#682: Boomer Bait

Summary

Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! Ep. 682: Boomer Bait (July 5, 2026)

Main Theme Overview

This week’s episode finds the Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave! crew—Bryan "Q" Quinn (Impractical Jokers), Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, and Get’em Steve-Dave—catching up on Fourth of July woes, generational gripes, and viral moments that might just be "boomer bait." They spiral into heated weather chat, celebrate Q’s new bar, debate the legitimacy of viral prank videos, discuss the modern state of movie fandom, and even expose the seedy underbelly of the pool chemicals industry—all with their signature blend of sarcasm, nostalgia, and good-natured antagonism.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Summer Hardships and Weather Woes

• AC Failures & Holiday Hassles
  • Walt shares that his air conditioning died over the Fourth of July, compounding stress before a Florida trip and delaying Patreon gift shipments. (00:00–03:28)
    • “It really couldn’t be any worse. I don’t know how it could be worse at this point.” – Walt Flanagan [03:28]
• European Heatwaves & Infrastructure
  • The group commiserates over European countries lacking AC, citing news headlines about deadly heatwaves.
    • “June heat wave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe.” – Get’em Steve-Dave [05:14]
    • “We just can’t let people die because it’s hot.” – Walt Flanagan [05:25]
  • They touch on global warming and generational temperature records.

2. Q’s New Bar in Key West: The Bearded Lady

• Bar Ownership Stories
  • Q reveals he’s bought a local beer-and-wine bar in Key West, The Bearded Lady.
    • “It’s across the street from the Green Parrot, which is a bar that’s been there since like 1850.” – Q [09:09]
  • Johnson dreams of bartending for a night, just to “have people tell me their problems.” [07:31]
  • Q details the beer selection, the simple joys of no liquor license, and being embraced by the Key West community.
    • “Three-dollar Gansets, my friend. It’s like the 90s are back at The Bearded Lady, baby.” – Q [11:06]
• Bar Scene Camaraderie
  • The regulars (including other bartenders) offer gifts and good luck to Q.
    • “People are, like, being real sweet about it.” – Q [12:43]

3. Fourth of July Nostalgia and Plans

• Barbecues, Tall Ships, and Familial Get-Togethers
  • The group reminisces about classic Fourth celebrations, including the 1976 tall ships event and all-American cookouts. [13:26]
  • Walt bemoans his lack of plans due to the AC breakdown; Johnson’s nostalgia is tinged with skepticism about historical events people get excited about. [14:25]
  • Q looks forward to a smaller family BBQ. [17:59]
    • “It was supposed to be a little bit bigger but once my parents started coming… a lot of my degenerate friends won’t be able to be degenerate.” – Q [18:05]

4. Prank Culture and the Rise of “Boomer Bait”

• Dangerous Influencer Pranks
  • The crew debates if Impractical Jokers inspired today’s more extreme YouTube/TikTok pranking trends, recounting a (potentially fake) viral incident where a prankster was injured after using an airhorn on a stranger.
    • “Do you think the Jokers are partially responsible for this new generation of pranksters?” – Bryan Johnson [19:18]
    • “You gotta go farther back. You can’t just stop it on us. You gotta go back all the way to the beginning, you know what I mean?” – Q [21:19]
    • They track “boomer bait” stories—viral outrage content that targets older adults’ sensibilities and may not even be real. [23:11]
• Viral Proposals and Sensationalism
  • Discussion of a couple climbing to the top of the Empire State Building as a proposal stunt, reflecting on the difference between newsworthy acts and genuine romance. [24:21]
    • “It’s definitely more sensational… more worthy of making the news.” – Walt [24:39]
    • They speculate on the emptiness and triteness of viral messages—"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." [27:25]

5. Geopolitical Satire and Cultural Perceptions

• Iran Headlines and Ridiculous Rumors
  • The group riffs on a clickbait headline about Iran’s Supreme Leader, parodying Western misconceptions and propaganda.
    • “I don’t think there’s any harder job than being the head of the tourism board for Iran.” – Bryan Johnson [30:22]
    • “You gotta think about it from his point of view: after a long day of torturing school children, he might just want to f*** a dude and relax.” – Q [82:31]
• Media Manipulation & Scandal
  • The team debates the effect/appropriateness of outing political figures for personal lives and reflects on American and Iranian political scandals.
    • “That goes right back to my squatting. Like, what goes on in a pride, in someone’s bedroom shouldn’t be open game politically.” – Walt [33:49]

6. Movie Fandom & Overreaction in the Internet Age

• Supergirl and the DCU
  • They discuss the “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” adaptation, audience backlash, and the “woke” and anti-woke feedback loops.
    • “It’s hard to please people.” – Walt [48:27]
    • “It’s not a version of Supergirl that’s ever been in the comics.” – Q [56:40]
    • “If you’re introducing a character to a mass audience… why are you not making the version of the character that got her this far?” – Q [56:52]
  • The team dissects the polarization of movie fandom and the influence of YouTubers and pundits.
    • “The Internet’s influence cannot be understated, though, in terms of how people react to media.” – Walt [53:43]
• Toy Story and Emotional Kids’ Films
  • Walt reviews the latest Toy Story installment and the emotion-heavy kid movie trend.
    • “They are great movies, but they really are, like, emotional, like, ringers of films that as a child, I don’t know if I would have been attracted to.” – Walt [64:17]
    • They discuss whether sadness in children’s films is appropriate or excessive, comparing past and present media (e.g., Bambi’s mother, Fox and the Hound). [64:36–65:11]

7. Pool Chemicals: Scam or Safety?

• Pool Industry Skepticism
  • Walt spark a lengthy (and comedic) debate about whether Americans are overcharged for pool chemicals under the guise of “pristine” water (67:11–82:19).
    • “I really question if it’s as needed as they claim it to be. I wonder how many people really get sick?” – Walt [70:00]
    • Q remains adamant about avoiding “swimming in a pond,” but Walt argues “nature just handles its shit” and pool companies exploit fear.
• Community Weigh-in
  • Cites stories of pool maintenance corruption, solutions like baking soda, and invites listeners/pool pros to weigh in. [77:25]
    • “Do we have a pool ant out there that can weigh in on this?” – Q [76:45]

8. Outrage Clips, Fart Virality, and Sports Bravado

• Norm’s Fart Goes Viral
  • Johnson’s dog’s fart video racks up 300k+ views, leaving him incredulous about what content actually grabs attention. [66:04]
• Sports Pointing and Psychological Warfare
  • The group discusses the WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham epic “22-second point” and the hockey classic of Scott Stevens’ "You're Next" moment.
    • “I was like, why did I never think of that before? Just point at someone till they go crazy.” – Q [84:48]
  • Nostalgia for sports intimidation and personality, not sanitized sportsmanship.

9. Closing Thoughts – Fireworks Safety and Contradictions

• Generational Bickering
  • Q jokes about ignoring fireworks safety despite his firefighter background, while the others urge caution. [87:10]
  • The episode ends with the usual chaotic blend of heated but affectionate disagreement.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On European Heatwaves:
  “June heat wave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe.” – Get’em [05:14]
• On Boomer Bait:
  “I hate to say it looks like boomer bait, but you think it’s not real?” – Get’em [23:11]
• On Q’s Bar Ownership:
  “Three-dollar Gansets, my friend. It’s like the 90s are back at the Bearded Lady, baby.” – Q [11:06]
• On Viral Outrage:
  “Mary Beth should take all your devices away—so you know that all her money isn’t in some Zimbabwe bank.” – Walt [23:41]
• On Supergirl Adaptations:
  “If you're introducing a character to a mass audience... why are you not making the version of the character that got her this far?” – Q [56:52]
• On Sports Pointing:
  “Why did I never think of that before? Just point at someone till they go crazy.” – Q [84:48]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------|------------| | Walt’s AC Outage and Patreon Update | 00:00–03:28| | European Heatwave Deaths | 04:38–05:25| | Q’s New Bar in Key West | 07:24–13:05| | Fourth of July Plans & Tall Ships | 13:26–16:12| | Fake Viral Prank Story (Boomer Bait) | 18:44–23:41| | Viral Empire State Proposal, Slogans | 24:21–27:34| | Iran Satire, Scandal Talk | 28:05–35:18| | Supergirl, Movie Fandom, and Internet Outrage | 46:46–54:29| | Toy Story & Emotional Kids’ Films | 61:17–65:20| | Pool Chemicals: Scam or Necessity? | 67:11–82:19| | Sports Intimidation Stories | 84:18–86:39| | Fireworks Safety/Generational Contradictions | 86:43–87:50|

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Tone & Style

Loose, irreverent, and filled with ribbing between longtime friends. Pop culture savvy, skeptical of trends and easy moral outrage, the conversation meanders but always lands on a core of relatable, observational humor with flashes of shared nostalgia.

Listeners can expect:

• Group therapy-style venting about minor and major annoyances
• Satirical takes on viral and political news
• Honest-to-a-fault pop culture analysis
• The joy (and curse) of being perpetually, comedically skeptical

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode is a prime example of TESD’s ability to turn life’s smallest frustrations, modern oddities, and internet trends into hilarious group therapy. Even when you don’t necessarily care about pool chemical conspiracies or the finer points of DC Comics IP, the dynamic among the hosts ensures there’s always a reason to laugh—or shake your head at how seriously they take their nonsense.

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End of summary.

Transcript

[A]

Just a quick announcement for those in gift tiers that go out in July. My plan was to get all the July gifts out before I left for Florida. But as you'll hear in this episode, my AC went out, then my power went out and all this happened on the fourth of July weekend. So I couldn't print labels as well as having a whole bunch of other things to address. So long story short, July gifts will start going out on July 15th. I appreciate the patience and support from every ant is on the Patreon. And I hope every ant had a great holiday weekend. Thank you. I had a hole in my straw, really.

[B]

Guy named Larry, who I only met once.

[C]

I, I don't think there's any harder job than being the, the head of the tourism board for Iran.

[A]

Tell him Steve Dave.

[C]

Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell him Steve Dave. Walter.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

BQ via the magic of the Internet is here.

[B]

Hello. Hello.

[C]

And of course Gidem is here.

[D]

How you Stankin?

[C]

And I'm here. Pry. Yes. Q. You could not come in today because that, that long deathly red streak in the maps.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Headed up to like 2 hours for you to get here, which is Normally what, a 40 minute drive?

[B]

Yeah, I've made it in 38 minutes at times. If I'm, if I'm really cruising along. It's holiday weekend. I, I, I, it was, it was silly to think I would ever be able to get down there today. I was, I was hoping if we,

[C]

I was thinking about that last night. I was wondering like, I wonder if he's gonna have to zoom in because it's like everybody's gonna be coming to the shore.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I was hoping I would be able to sneak in early or if it wasn't 101 degrees, I would have taken the motorcycle down. That helps with the traffic a little bit. But you know, at a certain point you got to. I could just record this in my basement. Yeah, fuck it.

[C]

Although I'd rather be there and count your blessings, Q. No matter what they are. Because poor Walt Flanagan's air conditioning went out on him no day of the year. Yeah.

[A]

And they can't, they can't do anything until next week because of the holiday weekend.

[B]

Were you going to a hotel? What are you doing?

[A]

Yeah, I'm kicking. Get him out and I'm gonna stay at the office. I'm not kidding.

[C]

I can't imagine what the hotel prices around here would be.

[A]

Right. I'm not paying. Yeah, I got to pay for a new unit. So like, there goes all my doordash money. Oh, it's fucking crazy. It's the worst timing possible, though, because we're leaving for Florida on Monday and they got to order. They got to order the water, and so I don't know.

[D]

I need somebody to meet up there. At the house.

[A]

Yeah, I might.

[C]

Okay, you can stay there. Asleep in the attic?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

That's bad timing, brother.

[A]

Yeah. It really couldn't be any worse. I don't know how it could be worse at this point.

[C]

I'll tell you how it could be worse.

[A]

Okay. I'd love to hear it.

[C]

If you live in Europe.

[A]

Oh, yes.

[C]

If you live in Europe. I don't know. Why can't these Europeans get their air conditioning fucking locked down? Q, you know more about Europe than us.

[B]

I do not know. It's always been mystifying. It's not like AC doesn't exist. There places have it. Like, it's. It's not such a foreign concept. I. I never understood why you go there. And they swelter. I went to go visit Moser in Paris one summer, and I was like, what the fuck is going on with you people? Like, why. Like, who would choose to live this way? It's wild, isn't it?

[A]

All based upon. Since it's such an old country that all the. All the infrastructure and the electrical wiring cannot handle electricity. Is that the one reasons.

[B]

That may be, but you guys are a civilized country. Get your act together. Like, I mean, lay some new lines down. What are you doing?

[C]

Yeah, like, in three countries. It was like, France, Belgium, and some other country. I can't remember which one, but it was like 3,400 deaths in the past week. They're like, mostly old people.

[A]

Yeah, into that. That. That was. That's a stunning number. If it's accurate. It's called, like, there has to be some sort of investigation and there has to be some. Something put in. Some government has to be like, we got. We have to do something so this doesn't.

[C]

We got to get these happen again. Yeah. So heat wave. In case everybody. Everybody's not in the midst of it. Is it the whole country? Get them.

[D]

I'm just reading about Europe right now, so. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Europe has a bad June.

[D]

He may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe.

[B]

Holy God.

[A]

What? Say that again.

[D]

June heat wave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe.

[A]

Okay, that's not. That's a number that should make anybody just, like, sit there and just like. Like, just stop you in your tracks and. And go what the fuck? We have to do something about this. We just can't let people die because it's hot.

[C]

Right?

[D]

This is the New Scientist. It's from a report based on Indiana University.

[A]

Is this global warming?

[C]

It happens every couple years. Doesn't it seem like that? Like, it'll be a decent summer and then like, the next couple summers it'll be all right. And then all of a sudden, one summer where it's like, what the fuck, man?

[D]

Yeah, I heard now we're breaking record in Jersey. We're breaking records set back in the 60s. Okay, so we've had some hot summers, but apparently they were hotter back, you know, before we were born. Well, I was born.

[C]

All right. All right. You've got to take shots at us. I know.

[B]

Yeah. You know, I was waiting in the steam, you know, for the program we used to record over the Internet. And I could hear you guys a little bit before you knew I was on there. And Brian, Walt, you guys weren't saying anything. It was like, get him was talking to himself. He was just throwing out comments, and the two of you were just staring down at the table. I was like, it sounds like kiddo's just talking to himself in a room. And essentially he was.

[D]

It kind of happened. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Me and Walter, like, this will end soon. Q will be on.

[B]

I came on the screen. He commented on what I was wearing. Neither of you guys answered. Like, it was funny. I was like, ah, God, we only

[A]

talk when the mic is on. Yeah, we're not gonna waste anything off mic at this point.

[C]

We just spent 10 minutes on the weather. We can't afford to waste anything else.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I brought up something show related yesterday and was like, I'm not working today. I'm on vacation already.

[B]

That's great.

[C]

What do I got here? Let's see. Oh, Q, I wanted to make a request. Now I can't really get too involved.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

But I want to bartend one night at your new bar. Maybe I can hand out beer. I've always. That's always been a dream of mine to bartend and have people tell me their problems.

[B]

Yeah, I love it. I would love to have you do that. That'd be great. Yes.

[D]

You're gonna do the.

[B]

Absolutely.

[D]

Gonna do, like, the speed opener, like, armband.

[C]

What's the name?

[D]

The thing you used to open beers.

[C]

Oh, there's a speed opener.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, no, I wasn't aware of that.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

Well, Q's bar is going to be busy, so I'll probably need it off the Practice.

[B]

All right, well, we'll have you back there. Yeah. So I bought. I bought a bar in Key west, me and two other guys. I bartended for the World cup game the other night, and great success. It's already. It's so much fun, buddy. I would love to have you be guest bartender Brian Johnson, and we'll put you behind the bar with different, different, you know, other bartenders so you don't really have to do too much.

[C]

We're more skilled, say, than me.

[B]

Yeah, I was more. I was more eye candy behind the bar there.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was great, though. Well, we're going down, I'm sure, for Fantasy Fest, so, you know, one of those nights we'll, we'll. We'll do. We'll get you in a toga behind the bar. Bartending.

[C]

Nice. I'm there. That'll be fun.

[A]

Now is your, your bar, I imagine, is a well established bar before, you know, had been there for a while.

[B]

Yeah, it's been there for a while. It's called the Bearded Lady. It was, but it was. It's more of a locals bar. It's like off Duval on one of the side streets there. And you know, when we. The guy who owned it, this, this guy named Larry, who I only met once, was looking to get out, and it's connected to my friend, Surf shop there, Lost Boy. So he was like, hey, man, I want to take it over. Do you want to go in? Went in on it. Well, it's. It's across the street from the Green Parrot, which is a bar that's been there since like 1850. So it's like a real locals area. It's great. It's been, it's been really good. You know, it's. It's only beer and wine. It doesn't do liquor. So, you know, if people are looking for that, then they don't go there. But we buy shots at the bar next door and bring them in.

[D]

No.

[A]

That's interesting. So. So you can't serve. You can only serve certain type of liquor.

[B]

Can only serve beer and wine. Yeah. Now that's always been that way.

[A]

That's a town ordinance.

[B]

No, no, no. There. It's a different level of liquor license. And then it's been a beer and wine bar for years and years and years. So when we bought it, we were like, it's just easier to buy the place and keep going rather than change up the liquor license and all that stuff. It's such a pain in the balls. But, but it also makes it easy to bartend because people are just like, give me a fucking beer. I'm like, here you go.

[A]

Now, could you have as many types of beers as you want? As long as it's beer.

[B]

Beer. And like, there are also, like cans of like vodka based, like Gatorade with vodka in it type drinks that it's something to do with the presentation of it. I don't know what it is. So there are vodka and tequila drinks, but they're in cans.

[D]

Like dad water.

[B]

Yeah, like dad water. Yeah. I don't think dad water's in there. I don't know if they. If they're in there, but should get them in. Yeah. But it was great. It was great. We got gansets, the Jaws beer that they drink in Jaws on the boat. Yeah. We're the only ones on Key West. I may be one of the place. Actually, I might be saying that wrong, but we might be the only place on Key west that has it, which is great.

[A]

What's the origin, by the way?

[B]

Remember I told you. Remember I told you that beer in Manhattan during Happy hour was nine bucks the other day?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Three dollar Gans. It's my friend. Three dollar pints of Ganset. It's like the 90s are back at the Bearded lady, baby.

[A]

And what's the orig?

[B]

I don't know. I don't know. I. When we bought it, I was like, are we going to change it? And they were like, now the locals love it, so we'll just keep it. So I was like, fuck it, we'll keep it. I don't know.

[C]

I was thinking as like an IJ prank, you should hang up a sign that says locals not welcome.

[B]

Yeah, I'm sure there's. I think my whole plan is to make as few waves as possible with the local community. But it's great. It was like, really nice that first night to be in the bar and be like, wow, I own this place. You know what I mean? Some familiar faces showed up, some ants showed up. It was great. It was great.

[A]

Congratulations.

[C]

Yeah. Now when I go down there and I see Q interacting with these people, he's generally beloved Walt. Like, he's like a returning hero or something.

[A]

I wouldn't imagine anything else.

[C]

But like anybody else, I'm sure he has his detractors.

[A]

I'm sure we all have our detractors.

[C]

No, not all of us. All of us.

[A]

I think all of us. Really? Yeah.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Believe it or not,

[B]

I don't want to have any detractors I think you

[C]

do a good job of not having them, because as far as I can see, everybody loves you down there.

[B]

Down there.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, I don't really give. I tip really well, and I don't really. I don't really do anything but love it down there. So hopefully. Yeah, hopefully.

[C]

So you let me buy.

[B]

A lot of locals showed up. Like, a lot of bartenders from other bars came to be like, hey, we wanted to wish you good luck and stuff like that. Guys over. Poly Bar. Yeah, the Bali bar guys said, hey, we want to buy you a gift and send something over to the bar. My friend over at Graceland was like, we're gonna send you something Elvis related to put on the wall. I was like, this is cool, man. Like, people are, like, being real sweet about it.

[C]

It was responding well.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, it was good. I feel very, very lucky. We got a nice outdoor deck. We put a TV out there for the World Cup. Oh, it's great, dude. Not a deck, like a back patio. How much. How much more do you want? We had. We had a victory the other night. It was great. It was just a great night. Anyway, how do we feel about the Fourth of July? You boys feeling patriotic?

[C]

Hell, yeah.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Patriotic shirt.

[D]

Blow something up.

[C]

Yeah, I got my parents coming over and the family coming over for a barbecue.

[B]

Nice, nice.

[C]

All American style hot dogs and hamburgers.

[B]

Fuck, yeah. You got that pool going?

[C]

Yep. Pool's going.

[A]

Oo wee.

[B]

You got that air conditioning.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Just a normal old patriotic, all American Fourth of July picnic. 250 years. I feel like. Well, do you remember the tall ships in 17? I mean, 1976?

[A]

I believe you.

[C]

Do you?

[A]

I remember a lot about 1976, but I wasn't in this area back then, so it wasn't a big deal about the tall ships. It wasn't something that excited my community because we weren't on the water.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Yeah. So I've heard about these tall ships for decades, and I'm just like, oh, it's really just a tall ship. That's all it is, Walt.

[C]

I was there. I was there. I can tell you with authority,

[D]

this is the largest gathering of tall ships in history.

[C]

This one coming up, the one coming

[D]

out, starting already in Sandy Hook Bay.

[C]

Oh, really?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I can't wait. They're doing that big parade of the tall ships. I'm excited.

[A]

I mean, how many tall ships can go float by before you're just like, yeah. What's on television?

[B]

250.

[A]

Oh, something just happened there.

[C]

Something just popped. Now I'm hearing both ears, maybe.

[D]

Oh.

[C]

Oh, is it the phone?

[D]

Might have been that. Yeah.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[D]

Yeah. But we know somebody yesterday who was out looking at the tall ships.

[A]

Oh, yes. Tim Hill.

[C]

Oh, Timmy Hill.

[A]

Our. Our boss from all those many decades ago when we worked at the community center. We went out to dinner with Tim, and he's very excited about the tall ships.

[C]

So you and get them.

[A]

Yeah, me and get him.

[C]

Really? Where'd you guys go?

[A]

MJ's.

[C]

Oh, over in Middletown. Okay. Yeah, yeah, MJ's. Good.

[D]

Yeah, he said he went up to the highest point in the highlands and was looking with some military, but not.

[A]

I had a. I had a hole in my straw.

[C]

Really? That sounds even worse than the air conditioning. Did you squirt soda on yourself? You can. You can verify that, kiddo. What are your plans, Walt? What do you got going on 4th of July? I mean, now. Well, now things change.

[A]

I don't even know. There was no real firm plans. Now everything is so up in the air now because. Oh, yeah, it's like. It is stifling in the house. It's like. It's like, dangerous. I could see, like, if there was an elderly person in there, ticket Europe style. Yeah, they might go European on me,

[C]

Right? Q, you look. You got a look of consternation on your face.

[A]

No, no.

[B]

Something. Yeah, no, I'm fine. I got a text from my mother. That's just the normal look I get on my face when my mother texts me.

[C]

What?

[B]

I just worry. I'm just, you know, that age where I worry about them, you know?

[A]

I'm going to Florida, Q. If I. If I'm able to make a detour to the bearded lady, will. Will there be any comp. Well, I don't drink.

[B]

Maybe.

[A]

Is there any cola?

[B]

This cola? This Coca Cola. There's Pepsis.

[A]

I might take that short seven hour trip.

[C]

A little diversion from Orlando.

[B]

Money's no good there, Walt.

[D]

Huh?

[B]

Your money's no good there, buddy. You drink free for.

[C]

Yeah, what if, like, the night that you let me bartend, I immediately get busted trying to move a little weed? Shit, man. I thought they were cool here.

[B]

We lose our liquor license.

[C]

You can still sell soda.

[B]

The Bearded lady. Sodi pop stand? Yeah. Yeah, Walt. Anything you want down there, buddy.

[A]

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

[C]

So, no big fourth plan, Q. You're just having your parents over?

[B]

It's my parents. My brother's coming now, too, with. With his. With his lady and my nephew. So It'll be good. Yeah, it'll be fun. You know, it was. It was supposed to be a little bit bigger, but once my parents started coming and my family were coming, it was like, you know, a lot of my degenerate friends won't be able to be degenerate, to be degenerate. So I was like, I put out the warning, but it's so hot, too. People are like, we don't even know if they want to go. Fatone was supposed to come. He's. He's. He's going. I called you and Fatone, and I was like, it's not the party it was in past years, boys, you might want to. You might want to not come to this one. And they, you know, you guys wisely chose to go elsewhere. But I'm looking forward to it. It's nice to have my family together at the house. You know, they're all staying for the weekend and everything. It's great.

[C]

That's nice. Walt, I was wondering. I saw this video of this influencer, this prankster, and he goes up behind this guy. Guy's, like, looking over the side of a bridge. He's, like, looking at the water. Big guy, not a small guy. And the prankster, the influencer, goes up and sprays something on his neck and, like, on his cheek, some unknown substance. So the guy, the big guy, turns around, looks at him, and then hits him. Like. Like, hits him in the face and knocks him backwards. This influencer now is in a coma. Holy shit. Yeah, he's like, it's not looking too good for him, I don't think. And I was wondering, like, do you think that the jokers are partially responsible for this new generation of pranksters? I don't remember this kind of shit happening before. The jokers were out there. Like, all these influencers running around.

[A]

Well, don't they usually have big bodyguards with them?

[C]

Usually, if they're big enough, like a Jack Daugherty type.

[D]

Yeah. It's usually only him.

[C]

Yeah. He has his bodyguards because he'll purposely start shit, like, so that people will want to beat his ass, and then the bodyguards step in. I have seen videos of him without his bodyguards. People are not kind to him.

[A]

That is a tough way to go if your death by prank is. That's a tough fucking pill to swallow, you know, for his family, you know, that he just did it for the likes of.

[C]

Mm.

[A]

Like, it wasn't as if. Because that's. At the end of the day, really, that's all it really was for, right? Was like he just wanted the likes.

[C]

He just wanted the likes. I guess so he could get monetized, maybe he could make some money from it. Like. But there are. If there's one, there's fucking 10,000 other people like you out there trying to do the same thing by bothering people. Like, you see these videos all the time. It's like those like blast an air horn in people's ear or like, like this guy did, they'll spray him with something or they'll like do something to inconvenience them. And I think people are like, look, I don't want to be on your fucking video, asshole.

[A]

Has the guy been charged?

[C]

He was charged, but they're still doing like a stand your ground kind of thing, I believe.

[A]

For just getting water sprayed on you.

[C]

Well, I guess, yeah. Because you don't know what it is. It's assault. Even if it's just water, it's still a salt.

[D]

I'm looking at the video. It does look like it's. It looks like it's one of those air horns.

[C]

Oh, it's an air horn. Yeah. I thought that they said they sprayed something on him.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I don't know, but it looks like he goes up behind the guy and hits, like, hits him by the air horn, by the ear, which, you know. Yeah, it's going to be a. It's gonna hurt.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Actually do damage.

[B]

I don't feel responsible for this. Nah.

[C]

Some flowers or something. This guy.

[B]

You gotta go. You gotta go farther back. You can't just stop it on us. You gotta go back all the way to the beginning. You know what I mean?

[C]

Alan Funt's responsible directly.

[B]

Fuck yeah, he is. That's right. You could say those, those punk guys were before us, you know, there's a lot of blame to go around. I don't think we should be, but.

[A]

Right. I agree with you, Cube. I think it's society's fau. Because. Do you remember, do you remember on Candid Camera one of the. One of the all time famous bits it was always in the opening, is that somebody walks down the street and some old lady's sweeping with a broom on her sidewalk and she hits the person who goes by on the butt with her broom. Could you imagine if someone turned around and just put her into a fucking coma?

[C]

Right.

[A]

Could you imagine a world where someone just fucking laid her out and put her in a coma? Like that wouldn't have happened. It shouldn't happen now.

[C]

No. Well, what do you do though? Like a guy comes up and he sprays some unknown substance all over your neck. Like, what's your reaction? Like, what does Walt Flanagan do?

[A]

I'm like, I don't know.

[C]

I. I don't feel like I turn around and knock the guy out too, or at least try to, because I'll be like, what the are you doing?

[A]

I don't know what I would do. I don't know if I. My first reaction would be like, I'm going to. I guess it really depends on if, like, if it starts to burn or anything. Yeah.

[C]

Hopefully take away and see attitude. Yeah.

[B]

What if he sprayed it on your neck and he was like, I jerked off into that water. Then do you start swinging?

[A]

Yeah, I don't. Yeah, probably. But it's like, I'm looking around for cameras, though.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, to make.

[B]

You

[C]

had a camera?

[A]

Oh, he had a camera.

[C]

Well, yeah, that's how they recorded it.

[A]

Oh, so he didn't have a camera crew?

[C]

No, I think it was just, like, a guy on an iPhone. That's what it looks like, right?

[A]

It's one of these guy.

[C]

It looks like a camera crew.

[D]

No, I think it. I hate to say it looks like Boomer bait, but you think it's not real? Yeah, I'm only finding, like, results from the past week, and it said that trial already happened, and so I think I'd find, like, more news results.

[A]

Oh, it's. It's so, so.

[C]

So it's not even real.

[D]

I like the videos I'm watching. Like, there's that. That famous judge from Rhode Island. Like, there's pictures of him judging the trial.

[B]

The.

[D]

You know, the one who lets people go, and he died.

[C]

So maybe we're looking at a fake video. I fell for Boomer, baby.

[A]

I got a feeling that Mary Beth should take your. All your devices away. So you. So you know that. So all her money isn't fucking in some, like, isn't in a fucking Zimbabwe bank. Mary Beth won the lottery.

[C]

All we gotta do.

[A]

I just brought a million dollars worth of Google play cards.

[C]

I got to do is send them to this guy, and then they'll send them back.

[D]

I mean, I could be wrong. I just. I could be wrong, but.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Yeah, you could sniff it out. They'll get him. You're pretty quick on it.

[D]

Yeah, I don't want to derail the conversation.

[C]

One thing I. Okay, well, one thing I know is true. Another video of influencers are these guys that climb to the top of the Empire State Building. Did you see them? To propose. Now, is that more or less romantic than your proposal? Or my proposal.

[A]

It's definitely more sensational.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

It's definitely more worthy of making the news.

[C]

You think so?

[A]

I would think so.

[C]

Yours is a feel good story though, where these guys are like, look at us, likes, likes, likes, attention, attention, attention.

[A]

Yeah, but just the sheer balls it takes to not only get up there, you got to get past all that security, then do it actually, and then unveil a flag.

[C]

Right.

[A]

It's, it's, it's quite defeat. I'm sure they're going to pay a hefty price though, for it.

[C]

Yeah, they already got, they already got caught. They're in custody. If you don't know what we're talking about. A couple lady and a guy climbed to the top of not just the top of the Empire State Building, but to the top of the spire. Can't get any higher than that. And she, they, he proposed and they got engaged and then they came down and, you know, now they're in custody.

[A]

She comes from a family of circus performers, I heard.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

That's why she's so.

[C]

That's why she's so confident.

[A]

She's so good at climbing.

[D]

It's.

[B]

Isn't she also like gorgeous too? Wasn't she like super pretty? She only saw one photo of her and I was like, well, if you're going to climb to the top of the Empire State Building for anybody, it would be Fay Ray or this girl.

[D]

I, I think it's funny in that

[A]

it's a great line. Oh, that was. King Kong joke. Yes. It's really good.

[B]

Back to the 1933.

[C]

Accused me of being a boomer.

[D]

I think it's funny that on my Facebook, I've been seeing a lot of like local area businesses putting their flag as the flag that the couple was holding.

[C]

Oh, yeah. So like, I think even Sal did it. Sal had like some sort of replacement text on.

[D]

Okay. Yeah. So I just, I think it's, you know that whatever message they may have had has now been completely diluted by the local laundromat advertising.

[B]

What was the message? What message do they have on the flag?

[C]

I feel like it was something that they had a problem with the country?

[D]

No, no, it's. It's. It's a note attributed to Jimi Hendrix, but actually was like from some back in the 800s.

[A]

When the love of power. Power something. When, when something. When the love of love eclipses the love of power, the world will be a better place. Something like that.

[B]

Some sort of feel good, so trite nonsense. Really is. Jesus Christ. You guys sewed that on a flag?

[A]

Well, I mean.

[D]

Oh, yeah. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

[A]

It's true.

[C]

Wait, say it one more time, won't it?

[D]

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

[C]

That's what I say.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

That should have been a toasty flag or Four colored demons. Anybody wants. Yeah, I think four color demons because it was a black flag. So anybody who wants to put that on there. Looking at your direction, B.S. jet.

[D]

Yeah, we already seen. I assure you were open, done.

[C]

Oh, you've seen that?

[D]

Yeah, on a Facebook group.

[B]

That's pretty good, too.

[C]

I'm just. I was just looking for the people in the. On the spire, but then I. Another headline caught my. Caught my eye. Iran's in Quotes probably. Gay Supreme Leader bails on. First day of late Dud's funeral ceremonies. So they're accusing the Iran Supreme Leader of being maybe a little bit late in the loafers. Is this something you heard about Walt?

[A]

No. What would that have to do with him not attending his.

[C]

I know, like, caught up in a gay bar or something. Who knows?

[A]

That is a very strange headline like that. Makes no sense on any level.

[C]

The Post.

[B]

I think they're just trying to get it out there that the guy's gay to like, you know, it gets like a psyop thing. Don't they throw gay people off buildings there and stuff like that? Isn't that the place where.

[A]

I don't know. I don't know if they do. I know we've heard that, but I mean, is anybody really in Iran to know if it's really happening now? Like these. These are the things that you remember when they said they're pulling babies out of fucking incubators to get us to be like, yeah, we got a fucking golf, fucking War, Gulf Storm, whatever the fuck. It was Desert Storm, and it wasn't even true. Nobody was pulling babies out of fucking incubators. But it just kind of.

[B]

I don't know. Aren't there videos online of them throwing people off building tops and shit?

[C]

Yeah, I believe so. Yeah. I don't. I don't think we. That's one of those things where we have to be like, I wonder if they do like, gay people.

[A]

But don't they have, like, the Internet. Don't they have the Internet, like, locked down here so, like, those videos can't get out?

[C]

Well, no, I mean, it would. It would probably be somebody who brings it back, like, on a Phone or something, you know, like, you know, like records and then somehow smuggles it out.

[B]

Yeah. I also don't think they're, I don't think they're worried about that getting out. I think they're like, yeah, this is what we do here. Like.

[A]

Oh, you don't think that's a bad PR though?

[B]

I don't think they think it's bad pr.

[A]

I would think they would want to keep the down low though. If they're throwing, put people off the roof though. They don't want to be like, like the tourism community is like, hey guys, tourism to Iran. We're not going to get anybody booking a vacation if we keep throwing people off the tops of roofs.

[C]

I don't think there's any harder job than being the head of the tourism board for Iran.

[D]

I am reading some reports.

[B]

So I,

[D]

I am reading some reports from NBC News that yes, ISIS has at least thrown gay men off towers and then stoned them when they landed

[C]

on the ground just to make sure that good measure.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Jesus Christ, isis, that's brutal, man.

[A]

But ISIS in Iran, again, this is,

[D]

I put it into Google and this is what it's giving me. It's like mixed in with the results. So.

[B]

But it says that would be. I would. If somebody out there would make like a web series about, about some hotshot New York marketing guy who was hired by Iran to be their tourism director. And you know, it was like 30 second videos of this guy just freaking out every time. I'd probably watch it. I'm just putting that out there in the world.

[D]

It's called Maddest, man.

[B]

Oh God, it would be so funny.

[C]

It says back in March, US Intelligence assessed Mojitaba Khomeini is probably gay and brief President Trump to that effect.

[A]

Why would that matter? Why does that matter? That is, that's, that's crossing a line.

[C]

You think so you think by outing this guy who fucking allows people to get thrown off buildings. No, but like why, that's unfair to him. Like you're a soft touch motherfucker.

[A]

That's, that's like there's, there's should be protocols and there, I thought there were, you know, the Geneva Convention. I thought one of the top ones

[C]

was people

[A]

don't blow my cover.

[C]

1A be cool.

[B]

He's on the DL.

[A]

I mean, could you. Because that's what they could be doing. Iran, Iran could be like publishing, you know, like a Trump, Trump is gay. Just to kind of diminish Trump in their eyes though, or whoever is in Charge whoever's in charge of America, whatever.

[B]

Didn't they come up with that thing about prostitutes pissing on him and stuff like that? They reported that, like that tape was

[C]

out there pissing on the Supreme Leader.

[A]

No, no,

[B]

they were like, yeah, the Putin has video prostitutes pissing on him, so now he runs America. Wasn't that. That was like a big thing?

[D]

Yeah, yeah, I remember that happening.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So they, They've tried it. Well, they just.

[C]

Most Americans,

[A]

it was proven to be a hoax.

[B]

I mean, I don't think it was ever proven to be true.

[A]

I don't know. I got a bad feeling that you just don't come up with that out of fucking thin air.

[B]

The Democrats, you think if they had that footage, they wouldn't have released it? It's like, fucking wild. Of course they would have.

[A]

Where do you release that, though? You can only release that on, like, porn sites, though. You just can't release that on the fucking. The six o' clock news with.

[D]

You blur it, you put your.

[A]

Tile it.

[B]

I would love to see them try to cover that. I would love to see them try to cover it. You might want to have children leave the room and there's like some hot Russian blonde, like.

[A]

Well, again, no, but that goes right

[B]

back to my squatting.

[A]

That, like, what goes on in a pride, in a bed, in someone's bedroom shouldn't be open game politically, though. Like, this poor guy in Iran now is.

[C]

Oh, I know this poor, poor dude.

[B]

Poor guy in Iran.

[C]

This guy's a fucking scumbag asshole.

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

I don't. I'm not a leader of Iran.

[A]

I have no idea what's going on.

[B]

Devil's advocate could go too far sometimes.

[C]

I mean, what did they say about me?

[A]

Well, I mean, think about that, though. Think about how terrified he is. He's in his own land. He, he might be. He might be, you know, a little. He might like a little bit of taste of something a little off the beaten path that any. And if. And if his own country finds out, he could get thrown off a roof. It's gotta be fucking. It's gotta be horrible to be that guy.

[B]

Poor guy. Can I just.

[D]

I wanna change the world.

[B]

Can I just take a second? I'd love to take a second to just state that the, These views are not endorsed by the bearded lady. You know, we, we. We don't simp for the Supreme Ayatollah or whatever the.

[C]

What'd he ever do? Says walt flanagan.

[D]

Did you know that bedroom stuff is how Obama Got elected president because of

[A]

the Seven of Nine story.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And you told me this so many times. That's how I know it.

[D]

Okay. Yeah.

[A]

Seven of Nine from Star Trek is the reason why Jerry Ryan, why Obama is. Was a congressman or something like that.

[D]

Yeah, got it. Yeah, got it. Got elected and started his path.

[A]

Political career.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Jeri Ryan. How did she manage that?

[D]

So her husband at the time was a congressman or senator or whatever. And they had a very. They had a divorce. And part of the divorce was that he was like into swinging and stuff. Would take her to sex clubs and stuff, and she wasn't down with it. And that's part of the reason for the divorce and that scandal. The divorce, you know, papers got released and that caused a scandal and that caused Obama to be elected because he had to drop out of the race.

[C]

Gotcha.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Wow. All right, now, I know.

[A]

I thought this. The age of the sex scandal was done with. I thought we'd move past that.

[C]

Well, I think it depends on who's involved. Right. Like a Pamela and Tommy Lee. If I can cite a recent.

[A]

That's recent. Well, he got this one. The most recent one is the Mike Vrabel, the head coach of the Patriots and that reporter.

[C]

Oh, right.

[A]

NFL Insider, which I find incredibly insane that it. It rose to the power, like to the. To the point where she has to lose her job and they're talking about him getting suspended. Didn't happen, though. But so just.

[C]

She lost her job.

[A]

Yeah. Like, she's the only one that paid a price for. For what? I don't know. I mean, people have affairs every day. I don't understand why this one captivated.

[C]

It was weird.

[A]

A certain segment of the population.

[C]

So weird, isn't it? What grabs people's attention and then run with it.

[A]

Yeah. And that's because, unfortunately for them, I think there was like four weeks where nothing happened in the world and. And there was no reason for them to move off the story. Like.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Huh. She's. She's. But apparently, though, I did a little bit of research on that. She is insatiable.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In a good way. That's a compliment.

[C]

Insatiable, you say?

[B]

From his research,

[C]

He read a passing remark about it in an article.

[B]

America could use a few more insatiable women.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

250

[A]

ladies out there, there are a lot to handle.

[B]

Especially I met one or two in my day. I didn't have a problem handling them.

[A]

I seen you pull your hair out a couple times, you know,

[D]

I seen you.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That's true, too.

[A]

I seen you frazzled.

[B]

I have been frazzled by the fair sex from time to time. Can't deny that.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

They will frazzle even a good man. The insatiable one.

[B]

Man I like.

[A]

They'll put you to the test.

[B]

It's part of the fun. Can't keep up. She's insatiable.

[A]

You rarely get to use that word in any other way, right? Insatiable only.

[B]

Yeah. Unless we're talking about like, get them at the Chinese buffet, there's really not a lot of chances to use it.

[D]

I hear that word coming from the back of the kitchen.

[A]

He's insatiable.

[C]

One is sexier than the other.

[B]

Bunch of Chinese stuff and then. And then in the middle of it. Insatiable.

[C]

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[D]

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[D]

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[C]

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[D]

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[C]

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[B]

Do it now. Bring it out.

[C]

Knock it out. Okay, well, I'm not wearing them right now. My perfect jeans. But Walt noticed that I did cut my perfect jeans down into Daisy Dukes, and they fit just as nicely. I've gotten a lot of compliments on them.

[B]

Q on the Daisy Dukes.

[C]

Yeah. Nice bum. I've heard. Nice. Nice dump truck. I've heard.

[D]

Let's say it's like, that's.

[C]

These are things that I've told Mary Beth to say when I'm walking around the house. The biggest frustration with jeans, do they really? Do they usually feel like they're designed for somebody else's body and mind? Okay, if that's the case, you need some perfect jeans. Most dad have been wearing the same jeans for 15, 20 years. Not because they love them, but because shopping for pants is a chore and they've been putting off since the Clinton administration thought my references were old. The jeans are stiff. They're unflattering in ways nobody says out loud. They gap at the back. They pull at the thighs. You get a moose knuckle. Somewhere along the way, the waistband just stops sitting where it used to. And your body has changed. That's just life. But your jeans don't have to be changed with it. So he keeps wearing them to Father's Day brunch, to his kid's graduation, to every occasion where somebody's going to take a Photo and he's going to be in it. I don't know. That seems to be overthinking it. It's just a little bit perfect jeans. Like people are going to take a picture and be like, holy shit, look at the jeans on this guy.

[D]

Shared in their group chat.

[C]

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[D]

Yeah, because you try to save money getting the Walmart jeans or whatever and you end up paying more for it because you got to buy them two or three times.

[C]

You put them through the wash three times and they're done.

[B]

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[D]

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[C]

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[B]

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[B]

Did you see Supergirl Q. I did not yet.

[C]

No.

[A]

I want to.

[B]

Did you see it?

[A]

No. I want to though. I. I know it's been a pile

[C]

of woke is what I hear.

[A]

Raked over the coals. But I still want to see it for myself, though.

[B]

Yeah, I gotta. They put lobo in it, man. I gotta go see it.

[C]

You know what I mean?

[B]

I just want to see how they do Lobo. I have talk to a bunch of friends who have seen it. The vast majority of them are like, nah, dude. Nobody's saying it's out now, terrible. But the vast majority is like, nah, they. This. This wasn't the way. But I have two friends that I respect. One of them was like, it's way better than he thought it would be. And another guy who loves to savage Star wars loves to savage it for the Sunday.

[A]

Sunday. Jeff got. Yeah.

[B]

Guy like that, he saw and he. He said the opposite. He goes, no. He goes, it's really not. He goes, it's. It's. He liked it a lot. Which I was like, oh, wow, that's. I didn't expect that.

[A]

What do you think this means for the future of the dcu?

[B]

I think if man. And tomorrow comes out next year and it doesn't do well, that. That. I mean, I don't know. I don't. I don't know what it means. A lot of take.

[A]

They'll pull the plug if it's only three films

[B]

and three TV shows. I mean, look, Warner Brothers is getting bought by Paramount. You know, we got new owners. The best thing new owners love to do is put their people in. You know what I mean? So I would not be surprised if that happens. But it would suck, you know what I mean? To like, another set of reboots. Like, it would kind of blow, but this is the world we live in.

[A]

It's hard to please people.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. But it's also not.

[C]

Well, it's also pleasing if the. If the star doesn't come out and like, insult a large group of people that maybe would have went to see the movie and now they're like, well, her.

[B]

Yeah, I've heard that, too. I've heard that.

[D]

Captain Marvel.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

Because she came out and she's like, oh, you know, the people who don't like this movie are white men.

[A]

Do you. But back to your comment, though, about. It's. It's not that hard to please people. I think it is. I don't think any. I think we're predispositioned. Predisposed to not like things. It feels like nowadays it just feels like that's the way it is. No one's happy, no matter. No matter what. It is that people are upset by it or are not pleased with it if I don't. Upset's the right word.

[B]

I mean, horror movies are on a pretty good run right now.

[A]

Yeah, you're right. Yeah.

[D]

But are those existing IPs that are. Yeah.

[A]

To get had the scrutiny.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, the problem with Supergirl is like, look, like they could tell you that Woman of Tomorrow is it's not the classic. That they're trying to fucking make it out. That storyline, the Tom King one. Like, I read it as it came out. I read it month to month. I enjoyed it. I didn't put it down and be like, this is fucking one of the best. Like, this is the Dark Knight Returns of Supergirl. Like, it was just like. You know what I mean? It was just a good story. And it's like right away when they, like that's when I started like being like, I don't know about this. When, when. When the early things where they're basing it a Woman and Tomorrow. And it's such an important story for Supergirl.

[A]

I never read that. What was the story about? It just what was the. Like, if you could summarize, basically, this. It's.

[B]

It's the. The girl's family gets killed from the Yellow Hill.

[A]

I mean, I'm sorry, Carol.

[B]

And no, no. The little girl in the movie, the whatever her name is Supergirl and her go on a revenge, like go to track him down. And it's. It's basically the plot of the movie. Like she's hunting down this bad guy. I. I only read it once and I don't remember if the crypto getting poisoned thing was in there. I don't remember. But I do remember being like, it's a good story, but it didn't feel like fucking like, is she trying to.

[A]

Is she holding the up with like, with upholding the virtues of the Shield when. And then when she's hunting down these.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

She's not. She's not. She's not willing to take a life, right?

[B]

No, she's dressed like Supergirl the entire time she's in the. I mean, it may be and I don't remember, but I don't think so. And she's wearing the Supergirl outfit the entire time. So, you know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't think it's. I don't know.

[A]

Do you think that they misstepped by not including the Bottle City of Candor?

[B]

Well, first of all, I don't know that they misstepped I haven't seen it yet. You know what I mean? And I don't know that the Bottle City's not in it.

[A]

Like, there's a chance it's that the Bottle City of Kandor. Is it? That would be cool if it is.

[B]

I haven't heard that yet.

[A]

Such a bizarre concept. I'm like, why not use it?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

I don't know. Like, that's the. That's the movie to make that candor gets stolen by. You know what I mean? And she goes to fucking get candor. Like, that's. But I don't know that. Look, we may walk out of the movie next week and be like, it's good. Like, you know what I mean? I don't want to. I don't want to down on it. I don't mind the casting. I know people were ripping on the casting, but I don't know. She looks pretty to me. I'm like. I'm not sure. Like, people.

[A]

People were upset with her as being cast as Supergirl, too.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

She didn't look the part.

[B]

That's what I thought. It was fine. You know, I thought. I think. I don't know how you could look at her and say, she's ugly. Like, that's. That seems like a stretch to me.

[D]

There's people who say that she's ugly just for the. Yeah, that troll factor.

[B]

Yeah. In terms of what she said to the public. Like, I think these actors need to take some fucking media literacy courses. And like. And if I was a company like Warner Brothers, and I was like, do you know how much we have fucking writing on this movie? Shut your fucking mouth. Talk about how you've loved Supergirl since you were a little kid. Talk about, like, we'll fake costume with shots of you in the costume as a little girl. Like, do not say anything. Like, besides, what will sell tickets for this fucking movie? I don't know.

[D]

What.

[B]

It's not 2020 anymore. People. People don't want to hear that fucking shit. They just want to shut their brains off and go see a fucking movie. I don't. I don't understand why they don't learn the lessons, these people.

[A]

What's the next big movie, though, after Supergirl Is a Spider Man.

[B]

Yes. Spider Man. Well, for me, it's Evil Dead. Evil Dead. When's that Evil Dead burn? I think July 10th.

[C]

I think 9th or 10th. Yeah.

[B]

So any day now, I'm fucking. I'm excited about that. Even though it's not Sam Raimi anymore. And it's not Bruce Campbell. I have such a love for Evil Dead that, that. And I've liked all the movies, so it's not like.

[C]

I heard it's pretty savage too. I heard it's, like, really good.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I read. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, fucking awesome, dude.

[C]

But you're right. You're right. Well, like, I think people are more like, if I read that it sucked, I'd be like, God damn it, it sucks. Like, you tend to believe, like, or go for the negative more than the positive.

[A]

Feels like it has so much more sway now than it did when we were growing up. Like, the Internet. The Internet's influence cannot be understated, though, in terms of how people react to media.

[D]

Well, you've shifted down from professional critics to anyone who can put a camera up on their computer and, you know, record themselves. Oh. Or, you know, crying or whatever about a movie.

[C]

What are you talking about?

[A]

Yes. Complaining.

[D]

Yeah, I know. And they get, they get the views because, you know.

[A]

Yeah, I know. It's.

[D]

And so then they have somehow more pull than, like, again, someone who's classically trained in movies.

[A]

And I, and I don't buy that. All that about Supergirl being it's too woke or this or that. There's no doubt about it that the people who are on, on the one side of political spectrum love to hurt of a movie and play to that crowd that's going to give them views.

[D]

Or it's that troll factor. Like, yeah, like I'm getting, I'm getting this negative attention.

[A]

I need to see it myself. I, I'm not going to rely on the.

[C]

But didn't you like Joker, too?

[A]

I did like Joker, too, yeah. Did you? I, I still stand by the Joker, too. I still watch the video of them singing that song, that duet they did together, Lady Gaga. It was a very famous song. I still, I'll still put that out when I go in the shower.

[B]

Yeah, I feel, I don't know that I would watch it again, but I, I, I remember walking out of that movie.

[C]

I think you're glossing over something. Show tunes in the shower, Something in common with the Supreme Leader of Iran.

[B]

You don't, you don't have music in the shower.

[C]

Not show to us.

[A]

No, it wasn't a show. What was today? What was that duet they did? What was the name of the guy in the, in the Joker.

[D]

The main duet is if My Friends Could See Me Now. They long to be close to you to love somebody that I.

[A]

They long to be close to you. I like that when they sung that together. No, even. No.

[D]

Bewitched. To Love Somebody and Go to Build a Mountain.

[B]

That's the.

[A]

Yeah, but you have. You haven't seen it since the original time. You saw it in a theater?

[B]

No, I walked out just being like. I think my review at the time was like, if you liked the first one, I don't know why you wouldn't like the second one. You know what I mean? It just seemed like, you know, I didn't hate it like everybody else, but

[A]

that's why I need to see it myself.

[C]

Well, now I know two people that I trust, their opinions, that. I never saw it. No, they said they didn't hate it.

[A]

You let the Internet.

[C]

No, I let the length. It was the length. I was like, holy shit, this is long. And then I just.

[A]

Oh, never. It never felt long to me.

[C]

No, no, I'll give it a try.

[A]

Oh, yeah, I think you'll be. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at how uniquely strange it is.

[C]

Okay, I'll give it a shot.

[B]

Yeah, that's for sure.

[C]

Why not?

[B]

But, like. Well, like. Like, my problem with this, the take on Supergirl that they're doing is it's just like, it's not a version of Supergirl that's ever been in the comics. Like, we've never seen her. Like, it doesn't. It just. What I've seen of it, it doesn't hue to what the character's been. And to me, it's like, if you're introducing a character to a mass audience or reintroducing character to a mass audience, like, why are you not making the version of the character that got her this far? Like, I just don't get, like, why suddenly she's drunk and she doesn't wear the costume and all this stuff. I'm just like, but. But that's not why people liked Supergirl. Like, it's not why she's lasted this long.

[C]

She has the issues that we have,

[D]

but it's supposed to be relatable.

[A]

I think if you were to be. Give it a real honest look at the character of Supergirl. She's gone through quite a few incarnations, some of which are like, so, so freaking inside baseball, where she was not even really a human being. She was that Matrix charact on Peter David's run.

[B]

Yeah, Peter David's run when she was dating Lex Luthor. And Lex Luthor had that red hair and stuff like that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then you have her being like, you know, like, when. From the 50s through the 70s where, like, her. Like, her. She had her own. Her own book. But her adventure of the month was like, you know, she really wanted some guy to like her. Right. You know, so, like, they were very fluff kind of stories.

[B]

So the Animated. The Animated Series did a great take on it, didn't it?

[A]

Like, yeah. And you have that television show that people loved it, that CW show.

[B]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

You had that. You had that built a. Teddy, stop. You had that built in audience for Supergirl, which really surprised me that they didn't show up.

[B]

Yeah, I didn't. I just think, like, it's not a character. Like, is it Supergirl if she's just some chicken, a long brown coat, wearing, like, fucking non super girl outfits? Like, not like, ignore. Like, I heard the movie opens up with Krypto pissing on a picture of Superman. And I was like, oh, come on, man. Like, what are you doing that? Like, if I was in charge of these characters, I would just be like. And somebody be like, I got a great idea. Crypto pisses on Superman in the beginning. I'd be like, what the fuck are you talking about? I'd be like, that's Superman. Like, no. Like, I'm not gonna have a dog piss on Super.

[A]

Yeah, I agree with you, but you got. You gotta be. We gotta have some edge, Q.

[B]

Sure. You can have edge.

[A]

Some edge.

[B]

Do you.

[A]

Because she has to be different than Superman. She can't just be the female version of Superman where he's like, aw, shucks, every I'll save a squirrel, and everybody's great and everybody's redeemable and, you know, the pillar of optimism of Superman. You go the opposite direction in Supergirl.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But there's still a way to do it that feels, I imagine, like Supergirl. You know what I mean? Like, first of all, and I haven't seen the movie, so I don't. Maybe they do. I don't. I don't know. You know what I mean? I'm gonna go see it this week for sure.

[A]

What is your. What is your. In your head when you. If someone's like, tell me what Supergirl is in one sentence, I would be like, fuck me. I don't know.

[B]

I'd be like, Superman's cousin.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

But, like, I. I think the idea that, like, she feels so disconnected from Earth because she didn't grow up on Earth and. And she has. She doesn't have those feelings that her cousin has, like, I think that's a pretty rich area to play in. So, you know. But, like, again, she's still got to be Supergirl. I mean, she still has to be the cat.

[A]

Maybe she. You know, maybe the character. I'm sure. I'm almost certain. Maybe they. Maybe I'm wrong, though, but, like, maybe she resents having to live in that shadow of Superman and having to be responsible for saving people just because she has these powers, which is.

[B]

Again, that sounds like a great internal struggle to have on planet Earth while you're in the DC Universe. Like a bunch of fucking fighting a bunch of Muppets in space for characters that we just met. Like, I don't know. I don't really care.

[A]

I want to see it.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm still gonna see it, and I'm open to it. I'm not going in being like, this is gonna suck. Like, I want it. I want to enjoy it.

[A]

I saw a Toy Story. Dope. I saw it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, fuck. How was that?

[A]

Do you want to cry?

[B]

I do.

[A]

Okay, then go see Toy Story.

[B]

Yeah. I rewatched Toy Story 3 and 4 over the last few weeks, and I cried both times, so I'm ready to cry.

[A]

You're ready to. You're ready to bring a box of Kleenex, Q?

[C]

It's like. It's like the main, like, little girl character has it so tough for the entire movie.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Bonnie. Is it still Bonnie, right?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. She's like. She. It's hard for her to make friends, so it really plays on your. On your heart.

[B]

I don't know if I'm going to be able to see it in theaters because there's such a backlog. So can you spoil something for me? And then everybody listening. If they don't want to hear the spoiler they get, they could tune out now. But, like, the end of four, Woody doesn't live with them anymore. He's. He's on the run with. What's her name.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And Little Bo Peep.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do they. Do they undo that in this Is he. Like. They don't. Okay, so he just comes back to help.

[A]

Yeah, he just. He gets the SOS to come help his friends.

[B]

Okay. So in the end, he still. He still leaves.

[A]

And at the end. Yeah, they still part, you know, that he goes with his. His family or his new.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But the goodbye of that can't punch as much as it did the first time. Knowing that. Oh, it was already got a signal. Yeah.

[A]

It wasn't even that. That wasn't anything. They even tried to pluck heartstrings okay. Okay.

[B]

Oh, I was curious. I was wondering if they were gonna undo that. I'm glad they don't.

[C]

Do you think all that stuff hits harder if you have a kid and you're like sort of.

[A]

I think, yeah, I think, I think it really does have a bit more impact if you, if you have a kid. But I just don't understand like these movies make are making phenomenal amounts of money. But at the end of the day I'm always just kind of like, wow, I'm really surprised that kids want to be. Have go through the emotional wrecker, like

[C]

as if they're not going through in real life.

[A]

Like the ringer that you go through as with these movies. I'm like, I'm really surprised a kid. I wouldn't want to feel sad watching movie. I wanted to feel excited and energized. I don't want to feel like, oh my God, like the world is a horrible place.

[C]

Yeah. Like the biggest bummer you had when you were kid like in the Bad News Bears, like when they lose at the end, but they're like it, we don't care anymore, you know? Yeah, like those are, those are the feel good stories of our youth.

[A]

Yeah, but these are emotional roller coaster, these Toy Story movies.

[C]

Yeah. Like, because that's a real life thing for a lot of kids. It's like, like being on the outside or being like, hey, I'm still into toys, I'm not into a device when I'm fucking seven years, eight years old. And other kids are like, oh, okay. Yeah, it's like a real thing that like some of these kids are gonna probably identify with.

[A]

I mean, I think they could prescribe the Toy Story movies to people with low estrogen. I think it would be like a drug free way to rise the estrogen levels is to go see Toy Story.

[C]

I came out of that.

[B]

But they're great.

[A]

They are, they are great movies, but they really are like emotional like ringers of films that as a child I don't know if I would have been attracted to. I'm like, this fucking is. This is horrible. This is, this is so sad. Why would I want to sit here and watch this?

[B]

But didn't you watch like Bambi's mother get killed and stuff like that?

[D]

I did.

[A]

It was traumatizing though. It was one of those things where I only could only watch it once. I never watched it again.

[C]

Yeah, let's see it again.

[A]

Yeah, the.

[C]

That's not a high rewatch.

[A]

Disney, I guess is.

[B]

No, that's what I'm saying, like, I think this is what it is. Like this. They. They want to break your heart a little bit.

[C]

They do Fox and the Hound.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Finding Nemo.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

They do all. Yeah, you're right. All these movies, they break your heart at a certain point.

[B]

I think that's good. I think that's a good thing, ET

[A]

Aren't there enough broken hearts out there?

[B]

But, but, but doesn't the end. Doesn't the end of the journey redeem all that?

[A]

Yeah, I guess the happy ending. But that sets you up for, like, you know, if your happy ending doesn't come because you've seen it so many times in the film, then you're kind of like, what the fuck?

[C]

I lied to. What the fuck?

[A]

Disney.

[D]

That's me and Rom Com.

[B]

I'll get him.

[C]

I was wondering. Well, I know that in the past you've said that farting isn't funny.

[A]

I. I've gone on record and said, I don't know if I've ever laughed

[C]

at a fart joke right now. Is it different if a dog does?

[A]

Depends on the circumstance.

[D]

Depends on the dog.

[C]

Yeah. Cause Marybeth recorded Norm. She was just recording him and he blamed like. Like, he stretches constantly and he's always farting and. And he was like a particularly loud one and she had recorded it, so she put it on her Instagram. It got 300, 000 views. I've never got. I've never got anything close to that for any reason.

[A]

Is that like. Is that encroaching on some money then?

[C]

It might be, yeah.

[A]

Like, that might have to be like

[C]

all Norm, just farting. And see, if you get like a.

[A]

They'll start. They'll start to think it's all AI as you insert sound effects of farting and everything. Whoa, Norm, how would you do it again? It's like those. The boom guys. Boom.

[C]

We're tired of you.

[A]

Or you're just feeding Norm anything that makes them fart.

[C]

Yeah. Like, no matter what it is, like, come on, Norm, just eat it. You need this money. A stomach churning parasite that causes explosive watery diarrhea has sickened over 140 people across multiple states, the highest number of cases being in New York.

[B]

Q. Oh, shit.

[C]

You better be careful from 5 to 86. So it doesn't.

[B]

Well, how do you catch it? How do you.

[C]

Let me see.

[A]

How's your pool looking? You got somebody up there maintaining the levels and everything.

[B]

It was. It's been a difficult summer for that pool so far, but we're finally my mom will have pristine water to get into tomorrow.

[A]

Is it pristine right now?

[B]

It is pristine right now, yes. It had algae issues. It had all sorts of issues this summer, but we're good.

[A]

It might have this.

[C]

Might have this. Yeah. Your mom might get parasitic cyclosporasis.

[B]

I don't think there's anything that could survive the chemicals. It's a type of, I think the guy finally, when my pool guy came for like the fourth time, I think he was like it and then just like dumped everything he can. I think it's fine. It's like the Dead Sea right now. It's going to float on top of it.

[A]

Do you think that's all all BS or a little bit of bs? A little bit of scare tactics by the pool industry to make you spend more money to get a cleaner pool? Like maybe they're, they're overplaying the dangers of, of some of the, some of the things that could be in your pool if it's not 100% pristine, if it's like 75%, you probably would be fine too.

[B]

You think big pool, the big pool in this area is out there.

[A]

You don't think that there's a, there's a, there's an incentive to be like, oh, bq, we're going to be Q's house.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Yeah, let's make sure we tell him

[C]

that special algae he has.

[B]

I don't think so. Because like you sign a contract for the season, it's not like it's more money. Like, like it behooved them to not have to spend more money on chemicals.

[A]

Oh, you pay a one time fee no matter how bad how shitty the water is.

[B]

Yeah, it's like a. Yeah, it's like a local pool guy that just comes once a week to do it and then you pay him. You have a contract for the summer.

[A]

Oh, so he might, so he might be telling you like, yeah, yeah. Q be Q. 100% pristine water. You're good. But it's really not though.

[C]

No cyclists.

[B]

Not this guy.

[D]

You know how long it took me to get here?

[B]

He's a retired fireman.

[A]

You might want to get a second opinion on that water for mama. Cube jumps in, let him shit himself.

[C]

Comes up with the red eyes and brown water.

[A]

It's pristine. It's supposed to be brown. That's what pristine looks like.

[B]

Looks good to me.

[A]

But I do think that there's a little bit of the amount of the ungodly amount of money that people Americans spend on pool Supplies and chemicals.

[C]

Dude, you couldn't be more right. Every time I go to the pool, it's like, you're not gonna believe what you need.

[A]

There is I really question if it's as needed as they claim it to be. I wonder how many people really get sick or if it's just a matter of, like, I am. I got a little bit of itchy eyes. Oh, well, I can live with that.

[C]

The hardness of your water is gonna make your skin feel weird when you. Like, you're gonna need this.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Yeah, that kind of. Yeah. I. In the beginning of the season this year, I went to the pool company. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't need all this.

[A]

Right. And you're. You're looking good. Your skin doesn't look like you took a breath. What do you think? Do you think it's possible that the pool industry, you know, they only make money four months out of the year, if that. Maybe three months out of the year?

[D]

No.

[B]

No. It's such a competitive business. It seems like it looks like you're

[C]

crushing something within queue. He doesn't want to believe it.

[B]

I'm not worried about it.

[A]

Think about it.

[B]

I think it's like 50 bucks a month. I'm really not worried.

[A]

If you were. If you were in the pool industry and you only made money three months out of the year, you would be like, I've got to maximize my profits.

[B]

I would be like, I got to find another gig the rest of the year.

[C]

I wouldn't be like, I got to

[B]

rip off the customers I have.

[A]

Everybody's doing it, though. I think they made the standard for quote unquote, pristine clean water so high that it forces you to put so many more chemicals in there when you probably would be okay if it wasn't pristine.

[D]

Do you think they play people against their neighbors? Like, with lawns and pool? Like, your water's not as clear as the neighbor's pool is, so, you know, you gotta make it a little bit clearer.

[B]

Theory coming from. None of this makes sense to me.

[C]

Why?

[A]

What do you mean? When there's money involved, corruption is sure to follow.

[C]

There's got to be some guys out there that you can't trust. There's got to be some.

[A]

Are you out of your. Are you fucking living in Oz or Staten Island? What do you mean?

[B]

I got fucking. I got firemen doing my pool, man. Retired fireman guys ain't fucking.

[A]

They're definitely not corrupt, but they're. But they have fallen. They're products of the system they fall. Yes, they fall into the trick, though. They've fallen for the story that it has to be at a certain level or. Or you're going to get the shit

[B]

if it's not a level. Starts growing in the pool. I know.

[A]

Have you ever seen it? Yes.

[B]

The whole fucking pool is green.

[A]

Oh, it's just a little. Are you sure? It's just not the sun And a certain way it reflects on the water.

[B]

I don't know where you're going with this. I mean, there's allergy in the pool.

[A]

I can't.

[D]

People have been swimming in rivers and lakes for years. They are.

[B]

Spin it. Yeah.

[A]

If I could go swimming in a lake like two miles from here. They don't put any chemicals in the fucking lake.

[B]

Sure they do.

[D]

What?

[A]

What are you talking about? There are no chemicals in the lake.

[D]

There are literally millions of people coming down to the Jersey shore right now to go swim in the ocean. And there's algae in the ocean.

[B]

Yeah, but I don't understand your point. I don't understand what you're saying. Yeah, there's algae in the ocean. Who cares?

[A]

And you know, and nobody gets deathly ill after they go into water. So what?

[B]

I don't understand what this has to do with algae in my pool because

[A]

I don't know if it's that dangerous to your health as they make it seem.

[C]

So you're saying better yet to let Mama Q swim in the algae than to clean it out and have chemicals affected?

[A]

Not at all. I'm not saying. I'm just saying. No. I wonder if people with pools aren't being taken advantage of and being sold.

[D]

False, Bill.

[A]

Yeah, that like. Like, you know, these. This complete nutter scare tactic that they have to have.

[B]

Is your point that, like, people could have clear water without all the chemicals, or is your point is that we don't need the clear water, so we don't need the chemicals?

[A]

I don't think we need as many chemicals or we don't need to be as we don't need to be, you know, a scientist. We don't need, you know, with all these tests and I think like Gideon said, we can go into a pond and swim and nobody's, you know, run into the hospital or being. Or being, you know, having to be treated for algae contamination.

[B]

Yeah, but I don't understand how that applies to a pool. Like if you decide it's a sitting water, dirty and green, but it's a

[A]

sitting pond, is a sitting water. Right. Just like your pool pool.

[B]

No, it's not sitting. It's got a filtration system. It's not just sitting.

[A]

Which one? Your pool?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right, so it's even. It's even more beneficial to swim in than a pond, right?

[B]

For me, because it's in my yard. Yeah. Like, I don't have to go to

[A]

the water, but it's probably. Whatever's down there, it's probably got less stuff in it than a. Than a pond does. Right.

[B]

That's not true.

[A]

Your pond has more.

[B]

That's not true.

[A]

You think you're way more.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You think your pool has more than a pond?

[B]

Without a doubt. What about all the fish taking shits on the roads? All the.

[A]

Having sex?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

What about all the. What about all those creatures that are fornicating?

[B]

That's an argument against what you're saying. Like, you want to swim and fish come.

[A]

No, what I'm saying is we could jump in a pond right now and we'd be fine. Why can't we jump in your pool and be just as fine?

[B]

Well, you can jump in my pool if the water's green if you want. You're welcome to. I don't want to do it.

[A]

But you would jump in a pond?

[B]

The pond has all the fucking fertilizer and all the shit that comes out in the rain that flows into the pond.

[A]

Oh, do you cover your pool when it rains?

[B]

Yeah, I got a retractable cover. It goes right over.

[A]

Stop doing that. Why let the rain get in there? Why clean out? Dilute some of the shit that's in there.

[C]

Q, I can't believe you don't want your pool to look like a pond.

[B]

I mean, I don't even understand the conversation I'm in right now. I don't know. I don't know what he's for or against. I don't know what's going on.

[A]

Ponds. Yes or no?

[B]

People swim in ponds.

[A]

Okay. Why don't they get sick?

[B]

I mean, people sleep on the ground. That doesn't mean I should have a bed. I don't do anything.

[A]

I'm just. I'm not saying don't clean your pool, but I don't know if you need it to spend as much money as people. Not you. I'm talking about in general. I don't know if people need to spend the thousands that they are spending on their pools, their maintenance.

[B]

Can we get a pool? Do we have a pool ant out there that can weigh in on this?

[D]

Tom considers himself a pool ant.

[C]

Yeah. He can call in anonymously and Be like, yeah, I'm ripping you guys off. I think you're right, though. Like, I mean, I don't want my pool to have algae in it either. But I do think you're right that pool. Pool companies push more, and it's very expensive at the pool store.

[A]

Like, yes.

[C]

Like, there's certain chemicals that, like, if you just use baking soda, it works just as well.

[A]

You hear this, Q?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Do you. Do you remember?

[B]

It's baking soda free. It's like, you could just bake it.

[C]

So it's a lot cheaper.

[B]

You gotta buy the baking soda anyway.

[A]

Yeah, it's a hell of a lot cheaper.

[C]

It's cheaper than what you get at the pool store for sure. What were you saying?

[D]

Do you remember the company that they found was using drones to drop stuff into pools so that they would get more business? Yeah.

[A]

Here it is, Q. Let's tell that story. That's how corrupt the pool industry is.

[B]

This is why I have a cover on my pool. They can't do that to me.

[A]

But all kidding aside, though, I really do think that you could swim in a pool that wasn't pristine water and not feel and not get sick or what's. Or even. What's the worst that could happen to you? Even if it was, Even if it was a little algae in it. Like, what? You're gonna get a little green tint to your hair.

[B]

I turn into swamp thing.

[D]

But if you put too much chemicals, your hair disappears.

[A]

Yeah, it turns orange. It turns orange, doesn't it?

[B]

Well, I have a. I don't know what to tell you. Like, it's slimy. It's gross. Like, the, the water is slimy.

[A]

Just.

[B]

Yeah. Algae grows on the side. Everything's all slick and green. It's gross.

[C]

It's pretty nasty. Yeah, I agree with that.

[A]

But it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Is it definitely just floating on the top?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, gross. Like, he's swimming through lily pads and, like, it would look like swamp Thing.

[A]

I don't know. I, I, I just feel like if, if there's sitting water, like, in a pond, I don't know why that and, and nature just fucking handles its shit, and people can go swimming in it. I don't know why a pool is not the same thing as a pond.

[B]

Well, a pond has.

[C]

Now it sounds like. Cat's good for you.

[B]

So there's this pond on Staten island called Jack's Pond, right? And when I was a kid, I would go there and I would catch turtles, and I would go fishing there and stuff like that. And over the years it wasn't able to happen because so many chemicals from all the salt in the roads and people's lawns and stuff, stuff was getting into the pond and then it killed the grass. Because the pond has a natural filtration system, a healthy pond. Right. The water comes in from the storm dreams or whatever. There's the right type of plants in it that absorb all the bad shit, filter out the good shit, and then the pond water moves on to wherever it goes. So I. I think, though, that that's hard. Like Jack's pond. I think they had to drain it and clear out the whole bottom of the pond, like the whole layer of chemicals and shit that accumulated over the year and then let it refill. So I don't. I don't think, like, a pond is the answer.

[A]

Are you telling me so Mother Nature just can't do it on her own, the pond?

[B]

Not against humans. Not again, not against humans. Yeah, it's. It's. It's. There was no fish in there. They. I think they restocked it after they cleaned.

[A]

So what's getting into your pool then? Like, are you getting, like. Is. How is the salt getting into your pool and all the chemicals and stuff?

[B]

There's not. That's my point. That shit's not in my pool. That's in the pond. Right?

[A]

So how come it's not in your pool?

[B]

Because my pool, first of all, all the runoff from the neighborhood doesn't flow into my yard.

[C]

Q, you're lucky, because in my yard it does. It really does. I live on a hill and I have to refill every summer. I gotta refill, empty, and refill my pool three times because all the bug spray and all the shit that the neighbors use, all their fertilizer, it runs down the hill and goes into my pool. So by the summer, it's.

[A]

I would just join a pool club. I would just join a pool club.

[C]

It'd be like. Sounds a lot easier, doesn't it? Ye.

[B]

Why is your land pitched towards the pool? Like, the whole point is everything should be pitched away from the pool so the water doesn't flow into the pool.

[C]

Yeah, well.

[A]

Well, he didn't build it.

[C]

He bought it. Finally. I'm a contractor.

[B]

I put up that. That brick wall in front of my house along the street because I'm on a hill and it was flowing into my property and I said, no, no, no, no, it's somebody else's problem. So, yeah, we.

[A]

Oh, so where's that. Where's that runoff going now with your Brick wall there.

[D]

Someone else is cool

[B]

just goes down.

[A]

It just doesn't disappear because you're it hit Q's wall, you know, whatever.

[B]

Hey, I'm not responsible for fucking what everybody above me has. I'm not taking that shit down below. Handle that.

[A]

So your shit really does run downhill.

[B]

Fucking well and truly downhill. Yeah. You know, my pool is pristine.

[A]

I've got it just for just so listeners don't hammer me. I really know anything about pool so I could be saying stuff that's really, it's just me thinking about it and wondering and pondering. Just, you know, can I just question it without anybody fucking attacking me for being dumb? I just throw it out there. That's what scientists do.

[B]

I think, I think you're musings. I think you're musings about the supreme leader of Iran being an okay guy

[A]

is more controversial than the poor said he was an okay guy. I just said it must be. It must be a nightmare trying to keep that secret in Iran though to try to get your freak on and

[B]

still be the supreme leader.

[C]

That's a rough chick.

[A]

That is a, that is a lot to juggle. Put yourself in his shoes, right?

[B]

He's still a human, you know. You got to think about it from his point of view for a long day of torturing school children. He might just want to a dude and relax. Yes. It's like the worst, it's the worst hell hole on earth. Worried about him.

[D]

You know how many pools that guy must have.

[A]

But yeah, no, I know people are going to be like, oh what a fucking I, I. Somebody has to ask the questions though. Everybody else is thinking and somebody's got to take the bullets and you know, I'm willing to do it.

[C]

You're the guy.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, that's cool because I don't want to be the guy.

[A]

But you're, you're over here going like, yeah. You're just reinforcing it. Yeah. Does run into my pool.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

They try to sell me.

[C]

No, you're right. I'm saying you're right about that.

[A]

You're supreme leader.

[C]

I'm not really on

[A]

this is why

[B]

you thought that video about the guy

[A]

getting squirted on the neck was also true. It looks real to me.

[C]

The guy had it's knocked out cold. Doesn't it look real? Get him. At least give me that. Get the out of here.

[D]

The chick in the police vest was a little suspicious.

[C]

You show it to me on the Internet. You show it to me on the Internet. I'm going to believe it.

[B]

It. Yeah.

[C]

On the Internet doesn't lie. Internet doesn't lie.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, that's so funny.

[C]

Oh, boy.

[A]

All right.

[B]

All right.

[C]

What a show. What a fun time.

[A]

All right.

[C]

Oh, the only other thing I wanted to say was, and I doubt either of you have, like, Sophie Cunningham, the player that I've been talking about.

[B]

Oh, how cool is that? When she was. She pointed seconds, I was like, that is cool, man.

[C]

Didn't say a word. Did you see that, Walt?

[A]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[C]

So Sophie Cunningham got mixed. She mixed it up with another player on the court, and she started pointing at the other player, and the player was like, don't you point at me. And all she did for the next 22 seconds was point at her, like, while backing up and, like, you know, like, the coach tries to get in her way. She goes around the coach and just keeps pointing. Well, on the surface, sounds like, whatever. It was awesome, wasn't it?

[B]

Q. Yeah, it was. It was surprising. Surprisingly savage.

[C]

Very effective.

[B]

Yeah, it was surprisingly. I was like. I actually was like, why did I never think of that before? Just point at someone till they go crazy.

[A]

I there. The greatest moment in sports history, personally, for me, what Viewing it is 1995, the Stanley Cup Finals, Devils versus Detroit Red Wings. Scott Stevens, one of the greatest, most devastating hitters in NHL history, lays out a player, knocks him out cold. They have to go to commercial break. When they come back from commercial break, he is on. By his. By his bench, that Scott Stevens, and he hears somebody say something from the other team. They get it. It's the most. It's almost like it was a movie. They have the camera, right? You can see it. Get him, probably. He points to him and he goes, you're next. It is fucking devastating. And I got chills watching it in my. Like, in my room in 1995. It was like something out of a movie. He just, like, Arnold was like, you're next. He hits there. He hits him there.

[C]

And then sliding across the ice and

[A]

he knocks the guy out cold. And then they go. They come back for a commercial, and he just points. Here it is. So he was like, you're next.

[C]

Look at that face. Look at those eyes. Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Because I think what modern sports is missing is a little bit more of that of your neck. More. Yeah. Next a. A little more. 22 second point. I like.

[C]

Yeah. Not saying a word. No violence at all. Just pointing at her and making her go nuts.

[B]

I mean, that chick did not like getting pointed at. She was like. She was.

[C]

She took it very personally.

[B]

Yeah, it did not. Listen, it wasn't a good look for her because now she's kind of like. Looks like a clown in a way.

[C]

Yeah, for sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right. Well, should I say Tom, Steve, Dave?

[C]

I think it should. We gotta get out of here.

[A]

All right, all right, everybody, you know, have. Have a happy, safe fourth. You know, we're gonna see the stories, though, of people blowing fingers off.

[C]

Oh, yeah, inevitably.

[A]

Don't do it. Don't. Like, you know, like you're not gonna light any fireworks right here this year.

[B]

No, no, no. My fingers are gonna be. My little piggies are gonna be fine.

[A]

Yeah, get somebody else if you got it. If you got a fireworks gonna let somebody else light them for you.

[C]

And. And for sure don't let your children do it.

[B]

I mean, who the are you two? What the are you talking. What's all this fireworks safety that you guys are every year?

[A]

What do you mean? What are you talking about? Every year someone blows a. The wrist off from their wrist down is. Is obliterated.

[D]

Why is the fireman going against fireworks safety?

[B]

Because I grew up in the 80s and 90s. No, we would.

[A]

The 7 the 80s and 90s guy, though, can't swim the pool a little green tint, though.

[D]

Green.

[B]

Well, now I'm rich.

[D]

Walt.

[A]

I get. Tell him, steve dave.