there's other parts of Africa that he could be doing, but he wasn't close to the Nigerian accent.
Mike Mitchell
I had a fucking blast watching it. I know Gladiator is like your meathead friend's favorite movie, but Gladiator 2 is like their dumb friend's favorite movie. It's like somehow even dumber than fucking Gladiator, which is.
Gilly Neeson
I wish it was dumber.
Mike Mitchell
Yes, it could have been dumber.
Gilly Neeson
It was, it was. I was. I was bored.
Oscar Montoya
I was.
Mike Mitchell
Yes.
Gilly Neeson
Oh, yes. I was bored. And there are sharks in it.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
Gilly Neeson
And I was still bored.
Oscar Montoya
I wish I was sleepier so I could have taken a nap.
Mike Mitchell
Whoa. Holy hot takes from Gillian. Betsy. Yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
No, I was. I was locked in and I was in this like theater in Portland that had those. I don't know if you've ever been to those theaters that like, we're going to have a fucking big ass couch and you can lay down and you can order food.
Oscar Montoya
I think you just walked into someone's house.
Mike Mitchell
Well, that's weird. You're like laying down, eating grapes, watching people in Gladiator lay down and eat grapes.
John Gabris
Yeah, I was getting the Gladiator experience.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, that's awesome. I was in one of those theaters at the Grove where you can ride a rhino in. Should I be concerned at all? No, we're good. Yeah. All right. There are just two people stealing the TV right now. So for. For first time Power Hour people. Do our vets have any? I mean, I'm sure people have done it outside of on stage, but do our vets have any advice? Weiger, you really enjoy talking Power Hour strategy.
Nick Weiger
Yeah, I mean, it's a nightmare every year. Gives me anxiety all day long and then it's a humiliating experience that I regret.
Betsy Sodaro
Well, I wonder how you. I wonder how you could have avoided that. Man, it's so embarrassing. Anyways, time to put on my leather.
Mike Mitchell
Fucking ye. Some of us are shame pigs, you know. Some of us could only get off if everyone is shaming.
Ify Nwadiwe
Weger did come in in a harness and my first impulsive response was to be like, my culture is not a costume, Weger.
Mike Mitchell
And as an ancient Roman, I'm also offended. We were way fatter back when being fat was cool. Who's on Ozempic at the table?
Ify Nwadiwe
Tell the truth.
Betsy Sodaro
The order's in, baby. Can I inject my turkey with it? Fucking thin ass turkey. That would suck. I guess it doesn't work immediately, right?
Mike Mitchell
The turkey just gets a six pack and you're chewing through its super hard ass.
Nick Weiger
The doughboys getting a Ozempic is like on Miracle and 34th street when they bring in all the letters to Santa Claus. Bring em in, boys.
Mike Mitchell
Just dumping out tubes of semi glutide. Are there any nerves? Gillian, Ify for your first Power Hour here.
Oscar Montoya
I've been excited all day.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
I've been ready. I've been built for this, you know, you saw me getting them deadlifts in, so.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Did anyone do anything particular in prep today? I didn't intend to shit a dozen times, but I think it may have helped me in the long run.
Gilly Neeson
Oh, I went on a hike.
Betsy Sodaro
Wow, that's good.
Gilly Neeson
I've been shitting my guts out, so I'm ready.
Mike Mitchell
All right, we're going to pressure test the plumbing here.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah.
Betsy Sodaro
I did this in the reverse order. I should have done it in the other order. I went to dxl, which no one knows.
Mike Mitchell
One giant guy. I know it. Would anybody like a prenut? DXL is the big and tall store, okay? You'll all go there someday. Gen Z. You don't know what's in the food. Okay.
Ify Nwadiwe
What does DXL stand for?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, Double extra large.
Betsy Sodaro
I think it is double extra large. I think it maybe is just double extra large. That sucks.
Ify Nwadiwe
Damn.
Mike Mitchell
My mom is calling me right now and it's 100% to ask me how she could watch the live. Yes. Hold on. I gotta call this bitch back.
Nick Weiger
Wow. What'd you get at dxl? Did you get this hoodie?
Betsy Sodaro
I got this hoodie.
Nick Weiger
It looks great on you.
Betsy Sodaro
Thank you.
Nick Weiger
What a nice color.
Betsy Sodaro
My sister didn't like it. I was sending her.
Mike Mitchell
Hello. How are you? I'm good. How are you?
Nick Weiger
Good.
Mike Mitchell
What are you doing? I'm hosting the Power Hour live on stage at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles. How do I see it? How do you see it? Buy a ticket. Joanne, can you send it to me? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Hold on. I'll send you the file shortly. I'll send you the free link. Cause I know what you like. I forgot all about it. I want to see it. Okay, yeah, well, make. I know you forgot all about it, that's fine. High school football all over again. Just kidding, Mom. Love you. I'll text you the link shortly. No, do it now.
Gilly Neeson
Look. Yeah.
John Gabris
Damn.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah.
John Gabris
Damn.
Gilly Neeson
Send it to her now.
Mike Mitchell
Do it now.
Ify Nwadiwe
Oh, that's an icon.
Mike Mitchell
Wow. Wow, wow.
Oscar Montoya
What was your mom doing when she wasn't at your high school football games?
Mike Mitchell
Working. To be fair, my parents worked weekends. It was fun. If you are a lone kid who's fine with playing 12 hours a day of video games. And I was. I could beat Final Fantasy iii because my par aren't around this weekend. It doesn't sound so cool. Now, when I say I think these.
Nick Weiger
If it's a younger crowd, they're probably confused because when you say Final Fantasy 3, you mean Final Fantasy 6.
Mike Mitchell
As Final Fantasy 6 was rebranded for.
Nick Weiger
Super Nintendo, they probably know the Final Fantasy 6 re release and they're thinking Final Fantasy 3. That was. Wait, though. The game that came out on the DS? No, it's. No, that's what they call the SNES. Here's the thing. They didn't release 2 and 3 in the US in North America. So when 4 came out for the Super Nintendo. 2 and 3 were Famicom games. They were like, we'll just call 42 in the US so that US consumers aren't. This is like 2 and 3.
John Gabris
4.
Ify Nwadiwe
This is like Gladiator. Coming back to ancient Roman times to talk about the future.
Mike Mitchell
I'm just wondering if Rome still stands. You understand? Setzer is a gambling character and he spins the slots and sits in all of them. Okay, Nick, I feel like we're roasting Weger, but we do have all the specifics. Yeah, y'all. Y'all had all the facts.
John Gabris
Not one dropped. I want to know what's your favorite Final Fantasy?
Nick Weiger
Great question. You know. No. For a long time I was a 10 guy, but I think I do go back to six.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, still wrong.
Nick Weiger
What's your. What's your pick?
John Gabris
Seven.
Mike Mitchell
Seven is the one that I probably.
John Gabris
Watched JRPGs in the American continent. It was seven and they and them us thinking the game would look like those nice 3D cutscenes. And then playing it was like, this.
Gilly Neeson
Isn'T what it looked like.
Betsy Sodaro
Betsy.
Mike Mitchell
I agree.
Nick Weiger
I will just.
Gilly Neeson
Right.
Nick Weiger
Seven is inarguably the most impactful one with the biggest legacy.
Betsy Sodaro
Cheers.
Nick Weiger
I might go with six. Here we go.
Mike Mitchell
Do it. Cheers.
Oscar Montoya
Someone from the audience needs to come and remove them.
Mike Mitchell
I think seven came out my freshman year of college, so I totally missed it.
Gilly Neeson
Start the clock.
Mike Mitchell
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Betsy Sodaro
Down with it, player.
Mike Mitchell
Let's start the motherfucking clock.
Gilly Neeson
Yes.
Ify Nwadiwe
There it is.
Mike Mitchell
There it is.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, shit.
Ify Nwadiwe
Five, four, three, two, one.
Oscar Montoya
Happy Power Hour.
Mike Mitchell
Wow.
John Gabris
I gotta say, someone, when I said I was doing the show, someone was like, what are you drinking? And I was like, oh, probably whiskey. And they're like, you're gonna do 60 shots of whiskey? I was like, oh, I should probably figure out what this show.
Mike Mitchell
Wow, the Taco Bell just landed.
Ify Nwadiwe
Oh, my God.
Mike Mitchell
Out to everybody else. Yeah, yeah, please.
John Gabris
Oh, no.
Mike Mitchell
Bring those out to the crowd if you can.
Betsy Sodaro
No, no, you can leave that box here.
Gilly Neeson
We got some sauce.
Mike Mitchell
We got more. Oh, okay. We got more. Whoops. Sometimes you just open grubhub and click.
Nick Weiger
Was it last year when they brought it out and then it got placed in a place where we couldn't see it and then we forgot about it, and then everyone got mad at us that we didn't eat it?
Ify Nwadiwe
Yeah.
Nick Weiger
Oh, was that last year?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, it's every year that everyone gets mad at me. Or at least I feel like they did.
Nick Weiger
We'll eat it this year.
Gilly Neeson
Anybody want a soft taco?
Oscar Montoya
I know you want.
Mike Mitchell
It's too early to.
Betsy Sodaro
God damn it.
Mike Mitchell
That's shot, too, if you're playing along. All right.
John Gabris
That was such a sweet laugh, Gabrius.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, I'm a sweet boy. Especially before I've had 21 Bud Lights.
Gilly Neeson
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little scared that I'm next to the computer.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Wait, his name is Ify? He's not that much of a nerd.
Betsy Sodaro
Ivy, I see you have Jagermeister.
John Gabris
Yeah, I saw that. And I was like, oh, I can just swap it in. So every other shot will be.
Ify Nwadiwe
He's being ambitious.
Mike Mitchell
You're not my problem. After, like, nine, but that is a lot. Okay, we'll.
John Gabris
We'll do a different variation. We'll see how we feel.
Mike Mitchell
Yes, that's what I like to hear.
Ify Nwadiwe
You know what?
Betsy Sodaro
I was.
Ify Nwadiwe
This. Last year was the first time I did it, and I'm like the sober spirit guide here. Trademark. And last year, after drinking water, I got so sick.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah, that's the lesson.
Ify Nwadiwe
Oh, there it is.
Mike Mitchell
There it is.
Ify Nwadiwe
Not burping already.
Nick Weiger
What were your symptoms?
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, Jesus.
Mike Mitchell
Pissing a lot.
Ify Nwadiwe
Pissing a lot. Pooping a lot of water. My body just saying, why?
Nick Weiger
No, you got. You have to. If you just drink straight water, I mean, people die from that. Hyponatural wee for wee.
Betsy Sodaro
That's what we know about that.
Oscar Montoya
Dry drowning. Dry drowning.
Ify Nwadiwe
Dry drowning.
Oscar Montoya
Did you get the water from the toilet?
Ify Nwadiwe
Yes.
Mike Mitchell
That's great.
Ify Nwadiwe
I did drink, and I wanted to be balanced. Y'all are drinking alcohol. I'm drinking toilet water.
Mike Mitchell
I'm sober. That stuff's just, you know, my body's a temple. I'll just have toilet water.
Oscar Montoya
We got something crazy.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
Toilet water and Taco Bell.
Nick Weiger
Can we get a quick rundown for audio listeners of what everybody's drinking? I'll start. I'm having Guinness right now. Mitch, what are you drinking about?
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, I might steal any of your Guinnesses, but I'm doing Topo Chico hard seltzer.
Mike Mitchell
Okay.
Ify Nwadiwe
I'm doing a Gator Light rapid rehydrated. Oh, no. Indeed. Oh, no, indeed.
Mike Mitchell
I'm doing Bud Lights for now, but I'll shake it up and drink all these other lights. Piss beers. And I'm gonna have some Jagermeister in honor of my culture.
Oscar Montoya
I am a. I'm the Michelob Ultra freak of the night.
Nick Weiger
Wow.
Mike Mitchell
That is. I asked everyone what they wanted to drink, and Gilly said, literally, I'm a MC Ultra freak. And I was like, if you can't find it, don't worry. I have. My car is full of it. I was like, oh, okay.
Oscar Montoya
I'm low key with my freak. You know, I'll provide so that you don't have to. And I'm also drinking it through a crunchy taco filter.
John Gabris
Ooh.
Mike Mitchell
The best way. Wow. Now ify you have four beverages in front of you. Two hard liquors, six beers. What are you going with over here?
John Gabris
Yeah, I'm bouncing around the synthwave. Sour ale. I'm also getting a creamy fucking pint of Guinness and then some Jagermeister just to mix it up, you know?
Mike Mitchell
Wow. Finally, Boots, we're tapping The Rockies down there.
Gilly Neeson
Tapping the Rockies.
Mike Mitchell
Wow. Is the train blue? Is that still a thing?
Oscar Montoya
The mountains.
Mike Mitchell
Remember that?
Gilly Neeson
The mountains.
Mike Mitchell
The train is in the commercial, right?
Gilly Neeson
Yes, but on the. They used to have it where the mountains are purple when it's cold.
Mike Mitchell
Freezy freakies for when you're wearing gloves.
Oscar Montoya
And you don't want to take them off to see if your beer is cold.
Gilly Neeson
I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know about you.
Mike Mitchell
Just look at the can, man. Feels like that's more difficult than just touching a can to find out if it's cold.
Ify Nwadiwe
Wait, how did that work? You know, what's, like, technology to that?
Betsy Sodaro
It was, like, hyper.
Nick Weiger
Great question.
Mike Mitchell
Hyper color. Freezy freezer.
Betsy Sodaro
Hyper color T shirts.
Ify Nwadiwe
Yeah, but, like, what's the technology behind that? Why do you put that in the camera?
Nick Weiger
I don't know.
Mike Mitchell
Now who's sitting next to a computer?
Oscar Montoya
But I've literally stood there with friends where we had to get, like, a council of drunk people being like, is it blue or is it shiny? Is it blue or is it my shirt? Reflecting on it didn't even work.
Mike Mitchell
A council of drunk people sounds great. Except if, like, that's Thanksgiving.
Betsy Sodaro
Hypercolor was annoying because you'd have the T shirt, and then people would, like, breathe on your T shirt. You know what I mean? That's how you made it change color. You breathe. Yeah, just fucking nasty people just blowing their breath on you. I want to say this. I texted earlier tonight, who needs a ride? As a joke. And Gabri thought I was 100% serious.
Mike Mitchell
Now, I mean, I don't know what the statute of limitations are on DUIs, but was I outlandish in just following up to make sure?
Betsy Sodaro
Okay, hold on a second. Have I driven to a power hour? Yes, but oftentimes I drive my car around the corner and just leave it there. Or I do coke.
Mike Mitchell
If you get yacked up, it negates the bac, baby.
Betsy Sodaro
There was. There was a night where I was so fucked up in Quincy. And like this. Like this, like the genuinely good scumbag.
Mike Mitchell
Finally, a genuinely good scumbag. I think I have five of them up here.
Betsy Sodaro
This scumbag guy was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're too fucked up to drive. And he's like, here, do a line. And he gave me cups.
Gilly Neeson
Oh, my God.
Mike Mitchell
Now you're okay.
Nick Weiger
Are these all crunchy? Does anyone have soft tacos?
John Gabris
I got some soft. You want some soft tacos?
Nick Weiger
Can we do a crunchy? Oh, here we go.
Mike Mitchell
I Love that.
Nick Weiger
Oh, no, dude, I dropped it.
Betsy Sodaro
Imagine if that was a sword.
Mike Mitchell
Quick, gladiator, catch your weapon. Oh, fuck, I dropped it.
Nick Weiger
Okay, this one I can eat.
Mike Mitchell
Okay.
Betsy Sodaro
Crowd giving a thumbs up.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
Both of them are your fault. If he let the record show, imagine.
Gilly Neeson
Bringing back Taco Bell to ancient Rome.
Mike Mitchell
Having one cheesy gordita crunch would kill the strongest gladiator.
Ify Nwadiwe
100%. 100%.
Mike Mitchell
I would be like a God. I'd be like, I'll eat all your preservatives. Look how little it affects me.
Betsy Sodaro
The two. I. I like the two brothers. They're fun and the.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, yeah. The two emperors are the highest.
Gilly Neeson
Could have been better.
Oscar Montoya
Could have been better, dude.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, could have been more fun.
Gilly Neeson
Could have been.
Ify Nwadiwe
Is Russell Crow in the second one?
Betsy Sodaro
No, no. They show his hands kind of.
Oscar Montoya
Yeah.
Gilly Neeson
He see a couple.
Mike Mitchell
They show a closeup on his hands zipping his fly up.
Ify Nwadiwe
Zipping his gladiator.
Mike Mitchell
I think I've said this on the pod before, but our thing back in the day was if you drove drunk, you had to turn to everyone at the party and scream, I'm gonna live forever before you got in your car. So that way, if you did die, everyone's like, oh, man. The irony is, oh, my God.
Betsy Sodaro
I did not drive here. So everyone knows I will be probably looking for my car after the show.
Mike Mitchell
I did not drive here, but I will drive most of you home. We're all gonna get on Weger's train together, not let him change back. Fuck.
Nick Weiger
So my advice for anyone who did take the train is after the show, I think that walk to Westlake, MacArthur park style, it's pretty dark. I actually think even though it's a little bit further, I think the Vermont one might be a better walk. So just up to you, up to you, your discretion.
Mike Mitchell
But I think you're talking to two people.
Nick Weiger
There were some people who took the.
Mike Mitchell
Train, maybe a couple of freaks on the live stream like in MacArthur Arthur park, watching on laptops.
Ify Nwadiwe
Just out in the park, watching on their cell phone.
Mike Mitchell
I wanted to be close to the actor. I want Mitch to autograph my tits when I come up there.
Betsy Sodaro
With pleasure. You could. You could role play with your wife or something when you got home, but I'm guessing you're just gonna play some video games. She watches. You all right? Yeah.
John Gabris
Oh, no, I was just talking about how Mitch is from the chutes, and I wanted to shout that out.
Betsy Sodaro
Yeah, you shout out Massachusetts.
John Gabris
Yeah, the chutes.
Betsy Sodaro
Fuck, yeah, the chutes.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
I really want to make it a thing.
John Gabris
And Em hates it because she's from the Chutes as well. But I'm like, look, I think it's a cool word.
Nick Weiger
I love it.
Oscar Montoya
That sounds like a movie where Mitch is a character that climbed out of the board game Chutes and Ladders.
Mike Mitchell
It's Chutes and Ladies.
Oscar Montoya
I'd watch that movie.
Ify Nwadiwe
I would.
Betsy Sodaro
Thank you.
Mike Mitchell
We're 10 minutes in. Everyone's feeling pretty strong.
John Gabris
I finished my bottle of Jaeger, which you know how many.
Mike Mitchell
I'm doing a shot of Jaeger. Okay. Who's on the Jaeger train?
John Gabris
Because I'll do bottle two, but I don't want to steal all the bottles.
Mike Mitchell
Who's on the Jaeger train? I mean, besides Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, who else is in Pacific Rim? Wow, that was good. Wow.
John Gabris
Look, as a big mech head, I really respect.
Ify Nwadiwe
You made one person leave.
Mike Mitchell
All right, we're gonna try some technology here. We're gonna have a former guest of the Power Hour hop in digitally. Let's see. Oh, and I'm gonna do a shot of Jaeger while we wait.
Gilly Neeson
Remember when people were like, there's deer blood in it?
John Gabris
I don't remember that at all.
Gilly Neeson
Maybe that was just Colorado, where people were like, there's deer blood and Jaeger. Anybody?
Mike Mitchell
Jaeger? Yeah.
Gilly Neeson
Okay.
Mike Mitchell
Cause jaeger is German for hunter. Yeah. And it's like a hunter's drink. Cause it warms your cockles when you're in the German Alps hunting whatever they hunt. Well, we don't want to know. Yeah. What year were you hunting? Favorite?
John Gabris
You know, I was deep, you know, in my early 20s when everyone was trying to make Irish car bombs. Now, I fuck with a lot of.
Nick Weiger
There he is.
Mike Mitchell
Holy. Holy shit. It's Mr. Throwback himself. Adam Pally joining us on the dais. Pally, we're ten minutes in. Oh, wow.
Ify Nwadiwe
Classy.
Mike Mitchell
Power Hour. Excuse us.
Oscar Montoya
A Chablis every minute.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, that's the beat. Adam, so you're in New York. It is, like, after 11pm how's your family dealing with what you're doing with your time?
Adam Pally
Getting texted left and right.
Betsy Sodaro
Like, how long is this gonna take Me, too.
Mike Mitchell
From Joanne?
Oscar Montoya
Yeah. Did Joanne hit you up to ask how to get on the live stream?
Adam Pally
No, No, I figured that out. They did put this background on that. I don't know how to.
John Gabris
Wait.
Mike Mitchell
That was you that did that. So I can't wait to use your kid's school iPad to be on the show. Daddy, I have homework. Hold on. It's the power hour.
Nick Weiger
Priority.
Adam Pally
Cole was like, let me hop on. I want to say hi to Gabrius. And I was like, not the night.
Mike Mitchell
You can't even be within 200 yards of a digital connection tonight. Another minute, AP.
Adam Pally
You don't want to see him this way.
Mike Mitchell
I want you to continue to respect Gabris, so seeing him like this won't do. I wish you were here. We have Taco Bell. I know, I know. You would be able to want to rip some bongs after, but unfortunately, you're on the east coast with your family, where you live. What the fuck?
Gilly Neeson
Fucking weird, dude.
Oscar Montoya
Fucking weird.
Adam Pally
I tried to get. I tried to get whipping. Cause that's my tradition for the show. And I ended up getting in, like, a prolonged fight with the guy who wouldn't sell me weapons.
Mike Mitchell
Every step of this story so far is the most Adam Pally story I've heard in a while. How did this resolve? Where is this fight?
Adam Pally
I'm out in the Hamptons. I'm out in the Hamptons.
Mike Mitchell
And Pali.
Adam Pally
You know, like, when you told me what the show's gonna be, I was like, oh, crap. Yeah, I gotta get a whippets, you know?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Not part of the show at all. But it's something you've done at every power hour you brought. Whip it. Jesus Christ. Oh, but so how. How'd this fight resolve itself? Or what if it did?
Adam Pally
Well, so what happened was. So I was looking for a smoke shop, and there's this, like, row of smoke shops in, like, Shinnecock. And so I stopped in, like, each one, I was like, do you guys have whippets and a cracker? And I was, like, trying to be normal about it. They're all smoke shops and, like, you know, kind of like janky dispensaries. And each one was like, no, no, no, no. And they were kind of giving me that thing. I was like, are you a cop?
Mike Mitchell
You give off cop five? Yeah.
John Gabris
I'd be like, I wouldn't sell it to you for. Nah.
Oscar Montoya
But also, those places don't sell whippets, dude.
John Gabris
Also, they call it Galaxy Gas now, you know? So you were asking for the old school name.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, but. But, but.
Adam Pally
But I didn't, you know, and they knew what I was asking for.
Mike Mitchell
And then I.
Adam Pally
They were like, the last one on the row will have it. So I went to the last one on the row, and I was like. And the guy behind the counter, dude, like, it could have Gabriel. It could have been any one of your brother's age. 20 years, you know. And he's sitting behind the thing and. And he's, like, staring me down. And I was like, hey, do you have whippets? And the crack or whatever? He's like, looks at me for a long time. He goes, now, we don't sell that. It'll rot your brains.
John Gabris
Whoa.
Adam Pally
And I was like, just so tired.
Betsy Sodaro
I was like, I know we only.
Mike Mitchell
Sell mango vapes to children.
Adam Pally
I was like, yeah. So I go, I know, I know, but do you. Do you sell it? And he goes. And he goes, nah, I don't sell that shit. I'm a grown adult. And I was like, really? So I got really pissed. So I was like, oh, okay, cool. Could I have. Then could I have like, 10 mango flavored jewel pies? Do you have, like, a pina colada flavor? And I was like, ooh. And that one, that colorful one. I think my kid will like that. That's. And I made him, like, run all up. And he's charging. He's like, this is a lot of vapes. I'm like, yeah, I know. I just want to stack up. He charges him on. He's like, okay, that'll be $240 for the vapes. And I went, you know what? I actually don't want these. And I started walking out.
Betsy Sodaro
He was like, you son of a bitch.
Adam Pally
He's like, you made me bring all these down and get all these out just so you could say no. I was like, why you? I just made a decision because I'm a grown adult. So then he, like, like, almost looked like he was going to jump over the thing.
Mike Mitchell
So mad.
Adam Pally
So then. So then I ran full speed out of the smoke shop and got my car. I was driving back and I was, like, all, like, huffed up and pissed off. So I was like, you know what? I'm not done with this guy. So I Jesus call. So I call the store.
Ify Nwadiwe
Oh, my gosh.
Adam Pally
And I go, hey, is there a guy in here that just dealt with someone who was looking for, like, whippets and nitrous? And I was, yeah, that's me. I was like, hey, yeah. I was the guy that was looking there. And I just wanted to say thank you because I. I almost bought that nitrous. And if I did, I wouldn't have done it, and it would have rotted my brain. And then I wouldn't have been able to remember that I met the biggest little bitch of a man I've ever.
Mike Mitchell
Seen in my life today. Now, this is truly an Adam Pali story in that I'm a little bit on the other person's side as well. So.
Ify Nwadiwe
Wait, so a thousand percent.
Oscar Montoya
You are like, to Joker of the Hamptons. What the fuck?
Adam Pally
I'm, like, feeling so much better. And then he goes, wait a minute, you're a doctor? And I was like, what? I realized that my phone is under my dad's name, and it says Doc.
Mike Mitchell
Or Kelly, and he also has your contact info there.
Adam Pally
And I quickly hung up. I thought a doctor came in there looking for Whip.
Mike Mitchell
Pally.
Adam Pally
Anyway, I don't have whippets for.
Mike Mitchell
Well, bummer. Get the fuck out of here. No. Thank you so much, Adam, for stopping by. Enjoy your Chablis. Cheers to AP Mike, co host for travel shows for life. We just need to do it.
Gilly Neeson
Another one?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Do it.
Adam Pally
Well, I'll do it digitally.
Ify Nwadiwe
Love you.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, I'll zoom in to a bar. I love you, buddy. Thank you for coming through. I appreciate it. Go back to your wife and kids. All right, give it up for AP. How's everybody doing? We're coming up on the 20th minute. Gilly, how you doing?
Oscar Montoya
I'm thinking to myself, I'm gonna regret saying this, but I don't feel drunk at all.
Mike Mitchell
Wow. That is the thing you say at minute.
Oscar Montoya
I feel amazing. I literally feel.
John Gabris
You look amazing.
Ify Nwadiwe
Thank you. You're glowing.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God, I'm on fire.
Oscar Montoya
I feel like I am so sober, even though I've drank a few beers at this point, and I know that I'm gonna sound so drunk in, like, five minutes. I feel amazing.
Mike Mitchell
Ah, Boots, how are you feeling down there on the.
Gilly Neeson
I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good.
Mike Mitchell
Talk us through your cool crew neck. You're rocking over there. I'm obsessed with it.
Gilly Neeson
Okay, everybody, I just found this on Depop, like, Truly, like, last week, and I was like, it would be so awesome if it got here in time for power hour.
Mike Mitchell
Power hour.
Gilly Neeson
We got Spud McKenzie.
Oscar Montoya
It's really good.
Nick Weiger
Wow.
Gilly Neeson
This is kind of what I want my life to be.
Mike Mitchell
I was gonna say you're kind of our Spud mackenzie. Already?
Gilly Neeson
Are you serious? Nice.
Mike Mitchell
That is. You're the only person that's a compliment for. You did it, Beth. You did it, Beth.
Gilly Neeson
This is the greatest night of my life. Oh, my. That really, like, means a lot.
Mike Mitchell
That's one time Ben Rogers said about me. Surfing bulldogs look at my life with envy. And it was, like, the kn. Nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. I was like, I love you, man. And he's already walking away. That's perfect minute 20. I guess I'll do Jaeger.
Oscar Montoya
I mean, it's like. It's like not even affecting me at all.
Mike Mitchell
No. Alcohol, like, actually doesn't have an effect on me. I had a college. One of my best friends in college and a guy I lived with for five years after school. His big joke, he would say, alcohol doesn't affect him. The whole night we were drinking. Even if he's, like, rolling down the stairs puking blood, he'd be like, alcohol does not affect me. And he was pretty stoic guy, so it was hard to tell when he was drunk most of the time. But then he would just say it so much that it became like a meme. In our house.
Oscar Montoya
There's a part in the movie Casper where, if you're all familiar, one person pointed and clapped.
Mike Mitchell
Yes. Go off. Queen. Go off.
Ify Nwadiwe
A lot of Christina Ricci. Is that you?
Oscar Montoya
I can keep you. Where he tries to go into the machine that's gonna turn him from a ghost into a human again. But they take out the special juice that's gonna make it.
Mike Mitchell
Excuse me, don't take away my human juice.
Oscar Montoya
And they open the door of the machine, and it didn't work. And he's a big fried egg, and his eyeball slips down off his face. There are pictures of me in high school where I look exactly like that. It doesn't make. It doesn't make sense, like, bone wise. Because my eyes have. They can. They can only go where the holes in your skull are. But I swear it was. It was on the cheek.
Mike Mitchell
Whoa.
Nick Weiger
Mitch wants to switch spots because he keeps burping, so we'll switch spots.
Betsy Sodaro
I keep burping.
Mike Mitchell
I keep burping.
Gilly Neeson
Gnarly.
Betsy Sodaro
Before this started, I got a base of Zanku, I got a chicken tarnip plate, and I ate four pitas.
Gilly Neeson
Yes.
Betsy Sodaro
And now I'm burping up garlic sauce. I feel disgusting.
John Gabris
Yeah, you ate too much pita. That's how they ate.
Nick Weiger
I haven't noticed, but they come from you.
Mike Mitchell
That's how those motherfuckers get you.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
Fill you up on pita, and then you don't buy as much chicken.
Betsy Sodaro
Taco Bell, your spot is so wet.
Nick Weiger
I know.
Betsy Sodaro
It's soaking wet.
Nick Weiger
I know. Been spilling weiker.
Mike Mitchell
Didn't talk about how hot your seat was. I can 100% guess that there's a fucking panini press there. Mitch is the only guy I know. We go on a road trip, he puts a loaf of bread, ham and cheese on his seat, sits on it, then Serves us all croak madams and Audi.
Betsy Sodaro
I do sometimes if you put your sandwich up on the dashboard, it keeps it warm. If you put on the defrost.
Mike Mitchell
Does no one else do that? No. I got seat heaters.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, shit.
Mike Mitchell
I've never used the driver side one once the passenger side goes on every time I have takeout.
Oscar Montoya
That's smart.
Gilly Neeson
That's so smart.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
Mitch's thing, though, sounds like, like. Like growing a coli or something.
Mike Mitchell
My wife has been borrowing my car cuz her car had a flat and, you know, she has to go pick it up and so that's a huge feat. So she's been using my car a lot and she puts the seat heater on and I'm always like six minutes into a drive going, mother, I might. I'm sweating. I got swamp. And then I look and I'm like, oh, my seat heater's on. It like, ruins my afternoon.
John Gabris
So anytime someone mentions seat heat, I have to remember this story my friend told me of where she. She hooked up with this dude and she's driving him, like, dropping him off, and she. She like, turned the seat.
Oscar Montoya
How far did they go?
John Gabris
They. They like, they. They got all in it.
Mike Mitchell
If you're in your 30s and 40s, saying, hooked up, like, we. Come on. Yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
I feel like, who knows? I don't know the timeline. Time isn't real. So. But anyway, she had the seat heat on for him, and he looks at her and he's like, hey, is the seat heat on? And he's like, yeah. He was like, you need to pull over right now. I have ibs and it makes me shit immediately. And so, like, he shit his pants and was like, leave me here. Like, leave me here. I don't need it.
Nick Weiger
Oh, my God.
Oscar Montoya
You can't tell anyone that. That is a trigger for you because I would just be walking around with like, a hot water bottle.
John Gabris
Just trying to trigger shits.
Mike Mitchell
Well, you have that recorder that plays the brown note that you bring to parties all the time.
Oscar Montoya
Yeah, I've taken lessons for seven years just to hit that brown.
John Gabris
I do want to ask the panel if they're gonna drink Jaeger, because if so, I'd like to move. If not, I'd move to bottle two. If so, then I'm just gonna leave the bottle.
Mike Mitchell
If he just have another bottle, brother.
John Gabris
King of my life.
Mike Mitchell
King of my life's gonna have it. It's me. And then we'll, you know, force it down Mitch's throat backstage after there and like, A bullet.
Nick Weiger
I'll do a Jaeger at number at minute 30. How about that?
Oscar Montoya
All right.
Betsy Sodaro
I'll do it at minute 30 as well.
Nick Weiger
Okay, great.
John Gabris
The small anecdote I want to say is we got to figure out another name for the Irish Car Bomb, because I with Irish people now.
Mike Mitchell
No. And if you. If you order it, they'll kill you out. Yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
What are you supposed to say?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, Car bomb.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Betsy Sodaro
Did you say you with. You?
John Gabris
Yeah, I with Irish people now.
Betsy Sodaro
It's like you with Irish people now. What the.
Mike Mitchell
Like. Well, now that you know. Well, once he met you, he found he saw one of the good ones.
Oscar Montoya
Yeah, finally.
Mike Mitchell
Well, no, I feel like I have.
John Gabris
To distinct my whites now. Like, I have to know, like, because, like, you know, I feel like, you know, the women I'm attracted to. If you look like a silhouette of a D and D character, I'm into you, you know? And then, like, if I'm breaking it down to words.
Mike Mitchell
What about a troll? Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
Hell yeah.
Mike Mitchell
You do that?
Betsy Sodaro
Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
Oh, yeah.
John Gabris
Hell, yeah. No.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
And I'm a lot of dwarves.
John Gabris
But yeah. No, Irish people. I feel like they're like, you know, the black people of white people.
Mike Mitchell
How about that?
Betsy Sodaro
Hell yes.
Ify Nwadiwe
Yeah. Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
And in 2024. That's a compliment. I mean, would it.
John Gabris
Would it not be a compliment?
Mike Mitchell
Win what?
Betsy Sodaro
Nah.
Mike Mitchell
Dave.
John Gabris
Rooster in the hot seat now. What the do you mean by that?
Betsy Sodaro
This is my surf. This is my surfboarding Pitbull moment. I love this.
Nick Weiger
I'm Estonian.
Mike Mitchell
That's fine on the surfboard.
Ify Nwadiwe
What was that? Was that your pimple impression, Mr. Pitbull?
Mike Mitchell
I'm not going to do a full accent. I'm already in the hot seat, as we. I mentioned.
Nick Weiger
Anyone out there not get Taco Bell and want a taco? We got some just sitting here idle. It doesn't. Any. Any takers? Anyone out there?
Betsy Sodaro
I'm gonna take one. At least.
Nick Weiger
I'm just gonna take one.
Ify Nwadiwe
Take also. Who's participating?
John Gabris
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah. Who's still Shenanigans. All right, that's good.
John Gabris
Anyone out there not get a forehead smooch and need one?
Oscar Montoya
Do you lick your lips before or after?
John Gabris
No, no, I give you, like, a. My lips are soft and, like, I don't need to lick.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, all right.
Nick Weiger
Raise your hand if you want a taco from Johnny Taco Seed. Come here. Okay.
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Taco Seed. They just want wer running around in those shorts. I know. Yes. Got it. Flaunted. We got wy Gams out in the crowd. He's like our shot girl. Like, yeah, I mean, Taco Bell.
Ify Nwadiwe
Taco Bell by way of Akbar, baby.
Oscar Montoya
I just know noticing that his, like, sort of leather kilts only has one panel directly over the crack.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
And then it's open on the sides.
John Gabris
Well, yeah, that's so your legs can, like, you know, show what it's working with. Yeah, yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
Wegar. Did you buy that costume or did you rent it? What's the story?
Mike Mitchell
Should your nickname be Beefy One Layer now?
Betsy Sodaro
Yeah.
John Gabris
I'm gonna request Weger to flex those quads.
Oscar Montoya
Beefy One Layer. Glad to, Rito.
John Gabris
Yeah. Those are some good thighs, you know.
Betsy Sodaro
Did you put the holes. Did you put the holes in the leather? Do they come with the holes in it? Wise, he'll answer.
Oscar Montoya
He's coming.
Mike Mitchell
Weiger's a recording professional. He knows the deal. Yeah. Also, he wears a costume. So you freaks upgrade from just listening to buying the live stream. And that is hugely very clever.
Ify Nwadiwe
Very clever.
Mike Mitchell
And another reason we brought up Betsy's cool crew neck. You can all. You can't listen to how cool is.
John Gabris
Well, the first time I met Weger, he was dressed as Skeletor.
Nick Weiger
That is true. Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
Remember that?
Mike Mitchell
Cuz you went. You went to his house on Christmas.
Betsy Sodaro
I love the idea of you going to whatever Hollywood toy and cop. Where did you get. Where did you rent this?
Nick Weiger
I found a spot. I. I found a spot. I can't remember what it's called. A costume shop on the west side. And this is a rental.
Betsy Sodaro
This guy's so nervous. You do this costume not knowing what the fuck you're gonna do.
Nick Weiger
I said it was for a party, and in a way, I was telling the truth.
Mike Mitchell
He's like, you're not gonna walk into some school with this and start shooting people, are you?
Gilly Neeson
Oh, my God.
Mike Mitchell
That's minute 30. I guess I'll do a little.
Nick Weiger
Oh, sure, sure, sure.
Oscar Montoya
Here we go. Do you have to provide a reason at costume shops now?
Mike Mitchell
If you do and, like, they don't ask, it makes you crazy. It's so I can my wife in it? Sure, pal. A lot of people are fucking their wives in this.
John Gabris
Well, that's why I said. When he said it's a party, he was like, oh, he's going to one of those parties, you know, Iffy.
Mike Mitchell
Being the only person who knows what that is.
John Gabris
Am I the only person on the panel who's been to a sex party?
Oscar Montoya
I applied and I got rejected.
John Gabris
No, no, wait.
Gilly Neeson
Talk.
Ify Nwadiwe
No, really.
Oscar Montoya
Does anyone have, like, a promo code?
Mike Mitchell
I can help you. Athletic greens 20% off. No, that's about it.
Gilly Neeson
Better help.
Ify Nwadiwe
Wait, Gilly, what do you.
Oscar Montoya
Better help.
Mike Mitchell
But.
John Gabris
Well, cuz you have to interview for sex parties. Like when me and Em interviewed, they. He was like, make sure she's on camera. I was like, relax, dude. Like, you sound too horny.
Mike Mitchell
But we got what I know about sex parties.
Oscar Montoya
All right, all right.
Mike Mitchell
Sex parties. I know from podcasts. Yeah. And Brian Quimby.
Nick Weiger
Yeah, the guys podcast.
Mike Mitchell
The guys podcast. They're always saying, no single guy. No single guy, you cannot go.
John Gabris
I. I remember I told a friend that, and he seemed so perplexed, and I was like, I wouldn't want to go to any party. Sex party that allowed. Just a single guy. Get the out of here.
Mike Mitchell
Just 12 dudes cranking off, looking at your partner and you're like, what is this? The UCB green room?
Ify Nwadiwe
Got him, got him, got him.
Mike Mitchell
Place of employment in quotes for 20 years.
John Gabris
I will say when I was at a sex party, one guy was like, yo, can I watch? And I didn't. I, like, I. I started getting in my head about fucking because I was like, I've never done it for an audience, you know, but you're a consummate.
Mike Mitchell
Performer as well, so I feel like that's a good. Oh, yeah.
John Gabris
I definitely was like, I'm a step up to the challenge.
Ify Nwadiwe
Did you feel like you had to. Did it change. Change the way that you normally perform?
Mike Mitchell
Oh, yeah.
John Gabris
I definitely was, like, trying to. Way more masculine than I normally do.
Mike Mitchell
No, babe, let me.
Oscar Montoya
Let me take that again. Let me take that again.
Gilly Neeson
I can do better.
Mike Mitchell
I can do better.
Betsy Sodaro
Yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
It's not feeling connected. It's not feeling real.
Mike Mitchell
Should I do it with an accent?
Ify Nwadiwe
Do it in a pitbull accent, darling.
Mike Mitchell
Mr. 305 guys, I believe we're at minute 32, but we do have another guest today if the technology works.
Ify Nwadiwe
What the heck?
Mike Mitchell
Let's let them into the room.
Gilly Neeson
Oh, my God.
Ify Nwadiwe
Welcome to the.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God. Who is it? It's Kamala.
Ify Nwadiwe
Who's it gonna be? Who is it? Who's it gonna be?
Mike Mitchell
Who's it gonna be? Kamala, what the hell is happening? Can you hear. You can't hear us?
John Gabris
Yeah, we see you. How you doing, mano?
Mike Mitchell
Mano. Hey.
Ify Nwadiwe
I can't.
Mike Mitchell
I can't hear. I heard that.
John Gabris
You hear this?
Mike Mitchell
You hear this, though?
Betsy Sodaro
Do you hear this?
Mike Mitchell
Okay, mano, you just talk. Tell us where you are. You're in Costa Rica. I'm in Costa Rica.
Oscar Montoya
The bugs.
Betsy Sodaro
Wow.
Mike Mitchell
The bugs are crazy. I'm sorry, but that's the gayest shit I've ever heard. Immediate bug complaint.
Ify Nwadiwe
That's what Monica calls Costa Ricans bugs. You all sound like you're underwater.
Mike Mitchell
And I love you so much, mano. It's been. It's the minute. So just do a shot with us if that's all you can hear. Just. It's the time. It's the time. Uh. Oh, I'm ready. I can hear. Whoa. A bottle of Cuervo.
Ify Nwadiwe
Do it.
Nick Weiger
Never mind.
Mike Mitchell
That's the gayest shit.
Nick Weiger
Wow.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God. For people who are only listening, mono is swigging from a Cuervo bottle. Yeah. That's alone in a Costa Rican hotel.
Ify Nwadiwe
I think you're saying.
Betsy Sodaro
I think you're saying.
Mike Mitchell
Are you taking. Taking shots directly from a bottle? Yes, that we were able to pick up on just visually, but the clarification is, of course, appreciated. Well, they're gonna let you go back to your vacation. Cause you seem busy and it's not ideally working.
Nick Weiger
I wish I could hear you better.
Mike Mitchell
I love you.
Ify Nwadiwe
Be nicer to the locals, please. Be nicer to the local.
Mike Mitchell
We love you, Mani. We will.
Nick Weiger
We'll take this global. I love you all.
Mike Mitchell
We already know Zoom is kind of bad on the phone.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
And then doing it on the phone from Costa Rica.
John Gabris
Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
I'm impressed.
Nick Weiger
Worked out great.
Oscar Montoya
Be impressed for a minute that, yeah, this.
Mike Mitchell
I'm impressed that it's. That this is what people. That you guys are here. You know what? Let's take a minute. It's fucking Thanksgiving. I want to say I'm thankful for having the kind of friends who are willing to do a show like this with me, but it also overlaps with to have some of the funniest friends in America. So it rules that this is what I get to do on Thanksgiving Eve 10 years in a row. Lukewarm response. Do you say we're the funniest while not any asking them to co sign. I have a very specific comedic taste.
John Gabris
Yeah. I truly, uh.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, I'm not gonna.
John Gabris
Hold on.
Gilly Neeson
Deer's blood.
John Gabris
I was gonna say, I truly, like, I feel like, so kindred with Gabrius because we're both beefy, funny guys. And so, like, every time, like, I'm.
Betsy Sodaro
Included in this for some reason.
Mike Mitchell
You're beefy.
Nick Weiger
You're plenty beefy.
Betsy Sodaro
I know I'm beefy.
Nick Weiger
You very beefy.
Mike Mitchell
Ify said beefy, funny guy.
Betsy Sodaro
My mistake. Go on. Iffy. Sorry.
Ify Nwadiwe
I got to say, straight guys are catty as the.
John Gabris
So I'm always like, Jazzed when we get to do some together.
Mike Mitchell
This feels great. Having giant freaks like you and Mitch up here with me. Having your more traditional clan, classic freak like weger.
John Gabris
You know, before I met you, it was like, I think you were doing like comedy bang bang or something. You were telling your rugby stories and I was like, oh, yeah, that's my. Right there. Like, he's gonna be one.
Mike Mitchell
I'm a little man. That's exactly what I said the first time I saw you perform. I used a hard N.
Betsy Sodaro
Maybe. I know you said you're boys with Irish people, people now.
John Gabris
Oh, no, you're my boy, Mitch.
Ify Nwadiwe
Wait, I do have a question about that. What do you mean you distinct from white people? Like how you know when.
John Gabris
So now we're. I'm sorry, but like, so like, like whiteness is fake, right? You know, like white is how white supremacy works while white people smush themselves together so they can be a majority. And.
Nick Weiger
Was that baby.
Mike Mitchell
Hey, hey, hey, hey, baby. Way off of her. We're. It's our first night hanging out. She's cool, but like, you know, like.
John Gabris
You always have, like, people be like, oh, why can't I say white powers? Like, because that's not what you are. That is the thing you made up so that you can be the majority. And so now, like, I've been in my white era, kind of seeing like, what, what different white people got going on. And Irish people, you know, they make Guinness.
Mike Mitchell
But yeah, it's kind of interesting because, like, when you're growing up, you're like, oh, Spanish people is what you would say. And then you realize that that's like 2,000 countries that.
John Gabris
Yeah, well, what's interesting is because I grew up on the west coast and so we didn't like, I. I didn't know. I never seen a Dominican until I was like an adult, you know, like out here on the west coast, we had Mexicans, Guatemalans, like, you know, a lot of South America on that side. And then like Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, that was like more East Coast. And then the white people here were just white. Whereas I feel like east coast white people like, nah, nigga, I'm Irish. And they do say nigga like, like, like, you know, like, it's like very much. Sorry, like, I'm drinking. So I'm not going to pretend to not say. I'm not going to pretend, like, I don't say.
Mike Mitchell
This isn't the first N word. This isn't the first N word on High and Mighty. Oh, hell yeah.
John Gabris
Was it Was it Carl Tart?
Mike Mitchell
To be fair, I got a job once where they had to do a background check on me. Someone scraped all my podcast episodes and they like compiled the use of the N word a bunch of times. And I looked at the compiling. I'm like, this is all black people saying it on my podcast. How are you gonna be like, well, you know, he had a black guy say the N word on his phone.
John Gabris
Well, it's like, you're.
Nick Weiger
Why did you have a background check?
Oscar Montoya
Was it to work at ICE?
Mike Mitchell
Yes. Yeah, I'm ICE's number one improv teacher. You gotta be able to.
Gilly Neeson
Yes. And while they're just ripping families apart, me and Gabrason.
Betsy Sodaro
You had a background check where they checked the number of times the N word was said on your podcast.
Mike Mitchell
Well, once they saw my tattoos. Yeah.
John Gabris
Gabris and I did like a hip hop improv show once, and I pimped him into saying the N word. And he was like, I had to say it. I was like, I know. That's why I did it. Because, like, it's funny.
Mike Mitchell
It's minute six of the scene of like, just read the word that's written on the wall here. And I'm like, are you positive you want me to read it?
John Gabris
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it's funny to me when I. When like. Like when you have permission and say it, it's very funny.
Mike Mitchell
The first time I said it. Not in my car with the windows rolled up.
Betsy Sodaro
Doesn't count.
Mike Mitchell
We're 40 minutes. We're 40 minutes in here.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, I thought he was walking away.
Ify Nwadiwe
Me too.
Oscar Montoya
I thought he was, like, leaving the arena.
Mike Mitchell
If he and I are gonna try to end racism right now. I bought these whip shots, which are vodka infused whipped cream. If he's gonna do a rip of vanilla while I do a rip of.
Oscar Montoya
Mocha and I'm not gonna move.
John Gabris
Whoever. Whoever has, you know, power over av, if you can just play Ebony and Ivory, I would love you.
Betsy Sodaro
I also, I was promised whippets after this is done, by the way.
Mike Mitchell
Okay, I'm doing whippets. Where's Pally?
Oscar Montoya
Oh, my God.
Betsy Sodaro
Give me that, you fool. That's sweet. Nitrous.
Oscar Montoya
Straight up. Nitrous coming out.
Mike Mitchell
I. I am. I did just get like whip it high and I'm familiar. Turn it upside down and slap it. Shake it, whip it. Wow, that is awful. Holy. That is absolutely. Here, I'll get it fired up for you. I'm a 42 year old married man. I'm familiar with like, Just give me A second, I'll get it working for you. Don't look at me. Don't look at me. You have it that music off?
Oscar Montoya
I thought you were going to say.
Mike Mitchell
You open the window. Give me a drink.
John Gabris
You haven't dabbled in performance enhancing drugs yet.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, Gabriel.
Betsy Sodaro
Wow.
Nick Weiger
You went for it.
Mike Mitchell
My buddy Sean Combs hooked me up with the honey pack and I've been loving it. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Ify Nwadiwe
Your friend Sean. Puffy Combs.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, I guess he has a nickname, too.
Oscar Montoya
I like saying Puffy Combs like honeycombs.
Mike Mitchell
I think we broke this. Yeah. Yeah. Holy. My lips. Oh, yeah. Emma's here to fix everything. Thanks. Emma. Emma. Emma. She's gonna fix Emma.
Nick Weiger
Thank you, Emma.
Mike Mitchell
She fixes the whole thing in post, but sometimes she's gotta act during it. Holy shit. My lips are numb from the whippet. I. You know who's done whippets before? I'll describe everyone. That is my fucking crowd. Holy shit. That makes me honored. The way I've always described. Oh. The way I've always described whippets is that it's like you have to hold on to a railing to stand. It feels like this, and then it's over and you're like, let's do it again. If the vanilla Whip it whipped cream shot isn't working, yeah, I'll get my money back. That's something I'm definitely gonna do. I'm gonna return these 40 uneaten tacos and a vanilla whip it to the fucking.
Betsy Sodaro
The idea of a fat guy returning whipped cream, it doesn't work.
Mike Mitchell
You embarrassed me at this sex party. My friend Gilly submitted our resume 12 times.
Oscar Montoya
If I bring my own whipped cream, can I come?
Mike Mitchell
It better work this time, miss. Oh.
Ify Nwadiwe
How is everybody feeling?
Oscar Montoya
Wait, can I come? Literally, from four seconds ago, he said, my friend Gilly at the sex party. And then I said, if I bring my own whipped cream, can I come? But literally, can I come?
Mike Mitchell
Guys.
Oscar Montoya
You guys remember that?
Nick Weiger
Gilly, are you still not feeling drunk at all?
Mike Mitchell
I don't do anything. Who are my.
Nick Weiger
Needs a taco, Raise your hand.
Mike Mitchell
Needs more tacos. Wigy, you want to hand out some tacos? We got another guest on the stream who's going to pop in. Wow. Holy shit.
Oscar Montoya
Oh, my God.
Ify Nwadiwe
Nicole Icon.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, no. I can't hear any of that.
Gilly Neeson
That's fine.
Mike Mitchell
That's the case for everyone so far, by a.
John Gabris
There.
Mike Mitchell
Thank you so much for popping in. I know.
Oscar Montoya
Is it a Chablis?
Betsy Sodaro
Are you in the Hamptons?
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God. I did a shot 2 seconds early single day. That's okay. People just want to see your face because you are. And there it is.
Oscar Montoya
He's so pretty.
Mike Mitchell
You are reacting to what we say despite saying you can't hear us. Nicole, you are sorely missed up here. We tested all the chairs beforehand. We tested the toilet. It was all structurally sound. I'm so bummed you couldn't be here with us.
Oscar Montoya
Sorry.
Mike Mitchell
I'm in Chicago currently in a hotel, hiding from my family.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah, I'm glad you got a hotel room. It makes a difference.
Mike Mitchell
Uh.
Oscar Montoya
Oh.
Mike Mitchell
Betsy, Are you trying to talk to me? This is wild.
Gilly Neeson
It's all right. Don't worry.
Oscar Montoya
For so long and we still can't figure out Zoo.
Gilly Neeson
Still don't know how to.
Mike Mitchell
It's a little confident.
Nick Weiger
Can you hear me?
Mike Mitchell
Can you hear us? What?
John Gabris
Can you hear Ify?
Oscar Montoya
This is wild.
Ify Nwadiwe
I like.
Mike Mitchell
Nicole's telling us she's in a hotel room cuz she's embarrassed of the art she bought for her Chicago apartment.
Oscar Montoya
Sorry. I like seashells and seahorses and I won't apologize. Right, Nicole?
Mike Mitchell
What?
Gilly Neeson
What?
Mike Mitchell
For the listeners. Betsy's holding a microphone to the laptop, which I don't know how that could help if it remotely did. Hey, fuck you.
Oscar Montoya
It could have helped.
Mike Mitchell
Is there an audience?
Gilly Neeson
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
Are people having a nice time? Wow. Wow, wow.
Ify Nwadiwe
Is there an audience?
Mike Mitchell
Yes. Nicole, we were able to pull an audience without your name on the list.
Gilly Neeson
Oh.
Mike Mitchell
You seem to hear certain things. Yeah. You.
Gilly Neeson
Is it just your mic?
Mike Mitchell
Is it just me? Or is it because I'm so loud you can just hear me out your window In Chicago, Nicole. You can only hear your bits and pieces. That's perfect. We're doing only bits and pieces up here. Byer, we're so thankful that you were able to pop in. We're sorry that it didn't work like that. One last time for the road. Can you see us? Oops, Sorry, Gilly. Spilling. One more.
Betsy Sodaro
Wow.
Oscar Montoya
Oh, Nicole.
Mike Mitchell
Oh. Guys, do you understand the commitment it takes to ask people who are visiting their family over Thanksgiving to jump on zoom? And then we kind of roast how bad they are? That is mean.
Nick Weiger
I have two things to say. First off, I think we can say this. Mitch, Nicole Byer will be on Doughboys next week, reviewing for the first time Applebee's It's Happening.
John Gabris
Whoa.
Betsy Sodaro
Before we get too excited, it's not a good episode.
Nick Weiger
Sucks. It's fucking awful. It's really bad.
Betsy Sodaro
She's.
Nick Weiger
She's super funny. And Mitch and I are really.
Mike Mitchell
You guys bring her down Big bad.
Betsy Sodaro
We're so bad that we do bring her down.
Mike Mitchell
The neighborhood bar and grill will do that to you.
Nick Weiger
The other thing. It's a grill and bar. The other thing. Not to get pedantic.
Betsy Sodaro
Also, by the way, he's wearing the same costume in the episode.
Mike Mitchell
Gotta get your money's worth, buddy.
Nick Weiger
The other thing. And I won't gesture to where in the audience this happened, but I handed a taco to someone so drunk that when I handed it to them, I think they were trying to say thanks. And they said, ugh.
Mike Mitchell
Hell yeah. Is anyone else gonna go home and do a power hour of cheesy gordita crunches? Yeah, I spent like $300 to get like however many of you guys tacos. And then I'm gonna drop a hundo on myself when I get home. Yes. Taco Bell is gonna have $400 spent by one person's grub up.
Betsy Sodaro
The decades menu is kind of depressing. Seeing how I got to where I am.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, yeah.
Betsy Sodaro
It's like, oh yeah. All this stuff led to where I'm at now. And I'm trying it again.
Oscar Montoya
A dream, like a serious dream of mine is we order taco. Betsy and I are roommates. We order a lot of Taco Bell. And we've had. Yeah, we've had a good.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
Oscar Montoya
Because life. Life is beautiful and we're lucky. And we've had a good string of getting the right order. But we recently got an order that was completely wrong and so confusing. And I am dying to meet the person who ordered what we got. And one of the things that they got were two orders of just chips with beef on it.
Mike Mitchell
No cheese. What the fuck is that?
Oscar Montoya
What was nuts? No cheese, no jalapenos, no sauce. Like you have to actually click. You have to deliberately click.
Mike Mitchell
No, no, no flavor.
Ify Nwadiwe
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
My pop Pop, who was an army.
Gilly Neeson
Chef, we ate them both.
Mike Mitchell
We were just like this fuck and weird.
Oscar Montoya
I did think it was kind of good, but what's the deal?
Mike Mitchell
My pop up, who's an army chef, would call that shit on a shingle. Shit on a shingle. Sos. He had an accent. I don't know why I did it for you guys.
Oscar Montoya
All he would call beef on chips or the wrong order.
Mike Mitchell
No, he would call like there was this dish that they served to the military which was just like white bread with like, like beef in mushroom gravy. And they called it on a shingle. Sounds like cuz you would just take your white bread, slop brown goo on it. And then eat it. And my grandpa was. He was in the US army, but he was off the boat from Germany, and he was blind in one eye and deaf in one ear from gunfire for the ear. And then something hit him in the shrapnel, hit him in the eye. So when you. When you would talk to him, you'd go, pop up. I was. I got 100 on my physics regents or whatever, and he would go. And then when you showed him the regions, he'd go and switch. And I. He was an older German man, and he was very interesting cat. And I had never saw him perfectly reflected in media until I saw the Bushwhackers wrestle.
Nick Weiger
Oh, hell, yeah.
Mike Mitchell
To give you context, yes. Those guys, that's exactly what my pop pop looked like. A bald, round German guy with a big gut in a. A frame shirt or a ribbed tank or a wife eater.
Betsy Sodaro
How many years was he in Argentina before he came to the States?
Mike Mitchell
He was from. Literally from Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin to joining the US Army. So he had to have been lightly vetted. I think.
Betsy Sodaro
I mean to say he's a hero. And you fucking. I just want to say this. I'm calling you out. No, not you. I don't have to call you out. You did it yourself. This was supposed to be 100 minutes tonight. Tell the truth, motherfucker.
Nick Weiger
We're going to do a fallout.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God.
Oscar Montoya
Oh, my God.
John Gabris
No, no.
Gilly Neeson
I can't imagine that, man.
Oscar Montoya
I could do it. I don't feel drunk.
Mike Mitchell
We were going to do a Century Club tonight, but a hundred minutes started to feel crazy long.
Betsy Sodaro
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
And then Dynasty was like, maybe we should do an intermission so people can pee and buy more beer. And then. No, you know what? Full disclosure. I pictured you guys after a hundred minutes and said, no bueno. I know we'll be, like, blacked out, but I don't want Dynasty typewriter to deal with, like, piss on the floor and shit.
Oscar Montoya
They're great.
Ify Nwadiwe
Them calling being like, everyone died.
Mike Mitchell
One.
Oscar Montoya
One woman cheered after Iffy called out white people saying, white power.
John Gabris
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Mike Mitchell
And then it.
Oscar Montoya
One out of this many. That's good.
John Gabris
And.
Mike Mitchell
And that. And that person.
Ify Nwadiwe
Are you trying to get a rally together?
Mike Mitchell
What's going on? I'm going to start saying I'm in my white era. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
Look that person. You can get your ass ate. I don't know this.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
John Gabris
I'm all, I'm on the other side. I'm on the other side side. I'm on the other side.
Oscar Montoya
I'm sorry, you want to of drunk.
Betsy Sodaro
You want to eat the. You want to eat the ass of the lady who. Who clapped her white power?
Mike Mitchell
Yes.
Betsy Sodaro
Did I hear that cry?
John Gabris
Are you saying that I want to eat ass of someone who's not woke?
Mike Mitchell
No. Yeah.
John Gabris
I want to eat, like, conscious.
Ify Nwadiwe
If he wants her to say. Never mind.
Nick Weiger
Sure.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
No, no.
Mike Mitchell
Black people are good at some things.
John Gabris
Look, it's. It's getting. Getting crazy out here right now.
Mike Mitchell
We're coming down the home stretch. Wer. Did you do a shot of Jagermeister?
Nick Weiger
I did one shot of Jager and I'm definitely feeling a little bit. Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
You're the only person that looked less terrifying when they shaved their head, which I think is like a marker of what your old haircut vibe is. But I think you really. You, like, somehow look younger with your beard so much. When I see your look with the buzz.
Nick Weiger
Oh, God bless.
Gilly Neeson
You look good.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
Nick Weiger
I mean, there's.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, fuck, yeah.
Ify Nwadiwe
I feel sick.
Nick Weiger
There's a lot of buzz about the new haircut.
Mike Mitchell
I'm not gonna lie. I see a lot of empty. I see a lot of empty.
Betsy Sodaro
People are booing him.
Nick Weiger
Please boo.
Betsy Sodaro
I wanted it.
Mike Mitchell
I see a lot of empty beer cans, but I also see two empty gator lights, and that's horrifying.
Ify Nwadiwe
No one was meant to do this.
Mike Mitchell
I know. I'm glad to see you're switching to zero for the third round, gator.
Betsy Sodaro
Can I say this? I said. I was like. He's like, I haven't shaved my head since, like, 1998. And I was like, isn't that the year American History X came out? And he was like, it was.
Nick Weiger
It is. It was the year.
Mike Mitchell
But I haven't shaved my head like this since I parked a truck next to that building in Oklahoma. Ow.
Gilly Neeson
I went to that memorial. It was pretty wonderful.
Nick Weiger
Yeah.
Gilly Neeson
It was, like, really well done. I have a sister who, like, studies or, like, is an expert at that. So I took it in and it was really good.
Oscar Montoya
What makes a memorial well done?
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, man.
Gilly Neeson
But it is.
Mike Mitchell
If you're in Oklahoma City.
Gilly Neeson
Check it out.
John Gabris
So get.
Ify Nwadiwe
Like, when.
John Gabris
Like, when your application was, like, like, denied. Like, did they tell you, like, was it like, hey, you can't come here to the fuck party?
Oscar Montoya
It was more like, it's Sunday and the fuck party was on Saturday.
Mike Mitchell
We'll take a look at it and let you know.
Oscar Montoya
And I'm not there. No, there was no formal. Like, it wasn't like, you get a big envelope or a small Envelope. Like college application. It was like, oh, my God. Oh my God. It's an envelope whisper.
John Gabris
Remind you which part of you is absolutely.
Oscar Montoya
Microphones everywhere. Still want these people to accept me.
John Gabris
Okay, but just do it like right here.
Mike Mitchell
It's called Mod Night. It's at ucb.
Gilly Neeson
That's a very funny way.
Oscar Montoya
I keep showing up with my pants off and they will not let me.
Mike Mitchell
Mitch. How?
John Gabris
The one that had a summer camp themed party.
Mike Mitchell
Whoa.
Oscar Montoya
Literally, they have not accepted me. Stop rubbing it in my face.
Mike Mitchell
I don't know what the themes are.
Oscar Montoya
But you get the theme when you get.
Mike Mitchell
What's your sex party acceptance rate at these days?
Betsy Sodaro
Wally and Irma have not been very kind to me. I. I have. Those are my cats you've got.
Mike Mitchell
You've got mad at the house is what you say.
Betsy Sodaro
I only like to stroke the. Oh, that sounds gross too. I only like to pet my little Irma and Wally. I don't touch the stuff. No, thank you. I'm off of it.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, you're taking a couple years off a pussy sabbatical. I'm taking.
Betsy Sodaro
There's another. There's a drug like Ozempic where I don't fuck pussy for. My cravings for pussy have gone way down.
Oscar Montoya
Or you. Since I started, you take one lick of pussy and you're like, I'm full.
Mike Mitchell
One lick. You know what, babe? I can do one lick. I had such a big dinner.
Betsy Sodaro
Me.
John Gabris
I can't get enough of this stuff.
Betsy Sodaro
I'm gonna come to one of these parties I love.
Mike Mitchell
No one asked iffy and I'm volunteering. Anyone's wondering. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just in case anyone doesn't follow me on social media. Wait ify if I be.
Ify Nwadiwe
If you have a question. What, like how there's tons of sex parties. What is the thing that you are looking for in sex parties?
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, what makes a sex party? That was a good one. 1. Oh, gotta be snacks.
John Gabris
I feel like it's someone who, like, me and Em want to bang because it's like, like a group activity.
Ify Nwadiwe
But do you know who's gonna be there?
Mike Mitchell
No.
John Gabris
We just show up there like one time. Like the last party we went to, we were like in the hot tub and there was someone with like, giant titties. And like, I was like, hey, Em. And she was like, yeah, I see them too. And. And so we were just like, talking and we, like, didn't even bank. We just had a good conversation.
Oscar Montoya
Oh, yeah. I go to the sex parties for the conference.
Mike Mitchell
That's probably why Gilly wasn't invited because she sucks to talk to. She fucks like an absolute champ, but she's a nightmare to have a conversation with.
Betsy Sodaro
Hey, also, Ify, I want to say it was nice to see you in the hot tub there.
Mike Mitchell
That was.
Gilly Neeson
All right.
Mike Mitchell
If. Damn. We're Mitchy B Cups.
Betsy Sodaro
I have the same size as my favorite wrestler. Triple H on me. Why we put a mask on you? We could probably get you into some sort of sex party tonight.
Mike Mitchell
I'm guess. Sure, why not?
Ify Nwadiwe
Absolutely does not need a mask. He. Listen, go to Akbar and you'll find someone.
Gilly Neeson
I think.
Mike Mitchell
I think your train ride home will be technically a sex party if you don't change.
Oscar Montoya
That is all true, but also. Also, Skeletor would clean up.
John Gabris
Oh, yeah?
Ify Nwadiwe
Yeah. What's the horniest costume you've ever worn?
Nick Weiger
Oh, boy. It might be this one. I mean, I don't know.
Gilly Neeson
I'm trying to think.
Ify Nwadiwe
Elvis last year was pretty sexy.
Nick Weiger
God bless you.
Betsy Sodaro
I like being Elvis. That is the truth.
Nick Weiger
I do. I love Elvis. Yeah. I'm no Austin Butler, but, you know, I do my best.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah.
Nick Weiger
I don't know. I mean, I'm not really a costume guy.
Oscar Montoya
You're not really a costume guy?
Mike Mitchell
Well, in the context.
Nick Weiger
Context of the power hour.
Mike Mitchell
The context of the power hour, he's worn a costume like, the last five years. So this is the one crowd who might disagree with this.
Oscar Montoya
You have gotten on the subway with a costume. You have an account at a West Hollywood costume shop. I'm sorry, bro. You're a costume guy.
Nick Weiger
Wow. What is the snack situation at a fuck party?
John Gabris
Oh, it's fucking great. They have, like, a full spread. So. Yeah, there was a moment. I'm about to go over there.
Ify Nwadiwe
You got the messiest food.
Mike Mitchell
I ate ghost pepper nachos. Let me think for you.
Nick Weiger
Oh, here we go.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, my God. It's the last minute. Holy.
Betsy Sodaro
Wait, do we have some sort of shot? Do you have Jaegers or.
Mike Mitchell
Or. Yeah. Did you have some down there? If not, you can. This one's burned. Yeah, here. There you go. Mitch, I'm going to do a shot of Jaeger for my last one.
Betsy Sodaro
Hey, we can do. We can do power hours every day.
John Gabris
Wow.
Mike Mitchell
You can do this.
Betsy Sodaro
November 5th doesn't change anything. I'm doing the Kamala speech. Kamala speech.
Mike Mitchell
What? What if we went to Edinburgh? I voted for her.
Betsy Sodaro
I voted for that loser. Mitch, vote for Kamala. Fine. I fucking did it. She lost.
Mike Mitchell
What if we brought this show to the Edinburgh fringe? Yeah, we just did it every night for 32.
Gilly Neeson
32 nights in a row.
Mike Mitchell
Absolutely blasted. 30 nights in a row.
Betsy Sodaro
Why are there three suitcases with 30 different costumes?
Mike Mitchell
Here we go. I'm thankful for all of you.
Gilly Neeson
We love you.
Nick Weiger
God bless.
Oscar Montoya
We love Gabriel.
Mike Mitchell
We survived.
Nick Weiger
We did it.
Mike Mitchell
Somebody's like, now I can piss. Now I can piss.
Betsy Sodaro
You know what I'm thankful for? Funny people. And for good. And for good people.
Mike Mitchell
Because your favorite appetite.
Betsy Sodaro
Funny people. My favorite Apatow movie. And for good people in the world.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah, the ucp.
Betsy Sodaro
The world can be really bad. But there's so many good people in the world that that is going to make up for no matter what.
John Gabris
Yes.
Gilly Neeson
Go ahead.
Betsy Sodaro
That's the truth.
Mike Mitchell
Here's a stupid idea. Let's go down the road. Wer. You're next. Let's do little. Let's do a few little toasts to end it here.
Betsy Sodaro
Oh, boy.
Nick Weiger
Okay. All right.
Mike Mitchell
Yeah, no pressure. Lock it up. You got a toast at the end. Maybe I'll go last to help this.
Oscar Montoya
Yeah, you should go last, Gabrius.
Nick Weiger
You know what I'm thankful for? I'm thankful for tradition.
Mike Mitchell
Woo.
Gilly Neeson
Tradition.
Betsy Sodaro
Sitting down at the Thanksgiving table in your leather fucking shoulder pads.
Mike Mitchell
It's time for some tradition around here. I'm a gladiator now.
Nick Weiger
Look, I rented this costume for the tradition of January 6th. It's not gonna happen this year. That's okay.
Betsy Sodaro
That's the only downside for us is that we don't get January 6th.
Mike Mitchell
I know.
Oscar Montoya
Shouldn't we, though. Shouldn't we least show up?
Nick Weiger
We should show up.
Oscar Montoya
Show up.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah, we should show up.
Oscar Montoya
We're not gonna like, push any cops around, but we should just be there.
Mike Mitchell
Let's just show up and let it happen.
Nick Weiger
This. This is an annual anchor. And I mean that in a good way. It's just like, it's. It's a thing. Yes, I get very anxious about. I'm very embarrassed about what I'm saying right now because I know my. My faculties are a little bit inhibited by the. All the alcohol I've consumed.
Betsy Sodaro
But you said it in a really real way.
Nick Weiger
But I think it's. I think it's lovely that I get to see so many. So many great friends, so many, so many funny people. We get to have this great shared experience, not just with you, but with the audience, with everyone watching. And so I am thankful for tradition in general, but specifically for the tradition of the Power Hour. And thankful to John Gabris, the funniest person I've ever met, who, for including Me in this incredible, incredible event. So God bless you.
Mike Mitchell
This one's for you, Johnny 5.
Betsy Sodaro
I refuse to toast that.
Nick Weiger
Oh, and I also forgive Jay Johnston.
Mike Mitchell
Oscar. Oscar, how are you feeling? 60 Gator like shots deep right now.
Ify Nwadiwe
I think I feel the most uncomfortable and gross out of all of us. Everyone's sort of chatting and the whole time I'm like, please do not explode. I will throw up Gatorade in front of everyone right now. I don't recommend it.
Mike Mitchell
I don't think that the hardest struggle up here is you drinking beer.
Ify Nwadiwe
This is hard. This was a challenge. But what wasn't a challenge was hanging out with every single one of y'all. Like someone. Like, I'm sober. I've been sober forever. And you know, sometimes when people drink, it's like a social thing, right? And so as someone who's sober, you feel a little left out. Cause you're like, I can't really party with y'all, but thank you for making me feel seen and included. For all the sober folks out there watching and still knowing how to have.
Mike Mitchell
A good time, we love you all.
Ify Nwadiwe
Thank you.
Gilly Neeson
Yeah.
Mike Mitchell
Raise your gator lights. Gilly, this is one non sexual sex party we can invite you to. And I'm so happy you did this. I. I've been a fan and a friend for a long time. I'm so stoked for you.
Oscar Montoya
Are you doing my grateful.
Mike Mitchell
No, no, no. I'm segueing to you. I guess I'm gonna end it with the most uncomfortable dumb toast ever. Don't worry about it. I got you. I want to throw it to you.
Oscar Montoya
I was gonna go.
Mike Mitchell
Well, now you can.
Oscar Montoya
You're a good guy. That is what I am. Grateful that the sex party I've been applying to doesn't have a maximum number of applications. And I'm also grateful that this is super sincere. That the life that we've chosen, that is maybe everyone has their own version of what makes it alternative. That there's people that are there with us to accept the version that we chose. And we're gonna like, all grow old together and keep accepting each other and keep choosing each other. That's really cool. I'm really grateful for that.
Mike Mitchell
How value. Yeah, Gilly. Yay. Yes.
Gilly Neeson
We gotta all move to a Margaritaville.
Nick Weiger
Yeah.
John Gabris
Yes.
Gilly Neeson
We're all have to figure that out.
Oscar Montoya
Retiring in a Margaritaville. But more to come. More to come.
Mike Mitchell
All of us are going to get into a Margaritaville, except Gilly's going to go like, hey, you guys got your applications back.
Oscar Montoya
Does Anyone have a promo code? Does anyone have a promo code?
John Gabris
Oh, me. You know. What's up, y'all?
Mike Mitchell
How y'all doing?
John Gabris
I got a piss.
Ify Nwadiwe
If he's taking applications right now.
Mike Mitchell
Ify you have the most diverse set of empties in front of you I've ever seen. It's no, you have a Coorsite, a Mick ultra, two Jaeger bottles, two Guinnesses, and then a Hazy ipa.
John Gabris
Look, we're living life. You know, I'm grateful for, you know, both my wonderful partners. Emily, she's the best. She's a great bonus mom. She's really deals. Eight year olds are weird. And she's really good at dealing with this 8 year old that is my daughter because I'm weird, so she's weird too. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me. Sydney's great. She's amazing. It's all. Everyone's having a good time. I'm grateful to my. The sex parties that do accept my applications. I went to a camp theme one. It was great. You know, just like having some one sitting in my lap across from m and they had big titties. It was a good time. But also, you know Suman, who is my designated driver tonight. Suman's been with. Suman's my. One of my like oldest friends and he saw when I was doing shitty improv in Orange county and now he's here and I don't know what he think he might have. He might not. He might have changed his whole opinion of me. And I'm thankful for like the thick goth girls who started following me. I feel like I manifested that and I'm very happy for that and yeah, but ify.
Ify Nwadiwe
What about our friendship?
John Gabris
What about.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, yeah, yeah, Come on. I'm not the thick guy.
John Gabris
I truly love everyone up here. Gabriel's is like truly the best. Like, you know, we, you know, we have a secret group chat on Instagram where we share buff women together and that's great.
Betsy Sodaro
Hold on a second.
Mike Mitchell
What? Formerly secret.
Betsy Sodaro
You know, maybe who else is in that group? Just name everyone who's in there.
John Gabris
You know, Nick is the best. We share, you know, Lakers t season tickets to Lakers. It's great. We're a Lakers fan. And you know, Mitch, you're great.
Betsy Sodaro
That.
Mike Mitchell
Gassed up the Irish though. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
John Gabris
So I'm going stop it right there. But Oscar, with the windows down, you're amazing. Betsy, you've always been the best. And everyone here who came out to see this, truly, you could be Home with your family. But you chose to be here in this comedy theater to watch us get drunk. And I truly appreciate that.
Oscar Montoya
Yes.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, Betsy, your turn. And you can't only talk about big tittied goth girls. You have to do something different than ify that's taken.
Gilly Neeson
I had a lot to say about that.
Nick Weiger
Can I say one thing before Betsy starts? So I met Suman backstage. Lovely, lovely man. But just before I went out, before we were about to go out, I overheard him say to em, so why are people here?
Mike Mitchell
Fair enough, Sumo kin. I ask myself that every year, 10 years in a row of asking the same question. Fair enough. Question.
Oscar Montoya
I don't know.
Gilly Neeson
Fair enough. I love you all so much. This is like my favorite tradition. It's the most fun and makes me really just happy and grateful for everybody. I'm pretty hammered, but I love y'all so much.
Mike Mitchell
Oh, we love you too.
Gilly Neeson
I can't wait to get all the texts tomorrow about how much we're shitting.
Mike Mitchell
Well, there's the first round of texts in about an hour in what we're eating. And then tomorrow will be what we're shitting.
Gilly Neeson
I love you all so much. This is always a highlight of my year in my life.
Mike Mitchell
I love y'all.
Nick Weiger
Love you, Betsy.
Mike Mitchell
Holy shit. Here we are. If you're still just listening and haven't watched, you can go to powerhour.gabris.com and buy the live stream tickets. You can see Betsy's shirt. You can see Weger's costume. You can see Mitch's pecker. You can see. Well, you can see from a distance Mitch's pecker. You can see multiple empty boxes. You can see what we're all going for up here. I just want to say, as someone who has no family on the west coast and has a complicated relationship with her own family, I know my mom is watching the stream right now. Go to the link lady. I'm positive you didn't stick with this, so I feel comfortable saying this. I know a lot of people talk about found family and it sounds crazy coming from like a white straight guy who's been privileged his whole life, but I feel amazing that this is what I don't have holiday traditions. I don't have kids. I don't give a fuck about family. I don't have. I'm not religious. I'm not any of these things. The most common occurrence in my life holiday wise is the power hour on Thanksgiving Eve, 10 years in a row. So I'm sorry, honored to share it. With you guys. I'm so honored to share it with all of you guys up here. The people who have done this with me, starting 10 years ago. The people have started with me in the last couple years. This is so thrilling to me. And I just gonna end it on a really dumb cheers from one of my favorite movies.
Betsy Sodaro
Wait, can I also say this?
Mike Mitchell
Of course. This is the perfect time to say. Wait, can I also say this?
Betsy Sodaro
This is to Arthur Gabris as well.
Nick Weiger
Aw, beautiful.
Mike Mitchell
Yes. I'm just drunk enough to tear up at that. Mitch, thank you so much. Here's a dumb toast from one of my favorite movies of all time. It's called Jaws. If you're young, watch it. If you're old, watch it again. Here's to swimming with bowlegged women. Thank you, shitheads, for coming out. To High and Mighty 10th annual Power Hour. Put your hands together for us. Mike Mitchell.
Nick Weiger
Nick Weiger.
Mike Mitchell
Oscar Montoyer. Gilly Nasid. Ify W. Betsy Zadaro. Emma Erdbrick, Dynasty typewriter.
Oscar Montoya
And John G. Bryant.
Nick Weiger
John Edger.
Mike Mitchell
John Gabe Brown. Time to race to the bathroom.
Betsy Sodaro
Get on safe.
Mike Mitchell
Get home safe.
Ify Nwadiwe
Get home safe. Don't drink and try, please, whoever you're.
Mike Mitchell
Driving home in the crowd, be cool. Okay.
John Gabris
That was a Hitgun podcast. In a part of the world where.
Mike Mitchell
There are no rules. Holy, holy. Guys, I'm so fine. I definitely have not watched this since I rented it on V VHS in 92. Strangers united by the threat of death. We got all the major players. Seagal. Vladimir Putin is a good man. Arnold, you're calm.
John Gabris
Give it to me.
Mike Mitchell
I need you to cream pie me now, Stallone.
Betsy Sodaro
People are loving this movie.
Adam Pally
It's got a lot of heart.
Mike Mitchell
Mentally irregular. Now, somewhere, somehow, someone's gonna pay. I would love for my wife to, like, see me rip a guy's throat out. But they didn't count on one thing. This movie's insane. That's how you know it's a good movie. You have to do almost all the work yourself to figure it out. Well, there's a fantasy component.
John Gabris
There's some sword fighting.
Mike Mitchell
There's some lightning. There's a new game in town.
Betsy Sodaro
You wake up after a few years, and then you don't even know who you are anymore.
Mike Mitchell
We're going to be making Terminators. We're going to make a really great deal with the Xenomorphs. What? I don't hate him, but I pitted a roommate.
Oscar Montoya
Yes, I understand.
Mike Mitchell
This is now the 20th ending of the movie. I am d. I'M your dad. Action Boys. Boys will be boys. Subscribe here for bonus content and more free stuff from behind the paywall to get new episodes, become a patron at actionboys Biz. Do it, do it. Come on, do it now.
High and Mighty: Episode 494 – 10th Annual Power Hour
Host: John Gabris (Gabrus)
Guests: Gilli Nissim, Ify Nwadiwe, Mike Mitchell, Oscar Montoya, Betsy Sodaro, Nick Weiger
Release Date: November 28, 2024
In the landmark 10th installment of High and Mighty's annual tradition, host John Gabris, affectionately known as Gabrus, orchestrates the 10th Annual Power Hour. This special episode features a vibrant ensemble of friends and celebrities, including Gilli Nissim, Ify Nwadiwe, Mike Mitchell, Oscar Montoya, Betsy Sodaro, and Nick Weiger. True to the podcast's nature, tangents and offbeat humor reign supreme, delivering an engaging and unpredictable hour filled with laughter, personal anecdotes, and spirited discussions.
John Gabris kicks off the episode with his signature high-energy introduction, setting the tone for a night of unfiltered conversation and camaraderie.
[00:02] John Gabris: "This is a Headgum podcast."
Mike Mitchell adds to the lively atmosphere with playful remarks about the night's endurance challenge.
[00:18] Mike Mitchell: "What's up, Shannon? Is it a bad sign that I just got light-headed walking out here?"
John warmly welcomes the live audience both physically present at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles and those tuning in via livestream.
[00:30] John Gabris: "Guys, I wanna say I'm so thankful to have a venue and an audience and friends and like a support structure that is willing to do this once a year."
Introducing each guest with humor and personal touches, John sets the stage for an intimate and entertaining session.
The conversation swiftly pivots to the highly anticipated sequel, "Gladiator 2", sparking diverse opinions among the guests.
[07:57] John Gabris: "I saw G2. As soon as I saw Denzel Washington by a white slave, I'm like, of the year. You know, this is what cinema is about."
Mike Mitchell critiques the film's perceived lack of depth beyond its racial themes, while Gilli Neeson and Oscar Montoya express their boredom despite the action-packed premise.
[09:05] Gilli Neeson: "It was, it was. I was bored."
The discussion transitions seamlessly into Final Fantasy, where nostalgia and varying preferences emerge.
[15:43] Nick Weiger: "What’s your favorite Final Fantasy?"
John Gabris shares his admiration for Final Fantasy VII, reminiscing about its impact and narrative style.
[15:53] John Gabris: "Seven is the one that I probably... Watched JRPGs in the American continent."
The group engages in a light-hearted debate over their favorite installments, highlighting the enduring legacy of the franchise.
As the Power Hour commences, the challenge of consuming a shot of beer every minute becomes a focal point. Mike Mitchell humorously acknowledges the intensity of the event while cautioning listeners about responsible drinking.
[17:00] Mike Mitchell: "Here's how it's going to work. Over the next 60 minutes, we're going to do a shot of beer every minute. It is not the amount that you drink, but it is the unrelenting pace in which you drink it."
The guests share their preparation strategies and personal anecdotes related to the tradition, emphasizing the blend of fun and challenge that defines Power Hour.
[21:04] Betsy Sodaro: "Pissing a lot. Pooping a lot of water. My body just saying, why?"
A highlight of the episode is the unexpected digital appearance of Adam Pally, who delivers a riotous story about his quest for whippets at local smoke shops. Technical glitches add to the humor as Adam recounts his misadventures.
[31:54] Adam Pally: "I went full speed out of the smoke shop and got my car. I was driving back and I was like, you know what? I'm not done with this guy."
His tale of perseverance and comedic frustration resonates with the group, culminating in light-hearted banter about his ongoing search for the perfect whippet.
As the Power Hour progresses, the guests take moments to reflect on friendship, traditions, and personal growth. Nick Weiger offers a heartfelt toast, appreciating the camaraderie and shared experiences.
[80:19] Nick Weiger: "I am thankful for tradition in general, but specifically for the tradition of the Power Hour... God bless you."
The episode culminates in a series of toasts where each guest shares what they are thankful for, blending humor with sincere gratitude.
[79:55] Mike Mitchell: "Here's to swimming with bowlegged women."
Betsy Sodaro emphasizes the importance of good people and humor in her toast.
[79:55] Betsy Sodaro: "I'm thankful for funny people... and for good people in the world."
John Gabris wraps up the monumental 10th Annual Power Hour by expressing deep appreciation for his friends, guests, and dedicated audience. He acknowledges the unique bond formed through shared humor and unconventional traditions, underscoring the show's commitment to fostering a found family dynamic.
[88:02] Mike Mitchell: "I know my mom is watching the stream right now... The most common occurrence in my life holiday-wise is the Power Hour on Thanksgiving Eve, 10 years in a row."
The final moments are a blend of humor and heartfelt sentiments, leaving listeners with a sense of camaraderie and anticipation for the next year's event.
[90:43] Mike Mitchell: "I think we broke this. Yeah. Yeah. Holy. My lips. Oh, yeah."
John Gabris: "I feel like Irish people are like, you know, the black people of white people."
[55:02]
Betsy Sodaro: "I'm thankful for funny people... and for good people in the world."
[79:55]
Adam Pally: "I'm thankful for like the thick goth girls who started following me. I feel like I manifested that and I'm very happy for that."
[85:46]
Mike Mitchell: "This is what High and Mighty's Power Hour is all about."
[90:43]
Episode 494 of High and Mighty’s series stands as a testament to a decade-long tradition of blending humor, friendship, and unabashed fun. The 10th Annual Power Hour not only celebrates the enduring spirit of the podcast but also highlights the genuine connections forged among its vibrant community. Whether discussing blockbuster sequels, gaming nostalgia, or navigating the wild world of Power Hour, Gabrus and his guests deliver an unforgettable episode that resonates with both longtime fans and newcomers alike.
Listen to the full episode here and join the hilarity and heartfelt moments that define High and Mighty's unique brand of entertainment.