Trippin' With TCB

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Trippin' With TCB" – The Commercial Break LLC

Release Date: January 17, 2025

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1. Introduction and Episode Overview

After the initial advertisement segments, co-hosts Bryan Green and Kristen Joy Hoadley dive into the main content of the episode, "Trippin' With TCB." Joined by guests Christina and Gustavo (G), the hosts engage in a lively conversation covering a range of topics from movie reviews to influencer marketing strategies, and recent local events.

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2. Movie Reviews and Reflections

Christopher Reeve and the Superman Legacy

Kristen initiates the discussion by reflecting on the tragic accident that left actor Christopher Reeve paralyzed, drawing parallels between Reeve’s portrayal of Superman and his real-life struggles.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [08:23]: "This is an ugly cry. An ugly cry is coming at least twice in the movie."

• Christina [09:49]: "Time with that because he was like the first. Right. To play."

Kristen elaborates on Reeve's legacy, emphasizing how his role as Superman transcended the films, becoming a symbol of resilience and advocacy for the disabled community. She praises the original "Superman" movie for its impactful storytelling and the genuine performance by Reeve.

"Fire of Love" Documentary

The conversation shifts to the documentary "Fire of Love," highlighting the passionate lives of two volcanologists who dedicated themselves to studying volcanoes.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [15:07]: "It was so insane how these people were literally standing in the middle of volcanoes... swimming in it."

Christina echoes Kristen's sentiment, noting the unique and mesmerizing imagery presented in the film. Kristen underscores the documentary's portrayal of the duo's unwavering dedication, likening their obsession with volcanoes to a profound life passion.

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3. Influencer Marketing and Authentic Endorsements

Tripping with Tarte: A Case Study

The hosts delve into the marketing strategy behind Tarte Cosmetics' "Tripping with Tarte" campaign, which involves sending influencers on luxurious trips in exchange for promoting the brand.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [24:13]: "Tripping with Tarte is apparently a biannual trip that they do where they rent like a private 747, take you to a private island..."

Kristen humorously suggests incorporating similar strategies for their podcast by sending guests to places like Great Wolf Lodge, albeit with a comedic twist regarding the level of influencer involved.

Ethics and Transparency in Influencer Endorsements

The discussion then shifts to the ethical considerations of influencer endorsements, especially when influencers are compensated without genuine product experience.

• Christina [33:06]: "Like, how can you really trust that? This is, like, the best thing ever if they're being paid for."

Kristen emphasizes the importance of authentic endorsements, stating that personal endorsements should stem from genuine use and approval of the product.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [33:21]: "If someone asks us for a personal endorsement, I will not do it unless I try it. I know it and I like it."

Honey Browser Extension Scandal

Gustavo introduces a critical analysis of the Honey browser extension, revealing unethical practices where Honey manipulates coupon codes and affiliate links to the detriment of both consumers and influencers.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [37:57]: "Honey was dropping in their own affiliate codes while scrubbing the influencer's codes. That is a total scam."

The hosts strongly advise listeners to uninstall the Honey extension due to its deceptive practices, highlighting the negative impact on trust within influencer marketing.

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4. Recent Local Events and Community Impact

Atlanta Snowstorm Reflection

Kristen shares her experience with a recent snowstorm in Atlanta, contrasting it with the severe wildfires in Los Angeles.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [44:12]: "It ended up being a relatively beautiful event where the kids got to play in the snow... some got stuck without power."

She praises the local news for effectively covering the event without exaggerated dramatization and expresses empathy for those in Los Angeles affected by the wildfires.

Wildfires in Los Angeles

The hosts express concern over the devastating wildfires engulfing LA, discussing the challenges faced by residents, especially wealthy homeowners who might lose everything.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [45:15]: "I hope that California's regulatory board holds their feet to the fire. They need to pay out... Au revoir insurance companies."

Kristen underscores the importance of insurance payouts and government bailouts to support those affected, fearing exploitation by hedge funds and financiers in the aftermath of disasters.

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5. Social and Political Commentary

Consumerism and Capitalism Critique

The conversation touches on the pervasive nature of consumerism, particularly in marketing strategies that prioritize brand visibility over genuine consumer benefit.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [28:42]: "Marketing is hard. Marketing is hard work, and it doesn't always work. You have to keep going and trying new things."

Kristen discusses the balancing act between effective marketing and maintaining authenticity, acknowledging the inevitable backlash from over-commercialization.

Impact of COVID-19 on Personal Engagement

Kristen shares personal anecdotes about attending prenatal appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the challenges and the healthcare system's adaptations.

• Christina [53:00]: "Except when Astrid's been pregnant."

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6. Community Support and Final Thoughts

Assistance for Fire-Affected Individuals

Kristen urges listeners to support those impacted by the LA wildfires, providing resources like Airbnb.org and 211 for housing and shelter.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [50:26]: "We'll put links up to 211 and Airbnb.org... free housing if you qualify for that."

Upcoming Events and Special Episodes

The hosts announce a special episode celebrating the upcoming soccer match between Venezuela and the United States, featuring Gustavo versus Bryan.

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [54:12]: "United States versus Venezuela playing at 3pm... Special Saturday episode of The Commercial Break."

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7. Notable Quotes

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [08:23]: "This is an ugly cry. An ugly cry is coming at least twice in the movie."

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [15:07]: "They were literally standing in the middle of volcanoes... swimming in it."

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [24:13]: "Tripping with Tarte is apparently a biannual trip that they do where they rent like a private 747..."

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [33:21]: "If someone asks us for a personal endorsement, I will not do it unless I try it. I know it and I like it."

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [37:57]: "Honey was dropping in their own affiliate codes while scrubbing the influencer's codes. That is a total scam."

• Kristen Joy Hoadley [45:15]: "I hope that California's regulatory board holds their feet to the fire. They need to pay out... Au revoir insurance companies."

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8. Conclusion

"Trippin' With TCB" offers listeners a blend of humor, critical insights, and heartfelt discussions. From dissecting influential movies and documentaries to critically examining modern marketing practices and addressing pressing local issues, Bryan and Kristen, along with their guests, create an engaging and thought-provoking episode. The hosts balance light-hearted banter with serious commentary, making the episode informative and entertaining for both regular listeners and newcomers.

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Transcript

[Brian Green]

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[Christina]

Like to get up in the morning and have my coffee. And then I like to get on my iPad and Google people. There's a lot of scoop going on right now and people are not getting along. So guess what? Then after I Google several people, I go on Instagram and I insta snoop and I see who's following each other, who's not following each other. Then I have a little breakfast and I eat it really quickly so that I could get back. So then I hit tools and I go, what did I miss in the last hour? And that's how I do it. I keep up on everything.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

On this episode of the commercial break.

[Christina]

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[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, yeah, that old seven. Yeah. TCB, M25 and send people to the.

[Christina]

Great Wolf Lodge just to talk about it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hey, listen, this is not a bad idea. Let's send the hillbilly horror stories guys tripping with tcb. Sending you to the Great Wolf Lodge, but you're not getting no package. You're going to be in a bunk bed.

[Christina]

Depending on the level of influencer.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Depending on the level of influencer, you might or might not get a discount on the ropes course. The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

[Christina]

Kiss me.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is the Robbie Williams to my Graham Norton, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris. Best to you, Brian, and best to you. Out there in the podcast universe, you probably know neither of those names that I just mentioned. Graham Norton or Robbie Williams.

[E]

You know Graham Norton, I've heard of.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Graham Norman, the very famous. He's like our Dave Letterman over there in. In the uk. That's right. And Robbie Williams, of course, the famous, not so famous pop star signed one of the biggest recording contracts in history. It seems like no one in America has ever heard of him. Because that movie that he did Better, man, just failed miserably at the box offices, raking in $580,000 this last weekend, which is not a killer start.

[Christina]

Yeah, I saw that. I saw the preview for that, actually in a movie theater when I went to go see the Dylan.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Okay.

[Christina]

And I was just kind of confused.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm all confused about why we need the monkey. But, like, apparently the monkey was supposed to be the thing. Yeah. But it was supposed to be the thing that drew people in if they didn't know Robbie Williams. Like, oh, there's a monkey. Let's go see the monkey. But I have no interest in seeing movies of monkeys. I didn't like Smokey and the Bandit or what was that movie? The one that Burt Reynolds did with the monkey. Do you remember that?

[Christina]

Yeah. I don't think it was Smokey and the Bandit, though. Or at least not the first one.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Jim. Jim and the Bing Bang Boys. There was a time in the 80s when everybody had a chimpanzee in their movie. Yeah. It was like we all went chimp crazy until they started ripping people's faces off. Yeah, yeah. Tatanka. Tie in the Wind. Tie in the Wind. You remember that?

[Christina]

No, no, I do.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Die in the wind.

[Christina]

Yeah. That's joking.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Tatanka is from Dancing with Walt. So I have my movies mixed up, but that's not unusual for me. So there you go. Tatanka. It was the name of the buffalo and Dancing With Wolves.

[Christina]

This monkey's name was just Tonka.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Okay, Well, I like to call him Jatanka because that makes me feel better.

[Christina]

Okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He was born in a peach tree dish.

[Christina]

Yes, Peach tree dish.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This here's the reason why I even got started on this. I was reading Rotten Tomatoes, best movies of 2024, as we head into the Oscar season here. And. Yeah, don't know that I've seen any of these. These are the ones that Rotten Tomatoes picked out. Anora, which is apparently one of the best movies ever made, according to some people.

[Christina]

Wow.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This is. This is the movie where the girl meets the Russian, like, oligarch's kid, and they have like one wild night and they get married. And apparently it's like one of the funniest movies in the world until the last 30 minutes when it's one of the most heartbreaking movies in the world.

[Christina]

Geez.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Don't know. I don't know much more besides that. I do want to see it. I would see it. Chasing Amy. Have you seen Chasing Amy?

[Christina]

I remember Chasing Amy, but I don't.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This is the movie. Okay, okay. Hundreds of Beavers. What is Hundreds of Beavers?

[Christina]

Well, no. Is it a National Geographic?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

A joyous movie theater experience? A live action cartoon reminiscent of Looney Tunes and silent movie slapstick comedies about a drunken applejack salesman at war with some beavers? Oh, I did see the trailer for this. Yes. I do want to see this. I do want to see this movie. Check out the trailer. I think you. I think you'll. You'll probably want to see it, too.

[Christina]

Applejack salesman.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I don't know, sells Apple Jacks. You know, the cereal that everyone liked back in the 90s. Yeah, I loved Apple Jacks. So good. There's now in the TV section. Mr. And Mrs. Smith, season one.

[Christina]

I have to say I just watched that Jeff and I just this weekend.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And I don't know why everybody's. I watched the first episode and I don't know why everybody's so going so crazy over this television show.

[Christina]

Yeah, I mean, it was good, but it wasn't. There were some parts of the story that kind of didn't congeal.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

To me, it's like Jack Ryan, which I desperately want to be such a fantastic television show and that in moments there are. And I can finally believe that guy does something else besides the office. Do you know what I'm saying, Krasinski? Yeah, but it doesn't all come together in a way that I think is pleasing. And I thought Mrs. And Mr. Smith was that way.

[Christina]

Same for me.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Nosferatu, of course, is another one. Speaking of people dating high school girls, isn't Nosferatu about an old, like, vampire that comes and like, makes some young girl orgasmic or something like that? Like the actual story? I think it is. And so that's a little weird.

[G]

This is from 19, like 22 or something.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

The story is probably sus. Superman. The Christopher Reeve story was pointed out. This is a movie you must watch. And if you ugly cry, don't do it around ones you love because this is a movie that will make you ugly cry. I watched this a couple weeks ago when we were on the break. It's given me chills just to think about it. Christopher Reeve was by all accounts not only a very intelligent man, but a very wrapped up in himself man who was worried about all outside appearances and a ladies man and a coxman and a guy who maybe didn't treat his first wife very well. And they had chill. They had a child, right. And he just kind of was trying to. He was sorting his wild oats as a guy who was becoming very famous doing Superman and also struggling with the fact that he was Superman and that he didn't feel like a Superman because he didn't feel like he was being a very good person. But everyone was looking at him like he was Superman. Not to say he was a bad guy. He was just an actor. He was an actor of great, like, physical appearances. And he, by accounts of people who loved him and his own words, didn't really know what to make of it all and was really having a hard.

[Christina]

Time with that because he was like the first. Right. To play.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, he wasn't the first to play Superman, but he was the.

[Christina]

Did they have them Back in, like.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, they had them back in, like, the 50s.

[Christina]

Yeah, it was a movie.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There was a movie and a television show, I think.

[Christina]

Okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And that television show was very popular. And it was played by a kind of a portly man. I mean, I guess he would have been considered like a strong man back then. That typical kind of strongman look of back in the 40s and 50s, you know, has a little extra weight on him and big and burly and. But Christopher Reeves was chiseled out of a stone.

[Christina]

Right.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, the guy was like. It was a beautiful man. Right. There's no other way to put it. And when they approached him to play Superman, the director of Superman was trying to make a serious comic book movie. And everyone laughed at the idea. They all thought this was going to be absolutely ridiculous. Many people advised Christopher not to do this movie. He would be laughed out of Hollywood. And, man, could they not have been more mistaken about that. It was huge success. Superman, the original movie, to this day, to me, is a great movie. So is Superman 2. Superman 3 and 4 get kind of silly, but have you seen Superman, the original Superman movie?

[G]

I don't think so. Maybe.

[Christina]

I mean, it was back from the late 70s, early 80s.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It was the year it was the 80s. Yeah, but you should watch it. I mean, if. I know you might not be into it, but it's a good story and it's interesting.

[G]

Watch that. I watch it. I'm not watching Marvel, but I'd watch that.

[Christina]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Don't expect CGI miracles of this movie, but they did a pretty good job given the circumstances, I remember.

[Christina]

And who was the actress that played Lois Lane? She was good. Oh, loved her.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And Margot somebody. Was it Margo Robbie. Margo Robbie.

[Christina]

She's a current actress.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[G]

Margot Kidder.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Margo. Margo Kid. So anyway, so Christopher Reeves goes on to do four Superman. He really has a hard time breaking away from Superman, and he never does. He imbibes in his life of women and wine and partying and being very famous. And he also loves horses and always has loved horses. And he falls off a horse and has a one in a million accident falling off a horse and is paralyzed.

[Christina]

Which I always thought was such terrible irony for him to play Superman and then to be paralyzed.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I think the irony is the story. The irony is the great story of Christopher Reeves. He had his new wife, they had young children, and apparently they were having a hard time keeping him alive at first. He had a lot of problems, and the doctors said, you know, we can. This can go either way. And there was. I don't know if it was presented as a choice, but there was some indication that, you know, if you didn't fight, then you could give up, and that would be that you could pull the plug, essentially. And his wife came in and said, you know, I didn't fall in love with you for your body. I fell in love with you for who you are. And in that moment, he made a choice to stay alive. And that starts the great journey of Christopher Reeve changing not only his life and many of many around him, but then many people. He becomes a Superman to many people who desperately needed a Superman. And that's the beauty of his story, is that he fought valiantly to make sure life was better for people. He otherwise would have looked over and looked down on getting in his previous life. And only Superman could have done that. Only Superman could have done. Only Superman could have imparted that kind of power and wisdom and imagery.

[Christina]

Is it on HBO or.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's on hbo, Max. Yeah. And so you must watch it. I mean, again, don't you know that's. This is an ugly cry. An ugly cry is coming at least twice in the movie. And at the end of the movie, it's. It's just a gut punch. All of his kids are in it, both of his wives are in it. Apparently his ex wife became a great friend of the family, and they all parented together. And his current wife, or the wife that he had when he died, also became a great advocate in a lot of ways for the disabled community and still continues that work. And his kids are in varying degrees of still grieving, and that's evident on the screen. But the way that this movie is put together is like a Superman movie. And the imagery of Superman and some of the imagery from those movies is used to great effect and great sadness at moments and great power at other moments. So I know we just don't get this serious on the show, but I really wanted to talk about it. And now that we're reviewing these movies, I thought I would share that. I was really, really, I will watch, impacted by this movie. I was one of these. It was one of these things where I was, like, sitting here doing editing or whatever I was doing, and then I put it on in the background in about 20 minutes, and I turned around and I didn't stop. I couldn't look away. And then Astrid walked in on me crying, and I said, I have something in my eye.

[Christina]

Speaking of movies, though, you recommended that one, that fire Of Love that I watched. I watched that yester. Very interesting.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Fire of Love is another one that got me.

[Christina]

It's very interesting.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It was so. I have never seen imagery in a movie like this before in my entire life. Fire of Love available on these two Vulcan volcanologists.

[Christina]

Volcanologists, yeah. They found each other. I mean, out of all the people in the world. We were just talking about this.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We were just talking about this on another episode.

[Christina]

Yeah, they both happened to just have this obsession, really, with volcanoes and any and all types of explosions and rocks and things that happen with volcanoes. And they go to the ends of the earth together, doing all of these experiments and documenting everything and then, you know, selling books about it and going on lecture tours in order to fund their next expeditions to different volcanoes around the world.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, at a time when volcanology was not even a thing, these two kind of became rock stars of the volcanologists. Probably some of the most famous volcanologists that ever lived. By some other volcanologist account, the most famous that lived. They became personalities inside of that world and brought volcanoes to the masses in a lot of ways that people hadn't seen. And the reason. The way that they did that and the reasons why they did that are unveiled in this documentary that is using their own footage. That is absolutely insane how these people were literally standing in the middle of volcanoes. Not so close. They're there, they're in it. They're enwrapped in fire and lava and they stepping in it and swimming in it, and I don't even know how to explain it. You have to watch this movie. I just told all the young people that work up at Starbucks. We were all talking about some getting excited about Severance season two. They were. Somebody mentioned a documentary. I said, you have to watch Fire of Love and how it's on Hulu. You know, I think we all have that one thing, or I hope we all find that one thing. Podcasting may be it for me, or the microphone may be it for me. That one passion in life that despite all odds and despite some circumstances, you keep going back to because it feels like the thing that you were here to do. You have to keep exploring it, unveiling it, unfolding it, unwrapping it. Even though it's beating you upside the head, sometimes you just keep going into it. These two found volcanoes to be that thing.

[Christina]

Crazy.

[Brian Green]

We're crazy.

[Christina]

We're crazy to do this, but we can't stop it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes. And the end is the beginning of the movie shows the end, but the end of the movie is quite sad and surprising, but you'll figure it out.

[Christina]

I think it's surprising. I mean.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Well, I do in the sense that. Well, I mean, they show it as a very. They die doing what they love to do. But what's surprising to me is that they found themselves so close to something they knew so well that was going to be explosive. And then yet they continued to walk toward it. It was just like, guys, you've done this before, don't do that. And then they go over some of the volcano explosions that have happened in the last 40 years that you may not have even heard about, some that you will have heard about, but just how insanely destructive and beautiful volcanoes are.

[Christina]

And you learn too, because I didn't realize, because there's two types, the gray.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Volcano and the red volcano.

[Christina]

And the red volcano and the red one is where probably most of us think of a volcano, predictable spilling out with the red molten lava. And that's when the two tectonic plates are pulling apart. And the gray ones, which are very explosive with gray, you know, mushroom cloud type things and spread ash everywhere. Those are when the tectonics plates go together.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes. Mount St. Helens was a gray one. It literally. The tectonic plates come together and they burp, essentially. And when they burp, the mountain explodes, the volcano explodes. And that's what happened to Mount St. Helens, like apparently, you know, 17 Hiroshima's worth of power. And that was crazy. I do remember, I mean, it was 1981, so I was just a baby, but I remember hearing about that very young in news stories. Yeah. And you know, that's the Earth. That's the Earth that we live on. So you must go watch Fire of Love. You must watch the Christopher Reeves documentary and you must watch tcb on YouTube.com thecommercial break now. Every available. Every episode available on YouTube.

[Christina]

That's a whole kind of different documentary.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes, that's a whole different kind of documentary. We're documenting the silly stuff we talk about, like other people's television shows and movies.

[Christina]

Podcast of love.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Podcast of love. There you go. Brian and Chrissy's new podcast, five days a week, available on the Odyssey app for free or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, we'll be back foreign.

[G]

Which means I'm bringing you the exact same information I always do. So follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok @TCB podcast. Do something new this year. Text us or call us and leave us a voicemail at 212-4333 TCB and go. Please go watch our YouTube videos at YouTube.com/the commercial break. I mean, we put all of this effort into our studio, so just go take a gander. You're gonna love it. And finally go to our website, tcbpodcast.com if you can't be bothered with anything else, because everything we have is right there on that site. Bye.

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[Ben Stiller]

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[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I want to talk about a couple of things. Number one, do you know what tripping with Tarte is? Tripping with tart. Tripping with tarte. You know what this is?

[Christina]

I do not.

[G]

It's Tart Tarte cosmetic brand.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's got neon in, so I thought it might have been French. Tartay. I think I heard someone, I think I heard one of the girls say tartay.

[G]

Tartay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

So tripping with tarte is apparent. Tarte. Tarte is apparently a cosmetics line and that cosmetics line has become quite famous because what they do is they send influencers, makeup influencers or other influencers a bunch of free shit. And then those influencers talk about tarte and how wonderful it is. And I like to Use it for this and how it works. And here's how you can use it and all this other stuff. Brilliant marketing strategy to great effect. They have done this and now they're very popular brand. According to my own research. That started about 24 hours ago because I had never heard of the brand before this. But here's the reason why I got on this. There's an influencer, semi influencer. Like, she doesn't have a lot of followers, but I find her to be very interesting and she talks about Hollywood type stuff and she's talked a lot about the chicken fry situation, which is why I followed her originally. Okay. So she starts talking about how jealous she is and she wishes that she would get an invite to go on Tripping with Tart, which is apparently a biannual trip that they do where they rent like a private 747, take you to a private island, go down to private beaches and do private things and gift bags and boxes and Prada and all this other stuff. I want to declare here on the commercial break that we are now a makeup influencer podcast. And all I'm going to do is allow my daughters to come in here and put tarte makeup on me for the rest of the year in the hopes that I get an invite to tripping with Tarte. Now, I'm sure it's a policy not to invite, you know, straight, white, 40 something, year old men on Tripping with Tart, but I'm happy to stay in a different resort altogether, different island if you want me to. I'm happy to do that as long as I can get a trip. This looks fantastic. And the benefits that these young ladies are experiencing for, you know, doing some makeup reviews is amazing. It's amazing. This is the. Is it. What a time to be alive.

[Christina]

What a time to be alive.

[G]

Can I give you a little extra context with that? This is just from my own personal knowledge. There is a lot of drama around the trippin with Tart stuff these days because it's gotten to a point like when they first started doing this trip, it was like a really great thing, but now it's been taken so far that people are just like, I don't want it, I don't want to see it. I don't want to buy your stuff. Like, people are upset about it.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They're rebelling.

[G]

Yeah. Because it's gone so far to like, the consumerism, the capitalism, all of it has just gone so far that they're like, how much do I really need to see this? Content vacation that you guys put together. Like, do I need another tube of tarte Shape tape, concealer? No. Like, yeah. So there's a lot of, like, backlash. Yeah. Backlash from a certain side of the Internet. My side.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[G]

So just interesting context.

[Christina]

I've heard of the brand Tarte, so I didn't realize about this. Tripping.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Listen, here's like, just to get in the fray a little bit. Here's how I feel about it.

[Christina]

You're gonna say they were using it at raves and tripping. It's the makeup for.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's the makeup for tripping your balls off. Tripping with tongue.

[Christina]

That's a whole other.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Maybe that would make everybody happy.

[Christina]

That's right.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Maybe they could satisfy the other side of the Internet by sending it over to, I don't know, Bonnaroo or something.

[Christina]

Tripping, makeup.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Listen, you know, marketing strategies are marketing strategies. If you have a product, you have to market it. You have to figure a way to get it in people's hands. And I understand that excesses can seem frivolous. A lot of times it feels very hurtful to those who don't have to watch everybody else get what they get. And that's. Yeah, they're on their way to tripping with tarts.

[G]

They're not getting what they want.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, that's right. They're very upset about the whole tart situation. They're throwing a fist it. This is. And I don't know anything about this brand, so maybe, you know, I'm going to. I'm uninformed about this, but I think I do remember, like, a couple of years ago hearing about some influencers kind of talking shit about this because they felt like it got out of hand, and now, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's a brilliant market marketing strategy that worked for probably a small brand that's now a big brand. You're not going to make. It's not who.

[G]

They were already really big.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, they were already really big. It's.

[G]

It's like. Like, the marketing is the marketing with them. But, like, they've already been doing, like, the PR packages, like, yada, yada, yada for so long. They've been doing tripping for a while now.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. I think now that I'm putting two and two together, I feel like there were a couple of girls that were complaining about this on the Internet. Yeah.

[G]

And then there's also been, like, a lot of drama. There's, like, always drama on the trip around. Like what? Like, level of influencer, like how they're getting treated on the trip. And like. Like, it's just fucking stupid.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, well, I don't disagree with you, though.

[G]

I know. And yeah. So it's just sort of a weird, weird thing that I feel like is so 2025. Like, it's just a weird symptom of our time that we're still doing this.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, I agree. I don't disagree with you that it's fucking stupid. That I agree with. Right. Is that we're sending people with 30,000 followers on elaborate expensive vacations so that they can specifically stick their head directly up the ass of a very brand, according to Christina, a very large brand of cosmetics. But on the flip side, marketing, there is no winners. You. It's like when we market our own podcast, there are. People will say, you know, fuck you. You have to put your. You know, why are you putting ads on Instagram or putting ads out there? Because we have to. That's. We sell a product. The product is our content. We have to get our content out there. We're never going to be pleasing to everybody. If I could get every listener organically, I would love to do that. But good luck finding. Good luck getting a podcast discovered in 2025amongst 75 million others. Same with anything else that you sell in the world. You have to be better, faster, stronger. This is a symptom of the universe that we live in. Right?

[Christina]

Yeah. Well, I just thought of something, though. Ding, ding, ding. You know that plane, that old 70s?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. TCB M25.

[Christina]

And send people to the Great Wolf Lodge just to talk about it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hey, listen, this is not a bad idea. Let's send the hillbilly horror stories. Guys tripping with tcb, sending you to the Great Wolf Lodge, but you're not getting no roar package. You're going to be in a bunker.

[Christina]

Depending on the level of influencer.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Depending on the level of influencer, you might or might not get the roar. Get a discount on the ropes course. We will make that decision that based on the kind of content you can create.

[Christina]

Yeah, let's.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I think our first. We have to invite Frank the hillbilly horror story people, whoever they are. And thank you very much for shouting on our podcast. Mountain Monster.

[Christina]

Mountain Monsters.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, but they're not. They're too big for us. They're too big for us. Frankie B. Might be to be too big for us. Let's be honest about that. But I get it. I mean, I understand how. Also having worked with a lot of marketing people in the past, there are some real sharp ones. That there are some people who just fell into marketing. Like, when they can't find anything else for you to do, they make you a marketing manager. And that means you have another three months of your job. Marketing management means you at least here for another three months. But, you know, I can imagine. I can see this working in a corporate setting where people are, like, dripping with tart. What are we doing this year? Let's, you know, blow our balls even bigger. Let's, you know, rent out Disney World for seven days and send them all there. And if it works, if the metrics make sense, it's gonna keep going because that's the way that it is. This is how consumerism, how our capitalist society works. You gotta get your word out there and you gotta do it. And listen, I don't know anything about tart. I don't know the first thing about it. Might be a lot of controversy. There might be levels of influencer. But if Chrissy and I and Christina, I think you'd take the trip if they offered. If you could get us, like, a small dinky. We don't even need a plane. Get us an Uber to the local hojo and give us some free breakfast and we'll trip with tart all day long. I'll take a yellow taxi over to the Holiday Inn.

[Christina]

Well, I don't quite get about. And I mean, maybe this is just my older brain thinking because I did specialize in marketing and advertising in college. And then afterwards, it's kind of how we met when I was in the advertising department. But I don't quite get how. Because. Because if they're influencers and they're being paid to use the products, how. I mean, I know endorsements have been around for forever, obviously.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We have. Yeah. We get paid to endorse, too.

[G]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Like, how can you really trust that? This is, like, the best thing ever if they're being paid for.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

If you have a relationship.

[G]

Affiliate links.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Well, you mean, how do you measure it or how do you trust it?

[Christina]

I'm a consumer. I'm gonna know somebody just got paid to do that and go on this fabulous event.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And I know not everybody's like this, but we generally. And we've been talking about this actually in the studio for the last couple of weeks. We generally. Generally, Yeah, I can't say this about a hundred percent of the time. We've gotten some things wrong. But generally, if someone asks us for a personal endorsement, I will not do it unless I try it. I know it and I like it. That should be The. That should be the general premise upon all personal endorsements, but it's not. This brings up an interesting. I'll talk about this in a second. But if everybody did that, like, if people are connected with TCB and they like us and they think that we're funny and they like the brand that we have, and I don't even know what that means for tcp. The brand that we have. No brand is some brand. Then they hear us talking about, you know why, Brian 3000. Maybe they trust that that'll make their dicks hard and they go out and they try and use it. Same with Tarte Tart. It's. It's. There's also just, like a level of branding, a consumer awareness about this. And next time you go to the store, you go to Ulta or wherever, and you see.

[Christina]

You think, I'll try it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. You say, hey, I'll try it. That girl tried it. I like her content. Why not? Let's see. She looks pretty. I like that color. She did a great job. Let's do it. There's an interesting thing that's going on right now with influencers. Two things converging at the same time. Number one, the SEC is saying, you must not lie to the consumer. If you do not know or use the product, you cannot say you know or use the product. And if you do and we find out about it, you're in big trouble. And they are coming down on influencers. There's a famous case right now running around the federal court system of an influencer who was sending people to use something, and he apparently had never tried it, and it made a bunch of people sick.

[Christina]

Sick. Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There's also the big honey scandal that's going on right now. I don't know if you know of honey.

[Christina]

I do.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Honey, the webs. The.

[G]

Oh, the douche.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, no.

[G]

I'm so serious.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[G]

Okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's. It's honey pot.

[G]

Honey pot. That's what that's going to say.

[Christina]

Honey love.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Honey love.

[Christina]

This is the bras.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This is just honey.

[Christina]

Just honey.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No tits, no vaginas, no douches. No douches or bras. This is a. This is a chrome extension for your. Oh, that one. Okay.

[G]

I do have that one.

[Christina]

Where you get discounts.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Where you get discounts.

[G]

Coupons, Coupon cut.

[Christina]

Yeah, what was I. I heard Christina thought two separate things. I'm like, not the bra.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This has been an interesting day here in the studios.

[Christina]

I like the bra. I did read some or Hear something about this.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There was many influencers, especially across YouTube, have gotten paid gobs of money from Honey to create custom segments, to do custom shows, to do custom ad reads. And apparently Honey was very easy to deal with. They were not. Sponsors sometimes can be very difficult. I'm not going to name the brand, but there was one brand I was 17 ad reads in, and they were nitpicking single words. This is a major brand who would have brought a lot of money to the show. And I said, no, thank you, because if the first one's a nightmare, the fifth one's going to be even worse. And I'm sorry, I don't want your money. And let's be honest, I've talked a lot of shit about their brand on here anyway. That's besides. That's besides the point. The thing is that Honey is to find an easy sponsor to deal with is kind of like the gold of sponsorships. Because if they say, I trust you, go do your thing, run with it, which most of our sponsors do to their credit. They let me do my thing, they let us do our thing, and then we run with it. So Honey, this browser extension that has been around for a while, 300 million downloads or something like that, what they do is they go scan the Internet for coupon codes.

[Christina]

There's a couple of those extensions out there.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

This one, Honey was doing this. So many influencers got caught up getting paid gobs of money from Honey, and now they have contractual obligations to keep those ads running. Well, guess what? Honey was making deals with the retailers to put in the least damaging coupon code to the retailer. Example, I go to target.com. i pick out 10 things. Honey goes out there and finds three coupon codes for 20% off. They had a backdoor deal with Target to insert a 5% off coupon even though the 20% coupon was available out there. Secondly, Honey was dropping in their own affiliate codes at the same time. So they were scrubbing the affiliate code of the influencer and they were dropping in their own code.

[G]

That's messed up.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

That is fucked up. It's a total scam. Unplug Honey. If you have it plugged in, unplug it because it's not good. You just go, you're going to do it the old fashioned way and cut out coupons like my mom did, like those people on Coupon King or whatever it is TLC like they do. You're gonna just have to go do it the old fashioned way. But Honey is like a ball all out, boldface balls out scam. People were getting scammed, and Honey was taking the money from the same influencers it was supposedly supporting. It's insane. Marketing is hard. Marketing is hard work, and it doesn't always work. And you gotta keep going and you can never stop spending and you always have to try new things. Take it from people who, quite frankly, have spent a lot of money on marketing the show. It's part of the reason of the success, and then the other part is organic or word of mouth or whatever it is. But marketing is hard. So I understand when you hit on something that seems like it's working, you stick with it. And you might get a little silly with the fucking shit like Tarte is, but Honey took it. You know, they were just running a scam and just paying influencers to do this.

[Christina]

Didn't they get. Or they bought, like, another one of those extensions? Because there were a few of them. And I remember it was a big deal a few years ago. They had bought another one.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Believe if I'm not mistaken, PayPal bought Honey.

[Christina]

Or is that what it was a.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Couple of years ago? Yeah. So PayPal again, treating everybody with kindness and respect. I mean, I swear on all that's holy, like, I want to be a billionaire, but not at the expense of everybody else. It's just like, I just don't want to do that. And it seems like the more you look, and maybe I'm just opening my eyes to this now because I've been blinded also by the American dream. The more you look, the more you understand. Not many people have done that. I mean, not many people. Not many billionaires have done that. They all are just kind of stepping on the heads of everybody else around them in order to absorb that wealth. I ain't mad at the wealth. Wealth, I'd love it. I don't believe in the redistribution of wealth at all. But I think that, you know. And we had that comment from our friend Sean. At the expense.

[Christina]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

At the expense of other people. And I'm not gonna get into a whole nother rant, but. Wow. And then I won't even get into it. Okay, let's do this before Brian. Before Brian just feels way too tempted to get on his high horse.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Let's take a break. And I'll knock. I'll put on my smoke machine and I'll knock myself down a couple pegs. We'll be back.

[G]

Did you know that we have a phone number? Well, we do, and you should call us. Nobody's gonna answer. But you can leave a voicemail for us that we may or may not play on the show. And if that's not the vibe, then just send us a text. Okay? Our number is 212-4333, TCB. So get texting and give us something to talk about, please. We need it. While you're doing that, you can also follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok CB podcast. And as always, check out our website, tcbpodcast.com for all of our audio and video content. Speaking of video, we are also posting full video [e-mail] TheCommercialBreak so go watch them, please. Anyway, now let's hear from our sponsors and get back to the good stuff.

[Ben Stiller]

Hey, I'm Ben Stiller. I'm Adam Scott, and we make a TV show called Severance. Severance is back for season two on Apple tv, the premiere. Ben and I are going to be binging season one and putting out daily recaps. And after that, we're going to keep going as we recap every episode of season two. The Severance podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott is presented by State Farm. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Listen and follow now on Apple Podcasts, the Odyssey app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Christina]

Wow.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

What's up?

[G]

I just bought and financed a car through Carvana and minutes. Minutes.

[Christina]

You, the person who agonized four weeks.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Over whether to paint your walls eggshell or off white, bought and financed a car in minutes.

[G]

They made it easy, transparent terms, customizable, down and monthly. Didn't even have to do any paperwork.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Wow.

[Christina]

Hey, have you checked out that spreadsheet.

[G]

I sent you for our dinner?

[Christina]

Options finance your car with Carvana and experience total control financing subject to credit approval.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right, welcome back. I'm down. I'm down off my high horse now, so I'm gonna just move on from profiteering billionaires, from tarting and tripping and tarting and honey douching and all that other stuff. The big douche is the reason why we're all in this together. Big bras and big douche. That's why we're all in this together. Brian Ryan. Now I've totally forgot what I wanted to talk about. What was it I wanted to talk about?

[Christina]

When in doubt, go back to chicken fry. What is the latest?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I can't tell you any latest on the chicken fry because chicken fry is, you know, it's kind of the whole drama has settled down. I think what's her name did a good Job of tampering it down a little bit. You know, fanning the flames. Oh, this. That's what I wanted to talk about was the wildfires in la. Let's take just one minute out of our day. Yeah.

[Christina]

To recognize that there's a reason.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Let me explain, too. Usually on Fridays, we would do some kind of video breakdown and review. I feel like after last week's ball fest, maybe we should give it. Maybe we should give it a break. Many. We had a number of people write in about this, by the way, the ball fest. No, I think everybody took it in good fun. But some people thought it was a little much. Hearing the descriptions were a little much.

[G]

They didn't have to watch it.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

That's true. They did not have to see it in full glory. And directly after that, we had our TV went out here in the studio that plays those videos. I think even the TV had too much.

[Christina]

It said, you know what short circuited.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I can die now in peace. It's short circuited because of the. The snowstorm here in Atlanta, which came and went and did not cause a whole bunch of drama. Some people had no power for 24. One of our friends here near where I live was out. They were without power for, like, 20 hours, really. It came back on for three hours. It went out for another 12 hours, which was just terrible.

[Christina]

I didn't have any of that.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And they have small children. And so I asked Astro, I said, well, why don't they just go? They have, like, friends that live close.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Because it didn't end up being some big ice event that all, you know, crowded us all in and we couldn't go anywhere. It ended up being a relatively beautiful event where the kids got to play in the snow. Everybody in town had fun. People skiing around the streets and sledding down the.

[Christina]

Some of those Atlanta, you know, compilations.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Yeah. They're crazy. And the. I got to give it to the local news. They had coverage mo live, you know, most of the day on Friday. I do have to give it to the news. I think they did a good job of not making it as overly dramatic. They had people out at Piedmont Park. Piedmont park is the big, like, our Central park here. And there's a couple of big hills in Piedmont Park. And there were hundreds of people out there.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Inner tubes and baking sheets and all kind of. Because we don't sell sleds here in Atlanta. There were people snowboarding and skiing. They were having a good time out there, and the news was having a good time with them. Not making it overly dramatic, of course. There were people who got socked in and didn't have power and had to suffer through the cold a little.

[Christina]

It was Christina's neighbor who decided, oh.

[G]

Yeah, that was good try and. Incredible moment for me. I was looking out my window watching some idiots bring their stuff to the car. They were packing up the car Friday morning. It is so snowy and they've got. I mean, they've got two computer monitors with them. I was like, girl, where do you think you're going? Are you going to the office? Like, are you moving? And then they get in the car and I'm like, they're not really gonna try and leave, are they? My sister and I, we're like, honestly, such busy bodies.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It's so bad.

[Christina]

I love it.

[G]

And we're watching them, they reverse out in this big old car. They start trying to go and those wheels start spinning. And I am cackling. I was like, idiots, you clearly haven't lived here. Yeah, like, what are you fools doing? They eventually parked back in. I saw them leave on Sunday. It dumped monitors.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

It dumped probably three inches in a short period of time.

[Christina]

We got like five.

[G]

Yeah, we got a lot.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, I don't know, it could have been four or five years. I didn't really know. But it covered the grass. It was enough for us to go out. Everything was. Well, everything was covered and it was enough for us to go out there and play for a little while. Then it turned to sleet, then ice, then. Then rain, and then back to ice. But luckily, luckily, you know, we didn't have our power go out. And it didn't seem like there was much damage in the city anyway. Just a nice snow event. But it was hard to. For me to. Like, I wanted to post stuff about it, but it was hard for me to do that knowing that some of our friends and family and people that work with the show, because LA is the entertainment capital of the world, and despite us being far from entertaining, we actually have people that work in the entertainment capital of the world. Our booking agency, our talent agent, our attorney, they all live out there. And they spent the weekend running scared. Some of them this last weekend running scared. What a terrible situation out there. Apocalyptic, nightmarish. We've already talked about this. And so sad. So sad. And here's what I want to say. Like, I think we'll have plenty of time to run blame around and say, we could have done this and we could have done that. You know, I really hope that the one thing that happened in Hawaii that they tried to stop from happening, but I don't know that it happened 100. I don't think it stopped 100%. Doesn't happen in LA. And that is that these people who lost their homes, maybe some of all their net worth just tied up in these big homes. Yeah, you might be rich on paper, but if your home goes up in flames and the insurance company won't pay you out, you may be broke as I am. And I hope that the hedge funds and these money men don't come in and make this a total grab ass fest, land grab. Because that's what happens when these events that when these terrible, you know, it's a well known phenomenon when a natural disaster happens like down in West Palm or Miami. Miami or anywhere in Florida, these hurricanes come through. Or in New Orleans or in California when earth earthquakes come through, these fires come through that the money men come in and they land grab. It's what they do. You know, it's like, why did the snake bite me? Because that's what snakes do. The money man and the Len man, they'll come in and they'll do that. I just really hope that these people in California, they see some justice. They don't get their insurance policies pulled and that they find some, some like refuge in this like nightmarish situation. I don't know that we maybe besides the earthquake of San Francisco, that we in our lifetimes have seen a disaster like this. Not the, not even the hurricanes. The hurricanes, at least you see them coming, you know what I'm saying? At least you can say, holy, that's coming. I better get out of the way. Whether you choose to or not, that's a different story altogether. But this is just like how fast these fires are engulfing entire neighborhoods.

[Christina]

On top of that, I want to say I hope that the politics can stay out of it. You know, I read something today. A Republican is wanting to withhold aid.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Because it's a mainly liberal system and.

[Christina]

That'S just not right. No, let all of that go. Help the people that are out there as most, you know, as best you can.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. If you had a fire insurance policy, you should be paid out. And I understand the insurance company's job is to make money, money, but you can't pull the insurance retroactively. That should be at least illegal under any circumstance. And I hope that California, the regulation board holds their feet to the fire. They need to pay out. That will also mean, I guarantee you, a bailout from the government because the Insurance companies will go under because insurance companies don't plan on 100,000 structures going up at one time. That means the insurance companies will tilt and they will go under. The government will have to come bail them out. I hope they do the right thing and bail the insurance companies out so the insurance companies continue to do what they do. And that's help people in desperate times. And if you're out in LA and for some incredibly strange reason are listening to the commercial break, we're gonna Put links up to 211 and airbnb.org two organizations that are helping people find long term housing.

[Christina]

Housing, shelter, food, all of that.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And in some cases, completely free. In some cases, have to fill out some paperwork. Of course you do. That's just the terrible part about this situation is indignity after indignity, but that's the way it's going to work. But I looked into this and yes, Airbnb will provide you free housing if you qualify for that. Free housing. And then to all of our friends and family out there, if there's anything that we can do, please just let us know. We love you very much. And I'm sure even though this is coming out a couple days after we record it, I'm sure this will be ongoing because here come the Santa Ana winds. And as I talked about when we were off air, those Santa Ana winds are no joke. 100 miles per hour is not unusual. And that's insane. Those are hurricane force winds. Flaming, fanning a fire the size of Brooklyn.

[Christina]

They've had one inch of rain or a half an inch of rain or something like that since last summer.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, but I think it's also. It can be very arid and dry out there.

[Christina]

Yeah, but between the dry and the winds and sparks.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, it's all just terrible. And idiots who are setting fires. Yeah, and idiots who are setting fires. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there are videos going around of people getting arrested for starting fires. It's like, what are you? I mean, I don't know. Who knows? In the year of 2025, the commercial breaks about to reach 800 episodes and people are setting fires. And Great Wolf Lodge is a thing where people go and pay good money. There's. And tarte. That's right. Tripping with tarte is still happening. And honey, the douche and the browser extension are both bad for your health. So just remember, not the bra. I don't. Yeah, not the bra. And I don't know that. The Douche. Please don't write me.

[G]

It's not good for you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, it can't be.

[G]

I'll tell you right here.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hey. All right. Christina does personal endorsements for what not to do. To not do.

[G]

Anti douching.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

She's anti douche.

[Christina]

Well, that's been around for a while of people saying, just don't do it to begin with.

[G]

It's not good. My sister's an OB gyn, so I'm informed.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

She's an OB GYN she's an obiwan. I like that I'm going to start using that word. Hey, babe, did you go to your ob GYN?

[G]

Do you not say that? What do you say? Ob GYN? Ob GYN I've always said ob gyn.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, is that. Is that how they refer to themselves, as OB GYNs?

[G]

That's what my sister says.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, really?

[G]

That probably depends.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, I say ob GYN, but then I'm a man who doesn't want to get that part wrong. Do you know what I'm saying?

[G]

It's like a casual thing for you to go to the ob gyn.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, it's. No, I mean, I will say this.

[Christina]

Except when Astrid's been pregnant.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

When Astrid's been pregnant, I have been to every available appointment. Except during COVID when there was about three months. Months where they just had a policy where you couldn't go in.

[Christina]

You couldn't even go in.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. And that was absolutely miserable. I went to every appointment to the point where the nurses were like, I think you've set a husband record for the being at every appointment. Yeah. I couldn't tell if they thought that was creepy or if they were giving me a pat on the back. You know what I'm saying?

[G]

You got an OB GYN kink?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I got an OB GYN kink. I want to be there.

[Christina]

Well, you wanted to know.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Well, I also got along with the OB gynes. I got along with the. The obstetrician, the optometrist. I also got along with her eye doctor. The optometrist.

[Christina]

That's good.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

In the Peachtree Disk with the optometrist going to tarte.

[G]

And the Santa Anta wins, as you said.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Santa Anta wins. I bet we can make a whole episode out of Brian just misspeaking. We should do that for sure. All right, that's it. Donate those poor people out in California. Have yourself a great weekend. Remember that, Gustavo I and Chrissy are going to be here tomorrow for a very special episode of the commercial break celebrating Venezuela versus the United States down in Miami. Game starts at 3:00pm tomorrow. Oh wait, is this a Thursday episode?

[G]

No, it's Friday.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Is it?

[G]

According to my notes. But you might have changed.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I don't know. Anyway, if it's Thursday, it's Thursday. If it's Friday, it's Friday. Have a good week. Going to be there. Either we'll be here tomorrow or we'll be here tomorrow. One of those two things will happen. But Saturday, United States versus Venezuela playing at 3pm on Max and TNT and other places you can check it out. That's going to be a good game. I'm looking forward to it. And in celebration of Venezuela versus United States, it'll be Gustavo versus Brian here in the studio. So tune in on a special Saturday episode of the Commercial break which we'll be doing from time to time in 2020 25. Because we we record enough we figure we might as well let people listen to them. There you go. Also 211 if you're out in the LA area, Airbnb.org we'll put links in the show notes. If you need you or anybody you know need help finding shelter or long term assistance. Those are so far two reputable places I have seen. So we'll put those links in the show notes. Make sure you check out Roy Wood Juniors brand new special special available now so you can check that out.

[Christina]

He's funny.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

That's right. That's available on Disney's Hulu. And what else? Yeah, go to Roywood Jr Jr Roywood Jr.com to find out more information. All his shows and all that other stuff, it's all available on his website. Thank you so much for him coming in. Tcbpodcast.com that's our website. Go there for more information about the show, all the audience audio, all the video available right there at one location. You can also get your free tcb. Schwack hit the drop down menu on the contact us button says I want my free swag. You'll get it. Just give us your address. 212-433-TCB that's 212-433-3822. Questions, comments, concerns, contents, ideas? We take them all in text message or voicemail either or we'll get back to you. We promise. We will add the commercial break on Instagram, TCB podcast on TikTok and YouTube.com the commercial break for all of our episodes, full length now available right there on the channel. Okay Chrissy, I guess that's all I can do for today.

[Christina]

I think so.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'll tell you that I love you.

[Christina]

I love you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Best you. Best to you best you out there in the podcast universe. Until next time Chrissy and I will say we do say and we must say goodbye this cold and flu season.

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