Ine-Bryan-ated

Summary

The Commercial Break — Episode: "Ine-Bryan-ated" (July 3, 2024)

Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy (Chrissy) Hoadley

---

Overview

In this freewheeling episode, Bryan and Chrissy lean hard into the show’s signature blend of unfiltered banter, 90s/00s nostalgia, and irreverent comedy. The pair riff on everything from epic concert fails and infamous band moments (think Dave Matthews Band’s poop incident, Woodstock ‘99 chaos) to current pop-culture curiosities, plastic surgery trends, teenage drama reality TV, and the oddities of aging rockers still hitting the road.

Their style is unstructured, goofy, and self-aware, poking fun at themselves almost as much as their subjects. A running thread is how cycles of pop culture repeat, and how every generation rediscovers—and often revives—the same acts, the same big dramas, the same questionable life choices.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

In the Spirit of "Inebriation"

• Bryan’s Band Days & Stage Mishaps (00:00–01:00, 30:57–31:07)
  • Flashback to Bryan’s rock-band youth, never performing sober and once falling off a stage.
  • Quote: “I never went on stage unless I was totally inebriated... I fell off a stage. I was so inebriated.” — Bryan (00:36 & 30:57)
  • Chrissy cracks: “He thought they were going to catch you, but they didn’t.” (00:47)

Nostalgia, Concerts & Band Resurgences

• Limp Bizkit, Woodstock '99 & Nu-Metal Revivals (01:48–04:30)

  • Algorithm pushes Bryan into the 90s/00s “nu-metal” nostalgia on Instagram.
  • Fred Durst’s chaotic performance at Woodstock ‘99 dissected:
    • “They told me to go on there and put on a show. And I put on a show. That’s what I did.” — Bryan, quoting Fred Durst (04:09)
  • Moby’s early exit: “He literally shut closed his set early and said, we got to get out of here…” — Bryan (04:38)

• DMV (Dave Matthews Band) Memories, Tour Bus Scandal & Dance Moves (05:08–11:11)

  • Bryan retells the infamous Dave Matthews Band poop incident in Chicago:
    • “Tour driver… dumps the shit over the side of the bridge into the Chicago River. Where just so happens, pure luck, there’s a tour boat driving right under the bridge and shit flies everywhere. But at least you got Dave Matthews.” (09:27)
  • Chrissy’s fandom roots: “I was huge into them when they first came out… All my friends loved them. We all went to the shows.” — Chrissy (06:45–07:15)
  • The art of the stereotypical “jam band” white man’s dance.
  • Timestamps on the impact and longevity of DMB and other jam bands.

• The Sphere & The Haul of ‘Farewell’ Tours (11:25–17:34)

  • Commentary on The Sphere’s immersive concerts (Grateful Dead, The Eagles) and the spectacle vs. the actual music.
  • “They called it the Farewell Tour, but they just never stop touring. So they tour, and then they… tour again under the same name… been on the farewell tour for 15 years.” — Bryan (15:12)
  • “There is no white man dance like a Grateful Dead white man dance...” — Bryan (17:39)

• Billy Joel’s Ageless Audience Antics (18:31–19:42)

  • Stories of elderly fans getting “crazy” at Billy Joel shows; someone falls from a balcony (Chrissy, 18:54).
  • “These white women in their late 60s… are slathered in drugs and alcohol, and they’re like…” (18:40)
  • Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden dominance.

• Candlebox & “Everything Old is New Again” (28:01–36:00)

  • Bryan recalls a lackluster, inebriated Candlebox show to illustrate band burnout and performing for half-empty halls.
  • Live music venues in Atlanta—Chastain Park’s picnic-and-amphitheater culture.
  • Chrissy and Bryan plot a modern Candlebox double-date picnic.

---

Pop Culture News & Social Commentary

• Justin Timberlake’s DWI & PR Spin Machine (21:20–27:08)

  • Discussion of Timberlake’s DWI, refusal of tests, and subsequent PR crisis management via TMZ.
  • “TMZ put out a piece addressing the video specifically… sources close to Justin say… he never drinks or drugs before a concert… What you’re seeing is just Justin mid concert… he’s tired.” — Bryan (24:46)
  • Bryan's cynicism about celebrity PR and tabloid complicity.
  • Debate about inebriated artists and their on-stage performance.

• Botox, Fillers, Plastic Surgery Addiction & Generation Z Beauty Trends (38:53–46:02)

  • Farrah Abraham’s transformation from 16 and Pregnant to tabloid cautionary tale.
  • “There’s some kind of weird… collective fascination with filling your face full of fillers and Botox because you think you’re getting old fast...” — Bryan (41:21)
  • Chrissy reflects: “Well, some people… get addicted to it and then they see the slightest little wrinkle or… deflating lips.” (43:48)

• Parenting Anxieties: Swifties & Future Teenage Dramas (44:07–47:24)

  • Bryan’s self-deprecating fears about raising daughters in the age of Instagram and cosmetic procedures: “Why couldn’t Astrid birthed… something that wouldn’t come to me and ask me for a car and make a swifty out of them?” (44:04)
  • Mo Welsh's daughter as a “Swifty” and generational obsessions.

Reality TV & The Cycle of Scandals

• 7 Little Johnstons Pregnancy Reveal (47:34–50:07)
  • Commentary on the late pregnancy announcement and the perils of fame intersecting with private life.
  • “Can you imagine waiting six months to tell your parents? And she’s, like, 21 years old.” — Bryan (48:01)

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “He thought they were gonna catch you, but they didn’t.” — Chrissy (00:47)
• “You got a DMV dump. I’d save that, get it signed.” — Bryan on Dave Matthews Band poop incident (09:57)
• “Once you see people just being free… you realize everyone is just as up as I am, so you’re no embarrassment here.” — Bryan (18:06)
• “They’ve had so many goodbye tours… I blow it up your ass and then I punch you in the balls.” — Bryan, on The Eagles (14:07)
• “TMZ, that bastion of free press.” — Bryan, lampooning credulous tabloid reporting (26:40)
• “Why would you make your eyebrows so very big? That seems a little insane to me.” — Bryan, on plastic surgery trends (42:28)
• “Little people, little problems; big people, big problems. That’s what they say.” — Bryan (47:29)

---

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00–01:00 — Bryan’s band stories and inebriation mishaps
• 01:48–04:30 — Woodstock ‘99/Limp Bizkit/90s rock nostalgia
• 05:08–11:11 — Dave Matthews Band, fandom, and infamous tour bus incident
• 11:25–17:34 — The Las Vegas Sphere, never-ending farewell tours, jam band culture
• 18:31–19:42 — Billy Joel concerts and wild aging fans
• 21:20–27:08 — Justin Timberlake DWI, celebrity PR spin, TMZ criticisms
• 28:01–36:00 — Candlebox, aging bands, Atlanta’s Chastain Park concert culture
• 38:53–46:02 — Farrah Abraham, plastic surgery among young adults, societal pressures
• 47:34–50:07 — 7 Little Johnstons, family dynamics, reality TV pitfalls

---

Tone & Style

Bryan and Chrissy’s banter is lively, cynical but fond, self-effacing, and often absurd. No topic is off-limits, and even the silliest sidebars serve as commentary on larger cultural trends. The show is most enjoyable when it meanders into personal stories, surprising pop culture callbacks, and gentle mockery of both themselves and the world at large.

This episode is a must-listen for fans of nostalgic musical trainwrecks, weird pop culture footnotes, and anyone bemused by both the unbreakable cycles of fame and the ways we try (and usually fail) to stay relevant—or just “just FINE”—in an ever-faster world.

Transcript

[Brian Green]

God, everything is possible. With God, everything is possible. Nathaniel Chain Deutsch. Nathaniel Chain Deutsch. With God, everything is possible. On this episode of the commercial break, I remember feeling this way about one of the bands that I was in. Like, when we started getting gigs, I was like, this is it. This is the moment. Yeah, I probably shouldn't even be talking about this because I never went on stage unless I was totally inebriated.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

He fell off.

[Brian Green]

I fell off a stage. I was so inebriated.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

He thought they were going to catch you, but they didn't.

[Brian Green]

Dying on the fl. The next episode of the commercial break start. Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is my alien friend Chris. Enjoy. Hopefully. Best to you, Chris.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you aliens out there in the podcast universe. How are you doing? Thank you for joining us. We are here yet again. And the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. And Brian and Chrissy never shut the.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Up until they fall off, until the.

[Brian Green]

Wheels fall off, until the contract comes to an end. Y. I'm gonna renegotiate that contract of one day a week. But if we're not making money now, we certainly won't be making money if we go to one day a week. Anyway, thanks for. Thanks for being here. Certainly appreciate it. I was just on the instas and I do have to let you know that the 90s, like we were talking about the 90s, early 2000s resurgence of new metal and Prague rock or whatever you call it, you know, hard rock or whatever continues on my Instagram algorithm as I just saw a reel with Limp Bizkit and Ed Sheeran. Oh, singing a song together because little known fact, Ed Sheeran has a Limp Bizkit tattoo. That is how much Ed Sheeran loves Limp Biscuit.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Whoa.

[Brian Green]

And Limp Bizkit is back. I mean, they are playing. I saw this video where they were playing down in Rio or something, Brazil or some South American venue. And there were no tens of thousands of people bouncing up and down like it was woodstock99. It was insane how many people were getting into Limp Bizkit. I mean, listen, I ain't hating. Whatever. Cool. You like Limp Bizkit? You like Limp Bizkit? Was never my thing, but if you like it, you like it. But whatever.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Woodstock 99 thing too, did not cast them in a good light, that documentary.

[Brian Green]

No. Well, I mean, okay, so let's get into it. So the producers of the show, in their infinite wisdom, this Asshat who was a part of the. Michael, whatever his name is, who was a part of the original Woodstock, then Woodstock 94, then Woodstock 99, always looking to make a dollar. And listen that he was always about that. Even back in 1969. He was the same way from day one. It wasn't like the guy changed or sold out or anything. He was. He wanted to make a billion dollars off of Woodstock 69. People just came and they broke down the fences. And then he had a problem on his hands. And him and other people made it safe enough that people survived. So. And a lot of people were born from that weekend, too. But in Woodstock 99, it was just a terrible event. Terribly set up, terribly staffed, terrible planning. And then they put a really weird mix of music up there. Limp Bizkit was toward the end of, I think Saturday or whatever it was. They were toward the end of Saturday, and one of the producers of the show, sensing smartly that things were getting out of control, said, you gotta calm them down, Fred. Right? You gotta, like, you know, talk to him. Stop that. People are getting hurt out there. It's getting a little bit crazy. And he did the. Fred Durst.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

And he did the exact opposite. Yeah, he got them riled up. And I mean, in a way that is clear when you watch the video footage of from MTV of that day. That's really. When Got Sideways is after Limp Bizkit, according to Fred Durst in one of the documentaries, he says, hey, listen, they told me to go on there and put on a show. And I put on a show. That's what I did. You know, you can't fault me for putting on a show.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

But, you know, things definitely went sideways.

[Brian Green]

Moby Emergency exited Woodstock 99. That's all you got to know about Woodstock 99. He literally shut closed his set early and said, we got to get out of here. That was it. He was like. There was too many guys touching too many boobs and people were just out of control. And he was like, I don't want to be any part of it. I don't want to be a part of the scene. That was Moby. When is Moby going to get his moment? I'm waiting for. It's coming.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

You know it is.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. We're going to have to hear that 26 minute song he did over and over and over again.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It'll be remixed.

[Brian Green]

That's right. Dave Matthews Band, also with dmb. One of the. And the reason why I bring this up is because I got a weird phone call From a. From a text message from a friend I had not seen in a long time. And he's a bartender. And some of my family members, brothers, go up there and they see him on occasion, but I haven't seen him in a while. And he says, hey, DMB in town. Two miles down the street from my house, literally, as the crow flies two miles down the street from my house. They're coming. And you know what I would like to do? I would like to drive to your house and park my car on your driveway, and then I will come back, take an Uber to the event, and then I will Uber back and grab my car. And I thought to myself, you are a brother forever. You're welcome to do whatever it is you need to do. You ain't bothering me by leaving your car in my driveway. However, what is the thinking behind leaving your car two miles from the venue and then driving.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Driving it home. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Like, I'm gonna leave my car there overnight, come pick it back up the next day, because I know. Yes.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

But.

[Brian Green]

So weird. It was so.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, they were just in town.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, they were just.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Did he do it?

[Brian Green]

He did it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, he did it. I saw the car out there. He actually texted me when he got here. He's like, hey, man, you know, come out here, say hello. And. And I was full on in the middle of crazy town here in the. In the house. So I was.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I thought to myself, it was the.

[Brian Green]

Witching hour, or maybe I wasn't home. I can't remember what it was, but I think it was the witching hour. And I was like, listen, I can't, but have a good time.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

At dmv.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Be safe. Driving home.

[Brian Green]

Be safe. Driven. All those little ants marching your ass home. Yes. I mean, dmv never really my thing. Like, it was. I never got into it as much as a lot of the people in my circumstances.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I was huge into them when they first came out.

[Brian Green]

Oh, you were.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Green]

Dance marching. You were hot.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It was hot.

[Brian Green]

Oh, you were.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Music was hot.

[Brian Green]

Yes. I think here in the Southeast especially, they had, like, some grip over people. Widespread Panic. Fish. To a certain degree, Fish wasn't like, the Southeast thing necessarily. Widespread Panic. Dave Matthews Band.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah. I was in high school, so. And it was. All my friends loved him. We all went to the shows.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. I remember there was, like, this cheerleader that I was dating in high school, and she loved Dave Matthews Band, and so I think that turned me off to it. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. It was too poppy. You know, in the box. Be already on my shit.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, I got into all that too.

[Brian Green]

Oh, man, that was great, dude. I love that. Yeah. Oh, yeah. My parents were like, what? My dad. I remember my dad one time. What? Yeah, on the few occasions which was like once a year that we got to choose the radio station on the drive to school. I mean, it happens so rarely, right? Any. I put it on this station here, 99X and, you know, famous go down in history kind of station. One of the first stations to ever play the. The song Nevermind by Nirvana. And so he let us pick it. I never forget. Like, man on the box came on is like. Or no, not man of the box. Rooster. It was like, oh, he's come to stuff the rooster. Oh, yeah. And my dad was like, what? And we're all singing a lot. My brother and I are singing along. And he's like, why are they killing the rooster? I was like, I don't know, Dad, I think it has something to do with Vietnam. And he's like, we didn't kill roosters. And I go, did you go to Vietnam? No. But I thought about it. Yeah, it was kind of. Kind of a weird time. But DMB still around still.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They are, they are. They just filled a big. Well, your friend was going, yeah, they filled it.

[Brian Green]

They filled it. They do. They feel it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

I think at one time, Dave Matthews Band was one of the highest grossing. It was concert tours for, like, years. For years.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And then that's when they dumped the shit over the.

[Brian Green]

That's when they pooped on Chicago.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Chicago.

[Brian Green]

That's the craziest fucking story. I love it so much. I know it probably wasn't pleasant to the people who experienced it, but to me it's pretty funny. And probably to the rest of the world, it's almost like a joke that. That couldn't be true, right?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

The tour bus driver, like, national news at the time, too.

[Brian Green]

The bridge where this happened is in downtown Chicago. A well trafficked, very congested bridge. People driving back in the fort, middle of the day, tour driver not only stops on the bridge, but then dumps the shit over the side of the bridge into the Chicago River. Where just so happens, just so happens, pure luck. There's a tour boat driving right under the bridge and shit flies everywhere. But at least you got Dave Matthews.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

You got close to Dave.

[Brian Green]

You got a DMV dump. I'd save that, get it signed. I'd say that literally, that. Get it signed.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, I'm sure somebody.

[Brian Green]

Oh, somebody's out there. But I showed Chrissy a reel the other day, probably because I was texting about Dave Matthews Band. Then I got served up a bunch of Dave Matthews Band content on Instagram. And there was a reel where I think it may have been from the show here in Atlanta. Dave Matthews all in black, long sleeve shirt, full pant, you know, jeans or whatever he's wearing. And he's got. He's full on dad bod. No throwing, no shade. I'm full on dad bod, too. I'm just giving you a description. Full on dad bod. Sticky shirt, like, shirt sticking to him, drenched in sweat. I mean, he was getting down, he was dancing. And even that dad bought that. Belly bouncing up and down, sweat flying off him in the lights. And people were going nuts.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They were, like, into it.

[Brian Green]

We're not dead yet. Yeah. Somebody in our age group can actually still dance.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Hard.

[Brian Green]

Hard. Yeah. I do the DMV dance, too. I think the DMV dance is my favorite.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I've been to where you do, like, your feet.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, you shuffle your feet. You just shuffle them back and forth. Or maybe you spin around once and you're.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And then.

[Brian Green]

And then you do this with your hand. Like, make little wavy motions like this. That's a white man's dance. Any Widespread Panic, Grateful Dead, any of those, you know, jammy bands, you're gonna see that white man dance. And it's the thing. It's a sight to behold. It really is a sight to behold.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It's an art.

[Brian Green]

I was watching. So the Dead has been at the Sphere.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Right out there in Vegas. And apparently it's.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It looks amazing.

[Brian Green]

It does look amazing.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Any of those videos that people are.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Showing of just the visual stuff inside, there's incredible.

[Brian Green]

I know I saw the one. So imagine that. So the sphere, for those of you that have been living underground, the Sphere is big half circle in the middle of Las Vegas. It's the most advanced state of the art theater ever built. Like 4000 independent speakers screen that fills the whole thing. Yeah, yeah. Almost the entirety of this. This Half Dome. And then they. Some of these bands like Fish, U2, now Grateful Dead or the Dead, they have put these huge productions on, made videos just for this screen. Because you can't use just a regular video. It's got to be a video that fills the screen high definition. And apparently when you're there, it feels like one of the things. One of the scenes that I saw was imagine that you walk into the sphere and all you see is, like, rigging and rafters as if the. The metal. The screen had been pulled back, and it was just the metal behind the screen. So when they. You walk into the sphere, that's all it is. So it appears as if the screen has been taken down. It just looks like rafters, right? Rafters and speakers and stuff like that. Well, at some point when they start playing, it splits open in that lightning way. You know that lightning symbol they have? Yeah, it splits open with a lightning crack in the middle. And you're at Haight Ashburn.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

That's so cool.

[Brian Green]

In near the house where the Grateful Dead originally formed. And then you fly up into outer space over the course of a couple minutes, you go through Haight Ashbury, then you fly up. And even watching the video that's being taken by somebody that's inside of the. The sphere felt like you were actually flying on my tiny little screen.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Really wild.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, I should probably be. You know, stop taking so many gummies at night. But anyway, that was. That was a. It was so fascinating.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Eagles. I mean, that makes sense for, like, bands to me, like Fish and Grateful Dead to do all of these cool visual stuff, but I think the Eagles are next. I wonder what they're gonna do.

[Brian Green]

I don't get it. I don't get it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I wonder how they're gonna do it.

[Brian Green]

Not buying into it. Like, I like the Eagles fine. They have a couple of great. Yeah, they're gonna go down in history as one of the most popular rock bands of their generation. Maybe any generation. Right. The Eagles were superstars through and through. Still are today. And Don Henley, I like a lot. I think he's a great songwriter, but I don't. But. There's always a but with Ryan. But I blow it up your ass and then I punch you in the balls. They've had so many goodbye tours. Now I know they're on, like, their 30th goodbye tour.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Why do people even do that anymore?

[Brian Green]

Don't know.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Farewell tour. Just don't say it.

[Brian Green]

I know I got to imagine somewhere.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

At least half come back.

[Brian Green]

At least half, if not all of them. I just read an article the other day. We will Fleetwood Mac. We will never tour again. Now that McVie has passed away, we're never going to tour again. Can't do it without her. Wouldn't do it without her. I guarantee you that the Sphere or somebody is going to put a bunch of money on the table and they're going to be back playing together. And not that I wouldn't. I probably would if Chrissy and I Had been off air for a number of years, and someone said, do another year of the commercial break and here's $10. Be like, yeah, all right. That tracks. That's about what we were making.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

We can't turn that down.

[Brian Green]

You can't turn that down. But I get it, like, when you have a juicy pile of money and you love what you do. Right? Right. And you say it makes sense.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Just don't say it's goodbye.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, don't say it's goodbye. So, anyway, Eagles are on their, like, 50th farewell tour. I swear to God, they've been doing this forever. And the thing is, is that they called the Farewell Tour, but they just never stop touring. So they tour, and then they. And then they tour again under the same name, and then they tour against. They've been on the farewell tour for, like, 15 years. And as much as I can appreciate that people like the Eagles, I don't get this fear. I don't get playing at this Fear. Like, are those songs going to lend themselves to all of that drama? Because when you go to the Sphere, my opinion is it's brand new. There's only a few bands that have played there. But when you go to the Sphere, my opinion is you're going there for the spectacle and the music, but the band may not be the focus. Right. Like, if you go to the Grateful Dead. Okay, we know there's John Mayer and Bob Weir and they're doing their thing. Yeah. I'm going to look at them. Great. Wonderful. But usually you're staring at a screen where you see the band, but in this case, the visuals are so large and make the band look so small. That is really about the music, plus.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

The vision, and I just want the whole experience.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. And so the Grateful Dead makes absolute sense. Everyone's out of their minds. Right. Fish makes sense. Most people are out of their minds. You know, you two don't get it, but apparently it was a good show. Everyone went and saw it. I guess if you have a good audio, video, visual guy, like, you got a good team behind you.

[Promo Announcer]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

You have to.

[Brian Green]

And you know, the Eagles are probably. Or the Sphere, whoever has handles that, is going to spend some money making sure that they. At least people have. Have a good time.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Do you think there'll be a visual of the Hotel California?

[Brian Green]

Chrissy? I was just thinking the same thing.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Or Don Henley in a Mustang convertible.

[Brian Green]

On a Sphere today. Yes. You know, all that stuff. You know? Yes. It's going to be all trophy. You know, it's Coming. But I guess they're playing to a certain crowd that will enjoy. There's Eagles fans out there.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, absolute.

[Brian Green]

Absolutely. You know, they're going to sell out. And. And my guess is, you know, Grateful Dead said last year, final show. Love, y'. All. We may come back to do special events, but we're not touring anymore. That's it. And they did 15 nights at the Sphere.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They're doing more than that.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah. 21 or so now. They added, like, December shows, didn't they?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, well, no, I think they added August shows.

[Brian Green]

They added August shows. Okay. So they're just gonna keep on doing. This is gonna be the farewell tour that never ends. And I guess as long as you still got fans that enjoy it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, people love it still.

[Brian Green]

And, hey, listen. Yeah, I'm not. Again, I'm not throwing like, the Grateful Dead. I went and saw them.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Green]

When they came, I. I liked it. I thought it was good. I thought John Mayer did a great job.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

He does.

[Brian Green]

I can appreciate it. And so I'm watching the reels of, you know, everybody dancing. But here's. Here's what I have to say. There is no white man dance like a Grateful Dead. White man dance or white woman dance should probably be the right term for that. All the spinning that goes on and all the, you know, all the hand waving and the head bopping and all.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

That, it's just everybody's dancing to their own beat.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. I mean, there's video of me out there somewhere. Some shitty show. Yeah, listen, I do it, too. I can't. You can't help. It's infectious, actually. Yeah. Once you see people just being free and spinning around and waving their hands in the air like they don't care, and then you realize everyone is just as up as I am. So you're no embarrassment here. No, it's like when I went to that Billy Joel concert at Surest Park. Places packed, and there is some ladies just in the.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

People get crazy.

[Brian Green]

A Billy Joel crazy.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Crazy. Like pre. Like way too much pre partying way too much.

[Brian Green]

And these people are in, like, their late 60s. These white women in their late 60s that came from, you know, the poshiest parts of Atlanta, and they are slathered in drugs and alcohol, and they're like.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, my sister went to a show and somebody fell off, like, the balcony.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really? Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Guys, they were.

[Brian Green]

Billy.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, my God.

[Brian Green]

New York state of mind. I mean, God bless. I hope the person was okay.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, they were okay. But, yeah, it was the whole thing.

[Brian Green]

It was I bet it was. I bet it was. That's a showstopper. Somebody fell for the fifth floor. I guess we ought to stop. But Billy is good. He is good at what he does. Yeah. He sold out Madison Garden. Madison Square garden? What, like, 500 yards?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Farewell. I think he's done right with Madison Square Garden. Okay. Just that.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Because he had a contract with them that he couldn't play anywhere else in the area for whatever it was.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

He was doing a residency.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. He did it for, like a decade. Like 100 shows a year or something. 50 shows a year or something like that. Sold out every single one. That's insane. That's insane. We'll be lucky if we can sell out, you know, 500 seats in Tampa.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, I don't even think it's 500. I think it's 50.

[Brian Green]

I hope so. This is a situation where I hope the venue is literally like a closet with two chairs. Yes. I'll be doing the show to Christina and Tina. All right, let's take a break, and then we'll be back with more fun and shenanigans here at the commercial.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Dmv.

[Brian Green]

More DMV talk right after this. People are like, what the fuck is he talking about? Because Dave Matthews may not be. Whatever. Anyway, we'll be back. Hi.

[Promo Announcer]

No, you're not dreaming. And yes, this is a new promo. See, I made you wait, and now look how happy you are. I know, I know you're smiling. Anyway, since we're here, why don't you just hop on over to Instagram and give us a follow he commercial break? Seriously, Please. It's getting hard for me to listen to Brian and Chrissy beg. So just follow us on Instagram. Again, that's at the commercial break. You can also follow us on TikTok@TCB podcast. And of course, you know where to go for all things tcb. That is TCB podcast dot com, baby. And of course, you can always text us or call us and leave us a voicemail at 212-4333. TCB. Yep, that phone number is no longer new, but it is still around, and that's a win. 212-4333. TCV. Love you, bye.

[Brian Green]

All right, I'm gonna take a look at this video. Hold on one second. It was sent in our group. Hold on. Justin Timberlake. Yeah. Wow.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

The eyes.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. That is pretty insane. Okay, so we're talking about this video that's going around Tick Tock and Instagram. Justin Timberlake and. And there's a larger Plot here? I think so. Follow me. Justin Timberlake, of course, arrested in the Hamptons for dwi. He claims he wasn't drinking, he wasn't drunk, he just didn't want to take the sobriety test. The police officer who didn't even know who Justin Timberlake was, he was like a 21 year old police officer, apparently is notorious around town for being a stickler for the rules of the road. So Justin rolled through a stop sign, he pulled him over, he asked him to do a few field sobriety tests. Based on those field sobriety tests, he made the assumption or the conclusion that Justin was inebriated in some way. And he said, will you take us a breathalyzer test? No, I won't. Will you submit to blood test? No, I won't. Which is a pretty classic.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, I was gonna say that's what they always.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, the lawyers will always tell you don't do it, but what you don't know, and that I learned the hard.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Way, they take you directly to jail.

[Brian Green]

They take you directly to jail and you are assumed to be guilty at that point. So in the court of law, if you refuse, at least in the state of Georgia, if you refuse to take the sobriety test, the breathalyzer or the blood test, if you refuse to submit to those, then you will be assumed guilty. Okay, so now everybody comes out and now there's all kind of stories resurfacing about how Justin may or may not have a problem with alcohol. I'm not here to make that judgment. I don't know, God bless him if he has a problem with alcohol, hope he gets help. But everyone has jumped on the bandwagon now and they are all pulling out old videos and old clips of Justin when what they think is some version of inebriated. And for the most part, I think a lot of it is just a bunch of hubaloo. But this particular video that's going around, he looks pretty up in that video. Yeah, I don't know. Actually, I do know as a guy who has been there many times, has been in that state of mind many times, it appears that he is fucked up. Now that's just my. That's just my own personal take on this issue. And I got nothing against Justin except a bunch of things that we'll talk about later. But. But normally I would say, okay, how would you, how could you ever know that? Right? For real, like how could you ever make the firm conclusion on a video from six months ago where Justin may or may not be inebriated? People are just. This is just a bunch of conjecture. Until I saw two days ago on TMZ what I call a water hose piece, Put out the fire. Clearly a PR paid for piece on TMZ didn't say sponsored. But we can all make an assumption about how this goes. TMZ put out a piece addressing the video specifically where they say, sources close to Justin say that there's sources, quote, unquote, close to Justin, claim that he never drinks or drugs before a concert, that he takes his responsibility to the audience very seriously. He's there to put on the best show. And what you're seeing is just Justin mid concert, you know, having his moment, or, you know, the bloodshot eyes are. Because he's been. And he's on tour and he's tired.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I did get to a show years ago of his and it was really good. That's the only thing I have to say.

[Brian Green]

Okay, there you go. Chrissy has weighed in really good. It was.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It was really good. Timbaland spun at halftime or set break. We had a great time, but we. I was not in the, you know, in the front.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

So these people were taking a video from the front.

[Brian Green]

Okay.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It really showed clearly that his eyes were very red.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really? Oh, this video? Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. His eyes are way red and they're huge. Like, they're bulging out of his head. Okay. I don't know every bit of Justin. I don't like. I don't know him all that well as an artist. I didn't pay attention to his career. I only know that he dated Britney, he was in NSync, and he's been in the spotlight. But I gotta tell you, by putting out this piece in tmz, where clearly Harvey or whoever at TMZ was asked by somebody to say this out loud, whether or not they paid for it. I don't know how all that works. I don't know. But it appears that TMZ is putting this piece out as some kind of affirmation, some kind of, you know, counterpoint to the drunk narrative. And that makes me believe, no doubt Justin may be drinking or drugging before shows. People have called him out and now they're trying to cut it at the root by putting out this piece. Why else would you put out that piece? Why else would you say that? It seemed like a very weird and out of place story to just be there. But this is not unusual for some of these rags, right? They. They do this. They play the game. They play footsie with PR agents. So that they get, you know, stories. Stories and treatment, all this other stuff. And so that made me really suspicious about this.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I was like, I can't believe you're suspicious of tmz.

[Brian Green]

Such a bastion of free press. Right?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah. Npr, tmz.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They go hand in hand.

[Brian Green]

It is really a very impress.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They're up there.

[Brian Green]

Associated Press, tmz. I got nothing against tmz. Yeah. I got nothing against TMZ personally. I understand this is what they do, but at the end of the day, I just think this all leads to a big circle.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Very.

[Brian Green]

It's a very interesting way to go. A very interesting tact to take for this particular story. If I was Justin's PR team and he really wasn't inebriated and he really. Nothing to worry about. There's nothing at the bottom of that story. I'm just letting it ride. Who fucking cares? Okay. You think I'm drunk? Whatever.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing because it's going to be another scandal tomorrow with somebody else.

[Brian Green]

So.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah. Lelo, do your concerts.

[Brian Green]

Have you ever been to a concert where you. Where you was inebriated? Have you ever not been to a concert where you were new brain? Chrissy? Yes. Have you ever been to a concert where you felt like the artist may have been in an altered state of mind, affecting their performance in some way shape?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, that's a good question. I'm sure along the way. I've been to enough concerts.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I can't think of one in specifically. Do you?

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, you do. Of course, you wouldn't have asked.

[Brian Green]

I wouldn't have asked if I didn't have a great story about it. I just ask you questions so I can just feed my own bullshit back to you. There's a pattern here, guys. Pay attention. No, I was really interested to know if you'd actually.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I can't. I know that I have before, but I can't. There's nothing that stands out.

[Brian Green]

Do you think any of those jam bands, like, back in their early days. I'm sure, yeah. You know, one time. Sonny, who is the Congo player.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

For Panic. You know, I saw him at a. Like an Athens bottle shop one time and he was stacking up. The guy had like a grocery cart swishing around full of alcohol. Now, I didn't. I don't think he was inebriated at that moment. But he was there. Yeah. The person I was with identified him because, you know, I wasn't all that into whites or panic. Identified him and stopped and talked and but he was. Man, was he loading up. He was having a party of some. Some nature. Yeah. I do believe. And I. I'm almost reluctant to say the name because I hope I'm not like disparaging somebody where it's just not true. But I do remember going to a Candle Box concert.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, Candle Box.

[Brian Green]

At like the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Which is a weird place to see a concert.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, it is. I've seen a few there.

[Brian Green]

Y. You. It's not the place you want to go to see a concert. It's very stuck. Stodgy. And it's for the symphony. It's not.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And it feels like you should be at the symphony.

[Brian Green]

Yes. The seats are very nice. There's very nice carpeting, the lighting on the wall. There's drapery. I mean, when there's drapery and candlebox, it just doesn't mix. But my. And I just remember the place being very half empty and me not feeling like. Me getting a sense of disappointment about the fact that there weren't a lot of people at this show and I only knew one of their songs or two of their songs maybe, and I'd gotten the ticket from this girl that I was dating. We went together. But I do remember that not only was the singer of Candlebox in some state of mind, and it was to, in my opinion, altering the show's altering his performance. I've now seen many live videos from Candle Box and maybe he. Maybe it didn't alter his performance. Maybe he just wasn't that great of a live singer. But also one of the guitar players was literally stumbling around the stage. I mean, stumbling around the stage.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Green]

It was obvious, right? It was that something was going on. I don't know what that was, but something was going on. And I thought to myself, wow, you.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Know, they were drowning their sorrows for being at a half empty symphony hall.

[Brian Green]

You can't blame them. You really can't blame them. I mean, obviously it's gotta be kind of miserable if you go on. If you got that one hit that everybody knows and you're hot to trot, you know, and you think, this is your moment. This is it. This is happening. I'm all here. I remember feeling this way about one of the bands that I was in. Like when we started getting gigs, I was like, this is it. This is the moment. Yeah, I probably shouldn't even be talking about this because I never went on stage unless I was totally inebriate.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

He fell off.

[Brian Green]

I fell off a stage. I was so inebriated.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Zoe said, oh, you thought they were gonna catch you, but they didn't.

[Brian Green]

Dying on the floor. But you gotta put yourself in the head of somebody who probably thinks this is the moment. We did it. We got a song on mtv, all over the radio. We're the it band of the moment. And then in that moment, you can't even put a thousand people into the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. It's gotta be a little bit defeated, defeating. Like, you got to feel a sense of deflating. Deflating and sadness around that. Oh, man. I guess we. I guess we're not making it. I guess we did do it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

There's always time. Candle Box.

[Brian Green]

I know.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

There's a whole resurgence.

[Brian Green]

Where is Candle? That's the question. Is Candle Box even still? Is Candle Box on a farewell tour? There's the question. Let me see. Let me do this. Candle Box Band tour. Oh, are they on tour? They are on tour. No way. Coming to Atlanta. No way.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

To the Symphony orchestra, to Chastain.

[Brian Green]

Go figure.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

Limited seats available, as they always are. Yeah, they're always limited available. Wow. Well, you know what? I put my foot directly into my mouth. Candle Box. I mean, Chastain is better than the symphony orchestra. That's for sure.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It is that. Chastain's fun.

[Brian Green]

Chastain is fun. That's like Chastain. For those of you who don't live here, Chastain park is in Buckhead, like the. One of the ritziest parts of Atlanta. It's a very nice park. It's got a golf course and a pool, and it's kind of like a country club.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Stables.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, horse stables. It's a public country club, basically, is what it is. It's very well manicured. It's very well taken care of, and all the. You know, it's the fancy place to go take a walk, basically. It's a place. It's like. I don't know what the comparison is in LA or New York, but the nice part of Central park, it's. It's a show. Everyone goes there. They're all dressed in their workout, Lululemons and all that and, you know, carrying their Stanley.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

There's little cafes and.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Things. And they've got the amphitheat. Amphitheater.

[Brian Green]

Amphitheater, yeah. Tiny little amphitheater. Probably sits 3000 people. Maybe 3000, maybe 2500. And that's where they put, like, the. The softer side of the rock thing. But, you know, bands like Wild Spread Panic had played Chastain before, but that's not a Typical Widespread. That's not a typical band for Chastain. Chastain is like the low key, low brow. Indigo Girls, Counting Crows. Who else? Paul Simon. That's like the type of person that would play Chastain. Right. So to see Candle Box, people can.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Bring in, like, picnics and things like that.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

All the little food and drink your bottle of wine and tea, sandwiches, hummus.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Here's the weirdest thing about Chastain, is that there are certain places in Atlanta where you can go and they will literally have your picnic ready for you when you show up. They have picnic tables in the front. And I mean, picnic tables. Like, tables you sit at during the show. And you sit and they will come and they will put a tablecloth. They will have real silverware. They will have a. Like an actual picnic basket right there full of whatever. And I won't forget soon forget that one of the first concerts I guess I went to was a Fourth of July, like, symphony orchestra, plus fireworks down in Chastain. And my dad got some local establishment to bring stuff to Chastain and set it up for us. And I thought that was just the cat's meow.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I know.

[Brian Green]

That was the coolest thing ever. I was like, wow, we get to sit, we get to eat. My dad decided to spend some actual money and have this catered. That's crazy. Maybe you and I should go see Candle.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

We should.

[Brian Green]

Should we go see Candlebox? Like, just that one song that they sang. We can figure it out.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, right?

[Brian Green]

I mean, they gotta get the picnic. Let's get a table, let's get a picnic, and let's do, like, a double date at Candlebox.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Candle Box with our picnic box. Let's get some good food, some wine, and then. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And you left me far behind Far behind.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I love it.

[Brian Green]

I do love it, too. I think I like this idea. I can promise you we'll probably be one of the few people in the park in the amphitheater.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I know it.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Do you think there's a demand for, like, all. There must be. You can't just rent out Chastain for shits and giggles, right? There's got to be a vetting process there.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yes, there is.

[Brian Green]

And who let Candlebox in the door? Like, wouldn't Candlebox be better? I don't know. Somewhere like the. The 40 watt club in Athens.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Underground Atlanta or something like that. Yeah. Hell and the Masquerade.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

That's right.

[Brian Green]

Somewhere, right? I don't know. Catch it. Just Goes to show you, everyone, everything old is new again in some way, shape, or form. All right, let's do this. Let's take a break, and then we'll be back, and I'll think of more Candle Box songs I can sing to you. We'll be back.

[Promo Announcer]

What's up, haters? Now, let's get down to business. If you've got something to say, say it to our faces. And by that I mean text us or call us at 212-4333, TCB. That's 212-433-3822. You can and should also find us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTokCBpodcast. Unless you want to fight me, in which case, don't. And if you're just desperate to see our shining faces in person, keep your ears peeled for ticketing information about TCB Live. As always, don't forget that you can find everything you could possibly need to find on our beautiful website, tcbpodcast.com.

[Brian Green]

Bye. Okay, listen.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I'm listening.

[Brian Green]

Bush, Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains. The guitars from Alice in Chains and Candle Box. That's the combination.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I figured they were gonna combo it.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. It's on my birthday. Well, day before my birthday. Excuse me? It's on my birthday. Day before my birthday. Tickets are, as expected, pretty cheap, actually. We can get. We can get a little table for like, $175.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Wow.

[Brian Green]

A piece. No, that's not one of those ticket broker sites. We can probably go get them at, you know, evil Ticketmaster for less money. But that's insane. Who knew?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

It's an idea.

[Brian Green]

Who knew that Bush was still around?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I know. What a.

[Brian Green]

What a. I'm just having all these revelations. They're having their moment in the sun.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

They are.

[Brian Green]

Every old dog has, you know, sunshine. Why does that. A new ass sign, A new ass in the sun or something like that? I don't know.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

What was that thing where you bleach, you know. Well, you don't bleach your ass, but you do.

[Brian Green]

You bleach your ass.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, there's that, but then there's also where you sun it naked, you know?

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah. Oh, that's right. Perineal sunning is what they call that. Yeah. You're not actually sunning your. You're sunning the. The. You know, your scrundle sack.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Your undercarriage chakra.

[Brian Green]

Yes. And I see this on Instagram a lot, too. These people doing this. It's got. Got to be a joke. You're really putting sun in your asshole. Are you really putting sun in your asshole? Yes, I know. Okay. Do you, you're not going to remember this because of course you didn't probably didn't watch this. Do you remember 16 and pregnant, the show?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

No, I didn't watch that.

[Brian Green]

I did. If it's bad, I watched it. The worse it is, the more I watched. And 16 and pregnant, I remember we.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Were working together and that was how you're like, did you see the latest episode, 16 and Pregnant? I was like, no, I refuse to watch that show.

[Brian Green]

I, I thought it was high class entertainment, highbrow entertainment, and don't ask me why, but I got into it and I. And now they're still doing 16 and pregnant with the original cast members. So we've all kind of grown up together in some sense. I, I don't know when it came out, but you know, now they're in their 30s and you know, they have kids, multiple kids. Some of them, some of those couples are still together. But the breakout train wreck of the show had to have been Farah Abrams. Farah Abrams. I remember that name, okay, because we also talked about this when I was doing the scam call, remember, okay, because Farah Abrams at that time had done a series of pornography videos for Vivid Entertainment. And it was a. Like the whole world was. Had their eyes on Farrah Abrams because she had this video where she did some highly explicit scenes with this guy. And then she claimed that it was. She first tried to claim that she had sex and he videotaped her without her knowing. But then it came out that, no, it was actually on set and they were all doing it together. So Farah is a very interesting character. She's kind of a train wreck of a human being, in my opinion. She had a daughter from a guy who passed away, I think in a motorcycle accident or a car accident. So she raised him as a single teenage mother with her mom and her dad by her side. And then her and her mom had a falling out. It's a terrible, tragic, weird, lengthy, long story, but I had largely forgotten about Pharaoh. She hasn't been on that show in a long time. I haven't watched that show in a long time until my Instagram algorithm popped up. Farrah Abrams. And you know, there is this. I see a lot of conversation about how 20 somethings and early 30 somethings are getting the impression that they are aging much faster than other generations of people. So they are taking to plastic surgery much, much early plastic surgery fillers. They're taking to this much earlier. Like, 19 years old getting Botox, 21 years old getting Botox. I am not here to judge whether or not you get Botox. That is completely a decision to make on your own. If you feel better about it, great. But there's some kind of weird fascination, like, collective fascination with filling your face full of fillers and Botox because you think you're getting old fast. And to me, it just looks like you're a young person who's got all the wonderful things. I wish I had. I wish I had those things. Farah, I believe, started doing plastic surgery very early also. As a matter of fact, I think some of that is documented way back when she was on the show, when she was 17, 18, 19, 20 years old, boob job, you know, Botox, all that other stuff. It has not aged well. And I'm not here to talk about, like, Farrah's a beautiful woman, but all of that filler and the plastic surgery, it looks a little disturbing to me. Do you know what I'm saying?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Like the very big lips. She's got the. The eyebrows that are tattooed on. So she's got those eyebrows. What is up with the fucking eyebrows that are.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

People do it.

[Brian Green]

That are an inch big.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Isn't that weird?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I mean, I.

[Brian Green]

Would you do that?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

No.

[Brian Green]

Would you do eyebrow tattooing? No. It's a tattoo, so it stays forever.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Right.

[Brian Green]

So you can't ever get rid of it. Why would you make your eyebrows so very big? That seems a little insane to me. Now, listen, there could be dysmorphia. There could be all kinds of reasons why someone thinks that looks good, but maybe. Maybe it doesn't. But it was shocking to me to see her face after so many years of not shocking.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, that's when the big difference. When you haven't seen him in a few years, and then you see him.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Like how. Like how plumped up everything is, and then, like, kind of moving around. So here's my point. There's a lot of videos out there now. A lot of videos, a lot of content from people who have. Who started this very young, and now they're in their 40s and 50s, and they are bravely pointing out, don't do it. Look at me and don't do it. A lot of women out there bravely sharing their stories, saying, plastic surgery and fillers and Botox and all this stuff ruined my life. It made me sick, and it made me look like a monster. And I just want to share with you that maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be now again, I think everything in moderation, you know, cool, whatever. But I just like.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, some people, I think, you know, get addicted to it and then they see the, the slightest little wrinkle or the slightest deflating of lips or whatever. Yeah, I think it definitely puts you in a different perspective. I mean, everybody's not going to be perfect forever.

[Brian Green]

No one's gonna be perfect.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And it does. It looks weird.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

That you're trying to look like that.

[Brian Green]

18 to 25 are your God given awesome years as far as your body and your skin are concerned. Like you got it all. You got all the tightness, you got all the wonderful, all the shininess, all the glow. Leave it alone. Wait until you're like 35 and then make that decision. And listen, we have friends and, and people that, that we Botox, fillers, all that stuff, but I think they do it in moderation. I don't think it's like, it's like crazy. But that just as a dad of, of kids in general, that makes me concerned, like, are they gonna come to me at 17 years old and say, I want fillers for my birthday. Oh God, Chrissy, why couldn't have. I had, why couldn't I have puppies as children? You know what I'm saying? Why couldn't have Astrid birthed like a baby elephant or something? Like something that wouldn't come to me and ask me for a car and make a swifty out of them. We were just talking to Mo Welsh. Yeah. And she was sharing that her daughter is a swifty. Has to watch the errors to her every night before she goes to bed. And you know, Mo's like, oh my God, you know, again. And I, I feel for this because I'm right there with them. I'm like, oh my God, there's. I have swifties that are under the age of six. They know every word. They watch the movies and listen. Taylor Swift, great, wonderful role model for a four year old. Right. She's a lovely human being. Sings nice songs. A lot of people cheer for her. And rather tame as far as, you know, the music is concerned. It's not some like crazy lyrics or anything like that. And I think to myself, wow, this is going to turn monstrous by the time we're 13 years old. 13 years old, you're going to want a Corvette, you're going to be dating the bad boy in high school. You're gonna want to date some 20 year old because that's cool. You're gonna want an Instagram account and fillers. Fillers? At 18 years old? Fillers? Really? Oh, man. Makes me nervous, Chrissy.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, you're gonna have to just roll with the flow.

[Brian Green]

No, I am turning into such an old man as a father. I'm not that old, but I'm turning it into an old man as the father of mainly daughters like my. My.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

The majority of your brood.

[Brian Green]

The majority of my brood. I'm getting gray hair every day from something they say or do that is the cutest thing in the world, but it indicates so much trouble in the future.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Well, they are your daughters.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, they are my daughters. That's right. And one of my daughters is like a perfect combination of me and Astrid. Spicy, like a Venezuelan and completely a talker. She can talk her way in and out of anything. Like me. And I'm like, oh, my God, we're.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And now they're gonna have the show that has documented all of the things that you've done.

[Brian Green]

That's true.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

That they can reference.

[Brian Green]

They would have heard about this from friends or family anyway.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

True.

[Brian Green]

Friends or family would have shared the stories. They're too good not to share. I. I just. Just, you know, I. I see Farah and I remember back in the show when there was talk of plastic surgery at such a young age, and now I'm like, oh, my God, please don't let me have to deal with that. I mean, listen, at the end of the day, it's their bodies. They can do what they want with it. Right. When they turn 18 years old, they can do what they want with it. But it just stresses me out a little bit.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I know. I'm like, God, don't just enjoy the time now.

[Brian Green]

I know.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Don't stress about it before you have to.

[Brian Green]

Little people, little problems. Big people, big problems. That's what they say.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Is that a new show? What's that, tlc?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Little People, Big Problems. That's what that show should be called. You know, a little Update here on 7 Little Johnston's. 7 Little Johnstons. I think I told you that one of the daughters, he got pregnant from her longtime boyfriend, and they waited six months. Five months. Six months into the pregnancy to tell their parents, which is insane to think about.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Because they were so afraid of the reaction of the parents, and supposedly they were broken up when she got pregnant. So surprise, surprise, surprise. I'm back with my boyfriend. Surprise. I've been pregnant for six months. It's kind of insane. And, you know, for a little person, apparently, I don't I know this only from the show. Apparently giving birth and this makes sense, can be a life threatening situation for a little person. So it's really important to get like, like good doctors right off the get. Right? You got to make sure that everything's okay and that the baby's growing now, thankfully, I think the baby is just fine. According to the show, the baby is, is just fine and everything's okay, but can you imagine waiting six months to tell your parents? And she's like, she's 21 years old, so she doesn't, you know, she can do what she wants, but they're so involved in all the kids lives. To be that involved and not know you're pregnant, that would be a real kick in the potatoes. If, like, one of my kids came to me and said, I got someone pregnant, she's six and a half months along, or I'm pregnant, I'm six and a half months along. I would be like, what, what?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

What?

[Brian Green]

You're not living here. Don't bring that kid around here.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I just raised you.

[Brian Green]

I just raised you. That's right. You just got out of the house. I don't want you back in the house. No, you're not getting Botox for your birthday, so stop asking. It's Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a girl who's pregnant.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Oh, okay.

[Brian Green]

All right.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

And they were trying to figure out too, like, what if it was gonna be a little person?

[Brian Green]

A little person or a normal size. A normie. A normie, as they call it.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Uhhuh.

[Brian Green]

It's gonna be a normie, and it's.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Gonna be a normie.

[Brian Green]

It's gonna be a normie. So congratulations. I think it's Elizabeth and Bryce are their names. Congratulations. I know they've already had to you. I know they've already had the baby.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

So keep up with it.

[Brian Green]

Well, I found out about this at the beginning of the season because I got that served up a reel on Instagram that completely, you know, spoiler alert. She had a baby and I was like, what?

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Okay, that's crazy.

[Brian Green]

And she had it with her longtime boyfriend, so. Well, whatever. Good for them. God bless. On your way. They live here in Georgia too, do they? Yeah, they do. They live in like the south part of Georgia.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

Like south part of Atlanta. Way south of Atlanta.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

The part of Atlanta, like where. What's her name from 90 day? Angela.

[Brian Green]

Angela. Angela. Angela. I thought you about to say Marjorie Taylor Green.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

No, no, she's north.

[Brian Green]

Oh, she's north.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, she's.

[Brian Green]

I don't know where she is. I don't know. I was. My heart always aches a little bit. I know when I learned when I remember that she is from Georgia.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I know.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Not quite as far as Angela. Somewhere in between. But anyway, now you guys are bored. So here we go. September 25th on a Wednesday. September 26th on a Thursday, we're going to be in Orlando and then Tampa if you'd like to join us. We're going to give information about how to buy those tickets very soon, so keep an eye out. Some people are asking like, I can't find the tickets anywhere. They're not available yet. We'll let you know when they are. I'm just really pre prepping.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

Yeah, you are.

[Brian Green]

I'm laying. I'm laying the groundwork for as many people to hear this as possible. We're gonna have a great time and we wish that you would come. And if you're gonna come, let us know. 212-4333 TCB. That's 212-433-3822. We'd love to hear from you. Questions, comments, concerns, content, ideas. We take them all with that phone number via text or via voicemail. Do yourself a favor, get a free TCB sticker. Why not? Astrid will send you one. If you go to the website tcbpodcast.com hit the contact us button and then go to the drop down menu that says I want my. My free sticker. Send us your physical address, we'll send you a sticker. No must, no fuss, it's on us. I just made that up. No fuss, no must, it's on us. Also, please do us a favor at the commercial break on Instagram and YouTube.com the commercial break. All right, Chrissy. I guess that's all I can do for today.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I think so.

[Brian Green]

But I'll tell you that I love you.

[Chris (Chrissy)]

I love you.

[Brian Green]

I'll say best to you, best to you. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Until next time. Chrissy and I always say, we do say and we must say goodbye. I get asked.