Bridger Winegar, Our Close Friend Again

Summary

Hollywood Handbook - “Bridger Winegar, Our Close Friend Again” (July 14, 2026)

Overview

In this episode of Hollywood Handbook, hosts Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport (Hayes is mostly off this episode, referenced as being away in Tahoe) reunite with comedian, writer, and podcaster Bridger Winegar (host of I Said No Gifts!). The discussion dives into the realities of podcasting longevity, the ins and outs of guest management, podcasting culture, and the absurdities of the industry. The three also touch on network misfits, “white whale” guests like Martha Stewart, and playful reflections on legacy and the comedy community. Regulars Kevin, Richie, and others make appearances, adding to the show’s signature inside-joke-laden, meta, sardonic energy.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Podcast Milestones & Media Coverage

• Podcast Episode Counts & Recognition
  • Discussion about the lack of media attention for higher episode counts compared to milestone numbers like 300.
  • Sean reflects: “647. Of course, that's not worthy of a Hollywood reporter article. Like 300 episodes is.” (01:30)
  • Bridger, referencing his own I Said No Gifts! press: “That article is fresh...but also now kind of out of date.” (03:23)
• Who Should Write About Podcasts
  • Joking rules about not wanting an article written by someone named Mikey, but Danny is fine. (01:55–02:12)

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2. Podcasting Styles: Sterile vs. Chaotic

• Bridger’s Minimalist Approach

  • Bridger describes his show as “cold, sterile, lifeless.” Intentionally few personalities and minimal off-mic presence. (04:07–04:14)
  • “I want it to be suffocating.” (04:26)

• Hollywood Handbook’s Chaotic Energy

  • Sean contrasts: “We are effectively under siege by middling talents who...demand screen time, mic time. Just forcing themselves on the show in a legally actionable way.” (10:13–10:42)
  • Running joke about the revolving door of guests and recurring contributors like Richie and Kevin.

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3. Guest Booking, Podcast Lore, and Internal Relationships

• Booking Tales & Delays

  • Bridger jokes about the six-year delay before Hayes and Sean appeared on his show due to repeated rescheduling: “And then six years passed.” (05:30)
  • “We ran into each other at a restaurant...which led to a booking.” (05:33–06:12)

• Show Production & Producer Mystique

  • Comparison of Bridger’s producer “Ellis,” who keeps their personal life private—even on air—versus the much more open, chaotic Kevin of Hollywood Handbook. (16:47–17:17)

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4. The Gift Economy of “I Said No Gifts!”

• Keeping & (Not) Selling Gifts

  • Bridger confirms: “I would describe most gifts as unsellable, Mikey.” (19:12)
  • Sean jokes about the secondary market: “How much money have you made selling the gifts as former possessions of celebrities with their DNA on [them].” (19:26)

• Most Notable Gift

  • Bowen Yang’s gift of “maybe a 50-pound bag of birdseed,” which Bridger just abandoned in New York. (20:05–20:23)

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5. Guest Quality and Podcasting Challenges

• What Makes a Bad Guest?

  • Bridger: “I've started being able to send somebody who was on purely for promotional purposes instead of for the love of podcast guest. Fucking sellout.” (20:48–21:30)
  • Worst experiences have been “over Zoom,” reinforcing the challenge of remote podcasting. (22:18–22:22)

• Pandemic Podcasting

  • Sean points out Bridger’s show began during COVID, requiring a lot of adaptation: “I'm the COVID podcast. I'm the podcast that started at the beginning of COVID and yet I persevered.” (22:26–22:38)
  • Backyard studio talk and light joking about other hosts (e.g., Scott Aukerman) now copying Bridger’s setup. (22:43–23:02)

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6. “White Whales,” Networks & Audience Fit

• Big Dream Guests

  • Martha Stewart named as the unattainable “white whale.” (24:08)
  • Discussion on Stewart’s real engagement with podcasting and her "gimmick" with Snoop Dogg. (24:14–25:12)

• Being an Outlier on a True Crime Network

  • Bridger: “...most of the network's fans kind of hate my podcast...well, this seems like a waste of resources for your network, and they probably still feel that way.” (26:18–26:32)

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7. Comedy and Podcasting Crossovers

• Amy Mann Wrote the "I Said No Gifts!" Theme

  • Bridger: “I texted her.” (27:41–27:43)
  • Sean’s tongue-in-cheek skepticism: “She can do it, but she shouldn't.” (27:58–28:12)
  • Broader riff on “music world” and comedy crossover—Amy Mann, Jon Hamm, and more. (28:15–28:46 and following)

• Meta References & Industry Inside Jokes

  • Jon Hamm’s appearance on TV wearing a “Blank Check” podcast hat.
  • Speculation on the content of Jon Hamm’s Apple show as merely containing podcast references.

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8. Taylor Swift, Pop Culture Weddings, and Absurdity

• Joking About Arena Wedding
  • Bridger is “happy for her” but asks: “Is it going to have an audience? ...Will they be holding popcorn?” (33:28–34:09)
  • Sean riffs: “Will the concessionaires be operating light up bracelets?” (34:16)
  • Imagining Taylor Swift booking entire NBA teams for a basketball game at her wedding. (35:10–35:29)

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9. Closing Reflections & Absurd Industry Commentary

• Tahoe, Rest, and Show Dynamics

  • Extended metaphor about the need for rest, “special places” like Tahoe, and the pressure of “having a movie” (referring to Hayes’s absence). (40:00–41:11)
  • Playful congratulations and jokes about “gooshing” with happiness for friends taking time off. (41:27–41:43)

• Fourth of July Drone Comedy

  • Bridger and Sean imagine new creative territory—drone-based comedy and simulated fireworks shows. (43:14–45:55)
  • Meta-comedy about how even the fireworks and comedy industries are converging with drones.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Sean on Podcast Episode Fatigue:
  “We've done. How many episodes have we done?...647. Of course, that's not worthy of a Hollywood reporter article. Like 300 episodes is. Literally nobody ever did this before Bridger did it. We must tell the story.” (01:27–01:30)

• Bridger on His Show’s Vibe:
  “I want it to be suffocating.” (04:26)

• Sean on Podcasting Intrusions:
  “We are effectively under siege by middling talents who inescapably demand screen time, mic time. Just forcing themselves on the show in a legally actionable way.” (10:13–10:42)

• Bridger on Selling Gifts:
  “I would describe most gifts as unsellable, Mikey.” (19:12)

• Bowen Yang’s Absurd Gift:
  “Bowen gave me, I think, maybe a 50-pound bag of birdseed.” (20:05)

• On Bad Podcast Guests:
  “...when you watch them realize where they are 3/4 of the way into the podcast and understand. Find some comfort and relaxation in it.” (21:35–21:54)

• Bridger on Audience Fit:
  “...I think most of the network's fans kind of hate my podcast.” (26:20–26:32)

• Joking About Taylor’s Arena Wedding:
  “Will they be holding popcorn?” (34:09)

• Sean Celebrating Hayes' Rest:
  “I was overcome with pleasure. Because my friend is getting his time, recharging. That's the hope.” (40:31–40:40)

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Highlighted Timestamps

• 01:30 – Debate over which podcast episode counts should get press coverage
• 04:07–04:26 – Bridger describes his “sterile, suffocating” podcast approach
• 10:13–10:42 – “Under siege” at HH vs. “the dome” of I Said No Gifts!
• 19:12–20:23 – Birdseed gift from Bowen Yang, the logistics of keeping/selling gifts
• 20:48–21:30 – Defining a “bad guest”
• 22:26–22:38 – The hardship of Zoom-era podcasting
• 26:18–26:32 – Bridger’s podcast at the “wrong” network
• 27:41–28:12 – How Amy Mann wrote Bridger’s theme song, discussion on comedy/music crossovers
• 33:28–34:09 – Taylor Swift “performance wedding” speculation
• 40:31–40:43 – Sean’s sincere happiness that Hayes is getting downtime
• 43:14–45:55 – July 4th plans: drone shows and “drone comedy”

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Conclusion

This episode is a quintessential Hollywood Handbook: self-referential, skewering the entertainment industry and podcasting with genuine affection, meta-comedy, and layered in-jokes. Bridger Winegar’s return provides both a wry perspective on self-produced podcasting and a foil for the more chaotic, ensemble-driven ethos of the hosts. The result is a breezy, joke-heavy conversation about why they podcast, who gets famous, and the bizarre micro-celebrity decisions that drive the scene—even down to whose name appears in trade articles, and whether Amy Mann or Jon Hamm should really be friends with podcasters.

Listening to this episode offers a peek into the rarely-glamorous, always-strange world of podcasting—and why these behind-the-scenes discussions are often more entertaining than the big milestones themselves.

Transcript

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[Sean Clements]

Bridger, I'm. I'm grateful that you are here for this moment. In the history of this podcast.

[Bridger Winegar]

Is this the first time?

[Sean Clements]

This is the first time. Here comes haze and sh.

[Commercial Voice]

Done.

[Sean Clements]

We've done. How many episodes have we done?

[Kevin]

647.

[Sean Clements]

647. Of course, that's not worthy of a Hollywood reporter article. Like 300 episodes is. Literally nobody ever did this before Bridger did it. We must tell the story. It was my idea to do 300 episodes.

[Bridger Winegar]

What if somebody did 300?

[Sean Clements]

What if you did 300 episodes and the. And then it was written by a guy named Mikey? The article, Mikey o'.

[Bridger Winegar]

Connell.

[Sean Clements]

Sorry, I'm not being written about by someone named Mikey.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's your one rule.

[Sean Clements]

Sorry. I will not be written about by Mikey.

[Bridger Winegar]

Danny.

[Sean Clements]

Oh, Danny's fine. Sure, Danny's fine. We have had no communication from Sean

[Bridger Winegar]

outside of my texting.

[Sean Clements]

You texted earlier.

[Bridger Winegar]

I said, don't bother coming in today, Sean. You're working hard enough already.

[Sean Clements]

Oh. Oh, that changes everything.

[Bridger Winegar]

What does it change?

[Sean Clements]

Well, I guess the wellness check of it all.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, sure, you were worried.

[Sean Clements]

I mean, he would want me to push for Jared.

[Bridger Winegar]

Sure.

[Sean Clements]

It's the pot. Like it's about the work.

[Bridger Winegar]

Podcast first.

[Sean Clements]

It's about the podcast. That's how you get to 640. That's how we get to potentially getting a Hollywood Reporter article at episode maybe 1500.

[Interjecting Speaker]

You.

[Sean Clements]

What episode are you on now?

[Bridger Winegar]

I would say probably 306. 306. 306 maybe.

[Sean Clements]

That article is fresh.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah, I know. But also now kind of out of date.

[Sean Clements]

Oh, we'll talk about it every time you come on. For the rest of our lives. Which we will all be doing. We will all be doing these podcasts for the rest of our lives. You've been doing. I said no gifts for 306 episodes. You keep your circle tight in terms of. You don't really have a cast of characters surrounding the show. You don't really let personalities in beyond yourselves. Yes. You keep it very sterile.

[Bridger Winegar]

I would say people think it's cold. Sterile. Lifeless would be another word I would use.

[Sean Clements]

It creates the impression, at least, that there is no one else in the universe. It seems like you would like to simulate a world.

[Bridger Winegar]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Sean Clements]

Where it's just you.

[Bridger Winegar]

I want it to be suffocating.

[Sean Clements]

Okay. Okay. Cause we've gone and done the show. There are little people around.

[Bridger Winegar]

There are people there. I don't know any of their names.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah. And they seem to be very aware that there's a force field surrounding the mic table.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

And the camera line. Like they eye it with fear.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. There's a. When the mic is on, there's a line you don't cross. People have.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah. Oh, they have.

[Bridger Winegar]

They have. They don't anymore.

[Sean Clements]

They have.

[Bridger Winegar]

They don't anymore. Yeah. And you guys were on just last year.

[Sean Clements]

Just last year.

[Bridger Winegar]

We're late. I was told very early on we're going to get these guys on the podcast.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

And then six years passed.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

And we ran into each other at a restaurant.

[Sean Clements]

A restaurant is well elevated for what it was. I know you'd like to be a restaurant guy.

[Bridger Winegar]

What would you describe a building as? A building that serves food.

[Sean Clements]

It was a. Yeah, it was like a shack. Like a snack shack.

[Bridger Winegar]

A snack shack?

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

You'd call that. Frequently call things snack shacks.

[Sean Clements]

No, I frequently. When I. Oh, you don't go.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, okay.

[Sean Clements]

When I patronize them, you're a wrestler. But every time I've gone, you've been there.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's true 100% of the time.

[Sean Clements]

And it did lead to a booking on that show.

[Bridger Winegar]

Lucky booking.

[Sean Clements]

But it's been a while since you've been here.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah, I was on Zoom the last time.

[Sean Clements]

You were on Zoom the last time. Yes, yes, yes.

[Kevin]

I have an update.

[Sean Clements]

What?

[Kevin]

I have an update.

[Sean Clements]

Ok.

[Kevin]

This is from a different group text from a few weeks ago. Plus I'm going to be in Tahoe July 1 to July 5. Oh, wait. Different place, but yes, definitely gone. Keep going.

[Sean Clements]

So this.

[Bridger Winegar]

How did you find that one? How did you track down that text?

[Kevin]

I typed Tahoe into my phone. Hold on, I gotta get the door.

[Sean Clements]

That's Sean.

[Bridger Winegar]

Kevin's in Tahoe.

[Sean Clements]

We need everyone we can get here. Kevin. So whoever it is, you know, you might. You might as well bring them over.

[Kevin]

They're naked. Is that okay?

[Bridger Winegar]

Bring them in.

[Sean Clements]

Oh, my God.

[Richie]

This.

[Sean Clements]

So he. Kevin has been. He moved to Pittsburgh.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, that's why it's so dark.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay. And he's been jerking me around all these dates that.

[Sean Clements]

So he has been getting jerked around by all these dates in Pittsburgh. That's basically he is pursuing the lifestyle.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right, Right. So now. And we don't even know where he's gone now.

[Sean Clements]

That door.

[Bridger Winegar]

You know where that door goes?

[Sean Clements]

Yeah. So there's two doors behind him. One is for. One is for tension and the other is for release.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, sure.

[Sean Clements]

That's all I know.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. And which one did he just go through?

[Sean Clements]

Release.

[Bridger Winegar]

Release. Full release. Okay, good.

[Sean Clements]

And I think part of that is he fucked up. Look what he's been dealing with egregiously. Yes. And he was just probably thinking that he had gotten away with us discussing him fucking up a six year delayed booking on your show.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, yeah. Because that was also his.

[Sean Clements]

That was also his fault.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

That was also his fault.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

And so as you can. He's spending a lot of time in there.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. It could be for the rest of

[Sean Clements]

the episode, but it's good. He likes all of it. It's not like. It's like he feels shame in like a negative way.

[Bridger Winegar]

He loves this.

[Interjecting Speaker]

He loves.

[Bridger Winegar]

He loves his feeling.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay.

[Sean Clements]

That's right. He goes into the tension door to. Okay. So you see what he came back with.

[Bridger Winegar]

I brought back another person.

[Sean Clements]

This is Desmond. He named his son after the character from Lost.

[Interjecting Speaker]

He loves.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, of course.

[Sean Clements]

Loves the show Lost. Or you say of course. But are you familiar with.

[Bridger Winegar]

I've seen the first season of Lost.

[Sean Clements]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

I watched the whole first season while [e-mail].

[Richie]

okay.

[Sean Clements]

He hates the first season because Desmond shows not overstocked.

[Bridger Winegar]

Desmond comes into. In another season, I believe, in season

[Sean Clements]

two, I think it. Season two, I believe, is kicked off by Desmond. The introduction of Desmond.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

And so Kevin has been describing this as season two of his life.

[Bridger Winegar]

How are you feeling?

[Sean Clements]

I feel okay. It's inevitable in a way because we have the opposite situation as you have on your show where your show effectively takes place under the dome.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right?

[Sean Clements]

Ours. We are effectively under siege by middling talents.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

Who inescapable demand. Demand screen time, mic time. Just forcing themselves on the show in

[Bridger Winegar]

a

[Sean Clements]

legally actionable way.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. All just kind of in the name of self promotion.

[Sean Clements]

At best. At absolute best. And so I haven't even looked over at Richie. I can feel that he's just known. We're ten minutes in. He has known from the beginning that this is the one.

[Bridger Winegar]

This is the episode.

[Sean Clements]

The chair's empty.

[Richie]

This is where I get my shot.

[Sean Clements]

Richie, would you like to shit. Host the show with me?

[Richie]

I mean, I can.

[Sean Clements]

Bridger's a very critical guest. Bridger, like, Bridger is very judgmental. So can you.

[Richie]

I definitely. I can.

[Bridger Winegar]

I just gotta reframe the camera.

[Richie]

And then.

[Sean Clements]

Did you hear?

[Bridger Winegar]

He says he thinks he can just.

[Sean Clements]

I can do it,

[Bridger Winegar]

but you're not going to excel.

[Sean Clements]

No, he's saying that like he. He can't. Like he's perfectly capable. It's just like. Does he have the desire.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, interesting.

[Sean Clements]

It's a nap, right?

[Bridger Winegar]

It's interesting.

[Sean Clements]

You don't know this guy. He's incredibly disrespectful. Richie, will you host the show? Will you please come over here and host the show?

[Richie]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Sean Clements]

You have almost a thousand total episodes of experience, to say nothing of bonus shows. Did you do a. You have bonus shows?

[Bridger Winegar]

We're doing bonus Patreon. Of course.

[Sean Clements]

Patreon, of course.

[Bridger Winegar]

How many have you done total with Patreon and everything?

[Sean Clements]

Kevin, add it up.

[Kevin]

2002.

[Sean Clements]

Exactly 2000.

[Bridger Winegar]

There's an article.

[Richie]

That is an article.

[Sean Clements]

Richie gets one tomorrow.

[Richie]

It's my moment, my breakout.

[Sean Clements]

It's all about. Eaves me instantly.

[Richie]

I won't forget you, though.

[Sean Clements]

Do you know. Are you familiar with Bridger's show?

[Richie]

I'm so bad with names. And

[Sean Clements]

so you are. So your story is that you are not familiar with Bridger's show because you forgot his name. So you might have listened to the show, but the names involved. Yes, you have forgotten.

[Richie]

Yeah, with the kids, it's just. Stuff's on and it's okay.

[Sean Clements]

So you think while you're. While you're with your children, you have, I said no gifts.

[Commercial Voice]

Playing

[Sean Clements]

on a Beats pill at the beach.

[Richie]

That's exactly how I listen to it.

[Sean Clements]

It's a. It's a. It's a high premise show. Tough to sustain over a long time.

[Richie]

300 episodes.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah, that's hard. It's A burden.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's a lot for me.

[Richie]

It is.

[Sean Clements]

Do you have any questions for him?

[Richie]

So many. So many.

[Bridger Winegar]

Shoot.

[Richie]

You want to tell me about it?

[Bridger Winegar]

I'll try to remember. Kind of just try to remind you. Yeah. It's called I said no gifts and people. For example, Hayes and Sean will come on and bring me a gift.

[Sean Clements]

For example.

[Bridger Winegar]

For example Sounds like a great show. Is that ringing any bells?

[Sean Clements]

It's on a very powerful network.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's called. Exactly.

[Commercial Voice]

Right.

[Bridger Winegar]

Are you familiar with my favorite murder?

[Richie]

No.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay. I'm very new. Not much of a podcast listener.

[Richie]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

Understand.

[Richie]

Yeah.

[Sean Clements]

It's a big show, Karen. Georgia. We never got Georgia.

[Bridger Winegar]

You never got Georgia.

[Sean Clements]

We. We went down the road a little bit.

[Kalpen (Kal Penn)]

We never.

[Sean Clements]

Yes. Never consummated.

[Bridger Winegar]

Interesting.

[Sean Clements]

A guest appearance with. With Georgia. Big show. Richie, I'm behind. You're catching up.

[Richie]

I am catching up now.

[Sean Clements]

What are you catching up on? Right now, Richie?

[Bridger Winegar]

Right now?

[Sean Clements]

Yes, right now.

[Commercial Voice]

God.

[Richie]

Nothing.

[Sean Clements]

Okay, so.

[Bridger Winegar]

So you're not catching up.

[Sean Clements]

That's why I'm not.

[Richie]

But I'm gonna start. I've been working on my house, so by the time I get home, I'm like, I'm out.

[Sean Clements]

What are you doing to your house now?

[Richie]

Renovating the whole thing. We actually just put in a bifold door for our patio, which is.

[Sean Clements]

That's the word for what Kevin has. It's nice, those two doors.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's a bifold door right there.

[Sean Clements]

Bifold door. Bi on one side, fold on the other side. Richie, it's all been for this. You've been so antsy about your screen time. Like building a screen life for yourself, as you say, getting your brand out there.

[Richie]

I just. I wasn't on top of it. I wasn't prepared.

[Sean Clements]

They love you out there, Richie.

[Richie]

I didn't know.

[Sean Clements]

The fans love Richie, don't they, Kevin?

[Kevin]

They do.

[Richie]

I'll try and do better then.

[Sean Clements]

Kevin looks at them with just like, have I given you nothing? But you don't know any of this. Like, you don't. Like you have no cast.

[Bridger Winegar]

I have no cast.

[Sean Clements]

How do you do it?

[Bridger Winegar]

It's a great question. We've got our producer, Ellis, and.

[Sean Clements]

But we know. But do we ever. We don't never hear of Ellis's life.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, on occasion. Okay. I need some.

[Sean Clements]

I need new lore for these guys.

[Bridger Winegar]

Actually, Ellis keeps it pretty close to their chest.

[Kevin]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'm trying to think of what Ellis has revealed on the podcast.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

Almost nothing.

[Sean Clements]

Almost nothing. Ellis, be nice.

[Bridger Winegar]

Ellis keeps it pretty professional. Okay, we'll get into it. Here and there for us.

[Sean Clements]

It's like, Kevin, sex stuff non stop.

[Kevin]

Mostly sex stuff. Stuff I'm into. Stuff I'm trying to get into.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Richie]

So much moaning off camera.

[Sean Clements]

Used to be the Office, that he loved the Office.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, sure. That was the thing.

[Sean Clements]

But that was more we. We've now learned he never talks about

[Bridger Winegar]

the Office anymore out of embarrassment or.

[Sean Clements]

He basically. He basically like bag of a woman. And so it was all along for

[Bridger Winegar]

his love life, sex reasons. Right, right. That makes sense.

[Kevin]

I found my Pam. From the Office. Have you listened to that podcast, Richie? Office ladies?

[Sean Clements]

I have not.

[Richie]

I told you, I'm very new to the podcast world.

[Bridger Winegar]

What have you listened to?

[Richie]

A long time ago, I listened to Ron Burgundy.

[Sean Clements]

Jesus Christ, this company man. And pretending not to have heard my favorite murder. Is he still doing that?

[Richie]

No.

[Bridger Winegar]

I've been asking that a long time.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'll always, you know, you'll see the thumbnail and you'll think, can't possibly be doing it.

[Sean Clements]

Here it is. Comedy writer Bridger Weiniger said no gifts. Now he has more than 300 of them. Unbelievable.

[Bridger Winegar]

What do you want me to say?

[Richie]

Do you sell the gifts after.

[Bridger Winegar]

I've never sold. That's a. Most of.

[Sean Clements]

That would have been a good question.

[Bridger Winegar]

I would describe most gifts as unsellable, Mikey.

[Sean Clements]

That would have been a good question.

[Bridger Winegar]

He kind of asked.

[Sean Clements]

He said, how many do you still have?

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

I didn't say.

[Sean Clements]

And that's when you're like a reporter for a trade publication and you need to, like, maintain these relationships. That's how you ask instead of what you really mean, which is how much money have you made selling the gifts as former possessions of celebrities with their DNA on.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. Kind of plastering their name all over the ebay list.

[Sean Clements]

That's right. Huge market. That's right. On Poshmark.

[Bridger Winegar]

On Poshmark. Yeah. I haven't sold any of them. I've kept most of them.

[Sean Clements]

What is. I read this interview. What did Bowen Yang ring that you say you threw out?

[Bridger Winegar]

Bowen gave me, I think, maybe a 50 pound bag of birdseed.

[Sean Clements]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

But I was.

[Sean Clements]

You said that stayed in New York. Which doesn't actually say you threw it out. It could be that you sold it.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay, fine.

[Sean Clements]

You sold a 50 pound bag of birds.

[Bridger Winegar]

I saw there's a valuable bag of birds. Seed.

[Richie]

Just left it on the sidewalk in

[Bridger Winegar]

a city full of birds.

[Sean Clements]

With money.

[Bridger Winegar]

With money.

[Sean Clements]

It's New York.

[Bridger Winegar]

You can flip that in a nutshell.

[Sean Clements]

Can't be a bird in New York without money.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. I think two things stayed in New York, actually.

[Sean Clements]

What was the question that gave you the most terror when he asked how

[Bridger Winegar]

would you define a bad guess?

[Sean Clements]

I saw that one and I thought that's a tricky. Here we go. R says, I've started being able to send somebody who was on purely for promotional purposes instead of for the love of podcast guest. Fucking sellout. Yes. Okay. I've met people like this. Somebody who may not even be aware, meaning of like where they are, of what they're doing. They just showed up.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. I imagine you have a list of people that you've felt that.

[Sean Clements]

You know what's really fun?

[Bridger Winegar]

What?

[Sean Clements]

When they. When you watch them realize where they are 3/4 of the way into the podcast and understand. Find some comfort and relaxation in it.

[Bridger Winegar]

Finally click in.

[Sean Clements]

Or just be like, oh, this is where I am and it's okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

I would say the ones. The really bad ones, for me, that never occurred.

[Sean Clements]

Never. You know, including when they.

[Bridger Winegar]

The recording happened and then they just moved on with their.

[Sean Clements]

And it's hard to get out of. Exactly. Right.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay. Now I will say the. The worst ones happened over Zoom.

[Sean Clements]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

Which Zoom's not easy.

[Sean Clements]

And that's. This is your thing. It's like we're. I'm the COVID podcast. I'm the podcast that started at the beginning of COVID and yet I persevered.

[Bridger Winegar]

I pushed through, put in the work.

[Sean Clements]

And you set up a backyard studio.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

And then Scott Aukerman, kind of.

[Bridger Winegar]

Is he doing that now? You know, I don't know that it's bad for me. Not.

[Sean Clements]

I'm not going to be a part of this.

[Bridger Winegar]

I didn't know he was doing. He's in his backyard.

[Commercial Voice]

This is.

[Sean Clements]

I'm. I. This is my.

[Kevin]

Did you text him happy birthday, Hayes?

[Commercial Voice]

Huh?

[Kevin]

Did you text him happy birthday?

[Sean Clements]

Scott's birthday is today. You better get quick. Oh my God. You're gonna be off. It's after five. It's after eod. You can never text Scott after eo.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

That's his very old fashioned Don Draper

[Bridger Winegar]

esque approach to a lot of different things. In the backyard. Comedy Bang.

[Sean Clements]

Bang.

[Bridger Winegar]

Interesting.

[Sean Clements]

And I look, I could never bring that stuff home to my family. You know, like this environment should not be around. No.

[Bridger Winegar]

Not around kids.

[Richie]

That.

[Bridger Winegar]

Especially not around you.

[Commercial Voice]

Look at this.

[Sean Clements]

Do you have any white whales?

[Interjecting Speaker]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

Martha Stewart. Not really a nice way to refer to her.

[Bridger Winegar]

Do you think Martha Stewart. Does she do podcasts at all?

[Sean Clements]

I. I think she. I'm sure she has.

[Bridger Winegar]

Think of what podcast she would Even do.

[Sean Clements]

What do you think about the Snoop thing? A little much now, right? It's kind of doing it.

[Bridger Winegar]

It became a gimmick really fast, and then they didn't stop. So I don't think either of them enjoys it.

[Sean Clements]

You know how people are sometimes. Like, only one of these two people is a convicted felon and it's her. It's supposed to be his.

[Bridger Winegar]

Clearly, it's this guy's. The criminals.

[Sean Clements]

Is this crazy an inversion of reality?

[Bridger Winegar]

What are we talking about?

[Sean Clements]

She has podcast, but I think this is maybe a Ron Burgundy esque network launching project where they say, how long do I have to do this?

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. Bare minimum. Are there episodes?

[Sean Clements]

No, there are no episodes. So that's the one.

[Bridger Winegar]

She's just squatting.

[Richie]

Just her saying, this is my podcast

[Bridger Winegar]

in memory of Clive Davis.

[Sean Clements]

Oh, wow. That's pretty fresh. Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

Just getting on.

[Sean Clements]

And that's post. I think that's what kicked your 300th episode off of the trades.

[Bridger Winegar]

Clive Davis pushed it up.

[Sean Clements]

Wait, go back to the interview, please. This is good. This is like what Rogan does.

[Bridger Winegar]

Is this what Rogan does?

[Sean Clements]

Rogan has like this. Yeah, it just reads what's. What's on the screen. Your podcast is produced by Exactly Right Media, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark's network and studio that skews heavily towards true crime. Because of my favorite murder. Do you know what the overlap is with your audience? Have you courted the true crime fans? I don't know if this is. You only have so many questions. What could possibly be, like, a great answer to this? But for you.

[Bridger Winegar]

For me, I think it's an interesting network for my podcast to be at because I think most of the network's fans kind of hate my podcast.

[Richie]

There's no killing in this at all.

[Bridger Winegar]

I think a lot of them were, at least initially, very confused. Well, this seems like a waste of resources for your network, and they probably still feel that way. Richie's pushing me out to see he has no interest.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Perfect.

[Sean Clements]

Exactly what they would say. They would hear his podcast and say, there's no killing in this at all. Exactly. Nothing talk about. Exactly. Right. Wow. Oh, look, you talked about Joe Rogan.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah, I was asked.

[Sean Clements]

Wow.

[Bridger Winegar]

I think I was not entirely clear on what the question was

[Sean Clements]

called. Barry Weiss, Dumbass of the Year.

[Richie]

Let's.

[Bridger Winegar]

Let's get through.

[Sean Clements]

We're not gonna do that here.

[Commercial Voice]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

You're courting Barry.

[Sean Clements]

Let me just make that clear. Court not. We're not. We're not doing any of that. We're not handing out Dumbass of the year on this episode. Amy man wrote the theme song.

[Bridger Winegar]

Amy man wrote the theme song.

[Sean Clements]

How'd that happen?

[Bridger Winegar]

I texted her.

[Sean Clements]

Wow.

[Bridger Winegar]

And I mean, actually in a.

[Sean Clements]

She's too involved in comedy stuff.

[Bridger Winegar]

She.

[Sean Clements]

It's. It's she and John Hamm, honestly.

[Bridger Winegar]

But Amy's funny.

[Sean Clements]

I'm not saying that she couldn't do it. I'm saying that she shouldn't.

[Bridger Winegar]

She's got a lot of comedy friends.

[Sean Clements]

I think that's a mistake.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's working for Amy.

[Sean Clements]

I don't. I think. But imagine the counterfactual.

[Bridger Winegar]

Who do you want her to be friends with?

[Sean Clements]

Musicians. Name a musician, reputable artists.

[Bridger Winegar]

She can do both.

[Sean Clements]

It's too. It diminishes her. She shouldn't be doing your podcast. Sorry.

[Bridger Winegar]

I don't think she should be doing the whole legacy. I'll say it. She's cheapened the legacy.

[Sean Clements]

I don't. And I don't think you're the only thing that did. But, like, she. She likes comedy too much. These people like comedy too much.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. What's Jon Hamm doing with comedy these days?

[Sean Clements]

It's been a while since he's really debased himself by, like, going on our podcast, for example.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Right.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, interesting.

[Sean Clements]

But, like, he.

[Bridger Winegar]

Tell me about that.

[Sean Clements]

He was in the comedy bank.

[Kalpen (Kal Penn)]

He was great.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay.

[Sean Clements]

He crushed. They can do it, but they should not.

[Interjecting Speaker]

He wore a blank check hat on his Apple TV show.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh. How do you feel about that?

[Sean Clements]

That's the lowest. I could never have imagined that he wore.

[Bridger Winegar]

Wait, he wore that? He could see a blank check hat in the show where he's robbing his

[Sean Clements]

neighbors and now is that really what happened, Casey?

[Interjecting Speaker]

Yeah, he's in the show on the scripted show. He walks in. I haven't watched it, but I've seen the clip, and he's wearing a blank check podcast hat on the show.

[Sean Clements]

Wow.

[Bridger Winegar]

What. What is the show? Guess I don't know that much about the show.

[Sean Clements]

The show is called you'd Friends and Neighbors.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

And it is, Casey. I mean, you know everything about it.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Yeah. It's called your Friends and Neighbors. It's on Apple, and as far as I know, it's about Jon Hamm listening to podcasts.

[Bridger Winegar]

He's a huge podcast person.

[Sean Clements]

Hollywood handbook. So this is so crazy. Like, we're recording a podcast with Jay Pharaoh. Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay. Or DJ Vlad.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah, okay.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

All right. Yeah.

[Sean Clements]

Sorry. With. With DJ Vlad.

[Bridger Winegar]

DJ Vlad.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Sean Clements]

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Yeah.

[Sean Clements]

There's so many Russian dashboards.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Bridger Winegar]

Vlad, come on, man.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Sean Clements]

Hollywood Handbook what do you think of this Taylor Swift wedding?

[Bridger Winegar]

Until a couple of days ago, I didn't. I. I thought it was some sort of performance. I'm happy for her. I'm happy that she booked.

[Sean Clements]

You thought it was some sort of performance.

[Bridger Winegar]

I couldn't figure out. I couldn't figure out why, like, is it going to have an audience?

[Sean Clements]

So this is. That's interesting because you're saying because it is in like a huge arena which

[Bridger Winegar]

is kind of traditionally reserved for performance.

[Sean Clements]

Yes, that's. Now that is interesting. Is it going to be filled? I mean, I assume there will be people there, but the question is, will they be sitting in the stands?

[Bridger Winegar]

Right? Is that. Will they be holding popcorn?

[Sean Clements]

Will they be. Will the concessionaires be operating light up bracelets?

[Bridger Winegar]

I'm not. I'm not sure. I genuinely, I'm curious. Are they selling tickets?

[Sean Clements]

Thank you for trying to spare me, Bridger, and just keep it moving, but

[Bridger Winegar]

I just felt something.

[Sean Clements]

His blade drawn against my throat. Light up bracelets. That's exactly what they wear at Taylor Swift shows. I'm not sure they light up, but they're definitely bracelets. Some of them probably light up. It's a good question. And will. Will the basketball team be playing?

[Bridger Winegar]

Well, I think that's. Cause that's what they do there all

[Sean Clements]

the time, you know, and she can afford it.

[Bridger Winegar]

She can afford to have a basketball team playing during her wedding.

[Sean Clements]

She can afford to book two NBA basketball teams to play a regulation game outside of the season and have that game count

[Richie]

and have Fergie sing the national anthem.

[Sean Clements]

Oh, no. My last second of podcasting, I just felt it go by

[Bridger Winegar]

the final episode. It's interesting.

[Sean Clements]

No, the show will continue with who I think we all know. Fergie. That's right. She sang that crazy national anthem. I would never, ever have pulled that up in this moment. And I'm the one that introduced this concept like it was my idea, but clearly it was Richie's all along, the whole time. Wow. Why? Ella Hunt is everywhere right now.

[Bridger Winegar]

Why is she.

[Sean Clements]

I didn't know she was. It shows how out of touch I am.

[Bridger Winegar]

Ella Hunt,

[Sean Clements]

she was in Dickinson on Apple tv, which I had a cup of coffee. We've both been around the.

[Bridger Winegar]

Sure.

[Interjecting Speaker]

The business.

[Sean Clements]

Met a lot of people.

[Bridger Winegar]

Now she's in.

[Sean Clements]

Now she's in. Not suitable for work.

[Bridger Winegar]

NSFW.

[Sean Clements]

They took my temperature on that.

[Bridger Winegar]

They took your 10. Moved on.

[Sean Clements]

I don't know how far it would have gone. Sometimes you say no to something just so to get ahead of them. Saying no to you.

[Bridger Winegar]

Sure.

[Sean Clements]

You know what I mean?

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. Right.

[Sean Clements]

You don't wanna.

[Bridger Winegar]

You want that egg on your face.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

Not suitable for work. Didn't want me.

[Sean Clements]

We can't have that.

[Bridger Winegar]

I don't think you can have that.

[Sean Clements]

Outside Taylor Swift's rehearsal dinner, a surprising calm and security worthy of Gaddafi.

[Bridger Winegar]

Who picked Gaddafi for this headline?

[Sean Clements]

You know who I think it was Mikey. This has Mikey written all over it.

[Bridger Winegar]

He is.

[Sean Clements]

I mean, he compares you to Gaddafi multiple times.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's not a favorable comparison.

[Sean Clements]

Do you expect to meet a similar end? He asks you why. Why would that ever happen?

[Bridger Winegar]

Where did that question come from? Gaddafi. That's interesting. Did Gaddafi have a particular type of security that you would need to.

[Sean Clements]

I guess maybe what he's saying is penetrable.

[Bridger Winegar]

Oh, interesting. I mean, ultimately it will fail.

[Sean Clements]

At some point. Were he still in a position to fire people after that. I mean, worthy of good. There would have to at least be a conversation.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. So you would never want to sit somebody down, say, like, hey, some things I've noticed.

[Sean Clements]

How do you. You just have one person. You're talking to them.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah. You're kind of.

[Sean Clements]

How do you do that? How do you. And you don't have the computer. You don't have Richie.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah, I. I do feel like I'm restraining myself right now.

[Sean Clements]

Now, what would it look like if the leash came off?

[Bridger Winegar]

If the leash came off?

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's uncaged.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'd be asking you a lot of questions.

[Sean Clements]

Okay.

[Bridger Winegar]

Asking you a lot of questions.

[Interjecting Speaker]

Now.

[Bridger Winegar]

I want to step on any toes here.

[Sean Clements]

But how?

[Bridger Winegar]

I want to step on Richie's toes.

[Sean Clements]

But what is that? How does you do that?

[Bridger Winegar]

Pure curiosity. Just my deep curiosity.

[Sean Clements]

I would Say, let a couple rip.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'm really. I'm just so. I am genuinely curious as to.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

You in this moment. What are you thinking about Sean?

[Richie]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

What do you think Sean is going to think ultimately about this situation?

[Sean Clements]

I think I'm happy he's getting his time.

[Bridger Winegar]

He needed a break.

[Sean Clements]

I think right now he has a lot. You know, it's all good problems. You know what I mean? It's like.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's the problems you like to have.

[Sean Clements]

It's a lot better than not having these things on your plate.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

But it can be stressful.

[Bridger Winegar]

People forget that as well.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

Yes. But being alone with the stress can also. You have to be very intentional when you're taking the time, which I'm really glad he is. When Kevin said he's in Tahoe, I was overcome with pleasure.

[Bridger Winegar]

You were happy? Of course.

[Sean Clements]

I was overcome with pleasure. Because my friend is getting his time, recharging. That's the hope.

[Bridger Winegar]

Then he can bring it back to the show.

[Sean Clements]

Yes. But that just being sitting with the stress of. He has a movie, is a movie.

[Bridger Winegar]

He's got a movie.

[Sean Clements]

It's hard to have a movie.

[Bridger Winegar]

A lot of pressure. It's one of the hardest things you can do.

[Sean Clements]

Yes, he says that.

[Bridger Winegar]

I know. He's told me. He keeps telling me.

[Sean Clements]

And so that's why we need. That's why these places exist, these special places, the Tahoes. That's why they're there.

[Bridger Winegar]

These cabins, the restorative waters. Whereas you're more just go, go, go.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah, I mean, look, I showed up, didn't I?

[Bridger Winegar]

You're here. There's only one of you here, Right? I don't know if there's much more to say about that.

[Sean Clements]

So, yeah, I think that when you ask, what am I feeling right now? I could just straight up goosh. I'm so happy for my friend. I could just goosh all over the place.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's probably what the listener wants to hear.

[Sean Clements]

They do hear it a lot. So I think at this point they might be a little sick of it.

[Kevin]

What I meant to ask, is Tahoe in Utah? I said, is Tahoe in U Haul? Sorry.

[Bridger Winegar]

What a good question. Either way, it's just off the rails today. You've been to Tahoe?

[Sean Clements]

Have not managed to make my way out there yet. It's kind of looking farther and farther away on the horizon for me. The faster I run, the farther away it gets. It feels like sometimes.

[Bridger Winegar]

Richie, have you been to Tahoe?

[Richie]

I have not, actually. One of the few places I haven't been

[Commercial Voice]

Bridger.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's right there on the California Nevada border.

[Sean Clements]

Right. Have you been there?

[Bridger Winegar]

I've driven through. Driven through.

[Sean Clements]

You know what's interesting? I can hear you so clearly, and yet I don't have headphones. Is this just a connection we've developed over the years? Kevin, I could hear your voice clear as a bell.

[Kevin]

That's good. It must be years of work whittling away.

[Sean Clements]

Okay, ask me another question. That was great.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's a good question, right?

[Sean Clements]

That was a really good question.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right? Yeah, great question. Fourth is coming up.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah.

[Bridger Winegar]

Big plans.

[Sean Clements]

Big plans. Yes. I'm doing a lot of drone shows.

[Bridger Winegar]

I've just happened to be a few drone shows.

[Sean Clements]

I'm doing some drone comedy.

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay.

[Sean Clements]

So I guess. Are you doing that as well?

[Bridger Winegar]

No, I'm still in the fireworks drone.

[Sean Clements]

Doing, like, Patriot. Yeah, like, type stuff, simulated fireworks and flags and things like that. You got it. Like, where the industry's at right now? Like, we have to do the fireworks industry. I was. Well, where the comedy industry and the fireworks industry is.

[Bridger Winegar]

It's all headed towards drones.

[Sean Clements]

Yes. So, like, we. Yeah, we've. Like the. The TV writing space is flourishing, but,

[Bridger Winegar]

like, sometimes you have to say no to.

[Sean Clements]

Yes, that's right. And, like, you know, if one of us could have a spot in it, I'm glad it's Sean.

[Bridger Winegar]

Of course. Well, I mean, how else do you go to Tahoe?

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

That could be in Tahoe if we hadn't said no.

[Sean Clements]

That's right. And we can't both go. One of us has to do the show.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yes.

[Sean Clements]

But, yeah, I am doing. I'm smashing watermelons with.

[Bridger Winegar]

Via drone.

[Sean Clements]

Via drone. Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

So carrying into the air, dropping.

[Sean Clements]

I'm Galdur 11.

[Bridger Winegar]

And that's. Is this open field kind of show

[Sean Clements]

or is it heavily obscured by buildings?

[Bridger Winegar]

Okay, right. You're doing it in city spaces and

[Sean Clements]

applying drones, which is like. It was pitched to me as like, an advantage of the. Of the drone format because you can't really set off fireworks in a. In a heavily urban environment.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. But keep that for.

[Sean Clements]

Yes. Over the ocean.

[Bridger Winegar]

Over the ocean. Like dry fields.

[Sean Clements]

But. But I'm. I'm finding that the. The eyelines similar problems to. To the. To. To a fire.

[Bridger Winegar]

Firework. Yeah, of course.

[Sean Clements]

Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

That's why it works so well with firework. I mean, you know, it's a nice replacement for a firework.

[Sean Clements]

Yeah. What about you? You're doing. You're just doing open field.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'm doing open field. I am gonna be doing something and

[Sean Clements]

that's the equivalent for people that don't know. That's the equivalent of an open mic for.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yes. You know, I'm not saying so you can show up.

[Kalpen (Kal Penn)]

You just.

[Sean Clements]

You put your name on the. On the list.

[Bridger Winegar]

I'm putting in the hours right now.

[Sean Clements]

You go up and you kind of

[Bridger Winegar]

just try things, see how people respond to it before you kind of take it to a real stage.

[Sean Clements]

And everyone else there is also a craftsman. And so you get feedback. People that are actually doing it.

[Bridger Winegar]

You might be inspired by something instead

[Sean Clements]

of, like, some who just, like, rolled off the, like, turnip truck.

[Kalpen (Kal Penn)]

Right?

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah.

[Sean Clements]

These guys, your drones are too. Whatever. Loud. Like there's louder than fireworks.

[Bridger Winegar]

Like, and they are loud if, like,

[Sean Clements]

some of the, like some of the really good ones are. Are allowed. Yes.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right.

[Sean Clements]

But people are expecting something quieter than a fire. Certainly not louder than a fireworks show.

[Bridger Winegar]

Right. Not louder, but more sustained noise.

[Sean Clements]

PR issue.

[Bridger Winegar]

Yeah.

[Sean Clements]

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