#120 - Amanda's Back

Summary

Smosh Mouth #120 — “Amanda's Back” (Nov 24, 2025)

Hosts: Shayne Topp, Amanda Lehan-Canto, Courtney
Summary by: Smosh Podcast Summarizer

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Episode Overview

This cheerful, freewheeling episode celebrates Amanda Lehan-Canto’s return from maternity leave. The team—Shayne, Courtney, and Amanda—reflects on Amanda’s transformative journey into motherhood, her time away from Smosh, and the evolution of their friendships and routines. They also riff on Gen Alpha slang, modern parenting, birth stories, and staying connected to one’s “old self.” The group delivers trademark Smosh humor, support for one another, and a few recurring callback bits for their beloved audience.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Amanda’s Return & Dynamic Shifts

• Amanda Reclaims Her Seat: Banter over seating positions highlights the friendly, familial tone. Amanda jokes about being replaced, but everyone welcomes her warmly.
  • (01:19) Amanda: “Guys, I left, and let me tell you... Honey, period. I'm a different girl.”
• Absence Impact: Courtney and Shayne explain it took a while to feel Amanda’s absence due to pre-filmed content still airing, but the gap became real after a couple months.
  • (03:39) Courtney: "It didn't feel like you were gone for a while... then one week, it was like, damn, where's Amanda?"

2. Motherhood Reflections & Challenges

• Identity, Support, and 'Grieving' Old Selves: Amanda opens up about the intense, strange, and sometimes isolating new-mom reality, emphasizing how crucial it is to ask for help and nourish all parts of yourself.
  • (07:06) Amanda: “My mom calls it, like, you have to feed all the different parts of yourself.”
• Transformation & Loss: Amanda describes how each week as a mother means grieving past identities and integrating new experiences.
  • (12:00) Amanda: “You do not have enough room... to hold all of the new emotions and love and thoughts. So you literally have to, like, grieve parts of [yourself]. ... I'm just a different person in a really good way. I'm much more patient.”
• Postpartum Life & Humor: Amanda brings trademark candor, sharing funny and vulnerable anecdotes.
  • (14:23) Amanda: “I kept having this thought, like...he would somehow get up, open the door, and have a full man's body on him. But his baby head.”

3. Parenting, Pop Culture & Generational Gaps

• Modern Slang (“6, 7”) and Preppy vs Clean: Hilarious exploration of kid-culture, with guests trying to decode “six, seven” and “preppy”/“clean” aesthetics as spoken by Gen Alpha.
  • (39:41) Shane: “I heard [‘6, 7’] for the first time at a con...I thought they were just like, making fun...but now I can't stop saying it.”
• Fears About Keeping Up: Amanda and Courtney worry about being “out of touch” but also recognize that, as parents, supporting—not necessarily joining—their kids’ interests is key.
  • (44:14) Courtney: “A lot of kids don’t get...‘wow, this is amazing what you’re doing and what you’re interested in.’”

4. Birth Stories, Medical Marvels, and Recovery

• Amanda’s Candid Birth Recount: A graphic, humorous, and honest share about childbirth, hospital staff, and rediscovery of confidence afterward.
  • (20:21) Amanda: “It felt like there was a rocket ship deep inside of me...ready to de-latch from my walls and burst out...my bottom half was gonna go to space.”
• Praise for Nurses & Teachers: The hosts reflect on the skill, strength, and compassion of nurses (“Scrooge McDuckin’ into the gold coins!”) and give frequent shout-outs to teachers and hairdressers too.

5. Pop Culture & Hobbies: What’s Changed?

• Reading on Maternity Leave: Amanda read “romantasy” novels, particularly “Blood and Steel,” to feel strong and escape.
• Breaking Bad and Other Shows: She’s watching “Breaking Bad” for the first time and finds it “so good and so messed up.”
  • (25:59) Amanda: “I don't know what's...more effed up—my birth, or Breaking Bad.”
• Reentry into Smosh: Amanda describes returning to filming shows like Assumptions and TNTL, remarking on the different energy and her own lack of filter post-leave.
• Wine Deep Dives: Amanda and Courtney geek out about wine, sharing how these little rituals help maintain identity and friendship.

6. Language Learning & Family

• Raising a Bilingual Kid: Amanda wants Cole to speak Russian; Shane recommends the Pimsleur method and discusses immersion.
• Parenting Philosophy: Amanda, reflecting on her own upbringing, wants to avoid forcing interests on Cole, instead offering lots of opportunities and letting him steer.
  • (32:14) Amanda: “I want to...give him the best I can do... he’ll find his own path.”

7. Recurring Podcast Bits & In-Jokes

• Werther’s Originals: Passing around and unwrapping Werther’s, ribbing Jonathan for making noise, riffing about snack culture.
• Childhood Snacks: Comparing international and American snacks, with laments about snacks being “better everywhere else.”
• Dad’s Swedish Entity Theory: Amanda shares her dad’s wild conspiracy about Swedish actors (the Skarsgårds) being aliens, prompting peals of laughter.
  • (57:44) Amanda: “The Nordic folks are essentially entities...the Skarsgård guys, you know, not human.”

8. Support & Warmth on the Team

• On Hosting Swaps: Gratitude and jokes as Amanda thanks Damien and Angela for keeping her seat warm, while everyone teases about future rotations.
• Team Appreciation: Consistent themes of appreciation, support, and riding the chaos together.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Returning to the Group:
  Amanda: “It’s very trippy to be back here, having gone through everything... Am I even funny? Am I even relevant?” (05:34)
• On Motherhood:
  Amanda: “I'm much more patient. I have trouble watching true crime... Like, there were things I just couldn't watch.” (12:00, 12:47)
• On Birth:
  Amanda: “When it was all said and done, I was like, I am the most incredible woman on this planet.” (18:54)
• On '6, 7':
  Courtney: “I think in the span of two days [my nieces and nephew] said it upwards of 10,000 times. ... I could not believe how many times they were saying it.” (38:31)
• On Snacks:
  Shane: “First time I had White Rabbit...the course of my life changed forever.” (48:02)
• On Unplugging:
  Amanda: “I was the most offline I've ever been. Let me tell you, it was amazing. I genuinely didn't miss it.” (50:00)
• On Swedish Aliens:
  Amanda: “My dad thinks the Skarsgårds are not human...he's like, you know, it’s possible. I mean, look at them.” (58:44)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Amanda’s Return: 01:19–04:11
• Motherhood Reflections: 05:00–12:47
• Modern Parenting and Identity: 13:00–15:35
• Culture and Slang (6, 7, Clean vs Preppy): 39:41–41:07
• Birth Stories & Hospital Praise: 18:00–22:28
• Hobbies, Reading, Breaking Bad: 23:03–25:59
• Team Appraisal & Hosting: 45:50–47:11
• Snacks, Werther’s, Childhood Rituals: 47:41–49:13
• Amanda’s Dad’s Swedish Entity Theory: 56:19–59:01
• Returning to Filming, Surprises Onset: 68:06–71:12
• Farewells & Gratitude: 74:26–75:55

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Tone and Style

As always, the episode is zany and fast-moving, but also warm and genuinely supportive. The team balances wild humor (Skarsgårds as aliens, competitive “6, 7” chanting) with heartfelt exchanges about change, vulnerability, and friendship.

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Final Thoughts

“Amanda’s Back” offers an honest, funny, and tender account of new motherhood, generational change, and keeping friendships (and identity) intact across major life changes. Amanda’s candor, the group’s playful teasing, and the love between cast members make this a must-listen for fans seeking community and comfort.

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Transcript

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[Courtney]

Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth.

[Shane]

I'm Shane, and for the final time, I'm Damien Haas. It has been the greatest honor of my life to co host this podcast, and joining us today is Amanda leehancanto.

[Courtney]

She's back.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm back. And I'm in this. I'm in this seat.

[Courtney]

And you're. Because you're the guest.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, I'm the.

[Courtney]

For right now. Unless you do. How do you feel about that?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So have I been replaced?

[Courtney]

Well, no.

[Shane]

Yeah. Well, what? In a way. For a minute.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shane]

Until today. And then you get it back.

[Courtney]

Yeah, it's.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So why am I not in my seat?

[Shane]

I thought I handed off at the end and it's just like, well, go get him, tiger.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Is that what you said, Shane? Is that what you said he could do?

[Courtney]

Forget what I said. But, you know, you're back, so whatever you want to do.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, no, no. It's cool that you boys are having fun.

[Courtney]

Yeah, yeah, it's been. It's been. It's been fun. It's been fun.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. No, I've been watching.

[Courtney]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

In the dark at four in the morning while I'm pumping breast milk.

[Shane]

What are you. Ian.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He wishes, honey.

[Shane]

He wishes.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Six, seven.

[Courtney]

No, you cannot. Amanda, you've been back for a minute.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Guys, I left, and let me tell you Honey, period. I'm a different girl.

[Shane]

I forgot. Your kid is Gen Alpha.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh my God. My kid is almost four months and guys, I'm cool.

[Courtney]

Is your kid Gen Alpha? Is that. Or is that the next. That's the next one.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

What's the next one?

[Shane]

Your kids are damn Beta.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, wait, what's the next one? What is it?

[Courtney]

What's after Gen Alpha? Is my son Gen Beta.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

My son is a Beta.

[Courtney]

Well, clip it.

[Shane]

Clip playing on his 18th birthday.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't like this.

[Courtney]

Oh, no.

[Shane]

Anyways, we've cultivated a rancid vibe to start this year.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I love it.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Wow. Welcome back.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. Guys. Pretty cool. Get out of my seat.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh. Guess that's.

[Courtney]

That was all it took.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Literally all it took. I thought I was going to have to fight.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Cuz I. I actually was ready.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

If you wanted me to.

[Shane]

Oh, we're trading. That's better. That's even better.

[Courtney]

Oh, yeah, we're training.

[Shane]

That's nice.

[Courtney]

No, bring in jacksepticeye again.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, you're going to it right there.

[Shane]

Jacksepticeye was great.

[Courtney]

Oh, Jack. Jacksepticeye was awesome.

[Shane]

Amanda, remember that? That was.

[Courtney]

The jacksepticeye was just so. Guys, please don't. Kidding. We're kidding.

[Shane]

He commented on one of my photos recently. It was just so funny.

[Courtney]

Oh, he's the best.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Did you guys like miss me at all or what's the deal?

[Courtney]

Okay. For being earnest here. Let's be earnest.

[Shane]

It's important.

[Courtney]

Yes, absolutely. I will say if. Let's being honest, it's. It like didn't feel like you were gone for. For a while. Because I. I think it was just like your. Your presence here is such a big aspect of everything. And like the videos that you were in were still coming out for so long.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

That like, I don't know. And then I think it was like maybe a month and a half in that I was. It was suddenly just one week. It was like, damn, where's Amanda? And then. Yeah, then it started to really hit.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Now you, Damien, everybody was.

[Shane]

I got bullied a lot in videos. I know they were usually my shield and my guiding light.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No one was there to protect.

[Shane]

No one was there to protect me. And that's why I wear big comfy sweaters now. So I feel comfortable.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, you're all cushioned up.

[Shane]

Yeah, I'm all cushioned up.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Honey. I'm here.

[Shane]

Thank you, Mom.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I'm so sorry. Yeah. I have another son now, and it's Damian. I'm so sorry that I left You.

[Shane]

If I call you mommy, is HR Gonna get involved?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Mommy. Mamacita.

[Shane]

Yes, Mommy. Mama Sita, I'm giving you your seat.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I did not watch. I did not watch the whole show. Love Island. I watched that clip. One clip.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know you guys told me to watch it, but I. Oh, that I'm a mommy.

[Trivia Host]

It really.

[Courtney]

It really hits how long you were gone when we start talking about things from July.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

And I'm like, it's almost Christmas.

[Shane]

Like, joking aside, don't even say that again.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I can't handle that.

[Shane]

I'm already. I'm still in my post Halloween victory lap.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Wow.

[Shane]

I just haven't taken down my decorations yet. But, like, no, I really, like. I watch a lot of Smosh just in my spare time. Like, I want to keep up to date on it. And it's also like, oh, those are my friends. And so, like, it was maybe a month or two in where it was like, I get to see Amanda, but I'm like, I haven't seen Amanda in a while. And I really did have these moments of just like, damn, like, it's. I miss you, but you're off doing important life stuff.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know. It's. It. It's very trippy to be back here, having gone through everything I went through, and then being back here and being like, hey, guys. Six, seven. You know what I'm saying? It's, like, pretty cool stuff. It's wild because as a new mom, you go, am I even funny? Am I even relevant? Are people gonna care what I have to say? Is it, like, am I past my time?

[Shane]

You're gonna feel this desire to cut your hair real short. You should not do it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Wait a. Mom cut.

[Shane]

Mom cut.

[Courtney]

Mom cut.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I should have show. I should have put on a wig and entered. Surprised us all and just surprised us all and done, like, because. Why. Why do moms cut their hair that short?

[Shane]

I think they just don't have time for things because so much is expected of them. So I'm assuming it's just, like, no maintenance.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You know what? I think it is no maintenance. I think it's because your kid pulls on your hair. Oh, yes. For four months, my hair has been tightly back or braided because they. They pull on your hair.

[Shane]

It's got, like a tactile learning style.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, exactly. They like to climb sense. Yeah. Your head.

[Courtney]

Wow. Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's great.

[Courtney]

Interesting.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I've learned a lot, you guys.

[Courtney]

I bet.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

And I. It's. It's gotta be weird to hop back into this because I. I imagine it was a lot of just you being, like, stuck in your home.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Like, do you know what's. Do you know what's wild? Is like, I. My biggest fear was being stuck right in my home and feeling like I didn't get out. I weirdly, like, loved a lot of it. Because I will say, to be a new mom, you have to call on your people. You have to have your people. Like, I had my mom, I had my sister. I had really close friends, and it's uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable to call on them and, like, ask for help. But, like, the ones who know you really well are like, we got to get outside. They're like, we. We got to take a shower. They remind you things, because as a mom, your only focus is to, like, feed your son, right? And. And that is not enough. It's not enough for him. It's not enough for you. It's not enough for your partner. Like, you have to. My mom calls it, like, you have to feed all the different parts of yourself. When you're a new mom, you have to remember, like, oh, I like to journal. Oh, I like to read. I like to shower. God, I love to wash my hair. But it's like, all those little things that we do all the time we take for granted. Like this morning, he was still asleep when I woke up. I. I had a cup of coffee just by myself in the kitchen.

[Courtney]

Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Both hands on a cup.

[Shane]

It's a damn commercial. Literally, like, I'm choosing me today. Yeah, ask your doctor about oops.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No. But yeah, literally.

[Trivia Host]

Okay, so for the final trivia question, what is the largest mammal in the world? Reminder, no phones allowed. Sir, in the orange, Phone away, please.

[Shane]

Um, my kid, a smart smoke alarm, sent an alert through the Ring app.

[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

No, there's smoke in my house.

[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

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[Narrator/Advertiser]

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[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

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[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

I love that, especially same day appointments, which is so hard to get.

[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

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[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, wow.

[Courtney]

You like what I did there? Did you miss that?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I love that. I did. You had two basketballs.

[Courtney]

You made them both. You got both hands free now. I mean, from every conversation I've had with you, it feels like you've put in a lot of effort in, like not losing your identity.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Like really staying focused. Like, it's important to kind of have a focus on yourself while going through this whole new journey.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. Because I hear a lot of new moms say, and my God, new moms are just like heroes. True, true, true heroes. And I just I hear a lot of them say, like, I. I miss my old self. Right. I miss that part of myself. But I think it's really important to, like, grieve your old self and simply. When you're a mom, every single week, it's like you're grieving a new milestone.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Oh, wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And. Which is so intense. It is so exhausting. But, like, you do not have enough room in your body and in your soul to like, hold all of the new emotions and love and like all these new thoughts. So you literally have to, like, grieve parts of that. And I feel like your old self just like, interesting. Starts to go away. Yeah. It's almost like a. I feel like it's like a cracking and you have to like, pick up the pieces and like a lot of the pieces that used to fit just like, really don't fit anymore. And you have to like, put all these new pieces on and you're like, oh, I don't know about this, but it's like, yeah, I just. I just learned a lot. I. I'm a. I'm just a different person and in a really good way. Like, I feel like I'm much more patient. I have trouble watching True Crime, which is.

[Shane]

I'm sure I was going to joke about that, honestly, but no, that's crazy, Damien.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's real. I could not listen to Dateline and do you know how awful that was?

[Shane]

That's wild.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Like.

[Courtney]

Say goodbye to your old self, I guess.

[Shane]

No, seriously, I've always had trouble with True Crime and maybe it's because, like, know I've got my cats and in a way I'm a. You're a papa myself.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You're. You're a papa.

[Shane]

I'm a papa myself. And now I, you know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, you are. I think. I think if you're a papa to any animals, you are definitely a papa. Like, you know that thing when you come home and you're like, oh, nothing else matters but seeing their face.

[Shane]

My cannonball of a daughter just.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Down the stairs.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But I will say I'm slowly starting to get back in the True Crime. But like, there were things I just couldn't watch. And now if I watch like a son or. Or a child in any bit of.

[Shane]

Danger, they do that bit on. I feel like Spencer, it's a family guy bit where, like, Brian has like, somehow finds out he has a long lost son named Dylan. And they're just like, oh, dude, watch Brian's change. Hey, dude, think about Dylan being in danger, like on a Train. He's like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. No, no, no. I can't. I can't even think about it.

[Courtney]

No, no, no.

[Shane]

He's like, what if Dylan is in a fire? He's like, oh, my God. No, no, no. I can't even. I can't even. Stop. Stop.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, that's so. That's literally what it is. Your thoughts are. I. I was telling Shane this. This is so crazy, but you have these weird, intrusive thoughts. I kept having this thought, like, after I put Cole, my son, down, that he would somehow get up, open the door, and have a full man's body on him. But his baby head.

[Courtney]

Whoa.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I. I seriously had a thought that he'd open it and go, mom, like a baby giraffe. Like, his legs were just full body. Like, he was 6ft tall, but he had his little baby head.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Courtney]

Yeah, that's a. That's a nightmare.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So, yeah, I'm admitting this right here.

[Shane]

Pretty cool. I think that's, like.

[Courtney]

I think that's kind of epic.

[Shane]

I just. It's just how powerful your baby is. Like, right off the start, I think.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It'S this fear of, like, they're going to grow up really, really, really fast. That's another thing that you're grieving, too. You're just like. Everyone's like, oh, my God, they're one month. And you're like, yeah, they're one month.

[Courtney]

It is wild. Like, because I have. I have nieces and nephews and how, you know, I don't see them every day. I don't see them every week, but I see them every few months. And it's just like, every few months, just like. And holy shit.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

What the hell happened? And it's. It's got to be really trippy to be with them every day. And especially early on where it's like, oh, they're suddenly laughing now.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yes.

[Courtney]

The fuck is this?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, my God. I can't wait till we're there. We're not at laughing, but we're at silent big smiles. Have you ever seen someone smile so big but it's silent? Yeah, that's. That's what I experience all the time. It's just, like.

[Shane]

Out of curiosity, what's going to be, like. What's going to be the thing for you where, like, you know, you don't want to push your life on your kids necessarily, but, like, if we get to a milestone where Cole is just like, that thing. Are you like. Like, for me, it's like, when my nephew was, like, apparently getting into Pokemon and was like, this is my favorite, I drew it, and I'm just like, like, what's that for you if not true crime?

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Okay. Hey, kid, watch the staircase. Okay.

[Courtney]

He's three. He's ready to get into Jeffrey Tom Hurdle murders. Yeah.

[Shane]

He cut off one of his, like, action figures face and, like, wore it. And I'm like, yeah, that's a good start.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Have you seen the monster on Netflix? I think about this a lot, actually, because, like, I'm like, what? How do I want to. Like.

[Courtney]

It'S so funny.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I agree.

[Courtney]

They're filming Family Feud in the other studio, and we knew we were gonna hear them just cheering and.

[Shane]

Well, I'm glad they're having a good time.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Me too.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Well, we get to be here with Amanda and they don't.

[Shane]

That's the real treat, though.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Cause I'm here, guys, and I'm a mom. And don't you want to hear about everything? The physical stuff?

[Shane]

4Am Pumping.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's another thing that I'm like, I think. I think I told Ian and Anthony, and I definitely told Shane, like, full detail of my birth story. And then I was like, did you guys want to hear that? You guys were so sweet, like. Yeah.

[Courtney]

I mean, not bothered by it.

[Shane]

What an honor to have that shared in that way. You know what I mean? Like, you're going through a lot. Like, I don't. I don't think there's any way to anyone here who would be like, oh, like, you know, we're all adults, and, like, that's part of.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Well, it's tough, you know, if you don't like medical stuff like me.

[Shane]

Well, I don't mind.

[Courtney]

I don't mind hearing medical stuff.

[Shane]

Wouldn't know it from that. Beverly yesterday. And now everyone has the full timeline of what is filmed when.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. What is filmed.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

No, it was hearing. It was absolutely insane, though.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

And I've heard other people describe, like, labor and their birth story, but I feel like every time I've heard someone talk about it, there's something new I learn.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Like, oh, I didn't know about that aspect of it. Yeah. And. And look, I respect it. I. I think it's. It's amazing that you went through all that and. And can handle all that. It awful people. When people go like, oh, the miracle of childbirth, I'm like, I don't know. Sounds awful. Like, I don't know if it sounds like a miracle to me. It sounds like a sci fi movie. But I'm glad you got through it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And predator. Yeah, that's what's happening.

[Courtney]

Really? Like. Like, I have so much respect for people who go through it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Me too.

[Courtney]

Damn.

[Shane]

I'm not familiar with the details of your birth, and I won't ask you for it on this podcast.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'll tell you later.

[Shane]

I did think recently I was in New Zealand and got to see, like, I actually got to see a couple Kiwi bir.

[Courtney]

Got to see a couple people give birth.

[Shane]

Got to see a couple people give birth. They just do it on the street there. It's great. Healthcare system's so fine. It's whatever. But no, if a kiwi's this big, its egg is like this big. And I'm like, oh, my God, why would nature do that? And then I'm like, that's kind of like people that's lit up.

[Courtney]

Really?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, it's literally like, think about it. Your baby is huge. It's like, I remember in it thinking, this is the most effed up thing I've ever done in my life.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Like, I wasn't like, oh, my God, I'm connecting to a spirit. I was like, this is the most effed up thing I've ever seen in my life. And I gripped Garde's hand to the point of crushing bones. Wow. But you know what?

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

When it was all said and done, I was like, I am the most incredible woman on this planet. Like, I was like, I.

[Courtney]

Hey, hey.

[Shane]

You are brave.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I am incredible. And every other woman is incredible.

[Courtney]

And.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And the. The nurses are. There was this nurse that literally. Garde was like, you can call me Papa H. And she was like, okay, Daddy. She only called him Daddy. And she was like, just the greatest person ever. And she was so calm, and I was screaming, and she was just like, daddy, Mommy doesn't look so good right now, so Daddy needs to, like, she was just. I love that all the nurses were. I love them so much.

[Shane]

I can't imagine the alternative where she's like, you're acting really intense right now.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

She's like, you're kind of girl.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You need to chill. No.

[Courtney]

Imagine your nurse being overwhelmed. You'd be like, uh, we never see this before.

[Shane]

Most of them just tap their heads out like, Michigan J. Frog. The hell on my baby. Hello, my baby.

[Courtney]

Oh, my God.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

We haven't seen this anywhere. Call in the main doctor. And you're just like, what?

[Courtney]

No, like.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I mean, kind of.

[Shane]

That's what they were invented for.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I mean, kind of. They do chainsaws. Really? Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm sorry.

[Courtney]

Whoa. Like I said, I learned something new every time.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, take a birth class. You're gonna go. Clamps are for what, like, suction?

[Shane]

What keeps your legs from falling clean off?

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I will say one thing, and I've already told Shane this, is that it felt like there was a rocket ship deep inside of me that was ready to de. Latch from my walls and burst out of my bottom half and that my bottom half was gonna go to space and my top half was gonna stay on the bed.

[Shane]

So the epidural was damn good, huh?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah. It came kind of late.

[Shane]

Okay. Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You know when you try to hold out?

[Shane]

Yeah, Yeah, I know that.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Hey, hey.

[Shane]

I feel you.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But, yeah, you know what? He's here. He's super healthy, and that's literally all I could ask for. And he is the sweetest little boy ever. And my mom told me that, like, she doesn't see me in him at all, which is. Okay.

[Courtney]

Love to hear that.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, he looks.

[Shane]

Are you sure it's yours?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Honestly, I don't know.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Do you imagine if I was like, this isn't mine.

[Shane]

Yeah. Turn to the nurse and you're like, how dare you? You were shouting out. Something's very sweet about nurses. And then I made a chainsaw joke. So I just want to.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, no. Nurses.

[Courtney]

Literally, it's shocking to think, like, they are just doing that all day, every day.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I will say I would like to learn from them because they have a really good job of being kind, empathetic. Slash. Like, I'm holding a firm boundary here. We need to get you up. Like, yeah, no, like, I. I really, really appreciated them. I will say birth was the scariest thing in my mind ever. Like, sure. Skydiving. Fine. Scary. Birth was like, this is gonna. This is the scariest thing. Like, I don't even know if I want to want a child. Luckily, I was able to have a kid, and then the birth happened, and now I'm like, oh, I did that. Yeah. I can go back to smosh mouth.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I can do tnt.

[Courtney]

Yeah. If you can do that, I think you can.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I can do.

[Courtney]

This is pretty easy in comparison.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I mean, I can do.

[Courtney]

Try not to laugh. Blind pairs.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You did blind pairs yesterday. And I was like, can I do this?

[Courtney]

And Shane's like, yeah, yeah, but wait till you play. This is not a hat.

[Shane]

I. I've heard a lot of hubbub about that, and I don't. I watched that episode. That's what that game is.

[Courtney]

It's a Tough game.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I want to play because I can do anything.

[Courtney]

Yeah, it's pretty hard.

[Shane]

I don't want birth to the hat anyways. You look great.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Thank you.

[Shane]

You really do.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I feel amazing. Being a mom is, like, a very wonderful spiritual experience. It's like, oh, my God, that was hard. And then it's like, oh, I get it. You know what I mean?

[Courtney]

How long after you brought the baby home did. Did you have time to do anything or, like, did, like, when. When did you finally have time to, like, watch a TV show or, like. Or, like, read an article?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

TV show was weeks. I read consistently.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I read up until he was born, and I read literally day one.

[Courtney]

Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Because you are. I was pumping, like, non stop every two. I was pumping nine times a day. So those. Every two hours, all day, 24 hours. Oh, gross.

[Courtney]

Let's go.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

God, boys. Yeah. Pumping weights is exactly the same as pumping milk from your body that you feed your son to grow.

[Shane]

You're so brave, Shane.

[Courtney]

Thanks, dude.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But, yeah, I kept up reading, which is crazy.

[Courtney]

What were you reading?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Romantasy books.

[Courtney]

Nice. Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Actually was reading this series called Blood and Steel, which sounds really wrong to read as a new mom, but it was epic. It was like this woman training, and it made me feel strong. And there's a hot guy in it, too, which was really fun.

[Courtney]

I'd be shocked if there wasn't.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, I wouldn't read it.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Shane]

In a world where everyone's not attracted.

[Courtney]

To you.

[Shane]

But you got a sword.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. But I would say a show. First of all, H and I barely saw each other. It was like ships in the night.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So a show on my own probably took, like, we did rewatch Portlandia because I really needed a lot. Yeah.

[Shane]

Low touch, laughter.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It was so good. I think that was, like, three weeks. Okay.

[Courtney]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But, like, what? Us watching a movie, rare. I don't even know if we've done it yet. Like, think about a long period of time. Like, Frankenstein just came out, and I'm like, oh, I want to watch it. Two and a half hours.

[Shane]

I'm still gonna. I'm still trying to watch Frankenstein. I'm like, oh, I got time. Oh, wait, no, it's 10:30. I probably shouldn't start it now.

[Courtney]

Court. And I watched it. I loved it.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

But I also love, like, the look of Guillermo del Toro's. Just anything. Yeah. And, hey, I'll shout him out. Spencer's a hater.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah. He hates it, I think.

[Courtney]

I think he's posed on his story, so I don't feel bad, but he's also a fan of the.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Let's burn him right here.

[Courtney]

Let's. You know. Yeah. Let's beat the. Out of.

[Shane]

Mary Shelley would have hated Spencer. No, I think it's. It's good that Spencer hated it because I'd heard a lot of good stuff. Spencer hated it. Someone else here was like, n. So I'm like, great. Now my expectations are back to normal.

[Courtney]

I will say I talked to him. His criticisms are fair.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Maybe I'll watch it, like, over the course of a month.

[Courtney]

You'll like it. It's a gorgeous movie. But. But, yeah, pause it. Watch it. Yeah, but. But anyways.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, that. That's. I would say that.

[Courtney]

But you are watching Breaking Bad now for the first time, which is wild. That's.

[Shane]

As a first baby watch.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

H. H Has tried. It is constant. He'll literally go, why are we even searching for a show when there's. You should be watching.

[Courtney]

It is kind of fair.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It is. Okay. I'm very glad I didn't start it when I was pregnant because it is a disgusting, really hard show. But I started it. I said yes, finally. And it is so good and so messed up. It is so effed up. I don't know what's. What was more effed up. My birth or, like, Breaking Bad.

[Courtney]

How far I've heard that before.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Season 2 Episode 12 wow.

[Shane]

Okay. Yeah.

[Courtney]

Yeah, it's a messed up show.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's a really messed up show. But I'm super into it. Also. 2000 style is bad.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So bad. Like, she's making her baby room, and it's like, it's very bad. So I'm struggling with that aspect, but.

[Shane]

Was it just a matter of, like, not being in the mood or, like, are you. I'm kind of this way where people are like, you have to watch this. You need to see it. And the more people, like, laid on fic, the more I'm like, I kind of don't really want to now. There's, like, a lot of pressure.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I am 100% like that, Damian and I. I told my husband multiple times. I was like, so the more you push, the more I don't want to watch it. And he's like, okay, you can lead.

[Shane]

A horse to water, but it doesn't want that water.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, it doesn't want that water until it does. And it's Breaking Bad. And I'm watching it.

[Courtney]

That's great. And how much you were watching Smoshmouth while you were gone?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I was. I was watching Smoshmouth I did see that Angela reveal that. I do read all the call sheets.

[Courtney]

That was hilarious. A hilarious reveal.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That was a very private conversation that her and I had. Sure. But no, it's.

[Shane]

You got a big day tomorrow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. I don't know what it is. I get the call sheets, and I'm interested. I want to know what everyone's shooting. I want to know how long their days are. I want to know what's for lunch. I want to know what the song of the day is. Thank you, Alexina. I want to know. So maybe I could listen to it, you know, at some point.

[Courtney]

It sounds like you're here.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I want to know what's going on. When I wasn't there, and it was really fun. And then I watched a lot of the Smoshmouse. I watched the care package. I will say I didn't watch that one episode that's about Pokemon.

[Courtney]

Because you hate Tommy.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, actually, yes. And I need to tell him that.

[Courtney]

Right?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, I do.

[Shane]

Now, to be fair, because we got so in the nitty gritty with things, there wasn't as much opportunity for, like, you know, if we have, like, a reality show episode, it'll be like, all right, so for those at home who don't know, there was this big thing that happened, and da, da, da, da, da, da. We give context. In the Pokemon one, it was just like. It probably sounded like a different language, that we were just like, oh, yeah, I like gardevoir, and gardevoirs can fly. And.

[Courtney]

It'S hard to, like. Yeah. Explain from the basics, the foundation of what Pokemon is. I guess it's a game.

[Shane]

But I can't wait until Cole just somehow falls into something nerdy that the rest of us love, that you're going to be like, okay, I guess I have to fully understand Pokemon now.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know. I actually. Watching Breaking Bad was the first step of the new Amanda.

[Shane]

Wow. That's not good.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know. And I know. I totally know next year, she's gonna.

[Courtney]

Be like, no, I'm getting into cooking.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

What? I'm changing. I think I need to start getting into some more nerdy culture, which I've always been down for. I think I need to get a Russian tutorial.

[Courtney]

You're going to start learning Russian so you can finally understand your husband?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So I can do way better impressions of my husband.

[Courtney]

Funny.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Also, his mom comes over, and she only speaks Russian, which is what we want. I would love Cole to be. Speak Russian.

[Courtney]

Bilingual.

[Shane]

Can I make a recommendation?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yes, please.

[Shane]

Pimsleur. Pimsleur. Is what I use for language learning. Pimsleur, P I M S L E U R. It's language learning that basically has you, like, repeat a phrase, but it'll have you, like, repeat individual parts of it. So it'll be like, you know, da, da, da, da, da. How are you? Good morning? And then it'll like, say that again. And then maybe a couple lessons later, they'll be like, how do you say, how are you?

[Courtney]

Good morning?

[Shane]

And you go, da, da, da, da. They're like, you just learned the word for good evening. How would you say hello, good evening? And then you sort of put it together and you go, oh, now I know why this sentence structure is the way it is. And now if I learn vocabulary, I can just plop it in. So me.

[Courtney]

For.

[Shane]

For the little bit of Japanese, I will. For the little bit of Japanese that I learned for our trip and got by. That was all pimsleur, really. I've just started. I've just started Mandarin pimsleur, but I'm deciding between that. Or maybe I divert to Korean. I'm not sure between Mandarin or Korean. But anyway, just point is, it's a lot more accessible to just listen to and go through your day and repeat it. Like, it's muscle memory and practice.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's amazing.

[Courtney]

And you've got such a great situation where once you learn enough, then it's just like, you have people who speak it. So you get to, like, immerse yourself in it more. And if you just kind of draw that line of, like, let's stick to that as much as possible.

[Shane]

Your grandmother and age, just start learning Tagalog so that they can still talk about you in the room.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, I know. I'm like, oh, they're not gonna be able to talk about me.

[Courtney]

Sorry, we're speaking Swedish now for some reason.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

They're not. But yeah. Helena's. Helena Gerde's mom is so funny. I was like, oh, I want to get a Russian tutor. She's like, don't do Russian tutor. Like, well, there's a. I have a friend in Belarus. She'll teach you at 4 in the morning. That's the time. And I'm like, I just want to go through a service and pay it. Like, I don't. You know, she's very much like my mom. Like, oh, I have a guy. And I know that's fun and cool, but I just want to, you know, I get it.

[Shane]

She wants to help, but also like, yeah, I know the feeling of needing to now make yourself way less. Sorry. I'm just stumbling through the words.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

The feeling of, like having to super inconvenience yourself in order to let someone else feel like they've helped.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, exactly, exactly.

[Courtney]

But I mean, teaching, teaching a language, is that such a skill in itself? You want to make sure you got someone.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Trust.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

But then once you get know enough, then, then, yeah, you talk to the people you know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I just think it's going to be so wild to watch my son grow up. And like, how is he going to like, code switch and like, do these, like, English and Russian?

[Courtney]

Like, it'll be super cool.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Is he going to love video games? Like, like to your earlier question about, like, am I going to 99% chance.

[Courtney]

He'S going to like video games?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. Am I going to push something that I'm really into or like. Or I see him like, I'm h. And I are so excited to like, see his personality and kind of harness that. Although I'm battling this way I grew up. Because the way I grew up, my mom was like, so you're going to do every sport.

[Shane]

Oh, wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I don't want to do that. But I'm also like, does he need a little push? I'm not quite there yet. It's just simmering thoughts.

[Courtney]

I mean, I feel like you. You give him the, like, the best thing you can do is. I'm saying this as someone who has no kids, but you give him the opportunities to try things and then as. As his own person, he'll find his own path and. And you, you build that excitement and that support. But.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Cause yeah, that was what I want.

[Courtney]

We all experience being forced to do things how that made us wanted to rebel against.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't want to do that. I want to, like, I basically want to do trial and error things. I want to read adventure books and see if he's into that. I want to maybe go and play a game and see if he's into that.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I feel like that's again, not apparent, but I was given the opportunity as a kid to be like, okay, we're going to start Boy Scouts and we're going to start karate. And then as I did a couple months of both, it was just like, okay, we kind of maybe only have time for one. Which one would you prefer? And I was like, karate. And they were like, great, of course. And then started doing theater, you know, grade three or whatever. And eventually it became a conflict of like, well, your black belt test is this day. But the actual show for the, you know, play is on this day. Which one can we do? And I was just like, okay, I guess choose. I did the. I mean, I did the show. I was already cast in it, but it was like, turns out you can wait a while and, you know, this is what it's like to put something on the back burner. Karate you can come back to. And like, I did. So I don't know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's actually a really smart way to.

[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

Um, my kid, a smart smoke alarm sent an alert through the Ring app.

[Trivia Host]

Okay, sure.

[Shane]

No, there's smoke in my house.

[Trivia Host]

Yeah, right. A smoke alarm texting you. That's a new one.

[Shane]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Be some teaching kid.

[Courtney]

This episode of Smosh Mouth is brought to you by Aura Frames. Aura Frames keeps families connected, even when they are miles apart. So, Amanda, when you were gone, my aura frame, I just had it filled with photos of you and I. Photos of you with everyone here at the studio because we missed you so much.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's so sweet. That's so kind. Yeah, not over the top at all. I love that.

[Courtney]

No, not at all. It's so great because you can connect the frame to wi Fi and if you have the app, you can then upload photos at any time from anywhere.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Wait, so what if I wanted to share, like, my photos with you? You'd be so far away.

[Courtney]

But if you just connect it to my frame. You could upload photos at any time. That's what's amazing about it. I gave one to my mom, and I'm able to upload photos anytime. And moms are so excited about it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Okay, wait a second. I actually think I need to get my mom an Aura frame because all she does is text me photo so I can send her photos of my son. And it has unlimited storage.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So I can just send hundreds of photos to my mom at any time.

[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Let's go.

[Courtney]

Don't.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Don't.

[Courtney]

Oh, I missed.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Miss.

[Shane]

I feel like knowing you, there's no way Cole is not going to have an incredible life in future. Like, you're just very. You're very supportive. You're a very empathetic person. There's. There's no way you're going to have an issue.

[Courtney]

I agree. And. And look, if he's bilingual and knows Russian and h gets him into Dota 2 or those online games, he's able to bust that out. People are going to think they're going to be able to speak Russian, get around him. He's going to suddenly know it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, I'm like half like, ugh. Getting him into video games.

[Courtney]

I'm like, oh, it's just gonna happen.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's gonna happen.

[Courtney]

Everybody, like, it's not even like a boy thing. It's. Every kid nowadays plays so much video.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Games, which is, you know, has nothing to do with video games. But this is why I said six, seven. You guys didn't actually ask why I said six, seven. Do you guys wanna know?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Okay. Can I. Can I. Can I say you. You came back to the office and I was talking to you, and you. You were saying that your niece and.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Nephew were visiting Gen and Beckett, I'm shouting you out right now because they were like, can you shout me out somewhere? And I said, yes, I can. Love you. Actually, it's Bucket. Beckett has a nickname. It's Bucket.

[Courtney]

That's a cool name.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Teacher Calls him Bucket by accident.

[Courtney]

Oh, okay. But you were. You were talking about them hanging out. And then I go, because I just recently saw my nieces and nephew for, like, a. A weekend for a couple days, and I was like, were they saying six, seven, and you.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I lost my mind. It's like he said the secret code.

[Courtney]

I was like, you know, six, seven.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

I had never heard it, obviously, until I was hanging out with my. My nieces and nephew who are Gen Alpha, or they're like, around. Around 10.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

And I think in the span of two days, they said it upwards of 10,000 times. I could not believe how many times they were saying it. Now, unfortunately, we were playing flip seven, which. Which was a we. Courtney and I were so excited to.

[Shane]

Be like, we're going to play Flip.

[Courtney]

7 with the family. Everyone's gonna be so excited. And, oh, man. I was drawing those cards, and I'm like, I just hope I'm out. I don't want. I don't want to. If I had a seven. If I had a seven, I'm like, please draw another seven. Like, just get me out of here. It was crazy.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I heard it for the first time at a con. I was like, these two, like, I don't know, probably Gen Alpha or youngest possible Gen Z kids came up and, like, they were looking at what I was doing, and they were like, oh, you were in Fortnite? I was like, yeah. They're like, who'd you play? I'm like, oh, I've done a bunch of characters. They're like, how many? I'm like. And honest to God, I'm just like, I don't know at this point, like, six, seven. And they both were just like, six, seven. So just like, six, seven, six, seven. And I thought they were just sort of, like, making fun of, you know, I thought they were just doing teenage things of being like, ha, ha, he said anything, and we're just like, parrot it back to him. So that's. Yeah, that's.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You walked right into that.

[Shane]

I sure did. And little did I know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I mean, they said it nonstop. And my sister, she was like, I think it just means, like, whatever. And she's like, I don't know what it means. She's like, they cannot stop saying it. And I was like, okay. But now I can't stop saying it.

[Shane]

And that's gonna help us to have them not say it anymore because we're gonna start saying it on camera, and we're all over 30, and they're gonna.

[Courtney]

Be like, whoa, we need Spencer on the case. Spencer needs to start saying it a bunch and then kill it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, wait. There's another one, though, that I wanted to ask. Alexina's in the room. She says she knows it. They asked me if I was preppy.

[Courtney]

Or clean, and I'd never heard this.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Have you heard it?

[Shane]

I don't know this one. No.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Is this so millennial lame that I'm doing this right now?

[Courtney]

Every. Every video. Every video has a comment that's like, this is so millennial. And it's like, yeah, man.

[Shane]

That's how old you are.

[Courtney]

You came here. Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And a mom. Okay, Just get it.

[Courtney]

I don't care.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Alexina, what is preppy and clean? Okay, so I feel like you're overthinking it. Clean is literally just like, a clean girl aesthetic. Very.

[Courtney]

Oh, clean girl esthetic.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. And then preppy is just like a preppy girl esthetic. Like, you know, pleated skirt. Like, yeah, sorority.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's literally no big.

[Courtney]

It's just two different.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So clean is a clean. Clean is like a clean esthetic. Clean girl preppy is literally preppy. Like, okay. Pleated skirt.

[Shane]

Shout out to this generation for making that straightforward. Because when I was a youngster, be like, would you say you're bumpy? You're not bumpy? And I. And I'd be like, I don't know. And they'd be like, well, think about, like, I don't know, your spine. I'd be like, I guess I'm bumpy. And they're like, bumpy means not straight. You're gay. And like, that's. That's so much more work than just.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Ours was so mean. I feel like our generation was so mean. This is simply like, oh, cool.

[Courtney]

I do have to give it credit. Like, like, all my. All these kids are saying seven. I was like. When we were kids, we were yelling penis. Like, I was like. Or we were yelling inappropriate. So I'm like.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And who could yell penis louder? Why?

[Shane]

I heard that in New Zealand, though. Like, literally, I was walking along and there was a car window down. It was like two younger fellas and being like, penis. Penis.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm like, you. Oh, it's.

[Shane]

No, I wasn't being, like, directly.

[Courtney]

It'll never go have one.

[Shane]

Don't you like, no, it'll always.

[Courtney]

It'll always stick around.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

You know, that one's. That one's fun. Universal. Like, six, seven, endless.

[Shane]

Just.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, let's bring it back.

[Courtney]

I was fine with it. I'm like, hey, any meme I'M like, this is the basis of it, right? We're saying a thing and it's stupid. It means nothing. It was how many times they said it. But I think that's the 10 years old aspect, not the meme of it aspect. But one of my. My cousins is a teacher, and she was saying at their school, they have to call grades in reverse right now.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah, you said that.

[Courtney]

They cannot. They. They have to go seventh grade first and then sixth grade grade because it's a whole mess. And they banned it. They've banned it on the buses.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And how do teachers deal? That's what I want to know is how do teachers go? What's this new thing that you're obsessed with?

[Shane]

I mean, it's worth it for the high pay shout out teachers who do insanely hard jobs.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Teachers and nurses.

[Courtney]

My God. Rolling.

[Shane]

Just Scrooge McDuckin right into the gold coins.

[Courtney]

Anyways, I want to move on.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, let's move on. Great reference to that show because I actually won.

[Shane]

Thank you. Oh, yeah, that one's timeless.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And hey, they've got a DuckTales video game. And that's for. And that's for your youngster.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Y' all won't. Oh, he'll play it. Yeah, I like that.

[Courtney]

Hey, you're gonna be cool. You're gonna be able to talk about Resident Evil and. And fnaf and all those things.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Listen, listen, I. I am pretty, pretty cool.

[Courtney]

Yeah, dude.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

My niece and nephew were like. My nephew was like, so have you played Fortnite? He's 6. And I was like, yeah, once. And it was pretty epic.

[Courtney]

That's. It is epic.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm pretty.

[Shane]

It's actually a legitimately in their eyes.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

They'Re like, oh, my God, you're a celebrity. And I was like, that's crazy. Tell me more. I am pretty cool.

[Courtney]

I already feel like you're fine. You don't have to play video games. Cause we talked about this. We talked about this on, I think, the Pokemon episode that you didn't watch.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Where we talked about what's so cool about you and Angela in all the games. Videos. I'll watch it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'll rewatch.

[Courtney]

Is how it's like, yeah, you guys don't play video games, but you show such an interest in it, and you're not judging it. You're going, this is amazing. This thing that I don't partake in. But I respect it and I appreciate it, and that's kind of, I think, the most important thing. And I think a Lot of kids don't get that from their parents growing up.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Where it's kind of scoffed at and it goes, oh, this show that you're into, or, oh, your games.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Right.

[Courtney]

As opposed to going, wow, this is amazing. What you're. What you're doing and what you're interested in. Yeah, I think that's all it takes. You don't need to play it. In fact, I feel like a lot of kids don't want their parents to, like, do the same things. They kind of want their own cringe. They want their own thing in their own space, but to appreciate it.

[Shane]

Yeah. Some of the, like, most exciting moments of my youth where, like, you're playing a game that you love and like, a parent walks in the room and just, like, watches for a couple minutes and you're like, this is pretty cool. Like, I bet they. I bet they all. I bet they get it now.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Like, it's.

[Shane]

And that's the feeling I get when, like, either you or Angela. Like, I love those videos, but I feel so deeply jealous of Spencer when it's just like, oh, yeah, I'll just play Resident Evil for them. And I'm like, you lucky bastard.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Why don't we. Remember when you and I played Baldur's Gate? Yeah, that was super fun.

[Shane]

There was a game recently that people were like, you need to play this with Amanda. I think it was one that I streamed.

[Courtney]

I'm not sure.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But anyway, I would love to play a game with you. I think that would be so fun.

[Shane]

That would be amazing. We don't even have to film it. You just can hang out if you want.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, let's do it. Can my son come? Maybe he shouldn't be watching it.

[Shane]

If he's okay around cats. I got two of them.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't know. That's the other thing. I don't know yet.

[Shane]

You can borrow one if you need it. Yeah, yeah, totally.

[Courtney]

Borrow a cat.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, I'll borrow a cat.

[Shane]

You tried to move on, like, three times.

[Courtney]

I know. It's okay.

[Shane]

So many times.

[Courtney]

I just wanted to get away from 6, 7. I'm fine with anything.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Why did you say it again?

[Courtney]

Well, because I had to address what I was trying to move away from.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Okay, Shane, it's time. For sure.

[Courtney]

But I do want to shout out Damien and. And Angela. You guys did such an incredible job hosting. It was. It was really kind of. I think one of the hardest decisions we had to make this year was when. When you were going. We were. We were like, who's going to Co host. And we truly looked at the entire cast, and I was like, it could be anybody. Like, this cast is so amazing. But we went with Angela, and then, you know, I thought it was such a fun opportunity to do a show with you again. It's been so long, and it was such a blast.

[Shane]

It was really special. And I, like, thank you for, you know, having me do this. And thank you for, like, you know, being okay with somebody popping in for a bit as opposed to just, like, pause the show. And I don't know, like, it's. It's so cool because I love this place. And I know I'm often, like, very busy doing other things, and we all have our own lives, but, like, it just. It's felt cool being here more and, like, you know, being a little more, like, finger on the pulse of, like. Okay, now we're checking in for this week, for sure.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I loved. I. I watched it, and I felt really, like, comfortable. And I loved watching Angela be a host with you. Cause I thought your chemistry was so good. And then, of course, it's just like, you guys have this, like, unending chemistry. It's so good. You have so many years of friendship. Like, I just thought it was such a great, great pairing, and I really thank you. You guys killed it. And you warmed my seat for me.

[Shane]

Yes.

[Courtney]

Thanks.

[Shane]

No problem. I'm. I'm naturally very warm all the time. I almost never wear hoodies, so.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, thank you.

[Shane]

Are you hot under there actually cooking? I don't have a shirt under this. And I was like. I was like, okay, maybe it'll be. It'll be cool enough if I just wear the hoodie.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You're wearing a hoodie and no shirt underneath?

[Shane]

No. That's the only way it'll ever be cool enough.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

What a gamble.

[Courtney]

Yeah, what a gamble.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

What if you get hot?

[Courtney]

That is a look at how if you're not.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

If you're only listening. He's wearing, like, the cutest little candy.

[Shane]

It's white rabbit candy. An artist made like this based off a white rabbit. And if you like Chinese candy at all, it's real good. It's like if a Tootsie Roll was, like, sweet, cream flavored.

[Courtney]

Ooh, that sounds amazing.

[Shane]

It's wrapped in rice paper, so you can just have the paper straight.

[Courtney]

Oh, okay.

[Shane]

Stuff.

[Courtney]

Selena's nodding.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'd love some.

[Courtney]

Damn. I remember childhood, all right.

[Shane]

The first time I had it, I was, like, in elementary school, and I had a friend who's. Who is, you know, Chinese American. Her parents were Chinese Immigrants. And she's like, oh, I brought this candy. And it was like the course of my life changed forever. I was like, where can I find this?

[Courtney]

Transporting through the.

[Shane]

I remember being, like, 8 years old, and my parents were, like, wanting to shop at, like, Cost Plus World Market or whatever, and I was just like, oh, my God, there's an international candy section. Where. And I found white rabbit. And I was like, mom and dad.

[Courtney]

Can I get this? It's always heartbreaking when I. When you travel anywhere and you realize snacks are just better everywhere else.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Everybody'S got snacks on lock.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

They really are.

[Shane]

Brought back a lot of Whitaker's chocolate from New Zealand. It's better.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oof.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Chocolate.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

God, I gotta go to New Zealand and, you know, have someone scream penis out the window at me.

[Shane]

Yeah, I, I, I know a guy.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Great.

[Shane]

It's one of those places where, like, I hate it when people are like, you should just travel. Everyone should just travel. It's just like, motherfucker, how? It's expensive. It takes time. Like, I'm not gonna just be like, just travel. But what I'll say is that it's on a lot of people's bucket list. And of the places where someone's like, oh, you gotta go here, you gotta go here, you gotta go here. It's one of the most live up to expectations kind of places.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Lord of the Rings.

[Courtney]

Cool.

[Shane]

Totally Lord of the Rings. Just beautiful location. The people care about the environment so much. I saw, like, no litter. Like, birds on the street weren't running away from people, which means they're not gonna, like, screw with the birds and be like, it's just like, oh, people leave things to be in peace.

[Courtney]

Like, that's really cool.

[Shane]

I got.

[Courtney]

And the birds talk.

[Shane]

They do.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Well, there was one of those, like, mimicry birds that I like. There's an Instagram post where if you see me, like, looking in a window, like, the most in autistic bliss you've ever seen me. It's. It was one of those birds that just does noises that it's heard.

[Courtney]

Love that.

[Shane]

Super cool.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Speaking of Instagram, I was off Instagram the entire.

[Shane]

Good for you. I thought you were mad at me and wasn't liking my posts. I'm kidding.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, I didn't.

[Courtney]

You went extra offline.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I was the most offline I've ever been. And let me tell you, it was amazing. I genuinely didn't miss it. Like, I really, I missed. But the thing is, I caught up with my people, like, through text. But, like, I Didn't miss it simply because I having being able to be super present with my son was the most important thing. Also, like, the only time you have to be on your phone is literally five minutes out of the day. And what are you gonna do? Look on Instagram? No, you're gonna go take a shower and wash your hair.

[Shane]

That's great.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So I just. I loved not being online. I loved it.

[Courtney]

We're gonna take advantage of that because next week's episode is gonna be Trevor and I catching you up on all the, like, viral, like, Internet YouTube stuff.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm excited to hear because I still listen to some, like, daily podcasts.

[Courtney]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Got some new Harambe updates.

[Courtney]

Yeah. He's back. I'm just kidding.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Don't.

[Courtney]

Sorry.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Don't do sorry.

[Courtney]

He's not back. He's not back.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Why would you say that? Shane, that was awful.

[Courtney]

No.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

How dare you. He's not back.

[Courtney]

He's not back.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He's right there.

[Shane]

Never left.

[Courtney]

Never left. That's right.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He's in here.

[Courtney]

Hearts.

[Shane]

Speaking of never leaving, can I run to the right and grab a bottle of water real fast like a desert?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, thank you.

[Shane]

Do you need anything, Mama?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Papa. Papa. No, I'm good. Papa. Oh, my God. Do people just. Am I going to be mama now?

[Courtney]

If you want this.

[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

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[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

No, there's smoke in my house.

[Trivia Host]

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[Shane]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

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[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Okay, I love cooking, but I actually have zero time because I have a newborn and I. I miss it. I genuinely miss cooking.

[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Stop. That sounds so gourmet and delicious. So where was my invite? Why didn't you invite me over?

[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah. Angela showed me the oven. It looks so easy to use. I would love one of those. So if you could just.

[Courtney]

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[Amanda Leehancanto]

You slayed that.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Back to the show. Amanda, did you have a favorite moment from watching Smoshmouth while. While you were gone? Like, maybe a favorite. Like, was there. Was there just moments that stood out to you?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Well, really, like the whole call sheet, back and forth made me laugh a lot. Like, that whole episode made me laugh a lot. It felt like Spencer and Andy were like, nah, I know her better. No, no, no. I was texting her more. No, no, I was Texting her.

[Courtney]

More tradition.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't know. I. I'm really jealous that Vic was here and I wasn't here doing the monologues. Also, I love nothing more than to play casting directors.

[Courtney]

Yeah, it's the funniest.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's one of my favorite things. And the fact that you were, like, on your phone the whole time was. Was, you know, triggering and relatable.

[Courtney]

Just a real. A real thing that's happened to all of us.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Do we want to order for lunch? Yeah. What did you say you wanted to order for lunch when you did that? If you guys have seen that episode, it's so, so, so good.

[Courtney]

Vic was on fire.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And then the spooky. I missed the. Have we only done creepypastas with you?

[Shane]

I think you did one with Tommy.

[Courtney]

No, because we. We finally. We've talked about it where.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Courtney]

Where, you know, we have our no Sleep episode that never aired.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Never aired.

[Courtney]

Because. Because I never got approval on that story, which I'm so sad about. But I want affect that. So we do have. We had. We did that, but we just did that for ourselves. And it was a great time. But, yeah, with Courtney, we didn't actually read many creepypastas. I had a hard time finding them and sourcing ones that are short enough to read on the podcast. So we kind of just talked a little bit more. I did introduce them to SCPs, which is a whole different thing.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Which I can bring up again at some point for you. It's a. It's a cool website where it's a government that tracks all these entities around the world. And so there's a. There's a page for, like, every single type of entity.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Did I not tell you about what my dad thinks is out there via the government? Didn't I?

[Courtney]

I feel like your dad. Your dad, maybe. Your dad Maybe believes in SCPs for real.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, 100%. 100%.

[Courtney]

Wait, what did he say?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I think I. I don't know why I. I texted Shane this, like, month one into my maternity leave, my dad told me on the phone asking about Cole. How did everything go? And then he was like, yeah. So I. We were talking about the Skarsgards. Scars, guards.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He was like, oh, yeah. You know, shows those Swedish guys. So everyone who's Swedish. So. So most people who are Swedish, there's beings. There's beings and they wear Swedish people and they're entities and they're out in the ocean and they're covered by mist and so you can't see Them, but the government knows they're there. And so he's like, so the Nordic. The Nordic people. The Nordic folks. Nordic folks are essentially entities, okay? And so those skyscraper guys, you know, not human. And I'm like, dad, the guy who plays it, he's like, you know, you never know. The Nordic people.

[Shane]

He's got a point.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Our entities. And I was like, where did you hear that? He goes, everybody knows this, Amanda.

[Courtney]

Everybody knows the Skarsgards. I mean, your dad thinks. Oh, your dad thinks Bill Skarsgard actually is Pennywise. No, he's doing.

[Shane]

That'd be a damn good cover. Pennywise.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

My dad loves aliens. It's. It's a known thing in my family.

[Courtney]

And so all grays, All Swedish people are aliens.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He calls them. Yay. You guys know what? Yay. Yay. Else is a certain entity. Come on. You don't know what yayels are?

[Courtney]

I don't keep this amazing, super weird stuff.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So Yay, Els.

[Shane]

Like, I feel like we graze past entities. When you said there's entities in the ocean, is it like merfolk? Because I know the Little Mermaid is like, Denmark is like the statues in Denmark like merfolk.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, I think it's like Yayosh and like, aliens and beings.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Courtney]

More that interesting. And they're Swedish.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, no audit.

[Courtney]

So the Skarsgards. He believes the Skarsgards are not human.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He said it's possible. Like he did. You know, I mean, look at them.

[Courtney]

They're gorgeous.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, exactly.

[Courtney]

Give me a break.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

They're all working.

[Courtney]

Come on. A whole family of working actors.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Skarsgard.

[Courtney]

Come on. They're all so good. Talented. Stop it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So anyways, that's, that's my bit on entities that I.

[Courtney]

Okay.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, I texted you.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I think I apologize for any texts that probably were wild.

[Courtney]

I was. No, I, I appreciated all of them. I, in fact, I, I, I was. I started texting you because I started drinking wine over the break. And I truly, I think, I think court. And I got into it truly, because I was just like, oh, I miss Amanda. And this is like something that you love. And it gave me an excuse to text you to be like, oh, I'm trying this type of one.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I, I, I do feel I really have to hold back when you text.

[Courtney]

Me because the first time I texted you, you did write a book back about wine.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I could have stayed up until 1am texting you about wine. And then finally, like, you texted me last night, like, I'm having a glass of Chianti and I went off and then finally I had to be like, okay, enjoy your glass. Amanda, stop.

[Courtney]

I will always appreciate people talking about things they love.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Like I can listen to it forever even if I know nothing about it. It's my favorite thing.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I just love that you. Do you drink wine?

[Shane]

I don't.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's okay.

[Shane]

I don't drink at all. I. I stopped right after, like, right after shutdown was like starting to get back open again because I, like, I, I don't know, I drank a fair amount during that time. Just as like a thing to do with like an ex girlfriend. And it was like I looked in the mirror as we were, you know, winding down and I was just like, oh, oh, I think I've gained a lot of weight just from this. Yeah, I think I'm done now. And I just never went back.

[Courtney]

Yeah, of course.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I get that. Yeah, I totally get that.

[Courtney]

That's great.

[Shane]

Maybe one day I'll have wine again or like a beer with a meal. But like. Yeah, I just. It was. It packs on too fast.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It does. And I, but like I. Wine is such. I'm, you know, you know how much I love wine. And the fact that you're getting into it just literally makes me so giddy. Like all I want to do is buy my favorite wines and just like, like give them to you so you can try them. And, and the fun part of it is like, I am so fine if I give you a wine. Or I'm like, oh, try this. And you're like, yeah, no, no, I love that.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And you gave me an amazing wine.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And I haven't opened it yet.

[Courtney]

I. We found an old ass wine from 1984. 86. 86.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

86.

[Courtney]

Yeah. I knew. I, I knew as I was getting into it that I, I wanted to. To give you a gift of like an old bottle of wine. I thought it'd be really fun. And hey, maybe it's going to be garbage. And I think that'd be hilarious.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's what he texted me last night. I think that'd be really funny because the, the. The cork is probably amazing.

[Courtney]

You gotta use like a special tool to get it out. Cause it's gonna. Might crumble.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But it's a Bordeaux or Coats Durone.

[Courtney]

I think it's a Coats Durone.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm so excited. And if it is bad, I'll let you know and we'll cook with it.

[Courtney]

Use. Use it as vinegar. Who cares?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

No. Going back to just these past few weeks or a couple months, there Was just some insane moments. Hosting with Angela was wild. Cause every episode, Angela would say something absolutely insane. She would say something before she thought about it. And then we'd all have a moment where we're like, what was just said? And then I feel like, in a similar way, Damian, when you hosted every episode, you said a joke that just blew my mind. And the best was, was anytime, multiple times, Jonathan would be trying to unwrap candies and. And he's not here.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, did he get booted?

[Courtney]

Mr. Chips. Mr. Chips is not here.

[Shane]

Chips.

[Courtney]

Alexina. Alexina was assigned Jonathan's over on the other set for family feed because you.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Guys kicked him out.

[Courtney]

No, we had no problem. I thought it was hilarious.

[Shane]

Here's the thing. I'm, like, really sensitive to sound, and it, like, distracts me a lot. But I've learned that, like, hey, not everybody's wired that way, so it' not a big deal. I've learned to usually move past it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

It was when Shane and I think Angela also. Yeah. Were like, both sort of starting to look over. Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, my God. No.

[Shane]

Incredible. You know what's crazy? That's quieter than what Jonathan was doing. That's crazy.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Are these Werther's?

[Shane]

Those are Werther's.

[Courtney]

So older.

[Shane]

You guys are the Werther's original brand, who I compared that sound to, which is clearly not as bad. Good on you. Werther's.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Wait, I'm listening to David and talk. And you started doing it. And then it was like. I felt like I was in the. I was like, ding, ding. Everyone in this room has words.

[Shane]

This is incredible.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That was so overwhelming. In a great way.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I feel very.

[Courtney]

I'm actually so excited to eat this. I just don't want to do it while I have a microphone now you.

[Shane]

Should do it and just, like, really, like, clack it around while you're just.

[Courtney]

Really clack it around. Poor Jonathan, though. I looked over and I see him on the other side of the room. Just kind of like. It was hilarious also.

[Shane]

Jonathan, by the way, is the most, like, fun loving, like, life of the party. Sweetest person. I would not just, like, if it wasn't an okay vibe, I would not have done that.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Absolutely.

[Shane]

But also, there was, like, a couple more times where that happened. And then his phone went off. And I'm like, are we fucking joking?

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So he got booted out of this room.

[Courtney]

Kind of so unfortunate. I felt so bad for him because Jonathan's also the. Has to be the one before we start filming to Be like, all right. Our phone's silent. Everything's set up. And then he.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

He.

[Courtney]

He kept happening to him. It was frankly hilarious. But it reminds me of whenever Ollie or Z is writing on the. On the mark, and it just. You hear the squeaks of the marker. It's just.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Remember, we do. We're doing ad reads, and I. I don't know what occurs with ad reads. It's like me and Shane are just giggle fest.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's like, literally, like, okay, mom and dad are gone. Let's do this. And literally, it's either. It's usually Ollie, he's writing, and it's just the marker. It's like. And I can't. I lose it. I actually can't stop laughing. I don't know why.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's like. It's when you're having a serious conversation and someone in the corner of the room just, like, farts or does something stupid, and you're like, I really want to listen. I know, babe, but, like, someone farted.

[Shane]

It's the Beatle Moses. We're like, you never listen to me anymore. He's like, babe, I'm. I'm sorry. There's just something so insane behind me on a motorcycle.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. What's the etiquette for that? Do you stop mid conversation, go, did you hear that? Or do you pretend like you don't?

[Shane]

I'll let you know when I figure it out.

[Courtney]

I will try to ignore things at first, but, man, if it keeps going, I'm like, I'm. What?

[Shane]

I did breeze past it too quickly. Werther's original joke was awesome. That was amazing.

[Courtney]

Oh, it was.

[Shane]

That was.

[Courtney]

Good job. Unbelievable.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Every single person in this room opened Werther's, and. And I. I literally felt like it was like, bells going off. I was like, what? What? What?

[Courtney]

And I will say the original. You saying, is there an old lady? You know, were the originals. It was. That's a top two. I think the best is still. They have TVs and gyms that. You saying that that episode with Angela and you was. That was a fever dream.

[Shane]

It was wild.

[Courtney]

Fully remember that was the tntl.

[Shane]

Like a fever dream.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Those. Those parts of Parts. Like a fever dream. Yeah. So. Exactly. These past four months, I will say I did lose, like, parts of my memory.

[Courtney]

Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So it like, h. Like, I told you that. And I was like, I don't. I wasn't there.

[Courtney]

That makes sense.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I wasn't there.

[Courtney]

Got a lot on your plate.

[Shane]

You should try does gaslighting H. No.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

You're so right. That's so fun.

[Courtney]

As a new hobby, try gaslighting your husband.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, my God, I would love to.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I mean, I really do him. Him, you know, justice when I do his, you know, impressions on this. This. This pod. When I go, da, da, da, da. And you're like, wow, that's the only Russian you know.

[Courtney]

And I'm like, yeah. Yeah. Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, my God, I missed you guys.

[Shane]

I miss you, too.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So it's so, so nice to be back. It's also so nice to talk to people again.

[Shane]

Nice to listen, you know? And it's real nice to.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

To listen. It's real nice to listen. They say talk to your baby, so I do.

[Courtney]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's actually. I. I've. I've. I know people think it's weird, but it's actually really fun. And, like, did you have a poop? Did you take a good nap? Did you have a good time? And he just loses his mind. That's what I'm talking to. Okay?

[Courtney]

Yeah, yeah. And then you'll be like, but did you see that Dateline last night? Oh, my God, she's guilty. She's guilty.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I will say Dateline is like. Like, getting pretty modern now, which is, like, super cool. They have a round. They have a roundup. A date.

[Courtney]

Like, challenges. They do dances and shit on TikTok.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And it's just Keith Morrison.

[Shane]

That's the tea, honey.

[Courtney]

Okay. Blind ranking serial killers, or is it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, they have, like, one reporter doing all the roundups of, like, the top crimes that are going on. Like, the. The top court crime, honey.

[Shane]

Yeah, I made the roundup. Anyway, I got a call. They're on my tail today.

[Courtney]

We're covering the hottest crimes happening in the United States.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. So.

[Courtney]

Wow.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I know.

[Courtney]

Damn.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I listen to that a lot on my pod. So I'm caught up with that, with that.

[Courtney]

How has it felt coming back? Because you've already filmed a couple things back here.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yes. My first one I filmed was Assumptions. Okay. And I literally had to, like, like, do like, a check with everyone. I was like, should I. Should we just delete everything I said? They're like, no, it was totally. It was totally. You just, like, heightened with, like, no filter. And you said whatever you wanted to. I was like, yeah. And I was like, mike, we need to cut. He's like, oh, yeah, no, no, I got it. I know what to cut. I was like, so it's a tough.

[Shane]

One to come back to. Cause it's so, like. It's harder to be just Yourself on camera sometimes. And that is what that is.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yes.

[Shane]

Whereas here we can be like, ah, you know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, yeah. So I already did that. I did tntl and then we played.

[Courtney]

Karen's on Bit City. Oh, what a. What a thing to hop back into.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Karen's was actually based. It was assumptions. And then it was immediately Karen's like, hey, Amanda, you've.

[Courtney]

You've been offline for three months. Hey, let's throw a Karen wig on you and let you just go wild.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Here's the deal, though. I did, as I told you. I did listen to the headlines on the Daily. On Spotify, which is like essentially New York Times. Like, like smaller version of, like, the top news for the day. I did listen to that every day. So I'm. I'm. I'm with it.

[Courtney]

You're with it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But as a Karen. Yeah.

[Courtney]

I wonder what's going to make the cut on that.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm excited to see this.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It was. It. Talk about a fever dream. It was literally me, Shane and Chance and Olivia. I don't even know if I said words. I was crying, laughing the whole time. And literally Aaron had to be like, we have to move on. We have to go. You guys need to stop. And I just. I was laughing so hard.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I'm assuming for this one, Olivia was sort of like the straight man then. I'm kidding.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't want to reveal.

[Shane]

I'm kidding.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I don't want to reveal anything. But that episode is just nuts.

[Courtney]

Yeah. But it's fun. Cause right now, this week, we're filming a bunch of things and you're in every day filming with us.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's so much fun every day.

[Shane]

I feel like a lot of the cast has been in every day this week, which has been like a rare treat.

[Courtney]

It's been wild to be like, oh.

[Shane]

My God, everyone's here.

[Courtney]

Hi. Yeah, there's seven people in the other.

[Shane]

Room filling family feast.

[Courtney]

It's.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's so, so nice to be back.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

It's almost like you're. I'm back at camp or something.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Like, I have my overnight bag full of pump milk.

[Shane]

Was there anything that surprised you coming back? Like, you're like, oh, my God, like, like Trevor, he's got a whole new style. Or like, I don't know.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, yeah. He immediately told me about his hair.

[Shane]

His hair looks great. I just threw that as a random thing, but it looks great.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Here's what surprised me is like, oh, yeah. It takes me a. I have to do my hair and makeup and choose an outfit every day.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

That's what surprised me. I. I totally forgot about that. I was like, oh, wow. This is a whole journey. What surprised me.

[Shane]

Anyone who, like, grew out their hair that, like.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, my God.

[Courtney]

Anyone who has a really cool hoodie.

[Shane]

Like, a new sweater, new hair.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Your hair is long and it's. It's your natural color. Am I right? Yeah.

[Shane]

Thank you. I wasn't fishing or anything.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, you were, man. Yes. I was so surprised about hairstyles. We got. Damien has his hairstyle.

[Shane]

Courtney's hair or it's hair.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

We have Trevor with his new hairstyle. Courtney's hair is. I. I will say. I. I love Courtney's hair. Short.

[Shane]

So good.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I. I am a super fan of her hair right now. It looks amazing. Tommy's hair is still blonde, right? Am I crazy?

[Courtney]

Yeah, still blonde.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Still blonde. Arasha, I think got a trim. Angela, trim Chance. Same.

[Courtney]

Mine's different every day. I like it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, it's not.

[Courtney]

It's just all over the place.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yours is like a fresh cut all the time. Do you get your hair cut a lot?

[Courtney]

No. What?

[Shane]

Your hair always looks fresh, but I know what you mean about the different thing. It's like the volume changes every day. It goes from being, like, a little higher and a little coiff to, like, now it's a little more like straight lace.

[Courtney]

Yeah. I can't control it.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

But it's so wild.

[Courtney]

It's just. It's just wild.

[Shane]

Such a renegade dude.

[Courtney]

It's just wild.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I feel the same about my hair. I actually went to the woman who does my hair. She's amazing. She was like, we cannot get you on camera looking like this. Like, what? No, she said it.

[Courtney]

You know how hairdressers will go. I know what you mean. No.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

And they. They do it with love. And you kind of have to go, I accept this. I accept.

[Courtney]

No, she was correct.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

She was correct.

[Courtney]

Hey, they're doing serious work. Hey. Shout out teachers, nurses, hairdressers.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Hairdressers. No, seriously, they are. I did look like one of the Manson girls. Like, I really. I was like, my hair in the process.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Where? What event?

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

My hair was literally, like, covering my eyes, like, super straight.

[Courtney]

You look like the ring.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Oh, Samara.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Should I re. Watch the ring?

[Shane]

I don't. Nobody's gonna stop you. Didn't you say it was, like, hard to watch certain things because you put it through the lens of your. The whole point of the movie is about.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No. Yeah, you're so right. I'm gonna not don't do it. I'll stick with Breaking Bad, which is so much lighter.

[Courtney]

You know, lighter stuff like Breaking Bad.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Got funny quotes like, uncle Hank.

[Courtney]

Yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Has everyone in Breaking Bad, and I'm just, like, late.

[Courtney]

I watched. I watched. I was watching it when it was airing.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Did you watch Better Call Saul?

[Courtney]

I never watched it. And it's. It's kind of one of those. I kind of like where there's a show where people or a movie where people are like, it's the best thing of all time. And I like not watching because I'm like, well, I can watch that at some point. And I know there's an amazing thing that I need to watch that I haven't watched yet.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Because it's sad when you've watched all the good stuff, and it's like, there's nothing good left.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Courtney]

Only the bad stuff.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I do agree. I will say, like, I shows that when I got time to watch it, it had to be good. Like, Slow Horses was literally, like, my number one.

[Shane]

Never even heard of that.

[Courtney]

It's an apple.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Gary Oldman. It's, like, gonna be his last show, and he is a nasty man in it. Oh, farts all the time.

[Shane]

Oh, hell, yeah.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Holes in his socks. It's so good. Okay, guys.

[Courtney]

Slow Horses, I think. But you like shows where it's an old dude.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, I like old dudes.

[Courtney]

Yeah. Kind of your thing.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah. It's pretty cool.

[Courtney]

Know that. I think we're out of time.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

No, no.

[Courtney]

But, hey. But, hey, good news, Amanda. Next week, you're gonna be back, but.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Damien's not gonna be here.

[Courtney]

Well, but he'll be back.

[Shane]

It's been one of the greatest honors of my life to host this show. And keep your seat warm.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Thank you so much for keeping my seat warm and keeping my partner warm.

[Shane]

Hey, no problem. Anytime you'll need it. And I. I look forward to being back whenever you choose to have me. But I also understand.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, we'll decide.

[Shane]

Yeah, right.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

We'll talk. We'll. We'll talk. We'll have.

[Courtney]

We'll have to talk. We'll talk with Jonathan.

[Shane]

You guys have my number, too, and that's my email.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

This has been great.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

We totally got that. I think Jonathan got it.

[Shane]

And also, like, I'm. I just want to say, like, I'm open to notes, you know? I mean, like, I change stuff all the time. Like, no problem. So, like.

[Courtney]

Yeah, yeah, we'll work on that.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, we'll. We'll.

[Courtney]

We'll circle up.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

We'll circle up and we'll offline about it.

[Courtney]

We'll offline and circle back.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Yeah, you got it back.

[Shane]

Cool. Cool. And if I, if I check in in like a week or two, just means, like, I, you know, sometimes things go to spam folders, so, like, of course.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, and yeah, a lot of my stuff goes to spam folders.

[Courtney]

Totally.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah. So just in case I, like, miss an email or something.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Right. You keep working on that sweatshirt.

[Shane]

I like it a lot. It's got the. It's got the little bunnies on it, and it's very fluffy. And, you know, I might just take a nap until I'm needed. I might hibernate for 100 years until the day I awaken and kind of.

[Courtney]

Like go into the. And once you go into there, it's actually really.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Oh, wow.

[Courtney]

Pretty good.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

So cute. Yeah. We'll totally have you back.

[Shane]

Thank you. Hey, guys. This has been a real treat.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Love that. Oh, my God. I'm so, so happy to be back. I miss you guys so much. I miss you all so, so much.

[Courtney]

Amanda's back. This is great.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

I'm back.

[Courtney]

And thank you for watching.

[Amanda Leehancanto]

Get your Werther's out and start unwrapping them.

[Courtney]

Werther's originals out.

[Shane]

Ladies and gentlemen, start your Werther's.

[Courtney]

We'll see you next week.

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