#535 - The 2025 YARDIE AWARDS

Summary

The Basement Yard – Episode #535: The 2025 YARDIE AWARDS

Podcast Hosts: Joe Santagato, Frank Alvarez
Presented by: Santagato Studios
Release Date: December 29, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this lively and irreverent special, Joe Santagato, Frank Alvarez, and guest host/producer Ant Prisco gather for the sixth annual “Yardie Awards”—a comedic, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the people, moments, and absurdities that defined 2025. This episode celebrates the podcast's signature blend of banter, inside jokes, and cultural commentary, with Ant stepping in to emcee the festivities.

Amid champagne pops and roasts, the trio debates each award category, with Ant presiding as judge. The show’s tone is rowdy, self-effacing, and heartfelt; it celebrates The Basement Yard’s growth, as well as the loyal “Piggies” (fans) who made it all possible.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Kicking Off the Yardie Awards

• [01:21] Festive mood as the team opens a (possibly ancient) bottle of Moet to ring in the awards.
• Joe and Frank rib each other about “regal” entrances and the questionable origins of their champagne.
• Ant is introduced as the first official host, cranking up the show’s playful energy.

“Welcome back to the sixth annual Yardie Awards. I mean, come on, folks, look at us. Round of applause for us. Me. Mostly me. And us.” – Frank [01:21]

2. Ant’s Monologue 🔥

• [05:27 – 15:24] Ant brings the absurd: fake personas, running gags ("fat dick thick daddy"), and bold humor.
• He sets ground rules: Joe and Frank each present nominees, argue their case, and Ant picks a winner.
• Running bits about inclusivity, circumcision, and being “unbiased and uncircumcised.”
• Recap of 2025’s "craziness," cultural trends (Chinese mothership drones, TikTok, Elon Musk's "fall"), and Ant stepping up as producer.

“Your favorite gagger gagged his way into this role. And I don't plan to come up for air anytime soon.” – Ant [05:55]

“This year we decided there needs to be a clear winner. So the boys will give their nominee and then tell us why they think their nominee should win. My job here is to be unbiased and uncircumcised.” – Ant [09:19]

3. Categories, Nominees & Hilarious Debates 🏆

Below are the year’s major Yardie Awards:

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1. Gagger of the Year

Something or someone that truly “gagged” (shocked) the hosts in 2025.

• Joe’s pick: The brothers in White Lotus' shocking, taboo scene.
  • “Color me gagged, folks.” – Joe [18:33]
• Frank’s pick: Kendrick Lamar calling Drake a “pedophile” live at the Super Bowl halftime show—a legendary, public beef escalation.
• Ant’s verdict: Frank wins.
  • [21:34] “...just on the sheer scale of the size of the Super Bowl, that the Gagger of the Year award has to go to Kendrick Lamar calling Drake...unbelievable.” – Ant

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2. Landscaper of the Year

Who most needed to “touch grass”—aka get off the internet?

• Joe: The endless “100 men vs. one gorilla” online debate – “A gorilla is going to kill 100 men. You're definitely not going to take it down.”
• Frank: People crying on TikTok about the platform’s (possible) ban.
  • “You can live life outside your phone...go outside, touch grass.” – Frank [24:58]
• Winner: Joe (for the gorilla debate).
  • “I'm gonna have to give it—yeah...” – Ant [27:10]

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3. Lifetime Bereavement Award

What died (person, thing, or concept) in 2025?

• Joe: Hulk Hogan (“who died in July”), with a savage dig at his legacy.
• Frank: Uncomfortable celebrity press junket interviews.
• Winner: Frank (for “killing off” the awkward press interview trend), with the caveat that if the trend returns, “I will eat a spoonful of the hottest hot sauce you could find.” [33:41]

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4. COVID 2025 Award

The most viral moment or trend of the year.

• Joe: Ashton Hall’s “morning face plunge” trend—everyone plunging their faces into cold Saratoga water, brands and mascots joining in.
• Frank: The moment at a Coldplay concert when Chris Martin caught an “affair” on the jumbotron.
• Winner: Joe (the face plunge). “...that was probably the one thing...so viral that everyone and their mother knows about this.” [44:15]

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5. I’m an Old Pathetic Fat Loser Award

What made the boys feel ancient in 2025?

• Joe: The viral “6, 7” meme. “It was definitely an indicator that I am no longer part of the younger generation that pushes culture.” – Joe [46:41]
• Frank: The “Labubu” craze—toys with no apparent virtue, reminiscent of Beanie Babies but “ugly...they do nothing.”
• Winner: Joe (for “6, 7”).

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6. I’m Gonna Cut My Head Clean Off If I Hear This One More Time Award

Most relentless earworm or viral sound/saying.

• Joe: The ‘Jetsu holiday’ TikTok sound – “Every other video...now I'm forced to sit through this.”
• Frank: ‘Chicken Jackie’ from the Minecraft movie—ubiquitous in both digital and real worlds.
• Winner: Frank (“Chicken Jackie”—the Minecraft movie grossed ~$958M worldwide!) [52:23]

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7. That’ll Wake Up Your Aunt Moment of the Year

A hidden gem or underdog performance that shocked everyone.

• Joe: The “Performative Male” – trendy men carrying tote bags, drinking matcha, “ironically tattered clothing.”
• Frank: Frank’s own basketball performance in Phoenix—unexpectedly dominant and impressive.
• Winner: Frank unanimously (even Joe surrenders!), calling it the “Basement Yard's Linsanity.” [57:04]

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8. Will Smith Award

Lost credibility, kept making it worse.

• Both nominate: Sydney Sweeney, who “kept consistently making it worse” after a tone-deaf American Eagle campaign and awkward interviews.
• Tie, but awarded to Joe for answering first. [62:52]

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9. Orange Phone Award (Comeback of the Year)

Best comeback or return.

• Joe: Justin Bieber’s "cool" resurgence—Gen-Z slang, new Twitch streaming, and “serving coded violence” to paparazzi: “It’s not clocking to you that I'm standing on business.”
• Frank: 50 Cent’s reignited “generational hater” energy—documentary on Diddy, buying Jim Jones’s podcast, relentless beefs.
• Winner: Joe (Bieber).

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10. Big Roar Energy Award

Person/entity who commanded the most energy, attention, and presence in 2025.

• Joe: Taylor Swift—new album, personal milestones, continued cultural omnipresence.
• Frank: Timothée Chalamet—shaved head, rebranded persona, viral moments, embracing boldness: “He’s out there with a shaved head now...people think he's a mysterious London rapper.”
• Winner: Joe (Taylor Swift), after a hard-fought debate.
  • “A whole tour. The album...she made money forcing me to hear about Travis Kelce’s penis.” – Ant [74:58]

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Notable Quotes & Banter

• “It's the Yardies. What do you do, Z? All right. I'll be killed. Yeah, someone killed.” – Joe [15:40] (The spirit of chaos throughout)
• “Hands and balance is hilarious.” – Frank [13:16] (“How did you write that?”)
• “If you have content or you have a small business, you should be using Squarespace because they're the best.” – Joe [34:12] (on sponsorships)
• “You know, Taylor Swift—they said she bought back all of her masters...” – Joe [73:14]
• “Frank's basketball performance in Phoenix this year was great. We don't even know if something like that can be replicated.” – Joe [58:00]
• “If I had a grenade, it'd be live.” – Joe [44:51]

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Memorable, Off-the-Rails Moments

• Ant’s Outrageous Monologue [05:27–15:24]—the “fat dick thick daddy” persona and deadpan reads (“Hold my hair back, Haley Welch. I'm gonna hawk to a all over this thing. You shmel. Free Diddy.”).
• Frank’s impassioned plea for his basketball experience as a category winner [55:51–57:11].
• “Aplomb” becomes the Word of the Day, used excessively and self-referentially [45:05, 78:51].
• Technical discussions about whether certain phenomena “died in 2025” or not (e.g., press junket awkwardness vs. Hulk Hogan’s death).
• Playful jabs at circumcision, internet virality, and generational divides.
• Champagne Mystery: “This is from probably nineteen one zero two.” [02:12]
• Roar Energy: Frank struggles to deliver an authentic roar for the audience [69:24–69:48].

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Final Segment & Closing Remarks

• The show wraps with reflections on the Basement Yard’s growth, gratitude to fans, and optimism for 2026.
• Joe gives a heartfelt message—“...we moved into this space, had a new studio setup... you guys have been so supportive and haven't wavered at all... feels like the beginning of a next level.” [77:12–78:15]
• Frank, in semi-sincere mode, laments his losses, congratulates Joe, and muses that Chalamet was “robbed.” [76:31]
• Ending on absurdity, the hosts riff about Jewish and Chinese New Year, lipstick stains on champagne glasses, and “aplombless” drinking [79:01–80:23].

“We appreciate that so much and it's been so much fun... it feels like the beginning of a next level. So it feels like we’re just getting started.” – Joe [77:16]

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Conclusion

Episode #535 of The Basement Yard delivers everything fans have come to expect: unfiltered humor, zany award-show antics, moments of surprising sincerity, and a whirlwind summary of a bizarre year. If you want an offbeat, hilarious replay of 2025 in internet and pop culture, this is the episode to hear.

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Key Timestamps

• 01:21 – Award Show Introduction
• 05:27 – 15:24 – Ant’s Opening Monologue
• 16:31 – 77:09 – Main Award Debates (see above for individual timestamps)
• 77:12 – 80:23 – Closing Reflections, Farewell Toasts

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Perfect for listeners who love pop culture, self-aware banter, chaotic comedy, and award shows with zero actual stakes but maximum laughs.

Transcript

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Welcome back to the base.

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Welcome back to the basement yard, Frank. How are you feeling?

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I'm feeling great.

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Are you Frank Sinatra?

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I thought we were doing, like, a more regal entrance, right? You know, like, maybe some, like, throw some, like, award show music in here with, like, trumpets.

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That'd be cool. Can you do that?

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Oh, not me doing it.

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No. We've heard your vocal renditions and stuff on the Santa Gatta Studio. Yeah, Give us.

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Give us your. Your horn intro.

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Get horny for us. No, see, now that was just instructing.

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I tried to do a puppet.

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You tried.

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I'm not usually on this side.

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Yeah.

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Jesus.

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You're also standing, like, trump. This podium.

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Can't see it.

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He's like, forward leaning.

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I'm making sure this podium doesn't fly fall over.

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Ah, you're all right. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the sixth annual Yardy Awards. I mean, come on, folks, look at us. Round of applause for us. Me. Mostly me. And us.

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Yeah.

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Oh, you're going right for it.

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Yeah. We're gonna open this up because it's a celebration.

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Okay.

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It was a wonderful year for everyone out there. Not everyone. It was actually. You know, the price keeps going up and people are not getting paid, and that's sad.

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Yeah. There's some people that definitely. What are you doing?

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I don't know. But now why are you like. There's easier ways to open up champagne, and I don't have that in front of me now, but that's what. This is all we got.

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By the way, did you buy this?

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Well, you bought it.

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I was gonna say, how much is this?

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Also, it's bottle of Moet. I mean, if you were doing it for the yardies, you go, yeah, you.

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Gotta bump this up.

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It's really. I forgot to buy champagne. That's what I had in my house.

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Oh, gotcha. Gotcha.

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This is from probably nineteen one zero two.

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Nineteen one oh two. The year nineteen thousand one hundred two. Got a quick look.

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It's got a little thing on.

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You got to be careful. There's a very expensive light right above you.

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Should I just send it?

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I mean I don't see why it's gonna get wet on your desk.

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I hope it doesn't. Is this gonna go everywhere? Is it cold?

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Did you shake it?

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Hey, welcome to the 2025 Yardy Awards.

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You hit the light.

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Dammit. But she didn't spill. Hey, she didn't spill.

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This is an evening. We're recording this at noon of celebration where. Well, I. I feel like I don't need to explain it. A lot of people here know what the Yardies is. If you guys are a first time viewer, you're in for a treat. Okay, we got all dolled up. We got all snazzed up. Joey is wearing a pre tied bow tie which is disgusting. I am wearing a custom made I tied. Let's give it up for Frank and his bow tie because we all give a.

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All right, here you go.

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I think it's more impressive that mine is not pre tied.

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Honestly. Dude, when you walked in here with that, the first thing me and Ann said to each other is wow, how impressive. The guy can tie.

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I can tie a bow tie.

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The guy can make the ribbon also.

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What the hell was that? Look at what you did.

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He did it too.

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What?

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I look at him. He's fat. I not. You like the cup. I'm sorry, that was mean. I don't mean you.

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Batman bow tie by the way.

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Batman bow tie.

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I can see that. I can see you did say it was custom. What does that mean?

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My friend Melissa made it for me in college for Christmas.

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Do you think guys and girls can be friends?

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She actually still one of my friends. I love her. Love her to this day. Cheers to the Yardies.

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I'm not gonna make it.

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I mean you and I could make it.

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Maybe we could do it.

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These are nice champagne flutes by the way.

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All right.

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This is gonna be quite the episode. Who knows what's gonna happen?

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Technically we do. We plan the whole thing.

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Like I said, if you guys. Actually I shouldn't introduce it. Yeah, I think if anyone is to introduce this show it is the first time host.

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First time host.

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Mr.

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The only host we've ever had for the art is usually it's just me and Frank out here doing the damn thing. But Ant's on this side of the camera today because he wanted to host this and he also wrote some words for us. So let's, let's get her going why don't we.

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Ant wrote a monologue. We'd love to give you the floor. So please take it. Take the floor.

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Take it. Take it from us.

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Did I spend a lot of time writing this?

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I sure hope so.

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Oh, you spent a good amount of day.

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This is a big moment. This might be your last.

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There's been rewrites even. Right.

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This might be your last moment. Not even just on this. On the channel, on the show. I will be in life.

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I will just say, would like you to enunciate and speak loudly.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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And we can stop in the middle if we need to talk about what he says.

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Sure.

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Yeah.

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Right. And I will have a job.

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Well, that seems to be up in the air.

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That feels like a random question.

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You're asking the wrong people but the right person. You know what I'm saying?

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Okay. So welcome to the. What year is it?

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Read the fucking goddamn. What the fuck?

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Welcome to the six annual Yardies Awards. My name is Ant Prisco. You know, the fat dick thick daddy with the fake glasses. Hubba hubba. Booyah.

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Yeah.

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All right. That's a pretty good.

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Incredible cheet.

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That's a pretty good introduction for you, Mr.

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Fat Balls. Oh, wait, what was it?

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Sorry. It was fat dick thick daddy.

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Got it, got it, got it. You should read slower.

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Yeah.

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You understand.

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Really enunciate it. Got it.

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You're trying to like, you know, twist of the thing.

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Twist of the thing. Got it. I'm honored to be the first official host of the Yardies. That's right. Your favorite gagger gagged his way into this role. And I don't plan to come up for air anytime soon.

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Whoa.

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That's a good plan, I think.

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Wow. He's dedicated, it seems.

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Well. And honestly, you do gag often and pretty well. So you have been gagging every day.

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For the last month. Let's get that out of the way.

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Also, where are you that you're saying you're not coming up for air?

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Mmm.

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Really?

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Not only is it a good question. It's a fair question.

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It's a fair one.

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I believe that's to be left up to the imagination, Frankie. Okay. Hold my hair back, Haley Welch. I'm gonna hawk to a all over this thing. You shmel. Free Diddy.

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You wrote that? I can't believe. Dude, why would you say that? Your first time as a host on the show. You know what's in this champagne? Now that I think about it. Good Lord.

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It's going to be clipped.

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Okay. You ended with Free ditty. Yes. Right. Thank you.

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Start right after the free ditty part.

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Yeah. In honor of this momentous occasion, I've written a brief monologue in my own words that no one else has seen or had a hand in.

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That's obvious.

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That's great.

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Yeah. Speaking of a hand in, I wish someone had a hand in me right now.

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I don't see how that's.

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I don't know.

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I don't know how that applies.

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In what context would that be necessary for the moment?

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Right.

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So strap in or strap up if lesbian.

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Whoa, dude. This is a very lesbian friendly show. You know what, though? I like that you're inclusive of the lesbians. That's good.

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Although you're leaving some people out.

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Yeah, a lot of people out.

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And join me as we have an evening of laughs, tears, and if you're lucky, maybe Frankie and Joe will lightly kiss beneath the milky twilight.

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Why would you.

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Did you write.

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I didn't write that. Why? Well, he wrote that.

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Yeah.

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I thought we had free room ad lib here.

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Okay, what the fuck?

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At this point. Oh, I see. At this point we can look confused, like. Wait, you wrote.

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What are you telling. Dude, fucking got it.

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That's in parentheses. I'm not supposed to read that.

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Take a sip of your. Your. Your martini that you made. He made the thickest, strongest dirty martini.

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Can I say it looks like a old dehydrated man pissed in your glass.

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Oh, yeah, absolutely. That looks like it's fresh out of a urethra.

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It tastes like that as well. Shall I continue?

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Um, yeah, actually, can you start from the free ditty part one more time?

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Right.

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Or just repeat that?

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I was gonna. I can't. Wow. Six years of the Yardies. Amazing. Only 12 more years and it'll. And it'll officially be too old for my liking.

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Whoa. Oh, my God, you filthy fuck.

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Yeah, you're a pig.

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What is wrong with you?

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Jesus, it's.

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That's disgusting.

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That's illegal.

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If you're a first time viewer, the Artist is an award show where the boys look back at the past year and award some of the most iconic moments and people that shaped 2025.

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That's right. Yes, we do. And we are very happy to do it.

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Yep.

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We love doing it. It was an incredible year for us as a unit, for the world, sometimes for certain amounts of people. But we'll get to that. Yeah.

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Two more pages.

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Oh.

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Just saying. This year we decided there needs to be a clear winner. So the boys will give their nominee and then tell us why they think their nominee should Win. My job here is to be unbiased and uncircumcised.

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Okay. What?

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I don't know.

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I don't know if I should ask. Should you? Are you doing your job well?

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You got a hood? You got a hood.

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No, I'm not.

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Why are you thinking?

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I was trying to remember which one is circumcised, which one's not. I'm doing a bad job.

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Oh, so you.

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So you.

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You're walking around like.

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So shalom is what you're saying.

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Yeah.

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This is what's hard.

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The chop one. The chop it off. That's what I had.

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Circumcised is. No. Like there's been a procedure.

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Oh, thank you. Yes, that's the one I have.

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Of circumference, skin around your.

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That's what? Yeah, it's circ. It's the circumference. Got it resized. Okay.

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That's the one I have.

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Yeah.

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I will pick a winner, but let's be honest. You know, I'm gonna rig it against the not white one.

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Oh, that's crazy. That's insane. You know what, though? He's saying the quiet part out loud.

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We. We also expect. We, like, expected that. I didn't know that he was going to.

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I mean, there is something beautiful about the fact that he's just coming out and saying it. We don't need it. We don't need a probe. Are you kidding? Sorry.

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Sneeze.

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That can't have been real. Your first time over here and this is how you're sneezing?

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Yeah, you also sneezed at me, brother.

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I think I went down.

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You did. Okay, go ahead.

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Okay. Each. Oh.

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Are you kidding me?

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Each winner will receive a small golden statue. And boy, do I love statues.

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That's right.

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You ain't tearing these down. Liberals.

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Crazy. Okay, 20, 25 right up. We squeezed it in. We got Republican ant. Perfect.

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And what a year it was. I mean, how crazy was this year that we forgot that it started with mysterious drones in the sky? There were rumors that these drones were coming from Chinese mothership off of the coast due to. But due to our overpopulation, each mothership can only have one drone.

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That's really clever. Whoever.

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Someone.

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Yeah, listen, listen, listen. Hold on.

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It took me a read or two.

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Whoever. Well, we haven't seen this, right? I'm saying, though, whoever wrote that. Yeah, that was very clever. And I think they deserve an award just for that one.

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Cheers to that. Cheers to that. Cheers to the Chinese motherships.

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We saw the rise of viral trends and the fall of King of Trolls. King of typos.

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Reading's tough.

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We saw the rise of viral trends and the fall of the King of Trolls, Elon Musk, solidifying the age old sentiment that the hardest thing a person could be is. Is a rich white and straight. Am I right, Joe?

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Whoa. What is it?

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I don't. Did I. Was I. I mean, I wasn't involved in that.

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You guys often talk about.

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There was a. Now I'm being shocked by things in here.

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You guys often talk about this.

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Last page. Oh, another page.

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Yeah, three pages. Wow.

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Here it comes. This year brought us so much to be grateful for. Especially me coming on as the official producer of the Basement Yard. Yeah.

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Yeah. You know what? Actually, congratulations. Yeah, cheers to that. Seriously.

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I'm afraid to spill. Oh, my Lord. The average dong size just grew a whopping five inches. Maybe eight inches. I don't know. Maybe like hands in the balance.

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Jesus.

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I don't know. So you admit it's huge. I don't know if you know how like action typing works. Yeah, you're not supposed to read the action word.

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Well, there's a little star and then like a hyphen. It doesn't really signify how you mean.

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Read this out.

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You're in the industry now, man.

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Yeah.

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This is get it together. Welcome to Hollywood.

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Hands and balance is hilarious.

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I mean, is that not what it is?

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I guess, but it's just funny way to write it.

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Like. Oh, yeah.

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If you just wrote just. If I just wrote gesture six, seven, I probably would.

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Thank you.

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You might have a better understanding of that.

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Right?

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World.

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Regardless, we're almost. We're getting there.

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Thank you for upping the average.

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You're welcome. So here's how it's gonna work. Piggies Joe.

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Oh my God.

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Wow. Okay, yeah.

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Just so sorry, really quick. Why don't you talk with us piggies.

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Or piggies like you're talking about our fans.

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Piggies.

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I'll come over there.

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A collective trough of everybody.

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He.

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He just. So he said we are all on the same page. He said he upped the average. The average was already at 10. So now it's at 18. For fucking.

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Yeah.

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Colossal Kong over here.

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So here's how it's gonna work. Piggies. Joe is going to go first, obviously, and present his argument for each award then, I guess because DEI Frank can explain his side and the boys will argue.

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Unbelievable. Now we see how you really feel about us. That's crazy.

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Calling him DEI Frank is fucked up. That's fucked up.

[A]

Before we get Started. This show is sponsored by American Eagle Jeans.

[C]

What?

[B]

That's news to me. That's news to me, too.

[A]

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[B]

Wow.

[A]

The jeans, so great. The jeans, so great. They're must. Frankie, the jeans, so great. They're must haves. This Christmas season, American Eagle jeans. Blonde hair, blue eyes, blue jeans.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's a crazy ad to put in there, and I didn't approve that ad. Crazy. That better be a fat check.

[C]

Went out on his own, and now.

[B]

It better be a fat check.

[C]

I don't know what's going on here.

[A]

So just like Boeing, let's take off and just pray this goes smooth.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Well, thank you. Unbelievable. Great opening monologue.

[C]

That was great.

[B]

I mean, my goodness.

[C]

Good for you. That was just.

[B]

How do you feel?

[A]

Feel good.

[B]

We learned a lot about you in that one.

[A]

Yeah, it got a little dicey there towards the middle.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I would argue that it was dicey the whole time.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, I definitely didn't end on a strong note.

[C]

I accidentally drank my glass. Oopsie, poopsie. It's the yardies. What do you do, Z? All right. I'll be killed. Yeah, someone killed.

[B]

All right, so there you go. Now you know the rules. We wanted to switch it up this year because we felt like last year and the years before were fucking awful. No, we just. We wanted to really. People love seeing us disagree, and we.

[C]

Wanted to flex our disagreements.

[B]

Debate me, Bones.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Yeah. You know, so I think that we could really hit a home run here. Nail it. And you know who I love?

[C]

Nailing it. That's a sex joke. What do we got for our first category?

[B]

Two for two.

[A]

By the way, they told me to show the cards because we put into effort.

[C]

Look at you. Look at you.

[A]

First award, Gagger of the Year.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Many mo. Many moments left us gagged or speechless, but only one can be the moment or person who shocked plus amazed us.

[B]

The most unbelievable. Great award.

[C]

I gotta remember what the hell I wrote.

[B]

So, I mean, the rules that Ant established. His White Supremacist award rules shows that you must go first.

[A]

And then we fist bumped.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then we fist bumped. Oh, I think I remember this. Okay, so my. Let me. Let me just put my computer over here so I know what the hell's going on.

[B]

All right, so my.

[C]

My nominee for Gagger of the Year, no pun intended. The brothers from White Lotus. Okay. You want to talk about something that shocked me, left me without air and gagged. Some would say it was that episode of White Lotus and I don't even really watch the show like that, but my God, that is a scene that I did not see coming, nor did I think that it was necessary in.

[B]

The show at all.

[C]

I don't know how that added to the plot, but that's what I'm going with.

[A]

What happened in the scene?

[C]

You didn't watch it?

[B]

No.

[C]

Okay, so let's just describe. Let's go for it.

[B]

I'm not doing anything. This is your pick.

[C]

Two guys.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Brothers. Correct. Played by the Terminator son. And then the other guy, Patrick Schwarzenegger.

[B]

And I believe, Sam Nivola.

[C]

Oh, okay. Some other white. And they're on a boat. Were they on a boat?

[B]

They were on a yacht, brother.

[C]

Yeah, so it's not really a boat, but they were on a boat and they were like having sex with this. Or one of them was having sex with this girl. And then the other one, they were like drunk and like high and all this shit. And then the other one like sat in a chair and he started like self servicing. And then all of a sudden, what.

[B]

Did he play to you? You know.

[C]

But then, you know, one thing leads to another and now he's doing that to his brother.

[B]

Interesting.

[C]

Yeah. Okay, well, color me gagged, folks.

[B]

Okay, that's a very interesting pick. However, my pick, as you will find, is the actual winner. My winner of the gagger of the year award is the moment that Kendrick Lamar called Drake a pedophile at the super bowl halftime show. Now, we have seen rap beefs before. We have seen disagreements in the public eye. Yeah, we have never seen one where one of the people went on quite possibly the most viewed television event consistently every year and straight up looked into the camera and went, say, Drake, I hear you like them young. I mean, just an unbelievable amount. I mean the. The beef that we had last year beef was quite the. I mean, a lot of people felt it was one sided. You'll get people to argue both sides. I'm not here to say if anyone was in the right or the wrong. Okay, who am I? I'm not an expert on rap beef, but what I will say is that the fact that someone, a Grammy award winning rap musician, went on the super bowl halftime show and called another one a pedophile is absolutely bananas. And it left me gagged, gagged, tagged and bagged. Tagged, bagged and ready to shag. You know what I'm saying?

[C]

Oh, Got you going?

[A]

I mean, no, because he was talking about.

[B]

I just thought of. I just thought of other ag words, you know, ag.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Here'S. Can I make. Can I make an argument?

[C]

Here's what that was.

[B]

No, no, I made an argument for mine. Can I make an argument against his.

[A]

Why not? Whoa.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

I appreciate you, man. You're really doing well. And your contribution here, by the way, has been absolutely incredible.

[C]

Not fall for that.

[B]

We're very, very lucky.

[A]

It's a band aid on.

[C]

This is. This is tampering a witness.

[B]

I mean, who would be the witness?

[C]

Him. You're tampering.

[B]

He's the judge.

[C]

You're pandering the witness.

[B]

Pandering over telling him thank you. I'm telling him you're not a judge.

[A]

I'm telling you that I was a judge.

[B]

You honestly, you are kind of a judge. He absolutely is. I'm just letting him know that his contribution here has been.

[C]

Go ahead, talk badly about mine.

[B]

Exponential. Fans of the White Lotus are kind of used to some out of fucking left field shit happening. Sure. So everyone is watching that show, anticipating, expecting something wild is going to happen. And if we're being honest, these guys look like they wanted to fuck each other all episode, all season. So some of us that are keen eyed viewers of White Lotus saw it coming and then watched it unfortunately coming.

[C]

No one believes that, you know that.

[A]

I don't think anybody saw it coming.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

Dude, these guys wanted to fuck each other.

[C]

They're brothers. I mean, I don't. I mean this was. This was gagging, this was shocked.

[A]

These are both great points.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

I would have to say that just on the sheer scale of the size of the super bowl, that the Gagger of the year award has to go to Kendrick Lamar calling Draco unbelievable.

[B]

Thank you so much. Listen, I have so many people to thank. I have so many people to look back on if my kids are awake. Please, you're up too late. Go to sleep. Thank you to Kendrick Lamar.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Thank you to the Academy. Thank you to everyone that made this possible. This is proof that your dreams can come true. And all you need is a dream and you'll make it come true. Thank you.

[C]

I don't think you're built for the Grammys.

[B]

Fuck.

[C]

All right.

[A]

It was Valiant.

[B]

Wait, why do you have a big one behind you that's been there?

[C]

Why? I don't know.

[B]

Where did that come from?

[C]

It may have been like an old Yardius, to be honest.

[A]

Oh, you got a tiny one next Award.

[C]

All right.

[A]

The Landscaper of the Year award.

[C]

What does that mean?

[A]

Give me a second.

[B]

It's on there.

[A]

The person or moment that needed to touch grass the most. You spent the good part of the year annoying the hell out of us. So here's a shiny reward.

[B]

Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[C]

Great award for my nominee. I put the whole debate this year, hundred men versus one gorilla. And dudes just getting on the Internet and just being all bent out of shape and being like, we can take on a gorilla, but the reality is this. A gorilla is going to kill 100 men. You're definitely not going to take it down. You and your boys. That ain't happening, okay? And I don't need the discourse anymore. I already got one person over here in my life that thinks that he could take down moose and great white sharks and shit, okay? I don't need the whole fucking Internet out there thinking that they can beat up the strongest animal that exists. Annoying. Touch grass.

[B]

Unbelievable. Well, may I first open up by saying you read that really well. Like, with such a plum and just an unbelievable amount of riz.

[C]

This just in, folks. We have a new nominee for Gagger of the Year.

[B]

Listen, I give credit where credit is due, and he deserves so much credit. I'm going to transition, though. Sorry, I thought that would upset you based off of your monologue. My winner of Landscaper of the year is not a group of people that I necessarily disagree with, but the reaction that they elicited to definitely showed me that they need to see phone, they need to see life outside their phones. And that were. That is the winner. My nominee are the people that posted those crying over TikTok going away. Tiktoks. Now, listen, we all been on TikTok. We've all established a beautiful connection with the people that love us and support us. Thank you guys so much. Hey, thank you, too, by the way. You really did a great job just standing there. The idea that although I understand that this is going away, you've amassed a following and some people are livelihood. I support that. But you can live life outside your phone a little bit. You can go outside, you can touch grass.

[C]

You need it.

[B]

You need to feel the energy of the earth underneath your feet. You need some blades of grass between your toes. Some Kentucky bluegrass maybe, I don't know the type of grass, but you need it and you need to touch it. So that's why my nominee are the people that cried on TikTok when it was going away.

[C]

I would like to point out that Frank was one of these People.

[B]

Whoa, Frank.

[C]

Frank posted a video.

[B]

I didn't cry.

[C]

He didn't cry. But it was one of those, like, I really appreciate.

[B]

Well, the judge is laughing.

[C]

So that's. That's one thing. That's.

[B]

This is tampering. You've tampered him. No. Tampon tampered.

[A]

No.

[C]

You've tamponed him. And also, I think that also, let's just get this out of the way. I mean, people crying because these are their full time jobs sometimes and then it's going away. They have a. You're. And then you're making fun of them for crying. And in a way, you're kind of forced to give me the trophy because mine's silly. Frank. I don't know, maybe we're laughing at people that lost their jobs. I don't know that's going to play.

[B]

Do you know who he wants, you know, the people that he's talking about that said, they have a chance at beating 100 men versus one gorilla. It's all the big fans of like the hyper masculine, like evil dark web.

[C]

Podcast bros. And I'm.

[B]

So that's who you want to award? That's who you want to award? You want to award them? You want to give them more for being annoying? Oh, no. But they're not going to take it that way. They're going to take it as like, yeah, I won this because I'm a macho man. I'm a good boy. And that's not right. I think mine. I'm not saying I don't agree with the reason that they got emotional. I fully support and understand it. But I will say the realization that a social media app could go away and like, you can go outside and you could see the earth, you can look at the sky, you could let the rays hit you on the face.

[C]

Unfortunately, the clouds don't pay the bills. So what are you going to do? And.

[A]

I'm sensing a cloud of hypocriticism.

[B]

Ah.

[A]

As am I on some side.

[B]

But no, I didn't cry. I wasn't crying. I was just. I was saying like it was a joking manner.

[A]

No one said who I was talking about. That felt a little defensive there.

[B]

Come on, bitch.

[A]

Even though I do think a hundred men can take out a gorilla, I'm gonna have to give it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

He'S part of the cohort. This is why you're doing this. Oh, you picked answers because he's in them. Because he says he thinks he's one of those people.

[C]

I didn't even Know that if you.

[A]

Didn'T make a video doing it, you might have had a better chance.

[B]

I made a video of me showing off a talent.

[C]

What?

[B]

It was me singing a song that I memorized.

[C]

You sang a song in that video?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, I should get another one.

[B]

No, no, no.

[A]

There's plenty down here.

[B]

It was not a real, like, singing.

[C]

That I would imagine.

[B]

If that was that, I would have given him the award. You would have given me a cyanide tooth.

[C]

I would have changed the locks if that was that.

[B]

Okay, one, one.

[A]

Okay, moving on.

[B]

Here we go.

[A]

This card just says jizz.

[B]

Ew. This is a professional setting.

[A]

Why does it say it's so little, so tiny? It's a tiny amount of jizz.

[C]

Yeah, well, you know, some people just don't have giant loads. Okay, so maybe. Maybe. Don't be so judgmental.

[B]

What did you prepare over there, you freak?

[C]

Put jizz in there. This is a. This is like a. On tv.

[A]

I guess no one wants an award for that one.

[B]

Okay, well, hold on. Are you giving out awards for jizz?

[A]

The moment passed. Next category. The lifetime bereavement award. This will be awarded to something that died in 2025. We're either sad. We're either sad to see it go or happy that it's gone. Either way, it's dead.

[B]

Mmm. Unbelievable. Great. Great job reading that.

[A]

You choose.

[C]

Am I going first every time, or you want to go?

[B]

Well, that's his rules. I'm just telling you.

[C]

Oh, okay. I. For. My nominee for the lifetime bereavement award is none other than Hulk Hogan. Joey.

[B]

Jesus Christ.

[C]

Who died in July. He died in July.

[B]

Come on, man.

[C]

It's a lifetime bereavement. We don't know whether you're happy. What was it that you're happy to see it go?

[A]

Happy to see, Sad to see it go, or happy that it's gone?

[C]

Right? We don't know that, but Hulk Hogan did die. An iconic guy. Love the N word, brother.

[A]

It's off the rails.

[B]

He said some champagne. That's what's going on.

[C]

What you gonna do, brother?

[A]

He's really setting me up on. I have to. Would have to give him that award.

[B]

Probably in hell, brother.

[C]

That's where my vote is going. My nominee, Hulk Hogan.

[B]

I mean, you went with a literal. Someone died.

[C]

I. I mean, it's. I. I understand. It could be a moment. It could be something.

[B]

Listen, instead of. By the way, you look great. That shirt, jacket combo. Out of, out of control. Is there like a. I'm gonna throw up Is there like a. There's like a texture on there? Like a pattern?

[A]

Yeah, it's a texture that's really cool.

[C]

Yeah. What is that?

[A]

Couldn't tell you.

[B]

No one cares anymore. Yeah, so. So instead of putting you in a position where you have to pick between awarding the death of Hulk Hogan, I'm going to give you one. That's an easy pick. My lifetime bereavement nominee is for uncomfortable press junket interviews. Now, what do I mean by that? Well, we've seen some examples for some pretty big movies come out where the stars of these movies get a little comfortable. May we say handsy? May we say touchy feely? And it makes us as the audience, just feel a little strange and a little odd. Now, listen, these individuals have their own relationships. But I don't need to see Pedro Pascal having Vanessa Kirby's hand stuck up his ass during an interview. I don't need to see that.

[C]

Okay, he's got anxiety.

[B]

Whatever the reason is, it's something that as a society, I think all of us have seen and just gone. Yeah, that ain't it. And I'm happy and hopeful that it dies a fiery death in 2025 and we can move on.

[C]

The only argument that I will make, we don't know if it's dead.

[A]

Yeah, it does say that died in 2020.

[B]

Oh, it died. It died. It died. It was born and died in the same.

[C]

Did it. Because Ariana Grande and Cynthia Rivia, who.

[B]

Are very talented women, I will point out. Whoa, you just. You just identified their gender. You just. Who knows what they identify as? They say that they are women. Joey, you're trying. I am, and I know my way out of it. I will say this, jokes aside, just an unbelievable amount of talent in those two individuals. And then collective as a unit is ridiculous.

[C]

It's interesting, but they are crawling all over each other in the interview still.

[B]

Yeah, but it happened in 2025 and it's dead. We're moving into a new year.

[C]

You're killing it, though. We don't know that it's dead.

[B]

Listen, sometimes in order for things to not go on, you need to bring them behind the shed and put two in the back of their head. I'm talking Lenny of Mice and Men style. And that's what I'm doing in this. And you're welcome.

[C]

I believe he was near a lake.

[B]

It was behind a shed. Technically, everything is behind a shed.

[C]

The world is behind a shed.

[A]

So I have to choose between a dead Hulk Hogan who has a choice word selection.

[C]

Definitely does.

[B]

Or I think that's minimizing it. Or.

[A]

An answer that doesn't even fit in the category.

[B]

Excuse you. How does that not fit in the category?

[A]

It's not dead.

[B]

It is dead. I killed it.

[A]

You know what? I like the Initiative, Frankie.

[B]

Whoa. Unbelievable.

[C]

Now, we've now established that ANT can be bought. That's what we've established.

[B]

But I just think that you just gave an answer that was insane.

[C]

Hulk Hogan died.

[B]

Yeah. You went with a little Frank. You let it go. He's dead. I let it go. I've moved on with my life.

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

But okay, I think. Thank you, by the way. Thank you so much.

[A]

To be fair, I also want it. I want the interviews to stop as well.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

I would. If you have the power to kill it, I would like that.

[C]

You guys, I'm gonna take that back. The next round of interviews that we see, where people are all over each.

[B]

Other, if that happens, I will come.

[C]

On this show and you will have to give me my fucking thing back.

[B]

And I will eat a spoonful of the hottest hot sauce you could find.

[C]

I don't. Why am I interested in that?

[A]

Yes, we are interested in it.

[C]

You are? You're interested?

[B]

All right. So you said no.

[A]

Are we ready for the next category?

[C]

Yes, we are.

[A]

Do we need more champagne?

[C]

What we need is a word from.

[B]

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[A]

I'm good.

[C]

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[B]

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[C]

Wow. Unbelievable. Well, Ant, are we moving on or.

[B]

Are we moving on?

[A]

It's time to the next award.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The COVID 2025 award.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

A moment so viral that the entire world couldn't escape it.

[C]

Ah. Just like COVID 19. That's a pretty clever way to name an award.

[B]

How do you feel about that?

[A]

Which part?

[C]

COVID 19.

[B]

The naming of the award.

[C]

You think it was Fauci? You think it was him?

[A]

Mm.

[B]

I mean, your monologue seems to say it's a different.

[A]

Yeah, right.

[B]

How do you feel about that?

[A]

The name of the award?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think it's fitting. The entire world couldn't escape it.

[B]

They couldn't. Do you like it?

[A]

Which part?

[B]

The award?

[A]

I don't know yet. What are the answers?

[B]

I mean, what are you doing?

[C]

What's going on here?

[B]

Why are you pointing me like this?

[C]

I don't know. What am I doing?

[B]

What are you doing?

[C]

What percent is this?

[B]

Percent. Down the hatch. Bone apple teats.

[A]

Thirteen.

[C]

That'll do it.

[B]

Okay, Joe, it sounds like he's read the award category. Be respectful. Okay.

[C]

Covid 2025 award. The most viral thing. I will say I'm gonna go with Ashton Hall's morning routine. So you remember the yoked dude who's fucking putting his face in Saratoga water every fucking morning at 2am or whatever the fuck is going on. That became so popular that, like, every single company was like, we're gonna have our mascot do this thing. Everyone's putting their face in water in the morning, sometimes squeezing some lemon. All of a sudden we started putting banana peels on our face and stuff like that. I've never done any of this, to be honest, but I'm not against it. I Don't know if it works. It feels gimmicky. But I think that was probably the one thing. Not the one thing, but one of the things this year that were so viral that everyone and their mother knows about this.

[A]

Joe, do you mind showing some respect to your award and put it in front of you, please?

[B]

Wow, what an unbelievable. He doesn't even care. He does not even care. Look, I have these damn. This awards got a fat ass.

[C]

I have the.

[B]

He doesn't even care for them.

[C]

Now my shit's got a.

[B]

You know why?

[C]

You should've got a fat ass.

[B]

It's got a dump.

[A]

It's got a bump.

[B]

It craps. You know why I care for these? Because I earn them. You know why else I care for them? Because you put in the hard work and dedication to get them. And I thank you for that. That's incredibly kind.

[C]

Gonna freak out, Joey.

[B]

You know what? That is a pretty viral moment and I am not gonna sit here and try to bring down something that Clear clearly is deserving of this award.

[C]

Have you done a face plunge?

[B]

I have not done a face plunge.

[C]

Have you flipped plunge?

[A]

Not yet. He does seem like someone who would recreate the video, though, Frank.

[C]

Why is that?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

I mean, I'm. I'm up pretty early sometimes, so you know that maybe that. Because he gets up at like 2 and then the first thing he does.

[C]

Was at like 1 million push ups, I think.

[B]

Yeah, well, that I'm not doing. I think I might have a tor bicep chest peck.

[C]

Right? Yeah.

[B]

So I can't. I can't be doing that. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But that is that, Joey, you know what? I will give flowers where they're needed. That was a very viral moment, however.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

There is one moment that not only took the US by storm, because that's really what that was. That was localized to the US as far as I could see.

[C]

I mean, there were videos of him in Dubai. That ain't the U.S. it is by.

[B]

Definition, not the U.S. but you know what was even bigger, Joey? It was the Coldplay concert moment. Now, this guy did something as anyone else does, okay? He took a video of himself. He's already a pre established influencer, I believe he makes content about, you know, like routines and vlogging and stuff like that. Health, wellness. You know what was even bigger? A moment that was candidly caught on camera at a Coldplay concert where allegedly there were people having an affair. And Coldplay himself saw them.

[C]

Chris Martin is his name.

[B]

Chris Martin himself saw them. Okay. So I think that. Yes, although you have some grounds to stand on. I'm over here laying down streets for the world to drive on. This thing was everywhere. Gritty was doing it. Other mascots were also doing it. Everyone was doing it where they were hugging, and then the camera got on them and they jumped out of frame. It was massive. You couldn't escape it. And it was significantly more deserving of this award than yours.

[C]

I actually think that that was very viral, but it lasted very short. It wasn't a long time. The putting the face in the ice thing, I feel like, lasted a very long.

[B]

Here's the thing. I think the face in the ice thing, if I'm being really honest, I didn't even hear about it until, like, after it was viral. Really. Like, it was, like, maybe a week and a half later.

[C]

That's how virality works.

[B]

No, no, no, but I'm saying. I'm saying, like, it became viral, and then it was like, two weeks later, I was like, why is everyone buying Saratoga? Like, why is everyone talking about Saratoga Springs water? And then I saw the original. You couldn't escape this Coldplay concert video. It was massive banana sandwiches.

[C]

Well, we'll see what the judge thinks.

[B]

I think we should probably look up and fact check which is more viewed.

[C]

How would we do that? We have to count up all this dude's videos.

[B]

No, I'm sure it's, like, pinned on his TikTok, right?

[C]

He has a bunch. He does it in every video he.

[B]

But what was the one?

[C]

I don't. I don't. I don't even know. He just, like, kept doing it.

[A]

Is there a. The one of the Coldplay concert?

[B]

Yes, it was from a girl, like, someone's Twitter account.

[A]

I think this is actually very hard. I think these are two of the best answers probably that we've been given so far.

[C]

Hey, thank you so much, Ant.

[B]

To being hard.

[C]

Hey, yeah. To be. To both being hard. To both making Ant hard.

[A]

Why not?

[C]

You don't like that?

[A]

No, it's not good. It's not good at all. I do think the mascot argument doesn't work here because with the Saratoga water, a lot of mascots did it as well, and I've seen a lot of influencers do it and mimic that, not so much the other thing. So, unfortunately, I'm gonna have to give it to Joe here. What the fuck?

[C]

Thank you, man.

[B]

You were doing so well.

[C]

Now that I have this in my possession, unfortunately. What the fuck is that about? Whose team are you on?

[A]

Did I say unfortunately, you did.

[B]

You certainly did. I. I can't back you up here unless you want me to.

[A]

I would like. Yeah, I would like to.

[B]

Yeah. Dude, leave him alone. He's trying to do his best, man.

[A]

Well, I meant unfortunately, because it was such a hard decision. Not that unfortunate that you won it, of course.

[B]

Unbelievable. Of course. You know what?

[C]

They're in cahoots.

[B]

I want to say you navigated that with such aplomb, and I'm very, very proud of the way that you handled that. And although I lost, I'm proud to be a part of your team.

[C]

If I had a grenade, it'd be live.

[A]

I think he used aplomb twice now in this episode.

[C]

He could have. I don't think he knows about. Five interesting words. And they will rear their ugly head through this episode, I'm sure.

[B]

Joey, that is so not very aplomb of you.

[C]

See that? We're on to number three.

[A]

Next award, the I'm an Old Pathetic Fat Loser award. This goes to the award that made us feel old.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I have a very obvious one for us. I mean, me and Frank are 33. Who knows? Yeah.

[B]

You're like.

[C]

I don't even. Like what? Like an elf howled. You.

[B]

You look great. I would never call you an elf.

[A]

28.

[C]

28. You're not 20, are you? 28?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I thought you were 29.

[B]

No, his birthday is. I know when your birthday is.

[A]

January 16th.

[C]

16.

[A]

I'm just gonna throw that out there.

[C]

Which is his astrology sign.

[B]

That's Sagittarius, isn't it?

[C]

Capricorn. That's the one.

[B]

I can't believe he didn't know your birthday, by the way.

[C]

I did not know it.

[A]

You're telling everybody I'm 29?

[C]

Well, that was more of a feeling and an energy. It's not a fact. It's how I feel. Oh, so you can't really tell me how I feel about your age?

[B]

You hear what he said? Yeah, go ahead.

[A]

Just put that down there.

[C]

Yeah, I. I mean, for this one, I think it's obvious. I put 6, 7. This was probably one of the first things that appeared on the Internet that I was like, oh, man, I'm so aged out of this. And I. I just can't get in, like, because I'm so old. So it was. It was definitely an indicator that I am no longer part of the younger generation that pushes culture. And now I'm just on the outside and I have to accept what. What wave crashes over me.

[B]

Interesting. Well, while you're Gasping for air, Drowning under this wave. Let me explain to you my point of view, which is surfing above the waves and going to win this award. My nominee for. For the. I'm a fat old bitch. What is it?

[C]

I'm a fat, old pathetic loser.

[B]

Yeah, whatever it is.

[A]

Old, pathetic fat loser.

[C]

Okay, let's make sure you get that right, Joey.

[B]

That's a great point, too. However, there's one reason that my answer is better than yours and should win. Because my answer is the Labubu craze. Now, yes, six, seven is a massive, massive thing. However, we at one point were in that age bracket. We at one point were in that demographic. We understood inside jokes with our friends and they became big. You and I better than most people. We didn't have the Internet at that time. But you know what? You and I definitely can relate to that. You know what we can't relate to? The massive explosion of Labubus. These hideous little rat demon looking things that all of a sudden are becoming like status symbols. I mean, they're selling some for thousands of dollars. Yes, collecting is something that is understood, but when there is something that is collecting that I have no understanding about, I am completely a fat loser about it. That's why I picked the Labubu craze.

[C]

All right, I assume this is going to be tough for our drudge here.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, the Labubu answer was awful.

[B]

It's an awful answer. It's like.

[A]

It actually. It's not very good of an answer. What? I mean, you've gone through many iterations of that. The Beanie Baby, you know, like, it's not new.

[B]

No, but Beanie Babies were adorable. Furbies were adorable. They did something. Labubus did nothing. They're ugly. They do nothing.

[C]

I would never talk about a little toy that has eyes like that just in case they get demonic.

[A]

Unfortunately, what's going against you is the definition of six, seven is literally nothing. So even looking it up makes it makes you feel old.

[B]

Well, let me ask you something. Why give it away?

[C]

Give it away.

[B]

Whoo. Unbelievable.

[A]

All right, Believe Joe takes the lead there.

[B]

Yeah. Now that he finally put his awards on display.

[C]

Yeah. And I'm petting all their butts.

[A]

Next award. The I'm gonna cut my head clean off if I hear this one more time. Award. This goes out to the song or vocal stem that we couldn't get out of our heads in 2025.

[C]

I have here. I mean, the only thing that kind of pops out in my head is the no. 1 Hold My Head Jet 2 holiday was that.

[B]

And that was bad.

[A]

It's not.

[C]

Don't go off of the impression of it because that wasn't great.

[B]

But.

[C]

I feel like that was such a fucking. Like when I was scrolling on TikTok, it was. Every other video was this. And I was. And I like those types of videos where there's crazy shit going on, people falling down a flight of steps, old people shit in their pants or whatever it is. Those are the type of videos that I like. And now I'm forced to sit through this. The Sound of Nothing beats the Jetsu holiday every single second of the day. Very annoying.

[A]

That's what I'm going with the second attempt. That was good.

[C]

I can do that part.

[A]

Yeah, that part was good.

[C]

I mean, I can't hit that. That's not my. That's not. My tone is.

[A]

Is the vocal stem. That's a terrible sandwich, by the way. Is that this year?

[C]

Yeah, that is.

[A]

I love that one.

[B]

What's that? I don't even know which one that is.

[C]

Little K gets off the school bus and goes up to his mom and he goes, mom? And she goes, yeah. He goes, terrible sandwich, by the way.

[A]

Terrible sandwich. So every time there's something like that doesn't get happen, like terrible sandwich, by the way.

[B]

Either way, that's adorable. And you saying it is cute.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

You know what? That was big, but I'm gonna make it harder, okay? Because not only is my vocal stem, my little. My little audio snippet or whatever you may call it, not only was it big in social media and people couldn't escape it, but it was big in the real world, okay? And that's why my nominee for the. What's the award title again? Fucking, I'm gonna kill myself if I.

[A]

Hear this close enough.

[B]

My nominee for the I'm going to chop my head off if I hear this one more time award is Chicken. Jackie, listen. Minecraft movie is, I think, as of recording the biggest movie of the year financially, really. And it is a phenomenon that spans over like 15 years at this point in time. So the fact that the movie came out and not only were people on social media unable to avoid chicken jockey and everything with the Minecraft movie, but they had to go in real life to the movies and they would be covered in popcorn and nachos with kids bringing actual chickens into the movie theater. I couldn't get this out of my head. It was borderline torture. And it needs. It was. It was. It was a lot.

[C]

It was a lot to deal with. I have no rebuttal. I know that you love Minecraft. I'm simply just.

[A]

It's not really about that. But Joe gave a good answer, and then your answer blew it out of the water. What has to go to Frankie. That's a very good answer.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Also, Ant, can we look up the. How much the Minecraft movie grossed?

[B]

Wow. Now you gotta run over there and do it.

[A]

I'm not. I just wanted to do that from this side, you know?

[B]

You gotta do it. You want me to tell you how much it grossed? I'll tell you right now. This is the first thing on my phone. I don't know. It's a picture of J.D.

[C]

Vance.

[B]

Yeah. Is J.D.

[C]

Vance your background? Okay, give me one of those fucking jokes right now. Frank's background is J.D. vance.

[A]

All right, how many categories do we have?

[B]

So the Minecraft movie as of recording Worldwide made about $958 million. It's a couple bucks on a budget of $158 million reported. That's a lot of money. Yeah, that's a lot of money. So Chicken Jackie.

[A]

Next. This card just says come. Oh.

[C]

So. Okay. I know, I know.

[A]

Frank is laughing a little hard at that one.

[C]

I feel like he was the come.

[A]

Yeah, you were the jizz.

[C]

We don't snitch.

[A]

You're right.

[B]

We don't snitch. You just snitch.

[C]

I don't. I said I think that's a snitch.

[A]

I think the murder weapons over there.

[B]

You just snitched.

[C]

I think.

[B]

And you hear. You heard about his free ditty line. You know how he feels about snitches.

[C]

You say that?

[A]

I did. I did. Read the paper. Next category. The That'll wake up your aunt. Moment of the year.

[C]

It's ant.

[A]

Ant Moment of the year. That'll wake up your aunt. Moment of the year. I only spell ant one way. That was bad. A moment this year that made everyone notice someone or something that was previously unknown or laying low. There's a. That's.

[B]

Yeah, I messed up.

[A]

Squirrel out.

[B]

I messed up.

[A]

I got it. Or laying low.

[C]

For this one, I. I put something that I think is more recent or whatever, but I put the. The. Sorry, can you read it one more time?

[A]

A moment this year that made everyone notice someone or something that was previously unknown or laying low.

[C]

Right. So something that, like, we all kind of knew, but now we have a term to kind of out these people. But I went with the performative male. Okay. The dudes who walk around with the tote Bags and a little chain off of their pants and drinking a matcha latte and reading a book. Like a, like a, just a. I don't know, just some, Just some very performative book.

[B]

Do people walk down the street and read books?

[C]

Bro, you got to go to the East Village, like the middle of the day.

[B]

I'm, I gotta.

[C]

It's unbelievable. That's. Walk into any coffee shop, the dudes are drinking fucking matcha.

[B]

Careful.

[C]

What?

[B]

Matcha's great.

[C]

It's not about the matcha. They're drinking matcha. They're wearing tote bags. They all just look the same. That's what it is. Sometimes they have tattered clothing ironically, but you live in the Lower east side.

[A]

Have you ever gone to the coffee shop with a book?

[C]

I have not. No.

[B]

He's protecting himself there.

[C]

I've never been to the coffee shop with a book. I, I, I don't, I like my apartment, so I don't. I'm not gonna go work somewhere else.

[A]

Makes sense.

[C]

Even people. I mean, there's a co working space in my building and a lot of people work there. And I'm like, I, you know, it's a nice building. Why wouldn't you just work in your house?

[B]

Interesting. Well, my nominee not only is great, but Joey should be disqualified because he himself said it. The award for the that'll Wake up youp Aunt moment of the Year is something that was previously laying low or people didn't recognize or realize. Is that correct?

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Well, he just said that we knew about these people, we just didn't have a term for them. So he is just going off someone that now has a title. But you know what? I'm gonna tell you who wins my award. Who is the nominee that I am presenting to the table, which, by the way, your table looks great, by the way. I just want to say, I know you. Did you build that?

[A]

I did.

[B]

My God, it's so sturdy.

[A]

It's on a box now. It's a little wobbly.

[B]

No, no.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

My nominee for this award is me playing basketball in Phoenix. Now, hear me out. Hear me out. Yes, yes. Joey might have picked something that's a little bit more traditional, but even Parasite won Picture, Best Picture at the, at the Oscars one year. And why should I win? Because there was nothing but disrespect thrown my way for my basketball skills. Nothing but disrespect. Can I stop you and hold on? No, you better hold on. And I'm just going to say this, okay? There was nothing but disrespect And I told you last year I was working on my basketball skills. So me. That's not what you said. Me coming out and putting on a clinic is worthy of praise and awardship.

[C]

I will stop you there. 1. That thing that I want to point out. You didn't say you're working on your basketball skills. You said, I'm trying to dunk. And I'm like, that's not.

[B]

Is dunking a basketball skill?

[C]

You didn't dunk during the game that we played. Just.

[B]

Just wait.

[C]

2. I am going to actively surrender this trophy because if you were there in Phoenix, what a performance Frank put on during that game.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

It really. It really was something. It really was something. In 105 heat, yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

In 105 heat, the guy pulled up and he really just put a lot of points on the board. A lot of boards, A lot of hustle plays. The guy went after it. It was impressive.

[B]

It was a big. It was a big moment for me, personally. A lot of hard work went into it, and I'm just. I'm. I'm really excited that I. That I opened some eyes that day. Some scouts might not have been there, but now they hear this, and they might be a little more inclined.

[C]

That was the basement yard's linsanity. You know, like, someone comes off the bench and you go, you're not expecting too much. And it's like, what's going on? That's what happened. They picked me.

[B]

And they were like, I guess just throw Frankie on that team. You were on my team. Yeah, I know. They were like, just put them on that team. And I was like, okay. And then I fucking balled up. Like, Mike just balled up.

[C]

It was unbelievable. What was that one called? Oh, that'll wake up your aunt. Yeah, dude.

[A]

Deserving.

[B]

It's unbelievable.

[C]

Frank's basketball performance in Phoenix this year was great. We don't even know if something like that can be replicated. Probably not when it happened.

[B]

I'll go one step further. It can't be. Okay, let's make that very clear. There's a ton of pressure now.

[C]

Oh, man.

[A]

Okay, next up, fan favorite, the Will Smith Award. The person or entity that lost credibility and continued to make matters worse for themselves.

[C]

Yeah. Feel like this one's a little. You know what? This one is actually gonna be super cool, but we're gonna let you know what it is right after these. What'd you say?

[B]

You're tricky.

[C]

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[A]

What, do we have the awards already?

[C]

The Will Smith Award, ladies and gentlemen, we have the Will Smith Award. And my nominee for this award is going to be. Can you read it one more time?

[A]

The person or entity that lost credibility and continued to make matters worse for themselves.

[C]

Yeah, I'm gonna go with Sydney Sweeney this year, I think.

[B]

Hey, that was mine too.

[C]

Sydney Sweeney. We're on the same wavelength here. Someone who I believe was America's darling for a certain amount of time. And then we had this American. American Eagle gene thing, which was one thing, and it was kind of like. People are like, this is kind of tone deaf, but some people are giving her the benefit of the doubt. Then goes on an interview and kind of has an opportunity to say something and really doesn't. So just keeps consistently making it worse. What are you gonna do?

[B]

Yeah, and this is an award that we've been giving out for several years. I mean, Will Smith has been a topic of conversation at these yardy Awards for a couple years.

[C]

I don't know why.

[B]

I mean, he's had some. He's had a rough couple years, you know, and definitely didn't have a great year this year with the whole, like, music thing.

[C]

I fake crowd.

[B]

I fake crowd. The whole, like, performance in London. But we just. I mean, I decided to give it to Sydney Sweeney and it sounds like we're in agreement. So what do we do in this situation? I guess a tie.

[C]

We both get one. Or I do have two, right?

[B]

Yeah, I think that makes sense.

[A]

But someone did answer first.

[B]

Get the fuck out of here. Hold the fuck on. No way. 1, 2, 3, 4. I don't want it. Your pity award. Yeah, no, no, I got four. Wait, no. Now we're tied. I do want it.

[C]

No, no, no. You can't. You just can't. That's not how the show goes.

[A]

It's not how it goes.

[B]

Whoa.

[C]

Just not how the show goes.

[B]

See, this is what you guys are seeing it live.

[A]

Next award.

[B]

The.

[C]

Hit us with it.

[A]

The Orange Phone Award. Comeback of the year.

[C]

Ah, yes, the comeback of the year.

[B]

The Orange Phone Award.

[C]

I have Justin Bieber Justin Bieber this year made a comeback in a way that I don't think people are actually realizing. One, this guy's very cool. I. With Justin Bieber, okay. Two, over the years, he's had run run ins with paparazzi, and those have been iconic moments. Do you remember when he was, I believe he was in Paris and he said, he'll beat. I'll beat the fuck out of you, bro. Something like that. Cool. This year now we get a new one where he's like, it's not clocking to you. It's not clocking to you that I'm standing on business. You know, like he's. He's serving all the Gen Z coded slang right to these. The paparazzi then also is standing behind a fucking guard like a security guard.

[B]

And goes, you too.

[C]

Everyone gets these hands. According to Justin Bieber, the boy is back, okay? And now he's streaming on Twitch. Apparently the guy's back in a way that you would not believe. Okay. If an album comes next year, I'm.

[B]

Going to throw up. Interesting. Well, first of all, let's say this. It's called the Orange Phone Award because the Orange Phone made its return. A lot of people were very excited about it. The Orange Phone deserves, by the way, round of applause for the Orange Phone, if we could, please. Hey, dad.

[C]

Hey.

[B]

By the way, great clapping there. Really good. Full of aplomb. I will say that although that is a serviceable nominee, my nominee is something that has transcended the year, okay? And that's why my nominee. What's the award again? The orange foam. That's why my nominee.

[A]

We just gave it a round of applause.

[B]

Yeah, we did. That's why my nominee for the Orange Phone award goes to 50 cent. Being a generational hater. Now, this is a guy that has been in the news for being a hater for years. All this stuff about telling Floyd Mayweather to read a page from Harry Potter. All the stuff with buying, like, a bunch of front row tickets to Ja Rule's concert. A bunch of his beef with Fat Joe. Listen, this guy stepped up the hating this year, and he is so back in the hater driver's seat, okay? He not only produced a documentary about Diddy, but then he made sure that it was shown on a platform where inmates in the prison where Diddy is could watch it. Yeah, that's hate. That's hate. He's drinking the Haterade. And this broke recently. He just bought Jim Jones podcast. Yeah. This guy is taking hating to a new degree, okay? And Joey wants to award someone that's sitting there offering violence. If you award that, you're a bystander and part of the problem. If you don't, you're a good person.

[C]

I think that's a threat.

[B]

It's not a threat. It's a social awareness.

[A]

He's kind of handcuffing me with the Diddy documentary thing here.

[C]

I mean, he is threatening you as well.

[B]

Well, listen, I think Justin Bieber has remained in the limelight for years.

[C]

Are you going to be in support of him picking 50 cent, who made the documentary about Diddy, when you very clearly in your opening monologue said, free Diddy. Wow.

[B]

And you know what, though? You have a moment. You are. This is a moment in our lives where you can do the right thing. And you are being presented with an opportunity to do the right thing here. You can stand by your Diddy comments or you can vote an award against it.

[A]

I think you make a great point. The award has to go to Joe.

[B]

No fucking way. How? Where the fuck. What do you mean? Comeback of the year? Justin Bieber hasn't left the limelight, bruh, where he just had that Georgia song a couple years ago. Georgia by Peaches down in Georgia.

[C]

Songs called Peaches, whatever it is. Five years ago.

[B]

Whatever.

[A]

Wasn't your comeback player that you're technically like a person's personality.

[B]

It's the person being a generational version of a hater, you know?

[C]

But you also said that he was consistent in his hate.

[B]

Yeah, no, I gave examples of years ago. This is this year where he just sprung his hate upon us to be.

[A]

Comeback, I would say. Were there moments where he was not hating.

[B]

Joey's getting after.

[A]

Yeah, he really is.

[C]

God damn.

[A]

It's already open, I believe. Let's count the trophies because we're on our final award here.

[B]

I have four.

[C]

I have five.

[B]

I need to tie this up.

[C]

It's true.

[A]

For the final award, we are playing for this big one.

[C]

Count for it. Counts for the whole game.

[A]

Counts for the whole game.

[B]

The whole one.

[A]

There we go. It's actually up there.

[C]

The whole one.

[A]

This last award written very small. Big Roar Energy Award.

[B]

Mmm.

[C]

You can't see it.

[A]

Can I see it?

[C]

Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah.

[A]

Command commanded the year with giant amounts of energy and aura. The Big Roar energy, which of course.

[C]

Refers to Frank's roar.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Which was a big moment for us. It was a big moment in 2025. It was so actually was. You know, for those of you who didn't make it to the live shows, that was part of our intro. It was the first thing that you would hear when you go to a basement show would be Frank's Roar. Okay.

[B]

You have yet to grace us with a legitimate roar. And I feel that the year is ending and. Right. We would all be remiss if we didn't celebrate 2025 and. No way. What was that?

[C]

I didn't want to make that sound. That's not the sound that I was planning. My vocal cords have, like, dummy dirty. I think. And I apologize. I think that was something else. I gave it a go.

[B]

You can't breathe. All right, come on, give us a real one, Frank.

[A]

That's. I think that's the best we're getting.

[C]

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

[B]

Really, Ant?

[A]

Oh, no, I can't top that.

[C]

What's the award?

[B]

Oh, the biggest.

[C]

Yeah, the Roar award. The big roar of the year. This is our big one, I'm gonna say. And you know, you know me, bro. Swifty, so I'm going Taylor Swift in this year. I think she put out this album, the ship broke records, it was like the fastest selling album ever and blah, blah, blah, went like super platinum. Also, she got engaged this year. She's had a hell of a year. She's had a run for the last three years, honestly. So it's about time she's awarded for that. Just gonna. Just gonna. Taylor Swift. That's my big roar.

[B]

Unless I'm mistaken, I think we gave like our year end award to Taylor Swift last year.

[C]

Amen. It's a. It's a. She's making a fucking run.

[B]

People win.

[A]

People win awards.

[B]

Listen, you know what? I am not going to speak ill of Taylor Swift because that's a good strategy. Pretty good astute strategy. But I got someone who just had a little bit more of Roar energy this year. And that's why my nominee for the big Roar energy award for 2025 is Timmy Chalamet. Ooh, Timothy, right? He came into this year and everyone saw Timothe Chalamet as like he was coming in and everyone was like, oh, he's kind of like a snooty up tight. Like, you know, like it's Timot. Like people had that image of him and then he shaved his head, he put on a puffer jacket, and he started just spitting bars and just throwing ass at the Knicks games. This kid knows what he's doing. He had a generational year. Yes, Taylor Swift is consistently having great years, but I would say 2024 with her eras tour was bigger than 2025. So I, I feel it's only right that we award someone that stepped out of the shell of being a snooty actor and into the limelight of being an absolute roaring stud.

[C]

It's hard to argue. It's hard to argue.

[B]

And he had some viral moments too. Remember someone interviewing and he was like, yeah, you know, something like that. I don't remember exactly.

[A]

This is. This is hard. You guys gave real answers for this one.

[B]

Excuse me, I've given real answers for every single one that I have presented.

[A]

Right, right.

[B]

Do you have any follow up questions to help you make your decision?

[A]

Was this year, the year where Timothee Chalamet went on stage and said that you guys all suck, I want to be better than all you. Was that this year?

[C]

First of all, that's not what he said at all.

[A]

That's not what he said.

[C]

It was more internal. It was like, I'm in the, like on the pursuit of greatness and I want to be one of the greats. It wasn't like, fuck all you guys.

[A]

I knew that's what he said. I just wanted him to say it. That's a pretty good help for you.

[B]

Thank you. Appreciate that.

[C]

I'm tapped in, bro. I'm a big Timmy.

[B]

Timmy, I think he's just, he just came out and just completely flipped the script on while people saw him. He's out there with a shaved head now. People think he's a mysterious London rapper.

[C]

That's true. They do think. Yeah, they do think that he's Scottish.

[A]

Taylor Swift on her tour wrote her whole album as well. Right?

[C]

She did. So during. That's what year that was, though. Yeah, but I'm just saying the album came out now.

[B]

The album came out now. But she did it all the.

[C]

All this also, I will say that this year, I believe that she bought back all of her masters for like her earlier albums.

[B]

So listen, no one is saying that she's not generational, but every now and then Tom Brady needs to lose.

[C]

I will even make the argument for Timothy Chalamet of saying that. I don't think that people thought he was like snooty or whatever, but he, he definitely, I feel like, has pushed himself into a different category as an actor. Like, people are like, this is a, this is a generational guy. I think, oh, man's gonna his britches so hard.

[B]

I think you should chug your drink.

[A]

I wanna.

[C]

Yeah, I think you should feel like.

[B]

You should feel like you swallow the whole thing. Go, go, go, go.

[C]

I feel like oh, that's great.

[B]

Oh, he didn't chug it.

[C]

He's gonna vomit.

[B]

He didn't chug it. Chuck it.

[A]

Come on, please.

[C]

You're gonna.

[A]

I want to snap this in half and give it to you guys.

[C]

Honestly, where would you snap it?

[A]

Someone. Someone will get the. Oh, no. It's screwed in real tight at the bottom.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what? I'm gonna do this, I think, because I. I opened up multiple of these.

[C]

So you had to make a decision.

[B]

Yeah. It has to be one or the other. You can't. There can't be two winners. Who. What are you. Aren't you singing a Christmas song? How. What's the justification behind his winnership?

[A]

A whole tour. The album.

[B]

The Tour ended in 24.

[A]

I know, but she wrote the whole album on the tour in 24. And then she. She. You know what she did? She made money forcing me to hear about Travis Kelce's penis.

[B]

Like, you didn't. You didn't think about it for free. That is true.

[C]

She put out a song about Travis Kelsey's fucking apparent dong, dude. Apparently that.

[B]

Have some respect, both of you.

[C]

Yeah, you know what it is? He identifies with the dong. He's like, yo, she made a song. People have made songs about my penis before, probably.

[A]

I believe it's called redwood.

[C]

I thought it was just called wood.

[A]

That's worse.

[B]

The fact that you guys don't know.

[A]

The fact he knew.

[B]

You guys don't know.

[C]

Frank, I helped try to help you also.

[A]

I didn't watch Dune.

[C]

Neither did I. Oh, this is getting crazy.

[B]

I don't think that came out this year.

[C]

Timmy, we would love to have you on the show. We'll force Frank to watch before you get here.

[B]

I watched it, but he was Bob Dylan.

[A]

I didn't watch that.

[B]

You're not gonna award him for Bob Dylan.

[C]

You didn't. You know what? You didn't watch.

[B]

You know what? You know what?

[A]

You watch it.

[C]

Did you watch Wonka?

[B]

I did watch Wonka.

[C]

Wonka was fantastic.

[B]

You know, Timmy, you can sing. You know, I'm gonna say, Timmy, don't let. You are a generational talent to see the way that they just rip that award from your fucking deserving, cold dead hands. Technically. Don't let this happen again. Continue to be you. You're crushing it. You see them? This is them. That's what they're doing. Being them and not allowing you to shine. You and I are on the same page. Chalamet, you were robbed again. And I was robbed.

[C]

We should get Timothy on this Show.

[B]

Get him on here, call him up.

[C]

Yeah, I'm gonna.

[B]

I'm gonna send an email. I'll be honest with you. I'm furious. Like, not even joking.

[C]

I did not think I was gonna win that one. This. This was a shock to me, especially when I started petitioning for Timothy Chalamet. But, you know, it is what it is. Winners win, losers lose. And it is what it is. And it is what it is. And like I was saying earlier that these ones have fat asses. This motherfucker's got a. But don't. So this is crazy. I appreciate it. I love the show and thank you guys so much for an amazing year. All jokes aside, show gone. Like this show gone.

[B]

It's. It's still the show.

[C]

Well, I'm saying this is our last episode.

[B]

That's right. Well, seriously, let's make this very clear. Of 2025.

[C]

Yeah, of 2020.

[B]

We're still doing it.

[C]

Last show of the year. Do want to honestly say that this has been a life changing year? I mean, the last two years for me and Frank, similar to Taylor Swift. You know what? I do deserve this. But similarly to Taylor Swift, the last few years have been very life changing for me and Frank. And, you know, we moved into this space, had a new studio set up and all this stuff and it's been amazing. And now ants on the show. Like, we were going through a lot of changes at the moment and you guys have been so supportive and haven't wavered at all. And we appreciate that so much and it's been so much fun and like, I really look forward to the future and have no idea where we can take this. And it feels like we've been working for many years to get to this point, but in a way, it also feels like the beginning of a next level. So it feels like we just. We're just getting started. So we're very excited to kind of see what happens in the future and, you know, how far we're able to take this. But it's. It's fucking. It was a crazy year.

[B]

I finished. So. Yeah, here's an empty glass.

[A]

Chug the bottle. Probably.

[B]

I think you should.

[C]

I'm not going to chug the.

[B]

I think you should chug your drink.

[A]

I got no more.

[B]

Chug it.

[C]

I think you should swallow both.

[A]

I don't wanna.

[B]

No, don't give me that.

[C]

Dude.

[B]

Jesus Christ. I think you should put a little champagne in there and top it off and chug it.

[C]

Now we're talking about something that's probably Disgusting.

[A]

Are you gonna have some with me?

[C]

Are you wearing lipstick? What is going on in that cup?

[A]

You know, I think it's the dishwasher.

[B]

I was also.

[A]

Frankie took a sip of this. He wears.

[B]

I took a sip through a straw.

[A]

To not mess up your lipstick.

[B]

No, I was going in with.

[C]

Do you want a little bit.

[B]

Treating you with much aplomb. Yeah, just the cheers at the end of the year. I was going in, treating you with much aplomb, and then you rip that from my fucking.

[C]

Five aplombs is definitely too many for an episode.

[B]

Well, folks, we are so appreciative. Some of us are flabbergasted that we didn't win this, but thank you for 2025. If you celebrate the. This New Year, some people are just Jewish, and some people are Chinese. Jewish people have a different New Year, too. Yeah. What?

[C]

No, they don't. Do they?

[B]

Yes, they do. Yeah.

[C]

Jewish people have a different New Year.

[B]

Yes. I don't want to mess up the name of it, but I absolutely know that they do.

[C]

It looks like I know that the Chinese have a different New year. The Chinese New Year. What's up?

[A]

It looks like my olives are like little jets.

[C]

What the fuck is going on in there, bro? Show him that.

[B]

Let me see it.

[C]

Yo, they're, like, moving and. And farting.

[A]

It's like they have their little jets.

[C]

Look, they're farting.

[B]

Yeah. Isn't that. It's called Rosh Hashanah. That's Jewish.

[C]

That's their New Year.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, I thought that was just like a.

[B]

Like the Hebrew. It ushered in the Hebrew year. 5786.

[C]

Wait, what?

[B]

That's what it says.

[C]

5000. We're in 2024.

[B]

5786. I don't make the rules, but whatever you celebrate, we want to thank you for the love, for the support. We're excited for 2026, and we hope that you'll join us and maybe bring along some new friends while you're at it. So cheers.

[C]

Cheers. Cheers, big ears.

[B]

See, now he's insulting your ears, Keith.

[A]

Thing, I think.

[C]

Did he say that, too?

[A]

I think. I think it's.

[C]

My dad used to say that to us.

[A]

Oh, that makes sense.

[C]

Happy New Year. Merry, Happy holidays. All that stuff.

[B]

Wow. Yeah.

[C]

And we'll see you in.

[B]

We'll see you next year.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Now you got to ruin it. I'll. Let me sign it off and catch you on the next year. That was way worse.

[C]

Mm.