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Look, you can hate Trump all you want. I've never seen a human flex on another human as hard as Trump did on Vladimir up in Alaska. I don't know if you saw that, but they get out of the planes, they park their planes. It was so awesome. It was such a movie. There's Air Force One. There's Whatever they call Russia's plane. Not as good, but okay. Air Force One's a badass on a Runway. Trump gets off of it. Feel how you do about Trump. He walks off there. Tommy Anders down the red carpet. Big whoop. Waits for his. They have a red carpet going north and south and one going east and west that meets Vlad at his plane. Vladimir gets out of his plane and he starts his walk. I'm like, all right, one. Nothing. Vladimir. Oh, actually, it's one one if you count the planes. Planes. America wins. Walk on red carpet. There's nobody with a cooler walk than Vladimir Putin ever. And I couldn't figure out why. Just strutting like George Jefferson. Strut, dead right arm. Left arm swings. It's gunslinger. And I'm like, what's that about? What's he doing, watching Westerns? No. KGB trained you to never move your right arm. Keep it close to your gun at all times. He's KGB trained. Coolest walk I've ever seen. So cool. It was. So I'm walking around the house. Told you that. Or is that. I'm like, how? Why does he walk that way? It's such an obviously different walk. He lets it go every once in a while and looks around like we're good. Right hand in. And he just keeps that thing tight. Walk is cool. Walking around the house all weekend, practicing my Vlad walk, which you may notice is my new awesome walk in the hallway. Vlad walking. That's what I'm going to be doing. And you guys should do it, too, because it's cool. So Trump's like, all right, nice walk. Two of them meet on the red carpet, start walking together. Can't believe you guys didn't see this. They get to. I noticed, too. They get to the. They get to the part where they're going to do a little stage pose. They have a little stage set up for them. Oh, by the way, there's a B2 bomber and four F35s, I think. I don't know what. They were just going to go overhead real quick. Oh, yeah, sorry about that. I forgot we were flying some B2s over our little meeting. At about 140ft, there's another barely above them. Vlad kind of stops and looks up. He's like, I see what you did here, Mother. Nice move. Nice move with the things we don't have. And you do practice. That was awesome. Sorry about that, Vlad. I forgot we were running some drills with the fork. Coolant. Coolest fighter jets in the world. And, oh, yeah, the B2 bomber, the Stealth. And you don't see or hear it till they're right over them, and they look at each other like, all right, mother, it's on. And then it's just a thing. They're shaking hands. Trump. Trump, I think, won the whole, like, let's watch this battle after the B2S one. You ever see it down in, like, bottle blonde or Scottsdale, a dude rolls out in valet, and he's got, like, A, you know, McLaren comes in the valet, and everybody's like, pops out of it. It's gonna make me look like a moron. Well, he's worse is when he's standing there waiting for the valet to bring it back, and he's got the McLaren. It's a heavy flex on all the other guys. He might have $20,000. He might be renting that for the night. But it's a heavy flex because then when my Jeep rolls up behind it, it's like, he's poor, and it's immediately a loss. Even though my Jeep's nice, it's not that heavy flex. I've never seen a flex like that because no one else has access to fly a B2 bomber over the valet, which is pretty much what this was. Got my own plane. It's already better than yours. Oh, and by the way, when we're about to float over 38 hours in the air, clobbered. I ran in a day. Remember them? Haven't heard them for a while. And then came home. Yeah, that's mine. Awesome. The thing I noticed. Yeah. Was the. When they came in to talk to the press and they had podium set up, and you had adult podium. Well. And little boy podium. And that's the difference, too, is there's a size difference about a foot. Vlad's not a tall man. And Donald. Donald, dude, noticeably up and over. Trump read about this by request. Each guy got their podium exactly as they wanted. Yeah. Because had Vlad stood behind a podium that's the same size as Trump, it would have been his shoulders and his head, Barry. So he wanted his chest up. They asked like, what do you need? They have their very specifically designed for TV setups. Trump wins the end battle, though, because he does that. Give me. Give me, you big boy handshake when he grabs your hand and pulls you in and tops it. Yeah, it's. It was awesome. It was great. It was like. It was like the Barry Wood memes in the back in the day. It was like Trump just showed up, and there's that huge Barry Wood hog and the B2 stealth might as well had a hog. I've never been a prouder American, except for my big takeaway personally, is I gotta start doing that Vlad walk. That is one of the coolest things ever. When he's on it. I gotta see it. It's so cool. And you hardly. When you notice it, you're like, what's he doing? Like polio. Nope, you're not Crip walking your Vladwalk. I'm glad walking. I'm strong. Vlad walking from here on out. And people won't know why they're intimidated, but they will know. Yeah, it's BG Song. It's the Russian Staying Alive. Moscow Saturday Night Fever. It. Be careful of the hair. Don't touch my hair. That's exactly what it's going to be. But, yeah, I walked. I watched him walk and been practicing the Vladwalk all week. And I'm like, that has to be a thing. It's too unique now. He was soft on it at the Alaska thing, Even though I noticed it. He was soft on it. I went back and watched some. Some real Vlad walks up in Russia especially. He really likes to do it because they know that that hand is just. It sticks to his. It's such a gunslinger move. It's so cool. So, yes, politically, you're gonna email me. Terrorist. I don't care if he's a dictator or anything else. You can be a dictator and have the coolest walk in the world. And he happens to have. It was. It was a smooth, cool thing. If you had. If I want our. I want. And Trump's walk was terrible, but he zigzagged. And I guess if somebody's tried to shoot me, I'd start zigzag walking, too. But he walk in that red carpet. He. It was like he was going to leave it for a second, and it was like he was bouncing off the rails. It was like one of those bowling alleys with the bumper zippers. Yeah. It was this red carpet, and he's kind of all over the place. And he finally gets to a spot and he stands and then Vlad comes out, and I'm like, all right, the plane. We win that plane battle. But, my God, is that a walk? And then they showed him afterwards, sitting there talking with each other with some interpreter. Vlad's knees were giving out, so he's, like, shaking and barely standing up. And, like, you'd have to bend him and stand up. It was this weird kind of knee quiver. Wobbly, huh? Yeah. Well, I don't know if he was Wobbly. I don't know if he was just. Or he had to pee. I was like, something was going on. Anyway, big meeting on Friday, another one today. But that flyover, I mean, if you didn't have an ounce of America left in you, and I'm talking to you lefties, if you didn't have an ounce of America left in you, you should be ashamed of yourself because that was awesome. Even Toledo was probably like, all right, we got to stop on the Trump bashing around the house and probably took his no King shirt off for a second and thought to himself, I got to be better about this. Because that was ultimate America, ultimate all getting all amped up. I wanted a B2 to go over just for no reason. Every house in America some that war beast. That's why we love it at baseball games. That's why nobody boos that Democrat or Republican. You know what? We unite over kick ass stuff. We should make Amazon delivery drones shaped like the B2. Cause every day we'd feel like the best US citizens we can be. You can hate Trump all day if he's like, hold on a second, I've got a little surprise for you. When that goes over, you're like, all right. That was awesome. I hate you. That was awesome. Rosie o' DONNELL would like allow that. Maybe not her. She's a complete. But still, that was pretty great. So I was, I was pretty proud of America on Friday. You guys didn't watch any of the. It was pretty great. I watched a little bit of it. It was pretty great. Just the arrivals and Alaska. That's theirs. It's theirs. It's awesome. We're four, you know, we're 40ft away from each other at the closest tip. And that's what Vlad kept saying, we're neighbors. We're neighbors. We got to be better neighbors. Yeah. Remember when we bought this for like 7 cents an acre? I think we got it for like 6 million bucks. Great deal. I make deals. You did not do that. Yeah, but I took you to it. Remember it? That's awesome. Like showing. It's like showing. You know, your ex wife comes back to see what you did with the house and it's better. It's like, damn. Was pretty great. So USA won. I've been thinking about it all weekend. USA 1, Russia 0. On the big grand scale, he won a couple battles, but I highly recommend strut like Vlad. And I think the. I can just hope something comes out of it. Something happens. Yeah, great. I don't care. Just so long as it's cool videos. That's all this world's about. Anyway. Look, Brady, we've lost touch with America to the point where it's like, yeah, golly, I hope for peace, blah blah blah. It's never gonna happen. I'm 53. This will. It's whack a mole. Wars are whack a mole. He might fix this one and another one will pop up somewhere else. I'm done with that. Cool videos. That's all the I'm. I'm all on board what the next generation is about, which is awesome videos and facial surgery. I think that's basically all they care about. Yeah. And because I'm telling you, they've got the right idea. The way your rose colored glasses work is the way the next generations. Who cares? Is my TikTok getting clicks? That's the way they work too. They have no real. They're oblivious to the idea of peace in the world because they're the first generation to accept that's not happening. It isn't either. And you can say, oh, we've got to get a deal. And golly, I hope that happens. It doesn't matter. You'll say, they're wasting so much money in this war, another one will come up. You don't even know about them. I didn't even know that Cambodia was at war for a while this year and we stopped that. Or Uganda and what? Look, they're everywhere. Oh, what you eating? The new banana split cookie from AM pm. All freshly baked with real butter with banana, chocolate and strawberry flavors. That sounds amazing. Can I have a bite? I'm sorry but no. But you can't split the banana split. Not even a little? Not even a crumb. What if. No, please. Mine when it's too legit to split. That's cravenience. Get a 3 pack for 99 cents with our app AM PM too much good stuff plus tax where applicable. Prices and participation may vary. Terms of conditions apply in the time it takes you to actually board a flight. From Group 8 now boarding Premier Altitude Elite Club members. You could have bought a Hyundai on Amazon. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. Limited availability. Pick up through participating Hyundai dealer in select markets. Homburg's morning sickness. So blah blah blah. To your gosh, I hope peace happens. Waste of time. The sky is falling. Just live your life. The sky's always been falling. It's really not. It's just the way things work. This next generation's got it Figured out the one coming up. The one that's too sensitive. A little bit too sensitive, I'll tell you that. But, you know, so long as the videos are cool, I guess the future looks bright. Bring on AI. We won't need people soon. But while we've got it, practice your Vlad walk. That's what I say. Thank you. It was pretty great. But in as much as we all hate people under the age of 25 now, because they're just brutally bad, really awful, they do have that part figured out, which is. Yeah, here's. Here's Vlad getting off the plane. Brett found it. Now, when he first. This is. This is the weakest version of what I saw him do. Trying to find it. So now Trump. Trump getting off his plane. And by the way, Air Force One especially park next to Rush. And by the way, the Russians had to refuel with cash. There it is. Because they're not allowed. That's. Watch that right hand when he gets it in. It's such a cool strut. He keeps it tight. Trump is all over the road on his watch. He's just barely banging it. Like he. He zigzags up and down this rug like there's no tomorrow. It's the weirdest walk like Trump. And he looks. He looks like he's a little bit lost. He starts moving the other side of the rug. No, Biden would have made that. Biden would have never made this strut. He's got that left arm swinging, right arm tight to the right. Vladimir's got a walk. He is shorter. He's tiny. I didn't notice that. Wait till he gets. And then Trump grabs his hand and says, that's it. And then I just. I just Google search Vladimir Putin walking, and it's everywhere. Trump starting to lose a little interest. We're getting a little wobbly. He gets to the end the date. Now, originally, they showed his whole walk. He zigzags on that carpet like something's wrong with him. Then. Then Vladden finally gets to the end of the Runway here. This is a different video. Oh, it's okay. This is good stuff. He waits for Vladimir all the way down, like they're about to get married. Yeah, let's go. Vlad strutting, man. There's nothing you can do. He's got that tight arm. So I get applause there, kgb. There you go. Nice walk. Great walk, Vladimir. God damn, you're all mad, except you've met your match, my friend. Look at you walking. And he's clapping for him as he shows Up. Look at that. No wonder he's going to walk so tight. And then he's got one foot. He's got a tightrope there. And then he tightens up and he pulls his arm in. Because Trump always wins the handshake. How you doing, little man? I can't hear you from down there. Do you need a soapbox to get up to big boy ears where mine live? There it is. Look at that strut. Right arm tight. Trump's walk is terrible compared to that dude. He's a gunslinger. That's Old west stuff right there. Look at that thing. Left arm swings, right arm bobs. And you should see him when he's doing it fully because it is tight. Is he that big of a dude or is Trump's a big guy? Just Trump's a big man. Combination. Both things are right. I think Vlad's probably about Brady's size, and then Trump's a gigantic version of Brady. Yeah, that's cool. That's just that left arm swing. I would. I'd pay that man. Teach me to wander. Checking out his Watch this. Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you. The B2 bombers just went over the other video. The cameraman gets surprised and shoots the planes for a second sloppily. That was right when it happened. When Vlad looked around like, what was that? Oh, yeah, sorry. Stoke Bomber. You don't have those. We've got loads of them. We would kill you in a war. That's essentially what he just said. You can't even beat Ukraine. We've got those. We would kill you in a war. Pull that rim. Pull that hand in. Vlad has to hate that. They have to warn him, too. All right, sir, when you get off the plane, the giant red man is going to try to pull your hand towards you. Be strong. Pull back. But he's not stronger than Trump. So Trump brings that arm and they have a little tug of war for half a second. It rips his hand in. Oh, that is such a walk. Look at it. Tight to the right. And what a cool reason. In case he's gonna draw on your ass. Jumping my new lack. Vlad. Here's my new Cadillac. It's the Beast. It weighs about 10 billion pounds and it's more money than your country has. That's for sure. That's what this is worth. It was such a cool meeting. I don't even care about the peace part. These two hopped in the limo together. I love that. It's just. Is great. A ridiculously huge Cadillac just. Just flexing right there. He's like, look at this. Do you have one of these? Have one of those Russian made. Nobody knows the name of that. Company cars. This is a Cadillac. Have you ever felt like, I want one of these? Have you ever felt blacker in your life than what you're doing right now, Vladimir? This is as cool as it gets. We have street cred. I like. I'll get you one. Turn up the gunner. I want to hear more. Gunna. Bring some gunna into the Caddy, baby. But it was a. Yeah, it was. It was America on display there Friday, and we won it. I'm gonna start walking like Vladimir. And no, I'm not gonna start taking on his political views just cause I like the way the dude moves. I knew it. This guy says you skipped the part where Trump blew him in the beast. All right, I know you hate Trump. He didn't blow Vladimir Putin. But I would have on that walk, that walk alone, riding that Cadillac, I might just. Yeah. And look. Yeah, Putin knows Trump. A hummy for being inside of that. At least. A handy. Very, very least. Got no problem. And again, going back to what Brady. Very peaceful and kind way of thinking. Whatever it takes to make people stop dying by the thousands. I'm fine. I'm fine with any concessions there. So everybody's saying, oh, he blew, he blew. It's better than not talking to him at all, which is what we've done for years. So I guess that's better. Don't care what happens, though, honestly. Hope it stops. But I know better. I'm old enough to know better that this is a waste of my time to try to sit and worry about what needs to happen in Ukraine, because, okay, that stops. What's next? Something will come up and it'll be dumb. It'll be people slaughtering each other over dumb stuff. It happened all the time. I'm just aware of it. So I've stopped those moments where I actually waste time of my day going, gosh, I hope that war stops. I hope Trump doesn't give up too much. Come on, you're not doing anything about that. It's just a weird thing. But yeah, start walking cooler and life will change for you. I think if everybody had a cool walk and a B2 bomber, there'd be no wars. I'm pretty sure that's a fact. Wouldn't it be great to be on a date? You want to sit inside or outside? You know, we should sit outside, but it's kind of hot. We should sit outside. Okay, so you're gonna Get a nice. Sorry. I called a B2 bomber to fly over our date. Is that you? Yeah. That's why it's got a hello John on the bottom of it. It's the thing I do. The Beast pulls up. The Beast? Yeah. I didn't. Did we get a Waymo? Sorta. I got a ride. Do you want Uber XL or do you want me to. I'll just call my guy. I'll call the Beast. That's how it works. Is this gunna. I don't think we're allowed to do this. Is it clean? You don't want to try Gunna out there, Brett, we might be. I think this might have been blasting, actually in the car. Sorry, Vladimir. The Cadillac grill sauce. We'll just sit quietly until we get to our destination. This is mad beats, sir. You know it. We're in a Cadillac in Alaska. We're the only Cadillac in Alaska. I'll make 20 inches digging that song. This is tight, Mother tight. I know. I agree. It's wildly tight. We should go pick up some hoes with bbls. I'm all about that. After our talk, we'll go get BBL hose in the Cadillac. You could swing a lot of bitches in these, Vlad. This is a badass ride. And by the way, no one in Anchorage has a hoopty like this. So when we pull up, it's gonna be raining pussy. That's all I'm telling you. Reach out and grab. Reach out and grab one. There. Yours. Technically, this is Russia. I mean, there's a heritage here. That was cool. So you can hate Trump all day long. I'm not a huge fan. I'm not a huge hater, but I'll tell you this. That was cool. Watching that was cool. And it's mostly our stuff. That handshake, though most men need to adapt that you win immediately when you rip a guy's arm off to get it closer to you and then tap on it like, that was cute. Peace, schmeese. Start walking around cooler. This guy says, are all Trump haters gay now? See, this is where we get into trouble. It says, what about that person that just emailed and said he blew him in the back of the car? I've heard the same thing from deranged liberals. It had to be Trump having sex with Putin. There's no other option. Like, those guys really fantasize about some weird gay. Yeah, I mean, it's funny to think of to go back to that guy's email. It's hilarious, actually, to think of Trump Blowing a guy in the back of the Beast. I mean, that's a funny visual. Or vice versa. All right, here we are in the Beast, and nobody rides for flee free Vladimir. So get to work on the other beast, the little beast down here. This is the. The beast inside the Beast. You just want me to get down on you. Yeah, get down on that action right there. Give old daddy a blow. You're in my country. If I ever go to Moscow, I'll blow you. But we're here in Alaska. It was great. I. I enjoyed it beyond belief. And then you wait like three hours for them to have. And that was. That's a good sign, I suppose, that they can. They came out of there three hours later talking about. Right. I'll talk to Zelinsky on Monday. It's just more of a flex, too, that we're not even really involved in that war. And we get. Everybody pays attention to us on how we're going to end it. When they got out of the Beast to go into the meeting room, just that plume of smoke when the door. Yeah. Puff, puff, give, lad, pop, pop, give. That's good chronic. I don't even know if that's a thing anymore, but that's what I call it, the chronic. It was like the bus and fast times of Ridgemont. I. I understand you guys legalized these stuff. Of course we did. We're very. We're very cool country. Very cool. Get the weed. Got a lot of weed. We did not legalize weed. We don't want our people. Yeah, I know. You gotta. You gotta relax, Vlad. This is the way to do it. Let's. Let's fill this thing with smoke. Let's make this beast a bomb. We'll get out and contact everybody in Alaska. But. Yeah, watch it. Watch it again. And then do the gunslinger walk. It's pretty cool. Pretty darn cool. Morning sickness. Now, having said all the nice things about the next generation that just doesn't care and. And everything has to be a cool video. That's all that really matters. I also hate them still because. And by the way, bring on AI Bring on the AI Women, starting right now, let's just. Let's put a fast track. Fast track that. Let's go. Operation Warp Speed with that. We got. Let's go faster with that. Because I read an article this morning. I told Brady about it. There's a new problem women have, and it's. And they're trying to make a word out of it, and they're just tired of it. They call it man keeping. Man keeping. It's a big deal, Brett. It's the unfair burden women take on in a relationship. To also be a man's therapist and hear about his day and all this stuff. And like, he comes home and emotionally, I've got to support him now. Not only do I do housework and take care of kids and things, now I've got to emotionally support this guy. Hey, remember back in the day when you guys said you don't talk to us? We need to know more about you? Tell me more about your day. Tell me stories about what happened. And remember when grandpa used to come home, open the paper and sit there quietly and he never talked to anybody? That was a problem. Now we'd listen to your day. Yeah, that's it. That's all we did was listen to you blab about nothing. And now that you. All right. A new modern man is emotional. He tells his feelings. He talks to you about things. Now they've made a word. Oh, it's man keeping. It's too hard. I don't want to hear his problems. We'll go back to the old way. You'll tell us we don't talk enough. You're crazy. I don't want to hear your problems. You just listen to mine. Beyond that, we used to not tell you anything, cuz we thought. That's none of your business. You're a woman anyway. You won't solve these. That's the old way of thinking, like, all right, I gotta give her credit for having a brain. And maybe she'll give me some good ideas. Thanks for offering that. 53 years later, no good ideas. None. And now you're just bitching that we talk to you. Come on. I don't want to, man keep this relationship anymore. It's just an unfair burden emotionally to have to hear you. Okay, no problem. Why don't you talk to me anymore? But you told me it was hard. Not that much. All right? This is too much. You're out of your minds. Man keeping. Don't worry about it. You think men don't have an inordinate amount of pressure on them to make sure the house is up, keep, you know, paid for and all that stuff for all these years. Now we come home and tell you, oh, it was a rough day. Brady was a real asshole. He punched a kid. What? I don't have time for all of your work day issues. All right, I'll tell my goomar. It's called pussy keeping because that's about what it is. Come on, man keeping telling All a bunch of problems. Well, you know, talking to them. They bitched about it the whole time. Your dad didn't do it. Now, your dad never came home from a tough ride in the truck for four days. Nope. Comes home and then starts going, oh, I'm telling you, I had an emotional breakdown out there. Because that's what they were asking for in the 70s and 80s, men to be more emotional, softer. No, he was a man. He didn't. He's a man. He came home, he's like, what's for dinner? But that's why maybe your mom, you know, they. They split up a couple times because she felt too much man keeping was happening. I'll tell you, your dad, he tried, and he's like, no, I need to talk to you about things. We're good for three things. Your dad never came home and told Bunny about H vac stuff that was just. Oh, it's driving me bananas. Maybe once in a while. And women beamed when a guy opened up because it was rare. Strong, silent type. That's what we used to be as men. We used to be strong and silent. We took our problems and we pushed them down. We dealt with them with alcohol and abuse. I don't want to throw my burdens onto you, but it isn't burdens. I know it was talking. They begged us. That's how you're conditioned in a way. Like, I'm a man. I'll solve my own problems. Please talk to us. We're here for you. Help. We need you to be more emotional. Guys got started dressing like chicks and being more emotional and stuff. And now women are like, ugh. Which tells me one thing. We're an accessory. We're in and out of style. That's all we are. I like the men, like the old men. Now, wait a minute. We just all changed for you guys, because that's what we do, to be more caring and open and emotional and communicative and all that. And now it's man keeping. You want us to be quiet again? We'll have no problem going back to that. It used to be called kinkeeping. It was a word back in the 80s. They tried that. It was like she had to. She had too much burden to make sure the family was okay because she felt she wasn't getting any help because her man never talked to her. So then the dude started to talk to him. She's like, oh, wait, terrible mistake. Don't need you talking to me. That's no good. I think the leading cause of divorce. I think Therapists have been wrong. I think leading cause of divorce is communicating. I think you talk too much. You start getting to realize you don't really like that person. And bitching too. Well, that's what it turns into. Yeah, but communicating and talk like divorce never used to happen because they never used to talk. They used to have dinner. They'd look into compartments. Yeah, exactly. How was your day? Great. Is Fred still at work? He works there. Yes, Fred is still at work with me. Oh, that's wonderful. Anything to go to? No. The kids alive? Yes. Okay. I'm going to bed. Martini. Better not ask. It better be ready. Yeah. Thank you. There was a lot of thanks. Lot of go. Get that for me while you're up. Turn the channel. That was it. That's all you heard from a guy? And then they asked for more. We gave him more. And they're like, go back to the old way. That was better. Don Draper had it figured out. Don Draper is the ultimate man. Oh, absolutely. Came on. Betsy was begging him to tell her about stuff, trying to get communication. He'd just go, bets, not today. And he'd leave the room, and she couldn't do anything about it. And it was like, wow. The drink was already ready when he got home. She looked like a million bucks the second he came home. No gray sweats. And I don't blame women for fighting that one. Getting ready for a guy to come home and not talk. You had to be rough. Had to be, because I even Leave it to Beaver, which was a comedy. Ward came home. June met him at the door. Oh, Ward, how was your day? Fine, honey, thanks. He disappear into some weird masturbation room and look at Sears ads and nobody could talk to him for an hour. Leave your father alone. He's unwinding. Remember that one? Leave your father alone. It was awesome for my dad. Come home at like 6 or 7 at night. Leave your dad alone. All right, I will. No problem. He's kind of tense. Not really looking forward to running over there and chatting with him. Them. I wasn't gonna get much conversation. I used to go up to my dad, like, can you want to play catch? No. Do you want to do it? No. Just got home from work. I. And I get the message, like, oh, all right. I go do something else and find something else that I wouldn't be all upset or emotionally abandoned. I like, the dude's busting his ass. But now they want that back, and we will do that in a second. Guys used to have to sit and listen to women when they first started working about all the women at work they hate. Terrible. That's really all it is. Women come back with work stories. It's never about work. It's about the other women at work, how much they don't like them. Did you see what Jennifer was wearing today? Jennifer's a Gore. I've never liked her in the first place, but my God. Oh, and listen to this. Oh, God. Meanwhile, that's why the newspaper was better than the phone or the iPad. Cause you could bury yourself in a newspaper and roll your eyes a lot easier. You can't roll your eyes when you have the phone. Put your phone down for a second on the phone. You're always looking at your phone when I'm talking. Cause it's more interesting. Cause you're talking. Cause it's real. Communication is the number one problem with divorce. I guarantee you. Divorce all comes from the fact that people talk to each other too much. The olden day. Keep mystery alive in the house. Like, wonder what he's been doing all day. Don't care what she's been doing all day. And then you go to bed together, and it's like, ah, this just popped up. Let's get to work. Apple, we need the eye newspaper. Yeah, we need, you know, unfold in front of us. Just gigantic so we can roll our eyes constantly. Oh, God. Going to post Dino with the girls. Oh, really? Is that okay? Well, absolutely. Take the whole evening. Yeah. Pretty true. But there's my credit card, toots. Yeah, Keep it out there. Keeping. Nobody asked her for that. Please talk to me more. Spend more time communicating. We get a therapist popping up all over. What's the number one thing you have to communicate? You have to communicate. You do. Then the divorce rates went up. Communicating led to. I don't like this person, and she doesn't like me at all, man. Keeping Bretzway is right. Kind of a mouth he brought. She'd. That's what Sean Connery said in that Barbara Walters interview that goes around all the time. And he says. She goes, you said that it would be okay sometimes to hit a woman. Yes. In an argument. It wouldn't be such a bad thing. See, women like to talk too much, and they. Even when the issue is settled, they still want to have the last word. And sometimes you have to let them know, that's enough. And then Barbara Walters, great line at the end when she said, you're gonna get a lot of mail. And he said a lot of female. And then the interview is like. I'm like, oh, this guy gets it. Now, I don't advocate whacking people, but that was pretty cool. Anyway, what are you gonna do? It's Monday. Don't, man. Keep. Stop talking to each other. Take mine. Take my advice. That's a good idea. Just don't. Don't chat as much. It's 007's version. There's good ones and there's some bad ones. Listen to this. This is Sean Connery talking about. He said, not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then. As I remember, you said, you don't do it with a clenched fist. It's better to do it with an open hand, like Bren. Yeah. Remember that? Yeah, Yeah. I didn't love that. I haven't changed my opinion. You haven't? No, not at all. You think it's good to slap a woman? No, I don't think it's good. You don't think it's bad? I don't think it's that bad. I think that it depends entirely on the circumstances and if it merits it. Yeah. What would merit it? Well, if you have tried everything else and women are pretty good at this. They can't leave it alone. They want to have the last word, and you give them the last word, but they're not happy with the last word. They want to say it again and get into a really provocative situation, then I think it's absolutely right. Like, what would. That's the one reason they, they, they. They throw in a slap. But the way it really ended was you're going to get a lot of mail. I'm going to get a lot of female. And that's the. Like, you just basically told her you. It's great. Oh, that's at the ending of it. I. Yeah, the rear, the uncut. Oh, geez. Get to the end, then it's a chemistry. Yeah, yeah. You did an interview in which you said, no, here we go. Give them the last word. Happy with the last word. Here we go. Get into a really provocative situation, then to give her a good slap. Yeah, absolutely. What if she gives you a good slap back? Well, then you get into another area. I mean, then maybe she's going to like it. Then it becomes something else. I don't know. But no, no, seriously. I think that you have sex with her, essentially do it because he wants to do it. Huh. Wait till people see this interview. Are you gonna get mail? Might get some female. He's awesome. I miss him. And, you know, he banged Barbara right after that. The dude's too cool. Might get some female, huh? Hey, what if she smacks you back? I guess that means you should start. She's into it. Oh, it's so good. The olden days. I don't think hitting people's right, but it is cool when a dude talks about it like that. So many things can be true at once. Nuance. Remember, at 6? 19. And maybe I'll get some mail. Ah, yes, Brett. And perhaps maybe a little female to go along with that. Let's get a wake up song. Five eight, five, nine, eight hundred. That's the number. You give it to us good and strong and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees. I have heard enough of this.
Episode Title: Giving Props To Putin For His Walk And To Trump For His Aggressive Handshake At Alaska Meeting – Now Women Are Tired Of Man Keeping Where They Listen To Men’s Problems And Feelings
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Date: August 18, 2025
This episode of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness centers on two major themes:
Using their signature irreverent, observational humor, the hosts critique world leaders’ public flexes, riff on “flex culture,” and wade into occasionally controversial takes on gender and emotional labor.
Opening Impressions
The “Vlad Walk”
Trump’s Walk and the Handshake Power Play
The Flex of Military Might
Relative Stature & Podium Heights
Triumphalism & Satirical Patriotism
Introduction to “Man Keeping”
Shifting Demands: Silent Types to Oversharing
Reflections on Classic Masculinity
Putin Walk Analysis (06:44–08:10):
John describes practicing Putin’s “gunslinger” walk, earning laughter as he details the KGB backstory.
Handshake Dominance & Podium Details (09:32–11:02):
Trump’s “big boy” handshake and the intentional podium height adjustment—physical and visual power plays.
B2 Bomber Flyover Flex (07:46, 13:35):
Military flyover becomes a metaphor for America’s “flex” over Russia.
On New Generational Values (18:44–20:10):
Satirical lament that young people care more about TikTok than peace.
Man Keeping Rant (32:14–36:35):
John’s extended critique of the emotional labor debate and shifting relationship expectations.
Old School Masculinity/Don Draper Discussion (42:35–44:06):
Nostalgic riff on quiet, mysterious men and the modern crisis of “over-communication.”
Sean Connery Interview Audio (46:02–48:33):
They play and react to Connery's infamous remarks, finding humor in bygone attitudes (with caveats).
This episode delivers a humorous, wandering, and sharply observational take on a rare U.S.-Russia summit full of power moves and national “flexing,” before launching into a playful but pointed critique of changing demands in gender relations and the concept of “man keeping.” The hosts blend nostalgia, satire, and cultural commentary, remaining true to their self-described mission: “Entertain, question, and disturb.”