Gianmarco Soresi Disobeys Bridger

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Gianmarco Soresi Disobeys Bridger"

I Said No Gifts! with Bridger Winegar — Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
Date: October 30, 2025
Guest: Gianmarco Soresi

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Overview

This episode of I Said No Gifts! features comedian Gianmarco Soresi joining host Bridger Winegar for a playful, honest, and delightfully meandering conversation about the perils and pleasures of performance, showbiz etiquette, eating rituals, and life's everyday irritations. As always, Gianmarco can’t resist bringing a gift—setting the stage for a laugh-filled, unusually candid exploration of everything from Broadway and flossing obsessions to the microdynamics of social encounters in the yogurt aisle.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Introductions & Unplanned Detours ([02:26])

• Bridger opens with morning complaints and banter, setting the self-deprecating, good-natured tone.
• Gianmarco quips about being loved by "a large chunk of people," humorously acknowledging the precariousness of popularity in comedy.

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Stand-Up, Dependability, and Theater Camp Trauma ([03:31]–[06:49])

• Discussing the dilemma of overcommitting to shows and then having to cancel, which Gianmarco connects to his fear of letting people down—rooted in a musical theater camp humiliation.
  • Quote: “I was chastised for being late at, like, a summer camp once...it rewired me.” — Gianmarco ([04:46])
• Insights into performer guilt and the masochism of creative ambition.

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Musical Theater Obsessions, Secret Lessons, and Family ([06:49]–[08:41])

• Gianmarco describes sneakily continuing with a forbidden voice teacher, admitting to music-nerd tendencies.
• Talks about dating someone from a Hasidic background—no music allowed growing up, so his show tunes have little effect.
  • Quote: “So my singing, I think about the women who...they might be wooed...Nothing.” — Gianmarco ([08:23])

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Male vs. Female Pop Singers, Corniness, and Broadway Casting ([09:19]–[15:29])

• Discussion about why male pop singers feel “corny” compared to female counterparts. Bridger references friend Louis Virtel’s theory: “women sell yearning better than men” ([10:41]).
• Fondness for musicals embracing corny earnestness, while skepticism for "cool" musicals or stunt casting of stars.
• Criticism of movie stars getting musical theater roles written for “the mid”—raising issues of looks and "representation in mediocrity" ([14:10]).
  • “I'll acknowledge it. I should be Music Man over Hugh Jackman.” — Gianmarco ([14:25])
  • Humor about being called “Jewish Hugh Jackman” or “Gay Hugh Jackman” online.

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Singing Aspirations, Impostor Syndrome, and Broadway Community Politics ([18:28]–[22:09])

• Gianmarco admits to renewed voice lessons but worries about being cast as the “bad person in the good thing” on Broadway.
• Parallels between comedians and actors crossing into unfamiliar spaces; shared impostor feelings.
• Navigating industry gossip and the shifting ethics of “shit-talking” as one's profile rises.
  • “I'm getting to a place where I can't shit-talk the way that I used to.” — Gianmarco ([21:59])

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Gift Segment: The Bakery Croissant & Endless Floss ([27:28]; [30:10])

• Gianmarco brings a two-part gift: a matcha croissant from a trendy LA bakery, and “industrial quantities” of floss from his road gig rider ("They give me bags"). ([30:10])
  • Crayola kids’ flossers are grape-flavored for fun.
  • Meandering into dental hygiene woes, receding gums, and comedic horror at human mouth design.

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Flossing, Chewing, and ADHD-Fueled Fidget Habits ([36:01]–[39:34])

• Gianmarco’s lifelong oral fixations: necklace sucking, pen and pencil chewing, and now obsessive flossing.
• Bridger and Gianmarco swap stories about dental anxiety and pen cap swallowing mishaps.
  • Quote: “Gen Z doesn’t know what it is to chew on a pen.” — Bridger ([36:51])

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Chewing Gum Rituals & the Swallowing Myth ([37:49]–[41:20])

• Comedy about gum habits—Gianmarco as the “whole bubble tape” gum guy vs. Bridger’s “half piece” eater.
• Gum as a security/fidget tool for performer nerves; Barbra Streisand’s legendary fake gum audition ([39:34]).
• Debunking old myths (“gum stays in you for 7 years”) and airing pet peeves about common health misconceptions.
  • Quote: “If we cannot establish that...being cold doesn’t mean there's a mistake. If we can't do that, good luck with vaccines.” — Gianmarco ([42:44])

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Bakery Critiques, Eating Disorders, and LA vs. NYC Food Culture ([43:37]–[48:33])

• Tasting the matcha croissant—enthusiasm for artisan bakeries and croissants as a “better life choice” than bags of almonds.
• Intermittent fasting as both dietary accountability and “permission to enjoy desserts.”
• Contrasting LA and NYC healthy food scenes (“Sweetgreen’s kale...the driest food on earth...that will choke you.” — Bridger, [47:49]).
• Side complaints about Doordash and declining corporate quality.

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Eating with Hands, Food Rituals, and Slurping in Japan ([50:01]–[52:20])

• Joys of eating salad with hands and slurping noodles, especially in Japan where it’s expected.
  • “My dream is, you take the chopstick, you go...I’m going to Japan for the first time...Oh, I’m gonna go to town.” — Gianmarco ([51:22])
• Travel plans: touring Asia (Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong), adapting comedy sets for local mores.

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Cultural Encounters, Volume Complaints, and Social Awkwardness ([53:06]–[57:34])

• Experiences with differing social norms abroad, especially in Amsterdam and Germany, where locals shush loud Americans.
• Pain of being told “you’re too loud”—the existential dilemma of personality rejection (“the way you are is wrong”).
• Bemoaning New York’s noisy energy vs. stifled European composure.

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Airplane Rants: Comfort, Catheters, and Dying Thoughts ([58:23]–[61:23])

• Air travel solutions: stacking sleeping passengers, sacrificing luxuries for horizontal comfort.
  • “My thing with planes, I think we should lie down.” — Gianmarco ([58:18])
  • Fantasies of in-flight catheters and the indignities of turbulence.
• Macabre riff on dying in a crash—wondering if one could (or should?) attempt to masturbate as a last act, segueing into tales of Pompeii’s infamous “self-pleasurer.”

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Floss Session & Game: “Gift or a Curse” ([62:14]–[70:15])

Flossing in Real Time

• Both floss on mic; compare Crayola flossers vs. regular string and dental routines.

Game Segment:

1. Pop-Up Ads That Shame You ("No, thanks, I’ll pay full price") ([63:55])

   • Both agree: Curse.
   • “I hate that language thing. I hate it.” — Gianmarco ([64:06])

2. Coca-Cola Freestyle Machines ([66:05])

   • Curse: Too syrupy, unnecessarily complex, inferior soda quality, datamining fears.
     • “You are literally the rats in the lab testing all the sh---y mixes.” — Gianmarco ([67:58])
   • “What a failure in engineering...” — Bridger ([66:53])

3. Turning Off Auto-Capitalization on Phones ([68:36])

   • Curse: Feigned nonchalance requires more effort than it admits.
   • “That’s not laid back. That’s someone who’s overthinking how they're seen.” — Bridger ([70:17])

Gianmarco triumphs, winning the game.

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Listener Question: Grocery Store Ghosting ([71:53])

• Caller asks if it’s wrong to keep ignoring someone from her past (to whom she owes a Tenacious D VHS) when encountered repeatedly in the store.
• Consensus:
  • Eventually, a nod or small acknowledgment is better than endless avoidance.
  • Gianmarco: “Silence is always weird. Silence is weird. Your brain’s pinging. You know their brain’s pinging. You got to do something.”
  • Bridger wonders if the other person was ignoring the caller, too.
  • Solution: “Establish nods. You risk a small conversation, but it sounds like you got the skills to be rude enough to curb that conversation.” — Gianmarco ([78:37])

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Musical Theater Guilt:
  • “I was chastised for being late at, like, a summer camp once… it rewired me.” — Gianmarco ([04:46])
• Gift Segment:
  • “They don’t go bad… I have so much floss at my home. So two different kinds of floss.” — Gianmarco ([30:10])
• Jewish Hugh Jackman Slander:
  • “I get… skinny Hugh Jackman. It'll be Jewish Hugh Jackman.” — Gianmarco ([15:11])
• Corporate Pop-Up Spam:
  • “No thanks, I’ll pay full price… I hate that language thing. I hate it.” — Gianmarco ([64:06])
• Coca-Cola Freestyle Critique:
  • “You are literally the rats in the lab testing all the sh---y mixes...” — Gianmarco ([67:58])
• Food Culture Decline:
  • “It’s capitalism. And you just watch everything get so, so bad.” — Gianmarco ([49:09])
• International Comedy Risks:
  • “I did… say anything on stage… And then it was like, do not post that video too far. …You could get in trouble. Could not come back.” — Gianmarco ([54:12])
• On Meeting People Abroad:
  • “I filled with rage, filled with a New Yorker rage of like: Fuck you.” — Gianmarco ([55:24])
• Plane Comfort:
  • “Stack us… Just lie me down.” — Gianmarco ([58:32])

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Important Timestamps for Segments

• Show proper begins: [02:26]
• Deep dive: musical theater guilt: [04:46]
• Gift exchange: [30:10]
• Floss talk: [31:37]
• Chewing/Oral fixations: [36:01]
• Gum swallowing myth: [40:01]
• Bakery critique, intermittent fasting: [44:21]
• Eating with hands: [50:01]
• International travel/comedy anecdotes: [53:06]
• Airplane rant: [58:23]
• Flossing in real time: [62:14]
• Gift or a Curse game: [63:54]
• Listener advice question: [71:53]

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Tone & Style

• Warm, witty, fast-paced banter with honest self-deprecation.
• Signature blend of Seinfeldian complaints, absurdist humor, and “gift” rituals.
• Open sharing of personal insecurities and joys, with a writer’s eye for the everyday oddities of modern life.

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Takeaways

Gianmarco Soresi Disobeys Bridger is a quintessential I Said No Gifts! episode: affectionate but subversive, revealing how much good conversation is about finding kinship in our rituals, ruts, and little acts of rebellion (like showing up with dental floss or eating salad by hand). If you want frank comedy about Broadway, travel, food, and what it means to be a person in public (with perfect teeth or not), this episode delivers—richer for every neurotic tangent and hearty laugh.

Transcript

[Gianmarco Soresi]

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[Bridger Weiniger]

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[Gianmarco Soresi]

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[Gianmarco Soresi]

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[Listener Caller]

When.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

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 gifts. Your presence is present enough and I already had too much stuff, so how do you dare disobey me?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Welcome to I said no Gifts. I'm Bridger Weiniger. We're here in the studio. I hope you're doing. I hope you're doing as well as your circumstances and brain chemistry allow. I'm fine. What's happening this morning? Well, on the way here, I saw a license plate cover that said a happy wife is spoiled by hubby, which I thought was cute. Real sweet. That was on the back of a gray minivan. So true. And that kind of brightened my morning. I unfortunately tried to go to Home Depot. I need a new pot. It was a disaster. Huge mistake. Every Pot they had was either boring or tacky. So now I have to think of another place to buy a pot. Where else do you buy a pot? I feel like I had one other thing to complain about, and I can't remember what it was. Maybe that'll come up during conversation, but I think that's everything. I think we should just get into the podcast. Let me see. Let me look at my notes. No, we're good. Our guest is fantastic. Truly, everybody loves this person. It's Gianmarco, Cerese. I don't know.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Everyone loves me. That's very generous.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I would say a large chunk of people love you. The people that get it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Okay, good. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think I would win the popular vote right now by a slim. A slim amount.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who isn't liking you right now?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, gosh. I mean. I mean, there's definitely. I'm canceling. Like, I'm saying yes to too many things.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, sure.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And it's like reaching that threshold where I'm like, stop saying yes to these things. You then cancel the day before.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I'm talking, like, comedy shows, like stand up shows in New York, small.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Shows, friends shows, that kind of thing.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, not even friends, but, like, just like, up and coming. I remember when I had a weekly show and it was like, the headliner, I was paying them 25 bucks.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And day of, they'd cancel and I'd be like, how could you do this to us? You're the big picture on the flyer. We made that in Canva. It took me three hours. How could you do this to me?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And now I. Now I see how people.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're doing. That happens well. Right?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So I imagine there's some people that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Are bothered, but are you usually pretty dependable? Do you feel like.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think so.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, you got here right on time, which was so nice.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I was chastised for being late at, like, a summer camp once in a way that was so intense, it rewired me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Like, it was a musical theater camp. He had been on Broadway once. And so it was like this. An older guy, and I don't know, he was offering to, like, give me a little private lesson before the class in the morning. And I just. Shaving took longer, and I was a little late, and he reamed me. He yelled at me. It was like 7:30 in the morning. And then he made me do the lesson as the class was shuffling in.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, how humiliating.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And it was like a tenor song that was too high for me. And I hadn't warmed up properly, so I'm just cracking. Just could be, who knows as the class is shuffling in. And he was like very mad. I think I appropriately showed how much shame I felt. And at the end of the class, he gave me like a. I appreciate how bad you feel. I know that you didn't mean what you did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And all is forgiven.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He felt some earnest repentance.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. I mean, that's Broadway. That's Broadway, baby.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Wait, so did you do musical theater growing up or was this just like a one off thing?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I did. I did a lot of musical theater summer camps. I went to college for musical theater.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No way.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It was what I wanted.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And then I just. Singing. I just hit a wall.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Sure.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I kind of got. I had one teacher who I would like. The school didn't want me to see this teacher because it was back home. It was like my high school teacher. And they were like, we have better teachers. I secretly saw her on the side.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How salacious.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. It was really. I mean, it's insane looking back, but I would go into the voice booths and I would spend hours there every day. I was obsessive, right. And I was so scared of being caught in this gigantic campus. University of Miami. I would bring my blanket and I would stuff it into the corners of the little window.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A privacy blanket.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And it would. And by these. And I was sweating in these booths in Miami, secretly having an hour lesson for no one. No one was catching me. And everyone knew what I was doing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Clearly something was going on.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Jamarco's missing three hours every day. What is he doing? What's that? Why is that window covered, of course. With a blue fuzzy blanket?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. It's like, well, we hope he's singing back there. Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And I'm sure it was like a gross blight. It's like, oh, that. Why does that blanket have cum stains on it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Blanket from home. Yes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And so I just saw her and I believe that she was like, it was a little bit of a cult. Like, she has all the answers.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And then you hit senior year and you're like, I'm not Pavarotti and I'm in voice lessons again now. It's just a decade later of quitting. And now I'm like flirting with it and singing a little more. And my. My girlfriend, she's. She doesn't care about music. She was raised. She says to tell people Hasidic, it's chabad, which is like a subsect of chabad. No one is. And she tells me, she says, stop saying chabad. No one knows what it is. And I go, let me educate them. And no music. Really growing up.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Whoa.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So my singing, I think about the women who. I'm not saying be everything, but they might be wooed. They might hear me sing Some Enchanted Evening and go, oh, how nice.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This bird.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Nothing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It just doesn't make sense to her. Like her brain, basically. Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's like there's no, you know. So much of music I think is connected to like nostalgia and a certain age going through puberty. I don't. And that's missing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So she likes Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. That was one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who doesn't.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Bible friendly musical for the religious community.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, they were allowed to listen to that?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It wasn't even a. It was just. They owned the vhs.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, okay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But like, she told me a story in high school where it was like the kids, they found out she was listening to Britney Spears and like, as an insult, they were like, why don't you just go listen to Britney Spears? And the shame she felt.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's hard.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Threw it away. So it's like Britney Spears, Joseph and the Amazing Technical Dream Coat Nothing. And then klezmer music. Wow. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. What sort of music are you singing? Old show tunes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. I wish I could sing more pop stuff, but I'm singing Robertson Hammerstein, I'm singing Sondheim. I'm singing William Finn is my favorite Falsettos.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And so it's still a little more classical and I'm trying to learn how to do popular now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's all very tenery. All that pop stuff is so tenery.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's tough. This is what I complain about, male pop singers all the time. For whatever reason, I will listen to female pop singers non stop. They're the best women pop singers. But when a man is singing pop music, it's like one out of 50 isn't irritating.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Is it just too high? Like, just like.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think it's just too bad. No, it's just too corny most of the time. I think there's like a weird earnestness to it that doesn't work. Yeah. I don't know what it is. I'm still.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But you don't feel like with the women, do you feel like you have more of an allowance for the woman to be corny? Because like, corniness is. But my girlfriend, I, we see musicals and she goes, it's so corny.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I'M like, okay, you were raised religiously. Like, come on, who are you?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Say anything.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But, like. I think the answer is, like, we all have acceptance for Corny in different arenas. Right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I understand if you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But, like, why is it easier?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think one theory that was given to me by Louis Virtel, former guest, he said that women sell yearning better than men. You can actually. You feel like the pain is actually there. And then when men are singing, it's too smooth or something. You don't feel any texture. But I'll listen to, like, male rock singers.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I see.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a different thing.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Well, so who do you like? Men. Like Justin Timberlake in his prime. Was it good?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I didn't mind Justin Timberlake before we knew too much. Before we knew too much. You know, when he had. Those first couple of albums were good pop music. But after that, who are we talking about?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

There's not as many.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. There just simply aren't many good ones.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Bruno Mars is cool.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, Bruno.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

John Legend.

[Bridger Weiniger]

John Legend's not really pop.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

More R and B. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, that's where you get into the category of, like, Usher or these. I don't mind that.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's just when it's strictly pop, there's just a. And I love corniness in musicals. I actually prefer a corny musical.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Really?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I love when a musical's not trying to be cool.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

What's your musicals? What are your faves?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't have. My boyfriend is, like, a Broadway vet, and I know so little about musicals, it's humiliating. But I saw, for example, I saw hello, Dolly when Bette Midler was in it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Okay. Sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Unbelievable. What an experience.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Just embracing the corny.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

If you can tap into that. For sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

When it's, like, more like, trying to be edgy or cool, I have to back away. Just, like. Because it's simply not. Yes. What are some of your favorites?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Falsettos is my favorite musical, hands down. It's just a special one for me and then all the Sondheims. But I think Company, I like the musical Nine. You know, if I'm looking back to the hello, Dolly, because I did Cornelius in the movie.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's great.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That was a lot of fun. Those corny ones. Sometimes it just takes, like, a second to really get into them. But I like. I mean, you know, Oklahoma's a beautiful one. Hello, Dolly is a beautiful one. What else is Jerry Herman? Mame is good. South Pacific is beautiful. But I gotta be in the right mood, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I really gotta enter it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And you like Music Man?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, of course. I did that in eighth grade. If I've done it, it automatically enters the favorite territory. But Music Man's fantastic. I don't think Hugh Jackman, you cannot be that good looking and play some of these roles.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

He goes in to seduce the librarian. I think she'd go short.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course. I don't care who you are and what your thoughts are.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You got to earn it. So I do think some of those movie stars, I'm like, okay, not this one. You don't get to do this one. You got everything else.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know. I mean, we've entered that era of every movie star doing all. Everything.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Why don't you just be a movie star?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Jake Gyllenhaal did Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh. What? That makes no sense to me. Rick Moranis.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Exactly.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What are we talking about?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Come on.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Not that Rick Moranis isn't a great looking guy, but he's kind of a geek.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Nobody's got to earn it. He's a geek. He's a geek.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's a cute geek.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But Gyllenhaal is like, just like an objectively beautiful human being.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Stopping. What are you doing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I will say in Zodiac, he plays a good, like, kind of nerd. Kind of like, yeah, you could be a good actor.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But it's like. But what about giving it to the person who can't play the. Can't play Wolverine.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Can't play that boxer guy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Representation. And just kind of weird.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

We don't really talk about representation when it comes to, like, looks. Because it's too hard a conversation because it. The mid. People would need to acknowledge that they're mid.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right? Yes. And when you're an actor, you really have to just act like you're the best of the best, even in Lopes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But I'll acknowledge it. I should be Music man over Hugh Jackman.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It came down to you and Jack.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It became. For some reason.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Did you see him in that?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

No, I didn't see him in that. I've never met him.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

We'd have a good. I think we'd have a good. I'd be able to connect with him on musical theater for sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I would do the people say. They'll say I look like Hugh Jackman, but with an adjective that makes it hurtful.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, so it's just leave it at Hugh Jackman.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Just leave it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a great one. Because I've been. Have been recently reminding people don't tell people who they look like unless it's somebody who's really good looking.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Hugh Jackman.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, you could go a year on that compliment. But then if there's an adjective, yeah, it's.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, you gotta resist. I mean, I get a lot of Jeff Goldblum.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I get a lot of. I get Hugh Jackman now and then, but it'll be skinny Hugh Jackman. It'll be Jewish Hugh Jackman.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who's telling you this?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I mean, everyone. The Internet roast battles. Just generally, I get a lot of gay Hugh Jackman, and I go, gay Hugh Jackman.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How does that work?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You need to look up Hugh Jackman a little bit more. And me, just think of me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gay Hugh Jackman. Well, Google Hugh Jackman in your list. We won't say too much, but Hugh is a great guy and he loves Broadway and he's got a lot of. A lot of jazzy elements to it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And he's dating son Foster who we.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Met on the Music Man. They're best friends. Yeah, they met in the school play and they're best friends.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. It's a beautiful thing.

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[Gianmarco Soresi]

Hey, everyone. Ed Helms here, and hi, I'm Kal.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Penn, and we're the hosts of Irsay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Jenny Garth, host of the iHeart podcast. I choose me to discuss the new Audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer. What role would I play? You know what? I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

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You got a little Colin Firth.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Okay, that's really sweet. I appreciate that, but are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennett here. Listen to Irsay, the Audible and iHeart Audio Book Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Bridger Weiniger]

Now that you're starting to take voice lessons, is there like some hope? Like, oh, maybe I'll audition for musical, like actual Broadway?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. I just think there are people who have done well, like they were a movie star per se, go into musical theater and they get lauded and celebrated. And the bitch that I am, I sit there and I go, are we all gaslighting each other right now? They are fine. They should not be on Broadway. And I am just. I go, I don't want to be the. I don't want to be the bad person in the good thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Where I think the whole community's like, eh, yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Or there. Or it's just. It happens with stand up comedians a lot, especially right now as like, stand up's like cool and buzzy hot. It's like, I see and I'm not, I'm not talking about everyone doing it because I know too many friends, of.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Course, but it becomes complicated.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But I don't want to be the one that they go, wow, he got it to the end of the song. He got to the end of the song.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He remembered all the words.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

He remembered all the words. And I think my voice teacher is like, I tell him, you know, I do a thing called theater adult and I have like someone on and like, you know, Laura Benanti's doing it soon and these are big Broadway names. And I feel like my voice teacher, he really is like, he. If I get a musical and I do think it will happen. Oh, yeah, I'll do a little stint in something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think you're on your way to, you know, they're gonna want to be like John Marco. Of course. This is the perfect person to slot into this role.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. I can tell my voice Teacher doesn't respect me as a singer. And I think that's yet. But also with an air of like.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Never until you're walking off the stage.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. And I think that's good. I think I'm drawn to people who don't respect me. Cause I go, you will keep me grounded, of course, in a world where no one else will ground me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But I do think I'll do something or I'll do. I wanna just try to keep it like, hey, come see me. I'll do a reading of falsettos. Tickets are cheap. Or we're raising money for a thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. This is for a cause.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You're doing it. I saw Liza Minnelli in concert in high school.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh my God.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And it felt like we were doing a favor for her being there and she's a legend. But this was like, this was tough, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is probably, you know, arrested Development.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Liza, we're doing it because I love you. I want to be here and see you. And as long as that's the premise of the event. I go, fine. If I'm selling, like, come see me reinvent this classic role and we lowered the key and you paid 150 bucks, then I feel like then something has gone wrong.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's robbery.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And I just want to avoid that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. I feel like you've went to college for it. You're actually. You're so far ahead of other people who tried.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It doesn't work like that. It's like, well, I have a degree in it, so it is good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But you at least have a bedrock to build from. Whereas some other stand up who like sings in the car. And that's all their experience.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. But then you see a singer like Matteo Lane's a stand up where it's like he could. I mean, it's a voice from God. And you go, well, what are you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gonna do but put him on Broadway? And you're gonna get the. Those Broadway message boards are gonna light up. They're gonna have opinions no matter what.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. The Broadway community is. It's a new world. It's particular.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. You've really gotta earn it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's so hard. I'm getting to a place where I can't shit talk the way that I used to.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Isn't that a nightmare? It is. What a shame.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It is. Cause I like to shit talk and that's part of my.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's the best feeling in the world.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But I've gotten. It's now like I'm starting To feel not even bad, but like, I did a venue recently and a manager came over and said, hey, so we work with this other venue and I know you had a problem with them. And I was like, what do you mean? And he said, well, there was a podcast, I guess you complain. And I didn't even remember it, of course. And she was like, what can we do to make it better? And I was like, I swear to God, I was just like, exaggerating a small complaint for comedic effect.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We are fine, but there's gonna be some positive change. They're gonna look into whatever that complaint was.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I mean, I could abuse it for sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course. Yeah, I feel like you're right at the level. Like, next level you get to. You'll be able to shit talk whoever you want, whenever you want. And it will only be for, well, at least for your good.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

My girlfriend, very wisely, and she's in entertainment and very smart. She said, you can decide publicly are you gonna be criticizing comedians for their politics or for being bad comedians? Oh, interesting. And she said, basically, if you choose to do both, you can't be surprised if you don't have a lot of friends. Because I would do the thing where I'd shit talk, and then I'd come to her and be like, oh, someone gave me a weird look at a thing. And she's like, yeah, of course you said they sucked. And so I took it to heart. And I've gone really hard in the political realm of shit talk. And so I'm, you know, trying to keep more to the groove chats, the people I don't respect artistically, I think.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It'S a safer route to go. I mean, it probably ultimately in long term in life, you're gonna want to continue shit talking. The political ones, you're never gonna get into the same. You're never gonna care that they looked at you bad.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, I think it's just that thing where it's like you'd see an artist you admire promote something and then you saw it and you said, that was terrible. Why did my artist that I loved lie to me? And it's like, well. Cause that's their friend.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's the Internet.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's because that person might not be good on stage, but they're great at dinner. And that's just how it goes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. I mean, going to see movies, watching TV shows at this point, you'll start up, you'll be like, oh, I saw nothing but praise for this. And then you'll be like, this is one of the worst pieces of art I have ever consumed. What's going on? And you're like, oh, right, people are friends with each other and we have to say nice things about friends. But then, yeah, in group chat, you're lighting it up. I mean, there are particular people that are just almost legends within group chats.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think the worst. The worst. The most toxic thing is when someone you don't respect does something publicly and then you look at the comments just to be like, good, good. Someone saying it. Someone's speaking up, someone's saying it. I don't have, like, a burner account. I'm not that petty. But I'll look at the comments.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, of course, the comments.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'll look at the comments.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have one friend who's outside of the business who still consumes a lot of things, and he seems so free. His Instagram stories, just saying exactly how he feels about everything. I'm like, I remember the time when I could just complain on the Internet.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's just not really an option anymore. Less and less, less and less. But now the career goal is just get to a place where I can. I can just. Absolutely.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I know. But then there's always, you know him, you meet him. You meet him. That's like, I did. I hosted a rally for Zo Run this week.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, wow. Good for you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Thank you, everybody.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Vote for Zobron.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, everyone's thinking, good for me, of course. But it's one of those things where I'm like, you meet these people and you feel a human thing, and the idea of then being able to go on a show and being like, if they say, do something that you disagree with, to be like, fuck that person. You're like, but they were so nice to me. And then I can see the trajectory from that to Bill Maher being like, trump gave me a really nice dinner. And you go, what the fuck?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What happened?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And you go, you shouldn't have gone to that dinner. We can't help it. Of course someone's nice to you. That's the problem. You shouldn't meet these people.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, no, no, no.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So it's just like. It was just. I'm a little. It's a little close. And I go, careful, careful, careful.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But I feel like you're still throwing bombs.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, But I said to him, I said, listen, if you win, I have to critique you. I have to. And he was like, give me one term. And I was like, okay. I didn't. But I was like, okay. And it was like, ah, you can't be charmed.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, it's over for you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's over. That's corruption and that's getting older.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You get older and you become corrupted.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. And then the older people say, the younger people, you don't understand. And the younger people go, no, you're full of shit. And it's true, of course. And you're like, but I'm old and I just want to be a little comfortable.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I won't be around much longer. Let me just die.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's the part I think about is like, when you look at the youth and you go. Cause you see older people go like, the youth are crazy. And you go like, can you not. Can you not at least step outside yourself and go, when I was the youth, I looked at this like this. But as you get older, you're like, I get it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're slowly just being chipped away at. I mean, speaking of inappropriate things and just complaining and criticizing, something I'd like to criticize you for, please. I was excited to have you here on the podcast today. I thought, John Markle will come by, we'll have a nice time, and then we'll move on. The podcast is called I said no Gifts. So I was a little surprised when your Uber screeched into the parking lot and you stepped out holding what was obviously a gift.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. I can't help myself.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No self control.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

No self control. And, you know, there's just an abundance. So I actually, to make it worse, it's kind of a two parter.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

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[Gianmarco Soresi]

Hey, everyone. Ed Helms here, and hi, I'm Kal.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Penn and we're the hosts of Earsay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

The Audible, and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Jenny Garth, host of the iHeart podcast. I choose me to discuss the new Audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer. What role would I play? You know what? I can see you as Mr. Darcy.

[Pandora Jewelry Advertiser]

You got a little Colin Firth.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Okay, that's really sweet. I appreciate that, but are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennett. Here, listen to Earsay the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Gianmarco Soresi]

First. I hear this is the best bakery in all of Los Angeles. And it just so happened to be right by my sister's place where I'm staying.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What is this?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But this is a. I washed my hands. This is a. A croissant with a nice matcha powder.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God, that's beautiful. Where did this come from?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It came from. Oh, from Malou Malau Malau Mal Coffee and kitchen. They got good coffee, good food, and good vibes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's all that matters.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I tried to bring the vibes from there, and then I travel around a lot, and my rider. It's not that complicated. It's floss.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I ask for floss, you ask for floss.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And they don't give me just one floss. They. They give me bags. And so, you know, don't feel guilty about this because I have so much floss of these bags at my home. So two different kinds of floss. They are opened.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's fine.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But it's not like they. They don't go bad.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. If I found these in a gutter open, that's a different story.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes, for sure. And sometimes they do open and they all pour out in a way that you're like, was the bag designed for these to pour out? And I don't want to use a dirty one, so I have to buy A new one. And this is all a scam. These did not. And one's a Crayola.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I've never seen a Crayola flosser. A fun flosser for kids.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So these are good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let me look at these Crayola ones. This is very interesting to me. Does it do anything like a crayon, or is it just to appeal to children?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I just think, you know, it's tough to get kids to floss.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, they're grape flavored, are they? Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's great.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting. And none of them is purple. So there was a mistake on the Crayola company's part. Pink, green, and blue. And then they went, let's do this grape.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I love these. When people complain about flossing, I have to stop myself from. I floss with these three, four times a day.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A day after each meal. Is that what's happening?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. I got a couple crevices that are like, they really. Something gets stuck every time.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like just a biological flaw in your teeth.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. I've gone to the dentist, and one time we filled it up, and it still became a problem.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Does the dentist get after you for flossing even though you floss?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

No. The floss, they seem to be good with. They say more frustrating that I brush too hard.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're not with an electric toothbrush?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I do, but I still push it too much.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, boy.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And that's one of those frustrating. You're like, come on, I'm brushing, brushing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Too hard to this.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Well, I know I have one receding gum. And I asked them, I said, like, they say it doesn't grow back. And you go, what a flaw on our designs part.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So much of us grows back so.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Much lizards, their tail, it grows back.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They can get a whole new one.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And this one piece of gum. And then it's funny where you try to tell your doctors to be like, just so you know, I'm on camera, you're trying to, like, instill on them, like, this is really important.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What, the brushing hard is important or that my face.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That my gum, that my smile? Like, this has to be top notch.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're known for your gums.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's my job to smile.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So they told me about the grafting process.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It does not stop horrifying.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, it's. And they said just, you know, this is where I brought it up. They said, well, we'd have to take it from here, and the color would be different. And I was like, oh, that can't not be.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, the color has to be the.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Same, because I'm on TV once.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Does the gum come from your own mouth or a dead mouth?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Well, they said. This is where they said your own mouth. And that's why the color would be different. Cause it's a different part of the mouth. And then I said, well, then we will have to go with dead or I will pay if we need to get someone new. I don't know if. When you do organ donation, it's like donating to an actor. Give my heart to a little boy. Yes. A gum for, like, they have to be above this level in the IMDb meter. They can have my gums.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. My fingernails to a manicurist, this sort of thing.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What part of your mouth is so gummy that they're able to just harvest it for the rest of your mouth? I don't understand what's. I feel like there's none there. It's so tight.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Think they take it? I mean, I don't. I'm not a medical professional if that's not clear. They seem to say, like, from the side or from the top of the mouth. And I'm like, is that. Is that gum? Is gum really just where it's located, but it's just mouth.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Why not just take it from the back of my arm at that point?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that sounds horrifying.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And it's. They said it's. It's painful. You can't. I mean, it sounds brutal for, like, this very small cat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I feel like I'm headed in this direction as well. Receding gum lines. But I feel like everyone is. And I feel like dentists sometimes are a little too careful, They're a little too cautious, and so they go overboard. So I've got to really have a problem before they're going to do surgery on my mouth.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, but you'll feel it. I mean, they just like that upper part of the teeth. The feeling of just like, ah. Ah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, you feel the sensitivity then?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, sometimes now and then.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, no. Oh, that sounds.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

How can I not grow back? Truly? It's one of those. No one to be mad at. Wish I was more religious so I could go to a church and I guess look at Jesus on the cross and go, why? Why? You're in pain. Me too.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Great gums on him. But to me, this feels like one of the things they need to start growing on the back of mice. You know, they'll put an ear. They'll have an ear growing out of a mouse or whatever.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

They've had it Too good for too long.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. We've got to have gum. Gum skin or flesh on the back of mice. That's a good image.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I feel like they must be able to take gum out of a pig.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting. Interesting.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It feels like they're not thinking hard enough.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

If they can. If they can give you the heart of a pig, certainly.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, come on.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Come on.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What are the pigs doing with their gums? When did you start, like, get getting serious about flossing?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Honestly, like, these. These were a game changer for me. I like to fuss. I have, like, a little adhd. I was definitely, like, as a kid, I went through sucking phases. I was a necklace.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I did the necklace.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Big time necklace. I would sometimes have little kind of slight rashes here. The worst, the grossest. For a while I was a shirt.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And just like, ooh, didn't do the shirt. I would do the hoodie string.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Hoodie string. For sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, for sure. But the shirt, that's a tough one. Getting around.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gross. How old were you when that was happening?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

High, middle school. And then I had high school. And then the stains were at a different place. And I did pens.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Pens. I would chew on pens constantly.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Couple back, the little round thing would pop off. And I swallowed maybe two in my life.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I haven't chewed on a pen in a long time. That's a good chewing tool.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, me neither.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gen Z doesn't know what it is to chew on a pen.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I am brutal. People lend me a pen, and within seconds, it's in my mouth. And I've completely forgotten. This is someone else's pen. Pencils. I did for a little. I remember the time when it would be like. Like, maybe I got a splinter in my mouth. Just like I was chewing it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Probably lead. No, like, just the middle.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, oh, that's very beaver.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Good for you. Never a thumb sucker. My sister was a thumb sucker. They had to get the nail polish.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, they're like the bitter nail polish.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Yeah. She.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She sucked her thumb for a while until when?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I mean, feels like seven, eight. And it was. It was.

[Bridger Weiniger]

As a parent. As a parent, you're like, I don't know what to do here. I guess we're going to have to punish her with poison.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, pretty much. I would do. I would try a pacifier. I'm a chewer. Like, I do gum. I go through phases where I say to myself, like, jamarco, you need to take a break from gum, because my jaw starts clicking and you're like this, this isn't good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Are you chewing multiple pieces?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, yeah. I mean, in high school I went through a phase where I would do like I did the whole fruit by the. What is it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Fruit by the foot? No, bubble tape.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Bubble tape. I have six feet of gum in my mouth and I will definitely, if I get an orbitz, like I'm going, I'll add that third pretty quick. Wow. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

See, I, for a long time was only a half a piece.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Half a piece.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It would take me, my God, to.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Get through one package, integrate that in seconds.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I was splitting it in half. I thought, this is plenty of gum for me. Now I'm the little Chiclet size. Pop one of those in. I can't imagine having two pieces of gum in my mouth.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I don't do it often, but sometimes if the stakes are really low for a gig and I'm feeling cocky, I'll go up there chewing gum and it feels cool. It feels like badass.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That may feel cool for you as an audience member. You're losing me.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

For you for sure. I can tell you got some standards. I can tell you got some standards.

[Bridger Weiniger]

There are some people who will go on late night shows chewing gum or interviews, and I'll just point it out. Michael Keaton, if you ever watch an interview with this man, constantly chewing gum.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Uh huh.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Such an irritating look.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Some people, it bothers. I get it, I get it. It's like it calms me. Definitely. If I was nervous for a talk show thing, gum chewing would absolutely make me looser.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a bit of a fidget spinner.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hidden fidget spinner.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Because I, I like, even when I'm, when I try to act, I go back to trying to act.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, give yourself a little credit.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But like my tension, like, it's like, what is my tongue doing right now? Why am I, why am I thinking about the interior of my tongue?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Interesting. Yeah, you feel your whole skull, basically.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And gum lets it, you know, just. Right. That's. What am I doing. Yeah, just Barbra Streisand, which she auditioned for Funny Girl, famously, she was chewing gum and the cast directors were like, you, they, oh my God, what is this vile creature? And then at the end of the audition, took it out, put it under the chair. They went over. There was no gum under the chair. She was acting the whole way.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow, she's that good.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

She's that good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She can trick someone into thinking she's shot.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's like picked my nose. And you're like, God, this guy go, no pokers.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's only disgusting in my imagination. Basically I was swallowing each piece of gum I chewed for years and I've recently stopped that. But I feel like if it's half.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

A piece, that's a little.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, maybe less. Worse.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

There is a thing where I'm like, I don't. And sometimes I don't have the wrapper and I put it down on something and then it's like a disaster occurs and I'm like, I can swallow this, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You can, you can. I think you absolutely can.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Why is that?

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's a myth, the whole seven year thing. That's baloney.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's baloney. But like is it bad for any reason at all?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I don't. I mean, who would say? I mean I have a lot of problems, but I don't think it has anything to do with chewing gum or swallowing gum. I think it just passes through like any other thing. You could swallow a nail.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That might be slightly more difficult. The thing you can't swallow is two magnets. Those will go through your intestine and then stick to each other and forget it. I don't know how you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

What do you forget it? You die?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't know. They're clamped together in your intestine.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

How did he die?

[Bridger Weiniger]

How could you swallow two fridge magnets?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I have to look this up.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. I think that chewing and swallowing gum, I think we would solve a lot of problems. You know, there'd be less under the table.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

One old one like thing where people go, if you are cold, that doesn't lead to more cold. It doesn't lead to you getting a cold.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And that one no one seems to believe.

[Bridger Weiniger]

My boyfriend.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a constant find. It's like you're simply not going to get more of a cold or get a cold because of your body temperature.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think like, I think what happens is if someone's cold and then you're warm, your body like creates mucus and so you feel what you would associate with cold symptoms. Cause you just had a visceral temperature change. But that does not lead to you getting a cold later.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Because it's a virus. Does it make your body more vulnerable and then it can't fight the virus. That's the only logic I could get to.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But it doesn't.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, that's. I mean it's just an old wives tale.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. But people, it's that I honestly think like some of those things when I think about like medicine and misinformation I go, it's connected to small things. I believe that, like, if we cannot establish that drinking a lot of vitamin C doesn't cure you or that being cold, because it's the same word as cold, doesn't mean there's a mistake. If we can't do that, good luck with vaccines. Good luck.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Like trying to convince people. Yeah, yeah. What a good point.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I do think, I mean, all. I think people got bitter of like, you know, a red wine is good for you. I still have that. And it was one study and it was debunked.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Once a year we're getting that study, same with dark chocolate. And it's like, let's just make up our minds on this.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or maybe it's just not important enough to keep putting in the news because it's confusing.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Egg's good. Yeah. That's part is the news. They have to sum it up and they go, egg's good for you, egg's bad for you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. And it's like, there's no gray area.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And I go to my doctor and they go, hey, we don't really know, but it's probably not bad. The way these doctors talk sometimes I'm like, you go like, oh. You go, oh, yeah. It is a man made system.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It is chaos.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're a person and you might be bad at your job.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And it's just like, it's not a consensus. It's kind of the thought.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think we should try this croissant here.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you want to try some of it?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I do.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. You take some first actually. Okay. You're the guest here. It's beautiful.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It is beautiful. I mean, God, croissants. Oh, the crunch. God, it just sounds amazing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is a beautiful. Oh, it's green inside as well. This is a real matcha croissant. I've never had a matcha croissant. Actually.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I don't know if I have either. Man, it looks good. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my lord, look at that.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Mmm. That's good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's phenomenal.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's really good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's so good. That's like an immediately flavorful but not overpowering.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And a good chew. Really good chew. Do you have a favorite bakery in New York?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

No. I need to get one. I was like, overly like healthy in a weird way where I would eat a lot, but I would eat and I also would eat like so many raw almonds. And my girlfriend was like, you understand these have a lot of calories. And I Was like, what? And I looked up, I was like, I could have been having croissants this whole time. So then I, I do intermittent fasting now and what I like about it is it's for me, it's opened up eating things that I didn't for a long time. So like I have desserts. Oh, I was like, I was not having desserts, like, period.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow, that's crazy. Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It was just a neurotic thing. And now with intermittent fasting, I'm like, it just opened up permission in my own self.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I live the crazy travel life so it keeps me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. You don't have a consistent, like you don't know where you're going to be eating, what you'll be eating, maybe room service, this kind of thing. So how often are you fasting?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I do it pretty consistent. I do a 16 off, eight on. Okay, 16, eight.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, every day.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And then I'm trying to be more, a little bit more. Like could I break it once a week and feel okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Slippery slope.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So when do you start eating in the day?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It depends. It usually is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, so it's just an eight hours. As long as it's eight hours. Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I mean I lean towards. I'll fast longer than if I'm, you know, when I travel with time difference.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, time difference. That'll fund your poor body.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And I know this was. Some people just, they hear it and they go, oh, you have, you're, you're describing your eating disorder. For us, it's like, yeah, sure, all, all eating, it's all fine.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I feel like we're all disordered in our eating.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'm in la, where I guess probably here. It's like, yeah, that's a rape. You eat for an eight hour window. My God. So it's usually based on the show. I like to have my last meal like before the show.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think that's smart.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And so blood sugar. So if my show's tonight is at 7:30, so I would start at 11:30.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And that's. And then, you know, sometimes if I'm gonna have a big. I started it because I was in Australia.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I had a promoter bringing me to these meals.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

The best meals you could have in Australia. And I was like, I want to pig out, but I don't want to come back from Australia feeling like I need to catch up. I hate that feeling.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. I'm like, oh no.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And so I just, I started doing it and it, everything, it was so much better. God, I really. It really worked for me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What were you eating in Australia that was so wonderful?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Everywhere has wonderful food. It's just whether someone's paying for it, Right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

And when someone's paying for food, I mean, it's just.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

People will say, new York's the best food city. I'm like, really? And it's like, yeah. Cause when I'm here, I'm here Monday through Thursday. I'm not going out to a fancy dinner.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And then you do, and you're like, oh, yeah. People think New York is one of the best. I'm just not going.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. I mean, you can. Almost any major city, you could probably make an argument that it's one of the best at this point if you're willing to pay for it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I like Los Angeles because I think they have more middle, healthy places.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, absolutely.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

More than anywhere else in the country. I think if you go to, like, Paris, oh, my God, there's more healthy options. But in New York, it's like, it's sweet green, and then there's nothing in the middle there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Zero. Absolutely nothing.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Louisiana. Will have, like, oh, wow. This is like, you know, it's not the cheapest lunch, but it's not the crazy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I like goop.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, people are. I finally tried the goop kitchen recently.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I like goop.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have to say, it was pretty good.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's way better than a sweet green salad.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. Are you kidding me? The kale at Sweetgreen. I complain about this all the time. Is the driest food on earth. That will choke you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It used to be good, though. Cause I've been with sweet green since the beginning. Cause it started in D.C. okay. It was a yogurt shop originally.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Salads? I'm 99% sure. Salads was, like a side thing. And then that took over.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They called a yogurt shop Sweet Green.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Mm. I think so. Maybe it was matcha yogurt. Who the fuck knows? But then I was in Philly, and, like, it opened in, like, the first one in Philly. And this is when it was like, they had seasonal crispy kale. And it was like, the bowls are huge, and the ingredients were fresh, and I. And then I remember the first one in New York, and now it's all over New York. And I've. I've watched the decline.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course, it's all this time, really.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think about all the places I've watched the decline of in my life. And I remember when the bowl. Suddenly there's these indents in the Bowl. And I was like, there's less bowl.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's a really sneaky move on their part, the dimples.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I think I wrote them on Instagram and they said, the bowl is the same size. I said. I say viz. I remember when they would have a water station with ice. Beautiful little ice cubes. And they'd get rid of that. And then it's just one. It's one of those. Just one little thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, is it the one with the little blue thing that you push back?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I hate those ones.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

They're awful. The temperature is awful. It's very.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Dentist's office. No.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

What are you out of your goddamn mind? I mean, this is just capitalism. And you just watch everything get so, so bad. The doordash is so bad. I think of the doordash. If you request utensils and they don't deliver utensils.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You should.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's free. I Cause. What do you want me to do? What do you. Listen, if I'm at home, of course I'll use my own safari. If I'm. Sometimes I get it and I go, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to eat it like a dog? And then I gotta go somewhere else and go, can I have. Can I take a plastic fork? I'm not giving you any money. You don't know me. Everyone has needs. Can I take something from you?

[Bridger Weiniger]

It would have to be a soup or a curry for me to seek out a few. If it was a salad, I would just do hands. I'd just say, forget it. I'm eating with my hands tonight. And I wouldn't complain.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You'd eat the salad with your hands?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Absolutely nothing's stopping me from eating a salad with your hands.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You putting dressing on it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, see, that's a good question. I would have to dip. I'd have to turn it into kind of a dipped lettuce situation.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Dipping a salad piece by piece.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It hasn't come to that yet. I'm not a heavy dressing person anyway.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Me neither.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So I can see myself creating kind of a little bouquet of lettuce. And then dipping. Eating, you know, sure. Times are tough.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Times are tough.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They don't give you the fork. But what else am I supposed to do?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'll try it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Find, like a big ladle in the kitchen. Maybe use a soup ladle to eat it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I love eating with my hands. I love eating with my hands.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So satisfying.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, it feels. You're closer to your food.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It tastes better.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Tastes better. I mean, you see me with the rotisserie chicken. My girlfriend and I, we have similar. You seem mannered.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I appreciate that.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You know my favorite musical, hello Dolly. But, Sal, some people wouldn't dare eat a thing with their hands. And that's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, give me a break. Grow up.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Or, like, babysitter. Growing up was Filipino, and we ate a lot of rice, and my sister was very picky eater, and I just remember she'd pick up this rice with her hands and just stuff it in my sister's mouth. And I just think I'd. But that's how I view food. I'm just like, yeah, hands. Of course.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course. Especially if it's sticky rice. Sticky rice. I think that you almost want to eat that with your hands. So. Yeah, I can see myself eating a lot of rice with my hands.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You know what I love to do is I like to slurp a bowl.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

My dream. I watch a lot of manga and anime growing up, and my dream is, you take the chopstick, you go. And I'm going to Japan for the first time.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, it's heaven for a slurper.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh. Oh, I'm gonna go to town. But, like, people go, don't slurp. And then you're taking these spoons, and you're going, all right. Yeah, take away the soup. There's. We wasted soup.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I will. Within the United States, I will silently slurp. But you go to Japan, you're supposed to sound. They want to hear the slurp.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'm so excited.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just prepare yourself.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, I'm eating.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. With the noodles, you can just. Yeah. Oh, it's fantastic. Yeah. It's how it's meant to be eaten. I don't know when I get too many noodles in my mouth from a ramen or a soup, and I'm here in the United States. It's a nightmare situation for me. I'm like, who's looking at me? When do I start chewing this so it falls back into the bowl? I don't know what to do.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But go over to Japan. Go crazy. You probably wouldn't even eat chopsticks. Just slurp away.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, that sounds like.

[Bridger Weiniger]

When are you going?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I believe at the end of this. At the end of this year. And then I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna do a tour of Asia. First time in Asia. So I'm gonna do some shows in Tokyo and Singapore, Hong Kong.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Fantastic.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Singapore. I have to submit a transcript to.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Be like, oh, amazing. That country is very strict.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, we'll see. We'll See, it's a whole thing. I'm there for the adventure of it, and I'm not being paid by the Singaporean government, so it's not the same as doing Saudi Arabia, in my opinion.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well. And Singapore doesn't have a lot of human rights abuses.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, it's definitely, definitely different. But I'm sure it's just one of those things. It's just like any country you go to, you go like, it's new.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's the problem at this country.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Well, I went to. I went to Istanbul, and it's just wild because Istanbul, as far as they were telling me, is like this, like, more liberal area in Turkey.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

For example, they told me, they said, you can say anything on stage. And then they said, just, you know, there's going to be a Muslim call to prayer at the second show. Okay. And they said, but you say whatever you want in the middle of the show, by the way, and not like a quick, like, hey, Muslim prayer. Thanks, guys. Like, five minutes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay? Sure, sure.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And they said, and you can, you know, joke about it. And I was like, oh. I was like, I can. I can joke about it in any way. And he's like, in any way you want. And I did.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I did. Of course, there's a prayer in the middle of my standup comedy set. And I went hard. And then it was. It was fun. And everyone in the room, it was clear, you know, I'm reading the room, then I send them. I'm like, hey, I'm gonna post this video if you want to collab on it or whatever. And he was like, like, do not post that video too far. He's like, you, You. He's like, you can do it in Istanbul, but if that video goes outside in other parts of Turkey, you. You could get in, you know, could get in trouble. Could not come back.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Varying levels of religion and.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. And it's just like everything has its own.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah. Everyone's got their opinions.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And, you know, there's a part of me that wants Singapore to go do it. You can't do this. There's a part of me that wants to do a joke there. And my girlfriend goes, please don't. And I also go, like, if I get in trouble with another government, Trump is not helping me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Right when we got a. Yeah, you would be a tough one to convince him.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, it'd be perfect.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You'd have to wait till a new administration and God bless.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Or I'd have to be willing to go on TV and put on the Hat and be like, we need to make America laugh again.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What a career turn that would be.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It would be tough traveling with the speed, which I do. Sometimes you go, like. More thought should be going into this, but I remember in Amsterdam, I was, like, talking to my girlfriend about how beautiful Amsterdam was. And I was like, maybe we could just move. Maybe we give up on our whole life and move here. I'm talking to her about a beautiful and three people. As I'm just talking regularly to my girlfriend, they're like, shh, you're talking too loud. And I. I filled with rage, filled with a New Yorker rage of like, fuck you. And it happened. It happened there. It happened in Germany. And then I get to Greece. Doesn't happen there. And I go, yeah, it's. I'm not.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You found some people for it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Amsterdam is the way it is because I'm not there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Right. Amsterdam doesn't strike me as a quiet country.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. I don't know. It's quaint and it's beautiful and serene and so, you know, I'm just a loud talker.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is my dream country.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, you gotta. You know what? I've been.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, it's stunning.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It might be for me, but my.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Girlfriend and I, we're loud Jews. And we. And she. Sometimes she was at a nail salon and, like, someone came over, like, you're talking too loud, and it hurt her feelings.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Aww.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Cause it hurts. For someone to be like, the way you are is wrong.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Your personality is bad.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes. And nothing could make me upset more than when I see someone say to, like, hey, could you talk a little softer?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Unless you're in a library.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Unless you're in a library. Sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or another country. I feel like in another country, it's like, well, this is the predominant culture. Yes. Get with it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But in a nail salon. What are you talking about?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Listen, I'm not a model of being like, you know, I'm just loud. I'm not gonna be a dick about it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. You're a perfectly nice person.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'm walking down the street and I'm a little loud. Wait three seconds, I'll be gone. If I'm in motion, no need to make me feel bad. The thing has already happened.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. You don't need to chase me down to give me a note.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If you're standing behind someone trying to read a book, that's a different story.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I'm getting. Listen. But this is why I'm in New York. You're with around a lot of people. Getting shit done in a time crunch.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes, yes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And so there's more room for that, right? Like I was, like I was in a coffee shop, 30 minutes, I was editing a comedy special and it was due here and the WI fi was bad. And so, you know, in the midst of that, when someone behind me at the coffee shop goes, can you talk a little softer? I go, get me the fuck out of this weird fucking country. I need to go back to New York. I got shit to do. And that's why, guess what? Not a lot of great comedy specials coming out of the Netherlands. And again, that's the trade off.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Very good point.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's the trade off.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What about on a plane?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Plane. I'm pretty, I'm not loud.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You know, like. But listen, I have my lines too. People are playing videos with no headphones.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a tough pill to swallow.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It was great. There was one time on a plane where this older guy, he just didn't know his headphones weren't connected. So he had his headphones in, but he's playing this music full volume. And I said, sir, cause you know, it's not working. And it was, he was sweet about it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, that's nice.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think I'm decent on planes, but I'm taking my shoes off.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I take my shoes off. Yeah, I feel like as long as you're a clean person who was showered within the last 48 hours, it's okay to take your shoes off. You're on an uncomfortable thing. You've got to do everything you possibly can to find some level of comfort.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You gotta turn your ire to the planes. I mean, listen, they turn us against each other.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is how the whole country is at this point. They've got us fighting with each other rather than with the plane.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

My thing with planes, I think we should lie down.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my dream.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And that's all. I mean, you pay God forsaken amount of money for first class. Just. I don't need, I don't need warm nuts and a little bowl. That's not what it's for. It's simply so I can be horizontal. If they stacked us first of all, they could get more people in the plane. They stack us, you know, it's a pain to get in, get out, but like stack me. You could put a TV over me or nothing. I'll just sleep. Yeah, just lie me down.

[Bridger Weiniger]

My ultimate dream. And it feels like, why not? Let's at least give one plane a try where we're just absolutely stacked in there.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

If bathroom's an issue. Put it there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Put a.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Open it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I guess the bathroom is the one.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Put a hole. Put a hole. Put my dick in.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Provide a catheter, please.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

There's a lot of flights I'd much rather put in a catheter.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. They give you the little bag to throw up in. Replace that with a catheter.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Those bags, I remember when. I don't see them that much anymore, but I remember when, like, as a kid, they were there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah, they were. Every time.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Cause I guess there was just more turbulence. It happened more often.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, I feel like turbulence has gotten out of control.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Really.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. Every time I'm on a plane, I'm like, well, this is the. I better listen to a song I like because I'm done. That's.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's your fine. That's how you view.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes, yes. I'll just kind of be like, okay, well, the plane's going down. Let's enjoy this.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think in my mind, I go, it's a shame I can't jerk off. Like, for the final. I think, honestly, knowing me, let's say I was on a plane alone and it was appropriate. Cause we're. As. I'm about to die in my death, we're thinking about, you know, don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Don't want to inconvenience anybody.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

God forbid, right before we burn to death, God forbid, that plane ride itself. And I go, oh, God, I masturbated in front of the whole plane. But knowing me, if I was on a plane alone and I was going down, I would be so crippled by the. Like, would I be able to get it done in time that I would die mid. Thinking about, should I masturbate? That's how I would die for sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

At least you're distracted.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You know Pompeii, where the volcano. There is one guy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Find a guy.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh, there's. I'm again, I'm pretty sure where he's. Clearly his hand is on his dick. Mortifying in the ashes. Mortifying. Because you want to know, did he finish?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, did he make it there?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Did he finish? And I think that's what archaeologists should be looking into.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Cause I. God, you hope.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So we've got the DNA tests. We can figure that out.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But you also think, like, it's gotta be. It's gotta be tough to, like, get one off. And it's like, as you see.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Lava. Lava. Just. You hear the screaming. You feel the heat.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Smoke, maybe.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

The heat's nice.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, interesting.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Maybe it's one of those things, like. Actually, the best way an orgasm is when the lava's coming towards you. Hopefully. Hopefully for that guy, one could only hope.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I hope that was his last bit of enjoyment as he was absolutely being turned to ash.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

What better way?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What else to go? Oh, well, I'm gonna try flossing. Is that appropriate to do?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, I've been holding. Cause I've been like, I can't floss by my.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We're floss on camera here. I know some people have a problem with people flossing in public. I don't see the big deal as long as things aren't flying.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, well, this helps fly. The other thing you do this other one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is great.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Do you have these at home or.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you use a. I use a string. I prefer a string because these break pretty easily.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Okay. When you do the string, do you move the string for each tooth?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. No.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, me neither.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I just use whatever. What are you. Come on.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Some people. It's like a little factory line.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. Ugh.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

There we go.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, I think I got the whole mouth. He probably bleeded.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

When you get a piece, do you go.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you eat it? No, this is not a snack. It's just a matter of snack time. What are you talking about? I'm not looking for something to eat here. If I accidentally swallow. Sure, go for it.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So as I'll do the intermittent fasting, and then when I'm not in the eating window, I floss and I go. Does that count?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, there we go.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That count. I think that was over the five calorie.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And you don't have an eating disorder. Okay, now I'm gonna drink a little water. I feel so clean. Yeah. Wow. I love it. And now I've got. And a little bit of grape in my mouth, which is interesting. It's a pretty accurate. It's that nice children's Tylenol grape that we all love.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm for it. Why not? Okay, well, I think we should play a game.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Great.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We're gonna play a game called Gift or a Curse. But first, I need a number between one and 10 from you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Seven.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. I have to do some light calculating to get our game pieces, so right now you can promote, recommend, do whatever you want. And I'll be right back.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Great. I have a podcast called the Downside where I complain about things. And I got a comedy special that's on YouTube called Thief of Joy. It's free, it's hour, six minutes, and it's good it just broke 2 million views, so we're really happy with it. Check out Thief of Joy. And I'm on tour all over the world, so check it out.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Beautiful. Yeah, I've heard great things about the special. I'm excited to watch it. Everybody get on YouTube. Push the thumbs up button on there. Do whatever you have to do. This is how we play Gift or a curse. I'm going to name three things and then you're going to tell me if they're a gift or a curse and why. And I'll tell you if you're right or wrong because there are correct answers.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Great.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All right, this first one is from a listener named Lauren. Gift or a curse. Website pop ups that ask if you want 15% off. And the only other option is, no, thanks, I'll pay full price.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Curse.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Why?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I. I hate that smarmy. That feeling of you're putting words into my mouth. I want an option. I want. No, thanks, I'll pay full price and then fuck you. I didn't even read what it was. And tell whoever designed this, they wasted their life. That's what I need. I hate that. I hate that language thing. I hate it. No, thanks. I don't wanna save money that. Oh, my God, I've seen those. No, thanks. No, thanks. I'm a Mr. Piggy Bank Rich boy and I got all the money in the world. Oh, I hate it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, thank you. I'm scum.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Correct. Curse. I mean, for so many reasons, the passive aggression here is so don't. Yeah, don't make me the bad guy here. Also, we don't need everything to have copywriting involved. A simple yes or no.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Who is persuaded by that? Who goes to like, well, you got me. Don't want to pay full price. Okay, fine. We'll fill out the fucking form.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm not the guy who pays full price.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And you know who it is. You know who it is. It's old people. There. There are certain abuses where I go, this, it's not working on us.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

It's working on people who are old and frail and are being abused. And we should be angrier about it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes, because they're not Internet natives.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I got a spam phone call once, and you know the guy, he said. He said, grandma, is that you? It's me, Mark. I need some money. And I was like, you are. I'm not falling for this. The person who's falling for this has dementia.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Has something.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I mean, what a vile. And I went. I went, mark, is that You. I was gonna fuck with him. And he said, I can tell you're faking. And he hung up the phone. And I was like, I went to college for musical theater.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And honestly, good for him. Good for him for, you know, calling it out.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Good for him. Good for him.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All right, you've gotten one right so far. The second one is from Elizabeth, named Melinda. Gift or a curse? Coca Cola Freestyle machines. You familiar with these?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I am, I am. I mean, listen, I grew up definitely where they went pretty crazy with the Diet Coke lime cans and the Diet Coke lemon. I remember when those were, like, common. And I've been overseas in Europe. Diet Coke lime was there and it was good. I love Diet Coke. I just think these machines, the few times I participate in them, it just feels syrupy. It feels syrupy. It doesn't feel like it's great. I love that people get their options, but I would way rather have a fountain machine that gives me a solid Diet Coke, like just a killer Diet Coke, than all the options, and they all suck. So I'm gonna go curse.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The way that you and I are on the same page about. This is historical. It's a curse. Oh, my God, these things. I mean, first of all, what a failure in engineering. This massive refrigerator size machine that serves one person at a time. The soda's not as good. All of these flavors that you try, every one of them, and you're like, oh, actually, I just want the regular flavor.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just give me. And in an age when these regular soda fountains are becoming extinct.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We should be putting all of our energy and resources in getting those back into restaurants.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just pulling up and getting a Diet Coke that is accurately mixed.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And by the way, you know, you know, they are data collecting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God. Facial recognition.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

No, but. But also, they're going, which, Ooh, everyone's ordering raspberry Diet Coke. More and more people now. We're gonna put that in a can. You are literally the rats in the lab testing all the shitty mixes. And then they're gonna take that data and get something else. And they use you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And it's like, as opposed to, hey, why don't you figure out what's good? And when you charge me money, you give me a good thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's why I paid you to figure it out.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

If you said, hey, free, free machine over here. We're taking some samples. We'd like to learn some stuff. Have as much as you want. Great. Do not charge me and use me for data.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, you're kind of unwittingly participating in a survey.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You know, there's no way they're not.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course. That's why it's a computer. Wow. I mean, you've really uncovered something deep here. Yeah. Okay, so you've gotten two right so far. Finally. This is from a listener named Web. Gift her a curse. Turning off Auto capitalization on your phone.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Turning off. Help me understand.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Turning it so I believe so then everything you text or write is lowercase.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Oh. Oof. This is a tough one. Ultimately. I. I don't. I would not do that. I would not do that. Because while there's certain contexts, I think, like Twitter grammar is so fascinating. I've never been great at grammar per se, but I think it's so interesting that they're like, Twitter introduced, like, a different vibe and like. Like, I'll see like. Like you don't. Jabouki. Young white.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Like, when I was starting Twitter, he had already mastered it and moved on. And I'd see him. Right. I was like, you know things. I can't even comprehend the way that you artistically engage with this. I don't get it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But you gotta. We're still. We gotta caps. We gotta caps. I'm gonna say I'm glad that you have the option. I guess so. I don't know if that makes it a blessing, but. No, I don't. I don't want that. I wouldn't. I would never choose to have that thing. I need it. I'm starting sentences. I can tell by your tone you disagree.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're saying curse.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That it exists or that it's a curse.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Correct.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You win the game.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Wow. You really almost. You overthought it too much. I was watching you walk up to.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

The cliff the other day. Even if I overthought it, I said I have to speak my truth.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I couldn't lie.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What a lesson for everyone to learn today.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just be honest with yourself and everyone else. No, I think that to me, this is like some attempt at looking like you're very laid back and relaxed, but it's false because you had to get into all of the settings to turn that off. So every time I see that, I think about you getting clicking on settings, going into general, finding keyboard, turning this off. That's not laid back. That's not a relaxed vibe. That's someone who's overthinking how they're seen.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Agreed.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And also this whole Twitter thing, you know, I feel like I get your point there. I think we kind of did away with punctuation on Twitter, and I think that's as far as we need to go.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I agree.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, if I'm texting using my computer. Sure. Lowercase. It's more like texting or like gchat, the golden days of G chat. But if I'm on my phone, you're gonna see a capitalized letter.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah. I see tweets as, like, poetry.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Sure.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But we need a baseline to communicate with information that's important.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. And the opposite end of that is the. And I think this trend is finally dying. Is musicians doing all caps, song titles. I think we're done with that. It's. That trend has run its course. Yeah, you see that now? And you're like, oh, you've. You're not Beyonce.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You know, let's. Let's just get back to normal.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Normal capitalization.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I, I.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Too much thinking about capitalizing. Just do it the regular way. Whatever. Well, you won the game. That's amazing. Very short list of people. Okay, now we need to answer a listener question. People are writing into I saidnogiftsmail.com or sending voice notes. If you send a voice note, it needs to be in a quiet place and 60 seconds long. Follow rules. Okay, let's answer a question.

[Listener Caller]

Hi, Bridger and friends. I have a question for how you would react in a certain situation. So yesterday I was at the grocery store, a very large grocery store. I live in the same city that I grew up in. And. And I happened to see not one, but two people that I knew from growing up. The first person was someone from middle school. Her kids were yelling at her, and I acted like I didn't see her, which felt like the right thing to do in that second because she seemed really stressed out. But then the second person I saw, I knew him in high school. He was over by the yogurts, and I was trying to get a lot of fage with honey, and I didn't really want him to comment on how many fayets with Honey I was getting. I pretended like I didn't see him. Then I saw him buy the half and half. Then I saw him buy the eggs, and we were sort of on the same route around the store. And I kept ignoring him. I kept pretending like I didn't see him. This was my best friend's next door neighbor. I borrowed a Tenacious D VHS from him that he had taped off of HBO and never returned it. I knew this person well, and I pretended like I didn't see him. And Honestly, he didn't say hi either. And I feel really weird about it. How do you handle bumping into someone from your deep past that you don't want to talk to? And now it's like, oh, do we. Do I just not know him? Now when I see him out in the world, we just ignore each other. I don't know. It feels weird. Okay, love you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Bye.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. I mean, this feels like a Faye with Honey ad. Like a secret guerrilla marketing. This is the yogurt. Yeah, but that's a brand.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Faye F A G E. It's like a white lid.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think so.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think I see it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I'm not a honey person, so I wouldn't eat that. Sure. So that's my. The alarm bells are going off. Is this part of the FIA marketing team?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But we have to put that aside. This is a situation when you go to your hometown and you go to the grocery store, it is kind of like going to a haunted house because you do not know who's gonna be around the corner. How do you feel about the situation?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I think the problem is, like, silence is always weird. Silence is weird. Your brain's pinging. You know their brain's pinging. You got to do something. And the bottom line is, like, if you're never going to. If you're not going to be there for another year or whatever, then fine, have an awkward moment, you leave. If you're going to be there and see them multiple times, and I think you got to lean towards. You got to give a nod. You're risking the conversation. You're risking the conversation. And you can have an escape plan. Oh, the yogurt's going to go bad quick. I got to check out. But. But gradually, if you are. If you slightly rude enough, you can get it to a nod. I feel this with Ubers. I feel like it feels very classist. It's hard to talk about because you sound like a. But sometimes you're in a 40 minute drive and you got work, you got shit you gotta get done. I'm editing that comedy special still. And. And the gradual tapering off of answers to yes. And that's the road you gotta take. And ultimately, I don't think you're ever gonna get to a point where you never say anything, but you just establish it's a nod. Right, Nod and leave.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Nod and leave.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, and I feel like she's making a big assumption here that he wasn't ignoring her.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe she's the ignored. Yeah. Also, how big Is this dairy section, yogurt, half and half, and some other dairy product.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

That's a lot of things to be next to. I can't believe you stayed next to him that whole time. Even if it was a stranger, I'd.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Be like, yeah, of course you have to say something. Yeah, because it has now.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Thank God for cows. Something, something, three times.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Is she afraid that he's gonna want the VHS back? How important is the VHS?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I did want someone who lent me a UCB Season 1 box set at the UCB 4. And like 12 years later, I happened to see them at a thing. And then after that, they texted me and, listen, this is on me. I didn't give it back. And Charles, they're like, hey, you still got that?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Whoa.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I was like, brother, I will buy it off right now. I will. But it was like.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It was. Yeah.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

So some people still. But a recording over a thing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's like you could find that at a Goodwill, but it's in your head.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Say if you see me go, oh, my God, I just remembered. Oh, I'm not sure where it is. Do you want to buy it for you?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm sorry. The person. After 12 years, if you lend somebody something and don't ask for it, after two years, it now belongs to them.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Give me a break.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

My only thought is that maybe he does want it. Because if I'm at a grocery store and it's a woman, I. I don't wanna speak to her. I don't know if I happen by accident to follow her two different places, I'm. Usually I'm going, I'm gonna go get my crackers now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Because I feel scary.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'm feeling scary. I'm feeling scary in the cold of the milk aisle. So maybe he's thinking. Maybe he's just like, he gonna say something. If you hear him humming and it's like a tenacious.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, now there's a big hint.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Greatest song in.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You gotta take the bait on that situation. It's like, okay, I'm going home now. I will get the vhs. It's in Mom's attic.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

But you want to establish nods. I have a lot of people where you've just established. You nod. If you live in a neighborhood with someone and you really won't be their friend, but you know them, you have.

[Bridger Weiniger]

To acknowledge another human being's existence. Come on. Common decency. And this woman has not. She hasn't practiced any of that in the grocery store. She's ignored two dear friends.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. What. What are You. You can't talk to someone in a grocery store. You're busy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. What's going on? She's so focused on the yogurt.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

I'm listening. I'm more like a podcast. I'm listening to things. And so it's just like, oh, I sometimes wish I had bigger headphones. That's so people don't respect the AirPod.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

They don't respect.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They don't care what's going on.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

And I will try to. This is how I like clicking. I go, hi. And I'm like, I need suck. I need a helmet. I need a helmet.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I do a. Before taking it out. I do. Even if I heard what they said. I'm sorry, what did you say? Then I take it out. Then it's crystal clear that there is audio going into my ears. There's something plugging my ear. And now you've ruined my day. So maybe if she's so worried, get some giant headphones.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Put on a pair of sunglasses so they don't have anything.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah. Plates and HSD on those headphones.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, we answered the question perfectly. I mean, she can't complain.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

You can't complain. You'll get there. You'll get the nod. You risk a small conversation, but it sounds like you got the skills to be rude enough to curb that conversation.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I've got this beautiful croissant to finish, and I'll be able to floss it all out of my teeth, which is amazing. Of course, I'm gonna put at least one bag of these in my car. What a great thing to have around.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Yeah, I got them in every drawer of my house.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is what I am with gum now. You know, gum in the bag, gum in the car. You never know where you're gonna need it. So it's. What a wonderful gift.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

My pleasure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me, listener. The podcast is over. Eventually the audio will stop, and hopefully you'll find something exciting to do. Or maybe you'll listen to another episode. Maybe you'll write a threatening letter to someone. I don't know. Find something to do with your day. I love you.

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Goodbye.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I said no Gifts is an exactly right production. Our senior producer is Annelise 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 isaidnogifts. 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 gifts?

[Gianmarco Soresi]

Well, I invited you here. Thought I made myself perfectly clear then you're a guest in my home. You got to come to me empty handed. I said no guest. Your presence is presence enough. And I already had too much stuff, so how do you dare disobey me?

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