Olympics Awe!

Summary

The Commercial Break – "Olympics Awe!" (August 1, 2024)

Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Bryan and Krissy revel in the chaos, spectacle, and uniquely French artistry of the Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony. Blending their signature irreverent humor with genuine awe, the duo recaps their favorite Olympic moments, celebrity sightings, over-the-top ceremonies, and behind-the-scenes oddities—while doing what they do best: winding through side stories, audience shout-outs, and riffing on viral internet personalities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Listener Shout-out & Banter (00:55–02:54)

• Bryan shares a heartfelt message from listener Allison, who finds solace from a tough factory job by tuning into TCB.
• Quote: “Everybody, big or small, soon or far away, has some kind of purpose… maybe that is your purpose, right? God damn that we do. We don't get it from our spouses, Astrid.” (Bryan, 02:06)
• Discussion of the hosts’ strong influence on people’s media choices, especially trash TV.

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The Olympics Takeover (02:56–06:44)

• Bryan and Krissy embrace the “non-stop” Olympics coverage, offering comic relief from Bryan’s usual TV rants.
• Bryan expresses his genuine love for the Olympics’ global spirit (“For the athletes, it's a real thing. They train all their lives and there's always great stories.” – 03:15).
• Immediate digression into why niche Olympic sports (badminton, fencing) are captivating.

Notable Digressions:

• Fencing's unexpected abundance of “hot women” — a classic TCB tangent.
• Viral moment: a French diver's “boner” making internet rounds.
  • Quote: “That’s a boner. That’s definitely a boner... That’s one of those boners you tuck up, you know what I’m saying?” (Bryan, 04:43)

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Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony: A Play-by-Play (06:00–23:43)

Viewership and Uniqueness (06:01–08:25)

• Paris’s non-stadium boat parade format draws nearly double the Tokyo viewers.
• Quote: “The most bat shit crazy Olympics opening ceremonies of all time. I loved every minute.” (Bryan, 06:20)

Iconic Moments and Spectacle

Celebrity Sightings & Snoop Dogg (07:05–08:13)

• Snoop Dogg’s omnipresence gets mixed feelings.
  • Quote: “He’s like a ghost that just shows up floating around.” (Bryan, 07:19)
• All of Hollywood and tech world seems to be in Paris.

Ceremony Breakdown (09:05–13:15)

• The torch journey: children, sewers, catacombs, faceless mask lady, and a theatrical river journey.
• Parisian protest culture: audience learns the River Seine’s E. coli saga due to protestors “throwing buckets of shit upstream”, a “way of life in Paris.” (10:58)
• Over-the-top vignettes:
  • Lady Gaga’s dramatic can-can entrance.
  • Sexy library/mime scene leading to “the first official threesome in an opening ceremony.”
  • Headless Marie Antoinette singers mashing opera with heavy metal (“coolest fucking thing I’d ever seen” – Bryan, 13:09).

Production & Logistics (14:09–15:14)

• French secrecy: No practice in actual ceremony locations to avoid leaks.
• Overall verdict: “The most Looney Tune thing I’ve ever seen.”

Standouts:

• French rapper, piano on Love Lock Bridge, and a “French Beyoncé” at the Palace of Versailles (15:14–16:52).
• The drawn-out torch-lighting culminating in a mysterious hot air balloon rather than a typical cauldron (16:52–18:04).

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Emotional Peak: Celine Dion (18:17–21:32)

• Celine Dion’s stirring performance atop the Eiffel Tower with David Foster—major chills.
  • Quote: “She sings this song in French and she sings it with such gusto… it was an unmistakably beautiful moment.” (Bryan, 19:44)
• Contemplation on her challenging health and the emotional impact of her appearance.
• Bryan relays crowd reactions across Paris, sharing that people were deeply moved: “Everybody in the entire city was crying.” (21:32)

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Outlook: Olympics Past and Future (21:59–24:06)

• Snarky speculation on what LA 2028 will bring (“I want Godzilla to come out of the fucking ocean and crush Santa Monica…and light the torch!” – Bryan, 22:13)
• Comparisons to past Olympics: Beijing’s theatrics, Rio’s pollution, and Tokyo’s subdued COVID ceremony.

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Olympic Village: Beds, Food, and Athlete Life (25:11–29:15)

• Cardboard beds: sustainable, but amusingly debated.
  • Quote: “A bed frame is a bed frame. It doesn’t matter what it’s made out of. None of them are going to be comfortable.” (Sam, 25:28)
• Food at the Olympic Village: Bryan gives Parisian cuisine high praise vs. “nothing but stinky cheese” in Switzerland.
• Musings on post-event athlete downtime—and why you’d want to stick around to soak in Paris.

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More Olympic Sports Talk (31:19–37:36)

• Roundtable on niche sports: archery, kayaking, water polo, handball, and women’s water polo’s “cheeky” swimsuit styles.
  • Detailed explanation on the ridiculous demands of water polo.
  • Quote: “Imagine trying to keep your nipples above water for hours at a time. Oh, it’s got to be incredibly difficult.” (Sam, 33:42)
• Brief Olympic history: ancient Greeks competing naked (“Not anymore, to my chagrin.” – Bryan, 36:08)
• Slightly uncomfortable modern camera angles, especially in gymnastics and water sports.

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Viral Interlude: “Kevin Tierney,” Internet Songsmith (43:18–50:29)

• TCB reviews Instagram “musician” Kevin Tierney, whose extremely literal, diary-like breakup ballads have gone viral for both sincerity and awkwardness.
  • Hosts listen to and dissect Kevin’s work, oscillating between genuine support and humorous critique.
  • Quote: “I can’t decide if it’s stalkerish or supportive.” (Chrissy, 45:55)
• Bryan encourages Kevin to “keep doing you” and revels in how internet fame outstrips romantic rejection.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Olympic weirdness:
  “It was the weirdest shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life. It certainly is the weirdest Olympic rhythm.” (Bryan, 18:06)
• On athlete bodies:
  “If your body is attuned enough to go to Olympics… it doesn't matter. Big, small, flat, bumpy, bruisy, it doesn't matter… Show your ass. Why wouldn't you want to?” (Bryan, 34:28)
• On Snoop Dogg’s weed habits:
  “You can’t smoke that much weed and just stop smoking weed and feel okay to do a broadcast.” (Sam, 29:33)

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Major Segment Timestamps

• [02:56] – Olympics and trash TV talk
• [06:00] – Opening ceremony recap begins
• [18:17] – Celine Dion performance
• [21:59] – Olympic ceremonies past and LA 2028 speculation
• [25:11] – Olympic Village beds and amenities
• [31:19] – Niche Olympic sports breakdown
• [43:18] – Reviewing viral songwriter Kevin Tierney

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Tone & Style

Witty, irreverent, and unfiltered—the hosts playfully ping-pong between genuine admiration and comedic mockery. Their friendship drives the conversation, infusing even sincere moments (like Celine Dion’s performance) with warmth and humor.

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll walk away with:

• A vivid, funny, and occasionally jaw-dropping account of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony.
• Relatable (and raunchy) Olympic commentary you won’t hear from NBC.
• Unexpected detours into internet oddities, listener callouts, and the world’s most literal break-up songs.

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Further Info:
The Commercial Break will appear live in Florida soon, with details (and a QR code for merch) available on their website and social pages.

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Best To You, and Best to You Out There in the Podcast Universe.

Transcript

[Sam]

Do we like cake? We like cake.

[Chrissy]

I like cake, though.

[Sam]

I do.

[Chrissy]

I just like cake.

[Sam]

I like it a lot. I like cake. Give me cake. Give me cake. I bought a cake. On this episode of the commercial break.

[Chrissy]

No one breaks up with me.

[Brian Green]

No one ever breaks up with me except for you, because you're my only girlfriend ever. I went to McDonald's today, drove through the drove through and ordered number two. I asked for for extra barbecue sauce, but the lady forgot to put it in. So I went around again. I turned down the music in case you couldn't hear me.

[Sam]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break.

[Brian Green]

I'm Brian Green.

[Sam]

This is my RBL to Mike Heltoni, Kristen Joy Hudsley. Best to you, Kristen.

[Chrissy]

Best to you.

[Sam]

By you along. I'm poking you along.

[Chrissy]

I know what that. I know what that is.

[Sam]

Very excited to have you back. Thank you for joining us, everybody. I wanted to say a quick hello and a quick note to one of our dear listeners, Allison. I don't want to say her last name. I know her last name, but I don't want to say it because I don't know if she wants everybody knowing she was on a commercial break. But she's so sweet, and she's been writing us for a while now. She works, I think I told you about this young lady. She works in a factory. Did I tell you about this one? Okay. She works in a factory, and she listens to the commercial break while she's making the widgets or whatever's going on. And her bosses are not the nicest people in the world, according to her. Not the nicest people in the world. And it really kind of gets her down sometimes. But she listens to the show and then it brings her back up. And she was like, I, you know, sometimes I just feel like, you know, nothing's going on in life. But I'm glad I have you two because you're my friends and I get to listen to you and all this other stuff. And I was like, oh, that's a very sweet text message that she wrote. It sounded like she was a little down and outs about the job. And I explained to her that everybody, big or small, soon or far away, has some kind of purpose. Right. We all have some kind of purpose. And it's not to make widgets. Maybe it's to tell the show that you like how good of a job that they're doing, so they keep on doing it.

[Chrissy]

That's right.

[Sam]

And I was like, so maybe that is your purpose, right? God damn that we do. We don't get it from our spouses, Astrid. And so I just wanted to. But the. The great part of the text message had nothing to do with all the niceties that we were, pleasantries that we were exchanging, but that she goes home and tells her boyfriend what they have to watch based on my opinions of television.

[Chrissy]

Oh, Lord.

[Sam]

So I had to write a test. So I saw this text message the other night when I was here in the studio and I was like, oh, I gotta write her back. And then I gotta apologize to her.

[Chrissy]

Poor boyfriend.

[Sam]

Who'S watching My 600 Pound Life and the Seven Little Johnstons on repeat.

[Chrissy]

Whatever. The other way, this way, that way, that way.

[Sam]

90 day. The other way, 90 day.

[Chrissy]

Sideways.

[Sam]

But here's the good news for everybody involved. The Olympics are on. So at least for the next couple of weeks we don't have to listen to Brian opine about any of that stuff. Because it's on 24 hours, seven days a week. Because I love the Olympics. I don't know, it's just something exciting about me too. All the international sport and thinking what a history they have. And I know it's corrupted and it's all. And it's just a big money maker, but for the athletes, it's a real thing.

[Chrissy]

Oh, yeah.

[Sam]

They train all their lives and there's always great stories. And you know, NBC, who's had the Olympics forever and ever and will have it forever and ever, has been, does a good job of bringing out those stories with Olympians, athletes that you would never otherwise know a about. I mean, you just wouldn't. Who watches? We're watching. Badminton is on in the background right now.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Who the watches professional badminton? No one.

[Chrissy]

I enjoyed the fencing.

[Sam]

I was watching the fencing. Did you watch it today?

[Chrissy]

I didn't watch it today, but I watched it whatever, yesterday or Saturday. And it was crazy too, with the masks, with the flag, and it's all electronic.

[Sam]

They all like, you know, the ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. So I was watching the, like, quarterfinals today, and I do have to say I think fencing is a sport for hot women. Did you notice that all the women were like, really gorgeous?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And I thought to myself, wow, I thought I was good with my sword. They're good with their swords. Speaking of swords in the Olympics, did you see that one of the divers had a big old boner when he was. Oh, it's all over the Internet. You go, oh, my God, he's A French Olympian. His name is. I'm going to get it wrong. Jules Boyer. Jules Boyer had a Jules bonnet. Look at that. He had a full chub. Okay, that's full chub right there. And you know those divers, they don't wear any clothing. They wear. You know how I have a hoe.

[Chrissy]

That's just the way he is endowed.

[Sam]

That's the way he's endowed.

[Chrissy]

I don't know.

[Sam]

That's a boner. That's definitely a boner. That's one of those boners you tuck up, you know what I'm saying? Try and give it the illusion that it's actually not a boner with the swimming.

[Chrissy]

Well, you're about to get in the cold pool. Or is that when he got out of the pool or before he went in?

[Sam]

I'm not really sure. I didn't see it live. I'm just checking out the pictures online. Well, maybe he is. Well, and look at that. Look at those two swimmers. They are both have the biggest dicks I've ever seen in my entire life. That's why I don't wear swimsuits like that. Well, also, they have 28 packs and I've got a one pack. Got a one pack. I got a 12 pack. 12 pack of cream and cereal. Now that dude has a bone. That's a full bone. Air. That's what that is. Boy. Air has a bonaire. Good for him. Good for him. Feeling confident to get out there and rock it.

[Chrissy]

Hey, listen, High tea.

[Sam]

He has very high tea. He's also probably 19 years old, right. And you know that they're just dicking down in that Olympic village.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Let's talk about the opening ceremony.

[Chrissy]

Did you watch it? I did watch that. Yes.

[Sam]

Four and a half hours of absolute madness. I do not understand half of what fucking went on. I have no clue. You've. You've probably seen it because it was one of the most watched opening ceremonies of all of the modern times, let's put it that way. Of the modern times. So last time that we had the Summer Olympics, it was in Tokyo.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, 2021.

[Sam]

2021. Because of COVID And it was poorly watched. Like only 17 million people watched the opening ceremonies, which is oftentimes a bellwether of how the rest of the Olympics are going to do. This time almost 30 million people tuned in. So, you know, little less than double tuned in to the opening ceremonies. And thank God, because it was the most bat shit crazy opening Olympics opening ceremonies of all time. I loved every minute.

[Chrissy]

I did too I liked the boat parade. It was different because, you know, I mean, that's the thing too. Like every time. This is the first time it was held not in a stadium.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

So that's the thing. Every Olympic time you're like, okay, yeah, they're marching everybody out and they're kind of doing their.

[Sam]

They have their flags. Yeah, it's, it is very boring.

[Chrissy]

It is.

[Sam]

There's no way to make a good story out of that. It's just like now they're Americans and then they have like, they point out individual athletes, but everyone riding down on the boat.

[Chrissy]

I thought that was fun.

[Sam]

Pouring down rain, dancing. Yeah.

[Chrissy]

All the dancers all over the city. Lady Gaga was great. And Celine Dion at the end.

[Sam]

Okay, so let's talk about it. Let's, let's go through it a little bit because I wrote a bunch of notes down here.

[Chrissy]

Snoop Dogg showed up.

[Sam]

I mean, okay, I'm a little over Snoop Dogg already.

[Chrissy]

At first I was like, why? Why? Why? But then I loved it. I was like, he's just, he's fun. He's a fun guy.

[Sam]

He is. No doubt about it. NBC is paying him to be there, by the way.

[Chrissy]

He is, of course.

[Sam]

Yeah, they're paying him to be there. And he's just like, he's like a. I don't know, he's like a ghost that just shows up floating around. He is, he's, he's at the, he's watching the gymnastics and all of a sudden he's at the fencing and he's over here. They must have like a helicopter just moving him from place to place. He's living the life. He's not really doing anything except giving high fives to parents of children that are inside of the Olympics, which is cool. I guess. It's good work if you can get it there. This is a celebrity filled Olympics. Of course it's going to be.

[Chrissy]

It's Paris.

[Sam]

Yeah. So they were showing, NBC was showing all the restaurants along the Truncadero. They had, you know, famous people. Elon Musk and Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise and Lady Gaga. Everybody, anybody who is anybody was at the Olympics. And I thought that was great. Like, I'm like, okay, all right. There's some celebrity power, star power showing up. Tom, Beyonce.

[Chrissy]

Beyonce, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen.

[Sam]

I do have to say this about Tom Cruise. Well, I think we, we have bashed on him a lot in this show. And that's because of his personal beliefs. Not necessarily. And I don't. And I've never met him, by all accounts, he seems like a pretty nice guy.

[Chrissy]

Does seem like a nice guy.

[Sam]

He is like shaking hands with people on the street. He's exchanging Taylor Swift bracelets with people. He's taking pictures with old Chinese ladies. Like, this guy is. Seems like just a nice guy. Yeah, because Elon Musk ain't doing that. I guarantee that he's not doing that. And so you got to give it to Tom. He's a man of the people. I suppose maybe he should be our president. All right, let's talk. The music was. Was good at some points, but there was moments where it got a little me at least. I didn't understand exactly what was going on with the music. This went on for four and a half hours, by the way. This wasn't like a ten, this was like a one hour production. This was four and a half hours all over the streets of Paris. It started off with this weird music and the whole theme was there was somebody who was carrying the Olympic torch and couldn't make his way through the crowd, so he handed it to some children. Those children then went into the sewers of Paris.

[Chrissy]

Right, the catacombs.

[Sam]

Yeah, they did stop by the catacombs at some point too. We're all. We're millions. Asher and I have been there on Halloween night, by the way. Oh, yes. Kind of interesting.

[Chrissy]

I like that. Something I would do.

[Sam]

You go down hundreds and hundreds of feet and then there are millions and millions and millions of skulls and bones from people who have passed away in both world wars. And when they started, you know, really creating Paris, they had to get rid of a lot of graveyards. So they put them in the catacombs. And the walls sometimes are just skulls and they're not. They look pretend, but they're not pretend. They're actual skulls, actual human beings and in some places just piles and piles of bones. Wow. It' really creepy, but interesting and cool. And you're in this little tiny cave and it's. Anyway, so they go down to the catacombs and they make their way to the sewers of Paris or the tunnels of Paris. And then all of a sudden like the Phantom of the Opera is playing. But there's this faceless mask lady that's taking now taking the torch in a riverboat in the sewers. And then she's floating down the river to the river scene, you know, the river Sen. And then she's jumping all over the roofs of Paris. It was a little hard. It was non congruent. It was hard to follow. But I get it. There's a lady with a mask who's got the.

[Chrissy]

The torch.

[Sam]

The torch. And she also does really cool handstands and flips. Okay, awesome. Is that the fan for the opera? I'm not really sure. Early on in the show, by the way, I just want to say this about the River Sin. The River Sin, the day before the Olympics started was not cleared for Olympic activities because the levels of E. Coli were very high. So this is.

[Chrissy]

Weren't a bunch of people shitting in it.

[Sam]

They were shitting in it and throwing shit in it like buckets of shit upstream so it would float down into Paris because they were protesting. Whatever. But protesting is a way of life in Paris. Like people, it's just something that they do there. You know, it's. I don't know, it's like a pastime here when we protest, all hell breaks loose. But there, it's like, you know, we're going to. In the River Sin because we want. We don't. Because with the River Sin is too dirty. It doesn't make any sense.

[Chrissy]

I know, it doesn't.

[Sam]

So shortly after the Olympians start coming down the shit filled river of Sin, Lady Gaga appears out of nowhere, walking down a stairway near the River Sin. And she does this really strange but very cool. I don't know, the can, can stuff. Kind of the can can stuff. And she's singing a song that she's obviously not singing, but she's, you know, jumping around and dancing around with feather boas and feathers in her hand. First surprise of the night. Second surprise of the night is about half an hour later. You got to understand, they're interspersing these like pre made. These pre made productions, right? Like movies almost. Those vignettes, if you will. And I even used a French word there. That was amazing, Brian, Good for you. One of the vignettes starts with this sexy French music, you know, and there's people sitting in a library, one of the famous libraries there. Beautiful architecture, beautiful library. And they're kind of dressed.

[Chrissy]

Old libraries, I know.

[Sam]

And the ones in. In Paris are just stunning. And their, their makeup is like clown. Like they're almost like mimes or clowns or something. There's one woman, two men. The men are like flirting with each other in some weird mime like way. Then they start pulling books from the shelf. It's like dangerous liaison, you know, attitude, sexet. Like, you know, books about sex. Even if you don't speak French, you. You didn't have to. You got it. This was all about sex. And at the end of this vignette, they start dancing through the hallways and ripping up books and throwing the pages down this big stairwell. And then at the end, they end up in an apartment making out with each other. And it just as they're about to like really heavily get it on the. One of the clowns, mimes or whatever they are, goes, oh, no, no. And then, you know, shuts the door. Shuts the door on them. So you have your first official threesome in an opening ceremony.

[Chrissy]

I like it.

[Sam]

Of which the conservative media in America went apeshit.

[Chrissy]

Of course they did.

[Sam]

It's Paris romance and sex is part of the gig. You didn't think they would go an entire opening ceremony without showing you a boner, did you? Come on, guys, get it together. Okay, so we go from there to the most, I think, most incredible part of this, which is Marie Antoinette. Two ladies holding their own heads. That was cool in their hands, which was a cool visual, like practical effect that they did. And these ladies were singing, but they weren't singing. They were singing like an opera song. But behind it was heavy metal rock music. So it's like a castle ish type thing on the river sin. And all of the sudden, out of the windows come like a very. It's like this opera music, but it's being played by this incredible like heavy metal band. And they're like the drummers hanging out of a balcony and the other guys hanging off the building playing his guitar. It was the coolest fucking thing I'd ever seen. Fire, fireworks, you know, lights, magic tricks. It was. I don't even. You have to go watch it if you haven't seen it. What are you doing? Go watch. It's worth the four hour watch. I'm telling you right now. It's awesome. So we've got headless dancers then. Then let's get to the part. Let's fast forward. There's like all these different. Let me tell you this about. It's all. There are different dance numbers. There are different routines all over the city. They had never been practiced. Not once this was done. I mean, not once where they were supposed to be. In order to keep everything such a secret, the French Olympic officials decided we should practice this in secret. We'll know where we're going to be, but we can't practice there because then people will get pictures of it and they'll start putting it together. We really want this to be a surprise. You could have practiced this 3, 000 times in the middle of the Streets. And it still would have been a surprise. It was the most, honestly, the most Looney Tune thing I've ever seen.

[Chrissy]

The French rapper, which I enjoy.

[Sam]

Oh, the French rapper, yes. And then the French piano.

[Chrissy]

There was the whole piano thing.

[Sam]

They did a piano interlude on a. On the Love Lock bridge. And then there was the French Beyonce, which is. Who came out and sang at. Where was it? Palace of Versailles or something like that. That was incredible. I thought that was a very beautiful song. And then we started getting toward the end and when we get toward the end, the last thing to be done in an Olympic ceremony is to light the fucking torch. That's what you do. It took forever for the torch to get there. I mean, it took the longest time. But the weirdest thing happened is that all of a sudden the lady with the black mask on, who you never saw one glimpse of her face at all, she takes the torch and then she lights it on with. To another person who's dressed like a, like a sexy robot lady. I don't know, she's all in silver and she's on a horse. And then all of this. So there's a vignette where she lights it and then the horse is running and then all of a sudden the horse is now a robot also in the water. And they have this practical effect where it seems like it's on a self propelled little boat or something. And the horse, the. The horse is the size of an actual horse, like a Clydesdale. And it's like mimicking the gallop through the river and the lady is on top of it holding the flag and the torch and just riding down the river for 30 fucking minutes. It goes on forever. The people who were doing the commentating, which was Kelly Clarkson, Peyton, man. And who's that guy who they always have doing everything on the sports? Can't think of his name.

[Chrissy]

But it's like Al Michaels or not Al Michaels. I know you're saying he was in the middle.

[Sam]

He was in the middle. He's great. You know him, but you never know his name because he's. You just hear his voice, right? But he was, you know, he's a great like guy who's never going to say anything offensive. He's. He knows how to handle himself. Kelly Clarkson is going apeshit. She doesn't know what to say. Everything's awesome, everything's wonderful. It's pouring down rain half the time, by the way. She keeps on saying how wonderful it is. It's raining. I think that was like. That's what she led to the commentary until. Let me get to this. So that horse goes down that river for 30 fucking minutes. Music is building. Music is building. They have these. Showing these clips of old Olympics at such a fast paced style, you would have to press the pause button to see any one particular thing that was going on interspersed with this person just riding on this horse down the river, down the river, down the river. And then without any explanation whatsoever, no explanation. The horse is no longer there. And now the horse from the beginning, the real horse with the lady on top of it is riding up the Trocadero with the Eiffel Tower behind it. It took at least 17 and a half minutes for that horse to ride up and light that damn torch, to which it wasn't even really a torch, it was a hot air balloon. I don't get it, but I love it.

[Chrissy]

I have to get that. That was a super cool look.

[Sam]

Yes. I don't care. I don't care. Chrissy. I loved every minute I didn't do. I thought it was the weirdest shit I've ever seen in my entire life. It certainly is the weirdest. Olympic rhythm.

[Chrissy]

Different.

[Sam]

Yes. But let's talk about the. The, like the coup de grand. The thing on. The thing that just puts the icing on top of the cake is they cut after the Olympic torches lit and after everybody has settled down and we're four and a half hours in and it's pouring down rain still. And now it's nighttime and Paris is the city of lights at night. And the Eiffel Towers lit up beautifully with the Olympic rings on it and all that other stuff. They. You hear the unmistakable voice that we've all heard a million times before, and that is the voice of Celine Dion. And they cut to her on top of the restaurant, standing on top of the restaurant in the middle of the Eiffel Tower. So this is probably 40 stories in the air. And she is literally standing on a platform on top of that restaurant and she is singing with her famous pianist. I can't remember that guy's name. He was the judge on Britain's Got Talent or whatever.

[Chrissy]

Was it Dave? I thought it was David Foster.

[Sam]

David Foster, yeah, that's who he is. Yeah. He's like her famous writing.

[Chrissy]

Well, he's also a major. He's won like 16 Grammys. I mean, he's major producer.

[Sam]

She sings this song in French and she sings it with such gusto. Now there's a lot of discussion about whether or not it was live or it's Lip sync. My opinion was it was lip syncs, but I don't give a what. Doesn't matter. It's just the fact that she sang it at all, anywhere, at any time, in a studio, outside of a studio with the current condition that she has, and then got up and stood up there for the seven and a half minutes it took to sing the song, or whatever it was, is an amazing feat. I know.

[Chrissy]

It brought chills.

[Sam]

Oh, it brought chills. It brought tears. I was. I was floored. I was floored that she had the gumption, that she had the strength, that the producers had, the forethought to think of Celine and to allow her to do this and to sing in front of everybody. And it was an unmistakably beautiful moment. It was. It was the icing. We'd all been waiting in a sea of unreal, crazy, misunderstood, not congruent, absolutely sideways that I loved, by the way, a moment of clarity was Celine Dion singing a song with all of her might that she otherwise probably wouldn't have had been able to do in front of any crowd because she's so sick. And she sang that song maybe for the last time in front of a live crowd, sang a song, and it was gorgeous. And the moment, if you watched it, the moment could not have eluded you. Like, you were like, holy, love her, hate her, don't like her, you know, whatever. It doesn't matter. You can understand, like, the human component of this.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And it was just unbelievable. I went on a Reddit, like a version of Reddit afterwards, a couple hours after this happened, live, and A version of Reddit.

[Chrissy]

You mean like Reddit or no thread on Reddit?

[Sam]

No, no, it's not Reddit, but it's like a Reddit. But it's in Europe. Right. I don't want to give the name because whatever. Anyway, there were people, like hundreds and hundreds of people who had been there, who had seen. Who had saw it live from some portion. There were like speakers all over the city. And yeah, you know, she was singing it and they had video screens of places and everyone to a person said that they were with a crowd, in a crowd, by a crowd, for a crowd, with the crowd, whatever it was. Everybody in the entire city was crying.

[Chrissy]

Was crying.

[Sam]

Was crying. Yeah, because it was like, wow, that's amazing. That's pretty cool. And then the fireworks go off and the Eiffel Tower lights up. I don't care what you think about the Olympics, that. That Olympic opening ceremonies was probably the most entertaining thing I've seen in a long time. And I can only hope. Now I know we're going to LA in 2028 and I'm sure we're gonna take a on the bed. But I can only hope that they get as crazy as yes.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Out of the box as do something different.

[Chrissy]

Make it your own.

[Sam]

Absolutely, Chrissy.

[Chrissy]

Really gonna do Hollywood. Something with old and the Hollywood sign and maybe just different things that are iconic to la.

[Sam]

Godzilla. I want Godzilla to come out of the fucking ocean and crush Santa Monica and walk into the Olympic stadium and take his breath and go, yeah.

[Chrissy]

And light the torch.

[Sam]

Light the torch. That's what I want. Nothing less will do. You have to top yourself. Listen, we all watched China do the opening ceremonies in 2008 or whenever that was. That was. Everyone was like, holy shit, that's incredible.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And then 2012. I don't know who it was. Who Was it in 2012? Who cares? Don't remember. And then Tokyo. Cool, cool.

[Chrissy]

Wasn't it like Brazil. Was it Brazil?

[Sam]

Oh, it was the games in Rio. The Rio, yeah. Was it 2016?

[Chrissy]

It might have been 2016.

[Sam]

Yeah. 2016.

[Chrissy]

2012 was the games in Rio.

[Sam]

Okay. Cool, dude. Cool, bro.

[Chrissy]

They also had trouble with the pollution in the water. Remember that year?

[Sam]

Yeah. Why is the Olympics always go places where it's going to kill the athletes? But I mean it. If you haven't seen this opening ceremonies, it's on your dvr because every major. It's on your dvr, it's online wherever it is. Every major cable carrier is just doing nothing but playing the Olympics right now. You have to have a DVR somewhere. Even if you didn't purposely DVR it, they DVR'd it for you.

[Chrissy]

Right?

[Sam]

You have to watch it. It's well worth the watch, I'm telling you right now. And if you understand a bit of it, please explain it to me. I'd be happy to. I'd be happy to. To listen because I didn't understand half of it, but I loved it. The whole family was watching it. We were all having a good time.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. Jeff and I were watching it. It was. We loved it too. I was like, oh, my God, this is incredible. So different. We have a very dear friend that was there. He was there, happened to be. Happened to work out for business. That he was going to be there and he was there.

[Sam]

Happened to work out for business.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

What a lucky bastard. Nothing ever works out for business for me.

[Chrissy]

He travels to Europe a lot.

[Sam]

All right, let's do this. Let's Take a break and we'll come back in. Maybe. Maybe we'll talk more Olympics. Maybe we won't. You'll have to see when we get back. Hi.

[Promo Voice]

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[Sam]

Yeah, exciting stuff at the Olympic. Do you sleep? Sleeping on cardboard boxes? Did you hear that one?

[Chrissy]

Yeah. Well, I don't think it's cardboard box.

[Sam]

Oh, no, it's cardboard.

[Chrissy]

No. Well, it's like for some kind of recyclable material that then they're going to use afterwards.

[Sam]

Cardboard, Recycled material. Listen, I'm not saying it's not comfortable.

[Chrissy]

I don't know.

[Sam]

I mean, a bed frame is a bed frame. It doesn't matter what it's made out of. None of them are going to be comfortable. You're not sleeping on the bed frame. And if you are, then you're Brian green in his 20s.

[Chrissy]

That was the porch.

[Sam]

Yeah, the porch was the hard, cold cement floor. Rain, sun or shine. I was out on that thing, sleeping in a sleeping bag. It was. That was an experience I'll never forget for sure. Yeah, jail bed was more comfortable than that. But I was watching some of the, like, I know the Simone Biles she was or somebody in the girls gymnastics team was giving like a tour of their room and they were like, you know, hitting the cardboard with their knuckles and I was like, wow. But it's good because then they can throw them away and, and reuse them and then they have those thousands and thousands of apartments that hopefully they'll use for somewhat affordable housing.

[Chrissy]

Although they are. I'm going to.

[Sam]

I'm not sure those words affordable housing in Paris go hand in hand, but what an experience. It must Just be an experience. To be there, to be there and to be an athlete. Asked her to ask a good question. She was like, we were watching swimming and there was a person. Think who won a silver medal in his. I forget what it was. The 100 meter breaststroke.

[Chrissy]

The breaststroke, yeah.

[Sam]

And it was the only thing he'd qualified for. And he had like a day job and they were showing this little vignette where he has a day job and then he goes swimming class and he comes back and he trains. And didn't he.

[Chrissy]

Was he the one too that was about to have a baby?

[Sam]

He just got married. Okay, that. That Caleb Dressel, I think.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Sam]

Just. Just had a baby. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that was one where Snoop Dogg and his wife were like hanging out high fiving each other. And that was a sweet story. But anyway, so this faint guy, he's got a real job, he's got like a day job. And then he goes and he trains and he comes back and he says he's like a little bit of a machine. It's unbelievable. I can't do one thing right now, let alone three things.

[Chrissy]

Train for the Olympics and have a job off and be married.

[Sam]

I could only dream. I could only dream to do anything. I mean, no way. So he astor goes, do you think if he only has one event that he's doing, what happens? He just goes home after that. And I'm like, well, I guess that's his personal choice. But the bed is there. Like, he's already got a bed at the Olympic Village. It's not like they swap them out. You know, you got a bed, you got a bed. I don't think he has to go home. I think if he's there, he's there. He can go to the event, hang out and enjoy the experience. That's part of being an Olympian, is you get to go there and hang out and enjoy the food. Yeah, that's why you're there when you're.

[Chrissy]

Apparently the food's really good there.

[Sam]

Oh my God, is it delicious? Let me tell you something. And I know this. I'm going to sound so fucking American right now that it's not even funny, but Astrid and I have spent some time in Paris. And the first time that we went to Paris, I already told the story about how we went from one hotel, we had to switch to another hotel, the whole nine yards. When we went to this second hotel, which is absolutely stunning, right down the street from the Ark one night, we were like, okay, bed picnic. Like, bed picnic. Let's order some room service, hang out.

[Chrissy]

I love a good bed.

[Sam]

Make love, watch a movie, you know, watch some tv. Whatever's on. Let's just stay in. It was raining. It was a little chilly. And we ordered. I ordered a cheeseburger because I'm a American and I gotta order the cheeseburger. Right. Lay cheese baguette. And I ordered that cheeseburger royale with cheese. Not. I wish it was called Royal with Cheese because that would be a cooler story. But it was just like cheese baguette or whatever.

[Chrissy]

The famage.

[Sam]

It was fan. Yeah. Con famage. It was fantastic.

[Chrissy]

I'm sure it was.

[Sam]

It was delicious. Everything that we had in Paris was delicious. Compared to Switzerland, where everything that we had in Switzerland was stinky cheese. That's all it was. Everything was stinky cheese. We did have some chocolate. That was pretty good. I do have to say that. But, yeah, it's got to be an experience to be there. I mean, those day. I'm never going to get there. I wish.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. I would stay and just check out other events, check out the city, do the whole thing. I mean, mingle in with Snoop.

[Sam]

You're so fascinated by Snoop. I wonder where he's getting his weed in Paris, because I don't think it's legal there. You think they just drive some down from Amsterdam for him? Yeah, yeah.

[Chrissy]

He's got a problem.

[Sam]

You can't smoke that much weed and then just all of a sudden stop smoking weed and not. And feel okay to do a broadcast, you know what I'm saying?

[Chrissy]

You might be doing the gummies, the edibles.

[Sam]

That's what I'd be doing is the gummies, the edibles. There's no drama, but they are a little bit less predictable. However, I just do have to say that. But he has his own weed company. Doesn't he probably know how to make.

[Chrissy]

Exactly.

[Sam]

Actually, I gotta imagine that any security staff ever that gets lucky enough to, like, pat down Snoop is probably already knows I'm gonna let this guy go pointed.

[Chrissy]

If they don't find something.

[Sam]

Exactly. They're probably like, whatever.

[Chrissy]

I can't wait to see this.

[Sam]

He's. Yeah. I'm not gonna arrest Snoop.

[Chrissy]

No.

[Sam]

On weed charges.

[Chrissy]

Oh, it's part of him.

[Sam]

Yeah. That'd be the most uncool thing I've done in my entire life is arrest Snoop on weed charges.

[Chrissy]

I think he just has immunity, like.

[Sam]

Worldwide immunity from weed charges. Yeah. What are you gonna do?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Who was there was somebody. Was it. Was it Doja Cat or somebody who got Arrested in, I want to say Sweden or something because there was weed on the.

[Chrissy]

Maybe it was her. I love her.

[Sam]

You remember that story? And she got arrested and they let her go so she could do her concert or something, which was cool, you know, hey, cool, I'm just gonna let you go. Why you gotta be bugging?

[Chrissy]

Yeah, that wouldn't happen to us. We've gotta go. We gotta go to the commercial break.

[Sam]

No.

[Chrissy]

What's that?

[Sam]

Commercial break. What's that? Do you mean. Do you mean the commercial break or a commercial break? I don't understand. No, no. We have a show called the Commercial Break. You haven't heard of. You're under arrest. You're under nsa. Anyway, Olympics are exciting. I like it.

[Chrissy]

They are. They're very exciting.

[Sam]

Super. And the good news is, no matter what time of day or night, there's always going to be. There's always something on. They're either doing the replay or it's starting over. I think that's a good news about having, like, European Olympics, is that it's on 24 hours a day. Because if it's not live, they're doing the replay or the summation. I recorded it, so I was like, record. You know, record the Olympics just on NBC or whatever. Record it. And yesterday my son and I are flipping through to see what we're going to watch. The Olympic coverage was 12 hours and 42 minutes. That's the recording that I had. 12 hours. Yeah.

[Chrissy]

It just keeps going. I think I've caught. I caught some. Some archery, too, the other day, which is cool. I used to love archery. I used to do that when I was at camp and as a kid, and I loved archery.

[Sam]

Really? Yeah. Let's see. What are some of the ones that I've been watching that are. I like that kayaking. I think kayaking is a lot of.

[Chrissy]

Fun, but I love to kayak in general.

[Sam]

Yeah, beach volleyball is cool. Like, to watch beach volleyball, I'm getting the handball, water polo, the water polo.

[Chrissy]

That has got to be so hard. It has got to be. I mean, you are treading water the whole time. And not only are you just treading water, it's not like you're just. That's all you're doing. You're actually, like. You're popping yourself to play a sport in the water while you're treading water. It's got to be hard.

[Sam]

So when I went to my dad's lake house, they, like, have these people that live across the COVID from them. So they live, like a big lake but then they live on this cove. So it's a little inlet and it's not very big. And so right across, dock to dock. Right. You know, the dock across and the house across. They were in the water one day with us and they had a daughter, a son, excuse me, who was like 18 years old. And he had been invited to one of these, like, handsy, pansy, super, you know, on your way to the Olympics water polo camps. And he was, he had really been into it for the last couple years and he'd done it. And they guy was explaining to me that they'll do like a day of water polo practice and then they'll take a day off. But in that day, for conditioning, they'll do 60, 90 or 120 minutes of treading water. Treading water, but not regular treading. Not like you're treading. You know, just trying to keep your head above water. Trying to keep your nipples above water. Yeah, yeah. Which is like insane to me.

[Chrissy]

Yes, yes. Very active treading.

[Sam]

I. I will be on an inner tube or have a life jacket on. And last my children not to grab onto me so that they don't take me down.

[Kevin Tierney]

I know.

[Sam]

I don't care. What. I don't care if you're in trouble. Don't grab onto me. Swim to the dock. Go there. What are you doing? I can barely keep myself above water. Imagine trying to keep your nipples above water for hours at a time. Oh, it's got to be incredibly difficult. Yeah. This is why they're Olympians and we're not.

[Chrissy]

This is true.

[Sam]

But I did notice about the water. Water polo, at least for the female version, is a very cheeky sport. And I guess for the guys version too, they were very, you know, small swimsuits. Right. It's a very cheeky sport. There's a lot of ass hanging out and fine, whatever. It's whatever you're comfortable with. And I noticed last Olympics they had.

[Chrissy]

The underwater athletic ass like that. You're comfortable, period.

[Sam]

Yeah. If you're going to the Olympics, if your body is attuned enough to go to Olympics, totally. It doesn't matter. Big, small, flat, bumpy, bruisy, it doesn't matter.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Show your ass. Why wouldn't you want to?

[Chrissy]

You've got to.

[Sam]

This is why God made these people so lovely and strong and they're 19 and fit and firm and all that other stuff. And sometimes not firm and whatever, whatever. It is all different kind of body types, especially in like water polo and stuff. All different body types. But if you're a Olympian because your body is attuned enough to swim with your tits above the water for an hour and 20 minutes, then you should be showing your ass all day long. We should all be looking at it and marveling at what God gave you. Marveling at what the universe gave you. That goddamn ass is beautiful. Let it show.

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Sam]

What I noticed last time we did the Summer Olympics was they had the underwater camp for the Olympics.

[Chrissy]

Oh, you talked about that.

[Sam]

Treading water and you know, get like fighting and pulling each other underwater stuff, which is part of the game this time. No, underwater camp.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Because I think in the Tokyo Olympics there are quite a few nip slips underwater. Like when the girls grab on their bathing suits and stuff like that.

[Chrissy]

I wouldn't want it to be filmed underwater. Not when you're having that much activity and things going on. Of course, you want to fix yourself. You don't have to be worried about the camera that's sneaking up to you.

[Sam]

I know.

[Chrissy]

To your ass in the back.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. I don't want to be filmed underwater either. My bony little legs with my small shriveled up dick, like, I don't want that. I just don't want that. But what those cameramen, you know, they have a job to do and their job is to get in the faces of the Olympians. Get in the faces and the butts and the bodies. That's what they're supposed to do. And in, to some degree I get, you know, the, the Greeks used to do this naked. They used to do Olympics naked to show the world what an Olympian looked like. What the most, the most beautiful, rock hard, able bodied people in the world could do. So there was a time, a short period of time, but a time when the Greeks would do the Olympics naked. Not anymore, to my chagrin, but not anymore. And these cameramen are supposed to get up in these grills and in these asses and all this other stuff. But I have to say sometimes it's a little uncomfortable. I feel uncomfortable for the people that are being filmed, like especially the gymnastics they get right in their face. Like, I was watching the girls gymnastics last night. Astrid and I were. This is poor little girl. I don't know where she's from. France, I think. She's a French girl and she has a terrible routine. I mean, she falls off the uneven bars, she tries to get back up, she falls again. She's not doing very well. And she's in front of her home crowd who's really rooting for Her. And then the cameraman, she goes over to the side to sit down on, you know, change, take off her tape or whatever. And the cameraman is one and a half inches from her face. And she's, like, got tears streaming down her face. And I'm like, I felt uncomfortable. I wanted to scream to that guy, leave her alone. Just back up a little bit. Like, tape her from 10ft away on the side where it's obvious you're taping, but not too obvious to the rest of us. It feels like we're peeking in and not prying on somebody. I feel like those camera guys should learn a little, like, personal space sometimes. You know what I'm saying?

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I guess they're being directed.

[Sam]

Yeah, I gotta. I got camera people coming for our. Our live shows, by the way. And I told them, I said, get in our faces. Not in 4K, though. 2K. Can we do 2K? You have 1K.

[Chrissy]

Blurred.

[Sam]

Blurred. All right. By the way, speaking of the live shows, I thought I would take time to talk about this now that it's official and that we know it. Chrissy and I are going to do our first two. Our first two live shows in Florida, as we had discussed a couple of weeks ago. But it kind of took a sideways turn there for a second. We're going to be in Orlando on the 25th at the Funny Bone in Orlando, in downtown Orlando. So if you want tickets, I'll tell you how to get them in the next couple of days. Pay attention. Go to our website or our Instagram. Both of those places will be making those announcements and giving you the link to go buy tickets. And then we're going to be in Miami North.

[Chrissy]

We're going to Miami first.

[Sam]

Yeah. On the 24th, Dania Point, which is just south of the Fort Lauderdale airport and just north of Miami. It's about 20 minutes north of Miami. So we're calling it Miami, even though it's not technically Miami. It's kind of Miami.

[Chrissy]

It's the greater area.

[Sam]

Yeah. Daniel Point improv on the 24th. So the 24th and the 25th. Miami and then Orlando. We would absolutely love to see you. And if you're going to be there, like so many of you have told us you're going to be, please let us know so at least we can say hello. And who knows, maybe we'll bring some swag or send some swag. More likely we'll send swag to you, because I don't want to carry 17 different bags. Do you know what I'm Saying, yeah, yeah, I'm not interested in that. I thought about it, like, okay, let's. Let's bring some merch that we can sell because Astrid's cooking up some awesome merch. But then I'm like, do I want to bring seven boxes of T shirts? Because I'm going to worry about sizes. Or just bring one size, like X large, and we can just give everybody really big T shirts.

[Chrissy]

Oh, no, we need to think about that because I like the idea of the QR code.

[Sam]

That's what we're going to do. Yeah, yeah.

[Chrissy]

Where then you can scan your phone, put your information in, we'll send it to you.

[Sam]

We're gonna have a QR code, and then I'm gonna have it on my. I'm gonna wear a T shirt with the QR code so that if you want to buy merch, just come up during the middle of the show, and I'll. I'll go like this. I'll throw my arms back and go.

[Brian Green]

Cha ching, cha ching.

[Sam]

When all four of you show up to Daniel Point in Orlando, we absolutely would love to see you. So if you're going to be there, let us know. 212-4333. TCB. All right, let's take another short break, and we'll be back.

[Promo Voice]

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 TikTok @TCB podcast. 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. bye.

[Sam]

Okay, we're back here. Hey, don't miss tomorrow's episode because we have two very special guests I think are going to be calling in tomorrow.

[Chrissy]

Try not to.

[Sam]

Well, I know you won't miss it. I hope you don't miss it. I hope you don't. But you, the listeners out there, don't miss tomorrow's episode. Two very special guests coming. Very special episode of the commercial break. Can't believe we're getting these two people to call in. But you'll know it. When you hear it, it's going to be quite unbelievable. Chrissy, we usually don't talk about politics, but this time we're going to make the exception and we're going to have.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, yeah, that's right. We're going to test the waters.

[Sam]

We're going to test.

[Chrissy]

Some very big people.

[Sam]

Yes, most certainly. Hey, have you. There's a. You know, there's all these people on the Internet, like we've been talking about with a lot of our guests forever and ever, who are trying to find their fan base online. And so they'll release music, they'll do comedy bits, they'll sometimes showcase acting, painting, whatever it is. If you do it, it's likely somebody else out there wants to see it. Just like the commercial break. We didn't know it would only be 20 people, but, you know, we're here and we're doing it and, you know.

[Chrissy]

Love of the game.

[Sam]

I didn't say you'd find a large audience. I said you'd find an audience. But there are so many people out there that are now expressing themselves artistically, cutting out the middleman. You don't need to, you know, you don't need a record contract. You don't need to be with one of the big art galleries. You don't need to go the traditional, you know, dance school route to do dancing, whatever. However, that hand. I don't even understand how that happens, but however that happens, you can just go straight to the people and I can appreciate this. And honestly, I ain't got no hate in the game for somebody that is expressing themselves directly into the camera and then hoping or then trying to find their own. Own audience. There is a guy, quite frankly, has been taking the Instagram by storm, and I just. I'm. I'm kind of falling in love with the dude. He's a musician. His name is Kevin Tierney, and he's writing songs that quite frankly go. They hit right in the gut, Chrissy. They're. They hit right in the gut. But he's one of those guys, you know, there are two types of songwriters out there, in my opinion. One that is kind of like a storyteller. They tell you a story, you understand it pretty earnestly. It's fa. It's very congruent. It's unlike the opening ceremonies, it's very congruent. You can understand it because the words are being told to you like a story. And then there are more. There are people who are a little bit more elusive about their lyrics. Like, I would give you an example. Eddie Vedder. Right. Who just says random words, and then you hope you can get something meaning out of it.

[Chrissy]

Well, you don't even know if you're understanding the words correctly. It sounds good.

[Sam]

You get it? All right.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Kevin, I want. I'm gonna let you decide whether who. Which version. This musician is Kevin Tierney on Instagram. I'm gonna play a little bit of his music here. I'm gonna do it through. You know what I'm gonna do? I'm actually gonna play it through the board. How's that? Chrissy, do it. I'm gonna go crazy this time.

[Chrissy]

Crazy.

[Sam]

And I'm gonna hope that my mom doesn't call for the 55th time today while we're doing. My mom, I swear, she's. She's on a roll. She's. You know, sometimes. Sometimes moms call you incessantly.

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Sam]

In the hopes that they can get a hold of you, because they know that if they call you enough, it's likely you're going to answer, thinking there's some kind of emergency. Yeah. And there's. Hi, honey.

[Chrissy]

What's wrong? Okay.

[Sam]

How's your day? Yeah, you didn't answer me. What's going on? Nothing. You're the one who's calling me 30 times, maybe. What's going on? All right, let's listen to Kevin. Here, let me turn this down a little bit so it's not too loud. There we go. Let's listen to Kevin, take a listen to his songs. I think. I think you're really going to enjoy this. I like the ethereal.

[Chrissy]

It is very.

[Kevin Tierney]

Don't want to ever say goodbye to.

[Sam]

You Goodbye, goodbye.

[Kevin Tierney]

Going through it all the time makes the light out of reach the sea can ever let you go this is not how it should end for you, you know oh, it's never too late for you to believe oh, be your life to me don't be scared to this I am right by your side I won't let you give up no need to be anybody by you you're everything you need this is your love.

[Chrissy]

Oops, missed that note.

[Sam]

Okay, so as you can tell, Kevin's pretty on the nose here. He's pretty. He's. He wants to. He wants to make sure that you understand what he's talking about.

[Chrissy]

I know, and I can't decide if it's stalkerish or supportive.

[Promo Voice]

Oh.

[Sam]

Now let me show you the Instagram video. That was the Spotify. That was his Spotify song. Now let me show you his Instagram video. And I'm Pretty sure you'll come to this conclusion.

[Chrissy]

I.

[Sam]

I'll let Chrissy look at it in the studio.

[Chrissy]

Wow.

[Kevin Tierney]

One day you texted me to say that you want to break up. S, Y N, you said.

[Brian Green]

I asked why and he said to me.

[Chrissy]

What did she say?

[Brian Green]

I don't know, because he doesn't have that one.

[Sam]

Let's see. Does he have that one on? On? Let's see if I can get Kevin's full release schedule.

[Chrissy]

I mean, he's got a whole look going on too, with. He's like on a bridge.

[Sam]

He's on a bridge. And then he uses hand motions like.

[Brian Green]

You know, I'm throwing you off of the bridge. I really hope you draft.

[Chrissy]

No one breaks up with me.

[Brian Green]

No one ever breaks up with me. Except for you. Because you're my only girlfriend ever. I went to McDonald's today, drove through the. Drove through and ordered number two. I asked for extra barbecue sauce but the lady forgot to put it in. So I went around again. I turned down the music in case you couldn't hear me.

[Chrissy]

He's just singing his life.

[Promo Voice]

He is.

[Sam]

Oh, he does. He might. Oh, he does have this one on. Okay, here we go.

[Kevin Tierney]

We were at school, sweetheart. Cuz you had to move away. So we tried.

[Sam]

I mean, he couldn't fit more words in there if he tried. Hey, by the way, Kevin, I love it, brother. I love it. You're getting tens of thousands of of views and tens of thousands of loves and tens of thousands of jokes, but you keep doing you bro. It's funny, it's good. Doesn't matter why people like it. People like it. It's earwig, bro.

[Kevin Tierney]

Texted me to say that you want to break. Wake up. I s, y. You said to me that you found another.

[Chrissy]

I thought there was going to be some big reveal. She found somebody else.

[Sam]

Like you.

[Chrissy]

As happened.

[Sam]

Let's listen. What. What happens after that? I want to know.

[Kevin Tierney]

Me feeling free I will be the best.

[Chrissy]

Well, good. Turn a negative into a positive. But it sounds a little like whatever.

[Sam]

Yeah, whatever.

[Chrissy]

Now I'm free.

[Sam]

He said, I'm no longer going to surrender to you. Well, I think she made that clear. I don't think she wanted you to surrender to her anymore. Oh, poor Kevin.

[Chrissy]

Kevin, Kevin.

[Sam]

I guarantee Kevin, I guarantee. Let me give you a little bright side here. Here. This may not be the world's best song that's ever been written about love. And the lyrics might be a little bit too on the nose. You might have want to help have get a songwriter involved to help you Truncate or your style will evolve over time. You keep trying to keep going at it. I can't say it's the worst song in the world either. I mean, we've certainly heard trashier on this show. But I'll tell you this. It doesn't matter if she broke up with you, bro. Now you're an Instagram, like, influencer. Like, you're out there.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, he showed her.

[Sam]

He. You showed her. And I. When she comes running back, you say to the no. And you just wait for someone to pop into those DMs, because they will. They're gonna drop that. Someone's gonna drop that dm, bro, and the two of you are gonna run. Then you're gonna have another love song to make.

[Brian Green]

I met this girl on dm and she texted me, hello, my name is Annalee.

[Sam]

And we went out for coffee one.

[Brian Green]

Day, but my mom had to drop me off because my car was in the shop getting a oil change.

[Kevin Tierney]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, you keep doing you, Kev.

[Sam]

Kev, you keep doing you, bro. Chrissy's got great advice for you. You keep doing you and you're welcome on the show anytime. I don't really mean that, but if you want to have my people contact your people.

[Chrissy]

Oh, you find so much.

[Sam]

Oh, God, I love this. I found Strider doing the. The voice dives, the throat dives. The throat dives. Kevin Tierney on fire out there. I mean, he's got like a hundred thousand likes on one of his posts. It resonated the comment section. Not so hot. But if I was him, I'd just look at those likes and keep running. Yeah. You know? Yeah. It doesn't seem like he's responding to anybody, so that's good news. But people are funny. I do have to say, people. Some people are really good at commenting.

[Chrissy]

People are really good.

[Sam]

Really good at commenting. They do a great, great job. Shop.

[Chrissy]

I do love it.

[Sam]

All right, so, hey, you must tune in tomorrow. I'm telling you what you're not. You don't not going to want to miss this one. Tune in tomorrow. All right? Chrissy and I, Daniel point on the 24th. Orlando on the 25th. Tickets available soon. We'll let you know. Go to the website. Keep an eye on that website. Tcbpodcast.com all the audio, all the video links to buy your tickets to our live shows. You get your free sticker there. Contact us. Us. You know, drop us a line. If you want to get your free sticker by hitting the drop down menu. I want my free sticker. It's pretty straightforward. It's a Kevin Tierney lyric. I want my free sticker.

[Chrissy]

Give us your I want my free sticker right.

[Brian Green]

My free sticker right now.

[Sam]

So please send to me. Here's my address in North Virginia zip code 77073. All right. And we would love to hear from you. 212-4333, TCB. That's 212-433-3822. For those of you texting us comments, questions, concerns, content, ideas, we take them all. We'd love to hear from you. You can leave a voicemail or a text message actually at the commercial break on Instagram. We'll also drop a link there or tell you how to get tickets on the Instagram. So if you don't follow us, please do. And YouTube.com the commercial break, the commercial break for all of our interviews, selected clips and special episodes. There you go. What else do I have to say? Now listen, Chrissy suggested we roast battle. I want to hear from you. Do you want us to rose battle? I now I'm calling the audience into it. Chrissy, I'm throwing you to the mat. I'm getting. I'm dragging you out there one way or the other. Thanks so much to Brian Moses, our guest this week. We'll get back to you on the roast bottle. Until next time, Chrissy. That's all I can do for today.

[Chrissy]

I think so.

[Sam]

But I love you.

[Chrissy]

I love you.

[Sam]

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