The Commercial Break – "You'll Always Have Chipper!"

Date: January 1, 2025
Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley
Podcast Theme: Irreverent improv-comedy banter between longtime friends, delving into pop culture, internet drama, personal stories, and comic reflections on ordinary absurdities.

Episode Overview

This New Year's Day episode finds Bryan and Krissy embracing their self-proclaimed "drunky skunky" personas as they recount wild stories, riff on current pop culture podcast drama, and swap tales from their misspent radio days in Atlanta. The highlight is Bryan's legendary Chipper Jones love triangle saga. The episode weaves together sharp-witted commentary, meandering tangents, faux-serious college football predictions, and a celebration of old-school hangover brunches. Listeners are treated to the duo's trademark blend of chaos, warmth, and confessional comedy.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. New Year’s Resolutions & Hangover Vibes

• The show opens with Bryan and Krissy joking about half-hearted New Year's resolutions:
  • [00:01] Krissy: "Drink less."
  • [00:02] Bryan: "Oh, and quit smoking. Oh, and keep New Year's resolutions."
• Both are clearly recovering from festivities, with Krissy joking:
  • [01:10] Krissy: "I'm still drinking from the night before."
  • [01:11] Bryan: "Look at you, you little drunky skunky. Chrissy's our little drunky skunky. Listen, every podcast needs one."

2. Brianna Chicken Fry, Grace O’Malley, & Barstool Sports Podcast Drama

• Bryan offers a gossipy, heavily editorialized recap of current drama in the pop culture podcast world:
  • Brianna Chicken Fry (Barstool Sports) in conflict with ex Zach Bryan over alleged abusive behavior.
  • Grace O’Malley, her podcast partner, is unsupportive during this ordeal, prompting a split.
  • [03:33] Bryan: "Brianna...accused [Zach Bryan] of controlling behavior, breaking up with her online, generally being verbally abusive...But in this big argument..."
• Dave Portnoy (Barstool Founder) supports Brianna; speculation swirls as Grace leaves, but Portnoy insists she wasn't fired.
• Grace jumps ship to Alex Cooper's "Unwell" network (from Call Her Daddy).
  • [07:43] Bryan: "Unwell is the Call Her Daddy network. She’s gonna have a new podcast on the network."
• Discussion about the podcast boom and how "everyone has a fucking podcast."
  • [09:51] Bryan: "Everyone has a podcast because there’s zero barrier to entry, right? You get a microphone, you repress record, and then you publish it..."

3. Reflections on Media & DIY Podcasting

• The crew riff on the democratization of content and independence from big media.
  • [13:26] Bryan: "All of these people who would normally be funneled into this, like, Hollywood…mill, it’s been shaken up…Now the first thing you do is you go get a podcast so you can tell your side of the story..."
  • [14:01] Krissy: "Tell people wrong facts."
• Humorous shoutout to their own non-Hollywood approach:
  • [15:58] Bryan: “We don’t need no Hollywood production staff around here. We got our own smoke machines. Fuck you...We’ll do it live.”

4. College Football Playoff Predictions (with Feigned Enthusiasm)

• The hosts make joking, semi-informed picks for the New Year’s bowl games.
  • [16:22] Krissy: “Tennessee all the way.”
  • [17:05] Co-host: "You know, I just wrote in the show notes: football (barf)."
  • Full bracket breakdown, culminating in both picking Georgia as their likely winner, mostly out of loyalty and vague recollections.
  • [21:13] Bryan: "So my prediction is that the Bulldogs win this all..."
• Comedic asides about picking teams based on arbitrary reasons ("Because they have a three in front of their name"), the perils of March Madness, and NIL deals:
  • [22:30] Bryan: "He drives a Lamborghini. And that’s all I need to know about him. He’s my kind of guy."
  • [23:09] Bryan: "Lamborghini, Lamborghini. It’s a new breed. It’s a Labrador."

5. Absurd Dog Breeds & Atlanta Bar Stories

• Tangent into designer dogs, inbreeding, and Instagram trends.
  • [23:39] Bryan: "It’s like a Labradoodle, only with a tailpipe. They’re all the rage in the Hamptons, the Lamborghini. It’s a mix between a Labrador retriever and a porcini mushroom."
• Leads naturally (?) into their days frequenting Atlanta bars, memories of Conyers, Georgia, and legendary low-rent adventures.

6. The Chipper Jones Love Triangle Story (Centerpiece of the Episode)

(Highly Memorable Segment: 25:26–32:22)

• Bryan recounts his entanglement with an Atlanta Braves cheerleader—who also happened to be Chipper Jones’ girlfriend while Chipper was still married.
• Chipper confronts Bryan at a massive honky-tonk bar:
  • [28:09] Bryan: "And Chipper came, and we were all sitting in a booth, and Chipper slid in, and, man, was he miffed. He was hot. He came in hot. But at that time, nothing else, nothing was going on. So the first thing that this young lady does is head to the bathroom so that me and Chipper are there alone. And I'm like, so, hey, Chip, what's going on? And he's like. He's like, you tell me, bro."
  • [29:22] Bryan: "He'd had a few. And he was like, ‘Yeah, I bet, bro.’ And I was like, listen, Chipper. Nothing. Whatever. It's done. We're over."
  • [30:56] Co-host: “I just can’t believe you’re Eskimo brothers with Chipper Jones.”
• After the confrontation, Bryan details more awkward run-ins with Chipper at Braves games—sometimes avoiding certain stadium seats to dodge drama.
• A second, ill-fated date tale follows, where Bryan’s attempt to impress a new love interest (with her young son in tow) at a Braves game is epicly derailed by the jealous former cheerleader who proceeds to cockblock him the entire day.
  • [41:12] Bryan: "[The cheerleader] did cockblock me. Because when we got down to those seats, guess who magically didn't need to work until the seventh inning? The Braves cheerleader. And she sat right there. Right there next to LC...By the end of the afternoon, LC was like…they were best friends. I was out."
  • [41:59] Krissy: "You'll always have that."
  • [42:00] Bryan: "I'll always have that. I'm telling you what, man..."

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• New Year Relatability:
  • [01:10] Krissy: "I'm still drinking from the night before."
• Podcast Culture Critique:
  • [09:51] Bryan: “Everyone has a podcast because there’s zero barrier to entry, right? You get a microphone...you publish it...Or if you pay Dr. Phil a lot of money.”
• Chipper Jones Showdown:
  • [28:09] Bryan: "And Chipper came, and we were all sitting in a booth, and Chipper slid in, and, man, was he miffed. He was hot. He came in hot...So the first thing that this young lady does is head to the bathroom so that me and Chipper are there alone. And I'm like, so, hey, Chip, what's going on? And he's like. He's like, you tell me, bro."
  • [29:22] Bryan: “He'd had a few. And he was like, ‘Yeah, I bet, bro.’ And I was like, listen, Chipper. Nothing. Whatever. It's done.”
• Self-Deprecation:
  • [31:36] Bryan: “There’s a lot of things in my life that if you would ask me what I regretted in 2013 or seven or whatever it was, I would have been like dating Chipper Jones girlfriend. But we remained friends...”
• Bar Life Reminiscence:
  • [35:25] Bryan: “Every day we went to this place and it didn’t matter if we had gone somewhere else. We would end the night at Central City Tavern or we begin the night at Central City Tavern.”

Important Segments & Timestamps

• 00:00–03:30: New Year’s hangover banter and intro to Barstool podcast drama
• 03:30–08:50: Play-by-play of Brianna Chicken Fry–Grace O’Malley podcast fallout, Portnoy intrigue, and musings on pop culture networks
• 13:26–15:58: Riff on the explosion of independent content and the “everybody has a podcast” phenomenon
• 16:22–22:50: College football playoff “predictions” devolve into jokes about NIL deals and Lamborghini-dogs (Lamborghini/Labrador hybrid)
• 23:18–25:26: Designer dog breeds, Instagram absurdities, and Atlanta bar misadventures
• 25:26–32:22: The Chipper Jones saga—Bryan’s run-in with the Braves legend over a shared romantic interest
• 35:24–44:22: Atlanta hangout nostalgia, failed date stories, and comic reflections on past irresponsibility

Tone & Vibe

• Casual, Unfiltered, and Self-Deprecating: The hosts never take themselves too seriously and freely mock their own past misadventures.
• Insider Banter: Listeners feel like they’re eavesdropping on a running inside joke between two riotous friends.
• Cultural Commentary: The duo mock both the excesses of podcast celebrity drama and their own place in the “everybody has a podcast” era.

Summary for New Listeners

This episode is classic The Commercial Break: a mix of booze-drenched nostalgia, roast-level humor, and (occasionally) thoughtful satire on the state of pop culture. Bryan’s Chipper Jones debacle, a sloshed Braves game, and honest, sometimes cringe-inducing bar stories offer plenty for new listeners to laugh at—and maybe even relate to. You'll leave the episode grateful for your own less-messy love life, and with twelve new ways to call a dog or car a Lamborghini.

Best to you, Best to you, out there in podcast universe!