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Griffin McElroy
The McElroy brothers are not experts, and their advice should never be followed.
Justin McElroy
Travis insists he's a sexpert, but if.
Griffin McElroy
There'S a degree on his wall, I haven't seen it. Also, this show isn't for kids, which I mention only so the babies out.
Travis McElroy
There will know how cool they are for listening.
Griffin McElroy
What's up, you cool, baby?
Travis McElroy
1, 2, 3.
Penguin
It's the start of something beautiful A small acquaintance has blossomed it's ripened into a precious friends I could have never seen what was coming for me Hangs at the skate park Hangs by the beach My life, it feels live it's better it's better with you My life, it's better it's better with you this is who you are it's better it's better with you it's better with you.
Griffin McElroy
Guys, before we get started, can I. Can we just take a quick little victory lap and really pat ourselves in the back? This is the show, by the way. This is a good like. Yeah, can we give ourselves a freaking pat on the back for our genius plan to make buku bucks in the max fund drive this year? The whole act we. Oh, it took. It was so hard to come up with the year theme. Oh, we got to do it twice. We did all that that we fully made up and acted out on the spot so that we. So we could generate a year theme that kind of sounds like Max Fun Drive.
Justin McElroy
Max Fun Drive Fun.
Griffin McElroy
And everyone's been saying it all year, like 20 Thunder Drive, they've been saying the undrive. Like we got that seed in their heads. They didn't even realize.
Justin McElroy
Griffin. Yeah? Look at the light.
Travis McElroy
Oh, no. We're live.
Griffin McElroy
No shit.
Travis McElroy
Rachel.
Justin McElroy
Rachel, please. No, please promise me. I did. Promise me. Don't leave any of that in. Rachel.
Griffin McElroy
I didn't see the red flashing light because I have Andromeda Strain and it made me go to sleep.
Travis McElroy
No fart.
Justin McElroy
No shoot.
Travis McElroy
Your Andromeda Strain acts up at the worst times.
Griffin McElroy
Just go ahead and start. Just do the show.
Justin McElroy
Just forget it. Rachel. Cut. Cut in all of it, brother.
Griffin McElroy
My brother.
Travis McElroy
No, we need to come in better than that.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, come in.
Justin McElroy
Okay. Yeah, yeah.
Travis McElroy
Take a deep breath. Maybe it's.
Justin McElroy
Hello.
Travis McElroy
No, no, you got the.
Justin McElroy
Let's just skip that.
Griffin McElroy
We'll skip this part.
Justin McElroy
Cut all that. Cut all that.
Griffin McElroy
And we'll just drop in the pre canned shit. Like, you know how we have like 100 pre canned.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, we sat down.
Justin McElroy
Sorry. That light really sent me, guys. If that ever got out. How manipulative. Okay.
Griffin McElroy
Anyway, welcome to Max Fun Drive.
Justin McElroy
Hello, my brother, my brother and me.
Griffin McElroy
No, yeah. I'm telling you, man, the pre canned shit is aces. We worked real, we worked our taints off on that stuff. So don't even sweat it.
Justin McElroy
Okay, wait. Oh, I'll start it.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
Hello, everybody. Welcome to My Brother, My Brother, Me and Advice show for the modern era. I'm your oldest brother, Justin McElroy.
Travis McElroy
What up, Trav Nation? Vroom, vroom. It's me, your middlest brother, Travis. Big dog, wolf. Wolf McElroy.
Griffin McElroy
I don't know why we're doing that. We got this in the camp as Griffin. We got this one in the can already.
Travis McElroy
Well, we have to put it in the can to have it in the can.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, first we got to open the can, we got to put it in, make sure it's sanitary because otherwise it's.
Griffin McElroy
The friggin Max Fun Drive. We should put in the most work. We should be doing jumping jacks.
Travis McElroy
That's when they don't talk about having it in the can is a lot of fucking work, guys.
Griffin McElroy
Someone's got to put it in the fucking can, guys.
Travis McElroy
How many of you out there listening have ever canned before?
Justin McElroy
Yeah, it's a lot.
Travis McElroy
That's what I thought.
Griffin McElroy
Yes. Oh, wait, it's all of them. I'm looking at our demographics, Travis. Everyone here has done canning. Wow. Amazing. Yeah, no, we don't.
Travis McElroy
It seems like too much work.
Griffin McElroy
It is too much work.
Justin McElroy
I would think. Our audience self selects for a lot of canners.
Travis McElroy
I feel like we attract a lot of doomsday preppers.
Justin McElroy
No, like artisan canners. You know what I mean? Like, anyway, I can't.
Travis McElroy
It's for the aesthetic that way.
Griffin McElroy
It's the aesthetic and it's the whimsy. It's not out of necessity.
Justin McElroy
Yes.
Travis McElroy
They put those coiled up springs in plastic sheaths that pop out. I can see it's like, whoa, I thought this was canned tomatoes. Can you imagine being in a post apocalyptic scenario and you're so excited because you found a pristine can of like beans or tomatoes or whatever and you open it up and like those coiled spring snakes pop out.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, shit.
Travis McElroy
Hilarious.
Griffin McElroy
That's really funny. Hey, so it is the Max Fund. If we don't start talking about the Max Fun Drive, I'm gonna have an actual panic attack.
Justin McElroy
I've been looking for the little link to click on the thing, so I'm just gonna freestyle it right now. What is the Max Fun Drive? Okay, we're part of a podcast while you're really freestyling.
Griffin McElroy
If you're abstracting it out that far, man, you are freestyling.
Justin McElroy
Hey, we're on a podcast network and the way it works is it's like a pledge model, right? Once a year we come to, everybody listens. It's like, hey, if you like this, can we have a few dollars every month, please? And if you like it and you can give us a few dollars every month to help us make it and help us pay people to help us make it and make all this stuff all the time to help more good stuff be on earth, that's great. We would really appreciate it because we like making good stuff. And when you support us, we're able to make this our full time job and make lots of good stuff for you and hire people to help us make weirder stuff. And it's all thanks to your support.
Griffin McElroy
Genuinely, this show would not. It's wild that this show has been running for 15 years. Next month. No, largely uninterrupted. That doesn't happen really, even in the world of comedy, independent podcasting space. But it's because of y'all and the support that y'all give us. I don't know if you noticed, podcast advertising market's not the best it's ever been. There's really just a few road dogs we roll with these days, a tight crew here on Bimbam, and our livelihood.
Travis McElroy
Might argue we're flapping off the back of their motorcycle, holding on.
Griffin McElroy
Very, very much so. And our livelihood and ability to support our families cannot exist solely if one of us doesn't say something wrong during an advertisement. That's too high risk. We will drop that fucking ball in a second. It's because of y'all that we are able to do this now. We are.
Justin McElroy
We do have something to offer you. We're not coming to you completely. Hat in hand. We have some. Some very nice.
Travis McElroy
Thank you. Is it our respect, our appreciation?
Justin McElroy
We do get that. But if you can opt for $5 a month, you're going to get an absolute wealth of bonus content. I mean, it is an archive at this point, I think it. The Justin T. McElroy Memorial Archive of Bonus Content.
Travis McElroy
Oh, man.
Griffin McElroy
Hashtag.
Travis McElroy
Oh, this is how I find out.
Justin McElroy
Days and days and days of videos and podcasts. This year we recorded a Hot Ones audition.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, no, listen, we love y'all and the support that you give us is the reason we do the show. If we get on fucking Hot Ones.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. Not a lot of people have the guts to put their auditions behind A paywall.
Travis McElroy
But here we go. That's the kind of heat we are bringing.
Justin McElroy
If you get any.
Griffin McElroy
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we. And if you're wondering, we do fucking die.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. It's brutal. We do terrible things to our bodies.
Travis McElroy
While interviewing each other. Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
About increasingly sensitive, weird topics. It's must see podcast TV.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. But also, if you can do 10 bucks a month, Pins are back. We got some beautiful show, specific pins. There's a tribulation with it. I think you're just gonna love. If you're a fan of our stuff, the address to go to. If you want to Support the show, MaximumFun.org join, please become a member today. It really is the only way we're able to do this show. And I know that, like, you've been relying on this show being here for, like, 13 years. Whatever. And we love making it for you. Almost 15.
Griffin McElroy
Almost 15.
Travis McElroy
I did just hold enough to get its learner's permit, which is very fitting. Yes.
Justin McElroy
I know that these 14 years, we've meant a lot to each other, and this show means a lot to you, and I'm just saying it'd be a shame if something happened to it. So.
Griffin McElroy
Wait, what's that?
Justin McElroy
I'm just saying, it's a real nice podcast you got here.
Travis McElroy
Hey, Justin.
Justin McElroy
I'm sure you really love listening to it and it's been around a long time.
Travis McElroy
Jay, man.
Justin McElroy
It's a real staple of the podcast community, and it'd be a shame if something happened to it.
Travis McElroy
J Man, just a quick.
Justin McElroy
No, no, no. The J Man's gone. It's me, the Penguin. Listen.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, Penguin, you've been listening to the McElroy brothers.
Justin McElroy
Rainy, you thought you weren't gonna pay the duel, but these are my boys.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, yeah.
Justin McElroy
You're gonna pay my boys what they're owed. You're making a fool out of me, Penguin.
Travis McElroy
The Penguin. Penguin, Can I give you a quick note?
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, I have one, too. Penguin.
Travis McElroy
He's normally in. I'm Travis. In the protection racket, people don't normally, in a business they own, threaten their.
Griffin McElroy
Customers their own business. Yeah. Hey, you see this umbrella?
Travis McElroy
Yeah. You see it?
Griffin McElroy
Oh, shit.
Travis McElroy
Face up on the wall.
Griffin McElroy
God dang.
Justin McElroy
There's facing the wall. They're traversing.
Travis McElroy
That's your vase. Crash, crash, crash. But it's your vase. But it's your vase.
Griffin McElroy
Crash.
Travis McElroy
Your own vase.
Griffin McElroy
Penguin, it's me.
Justin McElroy
I work, protect. That's Justin's vase.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, it's me, Penguin. Your ward and consigliery. Puffin. And I want you to know that that's puffin.
Justin McElroy
You're late for work. I want to teach you the ropes.
Travis McElroy
How you going, Penguin?
Griffin McElroy
This Laundromat, basically, that we own, we own a podcasting studio.
Justin McElroy
Laundromat, please. If you don't take it seriously. Yes, we let him record in our Laundromat.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, the vase cost $3,000 from you.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, well. Are you okay?
Travis McElroy
Don't pout.
Griffin McElroy
Don't get fucking fussy, Penguin.
Travis McElroy
Listen, have you had breakfast? You have to get.
Justin McElroy
I came here to threaten the listeners not to pout about not having my McMuff.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, well, here's a sardine.
Justin McElroy
But I didn't have my McMuffin, okay?
Griffin McElroy
That's what he calls raw fish. He calls sardines his McMuffins.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
Please help us.
Travis McElroy
That's a McMuffin. Ron Wrigley.
Griffin McElroy
Maximumfun.org join, please. We're doing this for two weeks. If you're already a member, you can boost your support, help us hit our goals. We got a bunch of wild stretch goals. We'll talk about that a little bit later. And also, we're gonna be streaming, like, every day for the next two weeks. So we'll talk all that later on. But for now, we're gonna give you. Let's give them a taste.
Travis McElroy
I was thinking, since it's the max fun drive, that we could maybe elevate the momentum building.
Justin McElroy
Travis.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, we could elevate the quality of the content we make. Maybe get a little highbrow, maybe a little classy.
Griffin McElroy
Do you know that you have a tone of voice you say when you're about to rip a big fart?
Travis McElroy
Well, it's funny you should say that, Griffin. Cause it's time for work of fart.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, but there's no theme song, so your voice goes like a. It's like a curved. You have like, a portamento to your voice when you're about to really take rip shits.
Justin McElroy
A lot of people don't realize that once you work with your brothers for long enough, you can just start to dislike each other on a molecular level. You can really start to dismantle individual. It's not even words or ways people act. It's individual inflections. I have fine, hostile.
Griffin McElroy
I have this framed piece of art in my room, and it's the three voice tracks, waveforms of our voices. And sometimes I'll look at two of those and just be like, God dang these fricking guys, man. But go ahead, Travis. I'm not Gonna grouse. I beat ass at this game.
Travis McElroy
In this Jane Austen novel, while the sweet sister Jane falls in love with the anthropomorphic penis named Mr. Bingley, the witty and oftentimes difficult sister Elizabeth quarrels, falls in love with the anthropomorphic penis named Mr. Darcy.
Griffin McElroy
And this has dick or something in the title.
Justin McElroy
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hold on.
Griffin McElroy
It's not dick or fart or ass.
Justin McElroy
And we all know the easy part of this is the book. We all know that.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah. For sure.
Travis McElroy
We all know Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Jane. Of course.
Justin McElroy
Yes.
Travis McElroy
Jane Austen wrote it.
Justin McElroy
I think we all know the book. So let's figure out the pun from there. Griffin, Griff, I see you Googling.
Griffin McElroy
No, no. I accidentally deleted an image out of one of our documents here, and I didn't mean to do that. It was an image of someone's face, and it looked like I was saying, no, not them. They can't be.
Justin McElroy
Sense and sensibility is one of the options that is available. That may be right.
Griffin McElroy
I think this one's Pride and Prejudice.
Justin McElroy
This one might be Pride and Prejudice.
Griffin McElroy
It's not Little Women, and there's two.
Travis McElroy
Anthropomorphic penises listed in the description.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, Pride and prejudge two dicks.
Travis McElroy
I'll accept that it's Pride and Prejudice, but I will accept prejudge two dicks. That's close enough. Very good.
Griffin McElroy
Prejudge two dicks sounds like. And you know what? A more reasonable man would have just said prejudice, but I was trying to climb into the recesses and folds of your dark, dirty, bad mind.
Travis McElroy
Oh, God.
Justin McElroy
If you get a cut back there, you will definitely get super tetanus. So please.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, I don't wanna.
Travis McElroy
This Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel chronicles the multi generational saga of the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo, where the patriarch Jose Accardio Buendia establishes a secluded, almost utopian community based on the consumption of lots of fiber and the importance of healthy bowel movements.
Griffin McElroy
A hundred years of solid poop.
Travis McElroy
Yes. 100 years of solid poos. Yes. Thank you very much. Very good, Grandpa.
Griffin McElroy
I hate, like, 100 years of solid booze. That would be the worst. That would be so bad.
Travis McElroy
This Maya Angelou Alpha.
Griffin McElroy
Incredible things are happening across the river. People moving like monkeys, and their shits are of a more comfortable consistency.
Travis McElroy
Good job. This Maya Angelou, by autobiography spends a surprising amount of time on her struggles with constipation.
Griffin McElroy
I know why the caged turd sings. Travis. You should feel bad. You should feel bad.
Travis McElroy
I feel bad about that.
Griffin McElroy
You should feel bad about that one.
Travis McElroy
I feel so bad about that.
Griffin McElroy
I don't feel bad. I don't feel bad. I don't feel bad. We're asking for money. Tries.
Travis McElroy
I know. Listen. I feel terrible about it. Support this, support that. Make that happen more. Make that happen more. We should make it possible for people.
Griffin McElroy
To get a discount on their support of us. If they want to do $5 a month, they should be able to do 480 to send a message to Travis.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
That enough is enough.
Griffin McElroy
Enough is enough. You get a 1% discount. And that 1% is for the works of farts. That Travis.
Travis McElroy
That one hurt me, but I love.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, sure.
Travis McElroy
One more. Young Mary is sent to live in the home of her uncle. She feels alone at first, but eventually befriends a young man named dickon and her cousin Colin. They bond over their reluctance to pass secret fartin.
Griffin McElroy
Yes, Travis is breathtaking right now. Travis.
Travis McElroy
The rest of that was over their reluctance to pass gas in public. Eventually, the three find joy in a hidden plot of land where they can go and release their flatulence in peace. Yes, Justin. Secret fartan is Travis.
Justin McElroy
I'm really sorry because secret fartin was obvious, but it was a very good setup that I should have let you complete.
Griffin McElroy
No, because part of the prize. Part of the prize for us winning this game and getting these guesses so right is that there's less of this is that there's less setup. When you see the ship coming in and you can see the name on the side from the distance say secret fartin. You shouldn't have to stand there and wait to watch it die.
Travis McElroy
That's the only one I think maybe I've ever come up with where I would actually like to see that version of it of just kids being like, if you'll excuse me for a moment. And then running out to a secret walled plot of land. Passing gas like, oh, I think coming back inside.
Griffin McElroy
It turns out that that one kid's not sick. It's just he keeps coughing to cover up his secret farting.
Justin McElroy
Oh, yeah, there's a problem with this branch. Look at this one. If you bend this one just like this. You see, it's a problem with them. I can tell for branches still alive. Look at this one. That's a good one. That's a good living branch.
Travis McElroy
You're not supposed to do that. That's a good one.
Justin McElroy
But look at this one over here. No, as well. That one's good.
Travis McElroy
Too much all the flowers are dead in a three foot circle around you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not good at that.
Justin McElroy
I check these out.
Travis McElroy
That.
Justin McElroy
That was Wick earlier. That's weird.
Griffin McElroy
My father is so busy in the country. So busy in the countryside.
Justin McElroy
My boyfriend has five birds that occupy their own room in the house. He spends an hour a day at least with him and with them. With them, I'm assuming.
Travis McElroy
Yes.
Griffin McElroy
Yes.
Justin McElroy
Okay. And then he puts them to bed every night. I want to experience the joy of birds with him. But whenever I go into their room, they start screaming, brothers, how can I get these little dinosaurs to like me? That's from bird brain.
Griffin McElroy
That's okay. Birds know how you. Birds are very receptive. Birds know how you feel about them. It's an evolutionary trait. They have to. To make sure that you don't stomp on them and take their eggs and steal their. And become the mother of their birds. Because that shit happens in nature all the time. So maybe you need to look inward first to figure out why you don't like the birds. I can answer one thing, is because your boyfriend spends one hour a day with the birds. That's a lot of time.
Travis McElroy
I hope the boyfriend spends at least 61 minutes with you.
Griffin McElroy
Not equivalent. It's not okay if we're looking like that doesn't work like that.
Travis McElroy
So how many minutes is bird minutes? The human minutes that they would need to spend with their partner to balance it out. I mean, one hour, it's different.
Justin McElroy
It's an excellent question, Travis. I think, I think. I think it's actually 61 minutes is more hurtful than, like 20, because I feel like 61 is, like, attempting equivalency, which is sad. I feel like it's better if it's like, I love a birdman. Like, and I got to accept he's a birdman. I love a birdman. I move in with a birdman. I share them with the birds. I take the scraps. You know, if when you, you know, like a Priscilla Presley, you know, she realized she had to share Elvis with the wolf, with his birds, with his birds and also his fans and the Colonel, you know, everybody, Colonel, everybody.
Travis McElroy
Is it one solid hour? Does he go in? Does he clock in for an hour and clock out? Because I have to assume the birds.
Griffin McElroy
What do you do with birds for an hour?
Travis McElroy
What happens to them the other 23?
Justin McElroy
Yeah, I will say this.
Travis McElroy
Are they watching videos? Are they playing Fortnite?
Griffin McElroy
Oh, wait. You guys are gonna love. You guys are gonna love this one. Have you seen David after Dennis. Birds. No, of course not. You're birds. Check this shit out.
Travis McElroy
Check this shit out. You'll love it.
Griffin McElroy
Do you guys like alt comedy podcasting birds? You're gonna love some of these jokes. Do birds have any money?
Travis McElroy
Maybe you scream back at them.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, that's cool.
Travis McElroy
This might be a respect thing, because birds, they. They don't. Hey, this might surprise you. They don't communicate the same way humans do. So maybe they're screaming because they're excited to see you. And you scream back at them and they'll be like, mm, nice. And now you've got their respect. Maybe they don't like you, but they respect you.
Griffin McElroy
Does your boyfriend know the birds don't like you?
Travis McElroy
Oh, you should.
Griffin McElroy
Next time these birds start screaming at you, you need to be like the. You know, the stepmom and parent trap and be like, do you see what these little shits are doing to me? Do you see this? Yeah.
Travis McElroy
It's time. And then you send birds to birding school. You fold. That's boarding school for birds.
Griffin McElroy
It's good. Travis, I'm so sorry I didn't recognize your genius.
Justin McElroy
It's a good. But what if you want to learn.
Travis McElroy
To bird, then you're Brenda Frickering as hard as you can. You come in with handfuls.
Justin McElroy
20, 25.
Travis McElroy
We gotta talk about Brenda Fricker less.
Justin McElroy
Or have her on clubhouse or have a funeral for her on Clubhouse. If she has passed, I do not know which.
Griffin McElroy
Jesus Christ.
Justin McElroy
One of the two should happen.
Travis McElroy
That's all. Why did that upset you, Griffin?
Justin McElroy
Why is that brand of Fricker passed?
Travis McElroy
We should memorialize her. The irony is, if you make a statue, will the birds know what's up?
Justin McElroy
I don't know. It's like if they poop on it, it's like. She would want that.
Travis McElroy
She would want that, right?
Justin McElroy
I think it is very.
Griffin McElroy
It's not that I want us to stop talking about Brenda Fricker. I would like us to stop yelling about Brenda Fricker.
Travis McElroy
That's true.
Griffin McElroy
I don't think maybe 20, 25, we.
Justin McElroy
All yelling about Brenda Fricker.
Travis McElroy
We try to have more modulated.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, we get excited. We get excited because we know her name. And that's cool. It's a fun name.
Travis McElroy
It's a fun name to say. It's a fun image.
Justin McElroy
The problem is the funny.
Travis McElroy
When she throws the birdseed at Joe Pesci and Timor's own.
Justin McElroy
More talk about Brendan.
Travis McElroy
It's amazing, but I'm trying to do it, Justin.
Griffin McElroy
I'M trying to mellow.
Travis McElroy
I'm just down here.
Griffin McElroy
ASMR Voice.
Travis McElroy
Trying to do some Brenda Fricker.
Griffin McElroy
ASMR Go ahead, Justin. Talk about not Brenda Fricker.
Justin McElroy
What I was gonna say is that I think the problem is the fact that there's a discreet room where the birds are located, and that creates this situation where you know how much time is being spent with the birds. I will say this. If my wife had to go to a room to hang out with her cats, I probably wouldn't see my wife very much, if at all. Yeah, you know, I. I think it's very easy to sit here and say, wow, an hour. My cats are pretty much always with my wife, and she spends more than an hour telling them when I'm not being a great husband. You know what I mean? Like, she sends a lot of time sowing seeds of discord with the cats.
Travis McElroy
Like, I would also say that I'm betting your boyfriend came into this relationship with five birds, and it's not accumulated over the time you've been together. So now the birds.
Justin McElroy
That's a wild guess. You're absolutely. From.
Griffin McElroy
You have no idea.
Travis McElroy
Oh, I'm just saying that based off my own judgment that if my wife comes home with one bird, I'm like, okay. By the time we get to three, I think I'd be like, that's enough.
Griffin McElroy
You're replacing.
Justin McElroy
You're replacing me with that based off my own judgment. You had 100 birds, and 95 of them died. And you should be really nice about the five that are left because he lost 95 birds. Now, that's just my own judgment of.
Travis McElroy
What might have happened. That's a little corner we call Justin's judgment. What I'm saying is, if he came in with five birds, the birds. You're not sharing him with the birds. Those birds are sharing him with you. So when you come into the room, the birds are like, we get him an hour a day. The rest of the house is yours.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Travis McElroy
You get to hang out there. Why are you coming in the one room we have? Let the birds out.
Justin McElroy
Let em out?
Travis McElroy
Yes.
Justin McElroy
Turn your house into aviary. They will. Birds will love you then. They know that they are prisoners because of you. You're their warden.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
They know that if it was his house, they would have free run in the place. That's what I'm saying. The room is the problem. If you want. The birds are smart, man. Crows can do puzzles.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, yeah, man.
Justin McElroy
It's 2025. Crows can do puzzles. They know that you are the warden. If you want them to love you, you must turn your home into an aviary and let them free. Let them fly free.
Travis McElroy
Take the hinges off.
Justin McElroy
Take the hinges off.
Griffin McElroy
Yep, they gotta be free. Could you get five snakes?
Travis McElroy
Huh?
Justin McElroy
Could you get six cats?
Griffin McElroy
Whoa, hold on.
Travis McElroy
Seven dogs, eight ponies, nine donkeys, and Larry motivated marmoset.
Justin McElroy
And.
Griffin McElroy
How about another question?
Justin McElroy
Yeah, I'll help you with that. No problem. It's my absolute joy. I occasionally go to Madagascar on research and bring back some cured vanilla beans straight from the source. That is probably the most cost efficient way of getting them. Because with the prices of vanilla beans.
Griffin McElroy
I don't know anything about that. I don't know anything about that. I do.
Justin McElroy
I soak them in vodka for months and then funneled them into little bottles to give them.
Travis McElroy
Sounds like me on a rough week.
Griffin McElroy
On a rough weekend. Travis soaks vanilla beans in vodka.
Travis McElroy
No, I soak myself. I soak myself in vodka is what I meant.
Justin McElroy
I soak them in vodka and then send them to friends and family and podcasters. P.O. box 54 Hunty Plus Episode 06 let's get that Vanilla Pipeline Flowing About a year ago, I gave each of my co workers one of these little bottles. When passing one particular, they put a frowny face emoji in it.
Travis McElroy
Oh, I'm angry.
Justin McElroy
Frowny face. An angry emoji Co worker's office just now I noticed her bottle is on a shelf full of junk, still in the Ziploc bag, untouched and collecting dust.
Travis McElroy
Wow.
Justin McElroy
What are my vanilla custody rights in this situation? Do you think she'll notice if I grab it and take it back home for myself? Should I try to convince her to covet this special extract that's from vanilla in vain?
Griffin McElroy
1 Can I just say I appreciate your pride and your craft to say this shit's dope and this loser wastoid is looking a gift horse in the mouth and then putting the horse in a bag. A dusty old dusty bag. And I'm glad that you have the strength of your convictions to know you are in the right here and this person's a fucking monster. I don't know what to do with a bunch of beans soaked in booze. I imagine dibble, dabble it into cakes and creams and cookies and whatnot. It's just extract. Huh? It's just vanilla extract.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, maybe you just take that bag with the bottle off the shelf when they're not looking, set it center of their desk, walk away if you pass at a later time and it's back on that shelf. All yours.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, but if she smashes it. Cause she thinks a ghost got in the bag and is moving shit around in her desk.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, that's a problem.
Griffin McElroy
And then she goes mad.
Travis McElroy
Could you leave a note that says a ghost didn't move this?
Griffin McElroy
I did.
Justin McElroy
Don't even ask. This is a ghost.
Griffin McElroy
I moved this. Not a ghost. Signed, the Scarlet Pimpernel. And then you'd be like, God damn it, guys, the Scarlet Pimpernel's back in our fucking office and he's moving all of our shit around willy nilly.
Justin McElroy
Can we talk? If we could, wouldn't this be a good moment for the Scarlet Pimpernel to get back?
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
20, 25. You mean like for this vanilla extract.
Travis McElroy
Or in life in the world.
Justin McElroy
I'm just saying it would be cool.
Griffin McElroy
Yes.
Justin McElroy
If there was like a Scarlet Pimpernel. You know how he. Yeah. So he is a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. What if Different Scarlet Pimpernel.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, Twist, twist.
Justin McElroy
He's like, ashley, I brought you to my worst guillotine.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, I'm the Blue Pimpernel.
Travis McElroy
I stole you from the other guy. I'm the Azure Pimpernel. I have brought you some extra Aristocats or Kratts. Not the Aristocats. That's a different thing.
Griffin McElroy
No one's lining up to Guillotine the Aristocats, Travis.
Justin McElroy
They're fucking delight. Bringing vanilla to the poor and death to the rich.
Travis McElroy
Justin McElroy for president.
Griffin McElroy
And this is easy, guys, because the Azure Pimpernel, the Cerulean, the Sapphire Pimpernel, it's just a palette swap. We can take all the assets from the Scarlet Pimpernel and just do a little bit of work in the hexadecimal code. Easy adaptation.
Travis McElroy
That's great. We're going to have that rollout by, I think, April.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. We are also gonna do some co branded stuff. So if you want to slap a logo on there, you know, you can have your own Philadelphia Flyers branded one. Or like, gotta be blue logo.
Travis McElroy
Mark.
Justin McElroy
Mavs. I would love to put a Mavs logo. Mr. Q, do you want Mavs?
Griffin McElroy
We'll put Mavs right on the back of it, Mark.
Travis McElroy
When we get to Yellow Pimpernel and Pikachu's in there, I'm gonna be so excited, you guys. That's where it's. That's where it's really gonna blow up.
Griffin McElroy
I would love to see Pikachu take a swing at some Aristocats.
Justin McElroy
I thought that sentence.
Griffin McElroy
You thought, I would love to see Pikachu.
Travis McElroy
I'd love to see Pikachu.
Griffin McElroy
I mean, I'd love to see Pikachu. It would be cool. Not because I'd be excited to see Pikachu, but it would suggest that there are other real Pokemon, too. Like, that would give me some.
Travis McElroy
You wouldn't be excited to see Pikachu?
Griffin McElroy
I would be like, whoa, right? But I wouldn't be like, that's my dog. That's my guy. It would be exciting because I would know that the world of Pokemon is real, as I've frequently theorized. But for the actual.
Travis McElroy
Read your dissertation, Griffin.
Griffin McElroy
Okay, I'm glad. I worked really hard on it.
Travis McElroy
Well, you got your doctorate. Is that enough?
Griffin McElroy
We also work really hard on this show with a team of other people that we have been fortunate enough to hire. This is a max fun drive break.
Travis McElroy
Oh, okay.
Justin McElroy
Whew.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, did you want to talk more about the sapphire? No, no, no, Penguin, we did you.
Justin McElroy
So you think you can hold hell on him, huh? Tell them what the money's for.
Griffin McElroy
When we started, it was the three of us talking into. Oh, you gotta let me get through the copy, though, Penguin, you gotta let me talk. Ping.
Travis McElroy
Oh, he's gesturing.
Griffin McElroy
He's gesturing kindly.
Justin McElroy
The floor's yours.
Travis McElroy
What is?
Griffin McElroy
The three of us clowns on rock band mics plugged directly into our computers. And now we have a team of people who help us to make a lot of stuff. Our video stuff blew up last year because we have people in help house.
Justin McElroy
I have nothing to do with that.
Griffin McElroy
I guarantee you.
Justin McElroy
I heard about it. I heard about it blowing up. It was a real tragedy, But I.
Travis McElroy
Wasn'T anywhere in the neighborhood.
Justin McElroy
Okay, I don't know nothing about nothing blowing up.
Travis McElroy
All right?
Justin McElroy
Okay.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
Do you like the McElroy family clubhouse? Did it last year. And it was because of the support that you gave us. We've made, like, I don't know, a couple thousand episodes of podcasts, and it's all because of you. So maximumfun.org join is where you can go to become a member or boost your membership. Should we talk about some of the gifts that we have?
Travis McElroy
May I? Travis?
Justin McElroy
Let's say I want to get my beak wet. What's in it for me, huh?
Griffin McElroy
And we should say that this penguin does have a beak.
Travis McElroy
Yeah. So, like we mentioned earlier, at $5 a month, you get access.
Griffin McElroy
I need you to stop moving your head like that Penguin, if you don't mind. Thank you so much.
Travis McElroy
At $5 a month, you get access to hundreds of hours of bonus content that you only get as a Max Fund member. It includes all the past content from all the past years. This year there's the My Brother, My Brother and Me Hot Ones audition. We did Charlie verse 3 for the adventure Zone, which is Justin. Yeah. Justin runs a one shot adventure written by his daughter Charlie, with contributions from all of our kids. It's wild.
Griffin McElroy
It's so good.
Travis McElroy
Sawbones Nights, Medical Mysteries, Shmanners. We did an episode all about genie wishes, the history of them, the etiquette of them, and how to best make your wish so you're not tricked by a genie.
Justin McElroy
There's blueprints for Gotham City Bank.
Travis McElroy
Oh, okay.
Justin McElroy
In the file you do view all. See hidden open all jpegs, you can see a map of Gotham City Bank. That's gratis.
Travis McElroy
That's good. That's a thank you. Wonderful. Did an episode of Hockey Talk Badakadog with Dave Schumka. This year.
Griffin McElroy
It fucking rips. It's just us asking Dave for an hour. Dave Schumka plays hockey. So it's just for an hour. It's us going like, what's it like to play hockey? And it's. It's good shit, man.
Travis McElroy
And all of that is available for just $5 a month. At $10 a month, you get your choice of an enamel pin designed by Tom Deja of Boss Graphics. My brother. My brother. And he's got travnation. Taz has stopped calling me baby. Sawbones, Kill all the mosquitoes. Shmanners is a monster truck with flowers and teacups. Wonderful is Jeff the poetry Dragon. And still buffering is a CD Walkman. There's $20 a month. You get a 60 inch by 30 inch beach towel or Max Fun rocket logo bucket hat. There's also $35 a month, $50 a month, up and up. But all of those, even at just $5 a month, makes it possible for us to do this. If everybody gave $5 a month, it would be an absolutely just amazing year. And that money goes to the shows that you listen to. It supports Max Fun in a small part, but the majority of the money that you commit to as a member goes directly to the shows that you love, the shows that you look forward to listening to, and to the creators that make them. It's an incredibly unique setup that I, in all of my years of doing podcasts and talking to other people, doesn't exist. Anywhere else. A way for the listeners to directly support the art and the artists that we love. And we feel so special in a.
Justin McElroy
Rapidly changing media environment, to put it mildly. This has allowed us to weather so many storms because of your support. You know, like this is. It's so much more sustainable because we own it and it's ours and no big companies own it. They can't sell it to some terrible person. So it's a good system and it's owned by the people that make it. So that's pretty cool, I think.
Travis McElroy
And Max Fun is owned by the people that work there.
Justin McElroy
That's what I meant. MaxFun is owned by the people that make it, both the shows and the network itself. It's all co op.
Griffin McElroy
Also, if you have been listening for a while but have never become a member during the Max Fund drive because you are uncomfortable with doing a monthly support thing, there's also a prepay option so you can just pay for the whole year, get all the great gifts and help us meet our goals. Boost your membership that way. Also, we're going to have a bunch of stretch goals throughout the week. This will come out on the first day of the drive, the first one that we're announcing. If we hit 2000 members, we're going to do a six thumbs any percent star road live stream on YouTube. The three of us playing the hardest levels in Super Mario World while sharing one controller. It'll be a disaster. Bunch of streams did a fuser Max Fundrive kickoff party today, but we have a ton of stuff coming over the next two weeks. Every day, Monday through Friday, doing streams and you can follow that on our Instagram. We'll be announcing timetables for that stuff too. So it is a two week ask that we make that basically determines how well the year goes. Now that we don't sort of rely on advertising so much anymore, especially on all the other shows. Bam bim, bam. We still do. Okay, but all the other shows. It's fairly dry over there, so. MaximumFun.org join help us make our shows. Help us keep this thing growing and making stuff. And we appreciate you more than words can say. Do we want to do a wizard cloud?
Travis McElroy
Do I ever do?
Justin McElroy
That's a lifelong dream.
Travis McElroy
Of course.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, let's do a wizard Marshall.
Travis McElroy
Now, Griffin, why do you keep saying it?
Justin McElroy
Can we do it individually or that's like all at once.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, I'd rather it not be all at once.
Griffin McElroy
No, I mean, let's dogpile this wizard. No, it was sent in Marshall Marshall sent it in first, but a lot of people have sent this one in. And it's been a dereliction of my duty that I have not done this one yet. And I do apologize. I do think maybe this could provide some guidance for us as we move forward as adults, as fathers. It's how to replace swear words with less offensive words.
Travis McElroy
Thank God.
Griffin McElroy
That was a good start.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Travis McElroy
Instead of think fuck, which is what I normally do.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah. Think pic. Thank piss.
Travis McElroy
Thank pissies.
Griffin McElroy
Make notes on how you swear. Brainstorm all the swear words you use.
Travis McElroy
Oh, my God. What a day.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Travis McElroy
Honey, I can't help with dinner right now. I'm trying to think of all the swear words I use. Fuck. Oh, that's one.
Griffin McElroy
That's a good one.
Justin McElroy
I'm trying to make this shitting list.
Travis McElroy
Wait, I got it. Is that a normal way I use it, or is that the first time?
Justin McElroy
Hey, honey, when's the last time you heard me?
Griffin McElroy
Do I say shitting a lot?
Travis McElroy
Is that a common one? How many times would you say? Three, four times a day? All right, I'm writing it down.
Justin McElroy
Hey, hon, can I say something? And you're like. I just want to watch your expression. Pussy.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, my God.
Travis McElroy
Just.
Justin McElroy
Okay, so that's. So that one's.
Griffin McElroy
I don't say. Good news is I don't say that one a lot. Okay, great. Knowing how and when you swear is the first step in figuring out inoffensive replacements. For example, you might be able to identify your number one swear word and start by replacing just that one. I do appreciate the work that our listeners and Travis have done in helping us compile some of our swear facts, because I've been trying to clean up my act since that dark truth came out.
Travis McElroy
Can I tell you the excitement at building a bracket of swear words to figure out which one I say the most? Which one comes out the number one seat? Because I'm betting there's a Cinderella story in there where I think it's fuck. But it turns out, like I said.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, coming around the bend, it's bastard.
Justin McElroy
What? No way.
Travis McElroy
No way. Travis says dookie way more than he.
Griffin McElroy
What the heck?
Justin McElroy
I would love to know. This is the information that I need, is what is our least used swear word? Right? Like, where are we? Like, oh, no. Even the magma, if they. This is like, there has to be a word where if we use it, it's really bad, right?
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
There's gotta be a few words that we've only busted out a few times. Like, real stinkers.
Griffin McElroy
We don't say ass, which is weird. We say all the other ones.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, that's true. I will never say H E double hockey sticks.
Griffin McElroy
No way.
Travis McElroy
That's where the devil lives.
Griffin McElroy
That's where he lives.
Justin McElroy
If we had started this thing. This is the advice I give to new podcasters. Don't say ass, say a double S.
Griffin McElroy
And so much so that it makes people. People will be so weirded out by it after a certain point. Cause you'll say all the other ones.
Justin McElroy
Say all the other ones.
Travis McElroy
Say all the other ones. Because what you're doing is you're gonna reserve that one. And 15 years in, you're gonna say it for the first time and it's gonna have an impact like you've never imagined before.
Griffin McElroy
You could also do it for D A M N. And then you hit one of those one day while you're really angry. And just like the foundations of the building start to crack and crumble. What with the raw power of it. Think about places where you cannot swear they've listed some office, office, school, church bullshit anywhere near children.
Travis McElroy
You can't curse at the office. Oh, it's so woke now.
Justin McElroy
No, you can't curse on the show the office.
Travis McElroy
Oh, okay, yeah, no, that's on network tv.
Griffin McElroy
That's true.
Travis McElroy
That show would have been so much better if it was just like my fucking stablers and the fucking cello again. God damn it, Jim.
Griffin McElroy
The British version.
Travis McElroy
I'm gonna kill you with a gun, Michael.
Griffin McElroy
Fuck.
Justin McElroy
I'm gonna shoot your shittin ass.
Griffin McElroy
Fuck, Pam. You're eating my guts out of my body. Ow. Fart shit.
Travis McElroy
Wait, is it the walking dead now?
Griffin McElroy
Yeah. Fuck, Pam. You're a dead zombie. You're eating my fucking brain. Ouch.
Travis McElroy
Ouch. Yowch.
Griffin McElroy
Ouch. Pam.
Justin McElroy
Kevin made a big pot of human chili. We're all eating his human brain chili.
Travis McElroy
And he fucking smelled the human brain shot on the fucking carpet.
Justin McElroy
Dang.
Travis McElroy
Jim, get over there. Andy, you bastard.
Justin McElroy
Jim's the only one alive. And he keeps looking at the camera like, can you believe these guys? It's like, jim, get the fuck out of here. Get out of there, Jim. Don't look at me. The camera guy's a zombie. Jim.
Travis McElroy
I do like the cold open where he painted Jim inside on the doors. That was funny. That was good. And then he kind of smirked at the camera, you know, in the way.
Justin McElroy
That he goes, when your boss is a zombie.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
You thought your boss was brainless.
Griffin McElroy
There's jokes there for sure. We won't be brainless.
Travis McElroy
We should Write a song about it.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, right, Exactly.
Griffin McElroy
So think about what you're trying to say when you swear. Sometimes swear words are used in ways that are far different. Okay, let me finish. Sometimes swear words are used in ways that are far different than their actual meaning. For instance, the B word technically means female dog, while the A word means donkey, and the D word means wishing one person to an evil place or a barrier to obstruct the flow of water. I don't think that any of that.
Travis McElroy
And ass also means butt, right?
Griffin McElroy
No, it means donkey, for instance. This exam really effed me over. Doesn't say much. While I didn't do well on this exam because I hadn't studied enough for the section on thermal dynamics is much more specific. Yeah, and they hit the same way at the same level for sure. That's what I hate the most.
Travis McElroy
And hold on. Article. You can recognize that one of those has, like eight words and one has, like, 27, right? Like that. There is a reason that maybe we wouldn't throw out all of the words. You just say, I fucked up instead of saying, yeah, so I didn't get a good night's sleep last night and I forgot.
Griffin McElroy
And I didn't do my due diligence in studying certain topics, specifically thermal dynamics.
Justin McElroy
Just speaking of yelling words that sound like curse, words I did want to bring up on the screen here. In the PlayStation game Masters of the Terrace Kasai. It's a Star wars fighting game. There is a character who I'm not even gonna attempt the actual name of this character. Cause in the game, he's called Hohor. Kohar in the game says Hoar. And I got a lot. I had a lot of fun with that as a kid because I would lose. And then I remember one time I yelled, you stupid whore. And then dad came in and I got to be like, actually, got you.
Griffin McElroy
Got you, man. Freaky.
Justin McElroy
Got you.
Griffin McElroy
Let's get to finding some substitutions. Okay. There's quick euphemisms. Funk instead of.
Justin McElroy
Full name, please.
Griffin McElroy
Darn. Instead, that's my father.
Travis McElroy
Call me Prank. Kohar.
Griffin McElroy
What the f. What the heck? Or what the barnacles instead of what the F. Also, what the hell? Wait. Also what the hell? Acceptable.
Travis McElroy
Let me just say this. If I'm working in an office setting and maybe something has gone terribly wrong. Something's gone terribly wrong. Not enough people supported the Max fund drive. And now I've had to take a day job back at the office selling paper. And I've just found out that there's a Huge return on an order I sell and I yell out what the barnacles. I think I will be called into hr.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah. Good news though, Travis. This wikihouse got also other great suggestions. Invent new inoffensive expletives to use instead of swear words. Since these words are newly invented, they won't offend. And some people like swear words will use your imagination to invent replacement words and phrases like brace your ass.
Justin McElroy
I'm ready.
Griffin McElroy
Bokaluca.
Travis McElroy
Nope.
Griffin McElroy
Iguamualasha.
Travis McElroy
No.
Justin McElroy
Bokaluca. Bokaluka.
Travis McElroy
Why are there so many syllables?
Griffin McElroy
IGA molasha. This sounds like a sim. Who is like, you know, they couldn't nut when they made wahoo or whatever and they climb out of bed all pixelated. Like iga molasha ika molasha.
Travis McElroy
This sounds like James Cameron trying to come up with curse words.
Griffin McElroy
Does. But how about with this one though? This one actually does hit. Dingle buff. Ah, Dingle buff.
Travis McElroy
Dingle buff does hit. I'll give you that one. Dangle buff hit.
Justin McElroy
Makes me feel angry.
Travis McElroy
I love the musical stylings of dingle bump Humperfrum.
Griffin McElroy
This work is great, Travis. You're allowed to cuss again. If it.
Travis McElroy
If it stops me from saying dingle.
Justin McElroy
Buff humber bump, we'll pay it.
Travis McElroy
All I'm saying is that when you think about swear words, they're single syllable, very percussive. Fuck. Shit. Damn right.
Griffin McElroy
Bastard.
Travis McElroy
Bastard. And now you're introducing Ingra Von Prunt. Whatever. Like give me a solid percussive sound that means that doesn't have but feels the same way.
Griffin McElroy
You won't like this one. Then I literally bedangled my pants.
Travis McElroy
That sounds like.
Justin McElroy
Is that the example they gave?
Griffin McElroy
Yep. I literally bedangled myself.
Travis McElroy
That's a 90s fashion trend.
Griffin McElroy
Wait, we were all bedangling our genius?
Justin McElroy
I just wanna. Okay, wait. If the example is I literally bedangled my pants, then what they're saying is. I mean, the only cursor they could be replacing is like, I literally shit my pants. Yeah, and so what they're saying is like I shit my pants. Like that is what they're saying.
Travis McElroy
No, I literally did.
Justin McElroy
I literally shit my pants.
Travis McElroy
Unless you're admitting to fucking your own pants. I guess that might be the. I shit my pants.
Justin McElroy
I guess in a sense, I bashed my pants.
Travis McElroy
I literally fucked my pants.
Justin McElroy
I basked my ass.
Travis McElroy
And I understand why I'm in this courtroom today. I get it. I literally fucked up.
Justin McElroy
I shitted my pants.
Travis McElroy
I shitted my pants. I get It.
Griffin McElroy
I do kind of like having a neutral.
Travis McElroy
I throw myself at the mercy of the court.
Griffin McElroy
Having a neutral term for I've made a mess in my pants, but you don't know which hole. That's, like, kind of fun for me. It could mean I've sold, dirtied. I dirtied my.
Travis McElroy
I've dirtied me all of them. I'm ashamed.
Justin McElroy
I've shaved my pants.
Travis McElroy
I've awaked my pants.
Griffin McElroy
He was so glogged up.
Travis McElroy
Now, that sounds like constipation. That doesn't sound.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, I got my wee woo beat at bowling last night. Now stop, because that could mean you were defeated in bowling and wee woo is replacing ass or my essence. It could also mean you showed up.
Justin McElroy
You went for the bowling and stayed.
Griffin McElroy
From getting beat off at bowling.
Travis McElroy
Or maybe as someone swung back with the wiimote, they punched you in the dick.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. This is why we need curse words.
Griffin McElroy
Curse words. They're important.
Justin McElroy
Cuss. Can't tell dick from ass unless you say those words.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, it's true.
Justin McElroy
You can't tell them apart without using the bad words. You don't have to use them.
Travis McElroy
We can also agree that if you're trying to replace maybe, let's say, dick with wee woo, there might be situations in which saying wee woo might be, let's say, a mood killer. That might be a problem.
Griffin McElroy
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
Travis McElroy
If you were to say, for example, that feels so good on my wee woo, that might be the end of maybe an experience.
Griffin McElroy
But then they would be like, I thought your wee woo was your butt. And you'd be like, well, in my family growing up. Hey, you guys, wait.
Travis McElroy
What do you think bedangling is? Because we're about to talk about that as an option.
Griffin McElroy
And, yeah, if I start shouting, I'm gonna bedangle. What does that mean to you? Tell me now before we get intimate. Use outdated swear terms. Some words that were once used as offensive swear words have become either more acceptable or have generally been forgotten.
Travis McElroy
Bring him back.
Griffin McElroy
Bring him back. Bring him back. Bring him back. Consarn it instead of darn it. Oh, well, instead of damn it. They didn't blur this one. For some reason, they blurred all the other cusses. Cons. Aren't Zuderkins a 17th century term for God's wounds? Or zounds? So this does sound like something Paul wrote.
Justin McElroy
Why do you need a 17th century term for zounds? Just say zounds.
Travis McElroy
Is that not. Are you not allowed to say zoons these days? Zoons?
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, fop. Doodle for dumbass. Hey, if you call me a dumbass, I'll be like, all right, man. If you call me a fop doodle, I'll throw hands. These hands are coming out. They're coming out. Soon.
Travis McElroy
I will use your wee woos.
Griffin McElroy
These say you're one wee woo fop doodle. I'll be like, get the hands out because I'm throwing mine. And I want it to be fair and I want it to be.
Travis McElroy
I'm gonna bedangle your face up.
Griffin McElroy
I don't talk about fighting a lot on this show, but there's certain words in here that. If you call me a gadsbuddlykins. Unknown derivation. Yeah. Cause you just fucking made it up.
Justin McElroy
Yeah. It's not real.
Griffin McElroy
Hands coming out. Borrow fictional swear words. Frak or frak from Battlestar Galactica. Goram from the Firefly series. I will literally wedgie you so hard, you will severance right then and there. You'll become two people from the wedgie. Then it says swear in a foreign language. No, that's cussing. Bleep yourself. This bleeping movie is stupid. I lost my bleeping phone hands.
Justin McElroy
Absolutely speak absolutely. How my bleeping Weewoo smack your face. I do get offended by this. I'm realizing this is what being offended feels like. I would be offended if someone is so worked up about profanity that they commit a far graver sin, and that is wresting my attention away.
Travis McElroy
Yes.
Justin McElroy
With some haggard old dusty bullshit. Yes, please, just like, don't, dude, don't. Don't do it with words. Don't do it with clothes. Don't. Just one of the things.
Travis McElroy
Don't.
Justin McElroy
I'm trying to do other things. Don't say zounds or frippery or any of that.
Travis McElroy
And maybe frippery fucks. You can say frippery.
Justin McElroy
I'm not saying that kind of stuff. Don't make me think about you. It's mean.
Travis McElroy
My. My personal. One of my personal pet peeves is when in, like, written advertisements, say a newspaper article or a billboard, they will have a curse word, but it's censored out. And it's like you thought you were so naughty, you felt so, and so you invoked fuck, but you didn't want to put fuck because you get in trouble, so you put knife and then the shit. And it's like.
Griffin McElroy
But I know.
Travis McElroy
I'm thinking fuck.
Griffin McElroy
I know.
Travis McElroy
Have the. Have confidence in yourself.
Justin McElroy
If you ever try to type that stuff, it's Tough.
Travis McElroy
So much words.
Justin McElroy
Like, you ever try to, like, you're typing something for use and you're trying to like, put in the symbols and stuff. It's not as easy. Like if you guys try to do, like, try to do motherfucker in your browser bar right now. If you take the symbols.
Travis McElroy
I'm not searching that text motherfucker to.
Justin McElroy
Dad just to like, test.
Travis McElroy
I have no problem with that. I deleted the picture of the person.
Griffin McElroy
Again from this fucking document. It really seems like I'm holding the.
Justin McElroy
Grudge symbols to make it. Like, if you want to censor that out, speak eloquently.
Griffin McElroy
Circumlocutions or ways of getting around saying something that you don't want to or shouldn't can be used as another way of replacing swear words. This is some of the worst stuff, guys. Instead of I can't find my keys, I'm so effed, try by the beard of Zeus, I declare I have lost my keys. And this has thrown me into a woefully anguished state of mind.
Justin McElroy
This is assuming someone is hearing it, right? Like someone will hear you say it.
Travis McElroy
If not cuss when no one's around. Right?
Justin McElroy
Right. So the only reason is this just to please God, because, like, if that's what it is, like, slow down before you're about to curse and curse God on your own. Like, slow down and like, explain to him that you're not that bad. Because if it's around other people, I don't think that's fair to anyone to hear that, to say all that shit, to say that to them, around them.
Travis McElroy
Near them in the grand scheme of things. And listen, I'm. I don't buy into it, but do you think God cares if I say.
Griffin McElroy
Fuck, Travis, you gotta get saved.
Justin McElroy
You gotta get saved.
Travis McElroy
I did. Twice, Griffin. And you know that. Cause I like the attention. I got 15 years. It lasts 15 years.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Travis McElroy
Oh, I have to re up it. But do you think that when I say fuck upstairs, God is like, oh, man, Travis, Travis, understands that you're doing.
Justin McElroy
This for your job is what I want to know.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, God gets it. God's a podcaster. He loves that alt context.
Justin McElroy
I would never do this outside of the context of this show. I hope everybody knows, like, if you meet me in my day to day life, I'll still cuss because that's part of the performance.
Travis McElroy
You know what I mean?
Justin McElroy
Like, that you're meeting the character Justin McElroy, who is a cursor, but like, if you somehow were able to observe Me without me knowing that I'm being observed by a listener, which is impossible when that happens. Yeah, I've trained that since. But if you were to see me without me knowing a listener was observing me, I would never, ever curse.
Travis McElroy
No. And I don't interrupt people. I don't speak loudly. My voice is totally normal and pleasant to listen to. All of this is a character.
Griffin McElroy
My words I think of as a beautiful gift. And so when I cuss and I make dirty stuff out there, it's just not something I'm comfortable with doing. Not for this show. That's a part of my life that you don't get access to, actually.
Travis McElroy
Well. And it's wasted. These are fun words that we use to make you happy. Why would I spill my fucks upon the ground? You know what I mean? I'm not gonna waste those. I'm saving those for Max Fuck Drive.
Griffin McElroy
Now, Travis, I don't think that I.
Travis McElroy
Lose my right to curse again.
Griffin McElroy
You did, Trav. I'm gonna put you in the penalty box.
Justin McElroy
I'm Secret Agent Max Fuck Drive, and I'm here to ask you to donate to the maximum fund.
Travis McElroy
When I'm shifting up the gears in.
Justin McElroy
The fuckmobile, I'm only thinking about one thing, and that's how much I love the McElroy brothers. Podcasting. Not now, Daphne Fast in the car.
Travis McElroy
Is the car Daphne? Wait, is the car Daphne?
Griffin McElroy
The car is Daphne Fast and the Furious 12. The car is AI. The driver is Pierce Brosn rolls up to La Familia, and Vince, like, I don't know, guys. Like, I know we have an open door, big tent policy here in La Familia, but this. This seems pretty wildly out of esthetic for us. Shall we say, is Max Fuck Drive the British secret agent spy with a car named Daphne that's artificial intelligent? I don't know, guys.
Travis McElroy
I think we say car.
Justin McElroy
Let me say this. I will say this. Max Fuck Drive is such a big swing. It's probably something we need to run through the whole team.
Travis McElroy
Like everybody needs to.
Justin McElroy
Like, he's more of a thematic element that everyone's gonna need to practice.
Travis McElroy
That's not McElroy. That extends to everybody.
Griffin McElroy
That extends out. And listen, I know we broke the dam when we brought John Cena into this cinematic universe to play, basically John Cena, but I do have to draw the line at Max Fuck Drive. There is. I have principles.
Justin McElroy
I want a munch squad. I want to Munch Squad. Welcome, Bunch Broad. It's podcast within podcast profiling. Latest at grace of Brand eating. I have a quickie for you today because this. This date has already passed, which is a heartbreaker. Obviously. I always hate, hate it when that happens. But I did want to let you guys know about this image that exists.
Griffin McElroy
Cool, cool, cool, cool. And that's great. I do like it. I want it so bad. I'm so hungry. I want it.
Justin McElroy
Tell me about it. What do you see there? Griffin, you're a fancy guy.
Griffin McElroy
We're looking at. Imagine if a Super bowl party, a car delivering food to it, got in a terrible accident, and then this is what the paramedics were able to recover from the wreck. It is a Pizza Hut Pizza Charcuterie tray, I suppose.
Justin McElroy
Move over, salami and brie. Pizza Hut is taking charcuterie to the next level just in time for PI Day.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, baby.
Justin McElroy
Introducing Pizza Charcuterie, a customizable, Instagram worthy pizza board designed for the ultimate social gathering. Whether hosting a Pie Day celebration, a watch party, or just looking for an easy but impressive way to elevate your get together, Pizza Hut's new Pizza Charcuterie is the ultimate crowd pleaser. Think of it as a build your own experience that's as fun to design as it is to devour.
Travis McElroy
No. Hey, hey. Pizza already comes ready to serve in a.
Griffin McElroy
In a great shape. Awesome shape.
Travis McElroy
I've never thought, oh, I love pizza so much, but it's so hard to serve up and get out to the people. I know. I'll pile it up in a big Barrett mess.
Griffin McElroy
Tossed in a mess, all Helter Skelter.
Travis McElroy
Why are some of the wings in a bowl and some of the wings not in a bowl? And some of the breadsticks are in a bowl and some of the breadsticks are not in a bowl.
Griffin McElroy
Well, Travis, it's like when you pour sake for a friend, you're supposed to overflow the cup. They have overflowed the cup a lot, I will say, with the slimiest looking buffalo wings. God, I would fuck this up so bad.
Travis McElroy
This is also a great way that if you got pizza specific to people at your party and they're like, I want it with this, or I'm allergic to this. Be like, hey now, nobody will like it. Cause it's touching. Everything's touching everything.
Griffin McElroy
Everything's touching everything. It's awesome.
Travis McElroy
Do you like a little bit of buffalo wing on your cheese stick and a little bit of onion on your cheese pizza? And yeah. Oh, okay. Here you go. I do enjoy this morass of edibles.
Justin McElroy
To help launch the Pizza Charcuterie Pizza Hut. Teamed up with Robert. Sorry, one second.
Griffin McElroy
You can do it.
Justin McElroy
No, Griffin, I can't. Because the last name is Gronkowski and you cannot call him Robert Gronkowski. I refuse.
Travis McElroy
With Pizza Scientific.
Justin McElroy
The man's name is not. He's in a Pizza Hut ad. He's not Robert Gronkowski. Rob Gronkowski is in this ad. And the link to it doesn't work. And that's as hard as I'm going to work to see Rob Gronkowski stack up pizza quote. We've seen creative charcuterie boards take over social feeds. We knew it was time to give pizza the spotlight it deserves, said Melissa Freebe. Yeah, finally. Because let's be honest, stacking crackers is cute, but stacking pizza wings and breadsticks, that's a power move. And I gotta say, Melissa. I agree. I want to say good. I'm glad charcuterie has been not very good for a long time. And I'm glad everybody got together. I've been very vocal about this to Travis and everybody's agreed about this.
Travis McElroy
And I'm glad that we finally.
Justin McElroy
Pizza's like, oh, yeah, you guys like to eat before dinner? Fuck you.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, I can eat before dinner.
Griffin McElroy
A huge lack of both pates and dried ass apricots on this board. And I am loving that vibe.
Justin McElroy
The only problem with it is that there are still olives.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
That is the only on some of.
Travis McElroy
The a hundred percent what this is giving me. I've been staring at it as one might stare into the abyss. This is the most divorced dad weekend with the kids trying to prove he's still funny.
Griffin McElroy
Oh, don't make it sad. It could also be. It could be sports with your friends.
Travis McElroy
It could be trying to prove you're classy too.
Justin McElroy
You could be buying a pizza charcuterie board for your friends, trying to prove to them that you're a good dad.
Travis McElroy
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy
Yeah.
Justin McElroy
You don't know.
Travis McElroy
You can be trying to prove to all kinds. Maybe the office. Maybe you're trying to prove the office you're a good dad.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, you never know.
Griffin McElroy
Mr. Wilkins, in the case, the custody battle between you and your ex wife. Oh, what's this? Oh, you brought a little pizza charcuterie board in for the court. Oh, well, this is.
Justin McElroy
You know what?
Griffin McElroy
You are a good dad. I can tell.
Justin McElroy
What's that?
Travis McElroy
You dressed up as an old British lady to still spend time with your kids. Yeah. No, no, no, no. There's no way you're going to prison. What's this? You're submitting evidence to the court. Pizza charcuterie.
Griffin McElroy
Pizza Charcuterie.
Travis McElroy
Have your own TV show.
Griffin McElroy
Thank you, Mrs. Doubtfire.
Justin McElroy
Anyway, that's the news. It's two pizza.
Travis McElroy
More like Mrs. Doubt flavor.
Justin McElroy
Hey, thank you so much for all of your support. If you don't yet support the show, there's a lot of great bonus content available to you. If you go to maximumfun.org join, I think that you are going to be very delighted with the things that you find there. We've got videos, we've got audio, we've got so much stuff, and I think you're just gonna love it.
Travis McElroy
And maybe you're already a Max Fund member, which. Thank you so much. We appreciate your ongoing support. But maybe this is the year that you consider upping your membership to the next level. Maybe go from 5 to 10 or something like that to show a little bit more support. If you're able to. We would really appreciate it. And we also want to encourage you. Stay tuned to the McElroy family Instagram, because as we hit those bonus goals, as we're doing live streams and stuff like that, we're going to be announcing all of that there on our stories and such. And you won't want to miss it because we've got stuff planned for every day and we want you to be a part of it. We want you to be there because this isn't just about asking you for support. It's also a way for us to say thank you and give you some extra content as a little thank you for your support.
Griffin McElroy
We would never call it content, though. We would never call it extra joy. No, that's gross, too. Extra videos.
Travis McElroy
There we go.
Griffin McElroy
Sensory pleasure.
Travis McElroy
Yeah, so make sure you check that out.
Griffin McElroy
And do the eyebrow thing, too, that Justin did. The nasty eyebrow.
Travis McElroy
I don't have the control over it like Justin does. When I do it, I have to look like I'm staring. Blank face.
Griffin McElroy
Hey, hey, hey, listen, we lost the. We.
Justin McElroy
You don't have my weight.
Griffin McElroy
We lost the fucking iHeartMedia podcast awards for Best ad Read again last night. To fucking Conan, man.
Travis McElroy
He's already won it.
Justin McElroy
Jesus.
Griffin McElroy
He's already won it. It's not his turn, man.
Justin McElroy
How's it going?
Griffin McElroy
Conan doesn't need it.
Travis McElroy
Hey, Conan. I know you listened.
Justin McElroy
It's not fair.
Travis McElroy
We'll write our names in Sharpie. What are you gonna do with two of them?
Griffin McElroy
Just send it. You don't need it. We do. And we also need your support. The show would not exist without the people who have supported us. In the past in the Max fund drive. This is the time where if you enjoy our shows and you want to support our ability to continue making it and growing it and doing video stuff and all kinds of wild shit, then maximumfun.org join is the link for you. You can prepay for a whole year if you want to and help us hit our stretch goals and get a bunch of incredible. If you've never given there's like, like there's over a decade of bonus hundreds of hours of bonus content. It's obscene when you become a member. MaximumFun.org join thank you and thanks to Montaigne for the use of our theme song My life is better with you.
Travis McElroy
And thanks to the Penguin.
Griffin McElroy
Thanks to Penguin for stopping by.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, it was a pleasure. Thanks for having me.
Travis McElroy
I forgot to pull a Faster Than Fear so I'm doing it as quick as I can.
Griffin McElroy
I'll just ask Penguin. Yeah, Penguin, what are you scared of?
Travis McElroy
And what.
Justin McElroy
Yeah, I'm happy to. I. I love you want me to get vulnerable?
Griffin McElroy
Yeah, sure. What are you scared of? What are you going to stop being scared of this year? Penguin.
Justin McElroy
Batman. Batman.
Griffin McElroy
Well, for Justin McElroy.
Travis McElroy
I'm Travis McElroy.
Justin McElroy
I'm Penguin.
Griffin McElroy
I'm Justin.
Justin McElroy
This has been my brother. My brother. Me. Kiss your dad square on the lips.
Penguin
It's better, it's better with you my life it's better, it's better with you. Is it true? It's better, it's better with you my life it's better with you.
Justin McElroy
Maximum Fun A worker owned network of.
Griffin McElroy
Artist owned shows supported directly by.
Episode Summary: MBMBaM 754 – "Dinglebuff Hufferbuff"
Release Date: March 17, 2025
Podcast: My Brother, My Brother And Me
Hosts: Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy
The episode kicks off with Griffin McElroy humorously disclaiming the trio's lack of expertise in giving advice:
Following this, the brothers engage in their characteristic banter, setting a lighthearted tone. Griffin takes a moment to celebrate their successful Max Fun Drive fundraising campaign, praising their creative approach:
The conversation seamlessly transitions into promoting the Max Fun Drive, highlighting its importance for sustaining the podcast:
They detail membership benefits, emphasizing the exclusive content available to supporters:
A humorous skit featuring a character named Penguin interrupts the episode, leading to playful frustration among the brothers:
This segment showcases their improvisational skills and comedic timing, adding entertainment value to the episode.
The trio delves into a discussion about replacing swear words with more acceptable alternatives, aiming to guide listeners on managing profanity:
They explore creative substitutions, invent new expletives, and discuss the impact of swearing on communication and relationships:
The segment is both informative and comedic, reflecting the show's unique blend of advice and humor.
In a mock advertisement segment, the brothers parody a Pizza Hut commercial, introducing the fictional Pizza Charcuterie board:
This parody not only entertains but also satirizes modern marketing tactics, highlighting the show's knack for blending real-world references with humor.
As the episode nears its end, the brothers reiterate the importance of supporting the Max Fun Drive, expressing gratitude towards their listeners:
They discuss upcoming stretch goals and encourage listeners to engage with their content through various platforms:
The episode concludes with playful interactions involving the Penguin character and final thank-yous:
Community Support is Crucial: The episode underscores the importance of listener support through the Max Fun Drive. The brothers emphasize how membership directly sustains and enhances their content creation.
Creative Fundraising Strategies: Their inventive approach to promoting the Max Fun Drive, including humorous skits and parodies, demonstrates effective engagement with their audience.
Balancing Humor with Advice: The discussion on replacing swear words reflects their ability to blend practical advice with comedic elements, catering to a broad listener base.
Engagement through Parody and Skits: Segments like the Penguin skit and the Pizza Hut parody illustrate their talent for creating entertaining content that resonates with listeners.
Transparency and Gratitude: The brothers maintain an open dialogue about their operations and express genuine gratitude, fostering a strong community connection.
Conclusion: In "Dinglebuff Hufferbuff," the McElroy brothers deliver their trademark blend of humor, advice, and community engagement. Through celebratory moments, creative fundraising promotions, and entertaining skits, they reinforce the vital role of listener support in sustaining their long-running podcast. The episode not only entertains but also provides insightful discussions on communication and community building, making it a valuable listen for both long-time fans and newcomers.