07-17-25 - Mike Vecchione - Tempe Improv - In Studio

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (07-17-25) featuring Mike Vecchione

Release Date: July 17, 2025

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Introduction of Guest: Mike Vecchione at Tempe Improv

The episode kicks off with host Alex welcoming Mike Vecchione to "Holmberg's Morning Sickness." Alex introduces Mike as a “great guy” and invites listeners to Mike’s upcoming show at Tempe Improv. The weather discussion sets a light-hearted tone, highlighting Arizona’s extreme climate with humor about fluctuating temperatures.

Notable Quote:

• Alex [00:26]: "Hey, it's nice today. You got a good day."

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Discussion on Jeffrey Epstein and Conspiracy Theories

A significant portion of the conversation delves into the notorious Jeffrey Epstein case. The hosts engage in a satirical debate, questioning the widely publicized narrative. Mike humorously suggests that the Department of Justice tapes reveal “pickleball” activities rather than the alleged criminal behavior, minimizing the gravity of Epstein’s actions in a controversial manner.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Vecchione [03:51]: "Pickleball that's it. I think it's just pickleball. And that's worse than any sex that you could watch on a tape."
• Alex [03:53]: "Maybe we should look at that. But no."

Content Warning: The discussion touches on serious and sensitive topics related to sexual misconduct. The conversation employs dark humor and satire, which may be unsettling to some listeners.

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Satirical Societal Proposals

Moving from conspiracy theories, the hosts present a series of tongue-in-cheek ideas aimed at "fixing the world." These include:

1. Mandatory Identification for Sex Offenders:

   • Mike proposes that sex offenders wear shirts labeled "I'm a registered sex offender" on the front and “My other car is a van” on the back, blending humor with a critique of societal approaches to handling offenders.

   Notable Quote:

   • Mike Vecchione [05:51]: "They just wear a shirt. They're required to wear it at all times in public."

2. Segregated Cemeteries with Modern Amenities:

   • The idea of segregated cemeteries equipped with food trucks and QR codes on headstones for interactive biographies is introduced, mixing practicality with innovative memorialization.

   Notable Quote:

   • Mike Vecchione [07:08]: "You go to visit your father, and then you get a sausage and peppers."

3. QR Codes on Tombstones:

   • Embedding QR codes that link to documentaries or personal stories, turning cemeteries into interactive museums.

   Notable Quote:

   • Mike Vecchione [07:33]: "You can put a QR code on the headstone. It's a documentary about the person."

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Nostalgia and Furniture Maintenance

The conversation shifts to nostalgic reflections on household practices from previous decades, particularly the use of plastic covers on furniture to protect from spills and wear. This segues into a broader commentary on changing maintenance habits and societal shifts in personal responsibility.

Notable Quotes:

• Alex [13:18]: "And then somewhere in with the waterbed with no announcement or anything else. It just disappeared."
• Mike Vecchione [14:09]: "Grandma was a squirter. I haven't decided where to lean on this quite yet."

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Personal Life and Aspirations in Film

Mike shares insights into his personal life, including his age and aspirations of appearing in movies. The discussion touches on the aging of celebrities like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, humorously lamenting changes in their careers while expressing a desire to participate in films like "Bad Grandpa."

Notable Quotes:

• Alex [11:01]: "I think that's what you were going to say. And I don't know how old you are. You're younger than me. You look great."
• Mike Vecchione [12:33]: "Forget the watermelon, Alex."

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Traffic and Radio Commentary

A brief but humorous segment critiques the conventional traffic reports on the radio. The hosts mock the often redundant and uninformative nature of such segments, advocating for a more straightforward approach without unnecessary interruptions.

Notable Quote:

• Alex [10:00]: "There's cars out in the road. Be careful. Car in front of you hit you, Breaks, you hit yours."

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Final Societal Change Ideas: Golf and Labeling

In the concluding segments, the hosts brainstorm unconventional societal changes, such as renaming golf terms to eliminate historical connotations. They suggest dropping terms like "bogey" and "birdie" in favor of "caddies," criticizing the lingering remnants of slavery in modern sports terminology.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Vecchione [17:39]: "Labeling is half the battle."
• Alex [18:12]: "We're done with that. No, that's a great idea."

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Conclusion and Invitation to Tempe Improv

The episode wraps up with a lively invitation for listeners to attend Mike Vecchione’s show at Tempe Improv. The hosts express enjoyment of the brainstorming session and encourage audience participation in Mike’s performances, blending humor with community engagement.

Notable Quote:

• Alex [18:55]: "Mike Vecchione. You are again, I ask this because it's habit, but if you could give us words of wisdom... and I can't imagine how many more you've got."

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Overall Insights and Themes

• Satire and Dark Humor: The episode frequently employs satire to critique societal issues, blending humor with controversial topics.
• Creative Thinking: The hosts display a penchant for out-of-the-box ideas, even if presented humorously, highlighting a creative approach to discussing serious matters.
• Nostalgia vs. Modernity: There's a recurring theme of reflecting on past practices juxtaposed with contemporary changes, emphasizing the evolution of societal norms.
• Community and Engagement: The invitation to local events underscores the show's commitment to fostering a sense of community among listeners.

Conclusion

This episode of "Holmberg's Morning Sickness" offers a mix of humor, satire, and unconventional ideas, anchored by Mike Vecchione’s participation. While navigating sensitive topics with a comedic lens, the hosts provide an engaging and thought-provoking listening experience for their audience.

Transcript

[Alex]

You're listening to the HMS Podcast, brought to you by mmpguns.com, your most trusted online marketplace for firearms, ammunition, and accessories. Morning sick.

[Mike Vecchione]

Morning sickness.

[Alex]

Well, this is your fault, Mike. It was too entertaining. Often.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And now we gotta try.

[Brady]

Thanks for coming in.

[Alex]

Yeah. Mike Vecchione, everybody. He's a great guy.

[Mike Vecchione]

Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me. And thanks for it being 100.

[Alex]

Hey, it's nice today. You got a good day.

[Mike Vecchione]

Oh, is it good?

[Alex]

Yesterday and today are as good as this gets in. Beautiful. We're going outside playing. Like, this is outdoor weather for us.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, it's. I love it. Because it's 110 outside and then it's 50.

[Alex]

Yeah. In here and everywhere you go.

[Mike Vecchione]

So you got to bring a sweater when it's 110, walking around like a psycho.

[Alex]

It is kind of weird. Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

Good climate that you guys chose.

[Alex]

Yeah, we do. Well, you know, it's kind of chosen for us, really. In most cases. I don't think anybody just landed and went, perfect.

[Mike Vecchione]

You start a town in a desert. What do you expect?

[Alex]

Yeah, you should. You should be aware of your surroundings. Yes, that's better.

[Brady]

We did find out. More concrete adds to the heat.

[Alex]

Yeah, we're adding tons every day so it works out. Mike, where are you playing this weekend? I don't even know.

[Mike Vecchione]

Nobody's 10:00pm Prov.

[Alex]

It's a 10:00pm Prove. 10:00pm Way to go. Nice job. Cardless tempe improv this weekend. You want to go out there? Tempimprov.com is how you do it. We were talking, of course. Because you won't stop talking about it. About Jeffrey Epstein.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Yeah. First thing you said. What do you guys think? Like, immediately? We didn't say hello to each other.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, I came in hot. I said I'm pro Epstein. Are you guys. Are you guys not, like, to party?

[Alex]

Who's with me? Because I'm not doing this interview unless you're on my team.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. Yeah. I came in hot. I came in hot on the abstain.

[Alex]

Your shirt says Jeffrey rules. I didn't know what it meant until then, but, yeah, it's a. It's a weird time. We were just talking off there about how, like, all these people, I. I got into it, what, two days ago when I mentioned that my theory about the Epstein case is not to tell the masses everything you don't want to know. We're terrible with information, especially if some of it was lies.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And you pull that sweater thread, the next thing you know there's no more royal family. There's no more political. You know, three houses are gone.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

Everything goes away because of this one thing. Because we acted a fool.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

When got the truth. Right.

[Mike Vecchione]

Because musical theater students. Oh, my God. Somebody should get us today.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Brady]

You made the comment that we're a young country.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

We're kids compared to Europe. Yeah.

[Alex]

And they're. And they could fall from anything that goes from this. So I think it's best. And I got a ton of emails from people. No. Like you said, citizen, we need to know the truth. I don't think you want. I don't think anybody needs the truth.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right. The truth is that 27 people overdosed in Baltimore last weekend. So maybe we should look at that. But no.

[Alex]

No. Were any of them famous? Was Tupac's family involved in that?

[Mike Vecchione]

Unless Bill Gates had sex with him.

[Alex]

Before they died, we don't care.

[Mike Vecchione]

We don't care.

[Alex]

That is so trash.

[Brady]

There he is in the picture. He's in the background.

[Alex]

We scream and yell at stuff like that. I always said that when Covid was going on people, I would look at people who were wildly overweight and, like, uncomfortably red, like they're about to die. And they're like, you're putting a vaccine in me. I don't know what's in that stuff. And I'm like, wait a minute. When did you become Dr. Oz? Now you're all of a sudden. You won't put this. Your temple. It doesn't get. You have to look into every ingredient.

[Mike Vecchione]

I love that is the same thing where I'm not going to let him put in me. Guys drinking a scotch.

[Alex]

Yeah. Scotch poison and two blood pressure pills. That. That's. That's saving my life. I didn't look into the ingredients of that either. We're so dumb, generally.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. I don't think. I think a lot of it is, like, comes from a place where it was like, we need to get to the bottom of this. It's like none of it's really in good faith. No. If we're really looking in the mirror.

[Brady]

Then there's one or two particular people that I think people want to see. I want to see this guy fall, and I hope he's in this thing. But you don't realize, oh, it's going.

[Alex]

To drop everything now. Would you have gone to Epstein island had given the chance?

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, let me tell you what I think is on the tapes that the Department of Justice.

[Alex]

Justice has.

[Mike Vecchione]

Do you want to know?

[Alex]

I would love to know.

[Mike Vecchione]

Pickleball that's it. I think it's just pickleball. And that's worse than any sex that you could watch on a tape. I think it's just bad pickleball. Middle aged men playing pickleball.

[Alex]

A lot of pulled hamstrings. A lot of guys whose Achilles hurt.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And they're bent over.

[Mike Vecchione]

If you want to wave through all of that video, then you go ahead.

[Alex]

Maybe that's all they did. They got through about 40 hours of pickleball. Where's the. Where's the sex? I need to see it. Yeah, you're probably right. He had to have a pickleball. Probably at least one.

[Mike Vecchione]

People were doing other things. It wasn't just. Do you think it was molesting all the time? It's like molest. Molest moles. We encourage you to molest. But you know what? No smoking.

[Alex]

It's like, what?

[Mike Vecchione]

I can't even smoke after I molest. It's like, look, dude, that's a disgusting habit. And you need to go outside 50ft from the building. And also wear your seatbelt because if you get into an accident, you hurt your arm, you're not going to be able to molest.

[Alex]

And eventually with that much molesting, you're going to get bored and want to do something else. That's enough molesting for today.

[Brady]

So now signs on the beaches, that's all it says.

[Alex]

Did they have an activities card like on a. On a cruise? Like 8 to 8:35? We molest.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Breakfast, right?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah, I know it wasn't on the itinerary. I didn't expect to molest three times times today. I gotta. God, I gotta hydrate.

[Alex]

I'm not ready for the third molesting. I'm gonna skip this one and maybe try some pickleball.

[Brady]

We have to leave because you were molesting during the nap.

[Alex]

Yeah. That is. You woke up a lot of people.

[Brady]

You broke the rule.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wasn't that the thing I was supposed to do? I was supposed to molest people in their sleep? I thought that was part of it. No, you gotta actually let them sleep.

[Alex]

Sometimes I think you broken record for me of me finding the word molest funnier each time you say it. And I really never thought that day would come, but here it is. And I appreciate Mike Vecchione has done something I didn't think was possible. Make me love how funny molest is.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, yeah. I'm not. We're not. None of us are comics anymore. We're all now investigators and Internet sleuths. Getting to the bottom of stuff. And Epstein's on our list.

[Alex]

Yeah, he has.

[Mike Vecchione]

This is my idea for pedophiles, though. We make them all wear shirts. Yeah.

[Alex]

As if they weren't before.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, the. Instead of, like, the ankle or going to the houses and saying that I moved into the neighborhood and I'm a sex offender. They just wear a shirt. They're required to wear it at all times in public. And on the front it says, I'm a registered sex offender. So everybody knows. And on the back, my other car is a van. Because we can make stuff fun, too. It doesn't have to be all.

[Alex]

Why is it all modeling?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah, it's like, you know what? I know that that guy's dangerous. I'm going to keep my kid away from him. But that's pretty funny, too, you know?

[Alex]

I mean, it's funny when he's walking away. And that's the way you like him leaving a room.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's a great point. That's a great point. You want him out. You want him.

[Alex]

You want him going that way.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes.

[Alex]

And at least he made me. He left me with a smile.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's great.

[Alex]

And he didn't molest anything along. That's great.

[Mike Vecchione]

We're getting to the bottom of stuff.

[Alex]

That is fixing the world. That's the Scarlet Letter. With a little bit of a wink and a smile, which I really like. Yeah, that's it. What other ideas do you have?

[Mike Vecchione]

Segregated cemeteries.

[Alex]

Okay, go on.

[Mike Vecchione]

You don't have to be next to those people anymore.

[Alex]

You mean you spent your whole life trying not to live in their neighborhood?

[Mike Vecchione]

You want them out, and now you got to spend eternity with. No, not on our watch. Segregated cemeteries.

[Brady]

So easy.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. It's just that people would just. Cemeteries are untapped, segregated. And there should be food trucks.

[Alex]

Food trucks at the cemetery.

[Mike Vecchione]

Food trucks at the cemetery. You go to visit your father, and then you get a sausage and peppers.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

It's like. It's what he would have wanted.

[Alex]

And a lot of people would leave those for the tombstones, which I never understand. They look like a magazine or something.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, here's my other idea. I have a lot of cemetery ideas. You put a QR code on the headstone. And it's a documentary about the person. So it's like a museum. Like, you're going around, you see your father, and then you go right to the wine.

[Brady]

Like the 19 crimes.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes. The background story of it. And you like, you know. Pretty cool. Go learn about everybody. He was a World War II. He had a short temper. It's like we're all just not gonna have jobs anyway because of AI. So we might as well do content. Yeah, I love it's all content.

[Alex]

I have a friend who passed away 10 years ago, and he was a huge football fan, big fantasy football guy. And every year one of our friends goes and drops off the new fantasy football right around now, August, usually the fantasy football preseason guide. And I told him last time, I'm like, you can stop doing that. Cause he doesn't know who any of these college players are anymore. You're just confusing him. If he is actually capable of picking that up and reading, going, right. I didn't even know Boise State had a guy.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, hopefully he videos himself doing it and puts it on TikTok. Because if he doesn't do that, did it really even happen?

[Alex]

It's the tree in the forest at this point.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's all TikTok is.

[Alex]

Mike Vecchion's at the Tempe Improv this weekend. Tempe improv.com. how's your personal life? Everything good?

[Mike Vecchione]

It's great. But please come to the shows because we're going to be looking into things. It's not just comedy.

[Alex]

Is there molesting at any point in your show?

[Mike Vecchione]

It could be, yeah.

[Alex]

If you're in the front, you might.

[Mike Vecchione]

If you're in the front, yeah.

[Alex]

It's like a Gallagher show in a weird way. Well, instead of fruit chunks.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Molestation.

[Mike Vecchione]

We replaced that with aggressive sexual behavior.

[Alex]

That is the modern Gallagher. We all knew it was gonna go that route. That was the path he was naturally on, unfortunately.

[Mike Vecchione]

Forget the watermelon, Alex.

[Alex]

An important part. It's nostalgic. That's why people want to get molested with nostalgia. I say that's why grandpa was so memorable. Hear the words you say sometimes. I mean, who talks like that? Holmberg's morning sickness.

[Mike Vecchione]

Do you think Jesse Smollet is behind all of it?

[Alex]

Oh, my God. I. I.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wouldn't that be the ultimate hoax?

[Alex]

Yes, I dream that. That's true.

[Mike Vecchione]

Here's my idea for the Jews. They leave Israel and they all go to Epstein island, and that's their new home. And they wouldn't even have to change the name Epstein Island. It's available. It's there. We can get ourselves out of multiple wars.

[Alex]

It's a Jew island to begin with.

[Mike Vecchione]

Come on.

[Alex]

You are saving the planet.

[Mike Vecchione]

Should run for office.

[Alex]

You should. Normally I ask a comedian at the end of the interview, change the world. Leave us with words of wisdom. But that's all you.

[Mike Vecchione]

I'm changing it in the interview.

[Alex]

Doing it while we chat.

[Mike Vecchione]

Let's go to Traffic and Transit. On the ones.

[Alex]

There's cars out in the road. Be careful. Car in front of you hit you, Breaks, you hit yours. I've never understood traffic on the radio. I won't do it. I've thrown it away. If you're too dumb to know traffic rules, tap of the brakes.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

If a guy in front of you is doing it, you should too. That's a rule. Like, I don't want to make radio entertainment a driving class. Also, when the sun's up, it's gonna start getting hotter. I need to give you the weather. And you've got phones now. Don't get me started.

[Brady]

It pops up on your screen most of the time. If you have the accident, right?

[Alex]

Oh, we. We have everything. We don't need some guy going, hey, on the 101, the Red Mountain Freeway. There's people tapping their brakes. I would hope so. Then they'll run it. Try not to hit anybody. And they got a guy in a chopper from over.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes. And all of that interruption is cutting into our Epstein News.

[Alex]

Exactly. We don't know what's going on. Now, when you got some jackass in a helicopter telling you somebod wreck and it wasn't you, that's all I care about. Let me ask you this, because this has been my theory all week. And now that you've theorized and everything. And I want to hear your take on it. I have an answer the audience already knows.

[Mike Vecchione]

The answer is yes. We should bomb Iran.

[Alex]

That's exactly what it was.

[Mike Vecchione]

I thought that's where you were going to say a good guest anticipates.

[Alex]

Yeah. Glass factory. Iran or not. That was my question. My God, the man's genius. I was going to ask you this. And I don't know how old you are. You're younger than me. You look great.

[Mike Vecchione]

Oh, thank you. No, I'm actually 52.

[Alex]

Oh, we're the same exact age. I'll be 53 next week.

[Mike Vecchione]

Class of 91.

[Alex]

90 for me.

[Mike Vecchione]

All right.

[Alex]

A little smarter than you.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes, you are. You look great, too.

[Alex]

Thank you, sir.

[Mike Vecchione]

But you know what? Not to. Not to just. Everybody here kind of looks great. You think in Arizona?

[Alex]

You think we're happy?

[Mike Vecchione]

Everybody looks good? Pretty good.

[Alex]

Where's the place that you go? Who. This isn't working out for anyone.

[Mike Vecchione]

The Midwest is rough.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

And the people. The Midwest are great people.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

But it's like. I get you. Just like it's cold.

[Alex]

You're saying they have to have personalities to make up for how terrible they look.

[Mike Vecchione]

I think they just get. I think they just get into hard life, eating and kids. And I don't have kids. So it's like.

[Alex]

Isn't it great?

[Mike Vecchione]

It's. It's good. It's really. I might want to have them, though.

[Alex]

So it's too late.

[Mike Vecchione]

It is too late.

[Alex]

It's too late. You will be 70. Too late. Look at him. He is terrible. And he's only 44. The man looks absolutely just drained by.

[Mike Vecchione]

What about Al Pacino and De Niro? They're in their 80s.

[Alex]

De Niro has to do Bad Grandpa too. Like his life is over. Like he's the De Niro we used to. We remember the good De Niro.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

The last few De Niro things.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

He's just doing it to pay for babies.

[Brady]

You need someone to take care of both you.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. Well, I would kill to get into Bad Grandpa too.

[Alex]

Would you like to be.

[Mike Vecchione]

I would love to be just in that movie for five seconds, so.

[Alex]

Well, I guess for the stories. I would also like to be in Bad Grandpa too, but I don't want to be the.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's actually my goal. Bad Grandpa too.

[Alex]

You don't want to be the star of Bad Grandpa too? You just want to be like a guy who shows up.

[Mike Vecchione]

I want to be in any movie, in any capacity at all. Yes.

[Alex]

You would do any movie ever?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yes.

[Alex]

Porn.

[Mike Vecchione]

Not the main character, but I would be the guy who comes in shocked, so to speak. Yes. I don't. I don't have the equipment to.

[Brady]

Stuck in the dryer.

[Alex]

When you say comes in shocked. Is she a new artist? I don't know who shocked it. Let me ask you my question here. We're the same age, so this works out even better. You grew up at the same time. I grew up where there was plastic on furniture.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

And then somewhere along with. No. Same with the waterbed with no announcement or anything else. It just disappeared.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right. Why? I think we got. We have a thing on our cat. We just moved. And we have a thing on our couch. That is a cover.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's a reusable cover. My wife got it. She's like, you could pull it off and wash it.

[Alex]

Do you ever do that?

[Mike Vecchione]

We just got it, so we probably will.

[Alex]

Give us some time to dirty it up a little. You gotta filter down a little bit.

[Mike Vecchione]

Need a little work.

[Alex]

I have a theory.

[Mike Vecchione]

That was a big. Italian. Italians did that a lot where they just Left the plastic on there. Yeah. My family never did it, but Italian. Older Italians. So with like your grandparents would leave the plastic on the furniture to protect the furniture.

[Alex]

Now that's the last generation that did not have feminine hygiene products.

[Mike Vecchione]

Oh, wow. You're making a connection here.

[Alex]

You're making the connection. So grandma from the 30s, 40s.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wow.

[Alex]

Was not into maintenance.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

Grandpa said, we're not wrecking another couch.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wow.

[Alex]

They make it quite a confusion. You're gonna sit on this thing.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wow.

[Alex]

You're not. I'm tired of it.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right.

[Alex]

So we put plastic down. And then somewhere in the 80s, women are like, no, we're. This thing's clean. We're keeping this thing pristine. They invented sprays and all sorts of things.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's what women on their period. What they want an ultimatum.

[Alex]

I'm not saying the period, but saying general.

[Mike Vecchione]

We're not doing this anymore.

[Alex]

Right. We're not wrecking couches anymore. We have to do something about this. And they put plastic on to protect it from. I believe, Grandma. That was against maintenance.

[Mike Vecchione]

Wow.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's very interesting.

[Alex]

Or grandma was a squirter. I haven't decided where to lean on this quite yet, but it just disappeared.

[Brady]

Most of it was really protecting the back cushion. More so than. Okay.

[Alex]

Don't know how big your grandma was, but I'm just saying it's just a weird.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Waterbeds, the other thing.

[Mike Vecchione]

Right. Well, waterbeds are not a thing anymore, anyway. Gone. Yeah.

[Alex]

But nobody ever had like a.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's explanation.

[Alex]

These have to go away. They just did. And I grew up, every house had water, but you could come in and smell it.

[Mike Vecchione]

Like, I think you had to have a little bit of money to have a waterbed. My cousin family had a little bit more, and I was like, did you not have one? No, no, we didn't have the money for that. But I asked my cousin, how'd you sleep? He was like 25 knots per hour. Yeah, it's. Everything is naut.

[Alex]

Because it's like nautical nighttime.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

That's interesting.

[Brady]

I go to bed. Tides in.

[Alex]

I can go to bed. I had 1 7th grade until I was about 20. And then I'm like, well, this is not a thing anymore. And I don't know where all the bladders of the beds have gone.

[Mike Vecchione]

Oh, yeah.

[Alex]

Where did it all go?

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. Waterbeds are not a thing anymore. But I mean, because back support. I mean, they were really. I don't know. You slept on. How were they to sleep on?

[Alex]

It didn't bother me it was great.

[Brady]

And it was heated.

[Alex]

I had one. Awesome. I was a slinky. Like, I could. It didn't matter how I slept. I sleep hanging off. So back then, it didn't matter. Like now, I don't think I could do it. But they were comfortable. They were fine. But everyone had them. Waterbed. Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

Oh, my God.

[Brady]

Is that the guy that built it before? It was in the fraternity house I lived in.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Brady]

And this guy built it probably four years before I got there. He's an engineer, but, yeah, it's a beautiful thing. And I was on the bottom.

[Alex]

That's how Brady learned the term. You're a bottom.

[Mike Vecchione]

I've never heard of that before. A bunked waterbed. You need an engineer for that?

[Alex]

Yeah, absolutely. I don't trust that I'm not hanging out in that room too often.

[Brady]

Two years.

[Mike Vecchione]

Forget bridges and the roads and infrastructure. That's what our engineers should be focused on. Bunk waterbeds.

[Brady]

Someone needs to call Walt Speer.

[Alex]

Yeah. Make the bed on top of you a thousand pounds. That's a smart idea.

[Mike Vecchione]

Well, hopefully the mypillow guy will bring everything back. Maybe he can make it.

[Alex]

We love Mike. Mike Ludden.

[Mike Vecchione]

He's our sleep guy. Yeah.

[Alex]

Mike Vecchione. You are again, I ask this because it's habit, but if you could give us words of wisdom or if you had one thing to do if you were president to change the world, the first thing you'd change about society.

[Mike Vecchione]

I think our society is changing already, and I think that we should all be investigating each other all the time. And then also sending migrants to each other. Oh, we send Investigating each other and then sending migrants. Did you get the migrants I sent you? Christmas. Okay. I'm gonna be investigating you. It's like, that's our society, sending migrants to each other. And investig.

[Alex]

We make them fruitcake. We make migrants like fruitcake. You just get one, it shows up, and then you can use it until you don't need it anymore and you send it to someone else. Yes.

[Mike Vecchione]

Did you notice that about golf? Like, my friends love golf, and I was never into it. I understand the concept, the basic concept of getting the ball in the hole, but I don't understand bogey and birdie and back nine, all that stuff. But it's like, we're the terms.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Mike Vecchione]

Or the terms. But I do notice that there's a guy just walking around carrying other people's stuff. It's like, well, are we not noticing the slavery that's happening here? This sport? We're overlooking the rules. But we have slavery happening in real time on tv.

[Brady]

The perception. And just get rid of that term and just call them caddies.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Slaves.

[Mike Vecchione]

Yeah. Labeling is half the battle.

[Alex]

So when you say in the early days, the African American caddies of the field. Yeah. It sounds a lot.

[Mike Vecchione]

It sounds a lot better.

[Alex]

Yeah. That makes me feel less guilty. I'm over it. I'm over it, people. I'm done with that. No, that's a great idea. You guys have both helped me today a lot. Well, mostly you.

[Mike Vecchione]

We're a think tank.

[Alex]

We're a team.

[Mike Vecchione]

It's a team of ideas.

[Alex]

It is. And you know what? We walk out of here feeling better about ourselves, whether they're implemented or not. It's the world's problem.

[Mike Vecchione]

That's the world's problem. We're a think tank.

[Alex]

That's right.

[Mike Vecchione]

We came up with the ideas.

[Alex]

And you can listen to all of your ideas. And I can't imagine how many more you've got. Tonight, Saturday, Mollus stations for the front two rows where it's free. And you head on out there. Tempo. Com. Mike, it's a good pleasure.

[Mike Vecchione]

Thank you so much for having me. And guys, it was a blast.

[Alex]

Always Mike Vecchio and everybody. It's 98. It's out of control now.