The One About Jacob Ritts

Summary

Podcast Summary: Sibling Rivalry – "The One About Jacob Ritts"

Episode Details:

• Title: The One About Jacob Ritts
• Release Date: March 3, 2025
• Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change
• Guest: Jacob Ritz

Introduction to the Episode In this lively episode of Sibling Rivalry, hosts Bob the Drag Queen and Monet X Change welcome longtime fan and guest Jacob Ritz. The trio dives into a myriad of topics, blending humor, personal anecdotes, and engaging discussions that showcase their infectious chemistry.

Welcoming Jacob Ritz Starting at [02:40], Bob introduces Jacob as a highly requested guest:

Bob the Drag Queen [02:26]: "Five years deep, we finally have the one with Jacob Ritz. Let's welcome Jacob Ritz to the podcast."

Jacob shares a lighthearted moment about his custom attire:

Jacob Ritz [02:40]: "This is the shirt Bob gave Jacob, by the way." Monet X Change [02:42]: "Oh no, I made this myself. I got this custom printed."

Family Dynamics and Pranks The conversation shifts to childhood memories and family pranks. Monet recounts an elaborate April Fool’s prank orchestrated by her mother:

Monet X Change [12:44]: "My mom did an extended bit where she hid in my sister's closet for three hours to pretend to be a monster when my sister was 14 to scare her."

Bob and Monet continue to share stories about scaring each other, highlighting their playful relationship:

Bob the Drag Queen [12:51]: "Sometimes when Bob is around the house, I'll hide from him, and then he'll just have to find me." Monet X Change [14:41]: "We have so much fun scaring each other and playing hide and seek without knowing it!"

Gaming Adventures and Nostalgia A significant portion of the episode delves into their shared love for video games, reminiscing about classics and discussing modern advancements:

Jacob Ritz [40:03]: "I was a Pokemon girly." Bob the Drag Queen [43:32]: "The Sega Saturn was a baddie. Look it up right now. The Sega Saturn was a full-on baddie, honey."

They explore games like Smash Brothers, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Magic: The Gathering, sharing personal experiences and favorite moments:

Monet X Change [42:26]: "I did sell my old Pokemon cards. I made $500 selling all the magic cards in college." Bob the Drag Queen [43:22]: "Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons were above more mainstream games like Pokemon."

Technology Talk: iPhone vs. Android and VR The trio transitions into a discussion about technology preferences, debating the merits of iPhones versus Androids and the future of virtual reality:

Monet X Change [30:15]: "I prefer Android a little bit more than iPhone, to be honest." Bob the Drag Queen [32:10]: "What's Apple gonna do if it flops? Some Apple flop products, I'm sure."

They critically assess the viability of current VR technologies and speculate on future innovations:

Jacob Ritz [33:14]: "I think it's going to be holograms." Bob the Drag Queen [34:59]: "The Apple Vision Pro looks like you're from the MCU with that helmet. It’s hard to wear in public."

Restaurant Recommendations and LA Lifestyle Shifting gears, the conversation moves to favorite restaurants and dining experiences in Los Angeles. They recount their visits and preferences, with Monet expressing her sensitivity to seating arrangements:

Jacob Ritz [51:10]: "We used to love Bavel. It was really good the first two times, but the third time wasn't as great." Monet X Change [51:14]: "Sometimes I've got to restaurants and I've been like, this is great. And then I've gone back to the same one."

Bob shares his experience with LA’s dining scene, emphasizing the ambiance:

Bob the Drag Queen [52:03]: "Eating at Jacob's Pickles in the street is the experience I prefer versus being in a dark, loud restaurant."

Future Plans and Creative Ideas Towards the end of the episode, the hosts brainstorm creative ventures, such as a drag takeover of the gay men's chorus:

Bob the Drag Queen [23:26]: "What if Monet does a drag takeover of the gay men's chorus? What does that look like?" Monet X Change [23:14]: "I feel like if I want to see drag, I want to see it done well."

They also discuss potential double dates and future collaborations, highlighting their camaraderie and mutual support.

Conclusion and Reflections As the episode wraps up, Jacob reflects on his experience as a guest:

Jacob Ritz [57:37]: "Jacob, this is so nice having you on the podcast." Monet X Change [57:49]: "You know, I feel good about it. We'll have to read the YouTube comments to really get the full scope of it."

Bob and Monet echo the positive sentiments, expressing gratitude for Jacob’s participation and hinting at future appearances.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Bob the Drag Queen [02:26]: "Five years deep, we finally have the one with Jacob Ritz."
• Monet X Change [12:44]: "My mom did an extended bit where she hid in my sister's closet for three hours."
• Bob the Drag Queen [43:22]: "The Sega Saturn was a baddie."
• Bob the Drag Queen [32:10]: "What's Apple gonna do if it flops?"
• Monet X Change [51:14]: "Sometimes I've got to restaurants and I've been like, this is great."

Final Thoughts "The One About Jacob Ritts" is a testament to the dynamic interplay between Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change, and their guest Jacob Ritz. Through a blend of humor, nostalgia, and insightful discussions, the episode offers listeners an engaging glimpse into their lives, interests, and creative ideas. Whether reminiscing about childhood pranks, debating technology, or sharing favorite gaming moments, the trio's chemistry ensures an entertaining and memorable listening experience.

Transcript

[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Jacob Ritz]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Jacob Ritz]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Jacob Ritz]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Jacob Ritz]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

My name is Bob the Drag Queen.

[Jacob Ritz]

And I'm Monet X Change.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And this is sibling rivalry. On this week's episode, we find out that Yu Gi oh is possessed by an Egyptian prince.

[Jacob Ritz]

Jacob is finally a guest on the podcast.

[Monet X Change]

And we find out what made Bob say this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Is she into daddies? And we find out what made Monet say this.

[Jacob Ritz]

Fuck her, she's dead. And we find out what made Jacob say this.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, that's like a fucking waste of time.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Now somebody. There has been one person asking for this non stop and several other people always chiming in because y'all often want Jacob Ritz on the podcast. Jacob, how long you been working with us?

[Monet X Change]

Coming up on. I mean, I started in 2020, March 2020. So coming up on five years, so.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Five years deep, we finally have the one with Jacob Ritz. Let's welcome Jacob Ritz to the podcast.

[Jacob Ritz]

This is the shirt Bob gave Jacob, by the way.

[Monet X Change]

Oh no, I made this myself. I got this custom printed.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

For those of you who are. Who are not watching. Jacob's shirt says loads.

[Jacob Ritz]

You have the hat. I like the hat. Did you get the hat made yourself too?

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, loads. Necklace as well.

[Monet X Change]

I do. I honestly should start a line. I should start.

[Jacob Ritz]

Honestly, I think a lot of gays would be into it. A Load hat, load shirt. I think, I think you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Loads of fashion.

[Monet X Change]

Wait, okay, here's the real tea. I. I just got them from Amazon. Like, you can do custom on Amazon. So, like, it doesn't feel particularly ethical to just, like, re get something from Amazon and then mark it up and ship it out when you could do.

[Jacob Ritz]

What if you get designed it with, like, your own font and everything?

[Monet X Change]

You know, that's fair. Maybe I'll do that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You can put. You can put pictures on it and you can have like, you call it loads of fashion. The Instagram. Here it is. The Instagram is called fashion.

[Jacob Ritz]

Like someone taking a load.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like a butt. Just a butt. Or like. Or someone, like, on their knees or someone with their mouth open or a mouth like this. And it just says loads on it.

[Jacob Ritz]

Do you wear this around your mom?

[Monet X Change]

Not specifically, but it's not that I wouldn't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

When me and Monet were having this conversation. Do you curse around your mom?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, absolutely. My mom curses around me when I was like a child. But I'm from New York.

[Jacob Ritz]

Let's say you like these motherfucking dumbass fucking bitches. Like, are you that or you like that, though?

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say. I mean, I don't talk like that in general, but I'd be like, yeah, that's like a fucking waste of time.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, that I get too. But I wouldn't. Like, sometimes I think when I get really passionate, like today when the bitch was fucking ringing my bell, I was like, this fucking bitch turns into my fucking podcast. They fucking like. I would not, But I would say, I'm so fucking annoyed. But I wouldn't be, like, going in.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I would say one thing my mom didn't like was when you called, when you did too much on calling women bitches. Like, my mom, my mom called me one time, she was like, I was watching Bianca's special, and she's up here calling these women bitches and bitches. And just like, bitches. And she goes, you know, Chris, what I like about you, that you don't. You don't really just. You don't just go in and call women bitches nonstop. What she is really calling these women bitches right to their face. And I say, well, some people like being called. Some women are, like, into being called bitches and think it's funny. And they're like, I'm a bitch and you're a bitch. I'm the baddest bitch. And some women, these women, they might be cool. I don't know. Obviously, I haven't checked with them, but they might be, like, into some women like, being called bitches. My mom was like, I don't know about this.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'm a woman and I like being called a bitch.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Do you consider yourself like, a bitch? Are you like, a bad bitch, a funny bitch, a cool bitch?

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't really use the word. I call myself a hood bitch. I think I have a lot of hood tendencies. Sometimes I call myself a ghetto bitch or a bad bitch or whatever. Bitch. That's not me, though.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I call myself a funny bitch. And I do have a song called Bitch Like Me.

[Jacob Ritz]

A bitch like me is a stunty queen. You're gonna want me queen. I'm the queen of the motherfucking pimp.

[Monet X Change]

There is an episode three where somebody was asking for help with self confidence, and they were like, you know, I just, like, want to have more self confidence. And Monet's advice was to find someone who was into that as a kink. That was a really highlights of, like, my memory moment for me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Someone who wants. Who. Wait, what was the. What. What. What was the kink like?

[Monet X Change]

Degradation of like, you're like, oh, you don't have so high self confidence. Like, find someone who's into that. Find someone who is like, a. No self confidence kink.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Monet, the Dr. Ruth of. Didn't you have Dr. Ruth on your show one time? Mo.

[Jacob Ritz]

I did have Dr. Ruth. I did. Oh, my God, stop. I'm gonna cry. I'm literally around the corner from my old studio. I miss the exchange rates so much.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Rip to Dr. Ruth. But, Monet, you're doing great.

[Jacob Ritz]

Not my show. Fuck her. She's dead.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Your show is too.

[Jacob Ritz]

It could come back, though. My show can come back from the dead. That bitch is dead forever.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Um, but you have Monat Talks, which is doing quite well.

[Jacob Ritz]

I know, but I miss Exchange Rate. Bob. Jacob, did you ever. Jacob, did you ever watch Exchange Rate before you met Bob or me?

[Monet X Change]

But I used to exchange Rate after I met you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But Jacob and I used to watch Exchange Rate together, though. Did y'all really? Yeah.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay.

[Jacob Ritz]

Jacob, before you met Bob, were you. Were you. Were you a fan of mine or Bob's before? Not even a big fan, but we were a fan of me or Bob's or not at all.

[Monet X Change]

Well, I met you. I met Bob when your season was airing.

[Jacob Ritz]

You met Bob when my season was airing where?

[Monet X Change]

In Berkeley. In, like, 2017, I think.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, right, right, right, right, right. You're right. You're right, you're right. You're right. Okay. Work.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why are you trying to trap Jacob in a little piece?

[Jacob Ritz]

I'm not trying to trap Jacob anything.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Now, Jacob, were you a fan of.

[Jacob Ritz]

Me before you met me?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Jacob?

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, I would say so.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why your voice went up when you said that?

[Jacob Ritz]

Cause he wasn't Team Kimchi.

[Monet X Change]

Sure.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Team Kimchi is giving Team Kimchi.

[Monet X Change]

I'm trying to think, who are my big Drag Race girls before? No, I mean, I liked you in your season. I really like Naomi on your season. Derrick Berry. Oh, I love Derrick Berry. Derrick Barry is one of my favorite Drag Race girls, and I have not met her yet, which I am so annoyed about.

[Jacob Ritz]

Really?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Derrick Barry.

[Monet X Change]

I've never met Derrick Berry, and I am obsessed with her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's wild. Derrick Berry. She's a good time girl. She's really funny and honestly, really sweet.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah. Derrick Berry. I really enjoy Derek. Derek is very, very, very sweet. I like her a lot.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Jacob isn't. Jacob went. Jacob went through a phase where he was a full on Aja Stan. I think Aja was in his Spotify rap, like, two years in a row.

[Jacob Ritz]

Finish her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And Jacob also is a die hard Peppermint Stan as well. I think Peppermint might be one of Jacob's favorite Drag Race girls. Jacob once edited a. A, A vlog for me, and it was a Peppermint vlog. I was like, okay. I said, oh, okay. I guess. I guess we doing a Peppermint vlog. Like, the whole end was this big montage of Peppermint. Like this big peppermint speech. Like, the end of my vlog was this big peppermint speech with, like. Honestly, it's a. It is a beautiful vlog. It might be one of my favorite videos Jacob's ever edited for me. It is the. It is the Nubia vlog, and it basically, it's almost like a little reality TV show of me and Peppermint rehearsing for Nubia. And honestly, it was. It was very wearable. And honestly, Jacob, what you did with that little slow motion video at the end and Peppermint's big speech. Honestly, scoring Stacy could never Drag Race.

[Monet X Change]

You watched what you say. What was the first season of Drag Race you watched?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Did you start with one season one, episode one.

[Jacob Ritz]

Did you say Martin Scorn Sa.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, I said Scorsese. Oh, I didn't say Martin. I just said Scorsese could never, you know.

[Jacob Ritz]

You know SZA has a song. Scorsese baby.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why she got all these songs named after, like, Kill Bill Scorsese, Betty Dave, what's the other one?

[Jacob Ritz]

Drew Barrymore.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's up with. What is this?

[Jacob Ritz]

The song is called Scorsese Baby Daddy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Does she want to fuck Scorsese?

[Jacob Ritz]

I think she's just into Martin Scorsese.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Is she into daddies? Like Ben Affleck?

[Jacob Ritz]

Ben Affleck song.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Sorry, Ben Stiller.

[Jacob Ritz]

She's into Ben Stiller, Right, because she likes his work on the show Severance.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You don't know. You don't know why she's into Benson. You don't know.

[Jacob Ritz]

You're assuming, literally a tweet about it. I read it to you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But you don't know if she's into Benzo sexually.

[Jacob Ritz]

You don't know if she's any.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You don't. You know.

[Jacob Ritz]

You don't know she is either.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm. I'm. I'm asking. You're asserting, Jacob.

[Jacob Ritz]

No, I'm not asserting. You. You're not asking about. You were saying. You said, why is. You're asking a question.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You know, I said, is she into. Is she into daddies?

[Monet X Change]

I feel like regular podcast, but I'm on camera now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Sorry. So, Jacob, we're gonna get back to Jacob Ritz. Okay, so Jacob Ritz, tell us a little bit about. See, I'm so bad. I'm so bad at interviewing people. Jacob, you can also just jump in. So Jacob is a photographer who went to the Nude School in New York City. Laughing Jacob's. Jacob studied photography at the New School in Manhattan. Did you ever run into Tim Gunn at the New School?

[Monet X Change]

Did I ever run to who?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Did you ever run into Tim Gunn at the New School.

[Jacob Ritz]

He was in the fashion part.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, well. So when Product Runway was being filmed, the New School had a property in Times Square that was. They were using for fashion, but then they sold it before I enrolled there.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So didn't Tim Gunn teach at the New School? Wasn't he, like, a professor there?

[Monet X Change]

I don't think so. That's possible. Also, like, the fashion students at the New School were like, their entirely own, like, other little world. And, like, we never saw them because they were just sewing all day.

[Jacob Ritz]

So it's such a big school, right? Like, I imagine you wouldn't. You had no crossover with these people.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, yeah, No, I didn't really see the fashion kids. Like, we were more like, there was an art building, and we were in the art building with all the art people.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Tim Gunn. Tim Gunn has clocked more classroom hours than viewers may realize. He began teaching in 1978 at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, where he studied sculpture for four years. Later, he moved to Parsons New School for Design. So he was a professor? He was a professor at Parsons.

[Monet X Change]

Pop off.

[Jacob Ritz]

I was telling Bob the other day that I am kind of obsessed with your mom.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, Rose.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, Rose is an icon.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'm just obsessed with Rose. I think Rose is so cute. I think she's so funny. She just. She's just a. She's a Rose seems like she'll be a good. Like, she'll be a good mom to have. Growing up. She seemed like she'd be a great.

[Monet X Change]

Mom, you know, I think. I think so. I would. I would agree with that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Can you tell the Dorothy dress story?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, yeah. For Hanukkah one year, I think I was maybe five or six. One of my presents that I knew ahead of time was a Dorothy dress.

[Jacob Ritz]

How did you know? Did you sneak and look at it in the closet?

[Monet X Change]

I think it was my sister's. And then I was getting it after. I don't fully remember got it, but I found it in my mom's closet. I opened it and started wearing it around the house. And my mom was like, what are you doing? That's your Hanukkah present. I was like, but I wanna know. And she was like, that's not how it works. So then they took it away, and then I didn't get a Veronica Wor.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yes, that's a great lesson.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also, Rose Ritz was apparently obsessed with jumping out from behind things and scaring people, like, for, like, Rose. Didn't she, like, hide in the closet one time for a long time?

[Monet X Change]

My family is very big on bits and pranks, and we take April Fool's Day very seriously. So it's not that my mom specifically enjoys scaring people walk around a house. She did an extended bit where she hid in my sister's closet for three hours to pretend to be a monster when my sister was, like, 14 to scare her. So, yes, my mom did a very long, extended bit that involved hiding my sister's closet on April Fool's Day to surprise her. And honestly, it paid off for three hours.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why couldn't she leave the closet?

[Monet X Change]

You know, the story is that it was three hours. I don't know how long it actually was.

[Jacob Ritz]

I was.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Even if it was one hour. That's crazy.

[Jacob Ritz]

I would. Girl, even for 20 minutes is long.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Can we include a picture of Rose Wrist right here? Would she be weird about that?

[Monet X Change]

I'll ask her. Sometimes when Bob is around the house, I'll hide from him, and then he'll just have to find me.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, girl. I scare Andy all the time.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Because Andy, it's not just hiding Jacob, like, so I will, like, we'll be in the living room and then I'll go to the kitchen and I'll come back and Jacob will be gone. Not to jump out and hide me, but he just will not. He'll. He will have vanished and I'll be like, jacob, Jacob, where are. So I now am on a hide and seek. I have now been inserted into a game of hide and seek without my knowledge, and I have to find Jacob. And Jacob is particularly tiny, so I have to find him in the house somewhere. Hiding under a couch, behind a curtain, in a closet, on a rack, on an elf, with a shelf, on a plane, with a train.

[Jacob Ritz]

Well, I. I mean, I do some things too, but Andy swears I walked lightly in the home. I'm like, no, I'm just not stomping around the house. So, like, if like he's downstairs in the kitchen, I will literally, Andy's in, you know, where the kitchen is. I'm coming downstairs walking normally and I like, he like, turn in the fridge to get something. By the time he turns back around, I'm there and I'll be like, hey, like, ah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm like, valid.

[Monet X Change]

I do that with Bob all the time. Bob, Valid shows scaredy of everything. I can walk behind him in the kitchen and he will scream, valid.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Super valid. And by the way, Jacob does not have a particularly dainty gait, so I do not know how Jacob is always sneaking up on me, but there are times where like this, man, I will look back. Also, Jacob is low key below my sight line, right? So I turn around and Jacob is just standing there with an iced coffee.

[Jacob Ritz]

Okay. He's not that far below your sight line. He's not on the ground.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

If we're standing close to each other, he's below my sight line.

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't think that's how that works because this is still in my sight line down here. And Jacob is not that. Where did Jacob meet you, Jacob? Where do you meet Bob? On his titties.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah. Like mid chest.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. So now what?

[Jacob Ritz]

I think it's very cute that y'all did a virtual Hanukkah this year. I would like y'all to invite me next year because I think I want to participate. But.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, I mean, we're lighting candles Tomorrow morning at 9:00am Pacific Time if you want to join.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, no, back out now.

[Jacob Ritz]

Let me see. That's noon my time, which Means I will be.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, I have your schedule. Don't lie.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'll be sucking dick at that time. I have an appointment tomorrow.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So you had an opportunity to come to the menorah lighting, and instead you're choosing.

[Jacob Ritz]

Well, y'all told me today. Y'all told me. Y'all gave me less than. Less than 24 hours.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, okay. You.

[Monet X Change]

You.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You're acting like. You act like they sprung this on you. You asked to be invited.

[Jacob Ritz]

What about Monet?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You asked to be invited, and then you're like, y'all sprung this on me last minute asking to be invited. And they say they sprung it on you is peak Monet behavior.

[Jacob Ritz]

So the other day after Christmas at my house, we all played Smash Brothers. And y'all, when I tell you I mopped the floor.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, yeah, I was practicing.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So I will say this was one of Monet's best showings in Smash. That being said, these days, I only play Smash with Monat. I mean, this is a lot of. It's on me. I cannot get my switch to. I. I have not turned my switch on in months. And the other day, I tried to turn it on to play Smash at home by myself, but I had to download Smash. It had undownloaded off my. Off my switch. But Monet knows when I get back in that gym, when I get back in the training, there's. There's nothing she can do. Monet knows that when I get back to training, she's cooked.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'm hearing a whole lot of this. And for all our listeners, I'm moving my hands like a puppet. I'm hearing a lot of this. Bob's lips are doing this a lot.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do when me and Jacob clown you next time? You and Jacob.

[Jacob Ritz]

First of all, you and Jacob. After this break, I'm sorry.

[Monet X Change]

And now a word from our sp.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacob Ritz]

And the best part, y'all, ZocDoc has more than get this 100,000 doctors across every spectrum.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Can this be a dating website too?

[Jacob Ritz]

Honestly, it should be. I mean, maybe you can use it as a dating app. Who knows?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacob Ritz]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacob Ritz]

Y'all, when I tell y'all we played about, we played 10 or 11 rounds. I won every last one of them.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You did a good job.

[Jacob Ritz]

I walked away with like 50 something wins. I mean kills. It was insane.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You did a good job. But the question is we better do it next time.

[Jacob Ritz]

And y'all, that's Bob's thing. Every time Bob was like, do you think he's like, do you think you're.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Winning the next round?

[Jacob Ritz]

You think I'm winning the rest in the next round? I was like, I mean, I don't know. Maybe.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But the fun thing about me is I always say this. I am not a sore loser. Sometimes losing is funny. Sometimes talking shit is funnier when you're way behind. But when I do win, it is everyone's problem. Just like Monet, by the way. Monet is the same way. She won't admit it. Monet, you're just as bad as me, if not worse.

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't think that's true. Jacob and I are. We're both Pisces.

[Monet X Change]

That's brought up how you won so much over all of us.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And by the way, everybody. Every, by the way, after every round, Monet was like, is anyone even going to attempt to try to be as good as me? Monet, you are as bad. You are as. As abysmal of a winner as I am.

[Jacob Ritz]

That's not true. That's because I only do that because Jacob and Bob. Well, not Jacob so much. Bob has gone to this podcast like, remember that time when Jacob scrubbed you on Jacob? Because you did that? So now I feel the need to, you know, to make my wins and my high and.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's your part in this?

[Jacob Ritz]

Here we go. Jacob does both did this to you? Ask you what's your part in stuff?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Jacob, don't act like this. You know, that's mostly true. Jacob, don't act like this. Me and Jacob don't have this problem. This is a you. This is a you thing, honey.

[Jacob Ritz]

So I have a question about the Gay Men's Chorus. So how often. How often do y'all rehearse?

[Monet X Change]

Once a week.

[Jacob Ritz]

For how long? What did it take to prepare for this concert?

[Monet X Change]

Like, three months. We started in September, October, November, and then. So four months. Our spring one is only a three. Three months rehearsal, though.

[Jacob Ritz]

That's a lot. That's a lot of music to get done in the.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And.

[Jacob Ritz]

And only in three months of what? That. So that's 12 weeks of rehearsal. That's a lot.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah. I mean, we have some bonus rehearsals you can go to if you want, but.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yes, all the rehearsals are mandatory.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, no, all the Monday ones are mandatory. You can skip. You can miss three rehearsals, and then you have the opportunity to make up for those for by doing bonus weekend rehearsals that are optional.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I try to get Monet to start a drag queen Gorsbury, but I have a new idea.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, my goodness.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What if Monet does a drag takeover of the gay men's course? What does that look like?

[Monet X Change]

I feel like if I want to see drag, I want to see it Done well. And I feel like it's hard to do that much drag on a. On a good scale and have it be fierce.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So hear me out. Everyone in the chorus gets a drag queen sponsor. Or. Or one queen can sponsor two people.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'm not put nobody in. But a lot of queens cannot translate. Not you. I'm saying. But a lot of queens a cannot translate. Like do other people's makeup. I don't think that's the thing that. You know what I mean? And how do solos work? I don't know if this is inside the. You have to audition for them.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah. You audition for solos.

[Jacob Ritz]

Got it.

[Monet X Change]

But they want to do something with you if you are interested.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'll be so down to do something with the gaming's chorus. I would love to sing a piece. I would love to conduct something. Because I did go. I did have bachelor's of music in music education, which I took a whole conductive effort. I want to conduct a piece.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay. There's like a hundred people up there, right? So everyone is. How many, Jacob? 100 or so. 110. Yeah.

[Monet X Change]

We have 300 members. And like, I think our last show baby had a hundred people. 100 something.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So every queen doesn't need to be plastique Tiara. You know what I mean? Everyone doesn't have to be plastique Tiara. What I'm saying is everyone's wearing a similar hair color or a similar hairstyle. There's something unifying or. Or matching dresses. Maybe they can wear their own hair however they want to wear their hair. But they're all wearing matching dresses. Yuki. Everyone gets a drag queen sponsor. And I think. I really think this might be one of the biggest shows in the history. Monet. Hear me out. Monet Exchange host the drag. The. The. The. What do you call it? Once every 10 years.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, so you don't have anything to do with this?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, I can't. I'm not really. I don't know much about chorus. Like Monet's room.

[Jacob Ritz]

Decognal. How do we just say. Because centennial is a. Is a hundred. Is a hundred. So decade would be a decognial. Decadent.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. So the decognial whatever. Once every 10 years. Drag queen, gay men's drag queen, chorus show, whatever. Everyone's in drag. They have give them five years to prepare for. I don't know. I don't care what give them decanio.

[Jacob Ritz]

Decanio.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So they all have time to prepare for. They're all up in drag. Monet Exchange is hosting Monet starts off with a. With a. With a high upbeat. Monet does a beautiful rendition of Sissy. That walk. They all come out. Walk. Okay, I'm directing. Monet's hosting. I'm directing. So that's how I'm involved.

[Jacob Ritz]

I want to conduct.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You can conduct, too. I just want to direct the show. I just want to. I want to be part of the creative idea of the show. Right? Matching out.

[Jacob Ritz]

You do have very. You're. You're a very good director. You have very good idea.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wear your hair and make up however you want. We're going to end with a beautiful, gorgeous ballad. Right? We're also going to do. I think we're also going to do Mama, I'm a big girl now for sure.

[Jacob Ritz]

So now. So now. Okay, so now you're directing and programming.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The music with soloist. We're also going to do Make a man out of you. Somehow I'll.

[Jacob Ritz]

I'll make a man out of you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, no, Monet, we're scratch. We're starting with We Are what We Are.

[Jacob Ritz]

We are what we.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wait a second, y'all. Listen, listen. Okay, we have to go to a. We have to be at, like, the Pantages or something. They're all standing around the Palladium. We're hearing the YouTube Studio Stadium. We're hearing We Are what we Are. What we are is an illusion. Monet comes from the ground. Listen to me. Monet rises from the ground back to the audience. Wearing a beautiful st. Gown, stones from the top of her neck to the bottom of her brand new FFS feet. Monet turns around, she goes. And then it goes into a beautiful rendition of I Am what I Am. They rejoin her and start singing. We Are what We Are. Monet says, welcome to the Decennial Drag Queen Gay Men's Chorus Show. This will be the biggest selling show in the history of the Gay Men's Chorus. And you have Bob the Drag Queen and Monet X Change attached. I don't know why they're not already writing a check. Because we're gonna make some money, honey.

[Jacob Ritz]

Honestly, it sounds. I mean. I mean, I think a decennial drag queen chorus show would be a lot of fun. That sounds a lot of fun. But I think there are a lot of moving parts. It'll be a lot. It'll be a lot to take on.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So the ultimate question I have about this show, Jacob, is what is your drag name?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, my drag name? You know, here's the thing.

[Jacob Ritz]

A lot of loads.

[Monet X Change]

I do have a drag name that I came up with. But also another drag queen in New York also came up with it and actually started doing drag. So I feel like I can't claim it, but the name that I like and really see for myself would be Hanukkah Lewinsky.

[Jacob Ritz]

Hanukkah Lewinsky's great.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's a good name.

[Monet X Change]

But I think I might have to go back to the drawing board. Cause she's a wonderful queen. Look her up on Instagram. She's great. Book her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Didn't you once say your name would be like Edna? Like you do like old lady voice?

[Monet X Change]

I do think it would be objectively funny if there's. I guess I grew up around a lot of orthodox Jewish women who wore wigs. A lot of Jewish women, you can't let anyone see your hair. So they get around that by wearing wigs. So the really rich orthodox Jewish women are wearing the full units that look flawless and seamless. But also sometimes you are just walking around, you see women wearing just like a kind of like a low key party city wig. And it's kind of camp. And I do think it'd be funny if there's a drag queen who is like a Hasidic Jewish woman. But I think that's like a very niche thing and no one actually wants to see that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's her name?

[Monet X Change]

For me, I think you would just like have a regular like Ethel. Like. Like Ethel.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, There was. There was that show that Cracker and Moshell used to do. Like, it was like. It was the Jewish show. The Jewish drag queen show was like Hebrew nights or Hebro. Hebro. No, Hebro was the promoting company, like the event playing. But there was like. I forgot what the specific party was called. I always wanted to go, but it only lasted like two years and I knew of it and I didn't. Wasn't in New York. Then Pandemic happened. It went away. Or at least it wasn't for me. I don't know. Yeah, I mean, let's ask Jacob a question. I just forgot.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, getting to see Jacob in the game, of course, was really exciting for me. You know, when I met Jacob, he was performing out in San Francisco in a play called the Compton Cafeteria Riots. Also when I met Jacob. Jacob had long hair when I met him, by the way.

[Jacob Ritz]

Really?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacob Ritz]

Like how long? How long?

[Monet X Change]

It was like maybe down to here. And my hair gets curly when it gets out. So it like that kind of vibe.

[Jacob Ritz]

Really?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Almost kind of like Gene Simmons.

[Jacob Ritz]

No.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Little bit. Yeah. The hair was.

[Jacob Ritz]

I can't even picture that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And One day I came home and from work and Jacob was wearing one of my wigs. And I honestly just didn't think anything of it. And Jacob was like, you're not gonna ask me why I'm wearing this wig? I was like, no, not really. You remember this, Jacob?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, yeah, I remember this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

He was like, you're not gonna ask me why I'm wearing this wig? I was like, I don't know, I just thought you just had a wig on. Like, I guess in my world it's not that crazy to wear a wig. And then Jacob pulled his wig off and he had a buzz cut. And I was like, oh my God. I was gagged.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, you buzzed it all off. Why did you buzz it all off? You just over it?

[Monet X Change]

Yeah. I find I liked having long hair, but also like, I think learning to take care of hair is like a thing that takes a lot of time. And I realize most people who like have long hair kind of like grow up learning how to take care of it. And I was just like, this is not giving what I wanted it to give. When I grew my hair out, it just feels ratty and like a little wild. And it takes so much time and effort to like do every morning.

[Jacob Ritz]

Tell me about your decision, Jacob, to go from Android to iPhone.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, there's not a real decision, Mikey. My other partner was doing a brand deal with Apple and they gave him two iPhone 15s for free. So he gave me one and I needed.

[Jacob Ritz]

And are you loving your experience on this side of the bastion?

[Monet X Change]

I like them both for different reasons. I think I prefer Android a little bit more than iPhone, to be honest. But like, it is nice how integrated the iPhone is with all my other devices because I do use a Mac computer.

[Jacob Ritz]

So that's. I was thinking like, why doesn't. Because Samsung is obviously a huge company. Why don't they start making computers and why don't they start like doing. Because they're Apple's direct competition.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I feel like just start making computers is quiet. Why don't you start making computers?

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, they make fucking TVs, speakers, they make everything else.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, but they have, they have a. They have a hole in the TV market.

[Monet X Change]

To be very clear, Samsung does make computers.

[Jacob Ritz]

Do they see Bob? So they do already makeup. That's not crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, but just start making computers is crazy. Just start making computers.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, if, if, if, if a company can find the resources and figure it out, Samsung, if they did not, it would not be a far fetched idea for Samsung to start making Computers. That's not crazy. It's not like they're not in technology or.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think it is great. Which is why, like when Apple decided to make cars, people are like, do. Do y'all need to make a. People are like, just start making Apple. You don't need to make cars. You remember, you remember they announced the Apple car and they are. They did.

[Jacob Ritz]

It's like a thing now. I think they're like, they really are doing it for real. Let me look it up.

[Monet X Change]

Have you taken a Waymo before?

[Jacob Ritz]

I have not.

[Monet X Change]

They're cute.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think I'm about to do one.

[Monet X Change]

Where are you going?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't know. I just want to go somewhere in a waymo.

[Monet X Change]

Go to Monet's house. Oh, she's not there.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, wow. I mean, the designs for the Apple car look amazing. From 2014 until 2024. This year, Apple undertook a research and development effort to develop an electric and self driving car codenamed Project Titan.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But it might. But wait, what they gonna do if it flops?

[Jacob Ritz]

Say it again.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What are they gonna do if it flops?

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't know. I mean it looked cool, but what.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Are some Apple Flop products? I'm sure there's been some.

[Jacob Ritz]

Ah, that fucking Division Pro that flopped kind of.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Ooh, the Vision Pro did low key flop hard, didn't it?

[Jacob Ritz]

I think we're. But I mean, Meta is making one that's apparently gonna be like fierce.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I think all the. Like you remember Google Glass?

[Jacob Ritz]

Google Glass, yeah, I remember that all.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The eyewear stuff kind of flops. It always flops.

[Jacob Ritz]

No, but Meta's making like something like they're developing something now that's gonna be like fierce.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Don't they own Oculus?

[Jacob Ritz]

That is Meta. But then someone came out with the glasses. Who's in the glasses? The Ray Bans. Ray Ban, I think that's Meta.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, Meta is doing it with the Ray Bans.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, they come out with something else. I was talking to Andy, I was like, what do you guys think? What do you guys think the next big thing is gonna take over? Like, you know, like you had. How AI is doing a thing now? Like, I feel like. I feel like hologram. Sorry. Like cell phones were like in the past 20 years. What cell phones are really like, They're a thing that we all have a big technological advance. I think it's going to be holograms.

[Monet X Change]

I think VR will probably be there first before holograms. Yeah. I mean, I think we're close to VR. I think eventually somebody is Going to do the right product, the right concept that people is going to click with people and it's going to work and feel like we can integrate our lives.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think what it is about the Apple Vision Pro that it's like, it is so like you can't go anywhere with it. Right. So it's also. But you can't go, I mean you can go out in the world, but you look crazy. The difference between wearing an Apple watch or a pair of Ray Ban glasses versus having a helmet on your head like goggles the size of a helmet on you look like. You look like you're from the MCU and you have nanotechnology. You know what I mean? Like, like, like the Black Panther's mask was smaller than this. If you wear this giant thing on your head in person, it just, I could imagine feeling, even though you can see through it, I can imagine feeling way too self conscious to wear this giant thing on your head when you're walking around. So I think that's part of. And also none of them have integrated with, to my knowledge anyway, with the major players in the gaming industry. So none of them are working with, with Sony. None of them are working with Nintendo. None of them are working with any of these people. Right. But if Microsoft, if they. Yeah, Microsoft. But if some of them, you know, gang gang then got up with Fortnite. If you could play Fortnite on with the headset, I think people would be much more into it than playing no shade the games they have for these. I mean I like the one with the, with, with the, the, the, the light. The saber game is really fun. And there was a one where you like shoot people and you try to avoid the lines of the gun. Yeah, but the games, they're not great.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, I think that's the way to get into it for like mass appeals, especially for children or people who like purchase who want this stuff is start making like Nintendo needs to. Even Nintendo took on this virtual reality thing, an augmented reality, whatever. You had a headset you can be playing Mario Kart with or Smash or fucking. What's the boomerang? Boomerang fu. Like, I think that's when people would be like, oh shit. I think games are the first avenue that they need to take on.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like first person boomerang food would be crazy.

[Jacob Ritz]

Like you see the boomerang coming, you're like. But then, but then you have to go to a place and make sure you're not bumping into your, your fucking table and your chandelier and Shit.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, Jacob, did you. Did you enjoy the Oculus?

[Monet X Change]

Um, I thought it was fun as, like, I. I liked superhot, the one shooting game that was the most fun I had with it. Most of the other applications that I tried it for didn't feel, like, super great, but it also felt like it was a graphics thing for me. Like, you could watch a movie on it, but, like, watching Netflix on it was lower quality graphics than if I just watched it on my computer. And there was no reason, like, to watch it in worse graphics on, I guess a bigger virtual screen like, that didn't feel like enough of a draw. Where is our audience talking to the VR porn? And it was also not incredibly great.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, Andy likes VR porn. That's crazy to say, but, like, I think Andy has done it once or twice before, and he's like, yo, that's crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

To be fair, where is our Oculus?

[Monet X Change]

I didn't want to pay for it, so I was also looking at whatever was free out there. And, like, maybe that's also the bottom of the barrel, but it's also. It's strange.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Where is our Oculus? I have it.

[Monet X Change]

It's on the shelf below the gaming tv.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Got it. I have not used anything in forever. It was like, it had a hot month. And then we were like, I can't. This is a free.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, someone sent it for free promo.

[Monet X Change]

Package, which is wild.

[Jacob Ritz]

Me, too. I got mine for free in the promo package.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And then I went to go look at the new Oculus when it came out, and this really handsome guy. Do you remember this, Jacob? This really cute guy at Best Buy.

[Monet X Change]

I hooked up with him. We talked about this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's right.

[Monet X Change]

He was trying, like, somebody I met on Grindr, and we, like, hooked up. And then randomly, he was like, the Oculus spokesperson at a Best Buy. And then I was like, I almost bought it, probably.

[Jacob Ritz]

It was very cute.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was like, I almost bought Oculus. I didn't even need one. If a. If a cute person tries to sell me something, I will probably buy it. I'm not going to lie to you. If y'all send a cute person my way, I will probably buy.

[Monet X Change]

Is that where we have those giant, heavy plates?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes. Yes. This cute guy sold me a plateware set. That Monet. Do I look like a girl in the plate wear?

[Jacob Ritz]

No.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I got this giant bowl, and I mean, I don't. I mean, you can go grab one, Jacob. I don't know how particularly cute the plateware is, but I will say this. It is durable. I've had that plate wear since we filmed the first episode of We're Here four years ago. Not a chip, not a ding, not a nothing. They're actually genuinely great. Handmade. It's one plate and one bowl.

[Jacob Ritz]

How much was that?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Maybe like 200 bucks.

[Jacob Ritz]

For a plate and a bowl?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They're handmade.

[Jacob Ritz]

Must be nice.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And he was cute.

[Jacob Ritz]

Spending $200 on a plate in a bowl is crazy.

[Monet X Change]

We have seven chocolates in it right now.

[Jacob Ritz]

I can't. Girl, that's just so pixelated. I don't know what that look like. It's a nice bowl.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I like the bowl. I genuinely like the bowl. I would never spend much money on the bowl again.

[Monet X Change]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Monet X Change]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Monet X Change]

And it does. Without me lifting a finger. So I can get in more squats anywhere I can. 1, 2, 3. Will that be cash or credit?

[Jacob Ritz]

Credit.

[Monet X Change]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Monet X Change]

Requires Google Gemini account. Results may vary based on input. Check responses for accuracy. Were you Yugi or Pokemon kids?

[Jacob Ritz]

I was. I played Pokemon. But I did watch. I thought, Yu Gi oh, I like the Yu Gi oh show. What I hate about those shows, they were always cliffhangers. Which I get it, they want you to tune in every, every day after school. But I'm like, can we stop Like Dragon Ball Z was the worst. Every episode of Dragon Ball z was about 10 minutes long after all the commercials. And it was also like they would get into like a second of fighting or like this for 10 minutes. And then on next week, that shit was so retaining. But I was a Pokemon girly.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was a Yu Gi oh girly. But I never played the card game. It was too confusing for me. But the TV show I loved watching. Do what?

[Jacob Ritz]

The math, the one plus one and all that stuff was too much for you?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Probably. I don't know. And then I did a lot of.

[Monet X Change]

Math and Yu Gi oh wasn't there.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But I really enjoyed the TV show and I was always weirded out that no one ever addressed that Yu Gi oh just became a grown ass man for moments at a time. Like, there's this little kid. All of a sudden, Yu Gi oh is just a full on grown ass man. Everyone's like, yep, there's Yu Gi oh. He's grown now. No one ever addressed him.

[Monet X Change]

There was like, I. I forget the exact vibe. But like Yu Gi oh has like ties to like an ancient Egyptian prince who's like the dual monster prince person. And they're tied through the necklace that he wears or something. So he's like being his. The ancient prince is like coming into him or something. Like there's some personality swap there. He channeling the ancient prince?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. But I feel like it was never really a. I mean, you would see the necklace light up. But people who had just met Yu Gi oh, who had never challenged him, were like, oh, I'm challenging this kid. And now this grown ass man is looking at me.

[Monet X Change]

I could be wrong, but I also think it's only like to us, the viewer, like, I think he's presenting as a kid to everybody. And that's just to show the shift that's happened. But I could be wrong.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, Bob Duh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Monae, shut the hell up. You literally have no clue.

[Jacob Ritz]

Like, duh. Like we. Yes. I don't. I can't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm about to. Dark mage. You bitch. I'm about the blue eyes. White dragon you, honey.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh my God. The blue. I think what was the most powerful with Jacob? What were you?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, I was a Pokemon kid. Yu Gi oh happened, but my parents already spent money on Pokemon cards for me and they were like, we're not. We're not doing another one of these. You got to stick to Pokemon girl. So I had a Yu Gi oh deck that was made from sad discarded Pokemon like Yu Gi oh cards that My friends gave me that they didn't want.

[Jacob Ritz]

Damn. Did you ever have any. Any holographic Pokemon cards?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure. I sell my old Pokemon cards. Yeah, I did sell them.

[Jacob Ritz]

They're worth a lot of money, aren't they?

[Monet X Change]

No, I went through. I. I did them. My magic cards actually are worth a bunch. I made $500 selling all the magic cards in college.

[Jacob Ritz]

You played Magic the Gathering?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I. And I tried Magic the Gathering in high school, but I couldn't. I couldn't afford any. Any cards. And I did not have anyone to play with. I was. We were very much brokies. Very much brokies. That's clocked. And whenever I tried to play, also at my school, there were not very many people playing the Gathering. There were a few people playing. There were a few people playing Pokemon. But Magic the Gathering, like, Poke. I feel like this is the levels of nerdiness. Pokemon, Yu Gi. Oh, Magic the Gathering.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And then way above that is Dungeons and Dragons. And there were just not a lot of Magic the Gathering girlies in my school. Lots of Pokemon girlies.

[Jacob Ritz]

But.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And also, I mean, I don't want to say out loud that Magic the Gathering isn't a black people game, but at my black school, they were not.

[Jacob Ritz]

Playing Magic the Gathering because it was too dangerous. They didn't like the Dane how dangerous it was?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, it just didn't catch. It just didn't catch Wind. Magic Edge just never caught wind, you know?

[Jacob Ritz]

Damn. Yeah, I didn't. I wasn't aware of any of the magic or. Or D and D until college. I didn't know those even games. I didn't know it was even a thing that existed.

[Monet X Change]

Was the first time you played D and D with Dropout?

[Jacob Ritz]

Mm. First time ever and it's.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And my second time was with Dropout.

[Jacob Ritz]

My first time playing Smash, though, was in college in the freshman lounge with the freshman sophomore lounge. They had a GameCube there, and that's when they had Melee. And that's the first time I ferc. But before that, I was really into GameCube. Like, I had Viewtiful Joe, Mario Kart, Double Dash, a lot of those, like, gamecube games.

[Monet X Change]

We gotta bring back Double Dash. Double Dash was.

[Jacob Ritz]

Double Dash was so good, if I be honest.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And this is a judging book by the COVID thing. But I never gotten a gamecube because I thought the console looked ugly.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, it was a cube.

[Monet X Change]

Consoles kind of looked kind of wild.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I thought it looked ugly. What do you want from me. I was like, this is an ugly looking console. I don't want to buy it. Like the PlayStation looks so good. Oh my God. And by the way, the best looking PlayStation is the PlayStation 2.

[Jacob Ritz]

Um, I don't like that. I think PlayStation 1 was the coolest one. It was sleepy when they turned her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

On her side and painted it black. I said, we're living in the future.

[Monet X Change]

You know you can get the 30th anniversary PlayStation on eBay, can you?

[Jacob Ritz]

But it's probably like a million dollars, is it not?

[Monet X Change]

It was going for like 700, but really it's being sold for like 8,000. I don't know if it's the one you want, but you should look into it.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yes, I want the 30th anniversary. Yes, that's what I want.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What I find weird about it is Jacob said it looked like an original PlayStation. I was like, I thought it was going to actually look like there was like it was going to be like back on its side with.

[Jacob Ritz]

No, it's the colors, the colors.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They could have done that.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, for all that it does. I think it's too small like Bob I saw because. So when we went to. Andy and I went to the Rose Bowl Flea and they have this company, I don't know the company's name but they basically take like the old, the first iPhone, BlackBerrys, Nokias, old systems and they break and they basically put it in like a glass and they pull all the pieces apart and it looks really cool. And I had a PlayStation 1 there. Girl, when I tell you the thing, it's like this thin and like this big. They're small. And what with the processes and stuff, there's no way they can make them that small right now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Just scale it up, just make it bigger.

[Jacob Ritz]

Maybe they could, but I mean, yeah, I don't know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What is the most beautiful console you ever had? Because for me, the most beautiful console I ever owned was a Sega Saturn, baby.

[Jacob Ritz]

I didn't have that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The Sega Saturn was a baddie. Look it up right now. The Sega Saturn was a full on baddie, honey. By the way. No one had a Sega Saturn. I didn't have any friends to play to switch games with. Me and Justin were the only kids in school with a Sega Saturn.

[Monet X Change]

Saturn.

[Jacob Ritz]

Sega Saturn.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I love the way this. I thought this looked so cool.

[Jacob Ritz]

And just, just a heads up for I'm on eBay, the 30th anniversary bundle is the cheapest I've seen is 3, $3,500. That's crazy. Anyway, continue.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Said Amazon, not ebay.

[Jacob Ritz]

He said ebay.

[Monet X Change]

I said ebay. Oh, well, this one right here is for. This one right here is for 665.

[Jacob Ritz]

Send me the link.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let me tell you right now. Let me tell you right now, Jacob will be. Jacob be finding stuff, baby. Jacob had us a PS5 in no time.

[Jacob Ritz]

Well, here's the thing. Here's the thing about. Here's the thing about, like, these people, though. How do you know that's a reputable person? What if I order that shit? Bitch. A fucking bag.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They have reviews.

[Monet X Change]

I mean, you look at their seller reviews versus how much they've sold. So this person has 100% reviews and 10 sales, which maybe I would probably want a little bit more than that, but yeah.

[Jacob Ritz]

Well, send me that link, Jacob. Sorry. Okay. I didn't mean to.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's the last thing you bought on ebay?

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't think I've ever purchased anything from ebay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Really?

[Jacob Ritz]

Nothing? No, I know what it was. This is in little after college, I bought. Remember that? I bought an Isaibee.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What is that?

[Jacob Ritz]

It was a little robot dog.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, those little dogs. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jacob Ritz]

I want an eyesight. Be like. I want to say like maybe like my senior year of high school or first year college, something like that.

[Monet X Change]

Who had one of those robo dogs on the Runway of Drag Race?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They did.

[Jacob Ritz]

Who had that?

[Monet X Change]

Oh, it was Sugar or Spice, I think.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, God.

[Monet X Change]

Like the little robot dog. That's what I was thinking of.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What was your last NBA purchase, Jacob?

[Monet X Change]

Let me look. I think it was a Pokemon card.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Before these RuPaul shoes. My last purchase was a bottle of Faberge, an antique perfume. Bottle of antique cologne called Faberge.

[Jacob Ritz]

Antique cologne. Why did you want an antique cologne?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So I bought a bottle of cologne for a. So this character, this guy named Danny Benstock was in the play and his character Wore in the 80s. So I went online and I found a bottle of Faberge. It was very hard to find to give him as a gift. I'd be like, oh, this is your character's cologne. Because the big thing about I wear Faberge. So I bought him a bottle of Faberge as a gift. And it was low key leaking. So, like the apartment just smelled like old. It didn't smell old. It just felt like very strong cologne for like a week. And then I gave him this gift, but he was kind of gagged. He's like, oh, my God, it's Faberge. Like they don't even make this anymore interesting.

[Jacob Ritz]

Not a Bottle of Faberge. That's hilarious.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And I think it's supposed to be, like, nice cologne maybe, or something.

[Jacob Ritz]

Faberge, cologne.

[Monet X Change]

Monet.

[Jacob Ritz]

Um, yeah, I wear cologne. I wear. I mean, so I bought a bottle of. This is, like, when it was, like, so super popular, like five or six, seven years ago, I bought a bottle of Santal. 30. 30, 33, 32. I've had that for a long time, but I've switched to another 13 for, like, the past, like, two or three years. But they last forever. Those bottles are expensive, but they last forever.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wasn't I with you when you bought some?

[Jacob Ritz]

Maybe.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Or you buying diffusers? Like, you. You were in that place next to that. Next to the cake shop.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, yeah. You were there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. I love when we do little outings together. Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why don't we go get cake? Oh, you and. You and Andy were eating cake.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, I think I just wanted a slice of cake.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, it was. It was at the whole. It was a whole thing. You and Andy were having, like, a cake night, and you were. You're gonna buy cake for you. And it wasn't just like, I want cake. It was like, me and Andy. Monet. Be like me and Andy. Well, we eat cake on Thursdays.

[Jacob Ritz]

I. Okay, now, you know I don't do such monsters.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, every Thursday, me and Andy listen, we watch a movie, but what we like to do, we close our eyes and one of us scrolls through Amazon and whatever it lands on, well, that's what we watch.

[Monet X Change]

Monet. What are your favorite. Go to LA date night restaurants.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Do what?

[Jacob Ritz]

Gay restaurants?

[Monet X Change]

No, date night.

[Jacob Ritz]

Oh, okay. So we go eat a lot. There's. I was like, gay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Amy and I, we go to restaurants on dates, so.

[Jacob Ritz]

We used to love Bavel. Bavelle was a restaurant. We went to downtown Bavel. It's like a Mediterranean place. It was really good the first two times. We were really good. We went for a third time recently, and it wasn't good. So there's that. Let me. Let me go on.

[Monet X Change]

I feel like so much of how I enjoy a restaurant depends on where I'm seating sitting.

[Jacob Ritz]

I can see that.

[Monet X Change]

Sometimes I've got to restaurants and I've been like, this is great. And then I've gone back to the same one. I've got, like, one of those sandwich. I feel like sometimes when you go out, you're just like, sandwiched in, like, a tiny area with two people. And it's not the fantasy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is why restaurants stress me out.

[Jacob Ritz]

Well, I mean, not in LA so much. I feel like in New York, that was my experience a lot. But in la, I feel like a lot of places have a lot of space, so it's normally pretty good.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They got really happy during the lockdown when they started putting those little street. Street, diner, sidewalk. Sidewalk seating because there's always so much more space. You're not. You're not being blasted with music. So eating at Jacob's Pickles in the street, that's. That is the. That is the experience I prefer versus being. Because in Jacob's Pickles is so dark. I feel like I'm in a dungeon when I'm in there eating.

[Monet X Change]

That's crazy.

[Jacob Ritz]

That's. I disagree.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

To me, it feels very, very dark. I'm like, this is very dark in here. And the music is always so loud. Like we're screaming.

[Jacob Ritz]

Not screaming. Screaming at me. Saying it's very dark in here is crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You know, they turn the volume up, so you won't want to stay long.

[Jacob Ritz]

I don't think that's true.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It is true. I worked at restaurants. It's a whole thing. It's part of. It's part of the design of restaurants. Restaurants are not designed to make you want to stay long. They're designed to make you want to leave as soon as you're done eating so they can. So they can flip your table and turn a profit.

[Jacob Ritz]

There's. Wait. I feel like. I feel like we've never, like, between you and Jacob, Andy and I, we've never went on a double date. We should go on a double date or a Quinn. A Quinn date with Mikey. And also.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay. If you want to.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah.

[Jacob Ritz]

Since both of them like restaurants. Where are we. Where. Where the fuck are we going to go?

[Monet X Change]

We go to Bakari.

[Jacob Ritz]

I love Bakari. Bakkeri is a great restaurant.

[Monet X Change]

Andy doesn't love probably Bakari Silver Lake, because it's a little bit more chill on the Hollywood one that.

[Jacob Ritz]

I feel like that one is louder. The one in Hollywood I feel like is a little more tame. The one in Silver Lake is crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

If y'all are interested in my input, I would love to go to somewhere like Universal Studios. I would like to maybe go to someplace where we don't have to be, like, inside of a restaurant. There's so many things we can do. You know what I mean?

[Jacob Ritz]

Universal Studios in LA is so whack.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It's.

[Monet X Change]

I do want to go to Mario World, though.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, I'll be down to go. I just feel so.

[Monet X Change]

Have you been to Mario World?

[Jacob Ritz]

Yet I haven't.

[Monet X Change]

Oh, no. Yeah. I want to see Mario World, but.

[Jacob Ritz]

Like, I feel like there's not anything super attractive. Like, I feel, like, missed opportunity for Mario World to not do a. Live like a big VR Smash Brothers or Mario Kart where you can, like, drive a thing. Like, I'm like, how? Like, missed opportunity. Why didn't someone do that?

[Monet X Change]

I mean, that is the ride there. It's a Mario Kart ride that you.

[Jacob Ritz]

Drive, but one of those virtual ones you sit in. And it's like a roller coaster ride. I'm like, talking about, like, a real one. Like, four people can sit, and you, like, you're in a. You're on a track that doesn't. The car doesn't move, but the track moves under it. So you can drive, you can turn and stuff like that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like a roller coaster, huh? Like a roller coaster.

[Jacob Ritz]

No, you're on a. You have a virtual helmet on, and you're in the car, and it's on like a treadmill, basically. So your car can drive, you can go fast and slow down, you can turn. But you're in the virtual. You're in the virtual world of it, if that makes sense. So you're in the car.

[Monet X Change]

Disney had a virtual reality thing in Florida called Disney Quest, and they had a virtual. Like, you put on a headset, and you got on, like, a fake motorbike, and then you, like, you looked around and you were on a magic carpet. And it was like a magic carpet racing game that.

[Jacob Ritz]

See, something like that for smack for Mario Kart would have been fierce.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That feels like a great way to get head lice.

[Monet X Change]

You know, I didn't get them, but that. I see that for sure.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, I don't think I'd have to worry about headlines. I don't think head lice is really a problem for me. But if you are a person who is prone to head lice, that can sound like a great way to get it.

[Jacob Ritz]

I mean, I feel like it could be. It's probably easier to get a fucking athlete switch on bowling shoes. But they. But these places, they figure out a way to disinfect things. So you have to.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, they disinfect them, and you have to wear socks.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah. And I think for. I've been to places where you had to. Like when you do, like, one of those streetcar things or bumper cars, a helmet. They have a little helmet condom you can put on.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't really worry about headlights because it doesn't really affect me.

[Jacob Ritz]

What do you say, Jacob?

[Monet X Change]

There's a weird period of time when, like, they were trying to make. I don't know if they're still doing this. They were trying to make, like, scooters. Like. Sorry. Like City Bike, but scooters. Like in New York, everyone. You had a helmet that was like a helmet scooter that you put on.

[Jacob Ritz]

I remember that.

[Monet X Change]

That's crazy to me.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, I remember it was. It was the blue Revel scooters.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if there's something.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So why are there no helmets for the bikes?

[Jacob Ritz]

Because by the bike is not a law. I think when you're on a motorized thing, there's a law to have a helmet on, but I think the bike wasn't. I'm guessing because Citibike, you don't have to wear helmets. But with the Revel, by law, you had to have a helmet to even operate it. You have to take a picture with.

[Monet X Change]

You with it on liability thing. I think if you're wearing. If City Bike provides you with a helmet and then you. An accident, you can probably sue them. Whereas if you don't like. And it probably. The money you would make. I'm not explaining myself well. The money you would make for potentially suing City Bike versus whatever the motorcycle company is probably more. Because more people might get into bad accidents.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Because in New York City, you absolutely must wear a. Yes, you must wear a helmet when riding a bike in New York City, if you're a. If you're a child under 14 or a commercial cyclist. Interesting. So if you are working, you have to wear a helmet. And if you're under 14, you do. But other folks don't have to wear helmets.

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah. Which I think is the best way to get around the city. A city bike is a great way to get around New York City. It's fucking perfect. Love.

[Monet X Change]

That stresses me out. Just like driving next to so many cars like that is stressful.

[Jacob Ritz]

I love it. I put my headphones on, which is probably not safe. That is not a safe way to ride. But I put my headphones on. I live.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What are you listening to?

[Jacob Ritz]

Whatever. It's popular right now. If I was to get on City Bike right now, which I won because it's fucking cold. And you know what they don't tell you? Riding a bike in the winter without gloves on is torture. Your hands are falling off because it's so cold.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's why all the people on mopeds have those big things they make. They basically make gloves, but they're giant. If you ever Go to New York City. You'll see the Vespas. They all have these plastic bag boxing gloves. It looks like they're holding boxing gloves and they're attached to the steering wheel. You put your hands inside of that, would you be. Would you be right now being like, loathing, unadulterated loathing for your face?

[Jacob Ritz]

Jacob, this is so nice having you on the podcast.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Did you hate it or did you love it? So, Jacob, after five years, how did it feel? Did you. Did you feel nervous? Do you feel comfortable? How do you feel being on this side of the pod?

[Monet X Change]

You know, I feel good about it. I guess we'll have to read the YouTube comments to really get the full scope of it, because that's where. That's when we really find out how much. How good a guest did on the podcast.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also, a lot of people. How many of you are seeing Jacob for the first time ever? For some reason, apparently, a lot of you thought Jacob was a redhead. This was a very popular theory online when the few times Jacob has popped up, they were like, I thought Jacob was a redhead. My fan fiction screaming, which is, I don't know. What about Jacob gives redhead?

[Jacob Ritz]

Yeah, I don't see it either. I don't know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You've never thought you had red, Jacob?

[Monet X Change]

I had thought of red before.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, there you have it.

[Jacob Ritz]

I need to figure out how to get a refund for my Gypsy tickets. Oh, sorry. I mean, tickets.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wow. And on that note, thank you for coming on Monet's show. Cause that wasn't me. That was Monet. That was Macaroni x cheese.

[Jacob Ritz]

Macaroni x cheese.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

All right, bye, y'all. Sat.