Everybody Wants This

Summary

The Commercial Break – Episode Summary

Episode Title: Everybody Wants This

Date: October 15, 2024
Hosts: Bryan Green & Astrid Green (guest co-host)

Episode Overview

In this lively episode of The Commercial Break, Bryan takes a break from his usual dynamic with Krissy to welcome back his wife Astrid to the studio. The pair riff on pop culture, reality TV, family quirks, surprising facts, and the idiosyncrasies of comedy across cultures. Their playful banter explores everything from the success rates of "Love is Blind" to the very nature of "dad jokes" and the impossibility (or not!) of tickling oneself. Astute, offbeat, and loaded with tongue-in-cheek humor, the episode is a quintessential TCB improv hour—equal parts confessional, debate, and casual chaos.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Guest Host Switch-Up and Show Catchups

• Bryan introduces Astrid as co-host due to Krissy's absence after the Mempho festival and hints at a “whack” October due to health issues and team travels.
  • “I have convinced my incredible wife to come back in the studio... Fan favorite out there.” (00:58)
• Banter about how the show often features women, poking fun at Bryan’s own role in its “mostly female” audience.

2. Reality TV & Fame: ‘Love is Blind’ and Intentions on Reality Shows (07:32–11:30)

• Astrid describes the new show "Nobody Wants That," a podcast-based series about a rabbi and a sex-advice podcaster played by Adam Brody and Kristen Bell, and segues to "Love is Blind."
• They dissect the real intentions of reality show participants:
  • Bryan: “No matter how earnestly you want to find love, you are definitely also wanting to be famous.” (09:36)
  • Discuss how, by later seasons, Love is Blind contestants “show up” as influencers and how the authenticity of 'the experiment' has faded.
• The couple reflect on the longevity of the show's relationships and “honeymoon” versus real romance.

3. Romance, Fads & Generational Trends

• Spirited exchange about age differences, generational shows ("90210" vs. "The O.C."), and the revolving door of fashion fads.
• Astrid playfully chides Bryan for not wearing Converses, sparking a riff on 90s trends:
  • Astrid: “Why don’t you wear white Converse shoes? You’re such an old man.” (12:19)
  • Lighthearted debate on whether faded jeans and hip-riders should return.

4. Reality vs. First Impressions: Dating Truths & Living Together (15:08–18:26)

• Astrid introduces a “fun fact” that “the first 10 minutes of every first date are lies.” (15:08)
• Bryan draws on the Japanese notion of “three hearts” and Dr. Phil’s advice: you only really know someone by living (and being sick) with them.

5. Surprising & Fun Facts Segment (22:00–32:21)

• Astrid and Bryan exchange quirky facts:
  • Nutmeg as a hallucinogen: “Almost every household has a hallucinogen… in their pantries. Nutmeg.” (22:20)
  • Tickling yourself is impossible: Debate over the brain's anticipation of sensation and whether tools count.
    • “You are unable to tickle yourself…” (23:44)
  • Tickling as torture: Is it fun or does Instagram parenting lore say otherwise? (26:19)
• Dying is illegal in some places: Astrid reads, deadpan, about a town in Italy and one in Norway where local laws have “banned” dying due to cemetery issues or permafrost.
  • “Okay, what if somebody dies there? What are the consequences? Are they going to sue the deceased?” (28:32)
  • Bryan links to New Orleans' above-ground cemeteries and, playfully, to shipping dead bodies like FedEx.

6. Quarreling Over the Squirrel’s Name

• Lighthearted debate on naming conventions: Peach vs. Peaches for a saved squirrel.
• Attempts to leverage the debate for Instagram engagement:
  • “I want to hear: 212-4333 TCB or Peach.” (31:55)

7. Kanye West's Pre-Fame Life & Filler Culture (32:37–36:53)

• Fun fact: Kanye West worked as a telemarketer.
  • “I find it surprising that Kanye West managed to do anything before he ever…”
• Discussion of celebrity fillers, Botox, and the social media trend of “filler babies.”
  • Ellen’s struggles with beauty standards lead into talk of plastic surgery dangers.

8. Culture, Comedy, and Dad Jokes: A Multicultural Experiment (40:23–52:42)

• Bryan contrasts “dad jokes” in the US with Spanish “bad jokes.”
  • Astrid: “Why do you guys name it dad jokes? We just call them bad jokes.” (41:30)
• Dad Joke Challenge: Bryan tries out corny jokes on Astrid, with variable success (“Did you hear about the famous pickle? He was a big dill.”)
  • Astrid: “You did also, like, found, like, the actual worst...” (45:34)
• Astrid notes the limits of humor across language and cultures: “Translating a joke really kills a joke. It really does.” (47:31)
• Bryan’s insight: “All humor is local. …If you really want to get to know a culture, know the comedians in that culture.” (49:15)

9. Reflections on the Show and Closing Banter (52:48–end)

• Discussion about the prospect of an “all female” TCB episode.
• Bryan updates listeners on his health, thanks for support, and says the show will have a “mixed bag” of guests and content throughout October.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bryan (re: reality TV contestants):
  “No matter how earnestly you want to find love, you are definitely also wanting to be famous.” [09:36]

• Astrid (on dating):
  “On every first date, the first 10 minutes are lies. Because it’s just two people trying to make each other comfortable.” [15:08]

• Bryan (on humor and culture):
  “All humor is local. …If you really want to get to know a culture, know the comedians in that culture.” [49:15]

• Astrid (on dad jokes):
  “Why do you guys name it dad jokes? We just call them bad jokes.” [41:30]

• Bryan (about being attacked for his fashion choices):
  “I’m just sitting here watching Love is Blind. Why all of a sudden am I getting attacked for not wearing white Converse shoes?” [12:19]

• On the impossibility of tickling oneself:
  “You are unable to tickle yourself.” [23:44]
  (followed by a real-time, silly debate over pumice stones and sensitive feet)

• Astrid (about the town in Italy that made dying illegal):
  “Okay, what if somebody dies there? What are the consequences? Are they going to sue the deceased?” [28:32]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:58] – Bryan introduces Astrid as guest host; jokes about women on the show
• [07:32–11:30] – “Love is Blind,” fame-seeking, and reality TV authenticity
• [12:19] – Astrid teases Bryan about not wearing Converses; generational/fashion talk
• [15:08] – “First 10 minutes of every date are lies” – discussion of honesty and relationships
• [22:00] – Fun facts segment: Nutmeg as a hallucinogen, tickling, dying illegally
• [32:21] – Peach vs. Peaches—naming the rescued squirrel
• [36:53] – Cosmetic surgery, fillers, and Botox culture
• [40:23] – Dad joke experiment, cultural differences in humor
• [49:15] – Insightful note on how comedy reflects culture
• [52:42] – Reflections on multicultural comedy and audience engagement
• [55:08] – Show close, upcoming changes, and farewells

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Tone & Language

The episode is delivered in the typical TCB house style: irreverent, playful, and self-aware. Bryan and Astrid’s chemistry turns what could be ordinary chat into a quirky variety show with rapid-fire riffs, gently savage inside jokes, and the warm feel of eavesdropping on a couple with well-worn banter.

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For New Listeners

This episode is an easy entry-point if you enjoy:

• Candid, off-the-cuff marital banter
• Laughs about the absurdity of modern culture, reality TV, and parenting
• Genuine reflections on the universal quirks of relationships and humor

You’ll get plenty of laughs, a few interesting facts, and more than a little insight into how comedy (and couples) are shaped by culture, context, and chaos.

Transcript

[A]

Here's a comforting thought for you. Somewhere in the world right now, someone's curling up, getting all cozy, getting ready to go to bed, and the thought of you crossed their mind. And they were hit with such a wave of rage that they've become too dysregulated to fall asleep. On this episode of the commercial break. I love tickling the kids. It's like one of my favorite. It's like one of the joys.

[B]

It's actually considered kind of torture.

[A]

Torture.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They don't. They don't seem to mind it. Well, I'm just saying, who considers tickling torture?

[B]

The.

[A]

What in the good are we talking about?

[B]

The parenting gurus on Instagram say face to face. They're gonna come at you.

[A]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Yeah, boy. Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is the wifey to my husband, Astrid Green. Astrid, hello.

[B]

Hello. Hello. Hel.

[A]

Hello. Welcome back to the studio. I have convinced my incredible wife to come back in the studio and talk with the audience. Such a favorite. Fan favorite out there. I swear to God, the women in this. The women. Well, first of all, I surround myself with only women, so there. That might be one of the reasons why the audience is mostly women. And then everybody loves the women on this show, and everybody just gives me shit.

[B]

Well, I think you're being a little dramatic.

[A]

I don't think I'm being dramatic.

[B]

Also, it only took took you like a whole year to invite me back.

[A]

Well, that's true. Well, I mean, you know, we do have somebody that we pay to be in that seat. Her name is Kristen Joy only. So it is true.

[B]

This is Chrissy's.

[A]

This is Chrissy's seat. This is Chrissy's seat. And as long as she'll. As long as I'll have her and she'll be here, then I guess that's going to be her seat. And, you know, she did take a considerable amount of time off last year.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So we had to make up for. We're now contractually obligated to be here more often than ever. And I'm sure the audience loves it. Astor joining me because October is kind of a whack month for all of us as I go deal with some health issues and there's some travel involved in there. And Chrissy is now probably spending the next seven days recovering from menfo, which I hear went well. That's all the pictures.

[B]

Did you post it?

[A]

I know. Well, she posted, and then Mempho posted very fun pictures.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And did you see that Chrissy was actually in one of the reels? So on Saturday.

[B]

Oh, sure. I didn't see like Memphis pictures. I saw from like her.

[A]

Oh, from her personal profile.

[B]

Yeah. She was having fun with some friends there and, you know, look good.

[A]

So Memphis, a big deal. And therefore they have like a videography crew and I'm sure lots of photographers.

[B]

That run around actual real.

[A]

It's an actual real festival, not like Florida. Well, if it had ever happened.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So I saw on the real Saturday night, I was thinking to myself, well, I wonder how Chrissy's doing. I wonder how Jeff and Chrissy are doing. I hope the festival's going well. And then lo and behold, an hour later, up pops a reel. And the reel is like a mix cut, right. Of all these people dancing and music and all this. And right smack dab in the middle of the reel is Chrissy dancing in the crowd, double fisting. And I'm like, oh, there we go, Chrissy. Go, Chrissy. I wouldn't expect anything less. She did text me to let me know she's alive and that at her age she doesn't know how much longer she's going to be doing this. I call bullshit. I call. She's going to be doing this for a long time to come because it's in her DNA. It's in her DNA to hang out like that. She can do like a four day party. She doesn't have 27 kids.

[B]

I mean, Chrissy, if it makes you feel better, I'm younger than you are and I can probably handle a lot less than you do.

[A]

As I went to a wedding. Tina's wedding. Actually, we went to Tina's wedding and they were serving up some kind of punch. What was that? Like a. Oh, sangria. But I don't know if it was like technically sangria.

[B]

Yeah, it was. Oh, it was Greek. Sangria.

[A]

Sangria with uzo. Didn't it have USO in it? No, it didn't have ouzo in it. I thought it had.

[B]

I remember it had something with mango.

[A]

Was it mango Uzo? I don't know. But anyway, it was like. Was it.

[B]

It was strong wine and juice.

[A]

That's sangria, wine and juice. But I think they were like some.

[B]

Kind of mango juice.

[A]

I don't know. Anyway, whatever.

[B]

The point is delicious.

[A]

It was strong. It was good. I tasted just a little bit of it. I was driving and I don't really drink anyway. But, um. So I don't drink.

[B]

I drank One. And I was drunk.

[A]

Esther gets in the car and she goes, I'm drunk. And I go, good. I'm getting lucky. I'm getting lucky. And lucky means everyone's gonna go to bed early in my house. Congratulations to Tina, by the way, who's got married. I don't think we mentioned that on air. Our good friend Tina. Lovely human being married to the people here know her.

[B]

She's been a guest host.

[A]

Of course she's been a guest host. She's helped out with the. She's really been on board with the commercial break since, like, day one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I feel like, I think, like, she's an o. Commercial break lover. So there you go. I wanted to ask you a question. What exactly is it that you. Yes, you. What is it exactly that you're watching at night while I'm here in the studio pretending like I'm working?

[B]

Oh, God. Well, this weekend I got hooked with Nobody Want. Nobody Wants that. This.

[A]

Is that the show about the podcast?

[B]

Yes. So, okay. It's like an actual true story. I, I again, you know, this is not like an actual fact because I'm in this show. Yeah. But it's something like the creator. Yeah, the creator or the director of the show.

[A]

Yeah, that.

[B]

That's her true life story.

[A]

She had a podcast.

[B]

She. She has a podcast to this day.

[A]

What is the name of the podcast?

[B]

Oh, I have no idea.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I mean, listen, I didn't dig that deep.

[A]

No.

[B]

About it, but whatever. The show, it's about a rabbi played by Adam Brody, Autumn Bodhi, and. And Kristen Bell.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Girl that has a sex therapy podcast. Yeah, it's not therapy. It's just like, she talks about sex advice. It's basically like lifestyle podcast, but they do have a lot of, like, sex and dating conversations.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And, yeah, it's about how they. Both of them fall in love, you know, and him being a rabbi and, you know, a Jewish family and all of that. It was fun. I mean, honestly, I don't know much about Jewish. Like, indeed. You know, in depth.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, about the religion. So it was just. It was interesting, but it. And it was a very cute love story. They have a big chemistry on screen. So that was, you know, that's like my jam.

[A]

So. So the girl falls in love with the rabbi.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And the one difference that I do.

[B]

The hot rabbi. And I'm not saying this, this is how they call him in the show.

[A]

Oh, hot Ra.

[B]

Which is true, being the actor who plays it.

[A]

Adrian Brody.

[B]

Adam.

[A]

Adam Boat Brody.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So not age.

[B]

You Know, back from the O.C. you know, I know.

[A]

I have no clue about the O.C. don't ask me about the O.C. the only thing I remember about the O.C. is. Is it Misha Barton that was in that show?

[B]

I think so, yes.

[A]

Okay. And that. There was a lot of trouble around that whole. That was only on for, like, one season, wasn't it? Two seasons.

[B]

I don't remember. I didn't actually watch it.

[A]

Okay. Thought that was like your age group, the oc.

[B]

Yeah. Well, a little bit, yes.

[A]

I was actually younger, so I was more 90210. Like, you know, I'm 12, 13 years old, and 90210 comes out.

[B]

You're like a boomer.

[A]

I'm. I don't know.

[B]

I'm a millennial.

[A]

I don't know if I would call myself a boomer. I think I'm a Gen Xer is what I am. Actually, technically, I think I'm a Gen X. Yeah.

[B]

It has actually come through the last couple of days.

[A]

Asher and I are watching.

[B]

Showing.

[A]

No, thank you, baby. It's my parathyroid. It's on fire. It's making me feel old. You know, that's what they say about the para. Hyperparathyroidism is. A lot of people will say I felt like I got old overnight because of the way that it makes you feel. Like brain fog and tired and achy bones. Anyway, I don't want to talk about that all episode long. We've already spent enough time on it. But what I was going to say is Astrid and I are watching Love is Blind the other day.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And we're watching the first episode. And in the episode. First, second episode. And in the episode, there's. It's all pod episodes. Right. So if you've seen Love is Blind. Everyone's seen Love is Blind.

[B]

They're in the pods phase. Yeah.

[A]

And they're trying to get to know each other. So there's a couple and both of the people.

[B]

Weird enough. Sorry. Interrupt you. It's like people dress up to go in the. And it's like, no one. I was telling. Astronaut. I guess they actually do it for the cameras, you know, like, because they know it's a TV show. But. But it's like some of these girls take it, like, to the whole next. I'm like, way too far, honey. No one. Like, he's not actually seeing you, so.

[A]

Why he's not seeing you? And what does it matter what the other girls think? Because they're not gonna. Like, no one has Physical interaction with each other. The males and the females don't have any physical interaction with each other unless they actually get to that moment where they meet each other. And in that case, of course, you get dressed up or if you're out at the.

[B]

Yeah, but I think it's kind of like they also take this show, I feel like. And I'm not saying they're a bad person at all. It has nothing to do with this, but it's kind of like an audition, like a life audition. Of course, because afterwards they're going to be. We already know most of them become, you know, big influencers, models.

[A]

You know, I think that's the problem with a lot of these reality shows that become big hits in society is that while you, you know, Nicholas is always calling it the experiment. Well, it's not an experiment anymore. Maybe the first season it was an experiment maybe because you still know you're going to be on a television show.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And you're still auditioning for a television show. These people take this way seriously. And the. My opinion is, is that no matter how earnestly you want to find love, you are definitely also wanting to be famous. You don't put all your bullshit out there and open yourself up for that kind of criticism and ridicule and investigation and, you know, trolling. You don't do that unless you have a real desire to be in the limelight. And I'm not saying that's wrong. Look at me. I have a show and I can't, you know, I can't put myself out there enough. So I'm not. I'm not throwing stones in a glass house. But I don't believe that there are many of those people that are earnestly just looking for love.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Yeah, of course not. No.

[B]

Because also there's no guarantee you're actually going to find love. And even though some of them have been, you know, actually successful marriages, you know, like, it actually seems like they did find love. Yeah, it's. There's not guarantee. And I think there are more couples that have broken up that than the ones that have stayed together.

[A]

I think that there is like a 10 success rate on that show about like couples that have stayed together long term. I don't know what the actual number.

[B]

Scientific information.

[A]

Yeah, it's scientific information in my hyper calcified brain. I think I'm gonna assume 10% because there's one couple every season that seems to make it and that's it. Except for the first season, normally the.

[B]

First one that they, of course That G gets engaged. It's like the one that kind of.

[A]

Like serendipitously gets together. There's always, like, they like each other.

[B]

Very much from the very ending.

[A]

Yeah, it seems.

[B]

Or that's the way they kind of.

[A]

Edit, you know, And I think it's that couple. There's always one couple each season that it feels like they were meant to be there in that moment to find each other. And. And I love seeing that moment. I think that's great. So regardless of what their intentions are, as far as fame is concerned, there is real something going on.

[B]

So now you understand why I like romance.

[A]

I love romance, too. I said, I love that first story. I'm not going to give it away because I don't know if people watch it yet, but I love that first story. I love seeing real love blossom. But unlike that real love on that television show, that's all, you know, honeymoon, ish and all that stuff. Astrid and I are laying in bed. Well, we have our mom holding hands, watching Love is Blind. And all of a sudden, they show these two people in a pod, and they're both wearing white Converse shoes. And Astrid turns to me, she goes, why don't you wear white Converse shoes? You're such an old man. You don't wear white Converse shoes. And I'm like, the fuck? I'm just sitting here watching Love is Blind. Why all of a sudden am I getting attacked for not wearing white Converse shoes in this moment? And I said, listen, I was wearing Converse shoes before you even a thought I was wearing a Converse shoes. But they were.

[B]

But then that was your argument. Well, first of all, I didn't say. I didn't specify they had to be white.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

I just said Converses.

[A]

Okay, Converses.

[B]

And then. And then you went back and said, well, they can't, you know, they're out of style. Blah, blah. I used to, you know, 18. Two centuries ago.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And. And I'm like, yeah, I know, but they came back.

[A]

Did you wear jelly shoes as a child?

[B]

No.

[A]

You didn't wear jelly shoes? You never wore jelly shoes?

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay. Name a fad or a trend that you had when you were young, pre teen teenager, 13, 14 years old, that you just couldn't get away from.

[B]

Faded jeans.

[A]

Faded jeans. Okay. Faded jeans.

[B]

And like, how you call it? Like the.

[A]

The big bell bottoms?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yes. Okay. Bell bottoms were a thing when I was a kid.

[B]

And also low, like, yeah, hip riders.

[A]

Yeah, hip riders.

[B]

It was a big thing. I don't know why.

[A]

Why aren't you Wearing hip riders right now? Because why aren't you wearing your faded bell bottom jeans with hip hip riders?

[B]

Well, in reality, because I don't have the body I had when I was 12.

[A]

And then none of us have the body we had.

[B]

Right. And also, I don't really know why they even exist. Like, I. I don't think they even look good on models. Like.

[A]

No, no, they were there.

[B]

It's not. It's awful.

[A]

It's a 90s thing. Yeah.

[B]

And you sit down and it's like.

[A]

Your butt crack shows. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, so there's the same thing, but.

[B]

But not with Converses. That's not.

[A]

But listen to me, those faded jeans and those bell bottoms are back. Have you seen these mom jeans? You have a pair of mom jeans?

[B]

I wore one one time, and even you were like, oh, no, no, honey.

[A]

No, babe. That's like, mom, mom. That's like your mom's mom. That's like. It's like you're trying to hide. Trying to steal sausage from the grocery store kind of hiding. Listen, here's my point. My point is that everything. No. Old becomes new again. And just because I didn't jump on the Converse trend five years ago when it started coming back, doesn't mean I'm not hip. It just means I just don't have. I don't currently have a pair of Converse.

[B]

No, but then you started going like, well, I don't, you know, I can't afford a pair of Converses.

[A]

Like, you didn't say I couldn't afford a pair of.

[B]

You made it sound like I'm telling you to go buy, you know, Gucci sneakers or something. It's like, okay, well, 50 bucks, that's pretty normal shoe price.

[A]

Listen, my love, my love. See, this is what this guy from Love is Blind has to look forward to. It's all shits and giggles in those pods. And then your wife starts, you know, telling you you look ugly because you're not wearing a Converse shoes Currently in that.

[B]

In that line of thought. You know what I read today?

[A]

What?

[B]

I mean, I'm not sure if this would be considered, like, a fun fact, but that on every first date, the first 10 minutes are lies.

[A]

All lies, all lies.

[B]

Because it's just two people trying to make each other comfortable.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

And like. And so I feel like that's what the pods are in. Love is Blind. It's just a lie.

[A]

Days of. All right, like, it's 10 days of our Lives.

[B]

If you think about it, it's almost like, you know, haters behind a key, a screen or just with a keyboard. Like you feel confident enough to just.

[A]

Say whatever you want. Yeah.

[B]

And I think that's what happened in the pods all of a sudden. Well, of course, you know, they're more vulnerable and they cry and they laugh and they said so it's so according to the show, they make it look like they're showing their true selves.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

But I don't know that's a hundred percent true. Especially when they know they're on a TV show where all of this.

[A]

Here's something, here's something interesting that I noticed about this particular season of Love is Blind. The Some of these guys immediately addressed things that I don't think in seasons past they would have addressed. One guy said I voted for Trump. Then I voted for Biden. When I found out. Did you?

[B]

Well, he was like, so my dad is very Republican and last election I voted for Trump.

[A]

He qualified.

[B]

And if almost, if he could like apologize her face.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And all of a sudden he started like. But in the most recent one, you know, I kind of, to his credit.

[A]

About it, to his credit, he said he made a very ill informed or a misinformed decision about voting for Trump. Now this is a knock on Trump voters. I'm just sharing what he said on the show. And then he explained that he found out through one of these DNA services that he, he had always thought that he was white, but he was only point three percent European and he was African. The rest of him was African. And so anyway, here's the point. There was the other guy who said, hey, I admit I've cheated. There was another guy who said something about a past relationship that didn't work out, but it was toxic for both of us. Here's why I believe that they're saying that not because they're trying to be truthful right up front, but because they know that the people out in the audience are going to dig in their past, some girl, some past relationship. If it's a girl, some past relationship.

[B]

Yeah, they're going to come.

[A]

Yes, they're going to come out. They don't want any surprises. They want to say it right out front. But I do believe, I don't think that the first 10 minutes are lies. I think the first 10 minutes we're trying to feel each other out and we're manipulating the conversation to be favorable for everybody. So I don't know if it's like fair enough.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't think you say like, oh, I'm only 22 years old. When I'm 36 years old, I don't think you say like six' eight. When I'm six' one. I think you just try and like you're really softening the edges to make sure that you. Here's the reality.

[B]

But that's honestly like why even in relationship, this is a very of course, personal opinion, but it almost like you really don't get to know the person like a hundred percent in, in reality until you actually live with them.

[A]

Oh for sure.

[B]

Because it's like that's when you start really seeing all this like the quirks or what they really like or don't like or how they go by, you know, on a day to day basis or where just like dating. It's like only if you really have deep conversations.

[A]

I don't even think that works.

[B]

But like, right?

[A]

Yeah. You don't really know somebody until you sleep with them and they take up the entire bed and they sweat all night long and then. Yeah, you don't. And here's why I actually don't think you know somebody until you live with them. Because we are all by nature. You know, the Japanese say, I was watching that show Shogun and they were saying that men have three hearts. They have the heart in their mouth. That's the one they show the world. They have their heart in their chest. That's the one they only give to the friends and the ones they love. And then they have a heart deep down that is only for themselves. Right. So everyone has, there's, everyone has some part of them that they don't give up. But if you live with someone, it's hard not to see that part that they don't give up.

[B]

It's almost kind of like the same. You know how people say, like when you travel, like even, even not like in romantic relationship, but like travel with a friend and then it's like you really are testing if that's a true friendship. Yes, it's because. And it happened to me even when I was like, you know, like 15 years old. You really travel for like a period of time with someone and spending every single day with them doing stuff, you know, picking where you're gonna eat and all of that. And then you start like, oh, oh, I thought she was my friend.

[A]

I thought she was my friend.

[B]

Like I thought we had things in common.

[A]

She only tips 5%. And the other thing is that Dr. Phil said this and you know, not the world's biggest Dr. Phil fan, even though he did a good job reading our commercials for us.

[B]

Not the most fan, but I do know everything he says.

[A]

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of his, but I do have a few of his platitudes that he has shouted out over the years. And one of them is spend a week with someone while they have the flu or while they're sick. Then you will really get to know them because we show the ugliest side of us when we don't feel well. And I think that's a. I think that's true. I think that when you don't feel well, everything goes out the window and it's like your true self. So I'm so surprised you're still with me because I've been sick for the last two years and you still haven't left me. Well, we do have 23 kids, so what am I?

[B]

Well, I'm still waiting so that you reach that time where I can drop you off at the senior living facility.

[A]

Villages down in Florida. Chrissy and I down at the Villages.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Ash is waiting for the commercial break to pay off.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

She was hoping that Kamala Harris was going to choose to come to the commercial break instead of call her daddy, but.

[B]

Right. I'm sure that was like a big debate within the team. Like, should we send her to the commercial brand or to the commercial break?

[A]

To. To be honest and to be fair, I sent invitations to both candidates, and neither of them responded. So that's why I got that. That's why I got Austin NASA to come in.

[B]

That's why you got me instead.

[A]

All right, let's take a break, and we'll be back. Asher's got a good idea. We should talk about some fun facts that no one knows, like, surprising facts. I think that's a good idea. Surprising facts, not about us, because you already know everything about me. But. All right, we'll be back. We'll take a break.

[C]

My darlings, my angels, my sweet little cherubs. It's that time again, where I try to convince you to follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTokCV podcast. We really don't post that much, so it's no skin off your nose. If you'd like to get in touch with us directly, you can text us or call us and leave us a voicemail at 212-4333, TCV. You know, we are just sitting by the phone waiting with bated breath for you to call. So please, please leave us an ask TCB and we'll give you Some mildly concerning advice. Peace and blessings.

[A]

All right, we're back. Astrid tells me that she has some surprising facts she thinks I need to know about life and the love and the pursuit of happiness and so. Go ahead, Astrid. Your segment, take it away.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Giving up control of the only woman I. The only woman that sounds like in my life. Just bowl me over.

[B]

You know, we all have. I mean, almost every household has a hallucinogen. Is that how you say it?

[A]

Hallucinogen?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. In their pantries.

[A]

Oh. Well, I should have taken it out, given that we had children, but I'm sorry I left the. I'm sorry I left Academy.

[B]

Nutmeg. Nutmeg.

[A]

Oh, nutmeg is a hallucinogen.

[B]

I had no idea.

[A]

Baby. This is crazy. Did you know that there are kids. There was a TikTok challenge going around for a while. Kids to eat, like, a whole thing of nutmeg to get high.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And there were children who died. Died because they were eating a whole thing of nutmeg. It's like eating a whole.

[B]

Look at what I.

[A]

Can of cinnamon.

[B]

What I said, what I read is like, nutmeg has hallucinogenic effects that when consuming large amounts, you can have symptoms like mild to intense hallowed hallucinations. Disorientation, giddiness, stupor. Stupor.

[A]

Stupor, yeah.

[B]

Euphoria. And feelings of levitation.

[A]

Levitation. Okay, next time Reggie Watts comes on, we're eating the nutmeg. I'm calling Reggie right away. All right, I have a surprising fact for you. You want me to throw one at you? Okay. Due to the brain being able to monitor your every movement and anticipation of upcoming sensations, you are unable to tickle yourself. I don't think that that is true.

[B]

No, it is true.

[A]

You don't think you can tickle your own feet?

[B]

No.

[A]

When you tickle your own feet, it doesn't tickle.

[B]

Yeah, no, it's. It is.

[A]

I don't know. I. I think this is a little bit false. I think I can tickle my own.

[B]

No, you cannot.

[A]

I'm going to do it here on the commercial break. No one wants to see my feet. Well, you can't see me.

[B]

You can quickly, you know.

[A]

Well, I. No, I can't tickle under my armpits, but I'm not very ticklish in the first place.

[B]

Look. No, it is true.

[A]

No, I feel like if I was to. To put my foot. Like when I'm in the shower.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm doing all my 3,000 three hour long yeah, my three hour long. My three hour long. Stay away from the children.

[B]

And wife.

[A]

And. And wife. When I do that. You know that. What do they call that thing? The pumice. Yeah, that stone that you rub on your feet to make it smooth. I feel like when I rub that certain ways, it tickles my feet.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, but you're now. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, you're breaking the statement. You're using a tool. That doesn't count. It's you, yourself, with your hands.

[A]

Well, it doesn't say you can't use a tool. It just says you can't tickle yourself. It didn't say you couldn't use something to tickle yourself.

[B]

It's with. How do you tickle somebody? So when you're going to tickle the kids, you actually go to the bathroom.

[A]

Grab your, Grab the pumice.

[B]

My kids tickle you. That's not how you tickle somebody.

[A]

All right, fair enough. I do feel like if I, if I scratch, my feet are so sensitive. I feel like if I tickled my feet in a certain way that I would actually tickle myself. I don't think this is true.

[B]

I think it is true. And you. And I actually can state that you cannot tickle yourself, even though you're saying that you can.

[A]

Okay, well, I'm going to try it later and we'll see what happens.

[B]

Okay. And I want to record it for an Instagram re.

[A]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[B]

So people start following on Instagram.

[A]

Lots of people follow us on Instagram. No one follows us on Instagram. That Instagram.

[B]

Yeah. But I wonder, like, why would be the, you know, like, why, like, what's the point on us not being able to tickle ourselves? Is it like for safety?

[A]

Because our. Our brain. No, I think what they're stating. I think this is another hyper calcified statement coming out of my brain. I think what they're saying is you. Your body already anticipates your own movements.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You kind of sensation. If you, you know, at a certain age, probably 10, if you grab your arm, you know what that sensation is going to feel like and you anticipate it before it even happens. It's just like watching a needle go into your arm.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You already know what that feels. There's no surprise, right?

[B]

Yeah, like there's no point to.

[A]

Yeah. I love tickling the kids. It's like one of my favorite. It's like one of the joys.

[B]

It's actually considered kind of torture.

[A]

Torture.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They don't, they don't seem to mind it. Well, I'm just saying, who considers tickling torture?

[B]

The.

[A]

What in the good are we talking about?

[B]

The parenting gurus on Instagram say Facebook. Sounds more like they're gonna comment you.

[A]

Okay, all right, all right, I'm done.

[B]

You gotta stop once the kid says no more. Well, at first. The first. No more. Okay, point.

[A]

We have one particular child who says, stop, stop, stop. And then the second you stop, do it again. Do it again. And it's so. I think that, you know, it's. It's hard to read a three year old or a four year old and what their intentions are based on that. All right, give me another surprising fact, and I'll make a decision about whether or not I'm going to continue to torture our children.

[B]

This was okay. In some places, dying is illegal. Isn't that ridiculous?

[A]

Give me a place where d. More information.

[B]

Yes. In Italy, Since March of 2012, it has been illegal to die in Falciano del Massico. The current mayor issued a legal decree stating it is forbidden with immediate effect to all citizens, residents in the municipality of, you know, Fellatio del. And to whoever passes by itself territory to cross the border of earthly life and to enter the afterlife.

[A]

What? What?

[B]

Right. What? I.

[A]

Okay, hold on. Do they have a problem with people coming there and committing hari kari or something? Like offing themselves, unaliving themselves, as the kids would say.

[B]

It says then that this decree was issued because there's. Because the commune's cemetery is currently full and the disease must be bur. Buried.

[A]

Buried.

[B]

Buried in the. In the nearby town of Mondragon. And apparently I read a little bit more on this because I thought that was actually funny. Like, how can you make. D. Like. Oh, and what happens also. Okay, I died there. What they're going to do, sue the death.

[A]

Well, now they sue your.

[B]

The deceased. They're going to sue them.

[A]

Well, I actually think I know about this. What they do is they.

[B]

They.

[A]

If you die there, then your family has to pay to have you, like, FedEx, like, shipped to another location to.

[B]

Where it's legal to die.

[A]

Yes, you have to pay.

[B]

And also in Norway, I mean, there's multiple places around the world, but these are two I read about.

[A]

But you and I have been to Europe a lot.

[B]

Right, but not to this way.

[A]

No, not to this place. But just follow me on this. We've been to Europe a lot. And. And we've been to Italy. And Italy is a country like a lot of other countries in Europe that is really saturated With a lot of open space punctuated by very tight villages. Right. Villages that are. Everybody's on top of each other essentially. But those villages can be tiny. They could be like, I don't, half a mile long. And then that everything's kind of right around that main street and that's it. How could they run out of space for a cemetery? There's not another pace for a cemetery. Not one more place for a cemetery.

[B]

I don't know. I don't know. I have no idea.

[A]

You need to find the information.

[B]

Well, the other place, it's a Norwegian town, but it's actually an archipelago. So it's like a very small island. Okay.

[A]

That's a different story.

[B]

That it's halfway between Norway and the North Pole.

[A]

Oh. And it the has frozen ground.

[B]

Right. It's actually very interesting. The reason why it is so called that dying has been illegal there since 1950. Geez. When locals discovered that Bodhi. That bodies weren't decomposing in the cemetery because of the frigid weather.

[A]

Okay, that I can understand. Do you know why we've been to New Orleans one time and. Right. Okay. Remember we went by some of those cemeteries and everyone's up off the ground and they're in those caskets that are sitting up off the ground because it floods and when it floods the bodies come floating up.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And actually during Hurricane Katrina, which was terrible, they had bodies that were coming out of the ground, which is just awful to think about. But that I can understand. Like if you can't bury someone because they don't decompose because the ground is frozen. And then every once in a while.

[B]

That'S a scientific reasoning behind. But still I just. To me it just silly. Silly. Like the statement of like, okay, what if somebody dies in there? What happens then? Like, what are the consequences of doing something illegal like dying?

[A]

There's no consequences of. Of dying. Never thought d. Illegal dying is the one thing that is consequence free. It might hurt for the people around you, but it's consequence free to you, I assume. Because nothing happens after that. I mean. Or depending on.

[B]

Depending on what you believe.

[A]

Depending on what you believe.

[B]

You could go to hell.

[A]

Oh, I'm definitely going to hell. Well, actually I think I'm going to heaven because I saved Peaches. I think Peaches is my one ticket.

[B]

And why. Good thing you brought this up. Why do you tell your listeners that the squirrel was named Peaches? That's not how we named her.

[A]

You named it Peaches.

[B]

Peach one, not Peaches.

[A]

Peach.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I told you, babe, Peach is not a name.

[B]

The kids are Peach.

[A]

Peaches. No, Peaches is a name.

[B]

That's how a name is a name. People name their kids Storm and North and south and whatever. Okay, well, that's not a name to me.

[A]

Take a vote. I want to hear 212-4333, tcb or peach. Well, I already said it. On Instagram, it's Peaches. I called it Peaches.

[B]

DM us on this.

[A]

All right? DM us on Instagram, because Astrid wants to increase engagement on Instagram. You're always thinking about the show, and I do appreciate that, but Peaches is a better name, and I already named it. No, it's Instagram, okay? It's already out there for the world to see. Peaches. And by the way, Peaches.

[B]

Multiple. It's plural.

[A]

I know it's multiple Peaches, but we're not talking about the fruit. We're talking about.

[B]

That doesn't even make sense. It's like if you were called Brian's.

[A]

Well, it could be called Brian's. No, you could call me Brian. All right, let me tell you a fun fact. Ready?

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay, here we go. Oh, I had it. One second. Okay, here. Oh, here it is. Before becoming arguably the world's most famous rapper, Kanye west worked as a telemarketer. As a telemarketer, which is like people.

[B]

Who call you selling stuff, who call.

[A]

You trying to sell you stuff, trying to. Trying to convince you to buy some shitty product. Your car insurance, you know, your. Your warranty is out.

[B]

But why is this, like, a fun fact?

[A]

It's a fun fact. I don't think you knew. Did you know?

[B]

No, I didn't know for sure, but I don't. I don't find it, like, really surprising.

[A]

I find it surprising that Kanye west managed to do anything before he ever. Have you seen him and his girlfriend running around Italy? Him and his. Whatever. They are beyond Bianca?

[B]

Yeah. I saw a picture today on Instagram, and I actually don't know, like, actual information, but I saw a picture, and honestly, I think she really looks so much like Kim Kardashian. Like, her face. I don't know. I saw the picture, and I was like, wow, she really looks like Kim.

[A]

I get the comparisons.

[B]

Right. Like, there's.

[A]

I really do. There is an essence that is very Kim K. Ish. But I actually think Bianca is prettier than Kim Kardashian for sure.

[B]

By, like, she doesn't have as many fillers.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

My opinion. That's what I Thought. And listen, no shame if you use no fillers. And that's why you. That's fine. Like, it's up to you. But I just, personally, I find it that one is not to, you know.

[A]

You know, I have this, like, you know, our Instagram algorithm is on spot. I mean, it is so hot. I love our Instagram. Like, when I'm scrolling through reels, I'll oftentimes get, you know, reels with one view.

[B]

Like, crazy ridiculous.

[A]

Yes, crazy ridiculous. Well, that's what I want. I want crazy ridiculous. I don't want to see what everybody else is seeing. I want to see the people out there. There's a lot of unwell people out there, and I want to see what they're doing on Instagram. But there's this one. I don't know how this came into our algorithm, but now I'm fascinated by it. There's this one doctor who is hundreds of thousands of followers, was a former, like Botox filler user herself, and she's a plastic surgeon. And now she is doing nothing but talking about the dangers and the downsides of fillers and Botox and other things like that. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't or you should Botox babies. She's talking a lot about filler babies. Kids, children 16, 17, 18 years old, that their parents are allowing them to go get Botox to get these fillers to make them look better and the negative side effects it's now having, like how the fillers move around your face.

[B]

You are putting some kind of chemicals that's right in your body that.

[A]

And she keeps showing these nightmare stories and these nightmare pictures, and it's really scary and it makes me go, I, you know, maybe I just get old. Maybe I'm just going to get a hold. Maybe that's okay.

[B]

I think I'm okay with okay despite it being like, of course, an external thing that you put into your body. I think I'm okay with, like, people who do Botox and stuff just to kind of like as a skincare routine route routine kind of thing, you know, to prevent, like, deep wrinkles and that kind of stuff. I just personally don't find, like, actual fillers, like, you know, people who inject.

[A]

Their lips and make them look like balloons.

[B]

Balloons. I don't find that speaking attractive.

[A]

She's been saying how Botox, first of all is a neurotoxin, so it's very dangerous to you, but second of all, can actually work against you when it comes to those wrinkles because of the way that Botox works, it basically paralyzes the muscle.

[B]

Yeah, but it wears off.

[A]

My understanding, it wears off. But when it wears off, apparently over time, those wrinkles become worse and worse and you need more neurotoxin in order to kill it. And it's just like it's a never ending cycle. And that some people.

[B]

I mean, it makes sense.

[A]

Yeah. And then some people have such bad reactions to Botox that it's like. It's scary. It's like. It's like Russian roulette. It's not a game worth playing. Now that's her personal opinion. And I get it. Speaking of fillers, have you seen those two girls that were on 90 day? Fiance, DRC. And Stacey, Darcy and Stacy. Have you seen them?

[B]

Lightly. You're recognizable.

[A]

Unrecognizable. Unrecognizable, that is.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I said it in Spanish.

[A]

You said you recognizable. Yeah, but that was kind of in Spanish. What was that sentence? What?

[B]

Unrecognizable.

[A]

Okay, say it again. I'm gonna learn it.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Oh, okay. Look at me. I'm learning. Look at you.

[B]

You're improving your R pronunciation.

[A]

I used to be Spanish. I used to be good at it, and then I lost it, and now I'm getting it back again.

[B]

It's hard for you Americans to pronounce our Rs.

[A]

Yeah, it wasn't hard for me at first, and then it got hard when I tried to do it, but yeah. Yeah. Okay, we're gonna go. We're gonna go see if it's illegal to die in dog world here and where we live. And we'll be back in a few minutes. Dog. What are we gonna do about that dog?

[B]

Babe, I don't know. Maybe we should give it away on a.

[A]

As a prize.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. We're gonna give it to be raffled. Blue. If you want thousands of dollars worth of medical bills, we'll sponsor.

[B]

No, we'll sponsor the. The vet bills and.

[A]

Oh, I happily pay the vet bills. The thing is, I cannot for the life of me think about harm or the dog not being here. Like, do you know what I'm saying? Like, at the end of the day.

[B]

I do think you can.

[A]

I can. I can imagine life without her, but I can't imagine the process of. Like we've talked about.

[B]

Yeah, I know. Me too. I feel the same.

[A]

I can't think about the process of, you know, giving her away. That's just. My mind won't let me go.

[B]

Well, listen, maybe we can do some therapy. About that.

[A]

Okay, well, therapy's never a bad thing. All right, let's take a break and we'll be back.

[C]

I know this sounds crazy because we are a podcast, but we have a phone number because we are also a sentient AI chatbot being designed to receive compliments and content ideas at 212-4333, TCB. So crazy how that works. If you want to follow us on Instagram, our handle is hecommercialbreak and our TikTok handle is CBpodcast. So go find our profile and watch the videos we painstakingly put together for you and our 20 other followers. If you find yourself wanting more, check out our [e-mail] because you can find all of our audio and full length video episodes. And if you just do all of those things, we will love you forever.

[B]

Bye.

[A]

Okay. Long running has been the debate in this house. Not a debate, but a conversation going on. And it became, it becomes apparently clear when you have a mixed race family or a mixed heritage family, let's put it that way. When you have a. When you're in a mixed family, multi, like multicultural. When you are in a multicultural relationship, you start to understand that there clearly are differences based on where you happen to be born, where the universe put you when you first came here. One of those things is humor. Humor is different for everybody around the world. What's funny in Amsterdam may not be funny here in the United States. What's funny in England may not be funny here in the United States. Certainly what's funny in Venezuela is different than what's funny here in Georgia. And so I would like to now conduct an experiment live here on air where I'm going to tell Astrid the base of the base jokes what we would consider just like the meat and potato jokes.

[B]

Question.

[A]

Yes, answer.

[B]

Oh, do you say dad jokes? Jokes.

[A]

I didn't say dad jokes, but go ahead. Well, I was going to say that I think the meat and potatoes of jokes, where we all start to learn, not all of us, but most of us start to learn some sense of humor, are the silly jokes that are patriarchal in the family. Your grandfather, your uncle, your dad, the guy next door, if you're. If that was how you grew up, strangely, that the guy next door was telling you jokes, you know, some dude saying stupid jokes that were not supposed to be funny but ended up being funny. Dad jokes.

[B]

I mean, they're funny because they're so bad.

[A]

They're so bad.

[B]

They're funny.

[A]

They're funny.

[B]

But why? Yes, I Think this just the. The title dad Jokes kind of, like, shows a cultural difference, per se, because, like, why you guys named it dad Jokes? Like, it's like you're being nice about it. You know how we call them in Spanish, bad jokes. It's, like, up front about it, like, right. Like, we're just like, they're bad jokes.

[A]

They're bad jokes. Bad jokes.

[B]

And also, why dad? Like, okay, so a mom cannot say a bad joke.

[A]

No, you're not understanding. Like, here's the premise, right? The premise is that it's more. It's like a cultural thing. It's passed down from, you know, dad wearing long shorts and white socks hiked up to his caps to dad's. To dad where you've seen those commercials, like their Prudential commercials or something, you know, don't become your parents. And have you seen those commercials where the guy's, like, trying to convince people not to become their parents by, like, talking about the weather and.

[B]

Right.

[A]

You know? Okay. It's the same premise is that for some reason, all fathers in the United States start telling these silly, corny jokes in an effort to connect with their children to be impressive to the, you know, the friends of the children. I don't know, it's just something that happens to us. We all of a sudden start telling these kind of baseline jokes. And at least I had. My grandfather used to do this. My other grandfather used to do this. My dad, on occasion would do this. He's not really a joke guy, but on occasion he would come up with a bad joke. Uncles used to do it. I mean, just older gentlemen. I remember saying these silly, lame, stupid jokes that were clearly silly and. And not all that funny in the moment, but it always seemed to come from the males in the family, the older males in the family. Especially when I was young, young, like under the age of 13 years old. I don't know, I guess a lot of people had that experience, and that's why they call it dad jokes. But you're right, it could just be called bad jokes, and that would be it, too. But what I'd like to do is conduct an experiment where I give you a number of dad jokes, and I'm going to see if I can make you laugh with. With these dad jokes. These dad jokes are well known. They're well worn. I think you're. I think one or two of them is going to make you pop. Are you ready?

[B]

Okay. Yes.

[A]

Okay. What do you call a fake noodle?

[B]

A fake noodle?

[A]

An imposter. Okay. How do you make an artichoke?

[B]

You choke the.

[A]

Ah, you strangle it. See? Okay, don't think about it too much. Don't get too cerebral on me or gonna ruin the whole segment. Why did the tomato blush?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Because it saw the salad dressing. Why do mushrooms get invited to all the parties?

[B]

Because they have special powers.

[A]

Because they're such fungies. Fun guys.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

What did one plate whisper to the other plate? Dinner is on me.

[B]

So silly.

[A]

Did you hear about the famous pickle?

[B]

No.

[A]

He was a big deal. What do you call a nosy pepper? Oh, wait, hold on one second. I lost that one.

[B]

A nosy pepper?

[A]

Yes. What do you call a nosy pepper?

[B]

A ladding.

[A]

Hold on one second.

[B]

Because we're very nosy.

[A]

Well, that's true. You are. Jalapeno business. Okay, hold on one second. I have another.

[B]

I think I don't even understand that one.

[A]

I don't understand that one either, but I thought it was funny. Why do April showers bring May flowers? Oh, April showers bring May flowers. But what do May flowers bring?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Pilgrims. How do you make a tissue dance?

[B]

Tissue dance?

[A]

You put a boogie in it. What is a funny mountain called? Hilarious.

[B]

Oh, my God. But you did also, like, found, like, the actual worst.

[A]

I found the worst of the worst. Yes.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

What do you call a song about a tortilla? A rap song. The child refused to nap. She was found guilty of resisting arrest. I actually think that's really funny. Why is it bad to iron a fourleaf clover?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

You never want to press your luck.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

What? Keys unlock a banana. Monkeys. What's blue and doesn't weigh much? Our dog light blue.

[B]

Like the.

[A]

Where did you. What happened to the frog that parked illegally? It got towed.

[B]

Oh. I feel like I'm boring the listeners because I don't laugh.

[A]

Yeah. You don't find these funny, do you?

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay, tell me, do you have a Venice?

[B]

I have just one for you. It's not Venezuelan. It's a dad joke.

[A]

It's a dad joke. Okay.

[B]

But I just found it very pop culture appropriate.

[A]

Okay, go.

[B]

Hold on. I don't know about him. Bye. Okay. My son asked me to stop singing Oasis songs in public. I said maybe.

[A]

Okay. That's terrible. That is terrible, babe. That is really bad.

[B]

Oh, I thought that was cute.

[A]

Are there any Venezuelan jokes that, like.

[B]

No, no, no.

[A]

You don't have any of those, like, one liner, like, set up punchline kind of jokes?

[B]

I try that, but translating A joke really tells a joke. It really does. And like you were saying, it is true. Like humor, it's very cultural related because I feel like humor around the world, it's based mainly in like our. I'm not sure if this is a word in English, but I'm gonna try like idiosyncrasies.

[A]

Yes. In our idiosyncrasies.

[B]

So, so it's very like particular to. I mean, and even, even within countries, within regions, depending on how big, you know, inner cultural differences are, are in, in some countries. But. So I think that's part of it. And, and honestly it's, it's a common, like, I do have a lot of friends that are also immigrants, not here in the US but all around the world. And that's when we always talk about this. And you find if you were to immigrate, you know, to Japan, I'm sure you, the, the humor you would consume would be mainly American humor. Like, you be on YouTube watching the comedians you like or, and, and it's, it's weird. But, and listen, that's not to say that I can like, I've gone to plenty of comic comedy shows with you here with Americans, and I do laugh, like, I do find it funny, but there are some jokes always. And, and you know this. In every single show, there are parts of the shows that it's like, it's almost like I don't get it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I just don't get it because I'm not, I wasn't born and raised here.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's just, I don't know, it's, you know, different.

[A]

There's an old saying that realist. All real estate is local or all politics is local. Right. I actually think that all humor is local.

[B]

I agree.

[A]

And I think if you really want to get to know a culture, know the comedians in that culture, know their comedy, and then you can really understand because this is so true. And this is just like a, this is a very flat, blunt example because it's in its timely example, a Trump joke. Right. Might not go over well in the middle of Arkansas, but maybe in New York it's funny. Right. Just because of the differences in thinking and the, the cultural attitudes.

[B]

And also even like, at least in Venezuela, for example, we do have a lot of like, jokes that are based on, like, we make fun of certain states, of course. And I'm sure here it's the same.

[A]

Right.

[B]

God, I'm not sure which. Well, I don't know, people joke about Florida or stuff like that, but yeah, that. So if you're not, I don't know, you really have to be in tune with, like, the culture.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

To. To find it funny. And. And again, I'm not. Like, there's actually, like, there are some podcasts that I listen to that, you know about, and they're Venezuelan podcasts or hosted by Venezuelans. And. And they do one sometimes when they're talking about humor that they have looked up to Amer. Big American comics. Right. So that's not to say, like, it cannot be funny. Of course. I watch Saturday Night Live, for example, with you, and I laugh with a lot of the sketches. Right. But there's always some stuff that I'm like, yeah, okay, whatever.

[A]

Yeah. You know, and I never really thought about that. Like, Saturday Night Live has to have a very broad appeal because it's. It's popular all over the United States. Right. Where if you go to a comedy show here in Atlanta with a local comedian, it's likely he's going to say things about, I don't know, Peachtree street or the kids who go to school at whatever private school that we all know is full of, you know, rich brats or whatever it is. So it's. It can be a lot different from. From place to place, and it's so local, you. And, like, especially when Gustavo comes sometimes, he's laughing at, like a Venezuelan comedian. He's trying to translate it to me.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It doesn't. I don't find it funny. Not always, but I don't find it funny.

[B]

Why? I said. When you told me, like, oh, that's fine. You know, you find, like, Venezuelan dad jokes. And I. And I'm like, I. I did some research, but I was like, this is not gonna go well. Like, I can translate them, but it's going to be just like me telling you a story. Like, okay, well, you know, it. Translating a joke, almost like translating interesting enough artists who release songs in multiple languages. The song. It's always the best version of the song. It's the original language.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

It's like, for example, I'm a big Shakira fan, and I. And when she releases a song in English that was first released in Spanish, you're. It really. It's actually. It can be comedy on. Almost like, it's like, oh, wow, this is really bad.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because it's like, you're not.

[A]

Like, the message gets lost in the translation. Yeah.

[B]

And I think the same applies for comedy. And yes, Gustavo is here, my brother, and him and I are, like, cracking up about something and when we tell you, you kind of look at us like we, you know, you're like, okay, whatever. That's not funny.

[A]

Yeah, I also just. I also just judge your comedy taste in general.

[B]

Same.

[A]

It's fair enough. A lot of people judge my comedy taste. Thank you for coming on.

[B]

You're welcome.

[A]

I love you.

[B]

Thanks for having me.

[A]

I love you dearly. Just because you needed me, the audience, the audience loves you. One of these days that we're gonna do an all female version of commercial break.

[B]

All female, we're gonna kick you.

[A]

Yeah, just kick me out. You, Tina, Christina, Hoadley, Mary, y' all just come on and about you. Yeah, when I lose my voice and my parathyroid surgery, you can just come and about me.

[B]

Sounds fun.

[A]

I'm sure a lot of people think so. If you'd like that episode, let me know. Maybe I'll put it together. All right. For the rest of the of.

[B]

Really?

[A]

For the rest of October, you know, you're going to get a mixed bag here at the commercial break. You get best of. So you'll get some with asteroid. Maybe you'll get one with Tina. Maybe one Christina. I don't know. Who knows, A few with Hoadley. It's going to be all over the place. As I say, take some time to take care of myself. Thank you for all. Thank you to all the people who have been texting and sharing their concern about me. I'll be fine. Everything's going to be okay. Prognosis is good. I just need to get it done. Once I get it done, I'm going to feel much better.

[B]

Maybe those show. The show will even get better.

[A]

I think it will, actually. Yes. Because I think that I. My brain will stop being so foggy. I'll talk even faster than I do right now. All right. 212-4333. TCB 212-433-3822. Questions, comments, concerns, contents, ideas? Ask TCB. We're taking them all right there at that phone number. You can also leave a voice message if you're so brave. And some people have been doing that. We've been getting some phone calls lately, which is.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Love you too.

[A]

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