Corin Wells Disobeys Bridger

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Podcast Summary: "Corin Wells Disobeys Bridger"

I Said No Gifts! with Bridger Winegar
January 22, 2026 | Exactly Right & iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode of I Said No Gifts! sees host Bridger Winegar in conversation with comedian and writer Corinne Wells. As tradition dictates, despite explicit instructions, Corin arrives with not one, but three gifts—fueling a raucous, nostalgia-laden discussion about travel, pop music, CDs, physical media, and more. Together, Bridger and Corin veer through stories from her recent European adventure, reminisce about ‘90s and early 2000s pop culture, dissect the agony and joy of eating rabbit, and judge the merits of nostalgia, all before diving into the signature Gift Master game and a lively listener advice question.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up and European Adventures

• Setting the Scene: Bridger opens with tales of lost watches, caffeine woes, and a Little House on the Prairie binge.
• Corin’s Trip to Europe: Corin recounts three weeks traveling by train through Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna, Munich, Paris, and London.
  • Brussels gets the boot: "I hate to do this... but most people will agree, Brussels could go." – Corin (04:09)
  • The two agree Brussels is the "Black Cat of Europe"—charmingly dark and perhaps overrated.
  • Travel Highlights:
    • Meeting a Munich man via Hinge, whom Corin describes as her "free travel agent," and an itinerary master.
    • Date adventures: museums, ornate Gothic churches ("they kept adding gold to stuff"), and Christmas markets (overhyped, say both, especially with Vienna’s crowds).
  • Museum Shopping vs. Market Trinkets: Instead of knick-knacks from markets, Corin collects art museum souvenirs—pins, magnets, and a “mini Van Gogh named Gogo.”

2. Food Fiascos Abroad

• Restaurant Stories & Weird Menus:
  • Paris' food underwhelmed Corin—surprisingly, Vienna’s cuisine (especially duck) shined.
  • The accidental rabbit incident at Vienna’s unfortunately-but-truthfully named “Duchart."
    • "You taste the fear. Oof. That's what it is." – Corin (12:17)
    • Both agree: Rabbit will never be America’s next protein. ("They're too cute... It's just a perfect little creature.") (15:14–15:22)
  • Duck as "gray meat" ("duck is the pork of poultry" – Corin, 13:41).
  • Jokes about novelty restaurants (“Worst Kucha”) and the appeal of purposely “bad” concepts.

3. Gift (Rule-breaking) Reveal: A Nostalgia Bomb

• Corin’s Three-Gift Presentation (18:07+):
  • 1. Four-pack of Energizer batteries.
  • 2. Brand-new “Baby One More Time” CD by Britney Spears.
  • 3. A portable CD player (“very Gen Z”), beautifully wrapped with velour ribbon.
• Gift Motive:
  • "The very first gift that I remember getting for Christmas was a CD player... Baby One More Time was the first CD I bought for myself." – Corin (21:16)
  • Gift Master Bridger is gleeful: "I'm so excited to have the CD player. This is life-changing for me." (47:49)
  • Batteries, of course, are for the player.

4. Deep Dive into 90s/00s Pop & Media

• Britney Spears & CD Ownership

  • Corin bought her first CD at Sam’s Club; memories of Brian McKnight and "the Braxtons" from Columbia House-style mail-in services. Tamar Braxton, she claims, is the better singer.
  • Extended riffs on Britney’s early discography, their favorite tracks ("Toxic" & "Circus"), and tangents into Christina Aguilera, comparing Britney/Christina to Michael/Prince.
    • "Email My Heart is a point of view." – Bridger (27:54)
    • “Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.” – Corin (32:23)
  • The fading world of music videos, MTV, pop-up video, “making of” specials, and why these should be saved by the Library of Congress.

• Cisco and Questionable Parental Supervision

  • Corin’s second CD: Sisqo’s “Unleash the Dragon” ("hit, hit, hit, hit, hit").
  • Grandmother's indifference to Parental Advisory stickers—“the world is just parental advisory now.” (37:10)

• Streaming & Physical Media

  • Both lament the downsides of all-digital music ("I'm bouncing from streaming service to streaming service, wishing I just had CDs." – Bridger, 37:34).
  • Corin campaigns for VHS’ return—Bridger draws the line at inferior picture quality.

5. Movies, Letterboxd, and 90s Black Rom-Coms

• Corin’s Movie Project:
  • One 90s Black rom-com/drama per day, tracked on Letterboxd—short reviews only. (Boilerplate for fellow casual critics.)
  • Praise for Boomerang’s cast (Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Eartha Kitt, Grace Jones).
    • Anecdote: Grace Jones at Hollywood Bowl—"coolest people alive" (40:51)
  • Thumbs down for Jungle Fever (“not good... Spike Lee, we get it, girl. You did this already.” – Corin, 42:24)
  • Letterboxd as personal accountability tool and for keeping track, not importance of the reviews themselves.

6. Gift Master Game (Game Segment) [49:03+]

Prompt: Match celebrities to silly “gifts”

• Celebrities: Candace Cameron Bure, Jaws (the shark), Amal Clooney
• Gifts: Student loan, the 2026 Dodge Durango, chronic lower back pain
• Corin’s Assignments:
  1. Chronic back pain → Candace Cameron (“doesn’t know what it means to suffer”)
  2. Dodge Durango → Jaws (“would love to see a shark drive a truck… he’d be good at it!”)
  3. Student loan → Amal Clooney (“feels like she would want to forgive student loans and help someone out”)

7. Listener Advice: Helicopter Parenting & Location Sharing [52:57+]

Listener Question Summary:
Mark from Seattle wants to know if, since his adult daughter won’t share her location (even though he pays her phone bill), he should make her pay.

• Corin’s wisdom:
  • “Just because technology has given us access to each other doesn't mean we should always have constant access... She’s 20. She's an adult.” (54:26)
  • “If you want to know where she is, ask her... Don't add more financial distress to a 20-year-old.”
  • The hosts riff on absent dads trying to buy love via cell plans, joking that Seattle’s fictional doctors (Frasier Crane, Dr. Grey) would give better advice.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Brussels:
  "Brussels could go." – Corin (04:09)
• On Rabbit:
  "You taste the fear. Oof. That’s what it is." – Corin (12:17)
• On the Power of Nostalgia:
  "Nostalgia is a hell of a drug." – Corin (32:23)
• On CDs vs. Streaming:
  "I'm bouncing from streaming service to streaming service, wishing I just had CDs." – Bridger (37:34)
• On Physical Media:
  "I think we really do need to bring back physical media." – Corin (38:00)
• On Parental Advisory Warnings:
  "There's nothing is parental advisory anymore. The world is just parental advisory." – Bridger (37:10)
• On Candace Cameron:
  "I'm going to give chronic lower back pain because I think she just doesn't know what it means to suffer." – Corin (49:56)
• On Parenting & Privacy:
  "Just because technology...doesn't mean we should always have constant access to each other." – Corin (54:26)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:03] – Corin rates and recaps each European city
• [07:22] – Gothic church decor commentary ("decorate for Jesus!")
• [10:41] – Discussing the Louvre heist and an underwhelming Paris
• [12:06] – Vienna dining, accidental rabbit consumption
• [18:07] – Gift reveal segment: batteries, Britney Spears CD, CD player
• [21:16] – Corin’s first CD memories and musical coming of age
• [27:54] – “Email My Heart” and pop culture’s proto-digital era
• [32:23] – The narcotic grip of nostalgia
• [36:10] – Sisqo deep dive and the fate of novelty musicians
• [38:00] – Arguments on reviving physical media
• [41:29] – Grace Jones memories and 90s rom-com recommendations
• [49:03] – Gift Master game: jokey gift-matching
• [52:57] – Listener advice: parents, privacy & phone bills

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a comedic deep-dive into the pleasures and perils of nostalgia, packed with pop culture riffs, food horror stories, and genuine affection between host and guest. From traveling Europe solo to reminiscing about the outrageous ritual of “filling out CD order forms,” Corin and Bridger spin universally relatable everyday stories into warm, punchy banter. Listeners come away longing for the simplicity of a CD player, the thrill of browsing Sam’s Club for pop albums, and the satisfaction of giving (or, sometimes, NOT giving) the perfect gift.

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For more, follow the show on Instagram at @isaidnogifts and keep your inboxes ready for absurd musical gifts and unsolicited advice.

Transcript

[Corinne Wells]

This is exactly right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

When I invited you here, I thought I made myself perfectly clear. When you're a guest in my home, you gotta come to me empty handed. I said no. Guess your presence is present enough. And I already had too much stuff, so how do you dare disobey me?

Welcome to I said no gift. I'm Bridger Weiniger. We're here in the studio. I've consumed a decent amount of caffeine and I still feel just like I woke up. My phone made a weird noise last night at about 2:30am so I'm slightly tired. But don't let that change your plans. Just keep going about your day as you would. And I'll just suffer. Always suffering. Oh, I lost. Speaking of suffering, I've lost two watches in about five years. Same watches, which is tough. The only real common denominator is that life is very cruel, I suppose. And I ordered a third watch and we'll try to hold onto that for a little longer. They're $30 a piece, so, you know, I'm bleeding money. What else is going on? Big night last night. Actually, we finished season two of Little House on the Prairie. Huge episode. Charles lost everything to a tornado and for some reason that was the final straw. I'll leave it at that. You'll just have to watch and see if they keep staying at the farm or if they move on or if there's a divorce or, you know, anything could happen on Little House on the Prairie. I have nothing left to say. Have I told you recently that we have merch at exactly right store? If I haven't now, I have. Big deal. Let's get into the podcast. Today's guest is absolutely fantastic. It's Corrine Wells. Corinne, welcome to I said no kids.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, thank you so much for having me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, it's so nice to see you. I saw you about a month ago now at. Where were we?

[Corinne Wells]

We were at Black Cat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Black Cat sitting at sort of a picnic bench.

[Corinne Wells]

At a picnic bench outside. It was late.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It was very dark.

[Corinne Wells]

Very dark.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They had terrible lighting.

[Corinne Wells]

It's really bad lighting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

For people who are not aware of Black Cat, it's kind of a barish restaurant in Silver Lake, California, with picnic benches outside and zero outdoor lighting.

[Corinne Wells]

No lighting whatsoever. And maybe they're leaning into the black of the black Cats.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe.

[Corinne Wells]

Maybe it's the vibe.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It feels darker out there than like when you go camping.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, it does. It's like void of light.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. Despite being in the middle of a big city.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So you're just kind of sitting there shivering on a bench. It's. Is this a good advertisement for black cat or bass?

[Corinne Wells]

Hey, great drinks. Really good wine selection.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Excellent wine selection. It doesn't matter if you can see your friends.

[Corinne Wells]

No, no. Just as long as you get the glass to your mouth, who cares?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Huddle around that picnic bench and have the time of your life. What have you been up to?

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, gosh, the holidays just wrapped up. I was in Europe for three weeks.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, where did you go in Europe?

[Corinne Wells]

I went to Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna, Munich, Paris and London.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my. Were you traveling by train?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, by train.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, was this a first for you?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, yeah, it was.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That sounds so exciting.

[Corinne Wells]

It was wonderful. It was perfect. Everyone should do it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Three weeks. How much time were you in each city?

[Corinne Wells]

It varied, but averaging about three nights. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If one of those cities has to go, which one is it?

[Corinne Wells]

I hate to do this because I did enjoy myself in all of them, but I think, and most people will agree, Brussels could go.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Brussels sucks.

[Corinne Wells]

I love you, Belgium.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Belgium sucks.

[Corinne Wells]

No, I love my Belgian.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The people are rotten. The food is disgusting. The prices are high. I've never been.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. No, the beer is great. The beer is great.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The beer is great.

[Corinne Wells]

It's really good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So it's kind of a black cat of Europe.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Yes, it is. Yes. It is dark.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Completely.

[Corinne Wells]

No lights. No lights whatsoever.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A country devoid of electricity.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah, they have.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What were the big highlights for you?

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, God, so many things. I met someone in Munich.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, he's a listening.

[Corinne Wells]

Hey.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. Hey, reach out. Munich, man.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. So it was like a. We. We spent, like, 22 hours together.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It was very. Before midnight.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you meet on the train?

[Corinne Wells]

No, we didn't meet on the train. We met on Hinge, which is the train of the Internet, is what I like to say.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That should be their new slogan. Hinge, the train of the Internet.

[Corinne Wells]

Train of the.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. That's really exciting.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you go out?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. He, like. So he, like, messaged me and was like, hey, what do you want to do in Munich? And I. I, like. I was like, this isn't gonna be anything. So I told him literally everything I wanted to do. And then he came back with a full itinerary.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Genius.

[Corinne Wells]

And was like, meet me here and I will show you around and show you everything you wanna see. And I was like, well, you get the draw, sir.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm in a relationship, but I'm gonna go on Hinge anytime I go on a vacation. Yes, that's Free. It's a free travel agent.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah, it is. He did a fantastic job. Even if I wasn't attracted to him, I, like, had a great time. I was very.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You would recommend him as a traveler?

[Corinne Wells]

I would, absolutely.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Was he German?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And are you still in touch?

[Corinne Wells]

A little bit, yeah. Yeah. We, like, joke about, like, hey, when you come to la. And when I say joke, I mean, I'm dead serious. Like, come to la, you're buying him flights.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're begging.

[Corinne Wells]

Please, please.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's really exciting.

[Corinne Wells]

Ye.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What did you do together?

[Corinne Wells]

We went to a museum. The Pinkotek, I think is what it's called. It was fun and like, museums are very touch and go. When you go on a date, it's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, it's a real risk, especially if the person's a bore.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, yes. And he was so fun, so funny. We had a blast at a museum, which is like, how can you. No one says that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right? Museums also suck.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

As museums are the Belgium of dates. Yes.

[Corinne Wells]

Take that museum. I mean, no, they kind of do. They kind of do. Especially ones that have robbed from other countries. But we don't have to get into that. He took me to Osamkirk, which is like that very, like, Gothic church that's like. It looks so beautiful inside. It's just like, so ornate in a way that you don't like. Most churches are. Are ornate, but, like, this one is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, they went too far.

[Corinne Wells]

They did. They just kept doing stuff. They just kept adding gold to stuff.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's how those gothic cathedrals and churches are. It's like, you could have stopped, like 10 steps ago.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, absolutely. But they're like, we keep taking money from people. So what else are we gonna do?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What do we put this.

[Corinne Wells]

We gotta. We gotta decorate for Jesus.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Shop, shop, shop.

[Corinne Wells]

It's all for Jesus. It's his birthday every year. Yeah. We went to Christmas markets.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God, the Christmas markets. People rant and rave about these. What's going on in the. Is it just a farmer's market with a scent of cinnamon in the air?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. You know, I was a little underwhelmed by. Cause I hit Christmas markets almost everywhere. Vienna, very big for Christmas markets. They're just crowded now because everybody's like, I gotta go to Europe for the Christmas markets. I gotta get the gluhwein.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The what?

[Corinne Wells]

Glue vine. Which is like mulled wine. Oh, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And it's fine.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's fine as most things are.

[Corinne Wells]

It's hot wine. It's hot red Wine? It's fine. It is, like, charming, but I think the crowds make it unbearable.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, right. Did you buy anything?

[Corinne Wells]

No. From the Christmas markets? No. From the museums? Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting. You kind of zigged when other people zag.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What did you buy at the museum? A new T shirt.

[Corinne Wells]

I went to almost every major museum in every city. So in Amsterdam, I went to the Van Gogh Museum and I got a tiny little Van Gogh, and he lasted the whole trip with me. And I called him Gogo. He was like my labu boo. But then he just broke off of his chain, so I don't carry him around anymore.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, what a shame. He's somewhere in Europe.

[Corinne Wells]

No, no, he's. He's with me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, he's still with you?

[Corinne Wells]

He's still with me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He just lives in your house?

[Corinne Wells]

He's just living in my house.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A little fish tank or something?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. I could feed them every day.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, you've got a Van Gogh. Mini Van Gogh.

[Corinne Wells]

I got some magnets. I got a lot of pins.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Pins?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. I got, like, pins from museums that have, like, a big art piece. Like, I got a Mona Lisa.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, lovely.

[Corinne Wells]

I got the kiss because I went to the museum in Vienna that has the kiss and some other stuff now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So you went to the Louvre. Was there any residual damage from the thieves?

[Corinne Wells]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow, they really cleaned that up.

[Corinne Wells]

They really did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

They really did. No one was on strike. Everyone was working. I was like, well, dream vacation. Yeah. I was like, okay, girl, bounce back.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What happened? They threw a ladder up against the side of the building and broke a window.

[Corinne Wells]

I think so. Which is the most basic way to rob a place.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You kind of gotta throw people off. They're expecting something complicated at this point.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do it simple.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Take it back to basics.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Real analog.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

[Corinne Wells]

Analog thievery.

[Bridger Weiniger]

In this digital world, you just need a ladder and a hammer.

[Corinne Wells]

That's all. That's all. Yeah. The Louvre was stunning. Paris. I thought I wasn't gonna like. And so I was like, I'm only gonna spend two days in Paris.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, big mistake.

[Corinne Wells]

A huge mistake. I loved Paris. I loved it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's wonderful.

[Corinne Wells]

It's so charming. It's so like. It's like a better New York.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I feel like it's kind of a weirdly, a better LA in some ways.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Y.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's not like a super tall city.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. No, it's not. It's not. Except for the Eiffel Tower, which, again, I was like, I'm not gonna go to Eiffel Tower. Who cares? It's just a bunch of steel or iron or whatever. I got there, I was like, ah, dazzled. Oh, my God. In the mid. It was like nighttime. It was lit up. I was like, wow, look at goth.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I had that same experience until I saw what was essentially a rat farm at the base of it.

[Corinne Wells]

Well, you can't look at the base of it. You can't look at the base of it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The postcard should show the base of it. That's a different picture. Yeah. You see the base of the Eiffel Tower and it's swarming with rats. It's not what you want to see.

[Corinne Wells]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's not very ratatouille.

[Corinne Wells]

It is interesting. And I think that is who is making the food in Paris.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you have bad food?

[Corinne Wells]

I didn't. I wasn't blown away.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, no.

[Corinne Wells]

It to be better. Surprisingly, Vienna, very good food.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, what are you eating in Vienna?

[Corinne Wells]

You know, a lot of duck, actually.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Cause I don't eat pork or, like, red meat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay. I did accidentally eat rabbit. Oh, that was disgusting. It was really bad.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I've had one bad experience with rabbit.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't even want to describe how. I mean, it was rough.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. You taste the fear. Oof. That's what it is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How did this happen accidentally?

[Corinne Wells]

Well, because I went to. I was really splurgent out there. I was doing a lot of chef's tasting menus.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow.

[Corinne Wells]

And some Michelin star restaurants. And so, like, I went to this restaurant in Vienna called Duchart. Unfortunate name.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. That's a tough one. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

But really good food, though.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really good food in Vienna. You gotta have excellent food to overcome.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And it's one of those places where, like, the chef kind of comes out and is like, hey, here's what we're doing. And I asked, like, the. The. The hostess, like, with the tasting menu, I was like, does this have any beef on it? I didn't say red meat. Oh. I said beef.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Corinne Wells]

I was like, does this have beef or pork? And she was like, no. And that should have been an indicator that there's something on there. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Colors of meat.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Colors of meat. Yeah. She's like, oh, no, it's not red.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What is rabbit, technically?

[Corinne Wells]

I think it's red meat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's red meat.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Is it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't want to think about it too hard.

[Corinne Wells]

If we can't categorize it, we probably shouldn't be eating it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a good point.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a good point. I kind of classify duck as gray meat.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, interesting. It's poultry.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's poultry.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But it does have kind of a grayness to it.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Well, who's cooking it? I think, like, duck is the pork of poultry. To me, that's how I think of it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Off white meat.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, it's like an off white meat. It has, like, that rich fattiness to it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. I've only ever had ducks served to me as carnitas.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, okay. Oh, that sounds really good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's very good. If you go to Cacao and Eagle Rock. Delicious.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay. Shout out cacao.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I guess that's not that great. Well. Oh, God. Now, that's not a very. I'm very bad at advertising. Restaurants.

[Corinne Wells]

Go to cacao for their gray meat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, everyone go to cacao. It's a delicious Mexican restaurant in Eagle Rock, California. Nothing, you'll be served as gray. Another great slogan for a restaurant.

[Corinne Wells]

Nothing you'll be served is gray.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That was almost a jingle. Nothing, you'll be served is gray.

[Corinne Wells]

Gray.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, so you accidentally ate some rabbit meat, which is unfortunate.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you enjoy it while you were eating it?

[Corinne Wells]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh.

[Corinne Wells]

I, like, immediately knew something was amiss.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, no.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. I was like, oh. And then I asked, and she was like, oh, it's rabbit. And I was like, oh, you don't.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like to hear that.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. But honestly, the rest of the meal made up for it. It was so good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I feel like there was a moment in the last few years where people were saying, rabbit is going to be the next protein. And I think it's just hard to get people on board with rabbit.

[Corinne Wells]

They're too cute.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They're simply just too cute. There's nothing you can say about a rabbit that. It's just a perfect little creature.

[Corinne Wells]

So gamey. It's just so gamey and so small.

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's nothing about that that screams, let's turn this into a sandwich.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, let's put it at a taco. Let's make rabbit hot dogs. We don't want that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I've had a rattlesnake hot dog.

[Corinne Wells]

Ooh. How was that?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Delicious.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I guess it wasn't. No, it was a bratwurst. Rattlesnake. Now we're just. I'm alive. Sausage.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, bratwursty at this place called somewhere downtown. I can't remember the name. I probably shouldn't say the name because then I'll say something weird about it.

[Corinne Wells]

You're gonna get a lot of phone calls.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Worst Kucha, I think, is what it's called Worst Kucha. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

What an unfortunate name.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm sure I'm saying that horribly. How would you say that with a German accent? Worst Kucha.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, that seems if I was saying that, people would be like, this is the most annoying man alive.

[Corinne Wells]

It sounds like worst coochie. And that's. Oh, that's rough. That's rough.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What a business that would be.

[Corinne Wells]

Honestly, men would still go.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course. You would have a line out the door.

[Corinne Wells]

Absolutely.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I like the idea of advertising a business. The thing you do is serve the worst of something.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That feels like we should get back to that. Because everyone wants to be doing the best of everything. You have to have excellent reviews. Why not just make the absolute worst version of something as a novelty?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Why not? Yeah. Cause isn't that place with bad service?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What's that?

[Corinne Wells]

It's like, I know there's one in Vegas and it's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Honestly.

[Corinne Wells]

No. It's like it has its own. I don't know what it is, but their whole thing is like, we're gonna be rude to you when we take your order. And it is very. Just annoying. It's like, I don't like it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I want the rudeness to be natural.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I want the waiter to actually hate me.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or hate their job, you know? Or just not want to be there with me.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If they're getting paid to be mean.

[Corinne Wells]

It'S inauthentic.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Find something deeply wrong with me and then have a problem with it.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And then roast me. Yes, then roast me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't want that going towards your paycheck.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I mean, speaking of rude things, Corinne, I was looking forward to having you here on the podcast today. I thought, she'll come by, we'll have a nice chat, we'll catch up, we'll move on. Unfortunately, it seems like that's not going to happen today because the podcast is called I said no gifts, and I'm sitting across the table from you and I'm looking at three separate gifts. Yeah. All beautifully wrapped.

[Corinne Wells]

Thank you. Yeah. So my mother always told me never to show up empty handed.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The amount of mothers that get blamed on this podcast.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. Well, do you want me to open them here?

[Corinne Wells]

I think so, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. This is probably embarrassing for you, but.

[Corinne Wells]

No, I'm. Well, a little. But. Oh, oh, and you dropped one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm dropping them. That's not embarrassing for me.

[Corinne Wells]

Thank goodness.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's durable. Ooh, this one's dense.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This one is about the size of like a. I Would say like a Ghirardelli chocolate, but it feels like it's like a pound. It's quite heavy. Should I open these in any order?

[Corinne Wells]

I think smallest to biggest.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All right. Yeah. We have, like the small one. Then there's one that's essentially the size of a CD jewel case. And then one that is the size of just a gift. Okay, let's open this first one, the very heavy one.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And they all sort of go together.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So it's a little. We'll put the clues together as we go. And you've wrapped them really well.

[Corinne Wells]

Thank you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Trying to. Oh, can always use more of these four Energizer batteries.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Are they new or used?

[Corinne Wells]

They are new. They are new. I just buy them in bulk. So I like it wrapped four together.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And kind of a new design for Energizer. I haven't seen this new logo.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, they're rebranding, like, very web 2.0. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Very 21st century.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Why did you bring batteries?

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, well, you have to.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, Open the rest. Okay, we're opening the next one.

[Corinne Wells]

Open the rest of them. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let's see here.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Now, I would like to consider this a biblical text.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Religious text.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let's see this. Oh, my God. Brand new, by the way. Britney Spears, baby. One more time. The cd.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Where did you get this?

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, hey, Papa Amazon.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. Are they still, like. Is this something that they're still printing and selling new?

[Corinne Wells]

I think so. Or not. I might have bought it used and didn't realize it. How. And we hope that that's what's in there. I think it is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This isn't. Yeah. Who knows? There could be drugs in here.

[Corinne Wells]

It could be.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This could be a whole drug laundering situation. Who knows what's happening? Anything? Wow. Okay, so I've got. Should I open the next thing? Yeah. Okay. Wow. This is. I mean, I'm in heaven already. Ooh, and look at this beautiful velour ribbon.

[Corinne Wells]

It is velour.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gorgeous.

[Corinne Wells]

And I made this from my Juicy Couture outfit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You made that?

[Corinne Wells]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I was going to just throw everything away and just talk about that for the next hour.

[Corinne Wells]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, let's see. Opening. Oh, my God. This is an incredible gift. Yay. It's a CD player. This is unbelievable. This is very, very Gen Z. This is. I've been told this is, you know, Gen Z central. Everyone wants a CD player at this point. And look at me. I didn't have to buy one. Wow. Okay. I don't even know where to Begin. Tell me why you brought all of this.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay. So the very first gift that I remember getting for myself, not for myself, but getting for Christmas, was a CD player. And it was, like the best thing that anyone could have ever gotten me. It became my entire personality, which I'm sure everyone my age felt that way. And then, Baby One More Time was the first CD I bought for myself.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh.

[Corinne Wells]

So I was like, do you remember.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Where you bought it?

[Corinne Wells]

I bought it at Sam's Club, which is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Kind of the Walmart version of Costco.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, exactly. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What CDs were given to you when you got the CD player?

[Corinne Wells]

There was a Brian McKnight CD that was just a single of a song that wasn't popular at all.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a tough one.

[Corinne Wells]

It was really tough. I didn't like that one. But then my dad had, like. Remember, like, the scholastics for CDs? Whereas you got this form, and then you filled out the CDs you wanted and then sent in a check with it, and they sent you CDs.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Is that kind of like the Columbia house?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, like that. So he would do that. And he got me the Braxtons, which is Toni Braxton's sisters. They had a trio.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I had no idea she had sisters or that they were competing with her. Is she in the Braxton?

[Corinne Wells]

No, she's not in. She had already had, like, started her career. But is Tama. And then the other two stuff for the Bratz and then the other two. I think one of them passed away.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, we've taken a dark turn.

[Corinne Wells]

I know. Oh, I feel so bad. Cause they all start with Tawanda.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

And then another one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let's say Tammy.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, let's say Tammy. We'll call her Tammy for now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. I had no idea. And did they all start out at the same time as Tony? And then Tony was like, forget it. I'm moving on.

[Corinne Wells]

Well, if you watch, like, the made for TV movie about Tony rhyme, which I will. They, like, started in church together.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

And then she got introduced to Babyface.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

But her sisters were also, like, trying to get into it. But Babyface kind of was like, they.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wanted nothing to do with it.

[Corinne Wells]

Let's do Tony. Let's just focus on Tony. And then you guys. Maybe later. Oh, no, but honestly, the Braxton cd, a bop, really top to bottom, underrated singing. Cause Tamar, honestly, a better singer than Toni Braxton.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Both of them, incredible. But Tamar, vocally, range wise, like, she's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, this is. It's hard to hear. You know, Tony cheated her out of a career.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah. She still has something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, she does? Doing casinos.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah, she just did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Which Yamaha?

[Corinne Wells]

No, Morongo. They did like a Waiting to escape, like, 30th anniversary or something. Toni Braxton has a song on that soundtrack. Tamar does it. But I think Tamar did the concert.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, Tamar.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Have some self respect. What is she doing? Sing your own songs.

[Corinne Wells]

I mean, she does. She does have her own songs. You just have to find them. She's really good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Tamar, my apologies. I'm sure it's. But, you know, I just. I feel for you, you know, to have a sibling kind of act. Shine you and, you know, it's hard to unbreak my heart is hard to overcome.

[Corinne Wells]

It's hard to beat that, you know?

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's hard to beat it. Tony got that number down and it's like, forget it. Sisters?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Are they all younger than her?

[Corinne Wells]

Tamar's younger than her, but I think.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The other two are 40 years older than her.

[Corinne Wells]

They are. There is like a significant. I don't think significant, but they are older.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What's Toni doing? She can't go to the Waiting to Exhale concert.

[Corinne Wells]

What a great question, Tony. What are you doing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Where is she? We hope she sucks.

[Corinne Wells]

I think she's well.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

I think she's well.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

She just was busy, I think. So.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She doesn't feed into these nostalgia gigs.

[Corinne Wells]

Which, honestly, that's where the money's at.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It is, absolutely.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If you're. I mean, if you're not a current person. Just play the old hits.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do the full album.

[Corinne Wells]

Don't give us anything new. I don't want anything new from you at all.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a satisfying artistic path.

[Corinne Wells]

It is, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, so you got the Braxtons. What other ones did you get?

[Corinne Wells]

The Brian McKnight. Brian McKnight single that no one knows. And I think that was what I got with the CD player.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Brian McKnight. I remember. Did he have a video where there's.

[Corinne Wells]

A plane crash back at one? Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What's the story of that video? Is he a plane crash survivor or is he.

[Corinne Wells]

I think he's just first responder. I don't think he's a part of it at all.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's just singing near a plane crash.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. He's just like, I'm a ghost and I'm walking through it. Maybe he died on it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Not a helpful guy.

[Corinne Wells]

No. Everybody's like, on fire and he's just, like, stun.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's focused on his career.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Wow. Yeah, he's been. He's been in the news lately.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, no.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Well, like, he had a very tumultuous divorce.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

And now, you know, every. Everyone has a podcast and he's. He's been talking about it, and then his ex wife has been on a podcast talking about it, and they're both coming for.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Are you team ex wife or team Brian?

[Corinne Wells]

I'm team no. 1.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Pick a side.

[Corinne Wells]

I can't pick a side.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm ex wife. Having just heard about it, I'm probably.

[Corinne Wells]

Ex wife as well. But I love Brian McKnight's voice, but he's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's a tough character at this point. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We hate to hear it, Brian.

[Corinne Wells]

We hate to hear it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Play the hits.

[Corinne Wells]

Just play the hits. Stop talking and play the hits. Sing the hits. Play the piano.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, so then you thought, my first CD is gonna be Britney and you got this classic album.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And did you continue to be a Britney Spears fan for years to come?

[Corinne Wells]

I did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

I did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

When did you drop off with Britney or are you still a Britney fan?

[Corinne Wells]

I dropped off. Mm. That's a really good question. I think I'm kind of still a Britney fan. Just not as, like, I wasn't as hardcore as time went on. Cause she was just putting out album after album after album after album, and I was. This is too much. Also, I don't know what your point of view is anymore. Because she's always had a point of view.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She has a crystal clear point of view.

[Corinne Wells]

Very clear point of view.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Email My Heart is a point of view.

[Corinne Wells]

It is a point of view. What an incredible song.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It honestly is an incredible piece of music. It's dated in such a gorgeous way. Heartbreaking.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Email, My heart. It's soulful.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. What does it even mean?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What does it mean?

[Corinne Wells]

That's like digital. Get down for NSync.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That one is a little.

[Corinne Wells]

It's raunchy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a raunchy number to be singing as a child.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And I was singing it. I was singing it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That one was before you could really be online even.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So the digital of it all was a little futuristic.

[Corinne Wells]

They were ahead of their time.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Meanwhile, Brittany is just emailing Britney Spearsahoo.com.

[Corinne Wells]

She had a Yahoo.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She probably did. I wonder if Britney Spears ever had an email address. Or if she does currently. She feels like someone that never needed one or will need one. Yeah, I'm Sure. All that's handled for her.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I doubt she's getting in Gmail and firing off emails to people, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Corinne Wells]

She might be.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She had to sign up for that Instagram account.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You probably need an email address for that.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, you do need an email.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So there is a Britney Spears email out there somewhere and we're gonna find.

[Corinne Wells]

It, we're gonna crack it today.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We'll go through every possibility. I'll start emailing now.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Emailmyheartyahoo.com. you take all the yahoos, I take all the Gmails.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm sure they'll probably beep all of these email addresses because they don't exist. People just emailing, for sure. Do you have a favorite Britney Spears song?

[Corinne Wells]

Oh boy. I would probably have to say Circus. Oh, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What album is that? What's that called again?

[Corinne Wells]

Isn't it called Circus? Isn't it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, there is one called Circus. And then what's the one before that? Something about lights. It's a really good one. Let me see here.

[Corinne Wells]

And this might be around the time I fell off.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. See this is.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, Black. Blackout came out after.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, Blackout's the really underrated one.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, it is very underrated. She has a song with the Yin Yang Twins on that that was kind.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of like her comebackish. And then it's been kind of.

[Corinne Wells]

I know. I'm thinking in the Zone.

[Bridger Weiniger]

In the Zone now. In the Zone is toxic, right? Yes. I mean, which I think is easily her best song.

[Corinne Wells]

It's. Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's one of those songs where it's just like, wow, I can't believe this thing came together.

[Corinne Wells]

And that video.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, the video. Making of the video. Why don't we have those?

[Corinne Wells]

Because there are no videos. FTV died.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is such a shame.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, it is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I wonder if you can stream Making of the Video.

[Corinne Wells]

Anyway, I. I think a lot of MTV stuff is like, you can't.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What a shame.

[Corinne Wells]

It really is upsetting cuz like, shame. I tried to look up like old TRLs and like they'll have a couple online but like they never show the videos with them.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh. Because of licensing issues.

[Corinne Wells]

Because Vivo owns everything now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. We've got to take this company down.

[Corinne Wells]

Well, I support them. I do. They have. You know how like when you get a smart tv, whether it's like Samsung or like whatever, that TV has its own like channels.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's like own Apple TV. Ish thing.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. So I have a Samsung TV and there is a VEVO channel for all 90s music videos. And that is just kind of what my TV is all about.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that sounds great.

[Corinne Wells]

It's so nice.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is a great advertisement for Samsung, I guess.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hey, I want to get that V. Yeah. Because there's really no place. Except, I mean, obviously YouTube. You can watch music videos, but it's nice. Part of the fun of music videos is just them rolling video to video. Another thing I miss is pop up videos. You remember those?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, I remember those.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Someone has got to stand up and take ownership of these things and put them in some sort of. Maybe it's the Library of Congress. Yeah. That sounded so weird going through my brain. The Library of Congress should stand up and say, pop up video. Making of. We're going to protect you.

[Corinne Wells]

I think all of MTV should be protected and all of VH1.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's just kind of vanished into digital sands.

[Corinne Wells]

Because, like, I love the 90s. I love the 80s, that whole that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think it's well documented at this point that we all love both of those decades.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And probably we're talking early thousands, too.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

People love to feel the warmth of nostalgia.

[Corinne Wells]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It certainly is.

[Corinne Wells]

It's really, like, addictive.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's. Yeah. I wonder if I'm gonna try to track down some of this making up. I can't imagine they've aged very. Well.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Well, yeah. No, I mean, NSync's bye bye bye probably was fine.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I remember that making up very clearly. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

And then Christina Aguilera's Come on over was my favorite one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What is that one's just kind of a house party.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. In different colors. Oh, in different colors. It's like moving sets. It's like very say My Name. Oh, but a party instead of. Of fuck you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right? Oh, interesting. So she just ripped them off. Just say it. She ripped them off. She's a thief.

[Corinne Wells]

Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Does she still make music or. She was on the Voice.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, she was doing the Voice. She throws a Halloween party every year.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. That's an interesting career move. I know that she's kind of become an Elvira type.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting. Seems like Christina Aguilera could still have some sort of. Of relevant stuff.

[Corinne Wells]

I think she does still do. Like, she'll pop on stage and sing some places. And she did. When the Mulan came out. The live action Mulan came out. She re recorded Reflection.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, okay. Boring, boring. Sorry, sorry.

[Corinne Wells]

Ew.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She was always just three steps behind Britney.

[Corinne Wells]

You know, I think comparing Britney and Christina is like comparing Prince and Michael.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Because they are different. They're different artists.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Very different voices.

[Corinne Wells]

Very different voices doing very different things.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Corinne Wells]

But we in our brains put them in the same boxes because like we were told to.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. But like you pit people against each other.

[Corinne Wells]

If you look at their body of work though, it's very different, very specific to them.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Corinne Wells]

And I will write an entire dissertation.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I believe this. I feel like Brittany is a much more. I think Christina's a little bit looser.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A little bit more organic or something. I mean, that's all relative, of course, but Brittany's a much more compact.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, Brittany's more of a product. Product, yes, yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's more of an object.

[Corinne Wells]

But like the name Britney Spears is more of like a. It's become its own entity. And also even just as a performer, like Britney is a dancer.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's a dancing. Absolutely. Yeah. Kind of in the same way that Michael is a dancer.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm more of a Prince person. If we're pitting them against each other. And I'm happy to. I think Prince is better.

[Corinne Wells]

Hey, I love that for you. I love that for you. I love both of them. I'm more of a Michael girl.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, yeah. I think just his music just resonated with me a little bit more.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, big mistake on your part.

[Corinne Wells]

Well, I guess we fight now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But you're obviously more of a Britney than a Christina.

[Corinne Wells]

I wouldn't say obviously, but you brought me the cd. I did. That's the first one that I bought.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You went all the way to Sam's club to get it for yourself.

[Corinne Wells]

I did. Went to Sam.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What was the second CD you bought?

[Corinne Wells]

Cisco's Unleash the Dragon.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh yeah, that was a big one.

[Corinne Wells]

It was another top to bottom hit, hit, hit, hit, hit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. He fell off the map.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, he did. He did. He put out a second album that didn't do well compared to the first one. Cause it didn't have a single Thong song.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It didn't have a novelty no more. Yeah, if you have a novelty, it's hard to keep going.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, it is. But that first album I think is actually underrated. Cause people only think about the Thong song.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. The big hit and then kind of no other.

[Corinne Wells]

That he had one other single from it called Incomplete. But it was a ballad and people.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh yeah. To go from the Thong song to a ballad, you've gotta at least have like a mid tempo number next.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Have the ballad be the third single.

[Corinne Wells]

The problem with the rest of the album though is that it's so hypersexual that none of them could be singles. None of them, really. Yes. And I was 13, just, like, living it up.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. Cisco in your ears. Yep.

[Corinne Wells]

In the back of my grandma's car. Just like. Mm. Yeah. And she, like, she let me buy. Like, she. She let me buy it, and it had a parental advisory warning, and she didn't care.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The parental advisory warning means nothing anymore. People just. It's weird to even see it on stuff. It's like, why did you bother?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's nothing is parental advisory anymore. The world is just parental advisory.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's like, well, I don't need you labeling it. Who cares?

[Corinne Wells]

Also, like, kids have access to everything. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

Like, if they got Spotify, they're gonna listen to it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They'll find it. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

The explicit version.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do they have parental controls on Spotify? I wonder.

[Corinne Wells]

I don't know. I'm no longer with Spotify.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting. Who are you with now?

[Corinne Wells]

Apple Music.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm currently with Apple Music. I'm bouncing from streaming service to streaming service, wishing I just had CDs.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or just my ipod.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I still have two old ipods that, if I were to fix them, I think I would be gold.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, that's fun.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Fixing them would probably be a huge hassle.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Then where am I getting the MP3s? They've got us all trapped.

[Corinne Wells]

They do. They do.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Backs against the wall.

[Corinne Wells]

I think we really do need to bring back physical media.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I'm right there with you. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

Even vhs. I don't even want a dvd. Give me vhs.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, well, now you've gone too far.

[Corinne Wells]

Give me a vhs.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I want to watch the vhs.

[Corinne Wells]

It would be sooner if I could find, like, a way to do it. There's so, like, all TVs. You can't do it anymore.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah. Getting a VCR and then connecting it.

[Corinne Wells]

To a new tv. I have a vcr. They just. You need, like, a very specific converter for, like, a smart tv.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then it probably looks like garbage in your house. Yeah, Just like, for what? So that I can have horrible picture quality. That's not worth it. Get a Blu Ray.

[Corinne Wells]

Why? So I can watch, like, a director's commentary? No, thank you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're very active on letterboxd.

[Corinne Wells]

I actually did just start, like, getting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

More active on audiobox. Oh, are you doing reviews? Yeah. Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Like, I'm gonna try to do a movie a day.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. A day?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What have you watched recently?

[Corinne Wells]

I'm in my, like, 90s black ROM combat. Ooh. Well, rom com slash dramas. So like I watched Love Jones. I watched Boomerang, which is an incredible movie.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who's in Boomerang?

[Corinne Wells]

That's Eddie Murphy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. In the first 10 minutes we do get some transphobic stuff. It was 1992. After that, man. Really good movie. Like, it's very well written and very funny.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What is the premise of Boomerang?

[Corinne Wells]

So he is like the. This. This womanizer who works in marketing for like this women's like, lifestyle brand. Sort of like perfume. They do perfume and stuff. And he's like the head of marketing. He's like this bad boy. He's like, I.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The bad boy of marketing.

[Corinne Wells]

The bad boy of marketing. He's like a womanizer. Like, women throw themselves over him. And then Robin Givens comes in and kind of reverses the roles and like, he becomes very head over heels for her. And she plays him out like she.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Doesn'T want anything to do with you. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

Like she'll fuck him and leave him alone. She's like an intro to. Yeah. And then Halle Berry is in it. A very young Halle Berry. Yeah, yeah. Martin Lawrence is in it. It's really good. She's in it and she is like this doe eyed creative director. Her and Eddie Murphy become friends and she's kind of like the antithesis of Robin Givens.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, sure, sure.

[Corinne Wells]

And so he's kind of like stuck in between. Like, I really want to try to date Robin and. Yeah. And then I won't tell you what happens.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Why is it called Boomerang?

[Corinne Wells]

Because he's like, he's back and forth.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's being thrown back and forth.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Also Eartha Kitt's in it. Incredible role. It's like a very small role, but so good. Oh, Grace Jones is in it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God.

[Corinne Wells]

Scene sick.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I just got to see Grace Jones at the bowl.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, cool. How was it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

One of the coolest people alive.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Still.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's crazy to be that cool.

[Corinne Wells]

I was so jealous. I had two friends that went to that show and they were like, blown away.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah. It's just like, wow, what a presence. What a like a being.

[Corinne Wells]

And in that movie, she is absolutely that. Like, there's a scene where she's just like in a very fancy restaurant yelling, look at my pussy. Look at my pussy. And she has a French accent and she wears Gucci. I mean, according to her, now it's the best one. But yeah, she has like this thick French accent. It's so funny.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I'm excited to watch It.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So you're logging a review at. How long are these reviews?

[Corinne Wells]

Very short.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Two sentences.

[Corinne Wells]

I'm not getting into detail.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. I think that's nice. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

It's just like, hey, here's the vibe. I watched Jungle Fever.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow.

[Corinne Wells]

Spike Lee joint. That is, I'm gonna say, not good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I feel like, God bless Spike Lee is. You know, when he's good, he's good. And then, you know, he's. Maybe because he just made so many movies, you're gonna have some misses, which.

[Corinne Wells]

You gotta respect that he was putting out movies.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He loves to make them.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yeah. And he loves to put himself in them. Just. Okay. But, yeah, that one was rough. So it's like this man who cheats on his wife with a white woman. Wesley Snipes cheats on his wife with a white woman. His white secretary. And then they try to be together. And everybody's like, you can't date outside of your race. And it's like, Italians against black people. And it's just like, okay, Spike, we get it, girl. You did this already. You grew up in Italian New York and they were racist. I get it. We don't need to see it from everybody's perspective.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How many stars did you give it?

[Corinne Wells]

I gave that one. Two and a half.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So what is your goal to be on Letterbox? Is it just to log the movies for yourself? I still am trying to figure out why people get on this thing.

[Corinne Wells]

You know, I think. I think I'm doing it for myself, to keep track of what I've watched. Cause these are all new watches, except last night I watched the Wood, which is a movie that I watched so much as a child. And that's such a great movie. An MTV production, actually. That's the only one of these first five days that I've already seen. And I wanna keep track. I want to make it a point to watch new movies and not really rewatch movies and to know what I've.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Watched and actually think about them. Yeah, that makes sense.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe I'll try it.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. And it also makes you not look at your phone. Cause you're like, I have to write a review on this.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Corinne Wells]

The people want my review. They want my opinion.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They're holding me accountable.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm a critic.

[Corinne Wells]

I have to pay attention. So, yeah, that's why I'm doing it. Yeah. I do think people get on it because they do think the reviews are important.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I'm sure. I know a lot of men who I probably could text right now who think Their reviews are important. Hate to break it to you, they simply aren't.

[Corinne Wells]

They aren't. No one's seeing this.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I just saw the first 45 minutes of Avatar 3. Fire and ash. Yeah, I'll give it some respect. Then I left. Perfect movie going experience. That's all I needed.

[Corinne Wells]

I've never left a movie before.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Never. You gotta start.

[Corinne Wells]

I'll think about it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you have an AMC card?

[Corinne Wells]

I.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Then you're free to go.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You can leave the theater whenever you want.

[Corinne Wells]

You're right. I saw it opening night.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. And I saw it in imax. Cause my friend Jess, it was her birthday and those movies always come out on her birthday.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting. Just by accident.

[Corinne Wells]

She has like the perfect December birthday. Yeah. And I had just gotten back from Europe so I was very jet lagged. And then on top of that, we saw it in IMAX 3D and we were in row B. And so I guess I stayed awake for 15 minutes before my brain was like, we simply can't. We simply can't process any of this information. And so I fell asleep. I woke up, killed me immediately understood what was happening because it's the same movie that came out. Of course it's the same as the second one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. There's kind of nothing to follow.

[Corinne Wells]

No, nope, nope.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just some creatures flying through the air in neon colors.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who cares?

[Corinne Wells]

Who cares?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Roby, that's. What time of night did you go?

[Corinne Wells]

This was. I think we went to the 6pm showing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's a tough, tough situation.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, should have left. Should have left.

[Corinne Wells]

I mean, I got a good nap in.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I did three hours of sleeping. Yeah.

[Corinne Wells]

I kept my 3D glasses on while I was napping. I don't know if that made my dreams 3D but yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, is there anything left to say about Britney or the CDs?

[Corinne Wells]

Brittany, she's back.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's back. Is she going to come back?

[Corinne Wells]

I don't think so. I don't think so. Yeah, tough.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Have you ever seen her live?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Corinne Wells]

And. Oh, it was so fun. I saw her at Radio City. Oh, wow. And this was like towards like this is 2018. So she was kind of like we were all a little concerned.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, sure. Right.

[Corinne Wells]

And it was like the performance was very like stunted. Very like, you know, not Britney level, but it was still a great show. And she invited like this man on stage and she was like, hi, what's your name? And he was like, Giuseppe. She was like GI Pippi. And he was like, no, it's Giuseppe. She's like, everybody say hi to GI Pippi.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Everyone say hello to this racist Italian.

[Corinne Wells]

It was so insane. She's like, hi, G.I. it's like, it's clearly Giuseppe. Britney.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She had an earpiece.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, she had her earpiece in.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She was working it. Yeah, she can call him whatever she wants.

[Corinne Wells]

She can. And he loved it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Everyone, this is Mario. He's lucky to be up there.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Pavarotti.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow, that's exciting. I guess I'll never see her live.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, you've never.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe. Maybe there'll be. We can always hope. Hope for Brittany.

[Corinne Wells]

I would love to keep. Hold out hope for Brittany. I always hold out hope for her. I support her with everything she does.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes.

[Corinne Wells]

Not that it matters. Brittany, you hear that? I'm here for you. I'm here for you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe this is all she needs. Britney Spears, reach out. Okay, well, I think we should play a game.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm so excited to have the CD player. This is life changing for me.

[Corinne Wells]

And you said no gifts.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know. This is unbelievable. I'm going to go on a jog with that CD player.

[Corinne Wells]

It's no skip. It's anti skip.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So email. My heart blasted.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, my gosh.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All right, we're going to play a game called Gift Master, but I need a number between 1 and 10 from you.

[Corinne Wells]

Let's go with.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. While I'm doing some light calculating, you can promote, recommend, do whatever you want.

[Corinne Wells]

I'll be right back. Okay. I don't have much to promote, but this year a really fun show named Kevin. It's called Kevin is Coming Out. It's an animated show. It's gonna be on Amazon. It's coming out at some point this year. Keep an eye out for it. It's gonna be great. Really, really great. Cast. Whoopi Goldberg is a voice in it. It's about cats. Let's see. I am technically, like, I'm single and looking. I'm bisexual, so. Hey, girls. Hey, boys. Whoever wants in, you're welcome. And yeah, I'm a Sagittarius sun, Virgo rising, Gemini Moon, if that matters to you. Just want to give you all of the information.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If this doesn't lead to a marriage, then this podcast has been a massive failure. What a waste of time the last six years have been. Okay, this is how we play Gift Master. I'm going to name three celebrities, and then I'm going to name three gifts. Three things you can give away. You're gonna tell me which celebrity you would give, which gift and why.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay. Fine.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All right, the celebrities today. We are starting off on a tough note. Candace Cameron. Burr. Burr. Burr. Candace Cameron.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Famous Dumbass.

[Corinne Wells]

That's D.J.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. D.J. tanner. Got it. Number two is Jaws. Now, that's the shark. And number three is Amal Clooney. We all know Amal. The three gifts you'll be giving away are, number one, a student loan. Number two, the all new for 2026 Dodge Durango, and number three, chronic lower back pain.

[Corinne Wells]

Okay. Okay. So I think for Candice, I'm gonna give chronic lower back pain because I think she just doesn't know what it means to suffer. Given her politics for Jaws, I'm gonna give him the Durango because I would love to see a shark drive a truck. That's just for me. And I think, honestly, I think he'd be good at it. And then I would give Amal the student loans because Amal feels like she would want to forgive student loans and, like, help somebody out.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

So I think that would be a great gift for her. She'd be like, oh, my God, thank you. I'll absolutely pay this.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What is Amal up to? Just doing good things.

[Corinne Wells]

Being better than George.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just boating around the lake.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, yeah. In something flowy, with perfect hair and passing some. I don't even know what she does.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I don't know. She's some sort of humanitarian or she is involved in some sort of work.

[Corinne Wells]

I think she's like, the lawyer for the world.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's world lawyer. Yeah. She did some sort of. That kind of human rights.

[Corinne Wells]

Ish.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then was, like, stunningly beautiful and just did all of these things.

[Corinne Wells]

And everyone was like, those two things shouldn't go together. But they did. And she married.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's pretty good. I think that that's a good use of. I mean, I would also consider giving Candace the student loan. I feel like she's probably one of these people who feels like they shouldn't be forgiven. Maybe she could use the student loan to go to college, maybe widen her horizons, figure some things out. She's a tough case.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. You hate to see it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We hate to see her. So hopefully the chronic lower back pain will do something. And the shark behind the wheel. Why not? We haven't seen it before.

[Corinne Wells]

We've never seen it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And what was Jaw's last move?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, you hear that? Shark Week. We haven't seen a shark behind the wheel. And what's Jaws up to?

[Bridger Weiniger]

How have they not made a new Jaws movie?

[Corinne Wells]

You know, Steven Spielberg is probably like, don't touch It Right. Just isn't there. Jaws too.

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's like a billion jaws. I think, like during the 70s and 80s, I think they made quite a few jaws. I think they made jaws 3D. So it's not this precious of a property.

[Corinne Wells]

You know what it is? I think like, the great white shark is no longer like, as scary as, like a mega shark or whatever.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right. But maybe that's why it's even scarier, because it's underrated and it's coming for you. Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Write it, write it, write it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Steven, check your inbox. Email my heart. Okay. Well, you played the game perfectly.

[Corinne Wells]

Thank you so much.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And now I feel like we should answer a listener question. Will you help me answer a listener question?

[Corinne Wells]

Absolutely.

[Bridger Weiniger]

People are writing into I saidnogiftsmail.com or they're sending voice notes. They have all sorts of problems and we answer them as much as we can. All right.

[Corinne Wells]

This is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hi, Bridger. I'm in a bit of a pickle that maybe you or your possibly rude guest could help me with. Possibly. Okay. It says I Pay for our 20something daughter's cell phone service. She doesn't share her location with us, though. We share our location with her. She says she doesn't want us snooping on. I really am only interested in her location for her safety. I am tempted to make her pay for her own cell phone service. What do you think? Thanks. We love your show and would never give you a gift if you didn't want one. That's nice. That's from Mark in Seattle. What do we think about this situation? Mark's entitled daughter is kind of cruising around the city. She's at the Space Needle. She's at the fish market.

[Corinne Wells]

She's at Seattle Grace Memorial.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, she's constantly.

[Corinne Wells]

And that's the problem. She keeps going to the hospital.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And Mark has no idea where she is. She's sending these texts saying, come and find me, taunting her parents.

[Corinne Wells]

She's leaving me riddles.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Mark hasn't had a wink of sleep in years, but he's still paying the cell phone bill.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Mark, you know, as a daughter myself, I think you gotta chill. I think you gotta chill because, like, if this were 1992, you know, would you know where she is right now?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Great question.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Like, I think just because technology has given us access to each other doesn't mean we should always have constant access to each other. And she's 20. She. She's an adult.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's a responsible woman.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's out there. And Mark is Saying, well, I'm ready to ruin her financially and not know where she is.

[Corinne Wells]

And like keep her on your cell phone bill. You're just doing this. You're threatening this out of spite.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a family plan. You're kind of not even. You're just paying one bill, Mark.

[Corinne Wells]

Right, right. Do not add more financial distress to a 20 year old.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She already hates you. She can't stand you. This is your one lifeline to this person.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, you've gotta hold onto what you can.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Otherwise you're gonna lose her forever, Mark.

[Corinne Wells]

I think so. And just like, if you wanna know where she is, ask her and maybe she'll tell you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just be nosier.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Call her constantly. Yes, text where are you?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, text where. Text you up. Where you at? But with the at symbol.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like any good father would. Yeah, I feel like that. That solves the problem pretty clearly. I don't know why he would even write in about this. It was so obvious.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, it's very clear. It's very clear.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We can tell why the daughter doesn't like him.

[Corinne Wells]

I love that Mark was like, we share our location with her.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She doesn't care where you are, Mark. You're at home in front of the tv.

[Corinne Wells]

Who knows where you are?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're at work too much. You were absent.

[Corinne Wells]

Wow, wow, wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Absent father. The daughter does not. She's very distant from him. And now sudden, he wants to. Suddenly he wants to be close after 20 years. It's too late.

[Corinne Wells]

It's too late. And just because you're financially supporting her.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, it takes more than that to have a loving relationship, Mark.

[Corinne Wells]

It does. You can't buy love, Mark. You can't buy it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Take her to family therapy. That's what you really need. To cancel all the cell phone service.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Put that towards a good doctor.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Figure out what's going on between you and Stacy.

[Corinne Wells]

And I know, I heard that Seattle has a lot of great doctors.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. Dr. Frasier Crane.

[Corinne Wells]

Dr. Frasier Crane.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Call in to Dr. Frasier Crane.

[Corinne Wells]

We have Dr. Gray.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Dr. Gray. Is that what Gray's Anatomy is said?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Never seen the show.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. I've never pictured that show outside of the brief glimpses of hospital that I've seen.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, there's a lot of outside stuff.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, really?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, there's a whole storyline where they get lost in the woods. A plane crashes in woods.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, where's the find me there? That could have ruined that episode.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes, it could have. A lot of people.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's an episode you couldn't write now because they'd say, well, look, we just look at our phone and find me.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. So they have all these doctors in Seattle and Mark's ignoring help. He's got a lot of work to do. Yeah, but we've answered his question perfectly. Be better, Mark.

[Corinne Wells]

Be better.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I've got my, like, truly incredible gift here. This is just fantastic. I'm going to be listening to Brittany non stop. I want to just look at the back of this and just see what other.

[Corinne Wells]

Soda pop.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, soda pop. What? What were these singles? Was Baby one more time, you drive me crazy and sometimes. Wow. They just did the first three and then they were like, well, then the rest of this is gonna be kind of forgettable. Oh, and then there's the COVID of the beat goes on. That's the final track.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Some of these are kind of like, why did we write this? Yeah, I will be there. I mean, how is that an original piece of music?

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah. Wait, what is the track list?

[Bridger Weiniger]

It goes, baby, one more time, you drive me crazy sometimes. Soda pop, Born to make you happy from the bottom of my broken heart. I remember that one.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. I think both of those have music videos.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really?

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Born to make you happy.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. Nobody saw those.

[Corinne Wells]

No, they didn't.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You were one. I think they were like four viewers.

[Corinne Wells]

I think they were released in Europe.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

But you can find them online.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. And then I will be there. I will still love you. Thinking about you. Email my heart and the beat goes on. I love that. The U songs.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Those sound great. Duet with Don Philip RIP I assume. Who could Don Philip possibly be?

[Corinne Wells]

But I. I think he has a really beautiful voice because I remember that song.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Is it like an adult man?

[Corinne Wells]

I think it is an adult man.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That is so strange.

[Corinne Wells]

Doesn't it feel like Casey Kasem or something? Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I need to get my eyes on Don Philip. That's. I'm googling this right now. This is so weird. I've never seen this man. He's just kind of an odd looking guy.

[Corinne Wells]

Oh, I can't wait for you to open it and look at the booklet.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He looks like somebody from the Big Bang Theory.

[Corinne Wells]

Let me see. Oh, he is just a man.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, just kind of like nondescript white man. Interesting.

[Corinne Wells]

Well, he looks like one of the like the guys who sang on Carmen Sandiego. Do you remember?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah. What were they? They were like. They had some jazzy name. Rockapella.

[Corinne Wells]

Yes. Yeah. He looks like a member of Rockapella he probably was.

[Bridger Weiniger]

For all we know, Brittany should do a number with Rockapella. That would be. That could change things.

[Corinne Wells]

Yeah, I think that would break all of our brains. Yeah. Like what? I'm in. But what? What?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, thank you for being here. I've had such a wonderful time with you.

[Corinne Wells]

This is so fun.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Listener, the podcast. I hope you've been picking up on the hints of these last few seconds. It's coming to a conclusion. The audio is going to slowly wind down and I want you to stop freaking out. I want you to hold still and breathe. The podcast may be over, but your day is just beginning. So go do something. I love you. Goodbye. I said no Gifts is an exactly right production. Our senior producer is Ellis Nelson, and our episodes are beautifully mixed by Ben Tolliday. The theme song is by miracle worker Amy Mann. And we couldn't do it without our booker, Patrick Cotner. You must follow the show on Instagram at I saidnogifts. That's where you're going to see pictures of all these wonderful gifts I'm getting. And don't you want to see the. The gifts?

But I invited you here. I thought I made myself perfectly clear. When you're a guest in my home, you gotta come to me empty handed. I said no guests. Your presence is presents enough. And I already had too much stuff, so how do you dare disobey me?