Pavlov's Bryan

Summary

The Commercial Break: Episode "Pavlov's Bryan" Summary

Release Date: December 4, 2024
Host: Bryan Green and Kristen Joy Hoesley

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1. Holiday Season Continuity

As the holiday season approaches, co-hosts Bryan and Krissy announce that The Commercial Break will continue producing new episodes throughout this festive period. They introduce the "12 Days of TCB" series, which will air daily from December 13th through Christmas Day, ensuring listeners have a steady stream of comedic relief amidst the holiday hustle and bustle.

Bryan Green [01:52]:
"Stick with the commercial break and stay tuned for the 12 days of TCB. Our first ever 12 days of TCB."

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2. The Tesla Truck Rant

Bryan launches into a passionate tirade about the proliferation of Tesla trucks in his suburban Atlanta neighborhood. He expresses his frustration with the aggressive and erratic driving behaviors he associates with Tesla truck owners, questioning the practicality and necessity of such vehicles in residential areas.

Bryan Green [03:30]:
"I dislike being on the roads during the Christmas season because it seems like every nudnik who got their fucking license on the back of a cereal box is out there driving around trying to find gifts for their great grandson and they get in front of me and I go crazy."

He criticizes the design and functionality, comparing the trucks to "refrigerators" and lamenting their impact on safety and traffic flow.

Bryan Green [06:21]:
"What are you driving a refrigerator around my town. Stop it. Is there an ice maker in that thing? I don't know."

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3. Navigating Traffic Circles

The discussion shifts to Bryan’s experiences with traffic circles, both domestically and internationally. He shares anecdotes about driving through complex roundabouts in Europe, particularly near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, highlighting the challenges and differences compared to local traffic circles in Georgia.

Bryan Green [10:09]:
"Because they are fantastic traffic diffusers. It's much better than a light. If, if, if it's the right setup."

He contrasts these with the simpler, one-lane traffic circles in his area, emphasizing the importance of yielding and the frustrations caused by local drivers' inexperience or disregard for traffic rules.

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4. Smokey Robinson’s Controversial Christmas Channel

Bryan and Krissy delve into their opinions on Smokey Robinson’s newly launched Christmas channel on SiriusXM. Bryan humorously critiques the dubious lyrical content of Robinson’s latest album, particularly focusing on repetitive and questionable lyrics involving the word "gasm."

Bryan Green [15:24]:
"What in the good fuck were they thinking when they laid down gasms. It just sounds disturbing."

Krissy joins in, expressing her own distaste for the lyrics, while Bryan nostalgically reminisces about his and his family's love for Smokey Robinson’s music growing up.

Bryan Green [20:07]:
"Smokey Robinson was the sound of a lot of Christmases and a lot of holiday, you know, get togethers and festive events and stuff like that."

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5. Reminiscing About McDonald's and Pavlovian Responses

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Bryan’s vivid memories of working at a McDonald's during his youth. He recounts the intense atmosphere, the pressure to maintain efficiency, and his interactions with a memorable coworker named Larry. These stories are interwoven with his present-day Pavlovian response to the beeping of a fry machine, symbolizing his ingrained habits and the lasting impact of his early job experiences.

Bryan Green [42:47]:
"Something turns in my head and I'm like, get those fries. You got to get those fries."

He humorously connects this to his current life, where the sound triggers memories of meticulous fry preparation and the chaotic environment of a busy fast-food restaurant.

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6. Reflections on Driving and Personal Growth

Bryan reflects on his evolving attitude towards driving and managing road rage. He acknowledges improvements in his behavior compared to the past, emphasizing that while he still feels frustrations, he consciously chooses to channel them internally rather than engage in road rage incidents.

Bryan Green [13:45]:
"But I'm relying parties, grocery stores. That's it. Yeah, all this stuff."

Krissy supports his reflections, encouraging a more relaxed and humorous approach to handling daily stresses, especially during the holiday season.

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7. Exploring Potential Retrospectives and Future Content

Towards the end of the episode, Bryan and Krissy brainstorm ideas for future retrospectives, drawing inspiration from successful audio documentaries like Howard Stern’s retrospectives on SiriusXM. They discuss the possibility of creating a comprehensive look back at the history and milestones of The Commercial Break, including personal anecdotes and interviews with key contributors.

Bryan Green [27:18]:
"The time we went broke, the time we stayed broke, the time we are broke."

Krissy enthusiastically agrees, highlighting the potential for engaging and entertaining content that delves into the podcast’s journey.

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8. Light-Hearted Banter and Listener Engagement

The episode concludes with playful banter between Bryan and Krissy, touching upon their efforts to grow their social media presence and interact with listeners. They encourage audience participation through Instagram, TikTok, and their website, emphasizing community engagement and the humorous dynamics of their friendship.

Bryan Green [71:04]:
"Write us. We'd love to talk to you."

Krissy adds a humorous note about their limited merchandise, such as bumper stickers, and shares light-hearted stories about their interactions with listeners and the challenges of managing requests.

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Notable Quotes:

• Bryan Green [03:30]:
  "I dislike being on the roads during the Christmas season because it seems like every nudnik who got their fucking license on the back of a cereal box is out there driving around trying to find gifts for their great grandson and they get in front of me and I go crazy."

• Bryan Green [06:21]:
  "What are you driving a refrigerator around my town. Stop it. Is there an ice maker in that thing? I don't know."

• Bryan Green [15:24]:
  "What in the good fuck were they thinking when they laid down gasms. It just sounds disturbing."

• Bryan Green [42:47]:
  "Something turns in my head and I'm like, get those fries. You got to get those fries."

• Bryan Green [27:18]:
  "The time we went broke, the time we stayed broke, the time we are broke."

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Conclusion

In "Pavlov's Bryan," The Commercial Break episode blends humor, personal anecdotes, and candid frustrations to provide listeners with an entertaining glimpse into Bryan and Krissy’s lives. From nostalgic tales of fast-food jobs to lampooning modern vehicle designs and critiquing contemporary music releases, the hosts deliver a variety of topics that resonate with their audience. The episode exemplifies the podcast's signature improv-comedy style, fostering a sense of camaraderie and shared insanity that defines The Commercial Break.

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Transcript

[Brian Green]

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[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you out there in the podcast universe. It's the holiday season and a lot of times podcasts like ourselves will take off, but not us, Chrissy. We have bills to pay and miles to feed. So we are going to be producing brand new episodes of the Commercial break this entire holiday season. And I thought it was important to let our audience know.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Jingle, jingle all the way home.

[Brian Green]

Jingle, jangle your dingle dangles. Stick with the commercial break and stay tuned for the 12 days of TCB. Our first ever 12 days of TCB. That's right, December 13th through Christmas Day. Brand new episodes every day. Mariah, I don't wanna be here. I don't wanna be here. I don't wanna be here. On this episode of the Commercial break. Here she is, you know, serving food out the window just like I was back Then. And then I hear that fucking frying machine. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. I'm like a Pavlovian dog. Something turns in my head and I'm like, get those fries. Get those. You got to get those fries. Fries are going to burn. Get those fries. Put them in there and shake that salt while they're still hot. You better do that right. Not too much salt. Just a little bit of salt. Not too much. The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Kristen Joy Hoesley. Best to you, Chris.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Hope you're doing well. Smack dab in the middle of holiday season. I hope you're revving down, de stressing, having fun. I personally rev up because a lot of old ladies are out there on the road. A lot of old ladies and old men, especially in my part of town, are out there driving maliciously slowly in front of me. And it drives me batty.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It does.

[Brian Green]

Take it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I've been in the car with it.

[Brian Green]

Just take it. I hate the Christmas season for I. Excuse me, let me repeat that. I love the Christmas season, but I dislike being on the roads during the Christmas season because it seems like every nudnik who got their fucking license on the back of a cereal box is out there driving around trying to find gifts for their great grandson and they get in front of me and I go crazy. Crazy. Either that or it's the soccer dad who thinks he's the police officer of the neighborhood. So he's gonna drive exactly 33 miles per hour in a 35 zone to make you slow down, young man. Fuck you. I got places to go and 75 children. And then, and then I seem to be living in the land of Tesla trucks up here and it's driving me banana. I can't take it. There are so many Tesla trucks where I live. So many Tesla trucks, and they all, all of them seem to be driving like assholes. Why are you driving a Tesla truck in the middle of north suburbs in Atlanta? There's no good reason. Never ever has a tool been in the back of that truck and never will be. Why are you driving it? What? What are we doing? You're driving a refrigerator around my town. Stop it. Is there an ice maker in that thing? I don't know. Okay, I. Listen, I get it. Some people think it's a Cool car, and it has nothing to do with politics. And they don't care about Elon Musk. They just think it's a cool car. Okay? God, bl. I'm not saying you shouldn't ever own a Tesla truck because Elon Musk or politics or whatever, but honestly, can you drive like a fucking human being? Take it off auto drive or whatever is going on? Because those Tesla trucks, anytime I get behind one, to the side of one, or in the front of one, someone is always driving rather erratically in those things. And I think it's because they can't see because there's no right angles in the car. It's perpendicular angles everywhere. 50ft off the ground. There are 75 different window shades and colorings and angles. How do you see out of that thing? I guess it's got magic cameras that keeps it on the road or something. Whatever. Just stop it. Stop it. I think all the grandmothers and grandpas, all the Tesla trucks, and all the soccer dads who want to be police officers, they should all just have their own neighborhood where they can drive around and piss each other off and see who can drive the slowest or furthest outside of the lane. I swear to God, I was driving down the street the other day, and out of a. Like, one of these blind drives comes this Tesla truck, and it's just going 70 miles per hour outside its own driveway. And it. I came. I came within 12ft, 15ft of getting in a terrible accident. He did not stop. He did not look. There was no brake supply.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It's a tank. It is a tank barreling down the road.

[Brian Green]

Yes, it's a tank. But I have a suspicion it's not really a tank. Like, if you were to get in a car accident, it would probably crumple more like Styrofoam, because it just looks. I just don't like the look of it. Listen, I know a lot of people are. There's, like. It's mixed reviews, right? Some people are like, it's just not utilitarian. It's for people who want to drive a car that looks like that, right? But I don't like the look of them. There's Tesla cars that I love the look of. Like those Tesla, you know, the. The coupes and the sedans or whatever you call. I don't know my car terms. You know, the good regular cars. I think they're beautiful cars. I do, too.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

And they're great inside.

[Brian Green]

Yes, I've looked at them. We thought about buying one, but that truck does make no sense to me. It makes nonsense to me. It looks terrible. It looks terrible. It literally looks like Elon Musk. I don't know. Had sex with a refrigerator. I mean, that's all. I don't know. It just looks weird. It just looks weird.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It does.

[Brian Green]

Yes, I agree. The dads up here that are driving these things around, running people off the road, you know, it's just like, come on, guys, get a regular truck that you don't put tools in. Be like the rest of the idiots and get a regular truck that you don't put tools in. Does that thing even have a place for tools? I don't know. I guess the pop tops up or whatever. I've watched videos on it. Anyway, I'm not here to talk about tin cans and Elon Musk and driving a can of pinto beans around town.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Well, I think we might be. Is this a Festivus episode? Because you just aired your grievances.

[Brian Green]

Oh, I did.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

That's part of the Festivus tradition.

[Brian Green]

Nothing like turning on the commercial break in the middle of the holidays to hear Brian whine and complain about white people problems. Only an old white man can complain about other old white men in a way that makes no sense whatsoever. All right, okay, I'm done. But here's what I do have to say about driving, because, you know, you spend a lot more time, I think, in your car during the holiday season, getting to and fro, going shopping, just generally, you know, taking the kids to activities and all this, if you have kids. But so I'm relying parties, grocery stores. That's it. Yeah, all this stuff. And there tends to be more traffic because more people are out on the road more often doing whatever it is they do for the holidays, whatever the fuck grandmas do. Who let grandma out of the house, by the way.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Honestly, it's hard to take away those keys, I'll tell you that.

[Brian Green]

I live in this part of town where, you know, it's a mixed bag. There's. There's guys like me who are very angry, running, banging their heads against the steering wheel. Angry drivers, driving as fast as they possibly can to wherever they're going. There's, you know, people, like I said, there's dads and moms who believe they are police officers, so they drive 2 mph under the speed limit to slow you down or everybody else behind you. I. I don't get it. When you're driving and I. When you're driving, and I know, like, if not everybody feels comfortable driving, some people get Scared of driving or they want to be really cautious as they should be because you're driving essentially a murder weapon around. Right, right. But when you're driving down a two lane street, you know, one lane each way. When you're driving down a two lane street and you're going 7 miles per hour under the speed limit and there is a line of 40 cars behind you, all of which are just like driving so close to each other because everyone wants to literally Dr. Over the person in front of you.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Like, don't you ever just like look back and go, oh, I'm, I'm causing a bit of a traffic jam back there. I guess I should put the pedal up just a little bit. Do you ever. I mean, I just, I don't think.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It'S, I don't think they're thinking that. I think they're in their own.

[Brian Green]

I think they're nudnecks that just are.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

There's also, there's also a lot of people from out of town.

[Brian Green]

Safety first.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Coming through and whatever. Visiting.

[Brian Green]

I'll give you a little bit of a break. If you've got a out of state license plate. I'll give you a little bit of a break. We have a roundabout here and roundabouts in Florida, pretty common. Roundabouts in Georgia, not as common, but they're there.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

They're becoming more, more and more.

[Brian Green]

Because they are fantastic traffic diffusers. It's much better than a light. If, if, if it's the right setup. Right. If you're in a major intersection, then like, then it doesn't make a lot of sense. But in Europe they have traffic circles almost every, very rarely do you see.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

There'S traffic, folks, kids, Big Ben Parliament.

[Brian Green]

Big Ben Parliament.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

He gets stuck in the roundabout.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, sometimes. Yeah. When we were in France in the Arctic Triumph, that is like a notoriously dangerous, very complicated roundabout. Even the cab drivers get nervous about it. They'll tell you they're nervous about it. And so when we went there and I rented a car, we drove all over Europe. We drove from Barcelona to Paris. This is a number of years ago. And my brothers were behind me in another car. And I will tell you something. For the seven hour drive from wherever we were in France to Paris, all I could think about was that we were going to have. Our hotel was near the Ark. I was going to have to go on that roundabout for seven hours. I strategized about how I was going to do this because I had been there, you know, before. And I knew.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

That even the taxi Drivers take it easy. Like, they. They very calculated about how they get in that traffic circle. There are seven lanes, and everyone is moving every different way. Yeah. You have to.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

That's crazy.

[Brian Green]

The only good news is the traffic's only moving in one direction, or should be. But bikes, so many scooters, cars, taxi drivers, it doesn't. In a blinker. In that situation doesn't. You know, it doesn't matter because people are just going to move over anyway. Like, it's all so.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Wow, that is. That is confusing.

[Brian Green]

And the people who are like, in the very last lane near the Ark, right? What are they doing all the way over there? They just. I guess they're just taking a tour around the Ark a bunch of times. I don't know. It's. Take a look at a picture of it. It's intimidating and. But I got through it. And we did it a number of times and we got through it. But I'm telling you, it's. It's. Anyway, there's a traffic circle up here with one lane. That's it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

One circle. That's all you got to do. Yield to the person that's coming. Like, if you pull up to a traffic circuit, you look to your left here in the United States, you look to your left and you say, is there anyone coming? Do. Am I calculating that I have enough distance to make it not bother anybody else or cause anybody else to stop short? Okay, great. Go.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, that's it.

[Brian Green]

Not really that hard, right? Not all that hard. And I understand if it's your first traffic circle ever, maybe you take a few extra seconds to get your bearings and understand what's going on. If you're a cautious driver, maybe you make sure there's a lot of space in between it. But I go in that traffic circle every fucking day, sometimes multiple times a day. And sometimes the out of state drivers, I give them a little bit extra time because I'm like, okay, this might be your first traffic circle ever. I got to be aware of that, right? But if you have a license plate from the same town that I live in, and you know, you're my. I know that you live. Like, I can literally know you live on my street. And you sit there and just wait and wait and wait. You wait till the entire traffic circle is clear, there's no one there, and has been no one there for a minute and a half before you go. You are officially a dumbass. You gotta go. Yeah. And then there's 3,000 cars behind you. Oh, my God. Chrissy. Drives me crazy. And you know what? I should let that shit go. I honestly should. I'm a grown man. I shouldn't get all worked up about this. And I. I'm so much better than I used. This is so much better than I used to be, by the way. This right now is so much better than I used to be. And I'm not going to get into, you know, I'm not. Road rage incidents. That's not for me. Like, I don't, you know, hit people, get out of my car, yell at people. I don't do that. I secretly stew inside of my head letting it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You can let it out here.

[Brian Green]

Let. Yes. Let it all boil up until the next episode. Commercial break. That's what I do. You're right. You're so right about that. But, you know, we're all here spending so much more time in our car because of this. I said to myself, well, you know, I better get acclimated to a couple channels on Sirius that I like that I can chew on, right? And so there's the old go tos, there's the news stations, BBC World, msnbc, cnn, Fox News, if you really want to drive yourself crazy. And then there's the music stations, Christmas, you know, all of the rock and pop and all that other stuff. So I'm listening to whatever station I'm listening to on Sirius, which is wonderful, by the way. I love Sirius. I think they're lovely. Odyssey's better, but I love Sirius. They're great. As a satellite radio company, I will tell you that I heard the most disturbing thing I think I've heard all season yet, and that is that Smokey Robinson has his own Christmas channel. Smokey Robinson, guys. Okay, I want to remind. Yeah, Christmas hits. Yeah, I guess, probably. Probably.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

He's been around.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, he was in Motown. I bet they put out a Christmas album in 4th of July. They put on two Christmas albums a year. Probably they were just hit makers. Like hit after hit after hit after hit, they would put it. And I think the part of the formula was keep putting music out all the time.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Never stop a constant traffic circle.

[Brian Green]

Traffic circle. It's the Arc de Triomphe. Seven lanes, always cars in there. But I do I need to remind you of the crime that Smokey Robinson laid on us earlier this year when he dropped an album.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh, that's right.

[Brian Green]

And I just want to play a little bit of it for the audience that may not have picked this up. Smokey Robinson earlier this year dropped an album. And that album is so fucking Disturbing that it's almost. It's almost criminal to play it on air. But I'm going to play a little bit of it and. Because I can't play too much of it because I'm sure Smokey and his gang are going to go after him. Smokey and the gang? Smokey and the Four Tops or whatever it is. How can I come after us? Okay. All right, all right. Ready? Listen to this.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I'm ready.

[Brian Green]

Okay. Oh, yeah. The smooth sounds of Smokey Robinson's Christmas channel on Sirius. You'll hear hits like. The worst part is this is actually a good groove.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It is.

[Brian Green]

I know. Here it comes. Ready? Oh, no, that's not it. It's coming. Nothing like a French horn to get things settled in. You know what I'm saying, Chris?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I mean, I can get into the music part of it.

[Brian Green]

I get into it. But look at you. It makes me feel better than good. When I look at you, it makes me feel than good. Wait, he's knocking. On what? What? Each eye has them. Every time I take a look, you give me G I gas. You're the one responding. Hey, Tina, it's Tony, the manager. Hi, Tony. Listen, I gotta. You're. You're not gonna believe this. I just got you booked on an amazing album. You're going to be a backup singer for Smokey Robinson. Smokey? I've always wanted to work with Smokey. What's he doing? I'm gonna send over the lyrics. Just be mindful. Smokey's in his old age and, you know, he may not be well. Oh, okay. Gasms. You book me on what? Gasms. You say Orgasm? No. Justgasms. No. Or just gasms. We're gonna gasmsgasmsgasms. Basically, I'm paying you to repeat the word gasms over and over again in tune. It's a highlight of my career, Chuck. Smokey Robinson put out an album earlier this year with many songs that. The lyrics are questionable, but I think we can all just agree that just hearing gasps pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the album. There are other songs that are just as strange lyrically.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I swear to God, there are.

[Brian Green]

I listened to a number of them in my own free time. That's not to bother you, but I'm telling you right now, take my word for it. This is weird. And Smokey Robinson is a fucking legend. Don't get me wrong. Love smoking. I grew up on Smokey Robinson in. I'd never forget that hi Fi that my grandfather and grandmother had in their house in Melrose Park, Illinois, extraordinarily Italian neighborhood. Which meant that there was a lot of gangsters around. But what. Also there was some flavor in the neighborhood, right? There was a lot of, in. In that Italian culture. There was a lot of people who were very much into Motown. And that was the sound of the streets for some folks. And so my grandfather and grandmother, they really picked up on that. And so they had some of the best albums on that hi fi. And when I say hi fi, I mean a cabinet that was six feet long, three and a half feet tall, made of pure wood, that had two speakers embedded into a decorative wood paneling, right? And then you would pop open. It just looked like a cabinet. And then you would pop it open and there was that beautiful record player. And then it had storage for the records or the eight tracks that also had an eight track. And it was fancy. This thing was new fangled. That was the technology of the day.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

And Smokey Robinson was. There were multiple Smokey Robinson albums. Multiple Motown.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Had to be.

[Brian Green]

My grandfather and grandmother gave me a gift. And that is the taste of really good music early on in life. Now, I don't know what happened. It all went to when I got in 33 penis. But I will say this, that Smokey Robinson was the sound of a lot of Christmases and a lot of holiday, you know, get togethers and festive events and stuff like that. Because my grandmother and grandfather would lay it down. I mean, they would just lay it down. It was incredible fun. But I don't know who is managing Smokey Robinson right now. And I'm not saying that maybe Smokey decided to do this on his own. Maybe it has nothing to do with his management. But what in the good fuck were they thinking when they laid down gasms? It just sounds disturbing. It just. Just the word sounds disturbing. Like I don't know. Hey, baby, let me give you a gasm. No, I don't. Leave your penis. Put your penis away. What did you just say to me? I said gasm. Gasm. Gasm, baby. Eyegasms. My gasms. Your gasms? Orgasms. I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth. Brian. I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth. Brian, please put that penis away. I don't know what that is. It's gross. I don't even know what that means in English, but I know in Spanish it means mierda. Shit.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Was that Astrid?

[Brian Green]

That was Astrid. Of course it was. Yes. Astrid, my love of my life. Brian, it's time to go down to the retirement center again. You getting a little crazy? That's right. Let's go get your calcium checked, honey. Come on with. Come on with me. No gasms for you today or tomorrow. Oh, I've been having gasms with the pool boy. Don't you worry about it. I've got plenty of gas.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I won't pull up.

[Brian Green]

So anyway, you know, I'm not. Not to dissuade you from listening to us on the Odyssey app. I want to make sure I'm playing it even here. But SiriusXM, if you want to check out Smokey Robinson's new Christmas channel, maybe they'll drop in a gasm here and there. You never know.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

They have to.

[Brian Green]

Of course they do. Yeah, that's probably the deal. Well, first of all, good for Smokey, because, you know, you're getting bank when you have your own serious channel, I would imagine. How much you think that, how much you think they get? They. They pay somebody for the, like, licensing, right?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I don't even know. What's the going rate?

[Brian Green]

Well, well, I would think 20,000 a week, 25,000 a week. Like something like that. A hundred thousand dollars a month? Ish. Maybe a million bucks a year. Million. Two a year for someone like Smokey Robinson. You know, there's lots of people who have their own channel. Billy Joel, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Fish, Grateful Dead, you know, they all have. And I would imagine it's a licensing deal. But then they like, at least on like, some of those channels, giving, like Pearl Jam as an example, they will have band members come in and either do like, radio shows or talk in and out of songs or give little stories or whatever. It's a good thing. I like it. If you're into a particular musician and they give you your own channel, you can really have an opportunity to dig in. Bruce Springsteen's got. There's lots and lots of artists that have them. But I would think that it's a licensing thing. So it probably has to do with your record company, whoever owns the licensing to your music. But then I want to be.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

How many subscribers?

[Brian Green]

Yeah, how many? How many subscribers? They're getting a chunk of the revenue. How many people tune in? Like, they all say it's limited time, right? It's on for a limited time. But like, Pearl Jam has been a limited time option for like six years. And they play entire live concerts. They do the same thing with Fish and Grateful Dead and, you know, a lot of these other champ, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, they'll play all these Live concerts, you know, that they have in their archive, which is great for a fan if you want to dig in and then you hear stories from band members or the actual artists themselves is amazeballs. And I would think that depending on how many people tune in every year, you renegotiate that contract, you say, oh, well, there's, you know, a hundred thousand people a week tuning in, so $7 million. Now, I think that the same thing could happen with Odyssey. They could have their own commercial break channel live on that Odyssey app. But I'm not saying. I'm just saying if anybody from Odyssey is listening, they're smart over there.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

They know enough in the vault.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yes. We could literally play episodes. Let me. Let me do a little mathing here. I'm just going to. Before we take a break here, let's see here. 650 times 1.2, 812 divided by 24. You could literally play the commercial break for almost a month and a half and never repeat a word. Now, we probably repeat lots of words and stories, right? But you could play the commercial break for a month and a half and not repeat one episode. Oh, my God, can you imagine? Can you imagine? Can you imagine the glory that would be the Odyssey's commercial break channel? Nonstop commercial break with additional commentary from the commercial break. Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

We would comment on our own show.

[Brian Green]

As we comment on our own show. Well, I remember this time I told this story about losing my virginity. Let me tell you the story about me losing my virginity. Me commenting on my own stories by telling the same story. It would be brilliant. Brilliant. Who doesn't want that? Everyone I know. You know, one of the things that, like, I will always remember about Sirius X, a lot of things like SiriusXM, I do like. Right?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

One of the things I really thought was revolutionary with SiriusXM is the audio documentaries that they would put together. And one of the ones that really blew my mind was the Howard Stern. The, like, the Howard Stern. I don't know what they called it, like, retrospective or whatever they called it. And this went on for weeks. They, like, literally took it year by year, and they would do, like an hour and a half, two hours of this documentary, talking, getting comments from his family and friends and people who were there at this time or that time or whatever, turn in his career. It was quite revolutionary. It was made so well, created so well that you could not stop listening. And I remember we were working at Clear Channel at the time. So this is many years ago. I pulled in into the parking lot and I pulled next to our market president at the time, and I was so engrossed in this audio documentary that I sat in the car for 30 minutes, and I noticed that the market meeting. Yeah, well, listen, the market president. I missed all the meetings. What are you talking about? I was, like, never there. The market president was also sitting in his car, too.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh. Listening to the same.

[Brian Green]

Listening to the same thing. But then it turns out we were not the only ones in the parking lot doing that. There was, like, an audio engineer and another salesperson. And, like, when it ended, we all kind of got out of the car at the same time, and we knew. We knew. We knew what was going on. It was so good. So wouldn't it be amazing to put together a retrospective of our almost five full years of the commercial race? Yes.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

The time we went broke, the time we stayed broke, the time we are broke.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

We spent all the money that we.

[Brian Green]

Spent all the money that we did make on the serious.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

We'll interview Astrid and Jeff.

[Brian Green]

Yes. That my kids blue. No, Emmy. Christina could be the disgruntled employee. Oh, it's brilliant. I love it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I love it.

[Brian Green]

We should do it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Why don't we do that next year for the Christmas instead of signing us up for fresh content?

[Brian Green]

If I put this challenge to Christina, because this is all her. I'm not going to do any of this. It. I mean, I could help out a little bit, I guess. I put this challenge to Christina. If you want to do, like, you know, the story, the life of the commercial break, the story of the commercial break, a retrospective, go for it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

And we can play 2020 through 2024, the lost years.

[Brian Green]

I know the last years, which is the entirety of the commercial break. Yeah. Howard stearns was, like, two weeks long. It was like, literally 28 hours or something like that. Ours would be 28.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I like it.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Well, hey, listen. Give the listeners a break from just hearing the regular hearing us. Here's the challenge. Christina, make the life of the commercial break using none of our voice. Everybody else just talking about it. I don't think you could find people to fill 28 minutes talking about the commercial break. All right, all right. We've gone so long. Let's take a break. We'll be back. Back. In case you guys were wondering, I am currently trapped in the closet in the studio being forced to record liner after liner, and I never get to leave. So help me by following us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok at tcbpodcast and go to our website tcbpodcast.com for more information about Brian and Chrissy and access to our massive catalog of video and audio episodes. Now, Please text us at 212-4333, TCB and tell Brian and Chrissy to let me out of the closet. This episode is sponsored by free alcohol from ZBiotics. I am not one to imbibe a whole bunch anymore. 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I know that Christina probably just said it to you during the commercial break, but we'll say it again. All episodes of the commercial break now available on YouTube and soon on Spotify Video. So there are some peppered in there videos on Spotify if you're interested in watching that. But soon Chrissy and I will have all of the videos on YouTube. So please do us a favor. YouTube.com the commercial break. We'd love it if you take a watch. I think Watch watching us adds a layer of obnoxiousness to the show that you just can't afford to miss.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Can afford to miss.

[Brian Green]

You can't afford to miss it. So anyway, go ahead and watch that.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It's our Christmas gift to everyone.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, we Have a brand new video editing company. I will give them a shout. We plash and so far so good. Chrissy. There you go. Well, we're only two episodes. Like we have a team leader and I'm just wondering how long it's going to take him to be like, like I'm out. I wonder how many team leaders we're going to go through in the next couple of months.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, probably a lot.

[Brian Green]

You know, that's why I give Christina credit. Like you know, we all have our lovers and our haters out there in the audience. Right. You've got. Except remarkably, except for Astrid. No one seems to hate dislike as. But the rest of us, we take our fair share of. And we get our fair share of compliments mainly all the other people. But anyway, I talk the most so I get it. But I will say I give Christina this credit and I think it's a lot of credit is that Christina has come in here and now is. Is the other person besides myself and you who have to sit through it, but the only other person that has to listen to every single minute of the conversation. And she really does a great job despite having to listen to us all the time. I mean we must be in her head, you know.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh, having dreams, I'm sure.

[Brian Green]

So I take the kids to. I'll tell you this. And it'll lead back to Christina. So I take the kids to swimming. Swimming class. Which is an indoor facility here in Atlanta and it's cold here in Atlanta and this place is humid and.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh yeah, got it.

[Brian Green]

It's like a sauna. It's miserable.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Chlorine smell.

[Brian Green]

Oh, I love the chlorine smell. Don't mind that. Did you know that every time I've gotten a blood test I just, you know, I was going back like looking at my blood test results because of the whole calcium thing. Yeah, it was on an app so I was just looking through it. Every year for like nine years my chlorine level's been very high. I think it's me trying to manage that pool outside. I think I'm ingesting chlorine. No one seems to be worried about it, but no one seemed to be worried about my calcium either. So maybe I should ask.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Maybe. Yeah, you might want to ask.

[Brian Green]

Anyway, so we, we go to this place and right next door is a McDonald's that I used to work at. Right?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh, that's the one you used to work at. Yes, I've been to that swimming facility. Cuz I went to go the one in Cob. County or pick up or do something. I dropped you off there one day.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yes, you did.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Summer or something.

[Brian Green]

Yes, you did. That's right.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, I remember that. There was the McDonald's, right?

[Brian Green]

That McDonald's is the one that I used to wear. Okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I didn't know that was the famous one.

[Brian Green]

That's the famous McDonald's. I had sex on top of that McDonald's.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You were on the roof.

[Brian Green]

I was on the roof. I was down in the basement. I was making movies. I was smoking pot. The owner was calling my dad to tell him I was smoking pot. I mean, there was a basement where he used to smoke cigarettes. I mean, like, it was really my.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You don't think about a basement being at a McDonald's.

[Brian Green]

I don't, no. But that's where they kept all, like, the. What they called dry stock. Right. Like all the paper cups and sauces and all the stuff that was packaged that you could keep. It was dry storage, essentially, is what it was. But they also had an office and a break room. Because the guy who owned that McDonald's also owned a number of other McDonald's.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

That's usually the case.

[Brian Green]

Yes. Which I imagine made him fabulously wealthy, especially when I used to work there. I was like the golden days of, like, the.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Green]

You know, the. The value menu. Right. And Super Size Me and all that other.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, there wasn't. There weren't as many choices either.

[Brian Green]

No, no, no, no. Not like there is today. And you. And if you asked for something special, trust me, we hated you. Right? I mean, now it's not uncommon to go, I'll take a cheeseburger, no onions, no pickle. You know, do it your way. But that was the other guys. That was the Burger King. Have it your way. We were McDonald's. And you just, like, you got what you got. And if you asked for what's called a grill item, quote, unquote. A grill item was when you asked for something special. Trust me, if you had a grill item in the 90s, everyone at that McDonald's knew who you were and hated you.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Was there a secret menu, too, when you worked there?

[Brian Green]

There was a secret menu that we would make for ourselves, but it was almost never asked for. I mean, people would come in and ask for ridiculous things, right? They would ask for. Let's see, what was some of the stuff like at the time, we had triple cheeseburgers. You can ask for that. I believe now they'll make one for you. But it's not something I think is on the menu, but we had triple cheeseburger menu and it was just three patties, three pieces of chees. Know this triple cheeseburger, you get it right?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Just like it sounds, right?

[Brian Green]

Just like it sounds. But we would. Some one of the guys that, that worked in the grill who had no teeth and no home. I mean but the guy, but he was, his name was Larry. There were two Larry's that worked there and Larry literally had no teeth and he was skinny as and something about him was fucking majestic to me. Like he was, you've talked about him before. He was, was so kind and so good at what he did and so competent at what he did and took pride in what he did. Even though he was a hot mess of a human being. I really admired his work ethic and the fact that he came in there every day and now I imagine high or hungover. Right. He probably didn't lose his teeth on accident, you know what I'm saying? Okay. So. But he did it well. And whatever the machine, whatever the mechanics of him doing that well were I wasn't aware of at the time. I am now. It was probably a little bit of pep in his step. But this guy was so fucking good at what he did, so kind. And as a 14 year old kid from the burbs who's coming in for his first job, you know, this guy didn't have to give me the time of day and probably could have a real shitty attitude about working with a bunch of children. But that was the gigantic big for the owner of the restaurant was to hire a lot of young people.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Child labor.

[Brian Green]

Child labor, that's it. It's cheap. Yeah, exactly, it's cheap. We work hard, we don't know the difference. You know, our parents think we're doing great, but really it's just cheap child labor.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So anyway, this guy would make certain menu items for us if we asked for it. Like you know, triple cheeseburger with a Big Mac sauce or you know, a special breakfast item. You like know, believe this or not, bacon, egg McMuffin pickles, best thing you've ever tasted. Swear to God. Okay, those pickles with bacon and, and a muffin, if you put a cheese piece chees on it, that's oh my God, Chrisy, so delicious. So he would make these things. We never got asked. I know. Now it's like secret menu. It's like fun to go and try and see if you can ask for it and get them to make it. But this place is some of my formative Memories. I got into my first fist fight there. I had sex. I got into my first.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Like, it's got to be.

[Brian Green]

It's just like everything happened there now. It's changed physically. You know, they've renovated it and all this other stuff and anyway, so we get out of the pool yesterday and Astrid's like, I know we don't want to do this, but what about the kid? It's like late at night. It's near the kids bed times because we're. It's the, you know, there's a holiday.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Well, plus it's dark at 6.

[Brian Green]

It is dark at 4.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know, it's crazy.

[Brian Green]

I don't like it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I don't like it anyway. It's completely like pitch back dark at 6:00.

[Brian Green]

It's crazy.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know. Jeff, we were talking about last night. We're like, I automatically just want to be like, that's it?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. I automatically want to like when two.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Months ago, I was. We were staying up late. I was eating dinner at 9. I was on European schedule.

[Brian Green]

Yes, yes.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

And now I turn into my parents. The early dinner.

[Brian Green]

I'm with you early. I feel like I'm retired. I'm officially retired during the winter. So she says, hey, so the kids don't fall asleep in the car, get them a treat, go to go get some food at the Mickey D's. And I'm like, God, every time we go to a Mickey D's, I mean, everybody ends up sick, right? And I'm not saying that's because of Mickey D's. It's just, it's either a real coincidence. It's usually when we play in the playground when they pick up some disease out there or some. So I say okay, against our better judgment. And I also know that like, you know, sometimes Astor doesn't want to cook food 24 hours a day or I don't want to cook food. Whatever. I cook food.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

No. Yeah. You don't cook.

[Brian Green]

No, I microwave. That's what I do. But I can. But I will and I have. So I go through the drive thru, like all these memories come flooding back. You know, I'm telling the kids, I used to work here, yada, yada, yada. And then when we pull up to the window to pick up our food, we're like sitting there for a long time. And there's a young suburban girl working the drive through. Kind of clueless, right? And you can just tell this is like she's a Brian. She's. Her dad made her go get a job. And. Or she's working on her own volition or whatever to make a little bit of extra cash. Here she is, you know, serving food out the window, just like I was back then. And then I hear that fry machine. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep it. I'm like a Pavlovian dog. Something turns in my head and I'm like, get those fries. Get those fries. You got to get those fries. Fries are going to burn. Get those fries, put them in there and shake that salt while they're still hot. You better do that right. Not too much salt. Just a little bit of salt. Not too much. You know, I'm like. All of a sudden, I turn into, like, a McDonald's employee. I'm not saying that to her, but I'm thinking it to myself.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Green]

And one of my kids is like, what's that beeping? No. And I go, that's the fry machine. And if they don't pick those fries up, they're going to burn and they're going to throw them away. And that's waste. You don't want to waste. I'm like, working at McDonald's again. I swear to God, it was crazy how it happened. It came back because of that fry man machine. I would hear that beeping noise in my head at night.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Probably got a whiff, too, of, like, the smell, you know? And that's definitely associated with memory.

[Brian Green]

Yes. I could smell those french fries in the pool place because they opened a vent to release some of that hot air. They have, like, this auto vent them. And that fry thing comes, and even one of my kids who was, like, waiting on his turn to go in the pool, he was like, daddy, I smell french fries. Yeah, I smell McDonald's. And I was like, that's it. It's right next door. You know, it must be terrible for those people in there. Tab McDonald's right next door is real temptation.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know it is.

[Brian Green]

You're so inclined. Yes. So I'm just like, now I'm Pavlovian dog. Hearing that beeping noise. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. And now I'm remembering that for years I could not get that sound out of my head. And if I heard it, you would. I would be like, be working the front counter. On a Saturday morning in the 90s, McDonald's is everything. It's in suburbia. And everybody and their mother goes to McDonald's on a Saturday in suburbia to go get their value meal or whatever lines out the Door. Not even kidding. Four or five, six cash registers in the front. Oh, it was insane. And this would just go on for hours. It would start at 11am and it would go on for hours. And there was a breakfast rush at 8am Right, whatever. And if you heard that noise, the management, like, beat it into your head. If you didn't have a person specifically working the french fry area, it'd be like, get those fries. Don't let them burn. You know, that's waste. We can't waste. Waste is killing us. You know, food cost is going through the roof. And Larry. If Larry had to take the fries out of the basket, you were in trouble. He would give you a look. He'd be like, come on, guys, come on. I'm not. I'm not working fries and grill. I'm already making 170 burgers a minute now. You guys want me to do the french fries too? Let's go. Come on, guys. When that fry beep. Go, go, go, go. And just keep. And put another basket in. Whoa. What a. You born in a barn. What? Who's gonna make the french fries for you? What do you think? If there's a robot, they're gonna throw another basket in there? Well, now there is. Yeah. It's crazy, you know, but I just remember it was just like this instinct that I had when I was working there that if. That I wanted to be the guy who made sure that it got taken care of, you know, I was that guy. I was like a utility guy.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Larry's approval.

[Brian Green]

I needed Larry's approval. I need a management approval. Everybody in some way, shape or form needs approval. That's how we live as human beings. We want. Whether it's internally, externally, whatever. And I'll tell you what it's like. It was. I was a utility player, just like I was in every sport that I had. People would say, yeah, he's scrappy. That. That was like the word they used. I wasn't talented. I wasn't good. I was scrappy. So I. I would.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You get it done.

[Brian Green]

I would be there. I would help, you know, and you.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Were the worker bee.

[Brian Green]

I was the worker be. And I never minded that. I always thought that was a compliment. I was. I always felt like, yeah, if I could outwork the other people, or at least if I could be there to help in some way, then I would be useful. And that was my version of. Of showing other people love. And that was the way that I felt accepted. Right. It's okay. I'm part of the team. And I'm needed because I'm there when they need me. And the French fries will not burn. Damn it. So I say all this to say so that I would wrap it back into Christina. I wonder if Christina hears us in her head at night. I wonder.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yes, I think our voices will be in her head for the rest of our lives.

[Brian Green]

We'll ask her in a couple of weeks when she gets here. Oh, yeah. I mean, I gotta imagine she's never gonna get my voice out of her. Or at least not for a long time. Because God bless America. I mean, if you don't listen to your voice on a microphone all the time, the first time you hear it, it can be rather unnerving. Right? It's like.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It is. Yeah, it's. I still can't really listen to the shows. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It's hard.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, it is. It's hard. It's hard because your voice sounds different in your head than it does when you hear it back.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah. You're your own worst critic.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. And it sounds worse. It always does. It just sounds worse. You always think you're so much more slick and sexy than you actually are. You're a stuttering, umming, umming. Like, you know, if. If I say the whole nine yards one more time on this podcast, I swear to God. Or if I say I swear to God. Yes, the whole nine yards, I swear to God. And, like, I cannot stand when I say those things, and yet I say them 12 times an episode. 12. At least. @ least. Do me a favor. Text me every time you hear me say one of those three things and just tell me what a I am so I can start learning. All right, well, listen, you can't think.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

About it too much because then that freaks you out, too.

[Brian Green]

It does? Yeah. You try.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You have to be natural.

[Brian Green]

Well, then you could start stumbling around trying to find other words, and then you sound stupid. So I guess, you know, I guess I'll just take it like it is. The whole nine yards. And all.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It's been 650 episodes.

[Brian Green]

It's been 650 episodes. The whole nine yards. It's been all of it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I swear to God.

[Brian Green]

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[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Damn.

[Brian Green]

Are you really?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Green]

Is it good?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It is really good.

[Brian Green]

That Tyler Sheridan, he's on.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah. He's got his hands in everything.

[Brian Green]

Can't argue success. Oh, Landman.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Landman.

[Brian Green]

I can't wait to watch Landman. Yeah, I'll take a little Billy Bob Thornton with a side of Swiss cheese.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I. John Ham.

[Brian Green]

Oh, he. Johnny Ham. John Ham.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Demi Moore.

[Brian Green]

Demi Moore.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Who You. We have on our list to watch that movie that you watched.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I watched it.

[Brian Green]

Sauce. The juice?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

No, the substance. The substance.

[Brian Green]

Okay. Yeah, yeah. So I'm. I'm excited about the Landman. I think this should be a good show because Billy Bob Thornton, when applied correctly, it will cure all woes. I mean, if you don't like, got that guy, then you just don't. You're not breathing. He is such a good actor.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

He really is.

[Brian Green]

And he plays fun to watch. He plays a saucy bad guy. Good guy, whatever, like nobody's business.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know.

[Brian Green]

He's like Bruce Willis badass all the time. Right. Bruce could go different directions, but Billy is just like. He just plays that one archetypal bad guy. Good guy. I'm really introspective, super smart, Whip. And at 78 years old, the guy is still wearing a bunch of bracelets like me and like, you know, a floppy French hat and a feed up leather jacket. Yeah, him and Johnny Depp go to the same stylist. I swear to God they do in.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

The south of France.

[Brian Green]

Have you seen the thing where Billy Bob Thornton is in Canada on like the cbc, which is like the BBC, but in Canada. He's in the CBC and he's with his band, the Billy Bob. Th.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I forgot about that.

[Brian Green]

The Rattlers or whatever.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

The Rattlers.

[Brian Green]

What is. What is Billy Bob Thornton fan song?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I don't have you. What does it sound like? Yeah, I don't know. I can imagine the sound.

[Brian Green]

Billy Bob Thornton rock.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Maybe a little touch of. Of western.

[Brian Green]

Well, he doesn't really. 3,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, which is just about a thousand more than us. So there we go. Let's see here. Okay. All right. That's a thing. It's with Government Mule, actually, that song. And it's most popular of his songs on Spotify. Anyway, okay, so there you go. You get a little flavor for Billy Bob Thornton and the whatevers. So Billy Bob is in this studio doing an interview and then I guess the band is going to play and the presenter, the Announcer the host is asking him a question about like this latest movie that he has. He says, well, what do you think about doing this movie or that movie? And he goes, goes, did I come in here to talk about my movie? And the guy is like, well, Billy, you're an actor. And I think it would be a disservice to the audience not to ask about. He goes, I told you not to talk about my movie. I told you not to talk about my movie. I'm not an actor here today. I'm here with my band and that's what I want to talk. I mean, he like went at the guy and the guy was doing his best to like navigate, but Billy is like kind of a. No, you know, he's, he, he's. He's not at a diddy party, let's put it that way. This guy's not trying to win favor. Curry favor with anybody.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

He's not at Diddy.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, no, he's not. He's not at a diddy party. And weird tie in with Billy Bob Thornton. And us would be that Colonel Bruce Hampton was in the movie Sling Blade. He did a wonderful turn. Colonel Bruce did in Sling Blade where Billy Bob won his academy Award for playing the swing Blade guy.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, I can't remember the name. The main guy.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, great movie. So can't wait to watch this. And then, you know, he's.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I think you're gonna like it.

[Brian Green]

I. Have you watched any of it? You've watched Landman? Yeah. You have? Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

There's two out. What's maybe three.

[Brian Green]

What channels it on?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Paramount.

[Brian Green]

Paramount.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Paramount plus.

[Brian Green]

I don't have Paramount plus. I'll find a way to watch it.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I'll add. You okay?

[Brian Green]

Yeah, please. I want to watch it. I can't wait to watch it. So Sheridan's on a tear right now and this yellow stuff has been a little bit. There's been some hiccups in the Yellowstone. They now they've done like multiple branch outs of Yellowstone with some varying degrees of success, I think. But the original Yellowstone, the one that's got Kevin Costner in it, has really taken hold of the entire country. Everyone's talking about Yellowstone. It's been talking about it for a long time. We've talked about it a few times here on the show. Never seen an episode. Don't. Don't really know what it's all about, but okay. It's a show that everybody likes and everybody seems to think is great. That's fantastic. Fantastic. But I think it's just gotten a Little too self important. If I'm only going by the trailers, teasers and commercials that they put on, it's got a little bit self important. And let me explain why. The other day I'm watching a television show, on comes the commercial and it's for Yellowstones. Brand new season. Right.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Right.

[Brian Green]

I guess this is the last season. Is this.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, yeah. Because. Well, it's the second part of the last season and I don't know that it was going to be the last season, but they made it the last.

[Brian Green]

Season because Kevin Costner wouldn't. Yeah. For whatever reason there was like creative differences, probably a few.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Wanted to go do. Yeah, he wanted to go do his own western thing. And he did. He came out with.

[Brian Green]

And he did and it flopped. And then it got picked up by Amazon and it became a fucking hit.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Okay. I haven't delved into it yet.

[Brian Green]

Bet against Costner is the word.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Dances with Wolves, which I know somebody, people are going to call, they're going to text me and say it's the most fucking obnoxiously boring movie ever. No, it's not. It is brilliant and beautiful and so well done.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It really is.

[Brian Green]

And I think, think while that may not be exactly historically accurate, I don't know what was going on at that time and neither do you. I think it's done with a bit of sensitivity, at least from a white man's perspective. A bit of sensitivity around, you know, what may have been happening out in the west back then. It is a beautiful movie and the score is beautiful. I remember seeing that in the theater with my mom.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It was a big deal when it came out.

[Brian Green]

Such a big deal. And he fought tooth and nail to get that movie made. When everyone said, you're crazy. A three and a half hour movie about a, about wild west where nothing actually happens except for this guy just like makes friends with Indians. Are you kidding me? It is so good. And Bodyguard, same thing. They, you know, he fought, I think that he fought to have Whitney Houston be in that role or something along those lines. I don't know. But he has a great movie. Yeah. Water World. Okay, that was a dump of a movie. All right, we can all agree that Water World was not a movie anybody wanted to see. It's not a movie. I, I've seen it on. Occasionally I see it then put on like TNT or something and I'm like, how is this movie even rerunning? Like it should just be bad. Buried forever. That movie is terrible. But Kevin Costner has repeatedly had success after Success after success by fighting for his creative vision. Now, whether or not you agree with that creative vision or think that he's always been, you know, I don't know, had a daft touch with certain things, whatever, okay, we can all disagree about creativity, but at the end of the day, he is a monster success maker. That is for sure. He's like that fucking James Cameron guy who decides he's going to build a space rocket to the bottom of the ocean and everyone says, you're a fucking moron. And then he makes a billion dollars because he, you know, recreates the Titanic. Like the guy is just. Anyway, so. But I will have to say that it's getting. The hype is getting a little bit ridiculous because here is the commercial. And I shit you not, I wrote it down. This is what it had. Okay? Ready, people? You know, Yellowstone. People talking plot points, plot points. And nothing can prepare you for what comes next. Nothing can prepare me for what comes next.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Was telling me they're not. He was like, it's explosive. The next one's gonna be explosive.

[Brian Green]

Explosive. Oh, Jeff Salt. Okay, Jeff.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I think he saw the same trailer or something.

[Brian Green]

Jeff got bought in. It's like a. It's like swooning music at a religious ceremony. Jeff got bought in. Damn it, Jeff.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

He was laughing about it, too.

[Brian Green]

What? It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. I mean, I've seen commercial movie trailers in the 80s that did a better job of hyping up. That is the most crazy I've ever heard. And I know that people are eating it. They're like, ah, what? I can't wait.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. They're jumping off buildings. Nothing can prepare me. Nothing can prepare you. There's war going on out there. Democracy sliding away. Elon Musk is losing his mind. The whole world is going fucking bad. Shit. And nothing could prepare us for what comes next. Really?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Honestly, it was pretty explosive.

[Brian Green]

Okay?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I didn't see it.

[Brian Green]

Listen, you can't prepare for explosive diarrhea. You can certainly prepare for a television show. No matter what happens, it's okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You'll be prepared.

[Brian Green]

Yes, you'll be prepared. It's not coming out of the tv. You're not going over to Oklahoma, fall off an oil well, or whatever the fuck is going on in Yellowstone. It's not going to happen. Everything's okay. You can prepare yourself. Make some popcorn, sit the fuck down, get a blanket, watch the show, have some fun. Let's stop being so goddamn dramatic about everything. Even my kids were like, what's that And I'm like, don't, don't stop. You're buying into it. It's like a soap opera. I swear to God it is.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

But meanwhile you're going to watch it and be totally addicted.

[Brian Green]

Well, listen, that is a different story altogether. Okay, Maybe I will be addicted.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

And then you're. And then you're not going to be prepared for what happens.

[Brian Green]

Okay, all right, well, listen, if I.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You think you're prepared?

[Brian Green]

I think I'm prepared. You think, you think you're prepared, but are you really? Check yourself. Because nothing can prepare you for what? Cops characters die, explosions happen, the world goes crazy, all of it. Oh my God. But Kevin Costner die. I mean, I don't know. I don't want to. Spoiler. Oh, okay, there you go. Spoiler alert.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Well, I think it's widely known.

[Brian Green]

Oh, it's. Well, I mean, of course he left the show. Yeah, they gotta, gotta write him out somehow. That's the ultimate you to. You know what I'm saying? To a character. It's like when they just murder you up. Hey, so Bob, thanks for your 10 year run on Friends. But you're dead.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I know. I was just reading an article too about the whole thing with that Taylor Sheridan. Kind of did do a little fuck you to him in the way in which he dies. So you'll have to watch to see, but nothing can prepare you for it.

[Brian Green]

What is it? Dildo that gets pegged to death by his wife or something? What's going on? What's the name of this character in the show?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

John Dutton.

[Brian Green]

John Dutton dies listening to the commercial. Great retrospect.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

That really would be a fun.

[Brian Green]

Oh, that would. Is Yellowstone set in the current times?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Okay, but Montana, Montana, beautiful country out there. Dave Letterman owns like half of Montana. I think between Dave Letterman and Ted.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Turner, which, The other thing. Ted Turner. There's a Ted Turner retrospective on.

[Brian Green]

Oh, I saw that too.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Cnn, eight Max, whatever it is. And it's amazing. You should watch this. Jeff and I were blown away. We were like, oh, holy. I forgot that he did like all. He did all of it. The Braves, so much stuff. Starting. Starting cable channels. Pioneer there, pioneer here, this, that, the other doing like meeting with Fidel Castro, like doing all of this stuff.

[Brian Green]

Yes, he was insanely. He was a wild west landman. He went out there and he claimed his stake and he did it through cable television and the Braves and he did it all from here in Atlanta. Cnn, he had all of those ideas and he fought to get it done. So again, we can all argue about Ted Turner's, you know, picadillos. But at the end of the day, the reason why you have Netflix streaming in your home right now is Ted Turner.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It really is. I mean, he was such a pioneer.

[Brian Green]

He demanded that it get to every front door. And he figured out a way to make it happen and get it subsidized. I mean, he just did so many things. The guy was brilliant. He was a navigator. He was one of the people who just pulls the strings rings in this world. And there's. We all know who they are. And you can do it for good and you can do it for bad. You do have to say something about Ted Turner. He built Atlanta number one. There's no Olympics, there's no cnn, there's no industry.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, that was the other thing. He did the Games. He did the games.

[Brian Green]

Oh, the world. Yeah, world something.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

The Goodwill Games.

[Brian Green]

Goodwill Games. Yes, that's right, the Goodwill Games. Yeah. Which was a thing for a while. It wasn't the Olympics, but it was something, you know, I was like art.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Well, he wanted to build goodwill, peace throughout the world. And I mean, you gotta watch it. I highly recommend it. Very fascinating.

[Brian Green]

Ted Turner says that he could ride a horse from Canada to Mexico without ever leaving his land. That's what he says. And I tend to believe it because he started gobbling up huge wats of land when he started making money and he. That's what he claims. Did you know that like you can like, I don't know if you want to like bring your cattle from one pasture to the other, you gotta rent.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

You know, you got the Ted Turner trail.

[Brian Green]

The Ted Turner trail. You gotta pay the guy to bring your cows over to the next pasture. It's insane.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah, you'll learn about that on, on Yellowstone.

[Brian Green]

Oh, I can't, I can't wait to get invited to Dave Letterman's house. Dave Letterman. Let's talk about Dave for a second because Dave's next door to Ted. I wanna, I can't wait to get invited to Dave Letterman's house.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Oh yeah, that's like my dream.

[Brian Green]

I don't care if I'm rich and famous. Well, I kind of care if I'm Ridge. Not so much famous. But what I would like is like if we're going to do a. If we're going to do like one thing. I was thinking about this. If I'm going to do like one thing retrospective wise, right where they go, oh, you know, podcast pioneers and mediocre comedy.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Up next, let's.

[Brian Green]

On Janus of the podcast universe, Brian and Chrissy, the Wild west of the. It really was for a while there. It still is. But if they're going to do, like, one thing. If you could. If you could pick it, like 60 minutes, you know, CNN retrospective, you know, Fox News, Brett Bear interview. I don't know. You know, set Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan for four hours. You could do one. One thing. I. I'd want to do that Dave Letterman, Netflix that he does. I think that's really cool.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I like that song.

[Brian Green]

My. My. My Next Guest Needs no Introduction, I think is the name of it, too.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So he did that one with Miley Cyrus. We talked about this. That was really cool. It was.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

All of them are great.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. And, you know, I think some people get invited to Dave's house, and Dave says, he's like, you come out to my house. I invite people, but when they get there, they're like, hey, can you get tennis? And he's like, tennis? I don't have tennis. Do you have a pool? Not really. What can. I don't know, go look at the pasture? I guess that must be what Dave likes. Dave. Johnny Carson, a lot of these guys who. Who did this. I don't know. Late night does something weird to you. It's like you never want to talk to anybody ever again after you get done. They have to have a retrospective on Johnny Carson also, which I would like to watch too. Now. He was like a real split personality. Apparently. He was a bad alcoholic. And when he got alie. Like, when he started drinking, he would get really nasty to his wives and.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Probably why he had so many.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, probably why he had so many. And then he just kind of walked off into the sunset. When Johnny Carson you. I think. Did he die of Parkinson's or something like that? I feel like I want to say. Or emphysema. Emphysema. That's what it was. Parkinson's, emphysema. It's not the same thing. No, he died of emphysema because he. I think he was. I think he was a pretty big smoker, like everybody was back in those days. Right. But Johnny Carson handed it off to Jay Leno and then just walked off into the sunset, never to be heard from again. It was really strange. And so I'm glad that Dave is still in touch with us in some way, shape or form. But, you know, I would like to go to Dave's house and just spend a weekend with Dave. So, Dave, if you're listening, I know I'm like, not ever going to be on your radar. But if for some reason this gets back to you, somebody you know is listening to the show and you can pass this along to Dave, I would kindly take an invite to your house. I'll bring my own toilet paper just so you don't have to use any. I'll bring my own food and I won't bring my children or my dog. So, as a matter of fact, if you just want to invite me, I'll be happy to come over. I'll make your bed for you, Dave. That's what I'll do. I'll make your bed for you. If you invite me to your house for the weekend, your bed will be made both days I stay there. How's that, Chrissy?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah. Maybe you could get a job at his house some way.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, you wonder if there are people. There must be people that work.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Of course.

[Brian Green]

You don't think Dave's making his own bed, do you?

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Of course.

[Brian Green]

I mean, I don't know what staff. Yeah. Like a chef and. Oh, yeah, security. You got to have security even when you live out there. Yeah, all that gardens. He's probably got like. He's probably growing wheat out front or something. I don't know. I just imagine Dave to be the kind of guy, he's like, I don't want flowers. I want wheat. Give me wheat.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Wheat. I thought you said weed.

[Brian Green]

No, no, but I, I, I. And the Miley Cyrus interview, if I'm not mistaken, he talks about smoking weed with Miley. Or no, maybe it's Miley talking about smoking with her mom. Whatever. Anyway, I don't get it wrong because I love David and I don't want to ever piss him off. No, but he's not without controversy either. I think the point is we all make mistakes.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

That's the moral of the story.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

We're human.

[Brian Green]

Sometimes I did for a little while longer. Sometimes I didn't get to the fry machine on time. Johnny Carson wasn't a perfect person. Kevin Costner has always not been historically sensitive. And Dave Letterman shouldn't have interns. I guess that's the normal of the story. There you go. It doesn't make his own bed. All right. Okay. All episodes from here on forth at shallbeknown on YouTube.com the commercial break, don't go to no man's Video Land. Come here to YouTube.com thecommercial break. Or you can go to tv tcbpodcast.com all the audio, all the video right there from one location. You can Also get your free TCB bumper sticker while supplies last.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

Running low.

[Brian Green]

On a few of them. Yes, we have like all the stickers and you know, sometimes people ask for old ones.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I gave you my extras, right?

[Brian Green]

You did give me the extras from Mempho, which is one we didn't. We didn't. Didn't give away, actually. So if you want a mempho TCB sticker, we have them available. Write and ask kindly and maybe Astrid or whoever does it will send one to you. But be nice about it. Don't be like, I want seven stickers. Sign one for my husband. Do two of this. Can you kiss me? You know, it's like some people get a little silly about the requests and it's like we're honestly pay for your. Can you over overnight it? Sure, why not? If you want a mempho sticker, let us know and maybe we'll send them all off you.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

It was the one we gave away at Mempho.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, we got a guitar. Guitar pick. Yes. We gave a lot of them away. I can almost guarantee none of them sit anywhere on anybody's shelf on their refrigerator. Nada. I promise you one person, only one person at mine info knew who the commercial break was. And that was Jeff. That's it. TCB podcast on Tick Tock the commercial break at the commercial break on Instagram. TCB podcast on tick tock 212-4333 tcb 2124333822 questions? Comments? Concerns? Content? Ideas? Write us. We'd love to talk to you. Okay, Chrissy, I guess that's all I can do for right now.

[Kristen Joy Hoesley]

I think so.

[Brian Green]

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