Who's Brain Is It Anyway?

Summary

The Commercial Break – Episode: "Who's Brain Is It Anyway?"

Release Date: August 13, 2025
Hosts: Bryan Green and Krissy "Chrissy" Hoadley

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I. Personal Anecdotes and Early Experiences (03:00 - 04:00)

Bryan Green kicks off the episode by sharing a nostalgic story from his youth:

Bryan Green [03:07]: "One of the first stand-up comedy shows I ever went to was a Pauly Shore concert, and he borrowed a camel light from me."

Chrissy Hoadley adds humorously:

Chrissy Hoadley [03:32]: "The two brains, one of them is working. So together we have half a brain working."

This segment sets a lighthearted tone, reflecting on the hosts' long-standing friendship and shared history.

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II. Pop Culture Commentary: Dean Cain's Move to ICE (04:00 - 07:00)

The hosts delve into the surprising news of actor Dean Cain joining ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement):

Bryan Green [04:30]: "Dean Cain has joined ICE and is encouraging others to do so. It seems like the only super that Dean Cain has been up to since the Superman role was the super Walmart in the best in the junk food section."

Chrissy responds with skepticism:

Chrissy Hoadley [05:03]: "It came out of nowhere. I didn't expect that."

Bryan further criticizes the move:

Bryan Green [05:36]: "Don't join ICE. How's that? Yeah, you want to join ICE? Don't listen to The Commercial Break."

This discussion highlights the hosts' critical perspective on celebrity endorsements of controversial government agencies.

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III. Fast Fashion and the Shein Pop-Up Phenomenon (07:00 - 12:00)

The conversation shifts to the rapid rise of Shein pop-up stores, particularly at Atlanta's Perimeter Mall:

Bryan Green [11:20]: "An hour in, there's probably 100 people waiting. Five minutes before it opens, there's some lady and she happens to be the first."

Chrissy questions the frenzy:

Chrissy Hoadley [12:14]: "But can you get a chain that you can get."

Bryan analyzes the consumer behavior:

Bryan Green [12:13]: "I just don't get it. I don't get what you can't get on Shein.com."

The hosts express bewilderment at the massive lines and customer enthusiasm for Shein, comparing it to other fast fashion brands and questioning the sustainability of such trends.

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IV. The Battle Over GLP1 Enzymes and Processed Foods (12:00 - 36:00)

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing GLP1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) enzymes and their impact on consumer eating habits:

Bryan Green [32:14]: "The fast food companies and the makers of highly processed foods are finding a way to get into your gut regardless. And I cannot imagine that a GLP1 blocking already processed food is much worse for you because now it's usurping the blockers that are telling you that you're full."

Chrissy clarifies:

Chrissy Hoadley [35:00]: "If people are taking the GLP, I've seen that where it's like nutrition for you."

Bryan draws parallels to Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me":

Bryan Green [33:02]: "Morgan Spurlock did that Super Size Me. Everybody watched it because Morgan ate Big Macs for 30 days in a row."

The hosts argue that food companies are manipulating GLP1 pathways to increase hunger and consumption of processed foods, undermining public health efforts to combat obesity and related diseases.

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V. Personal Stories: Navigating Speeding Tickets (36:00 - 43:00)

Bryan shares his recent experiences with speeding tickets, adding a personal and humorous touch:

Bryan Green [15:05]: "I got pulled over again. So that's two, count them, two speeding tickets I've gotten in the last four weeks."

He recounts interactions with solicitors and the court system:

Bryan Green [17:01]: "The solicitor is there to represent the people, which means the people against you. How does that work?"

This segment provides insight into Bryan's personal life, blending humor with relatable frustrations about legal inconveniences.

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VI. Social Media, Influencer Culture, and Education (43:00 - 60:00)

The hosts examine the influence of social media on education and youth behavior:

Bryan Green [42:31]: "Now she’s got a chance... taking away those phones... less bullying, less distraction."

They discuss Destiny Murray, an influential Instagram educator:

Bryan Green [56:00]: "This girl is awesome. She’s breaking it down and helping put new supplies into her classroom."

Chrissy highlights the positive impact:

Chrissy Hoadley [55:59]: "People make hundreds of thousands of dollars doing other crazy things, so might as well put it to some good."

The discussion emphasizes the role of responsible influencers in promoting educational support and practical solutions amidst the distractions of modern technology.

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VII. Merchandise Promotion and Concluding Remarks (60:00 - End)

Bryan and Chrissy wrap up the episode by promoting their exclusive TCB merchandise:

Bryan Green [62:15]: "Buy one of those five items in any sizes, color, combination, whatever and we'll give you a free TCB sticker with every order."

Chrissy reassures their audience:

Chrissy Hoadley [63:03]: "We love you regardless."

They encourage listeners to support the podcast through merchandise purchases while maintaining their signature irreverent humor.

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Notable Quotes

• Bryan Green [05:36]: "Don't join ICE. How's that? Yeah, you want to join ICE? Don't listen to The Commercial Break."

• Bryan Green [32:14]: "The fast food companies and the makers of highly processed foods are finding a way to get into your gut regardless."

• Bryan Green [33:02]: "Morgan Spurlock did that Super Size Me. Everybody watched it because Morgan ate Big Macs for 30 days in a row."

• Chrissy Hoadley [55:59]: "People make hundreds of thousands of dollars doing other crazy things, so might as well put it to some good."

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Insights and Conclusions

In this episode, Bryan and Chrissy navigate a variety of topics, seamlessly blending personal anecdotes with sharp social commentary. They critique the manipulative tactics of the processed food industry, underscore the importance of responsible influence in education, and maintain their comedic rapport. Their discussion on GLP1 enzymes reveals a deep concern for public health and corporate ethics, while their exploration of social media's impact on youth highlights the potential for positive change. Throughout, the hosts embody the chaotic and unpolished charm described in their podcast’s mission, offering listeners both humor and thoughtful analysis.

Transcript

[Brian Green]

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[Brian Green]

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[Chris Hoadley]

On this episode of the commercial break.

[Brian Green]

I told you, one of the first. Actually the first stand up comedy show I ever went to was a Pauly Sh concert and he borrowed a camel light from me.

[Chrissy]

That's right.

[Brian Green]

And I was like 13 years, but I don't think he ever smoked it. He just borrowed it from me. I don't know what was going on. Yeah, he was very nice. He was backstage. One of my friend's moms was like the ticket manager of the. I don't. I forgot what it was called at the time. Now it's. It's that little tiny theater that's over there on West Peachtree. You know what I'm talking about? The one that's like in a bowl. It's like a. Anyway, whatever. Okay.

[Chrissy]

The center Stage.

[Brian Green]

Center stage theater. That's right. Okay, so I'm now. Yeah, you're. Good job, Chrissy. Of the two brains, one of them is working. So together we have a half a brain working.

[Chris Hoadley]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris.

[Chrissy]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you out there in the podcast. How the hell are you? Thanks for joining us. We certainly do appreciate it. I'm just reading that Dean Cain, Superboy, has joined ICE and he's encouraging others to do so. It seems like the only super that Dean Cain has been up to since the Superman role was the super Walmart in the best in the junk food section. I'm not scared of Dean Cain as an ICE agent coming after me. That guy's got a dad bod for sure.

[Chrissy]

Do those guys have to go through special training?

[Brian Green]

No. Special training. Are you alive? Check. They have $146 billion now to play with and so join the gestapo. Feel free to do that. Go ahead. That's that. Listen. Lots of people will do it because they need money. Lots of people will do it because they feel some misguided sense of obligation. Lots of people will do it because, you know, they're kind of miserable human beings and they want to make other people miserable. But Dean Cain, Dean Cain, I mean.

[Chrissy]

That kind of come out. Came out of Kane, out of nowhere.

[Brian Green]

It came out of nowhere.

[Chrissy]

I didn't expect that.

[Brian Green]

It did. Well, I don't think anyone is looking for Dean Cain any. I was about to say, shouldn't he be on a movie set somewhere? But that hasn't been true ever. I mean, he's Superman. That was his only role. What else did Dean Cain do? I'm not sure. I don't know. Anyway, so happy. Happy. Joy. Joy. Good for Dean Cain. Don't encourage people to go to ice. That's ridiculous. What are you doing, Dean? Why are you doing that? I don't know Dean's heritage, but I can guarantee somewhere in there there's an immigrant, right?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Somewhere in that lineage there's an immigrant somewhere. He might be Hawaiian.

[Chrissy]

Well, everybody is immigrant.

[Brian Green]

Every single. Unless you're Native American, then, yes, that's it. So whatever.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

Don't join ice. How's that? Yeah, you want to join ice? Don't listen to the commercial break. I'm okay with that. I'm okay with those. And you can send me a text message goodbye, and we'll talk about it, you and me. The merch is live now, in case you didn't know by us beating it over your head a million times an episode. The merch is live@shop tcb podcast.com. that's right. Still waiting for that email on the first order. But you know, it's Wednesday, so it's Wednesday, a weekend. And hopefully by Saturday we telling me.

[Chrissy]

We'Ve got a chance.

[Brian Green]

We have a chance. Making no money, but that'll be par for the course. That. That tracks for sure. A brand new Sheen opened up here in Atlanta. Do you see that? A Sheen pop up store. You know, Sheen is.

[Chrissy]

Yes, I do know what Sheen is.

[Brian Green]

Why are we going crazy over this? It looks like regular clothing to me.

[Chrissy]

I don't know. Yeah. Is it just cheap, cheap stuff?

[Brian Green]

I guess it's cheap. I did a whole. I did a whole. Not breakdown, but I did a whole rabbit hole thing about six months ago on Sheen because everyone online was going crazy about.

[Chrissy]

Well, isn't it kind of the Amazon of something?

[Brian Green]

It is the Amazon of regular clothing. Why are we. I don't know, it's like Forever 21 2.0, right?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So Sheen opens up a pop up store here in Atlanta at a place called Perimeter Mall, which is like just north of the city. It's one of the few malls that still has stores in it. It's the only mall that you can go to. It's the only mall you can go to. Where else are you gonna go? Avalon. But that's not a mall. It's like a European village. Which is how. Which is how they should all be anyway. Like those indoor malls.

[Chrissy]

That being said, I did just go to Perimeter Mall like a few weeks ago. There's a Nordstrom there. They have. Having an anniversary sale.

[Brian Green]

Okay.

[Chrissy]

Their annual sale. Yeah, Like, Nordstrom was crazy. I know.

[Brian Green]

I like Nordstrom. Nordstrom's good. But I shop on Nordstrom Rack. I can't afford it.

[Chrissy]

They have a great return policy.

[Brian Green]

Which is what?

[Chrissy]

Which is return at any time for any reason, whatever.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really?

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Okay. There you go. All right.

[Chrissy]

So I had ordered some stuff online. Didn't like it was bringing it into the store because that's just easier. It's quicker to get back on the card. So while I was there, I needed to go to the Apple store. We had all these old Apple, like, Macs, notebooks and things that were just gathering dust. And I was like, what do we do with these? And we looked it up. It said, go to the Apple store and recycle them.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really? Okay.

[Chrissy]

So I had like four of them, you know, and I'm going. So I had to go from the Nordstrom to the Apple store inside the mall.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

While I'm in there, I thought, this is nice.

[Brian Green]

Listen, Okay, I.

[Chrissy]

This is nice. You're not dealing with weather, having to like jump in and out. If there's bad weather, fair enough. To go to the next store.

[Brian Green]

Fair enough.

[Chrissy]

It's all there. It's all enclosed and nice.

[Brian Green]

I thought, hmm, if you're gonna go to a mall like the mall in Atlanta, go to Perimeter Mall. Lennox. You take your chances at Lennox. I'll just be real honest. And lots of stores there closing too. That Lennox used to be the mall to go to. And when I lived downtown, I went there a lot. Like when I lived in Buckhead, when I. I went to Lennox, that's where I went. But over the last couple years, age.

[Chrissy]

Limit or you can't. If you're under 18, you can't go after.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, that's right. It's. People have been shot there. There's been lots of Drama. They've had the smash and grabs that have gone on in the store, which is terrible. And then you go across the street to Fitz Plaza, which is the Rodeo Drive of Atlanta. And you better have a thousand dollars on you if you're gonna buy anything that fits there. Seriously. And we go to the. We go there to get our Christmas photos done. That's the one time a year we pretend we have enough money to be at Phipps Plaza.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Unless we go to the Johnny Rockets. The only Johnny Rockets location left. Anywhere they have a Johnny Rockets. They do. At the very top they have a movie theater. And right next to the movie theater is Johnny Rockets. But so we go there. And last time we went there, I think I mentioned this on the show, there was an armed guard and or police officer, including attack dogs at every single fucking store. And those stores all have steel doors that are closed. You have to ring the doorbell, you have to get in. I'm sure you have to be searched or something. It's crazy because they've all been subject to kind of this retail theft that is so prevalent right now. And listen, I'm not about any kind of theft. Please don't do that. Please don't do that.

[Chrissy]

Please don't do that PSA from Brian.

[Brian Green]

Please don't do that.

[Chrissy]

Please don't do that theft.

[Brian Green]

It's not for you theft. Only under certain circumstances should you do it. But I'll tell you right now it's like, it's a little scary bringing a bunch of young children into a very nice high end mall and all you see are AR fifteens and attack dogs. It's kind of crazy.

[Chrissy]

Wild. I didn't know.

[Brian Green]

It is wild. Like we went to Naples, Florida. They have a mall, like an indoor outdoor mall, beautiful indoor outdoor door mall called the Grove or something like that. Or the Pelican Bay. Or the Bay. I don't know what it's called. You've seen it, you've been there. They have all the same stores that they have at Phipps, but I don't see any AR15.

[Chrissy]

No, they don't need that down.

[Brian Green]

So anyway, so Sheen opens at Perimeter Mall, the only mall you can still go to which is worth a. Or has any stores you actually want to visit. They open a pop up store, Sheen. And I'm watching these videos. This ATL scoop is. I love that great Instagram account. They're putting out like a, like a 10 minute by 10 minute update on the Sheen store. Oh, the pop up store opening. So an hour in there's probably 100 people waiting. We. Excuse me. Four hours before the store opens, there's probably 100 people waiting. Three hours before, there's probably 250 people waiting. So now there's. There's a line twisting and turning. They've got like, you know, the. Yeah, the Magic Kingdom ropes, you know, they're kind of moving people in and out of these ropes. Two and a half hours before the store opens, the line is out the mall door and all the way to the MARTA station.

[Chrissy]

But can you get a chain that you can get.

[Brian Green]

I don't know.

[Chrissy]

I don't know. I'm not in on this either.

[Brian Green]

So then five minutes before it opens, there's some lady and she happens to be the first. You know, 40 people. They're letting people in, like 60 people at a time. You go in, It's a sparsely populated store with some, you know, portable, like coat hanger type things and some shelving on the wall. And it's big, but it's. There's not a lot of stuff in there. But when you walk in the door, all of the Shein employees are standing there in a line waiting to give you a Shein bag. And they are all dancing to some of the loudest hip hop music I have ever heard play anywhere now. Cool. It's a vibe. It's a thing. Like, there's a. There's something going on in there and people get excited about it. And I guess if there's 6,000 people waiting to get in your store, you're hyped, like you're pumped. But I just don't get it. I don't get. I don't get what you can't get on Sheen.com.

[Chrissy]

Well, that's what I'm.

[Brian Green]

And so the lady was a very good orator of this particular reel, was explaining that they're letting people in 60 at a time. And what they do is 60 people come in. There's what it is, what it is. You see what you see, you get what you get. If it's out on the floor, you can have it, you can buy it. And then they close the doors, they restock the sizes, and then another 60 people are let in. Imagine if you're all the way back at the MARTA station. You're never getting in that. That's thousands of people waiting for Sheen. Okay, please show up to vote. That's all I gotta say to the same people. Please show up to vote. It was. It's insane. I've never seen anything. I haven't seen Anything like it since I saw a pop mart video that was very similar. People are waiting in line.

[Chrissy]

I mean, can you get La Boo Boo?

[Brian Green]

Yeah, you're a boo boo. And you love fufu. And you're like cuckoos. Very interesting. People are. People are hanging on to any thread of distraction. Yeah. Dissociation that they can have. That's right. I think that's the truth, is that we're all getting sucked into things that allow us to have a break from reality. Because you turn on any news station, regardless of which way you swing or which news station you watch, you gotta admit, it's getting kind of kooky. Like, it's getting real kooky. And it's. I guess if I was into Sheen, maybe I'd wait in line for six hours too. To see Sheen. I haven't waited in line for anything for six hours. Have you?

[Chrissy]

No. No, I don't think so.

[Brian Green]

Let me think.

[Chrissy]

Maybe back a long time ago, like when I first started going to Six Flags. I remember waiting in those lines. That was before they had all the fast pass stuff.

[Brian Green]

Okay, but maybe in line.

[Chrissy]

But I was like. I was like 13.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Maybe an hour.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. I mean, I remember waiting in line like that.

[Brian Green]

The Avatar ride at Disney, I think is my longest line ever. And I think it was like two and a half, three hours long, so. And I was with my brothers. And I'll tell you what, after two hours, I thought to myself, I don't give a.

[Chrissy]

What am I doing?

[Brian Green]

I don't give a shit how good this is. This is not worth my time.

[Chrissy]

It's gonna be over in 10 minutes.

[Brian Green]

It was a 10 minute ride. Then it was done. That was it. I think to get into the Jane's Addiction concert at the International ballroom. Maybe I waited a couple of hours.

[Chrissy]

Because I have to wait in line for tickets.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. It wasn't the tickets that I was waiting in line for.

[Chrissy]

Oh, just to get in.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Because there's no seats. So it was like you got. And I was still halfway back the. In the ballroom. I wasn't anywhere close to the front. But that's okay with me. I don't care for big crowds. Yeah. I just figure if you're waiting in line for so long, then, you know, isn't there something else we can do?

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Like, I just like to go fast. I don't like to go slow. I don't want to do well.

[Chrissy]

Well, I know. Everybody knows you like to go fast. I came over today and heard the news.

[Brian Green]

You heard the news? That my insurance is going to go through the roof.

[Chrissy]

Brian Greene.

[Brian Green]

God damn it, Brian. Astrid called me today. I was in the car. I was on my way back from Best Buy buying more equipment for this stupid studio. And I said, hey, hon. And she said, what are you doing? And I said, I'm sitting on the side of the road with my blinkers on. Why? Because there's an Alpharetta police officer behind me. Did you get another ticket? I said, I did. For speeding? Yes. Our insurance is gonna go through the fucking roof. I don't understand why you can't go so slow. Why you can't slow down a little bit. You have children. What? And she goes into this whole diary.

[Chrissy]

I bet she was pissed.

[Brian Green]

Yes, she was fired up. Fired up. And then I said, okay, love, you, gotta go. Hung up the phone. And then the police officer stepped out from behind my blind spot. And he goes, I didn't want to interrupt your conversation. She's right. And I was like, God damn it.

[Chrissy]

Don'T mess with the wife. The angry wife.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, I got pulled over again. So that's two, count them, two speeding tickets I've gotten in the last four weeks. There's no way. So he says to me, he goes, listen, this is a hotspot. Everyone drives fast in this area. Don't feel bad. There were three other people going the same speed as you. You happen to be the first. Yeah, you happen to be the first. And I thought, okay, great. My lucky day. And then he said, here, you don't have to go to court. You can pay it online. But if you choose to show up to court or contest it, here you go. You know, that's the. That's my court date, whatever it was October, you know, a couple months from now. And then he says, and here's the solicitor's phone number at whatever website phone number. If you choose to communicate with the solicitor, you can set a time to go talk to him or her, and then you can see if you guys can work something out. And I said, yeah. I go, yeah, the solicitor ain't going to give me a break after I have two speeding tickets, both of them over 20 miles per hour in the same month. And he goes, you never know she's there to work for you. And I thought to myself, what bullshit. She's there to work for me. She's that way there to work for me.

[Chrissy]

That's worth a shot, I guess.

[Brian Green]

But you know what she's going to make me do? She's going to make me go to those fucking Classes.

[Chrissy]

And you have to wait in line.

[Brian Green]

I'm to wait in line. I definite have to wait in line. I talked to a solicitor one time and one time only in my life. And that's when I got my first dwi, My first dui. When I got my first dui, I had no clue. All I know is I went to jail and I got a court date. So I go to jail, I bail, bail, somebody bails me out. You know, my dad's one and only time ever bailing me out. So he bailed. Maybe it wasn't my. No, it wasn't my dad, because it was my second time getting bailed out. Never mind. Let's. Let's backtrack on that. Dad. Dad had a rule. I only bail you out once. That's it. And don't call me again. And the second time I called him, which was the dui, he did not bail me out, but I think it was my brother or something. So all I knew was the bail bondsman was very serious about me appearing in court and that I needed to appear in court or else I would be in additional trouble. So I show up at court, the solicitor is sitting there going through all the files, calling people up one by one, calls me up. I go, there's like a hundred people, you know, waiting there. I go up. And he goes, Mr. Green, I see here this is your second time being here at our lovely courthouse. And I go, no, it's my first. And he goes, no, it's your second. And I thought the first time, when I was a kid, when I got arrested for mailbox baseball, they had wiped my record cleaner. At least they said they would expunged. But so I said, I. I didn't think you guys could see that. And he goes, no, we can see it. The public can't see it. He's like, just because it gets expunged doesn't mean we don't have records of it. And I see it here. And I said, okay. And he goes, so, what is your intention? What are you gonna do today? And I said, I. I don't know. I'm just gonna talk to the judge. I guess I gotta go up. And he said, are you gonna plead guilty. No. Or not guilty? And I said, I think that I'm gonna plead guilty because I was drinking and I was driving. And he goes, I'm gonna stop you right there. Get a lawyer. And I go, I don't think I need a lawyer. He goes, get a lawyer. Don't say anything else. Get a lawyer. Because if you don't get a lawyer, I'm going to give you the. I'm going to ask the judge to give you the maximum sentence. And I was like, oh, okay. Well, I guess maybe he goes, get a lawyer. And I was like, okay, have a good day, Mr. Green. And it was like, this guy didn't work for me. He worked against me. He wasn't trying to find an outcome. And listen, I am not washing away the fact that I was also drinking and driving. I was drinking and driving. I should have been punished, and I was punished. And by the way, I got a lawyer. It cost me $2,000. Still, the same shit happened that would have happened anyway. It's not like anything different happened. I just had to pay a lawyer a bunch of money. But at the end of the day, like, the solicitor is there to represent the people, quote, unquote, which means the people against you. All of a sudden, your people are now against you. How does that work?

[Chrissy]

Well, you needed to be off the streets.

[Brian Green]

I did. Well, eventually I did get off the streets. Eventually they found a way to get me off the streets for a period of time. So whatev. All right, so it's Wednesday. We hope you enjoyed our bonus episodes of Rally LA Texas 212-4333. TCB. You can find those bonus episodes. Just go. They're. They're out there, so go listen to them. Also, I just wanted to say one thing real quick before we end this first segment. We decided to put a disclaimer on our video. On our video breakdown of poly couch cushions last Friday.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

I want to share two things. Number one, we got a number of text messages, people who said thank you for being empathetic and not, you know, kicking somebody while they're down. I want to be absolutely clear about something so that in case Paulie Couch cushions or anybody else is watching this that knows him. We don't know that this is the case. We suspect this is the case. This is alleged.

[Chrissy]

It's very bizarre.

[Brian Green]

It's very bizarre. We have no knowledge of whether we didn't see him doing any drugs. We didn't see any of that stuff. I just want to make that clear because I don't want anybody to think like we have some inside trap.

[Chrissy]

No, it's just very strange to watch a video of somebody falling asleep, nodding out.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, it's falling asleep and nodding out. Two different things. Nodding out. And number two, I think we did make the right call bailing on that video and then putting the disclaimer at the Beginning of the episode.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I felt weird. After a while, I was like, yeah.

[Brian Green]

It just wasn't funny.

[Chrissy]

Bad situation. No, it wasn't funny.

[Brian Green]

No, it wasn't funny. Because how do you make fun of someone who's. Who may or may not have a problem, but seems like they do, and then making fun of them doesn't feel like the most. The best use of our time. If Paulie was just being poly like he has in other videos, then onward. And you put it out there in YouTube. It's fair game, right? Including us. People make fun of us too, so fair game.

[Chrissy]

We'll do breakdowns of us.

[Brian Green]

I have never seen someone do a breakdown of us, but I know for a fact that one podcast has talked about us.

[Chrissy]

Okay?

[Brian Green]

And their whole purpose in life is to talk about terrible podcasts.

[Chrissy]

Oh, good.

[Brian Green]

The good news is it's a terrible podcast. No one listens to it. It really is pretty bad. And someone alerted me to it. They were like, well, podcast is gonna love this. And I was like, what is podcast? You know, I'm not saying their actual name, but what is that? And so I go, I look through it, I don't find our name. Couple weeks later, we get another comment, very similar. I go back, stuffed in the middle of an episode somewhere, not in the show notes or anything. They start talking about our show, and they're like, you want to. The worst media. You want to know the worst improv comedy podcast out there? It's commercial brains.

[Chrissy]

I love it.

[Brian Green]

Not funny, uninteresting. Old, boring.

[Chrissy]

I don't know. Love it. But I'll do.

[Brian Green]

I love it too. Listen, I'll take any press I can get. Number one. Number two, if you think for one second podcast, that that's not stuff we hear from our own family.

[Chrissy]

Yes, Listeners and family.

[Brian Green]

If you don't think I say that to myself every night before I go to bed, you're just an idiot. All right, so let's do this. Let's take a break, and then we'll come back and we'll talk more. It's a. It's a Wednesday when we're releasing this. It's a Wednesday. I. We'll get through it together. You know what I'm saying, Chrissy? Hump day, or we won't get through it together.

[Chrissy]

We'll hump it.

[Brian Green]

One of the two. That's right. Okay, we'll be back.

[Rachel]

Let me do something Brian has never done.

[Brian Green]

Be brief.

[Rachel]

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[Brian Green]

I was watching this video last night, it's fucking insane. Listen to this.

[Chrissy]

Are you eating sweet tarts?

[Brian Green]

I am. You want one? Yes. I knew it. I knew I'd get you eventually. Sweethearts are so good. I can't believe I forgot about these things for years and then all of a sudden I get them. Oh, you got purple. That's really good. It's really good.

[Chrissy]

It is good.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, some of them are soft and some are hard, so be careful with your teeth. Some like you can just bite down on and they just kind of melt away and then others are like, I guess it depends on what flavor or how.

[Chrissy]

They're not a sweet tartan forever.

[Brian Green]

They're so good. They used to make them like they would had flavors. They come in the little packages, right, and they'd be a little bit smaller and they used to come in like root beer flavor Pepsi, you know, cherry soda. Now I just find the regular lemon, lime, purple, grape, whatever. Anyway, it's good. Okay. I'm going down a YouTube rabbit hole last night before I go to bed and I stumbled upon a video that this. And this is not the first time I have heard of this, but they're doing a breakdown on a company out in California run by a very apparently smart and well to do Entrepreneur who spent a lot of time working on the biodome and how food interacts with the biodome and the enzymes in your gut and the gut bacteria. He's like the world's former preeminent expert on all of this stuff. Young guy, like 39, 40 years old. And he's now on his third company. And his third company has got like a billion dollars in funding. They're doing all kind of crazy stuff with food and how it works and you know.

[Chrissy]

Did you say biodome?

[Brian Green]

The. The bio. Oh, no, not biodome.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I think it's biome or something.

[Brian Green]

The biome. You're right. Yeah, I think you're right. Or Bio Dome, which was a great movie by Paul Lee Shore.

[Chrissy]

I was thinking of that. Remember that experiment where all the people went into the dome and tried to live?

[Brian Green]

I do. There's a movie called Biodome, but then there was an actual biodome that was based on the movie Biodome starring Pauly Shore. And I think Stephen Baldwin, wasn't it. Stephen Baldwin, probably. Oh, my God. I want watched Pauly Shore on Joe Rogan. I don't watch Rogan a lot, but occasionally I'll catch a clip. It was Pauly Shore going through his repertoire of movies and how he was.

[Chrissy]

Hot for a while.

[Brian Green]

I told you. One of the first. Actually the first stand up comedy show I ever went to was a Pauly Shore concert. And he borrowed a Camel Light from me.

[Chrissy]

That's right.

[Brian Green]

And I was like 13 years old, but I don't think he ever smoked it. He just borrowed it from it. I don't know what was going on. Yeah, he was very nice. He was backstage. One of my friend's moms was like the ticket manager of the. I don't. I forgot what it was called at the time. Now it's. It's that little tiny theater that's over there on West Peachtree. You know what I'm talking about? The one that's like in a bowl. It's like a. Anyway, whatever. Okay.

[Chrissy]

The Center Stage.

[Brian Green]

Center Stage Theater. That's right. Okay, so I'm now. Good job, Chrissy. Of the two brains, one of them is working. So together we have a half a brain working. Negative plus positive equals negative. I don't know how that works.

[Chrissy]

DCV minus.

[Brian Green]

DCV minus. Coming right up. So I'm watching this video. They're doing this breakdown of this guy. Don't know where this is going, but I'm interested in, like. They're talking about the guy and the things that he's Done and the companies that he started and what they've done, new preservatives. He's like the Chevy Chase of real life. He's making food preservatives and additives and figuring it all out. And he has just been given a pile of money, and I mean a pile of money by the fast food companies, by Kellogg's, by the company Frito Lay and other food companies together as they, they work in an association. That association has, you know, billions of dollars that they use to globby it to market. Market and all that processed foods towards us. That's right, yes. They have now come up with. He has come up with this company has come up with, and then other companies that are smaller than this have come up with, with GLP1 blocking foods. So now they have found a way to usurp the GLP enzyme that is helping people lose weight, get healthier. Because Walmart, fast food companies of all brands and varieties, cake companies, donut companies, all of them, have all noticed a decrease in sales. Of course, since GLP1s have come on the market. You're eating less, they're eating less, much less. Walmart I think had like a 7% drop and what they called like the. It's processed foods. I don't know what they call it in the store, but it's processed foods, the kind that come in bags and cans and boxes, you know, stuff that's like not organically grown. But a 7% decrease in sales in just the last two years alone. That's huge dollars for a company like Walmart. So GLP1s are making everybody healthier in general. Right. I mean, that's not good for everybody. But for most people, you lose a little bit of weight, you feel better about yourself, you're not eating as many processed foods, you're not carrying as much weight, so life is a little bit shinier. And that's a good thing, in my opinion. I don't take P ones, but I have to imagine that those who do feel better about themselves in general, even if it makes you feel better mentally, I think then that's a plus, right?

[Chrissy]

Yeah, mentally and physically.

[Brian Green]

Correct. But the fast food companies and the makers of highly processed foods are finding a way to get into your gut regardless. And I cannot imagine that a GLP1 blocking already processed food that has additional additives to go around the GLP ones is then additionally healthy in any way, shape or form. It's got to be much worse for you because now it's usurping the blockers that are telling you that you're full and it's doing its intended purpose, which is to continue. Is to continue making you more hungry. Remember when that guy, Morgan, whatever his name was, did that Super Size Me?

[Chrissy]

Yeah. I don't think it was it Morgan.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

His first name is Morgan and I can't remember his last name, but he did that Super Size Me. And everybody watched it. It's cultural phenomenon. We all watched it because Morgan ate big Macs for 30 days in a row. Yeah.

[Chrissy]

McDonald's every day.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. And then he did his.

[Chrissy]

Then he did the green juice stuff. Right. Didn't he have a follow up with the. Where he did all the, the juice.

[Brian Green]

May have. Yeah, it might have been Super Size Me too.

[Chrissy]

Well, I think it was like unsize me or something like that where he did the reverse.

[Brian Green]

I want to get his name here. Super. I want to call him. I want to call Morgan Spurlock. That's right. Okay, so Morgan Spurlock, if you haven't seen this movie, I don't know where you've been. But if you haven't seen this movie.

[Chrissy]

It'S 30 days, a long time ago.

[Brian Green]

2004, I think 2003, 2004, Morgan Spurlock decides he's going to go do a little experiment. He's going to bring a doctor and a couple scientists along and what they're going to do is he's going to eat nothing but McDonald's for 30 days. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. He has these rules. He's got to have at least one meal in the breakfast at least. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And anytime they ask, do you want that super sized? He has to say yes and he has to get the super size and he has to finish that. And he becomes incredibly unhealthy in a very short amount of time.

[Chrissy]

Like £20 in one month or so.

[Brian Green]

It was insane. Yeah, it was insane. Like you can see the physical transformation, obviously. And also his blood pressure goes through the roof, his cholesterol goes through the roof.

[Chrissy]

He's like pre diabetes, pre diabetes.

[Brian Green]

He gets fatty liver syndrome. Like he gets all kind of sick and these, all these doctors that are watching him. But one of the things that's always stuck with me about that movie is that there was a scientists on scientist on there and backed up by Morgan's own conversation that no matter how much McDonald's I have, I always left hungry an hour and a half later. Always calories, empty calories. And this scientist, this food scientist was like, it's designed to do that it's not nutritious, it's not filling you up in any way. So your body is still craving additional sustenance, and that's why you feel hungry again. Your body's telling you, I need more. And so you can eat McDonald's till you're blue in the face. It's likely you're just going to continue eat McDonald's, but you're blue in the face. And that's what these GLP1 blockers are doing yet again. They're trying to make you more hungry on empty calories. And it's insane that we here in the United States allow this to happen. That doesn't happen in any other country. Do you know that?

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

It's a fucking insane.

[Chrissy]

There's a lot more restrictions in other countries. But I don't. I'm confused, though. So break this down a bit more. So the GLP1 foods are like, for example, chips or something. Fritos.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

So you get the Fritos, and by eating the Fritos, it makes you less hungry.

[Brian Green]

No. So when you. So I don't know, but I. What. I understand. The glp or is it the foods for.

[Chrissy]

If people are taking.

[Brian Green]

The people who are people who are taking the glp.

[Chrissy]

I've seen that. Yeah, I've seen that. Where it's like nutrition for you.

[Brian Green]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Let me explain. So people who take GLP ones apparently are less hungry in general. Right. Also because they're probably on a kick, are eating healthier foods.

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Right. They're bought, they're eating less of. And they're probably eating.

[Chrissy]

If you're not starving, you're not gonna go grab the easiest, quickest thing, which is McDonald's or is chips or what? It's fat. It's not fast.

[Brian Green]

Okay.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. You want to, like, make a healthy salad or a smoothie or something.

[Brian Green]

So what the food companies are doing is they are targeting the GLP1 enzyme and they are blocking it so that the intended effect of the GLP1 does not work.

[Chrissy]

Oh, yes, I see what you're saying.

[Brian Green]

And they are going to start putting that in their food.

[Chrissy]

They're reversing it. They're blocking the blockers.

[Brian Green]

They're blocking the blockers.

[Chrissy]

Oh, my gosh.

[Brian Green]

Which is insane.

[Chrissy]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[Brian Green]

So then you do eat more of their food. You do feel more hungry after you eat their insane. I've seen the foods where it's like, you know, GLP1 is supposed to, like, replace some kind of nutrient Nutrition that you might not be getting because of the GLP1 blockers. So these fucking rat bastards are out there blocking the blockers. Blocking the blockers. You're blocking the cock block. That's insane. If I want my blocked, I want my blocked. Get out of the way. What are you doing? You're. You're. You're doing this. No other country in the world would let this happen. When you go to Spain and you get a cheeseburger from McDonald's, I don't know what it is. I don't know what it is.

[Chrissy]

Royale.

[Brian Green]

A Royale with Cheese. Chrissy, when you get a Royale with Cheese, it tastes different. Do you want to know why? Because it's not all coming from the same fucking meat plant in the middle of Wisconsin or wherever they're coming from. The French fries are actually French fried potatoes. And. And they have something besides the fucking happy shit arena milkshake for you to have to drink. It's different. They don't give you 7 gallons of coca Cola. They give you these tiny little cups. It's insane, because the government of Spain. Not that I want the government all up in my bullshit, but the government of Spain says if we're going to help our citizens make educated choices, let's make sure they have good choices to make. And I can't disagree with.

[Chrissy]

I mean, well, it's in the best interest of the government, I feel like, to have everybody be healthy. A healthy. Of course, healthy. That Live long. Yeah. Healthy population. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Not everything about Spain is wonderful. And I don't agree with high taxes and, you know, all up in your business. I don't agree with all that. But it's just weird that our companies have so much influence over the lives that we live that they can be in secretly meeting with evil food additive guys to make shit that shrink. Yes. I didn't know Chevy Chase was such an evil guy. Actually, I might have, but anyway, you get it. Unbelievable. Let me give you an example. Let me give you an example, Chrissy. That has nothing to do with food. You ready?

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Yesterday, the Australian government, in an effort to keep the heads on the shoulders of human beings, decided to make it illegal for anyone under the age of 16 to put YouTube on their phone. So now YouTube has to age verify everybody under the age of 16 years old. Good for you, Australia.

[Chrissy]

Australia. Good.

[Brian Green]

Good for you. If you are a parent of any child under the age of 16 years old, then you will know that YouTube is basically the devil. Also, to podcasters who don't have big audiences, but Also to children.

[Chrissy]

That's true. My little nephew who's like 7 was totally found some YouTube channel with people doing dumb stuff and. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Unaliving themselves and all kind of weird shit. Yes.

[Chrissy]

No, not unaliving themselves but doing weird pranks and whatever. It was too much for a 7 year old.

[Brian Green]

I have a. I have a friend I won't mention who they became a principal of a school recently. They're like. They're like a highfalutin principal. They're an in demand principal. So they move from school to school after every floating principal. Yeah, they're. Yes, they do a good job. So the people want them to come over and hey, this school might need some help.

[Chrissy]

Turn around.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, turnaround kind of principal person turnaround principal.

[Chrissy]

People like that that are car dealership people.

[Brian Green]

But anyways, I used to do that at Chili's for waiters.

[Chrissy]

You did? I did turn around the store.

[Brian Green]

I think Brian was reliable for anything is unbelievable. I think they just.

[Chrissy]

The kids margarita sales just went well.

[Brian Green]

That's right. Rochambeau baby. Rochambeau. Give me a kid's Rita fired him. It's got nothing in it.

[Chrissy]

Kids read it.

[Brian Green]

5:30. Time for a kid's reader. It could be 12:30. It was time for a kids. Depending on what time I shifted.

[Chrissy]

Exactly.

[Brian Green]

Kids Rita, by the way, kids reader right now. I know. Maybe we'll call D kids. Rita by the way was. We had a drug dealer that worked behind the bar and he would put a gram of cocaine in a kid's cup and he would ask for a kid's Rita. There'd be nothing in it and there'd just be a bunch of cups being passed and forth. Oh my God. The things that were going on there. You couldn't get away with that.

[Chrissy]

Everybody should work in a restaurant. I'm telling you.

[Brian Green]

Nobody should work. I know, I know. Okay. This lady principal person. Lady principal turnaround Percival lady, whatever. She got called to a school two years ago. It was a middle school. And when she gets to the middle school she assesses what's going on and she can't believe that basically every classroom is being disrupted by disruptive children. And those disruptive because the school has a policy that children are not only allowed to have cell phones but they can have them out so that if their parents ever need to get a hold of them, they can communicate. So some teachers had instituted policies where you have to keep your phones in your bag while you're there. But it wasn't uniform. It wasn't across the school and it was just basically destroying the school. Kids were not paying attention. They were disruptive. They would act out when they weren't able to get to their phones or play their games or communicate with their friends on WhatsApp or whatever. Was this dopamine? So after some long, hard thinking about it, she decided, as the principal, the phones must be in a bag or in your pocket. They are never allowed out of your pocket, not even in the hallways, unless it's an emergency and your parents need to get a hold of you or you need to get a hold of them. That's the only reason why. Right. And you can understand in 2025, parents almost like having a phone on the child so that something happens.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Green]

Turn around in the school within six months. And some of the children even apparently went to her and said, thank you. Thank you.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Because less bullying, less distraction. Yes. So now she's gotten called to another school. Guess what? The first thing she's doing is taking away those phones. Now listen, I may sound like an old, like, you know, hey, Boomer, shut up. You know, and first of all, I'm not a boomer. Second of all, I, I, I think we can all see that this is just no bueno, right? To have our kids glued to these screens all the time with constant dopamine studies. Yes. The food is the exact, the food is the OG Dopamine hit. That's what it is. Watch one episode of My 600 Pound Life and you'll understand why we shouldn't allow the GLP blockers to block the blockers. That's it. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah, we shouldn't, we shouldn't allow that. It should not be allowed. We should not be able to put food preserve food additives and preservatives.

[Chrissy]

That's wild. But I can see as a business, they're out for profit.

[Brian Green]

So this guy got like a $400 million grant from this. It was in.

[Chrissy]

To create.

[Brian Green]

To create it. To continue his research and create. He already created it. But to make it better, to, you know, put, be a, have it be applicable to more foods and more things. And so now I can, I can see it right now. The Mickey D's, you know, bl. I don't know. GLP blocker. The Mickey D's, Big Mac blocker. You know, the big block of Big Mac.

[Chrissy]

Wait, so they're not going to market it like that though. It's just going to happen, right? You just order the Big Mac.

[Brian Green]

Exactly.

[Chrissy]

And think you're only Going to eat half, but you end up eating the whole thing.

[Brian Green]

You end up eating the whole thing. That's right.

[Chrissy]

Your blockers are being blocked.

[Brian Green]

And then you're going to go back up. There you go. Let me get a quarter Pounder. Right? And then another cheeseburger. I've seen it happen. I've had it happen to me a couple times. I have literally walked into a Taco Bell. Look at me. I'm not that big, right? I've walked into a Taco Bell and I've said, give me 12 soft shell tacos with sour cream after smoking a bunch of weed. Yes. No. Just like Tuesday. Just like a Tuesday. I swear to God. And I leave and I got a belly full of food, but I don't feel full. And then I'm here. And Astrid will make me, you know, ticanos or arena pepiata or whatever it is. She makes me something wonderful and beautiful that's fresh from scratch. She makes out for me. And I can't walk for an. I look like poly couch cushions nodding out the studio.

[Chrissy]

I know. I love. I love to cook. So, Yeah, I enjoy fresh foods. I'm not a big RFK guy.

[Brian Green]

No.

[Chrissy]

You know, but his war on processed foods, ultra processed.

[Brian Green]

I will call out good things when I see it.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, exactly. So I have to say, I think that's a good thing.

[Brian Green]

Listen, I agree.

[Chrissy]

Fruits and vegetables. Nobody wants to hear that. Nobody wants to actually do it. But when you do it, you feel better.

[Brian Green]

You always feel better. Always feel better. But it's like anything, you got to rewire your brain. Takes five days to get used to something. Takes another five days to start building new neurons.

[Chrissy]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away is. Is a good. It's a cliche. It's old saying, but it's true.

[Brian Green]

That's right. So. All right, anyway, keep your eyes out there, kids. There's a lot of shitty things that are happening. And, you know, buy Trump coin. That's all I gotta say. Melania Coin.

[Chrissy]

I saw something about the coin thing today. I've got to show you.

[Brian Green]

But Melania coin, it's down 96% from the day that it came out. But buy it. It's a great investment.

[Chrissy]

Say no.

[Brian Green]

Say no. Just say no. All right, we'll take a break. We'll be back. Okay.

[Rachel]

You're probably wondering why I, Rachel, have taken over the voice duties at tcb. It's pretty simple. Astrid asked me to shut Brian up, even for a minute. Well, lovely Astrid, your wish is my command. Do you want to help Astrid too. You know you do. Leave a message for her or me or Chrissy at 212-4333 TCB. That's 212-433-3822. You can be on the show too. Just call and say something, anything. Or text us and we'll text you right back. Promise. Then head over to tcbpodcast.com and get your free sticker. It's your constitutional right to a sticker and we must abide. You get the point? Follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and watch all the episodes on [e-mail] TheCommercialBreak. Best to you and Astrid. Especially Astrid.

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[Brian Green]

Yeah, that's how it works. We're just reading about Sheen. Why is it such a popular thing? It's popular because they pay a lot of influencers to Marketing and influencers. Marketing and influencers to. To wear their stuff. But it's really.

[Chrissy]

It's.

[Brian Green]

It's Amazon.

[Chrissy]

It's fast fashion too. Which I thought, according to the Gen Z people I know that that's kind of not good. They like to do a lot of recycling.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

Thrifting and things to help the planet.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. But I think once, you know, it's. We're such sheep that, like, you know, once one person does it, the next person does it. Look at that little Boo Boo. Fat. I mean, honestly, that's not cheap. It's a fucking doll. They are kind of cheap. They're like $27 for a box, if you can find them.

[Chrissy]

Oh, they are?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. They're 27.

[Chrissy]

Like they were going for like thousands of dollars.

[Brian Green]

They are. Once they're open. Once they're opened and they get the special magic, you know, secret fucking little Boo Boo troll. Yeah. The one that bites your neck at night. Yeah.

[Chrissy]

Or razor teeth.

[Brian Green]

Little razor teeth. I mean, listen. Okay, yeah, I could see other cute. And you like it and it's fluffy and whatever. I get it. But. And $27, not a bad price to pay if you want to walk in. And I've bought. Certainly spent a lot more money on stupider stuff like Pearl Jam posters and Dick Tracy material. But at the end of the day, I mean, everybody now is on the bandwagon. I don't think everybody thinks these things are a must have. I think everybody thinks everybody else thinks they're a must have been the Beanie.

[Chrissy]

Baby of the now.

[Brian Green]

It really is. And remember, all those big collectible booms and busts happen right around and right before the economy takes a shit. So Sheen is probably just another example of people who don't have a lot of people who feel like. I mean, I'm not. I'm sure a lot of people. A lot of those people have money. I'm not saying everybody shops at Sheen is irresponsible with money, but the fact remains, most Americans don't have large savings accounts. Raise your hand in the room. Me. Okay. Me too. Yes. Us. We're not part of the. Remember, we're not part of the 3%. Prof. G. It doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon. So here's.

[Chrissy]

Here's Fast Fashion.

[Brian Green]

What's that?

[Chrissy]

Is our merch fast Fashion? No, no, it's quality.

[Brian Green]

It's quality?

[Chrissy]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

I mean, it's podcast merch. I'm not saying it's the best quality you've ever seen, but it's good quality. It's good quality. Yes. It's good quality. Quality. We went to a ice cream shop the other day, Astrid and I did, and they had some merch out there. And the merch was like. It was the super softest, loveliest T shirts ever. And I was like, wow, this is really, really nice merch. But of course, you're going to pay $110 for something like that. And that's just like, you got a balance between, you know, good quality and the right price. So anyway, I wanted to say that I am really. It's rush season.

[Chrissy]

Yes, it is.

[Brian Green]

I'm really so. Alabama Rush has now led me down the rabbit hole, and now I follow this guy, all of the guy. Do you know the guy you talked about?

[Chrissy]

The guy, the guy that, like, helps people get through?

[Brian Green]

Oh, no, that's Ferda. No, he has a nickname. His name is Ferda. He now there's, like, a podcast that's. This is a guy who helps people at guys at Alabama get into fraternities. He's a fraternity consultant. He's my age, and he's running around with Girls that are 20 years old Drinking at the bar. Listen, I guess it's good work if you can get it. You know what I'm saying? I don't know what else to say. I'd like to say, actually, I would call it out if I thought it was totally creepy. I think it's weird, but I actually don't see anything creeper creeperson going on. Right. He's not, like, taking pictures of girls, you know, with low head.

[Chrissy]

Back to my college days. And the. The older men that used to hang out, like.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, they're all over the place. The townies, the guys who live in the town are always at the bars, hanging out. You know, they're just trying to relive their youth. Some people get stuck. And it doesn't always mean you're nefarious. It just means you're stuck. You're just stuck. Right. Or you happen to live in the town. You're a professor, your groundskeeper. I don't know, whatever. It's not always nefarious purposes. But let's be real about it.

[Chrissy]

You're a real estate agent.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. You're a real estate agent. I like your real estate, honey. Can I buy that plot of land?

[Chrissy]

All these guys were real estate agents. Now that I'm thinking about it, yeah.

[Brian Green]

Groundskeeper, I want to mow your lawn. Can I stick my hose in your bush?

[Chrissy]

Yeah, that's nefarious.

[Brian Green]

Okay, that's nefarious. All right, let's be real about it, right? You're a 40 something, 50 something year old man and you're hanging around 20 something year old men and women like, you know, okay, there's opportunity there for it to get creepy Creeper. So you just got to be careful keeping it above it Seems on his Instagram, I haven't seen anything that I that has made me go, but there is a guy, you know, all of the sororities now, they have to put together a hype video. A hype video is. It's the beginning of the rush season. They're all dancing, you know, air drone shots. You know them on a, like a cowgirl on a cow poke. I don't know all this other shit. They have to pick the song. We're going throw back to the 80s, throw back to the 90s. Every sorority in America is making a hype video. And there is a guy who I assume a gay man because he talks about his partner who has sunglasses on and a hat, and he will put his face in front of the hype video and he'll do a breakdown of the video, give them a grade. Never makes fun of them. I like what. I like this. I like this. He's not making fun of them. He's just saying, you know, oh, that's great. Dance. Okay, girl in the back, you're not doing so good. He's sometimes, but he's real and he's not beating anybody while they're down. So I followed him. So now Instagram is serving me up every hype video in America, from West Kentucky Devry University to Alabama to the University of Georgia to South Georgia, all of them. I'm just getting like all of these hype videos now and, oh, I didn't want to go that far down the rap, you know what I'm saying? Okay. Obama Rush was an interesting documentary and this guy is interesting talking about it, but I didn't want to go that far down the rabbit hole. But here's what I have to say. The girls, always the girls who are rushing these sororities, they come with me on my first day of Rush, check out my fit, you know, and so they'll sit in front of the mirror and they'll show you what's in their pocketbook, what they're bringing to the rush day, what they're doing. They'll talk about their outfit. You know, this is Sheen and this is with, you know, Carolina Herrera, and these are, you know, Bella Goosigasis. Or whatever. And they'll do the whole thing. There was a girl, I love her. She's a black girl. She's a teacher. She gets in front, just like that guy does. She gets in front of all those check out my fit videos. And she will break it down. She makes a list of how much everything is. So you know the girls, how much it costs, how much it costs. She'll be like, my bracelets are Ferragamma, whatever. And she'll go. So she'll stop the video real quick. Ferragamma found the bracelet, $300, but you can get it on Amazon for $30, right? And so she. She lists out how much these outfits cost. And then if she can, she finds alternatives. And then also she will say, if you use my Amazon links, I get a little bit of money. And then additionally, I'm a teacher, and I have a teacher wish list. This girl has hundreds of thousands of followers. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Chrissy]

No, no, no, no. But I think that's a fantastic idea. And it goes towards her. Like supplies for the classroom and stuff.

[Brian Green]

Yes. I've been watching this girl for two years when nobody was. I'm not. I'm not saying that makes me cool. I'm just saying her stuff started coming up on my Instagram when there's like a hundred likes. Now there's hundreds of thousands of likes on some of these videos. And I love her. I think she's great. And I think she's. The fact that she, at the end, not only pitches for her own Amazon links, you go, girl. Do it. Because she's giving somebody an actual service. She's saying, you want to look like her, you can do it for much cheaper. Here you go. But then she's also helping to put new supplies into her classroom when you know for a fucking fact that none of these teachers are getting paid. And it's going to get worse by the day. It's getting worse by the minute. The fucking wife of the head of the WWE is our education secretary. Fuck you. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Anyway, this girl is awesome.

[Chrissy]

That's gonna come of all of this. I mean, it's just gonna be grassroots, cute stuff. People helping people.

[Brian Green]

People are brands. We are all now a brand. And everything we ever did is ever and ever did is going to be known about us. Whether we like it or not. Everything we ever buy, everything we ever do, every transaction we ever make is going to be known about us. So if you're going to do something, unless you just completely go off the grid, which I quite frankly think is almost impossible now, but. Okay, maybe it is. The reality is, is that if you're gonna do something, do some good along the way.

[Chrissy]

True.

[Brian Green]

Look at this young lady. She is young. I imagine 22, 23. She's a second year teacher, so maybe she's 24, 25 years old. She's entertaining. She knows what she's doing. She doesn't ever get snarky about it. She's just breaking it down. And then she's got the Riz. Yeah, she got the Riz. And she wants to make a little bit of money on it and hundreds of thousands of people of her video. I love this. I wish, I wish I could find this girl's name. I'm not going to be able to. Hold on one second.

[Chrissy]

I mean, people make hundreds of thousands of dollars doing other crazy things, so might as well put it to some good.

[Brian Green]

Absolutely. Do your girls. Did your girls rush? I can't remember.

[Chrissy]

They did.

[Brian Green]

They did. Okay. Oh, here she is. Destiny Murray. I think that's SES anymore, right? Let me see. I want to make sure. Okay, so Bama Rush is right around the corner.

[Chrissy]

Yes, but they didn't rush. It wasn't all this crazy stuff.

[Brian Green]

No, this is insane. The other thing that when I'm watching these videos, first I'm like, you know, go, Destiny, do your thing. First of all. Second of all, then I'm like, holy, do I have it? This girl's wearing a twenty five thousand dollar outfit.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

To go get sprayed with stale beer and roll around in the mud waiting to get a bid on a ride. You got to be kidding me. You got to be kidding me.

[Chrissy]

I think that's a small subsection, But.

[Brian Green]

Destiny's got 300,000 videos. She's got. She got 20 million likes.

[Chrissy]

That's great.

[Brian Green]

Go. See? This is so cute.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, I love this.

[Brian Green]

So she'll do that.

[Chrissy]

These girls are wearing such a wreck of. Yeah, I know, it's crazy.

[Brian Green]

What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do when my girls get this old? How are we gonna pay for it, Chrissy? How are we gonna pay for my girls to go to university? And rush? I'm gonna say, girls college is way overrated. Look at your dad. He didn't do any college and he turned out just fine.

[Chrissy]

Well, I did do college. And my parents said to me, if you would like to rush, that's so great, we'll support you. But you, you do you have to pay for it?

[Brian Green]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I said, oh, well, Going to work at a restaurant.

[Chrissy]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Get sexually harassed by old men and do cocaine off the back of the bar.

[Chrissy]

So maybe I don't need it.

[Brian Green]

Hey, listen, each to each their own, you know what I'm saying?

[Chrissy]

And it's a great experience for a lot of people.

[Brian Green]

No, I, I, But I think there's.

[Chrissy]

A go overboard point.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. The only time I ever stepped foot in this. Well, two times I stepped foot in a fraternity and got kicked because we were roaming the halls of a party in our late 20s. Anyway. And then number two, I got asked on one of those dates where they rock your. They put a blindfold on you. I ended up stepping on the sorority seal. You desecrated what I did. I straight up took a shit off. I stepped on it. And a whole room full of girls know. Yes, exactly. How am I going to know? I'm not. I, I work at Chili's. I, I drink kids margaritas for breakfast. How am I supposed to do AOS meal? Ideal meal.

[Chrissy]

Oh, I'm not saying it right.

[Brian Green]

Ideal meal.

[Chrissy]

Ideal meal.

[Brian Green]

Well, it's ideal meal, but you, the, the s can be a little silent there if you want to get like super vernacular. Ideal meal. By the way, put out another Venezuelan reel. Got another 4,000 followers.

[Chrissy]

That's all that.

[Brian Green]

It's insane. The Venezuelans love us. So pretty soon, once a week, we're going to do it. We're going to do a. We are like, we're going to do a segment. It just makes business sense, called this Week in Venezuela. Brian's going to find. Find a new way to offend a whole nother subset of human beings. I've offended the Americans. Now I gotta go down to the Venezuela. No Ideal meal. I Brian. Welcome aboard. I Brian. Oh, wait until I tell you that. Tomorrow I'll tell you a story about an Eye Brian story.

[Chrissy]

I can't wait. I love these.

[Brian Green]

Well, he hasn't heard about my speeding ticket yet, so. Yeah, I know.

[Chrissy]

I bet he has now.

[Brian Green]

Oh, he's going to taste all. It's all, it's all coming. It's all coming. All right. Shop tcb podcast.com. shop tcb podcast.com. you can pre order your merch now. One of five items. It's a limited time, limited edition, limited run. So don't ask me why or how, but just go there and take a look at it.

[Chrissy]

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[Brian Green]

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[Chrissy]

No, no, no no. We love you regardless.

[Brian Green]

That's right at the commercial break on Instagram 212-4333 tcb212 4333822 on questions, comments, concerns, content, ideas and YouTube.com thecommercialbreak for all the episodes on video same day there here on the audio. Okay Chrissy, that's all I can do for now.

[Chrissy]

I think so I'll tell you that I love you. That's how I love you. I love you.

[Brian Green]

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

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