The Commercial Break Podcast

Episode Title: Mmmmm..Norish Princess!
Release Date: August 28, 2025
Hosts: Bryan Green and Krissy Hoadley

Episode Overview

This episode encapsulates the podcast’s signature blend of chaotic improv comedy, personal anecdotes, pop culture riffing, and wild tangents. Bryan and Krissy bounce between notoriously unfiltered stories from their school days, hilarious family updates, opinions on recent celebrity guests, and a deep-dive roast of Norway’s royal family scandal. Sprinkled throughout are sharp observations on modern parenting, TV/streaming, and the generational shift in public engagement—classic “Cheesecake Factory of comedy podcast” energy.

Main Discussion Segments

1. Swifties, Satire, and Staph Outbreaks

[00:00–04:32]

• Bryan opens with a tongue-in-cheek bit about living in a “house full of Swifties” celebrating Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (fictionally) getting married, including an appearance by his personified wallet bemoaning future costs.
• Krissy returns after a short absence as they recap a rough week battling “staph and encephalitis” likely picked up during family travels (“perfect storm…107 degree heat with 99.9% humidity”).
• Memorable quote:
  • Bryan: “We’re covered in open wounds. What do you think they think we have—leprosy?” [02:10]

2. The Pain of Parent-Teacher Conferences & School Shenanigans

[04:19–13:51]

• The hosts reminisce humorously about school-age dread and mischief:
  • Bryan confesses to mischievous but not malicious behavior, like dumping pixie sticks into a hotel air conditioner.
  • They discuss nerve-wracking parent-teacher conferences and Bryan’s complicated relationship with teachers, using humor and avoidance as survival tactics.
  • Strict Catholic school discipline is satirized—“demerit systems,” “display officers,” and cigarette busts.
• Standout anecdotes:
  • Bryan describes being removed from a teacher’s class due to “discomfort around the relationship” stemming from her being a young, engaged “cool teacher.” [10:21]
  • Both roast the outdated strictness of 90s Catholic schools: “It was like military. Not warm and fuzzy.” – Bryan [17:51]

3. Modern Parenting & School Involvement: Then vs. Now

[13:52–20:42]

• Contrasting their own childhood school experiences with today’s “family fun nights, bouncy houses, water slides, and parental over-involvement.”
  • Bryan shares both awe and envy at how much more involved schools—and parents—are these days.
  • Nostalgia blends with amazement:

    “Just one water slide in my life… My whole educational career could have been different. I could have been a doctor or a lawyer or a QuickBooks expert.” – Bryan [20:37]

• Discussion covers generational differences, the impact of social media (“gotta show those cute pictures”), and the blurred line between healthy involvement and helicopter parenting.

4. Recapping Recent Guests: Dusty Slay & Brett Gelman

[22:58–31:10]

• Audience feedback from recent comedian guests is dissected:
  • Dusty Slay: Both hosts were surprised and delighted by how many fans reached out, especially post-interview. Bryan praises Slay’s new special: “8.75 out of 10 ... worth your time even if you’re not into clean comedy.” [26:32]
  • Brett Gelman: Reactions to his “weird but interesting” new show—“Horror, drama, mystery…not a show about nothing, that’s for sure.” Krissy admits, “Not everyone’s going to like everything, maybe it’s just not for us.”
• There’s a tangent on Nate Bargatze’s style and how “you vibe with certain types of comedy or music.”
• Notable banter:
  • “Gay porn, straight porn, I could really do either, as long as it’s good.” – Bryan [25:50]

5. Streaming Wars & the Fate of Television

[31:11–42:10]

• Extended riff on streaming culture:
  • Netflix’s bomber scheduling of Stranger Things (“They’re gonna ruin your Christmas, your Thanksgiving, and your New Year!” – Bryan [31:10]), and the challenge of remaking the magic of classic shows.
  • The new Office-inspired show “The Paper” is previewed (“It’s got potential…hard to make magic happen twice” – Krissy [35:08]), and the discussion turns to sequel shows and their rarity.
  • Nostalgia for The Office and West Wing, with a nod to how rare great spin-offs are (“Better Call Saul” the lone example that works).
• Reflection on the end of late-night TV, the rise of podcasting, and Netflix’s unintentional “breaking” of traditional television.

6. The Real Royal Scandal: Norway’s Wild Nobility

[42:15–57:09]

• The main event: Bryan and Krissy dissect Norway’s real-life royal drama—a true tabloid fever dream.
  • Context: Instead of obsessing about “Harry and Meghan” or British royals, they argue the drama in Norway is far juicier:
    • The Crown Prince’s son is a trouble magnet: drugs, assault, trashing apartments, and recent charges of serious crimes.
    • The Crown Princess’s sister, Märtha Louise, marries “a black man” (rare and newsworthy in Norway), who also claims to be a shaman, a regenerative alien, and a clairvoyant. Stevie Wonder played their wedding. The couple sold exclusive photo rights to Hello! Magazine and inspired a Netflix documentary.
• Quotes & Banter:
  • “He claims to regenerate his own cells, limbs, eyeballs…He’s a wild, wild character.” – Bryan [48:14]
  • “Go off, Norway! Let’s get some other royal scandals going on.” – Krissy [49:46]
  • Both marvel at the plunge in royal popularity, selling wedding photos for millions, and “past life” claims.
• Their conclusion: “The royal family of Norway, we’re keeping an eye on you...for good, bad or indifferent, we have you in our sights.” – Bryan [56:52]

Notable Quotes & Moments

• Bryan (on modern school activities):
  “Eating hot dogs and going down water slides full of additional salmonella and encephalitis…” [15:23]
• On parent-teacher conferences:
  “Parents only suffer so much bullshit from kids. Like, I know my kid will avoid brushing his teeth all night long if he can just have a conversation about Disney.” – Bryan [07:09]
• On school disciplinarians:
  “Her job was to run around making people miserable. Merit fucker. I mean, honestly.” – Bryan [13:51]
• On streaming & TV:
  “Late night TV—is soon to be gone...Podcasting, Vodcasting…is the new medium. And streaming.” – Bryan [39:19]
• On the Norway royal scandal:
  “These are the two I want to have on the show…Queen Märtha and Verrett, on our show to talk to them in their past lives!” – Bryan [55:12]

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |---------------|------------------------------------------------| | 00:00–02:53 | Swifties and the MRSA house joke | | 04:19–13:51 | School memories and parental dread | | 13:52–20:42 | School events: then vs. now | | 22:58–31:10 | Recent guests (Dusty Slay, Brett Gelman) | | 31:11–42:10 | Streaming, Stranger Things, Office remake | | 42:15–57:09 | Norway royal scandal deep-dive and hot takes | | 57:09–End | Wrap-up, thank-yous, listener shout-outs |

Episode Tone & Style

• Language: Natural, irreverent, self-aware, and delightfully unpolished
• Chemistry: Banter is fast, occasionally interrupted by mock indignation or exaggerated bits (e.g. Bryan’s personified wallet, “voice of God” Rachel interludes)
• Self-deprecation: Both poke fun at themselves, their families, and the very format of their show
• Pop culture savvy: References to viral podcast moments, current streaming hits, and internet oddities

Listener Takeaways

• If you’re here for structured, high-brow analysis—you’re in the wrong place! But if you love surreal, off-the-cuff comedy married to unexpected pop culture and real-life weirdness, this episode will not disappoint. The Norway royal saga is a new obsession, school memories are made hilarious, and every tangent is an invitation to laugh and commiserate.
• Famous guests might come and go, but it’s the unpredictable (and often absurd) interplay between Bryan, Krissy, and whatever the internet is weirding out about that’s the heart of The Commercial Break.

"Yet! Oh, such a powerful word, yet. We haven’t gotten that $20 million contract…yet. Neither of us have been to jail…yet."
—Bryan Green, [45:13]