Jon Daly Disobeys Bridger

Summary

I Said No Gifts! with Bridger Winegar

Episode: Jon Daly Disobeys Bridger
Date: July 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of I Said No Gifts! brings comedian and actor Jon Daly into Bridger Winegar’s backyard studio for a classic dose of absurd banter, a journey through Vegas detritus, reflections on childhood pranks, mischief, and the strange allure of magicians. As always, Jon arrives in full defiance of the titular demand—bearing a surprising gift. The conversation wanders through stories of misbegotten mischief, dubious dining choices, celebrity intrigue, and Las Vegas scams, all laced with dry wit and playful jabs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Bants: Snacks and Missing Lunch

• Blood Sugar Crises & Snack Chat (02:25): Both Bridger and Jon admit to skipping lunch, leading to a ramble on Trader Joe’s mixed nuts and Greek yogurt (“Nobody wants the cranberries. But then they come with dark chocolate and you do want that.” – Bridger, 04:08).
• Discussion spins into proper pronunciation of Greek words (“It’s ‘yeero,’ right? Not ‘gyro’”—Jon, 04:36; “I feel pretentious if I say ‘yeero,’ can I have a yeero?” – Bridger, 05:05) and the surprising Greek food influence in Utah.

2. Scientology Jokes & TikTok Mischief

• Scientology Satire (06:12): The duo pokes fun at celebrity Scientology centers and TikTok’s take on the subject:

  “Keep doing this with this handsome guy…” (Bridger, 07:09)
  “Teens who are speedrunning Scientology make me feel hopeful.” (Jon, 08:01)

3. Teen Mischief & Reckless Days

• Teen Pranks Tales (08:39): Both reminisce about pranks and trouble from their youth.
  • Water balloon ambushes, three-man slingshot madness (“Dangerous. We’d catapult oranges and apples onto moving cars.” – Bridger, 10:44).
  • Lessons learned after being targeted themselves (Bridger’s car hit by a boulder: “It was almost penance for doing all those oranges.” – 11:47).
  • The fine line between innocent fun and genuine danger, with both finding humor and nostalgia in their mischief.

4. The Awkwardness of Surprise Parties

• Surprise! Or Maybe Not... (13:40):
  • Bridger recounts awkward surprise party moments:

    “Don’t do surprise parties after a while. What’s happening in my home? Oh God, every friend I’ve ever had is here…” (14:49)

  • Discussion of the “adult” awkwardness and the very real need to prepare for social situations in advance (“The prep I have to do for a social situation is a couple hours in advance.” – Jon, 15:02).

5. Lies, Gifts, and Social Games

• Gift-Giving Etiquette and White Lies (16:44): Jon tells a story of being mistakenly thanked for a housewarming candle he didn’t give and the temptation to accept the credit.

  “The temptation there was so high for me to be like, yeah, of course...” (Jon, 16:44)

6. Jon’s Gift to Bridger: MGM Grand Casino Playing Cards

• Gift Reveal (20:25):
  • Jon presents Bridger with a set of MGM Grand playing cards sourced from a Las Vegas antique shop (“You have to go to an antique store in Vegas. They have the best shit you can imagine—kitschy Elvis stuff and casino detritus.” – Jon, 21:04).
• The Story of the Cards (21:11):
  • Tangent on David Copperfield's Vegas show:

    “He rushes through his show... but there’s a blue alien called Blue32, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. He’s connecting with a fake father in his story…” (Bridger, 22:54)

• Vegas Scam—a cautionary tale: Bridger details a parking/towing scam that left him and his wife shelling out money to a Las Vegas tow lot (“Scam city, all the laws are designed so you lose.” – 25:17).

7. Sin City and the Gambler’s Mindset

• Blackjack Systems & Mushrooms at the Casino (27:49):
  • The crew discusses the myth of "systems," tales of minor winnings, and the strange euphoria of gambling ("It's not a system that works, but I feel like it's a system." – Jon, 28:26).
  • Jon shares his trip to a Native casino, playing blackjack tripping on mushrooms:

    “I made enough money and was like, that’s a cool, nice place to land. But usually I ruin my day.” (Bridger, 29:14)

8. Magic, Magicians & The Magic Castle

• Deep Dive into Vegas Magic (30:14)
• Bridger and Jon reminisce about famous Vegas magicians, specifically praising Rob Zabrecki (“He does the Magic Castle, does a magic seance—just an interesting guy.” – Bridger, 30:54).
• Bridger reveals the challenge of learning trick techniques:

  “In order to be confident you have to do it for 25 years…” (Bridger, 31:49)

• The intimidating attire required for LA’s famed Magic Castle and childhood memories of being forced to dress up for church.

9. Mormonism, Catholicism, and Childhood Choirs

• Discussing the lingering impacts of religious upbringing—Mormon for Jon, Catholic for Bridger—including hilarious commentary on church commercials and strict dress codes (“They’ve got a squeaky clean record, the Catholics." – Bridger, 36:34).

10. Fast Food and TikTok Chocolate

• Late Night Eats and Viral Flavors (38:41): Chicken sandwiches, junk food confessions, and the global rise of Shake Shack.
• Dubai’s TikTok Chocolate (39:46):
  • Bridger explains gifting Dubai chocolate to kids:

    “I brought back Dubai chocolate... they were like, TikTok chocolate!” (40:14)

11. The Invite List Game (53:12)

• Bizarre Celebrity Party Game:
  • Jon plays “Invite List”, responding in rapid-fire style to a long list of celebrities, deciding who is “in” or “out” for his hypothetical party. Notable selections and snubs include:
    • Yes: Vin Diesel, Ian McKellen, Jeff Goldblum, Guillermo del Toro, Nico Case, Melinda Gates (if she pays), Colman Domingo, Questlove, Olivia Rodrigo, Rihanna.
    • No: Tiger Woods, Grimes, Tony Hawk, Rob Schneider, Kylie Minogue, Helen Mirren, Shaq (prefers 'the General'), many others.
  • Bridger’s reflections: “Vin Diesel would ruin the party. He’d just be dark energy.” (65:39)
  • [53:32–66:20] This extended game segment is filled with comedic justifications for each 'yes' or 'no.'

12. Listener Advice: Making New Neighbors

• Advice Segment (66:28):
  • Question from “Emma” about befriending neighbors. Bridger’s advice, tongue-in-cheek:

    “Walk into the fucking ocean because you’ve made me go to sleep with boredom. We’re shy? That’s how you describe yourself? See you later...” (67:05)

  • Jon and Bridger do eventually provide real advice: disaster brings people together or, failing that, “bake something.” (68:41)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Greek Yogurt:
  “Have you had Fage before? I can’t believe how much I love this stuff.”
  — Jon Daly (04:25)

• On Teen Mischief:
  “I was so in support of this until... he almost hit a five-year-old child.”
  — Bridger Winegar (09:24)

• On Surprise Parties:
  “Don’t do surprise parties after a while. What’s happening in my home? Oh God, every friend I’ve ever had is here...”
  — Bridger Winegar (14:49)

• On Las Vegas Scams:
  “I used to live in LA. You know why I moved here? Cuz I can make more money doing this scam.”
  — Anonymous tow lot employee, via Bridger (25:47)

• On Magicians’ Life:
  “They are in a golden prison in Vegas. They have to inject some personal shit or they’re going to go crazy.”
  — Bridger, re: David Copperfield (22:55)

• On Making Friends with Neighbors:
  “Either cause some horrific catastrophe or get in the kitchen and bake something.”
  — Jon Daly (68:48)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:25: Podcast begins in earnest; lunch is skipped, snack banter starts
• 04:36–06:06: Greek food, pronunciation detours
• 06:12–07:52: Scientology, TikTok, and Mormon commercials
• 08:39–11:47: Teen mischief stories and dangerous pranks
• 13:40–15:54: Surprise party anxieties and social prep
• 16:44–18:12: Gift-giving faux pas & segue to Jon’s gift
• 20:23–23:34: Gift unwrapping (MGM Grand cards), Vegas antique and scam tales
• 27:49–29:34: Gambling stories, blackjack, mushrooms
• 30:14–33:37: Magic Castle, learning tricks, magicians
• 36:09–37:42: Religion and lingering childhood lessons
• 38:41–40:44: Fast food loves; Dubai TikTok chocolate origin
• 53:12–66:20: “Invite List” celebrity party game
• 66:28–69:22: Listener advice and neighborhood bonding

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Final Thoughts

This episode delivers the comic and conversational chaos I Said No Gifts! fans expect. Jon Daly proves a mischievous and unpredictable guest, perfectly vibing with Bridger’s dry, off-kilter humor. The pair trades escalating stories—from the wilds of Vegas scams and magic, to deep dives into snack culture, and the perils and perks of neighborly outreach. For listeners, it’s a delightful reminder that behind even the silliest stories lie weird truths, and sometimes, your best icebreaker is just a fried chicken sandwich (or a vintage deck of casino cards).

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For fans of: irreverent nostalgia, Vegas oddities, magical mischief, and the comedic social labyrinth of everyday life.

Transcript

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[Bridger Weiniger]

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

[John Daly]

Welcome to I said no gift. I'm Bridger Weiniger. We are here. I forgot to eat lunch and I'm looking for someone to blame. It is past my lunch hour. My blood sugar is falling rapidly, but I had a little cheese so that'll kind of carry me through. I had a thought on the way here that I wanted to say on the podcast and I forgot what it was. Well, I guess that's just another incredible thought you've been robbed of. I did the other night. I've gotten back into House Hunters. This is what I'm going to say. Gay people should not be allowed on House Hunters. I don't want to see gay people anywhere on House Hunters. It doesn't work. I don't think homosexuals should be allowed to shop for homes on tv. There's something about it that just doesn't click for me. Something. So let's stop that. I don't know. I think that's about. I got a big new bottle of vitamins. I'm sure taking them is going to change nothing, but it's nice to have something to do. I think that's it. Patreon.patreon.com IsaidNoGifts. I don't need to tell you anything more about that. You've heard. It's time to get over there. Okay, let's get into the podcast. Today's guest is just fantastic. It's John Daly. John, welcome to. I said no gifts.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Bridger. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.

[John Daly]

I'm thrilled to have you here.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Ah, yeah, thanks. I forgot to eat lunch, too.

[John Daly]

You did?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I did. And I had some nuts outside.

[John Daly]

What kind of nuts?

[Bridger Weiniger]

In the green room. You know, the kind of ones that are a little bit like a weird texture because they're in that plastic bag.

[John Daly]

Oh, shit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And they come with cranberries. You don't want. Nobody wants the cranberries. But then they come with a dark chocolate and you do want that.

[John Daly]

This is a Trader Joe's thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a Trader Joe's. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Yes. I've recently kind of gotten into this because I've gotten more into Greek yogurt.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah. Greek yogurt. And probably the best yogurt.

[John Daly]

Have you had faye before? Greek yogurt?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I hadn't had this until just recently. And I can't believe how much I love this stuff.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course it's faye. It's not phage.

[John Daly]

It's not fage.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like gyro is gyro. It's the G is a Y. I'm

[John Daly]

so glad that you pronounce yo that way. Yeero, because that's how I pronounce it. And I feel like it's kind of a mission of mine to help people understand that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I grew up in Queens, so. I grew up coming to all these diners where I had to say gyro. Just kidding. We're from Pittsburgh. It's a lie.

[John Daly]

But did you have a lot of Greek food around you?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

No. So where did you learn in New York? Probably Greece.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Greece. No, no, I never learned. Really? I'll say gyro, depending on where. I feel pretentious. If I say gyro, can I have a gyro? It just sounds weird. Give me a gyro and with, like, extra ketchup,

[John Daly]

you know, I Grew up with around a lot of Greek people in Utah, and so I just. It was always zero to me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Utah. Greeks.

[John Daly]

All right. So many Greeks in U. Like a Greek restaurant on every block, essentially.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really?

[John Daly]

Okay. So. And then in la, there's not a lot of Greek food, so there used to be Papa Cristos gone. The great Greek grill gone.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Where am I supposed to get a gyro at this point?

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's good Mediterranean stuff down by Scientology.

[John Daly]

Oh, interesting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But not. There's that one place. It's, you know.

[John Daly]

Oh, Celebrity Saffies.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[John Daly]

You know what I'm talking about. Yes, yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's pretty good.

[John Daly]

That place is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But it's like, you're paying. It's not like.

[John Daly]

It's nice.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You got to go to. Scoffs. Get Lebanese.

[John Daly]

Oh, yeah, that's good. Lebanese food. Similar stuff.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Very good. Yeah.

[John Daly]

But, yeah, it's right there by the Celebrity Center. You can see Scientologists kind of doing free work.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I'm down there anyways.

[John Daly]

Washing windows.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I wash windows. I. I just do grout. Grout work and drywall. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Have you been in there?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I did the. The tour in New York when I was there.

[John Daly]

Oh, interesting. I haven't been to this New York location. Is that the one in Times Square?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Mm.

[John Daly]

Okay. What was that like?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, they take you on a little tour and show you a film, and it's really great. I think everyone should get into it. That's awesome.

[John Daly]

I've been into the blue one here. I've been there. I took the tests. I went through the whole process, and the Celebrity center, and the one common theme is they need to crack a window. There's no ventilation in either of those buildings.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really? Wow.

[John Daly]

So stuffy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I don't know what that's about.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How about AC. How about you spend some of this crazy amount of money? Apparently you have.

[John Daly]

They do have so much money. And what are they spending it on?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Real estate.

[John Daly]

Yeah. I mean, that's why they have so much money.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And rape trials.

[John Daly]

Yeah. Yes. Honestly. And then they're, like, famously weird commercials. They're super bowl commercials, actually.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And they have a TikTok. They have a handsome. They have a handsome young man on TikTok. That's, like, treating it like it's real cool, and I love it. I keep doing this with this handsome guy.

[John Daly]

How have I not found this yet?

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's like a guy that's on TikTok. First Church of Scientology's TikTok. And he's like, does Scientologists Believe in God. Yeah. But be whatever religion you are and then come with us to be this. It's like, what? Okay, it's kind of like Unitarian Universalist, right? So you can go to Unitarian and be Jewish or Christian.

[John Daly]

Bring your own thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You bring your own thing, but you're kind of worshiping together and it's all kind of like assumed that you're a little bit smarter than most people. The only thing that's Scientology.

[John Daly]

The only thing I see on TikTok related to Scientology, I don't know if you've seen this, is the teens who are speedrunning Scientology.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's the best thing in the world. Keep doing it.

[John Daly]

It makes me feel so hopeful for teens.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. It's incredible. And it's a safe thing to buzz, like, you know, or whatever. Buzz. I just said buzz. But, you know, like just going in, it's like, what, are they going to kill you? Arrest you? Then they'll look bad doing it. I just saw. I think kids should have more mischief, you know? And I was just. I live near a college campus, okay? And so I walk my dog every time on this. On this college campus. And there were some kids. There were three kids, right? And they had. Two of them had those like, silent Super 76 electric bikes.

[John Daly]

Oh, sure. Right, right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then one kid had the loudest bike, mini bike, old school mini bike, fat tires.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That I've ever seen. And these kids were clearly scoping out, they were gonna buzz this area of students. And this kid had the loudest, most obnoxious fricking bike I've ever heard. He was like. And he went across the campus and I was like, watching them plan and then do this. I was like stopping and just watching. Oh, man, these idiots are doing this. And he buzzed it. And everyone was like, hey, stop it, stop it. You know, he got really pissed. He was like 12. And then he turned around and. And went back and buzzed it. And he like, like almost like hit a five year old child.

[John Daly]

My God.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And, you know, I was so in

[John Daly]

support of this until I still support

[Bridger Weiniger]

it, but he didn't, because he didn't hurt anybody. The kid started crying in the. And the dad was like, hey, asshole, come on, come back here. And then the kid, just very business, like, meets up with his friends and they're. And they're going, yeah, yeah, all right, all right. Yeah, yeah, cool, let's do it again. And I was like. And I literally. I went, guys, you can't do it again. The cops are going to come. That's how you get caught. You do it once and then you come back in a week and do it again.

[John Daly]

Yes. You get to. You just made a thrill.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You just made a child cry. And I was looking at these guys and they tried it again and they got an immediate cops. And I was just happy to see kids that weren't on their phones.

[John Daly]

I love teen mischief so much. It's great when nobody gets hurt.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You did some team mischief.

[John Daly]

Oh, yeah. I mean, obviously, like we were toilet papering houses. That's a good. That's a nice one. I saw a house in Pasadena recently covered in toilet paper.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really?

[John Daly]

It made me feel great again. I was like, good for whatever teen is doing this.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Get off the screens, get that toilet paper, make it wet.

[John Daly]

We would sneak into public pools, which was always thrilling late at night, sneaking into a pool. What else would we do? Those were kind of the two big kind of thrilling ones. Just doing something late at night that feels like not arrestable behavior.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

Where you would maybe get yelled at.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We used to sit behind a bush and throw water balloons up and toss them and hit cars at red light. And then we did an extremely dangerous thing, which I don't recommend to anybody, which is, you know, a three man slingshot. No, three man slingshot's like a huge rubber band, like oversized rubber band. And one person holds the thing and then two people walk away and make this huge catapult. And we would catapult oranges and apples and stuff onto moving cars and hit them and they would like skid out in a very. And we were like, ha. Meanwhile, this person's feels like they're going to die. Like it's really dangerous.

[John Daly]

Easily could end in a death.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. And we were like, you know, half a mile away. Because these things shoot so far, right? Of course, we're totally safe just lobbing

[John Daly]

or shattered a windshield. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It could kill somebody. It's like, literally, it's deadly dangerous.

[John Daly]

Anytime I still, whenever I go under one of those pedestrian bridges, I'm like, there's gonna be a teen up there that throws something on my car and I'm. It's gonna lead to my death.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This happened to me and this. It was almost like penance for doing all these oranges. I was driving to a hockey game. I played hockey in high school. I was driving after school, driving me and this guy Mike Castillo to hockey practice. And we were driving and I was in my car that me and my brothers shared. Not a great car. Honda Civic hatchback. And somebody threw a boulder off of one of those things, and it hit the windshield, spidered it shattered it and bounced off because it goes kaboof. But it spidered. And so I open my window, which is rolling down, and I'm looking and driving off the highway. And then we had to, like, punch out parts, which didn't really work, so we just had to make it a little bit visible enough. But I was like, this person wanted to kill me. And then I've done the same basic thing, so. But there's something about dropping it off a highway over that's. You want to kill people.

[John Daly]

Yeah, that's something where it's like, you know, ultimately something dangerous will happen and you're going to watch it unfold.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. That person's probably like, herding cats.

[John Daly]

Yes, of course. They've already hurt cats. They've graduated, too.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Highway desk. This is a new project, right? Yeah. A friend would do a thing, my friend Don, as we would drive through intersections and this. Like, if someone did this to me now, I would cut them out of my life immediately. But as we were headed through the intersection, would begin screaming, wow. The way. That's so dangerous.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, that's really dangerous. Yeah.

[John Daly]

But it's also kind of funny that a teen's doing that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's just like, ah.

[John Daly]

I mean, you would swerve out of the way.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's rough.

[John Daly]

Yeah. But the temptation is always, like, kind of there when I'm a passenger in a car of. Just like, you can. That's something terrifying you can do to anybody.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Do you like scaring people? Like jumping out and scaring.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Huh. That's interesting. Do I like jumping out and scaring people? I just did a surprise birthday party for my friend.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And he was surprised in a way that was not positive.

[John Daly]

Oh.

[Bridger Weiniger]

How? He was on guard as if he was being robbed. And genuinely, he was coming home with his family. So it wasn't like he had his baby daughter and then his wife and then his. His. His actual, like, father was there. And so he just walked in and he was like, what the. What the. Oh, oh, oh. Okay, okay, okay. Like, the surprise. It was like, surprise. Okay, okay, okay. Just like a very adult, like, don't do surprise parties after a while. Like, just like, what's happening in my home? Oh, God. All my. All. Every friend I've ever had is here.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Jesus Christ. You know?

[John Daly]

Yeah. And that's what you want. That's kind of the reaction you want as out of a surprise. Otherwise, it's them faking it, which is not interesting. Or fun. It's like, well, then they kind of just knew, and so now it's like they're acting for you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

On the opposite end, they're genuinely scared.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Super scared. Yeah.

[John Daly]

They're ready to defend their family.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[John Daly]

But everybody needs that feeling every once in a while.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. And it's scary to think you're not going to be in a large social situation and to be forced into one. That's another scam. It's like, oh, I'm going to come home and relax. Oh, I'm talking to people. I'm. Yeah. Yeah. You have to, like, take a minute.

[John Daly]

Yeah. The prep I have to do for a social situation is a couple hours in advance.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. I'm doing research on all the people,

[John Daly]

trying to think of something to talk about.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Figuring out a project I can mention. You were great on this. Congrats. I never watched it.

[John Daly]

That's how you. That's how you buzz.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's how you schmooze. That's how you network. That's how you get it done in this town.

[John Daly]

You can't do that at a surprise party.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. No. Yeah. You're off kilter.

[John Daly]

How are you going to get jobs?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

It's ridiculous.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Have you had a surprise party in the past?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have.

[John Daly]

Yeah. And did you enjoy it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I did. It was small and I. It was very manageable. And it was just in an age where I was like, oh, you know, you're in your 20s. You're like, oh, should I kill myself or should I quit life? Walk into the ocean and then surprise. And it's. That's like, oh, people do. Okay.

[John Daly]

That's invigorating.

[Bridger Weiniger]

People like me.

[John Daly]

They went out of the binder, These people, actually.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. They plan this.

[John Daly]

Right. I didn't invite them. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I didn't plan this for myself. Yeah. That would be that. That's what losers do. Plan a surprise party.

[John Daly]

Surprise party for yourself.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

That's the biggest loser move you could possibly pull.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's like something George Costanza would do.

[John Daly]

I had kind of a. Like a weird Costanza thing that almost happened to me recently. I went to a housewarming party, and then the next day, one of the people texted me to say, thank you so much for the beautiful candle. And I hadn't taken anything. And the temptation there was so high for me to be like, yeah, of course I didn't.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What do you mean you hadn't taken anything?

[John Daly]

You hadn't. I didn't, like, take a housewarming gift or anything.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay. Is this a transition? I feel like I'm being transitioned.

[John Daly]

No, you're not. I'm just truly. I'm thinking about walking.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I want to know that this is a real conversation and not you guiding surprise. Guiding the conversation. All right.

[John Daly]

This really.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That brings me to.

[John Daly]

No, no, no, no.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Now you need to vamp. Now you need to come up with another thing so we can come back to the gift. You fucked this up, man.

[John Daly]

I'm John. I didn't fuck this up. You're off the show.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Damn.

[John Daly]

You've. I mean, what are we 15 minutes into this thing and you've absolutely just.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I said gifts.

[John Daly]

You've thrown a wet towel on it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, my God.

[John Daly]

No, this really happened, and obviously there was a temptation to be like, oh, yeah, of course. And I probably should have just. Yeah, yeah. But then, like, the thought of, like, someone finding out, that would have. That would be ruinous.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It would be weird. Like, yeah, I did a weird thing.

[John Daly]

Like, there'd be a story about that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

There'd be a story. Yeah.

[John Daly]

But, yeah, it was an interesting. Would you have said, you're welcome?

[Bridger Weiniger]

It just depends on who it is. Yeah. If it's just an easier interaction, I'm not judging myself. I'm not saying I'm cool or anything, but I probably, like. All right. Yeah, yeah,

[Narrator/Announcer]

yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't know. What? Yeah, it's good. Yeah, I'm a good guy.

[John Daly]

See?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Maybe that makes me cool.

[John Daly]

I don't know.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I. I have no idea. It just depends on the situation.

[John Daly]

Well, I hope you're not faced with that in the future, but now, I mean, you've kind of just. What are we going to do at this point?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right?

[John Daly]

We have to open the gift you brought.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, God.

[John Daly]

The podcast is called I said no Gifts.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[John Daly]

Sean, you walked in today holding a gift. Should we open it here on the podcast?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You sure?

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[John Daly]

Why not?

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is Danielle Fishel, Ryder Strong and Will Friedle from Pod Meets World.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Bridger Weiniger]

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[Bridger Weiniger]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Bridger Weiniger]

Amazon Health AI presents Painful thoughts.

[John Daly]

Why did I search the Internet for answers to my cold sore problem?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Now I'm stuck down a rabbit hole

[John Daly]

filled with images of alarmingly graphic source in various stages of ooze.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I can clear my search history, but

[John Daly]

I can never unsee that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Don't go down the rabbit hole. Amazon Health AI gets you the right care fast. Healthcare just got less painful.

[John Daly]

It's in this gorgeous little bag.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Here you are.

[John Daly]

Thank you. Let's see what's happening in here. Okay, reaching in. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh yeah.

[John Daly]

Is this a new pack of. No, no, no. It's special pack of playing cards. How is it special playing cards from. Wait, this deck of which fabulous casino? This deck of cards. Oh, let's see.

[Bridger Weiniger]

MGM Grand.

[John Daly]

Oh, this is from the MGM Grand.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The MGM Grand.

[John Daly]

Wait, how did you get a. Do they give these away when you go to a casino?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. You have to go. I don't know if you're into antiques. I'm not. But I love an antique store. You know, I'll go.

[John Daly]

I love browsing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Check out. Yeah, exactly. Go to an antique store in Vegas. I can't recommend it. They have. Think of Vegas. They have the best shit you can possibly imagine. It's a whole different ball game of kitschy Elvis shit slash just casino detritus. And that is. They sell old. That's a used sleazy people's hand.

[John Daly]

Hands were on that God knows who rubbing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know, yeah. That was once part of a six card shoe or whatever, you know, and it says MGM Grand. And I just went there. I went to a David Copperfield show in Vegas.

[John Daly]

How was that?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You know, I've. I've seen a lot of magic in Vegas and David Copperfield's obviously one of the bigs, right? He's, you know, Google him sometime. Google. Google him. Ghislaine Maxwell, jpeg, You know, Google him. But he's a good magician.

[John Daly]

I love the magic.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Every magician is. I, you know, I love magic. He's. He's very. It's a very funny kind of like, show. He is an old man now. Yeah, he was like one of those guys that's like, way too handsome in the 80s kind of feeling and just, you know, is a broken, you know, broken, sadly broken man. And you can feel it. And. But he. He rushes through his show. You'll never see his show. It's unfortunate, but there's a part of the show that I have come back for which is a blue alien called Blue32. Like a very e. T. Like kind of like 80s. All of his ideas are from 1985 because that was like he was Claudia Schiffer or whatever. And he was like, well, this is success. And so there's just. AET comes down and it's the most articulated and brilliant, beautiful, you know, Hollywood amazing animatronic figure.

[John Daly]

That's right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hello, David. And he has a whole narrative in the show that is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. Because he is. It's like these Vegas guys who just have golden handcuffs. They are in this golden prison in Vegas and they're like, I have to inject some personal shit into my show or I'm going to go fucking crazy. I have a personal story. And so he has this story about. It's like connecting with his father. And his. And his alien is like, this alien's like, I knew your father because he worked at Area 51, but is that true? No, none of it's true. So he's connecting with a fake father

[John Daly]

with a fake narrative, and you're just

[Bridger Weiniger]

like, he's humanizing himself. And then you, like, read about it. It's just. I just can't. It's one of the funniest. I cannot stop laughing. And then on top of that, the. The magic legitimately good. Like, there are a couple tricks in there and there usually aren't tricks where I'm like, I have no idea how they did that, but I'm. I'm literally like. He does this thing where he just balance.

[Narrator/Announcer]

He.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He makes a. A paper ball kind of like float. And he does it and goes around and you're just like, wow. So anyway, I saw this. I saw this absolute garbage entertainer, but

[John Daly]

he's still going he's still.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, it was one of his last shows.

[John Daly]

Oh, it's over.

[Bridger Weiniger]

My nerd friends and I went to see this last final week of that alien's.

[John Daly]

Probably already in the antique store.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I hope not. I'm sure he's hoarded it or something. But the antique stores, really good side note, I parked in a parking lot. Vegas is just scam city. Everything's legal. And I parked in this parking lot and there was no sign. Don't park here. It was just a little parking area, not even a lot. And then I got out of the antique store after being obsessed with it, getting all this nice records and vinyl and stuff and that pack of cards. And then I walked out, my car was gone. And it was around the corner at a tow shop. That's a scam. And you just have to take it. You just have to. And like, my wife and I were like, googling, like, what are the fucking laws here? All the laws are designed that you lose. And I'm just like, can we call the cops? No, the cops are paid off. Oh, can we call the parking lot, though? The parking lot's part of the scam. And so. And after a while we were like pushing back, like, you can't do this. Like, because it was like $600.

[John Daly]

Of course. I think that like crazy tow companies everywhere are one of the worst things you can do to a human being.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, Right.

[John Daly]

I think it's just like a deeply cruel thing you can do.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I agree. Yeah. And then this guy comes out and he goes, look, I'm just going to break it down to you. I used to live because he looked at our licenses. He was like, you guys live in la? I used to live in la. You know why I moved here? Cuz I can make more money doing this scam than I could at the. Like. He didn't say that out loud, but he was like, there's a reason I moved to Las Vegas because it's just scam city.

[John Daly]

I can be a bad person here and get away.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I. And I have you over a barrel. You have to give me this money. And like, oh, by the way, all your laptops are in your bag. We're gonna go in your car. Not like, it was just evil. I was like, Vegas, that's. There's an. It kind of made me go like this. This is kind of something I'd appreciate about, like, right. There's a vague kind of, oh, the sleaziness is here. The kind of old mob mentality or whatever that built it Whatever did you have.

[John Daly]

Let me ask this. Could you walk to the tow place?

[Bridger Weiniger]

That. Yes. But it was a brutal walk.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But it wasn't, like, crazy. It was like 20 minutes in the hot sun.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But we walked to the tow place. It was just clear, like, hey. And then we walked. We drove back once we got the car to the parking lot and there was a sign, but it was around a corner. So there's a posted. But it's kind of bush or something. Yeah, exactly.

[John Daly]

And how do you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I.

[John Daly]

Do they leave a ticket or something to tell you that your car's been towed?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, when your car gets towed. When your car gets towed anywhere, even here in beautiful California, you can look at a. There's always a sign posted on the street that will tell you a phone number.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or maybe a website or something that will tell you. You just have to, like, Google it. Go, how do I pick my thing up? But there's almost always a sign there.

[John Daly]

I think the only time a car should be towed is if it's in a red curb somewhere where it could

[Bridger Weiniger]

cause a fire hydrant.

[John Daly]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Otherwise, what are you doing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or if you're blocking someone's driveway or something.

[John Daly]

Yeah. Where it's, like, truly a problem.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

To just be towed out of a random Las Vegas parking lot. Oh, that would ruin my year.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just devastating. Yeah. Just rough. The antiques were. Had a bitter flavor, so that's hard one.

[John Daly]

Oh, my God. I would be so mad. What else did you do in Vegas?

[Bridger Weiniger]

What do we do? We walked around and looked at stuff and just. I played blackjack. I like to play blackjack in a very, like, I give myself, like a $200 limit. I'm like, I'm just going to be here for a couple hours and have fun. Because I do find it very fun.

[John Daly]

Right, right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hilarious. And he would just meet freaks. It's the best. I love it. I go to the Golden Nugget, just post up. I think they have, like, a little bit, like, you know, the less the. I've actually made money, like, I have my system for blackjack. Right. And it's not a system that works.

[John Daly]

That's how everyone is, right? Where they're like, I know how to do this.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. You need. In order to have a blackjack system, you need to dominate a table with all people, you know?

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And bet based on that. And I'll share the pot.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But what I do is I put my first bet in 10 bucks.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then if I win, I double that.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's Not a system that works, but I feel like it's a system.

[John Daly]

It's something you can count. It's something. A method.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a method. Yeah.

[John Daly]

You're not flying blind.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, exactly. It feels sane. You're like, holding onto something. Yeah.

[John Daly]

How much? What's the most you've ever won playing blackjack?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I once I went to the Grand Canyon and stayed at this Indian casino, really nice place. And I In the hotel there, and I just. I took a couple mushrooms and I went down and played blackjack for like, like six hours and gave myself a limit. And I just was very lucky. I. I like, did that exact method. And at one point I was like, okay, Now I'm putting 400, like, you know, $200 probably into the pot because I'm doubling everything.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I made enough money and I was like, oh, this is $700. That's literally paying for my entire trip. And I had the presence of mind to go, okay, I'm just gonna pay for the. That's a cool. That's a nice place to land. But usually I'm like, oh, I've. I'm up. Like, let's lose.

[John Daly]

Let's ruin it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, let's ruin my day. Yeah, exactly.

[John Daly]

The idea of being on mushrooms in a casino, losing money, for me, that would end in my death. There's no worse scenario for me.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, don't go see magic and. No, I recommend all magic shows.

[John Daly]

Oh, it's a shame I don't get to see David. David's final ride.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right.

[John Daly]

Was it like a sold out show?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You know, these Vegas shows.

[John Daly]

Yeah, I guess they have a captive audience.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's obsessed with staying number one. David Copperfield. So he does two shows a night, and that makes 12 shows, I believe, a week. He's doing two shows. 7:39, 30 every night. He just wants to go, I'm number one in Vegas. And like, then he, like, his life is dark.

[John Daly]

Yeah. I can't imagine, like, at home with David Copperfield.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Does he have a family? What is it? It's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I remember he was like dating Claudia Schiffer, who makes beautiful.

[John Daly]

Yeah, of course. 80s like modeling around in a Ferrari or whatever.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And he made the Statue of Liberty disappear.

[John Daly]

That was the big one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So he was like, David Blaine, who

[John Daly]

is the other big Vegas magician? I saw another magician in Vegas. I think he was number one before David's return probably.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

And I feel like that Criss Angel. It wasn't Criss Angel. This is pre Criss Angel.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

It was kind of like a more David Copperfield type, you know, like a handsome man.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I want to shout out my. A good magician, who's a great guy and a friend of mine.

[John Daly]

Who.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Rob Zabrecki.

[John Daly]

Good for him.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Good. He's great.

[John Daly]

What sort of magic is he doing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

He does the Magic Castle. He does a magic seance. Rob Zabrecki. He also was the lead singer and songwriter of a song, a band called Possum Dixon.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That were. No jokes, joke. Very big in the late 90s. And he's just an interesting guy. I like him a lot. And he. I did this show. Margo's got money troubles. Oh, sure. And I played a magician, and he was my magic guy.

[John Daly]

You have, like, a coach. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And so he taught me magic tricks, and I was like, jesus, this is how I do this shit. And it just. It's crazy, like, learning it. You're like, oh, I can see. Because you're like, oh, I almost got it. Oh, wow. I really got it that time. But in order to be confident at all, you have to do it for, like, oh, 25 years. You know, you have to do the same moment, you know, just like, muscle. So I was like, I'll never get good at this, bro. But he's. I mean, Rob Zabreky, everyone go see him.

[John Daly]

Did you learn a particular trick?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I learned. Here's what I learned. I learned the trick where you're like, here's a card. And then you go. It was what? Oh, it won't leave my hand. And then you throw it up. And then you throw it up again, and it's disappeared. Oh, and. And then you go, oh, well. And it's so badass when you see it done well.

[John Daly]

Right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then he taught me to split a deck and fan out.

[John Daly]

Oh, that's, for me, an impossibility. I can't even check very hard.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And there were. And that was another thing where I was like, oh, my God, perfect. And then 600 times later, it's like, you know, you're just. Because. Because he can do it where it's like, number, number, number, number, number. Like, very.

[John Daly]

Oh, wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Fanned out. So. And it's the same, like. It's a very simple move.

[John Daly]

You're just.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And it's, like, so hard. Yeah.

[John Daly]

I can't imagine the training who teaches him.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think he just. He was in this band and he is. And he just, I think, became a. He was like, f. Music kind of wisely at this point.

[John Daly]

Such a shame.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And was just like. I think he was Already obsessed with magic. But he was just like, you know what? I think I can do this. And he just. If you look at him, he's got, like a real cool look. He's got like a, you know, like, mysterious little bit. He looks a little bit evil, but he's like the nicest guy in the world. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Have you been he's on thing?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have. Yeah. It's very fun. It's very exclusive. So it took years.

[John Daly]

It's exclusive within the Magic Castle?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. Well, he does it once a year.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And it's very, like. I know we're friends and everything, but I can. I'm sorry. It's Leonardo DiCaprio. It's, you know, it's like very high end.

[John Daly]

Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But he has a record and he's. Yeah. He's just an interesting guy. I love. Yeah, I love magic.

[John Daly]

Right. I've only been to the Magic Castle once.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's the best.

[John Daly]

Yeah. I. I had kind of a negative experience because I wasn't wearing a suit, and they made me wear, like, I think it was either a size 36 or 42 suit pant that I just had kind of had to hold around my body all night.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, like, you're wearing a barrel.

[John Daly]

Yeah. It was a nightmare.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. I do like the. I enjoy it. And I was weirded out by it a bit, but then I fully enjoy and appreciate the formality of. They are extremely strict about this. Like, you have to wear a suit and tie and costumes.

[John Daly]

Because I was dressed nicely. I had a tie, I had a suit jacket, but it wasn't enough.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

But then you start thinking, well, now I'm wearing what looks like my great grandfather's suit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know.

[John Daly]

Hanging around. So I don't know. But good for them for sticking to the rules.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. That's my dad's dream. My dad's dream is like, oh, you're busting kids for not not being formal. Oh, my God, can I work here? I want to bust kids for not having the right tie. Like, that's my dad's. Like, we're going to church. Put on a tie.

[John Daly]

Did you go to church growing up?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Catholic. Did you have to dress up just on occasions? Like, we would. We were a family that went every week, and then on Christmas, we would be forced to wear our crappy suits and ties.

[John Daly]

Yeah. I think that that's kind of just like being forced to dress up for church is still kind of a sticking point for me. So when I have to dress up, I still look like I was Forced to by my mom or something, which is not a good thing as an adult.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I've had to confront things like that throughout my life of being like, well, I don't like this, so it's not cool. And then everyone's like, we're normal. You have to do this. Were you Mormon?

[John Daly]

Yes. You were?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay, so that's a different kind of church, maybe.

[John Daly]

Yeah, different. But obviously dressing up every week, like, having to wear, like a suit and tie or whatever and. Yeah, it's just. Especially as a child, not a fun thing to do.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you ever sing in their choirs?

[John Daly]

I can't sing. They've got those good choirs, the Tabernacle Choir.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's amazing.

[John Daly]

Famous.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Kind of the most. One of our. Is there more famous choirs than the Tabernacle Choir? I don't know.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Freaking.

[John Daly]

No, I can't name another choir.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Rockapella. They're pretty famous.

[John Daly]

Choir Rockapella versus Rock. What happened to Rockapella? Where are they now?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm sure they're doing fine.

[John Daly]

Touring.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, they're on TV for like 10 years. They're probably doing cruises. They're. They're relaxing.

[John Daly]

They probably have their own cruise. That's the new thing, Musician cruises.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right. Yeah. Weezer Cruise.

[John Daly]

The Weezer Cruise.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You get to interact with your fans.

[John Daly]

Feels like nightmare.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you feel like you're still a Mormon or do you feel connected or disconnected from that?

[John Daly]

I feel mostly disconnected culturally. I think there's still a lot of things that I do that are probably just because of the way I grew up.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Up. Right.

[John Daly]

But otherwise, no. I obviously have a lot of problems with the way that they run that thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You could say that about any church.

[John Daly]

Yeah. Yeah, sure. Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But not the Catholics.

[John Daly]

Not the Catholic. They've got a kind of squeaky clean record.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Good rep. Yes, good rep. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Tell me one bad thing about the Catholic Church. Give me a break. But, yeah, like, I think, like, just particular. The way I behave or. I don't know, I. There are some good things. That's the thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Or like, they teach you to help. Help other people or.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, they had those commercials or whatever. I was bombarded as a child in pests. See, I don't know, these commercials by the Church of Latter Day Saints, it would be like a homeless man, like, crying in a gutter. And then a kid, the guy would be like, throwing rocks at him. And then a Mormon would come up and go like, hey, stop the rock.

[John Daly]

Throw it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hey. And the guy would run away, and then the. The homeless man would tearily Go, thank you for helping me. And then the guy would bring him a soup kitchen. They'd be eating soup and there be like a tag brought to you by the church. You know, be kind or get lost. You know, brought to you by the Church of Jesus Christ. Get lost. Be kind or get lost. That'd be it.

[John Daly]

Yeah. They have a lot of. They have so much money and they put it into their commercials. They have a lot of media like that. But obviously within Utah, I don't think you were really ever exposed to the commercials because you're deep in it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, you're making the commercials.

[John Daly]

Yeah, true.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Every day with your good deeds.

[John Daly]

Yes. Every day with like.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You have good skin. We're red guys. You're a red guy. You're a pale sunscreen guy. Yeah, I sunburn and I'm Irish American. I just have big redness. Are you vegan or something? You have this good skin.

[John Daly]

Oh, God bless.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I need to. You, I need to get now.

[John Daly]

You have nice skin.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have skin problems. Skin allergies.

[John Daly]

With this complexion, you're bound to have some sort of night your whole life. You're just going to be battling like other people. They just, you know, somebody from the Mediterranean or something. It's just like flawless skin.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

They can go into the sun, spend

[Bridger Weiniger]

a whole day outside. They come back, they're like, no, I'm like slathered in and I just like, allergy mark over here.

[John Daly]

Absolutely. It's an everyday.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Do you eat meat?

[John Daly]

I eat meat.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't know why I'm asking. I feel like people who are vegan have really great skin. And I'm like, maybe I should freaking go vegan or something.

[John Daly]

I kind of eat garbage.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really?

[John Daly]

I eat a lot of junk.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Okay. What's your favorite?

[John Daly]

I. My favorite thing is a fried chicken sandwich or a chicken finger.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The best.

[John Daly]

Last night I tried to get a chicken finger, but the line was too long. So then I went to Clark Street Diner and had a club sandwich.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Nice.

[John Daly]

Which was delicious.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I ate a late night fried chicken sandwich. Not joking. Last night. Shake Shack.

[John Daly]

Oh, they have a secretly good chicken sandwich. I had one last week. Yeah, I've. I hadn't had one until just recently. And I thought it was a pretty good fried chicken sandwich.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Pretty good. Here in Burbank, they're open till midnight. Check it out. Shake Shack. They're in every airport now. They are in the air kind of across the globe now.

[John Daly]

It's like they blew up. Yeah, they were just in New York. I remember when they were Just in New York.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And there was that crazy line.

[John Daly]

Oh, the line was insane.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

And now they're kind of everywhere, and I think a lot of people don't like it anymore.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, they. I'm sure they lowered their quality. Right. You have to.

[John Daly]

They still have a great milkshake. I get that milkshake almost once a week, I would say.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They have a Dubai chocolate milkshake.

[John Daly]

Have you? I had that and I didn't like it. Did you have it?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, I like, like that original, the TikTok, you know, Dubai chocolate bar.

[John Daly]

Can you tell me what.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Absolutely. Good.

[John Daly]

Where did. Where did this begin? Because I only caught on much later once. It was like Shake Shack product.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

Obviously, it started somewhere on TikTok, and I don't. It's just. I don't even know really what it is, the original thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, I went to Dubai.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And got Doing some business stuff. Yeah. Just doing some human trafficking stuff. And with my family. No, I was in Dubai and I. I brought back Dubai chocolate for my friend's kids.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Brought them the kids. And they were like, the TikTok. They're like seven, so they were like, TikTok chocolate. And I was like, oh, it's the TikTok chocolate.

[John Daly]

So somebody probably just showed the. It's a bar or something at some point. This is pistachios and chocolate.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's pistachios in, like, this kind of. It's very, very good.

[John Daly]

Okay. Yeah. But it's just like a candy bar or something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a candy bar. Exactly. Yeah. But.

[John Daly]

But well done and kind of look. It must look good on camera or something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It looks good on camera and I think scarcity thing.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's like this. It's like. Oh, it's actually hard to get that original one. You have to get the.

[John Daly]

You know, and there's like a particular brand or something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, Yeah.

[John Daly]

I just don't think of Unilever. I don't know.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's probably Unilever now.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I just don't think of Dubai as a chocolate town. So, like, for them to suddenly have a famous chocolate bar is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They're not a chocolate town, but they are a town in need of some good vibes. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Some good preps.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's it. Yeah.

[John Daly]

They haven't had a.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Bring us some good vibes, please. We need a good thing instead of human trafficking and mob stuff.

[John Daly]

Let's do candy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let's do candy. Yeah, we'll do candy. It's cute.

[John Daly]

How was your trip to.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Funny. Yeah, it's Dubai is, you know, Dubai's Dubai, man. Yeah, it's. It is what you think it is, right? The old city is very interesting and they have those, you know, a harbor with those boats that are, you know, like.

[John Daly]

With the kind of beautiful boats, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

That make a good screensaver or something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, exactly. And you go to the gold souk and the spice market.

[John Daly]

See, this part sounds fun.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, yeah, it's. I mean, it's amazing. Yeah.

[John Daly]

The part that everybody knows about Dubai seems more just like going to Las Vegas or something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's like ultra bling, right? Ultra. You know, they're westernizing very quickly and so there's kind of like bars you can drink at and stuff. And I don't know. Yeah, it's. They have like a seven star hotel and they'll be like the biggest seven star hotel and they'll. And the inauguration was Tiger woods golfing off of the roof.

[John Daly]

Natural.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And Drake has a. The amount of terrible people that have

[John Daly]

been mentioned on this episode of the podcast.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Tiger Woods, Drake. Now, do you think this is a good gift?

[John Daly]

I think this is a nice gift. I like to have a.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Kind of weird, right?

[John Daly]

Yeah. And I like to have a pack of cards around.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What's your best gift besides maybe that.

[John Daly]

This one's really good.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You as James Joyce.

[John Daly]

Yeah. This is a really recent gift from Michael Urie. And I thought this was shocking to see. I got someone. I at one point got a gift certificate to the indoor skydiving, which I had never done before.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you do it?

[John Daly]

I did it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And you felt like the feeling?

[John Daly]

I felt the feeling. You don't get to do it alone. You have to do it with the instructor.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Whack.

[John Daly]

Yeah. I think they should just throw you in there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think throw you in there. See what happens.

[John Daly]

You're flipping around, slamming against the ceiling. But it was fun. I think they've since closed down, which is a shame.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I was just. I'll tell you what, I'm gonna show you something right now.

[John Daly]

What?

[Bridger Weiniger]

And maybe we can. If we. If we. If this works. Whatever works. I was in Ireland and it's funny, I just took a picture of this old painting at like the hotel. You know, the hotel was built into an old building and. And I took a picture of this painting and I. I'm sorry, this is not like something I planned, but I think this might look a little bit like you too.

[John Daly]

Oh, my God. What's happening?

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is like you're in better shape than this guy, but check it out. Check this redhead out,

[John Daly]

that's my dream look.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just a little bit.

[John Daly]

That really does let me look at him.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I like that. I'm gonna text you.

[John Daly]

Yeah, I'm texting it. Because I'll share that with people. That's so incredible.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I think he, like, at first I was like, wow, usually guys like this in pictures are not redheads. And I was like, this guy looks like Dave Mustaine. But now that I look at it, it looks like you.

[John Daly]

It does look a little bit like Dave Mustaine as well.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And I was gonna put it on insta with the tag Dane Mustaine, because that's brilliant kind of stuff I come up with.

[John Daly]

I would love to own a wig like that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right?

[John Daly]

Yeah. To have that just stacked just like huge. That's gotta weigh like 40 pounds.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's horse hair or some shit.

[John Daly]

Wow. The thing I notice when I go to museums with older paintings is when they paint the baby Jesus, he often has red hair. Really? He's holding a little scepter. I don't know what that whole thing is.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I often think, oh, that or he's

[Bridger Weiniger]

holding coins or he's holding that holy hand grenade. Like. Yeah, scepter with like a cross.

[John Daly]

Exactly.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

I identify with that a lot. But now I'm just being surrounded by these paintings of red headed men.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And it'd be cool if you could be a scepter guy. Oh, oh, yeah. Bridger. He's got that scepter now.

[John Daly]

The guy who carries the scepter drives around with a scepter.

[Bridger Weiniger]

A scepter.

[John Daly]

Or do you buy a scepter?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know you have to go to Rome. You have to go to the Vatican.

[John Daly]

No, but I do think this is a good thing. It's a nice thing to just have in the junk drawer in case you get bored or want to play with somebody.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And it's their. Their means tested, you know?

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It seems like they're from 90s or something. Doesn't it feel like they're 90s or 80s or.

[John Daly]

Totally. They're classy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

They're classy. Kind of like old cards and they put effort into them.

[John Daly]

Right. Is the MGM grand still open?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. It's huge.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Which one did they implode recently?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, they did implode something right before I got there and everyone was talking about it. Just like the blackjack dealer was literally like, oh, do you see the implosion?

[John Daly]

I want to be there for an implosion.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know. I want to do stand up special. Just like, all right. And Then, like, do it. Three, two, one. And that's my time. Be great.

[John Daly]

How do we make that happen?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know, I know. That'd be so great.

[John Daly]

Yeah, I think that would be fun to see. And they do it probably every few years. Something's getting imploded to make room for a new.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right.

[John Daly]

New casino.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You should do it in the Ray or the Brad Garrett Club. You know, in the Brad Garrett Club. You're in there. They keep it. You know, keep it the same.

[John Daly]

I've had the popcorn from that club.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Really?

[John Daly]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Great popcorn. Great popcorn. This popcorn needs to be good. Ray.

[John Daly]

Ray. Do you have a favorite casino in Vegas other than the Golden Nugget?

[Bridger Weiniger]

You know, Circus Circus for the kitsch kind of.

[John Daly]

They're really hanging in there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it's. It's just like a magic. Yeah, I mean, they're. The casinos are just like. They kind of run together. There's a really bad one called Treasure Island.

[John Daly]

Oh, yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I have good feelings, but not really. Like, there's a one called Excalibur I've never actually been to. It's basically. What's that thing? Medieval Times. They do a Medieval Times type thing at Excalibur.

[John Daly]

I've never been to that one.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's the one that's shaped like a castle. I think it was a roller coaster, too.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

New York, New York. Cracks me up. I think Caesar's palace is probably my favorite one because it's like, you walk through parts of it and you recognize it from.

[John Daly]

Oh, various things. I've got that underground mall.

[Bridger Weiniger]

The underground mall. The overground mall.

[John Daly]

Well, I've got my cards now.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let's go.

[John Daly]

I don't even know how to play blackjack. This is my problem. I don't play card games often enough to remember the rules. So whenever someone invites me to a poker night or something, I'm like, well, I just. What do I have to do, train before I come?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think it's useful to, like, look up if you're going to a poker night. Go online, go on YouTube and look up, like, just classic hands, like Phil Ivey and shit like that. Because poker is very fun. I think it's worth learning to actually

[John Daly]

play it right when I'm in it. It's fucking cool. Yeah, it's like a nice social activity.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. And you're kind of, like, lying to people and, like, you know, it's like. It's. It's an interesting thing. And I. Yeah, I've. I've. I've kind of gone down this rabbit hole of like watching chess and poker online because I'm a cool dude and yeah, it's pretty rad.

[John Daly]

Is there any quick version of a card game we could play? Let's see.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is called I could play Go Fish. I think that's.

[John Daly]

Let's go, let's see here. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Let me pretend to be able to do those.

[John Daly]

Let's see here.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then you go. Yeah, see, I'm, I'm just not good. So we could do. I'll be the dealer and then you're the blackjack player.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So we burn and then we, I take this car.

[John Daly]

No, it's.

[Bridger Weiniger]

We go, we do this.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This.

[John Daly]

Okay. And then we have a five and a jets.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And so you're betting.

[John Daly]

So you have a 15, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

So you have a 15. I'm showing an eight, right. Chances are I'm gonna flip a. Most of the cards in the deck are worth 10.

[John Daly]

Oh, I didn't have a 10.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Chances are I'm going to flip and you're going to. I'm going to have an 18 which will beat this, right. I'll lose, but so you can, you know, take a hit on 15, right? Or you can take a hit. Most people say stay on 16. So you, you're, you're, if you take a hit, you're betting that you will get, you know, six or under, right? And that's the bet because most likely I will get an 18 and you will bust.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

So I should go all in.

[John Daly]

So yeah, let's hit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

All in is poker. You're busted and oh, you would have lost anyway.

[John Daly]

Oh. So good deal for making a.

[Bridger Weiniger]

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[Bridger Weiniger]

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[John Daly]

I. I can't stop scratching my downtown. Yeah, but I'm not itching to go downtown and tell a receptionist I'm here to talk about my downtown.

[Bridger Weiniger]

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[John Daly]

We're gonna play a game. I need a number between one and ten from you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'll say seven.

[John Daly]

Okay. Right now I have to do some light calculating so you can promote, recommend, do whatever you want.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Everybody watch Fallout Season 2. It's a great show. It's a science fiction show and I am a great character in it. And we're shooting Fallout Season three, and that'll come out. Everybody watch Margot's got Money Troubles. That's on Apple tv. Stars Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman and Greg Kinnear. All great actors. The pedigree's high and you'll see me in a very small part. But I was very excited about it and. God. Everybody watch Kroll Show. A great show by Nick Kroll that I helped Classic show produce and starred in. And one of the classic shows.

[John Daly]

Where can you watch that now?

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's a. It's. It's a struggle. It's a struggle.

[John Daly]

Unbelievable.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think. Yeah.

[John Daly]

It's just like, what's going on?

[Bridger Weiniger]

There's. I think you can watch it on HBO Max.

[John Daly]

Okay. You can get it with the Paramount plus subscription. Looks like it's on a lot of places. Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, it is great. Okay, cool.

[John Daly]

It's just. I should always know that finding things.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But it's on HBO Max. I thought it was on HBO Max,

[John Daly]

but that makes sense. I think there's some central stuff is popping up over there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Right, right. Instead of just what they usually do.

[John Daly]

Yeah, right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Which I love too.

[John Daly]

Yeah, of course. South Park.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It's great.

[John Daly]

First, we're going to play a game called Invite List. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to start naming a list of celebrities.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Martin Luther King.

[John Daly]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm gonna name them President Bill Clinton,

[John Daly]

and you're going to tell me if they're invited or not invited. And once you get to 10, that's the party. Does that make perfect sense?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I like that.

[John Daly]

And you can say why or why not or you don't have to. Whatever.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Okay.

[John Daly]

All right. Manny Pacquiao.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Not invited.

[John Daly]

Vin Diesel.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Invited.

[John Daly]

Ice Spice.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Okay. Zachary Quinto.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I grew up with and took high school drama classes in Pittsburgh with Zachary Quinta.

[John Daly]

Whoa.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Daly]

That's incredible.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Well, so. No, no, Zach, Zachary's a nice guy, and we. We were probably like, 16, 17. We were in the same thing.

[John Daly]

No way. That's crazy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But he. I went to see him in his high school musical, and he was in the Pirates of Penzance. Oh. And he played the. The major general classic character. And he was so good in that that I was like, I need to, like. Because we were, like, doing high school theater, and then we took classes outside. We were like, oh, man. I was doing improv in the city and stuff, and then I saw him do that, and I remember being like, oh, he's like a professional actor. And now he's Zachary Quinto. But, like, whoa. I was like, he was so good in this role, and I think he won an award. They had the Gene Kelly Awards, and I think he won an award for it. But he was like. I was just like, oh, this guy's. I'm like, lucky to know this. This dude's wild. He can really sing, like, crazily.

[John Daly]

Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Unlike you.

[John Daly]

Unlike me. Cannot sing. I'm not inspiring other high schoolers, so

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm gonna say no just because. Familiarity.

[John Daly]

You've had enough.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I had that guy. He's a bastard.

[John Daly]

Okay. Cynthia Erivo?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Chris Evans?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Nope.

[John Daly]

Pedro Pascal.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Nope.

[John Daly]

Caroline Levitt?

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Why not?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, she's so cool.

[John Daly]

She's a cool. She seems like a fun.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hey, totally normal person. What kind of podcast is this?

[John Daly]

You're just finding out.

[Bridger Weiniger]

God damn.

[John Daly]

Caroline.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Carolina. Oh, of course. Caroline. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Courtney Love.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, man. If she didn't kill Kurt Cobain, maybe. But no. She seems annoying as hell. I think she's funny. I think she's very funny.

[John Daly]

She's an entertaining behavior.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's a diva. It's a diva move to kill.

[John Daly]

Ultimate diva move.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Sorry. I'm sure you didn't kill him, but if you did. Total diva. So no, no, I think she would take it over too much.

[John Daly]

Okay. Right. She would be the star. You need to be the star of the.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Hell, yeah. This is about me, baby.

[John Daly]

This is interesting. He's back again. Tiger woods.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Okay. Ian McKellen.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Gotta say, yeah. Gandalf.

[John Daly]

He seems like a good time. Hailee Steinfeld?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Not particularly, no.

[John Daly]

Okay. Jeff Goldblum.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think he's pretty cool.

[John Daly]

Another Pittsburgh native guy. Yeah. Oh, interesting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Rob Schneider, if it was 1990. Whatever. When was he? Is it like five? 1995.

[John Daly]

Yeah, that first time.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And he was still the guy that, like, I was like, so I thought he was so funny.

[John Daly]

Sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Of course, his politics are not the best, but he's almost a cartoon of that. Like, I'm like, you know. But absolutely not is the answer. No. Please keep him as far away as possible.

[John Daly]

Grimes, this is a tough list you're getting here.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No, Grimes is. She's. I'm not like a fan of her.

[John Daly]

A moron kind of. She's kind of gone off a moron cliff, unfortunately.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She made music that made me go, you know who's good? Bjork York.

[John Daly]

Could be a good invite.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You're almost as good as the really good person.

[John Daly]

Tony Hawk.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Ah, no, I've had enough.

[John Daly]

Guillermo del Toro, I gotta say.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I think he seems like a very fun time.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, I bet he'd be a blast.

[John Daly]

Linda Hogan.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Don't know.

[John Daly]

Her ex. Widow of Hulk.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, no, no. No one connected to Hulk Hogan. I mean, he's just like. He's a, like, Florida scum garbage man.

[John Daly]

Regina King.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Regina King. I'd probably say yes.

[John Daly]

Yeah, she seems, I mean, she's just such a great actor.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, it brings a little bit

[John Daly]

of class to the party.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think Ian McKellen's got the class.

[John Daly]

Oh, that's right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Regina King. I'm gonna say no.

[John Daly]

Yeah. You're gonna get iced out by great actors.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Sorry.

[John Daly]

Nico Case.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah. The best.

[John Daly]

I love Nico Case.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Genius. Shout out to Nico Case.

[John Daly]

Truly legend.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And by the way, just seems cool.

[John Daly]

Has, like, she's funny.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, I've interacted with her online and been like, oh, you're like a normal person.

[John Daly]

Yeah, she seems like just a normal person who happens to have one of the best talent. I mean, just an unbelievable, talented person

[Bridger Weiniger]

in the fucking world.

[John Daly]

Yeah, yeah. Zoe Kravitz.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'm gonna say no, but just because I, I, I think she's so gorgeous.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's the thing about Zoe Kravitz. She's Very beautiful.

[John Daly]

Right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

I did a. I, like, wrote a. They had me write a rocks for. For Rock band.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, 10 years ago, they were like, we're gonna bring you in to write this commercial. And it was a commercial with Lenny Kravitz. And so I got to go. And he had just played the Greek the night before. So he was just in his trailer. 6am I went in and met a shirtless Lenny Kravitz.

[John Daly]

Oh, my God.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who is the nicest person I have ever met and is a star? And you're just one of those guys. You're like, oh, sir. Oh, God. I just. I. You know, I'm forgetting who I am. You're so charismatic.

[John Daly]

Wow.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And he literally. This is a surreal day. It's like 6am Me and this director are like, hey, what's up? You know, like, what's up, dude? And he's like, all right, let me try these jackets. And he goes into the back and just tries on one snakeskin leather jacket over his bare chest. Snakeskin. What do you guys think of this? Let's see the next one. What do you guys think of this? Snakeskin or leather jacket? What do you think of this one? This is cool. Yeah. They're like, you're a beautiful.

[John Daly]

Yeah, you can look good in any rock star. You could just be covered in garbage.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And then he was so. It was fascinating. He got a call and he was like, oh, it's Zoe. You want to say hi? And he was so nice. And I was just like, hey, what's up? And she wasn't as big as.

[John Daly]

No, she was still probably really Fury

[Bridger Weiniger]

Road yet or anything. And. But then we talked to her and Lisa Bonet, and I was like, this is the best guy in the fucking world. It gives me what I want. Which is talking to celebrities even more that you're related to, you know? And it's got some good jams, man. I gotta fly.

[John Daly]

I got that. I think for a birthday party, somebody. I got that. And the that Thing youg Do soundtrack. Those are the two CDs I owned for probably seven years.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. I said no gifts.

[John Daly]

I said no gifts. Ken Burns.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I feel like there's too likelihood that he would bum me the fuck out, so. No.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He'd be like, the world is crumbling. You know the history of man.

[John Daly]

He know. He's seen it all, basically.

[Bridger Weiniger]

See you later, man. Let's get some fucking.

[John Daly]

Tell a joke.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Melinda Gates.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. But she would have to, like, pay.

[John Daly]

Oh, interesting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

If she put. She gave me, like, like $2 million

[John Daly]

pay her way into your party.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, yeah. That's like if you can see like Club random with Kevin Spacey. I wonder if Bill Maher is like, yeah, I'll have you on the show. Like, give me $5 million probably, right? Yeah. Right. It's like pay to play.

[John Daly]

Right? The name Club Random. I'll never get over it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'll whitewash you. I'll. I'll sane wash you. Pretend you're not a.

[John Daly]

Certainly money was exchanged there, right?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

I can't imagine any other scenario. Oh, this is interesting. Teller from Penn. Teller.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You mean the guy doesn't talk?

[John Daly]

Yes.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Colman Domingo.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. I'd have Coleman.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You know what? He's having a moment.

[John Daly]

He's having a huge moment and it feels earned.

[Bridger Weiniger]

It feels earned. But it's like earning it now because he's on that. Did you watch the Michael movie?

[John Daly]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He is good for you. But see, I only celebrate pedophile. Truly. Okay. That's what we're talking about. These monsters. This has been a year of art. The success, celebrating some of the. I mean, come on.

[John Daly]

The success of that movie was. I felt like I'm in another dimension.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I know. Yes. But man, Coleman Domingo, man, in that movie, he's good. You're just like, wow. He's a great transformative type of Daniel Day Lewis kind of actor. That is so good. Very good. Love acting. And he does it well. So. Yeah, I'd have him. Yeah.

[John Daly]

All right. Vince Staples, potentially.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But no.

[John Daly]

Okay. Kylie Minogue.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. Don't know her.

[John Daly]

Questlove.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes. Questlove. Zen.

[John Daly]

All right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Questloves in. Questlove's the best. I listen to his podcast.

[John Daly]

He seems like such a great guy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I mean, Steven Tyler. Speaking of Steven Tyler. No. Unfortunately, there was a time in my life where I would have been like, yeah,

[John Daly]

Kevin James.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Uncle Cracker.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I don't know enough about it.

[John Daly]

Okay. Tom Hardy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Miranda Lambert.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Who's that? Icarly or something?

[John Daly]

Miranda Lambert is a country singer.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

Olivia Rodrigo.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yes.

[John Daly]

Helen Mirren.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No.

[John Daly]

I think I may have seen her at Home Depot once.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Amazing.

[John Daly]

I'm not sure, but, you know, I looked like her and I choose to believe it was Helen. Ed Sheeran.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Come on.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Travis.

[John Daly]

Kelsey.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think I am Travis. Kelsey.

[Narrator/Announcer]

No.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Thank you. He forgot to invite his parents to his wedding.

[John Daly]

Is that true?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Did you know that? That can't be true. He gave their seats to Ellen and Diddy. Wouldn't that be hard? He just like, is like good heartedly forgets. He's Like, I'm gonna do this wedding.

[John Daly]

Oh, Mom.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Dad.

[John Daly]

Shit.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I gave your seats to Ellen and Diddy. What a bummer.

[John Daly]

Sabrina Carpenter. I love her, but no Steph Curry. No Michelle Yeoh. No Mr. Wonderful.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Ugh. Garbage.

[John Daly]

Bill Murray. No Shaquille O'. Neal.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'd have the general, but not Shaquille. General. General, of course.

[John Daly]

Of course.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He's got the authority.

[John Daly]

What a team. They should solve crimes. They should jelly roll.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Oh, come on. I don't even know what he does.

[John Daly]

I kind of don't either.

[Bridger Weiniger]

He just goes to jail. Oh, man. He came out, like, when I first learned about him, he was like, I'm so sorry for what I did. And I was like, what'd you do, man? What do you do besides that? The main thing I know is crime.

[John Daly]

Rihanna.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's tough. Yes, it's Rihanna.

[John Daly]

Rihanna, That's a good name. You can't say no to that.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I can't say no to Rihanna. She's too much.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

She's too cool, too much, too beautiful, too talented.

[John Daly]

You could also charge her for to enter the party. She's a billionaire.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I would never. No, I would never charge an artist.

[John Daly]

Oh, interesting.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just a person who's like, I'm rich.

[John Daly]

I just happen to have money. Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

What's interesting about me is rich. I am evil.

[John Daly]

Ellis, will you read down that list of names that the.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, absolutely. We've got vin Diesel, Ian McKellen, Jeff

[John Daly]

Goldblum, Guillermo del Toro, Nico Case, Melinda Gates, Colman, Domingo Questlove, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rihanna.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Whoa. Pretty good.

[John Daly]

Great party, honestly.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Olivia Rodrigo is a little bit. She's a little young.

[John Daly]

Sure.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But I thought that she'd be. I kind of like what she's doing.

[John Daly]

I think she has good taste.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Or she's attaching herself to interesting kind of artists and being like, I'm actually trying to do a good thing.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But, you know, she's been maybe too young. I made a mistake there, and I feel like. Like, in retrospect, Vin Diesel would ruin the party. He would find a way to get in there. He'd just be dark.

[John Daly]

He'd be like, dark energy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

You'd walk into the kitchen, he'd be in the dark, and he'd just be like, I want to be here.

[John Daly]

Just bringing down the vibe.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Like, you can go, man. The Rock won't text me back. I'm trying to put together 90. I'm sure they have a thing. Because he probably feels like he launched the Rock partially or brought him on. I mean, gave him so much Money and the Rock is like, I'm doing

[John Daly]

this, I'm doing Moana.

[Bridger Weiniger]

But I'm a Vin Diesel head. I mean, I. Anything he does, I'm in day one.

[John Daly]

I feel like I haven't seen him

[Bridger Weiniger]

in many things, just fast and furious. I mean, he just makes a good fucking car movie. I love him.

[John Daly]

He knows how to do it.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

Well, let's answer a listener question people are writing into. I saidnow gifts gmail.com. kind of just begging for answers.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Great.

[John Daly]

This says we moved to our smallish town, population 5,000 two years ago. Our direct neighbors are great neighbors. I guess that must mean next door or something. One couple seems to be around our age and has similar hobbies. They host game nights, rescue pets, et cetera. We'd like to befriend them and get to know the other neighbors better. Some things to note, we're both shy. Some people down the street are iffy, so we're not interested in meeting them. And when I say we, I mostly mean myself as my husband is not interested in potential neighborhood drama. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Emma. So they moved into a new town and they're looking to make friends with the neighbors.

[Bridger Weiniger]

My advice to these people? Walk into the fucking ocean because you've made me go to sleep with boredom. We're shy. That's how you describe yourself. See you later. Launch yourself into the sun. Stole that from somebody. Tom Sharpling. Don't launch yourself into Walk into the ocean and embrace death. That's what I have to say.

[John Daly]

That's a decent advice. I think that's decent advice good for anyone these days. How do you introduce yourselves to. I moved into my house six years ago and I still feel like I don't know a lot of my neighbors. It's a weird thing.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Have your neighborhood almost burned down because I had to evacuate. I'm in a neighborhood that had to evacuate for the Altadena fire and saw the flames like, licking the. It would have had to cross the highway to get to us, but nonetheless

[John Daly]

it got very close to the east side there.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah, it was very horrible in the. The. We had to evacuate because of the smoke.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And the. It was crazy. But we had to wake up at four in the morning and get everything that was valuable.

[John Daly]

Nightmare.

[Bridger Weiniger]

And go outside. And all my neighbors were bonding and they were like, get your hose out. Spray down your house.

[John Daly]

Right.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I sprayed down my house. And then after that, every time I. I know everyone in my neighborhood, it was a great, lovely little intro. Unfortunately, it was a disaster. But I was like, there's like a neighborhood boss that like helps everybody. It's a great. It's kind of a good little street and like, so that's. That's the way to do it.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Just some sort of brownies you could.

[John Daly]

Disaster.

[Bridger Weiniger]

That's like the 50s way to do it.

[John Daly]

Yeah. Bake something.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Make someone a bake.

[John Daly]

Yeah.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Bake something.

[John Daly]

Yeah. Either cause some sort of horrific catastrophe,

[Bridger Weiniger]

try and burn down the city, or

[John Daly]

get in the kitchen and bake something. I don't think that there's anything else that can be said about that, Emma. I think it's very easy.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I think that's true. Yeah.

[John Daly]

We answered it perfectly.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Good. Oh, good. Yeah. You don't want a situation like that show Neighbors or.

[John Daly]

Oh, Neighbors. That show's wild. There's some tough situations on Neighbors.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Daly]

Don't want to end up like some of those people.

[Bridger Weiniger]

No. Bad neighbors.

[John Daly]

But you might end up on tv.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Yeah.

[John Daly]

So if you want a taste of

[Bridger Weiniger]

fame, well, watch sketches by good Neighbor. Sorry.

[John Daly]

It's a good thing it's the end of the podcast.

[Bridger Weiniger]

Is it?

[John Daly]

This is the end of the show. I've had such a lovely time with you.

[Bridger Weiniger]

This is so great. Thank you so much.

[John Daly]

Thank you for being here.

[Bridger Weiniger]

I'll text you the picture.

[John Daly]

Yes, please do. Because it's insane. I mean insane. Painting listener to the podcast is over. We're tapping on the brakes. We're slamming on the brakes. Move on with your day. I love you. Goodbye. I said no Gifts is an exactly right production. Our senior producer is Ellis Nelson and our episodes are beautifully mixed by Ben Tolliday. The theme song is by miracle worker Amy Mann. And we couldn't do it without our booker, Patrick Co Cotner. You must follow the show on Instagram at I said no Gifts. 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?

[Bridger Weiniger]

Thought I made myself perfectly clear. When you're a guest in my home, you gotta come to me and empty handed. I said no guil. Your presence is present enough and I already had too much stuff. So how do you dare disobey me?

[Narrator/Announcer]

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