That's A Ride Or Die

Summary

Podcast Summary: "That's A Ride Or Die"

Podcast: The Commercial Break
Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley
Date: June 5, 2024

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Episode Overview

In this chaotic and hilariously unfiltered episode, longtime friends and hosts Bryan and Krissy live up to their show’s “Cheesecake Factory of Comedy” reputation, riffing on everything from rapidly aging celebrities to bizarre food trends, odd listener feedback, and questionable antique store behavior. As usual, the conversation wanders freely, drawing on personal anecdotes, recent news, and pop culture oddities, with healthy doses of dark humor and affectionate banter. If you’re looking for wild digressions, sardonic asides, and laughs about the mundane and the bizarre, this episode delivers.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Wilford Brimley Rabbit Hole

Timestamps: 00:55–10:26

• Wilford Brimley’s Perpetual Old-Age: Bryan and Krissy marvel at Brimley’s “forever old” appearance, noting how people in the ’70s and ’80s looked generationally older than now—e.g., Brimley at 51 appeared 80.
  • "He looked no younger than 79 years old. No younger. I mean, the guy honestly looked like any other 80 year old walking down the street in 2024." – Bryan (01:59)
• Bryan’s Starbucks Antics: Bryan recounts asking baristas to guess Brimley’s age, leading to accidental flattery about his own age and comically awkward interactions.
• Wilford Brimley Invades Krissy’s Dreams: Krissy had a dream featuring Brimley as a Jamaican shopkeeper, resulting in a surreal general store-meets-Cracker Barrel scenario (05:03–05:36).
• Brimley Commercial Clips: The hosts listen and poke fun at Brimley’s “Quaker Oats” and “diabetes” commercials, riffing on his unique pronunciation and the “authority” in his pitch.
  • "Diabetes, Diabetes, Diabetes." – Bryan mocking Brimley (06:06)
  • "If you have diabetes, I sure hope you die tomorrow because you suck." – Bryan, as “Wilford” (09:07)
  • "He's scaring the out of you is what he's doing." – Bryan (09:32)
• Brimley's Support for Cockfighting: Krissy uncovers Brimley's odd activism against banning cockfighting due to “personal liberties,” which sparks mockery and laughter.
  • "Well, cockfighting’s banned, next thing you know, we’re going to be marrying goats. I’m Wilford Brimley for cockfighting." – Bryan (07:52)

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2. Listener Feedback & The Possum Controversy

Timestamps: 10:28–17:36

• Recap of Recent Guest: Joe Dombrowski (comedian) gets shoutouts for his recent appearance and natural humor.
• The Case of the Offended Listener: The hosts discuss a negative Apple review where a listener disavowed the show over disparaging comments about possums.
  • "I really liked your show until you talk shit about possums… They deserve to be here more than humans." – Krissy quoting the review (12:42–12:52)
• The Possum Hunt Challenge: Bryan offers free coffee for a week to anyone who finds the offending segment in the show’s archive (16:04–16:54).
• On-air Possum Apology (Sort of):
  • "I sometimes say stuff just because I say it… Now I'm apologizing to the possum community. Fuck you. Fuck you. I don't like possums." – Bryan (12:55)
• Humorous Exploration: The hosts question the depth of possum advocacy and joke about possums being “aliens on Earth,” their roadkill fate, and why they wouldn’t make it onto Noah’s Ark if Bryan was captain.

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3. Notable Quotes & Moments

• "Number one possum enemy. The Commercial Break." – Bryan, addressing the show’s new anti-possum branding (16:51)
• "Our show is definitely not for everybody. And I guess we can't even beat possums." – Bryan (16:04)

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4. Strange Food Trends — Pickles in Dr. Pepper

Timestamps: 20:34–29:17

• Pregnancy Food Cravings and Odd Combinations: The hosts reminisce about their own and others’ odd food habits (e.g., Bryan’s ramen with every ingredient imaginable).
• Pickle Dr. Pepper Fad: They play and discuss a viral reel featuring a woman ordering Dr. Pepper with pickles at Sonic.
  • "If you like pickles and you like Dr. Pepper… But there's a lot of people that do drink this." – Bryan quoting the reel (24:06)
• Region and Reaction: Krissy suggests pickles in soda might be a Southern thing; Bryan is grossed out but curious.
• Audience Involvement: Bryan invites listeners to share if they also drink "Pickle Dr. Pepper."
• Weird Food Dares and Boundaries:
  • Krissy will try pickles in Dr. Pepper, but not oysters, nor participate in hot food challenges (e.g., One Chip Challenge).
  • "I want us both to suffer equally at the same time." – Bryan, about eating the One Chip (29:11)
• Ride or Die Redefined: The phrase “ride or die” is debated.
  • "I'll be there for you while you're shitting and I'll help you, but I'm not going to go in with you." – Krissy (30:14)

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5. Antiques and Unusual Behavior

Timestamps: 30:44–39:03

• Antiques in Unsavory Places: A news story about a Texas man putting antiques “in his ass” and returning them to the shelf is discussed, compared to pandemic ice-cream-lickers, and leads to a tangent on emergency room stories about things in rectums.
  • "This to me should be prosecuted like attempted murder." – Bryan on the antique-stuffer (31:27)
  • "Nothing accidentally goes in your ass… You didn't back into a wall and get a painting in your ass or whatever." – Bryan, quoting an ER doctor (33:12)
• Infamous Urban Legends: They revisit the Richard Gere gerbil rumor as a childhood touchstone for urban myths (34:35–36:01).
• Antiquing as a Hobby: Krissy and Bryan discuss antique shopping, estate sales, and the influence of “Antiques Roadshow–style” TV on the business of antique hunting. Krissy notes that estate sale companies take a commission and help grieving families.

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6. Facebook Marketplace and the Pearl Jam Poster Saga

Timestamps: 41:39–51:13

• Bryan Tries to Sell Pearl Jam Posters: He gets into a comedic confrontation with a Facebook group admin over “unreasonable” auction pricing, only to discover he was posting in a group with only six members.
  • "…the group that I have posted in has six members in it. Six members…jackass and his uncle started." – Bryan (47:55)
• Losing Out for Not Reading Rules: A second attempt in the correct group is derailed by failing to set the auction end-time correctly.
  • "I just thought I was better than everyone else. I guess I could do mine at 3pm." – Bryan (50:21)
• Sentimental Value Prevails: Despite the hassle, Bryan ultimately decides the posters mean enough to keep.
  • "They do mean nothing to me, but…I just have some connection with them." – Bryan (50:49)

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7. Teasers and Closing Banter

Timestamps: 51:13–end

• Upcoming Topics: Bryan teases a story involving a live sperm donation and 90 Day Fiancé, to be discussed in the next episode.
• Signature Farewells: Bryan and Krissy exchange their catchphrase best wishes.
  • "I'll tell you that I love you." – Bryan (54:14)
  • "I'll say best to you, best to you. Best you out there in the podcast universe." – Bryan (54:15)
• Call to Action: Listeners are encouraged to visit tcbpodcast.com for free stickers, more content, and to call or text the new show number.

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Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps & Attribution)

• "He looked no younger than 79 years old. No younger." — Bryan, on Wilford Brimley (01:59)
• "I'm Wilford Brimley for cockfighting." — Bryan, as Brimley (07:52)
• "Now I'm apologizing to the possum community. Fuck you. Fuck you. I don't like possums." — Bryan (12:55)
• "Our show is definitely not for everybody. And I guess we can't even beat possums." — Bryan (16:04)
• "If you like pickles and you like Dr. Pepper… But there's a lot of people that do drink this." — Bryan quoting a viral reel (24:06)
• "I'll be there for you while you're shitting and I'll help you, but I'm not going to go in with you." — Krissy (30:14)
• "Nothing accidentally goes in your ass…You didn't back into a wall and get a painting in your ass." — Bryan (33:12)
• "…the group that I have posted in has six members in it. Six members." — Bryan (47:55)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:55 — Episode proper begins; Wilford Brimley banter
• 06:41 — Brimley’s Quaker Oats commercial playback
• 09:32 — Diabetes commercial riffing
• 12:03 — The possum-lover controversy
• 16:04 — Coffee-for-a-week challenge; anti-possum branding
• 20:34 — Weird food segment: pickles and Dr. Pepper
• 30:44 — The man who “butt-smuggled” antiques in Texas
• 34:35 — Urban legend: Richard Gere and the gerbil
• 41:39 — Bryan’s Facebook Marketplace Pearl Jam incident

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

True to form, “That’s A Ride Or Die” is irreverent, self-roasting, and gleefully off-the-rails. Bryan and Krissy’s banter embodies affectionate mutual ridicule, quick-witted improvisation, and an open invitation for listeners to join in the fun—or to get offended over small mammals, as the case may be. Whether pondering the aging of celebrities, weird commerce on social media, or the etiquette of sticking things where they don’t belong, the Commercial Break team wrings comedy from every life oddity and internet rabbit hole.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a snapshot of everything TCB stands for: spontaneously silly, unpolished, and never quite what you expect. If you like raw, roving, adult-leaning comedy that treats no subject as sacred, you’ll feel right at home.

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Skip to [12:03] if you want possum drama, [20:34] for weird food, and [41:39] for Bryan’s Facebook auction saga!

Transcript

[A]

When somebody asks me if I'm having a good day, I just got asked myself three questions, brother. One, am I alive? I usually am. Two, am I in the land of the free? I usually am, baby. In three, do I feel the smiling spirit of George Washington gazing down upon me from the great pearly land of the free in the sky? Brother, there ain't a moment that goes by that I don't feel that. And when I add up that math makes me realize there are no bad days in the land of the free, baby.

[B]

This episode of the commercial break, I'm.

[C]

Not gonna go in midday.

[B]

You see Chrissy wiping my ass. I'm like, hanging on the side of the tub, just myself. And Chrissy's like, I would pass you.

[C]

Good toilet paper, dude.

[D]

Wipes.

[C]

I would.

[B]

Chrissy looks like someone from. Yeah, she'd be like, how to open the door?

[C]

Quick, throw them in there.

[B]

Sorry about your ass. Great episode.

[C]

That's a ride or die.

[B]

Great episode. The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Oh, yeah. Catholic kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is the Wilford to my Brimley, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chrissy. Brian, best to you out there in the podcast universe. Thanks for joining us. So it's been. There are many things to talk about today. I'm actually excited because this is one of those days when our cup fill us over with shit to talk.

[C]

I like the cup.

[B]

Me too. Full cup, two podcasters, one cup. Okay. By the way, my brother said, do not, whatever you do, Google. One boy, one cup. Oh, it doesn't sound like anything I'd want to Google, but now when someone tells you not to google something, then of course you have to Google it. Like, I made the mistake many years ago. Two girls, one cup. Okay. There's nothing I'm interested in, but thanks for showing me the world's most disgusting video. Okay, Wilford Brimley, I gotta tell you a story that I want you to. I want you to tell me about why you sent me this picture.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

This morning I wake up and Chrissy has sent me a picture of Wilford Brimley, who we were talking about a couple of episodes ago. Because Wilford Brimley was a tender Age of 51 years old when a photograph we saw on Instagram was taken. He looked no younger than 79 years old. No younger. I mean, the guy honestly looked like any other 80 year old walking down the street in 2024. But in 1981, he was 51. Years older. 1982, 51 years old. And, man, did he look old. I mean, old. And Chrissy and I have been talking about this forever, about how people who were in their 30s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, back in the 70s and 80s, they just look really old compared to people who look like us now, right? Yes. So I go to Starbucks, and I'm opening my phone for the first time, See, you know who's calling me for money? So I open my phone for the first time, and I see your text message, and I start laughing. One of the girls comes out, is standing right in front of me at the. While I'm waiting for the coffee, and she comes over, she goes, what's you laughing at? And I said, well, I'm laughing at this photograph. How old do you think this gentleman is in this photograph? And she replies, I don't know, 50, 60 years old, something like that. And I was surprised that why she. She said 50, 60. I thought for sure she was going to say 70 or 80. She is, I believe, around my age. But there's another young girl, Katie, who works there. She's probably no older than 19, 20 years old. I might be getting that wrong, but that's my guess, based on her energy and the way that she looks 19, 20 years old. She comes bouncing over and she goes, 35. And I. I said, 30? You think this guy is 35 years old? And she says, no, I thought you were 35 years old. I thought you were asking how old I look. And I said, no, it's this picture. And I go, you think I look 35 years old? And she said, 33, 34. Like she had gotten it wrong. Right? And I said, do you honestly believe I'm 35 years old? She's like, oh, yeah, I guess you're in your, like, mid-30s. Like, lower to mid-30s. I said, I'm gonna kiss you right on your mouth. Right on your mouth, Katie. Right on that mouth. Because that is a lovely thing to say. No, I am not anywhere close to 30, 40 years old. But thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

[C]

How old do you think you're not that far off. God, you make yourself sound like you're.

[B]

Well, I mean, okay, I'm not that far off, but I'm not ex. I'm not exactly right around the corner from 34 years old either. I'm not 50, but I'm also not, you know, 35 or 36 years old. So I just wanted to kiss her on her mouth. But then I saw. I said, hey, Listen, how old do you think the gentleman in this picture is? And she goes, I don't know, 80. And I was like, he's 50 years old in that photograph. 50. And he does look 80. You're right about that. Why did you send me that picture?

[C]

Well, first of all, I don't know exactly how old he was in the picture that I sent you, but basically every picture that I looked at looked the same. So I just screenshot it one and send that to you. But the reason I sent it to you was because we were talking about Wilford Brimley, and somehow he seeped into my dream last night and it was so bizarre.

[B]

I woke up and Chrissy was riding his handlebar mustache in the dream?

[C]

No, he was just there. He was part. He was the owner or the manager of this, like general store type place that maybe had like a Cracker Barrel ish type feel to it. Except we were in Jamaica and there were some nice Jamaican wares that were for sale at this place. So I was trying to pick out like a special necklace or something that I wanted, but he was floating around. And so it just made me laugh. And so I woke up and found a picture and sent it to you and said, good morning.

[B]

Yeah, good morning, Wilford Brimley. It was nice. At least it's a nice warm face to wake up to. For those of you who just don't know who we're talking about, which I imagine is not a lot of the audience, but some of the audience. Let me. Let me remind you of the commercials that played forever in the 80s and 90s for two specific companies. One is Liberty, the people who sell diabetes meters or something like that. Yes, we all say it diabetes, but.

[C]

He says it diabetes.

[B]

Diabetes, Diabetes, Diabetes. But then also he was a very famous spokesperson for Quaker Oats. Yes, if there is ever a man who looks like a Quaker, it is Wilford Brimley. Because the. One of the girls at the counter asked me, what ethnicity is he? And I go, I don't. Fuck am I supposed to know? I don't know, Wilford Brimley. I don't know. But then I thought to myself, he's as Quaker as it comes. His last name is Brimley and he looks like the guy on the Quaker Oats box. Let's listen to that commercial real quick. Hold on.

[E]

You know, when I was a kid and got a hold of a nickel, I thought I was rich. I didn't turn up my nose at pennies either. Today, some folks won't even bend to pick them up. Well, here's a bowl of steaming Quaker oatmeal. And I can't think of a healthier way to start the day. Cost you one nickel and four pennies. So if you can't be bothered with nickels and pennies, throw them in a jar, start an oatmeal fund. Quaker oats.

[B]

Well, if I've ever been convinced to not eat something in my life, Wilford just did it. A nickel in four pennies. It cost nine cents to buy oats. When was this commercial?

[C]

It's probably per serving.

[B]

Per serving?

[C]

No, it's pretty funny. Yeah, well, I did the Wikipedia on him and he had quite the story in life.

[B]

This bowl of hot steaming dog shit cost me five pennies and two nickels.

[C]

He was in some westerns.

[B]

He was. Yes, I was.

[C]

And then he was an activist against the ban on cockfighting.

[B]

There's nothing wrong with a little cockfighting.

[C]

And the reason was, is because he thought that was stripping away then at your liberties and then everything could be taken away if cockfighting was banned.

[B]

Well, cockfighting span, next thing you know, we're going to be marrying goats. I'm Wilford Brimley for cockfighting.

[C]

It was very strange to read that part.

[B]

So, yeah, I'm Wilford Brimley for gay related cockfighting. I like taking up my penis just as much as the next man. Cost me a nickel and four pennies when I was a kid to put my penis in a glory hole. And I don't want that taken away. I'm a libertarian and a Quaker. Wilfred Brimley here for fighting.

[C]

Fighting, I know.

[B]

But here's where Wilford, I think is maybe in the lexicon of popularity in 2024 is because everyone loves to hear him say diabetes. Yes, diabetes.

[E]

5. You have diabetes and you're on Medicare. You may qualify for a free meter from Liberty Medical. If you have type 2 diabetes like I have, you're confronted with choices. You can choose to feel sorry for yourself. I hope you don't. I hope you choose to get involved with a good doctor. Find out.

[C]

Get involved with a good doctor.

[B]

I hope you get off your fat ass and start working out.

[C]

That's all it takes is to get involved.

[B]

Starting to get a doctor. Quaker oats. Chrissy. Chris, do you have diabetes?

[C]

I do not.

[B]

Well, if you do have diabetes, I sure hope you die tomorrow because you suck.

[C]

Thanks, Wilford.

[B]

Wilford's such a nice guy.

[E]

Diabetes and your own body in the bargain. You'll learn to check your own blood sugar and Check it often. That along with a simple diet and exercise program can help keep your diabetes under control. If you're on Medicare, call Liberty Medical.

[C]

He has a sense of authority.

[B]

Well, yeah, he's scaring the out of you is what he's doing. He's like, he comes from a different time. I just tell if you have diabetes, I sure hope that you're not sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. Get yourself a. A nickel, nickel bowl of Quaker Oats. Yeah. And then test your glucose with my Liberty Mutual. Liberty, not Liberty Mutual.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

With my Liberty testing strip diabetes diabetics. How do you make. How do you come up with diabetes from diabetes?

[C]

He did.

[B]

I know. He's got that mustache that covers his entire mouth.

[C]

That's what it was.

[B]

Yeah. You can't see his mouth. Yeah, it was kind of fuzzy.

[C]

He kind of pronounced dumb Brothers Beatties.

[B]

It's strange. So strange. But I think we're right about this. I think people just grew up faster. I think we are literally being mummified by all the plastic that we're putting in our body.

[C]

It's so probably.

[B]

All right, second item of note here for you, Chrissy. Yesterday you heard our interview with Joe Dombrowski. Yes. We loved Joe. Joe was great. Joe is just one of those.

[C]

Blue agrees.

[B]

Yeah. Blue agrees. God damn that dog. Honestly, can I have one moment of peace in this house?

[C]

I think I just heard Astrid.

[B]

Yeah. As her knows she like manages the dog.

[C]

Yeah. As well as the 30 kids.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Seriously, it's a superhero.

[B]

But the kids can be screaming at the top of their lungs. Won't be anywhere close to as loud as Blue. That piercing bark that just keeps on going. So we had Joe on yesterday. He's got a big tour coming up this fall. So please go to joe the joe dombrowski.com youm can check him on his socials. Got millions of followers. So he's not hard.

[C]

He's really funny.

[B]

He is really funny. He's like naturally funny human being. And that's the best kind. I like we have people on that. Like they're not making an effort to be funny. They just. It's just, it comes out of them. It's like running through their porch. And unbelievably, after we've had a little bit of experience talking to comedians. A little bit of experience. Not everybody that we've talked to I think has that natural sense of humor. Right. I think they're good at stand up comedy, but maybe when they're not doing stand up comedy, that's not Their natural disposition. Joe is definitely one of those people. I think you just put no room and you'd find him funny regardless. But anyway, so Joe pointed out something that we had no idea. That is we have really pissed off possum lover 54.

[C]

Yes, we did.

[B]

I don't know where this started. I don't know how this started. I don't even know which episode.

[C]

We couldn't figure it out.

[B]

Couldn't figure it out.

[C]

People like, what. When did we even talk about possums having germs or something?

[B]

So I'm going to tell you this. I'm going to give you a $20 Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, Caribou, coffee, whatever place you like to go to. Coffee. I'm going to buy your coffee for a week. If you can find. Because it takes us a long time to do this. Maybe you'll understand it right off the bat if you can find in the commercial break catalog where I was so upsetting to the possum lovers out there, there is literally a review on Apple that says someone used to like us.

[C]

Yeah, I really liked your show until.

[B]

Until you talk shit about possums.

[C]

They've been around longer than humans. They're better than humans.

[B]

They deserve to be here more than humans.

[C]

Yeah, it was very, very interesting.

[B]

Someone, someone really has a connection with possums. Now, while I find this hard to believe and I stand my ground that possums are aliens on Earth. I, I didn't say they don't deserve. Well, maybe I did say they don't deserve to be here on Earth. I don't know. I don't remember. Maybe I said that. It's, it's not, I don't throw it past me. I'm speaking for seven hours a week on this fucking show. I, I sometimes I say stuff just because I say it. It's not necessarily that. I, I meet believe it with all my heart. And now I'm apologizing to the possum community. Fuck you. Fuck you. I don't like possums. What else?

[C]

Well, also too, I was wondering, I mean, if you're that passionate about possums there. Are you. Because I unfortunately, I mean, see them dead.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

On the road quite a bit. Is this person, like, doing something about that? Having a little ceremony?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Or, you know, burying them. I don't know.

[B]

Little rat with Weasley tail that smells bad and carries diseases. Let us all pray for the possum spirits. Little teeth that can gnaw through your leg. Find them up in your attic. And you'll never get them out. They ate your garbage last night. Now it's all over the front lawn. I see, what, every 30ft on the street, so people eat them for dinner?

[C]

Yeah, I think people.

[B]

Oh, yeah. People eat possum roadkill. I say all the time, but I say all the time. All the time. I love a good possum stew. What are you talking about?

[C]

People might eat it all the time.

[B]

Yeah. No, I don't know how I offended you. I think. Was it like, Bella something? Yeah. Or was Bella the girl who wrote it? I don't know.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Somebody wrote this. And if you're still listening, I'm, I, I don't know what to tell you.

[C]

We're sorry.

[B]

I just don't like possums. Isn't that okay? Can't we disagree on the possums? I, I, I, I agree. They have their place here on Earth. They're not going away. I, I don't know that I would choose if I was picking, like, if there was a flood coming tomorrow and I was going to be, you know what, who's that?

[C]

Noah.

[B]

Noah. If I was gonna be. Who's that guy?

[C]

Who's that guy?

[B]

You know, that famous guy, had a boat. Yeah. If I was going to be Noah, I don't know that I would choose two possums to come along on the boat ride. But, you know, okay, that's just my personal opinion. So I'm sorry that I offended you. I'm begging you to come on the show and explain why possums are better than the commercial break. Because if we can't even be better than possums, then I think we have zero chance of ever making this show successful. That's what I took away from it. I'm like, people are literally leaving the show because they prefer possums. Possums. They prefer a possum to the commercial break. We are terrible at our jobs if we're not beating possums on the totem pole. You know, I thought we'd, like, be in the conversation. Like, I prefer Theo Vaughn over the commercial. Conan, just a little bit better. Ah, smartless has, you know, they have better guess than the commercial break. But we're not even going past possums.

[C]

No possums.

[B]

By the way, like, like a dolphin or something. At least the dolphins are pretty and they make cool noises. You know what I'm saying?

[C]

Well, we love dolphins. Look it, our show is not for everybody.

[B]

Our show is definitely not for everybody. And I guess we can't even beat possums. Here's my call to you, the podcast audience. First one to find where I said that I did not like possums and find it in context so that we can understand exactly what we said to off this poor lady. I will buy you coffee for a week. First person text in 212-4333. TCB. Find me the episode 2 nickels and 4 pennies. I'm buying you Quaker oats for a week. For a week. But I'll sign the Quaker oats. That's better. I'm sending you a crate. No, I'm gonna stick with the coffee. I don't want to say things I can't because then the FCC calls me and they're like, hey, you're doing uncertified contests. Not a contest. I'm just asking somebody to do me a favor. Find me the. The.

[C]

The possum offense.

[B]

Yeah. Do I have to. Do I have to issue an official apology? Like, what's going on? I don't know. I don't know what I said, so I don't know how it goes. Cannot believe for the life of me that we can't even be. You know, I'm going to put on the show description now. You know, right now it says we're like the Cheesecake Factory. We're fine. We're fine. I'm going to say hated by possum lovers everywhere. Number one possum enemy. Number one, possum enemy. The commercial break. Do you have any inkling of where we might have said this?

[C]

No. When Joe brought it up, I was like, what? Well, I just really don't remember when we talked about it.

[B]

Well, first of all, good on Joe for doing his homework. He did. Yeah.

[C]

I wanted to check you guys out. I got on here.

[B]

Here's another thing Joe said.

[C]

Idea.

[B]

Here's another thing Joe said. And I think he'll be okay with me sharing this after we get off air. Joe says, who in the world are you guys connected to? And I said, what do you mean? And he goes, who are you connected to? I'm going down your list of guests. I looked up their managers, their president. Yeah, I just want to know who exactly I was getting involved with here. And I looked down and I'm really impressed by this list. It's like all my friends, all the people I look up to, like, all the managers, all the. They're all been. You know, a bunch of them been on the show. And I said, well, you know, we have a booking agent. You know, Someone that helps us out with the booking. And then he goes, oh, okay, all right. And so I took that as a high compliment. And then when I walked out of the studio I shared with Astrid, I said, hey, you know what Joe said? He said, you know, he's really impressed at the guest list that we've had. That's all. And. And she goes, yeah, it's probably because he took a look at your Instagram and saw 3,000 people not even following you. You can't even get to 3,000. And wondered how exactly Rachel Feinstein showed up on your show.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

Fuck you. I said, astrid, come on. I had a moment where I was actually feeling good about myself, and then he had to bring me down a notch. That's Astrid's job in life, is to make sure Brian's head doesn't get too big.

[C]

It's so true.

[B]

He's probably like, wow, look at that. Rachel Feinstein, Heather McMahon, Margare. You guys are. These guys are big time. Let's look at their Instagram.

[C]

I love it. We're big in Venezuela.

[B]

Yeah. He was probably like, is this the same commercial break that I'm going, right? Is there another commercial break? There is another commercial break. They talk about, I don't know, taxes or something. I'm not sure what they do. All right, so let's do this. Let's take a break. I got lots more fun stuff to talk about. Our cup. Phyllis Oak, Phillip Diabetics. So ever since I started making fun of Wilford, my tongue doesn't work.

[C]

We'll be right back.

[B]

We'll be right back with more diabetes related information.

[D]

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[B]

Of course.

[D]

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[B]

You know, we talk a lot about, we like weird food combinations on this show. You know, Brian likes his cream and cereal.

[C]

You know, there's lots of ramen.

[B]

The ramen Noodle. Oh, I cannot believe that I put that in my body. For years I put that in my body. It's probably why my ex wife divorced me. She was probably like, remember how we had Jenna? Jenna was it Jenna? Jenna wrote in and was like, wow, my. The guy that I'm dating eats a bunch of slop and he eats it sloppily and I'm just can't take it anymore. What do you guys think? Well, I'm just wondering now after what Julia was thinking. Yeah, what Julia was thinking on the other end of my ramen noodles. Chipotle beef ramen noodles. So the chipotle beef packet, probably an entire bag of Mexican shredded cheese, by the way. I would put two or three bags of ramen noodles, entire bags of Mexican cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, steak sauce, crackers. I mean, I just, I. I put everything under the jalapenos. Sometimes it just didn't matter. I would put it all in there and it would just be this disgustingly gloppy, gloopy mess that I thought was delicious. And no Wonder. I dropped £75. After I. After I divorced her, I stopped eating that. I was like, well, I guess I gotta stop eating like a three year old now. She probably went to the divorce attorney and was like, I cannot for one more minute watch that man eat another. Literally. We spend $180 a month on ramen noodles.

[C]

On the ones that are ten for a dollar.

[B]

That's right. That is a nickel and four pennies. Ramen noodles is a nickel and four pennies. So there's lots of weird food combinations that people like. My wife was pregnant 75 times. So I know that when you get pregnant, sometimes you have cravings for weird foods. And a lot of the weird. Some of the weird food that is often mentioned when I talk about pregnancy is something related to pickles, ice cream and pickles, or cookies and pickles, some sweet and tart. That's like the combination, for whatever reason that pregnant women will often, often report finding themselves craving. But I saw something on Instagram the other day and I had no idea this was a thing. No idea this was a thing. And I'm probably six months behind this conversation. But you heard it here last. Yeah, you heard it. I heard it here last. From the number one enemy of. Of possums and podcasting. There was a lady who drove through the sonic drive thru and ordered a Dr. Pepper with pickles. A Dr. Pepper with pickles. So you want to just hear the, the, I mean, little real here.

[C]

Pickles in the. In the Dr. Pepper or just. Just listen. Pick some pickles and a Dr. Pepper on the side.

[B]

Okay, listen. Oh, wait, let me. Let me. Let me restart. Yes, ma'. Am.

[F]

I need to get a large Dr. Pepper with pickles. All right, we got a large Dr. Pepper with pickbles. And you're gonna see the cherries up there, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[F]

And that's gonna be your pickles.

[E]

Okay?

[F]

Okay, thank you so much. Yes, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[F]

And you have a great day. Today. We have a total of 362.

[B]

First of all, 362 for a fucking Dr. Pepper. Inflation is out of control. Second of all, that's crazy. 362. I don't know if she ordered anything else, but, I mean, if you're paying $3.62 for fucking Dr. Pepper. But what the lady is saying here, just so you don't get confused, when she says, you'll see cherries, meaning they have to charge extra for the pickles. So they are charging for cherry. They're putting cherries on the screen. Not in her drink. What they put in her drink is actual pickles. Thank you.

[F]

You, too. Let's see what it looks like. So this right here is a pickle Dr. Pepper. So it's Dr. Pepper with dill pickle slices in it. And don't knock it till you try it. If you like pickles and you like Dr. Pepper, and you're probably like, ew, gross. I would never, ever drink that. But there's a lot of people that do drink this. Did you hear her, the way she took my order?

[C]

Yeah, she seems like a person that's ever right. She didn't seem surprised.

[B]

No, she was. The lady on the other end was not shocked. The lady on the other end was also a Dr. Pepper and Pickle drinker because she clearly was not phased by it. No one bit. What, did you skip a beat? She didn't. And that's. This seems strange to me now. There's a thick Southern draw going on here, so I gotta imagine she's somewhere South Georgia, Alabama, Somewhere like that. But I had no idea that this was a thing. I had no idea putting pickles inside of your soda was a thing. And I can't. I mean, I can't remember the last time I had a Dr. Pepper. But I do like it. It's not. It's not a terrible. It's not a bad drink. I like it. You know, every once in a blue moon. I don't go to fast food restaurants a lot or at all. Anymore. But when I do, sometimes I'll choose the Dr. Pepper on the thing. Sorry, she's doing it again. Sometimes I'll choose the Dr. Pepper as a fountain.

[C]

Every once in a while I'll do a Dr. Pepper.

[B]

But it just sounds really disgusting to me to put pickles inside of your doctor stuff. Pepper's so sweet. And then you put those pickles in there. Doesn't that cause, like, some weird taste?

[C]

I. Apparently not to her or other people.

[B]

So second call to the audience in one show. I want to know if anybody does this, if any. This is a thing for anybody else, because I've never heard of it. And I've been around some people that are really Southern, and I've never heard anybody say, I want a pickled Dr. Pepper. She referred to it as a pickled Dr. Pepper. This is making news in, like, the New York Times.

[C]

Maybe it's like the saltiness or something, because I remember my grandfather liked to have Coca Cola with some salt on it.

[B]

Really? Yes, really. You know, when chocolate and salts started becoming a thing.

[C]

I like that.

[B]

Whatever. It was two decades ago when chefs started putting, you know, salted caramel, salted chocolate, putting salt on top of desserts that you get at restaurants, it didn't phase me one bit. Because when I was a stoner kid, 17, 16, 17. My favorite snack, my favorite snack was to get chocolate covered graham crackers. Like graham cracker cookies. Graham cookies. Whatever they were.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

They would sell little bears. Elves. Yeah, something like that. Little bears. Little bears. That's right. Something like that. And then I would also grab a bag of whatever potato chips were around. Ruffles, Lays, whatever was around, I would grab it, and then I'd take a handful of chocolate I put in my mouth, and then I'd stuff a bunch of potatoes.

[C]

Sweet and salty.

[B]

That sweet and salty just hit the spot. Especially when I was stoned. Especially when I was. Of course, when I was stoned, I'd eat anything. But. But so when people started putting salt on chocolate and some other people around me were like, oh, my God, that's crazy. I never thought it was all that crazy. I thought, oh, no, that's a. That's a good combination right there. Salt and chocolate. And now is one of my favorite things in the world to eat is like, you know, chocolate covered pretzels, sweet little salty, whatever it is. So I'm not saying I don't know because I've never tried. It might taste perfectly lovely.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But it just seems like a weird thing to put in a Drink. Pickles. Pickles.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

If I brought Dr. Pepper in here one day and I brought a series of things that we should put in that Dr. Pepper to see if we can come up with a brand new combination, would you go through the motions with me?

[C]

I would try the pickles.

[B]

What about other things? Like an oyster Dr. Pepper. Would you try that?

[C]

No. No, I don't like oysters. Really?

[B]

You don't? What happened to you as a kid? You're not afraid of heights, but you like oyster. You don't like oysters. They seem slimy, but wait a second. You don't like them whatsoever.

[C]

I mean, I'll eat a Rockefeller. An oyster Rockefeller.

[B]

But that's just the tiny, tiny little ones. Ones that look like pearls. They're tiny little. The Rockefellers, those little ones, Right.

[C]

No, no, no. Rockefellers got the spinach and the cheese.

[B]

Oh, Oysters Rockefeller. Oh, I thought you were talking about like a type of oyster.

[C]

No.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[C]

Oysters Rockefeller.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Because it has the spinach in the cheese.

[B]

Yeah. That's not. That's just. It's just cheese dip that happens to have an oyster.

[C]

Yeah. Only that.

[B]

Ah, that's really interesting. I didn't know that about you. But she loves, loves, loves, loves crab legs. Just letting you know that. Don't take this. Don't take this girl out to dinner. She's gonna order all the crab legs in the restaurant, regardless of how much they cost. Yeah, I think we gotta try this. I think we should bring some Dr. Pepper in here. I'll bring some pickles and some other items. You know, we'll just throw them in the Dr. Pepper and see what happens.

[C]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

Are you willing to do this with me?

[C]

I am.

[B]

Okay. Still won't do the hot wing challenge, though. Still won't do the one chip challenge. Tried that one.

[C]

No.

[B]

Why not?

[C]

Because somebody died from it. And also, too. I don't like just hot for hot. It's got to be flavorful. I don't need to. I don't need to challenge myself on that.

[B]

I'm not you. We're challenging ourselves for the show.

[C]

No, you just specifically want me to eat it.

[B]

Well, yes, I do. Of course I do. Yes. I want you to do it with me. I want us both to suffer equally at the same time.

[C]

I don't want to suffer.

[B]

I literally want to cover the studio in plastic because it would be full of snot and saliva and shit and puke or whatever it is we're going to do. And then I want to watch us ride around the paint bones going crazy. I think we should do a weird food related episode. And so I'm trying to gather some.

[C]

Idea on board with the Dr. Pepper thing. So take it where you can get it.

[B]

Well, whoopty. Do you put some pickles in your Dr. Pepper but not oysters? What about. Well, I'm gonna come up with a list of things and then you can approve. I'll put a G sheet together and then you can, you know, approve or disapprove of what my ideas are. Thought you're. I thought it was like you were like my ride or die. You just try anything for any reason?

[C]

No, that's. That's not the definition.

[B]

That's not the definition of ride or die. Well, I gotta revisit.

[C]

I'll be there for you while you're shitting and I'll help you, But I'm not going to go in with you.

[B]

Chrissy wiping my ass. I'm like hanging on the side of the tub just shitting myself.

[C]

And Chrissy's like, I would pass you good toilet paper, dude. Wipes. I would.

[B]

Chrissy looks like someone from. Yeah, she'd be like, I'd open the.

[C]

Door quick, throw him in there.

[B]

Sorry about your ass. Great episode.

[C]

That's a ride or die great episode.

[B]

The possum queen wants to talk to you. Possum queen. Speaking of things in your ass, there's a guy that's got arrested. Here it is. A man in Texas has been accused of contaminating items from a antique store by placing them in his ass. Michael Vest, 60 years old, was observed sticking 200 worth of antiques in his rear end and then putting them back on the shelf. Now he got caught on camera doing this.

[C]

Good God.

[B]

That is. Come on, what's wrong? Do you remember?

[C]

What is wrong with people?

[B]

Do you remember these for brains? During the pandemic, who would run into the grocery stores, take ice cream, take the lid off the ice cream, lick it, and then put it back?

[C]

No.

[B]

Do you remember that was going on?

[C]

I didn't.

[B]

No. It's a whole thing going on for like in 2020, for like a month. People were running into grocery stores, they were licking fruit, they were licking ice cream, and they thought that it was funny. For whatever reason, they thought that it was funny. This to me should be prosecuted, like attempted murder. Like, I mean, you know, this is insane that you would go and stick something in your butt, put it back on the shelf, and then unsuspecting somebody would come touch it or buy it, whatever that is. Insane. I understand.

[C]

What were the items? I'm just curious now. Were they salt and pepper shakers or were they.

[B]

You can see the video right there.

[C]

Or were. Was it something pointy?

[B]

Yeah, that's what it was. It was like antiques. Look, he's like picking up tiny little antiques, sticking them up. He's got a kilt on. That should be your first indication. Look at that. Isn't that strange?

[C]

Very strange.

[B]

I mean, obviously the guy has some kind of weird fetish. Right? And my. My tolerance for fetish extends only so far when you're going into stores, sticking things in your ass and putting them back, because you get your rocks off on that, then I think you definitely need to.

[C]

It's hurting other people. Of course it is where we draw the line.

[B]

Of course it's hurting other people. It's hurting yourself. I just watched the doctor a couple of days ago. He said, whatever my name is, I'm an emergency room doctor. And no, you did not accidentally slip and fall and get that thing stuck in your ass. Please be honest with us, because we can only help you if you tell us exactly what happened. He's like, nothing accidentally goes in your ass. You don't slip and fall it. You didn't back into a wall and get a painting in your ass or whatever. He said, he's like, I see so many people coming in this emergency room over the course of a year with things stuck in their anus. There are plenty of toys approved, objects approved.

[C]

That approved for anus use.

[B]

Yes. And that you can get out on your own. They can actually come back out. They have strings on them or whatever. They have large things. But he was explaining that many people come in with things stuck in their anus, but they won't tell the truth. They're like, I slipped and fell in the kitchen and I got a 75 inch dildo stuck in my ass or whatever it is. And he goes, please, please, just be honest with us so that we can get to the bottom of it. Because if you continue to lie to us, then we don't know the best way to help you. If you say you slipped and fell, there may be different injuries that we need to pay attention to besides just this thing that's now stuck in your rectum. So I get it. There is a. There is. It can get you off.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But don't go into an antique store and do that, for God's sakes.

[C]

No. That's just mean.

[B]

Yes. Go to Baskin Robbins. Get those little spoons that, you know. Little spoons they give you for the ice cream. And then go to your own house and do that, do that thing. Pretend like you have your own antique shop, you know what I'm saying? Because my goodwill extends for fetishes only so far. And sticking things in your ass and putting back on the shelf is gross and disgusting. It's gonna get everybody sick.

[C]

This is how it's hurting other people.

[B]

Yes, probably sticking birds in your ass.

[C]

Yeah, that dude, I wouldn't be surprised looking at him.

[B]

When I saw this story, it reminded me of the story that went around for a long time when we were kids about the gerbil in what's his name's ass?

[C]

Richard Gere.

[B]

Do you remember that? Yeah, yeah. And I think it's been definitively been proven to be. But that was way before social media. And somehow that story, for those of.

[C]

You that it was like in the Inquirer or something, one of those tabloids.

[B]

For those of you that weren't around back then, some story got started maybe from the Inquirer, who knows that Richard Gere, a legendary Coxman, a. A very good looking dude, he started.

[C]

A movie, he was married to Cindy Crawford at the time too.

[B]

That there was some kind of sexual play that was going on and it live gerbil was involved in it. And that gerbil went up his ass, then died. Then he had to have surgery to have it removed. And I remember as like a third grader hearing this story and thinking to myself, wow, that's really weird that someone would want to stick a gerbil in their butt.

[C]

I think that's how it spread because it was so outrageous.

[B]

It was so outrageous it had to be true, right? Who would make that up? I mean, clearly the National Enquirer, of course, but who would make that kind of shit up that you would stick a live gerbil in your patootie? I mean, just sounds weird, first of all. Second of all, I don't think you could actually get a live gerbil in your mind. I mean, I don't know, maybe this guy knows.

[C]

Maybe the guy with the guy, he would know.

[B]

Yeah, maybe you have to make like a gerbil house and you know those little gerbil tubes that the gerbils go through. Maybe you have to connect yourself to the gerbil tube and then just say, hey, come on in.

[C]

I mean, I guess you could start there if you really wanted to try it.

[B]

But this dude is wearing a kilt. The guy who had the antiques, he's wearing a kilt. If it's not like St. Patrick's Day or you're not in Scotland and you're just walking in somewhere with a kilt and sneaking around in the back of an antique store. I, I would be as. I would be highly suspicious in the first place. I'd be like, why is that dude lifting his kilt in the back of our antique store?

[C]

Of course, that's probably why they checked.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, and thank God they did. Yes, thank God they did. Hopefully they decontaminated that place, too. I don't think they named the antique store, so I'm not going to name it here. But that's probably for the best because I don't know about you, but if they had named the antique store, I wouldn't go to that antique store because.

[C]

You usually do go to them.

[B]

I've been known to antique. I have been known to antique.

[C]

I've never seen you antique.

[B]

It's true. Astrid and I have been to a few antique stores now. I don't buy antiques, but I do like those mishmash, antiquey, flea markety type places. Yeah, they can be fun. There's one down in the island that we like to go to. It's huge. It's, you know, they got like whatever, 75 different.

[C]

There's a, there's one here in Atlanta that comes every month. They used to be my client at the radio station.

[B]

Oh, yeah, I remember those.

[C]

Popular.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And that place is cool. It's got a bunch of stuff.

[B]

You can find a bunch of there. Yeah, absolutely. Find a bunch of.

[C]

Some people just get really into the antiquing, though.

[B]

Well, and with good reason. With good reason.

[C]

True.

[B]

Because you can literally find gold. Yeah. You can buy something there that could end up being worth tens of thousands of dollars or maybe more and.

[C]

Or if you're into restoring things.

[B]

That's true.

[C]

Buy something that looks broken down and restore it.

[B]

Do you think it's harder now to find gems, like to find treasure in the trash now than it was maybe 20 or 30 years ago because of the popularity of the shows where they, you know, like Pawn Stars and Antique Road, Antique Roadshow. Do you think it's, like, harder now that most. I would imagine people who do sell antiques for a living or collect antiques for a living to resale them or probably do a fair amount of investigation on everything that they get just to make sure they're not missing anything. Like they don't give away some trap. It's something they think is trash for $10.

[C]

Right.

[B]

I think So I would think so, too.

[C]

I think a lot of it may be coming. Any kind of fresh new finds might be coming from people's parents, house or old. Old, you know, family members that had stuff in the attic.

[B]

Yeah, that's true. You know, they're like those estate sales. Yes. I've been to a few estates. I dated a girl who was, like, all into the estate sale thing. And so, like, you know, Friday afternoons or Saturday, whenever they're traditionally held, we would go to an estate sale, and I went to, like, three or four of them. Feels very strange to be walking through somebody else's house.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Clearly, after someone has just passed away, it's like a fresh death. You can smell death hanging in the air. And then you walk around their house and pick apart their. It feels very weird to me. It feels very intrusive.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And I don't know that I'd want that happening to me, even though I'll be dead and it doesn't really matter, but I still don't know if I'd want.

[C]

There's big business in that, though.

[B]

Oh, yeah. There's companies that make hundreds of millions of dollars. I guess just consignment. Just, you know, selling that stuff off and getting a part of the commission.

[C]

Exactly. Well, because, you know, a lot of times this family doesn't want to deal with it. They're either they live far away or they're too distressed or there's just. It's too overwhelming. So you hire these people that they.

[B]

Just come in and do it, do it for you, and they take a cut. Is that how it works? Yeah, they take a cut of the sales. So, like, if I did a cons, if I did one of these in my house, like, clearly there'd be no money in it, would they? Do they come in and they assess it first? Do they come into your house and go, oh, okay, I think we can make, you know, I don't know, a hundred thousand dollars selling this shit. We'll charge 10% or 20%.

[C]

I don't know exactly how it works, but they do. I'm sure they do. Come in and look.

[B]

Can you find out for me? Can you find out for me?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Because if we put it in the notebook. Yes. If we can make some money, I might just, you know, jump out the window.

[C]

And then Poster is calling the consignment.

[B]

Let me tell you a funny story about the Pearl Jam posters when we get back from this break. We'll be back.

[C]

What?

[D]

Oh, hi, it's Christina again here to Remind you to go to tcbpodcast.com for all things audio, video, and TCBDO. Give us a follow on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok CBpodcast. And guess what? We have a new phone number. I know what you're thinking, but I promise this is the last TCB phone number you will ever have to remember. So call us and leave us a voicemail or text us at 212-4333, TCB. Once more for the people in the back. That's 212-4333, TCB. Oh, and check out our YouTube [e-mail] the commercial break. That's all for now. Let's listen to our sponsors and get back to the show.

[B]

I was just seeing how long I could go sticking something in your face without you noticing. I was literally going entire time.

[C]

You're the one who put on the.

[B]

The.

[C]

The tv and I have to turn to look at it.

[B]

I'm paying attention to the news. There's newsy things to be paying attention to. All right, so, you know, I don't usually have the TV on while we're doing a recording, but this time there's a special.

[C]

What did you say?

[B]

I was just showing you something and then you. You don't have to make commentary on that. I was just showing you something that I felt like was cool.

[C]

That is cool.

[B]

Isn't that cool? All right, there we go. We'll see. We'll see when we'll see if it happens. We'll see if it works out.

[C]

I won't put it in the notebook.

[B]

Okay, don't put in the notebook. Right. Before I tell the story about the Pearl Jam posters, I do want to remind you, Joe Dombrowski is going on tour this fall. We would love it if you would go to his website, buy tickets. Some shows are available, some shows will be available closer to the dates, but Joe is going on tour and I highly recommend you go see him because he's really fucking funny.

[C]

Yes. I can't wait to see a show.

[B]

So it's no secret, and I don't think we ever have ever made it a secret that the show while is popular in some circles, and by circle, I mean here in the, like the half acre that I live on. On a show. On a show. It's popular in some circles. It doesn't, you know, it hasn't been a multi billion dollar success yet. We're hoping, right. It's been a multi billion dollar success. So while we, you know, keep ourselves afloat during this, I thought, okay, let's get rid of the junk. I'm like, get rid of the junk and see if we can sell. And I shared that we were selling stuff on Facebook Marketplace that we didn't need, we didn't want.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So there's this group out there that I belong to, and it's a Facebook related merch selling Facebook group. Now, I don't spend any, almost any time on Facebook, but when we were going through the house and decluttering and finding stuff that may or may not be of value or that we could give to the women's shelter or whatever it is, I started looking up at the wall and I'm like, you know what, Brian? You paid so much money for those stupid Pearl Jam posters. Somebody else has got to be willing to pay something related to that too.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So I got these Pearl Jam posters a number of years ago, and when I got them for my birthday one year, I just had them sitting in the corner, figuring I'd do something with them eventually. Like, rolled up in the original box, they came, original tube that they came in. And Astrid delightfully went and got six of them framed, seven of them framed, beautifully framed, black matte, the whole nine yards beautifully framed. And then we hung them on the walls here in the studio because it's the one place Astrid knows no other, no visiting guest will go to, so she doesn't have to be embarrassed by my Pearl Jam poster.

[C]

That was sweet.

[B]

That was very sweet of her. They do. And so I said, you know what? Let me go on that one Facebook community that I know about, and let's see if I can sell a few of the ones that are not what they're worth. Yeah, just see what they're worth. See if I can sell them. And it's like an auction style Facebook group. You. You list it for sale. They call it popcorn bidding. Which means you say, hey, at 9:00pm Tuesday, this auction ends. You. And then everybody starts bidding and you say it's at 9pm it ends. So ever so usually at 8:50, there's a flurry of activity.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And you basically you comment, you make a comment and that's your bid. And then there you go. But if someone makes a bid in the last five minutes, you have to extend it by another five minutes, right? And then another five minutes and then another five minutes. And it goes on and on and on until it just stops. And then someone wins, right? Until everybody says, nope, no more. I'm not paying $6,000 for your pearl Jam poster. That Was in your dog shitty studio. Right? So, okay. So I said, okay, let me start with one that I think has some value to it. The framing alone was like $200 per. Because to get things professionally framed is not cheap.

[C]

No.

[B]

And so I said, okay, let me start the bidding at $250. 200 for the framing, 50 for the poster. Even though I think it's worth a lot more than that, I want to make it attractive for people to jump in here. So I put one on there, and I'm like, okay. And then it says, waiting for administrator to approve your post.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[B]

And I thought, okay. Just a formality. I've been a part of this group for, like, six years now. Just a formality. I've never actually said anything in the group, but, you know, I'm a esteemed member of the Pearl Jam auction site. Let me. Let me get on that. Esteemed member, you know, as if Eddie Vedder is my best friend. You know, I'm an esteemed member of this group. Let me go in there. And so I put it up, waiting for the admin, and then I keep checking, I keep checking nothing. I keep checking, I keep checking nothing. And I put it down for a couple of days, and I come back and it says, the admin has disapproved as a, you know, declined to make this post. See the reasons why here.

[C]

What was the reason?

[B]

So I look at the reason, and one of the rules is, of the group is you can put any price you want the auction to start at, but don't be unreasonable, and the admins have the right to decline. Like, you can't put a Pearl Jam pin from the most recent concert there for $6,000. Right, right. It just doesn't make any sense. And you're just wasting space, essentially. No one's going to bid on it. Everyone's going to laugh at you, the whole nine yards. But otherwise, a very friendly group. I've seen some of these auctions go down, and I'm like, oh, I actually bought a couple of these posters on a very similar auction site. So I'm like, what unreasonable price? What? That's not unreasonable. So now I'm arguing with the admin. I'm like, hey, dude. Or whoever, listen, I paid 200 for the framing, and I'm just, you know, starting off at 50 for the. For the poster, whatever. And the guy responds to me and he goes, okay, bro, but you want somebody else to pay for your framing? And I go pay for my framing. If they win, then it's their framing. What are you fucking talking about?

[C]

Yeah, it's a framed poster. It's all in one now.

[B]

So now he's just responding with this, you know, can't put an unreasonable price. Can't put an unreasonable price. Can't put an unreasonable price. And I'm really angry about this and I'm like, I keep going back to him like it's not an unreasonable price. I show him examples of another Pearl Jam site where they're selling the same poster for like, you know, somebody bid $350 on. It's not a ton of money, but it's, it's something, right? And I'm like, you add that plus the framing is 550. What's so unreasonable about what I'm asking? Less than half of that. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah blah. I'm going back and forth, I'm getting heated up, my head's getting red. I'm pacing around the house now I'm sure that I'm going to. And now it's now I'm not going to take less than a thousand dollars. Now I got Dick Tracy collection all over again. It's worth a million. I'm so angry. I'm just like steaming and pacing and steaming and pacing and steaming and pacing until I realize, Chrissy, that the group that I have posted in has six members in it. Six members. I have. It's been so long since I've been on Facebook. I did not remember the right group. So I tried to post it to a group that had six members of it thriving, a thriving community of auction related pearl materials that some jackass and his uncle started. And obviously no one decided to join the group because this guy's an asshole. Right? That's what it is.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

Right here. He thought, he then the reason why he wanted me to lower the price is because he wanted someone in the group to bid on it. I don't think he makes money on it. I think he's just being a, you know, he has his bully pulpit, he's doing whatever he does. But man, was I so fluffed up about this. And then I'm like, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna report this group. Let me look into this group. Because the group that I bought these posters from, there's like 15000 members in it. So I was thinking to myself, well, someone out of the 15, 000 will pay at least 250 for this. But then I look and it says, you know, six members plus you, seven altogether. And I thought to myself, how many Pearl Jam related merch probably groups that I joined?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

How many did I join back in 2018? I mean, I belong to like six of them and I'm trying to bid on the one that has six members. It pissed me off. So then I go and I'm like, okay, I cool down. I chill out. I don't get all fluffed up about it. I mean, I did get fluffed up about it. I d. Fluff. Yeah, fluff. I go to the actual. Yeah, rev down. I go to the actual group with many, many, many members. Thousands of tens of thousands of members. And I put the same poster and I put it for a little bit of a lower price and I'm like, okay, got it.

[C]

Here we go.

[B]

I read all the rules. I'm sure I'm within guidelines here. I know how to post this. You know, it's like a big deal to me. You know, I'm making my first foray into the group.

[C]

I want to put yourself out there.

[B]

I'm putting my best foot forward in front of tens of thousands of people. Admin waiting to approve your post. Okay. You know, I'm a little bit nervous that we're going to have a repeat, but, you know, I, I read the rules this time. And so I say, you know, auction ends 3pm on Monday. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Come back, nothing. Come back, nothing. Come back, nothing. Day later, come back, nothing. Okay, now, now the auction is going to end Monday at 3pm and it's like Sunday at 2pm I'm like, there's no time for anybody to bid. What am I going to do? I didn't even been approved yet. And then it says your post has been denied by the ad. And I'm like, what did the good did I do this time? What's wrong now? What is it now? Look at your reasons. Well, it clearly states in the rules that all auctions must end at 9pm Eastern Standard Time. But I put 3pm Why? I don't know. I read the rules. I don't know why I put it. I just did. I just thought I was better than everyone else. I guess I could do mine at 3pm I want to stand out in the crowd. Mine ends at 3.

[C]

Hurry, hurry.

[B]

Only one hour left. I posted it at, you know, 2:57. It's at 3. Pay me now. Payment must be made before 3:05pm oh my God. So I got denied because of my timing. The timing. And then I just threw my hands in here.

[C]

Yeah, I was like, hey, Honey, I'm.

[B]

Just gonna keep the Pearl Jam posters. I'm too embarrassed.

[C]

They made something to you and that's the value.

[B]

They do mean nothing to me, but, I mean, at the end of the day, like, there are so many more things in life that mean much more to me. But I do like them. I don't know, I just have some connection with them.

[C]

I totally get that.

[B]

I've either been to the show or.

[C]

You'Ve seen our house. I mean, we've got framed stuff all over the place from shows.

[B]

Yeah, I was going to start calling you and asking you if I could sell your stuff on the Facebook marketplace too. I was just curious.

[C]

Now.

[B]

Hey, Chrissy, I know you got a lot of stuff in that house. Probably don't need most of it. Ask Jeff what he doesn't want. Tell him to send it on over here. I'll be happy to meet them at the local PD station at the exchange. Sperm donation exchange.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

Oh, my God. I got the craziest Instagram messages from someone about, well, the sperm.

[C]

The sperm donation. The live sperm donation.

[B]

The live sperm donation. But I'm gonna save it for the next episode.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Okay, so now that's two Instagram related messages I've gotten about 90 Day Fiance and a close connection to 90 Day Fiance. So there you go.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

All right. More information to come on the live sperm donation thing. We did get a text message. It is related to 90 Day Fiance. Somebody knows that dude. Oh, somebody knows that dude has had interactions with that dude. You have to wait till tomorrow to check it out. But I will talk more about it.

[C]

Now I'm excited.

[B]

Yeah, I gotta just figure out a way to tailor the conversation so I don't identify anybody. That's the one request. Talk about it, but don't identify me. Right. So I just got to figure out how I frame this so that I don't embarrass it. I'm sure I'll embarrass somebody, but, you know, I'm sure I'll fail miserably at that too. I am just like a big oaf running through, like, knocking into walls and tripping over myself.

[C]

And you're doing the best you can with what you've got.

[B]

No, this isn't the best I got. This is just what I got. It's not the best I got. This is what I got. You know that's what I'm saying. Yeah.

[C]

Do the best you can with what you got.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

That's. We're all doing that.

[B]

That's right. All right, this is what I want you to do. Go to tcbpodcast.com get yourself your free sticker. All you got to do is hit the contact us button. Drop down menu says I want my free sticker and then you give us your address. Tell us if you want to send to sign or send or whatever you want. Whatever you want us to do. We'll try and accommodate. Put it in the email message along with that physical address and then we'll send you the sticker. You can also find all the audio and all the video on the website along with all of our sponsor codes and more importantly our guests information like Joe's website. We have a link to it on the show Notes of the Joe episode. Same goes with all of the guests. Margaret, show everybody. Everybody from Ves on we got beer. Would probably rather we forget but I.

[C]

Was going to say the same thing.

[B]

Oh, one of these days we're going to have Veer back on and we're going to thank him for being so very patient with us. 212-4333 TCB. That's 212-433-3822 text us questions, comments, concerns, consent, ideas or find me that possum Related content and I'll buy you coffee for a week. I swear to God I will. Promises through Facebook marketplace at the commercial break on Instagram and YouTube.com the commercial break for our interviews and selected episodes. Okay Chrissy, I guess that's all I can do for today.

[C]

I think so.

[B]

But I'll tell you that I love you.

[C]

I love you.

[B]

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