How to Win Thanksgiving - Your Ruthless Thanksgiving Spectacular

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Ruthless Podcast Summary

Episode: How to Win Thanksgiving – Your Ruthless Thanksgiving Spectacular
Date: November 27, 2025
Hosts: Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook

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Episode Overview

This annual Thanksgiving episode of Ruthless delivers the show's signature irreverent conservative take on surviving—and dominating—holiday gatherings with liberal family members. The gang lays out a "prescription" of confrontational, unapologetic, and often tongue-in-cheek strategies for making Thanksgiving uncomfortable for their ideological opponents, all in the spirit of humorous bravado. Interwoven with football predictions and tales of family traditions, the episode is both a parody and a how-to guide for listeners looking to “own the libs” at the holiday table.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: The Ongoing Culture War at Thanksgiving

• The hosts riff on how “libs” feel compelled to bring activism to every family gathering, especially Thanksgiving.
  • John Ashbrook: "They think every opportunity, even if it’s with family, even if it’s Thanksgiving... I have to be an activist on this day." [00:00]
• The Ruthless stance: don’t avoid politics—bring it front and center.
  • Josh Holmes: "You insert it. You make sure that this isn't as uncomfortable as it could possibly get." [00:19]
• Mocking advice columns about “dreading” hateful politics at Thanksgiving and the rise of therapy culture post-2016.
  • Holmes (quoting an op-ed): "I've been going to a therapist since Trump got elected." [04:48]

2. The Ruthless Thanksgiving “Game Plan”

A. Preemptive Moves: Visual Triggers and Psychological Tactics

• Before anyone walks in, ensure left-wing relatives “know what they’re in for.”
  • Double up on Trump/Vance signs in the front yard. [10:56]
• Smug's proposal: Set the mood with the patriotic spectacle of the Creed halftime show on a loop throughout the house. [11:33]
• Michael Duncan ups the ante: Buy a live turkey so “lib relatives” witness the bird’s demise, mimicking viral Sarah Palin footage. [11:55]

B. Table Setup: Agitation by Design

• Scatter seating to maximize awkwardness: seat “the lesbian lib aunt” next to “the QAnon Republican uncle.” [14:52]
• Use custom Ruthless napkins boasting Trump’s electoral map victory as place settings. [14:25]
• At the overflow/kids’ table, slap an “Epstein Island” sign and seat “lib uncles” there as a jab at left-wing scandals. [13:03]
• Duncan’s extra-provocative tip: Set out namecards for only male relatives to “demonstrate that the patriarchy lives.” [16:02]

C. The Meal: Feast as Sport, Sides as Statement

• Ruthless-style Thanksgiving is "an eating contest": everyone’s plate must crack the digital scale or risk banishment. [17:25]
• Salad and “rabbit food” is scorned—only artery-clogging traditional sides are acceptable. [18:25]
  • Smug: "What I want to see is potatoes and sweet potatoes and other potatoes and corn... starch on starch on starch." [18:28]
• If a liberal asks for more vegetables, respond: "No kings," then toss the dish on the floor. [20:12]

D. Conversation: Go on Offense, Never Defense

• Insert politics into every lull in the conversation. Reiterate conservative talking points relentlessly, “mansplain” style. [21:49]
• Weaponize knowledge of relatives’ political donations, especially if there’s overlap with controversial figures like Jeffrey Epstein. [22:10]
• Stoke division among liberal attendees by encouraging “establishment Dem” and “AOC progressive” infighting. [22:38]
• Drop absurd or trollish legal takes, e.g., "I think there’s a plain interpretation that Trump can run for a third term." [25:54]
• Reference “Project 2026” in cryptic ways to trigger left-wing anxieties about authoritarianism. [27:11]
• If prayer is said, offer the chance to “pray to AOC,” and eject anyone who accepts. [19:15]

E. Gender Roles and “Alpha” Behavior

• Only men get prime seating and first servings; “don't bus a single dish” after the meal—leave the cleanup to others. [29:08], [29:25]
  • “My favorite part about drinking heavily is the fridge.” [30:02]

F. Drinking: No Inhibitions Allowed

• Begin with vodka in the morning, switch to bourbon early, and stay “brown water drunk” all afternoon. [29:40], [29:59]
• Pour wine to the rim, mix red and white, use a fishbowl glass, and bring it to the couch or recliner for football. [31:11]

3. Football Mania: Strategic Betting and Male Bonding

• Betting on every game, including Friday’s “Black Friday” game. Sandwich and drink in hand, the men settle in for napping, overeating, and loud football-watching while ignoring the chaos in the kitchen. [28:54], [31:53], [32:02]
  • “This is the thing that’s non-negotiable year in, year out… nothing does Thanksgiving better than Thanksgiving Day football.” [32:02]
• Hot takes and comedic arguments for each matchup (notable dislike for the Bengals-Ravens primetime game: “Who am I going to root for, ISIS or Al Qaeda? These teams suck” – Smug [36:00]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “This is the one day they’re forced to be courageous... now they actually have to go and show up at your house and have dinner, break bread with you.” – Smug [00:25]
• “Have them dread having to show up and deal with you. That’s the thing – you are the one who knocks.” – Smug [07:42]
• “You need to take any nightmare these people could have and make it a reality on this day.” – John Ashbrook [07:52]
• “Treat left wing rhetoric like a Venezuelan drug boat from the very top. Like this is an act of war.” – Josh Holmes [10:16]
• “At the kids table, you should just put a sign in the middle of it. It’s called Epstein Island.” – Josh Holmes [13:03]
• “Set up the table to maximize uncomfortability and violence... You want the lesbian lib aunt next to the QAnon Republican uncle.” – Smug [14:44]
• “The most Christian God centric prayer... and then when you’re finished, look directly at your lib relative and say, if you’d like to pray to AOC… then get up and kick them out of the house.” – Michael Duncan [19:15]
• “You have to have more sides than pronouns at the Democrat National Committee.” – Josh Holmes [19:46]
• “If any lib relative is... not touching their big plate and they ask you to pass another thing of green beans, you just tell them, ‘No kings’… and throw the dish on the floor.” – Josh Holmes [20:23]
• “Make all their nightmares come true. Like, it has to be a horrific experience for them. That’s the whole point of the Ruthless Thanksgiving spectacular.” – John Ashbrook [25:24]
• “If you could get brown water drunk, start talking misogyny, you’re on the right path.” – Josh Holmes [30:06]
• “If you wake to that – leftovers and crying relatives – you’ve been doing it right.” – John Ashbrook [39:45]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening and Tone Setting: [00:00–07:42]
• Deep Dive into “How to Own the Libs”: [10:16–20:45]
• Table Dynamics & Gender Jokes: [14:25–16:31]
• Food, Eating Contests, and Plate Metrics: [16:52–20:12]
• Conversation Tactics and Political Potshots: [21:49–26:58]
• Project 2026 and Trigger Topics: [27:11–28:20]
• Post-Meal Protocols: Drinking and Football: [28:54–32:02]
• Football Predictions & Spirited Banter: [32:02–41:25]
• Closing Reflection and Legacy of the Thanksgiving Episode: [41:25–end]

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Summary Flow and Utility

This episode is both a satirical how-to and a parody of ultra-confrontational holiday politics. The hosts embrace and exaggerate the trope of the “conservative family’s Thanksgiving agitator,” offering a layered blend of actual advice, in-jokes, and intentionally over-the-top recommendations aimed at listeners who both love and lampoon right-wing culture war bluster. From seating arrangements meant to spark conflict to plate-weight competitions and football-bet-fueled inebriation, the hosts keep the comedy fast, loud, and partisan. Notably, they wrap up with a call for listener input: “What’s the best way to deal with your liberal family members on Thanksgiving?” [30:02]

If you’ve never listened, this summary captures the content, style, comedy, and winking self-awareness of Ruthless’s Thanksgiving tradition—equal parts culture war cosplay and community inside joke.

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Listener Call to Action:
“What is the best way to deal with liberal family members on Thanksgiving?” (Josh Holmes [30:06])
The hosts encourage feedback, promising to read responses in the next episode.

Transcript

[John Ashbrook]

This is a whole liberal thing of they think every opportunity, even if it's with family, even if it's Thanksgiving. They feel like I have to be an activist on this day and I have to say my piece and my therapist says I need to stand up for myself.

[Josh Combs]

Our take right from the beginning of the Ruthless Variety Program has always been you don't avoid politics.

[Michael Duncan]

No.

[Josh Combs]

You insert it.

[John Ashbrook]

Yep.

[Josh Combs]

You make sure that this isn't as uncomfortable as it could possibly get.

[Smug]

This is the one day they're forced to be courageous.

[Josh Combs]

Yes.

[Michael Duncan]

Right.

[Smug]

Because they'd rather go to their therapist and complain about their family and now they actually have to go and show up at your house and have dinner, break bread with you.

[Michael Duncan]

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[John Ashbrook]

We're really proud to still make Pepsi products in America.

[Josh Combs]

You don't need a college degree to work here, but I put four kids through college by working here.

[Smug]

This is a great place to work with great people and great American brands.

[John Ashbrook]

Grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, they all depend on us.

[Michael Duncan]

We deliver great paying jobs, we deliver beverages, people love.

[John Ashbrook]

We deliver for our community.

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[John Ashbrook]

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[Michael Duncan]

It's time for our main event.

[Josh Combs]

Happy Thanksgiving from the Ruthless Variety Program. This is the show that made us famous. I am Josh Combs along with comfortably smug Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook. Left a right across your radio dial for you. OG's out there. You know exactly what you're about to get. It is going to be hardcore and we're coming after this and like look, the basic framework for what we're working with and then we're going to get to the reason why we started all of this. But the basic framework is that you want like minded relatives that are going to come to your house to be more excited than a Republican presidential candidate who's gonna get an Olivia Newsy profile. You want them pumped, they gotta be psyched up to get to your house cuz they know they're gonna have a good day. Conversely, you want the libs that are coming over, you want them to be more fearful than a day laborer in Stephen Miller's neighborhood. That's the basic framework that we're working off of here. And the reason why we got into this line of work in the first place. And recall we started in some dark times in the Ruthless Variety program where the libs were ascended and they were starting to like tell us that you know, you had to demand accountability at Thanksgiving. Maybe don't even show up or not invite your conservative relatives. Well, this continues. It just doesn't have the same kind of fanfare as it did when we started this program. But the USA Today, remember that when that was a paper.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah, remember that. Now the only time you know is like, oh, I'm staying at a hotel. That's why they get USA Today.

[Josh Combs]

Well, I don't even think they do that anymore. It used to be at the hotel, at the doorstep of your hotel, there was always a hard copy of the USA Today, which is how they claimed such a huge, like, what do they call it?

[John Ashbrook]

Circulation.

[Josh Combs]

Circulation.

[Michael Duncan]

Like CNN at airports.

[John Ashbrook]

Bingo.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah, exactly. Same.

[Michael Duncan]

Not allowed to change the channel.

[Josh Combs]

But we didn't know any better back then. Well, now it's just they've gone away with it. I'm not even sure if this is a red newspaper, but Wolf has dutifully scoured everywhere. And we have our latest example of what we're fighting against here on Thanksgiving. It is an anonymous op ed that is written.

[John Ashbrook]

The cowardice begins in the USA Today.

[Josh Combs]

Entitled I dread confronting my Family's hateful politics on Thanksgiving.

[Michael Duncan]

Here we go.

[Josh Combs]

It's in the your turn segment of the opinion pages. Your turn.

[Michael Duncan]

Anonymous. Probably because it's written by the editor in chief.

[John Ashbrook]

That's good.

[Josh Combs]

Listen to a couple of paragraphs because it sets the stage for all of this. I'm torn. I have a family member who does nothing but watch Fox News and has an opinion on everything, loves Donald Trump and seems to hate everyone else. He won't listen to anyone but Fox and himself, believing that they are right and everyone else is wrong. I was totally disturbed that another family member complained about Disney having a black little mermaid. Another homophobic. I mean, really, everything is woke, quote unquote. I'm apparently a woke liberal and proud of it.

[Smug]

This is the kicker.

[John Ashbrook]

This explains it all right here.

[Michael Duncan]

Apparently, if you're gonna put the parenthetical that you're proud of being woke, this.

[Josh Combs]

Is the kicker and it actually gives you a good insight into the modern day Democratic Party. I've been going to a therapist since Trump got elected.

[John Ashbrook]

There it is. They make you read all these paragraphs before they get to what the point of this is.

[Smug]

I have a mental problem.

[Josh Combs]

Oh, I'm disturbed. And now you are too. My biggest problem was how I reacted to hateful people and how I don't want to be around people with those beliefs. I'm feeling my intolerance towards them and I'M feeling guilty over my own thoughts.

[John Ashbrook]

Oh, my God.

[Josh Combs]

It gives you a little taste, right? Because this is what the modern left has done, is that they've created this environment where politics is everywhere. We've been covering it here for months about how people can't live in their own neighborhoods. Their neighbor, I don't even know. I don't have any clue how my neighbor votes. Never ask. Not concerned.

[John Ashbrook]

As a quick aside, so I recently found out how my neighbor votes because the mailman accidentally put their mail in my mailbox.

[Smug]

Hell, yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

And it was a letter from Mike Whatley, running for Senate in North Carolina. So I was like, all right, all right.

[Michael Duncan]

Okay.

[Josh Combs]

Well, it's always a nice thing. And by the way, sure, you could.

[Michael Duncan]

Tell that from the outside of the envelope. Smug.

[John Ashbrook]

Well, yeah, It's. It on the envelope.

[Josh Combs]

In our line of work. In our line of work. Oh, yeah, the outside. Because it's a fundraising letter.

[Michael Duncan]

Right?

[Josh Combs]

Okay. Yeah, no, I got it. In our line of work, when your neighbors haven't already approached you, you already know the answer, right? Because they know who you are. And, like, if your neighbor comes up and they don't. They don't bring it up. You already know they're probably on the other team, but you don't. Like, that's not a big thing to us. Libs, on the other hand, they want to throw it in your face. They want to cancel you. They want to throw you out of your home, and there's no place that they'd rather do it than the Thanksgiving table.

[John Ashbrook]

And so that's. The thing is, like Holmes described is, you know, this. This is a whole liberal thing of they think every opportunity, even if it's with family, even if it's Thanksgiving, they feel like, I have to be an activist on this day, and I have to say my peace. And my therapist says I need to stand up for myself.

[Smug]

Okay, well. And this is the thing that's fascinating about. About Thanksgiving and why this is such an important episode for the ruthless variety program. Because we love the intersection of culture and politics.

[Michael Duncan]

Right.

[Smug]

But for libs, this is the one day they're forced to be courageous.

[Josh Combs]

Yes.

[Smug]

Right. Because they'd rather go to their therapist and complain about their family. And now they actually have to go and show up at your house and have dinner, break bread with you. And it is incumbent on you, dear listener and viewer, to make that a fucking horrible experience for these people.

[Josh Combs]

They've been anxious about this since mid August.

[Smug]

Yeah, they.

[Josh Combs]

They know what they've had to do since Mid August and they've been dreading it. And your job as a listener is to make sure that next year it's July, not August. All you're doing is backing up the anxiety.

[Smug]

Don't let them dread having to confront you. Have them dread having to show up and deal with you. That's the thing is you are the one who knocks.

[John Ashbrook]

That's the thing is, is they're imagining that like, oh no. My greatest fear is that they're going to say that Disney, they're gonna show up and my family's gonna say Disney is woke or that they love Trump. You need to take any nightmare that these people could have and make it a reality on this day. That's what Thanksgiving is. Because it's time to stop trying to play on defense and just be purely on offense.

[Smug]

These people wanted you to have to take a COVID test to show up to their, to their house. Think about that in 2020, right? They want you to have to double mass to show up and eat mashed potatoes. Fuck these people.

[Michael Duncan]

Yep.

[Josh Combs]

So if you're looking for a based episode of the ruthless variety program, look no further. This is the thing that we became prominent over. It's an annual tradition. When we come back, we're going to give you your recipe on how to own the libs at Thanksgiving.

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[Smug]

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[Josh Combs]

Okay, so here's the deal. We organize our thoughts around certain aspects, whether it's the table, the meal, the setting, the conversation, all of that kind of thing. But equally instructive on what you need to do. I think the bottom line here is you need to treat left wing rhetoric like a Venezuelan drug boat right from the very top. Like this is an act of war.

[Smug]

Preemptive strikes.

[Josh Combs]

Get in on that. And so what I like to do is just, you've got that anxiety built and you invite people in and then you're just sort of reading the situation. How do you fellas like to just kick things off?

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah. So I don't even let them feel like, oh, boy, I'm walking up to the door, I'm gonna get in here and in a few minutes it'll probably begin allay them of that fear. I've got my Trump Vance sign from last November already. You put it up in the yard? You put it in the yard. It's already up there. It's already there, folks. It's already there. I. I have two of them to make sure. If they missed one coming up the driveway, they see one at the front door. There's two of them for them. So they know, well, there's no reason for them to have it here unless there's gonna be some problems. And they're right. There are gonna be some. And I'm the main one.

[Smug]

I like to go onto YouTube and I pull up that Thanksgiving NFL game where Creed played on halftime after 9, 11, and they're going, can you bring me higher?

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[Smug]

And just put that on the main television and then put it on every speaker in the house.

[Josh Combs]

Maybe just on loop.

[Smug]

On loop.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[Smug]

They gotta listen.

[Josh Combs]

They gotta hear it.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. This year, do not buy a frozen turkey. This year you buy a live turkey and let it run around in a very small pen in your front yard so that when your lib relatives show up, they can actually see the turkey that you are going to slaughter in front of them before you start cooking.

[John Ashbrook]

That's a good start.

[Smug]

This one isn't being pardoned.

[John Ashbrook]

I got it.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah. This one drew the short straw. Is there like a feather plucking involved?

[Michael Duncan]

There is no feather plucking. Did you guys ever see the video with Sarah Palin?

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah, they just like put them in there.

[Michael Duncan]

Exactly. So in your dining room, you will have a cone like structure. You put the turkey in the cone like structure, lop off the head. Make sure you have a bucket underneath the wall.

[Josh Combs]

Is it better if it struggles a touch?

[Michael Duncan]

It's going to struggle.

[John Ashbrook]

No, it's not. It's a Wood chipper, you know, it's quick.

[Michael Duncan]

You won't see it that much but you know, your lib relatives will see it running around in the pen.

[John Ashbrook]

It's basically like a. For those who haven't seen the Sarah Palin, it's like a, you know, this is how professional operations do it. They don't have time to be like one ax going around taking turkey heads off. It's like a wood chipper. Yeah, they just put the head in there. Onto the next.

[Michael Duncan]

Great idea.

[Josh Combs]

It's a great idea. Cause I think about things like I organize this in terms of like how you're gonna present the table. Like, you know, oftentimes is the case at Thanksgiving there's like an overflow. They call it like a kids table this year. I think there's a special connotation with that in some ways. I think the kids table, you should just put a sign in the middle of it. It's called Epstein Island.

[John Ashbrook]

Oh my God.

[Smug]

Jeez.

[Josh Combs]

Which the kids should be able to sit at. And then the lib uncle.

[Smug]

Yeah, right.

[Josh Combs]

Should also have to sit at Epstein Island. Name placards. Right? And like for every one of you, my God, for every one of your like minded relatives, you know, you should have a nice sort of like almost like a Fox News type placard with their name on red, white and blue. Their name. And then for your lib relatives you'll have their name. And then now like Ms. Now. Ms. Now because we've now rebranded on the left wing thing. So it's like, you know, their name and then now. But then they're at Epstein island on the kids thing and they're gonna be confused by it. You just tell them this is like, it's part of the drill. This is like what we've come to understand is the priorities of your party. Cause I think seating is important.

[Michael Duncan]

Seating is very important.

[Josh Combs]

You guys haven't felt like how do you lay out the room?

[John Ashbrook]

So first thing, this is not just self dealing. This is a solid tip. You go to RuthlessPodcast.com and we have these holiday napkins that are the electoral map of Trump's victory. And it's a great way to get the message across. You put it on the table, it's good for Thanksgiving, it's good for Christmas. It lets them know what they're gonna deal with and that's a W. I.

[Smug]

Think the most important thing to do is to set up the table to maximize uncomfortability and violence.

[Michael Duncan]

That's good.

[Smug]

You know, it's like if you thought drawing them in. Well, it's like, you know when you have, you plan a wedding and you're like, you know, I want the tables to have the best chemistry. This family, that family, this friend group, that friend group, this is the opposite. Throw it out the fucking window. You want the lib. You want the lesbian lib Aunt next to the qanon Republican uncle?

[John Ashbrook]

I mean, he was right.

[Smug]

You want that. You want that because you know what that is? That's content, pal.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[Smug]

That's because you're going to be sitting at the head of the table. You're going to be cleaning your knife and cutting up that bird and you're going to get to watch pure cinema.

[Josh Combs]

Sit back, relax and enjoy. Yeah, Yeah. I love it. How about you, Smash?

[Michael Duncan]

Let me offer a variation. I think I like the idea of the name placard. But at each name placard around the dining room table, you will only find the names of the male members of your family. Because this is a male dominated society and it demonstrates that the patriarchy lives that we are back. And the first seating, the first seating with the first round and seconds go to the men.

[Josh Combs]

Wow.

[Michael Duncan]

This is the way I understand meals happened when my great grandfather was making them around Cincinnati. The men would eat our founders and then the kids would eat.

[Josh Combs]

So is it like, do you do the name of the dude plus one or do you just leave them blank altogether?

[Michael Duncan]

Just leave it at the name of the man. And you know it's gonna make every single Democrat man uncomfortable. It's gonna make every single Democrat woman very uncomfortable.

[Josh Combs]

Oh, they'll hate that.

[Michael Duncan]

They're gonna hate every minute.

[Josh Combs]

They'll hate every minute of it. So I. But I also think about the meal itself because, look, a lot of gamesmanship to be had in terms of how you're dealing with your relatives, how you set the table, what the conversation is, which we'll get into in a minute. But like, you don't want to fuck up the dinner. Like, that's the thing that's for you.

[Michael Duncan]

Right.

[Josh Combs]

So you gotta put a bronze on that turkey the likes of which Tom Homan wants to deport it.

[Smug]

Yeah.

[Josh Combs]

You know, like this thing is going to be perfection. You gotta make sure that you got that thing. Just the perfect bronzing throughout. It's just a big, beautiful turkey where even your lib relatives who are like, I hate every minute of this, they're gonna look and wonder at the meal that you've provided. And that is a bragging point. There's just no Question about that. You have any thoughts on how you do it?

[John Ashbrook]

So here's the thing. I know a lot of people complain that they don't like turkey, which is first off. That's a horrible take. Another thing I think should be on the table is a digital scale under every plate. Because here's what's happening. Bottom three scores get kicked out. You know, if your plate isn't cracking contest. Yes, it is.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

If you don't have. It's like a five pound minimum. Forget the bottom three scores. Five pound minimum. And I want clean plates.

[Josh Combs]

And if your weight doesn't decline appropriately, you can just smash half of it off and just tariff the fuck out of that.

[John Ashbrook]

Well, I mean, like, it's Thanksgiving. If you're not showing up to play, why did you show up? You know, and you should shame people. Like, are you on that vitamin O? Didn't really bring your A game today.

[Smug]

Yeah, it's true. Smug. I think that there is something offensive about people on the main plate on Thanksgiving loading it up with greens, with salad.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Smug]

With the rabbit food.

[Josh Combs]

Yes.

[Smug]

It's like you got a side plate for that bullshit.

[Josh Combs]

That's right. Exactly right.

[Smug]

What I want to see is potatoes and sweet potatoes and other potatoes and corn and. And other stuffing. I want starch on starch on starch on starch and then turkey.

[Josh Combs]

We have covered this in previous years, but fundamentally what the eating thing is, is an eating contest. This is an achievement contest. It's for excellence. You load that plate as high as you can get and you eat until you feel so sick. But you look around the table and if anybody's not keeping up, you just badger the shit.

[Smug]

You gotta make eye contact to establish dominance. It's like the animal kingdom.

[Josh Combs]

It is.

[Smug]

You know, the alpha wolf goes into the kill and eats fucking first. And that is you. That's his point.

[Michael Duncan]

That's exactly right, buddy. And what does the alpha wolf do before he partakes of his meal? He offers a prayer. And when you offer a prayer, I want it to be the most Christian God centric prayer you could ever offer. And then when you're finished, you look directly at your lib relative and say, if you would like to pray to AOC right now, I'll let you do it. And then if they say yes, you get up and you turn their chair over and you kick them out of the house.

[Josh Combs]

It's also, I mean, a big part of that. It's not just the turkey, it's the sides. Yeah, right. I mean, you have to have more Sides than pronouns at the Democrat National Committee.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Josh Combs]

Like, it is insane the amount of stuff that you have to pile on because you got that weight up.

[Smug]

You got to get it up.

[Josh Combs]

You got to get that weight up. And there's only so much turkey you can put on one plate before it's crowded out. Taters, they got a weight to them. Stuffing got a weight to them. You can throw a few green beans on if you want.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Smug]

But only if it's the casserole.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Smug]

There has to be cream of mushroom soup loaded up in that.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. You can't. If there anything that looks like it's good, that's for the side plate.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. Right.

[Josh Combs]

This has to be, like, artery clogging stuff, and you need to devour it. No, no question about it. And by the way, if any lib relative is, like, eating that green stuff and they're just not touching their big plate and they ask you to pass another thing of, like, the green beans, you just tell them, no kings. And you fucking throw the dish on the floor.

[John Ashbrook]

No kings. No kings.

[Josh Combs]

Throw it on the floor. Let them know who's boss.

[Michael Duncan]

That's right. No kids.

[Josh Combs]

It was their rules, not ours.

[Michael Duncan]

Yep. They came up with it.

[Josh Combs]

They came up with it. All right. So look, as a part of this eating experience, conversations are a part of it. And our take right from the beginning of the ruthless variety program has always been, you don't avoid politics.

[Michael Duncan]

No.

[Josh Combs]

You insert it. You make sure that this is as uncomfortable as it could possibly get. Smug. You've always been the best at this.

[John Ashbrook]

100%, so you always have to be on offense. And here's the other thing is, so far, we've given you perspective of what it's like to host it. But if you are playing an away game, if you're going to someone's house, you've got to draw the lines early and you've got to keep at it. You got to make sure everyone knows. They're like, oh, no, I thought you already did this last year. It's got to be a yearly thing. They're like, we remember what you said. You don't have to. No, they have to dread it for 364 days. And then on the 365th, you show them what they dreaded, exceed the expectations.

[Josh Combs]

Part of being an annoying conservative is reiterating exactly what they've heard before and then reiterate it again. They call it, like, mansplaining or whatever, but it's saying something that's quite obviously Your take, but saying it in a way that you perceive that they don't understand what you're saying, so you just keep saying it. Yeah, that drives them absolutely maniacal.

[Smug]

Well, I think in this period of time especially, I can think of another way to get really good under their skin. As you figure out all your lib relatives, and you go to Act Blue and you go to the FEC finance page and you figure out all the Democrats they've given money to, and you figure out which Democrats they gave money to that also received money from Jeffrey Epstein, and you put that on their plate.

[John Ashbrook]

Oh, that's pretty good.

[Smug]

Now we're gonna have this discussion.

[Josh Combs]

Do you have anything to apologize for?

[John Ashbrook]

That's pretty good.

[Michael Duncan]

Listen, I think that what Duncan has put his finger on is extremely important because you know that you will have Democrat relatives who come from different sides of the party and they're locked in a civil war. Some of them like the establishment, some of them like aoc. You cannot let them get along. Free will divide between your relatives who are Democrats. You need to drive that so that these people hate each other.

[Josh Combs]

You get like the 24 year old grad student young woman living in Brooklyn to show up with uncle whoever from the middle of the country who's like an old school partisan union Dem. And like, you start talking about like, well, you know, I mean, Donnie makes some good points, probably the future of the party, and you kind of turn to him. What do you think about that? That would be good stuff.

[Michael Duncan]

You have to do it because that guy has a point. And the only person in the room who will let that establishment Dem talk is the Republican. And then when he gets a chance to have his word, and the woman comes into the room because she of course, isn't sitting at the table with the rest of you. She comes into the room to complain about what the establishment Dem uncle is saying. You let her talk because you're a generous person and you want your family to have sex. Hey, everybody.

[Josh Combs]

Hey, everybody. Listen to what Becky has to say.

[Smug]

I like the idea of dividing and conquering here.

[Josh Combs]

It's good.

[Smug]

That's smart.

[Josh Combs]

It's a new thing this year that you're able to do. It's different than our previous recommendations that you should have a plan to try to divide within also.

[John Ashbrook]

I just. I gotta go back to this thing Ashbrooke said. It's the funniest shit ever. Cause like, at his Thanksgiving, it's gonna be one name tag. It's him. It's his wife and his 37 daughters. It just says, I'm actually just trying to make the job easy. I just make one name tag.

[Josh Combs]

It's my own Mr. John Ashbrook and.

[Michael Duncan]

Others enjoying a meal by myself. Muggs, you see the wisdom here?

[Josh Combs]

He fills up his plate, finishes it and is like, you can now prepare yourself to eat.

[Smug]

And now football.

[Josh Combs]

And now I got football. Yeah, yeah, totally. But you know, like a big thing. If the conversation ever dies, there's a couple of like real flash points that you can throw in there and be like, hey, did any of you guys see that really interesting Nick Fuentes interview with Tucker Carlson? And then just sit back and enjoy. They will go fucking crazy.

[Michael Duncan]

They will go, right?

[Josh Combs]

Because like you're a well adjusted conservative. You've got an opinion on that one way or another, but you just sort of dealt with it. It doesn't like make you crazy. A lib will think that you're all on board with this stuff, right? So if you raise it, they're going to be.

[John Ashbrook]

Well, that's the thing is like libs live in this, like made up terror in their own minds of what conservatives are like. And I encourage you, dear listener, this is the day you make all their nightmares come true. Like, it has to be a horrific experience for them. That's the whole point of the ruthless Thanksgiving spectacular is the worst thing that can happen to a lib is the realization of their nightmares.

[Smug]

Because they already thought you were a Nazi when they walked in your front door.

[John Ashbrook]

Just scare the shit out of these people.

[Josh Combs]

The real horror is yet to come. Yeah, I mean, dude. All right, so the other thing that you can do is straight face. But this is important. This is an important component. You can't act like you know what you're talking about. You just have to be like all bluster and like just straight out of like the knuckle dragging side. Be like, I've read the Constitution and I think that there is a plain interpretation that Trump can run for a third term.

[John Ashbrook]

Yes, dude, that right. So, so this is the thing, is that the new material to bring this year is a million percent third Trump. This third term Trump has to be the centerpiece of everything that you say at that table. Someone goes up for a third helping. You know who else I think should get a third helping? How about Donald Trump in the White House. Any possible way to inject third term Trump because they're scared of it. Like I said, making them realize their fears is the best thing you could possibly do. All of it should be centered around third term Trump.

[Smug]

I Think there's one more thing. And we saw this in the election in 2024, but another way to really get under their skin and make them worried is start talking about how much you're looking forward to Project 2026.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Smug]

And what we can accomplish next year.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

And so here's the thing. The way. The way I would bring that up.

[Josh Combs]

Is like, 2026 is.

[John Ashbrook]

Is. Is you get in touch with your conservative relatives beforehand and you say, here's what we're going to do is we're going to say someone bring up. You're like, oh, well, I mean, you know, Project 2026 is going start. Don't.

[Josh Combs]

Don't scare the.

[John Ashbrook]

Out of them.

[Josh Combs]

You're like, don't.

[John Ashbrook]

Don't let them know about.

[Smug]

Don't be specific.

[John Ashbrook]

Don't. Don't sh.

[Michael Duncan]

Be like.

[John Ashbrook]

Don't bring that up. It's the. It's like.

[Smug]

It's like Fight Club. You don't talk about Fight Club.

[Josh Combs]

Be like, hey, did you talk to that. Did you talk to that government official the other day? And they're like, what? You're like, you know, the one that.

[John Ashbrook]

You know, putting together the Project 2026 lists.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

Of like, family and neighbors. Don't talk about that. We'll talk about that later.

[Josh Combs]

You're like, hey, you know, look, the one thing I'll say, I mean, you can ignore some of it. It's not all applicable, but you really need to register your daughters for their menstrual cycle.

[Smug]

That's dangerous, man. They will freak out.

[Josh Combs]

But that's the thing is, like, within.

[John Ashbrook]

A week, CNN could be running with it.

[Josh Combs]

They would you drop that, and all hell is going to break loose.

[Smug]

That ends Thanksgiving.

[Josh Combs]

It's a nice parting gift.

[Michael Duncan]

That's right.

[Josh Combs]

It's a nice parting gift.

[John Ashbrook]

It is.

[Josh Combs]

Fellas, look, I think this is the way. We've given some good advice here. This is the way. The other thing that you gotta do is football. We're gonna get into the football thing. We're gonna handicap. We're gonna give you. Because degenerate gambling is the only way to make it through the afternoon. After you've filled your belly and you're hanging out with the Libs, you've already caused mayhem in your house. So the only thing to do after that is just to put large sums of family money.

[John Ashbrook]

Exactly. And also pro tip for, you know, after you've had the meal and the football starts, is already have a sandwich on a plate, like, get that rolling. Cause there's nothing better than as the game start, you may be full, but having a sandwich sidecar right there. Pro tip. It'll help you enjoy the game.

[Michael Duncan]

And you guys skipped over one very, very important detail. When you finish dominating these people at the dinner. But before you start betting on football, you need to walk right past the kitchen and not clean a single dish.

[John Ashbrook]

Dude.

[Josh Combs]

I love the thematic of Ashbrook stuff is just pure misogyny.

[Michael Duncan]

This year, 2025, baby. Project 2025, we've also neglected you need.

[Josh Combs]

To drink the whole time. Yeah, right, right. And you know, typically when you get up, the morning drink, it's vodka, right? But you can skip right through that and go straight to bourbon. The only point is you need to drink heavily throughout, Right? And you need to have no inhibitions throughout this entire process.

[Michael Duncan]

Right? Because that brings out the anger, brings out the domination.

[Josh Combs]

You need to get brown water drunk.

[John Ashbrook]

I do think my favorite part about drinking heavily is the fridge.

[Josh Combs]

If you could get brown water drunk, start talking misogyny, you're on the right path. So listen, our question of the day for the Thanksgiving spectacular. Before we get to our football guidance, our question of the day. What is the best way to deal with liberal family members on Thanksgiving? You all have ideas. We've thrown ours out here once again here on the Thanksgiving spectacular, you got ideas too. Like, and subscribe to the Ruthless variety program. When you do, we read all of them. We're gonna get back to you the very next episode. And I can't wait to hear what you have to say when we come back.

[John Ashbrook]

Some football.

[Michael Duncan]

Okay?

[Josh Combs]

So welcome back to the Ruthless Friday bro. We are dying at the prescriptions that we're giving. Just a heavy male dominated experience in the Ashbrook household, for sure. Brown water, drunk, eating, and then leaving the cleanup.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, don't touch a single dish, not.

[Josh Combs]

Even your own at the table.

[Michael Duncan]

No busing. You have our permission this year to set the tone.

[Josh Combs]

Also, you know how there's always like a white and a red on the white wine and a red wine on the table. You just bottom up on these things all the way through, right? I mean, most people, they pour just a little bit because you want to share it and get everybody a taste. You just go right to the rim on those bad boys, and everybody's like, jesus, really?

[Smug]

And you're like, see, I had a different take. I was gonna mix the two together and then carry the whole thing to me to the couch.

[John Ashbrook]

Mix them and.

[Smug]

Just get started on watching football.

[Josh Combs]

Like, everybody else has got a normal wine glass. You have, like a Fishbowl.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Smug]

You're like, I'm just gonna take this decanter, pour it into the other decanter and I'm walking both of them to where I'm gonna sit in the LA Z, boy.

[Josh Combs]

And you cannot move.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Josh Combs]

This is like, look, if you've got a catheter and you're comfortable with it, use it. Cause the next eight hours are spent with football.

[John Ashbrook]

Right?

[Josh Combs]

Cause this is the thing that's non negotiable year in, year out. We have different prescriptions for how you deal with your lib relatives. But thing they hate more than anything is sport. They do. Boy, they hate it. They hate competition, particularly of a violent nature. And nothing does Thanksgiving better than Thanksgiving Day football. You are obviously well aware that your Lions and your Cowboys are your traditional teams that play on Thanksgiving. The first matchup, the 1pm Eastern Kickoff are the Green Bay packers against the Detroit Lions. Fellas, what do you think is going to happen?

[John Ashbrook]

So first off, it's the, it's the Fox game, which usually they've got the best team out there to do the Thanksgiving game. I'm going to give this one to the Packers. They've been playing really well lately.

[Smug]

No, they haven't. They're disgustingly up and down team. I'm giving this one the Lions are you and I. And I think on Thanksgiving they're going to. They're going to show up.

[John Ashbrook]

You think so?

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, yeah. No, I'm with the old Jameer Gibbs.

[Smug]

That running game. I just think Jordan Love has been so inconsistent, consistent.

[John Ashbrook]

I think the lines are fake.

[Michael Duncan]

Love's also nursing an injury and I think I agree with you.

[John Ashbrook]

Lines are fake.

[Michael Duncan]

Has been up and down. I think Lions win that game.

[Josh Combs]

I think that's right. If you're talking about prop bets, I think the Jameer Gibbs thing is a good one. Do not put anything on wide receivers for Green Bay. You don't even know if Love's going to show up. I mean, I don't know. I'm giving it to the Lions. The next game on tap is the Cowboys. You go down to Dallas, Texas and they're hosting this year the Kansas City Chiefs, a team that is had an up and down season, but everybody still thinks they're going to make their way to the super bowl because why not? They always do. How do we see this?

[Michael Duncan]

I get a surprise prediction here. I think that the Chiefs come up short in Dallas. I think that the Cowboys. Look, the Chiefs are sort of fallen off. I think they're going to lose to Multiple teams towards the end of the season that they didn't lose to last year because their team just had is not the same. Even though they've got some of their elements back, they don't have everything.

[John Ashbrook]

And that's a ridiculous call. I mean, Chiefs get this one. I mean, Chiefs are bad, but they're not like lose to Cowboys like that is. I mean, it's not that dire, dude, is it.

[Smug]

Is it cbs? Is Collinsworth on cbs?

[Josh Combs]

No, the CBS game is Nancy Romo.

[Smug]

Okay, so he doesn't have Collinsworth. It's going to be out there to glaze Mahomes. And for that reason, I think the Chiefs lose. Also. They're dog shit. Running game, Kareem Hunt, he's doing a good job, but he doesn't have the gas to actually get them there. And it's been very inconsistent in the passing game. It feels like Travis Kelce is out there in a wheelchair trying to, you know, will this offense to the playoffs. But they suck. I think they're going to lose. I think they're going to lose to the Cowboys, who I hate to say are going to win because they suck too.

[Michael Duncan]

Also, Cowboys picked up a few tools on the defensive side right ahead of the trade deadline and I think those guys are going to start to gel with the rest of the unit also.

[John Ashbrook]

I don't know if we picked up on this when we did the co episode with Will Kane, but he promised to me that he would take me to a Cowboys game when we go to Dallas and that he would have in Jerry Jones box, the owner's box, to see the game. I want to make sure that we have footage. This is now on tape. It's on record. And yet you still. He swore it to me.

[Josh Combs]

You still pick the Chiefs?

[John Ashbrook]

Still pick the Chiefs.

[Josh Combs]

I too pick the Chiefs.

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, you do pick the Chiefs.

[Josh Combs]

I do. I to pick the Chiefs. I think I've never seen them lose a primetime game when it mattered over the last five years. Yeah, it's probably what matters.

[Smug]

This one's going to be close and.

[Josh Combs]

It'S going to be close.

[Michael Duncan]

I agree.

[Josh Combs]

There is another afternoon game on Friday, but there's a nightcap on Thanksgiving eve. And this one, by the way, I love the fact that they've thrown a third game in because that's when you can reload for like the fourth time. Fourth sandwich, you're still drinking brown water, you've got your fishbowl of mixed wine and you're just making an absolute scene out of things. I mean, at this Point people, you're a problem.

[John Ashbrook]

If anyone has decided to still be at your house, like, you have to let them know why. That was a poor decision. Yeah. By 8:00pm Eastern, I mean, everyone should know that. He should have evacuated.

[Josh Combs]

They should have got here.

[John Ashbrook]

It's like you missed the.

[Josh Combs]

You didn't do your job.

[John Ashbrook]

You're like, you missed the helicopter out of Hanoi. Now you gotta deal with the vc. Here's what's happened.

[Smug]

Here's the problem.

[Josh Combs]

You focus on making your own family's.

[Smug]

Hell yeah, here's the problem for me, because I am gonna have that sidecar sandwich smug when I watch those afternoon games and take some bites of that sandwich and I'm gonna drift in and out of consciousness. I'm gonna take some fucking naps.

[Josh Combs]

No, you're gonna be mout the couch. That's an important recipe for it.

[Michael Duncan]

It's important.

[Josh Combs]

It's really important to know that somebody with the kind of alpha confidence is going to sit in the middle of the fucking room that everyone has to congregate and mouth breathe, snore over top of everyone else.

[John Ashbrook]

Dude, nothing makes me happy in the thought of being able to just take some fucking naps and just be a menace on bourbon.

[Michael Duncan]

But which.

[John Ashbrook]

Which is like my Christmas.

[Smug]

Which brings me to the problem of this prime time game. I'm sorry, but if I wake up from a nap in prime time on the couch and it's Bengals versus Baltimore Ravens, I might be in a nightmare.

[John Ashbrook]

It's like, who's.

[Smug]

Who am I going to root for ISIS or Al Qaeda? These teams suck. I can't believe this is the primetime game.

[John Ashbrook]

So. So Baltimore is extremely, stunningly bad.

[Josh Combs]

Like, they're coming back.

[John Ashbrook]

No, they're not. No, they're not. The last game you saw, Lamar Jackson just playing like absolute trash, where they had the tight end taking direct snaps and running because that was a pretty cool play.

[Smug]

They did the fake.

[John Ashbrook]

And the reason they did it is because their passing game was so pathetic. What has happened to Lamar Jackson? Absolute garbage.

[Michael Duncan]

Garbage.

[Josh Combs]

It's time for stat padding because they're facing the Cincinnati Bengals defense.

[Michael Duncan]

Smash Duncan described this game as a nightmare to him. I'm not sure how to go one worse than the word nightmare for myself, who is a Bengals fan.

[Josh Combs]

You're forced to experience all of your own anxiety.

[John Ashbrook]

Derrick Henry is going to make that such a horrible game for you.

[Michael Duncan]

He is. I mean, it's the truth. The Bengals are all.

[John Ashbrook]

And it's what you deserve. The people of Cincinnati, if you haven't escaped by now and you support this team, you're gonna get what you deserve year after year.

[Josh Combs]

But the best part of the people from Cincinnati is if you've taken our direction, you're already brown water drunk.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Smug]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

You're mad. That's like every day when you're in Cincinnati. It's like crime and drunk people who are trying to forget that they're stuck in Cincinnati.

[Michael Duncan]

Okay, okay.

[Smug]

Got em.

[Michael Duncan]

I'm gonna forget I heard that and say that in Cincinnati, the way sports work is, hope springs eternal and you look for one little thing.

[John Ashbrook]

Dude, Cincinnati is one town without hope.

[Josh Combs]

Like, where is this dude? They're facing Bolton.

[John Ashbrook]

It's just the most hopeless town on earth.

[Josh Combs]

I mean, I don't know.

[Michael Duncan]

Bengals always get up for a Browns game no matter what uniforms they're wearing. In this case against the Baltimore Ravens, there is a chance that Joe Burrow comes back tonight. Very small chance, but maybe Joe Burrow comes back and so that gives you something to watch. At least I think it's true.

[Josh Combs]

I saw he was practicing like he could be back.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. And this, this Ravens defense is banged up.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

And the Bengals offense actually is one of the best offenses in the league, despite their record.

[Josh Combs]

It's the worst offense historically.

[John Ashbrook]

It's not great, it's not good. It's not the NFL.

[Michael Duncan]

It's one of the worst defenses historically. But it is having a one armed.

[John Ashbrook]

Quarterback with Burrow gone because Burrow soft and they spent all their money on an offense that's not winning them games with a one. You know, what you do with a team is you try to win games. And the Bengals don't really do that.

[Josh Combs]

I love noted football expert, comfortably smoking has broken it all down right to the core. You try to win the game.

[John Ashbrook]

I mean, what can you say?

[Smug]

You play to win the game.

[Josh Combs]

You play to win the game.

[Michael Duncan]

We're having a rough year.

[Josh Combs]

If you're doing this right, you follow Duncan's advice that you're in and out of sleep. There's nothing but sloppy turkey around you and just fish bowls and bourbon and all kinds of stuff.

[John Ashbrook]

It's just the leftovers and crying relatives. If you wake to that, you've been doing it right.

[Josh Combs]

Yeah. And just keep it going. There's no reason to get into your bed. Just keep it going all throughout the night. The place where you are at, whether it's a love seat, some kind of a couch, Lazy boy, Lazy boy, whatever you are on the driveway, that's where you stay until the 3pm kickoff of the Chicago Bears against the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday because it's Black Friday and typically the women like to get out of the house and experience some sales. Well, Lord knows we're not a part of.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah. So I'm gonna join Holmes family in rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles on this one.

[Josh Combs]

It's unbelievable. God, I just wish one of your.

[John Ashbrook]

It's wonderful because here's the thing, is, he's got a wonderful family, his Mrs. And his two boys. And they love the Philadelphia Eagles, and it's good for them because it's a good team. That's a very loving mother who's like. One of the greater gifts I can give for my children is make them fans of a team that wins. And we can go to the White House and we can celebrate them winning the super bowl because it's a good team and it makes for a happy boy. What a thoughtful mother. Listen, like her and those wonderful children, I'm rooting for the Eagles.

[Josh Combs]

The prescription of turkey stuffing sandwiches with cranberry fish, bowls of bourbon for now, 36 hours in a kickoff. You could turn this into the Crying Game at my house. This could be a real dicey situation, but I'm prepared for it. And on this one, I like the Eagles. I hate to say it.

[Smug]

Eagles.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, Eagles. I think Eagles are gonna win. And after the game. Listen, you know, after the game, if you haven't had enough, what I encourage everybody to do is turn on a family favorite. It's called all in the Family.

[Josh Combs]

Oh, my God.

[Michael Duncan]

It's one of the great shows in American history. And there is a character who is one of the greatest that ever walked the face of the earth. His name is Archie Bunker. And anything that you haven't done on Thanksgiving Day and on the Friday after, you take notes from Archie Bunker and you replicate him to a T, just.

[Josh Combs]

Make passing comments during the commercials like, ah, that's when America was great.

[John Ashbrook]

Unbelievable.

[Josh Combs]

All right, so listen, Remember our question of the day? It was, what's the best way to deal with your liberal family members on Thanksgiving? We can't wait to hear what you have to say about it. When you like and subscribe, we read every single one of them. Can't thank you enough for sharing a little bit of your Thanksgiving morning with us because this has been an annual tradition, fellas, one that we've appreciated right from the jump of the Ruthless variety program. I don't think we even knew what we were getting into when we let that one fly.

[Michael Duncan]

No, it's always a lot of great yucks in the very first installment. Smug says, listen, you walk in, you look at that turkey, you punt the turkey. I mean, that set the tone for our Thanksgiving specials in a way. I don't think anything El.

[John Ashbrook]

This is the fifth year we've been doing this for five years, and it's all because of you, folks. Thank you so much.

[Josh Combs]

Yep. It's because of you. So enjoy the prescription that we've laid out. I think it's foolproof. Your family that you love is gonna go home happy. The ones that you hate, well, they're gonna go home with what they deserve.

[John Ashbrook]

So get what they deserve.

[Josh Combs]

All of that said, thank you for joining us. And I think we did it.

[John Ashbrook]

I think so. Absolute banger of a Thanksgiving spectacular gentleman. Thank you, dear listener. Remember, if you have not yet, go to the YouTube hit that subscribe because it's more fun in video. So until next time, minions, keep the faith, hold the line, and own the libs. We'll see you on Friday. Stay ruthless.