The One About The 90's

Summary

Sibling Rivalry — "The One About The 90's"

Hosts: Monét X Change & Bob The Drag Queen
Date: October 14, 2024

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Overview

In this nostalgic and hilariously candid episode, Monét X Change and Bob The Drag Queen dive deep into the culture, TV, and memories of the 1990s. They debate which 90s TV theme songs are most iconic, reminisce about their favorite (and least favorite) childhood shows and movies, and candidly discuss family, religion, and the evolution of their interests and identities. As expected, their unbeatable comedic chemistry is on full display, complete with playful arguments, outrageous hypotheticals, and classic sibling-esque bickering.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter: Life Updates & Construction Woes

• Monét shares frustrations with ongoing house construction and missing her morning gym routine, seeing exercise as the best start to her day.
  • “I love going to the gym in the morning. Love it. …It gives a lot of energy.” (02:14)
• Bob quizzes Monét on her gym habits, leading to a digression about binge-watching Love is Blind the night before.

2. Love is Blind and Makeup Faux Pas

• Monét explains the premise of Love is Blind:
  • “You’re falling in love sight unseen.” (03:26)
  • Describes how cast members sometimes claim to look like celebrities (e.g., Megan Fox), and the drama when expectations don’t match reality.
• The pair commiserate about unsolicited opinions on makeup:
  • “I hate when people tell people they don’t need makeup. …Bitch, mind your business. I need what I want to fucking wear.” — Monét (05:00)

3. Sharing (or Repeating) Stories in Drag Culture

• Bob tells a story about someone insisting, “You’re not black, you’re pretty,” and how Trixie Mattel later used that anecdote in her comedy special.
• The duo examine the sharing of lived experiences within the drag community, circling around ideas of framing and ownership of narratives.

4. Debating Album Listening Habits

• Bob claims to always listen to artists' albums all the way through on first listen.
  • “This is literally not an exaggeration. I go for a walk, I get on the start…” (10:05)
• Monét is skeptical: “I don’t believe that.” (10:03)

5. Microphone Habits & Oral Histories

• A playful, spiraling argument about how Bob holds the microphone, referencing a “long history” of Monét critiquing Bob’s technique:
  • “There is a long history on this podcast of you critiquing the way I hold my microphones.” — Bob (12:00)
• They bicker over whether a five-year inside joke constitutes a “long history.”
  • "In five years, I'll re-bring this conversation up." — Bob (13:51)

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6. Religion, Family, and Changing Beliefs

• Touched by a listener or fan question, Monét confesses:
  • “My guardian is Jesus.” (17:53)
  • Admits to being more religious when she met Bob but now identifies as agnostic.
• Bob reflects on his family’s devoutness and his own evolving stance, joking that religious family members always “cover [him] in the blood.”
  • “When I think about being covered in the blood, I think about Carrie.” (20:22)

7. Theater Aspirations and Audra McDonald Stan Moment

• Monét expresses her desire to become more of a "theater queen" and to make more trips to NYC for shows. They rave about the talent of Audra McDonald:
  • “Her voice is such a stunningly beautiful instrument.” — Monét (22:53)
• Excitement about Audra McDonald’s casting in the Gypsy revival; shoutout to Joy Woods' moment in The Notebook musical.

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8. 90s Nostalgia: Theme Song Showdown

(34:01 — Major Segment)

• Monét’s pick: "Living Single"

  • “I think one of the most popular theme songs was Living Single. …I’m probably just speaking from a black experience, obviously.” (34:01)

• Bob’s pick: "Family Matters"

  • “I would say Family Matters was way more watched than Living Single.” (34:27)

• Debate: Who can properly sing each theme? Bob claims the Family Matters theme is more recognizable; Monét retorts by belting Living Single.

  Notable Quote:

  • Bob: “It’s a rare condition, this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page…” (35:40)
  • Monét: “We are living single. Ooh, in a 90s kind of world, I’m glad I got my girl…” (34:57)

• Bob initiates a live Twitter poll to settle it.

Discussion on TV Season Lengths

• Lament over the reduction in modern TV episode counts per season:
  • “If you get eight episodes in the season, show’s like, now we’re on a three-year hiatus. That shit’s crazy.” — Monét (37:06)
• Bob argues for quality over quantity; Monét counters in favor of classic long seasons.

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9. 90s TV: Personal Impact

• Monét: Hey Arnold! had the biggest impact — Monét always thought it was set in New York; Bob’s quick to clarify it’s a fictional blend of Portland, Seattle, and Brooklyn (40:43).
• Bob: Family Matters and Hey Arnold! were crucial childhood staples.
• Stoop Kid, Helga, and other Hey Arnold! memories are recounted. Bob brings up growing up in Atlanta suburbs, drawing parallels with “porch kids.”

10. Evolution of TV Characters and Industry

• Steve Urkel’s rise from side character to star; musings on showrunners and test audiences.
• Brief, comic tangent about infamous movies: Bob and Monét joke about rumors and misattributions about actor roles, e.g., Danny DeVito in Big.

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11. 90s Family Movies & “Blank Check” Genre

(47:32)

• Monét fondly recalls Blank Check, Big, and Bushwhacked, expressing love for the “kids vs. criminals” trope.
• Bob names The Lion King as his favorite 90s film, praising its enduring quality.
  • “Lion King is just…a very, very good movie.” (49:24)

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12. Tangents: Lotions, Shea Butter, & Being Oily “On Stage”

• Extended chat about personal skin care, favorite oils and lotions, and stage aesthetics.
  • Monét’s homemade “potion” combines cocoa butter, Vaseline, vitamin E oil, Jurgens, and Cetaphil. (28:36)
  • Shout-out to Hanahana Beauty’s fair-trade practices by Bob.

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13. City-Name Debates

(30:39)

• Playful spar over whether people commonly say “New York, New York" or just “New York,” with Bob insisting it's a thing and referencing the famous song.

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14. Education Rankings Rabbit Hole

• Dive into which U.S. state is currently ranked best for education.
  • Discussion of conflicting rankings (Florida vs. Massachusetts), the reliability of these comparisons, and Reddit’s skepticism about the statistics.
  • “So do your own research, read your own articles and we’ll, we’ll talk to you all next time.” — Bob (61:54)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bob: “There is a long history on this podcast of you critiquing the way I hold my microphones.” (12:00)
• Monét: “My guardian is Jesus.” (17:53)
• Monét: “I hate when people tell people they don’t need makeup. Bitch, mind your business. I need what I want to fucking wear.” (05:00)
• Bob: “When I think about being covered in the blood, I think about Carrie.” (20:22)
• Bob: “Lion King is just…a very, very good movie.” (49:24)
• Monét: “Her voice is such a stunningly beautiful instrument.” (22:53) [on Audra McDonald]

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Important Timestamps

• 02:14 — Monét’s love for early gym routines
• 03:26 — Love is Blind explained; why watching late ruined Monét’s morning plan
• 05:00 — Drag/makeup chat: responses to “you don’t need all that”
• 07:21 — The complicated drag world story sharing, the “You’re not black, you’re pretty” anecdote
• 17:53 — “My guardian is Jesus”—on religion and agnosticism
• 22:53 — Audra McDonald stanning; “her voice is … stunningly beautiful”
• 34:01–37:45 — 90s TV theme song showdown: Living Single vs. Family Matters
• 40:17–44:00 — Most impactful 90s shows (Hey Arnold!, Family Matters)
• 49:24 — Bob’s ode to Lion King as quintessential 90s movie
• 59:00 — Wild debate over state education rankings; reliability of rankings

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Tone & Style

The episode retains the duo’s classic tone — quick-witted, cheeky, and packed with friendly jabs and pop culture references. Their ease with each other creates a “hangout with friends” atmosphere, encouraging listeners to reminisce along with them. Candid, off-the-cuff confessions about life, work, and family history give it genuine warmth.

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Summary

A must-listen for 90s kids, Drag Race fans, and anyone who loves smart, sassy commentary on pop culture, television, family, and identity. The combination of deep friendship and relentless ribbing between Monét and Bob brings charm and honesty to every moment. The running debates (theme songs! lotions! city nicknames! best state for schools!) are classic Sibling Rivalry — equal parts earnest and absurd.

Transcript

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[D]

my name is Bob the Drag Queen

[A]

and I'm Monet x Change. And this is sibling rivalry.

[D]

On this week's episode, Love is Blind brings Monet to tears.

[A]

We talk about the 90s and we

[D]

found out what made Monet say this.

[A]

My guardian is Jesus. And we find out what made Bob say this.

[D]

I had to. I had to pay my family to go see it. Oh, you're gonna let me say the first words?

[A]

Allow you.

[D]

Oh, allow.

[C]

Mm.

[D]

Do you feel like you run things over this podcast? No. What are you doing today?

[A]

Today in the never ending construction zone? It is my house. I'm kind of doing some stuff around that I didn't get to go to the gym this morning, which is really upsets me. I hate when I don't get to go in the gym in the morning. It's like my favorite activity in the morning.

[D]

Gyming is your favorite morning activity?

[A]

I love going to the gym in the morning. Love it.

[D]

Can you tell me what you love about going to the gym in the morning?

[A]

I think it just gives a lot of energy. It makes me start my day right when I go to the gym in the morning, I feel like I have more energy throughout the day and knowing that I got my workout in, I'm not thinking about it, about, okay, when I'm going to squeeze it in later. It's great. I love it.

[D]

I love the gym.

[A]

Huh.

[D]

How often do you go to the gym?

[A]

About five times a week. Five days a week.

[D]

What was preventing you from going to the gym this morning?

[A]

Because I Stayed up late last night. I stayed up too late last night. I was watching Love is Blind. Last night, and I was watching it too late. Do you watch Love is Blind?

[D]

I do not watch Love is Blind.

[A]

No, you have to watch it. You have to watch it. You have to watch it. It's so beautiful. Well, the beginning is beautiful. Later on, it gets kind of wild with things. But the first couple episodes, because these people are stuck in these pods, Bob, and for 14 hours a day, you're going on dates with these people. So it's this fast track to love, and they end up falling so deep, so hard, they don't see each other.

[D]

Right?

[A]

They don't see each other. So you're. You're. You're. You're falling in love. Slight unseen.

[D]

So how does that end up with people when they. When they see the person they. They're in. That they are in love with?

[A]

Most times they're like, you know, like, I fell in love with this person. This isn't. If I was out in the real world, I don't think I would have ever wanted to talk to this person. But I. Which is. Which is the whole thing of the experiment. But they do, and they're like, wow, I fell in love with this person that I would never, ever talk to. Sometimes approaching the real world and then

[D]

they describe themselves physically.

[A]

No, you're not allowed to. I mean, do you. Most people don't. Some people do it. But like, most people, like, I'm tall.

[D]

Can you, like, say your. The color of your hair? Can you say your race?

[A]

You're not.

[C]

Drama one season where one girl told the guy she looked like Megan Fox.

[A]

And last season, Chelsea, everyone assigned me

[C]

whether she did or didn't.

[D]

What did she.

[A]

But j. Well, sorry, Jacob, can you bring up the picture? And

[D]

I don't know what Megan Fox looks like.

[A]

First Transformers, dark hair, blue eyes. Megan Fox.

[D]

I'll look a picture of Megan Fox.

[A]

Look at Megan Fox. And then Jacob's gonna show you Chelsea. And then this person said, I like Megan Fox Fox. Would you believe it?

[D]

Oh, is this them side by side?

[A]

Yeah, I could see it, actually. I could see it.

[D]

Yeah. Maybe make it look like she has maybe a little more work done and that she. You know, I believe that if this woman were to have money, she could look like Megan Fox. Yes, I do believe that, personally.

[A]

Money do be making bitches look better. That is t. So, yeah. So sometimes. But then sometimes, like this same season, this fucking dude was, like, so upset that the girl he. Again, she wasn't even like, beat to the Gods. Like, her face was stamped. She would have on, like, a nice little bit of makeup. He was like, I just don't like that you wear makeup like that. He's like, you don't need that kind of stuff. I hate when people tell people they don't need makeup. Bitch, mind your business. I need what I want to fucking wear. Like, who care?

[D]

Like, you don't need all that. You don't need all that.

[A]

I hate that shit.

[D]

Or you don't need that.

[A]

When you. When you go to a meet and greet or something, someone's like. Or someone sees you in a rural. In drag and they're like, no, you don't need all that stuff. I'm like, yes, I do, bitch. I'm in drag. If I did not have all this makeup, I would be a different person if I did not have all this makeup.

[D]

What conversation is happening where someone says, you don't need. Like, how does. Can you tell me how that conversation goes where someone says to you, you don't need all that makeup?

[A]

Like, someone comes to meet and greet and then, and then, and then. And they'll be like, oh, my God, you're gorgeous. They're like, oh, my God, you're gorgeous. I'm like, I know. And I'll make a joke about me wearing a lot of makeup. They're like, no, you don't need all that. I'm like, I literally do it to be the drag Persona. Like, drag is literally all this makeup.

[D]

You should go out there without no makeup on. You should go out there one day with no makeup on and see if you get the same compliments. Just do everything else, just no makeup, and see if people are like, no,

[A]

no, you see, you're perfect how you are. Someone has never said that to you. And drag, you don't need so much makeup.

[D]

I mean, a few people goes, I'm sure you don't need all that makeup to look stunning or something. But I don't think they're saying it an actual reference to me. They just. I think some people feel like they're supposed to say something like that. Like, they're like, if you say something. Self detriment, detrimental, deprecated, some. If you do.

[A]

Deprecated.

[D]

Self deprecation.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Self deprecation. Some people do, yeah. Then I have to combat it by being like, no, but sometimes it's not self deprecation.

[C]

And

[D]

I'm like, what? Like, Trixie told us in one of her specials, which is crazy because it's one of my jokes. But anyway, it's not actually my joke. It's like a story that. It's a story that actually happened to me. This girl came up to me to be in green, was like, let's take a picture. And I was like, there's no fighting. I said, can we use one with a flash? I'm. I'm black. Like, I'm dark skinned. And she goes, no, you're not black. You're pretty.

[A]

And Trixie says that I was like,

[D]

Trixie tells that story which did happen. I mean, she might have been there for. I think she was there for it.

[A]

Wait, is Trixie saying the story? She. Sam's telling Trixie's telling the story.

[D]

Yeah. How did that work for Trixie? That makes sense. Trixie's telling the story of when it happened.

[A]

Okay, Bob, you have to realize how we may think that, like the way you told the story, I was like, wait, Cause you was like. Cause you said it's crazy. Trixie tells the story that happened to me. I'm like, oh, so she's taking your joke. You made it seem. The framing made it seem like maybe she took the joke from you.

[D]

I don't think I made it in the way, but that's fine.

[A]

I noticed what I said. I corrected myself. I said, the framing made me feel

[D]

like that we were both there for this experience together.

[A]

Got it. And she's telling you about your experience.

[D]

We both bore witness to this girl saying, no, you're not black, you're pretty.

[A]

And in her special. And then what? And what is her follow up? And just like, what is the point of that?

[D]

I don't remember. I mean, that's the crux of the story is that. Can you believe someone said this? Which is crazy. Like the crux of is like, can you believe this girl said, you're not black, you're pretty.

[A]

Why does this crazy.

[D]

I don't remember what she said. Right? I don't remember the next thing she said. I don't have the special memorize or anything, but that is a crazy story that someone said that to me.

[A]

It is 100% crazy. I just actually love to see Trixie, especially when she tells the story about someone telling you, no, you're not pretty, whatever, you're black. I am. So now I'm so intrigued and interested

[D]

in what that is such an attainable goal. Trixie has one special. It is on itunes.

[A]

And Skinny Legend, you could.

[D]

You could easily watch this by the end of the day.

[A]

Skinny Legend, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

I believe this was no Skinny Legend is her documentary, isn't it? Actually, it might be this. No, I can't remember what the name of the documentary is. Yeah, it is her. It is her one special. It is up there. That is a very attainable goal for you.

[A]

Interesting.

[D]

I love setting an attainable goal.

[A]

Can't say I'll watch it, but maybe I should.

[D]

You said you want to see it.

[A]

While I'm just interested in that. Also, I do not want to watch the whole special just to find out one moment. I'm not that invested. Maybe you don't want to hurt. Maybe it's just something else. I may. You may tell me. I'm like, oh, I'll definitely do it, but I'm not that invested. I want to watch the whole special for this one moment.

[D]

You don't want to support Trixie?

[A]

I support a Trixie anyways. I bought all of her music. I bought some of her merchandise, actually.

[D]

You purchased all of her music?

[A]

Not all of it, but I. I stream. It's on my. It's in my eye. Like, not purchase. It's on my streaming. I added to my.

[D]

You've listened to every Trixie Mattel song?

[A]

Not everyone, but I have the old albums. I don't listen When I get an album, I don't listen to every song by the artist. Not all the time. I listen to someone I really like. I always do every song.

[D]

Every time I listen to an artist album, I listen to the song from start to finish. Every single time.

[A]

I don't believe that.

[D]

This is literally not an exaggeration. I go for a walk, I get on the start.

[A]

So you go listen to. When you listen to my Beyonce, you listen to Ave Maria. You listen to there for your listen to Beyonce, Listen to Jen Lee. You listen to all four. Every time you go listen to Beyonce.

[D]

No, I said when I. The first time I listened, I listened

[A]

to the entire album for the first time. Got it, got it, got it, got it.

[D]

I don't. Every single time, every time I was like, that's crazy. No, listen, unless it's single, obviously, if a single, I just hear the single. But whenever. Whenever someone released an album, I start at the beginning and I go to the end.

[A]

Why do you hold a microphone like this when you talk?

[D]

This is just where. This is just the way I hold microphones. One day you got. You gotta, you gotta. You gotta get over it.

[A]

I'm not. There's nothing to get over. It's just literally a question. I was asking a question. I'm not obsessed. I'm just asking a question. I'm not obsessed with.

[D]

You be asking questions.

[A]

Get over it.

[D]

I just ask some questions that are like, you ask question like, why are you. Why do you wear two chains? Or why do you sit with your head kind of cocked to the side? Why does your head kind of cock to. To the side when you. When you talk? Or why is there a chair like, you be asking question that you know.

[A]

Yeah. Why is there a chair there? You remember when you were obsessed over this?

[D]

You I asked you, how small is a chair? I said, how small is a chair? And I was like, yeah, well, you got to get over it. You got to get over. I haven't asked about it in months.

[A]

You literally two podcasts ago about the chair. You literally two podcasts to go.

[D]

Well, you were offering me things. I told you I wanted the chair,

[A]

so you got over a bitch.

[D]

That's when we were doing our bet. So I wasn't just being like, why is there a chair? I said, is that chair small? It looks like a really small chair.

[A]

And it was a saga for three episodes. Monet, I want you. And then you became Monet, I want you to sit in that chair. You obsessed with you getting me to sit on the chair for, like, a month of episodes.

[D]

So you get over it.

[E]

Ho.

[D]

Well, I told you, I'm over it. I've sat in the chair. I've seen the chair in person. Now I have no more wonders about the chair. I did my own research, and I looked into.

[A]

I allowed you to also, there is

[D]

a long history on this podcast of you critiquing the way I hold my microphones. There is. If you all want to go back and watch the episode where we have Eureka, o' Hara and we're at Town Hall, Monet's like, don't hold your microphone like that. Hold it like this. And Monet's like, no, you shouldn't hold it. You should leave it on the stand. And then the next time at the bellhouse, Monat goes, no, you shouldn't leave it on the stand. You should hold it.

[A]

And then they long history.

[D]

And then Monet goes, you should. Why do you hold the microphone like that? And then Monet's like, well, you should use the stand. There's several times where you seem really particularly invested in that. Maybe he's really into microphone holding.

[A]

Several times. That's not a long history.

[D]

Well, this goes back, like, seven years old.

[A]

Seven years ago. It was not seven years ago.

[D]

How long ago were we at where?

[A]

We were at Sony Hall I won drag race. I won drag race in 2019.

[D]

Sony Hall.

[A]

Sony Hole.

[C]

2019.

[A]

2019. Nigger ever said nigga sorry?

[D]

Stop saying nigger on the podcast, Nick. Know where you got that from? No. Point. So, Sony. Wait, wait.

[A]

Did I miss that joke?

[D]

No. Sony Hall. 2019 says what, five years. Five years is a while.

[A]

That's not. But a long history.

[D]

Okay, how long did that. How long did it be?

[A]

Of how long. Long is now.

[D]

Well, you.

[E]

You.

[D]

Well, you tell me how long, because one day it will become long based on your merit. So does it have to be give me. Give me the amount of time, and then that day I'll tell you when it's long. When it's long history?

[A]

I don't have the answer.

[D]

Is eight years a long history?

[A]

I don't know. I really don't.

[D]

How about a decade? Is it a decade long history?

[A]

I mean, I think it depends. I think it's. I think it's intuitional sometimes. Yes. Sometimes it's not.

[D]

Okay, work. So in five years, I'll re. Bring this conversation up, and then we'll see if it feels like a long history. By the. Are you wearing a fan? Wearing shorts? Work. I'm wearing black puma shorts.

[A]

You know, I'm not. I don't know a whole bunch about David Bowie. I know the things that I know about David Bowie are. He had the thunderbolt makeup thing and that he was a kind. He was not queer, but. Or was he queer?

[D]

Mm.

[A]

He's queer. Cause he was married to a woman, but then he was with a man later.

[D]

No, they. They were married till he died.

[A]

Work. And I. What I also about him is that

[D]

she's married to Imani. Wasn't he. Did I make it up?

[A]

Iman.

[D]

Not Imani. And he. And he.

[A]

Wait, but who's the white lady then?

[E]

From.

[A]

From.

[D]

That's his ex wife.

[A]

So he was married to her first and got married to Iman afterwards, I'm assuming.

[D]

Yeah. Got it. Also, he was in the labyrinth. You probably know that.

[A]

I never seen the labyrinth, so I thought I was watching the labyrinth, but it was the wrong labyrinth. It was Pan's labyrinth.

[D]

Oh, no, that's. No, that's. That's Pan's labyrinth.

[A]

That's. That's Guillermo del Toro.

[C]

Yeah, that was like Aquarius pancake from season 10.

[A]

Aquarius pancake.

[C]

They had a pancake decorating challenge, and she did pancakes Labyrinth. And her. Her pancake was like the. The monster with the eyes on the hands was.

[A]

Either we decorated pancakes? No.

[C]

You might have Been gone by then.

[A]

I think. I think it was a challenge.

[D]

After I got limited, you thought everyone was just calling Pans, Pans. Labyrinth. The Labyrinth.

[A]

So, yeah, so I watched Pan's Labyrinth and I was like. So I got to the end of it, I was like, was there a David Bowie song or something that I missed? Like, I don't.

[D]

The question is, did you think everyone was just taking off pans, just calling it the Labyrinth?

[A]

Yeah, people do that stuff all the time. You just, like, you shorten it. Like, like, you don't say, oh, yeah. I think this was after I got eliminated. This was. This was. I think it was a challenge after I got eliminated when they did the good and evil thing and they all, like, did the orange. The orange look and the animal looks.

[D]

Is the labyrinth shortening Pan's Labyrinth? Is that short?

[A]

I just.

[D]

I mean, there's the same amount of syllables.

[A]

They're sometimes weird, but instead of the same pans. Labyrinth. Labyrinth. A labyrinth. Right. Don't people say, I want David Boy

[D]

and people say the labyrinth.

[A]

Got it. Yeah.

[D]

I didn't really want to say David Boy was in Labyrinth. Maybe someone has said it somewhere, but usually people say, David Boy was in the labyrinth. But I will say people say.

[A]

Calling it that.

[D]

People say Les Mis.

[A]

Yeah. Like, people, like, shorten stuff or like to just take.

[C]

You know what I mean?

[D]

It's not shortening. The labyrinth is not shortening. Pan's Labyrinth.

[A]

I know, but I thought it was just a people did. I thought people just called it the Labyrinth. I didn't realize there were more than

[D]

the multiple labyrinthes people call Guardians of the Galaxy. Guardians. If someone says, I watch the movie Guardians, I would. I would know what they were talking about.

[A]

Maybe. I, I. People probably has said that. And I got it. But now I'm thinking about it, I'm like, would I? But I don't think there's any of the Guardians. Something that I would think.

[D]

Yeah, someone said if you think Guardians, I would. I. I'd probably go. Of the galaxy. Right. Let's take a break.

[A]

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[D]

So who is your guardian, Monet?

[A]

My guardian is Jesus.

[D]

Are you religious? Again, that's a genuine question. I don't know, are you?

[A]

I'm not religious. Again, I. I told you, I'm of the agnostic.

[D]

When I met you, you were kind. You were low key religious. When I met you, I was religious.

[A]

I would, I would agree with that for sure. I was still. I was, I was, but not. Yes, I think I was organized. I was organizedly religed.

[D]

When I, when we first met you low key went viral on Internet for talking about Jesus on Drag Race. I did low key? Yeah.

[A]

Oh, the thing with Monique though. That was Monique though. She brought Jesus into it. No, I brought Jesus into it.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

That is a very sibling rivalry moment. You better rewrite history. That was crazy. Like Monique did that.

[A]

You know what, it wasn't sleeping rivalry because I corrected myself. You won't correct yourself.

[D]

That was wild.

[A]

Anyway, yeah, I wrote your. I did bring Jesus into it. I did, I did.

[D]

Were you just doing it for comedic effect or did you really believe Jesus?

[A]

Jesus, which is comedic effect.

[D]

There's nothing wrong with believing in Jesus. Some of, some of my, the closest people in my life really believe in Jesus.

[A]

A lot of your family does. Your family is really religious?

[D]

Yep, very much so. Very, very much so. I think that when I. The last time I was confronted with whether or not I was religious was in New York City. And I hadn't really answered the question for myself yet. And someone asked me, do you believe in Jesus? And I said yes. But I was like, I don't think I do in my head. And then like a few will later, I was like, I don't believe in Jesus. I told that. I was like, I've been thinking about it and I don't, I actually don't. And I feel like I need to

[A]

tell you that my family's also very religious. Like they. My grandmother is very sweet. Every time my grandma talks about me, she talks about me every time I talk to my grandma on the phone. So at least like once every two weeks or so. Once a week. Once every two weeks. She always be like, well, I'm praying for you. I'm covering you in the blood. And she like said a little prayer, like, well, might have put a little pray on the phone. She'd be like, she Was like, about God sending his angels to protect me on planes and blah, blah, blah. I'm like, thank you, Grandma. I love you so much. It brings her a lot of joy to pray for me.

[D]

When I think about being covered in the blood, I think about Carrie. Like, am I like Carrie? Do I look like Nicole Scherzinger at the end of Sunset Boulevard?

[A]

Okay, I have to go watch this. Everyone's talking about how amazing it is, and I have to catch her before she leaves the show. I have to catch.

[D]

She's covered in the blood.

[A]

The blood of Jesus. She sure is. Like, also, I never. I don't know the story of Sunset Boulevard. I don't know. Why is there blood and Sunset? Obviously, I'm assuming someone dies.

[D]

I have never seen. What'd you say, Jacob?

[C]

You'll have to watch it and find out.

[D]

Yeah, I have never seen Sunset Boulevard, so I cannot speak to. Why. All I know is the famous line, I'm ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille. That's all I know.

[A]

Yeah, I want to see it. It looks so good. She show to work. Honestly, I want to be I In my. When I turn 35, I want to become more of a theater queen. And I think that would. That means regularly scheduling trips to New York City to go watch theater. Like, I want to watch more theater. I want to be more engaged in the theater because I. There's. I have no time. I have no time between now and my birthday. No time.

[D]

I have plenty of time to go see shows, and I'm pretty busy.

[A]

I don't have time. That's. That's you and your schedule. I do not have time. Like, I literally.

[D]

All I do is this podcast. Besides the podcast. I don't really do anything else, to be honest.

[A]

I know. Which is fierce for you. I love that. But that's not my. That's not my. It's my story.

[D]

I've cleared my. I've cleared my schedule for the. This is what this been my main.

[A]

Apparently there's no.

[D]

For the past, like, eight years. This is really all I've been doing.

[A]

I love that for you.

[D]

There's also a lot of theater in Los Angeles.

[A]

There is, but like, for example, Spencer Boulevard is here. Like the Notebook. I think the Notebook is closing or closed, which I'm sad I missed that.

[D]

It sounded like a movie. That sounds like a place that would have closed immediately.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, no shame.

[D]

Also, don't go if it's closing this early, girl, don't go. Rush to see it.

[A]

I know, but Just because I liked the movie so much. I would have liked to. Even though it was bad. I mean, again, I don't know. I don't know. I didn't see the show. I don't know if it was good or bad. But even if it was, I still want to say that I would. I saw it because I did. I love the movie so much.

[C]

The show itself is fine. There's one actor who is phenomenal.

[A]

The black girl.

[C]

Yeah. Joy Woods.

[A]

Joy Woods. What didn't she do, like, a big something before that? She got on People's Race.

[C]

She's had a really big year. She's doing a lot of different stuff right now. She just got cast in the. The Gypsy Arrival with Audra.

[A]

Wait, that's good. Gypsy's coming back with Audra McDonald.

[D]

Girl, where you been?

[A]

That's Audra McDonald. In my opinion, she is one of the one, like, people need to put her in the category of, like, once in a lifetime voices of our time. Like, up There with Mariah, up there with Whitney and all of them. Her voice, it is such a stunningly beautiful instrument. And the way that she sings, I will 100% go see that. Oh, that's why I said, bob, call me back. It was about us going to see a show together.

[D]

That's not a particularly hot take.

[A]

When we say some of the greatest voice of our time, we don't include Audra. Like, a lot of people don't say Audra McDonald. They say Whitney, Mariah, blah, blah. They don't include Audra.

[D]

Yeah, they never include. They never include the actors. Although these Broadway actors be singing.

[A]

Singing. Her voice is stunning. It's a stunningly beautiful instrument. And I just. So I texted Bob the other day. I was like, hey, Bob, call me back. It's an emergency. And then I did.

[D]

All right. Well, the thing was, I called you back and you were like, I don't know.

[A]

No, well, it was. It was like, also, like, the next day, Bob. Oh, you didn't call me back. We were on the podcast and I was like, hey, you didn't call me back yesterday.

[D]

Well, I communicated with you, and you said you didn't remember 24 hours later.

[A]

And then so. And I just remembered, and I literally just forgot again. What the fuck? Seeing a show in my show.

[C]

Seeing a show together in New York.

[A]

I think it had something to do about us going to do something together that was timely, but now I can't remember what it was.

[D]

Well, I hope you remember it in time, girl. I've seen comedians who hold their microphones like this. That's insane to me.

[A]

You're obsessed about people holding microphones. You're obsessed. You will not stop talking about microphones.

[D]

This just seems so. This seems so uncomfortable. Like what an uncomfortable way this seems to hold a microphone.

[A]

You're obsessed.

[D]

Typically on stage, I hold a microphone

[A]

like this when I sing. Like, I like holding. I know it's not great for the sound, but I like holding a microphone as close to the thing as possible. Sometimes my hand is a little too much on it and it like mutilates the sound a little bit. Like I'm. I'm holding it like I'm a fucking rapper. I'd be like this. I'd be like, monet, can you please hold it here? I'm like, okay.

[D]

But you can't hold it too far down though, either. You can't hold it too far down cause you'll. You'll mess up the receiver.

[A]

Yeah, it's like a whole thing. Microphone technique is a thing.

[D]

I used to do this a lot, but now I have these mic holders so I can't really grab it anymore. So now just a one hander now you can't swap hands? I can't. I can't swap hands for emphasis anymore.

[A]

Oh, you can. You're like.

[D]

It'll literally be like,

[A]

someone sent me a video of you being very lubricated and they were like, talk about it to the podcast. And I was like, why? Because he's moisturized. I'm so confused.

[D]

Well, I guess they. They got their wish. They did. What. What more would you like? What more would you like to say about me being.

[A]

I don't know. That's what I'm like. Did something. Am I missing. Is there some context that I'm missing that I. Because it's always.

[D]

Well, I reposted a video and I said, well, I. I swapped from lotion to oil gel because I don't really like using oil because I feel like it actually dries up pretty quickly. Like oil is really shiny and then it just kind of vanishes. Whereas I feel like lotion actually gets into your skin and it actually moisturizes you. Whereas I feel like oil is much more for aesthetics as opposed to for skin health. But I understand why. If you're going on stage, you might want it to look more aesthetically pleasing than actually having skin health. So I bought some oil gel. Cause I thought it would last a little bit longer. Then I started looking at videos and I said, oh my God. And then I posted on my instagram and I said, I may have gone a little overboard with the oil. With the, with the oil today. I caught it in my Instagram story a while back, so maybe. Maybe that was what they. I can post the. We can put it on the screen right here. That is the video of me oiled to the gods. Would I go that oily again? Probably not. I don't know.

[A]

Maybe I love being oily because also, like, also when you. When you. When you put. Cause I. What do I use? I use. I use this thing. It's called kopari. It's this, like, tanning oil. Not a tanning oil, but it's the oil you're supposed to wear on the. On the beach. And I use that. And it has like little, like, glitter and stuff in it. Not glitter. It has what. I mean, I don't want to go get it.

[D]

Campari.

[A]

No. Kopari. K O P A R I is this thing Ty introduced me to and it is great. It on stage, bitch. You look glisteny and shiny last for my entire performance. And also when you. When you. When you. Because I am a sweater on stage, when you start to sweat, sometimes the thing with. With lotion. Lotion makes like little white. Like, when you sweat, like, you can see the lotion start to like. It makes like a white cast on your skin. I don't like that. But the kopari does not do that. So it looks really. I love using kopari on stage. I look gorgeous.

[D]

My issue with the oil is that when you're oiled up, the lotion, the sweat beads.

[A]

The sweat beads. It beads when you sweat.

[D]

When you're wearing oil. The sweat beads. Yeah, because the oil. Because the oil and because your sweat is mostly water. Oil and water don't mix. And it just beads and rolls off. Whereas if you're.

[A]

I had that experience,

[D]

I. I certainly have the sweat kind of beads up. Whereas if you're just on stage sweating and you're not wearing oil, it'll just look like you're wet as opposed to look like you're covered in drops of sweat, which I don't think looks very.

[A]

I don't think I have that experience because I. I used to use the Vaseline cocoa butter gel, oil, oil, gel thing. And I used to. I used to have my beating up. But also for my. For my own lotion at home, I do. I make like a potion. I take cocoa butter. I take Vaseline, like the vitamin E oil, cocoa butter oil. I put that. That I put Jurgens lotion And I put cetaphil and I mix that together for my day, just for my day to day lotion.

[D]

Why don't you just put them on separately?

[A]

Because it's just easier. So then I just take one glob as opposed to being like home, being like this, then this, I just put it all in one big thing and I mix it. So then I have like a tub of my own lotion I use, I

[D]

just, you know, that's so interesting. You know, I usually use Vaseline cocoa butter scented lotion. Cover my body and then when I'm not out, I'll use shea butter. But I have not gone to buy shea butter in a hot minute.

[A]

That's what, that's one thing I miss about New York. You can get shea butter on like on in Harlem. Well, I don't know now it's been a couple years, but on every corner, not every corner, but it was readily available. So a nice dope ass smelling. So shea butter, you can get shea

[D]

butter at Sephora from a company called Hanahana Beauty. And Hanahana Beauty actually pays the women who harvest their, their cocoa beans or their, I mean their she beans or their shea plants. They give them three times the normal asking amount in terms of fair wages. So when you shop for the Hana Hana Beauty, which we are not sponsored by. This is not a sponsored post. I'm just an actual fan of what they do over at Hana Honda Beauty. You're actually helping out a lot of people.

[A]

Hana Honda Beauty. What city are you in right now?

[D]

I'm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[A]

Ooh, it's a great comedy club there.

[D]

I don't know why people never say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What like Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas. Pick Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York, New York.

[A]

When you said people. No, people don't say New York, New York. People say New York or people say I go to Atlanta.

[D]

People outside of New York say New York, New York.

[A]

I don't think that's Bob.

[D]

People outside of New York say New York, New York. I promise you. No, no, no, it's true. People outside of New York say New York, New York.

[A]

Nah, dog, even Atlanta people don't say I go to Atlanta, Georgia like Atlanta

[D]

or we say Atlanta, Georgia. I'm from Atlanta, Georgia. People from Atlanta say Atlanta, Georgia and

[A]

I'm from New York. I'll tell you who did not say,

[C]

in what context would you say Atlanta, Georgia or New York, New York, like

[D]

in the same way. In the same way. I say Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Like I don't always say it but I will say Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I will say Atlanta, Georgia. I will say Montgomery, Alabama. I will say Dallas, Texas. I will say Washington, D.C. i will say. I will say Seattle, Washington. I don't understand what's so strange about saying Seattle, Washington. What is so strange?

[A]

But I'm saying, like, I don't think that that's how a lot of people say. If you don't even say just the city, they don't say the state as well. Like I said, seldom hear people say. Of course, I think Dallas, Texas is one, actually. But like Seattle, people say Seattle. Or they say, like, even, let's say, like, Portland. I mean, a city of Portland has two people just say Portland. They don't even clarify.

[D]

How do you know you're going to.

[A]

Because most people are talking about. Or that I've encountered talking about Portland, Oregon. Now, if you go to Portland, Maine, people say Portland, Maine.

[D]

Because, by the way, I want y' all to know, citizens of Portland, Maine, I will be stopping by you. And you know what? I am talking about you. I want you to know that you matter. I want you to know that you're important. And if you would like to see me on tour in Portland, Maine, I will be there on October 20th.

[A]

Look at him looking, y'.

[E]

All.

[A]

He don't even know. He even know he look.

[D]

You're right. I don't know. Every single day. Cause it's dates on dates on dates, honey.

[A]

Dates on dates. So the only people talk about Portland, Maine. I think people make that. That distinction because people often talk about Portland, Oregon. But like, all these cities say New York, New York. People say, now, I'm going to. What People often say I'm going to. They say New York when they should be saying New York City. Because New York obviously is a state where people just associate New York with just being the five boroughs, New York City or Manhattan.

[D]

Well, in my experience, people do say New York, New York. There's a whole song. It's up to you. New York, New York.

[A]

You're in New York. Let's take a break and I'll tell you more about New York.

[B]

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[A]

Check, check, check it out. Check, check, check it out. I think from the 90s, I. I mean, this is probably going to be a very hot take, but I think one of the most popular theme songs was Living Single. But then I'm probably just speaking from a black experience, obviously. I don't think for white folk, it's.

[D]

To be honest, I don't even think. I don't know that even from a black experience, I would say Family Matters was probably the most popular theme song.

[A]

More than Living Single?

[D]

I would say so, yeah. I think that. I don't know the statistics for sure, but I'm pretty sure that Family Matters was way more watched than Living Single. Black folk, like way more watched black folk listening to.

[A]

Watching to this. Please sound below. I think. Bob, you think Femme Matters was more. No, not the show. You think the Femme Matters theme was more popular than the Living Single theme?

[D]

I do. Can you sing the Living Single theme?

[A]

Yeah. We are living single. Ooh. In a 90s kind of world I'm glad I got my girl. Keep your head up, boy.

[D]

Keep her head up.

[A]

That's right. Am I right? True blue we tight like glue we gonna live in.

[D]

I heard some in there. Do you know the Family Matters theme song?

[A]

Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, the hitman, TV Hitman tv.

[D]

Evening tv.

[A]

Oh, is it also.

[D]

I'm pretty sure you just doing Full House. That was our.

[A]

They were so similar. Wait, what kind?

[D]

The same. The same guy sang both songs.

[A]

How does the Family Matters one start?

[D]

It's a rare condition this day and age. Did you read any good news on the newspaper page? Love and condition are the grand design. Some people say it's even harder to find. Well, then there must be some magic through inside.

[A]

Okay. I thought it was. There must be somebody new.

[D]

I'm almost done. I'm almost done. Cause all I see is a tower of dreams Real love bursting out of every seam as days go by. Yeah, I would say Family Matters was definitely a more popular theme song.

[A]

Nah.

[D]

Than Living Single.

[A]

Nah. Even though I'm sure Living Single had a shorter tenure than. Or maybe it did. I don't know how many seasons. Let me look up. Jacob, can you look up how many seasons?

[D]

100% sure. But we can post a quick Patreon poll. Actually, I'll do it on Twitter. Then by the end of this recording, we'll know which one.

[A]

Family Matters was five singles, five seasons.

[C]

Living Single was five seasons.

[A]

Family Vows I think was at least like nine.

[D]

Nine. That's a lot on this channel.

[A]

I ate that the fuck up.

[D]

It was nine seasons.

[A]

Nine seasons.

[D]

That seems too long for. That's too long for a show.

[A]

No. Well, also, you have to think about that. Okay? They had 215 episodes over nine seasons. That means roughly we had 23 episodes a season. Now, show bitch. If you get eight episodes in the season, show's like, now we're on a three year hiatus. That shit's crazy. And they were longer too. Well, no, that's not true because you. Two commercials, half an hour. So probably they were still roughly around 21, 22 minutes. But like, why are we getting seasons now of eight episodes? Which are the like, which only like 21 episodes, 21 minutes. Like, why is that? I, like, I'm here for it.

[D]

I don't think that I don't need like, you know what? I believe in getting a bang for your buck. But it doesn't have to be in quantity. Sometimes it can be in quality. Right? So when I'm watching a movie, I don't need my movie to be four hours long. I don't need a three and a half hour movie. And if a TV show would not make sense at that time, like at an hour, make it a 30 minute show, that's fine.

[A]

But like give a 23, I think. But back then the seasons were great. Like I've watched through living single like five times now and like the episodes, having 23 episodes a season, there were, I mean, of course you have some episodes that aren't as good as others, but as a general, a general thing for them, they were good episodes, they were funny, they were great.

[D]

Well, some, some shows still do that. I think it depends on what the show's doing. Like, for example, a show like Blackish or Modern Family will have a lot of episodes in a season, but a show like Breaking Bad or Empire will have less because there's just much more production value in those shows.

[A]

Wait, how many episodes, how many, how many episodes in a Blackish?

[D]

Right now the poll is going on Twitter and we're asking which theme song is more popular? Family Matters or Living Single. And we don't have a ton of votes yet. Right now we only have. How do you know how many votes you have? Doesn't say how many votes there are. We're only at 44 votes. I will save the results until we get to at least 150 votes. Right.

[A]

Black ish had eight seasons and they have 175 episodes. So that is way. No, they're not up and out a lot either. Hold on. 175. Oh God. 175 divided by 8.

[D]

What was modern Family doing?

[A]

No, no, no, no. That's what's blackish at 21.

[D]

21 episodes a season.

[A]

Mm.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

See like a show like that where the production value is lower is gonna be less than a show like Empire, Breaking Bad where they're obviously like, the boys cannot put out as many episodes as Blackish or the Modern Family because of just what's going into the show. It's just a much more. It's just a much. It's a bigger fiasco.

[A]

Yeah, you know, like Lupe fiasco. Saw the fiasco. No, that's my line. Saw it. Fiasco. Guy Lupe. Wap Bitch. I'm Beyonce. What 90s TV shows do you think had the biggest impact on you as a person? I think for me. For me it would be hey Arnold.

[E]

Really?

[D]

As a New Yorker, I guess that makes sense.

[A]

But no, it's not New York. Remember we looked this up. It wasn't. It was. I thought it was. It's not New York.

[D]

Jacob was narrow coated. Is it a made up place?

[A]

No, it was like Philadelphia or something.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah. I thought it was New York too though.

[D]

Where is hey Arnold set? Hey Arnold is set in Hillwood, Washington.

[A]

Washington.

[D]

That's which is a fictional city. It is a combination of Portland, Seattle and Brooklyn. So it's not real. It's a made up town.

[A]

Got it. Portland, Seattle and Brooklyn. Interesting.

[D]

Heavy on the Brooklyn, in my opinion.

[A]

I. I think so too. I thought it was always just New York. It was supposed to be New York until.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What was yours? Go ahead.

[D]

I had the big one.

[A]

I mean, you don't have to, but

[D]

I was really into family matters. Like I was really into family matters as a child. That show just really meant a lot to me. I loved hey Arnold.

[B]

Actually.

[D]

I thought that Helga. Jeep Pataki was fierce. I thought that football head Gerald. The only three cats I can remember. Helga, Gerald and Arnold. I can't remember any other characters names.

[A]

Stoop kid, Helga, Gerald, Arnold, Phoebe. Which was Helga's friend with the glasses.

[D]

The Asian girl? Yeah, Stoop kid. The sad little white boy.

[A]

Stupid kid. Did you have a. No, you don't. You don't have stoops.

[D]

But we had porches.

[A]

Did you have a porch kid?

[D]

No. We did have kids who couldn't leave Their yard, we had yards. So there would be a kid who can't leave the yard, though, or who can't leave the neighborhood. So if you live in a community, like in an apartment building, there were kids who could not leave the area that their apartment building was on, like an apartment complex, basically. But you cannot leave the part that your specific building's on.

[A]

I know what you mean. They have a lot of those in Atlanta in those kind of development, those complexes called the suburbs.

[D]

In the suburbs, there are lots of apartment complexes. Yes. I mean, you will find an apartment complex in the city, too, but most of the apartment complexes are in the suburbs, for sure. I grew up in an apartment complex in the suburbs.

[A]

I was gonna say. Oh, I was gonna say. So did you know that Steve Urkel was not supposed to be a main character?

[D]

Yeah, he was kind of an ancillary character, but he was tested so well that he just became low key. The crux of the show, which they

[A]

should have tested the Joker too, Pardu, apparently, and Chanel. There was going to be the cluster of this. People are mad at this movie, girl. People are over it.

[D]

Yeah. I've not seen it, so I can't actually give an opinion on it, but people don't like the movie for some reason.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Well, the first. Did you like the first one? I thought the first one was so well done.

[D]

I thought it was so really great, too. I genuinely thought it was a really good movie. Joaquin Phoenix was fantastic. Robert De Niro was great in it.

[A]

Wait, what was Robert De Niro's role in it?

[C]

He was the one who got shot at the end.

[A]

Oh, the talk show host.

[D]

Yeah. I thought that the lady from. The lady from. From Deadpool. What's her name? She plays the lucky. The person whose powers.

[C]

Oh, Domino. Yes. She's also from Atlanta.

[D]

Yeah. Anyway, she was great in it.

[A]

Which is from the show Atlanta or she.

[C]

She's in the show Atlanta.

[A]

Got it.

[D]

She plays Donald Glover's partner, Zazi Beats. That's right. I always thought her name was so interesting. Zazie Beats. I thought she was really good.

[A]

That's her. That's her. Her. Her legal name. That is a fierce name.

[D]

I don't know. I don't know if it's her legal name or not. Anyway, I thought she was really good. So I've not seen Joker 2, but I've heard that it's not getting great box office numbers. Yeah, well, it's got a really bad Rotten Tomatoes score.

[A]

Do you trust Rotten. Do you. Do you trust Rotten Tomatoes? Like general, generally. Do you trust critique?

[D]

I don't normally check Rotten Tomatoes, to be honest.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I just go to see a move. If I want to see it, I'll go and see it. And if I don't, I usually don't want to. I usually don't go see it.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

And I rarely, and I mean rarely go to a movie on opening night. It has got to be. It is very rare for me to go to movie opening night.

[A]

I've gone to a few someone's. Someone I've been really excited about. Like, I remember. I think the most recent one I went on opening night for was probably the Eternals. Because I was really excited about Eternals and a lot of people didn't like Eternals. I can't say that's me. I got all the things. I saw magic powers. I saw superhero powers. Like, I got all the things that I wanted from a superhero movie. I thought it was good.

[D]

You named two things. I saw powers. I saw superhero powers.

[A]

I want to see people use their powers and be superheroes. Like, that's all I really care for. I'm not going to write this amazing story that's going to change my life.

[D]

I saw the Color Purple on the day it came out.

[A]

Did we see that together?

[D]

Yes, we did.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

You and you. I saw. I saw Dark Knight Rises when it came out. I saw Burlesque when it came out. I saw Fences when it came out. I think that's. I'm sure there's been a few more in there, but I remember Burlesque because I saw it at the Zig Field in Times Square.

[C]

Dreamgirls.

[D]

I saw Dream Girls today.

[A]

Came out. I thought, dream Girls. What if the day came out too?

[D]

I had to pay my family to go see it.

[A]

Why?

[D]

They would only go if I bought their tickets and how many. And I was very young and I did not. I literally emptied my bank account so everyone would go watch Dream Girls with me.

[A]

How many people did you take with you?

[D]

Me, my mother, my brother, my nephew, my cousin. Five people work.

[A]

I swear. I still want to see the movies with Bob. Why Bob? You were doing a tight five. While the movie's going on every five minutes. Yo, this is Bob girl.

[E]

I don't know.

[A]

I don't know why she got those dress on. She was crazy like, bitch, you can't do that.

[D]

I can't whisper to my friend during

[A]

the movie, Bob, throughout the entire movie, you're whispering.

[D]

The entire movie is kind of. That's wild.

[A]

That's not I know. I agree. It is wild.

[D]

I said that doesn't feel accurate. Jacob. Jacob, does that feel accurate to you? Of the entire movie, Jacob.

[A]

At the theater. Not at the house where you have the remote deposit. When he's at the theater.

[C]

You know, it depends on the film.

[D]

Thank you for being objective, Jacob. Thank you. We love objective truth.

[A]

Well, every movie.

[D]

Fact check this bitch. Fact check.

[A]

Every movie I've seen with you has been objected to the rule because.

[D]

Monet. Listen, I'm focusing on the future, okay? You know what's up? You know who's that?

[C]

Better?

[A]

No. Omarosa.

[D]

J.D. vance.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Tim Walls goes, did Donald Trump lose the election? And he goes, I'm focusing on the future.

[A]

You know, some of my favorite movies in the 90s. And I don't know. I don't know what category this is, but, like, you know the movie Blank Check.

[D]

Wait, it sounds familiar. Tell me about it.

[A]

The kid, I don't know his name.

[C]

He.

[A]

He gets this blank check. Like, his family's, like, so mean to him. Whatever. Not mean to him, but, like, he doesn't have an allowance. Blah, blah, blah, blah. He gets this blank check, and he fills it out and he cashes it in. He becomes this, like, really rich kid under some pseudonym, like Mr. McIntosh. But he's taking it from these bad guys that try to, like, launder money from a thing. Like one of those, like, movies. I don't know what genre that is.

[D]

Like. Like. Like bad guys chasing a kid. Like Home Alone.

[A]

Yeah, like that. Big. Big. What's big?

[D]

Big is when Tom Hanks grows as a child, but then he grows up.

[A]

Right. With Danny DeVito.

[D]

No, you're thinking twins.

[A]

Twins. Which also Tom. Right?

[D]

That's Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[A]

God. Yeah.

[D]

Okay, I think that's what you're thinking.

[A]

Yeah, it is.

[D]

Unless Danny DeVito is indeed in big and I just don't know it maybe which.

[A]

The one that. That was with the iconic scene from FAO Shorts, either. Playing that song.

[D]

That's big. That's big.

[A]

That's big. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like those kind of movies. Like, do you remember the movie Bushwhacked?

[D]

No.

[A]

With the bad guy. I forget his name. The bad guy from Home Alone. The taller one. Not the short. Not Joe Pesci.

[D]

Yeah, the other one. The last time I was.

[A]

Oh, the one. And he, like. He's like. He ends up taking some kids. He's like a criminal, and he ends up being, like, the tour master to these kids. Not Tor Master. Scout master for these Like Wilderness Kids. But then these people are chasing him. Like, I love, yeah, Bushwhack. I fucking loved Bushwhack.

[D]

Oh my God.

[A]

So many 90s movies. So good.

[D]

I don't want to be a basic bitch. One of my favorite 90s movies of all time is the Lion King. It is a really great movie.

[A]

It is a good movie.

[D]

The night the Lion King is just a, around the like in every aspect of film. It is just a very, very, very good movie. That by the way, from some like Chinese company or something.

[A]

I think it was Japanese, I think.

[D]

What do you mean stole it? Is it just Hamilton? I mean Hamlet.

[A]

I mean, it is Hamlet, but I

[D]

mean, ever since while also everyone's gathering us. Monet. Well, they're not gathering us, but I got caught up in your, your crosshairs.

[A]

About what?

[D]

About you saying that what was maybe only on Patreon. It's only Patreon, so it's not out to the world yet. Actually saying that Teddy Roosevelt was in a wheelchair.

[A]

I know, I know. I mean, I also, I want to say, I open that up by saying, guys, I do not know a lot about the presidents. I, I, I admit I admittedly do not know a lot about I'll press victory.

[D]

I did have her play Frank and Delano Roosevelt and Annie when I was in high school. I should have had to correct that, but I just didn't think about it at the time.

[A]

Why in high school? Like, why, why were y' all doing Annie in high school? Y' all were too old.

[D]

It was the all county musical, meaning every single school in the county can audition for it. And Annie was not a high schooler, if you must know.

[A]

Annie was she. You said she was a high schooler.

[D]

Annie was not a high schooler.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. Like y'.

[D]

All.

[A]

Oh, oh, got it. But wait, so I was in high school.

[D]

I was in high school. It was the all count. It was the all county musical.

[A]

Got it. So not just high schools, like even elementary kids.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

Although like, honestly though, a fierce like re up of Annie, like a reimagining where Annie is like in high school could be sickening too, and like a commentary on like the foster care system and like how kids are in there for a very long time.

[D]

Can you tell me a little bit more about this? How you envision this?

[A]

I don't know, like Annie is instead of like this little girl, Annie is like Annie is like this like 15 year old girl from a big city and like she's in the Foster care system. And she meets like. And we see Annie meetings with Daddy Warbucks. And even though she's like she's aged out. Not aged out, but she's almost gonna age out of foster care system. Cause she's approaching 18, she finally finds a dad who's going to, who's, who's going to take her in as an older foster caregiver, she finds the love and everything. And instead of Stanley being a dog, I think Sandy should be a cat.

[D]

So did she. So did Daddy Roblox not. So are we following the same storyline or we just completely reimagining it?

[A]

No, and following the same storyline, just Annie and all the.

[D]

But Daddy Roblox already. So did Daddy Roblox put her back in the foster care system?

[A]

No, I would. Sorry, when I say the same storyline but a different like. No.

[D]

Like he finds Annie not. So it's not a part two?

[A]

No, it's not a part two. But instead of finding Annie. But honestly, let's do that. Let's explore that. So Daddy Warbucks, Annie was acting up in school. He was like, you know what, you're going back into the force against system.

[D]

So he's the bad guy now.

[A]

He's the bad guy now. He is now the antagonist of the story. And then Annie, when she's 16, she finds a woman who comes in who wants to find a kid to take care of. And then we find out that Daddy Warbucks is now polluting the east side river with his company. So now Annie and her new mom, Ms. Carmel, they're trying to take Daddy Warwick. Cause she's a rich. She's a rich person too. But she's not polluting. She's like very green.

[D]

Who's richer? Herded in her books. Who's richer? Who's richer? Her. Another Windmills. They're killing birds. Have you been to these windmills? It's like a bird graveyard. Sorry, did he say that? Yes, it's like a graveyard for birds. She makes more money. Her daddy, Ms. Carmel is richer. Her daddy war bucks.

[A]

Ms. Carmel is richer.

[D]

Oh, she's richer.

[A]

She's richer.

[D]

That makes it a little less interesting.

[A]

Why?

[D]

Because if Daddy Warwick has more power, then it's more interesting when the more powerful person's brought down.

[A]

No, but it's a commentary that even though she's richer and she's doing all the right things because she's a woman.

[D]

Oh, okay.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Daddy Warwick's is able to get what he can do because.

[D]

So Daddy works has more influence Still.

[A]

Because he's a man. Yes.

[D]

Got it, Got it. What is she. She works in renewable energy. In New York City.

[A]

In New York City. I know. Cutting edge stuff, which is. Why.

[D]

Is it on top of. Is there. Is there a windmill on top of every building?

[A]

It's on. It's on top of every building, on every block.

[D]

Windmills are massive.

[A]

I know, bitch. Have you ever showed to Palm Springs those big things? They're huge.

[D]

They're bigger than buildings.

[A]

I feel like they have buildings.

[D]

They are bigger than. They're taller than a lot of buildings. Not all. The Empire State Building. They're taller than, like, a lot of buildings. They're taller than the building I live in.

[A]

You're building here in la?

[D]

Yeah. A windmill is much taller than the building.

[A]

Different sizes, though. Even when you go to Palm Springs, there are some that are probably the size of your building, and there are. Some are probably the size of the Empire State Building.

[D]

Not that big. I don't think there's a single windmill the size of Empire State Building.

[A]

I want to build one that big.

[D]

Okay. So with Annie, I want to keep exploring this. Okay. Is it a musical still?

[A]

It's still a musical, yeah.

[D]

Okay. Now, are we. Are we gonna. Are we gonna. Are we gonna blacken Annie?

[A]

I think that I'm interested. When we cast this role, I'm interested in race. Whoever can come in and sell the story. I don't care if. I don't care if Annie's white, black, whatever. I want someone that's gonna come in and sell the story.

[D]

Well, you never had an Asian Annie.

[A]

Let's do an Asian Annie. Why not?

[D]

Or a Middle Eastern Annie.

[A]

Let's do a Middle Eastern Annie.

[D]

But is Annie gonna have a New York accent?

[A]

Yeah, she has a New York accent. I don't want. I want Annie to have a New York accent. I want her to be a Middle Eastern girl or Asian girl with a New York accent.

[D]

Cause Annie, Annie, notoriously has a New York accent. That's kind of her thing.

[A]

The one. The famous one. The little girl. The famous one with Carol Burnett. She had an accent.

[D]

Yeah, I remember. Annie has an accent.

[A]

Yeah, Maybe I am screaming, Jacob.

[D]

Jacob said alcohol. Jacob.

[A]

You are.

[D]

Is she Ms. Hannigan? Wait, who is this Hannigan?

[C]

She's the Annie with the New York accent.

[A]

Y' all can't do it.

[D]

She is. Is she really from Queens? For real?

[A]

She's from Queens? Yeah.

[D]

Did you ever meet her?

[A]

No, I don't think I. How old is Awkwafina? Are we the same age?

[D]

Yeah. I must have been living in New York City at some point for the same. At some point. I'm gonna GUESS she is 36.

[A]

Bob. New York City has 16 million people.

[D]

I don't know. You're both comedians, you're both actors. I do not know. I do not know.

[A]

Okay, did you meet. Did you and you and a Lotto hang out? Cause that is a much smaller city. Y' all are about the same age.

[D]

Okay, I wanna be clear. First of all, me and Latto are not the same. Lotto is like 24 years old. I am literally like 14 years older than Latto. Yeah, when Latto graduated high school, I actually. I don't even. When I graduated high school, Lotto was four. So no, me and Lotto. Lotto and I did not hang out.

[A]

I don't know if you were babysitting her. I don't know what she was doing.

[D]

That's a fair.

[C]

It looks like she went to Laguardia.

[A]

Awkwafina did. I went to PPAs.

[D]

Thanks. She ate you up with that one. That's crazy. Hey, guys, comment below. Which is the better school, LaGuardia or PPPs?

[A]

PPP. It's PPS. First of all. Nigga know how to do the acronym first before you just use scoffing, popping your little lips.

[D]

Did Nicki Minaj go to PPAs?

[A]

She went to LaGuardia. But do you know who did go to PPAs? Alicia Keys. Yeah. Who put you on the fucking who? Who. Who allowed you? Who graciously let you perform? Do a little opening set in her pride show?

[D]

Did they. Did they make any musicals about PPAs?

[A]

So if you know Fame is based off of PPAs and LaGuardia, so.

[D]

No, it's based off LaGuardia.

[A]

No, it's based off BBS and LaGuard.

[D]

No, everyone knows it's based off. Everyone knows.

[A]

It was everyone.

[C]

You.

[D]

Me. Remember my name. What does it say? Jacob.

[C]

Oh, sorry. This is the New York Post ranking the top NYC high schools for art and performance students. And number one is LaGuardia Gang. Gang is the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School.

[D]

Dang. Not even.

[C]

Number two is number three.

[A]

Well, I will say this. Well, I will say this, y'.

[D]

All.

[A]

Clearly, of course, Bob and Jacob would be referencing the Post for statistics. That scans for them. These motherfucking Republican assholes. Now, y' all looking at the Post.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

This makes a lot of sense. The two of y' all are referencing the Post.

[D]

The way you did a little fake laugh and you thought you Ate so hard.

[A]

Y' all did. Y'.

[D]

All. Y' all listening to. Your food's all over your shirt. You dropped food everywhere.

[A]

Look at Fox News. Where your information at? Is that where you get all your political facts? Fox News?

[D]

You drop. You Monet. You won't do anything to defend the fact that your school's in third place. I was talking to this woman on TikTok the other day, and she was

[A]

doing a lot of fun. TikTok when I'm alive.

[D]

Yeah. And she was going on and on about how she would not send her kids to public school. And I was like, I gotta be honest. If I was you, I wouldn't do it either, because you live in Alabama. That's 45th in the country. You are 45th in education. She's like, no, Renata, you are. You're literally 45th in education. So to be honest, if I was you, I also wouldn't send my kids to public school.

[A]

Do you know what's number one? Well, it used to be Massachusetts, and now I think it's.

[D]

I'm. Guess Georgia. Let me guess.

[A]

Oh, too late.

[D]

I didn't hear you, though. I feel like Rhode island has such a small population that they can really get their. Together.

[A]

It's Georgia now. Georgia's number one.

[D]

Georgia's number one.

[A]

It just happened, like, a month.

[D]

Ain't no damn way.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Look it up.

[D]

That would be cool. Crazy. Which school is number one? Know which state? I want to use both.

[A]

Oh, no, it wasn't Georgia. It was the south, though. I was a little off. It was. It's Florida, which is weird.

[D]

No, it's Massachusetts. Oh, Florida. Wait, hold on. Massachusetts is considered the most educated state in the U.S. according to Wallet Hubs 2024 study. Now, it says Tallahassee, Florida, today, as of May 7, 2024. Today, USA News and World Report announced that Florida is again ranked number one in the nation for education.

[A]

That's crazy. There's no way, right? With all the things that this governor has done in Florida to change information like this. How is Florida number one?

[D]

Well, they have great teachers, apparently.

[C]

Okay, I'm just. Really quickly. I feel like I'm looking at this news article, and it's. It's referencing one specific ranking. So I think there are multiple different, like, organizations that are ranking the best public schools. And it looks like this specific one is ranking Florida, But Florida also is pretty low on other rankings. I'm seeing this.

[D]

I was. According to FLDOE.org I mean, to be fair, I have not read the entire article so I can't really comment on it. I'm [e-mail] and they have given Florida number 10 and they have given Massachusetts number one.

[A]

I'm [e-mail] as well. And this is from this. I think you might be looking at an old one. This is from. Yeah, September 2024 and Florida's number one on here. I think you're looking at an old one.

[D]

Again, I'm not, I've not read the whole article so I can't really comment on it because I'm looking at it just now, this moment. But according to this, Florida is 10, Massachusetts 1. Number two is New Jersey.

[A]

According to this, New Jersey number four. I mean Jersey, when I student taught in New Jersey they were, they were high up there back then. So New Jersey.

[D]

There's a Reddit called Ask teachers and we're going to go after this where it says Florida teachers, your state is ranked number one. Thoughts? The most popular comment says isn't Massachusetts rated number one for public education pre K through 12? Even in the most recent report, Florida only won in public universities. Another one says, I'd bet serious money those rankings aren't accurate. Another comment says not accurate at all. It is based on graduation rate that is extremely skewed. A student really needs to try to not graduate. College readiness, how is that assessed? Do they track if a student graduates with a four year degree? I doubt it. It's probably based on how they did on the request required state exams. It was blah blah blah. So it seems like there might be some skew there. So do your own research, read your own articles and we'll, we'll talk to you all next time.

[A]

Alrighty.

[E]

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