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Joey Santagato
Welcome back to the basement. Welcome back to the basement yard. What you got there, Frank? Besides that very strange smile? The very strange smile?
Frank Alvarez
Yo, be honest with me. Any celebrity smiles scare the out of you? And why was it Jack Nicholson's?
Joey Santagato
I've never seen him smile.
Frank Alvarez
You've never what?
Joey Santagato
That's a sense of never seen a smile. But, guys, there's new basement yard merch. Basement yard merch. Easy, spooky. It's me and Frank on the back with our signature drinks. If we were to get married, this is what our signature drinks would be.
Frank Alvarez
What? Why would mine be a green one with an eyeball and yours is just regular?
Joey Santagato
It's Halloween, so.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, but you have a regular espresso martini with three beans in there. Athena, what the hell are you trying to insinuate about?
Joey Santagato
The amount of caffeine is scary. Get your heart pumping.
Frank Alvarez
I think you have no heart. Clearly you're a skeleton. But these. Halloween merch, available in tees and in crewnecks. Available Oct. 4 at shop.santagotto studios.com. and last year's Spooky season design is back on the site as a tee and hoodie. It's back. Back on the side as a tee and hoodie. As long as the hocus pocus land. Poetry tee. Limited time offer for all according to Greg here on the script. You know Greg loves to write scripts. Halloween merch. And then he included a little note to me saying, fuck you. So go check it out.
Joey Santagato
Pick your poison. We're dying for you to join us.
Frank Alvarez
Tell me you're gonna fucking lie and tell me that Jack Nicholson smile never scared the fucking piss out of you.
Joey Santagato
Where did he smile? Everywhere.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, he's just like, you know, like.
Joey Santagato
His joker smile scared the fuck out.
Frank Alvarez
Well, that was a. That was makeup, brother. That wasn't real.
Joey Santagato
Thank you.
Frank Alvarez
Like his real smile, bro. Look up Jack Nicholson smiling. It's fucking scary.
Joey Santagato
I'll be honest with you. Jack Nicholson just being where he is is scary enough for me.
Frank Alvarez
Like, his whole aura.
Joey Santagato
Just when he's sitting at basketball games, you're like, what happens?
Frank Alvarez
He's still going to games.
Joey Santagato
He like, disappeared for like two years.
Frank Alvarez
He's up there. He's in his 80s. He's probably not like good old. Good old Jackie Nicks is not gonna be around much longer.
Joey Santagato
A legend but is wasting away.
Frank Alvarez
This guy's been acting for like 400 years. Something years. Yeah. You know, I don't think. What was the last time he was in a movie? What's the last movie you Remember Jack Nicholson in Departed?
Joey Santagato
No, that was so long ago.
Frank Alvarez
What has he been in after that?
Joey Santagato
I have no idea. What's the rom com he's in with the other?
Frank Alvarez
Something's Got to Give.
Joey Santagato
That's a good movie.
Frank Alvarez
Diane Keaton.
Joey Santagato
Yo, Diane Keaton.
Frank Alvarez
By the way, you love pants. This dude loves women in pants. She loves to wear pants.
Joey Santagato
I think Diane Keaton is like an attractive older woman.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, she's all right. I mean, you know, like, if you were to, like, don't be a hater. I'm not being a hater.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
I'm not being a hater at all.
Joey Santagato
I'm not a hater right now.
Frank Alvarez
I'm not being a hater. What? Just because I'm saying, like, Diane Keaton isn't fucking. Yeah. You know where I stand. I think like, Susan Sarandon.
Joey Santagato
Diane Keaton is way hotter than Susan Sarandon. Susan, if you're watching this, you're also hot.
Frank Alvarez
Beautiful women. Let's not just denigrate them and just, you know, just say they're both hot. Let's say beautiful women. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Joey Santagato
Wow, what an ally.
Frank Alvarez
Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. The clap coming from the person that's wearing a fucking windbreaker. Indoors. Indoors. Now he's got here.
Joey Santagato
We had an interview with People's magazine yesterday. Frankie showed up in sweatpants.
Frank Alvarez
You said you were showing up in sweatpants.
Joey Santagato
I was kidding.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, I mean, it wasn't like a formal.
Joey Santagato
You. We actually. Is it on video. He's like, no, it's just in person. Recorder. I said sweatpants. It is, like, joking. Oh, a person is coming here and you're sweat panning.
Frank Alvarez
Mean. First of all, I still look at.
Joey Santagato
Your sweatpants on, bitch.
Frank Alvarez
I still look nice. Don't even get fucking. Don't do this.
Joey Santagato
Sweatpants.
Frank Alvarez
You bitch about. Did you complain about my sweatpants?
Joey Santagato
No, I did not.
Frank Alvarez
You're doing it right now. You fucking lie.
Joey Santagato
Because you're coming at me.
Frank Alvarez
You're right. We have to. You know, we take shots back and forth at each other. Back to Jack Nicholson departed. Last thing I remember him in.
Joey Santagato
I could look hymen.
Frank Alvarez
Last thing I remember his hymen in.
Joey Santagato
Should we get into a conversation about hymens? Because I don't really know.
Frank Alvarez
I mean, I don't know much about hymen.
Joey Santagato
I've never done that.
Frank Alvarez
You've never done hymen?
Joey Santagato
No.
Frank Alvarez
What is that? I don't even know.
Joey Santagato
I've never, like, done a hymen up. Like, I've never done it up.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, like taken one?
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
That's what you're referencing.
Joey Santagato
Never done that.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, okay.
Joey Santagato
I mean, no plans. No plans. That's not what. I'm not trying to say, like, no plans of doing that. Plans. But I'm just saying.
Frank Alvarez
But like hymens.
Joey Santagato
Is it. Is it like a dental dam? How do you picture it looks?
Frank Alvarez
I don't know. And I have no desire to find out. I'll be very honest with you.
Joey Santagato
But let's have a discussion.
Frank Alvarez
I think it's just more like a. Like a.
Joey Santagato
Is it a blockade?
Frank Alvarez
I don't know. I think it's like a metaphorical flower. Like, is it actually there?
Joey Santagato
Okay. Flower is wrong.
Frank Alvarez
You know what I mean? Like, it's like. It's like the border. Is the border actually there between states? That's what I meant. Borders between state. I know. Like the north and south border.
Joey Santagato
I was like, yeah, there's a border.
Frank Alvarez
I know. I know. You worked real hard to get it built. All right, I.
Joey Santagato
That's enough.
Frank Alvarez
I'm just saying, like. Like, all these lines. Who the hell figures out these lines and states, by the way? You know what I mean? Where they're just like, bro.
Joey Santagato
Also, like, you ever look at Oklahoma?
Frank Alvarez
What the. Is that little handle?
Joey Santagato
The little cigar?
Frank Alvarez
Some shit happens there.
Joey Santagato
You know what?
Frank Alvarez
I know what the hell happened.
Joey Santagato
Yeah. Who the fuck, like, who lives in the cigar?
Frank Alvarez
It looks like a meat cleaver.
Joey Santagato
It does look like.
Frank Alvarez
Right?
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
I don't. I don't trust that whole state for a couple of different reasons. One of them. One of them being whatever the hell happens there.
Joey Santagato
Yeah. Why is it shaped that way?
Frank Alvarez
It scares me.
Joey Santagato
Have you ever straddled state lines?
Frank Alvarez
Like, stood on it?
Joey Santagato
Look, I'm in two places at once.
Frank Alvarez
No, I didn't.
Joey Santagato
What's that movie that did that? Oh, it was a rom com.
Frank Alvarez
I don't.
Joey Santagato
I'm big on your rom.
Frank Alvarez
Common today.
Joey Santagato
I'm common romantically. Oh, what's his name? Something. Shane. Something Dawson. Not Shane Dawson. Shane Gillis West. Is that an actor?
Frank Alvarez
I don't know from back.
Joey Santagato
Mandy Moore. Remember the walk. Walk the Line. No, I know.
Frank Alvarez
There it is. Okay. I was gonna say I know the movie. I just wanted to see how. That's Johnny Cash. That's a good movie, too.
Joey Santagato
A Walk to Wait. I Walk to Remember.
Frank Alvarez
I Walk to Remember is Mandy Moore, and she's got stuff.
Joey Santagato
And then she's dying.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, I'm pretty sure. Is that for the rest of the world?
Joey Santagato
Movies from, like, 1998? I think there's no spoilers from, like.
Frank Alvarez
2003, but, you know, close enough.
Joey Santagato
But I think in that movie, I could be completely wrong.
Frank Alvarez
She, like, straddles both lines.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, you guys, like, stand right here, whatever his name is, and he's like, see, now you're in two places at once. Because she had, like, a diary where she wrote, like, a bucket list or some. And one of them was, be in two places at once, bro. I get that.
Frank Alvarez
It's like, maybe this woman should have died sooner. Like, be in two places at once.
Joey Santagato
How is that, like, on your list?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, how fucking boring is your list?
Joey Santagato
That's like putting being visible on it, you know?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, exactly. You know, but then there is ways to be invisible. You ever. People that do, like, the whole, like, they paint them into a wall and stuff like that. Oh, that's pretty cool. There's, like. I think he's a Japanese.
Joey Santagato
That's not invisible.
Frank Alvarez
You're. I mean, the closest thing we'll get.
Joey Santagato
Sure.
Frank Alvarez
You know, like, there's, like, a Japanese artist who, like, stand. Like, someone will, like. Someone will paint, like, the, like, trees and stuff behind them so it looks like they're a part of there. It's pretty cool.
Joey Santagato
That is cool.
Frank Alvarez
But Jack Nicholson, how we back there? Why not?
Joey Santagato
What do you want to do?
Frank Alvarez
Terrifying smile. Okay, you're gonna tell me that's not scary.
Joey Santagato
Where is this going? Because you've came back to this.
Frank Alvarez
It's a scary smile Shit. His son is in the new movie Smile, the sequel to Smile. That's where. That's.
Joey Santagato
Are you, like, paid by this movie to plug it or something? Because I'll be.
Frank Alvarez
That scared the shit out of me. I don't like that. Especially since we're talking about a scary movie. No, but if Smile. I mean, smile, too. If you want to throw somebody my way, go for it. I haven't seen the first one. I heard it was pretty good, though.
Joey Santagato
I didn't see it, but I did see all their.
Frank Alvarez
Like, it was with Kevin Bacon's daughter. The daughter of Bacon?
Joey Santagato
Yeah. I didn't. I don't know who that is.
Frank Alvarez
You don't know who Kevin.
Joey Santagato
I know Kevin is. I know the Bacon.
Frank Alvarez
How do you feel about Kevin Bacon? There's a guy, He's.
Joey Santagato
Sand lot. That's him, right?
Frank Alvarez
Sandlot.
Joey Santagato
He's the.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, the dad? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, those were all kids.
Joey Santagato
I get him and the other guy mixed up. Who's in Mystic River?
Frank Alvarez
Tim Robbins. Robbins, the guy from Shawshank?
Joey Santagato
No.
Frank Alvarez
Wasn't he in Mystic River. Now I'm confused.
Joey Santagato
Mystic river is the cop is what I'm talking about. Not like Sean Penn.
Frank Alvarez
I'm gonna. I'm gonna look up. Not Sean Penn and Mystic.
Joey Santagato
What's his name? I can't remember, but he reminds me of Kevin Bacon.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, dude. Dave boy. Well, Kevin Bacon's also in Mystic River.
Joey Santagato
Oh, that's Kevin Bacon. So, Sail, that's not the right one.
Frank Alvarez
Who are you thinking?
Joey Santagato
I don't even know. Now.
Frank Alvarez
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Joey Santagato
Oh, that's bacon. Fuck.
Frank Alvarez
Who is the dad? I thought the dad is Kevin Bacon.
Joey Santagato
No, it's some other guy who looks like Kevin Bacon.
Frank Alvarez
Dennis Leary.
Joey Santagato
Dennis Lear.
Frank Alvarez
You're confusing me.
Joey Santagato
Dennis Leary looks like Kevin Bacon.
Frank Alvarez
Dennis Leary.
Joey Santagato
He's got vibes. He's got bacon vibes.
Frank Alvarez
Bit of bacon vibes.
Joey Santagato
That's where I was get. That's.
Frank Alvarez
They have a little bit of bacon. We're all over the place. See, you had confused me for a while. I was just like, yeah, wait a sec. He is the dad. And then.
Joey Santagato
Well, they look the same kind of.
Frank Alvarez
They do kind of. You know, a little bit. But Tim Robbins is also in mystic river, so I was.
Joey Santagato
Who the fuck is that? Dave Boyle.
Frank Alvarez
Yes. Oh, okay. You really know Mystic River.
Joey Santagato
Well, you remember Dave Boyle, so.
Frank Alvarez
Okay, I was gonna say, like, yeah, guys. Full fucking name.
Joey Santagato
What's that guy? Shank?
Frank Alvarez
Shawshank. Tim Robin Robbins. Shawshank.
Joey Santagato
Who's the guy with the big hands who's like, you can do anything? Tony Robbins. That's that.
Frank Alvarez
The big hands and big teeth. That guy. That guy's Tony Robbins, bro.
Joey Santagato
Bro.
Frank Alvarez
That guy will bite through an aluminum truck.
Joey Santagato
I'm legitimately. I think that his.
Frank Alvarez
Speaking of scary smiles, I think that.
Joey Santagato
His teeth are made out of elephant tusks. And he's 10 foot tall and his hands are way too big.
Frank Alvarez
Listen, guys. Big.
Joey Santagato
And he's motivating and he does a good job. I've never heard him. I've never sat there and how do.
Frank Alvarez
You know he's done? He's doing good. How do you know?
Joey Santagato
Cuz he was in Shallow Hal and that was a good movie.
Frank Alvarez
It's a little bit of a problematic movie now that we look back on.
Joey Santagato
It doesn't age too well. Ages like mayonnaise, but it's fun.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, this fat pig.
Joey Santagato
Like, there's no way you could love this.
Frank Alvarez
Who the hell's gonna love this? Dumb fat fucking loser. Chill out. Jack Black.
Joey Santagato
And then Jack Black's a hero of being like, I actually like her, cuz.
Frank Alvarez
Of her. Yeah. By the way, Jack Black. Notably not like, the slimmest guy on the fucking.
Joey Santagato
Right.
Frank Alvarez
You know?
Joey Santagato
Well, that was part of the joke.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah. And then also, Jason Alexander is a tail.
Joey Santagato
He has a tail in that.
Frank Alvarez
Yo.
Joey Santagato
That's a good movie, though. She doesn't break a steel chair.
Frank Alvarez
It's a bit. It's a bit of a problematic movie. Looking back on it right now. Like, we are well aware that it is not nice. But. Yeah. Speaking of scary smiles, Tony Robbins on there.
Joey Santagato
Yeah. Well, he just has scary teeth. He's got horse.
Frank Alvarez
Well, we haven't been able to confirm where the. You know, the prosthetic teeth from the mask, you know, the 1994 or 394 smash hit, my favorite movie of all time, where it went. Tony Robbins. Possible, right? What, you think you'd ever be, like, a motivational speaker?
Joey Santagato
One, no. Two, What? You just said a whole thing about Tony Robbins. Is he in the mask? No. Right.
Frank Alvarez
No, I'm saying the teeth from that movie might have been put in his mouth.
Joey Santagato
What's the teeth from that movie? Oh, Jim Carrey's teeth.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, the teeth.
Joey Santagato
Oh, okay.
Frank Alvarez
Come on, baby. Follow. Catch up.
Joey Santagato
We're not making a whole bunch of sense. That was probably the most confusing way to get from Kevin Bacon to Tony Robbins ever.
Frank Alvarez
People play. I love playing that game. Six Degrees, it's called. Oh.
Joey Santagato
Like, try to get your way to.
Frank Alvarez
Where it's, like, through, like, movies or tv. You need to, like, work through, you know, like, connecting, like, six people, like two people. It's pretty fun. And, like, people can do it, and it's just like, the most insane people that, like, you would never in a million years even think of connecting. Like, I remember I did one that it was like Richard Simmons to, like, Ben Stiller.
Joey Santagato
Richard Simmons is the workout guy.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Joey Santagato
He just died, R.I.P.
Frank Alvarez
He did die. Guess that the workouts didn't work.
Joey Santagato
Well, he. It worked out. I mean, he's died old, I think.
Frank Alvarez
How old could he have been?
Joey Santagato
He looked old back then.
Frank Alvarez
Well, how old was Richard Simmons? I don't got.
Joey Santagato
I would say. I would say 78.
Frank Alvarez
That's not that old.
Joey Santagato
I mean, that's a. That's like the average.
Frank Alvarez
Is it? I feel like the average in the 80s now.
Joey Santagato
No, for women, maybe, but for men, it's like somebody.
Frank Alvarez
Women are smarter. They live longer.
Joey Santagato
You could. Do they drink a lot less scotch and cigarettes.
Frank Alvarez
You drinking cigarettes?
Joey Santagato
No, I do drink scotch and cigarettes.
Frank Alvarez
I. I don't drink cigarettes. I do. I've had scotch. I Don't like, have it enough to say I do that. You know what I mean?
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
You know, yet there's still time. Honestly, you know, we might. We might just turn a corner and.
Joey Santagato
I feel like you are gonna get to the point in your life where you're really gonna appreciate a recliner and you're gonna drink.
Frank Alvarez
Already there, baby.
Joey Santagato
Well, I'm saying, like, you're gonna drink scotch, you're gonna grow out like a big beard. No cigars in the house, first of all.
Frank Alvarez
Absolutely not. If I start ripping cigars in the house, like, we're in for trouble. Like, things have gone. Yeah, yeah, I know. I've never smoked a cigar in. No, that's not true. I have smoked a cigar indoors at a cigar bar. Yeah. But like, I've never like, smoked a cigar in my car or like, it's always been out. Oh, no, that's also not true. I used to.
Joey Santagato
Oh, no, you're going to hate this.
Frank Alvarez
I used to. When I was working at Target in the mornings, I would. I would have a. Frankie.
Joey Santagato
You would have a cigar in the morning. Like you're an old Italian football coach. Before. Before his shift at Target, he would sit outside with a cigar. Like.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, I mean, I would get the cigarellos, so they didn't last as long. But I would like in the car, because that's when I had. I had a.
Joey Santagato
You were blowing them in the car. Oh, my God. Wait, windows up or down?
Frank Alvarez
Down, babe.
Joey Santagato
Yo, you're a pig. That's pretty bad. I'm not, you know, that's bad.
Frank Alvarez
No, I was a pig. I am no longer a pig.
Joey Santagato
The funniest part about that is you were 24.
Frank Alvarez
He was 24 years old.
Joey Santagato
Smoking cigars in the morning in his car before his shipped at Target.
Frank Alvarez
What a piece of 23. 24. 23 is insane.
Joey Santagato
I don't think that it should be allowed. I think that like, the age limit on cigars should be like.
Frank Alvarez
At least now that I look back on it. It wasn't good. It wasn't good. It spoke volumes of how I felt working at Target. Wow. And he was stressed. Stressful job, you know, a lot going on. So naturally, as you're on your way at 6 in the morning to Target.
Joey Santagato
6Am A 6am cigars dude.
Frank Alvarez
Wow.
Joey Santagato
I've. You know, I never really realized, hey.
Frank Alvarez
I worked every day from 7 to 5.
Joey Santagato
I never. Wait, what?
Frank Alvarez
Every day? My ship. My.
Joey Santagato
Every day.
Frank Alvarez
Every day.
Joey Santagato
Monday.
Frank Alvarez
So Monday, 7 to 5. Tuesday was my off day. Wednesday. Why'd you do this because they. The way that they, like, schedule the work week. It's fucking weird. Wednesday it was my closing shift, so I went from 2 until basically midnight. And then Thursday was 7 to 5, Friday was 7 to 5, and then Saturdays and Sundays, mostly 7 to 5. Sometimes I'd go in at 2am Jesus, you think I was fucking lying? They worked those motherfuckers. Heart. I don't know how I said hard there.
Joey Santagato
Heart. Said it like fucking Daffy Duck suckering succotash.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, well, that's not Daffy Duck.
Joey Santagato
I don't know who that is, actually.
Frank Alvarez
Is it Daffy Duck?
Joey Santagato
No, it's suffering. Suffering.
Frank Alvarez
Suffering. Suck attached. That is Daffy Duck.
Joey Santagato
Or is it the Sylvester Stolt? Not.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, that is Sylvester. You're right. It is Sylvester the Cat.
Joey Santagato
Suffering.
Frank Alvarez
Suffering. Suck attached.
Joey Santagato
Their monster Space Jam.
Frank Alvarez
They're. Yeah, that was a good one.
Joey Santagato
Stars.
Frank Alvarez
What were we talking about?
Joey Santagato
How you were a slave to Target.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Joey Santagato
I didn't know that you worked every day.
Frank Alvarez
So the way that they did it was the work week was Sunday to Saturday too crazy.
Joey Santagato
I don't think. Yo, I barely care and I know you. I don't think that anyone cares about your.
Frank Alvarez
You either got the Sunday and Tuesday off or you got the Tuesday and Saturday off. So, like, you technically worked full weekends every other weekend. It was fucking hard. It was tough, man.
Joey Santagato
Dude, you know the.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, of course. On the work. On the way to work. It's 6:15, 6:20 in the morning.
Joey Santagato
Time to light up.
Frank Alvarez
Just nice Cohibo, you know? It was nice.
Joey Santagato
Dude, I. I remember the last time that I went to Target, my cashier, I was like, checking out. She was super friendly, like this Indian woman. Multiple Van Cleef necklaces and bracelets. Thousands of dollars. The fucking necklace is probably $10,000. The bracelet's like six. She had multiple.
Frank Alvarez
How do you know they were real? Did you check them?
Joey Santagato
That is fair.
Frank Alvarez
You have your diamond tester on.
Joey Santagato
My diamond tester. But they looked like the fucking ones. It looked like she was just like.
Frank Alvarez
There to help a lot of people, you know, like, they're loaded, but they're.
Joey Santagato
Like, my kids are out. I just want to get.
Frank Alvarez
Do something and work. So, like, yeah, they fucking. You know, they get after it. Good for them, honestly. But there was a woman. Oh, my God. I don't know if I ever told you this. There was a woman who would come into the Target I worked at and would, like, try to get deals. She was known like, I don't try to get deals. I Don't remember exactly what her name was, but she was like an older, like. Like you would imagine. Not decrepit, like gross.
Joey Santagato
Like white.
Frank Alvarez
Yes. But, you know, there's other stuff too. But, like, you remember how, like, you know, like the, like, actresses and like the 50s would dress and stuff like that. And you know, like, they would have like all scarves and they'd wear one around their arms and like, it hang off the side.
Joey Santagato
Like Steven Tyler.
Frank Alvarez
Technically. Yes. Like Steven Tyler. Yeah. But she would like, oh, got it. Look at that. She would come in and she'd be like, oh, I want this bedspread. But I only want the blanket, so just take it out. And she would like, say what? Yeah, she'd say names of people like that, man. Like, oh, this manager told me it's good. And we'd be like, no, wait.
Joey Santagato
So she wanted to buy stuff, but there was. I don't need the comforter. Just literally and deduct the price.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, psychotic. Psychotic. And I had to kick her out. And she would call me on the. Like, she'd call the store and she'd be like, I'm walking around my 10,000 square foot house screaming at the top of my lungs because of you. I've never felt this. I'm gonna call the CEO and I'm like, fucking, go ahead, call the CEO.
Joey Santagato
Get me fired. Do me a favor.
Frank Alvarez
Just Target, man. Insane. Why do you think I was ripping fucking. You know, Romeo and Juliet's on the way to fucking. What is that? Cigars, babe, come on.
Joey Santagato
Where you been, Romeo? I don't know, bro.
Frank Alvarez
You had them several times.
Joey Santagato
Romeo and Juliet's.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah.
Joey Santagato
I mean, a nice.
Frank Alvarez
Dab it off in the car. Just like fucking like getting pissed, listening to fucking Elvis Duran, bro.
Joey Santagato
I never knew truly. How sad you.
Frank Alvarez
It was bad. It was bad. It was.
Joey Santagato
That is hysterical.
Frank Alvarez
I didn't do it every day. I did it a handful of times, but way more than once, which is the issue. You know what I mean?
Joey Santagato
That's like me. I went to that hookah pen phase.
Frank Alvarez
You did. And you went through a black and mild phase.
Joey Santagato
That was like four days.
Frank Alvarez
It was a loaded four days.
Joey Santagato
And it was also on the heels of the hookah pen. And then I was like, what am I even doing?
Frank Alvarez
Hookah pen is way worse than cigars. Let's just admit that.
Joey Santagato
I don't even know how I got to that point. Cause I didn't. I don't like hookah.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah. I've never seen you smoke a legit hookah pipe.
Joey Santagato
I'VE smoked hookah a handful of times.
Frank Alvarez
You guys gotta understand something. I don't know if anyone else has the same experience, but where we're from, there was. It was like an entire. How else? I don't know how else to explain it, but like an entire like hookah was like a way of life for like kids when we were in high school and middle school and stuff like that. So like going out to a hookah bar was like way fucking cooler than like clubbing and shit like that for like two years.
Joey Santagato
It was also like little fucking Morocco, basically.
Frank Alvarez
It was that block in the story. Yeah, that shit was.
Joey Santagato
There was like five hookah bars right next it really.
Frank Alvarez
And you couldn't walk or drive or anything be within that block without getting a headache because it was just absolutely.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, you were going to smell some blueberry hookah or some shit like that, bro.
Frank Alvarez
I remember I went to a hookah bar. I've been to a hookah hookah bar a handful of times. Times. One time in particular there was a, like, clearly like a 17 year old Moroccan kid that we knew who like handed me the hookah pipe and I was like, no, thank you. And he's like, it's milk flavored. And I was like, ew, what world let me smoke milk? It was like. It was like a weird culty thing amongst like our friends who, by the way, none of which were of Arabic descent or spoke Arabic, you know, or Indian or.
Joey Santagato
I like depends because I was like.
Frank Alvarez
That was bad Joey. But that was back when those vaping things that look like fucking chargers came out. You remember those things? Oh, yeah. You were blowing fat O's.
Joey Santagato
No, I've never put my mouth on one of those. Honestly.
Frank Alvarez
Are you sure about where to God, Never sober.
Joey Santagato
I never did any. I've only really did the pension. There were times where like, I've hit people's jewels before, but like I was. I never bought a jewel. I never like.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, no, I never. I never hit a Jewel because I knew from the get go, like, something's evil about this shit.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
Lo and behold. I mean, yeah, there's been some stuff.
Joey Santagato
I mean, it's not really a really difficult call to make.
Frank Alvarez
Anything you're smoking is introduced as like a healthier alternative to cigarettes.
Joey Santagato
Technically I think that's true, but also just bad in a different way.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, you're not smoking rat poison, you're smoking fucking shards of aluminum.
Joey Santagato
I don't know the ingredient list.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, all hearsay, by the way.
Joey Santagato
We don't know.
Frank Alvarez
We don't know. This is all possible, but the juul.
Joey Santagato
Phase was a little crazy. Now it's all about those Zins.
Frank Alvarez
Speaking of zins, I've never done a Zen before. I've never done a Zen. And it's funny because we were in Texas and imagine like, yo, you know, like, I feel so good not smoking. Like, I think I'm gonna completely give it up. Like, it's just like, I feel like it'd be better for me. I was like, start with the nicotine pouches, brother. I was like, the weed might be okay for you. Like, the nicotine pouches, I can almost guarantee are not.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, I don't know anything about anything, so I have no idea. But I don't know. I don't think it takes scientists to.
Frank Alvarez
Realize that putting a pouch of concentrated nicotine into your mouth, into your. Shoving it into your gums, is not good for you.
Joey Santagato
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Frank Alvarez
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Joey Santagato
Yeah, I do have a question, though.
Frank Alvarez
Yep.
Joey Santagato
The expression from the bottom of my heart, what I think, what does that mean? Why not just from the whole, like, from my, like from my heart, but with the bottom of my heart. What does that mean?
Frank Alvarez
Because what if it's from the top of your heart? You know what I mean?
Joey Santagato
The bottom is usually like the oldest. Like.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, but think about it. Like, let's think about it in terms of your dick.
Joey Santagato
Let's think about.
Frank Alvarez
Let's think like.
Joey Santagato
Wrong.
Frank Alvarez
Let's not think about it. Let's think about It.
Joey Santagato
In terms of oysters, would you eat the bottom or the barrel oysters? Probably not.
Frank Alvarez
No. But no one's saying the bottom barrel of my heart. Someone is just saying, like, the bottom of my heart, meaning the entirety of it. Think about it like this. I've said it again in terms of your dick. Like, who's gonna want your. Like your tiny little dick head? You know what I mean? Nobody. They want the bottom of your dick shaft. That's what they want.
Joey Santagato
No, they want the whole thing.
Frank Alvarez
Exactly. So from the bottom, which means from the shaft all the way up to your tiny little fucking cockhead.
Joey Santagato
But you're not saying that.
Frank Alvarez
First of all.
Joey Santagato
Stop saying that. But you can say from the. From the. From my feet to my head or whatever.
Frank Alvarez
From the bottom of my feet.
Joey Santagato
No one says that all the way up. No one says from the bottom of my feet.
Frank Alvarez
Bottom of my heart. It went all the way up. Think about it. From the bottom of my tank to the top of my tank. Let's think of it in terms of gas. Like, what would someone say? Be like, I'll give you everything from the top of my tank.
Joey Santagato
No, no, you would say the whole tank. That's what you would say.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, for my whole heart, you could say that. But that's not what people are saying. People are.
Joey Santagato
That's my question, you dumbass. You're trying to make this make sense.
Frank Alvarez
I'm trying to make it logical here.
Joey Santagato
It's not logical.
Frank Alvarez
I'm trying to make it just to.
Joey Santagato
Say from the bottom of my heart. That is singling out the bottom portion and saying from the bottom, but it's.
Frank Alvarez
From there, which means it had to travel all the way up.
Joey Santagato
Unless you took it from the bottom.
Frank Alvarez
Like, oh, from. From, you know, from Astoria to here. You had to travel all through all that way.
Joey Santagato
Frank, you're forgetting. If someone just said.
Frank Alvarez
I'm not forgetting. I just don't care.
Joey Santagato
No, clearly you care. You say from Astoria all the way here. But you would have to specify that, because if you said from here, it's from there. That's it.
Frank Alvarez
From the bottom of my heart all the way through the top of my.
Joey Santagato
No one says that.
Frank Alvarez
From the bottom of my heart to you. I love you. Like, that's what that means. From the bottom, you're getting, like.
Joey Santagato
No one says like you.
Frank Alvarez
Reserves. That's what it means. Like, from the bottom of my tank, from whatever's left over all the way to the top, you're getting the reserves of all leftovers. And the reserves you're Getting all of it. You're getting all of the love. It's a full heart. I want heart.
Joey Santagato
Give me the top. I want the top of the heart.
Frank Alvarez
So you only want to skim off the top. You only want that weird fucking film that's on the top of things.
Joey Santagato
First of all, when you pour things out, it goes from the top down. You don't go bottom up.
Frank Alvarez
Does it? Yeah. Or does it come under?
Joey Santagato
No.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, shit.
Joey Santagato
I think it's both, actually. It funnels into.
Frank Alvarez
I honestly don't even know, dude.
Joey Santagato
But I think.
Frank Alvarez
But, like, how are you pouring then? Because if you're pouring using a funnel and the funnels on the bottom, it's cut. You're getting the best from the bottom, then the top is the shit that you don't want.
Joey Santagato
Dude, I actually. The reason why it's an expression that's a little weird to me. But there was a time that I went to this bar out on Long island, and I think I was with Greg, and I was with Thomas, and I was like, can we get oysters? And they were like, yeah, we don't. We don't have a dozen. We only have, like, eight left. But we'll only charge you for six. So it's the last eight that we have. And we're like, oh, sound good?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, I know.
Joey Santagato
And we ordered them, bro. These things, not good, bro. They look like fucking PCL and MCLs in a fucking. It was disgusting. And I was like, this is not good. That's bottom of the barrel for me.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, with fish, you don't want the bottom of the barrel. Because with fish and. Or seafood, bottom of the barrel is all like, they're dead down there.
Joey Santagato
But, like, also when people say, like, you know, bottom of the barrel, they're talking about, like, the worst of the. Whatever.
Frank Alvarez
No, when people. What you're referencing is, like, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel, which means you're trying to get every last bit of something that's where the bottom.
Joey Santagato
That's bottom, baby.
Frank Alvarez
But sometimes bottom could be good. I know. Like, you always say that you love being a bottle.
Joey Santagato
You said you're a power bottle.
Frank Alvarez
You said, Joey, you said. You said, thank God I'd be bottom.
Joey Santagato
You know what you said? And you were like, yo, I hope someone. You were like, I hope someone scrapes the bottom of my barrel.
Frank Alvarez
That doesn't sound like even something that would make a modicum of sense. You said. You said, and I quote the word.
Joey Santagato
You just used by modicum. Modicum, Modicum, monicum.
Frank Alvarez
Stop what you're doing. Because you, Joey said, and I quote, like, I love being the bottom of this barrel.
Joey Santagato
No.
Frank Alvarez
And the barrel was a guy named Daryl. So you loved being bottomed by a Darryl the Barrel. No, that's the guy you met on Fire island, right? Darryl the Barrel who bottoms little boys named Joe. Okay, I should probably back up a little bit. Yeah, let's back up a little. Twinks also seems a little you. He bottoms you. Is that better?
Joey Santagato
This joke sucks.
Frank Alvarez
Sucking.
Joey Santagato
Make the transition. Go. Say it. Say what you're going to say. Speaking of sucking. What? Say it.
Frank Alvarez
Say it.
Joey Santagato
It's written right there on my laptop, so just say it if that's how you're going to make the transition. Right there. Say it. Say that.
Frank Alvarez
There'S a lot of stuff coming out about Diddy.
Joey Santagato
A lot of stuff coming about Pete did.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, listen, we don't want to make fun of the potential alleged real life crimes. The non criminal stuff is the stuff we're going to talk about.
Joey Santagato
Well, we don't know if it's non criminal. It could be complicit in crimes.
Frank Alvarez
It could be.
Joey Santagato
But like a thousand bottles of baby oil is insane.
Frank Alvarez
785 dildos.
Joey Santagato
Oh, I thought it was like thousands.
Frank Alvarez
Whatever.
Joey Santagato
Maybe it was 700 more than five dildos. Yeah, seven and even five is a stretch. 700 dildos.
Frank Alvarez
700. Potentially 800.
Joey Santagato
How many dildos do you think a woman has through the course of her life?
Frank Alvarez
Four maybe.
Joey Santagato
When do you get them?
Frank Alvarez
I.
Joey Santagato
Your first one and then your second one is like in college.
Frank Alvarez
You're getting real gross with where that first one. The timeline of that first one.
Joey Santagato
Why?
Frank Alvarez
I'm just saying, when would that, like, so what, they get to college and then they. With one and then they have another one?
Joey Santagato
I don't know. I think I just. How many do they have?
Frank Alvarez
I don't even know when they get them. I'm saying, and this is, I would say during a lifetime, four more than that is insane.
Joey Santagato
I don't think it's insane.
Frank Alvarez
More than four.
Joey Santagato
You're not gonna have four at the same time.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, but I'm saying more than four.
Joey Santagato
Dildies in your whole life.
Frank Alvarez
That's wild, dude. These things are built to last, Duralast.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, but it's not about building to last. The technology changes and you're like, oh, this one grabs the back.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, but you know, sometimes a good old fashioned dildo does the trick. Like, you don't need to. Not for me personally.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, no, I think, I honestly think it's probably closer to, like six.
Frank Alvarez
Insane. Anything over four, I think is crazy. Dude.
Joey Santagato
I don't think it's crazy.
Frank Alvarez
But you know what? We're not taking into account varietals, you know? And that's what I mean. So, like, what is considered a dildo?
Joey Santagato
Oh, oh, oh. I'll. Okay, so we'll go dills. Dills and vibes. And vibes as well.
Frank Alvarez
It's good old vibes. Good old fashioned vibes.
Joey Santagato
Six or seven between the dills and the vibes. All right.
Frank Alvarez
I'll say that.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
As a. As a collective experience. A dill vibe of a vibe. Dill.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah. I think six or seven is okay.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
700.
Joey Santagato
700 is, like, a lot. That's enough for a hundred women in a lifetime.
Frank Alvarez
That's right.
Joey Santagato
That's crazy.
Frank Alvarez
And also, have you ever in your life, and be honest with me here, okay. Have you ever in your life purchased unbottle of baby oil?
Joey Santagato
I don't know. I don't think.
Frank Alvarez
You don't think so, right? No, not a single one.
Joey Santagato
I don't oil myself up. I don't know what baby oil is used for. Like.
Frank Alvarez
Like. I'm sure people use it for, like, massages.
Joey Santagato
I know, but. I know, but it's called baby oil, so I'm assuming it's like. Because babies get, like. They get really bad.
Frank Alvarez
They get dry skin and eczema. Like that. Oh, shit. I didn't even think of that.
Joey Santagato
So I figured that's why, like, you gotta, like, fucking oil the baby up. Because he's. They're always like, yeah, nieces, nephews, they have eczema. Like.
Frank Alvarez
Well, their skin comes out very. You know, it's. It's very fresh.
Joey Santagato
A baby skin is so, like. It's like almost. It feels like a caterpillar.
Frank Alvarez
It does. It does. Yes. Yes.
Joey Santagato
A little soft and, like, hairy.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah. There's a lot of peach fuzz on that shit.
Joey Santagato
And it's like, what is this?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, so I could see what. But like, a thousand.
Joey Santagato
Thousand's crazy.
Frank Alvarez
Thousand. Dude, what is baby oil made of? Is it edible oil? Edible, like olive oil or vegetable oil or.
Joey Santagato
It's not vegetable oil. I don't know.
Frank Alvarez
But then it would be organic.
Joey Santagato
What. What is baby. I think it's made out of babies, Joey. I've had better jokes. My, my. It won't open. So I think that we're just gonna have to. There it goes. What is baby oil made of first? First thing it says here is mayonnaise. Get the fuck out of Here, I'm making that up. It hasn't even loaded yet.
Frank Alvarez
Okay.
Joey Santagato
I don't know what's going on with my compute. Oh, oh, here we go. It's mainly made of mineral oil, which is colorless, odorless, and tasteless hydrocarbon refined from petroleum. Oh, holy shit. It was petrol.
Frank Alvarez
Okay, so a thousand bottles is basically like. You can use that as gasoline, it sounds like.
Joey Santagato
I mean, I don't think you could use it as gasoline.
Frank Alvarez
I just. And you saw his lawyer was just like, he has a thousand bottles of baby oil because he buys them in bulk.
Joey Santagato
How big are the crates?
Frank Alvarez
Also?
Joey Santagato
1,000.
Frank Alvarez
I have bought from someone who regularly shops at Costco. I've bought things in bulk.
Joey Santagato
Mm.
Frank Alvarez
The amount of items you need to buy to get that much bulk is crazy. Like, think about, like, bulk in, like, eggs from Costco. You can get like, maybe like 120 as a package. So then you need to buy 10 of those packages. Like, that's crazy.
Joey Santagato
I think that he's robbing trucks. I think that because 1000. Where would you even fucking put that?
Frank Alvarez
I mean, it's Diddy. I presume he has an abundance of.
Joey Santagato
Space, but then you have to dedicate a whole fucking room to just baby oil.
Frank Alvarez
I mean, if you think about it in terms of storage. Let's look at a bookshelf. Okay, a bookshelf. If you can have a bookshelf that holds five bottles deep, 20 bottles across, that's a hundred bottles a shelf. So now you just need 10 shelves.
Joey Santagato
That's a ton, Frank.
Frank Alvarez
I know, but I'm just. I'm thinking out loud here, babe. I'm trying to think if. If I were to buy a thousand bottles of baby oil, I don't think.
Joey Santagato
You could do a five. Deep shelf. That's a deep shelf, Frank. When was the last time you looked at a fucking baby oil bottle?
Frank Alvarez
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. All right, so maybe. But, like, they make deep shelves. I assume you could also get, like, custom made shelves if you're Mr. Mr. Did Combs.
Joey Santagato
Right.
Frank Alvarez
I use his government there. But that's a. That's a lot, dude.
Joey Santagato
It's way too much. Way too much baby oil.
Frank Alvarez
It also doesn't help him with all the other stories that have come out.
Joey Santagato
I am ready to say that, yeah. If you have a thousand bottles of baby oil, there's. I don't know whether the things he's accused of are true or not, but I know that that is definitely an indication there is something going on.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, yeah.
Joey Santagato
You don't get to have a thousand bottles of baby oil.
Frank Alvarez
Like, obviously we're going to let. We're going to let the criminal justice system do its job before we make any comments on the alleged crimes. But something is going on with all that.
Joey Santagato
Something's going on. A lot of fucking.
Frank Alvarez
No one has that. Like if you walked into a house and they had a thousand of anything.
Joey Santagato
You're up to something.
Frank Alvarez
You're up to something.
Joey Santagato
You're up to something. Yeah, and it's. And it's not good either.
Frank Alvarez
Like, it's just. It's just you're curious.
Joey Santagato
I mean, unless he's trying to build the world's biggest slip and slide.
Frank Alvarez
But then you wouldn't get them in individual bottles, babe. You would get them like delivered in like vats or hoses.
Joey Santagato
Frank. I don't know that hoses.
Frank Alvarez
You can. I imagine you, you can't buy a.
Joey Santagato
Hose fold with something filled with something.
Frank Alvarez
I imagine if you have a certain amount of money and. Or power, you can contact you back up a truck. Let's say Johnson and Johnson, because that's. Those are the baby oil people, right?
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
And you say, I need you to show up with a vat of baby oil. I need to hook up a hose to it and I need to be able to spray it out of this hose. They'll say, here's the cost, we'll make it work for you. Money talks.
Joey Santagato
Sounds like you went down this road before.
Frank Alvarez
I haven't been down that slippery slope. I am just saying that I imagine.
Joey Santagato
Have you ever slid on baby oil?
Frank Alvarez
I swear in my life, I don't think I've ever been in contact with baby oil. Knowingly. Knowingly. Like if it.
Joey Santagato
You've never had baby oil around, you don't have.
Frank Alvarez
Not that I know of. We've never had it for the kids.
Joey Santagato
Really.
Frank Alvarez
Never.
Joey Santagato
No. Eczema.
Frank Alvarez
They did have. Yes, they did.
Joey Santagato
So how do you.
Frank Alvarez
We had this other. It was. It was like CMOS lotion and like, you know, there's a cheap plug here, I guess Cerave, you know, they were, they were there. We use them a lot.
Joey Santagato
They helped out, but no oils.
Frank Alvarez
You know, La Roche helped out a lot too.
Joey Santagato
I gotta say, I think baby oil also like ruins your clothes.
Frank Alvarez
Well, yeah, if you get baby oil on your clothes, I imagine your clothes. Like you get any oil on your clothes, your clothes are. Yeah, but then you can do the trick that I taught you. Just, just the whole thing. Just soak the whole shirt.
Joey Santagato
Gonna be a darker color.
Frank Alvarez
But I mean, it's okay. Yeah, I'm not worried about it.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
But have you been around, like, knowingly been around baby oil?
Joey Santagato
Yeah, I've, like, put baby oil on my hands before. I don't know.
Frank Alvarez
No, you know.
Joey Santagato
No, I'm not, like, fisting people. That's not.
Frank Alvarez
I mean, why are you putting baby oil on your hands? It's not like. It's lotion. I mean, baby oil.
Joey Santagato
I was just curious. I've never, like, touched baby oil, so I was like. Let me just. Oh, you remember in my. Josh fucking baby oiled his old body.
Frank Alvarez
Josh did baby oil his body.
Joey Santagato
I think that's when I did it.
Frank Alvarez
That might have been when I did it, too, because he.
Joey Santagato
So you did do it.
Frank Alvarez
I guess I did, yeah. I forgot. Now I remember, and I'm admitting it.
Joey Santagato
Suspicious.
Frank Alvarez
That's not suspicious. I put it. And I rubbed down his back as a bro.
Joey Santagato
You rubbed baby oil over Josh's back?
Frank Alvarez
I believe the top of his back. I think everything else he had done himself. Why were you doing this, though?
Joey Santagato
You put baby oil on the top of his back from the bottom of your. I don't.
Frank Alvarez
I don't even know what to say about that. Were you jerking off a baby oil?
Joey Santagato
No, I've never done that.
Frank Alvarez
If you jerk off with baby oil, you would rip the skin off your dick, I imagine. Like, the fucking.
Joey Santagato
I don't know if you can jerk off. You might be too slick.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah.
Joey Santagato
Would even feel it. It's very slippery.
Frank Alvarez
Is it? I can't. I honestly cannot remember for the life of.
Joey Santagato
I feel like I remember someone, like, setting up a slip and slide and then putting a little bit on it. It may have been in Connecticut.
Frank Alvarez
Honestly, I remember every time we've done a slip and slide at Connecticut, it was always soap.
Joey Santagato
Oh, maybe. Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
It was always soap and water. We had. I remember the one we did for Beer Olympics. Soap and water. Mm. But I don't remember baby oil. Baby oil. We'd fly. Fucking. We'd skid across the lake like we were, you know, a skipping stone.
Joey Santagato
Right. A skipping stone.
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Glad I. Glad I found that one there.
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Frank Alvarez
No, I was looking. So apparently, whether it be last week or this week, it was. It was Zombie week.
Joey Santagato
But like national pancake, like Shark Week.
Frank Alvarez
And now it was national one hit Wonder Day. Did you see this?
Joey Santagato
We have to stop.
Frank Alvarez
We've gotten out of control. Although the basement yard boys, we would love a day just of our own.
Joey Santagato
That's a little crazy.
Frank Alvarez
You don't think so, bro?
Joey Santagato
Pancakes. That deserves a holiday. The basement yard. Let's get some people believe that we.
Frank Alvarez
Are up there with pancakes. We are in the same stratosphere as pancakes.
Joey Santagato
Anyone who puts this podcast above pancakes is not a Pancakes.
Frank Alvarez
Pancakes is not even the best of those. Like, you know, savory breakfast. You know, like meals. Waffles are waffles. We've agreed on that.
Joey Santagato
Belgian. Belgian.
Frank Alvarez
I'm cool. Yeah. Hell, yeah, I'm cool. I'm cool. Yeah, I like those.
Joey Santagato
I don't like when they put powdered sugar on my.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, I like. We agree. We agree, though. The French toast.
Joey Santagato
I love French toast.
Frank Alvarez
Up there, baby.
Joey Santagato
You. You with powdered sugar.
Frank Alvarez
I don't mind it. A little a dusting. I don't want this thing to come out looking like Tony Montana. You know what I'm talking? I don't like it.
Joey Santagato
It makes me choke. Why? Because it's like dust. I, like, eat it and then I inhale it. It's on my fucking uvula and I'm like, trying to eat a fucking piece of French toast.
Frank Alvarez
I eat like a normal human being, so I don't like when I put food in my mouth. Go.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, I'm not doing that.
Frank Alvarez
Apparently you are. If you're inhaling, just fucking put it in your mouth and chew.
Joey Santagato
I want to hit you as hard as I can. Hard, because you know what I'm talking about.
Frank Alvarez
How hard, bitch?
Joey Santagato
You've never aspirated, eating something or choked.
Frank Alvarez
You were. You're pulling out aspirated here, huh? While wearing a windbreaker.
Joey Santagato
That's a crazy thing.
Frank Alvarez
To say what you're doing. What?
Joey Santagato
Say before Monday. What'd you say? You said a crazy word before.
Frank Alvarez
It didn't. You can't remember, so it didn't happen.
Joey Santagato
It did happen.
Frank Alvarez
It didn't happen. It didn't. Anyone remember it? Didn't think so. Do you remember it?
Joey Santagato
No one in here.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, exactly. So you have no one to support your theory, but yeah, apparently, like. Yeah, then it was like one hit wonder day. Okay, so I just saw a bunch of people posting Somebody I used to know by Gautier.
Joey Santagato
What happened to that guy?
Frank Alvarez
Who cares? That song is a fucking hit, baby.
Joey Santagato
I actually hated it when it came out.
Frank Alvarez
Well, of course you did, because you were counterculture.
Joey Santagato
No, first of all. What, are you speaking to the mirror right now? Because that is you. You refuse to watch fucking Jersey Shore because you were like, everyone likes this. I'm not doing it. I just didn't like the song. I didn't. I just. You know what it was. The radio beat the shit out of me.
Frank Alvarez
Duh. Anytime something is a fucking. Even smaller. You were listening to the radio in 2013, Joey.
Joey Santagato
I was in Cars.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, okay, that makes sense. But that. Remember that and call me maybe we're out at the exact same time.
Joey Santagato
You know what? That's a song that the radio beat the fuck out of. And I still liked it.
Frank Alvarez
It's still a good song. It's just so, like wholesome and sweet and fun.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
You know, I will say this, though. Somebody I used to know is a fucking absolute banger.
Joey Santagato
It is. I love it now.
Frank Alvarez
Any other one hit wonders you could think of? Turn me on by Kevin Little. Oh, yeah, we heard that.
Joey Santagato
Oh, yeah.
Frank Alvarez
Careful with the accent here.
Joey Santagato
That's what the guy says.
Frank Alvarez
I don't know. I don't know. We did hear that at the San Geneiro Feast.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, we're like, this isn't the last place we expect.
Frank Alvarez
I expect to hear, you know, like. Hi. Not Turn me On by Kevin Little.
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
God, Rick. The Rickroll song, what's it called?
Joey Santagato
Rick. Oh, Rick.
Frank Alvarez
Never gonna give you up. Yeah.
Joey Santagato
Rick Astley.
Frank Alvarez
That's a. That's a great song to let you down.
Joey Santagato
I did not expect the guy to look like that.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah. To look like a white ginger.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, Like, I was just. I was expecting, like, I don't know.
Frank Alvarez
What were you expecting? Never gonna give you up. I was expecting like a.
Joey Santagato
Someone a little more burly, like.
Frank Alvarez
Like Rob Robin Thicke's dad, Alan Thick.
Joey Santagato
You know, I don't know what that looks like.
Frank Alvarez
You know who he is. He's like. Yeah. You don't agree?
Joey Santagato
I don't know what Alan Thick looks like.
Frank Alvarez
You know what Alan Thick looks like? No, I don't, Alan.
Joey Santagato
But like the dude. Rick Astley has such, like, a deep voice that I thought he'd be a little more burly.
Frank Alvarez
This is what I expected him to look like. Right.
Joey Santagato
That's Robin Thicke's dad.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, of course.
Joey Santagato
Is he an actor?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah.
Joey Santagato
What was he in?
Frank Alvarez
I think he was Punky Brewster. Maybe he wasn't Punky Brewster.
Joey Santagato
Punky Brewster.
Frank Alvarez
It was like a show from the 80s. Let me. Right now he's been in stuff. Growing Pains. Okay. Just like a bunch of random shit movies. Oh, wait, that's for music department movies.
Joey Santagato
I've made a mistake asking this. I'm realizing it now.
Frank Alvarez
He was in the Fuller House show and I can't. He was in this Is Us.
Joey Santagato
Never mind.
Frank Alvarez
He was in.
Joey Santagato
I don't know him. I don't care.
Frank Alvarez
Not a lot of stuff that you would have seen, honestly. But yeah, Alan Thick, you know, that's who I expected to sing that. Just like.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, yeah.
Frank Alvarez
Just like a cool. There's a cool guy.
Joey Santagato
Yeah. And then you see this guy in the music video. Never gonna give you up.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Never gonna is great. Still. I still love that. So trying to think of other, like, one hit wonder.
Joey Santagato
MC Hammer, baby.
Frank Alvarez
MC Hammer was by definition a one hit wonder. I think like, he had another song after that but then lost all of his money.
Joey Santagato
I'm just gonna Google one hit wonders. What kind of like just ran Ice, baby.
Frank Alvarez
It was vanilla. Was Vanilla Ice a one hit wonder?
Joey Santagato
I don't think so.
Frank Alvarez
Did. Would you believe me if I told you?
Joey Santagato
What about the.
Frank Alvarez
I'm too sexy for my Right Said Fred. I think that's.
Joey Santagato
Yeah. All right, let's get a list of one hit wonders.
Frank Alvarez
Hit me out.
Joey Santagato
What? Said hit me out. So 2000s, we have. Oh, Eiffel65. Am blue.
Frank Alvarez
Why do you say oh? Like, of course. Like, everyone knows eyeball 65.
Joey Santagato
Well, yeah. I mean, okay.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, the Barbie girl song. I'm a Barbie girl.
Joey Santagato
Okay, where does Filter take a picture?
Frank Alvarez
Take a picture.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, by Filter.
Frank Alvarez
Who the hell is that?
Joey Santagato
I don't know.
Frank Alvarez
Why don't you take a picture?
Joey Santagato
Macy Gray is on this.
Frank Alvarez
Damn. Macy Gray is kind of a one hit wonder. She had one that one hit.
Joey Santagato
I try to walk away and I choke I try to walk away and I stumble I try to hide it it's there Mama grumbles when you are not here.
Frank Alvarez
The only other thing.
Joey Santagato
Whoa.
Frank Alvarez
The only other thing I remember Macy Gray for she sang the theme song to as Told by Ginger. You remember that song, that show?
Joey Santagato
Yes.
Frank Alvarez
How does it go? Someone was told me to grass green.
Joey Santagato
On the other side. Yeah, that's a good one too.
Frank Alvarez
It's a good song.
Joey Santagato
Do suck though. Teenage Dirtbag is on here. There's no way that band had one hit Wonder who did that?
Frank Alvarez
I'm just a teenage dirt bag, baby Weedus. I mean, I couldn't name you a single other Wheatist song.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, the Baja Men. Who Let the Dogs Out. Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
I mean, they did have some other songs.
Joey Santagato
Who Let the Dogs Out? I sounded like that was crazy. I didn't know I had that. Hit me.
Frank Alvarez
Holy shit.
Joey Santagato
That sounded like them.
Frank Alvarez
Holy shit. Yo. They had some other songs. They did. I think I had that album. Would you believe me if I told you I had their album?
Joey Santagato
You have the Bahaman album?
Frank Alvarez
They had another. I think they did like a cover of like the Lion Sleeps Tonight. You know where it's just like a wee. Damn. The Baja.
Joey Santagato
Oh, S Club 7's on here.
Frank Alvarez
That's a disrespect.
Joey Santagato
Disrespectful to my s club 7.
Frank Alvarez
Joey being very upset that he heard that.
Joey Santagato
I never had a dream come true Till the day that I found you.
Frank Alvarez
You know what song I heard the other day? And I almost lost my mind because I forgot it existed.
Joey Santagato
What?
Frank Alvarez
Incomplete by the Backstreet Boys.
Joey Santagato
How's it go, Inc?
Frank Alvarez
I was like, oh, fuck.
Joey Santagato
That's a good one. I like that.
Frank Alvarez
Any other one hit wonders that are worth noting?
Joey Santagato
There's one that I really like. You're not going to know. It's called right now by sr71. It's like a little rock song that's really good, but My Baby by Romeo. I don't know that one. Flavor of the Week. American hi Fi is not a one hit. Wonderful.
Frank Alvarez
I wouldn't even be able to tell you either. Her song.
Joey Santagato
She's Just a Week.
Frank Alvarez
Who did the song? Oh, my God.
Joey Santagato
Alien Ant Farms on air.
Frank Alvarez
What the. Of course. Alien Ant Farm. They had that one hit and it was a criminal. Yeah. Set.
Joey Santagato
Still Fly by the Big Timers is here.
Frank Alvarez
That's disrespectful. That's what. That's our Jimmy E. World. Jimmy World. The Middle was a. That was it.
Joey Santagato
That is the.
Frank Alvarez
They performed the night before we did in Houston.
Joey Santagato
They did? Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
Damn. We have still Fl all the Things.
Joey Santagato
She Said by Tattoo. You remember that?
Frank Alvarez
Oh, hell, yeah. That was a big song for the life.
Joey Santagato
Run into my head. Running. This is.
Frank Alvarez
Well, I don't remember.
Joey Santagato
They were lesbians.
Frank Alvarez
I know I just said it was a big song for lesbians, dude.
Joey Santagato
Bro, when I was younger and I was like, holy lesbians. Like I had to tune in because.
Frank Alvarez
I was like, I just want to see lesbian song.
Joey Santagato
I just wanted to see those their anthem. I had never seen a lesbian and that was like this is my.
Frank Alvarez
That you knew.
Joey Santagato
So I turned on TRL and I was like, the lesbians are out there.
Frank Alvarez
Well, I remember. I remember in 2003 or 2002, WWE had Eric Bischoff was bringing out lesbians. You don't remember this?
Joey Santagato
Yeah.
Frank Alvarez
HLA hla. He was like, we're gonna have some hot lesbian action. Yeah. And I was like glued to the tv and then three minute warning came out and ruined the whole thing for me. I could have seen lesbians on the TV and Way to go, Eric Bischoff.
Joey Santagato
It by Iman disrespect.
Frank Alvarez
But I. You. You used. You used your song on the bottom and stank.
Joey Santagato
The reason definitely one hitter. Never heard another song.
Frank Alvarez
Obviously. I fully admit that.
Joey Santagato
Are you gonna be my girl by Jet.
Frank Alvarez
That's a great song also. Yeah. That was a big karaoke song for me for a while. I said 1, 2, 3, take your handicap with me. Because dude, so fine. And I really wanna make.
Joey Santagato
They also have. What's the song? I just missed it. Oh, Collide by Howie Day. That song is song is that.
Frank Alvarez
Who's Howie Day?
Joey Santagato
Somehow fine. You and I collide.
Frank Alvarez
I remember that one.
Joey Santagato
Love that. James Blunt, you're beautiful. I Yo. No. First of all, this is disrespect because.
Frank Alvarez
James Blunt that bitch.
Joey Santagato
You're beautiful. It's true. Am I?
Frank Alvarez
James Joey is a the love child of the Baja men and James Blunt.
Joey Santagato
Yo, goodbye my lover. Bro. I could legit. Did I disappoint you or let you down? God damn. Should I be feeling guilty? Daniel Powder Bad day, bro. This was my favorite song.
Frank Alvarez
Don't care about that love.
Joey Santagato
That's on me. And Divino loved that song.
Frank Alvarez
That not a flex. Honestly.
Joey Santagato
Chameleon Air riding Hell yeah.
Frank Alvarez
He and he cashed out and he's now doing well for himself. Good. We should have invited Chameleon air to our Houston show.
Joey Santagato
We should have done that. But I will say this, and I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but the guy looks exactly like. You guessed it. A gecko. Come on. He looks like a gecko.
Frank Alvarez
He does look like a lizard gecko. He does. He does. I will say this, though, no disrespect to Mr. Millionaire. The papoose version, the remixes is a little bit better.
Joey Santagato
I love when you do that.
Frank Alvarez
It's so good. Oh, yeah, bro. I think you know what's funny?
Joey Santagato
Lips of an angel it's standing on a.
Frank Alvarez
Hear your voice saying my name it sounds so sweet Coming from the lips.
Joey Santagato
Of an angel I don't know the rest of it.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, something about makes me weak Little hard to say good night never Girl, you make it hard to be faithful Wait a second. Wait, wait.
Joey Santagato
Bro, you don't know what that song is about?
Frank Alvarez
No. Is he cheating on his wife?
Joey Santagato
Bro, the song begins with honey, why you're calling me?
Frank Alvarez
So he's cheating on his wife. Who's saying that? Who's saying that?
Joey Santagato
Hinder.
Frank Alvarez
Fuck you, Mr. Hinder. Yeah, cheating on your wife, you bastard. You two timing bitch. Lips of an angels Crazy that's means.
Joey Santagato
For sucking jibs Chain hang low that was my ringtone.
Frank Alvarez
That was my ringtone. Does your chain hang low? Does it wobble to the flow?
Joey Santagato
Rich boy, throw some Ds remix is crazy.
Frank Alvarez
Remix goes so goddamn hard, it's unbelievable. No, I mean that you're talking the Wayne freestyle. I'm talking to the Andre 3000 with.
Joey Santagato
Kanye's on that too.
Frank Alvarez
Right, Andre?
Joey Santagato
Kanye got stacks. Y'all already know that?
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, yeah.
Joey Santagato
All right, what else we got on here?
Frank Alvarez
I don't know.
Joey Santagato
I honestly just.
Frank Alvarez
Welcome back to Music Talk with I.
Joey Santagato
Love, I Love College by Asher Roth 2000.
Frank Alvarez
Oh, my God. That was. That was crazy because that's when we were going away to. That's when one of us were going away to college. And every party was just like, play. I love college. And every person there was just like, I love college. I love drinking.
Joey Santagato
Did you guys do the Sammy Adams version? I'm sure college, but love all the parties. Remember Sammy Adams, bro?
Frank Alvarez
Speaking of no hit wonders. Sammy Adams.
Joey Santagato
No. Sammy Adams had like a couple of college bangers. There's a. There's another song. I forget the name right now, but he had a moment.
Frank Alvarez
Was about to disrespect Mike Posner, but he had a couple hits.
Joey Santagato
The pose.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, dude. Oh, you guys boys.
Joey Santagato
No, I wish. Seems like a really nice guy. He walked the whole country.
Frank Alvarez
Did he?
Joey Santagato
Yeah, did he? Walked across the country.
Frank Alvarez
Why? Just make music, Mike Poser. No one wants to see you walk. They want to hear you make some fucking bops.
Joey Santagato
No, he's a.
Frank Alvarez
Think you cool. It in me.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, Picture of like that album cover and they're like this looks just like you.
Frank Alvarez
Yeah, well, you're getting that people getting out a hand with that one.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, well, when I had the buzz.
Frank Alvarez
Cut, I looked like, yo, someone. Someone posted a picture recently of Travis Kelce and it legit looks like you.
Joey Santagato
Geez, that's not really a good thing.
Frank Alvarez
I think Travis Kelsey's good looking dude.
Joey Santagato
He's older than me.
Frank Alvarez
Travis Kelsey, he's maybe a couple years older than you.
Joey Santagato
Yeah, he might be a couple years older, actually.
Frank Alvarez
Not like he's in his 50s. You're saying that like he's older. He's dating the biggest star on the planet. Biggest Thor.
Joey Santagato
All right, well, there you have it, folks.
Frank Alvarez
Don't you dare.
Joey Santagato
There you have it, folks. That is our episode for today. The last episode. We are recording before Radio City. I think Monday.
Frank Alvarez
Monday is our Radio City.
Joey Santagato
Correct.
Frank Alvarez
But friends, weekly we're recording before Radio City checks.
Joey Santagato
Where can they find you?
Frank Alvarez
F. Alvarez@85 on Twitter the Frank Alvarez and all the form of social media. Patreon.com thebasemoniard make sure you go check it out the basement on all forms of social media. You can also check out Joe Santagato on all forms of social media. Make sure everything that's Santa got a studios is in your feed because we have a lot of fun over here and we want to do it for you.
Joey Santagato
And that is all. We'll see you guys next time.
The Basement Yard Episode #471 - The Best One Hit Wonders Ever
Release Date: October 7, 2024
Introduction and Celebrity Banter
The episode kicks off with Joe Santagato and his co-host Frank Alvarez engaging in their signature humorous banter. Early into the conversation, Frank brings up the unsettling nature of celebrity smiles, particularly highlighting Jack Nicholson's enigmatic grin.
Frank Alvarez (00:15): "Any celebrity smiles scare the shit out of you? And why was it Jack Nicholson's?"
Joe responds with his own apprehension towards Nicholson's smile, setting a lighthearted yet intriguing tone for the episode.
Joey Santagato (00:21): "I've never seen him smile."
This playful exchange segues into a brief discussion about their newly launched Basement Yard merchandise, featuring their signature drinks with a Halloween twist.
Nostalgia and Personal Anecdotes
The hosts reminisce about their past experiences, including Joe's stint working at Target, where Frank shares entertaining stories about challenging customers and the grueling work schedule. This segment offers listeners a glimpse into the hosts' personal lives and builds a connection through relatable workplace humor.
Frank Alvarez (03:13): "I had to kick her out. And she would call me on the phone screaming because of me."
Joe also delves into cultural references, discussing classic movies and actors like Diane Keaton and reviewing their performances and personal preferences in a humorous manner.
Diving into One Hit Wonders
As the episode progresses, the conversation naturally transitions to the main topic: one-hit wonders. Joe and Frank explore various artists and songs that fit this category, sharing their thoughts and personal opinions on why these tracks stand out despite the artists not sustaining long-term fame.
Joey Santagato (55:03): "Bro, when I was younger and I was like, holy lesbians. Like I had to tune in because..."
The hosts compile a diverse list of one-hit wonders across different decades, discussing iconic tracks such as:
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up": They reflect on the song's enduring popularity and its unexpected resurgence through internet memes.
Frank Alvarez (52:09): "That's a great song to let you down."
Macy Gray's "I Try": They analyze how this track captured the essence of Gray's unique voice and style.
Joey Santagato (55:18): "Love that. James Blunt, you're beautiful."
Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)": The duo discusses the catchy yet simplistic nature of the song that made it a memorable hit.
Frank Alvarez (54:24): "Why do you say oh? Like, everyone knows Eiffel 65."
Throughout their discussion, Joe and Frank inject humor and personal anecdotes, making the exploration of one-hit wonders both informative and entertaining. They debate the definition of a one-hit wonder, considering artists like Vanilla Ice and discussing whether certain musicians qualify based on their subsequent works.
Joey Santagato (57:05): "Never heard another song."
Audience Interaction and Cultural Impact
The hosts touch upon the cultural impact of one-hit wonders, contemplating why certain songs remain in public memory despite the artists not maintaining commercial success. They explore themes such as the timing of song releases, marketing strategies, and the fickle nature of the music industry.
Frank Alvarez (35:00): "That's wild, dude. These things are built to last, Duralast."
Joe and Frank also reference various media appearances and performances by one-hit wonder artists, analyzing how these moments contribute to the songs' lasting impressions.
Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts
As the episode draws to a close, Joe and Frank summarize their favorite one-hit wonders and express their appreciation for the memorable tracks that have left a mark on listeners. They also joke about the possibility of creating their own one-hit wonder, blending humor with genuine admiration for the artists discussed.
Joey Santagato (62:49): "James Blunt, you're beautiful. I..."
Frank Alvarez (63:41): "I think Travis Kelsey's a good looking dude."
The conversation wraps up with lighthearted exchanges, reinforcing the camaraderie between the hosts and leaving listeners with a sense of enjoyment and nostalgia.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps
Conclusion
Episode #471 of The Basement Yard masterfully blends humor, personal anecdotes, and insightful discussions on the phenomenon of one-hit wonders. Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez engage listeners with their dynamic chemistry, making the exploration of fleeting musical fame both entertaining and thought-provoking. Whether you're a fan of nostalgic tracks or curious about the stories behind one-hit wonders, this episode offers a comprehensive and enjoyable listen.