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I mean, that is like quite a value. One per box with active subscription free meals applied as discount on first box. New subscrib by plan. That's hellofresh.com jtrain10fm to get 10 free meals and a free item for life. So those are our sponsors, one of them being HelloFresh, the other being, you know, the Patreon that's, you know, viewers like you, that's like pbs. This is all possible thanks to listeners like you. And I'm gonna go to the articles that I have saved for today. I'm very excited. I love doing, uh, Pop Culture Thursday. I got em right here. We're ready to go. First article is Kelsey Grammer, who you know as Frazier Crane. Dr. Fraser Crane. Kelsey Grammer. If you think of him, that show won like, he was like, you know, life is so much about timing. Kelsey Grammar was one on one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. When you got paid to be on the most popular sitcom of all time during the golden, you know, the end of the sitcom age, I would say because right now I really think there's like Abbott elementary and like, that's all I can think of as far as sitcoms are concerned. I know Leanne Morgan, the comedian. I think she has like a Netflix sitcom done in, you know, that's, I don't know if it's even doing well. You don't even know. There's no night of the week. It used to be. Let me Grandpa Jared is going to tell you about the sitcom days. It used to be you did your week by the sitcoms like, oh, Frasier Tuesday and, and the new shows that surround it. They would use a popular show to prop up the other shows. Kelsey Grammer, you know, is as familiar to me as an uncle at this point because you grew up with them on tv. Kelsey Grammer, they also, I think he had like, I think he was a partier. If I, if I'm to be, I, if I'm to go like to the branding of it all. I think he was like a known partier, but then he was Dr. Frazier Crane. It's weird to have a character you're playing, you know, that is this respected psychologist who's like a little bit wacky and quirky and a little Bit of an elitist. I thought Niles was really the guy that propped up that show. He was the sesame seed to the dad, the dog, it was Daphne. They were all good. I mean, he was good. So Kelsey Grammer, 70. Well, talk about partier. You know, like, you go, was he a partier? Well, he's 70 and he's about to have his eighth kid with. That's Kelsey Grammer, 70, welcomes baby number eight, his fourth child with wife Katie Walsh. Now I'm looking at Katie. She's got to be a little bit younger than me. How does Kelsey Grammer react? Listen, eight. At eight kids, I have to assume that Kelsey Grammer and I are two very different people when it comes to having children. I, I gotta assume that he has. And, and like, I guess he has so much. Like, at what point I wanna know the amount of money that you have a child and money isn't the first thing you think of. What is it, $10 million? Is it, is that, is that just me? Am I just too caught up on the cost of childcare and what this means to life? Or maybe I'm so, you know, I had this with. I just bought or I'm in the process of buying a condo and, you know, it was scary to me until I had the numbers in front of me and I go, okay, this, this can be possible. So maybe I'm just scared of a number. I don't know, maybe you're sitting at home and you got kids and you're like, yeah, you know, diapers cost this much and it's really not crazy. You know, buy an extra hello fresh kit and you're good. I mean, like, I don't know, maybe I'm like, too into like, I don't know. But for Kelsey Grammer, like, do you react to your wife being like, we're pregnant at like, as if it's like just like something spilled in the kitchen. Are you just like, oh, really? Okay, like, does it like, Kelsey's not going to be changing a baby. He's not going to be. He's got, he's like, ah, call up the, the nanny service again. We're going to have to 70 having a kid. The Frasier star announced he and wife Katie Walsh recently welcomed a baby boy named Christopher during Monday's Pod Meets World podcast. So he's going on. So this is how big the sitcom world was. Kelsey Grammer of Frazier fame and Cheers fame is going on and X Men is going on Pod Meets World, another, I guess, sitcom from a diff if that happened on TV at, like, if I saw Frasier go on Boy Meets World, I'd be like, mind blown. Like, I'd be like, what? Like, what if they had an episode? That's crazy. He's on Pod Beats World. Him with, like, Mr. Hunter. Like, they bring him in as a psychologist. For Sean Hunter, dealing with his, like, parents that, you know, that are, like, street toughs. Like, what it was like three days ago. He told hosts Daniel Fishel, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedel, and Ryder Strong. Christopher that's just joined the family. How old is his wife? Four kids. I mean, he looks great. I'm looking at a picture of him. He's all, again, like an uncle. Like, I rec. I'm like, oh, that's frasier. The Cheers actor, 70, or Cheers became a dad in 1983 when he welcomed daughter Spencer, now 43, with his first wife, Doreen Alderman, after the former couple's 1990 divorce. Kramer F. Kramer. Just call them Kramer. After the former couple's 1990 divorce, Grammer fathered Greer, now 33, then with then girlfriend Barry Buckner. The Emmy winner was briefly married to Leanne Kush Kushani before moving on with Camille Grammer. I think that's the one that's on Housewives. Kelsey and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 56, have co parented daughter Ann Mason and son Jude, 23 and 20, since their 2011 divorce. And I mean, this is the whole history. The Golden Globe winner had an affair with Walsh, 46, while married to Camille, and the duo tied The Knot in February 2011 in New York City. Their three children, Faith, daughter Faith, 13, son Gabriel, 11, and son James, 8, were born in 2012. 2014. New Year. News broken. So he had his last kid in 2016, and now it's almost 10 years later. And news broke in June that the actor was expecting baby number eight when he and Walsh stepped out in London. I mean, it's crazy. It's one of those things that you can't say is crazy. Like, good for them. It's like, good for them with a side of dude, you are crazy. The former flight attendants baby bump. So he got with a flight attendant. So Kelsey Grammer is on a flight, he's married, and he's, like, striking up convert. This guy must be quite a stud. He. I mean, the party branding. The former flight attendant's baby bump was on display during the stroll in a navy blue dress and tan cardigan. At the time, a source told the Daily Mail that Kelsey was thrilled about Adding to his brood. He's been incredibly supportive. What is he gonna say? What is. The source is him. The sources. A friend wrote it. You know, his agent wrote that he's been incredibly supportive of Katie throughout his pregnancy. This pregnancy. Which. Which, though unexpected. That's when you find out the story. Here's the source. This is the quote. He's been incredibly supportive of Katie throughout this pregnancy. Which, though unexpected. Like, I. I don't know why they need to tell people that. I guess we can all assume nobody was trying at 70. I mean, she's 46. They have three kids. I think we can do the math on that. Which, though unexpected, has reignited a spark in their marriage. They both needed. That is a weird quote, and it's from a source, but I think that's coming from. They needed a spark. The outlet claimed that Kelsey planned to engage in the hands on parenting he missed in the past. There is no way Dr. Frazier Crane at 70 is doing any hands on parenting. The hands on parenting is such a vague way to describe it. I would love to hear what Dr. Frazier Crane thinks hands on parenting is. He's like, yeah, I'm gonna go walk with the baby in the park while a paparazzi takes a picture of us. I didn't really get to experience that for the first seven children. Like, are we supposed to believe he's gonna go and be changing the baby up at night, you know, blanket over his shoulder, burping it? No. And he told the Guardian in 2018 that he has the oppo. He has had the opportunity to kind of try it again with Walsh. That's the beauty of being an older dad. He gushed, calling the experience a real gift. That is a guy who partied, feels a little regret, and is now going to. This is nice. I get to try one more. One eighth. I get to try an eighth time. Eighth times a charm. I'm sure the other kids are fine, but it's like, this is a load of bullshit that is produced by a PR team. Love that article, by the way. BT Dubs. Okay, let's do this article. Meghan Markle, who is just. She should be on the payroll for Page Six. She is in the Royals get tons of Page Six. Banter, fodder. Megan Markle and Prince Harry enjoy date night at Dodgers World Series game. I need page Six to stop calling extraordinary dates date night. They're doing a disservice to. To the relationship community. Date night is. Hey, want to go get a bite? I don't know what date night Is I'm single. I don't know. Date night. The phrase depresses me. The phrase that you would need to have a date night to be able to get away from your own things, that means the marriage is in trouble. Like, the emotions that it exudes for me is that the marriage is in trouble. We got to put in the calendar. We need a date night. We got to get away from these kids. Kids. Everyone's screaming and yelling. We never get a moment alone. Date night. And there's two people that are a little bit too dressed up for an Applebee's that are trying to, like, fall back in love. I just hate the phrase date night. And then to show. And if you're that couple who's doing date night because you're like, the therapist said this was supposed to. Because you're like, the therapist said we should do this, and we need to connect more, and we've lost our way. So we have a date night every Thursday, and no one can interrupt that. That couple reads this headline and is like, fuck you. Cause Megan Markle and Prince Harry enjoyed date night at Dodgers World Series game. That is not what date night is. It is way deeper than that. It is way more than that. And it is hard not to compare your date night at Cheesecake Factory to them at in. To them sitting in seats that cost $15,000. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted enjoying a date night. We're spotted at the World Series. This isn't date night. Hey, Meghan, you know what we should do tonight? We should go to a ball game. Is there any on the calendar? Let me look it up. Oh, whoa. World Series game five. Yeah. They're tied up to two. Yeah, it looks like. Yeah, let's do the game. How much is it? Yeah, about 30,000 a ticket. You want to do a date night? 60,000. Let's do a date night. Like, it's insulting. There is a point with, with wealth disparity. And it. This has to do with all of us being on the same phones and getting a personal glimpse into people's lives. Calling this a date night is, like, actually detrimental to society. The superstar couple who were who is regularly seen on TV as they enjoyed the action from Friends. Front row Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. Wore Dodgers merch for the big game. Like, this is. They were dress. You know, listen, they're dressed by a stylist. This isn't a date night. This is a photo op. All right, let's do another one. I, I, I, I, I, I have to move on from that, I'm always gonna click on an Elaine Hendricks story. She played the evil stepmother in the movie Parent Trap, the remake of the Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan. Elaine Hendricks is also an alumnus of this podcast. She has been on the J Train podcast before. Incredibly nice. We follow each other on Instagram. She's on Dancing with the Stars. I'm, I'm so happy for her. Elaine Hendricks misses Dancing with the Stars Halloween night after injury lands her in hospital. Elaine. See, this happens seemingly. And again, I'm not a Dancing with the Stars, you know, fan. I, I, I'm in, I'm in tune with it. It. I, I, it seems it's more popular than it was last year, but it does seem that every season on Dancing with the Stars, there is a story about one of the stars dealing with injuries. Oh, my God. As if that's the World Series. As if we're like, oh, my God. How will the nation go on? And it seems as though this injury storyline each season on Dancing with the Stars is somehow something we, the audience, is supposed to, like, relate to and feel for and oh, my God. And listen, I don't have any doubt that there's a training regiment that is difficult for this show, but they're not training after getting home from work at their marketing job. They're not training after getting done with their shift at the hospital. So when Elaine Hendricks, who I like, is shown in bed at the hospital in full makeup, by the way, and we're supposed to go, oy, oy, Elaine. How will she come back from this, this, this, this, this issue to dance again? They kind of do this thing where it's like they're trying to, like, make this into Karate Kid this. They, and it feels like they do this every season where they're like, they need this Karate Kid. Will they come back? Will they be able to dance again? Oh, my God. Who's that coming through the tunnel? Is that Elaine Hendrix's music? She's back. She's gonna dance. She's going to dance. She's going to dance. Oh, my God. How will she do it? But she was in the hospital for dehydration. Elaine comes out, she's like, I'm just going to try my best. Then she does the tango better than she's ever done it. We all cry. Is that what they're aiming for? What? Elaine's dancing. Elaine's dancing. Elaine's dancing. I just, I don't need that in my Dancing with the Stars. Do a good dance. Be fun. Have a Fun personality. Let's go. Get on the floor. Tip tap. The actress, 54, and her partner Alan Burstein, or Burstyn had to miss Halloween night on Tuesday due to the injury. So does she get. You're eliminated. I would say you're gone. Goodbye. Hendrick shared a video on Instagram revealing she injured her ribs during their performance Defying Gravity last week. And today they just seized up, couldn't move. She said, I'm sorry, Elaine. I hope you're okay. I. I just don't, you know, I'm not sitting here buying it. I'm not sitting here, like, going, oh, how will the world go on? As she spoke to her fans. From a hospital bed to the hospital bed. Is it a rib injury or is this an internal, Like, I was diagnosed with something injury? Because do you have to be in the hospital bed? Like, she's in the robe? It is a lot. It's. It's. It's. I'm sorry. I don't. I'm not. I'm not. I am not a happy enough person to just buy this. I think it takes a happy, go, lucky, fun person to go. Did you hear about Elaine? Yeah, I saw her in the hospital. She looks. She looks beautiful, by the way. I don't know how she's gonna come back from this. Like, I don't know how. You have no cynicism on this. An emotional Hendrix said the doctor advisor to rest for a day or two, okay? You don't have to be in a hospital bed when a doctor says rest for a day or two like this does it. This video did not have to come from. From the. Or whatever it is. Like, it would be funny in the video. What are you doing here? Get out of here. We have, like, real sick people here. What are you. Elaine, we told you you're going to be fine. We gave you a couple of Tylenol. I want to dance, she said, fighting back tears and asking fans to vote for her. I want to keep doing this. In her caption, Hendrick wrote that she was devastated to be missing Halloween night. So they still vote. So she might be kept in even though she didn't dance. I don't know. Also, if you had a rib injury, aren't you going into a dance that is. Like, this is. To me, this is an Alan Burstein issue. Alan Burstyn. Elaine, I love you. Alan Burstyn later appeared in the ballroom and shared a heartfelt message for his partner. Elaine, I love you, and I'm so proud of all of you all. And I'll see You soon. This. The. The production of this is Beautiful to me. The duo scored on their rehearsal performance. Performance. And the judges, which included guest judge Cheryl Burke, gave them a 32 out of 40. Ah, one. I don't know how good that score is. It sounds 32 out of 40 sounds pretty good. I'm not in favor of rehearsal. You judge them on the rehearsal. There's. That's. That's a way they. That score to me. 32 out of 40. When you judge them off the rehearsal, that should be. That's like a 10 out of 10 if it was in person. Don't we think that's a fraudulent score? There's no. You're in the room by yourself. You're in your comfy. You're. You're in the. You're not even in the costumes. Okay. Should we do a second Megan Markle? No, we got to get away from Marco. I like this one just because it kind of show. It says Justin Trudeau. We've talked about Justin Trudeau. And Katy Perry dressed in Trudeau, quote unquote. Crazy about Katy Perry thinks she's the perfect woman. When I. When I see a quote like that from boyfriend of to me, that's what you have to yell at the paparazzi from the red carpet. Justin, Justin. You know all the people, Justin, how do you. How do you feel being with Katie? And he's like, she's the perfect woman. Because you can't go. You have to go positive, but it can't make you into this. Simp is. I used a word that I've heard people use young people. Simp is not really in my vocabulary, but I. I imagine that to be like, you have no backbone in this relationship, so you have to go heavy, but so heavy. That's a little bit that you're being too much. And it's not. It honestly takes away from the compliment. You know, anything. Anything where you use the world as the compliment is the comment you would give in this context. I would believe so. It's like, she's the most beautiful girl in the world. Like, this is a compliment that you'd give to a stranger who asked you an uncomfortable question about your wife or girlfriend and you mean it. You're saying a nice thing, but it's so much that you're just getting by. So, like, that's why you always use the planet or the world. She's the most beautiful girl in the world. And then she kind of pushes you. Oh, come on. There's more beautiful girls in the world. She's the funniest girl on the planet. Oh, I'm funny, but I'm. You know, there's others in the. In the planet. Like, if you use country, it would actually make it awkward. This girl, she's the most beautiful girl in the country. The whole world would stop. Everyone would stop. Country. What do you. So are you thinking about someone else in Southeast Asia that's way more hot than your girlfriend? Like, what. Why did you make it so specific? That's why you got to go, world. She's the best mom in the state of Florida. What? Why? Where are the. Is there other moms you've thought of in other states? Like, that doesn't work. She's the best mom in the world. She's the best mom in West Palm Beach County. Like, that would be. Make it awkward. So, to me, when Justin Trudeau says she's the perfect woman, I'm going to bet this is from a red carpet and it actually means nothing. It's what he has to say. Former. Like. Like, if you whispered that in your girlfriend's ear, you're the best girl in the world, she would even be like, what? Is that even a comment? But if you were like, I think you're just the most perfect woman, and I just enjoy your company so much, and it's just been amazing getting to know you. That is not something you would yell to a paparazzi on a red carpet. It's a. It's a fine line. Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fallen head over heels for pop star Katy Perry. He's crazy about her. Thinks she's the perfect woman. Says a source. Right? That comes from a source. That is a source that I'm going to. My opinion is that they are connected to Justin Trudeau. Uh, it seems as though Justin Trudeau is on some sort of campaign of other sorts. Not even electoral. This is just him dealing with a PR agent. I mean, they are sympatical on everything, including politics, kids, and French food. Like, such a nothing answer. What do you mean on kids? We agree on kids. What? Having them how they should be brought up. The unlikely pair made their first public appearance together this week at Paris famed Crazy Horse Cabaret to celebrate Perry's 41st birthday. They both have a sparkle for each other. That's got to come from a source. That can't come from Justin. See this girl? She really makes me sparkle. Yeah, you can't do that. You can't even whisper that into her ear. You have. I have such a sparkle for you. No, no, no, you'd be like, are you into me? Like, like are you you sure about your sexuality? Like that. Yeah. I wouldn't. The politician and dark horse singer first sparked romance movie. Okay, we, we've done that article already. We've, that's what they do now. They, they do the nothing quote from the PR person who's paid by Trudeau or Perry to like get out there and give a quote and then they rehash. That's a page Six classic. Let's do one more. We'll do a couple more. Maybe George Clooney. George Clooney, who does seem likable whenever you see him. George Clooney, Randy Gerber. I don't know who that is. To launch non alcoholic beer as next venture after selling Casamigos. Let me say this Casamigos I think is better than any other tequila. And you could disagree with me. You can be like well I've my family I, my family's a tequila. Like I, I, I don't know what your reason for I just think that vanilla in the Casamigos that makes, makes it palatable to have straight over ice with a lime is really good and and I'd never had that is a distinctive flavor that if you don't like it I just think you know that's like comedy. You have to have an opinion. People have to agree to dis agree and disagree. To be, to be. To be loved. To be hated is to be loved. If you're hated, then you're loved. And I would say if you're, if you hate Casamigos I would understand that more than being like it's not good. No. If you hate it, you're just not into that flavor profile. The non alcoholic beer. I would invest in this if I heard that George Clooney and the guy that he did have been crafting a non alcoholic beer as their next if you were like people who did Casamigos are now doing a beer I'm in. They sold their tequila company for $1 billion to Diageo. Diageo. I know from my dad he used to be in the liquor business but also it makes me think of bar rescue the like the sponsor with their partner business partner Mike Meld Meldman will launch the new non proof beer with Meldman in March. We hear the plan non boozy I would invest I've been, I've been drinking non alk beers for a few months now and I really have an opinion. I like them. I, I, it's it if you think about a non Alk beer for too long. You're like, what the fuck am I doing? Like, why not just get a diet Coke? But I do get the. The ah of a beer. When I have a non elk. I do get the bodily sensation. So I do kind of get it. We'll launch the new non proof beer with Melman in March. The plan non boozy brand seemingly has a similar origin story to Casamigos, which was created when Clooney and Gerber were neighbors with matching Mexican retreats. They're also known for their buddy motorcycle adventures together through Mexico. Who the fuck is Gerber? Spain and other locales Casamigos known for. For throwing one of Hollywood's star Halloween bashes. I didn't know that. Here's Ger. Oh, here's Gerber, who looks a lot like the guy from saving Silverman. That's not. Not Jack Black. The guy from saving Silverman is not a great way for me to describe who this is, but it will get me to the answer, because it's not the guy from saving Silverman. It is. It is Steve Zahn. Sometimes it's just about getting there. I don't care what road you took. This guy Gerber looks like Steve Zahn a little bit. Not as much in this other picture. Boy, Gerber getting a lot of mileage. They show the side of the Casamigos truck, and it's Clooney and Gerber on motorcycles. And Gerber signed the thing. That's one of those where it would be awkward for George Clooney to be like. Like, someone went to George Clooney was like. It was him and Randy Gerber. And they were next to each other, and they were like, okay, ready to, like, decorate the trucks? George, we're gonna put you on a motorcycle, and we're gonna have you sign underneath it. You're gonna have glasses on. You're gonna. Black shirt. It's gonna look sexy. It's gonna be aspirational. People are gonna want to drink Casamigos because they're gonna see you on the truck on the motorcycle. And then Randy Gerber will be like, well, what about me? Where am I on the truck? And the. And the ads person's gonna, yeah. Oh, did I say just George? You know, you're both on the truck. Like, yeah, you're both. He's in black. You're in white. You both got the glasses on. People like, whoa, whoa. Is that Randy and George Clooney? Is that Randy G. That's what people are gonna say. They're gonna be like, Whoa. I want to be just like George and that other guy that. Yeah. People are gonna. Yeah, we were totally thinking of you on the truck. I don't know why. I got a little brain fart. Yeah. No, no, no, no. Both of you on the side of the truck, people are gonna go, whoa. Randy and George. George and Randy. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Cause it seemed like you forgot you. It seemed like you only wanted George on the truck. But we both own the company. We both do. The motorcycle trips through Mexico. We. You. You read the pamphlet, right? About how we travel around the world on our motorcycles. And that's what got us to the idea of starting Cost amigos. Right. You read it, right? So that's why we both be on the truck. We own this company together. No, no, no. I'm sorry. You even. I'm sorry you even thought. I didn't mean you'd be on the truck. Of course I read the pamphlet. You, George on the truck. People are going to go, wow, my two favorite tequila people. Yeah, because that's how they know Randy. That. That's how they know you. My two favorite actors. You're an actor, right? That we all know and love from that thing you did, that famous Randy Gerber movie that we all know you from. So that's why you'd be on the side of the truck. Of course. Of course. You really got to be up your own ass as Randy Gerber. Who is this guy to put yourself on the truck next to Clooney? Who the fuck is Randy Gerber? That. I'm American businessman. That's what his title is on Google. I just googled Randy Gerber. He spells it like an ass, No Y with an e. Rand Gerber, American businessman. He found a tequila brand, Casamigos. That's what you're known for. So you shouldn't be on the truck. He owns nightlife companies. Yeah. Why is he on the truck? He's Kaya Gerber's dad. That is a real. Oh, he's Cindy Crawford's husband. You gotta have balls to be Cindy Crawford's husband. You gotta really. You gotta be a confident guy. Look, that's what I don't have. I don't have the confidence. I. I need that Randy Gerber confidence. That's what I'm missing. Because I would think that's how I would act. Like if the ads person was like, we're gonna put George and Jared on the truck, I would go, I can't be next to George Clooney. What people are gonna make fun of me? They're gonna go. Some random guy with a podcast that he does from his kitchen in Delray beach is gonna make fun of me for way too long for an audience of hundreds of people. There's more than that. Okay, okay. I'm not gonna sell myself too short. There's a lot of you out there. And thank you very much for listening back. Next week, Pop Culture Thursday. Bo.
Host: Jared Freid
Episode: Kelsey Grammer 8th Child, Meghan Markle Date Night, and Justin Trudeau's Compliments - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
Date: October 30, 2025
This Pop Culture Thursday episode features Jared Freid offering his signature comedic takes on the week’s top celebrity headlines, riffing through articles from Page Six. Topics include Kelsey Grammer welcoming his eighth child at age 70, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s so-called “date night,” Elaine Hendrix’s injury drama on Dancing With The Stars, Justin Trudeau’s public declarations for Katy Perry, and George Clooney’s new non-alcoholic beer venture. Jared's irreverent humor and keen observations give listeners a playful yet pointed recap of the latest pop culture absurdities.
[08:54]
“Are you just like, oh really? Okay, like, does it like...Kelsey’s not going to be changing a baby. He’s got, he’s like, ah, call up the nanny service again.”
“This is a load of bullshit that is produced by a PR team.” [18:28]
[19:22]
“Calling this a date night is, like, actually detrimental to society.” [22:48]
“Date night is... two people a little bit too dressed up for an Applebee’s trying to fall back in love. I just hate the phrase date night.” [21:18]
[26:13]
“It seems as though this injury storyline each season...is supposed to, like, relate to and feel for and oh my God.” [27:08]
“She’s in the hospital bed... We have, like, real sick people here. What are you… Elaine, we told you you’re going to be fine.” [31:35]
[35:55]
“She’s the perfect woman. Because you can’t go... you have to go positive, but it can’t make you into this…simp.”
“That comes from a source. That is a source that I’m going to...my opinion is that they are connected to Justin Trudeau.” [37:47]
[42:27]
“Casamigos I think is better than any other tequila...that vanilla in the Casamigos that makes it palatable to have straight over ice.” [42:37]
“You really got to be up your own ass as Randy Gerber. Who is this guy to put yourself on the truck next to Clooney?” [47:10]
On Everything Bagel Branding:
“The word everything takes away the stigma of I'll have a garlic bagel. No one wants to have. Saying the words I'll have a garlic bagel is like, oh, it’s my fault the date didn’t work out. It’s my fault the business meeting didn’t go well. It’s my fault I didn’t get the job. It was my breath.” [03:01]
On Kelsey Grammer’s Eighth Child:
“70 having a kid... Eight times a charm.” [17:45]
On Date Night Disparity:
“If you’re that couple who’s doing date night because...the therapist said we should do this, and we need to connect more, and we’ve lost our way—so we have a date night every Thursday...that couple reads this headline and is like, fuck you.” [21:45]
On Elaine Hendrix’s Hospital Video:
“Do you have to be in the hospital bed? Like, she’s in the robe…This video did not have to come from...the hospital! What are you doing here? Get out of here!” [31:30]
On Justin Trudeau’s Katy Perry Compliments:
“If you use country, it would actually make it awkward. This girl, she’s the most beautiful girl in the country...Why did you make it so specific?” [36:53]
On Randy Gerber’s Recognition:
“Who the fuck is Randy Gerber? That’s what you’re known for. So you shouldn’t be on the truck.” [45:35]
Jared Freid’s style is observational, self-deprecating, and delightfully snarky. He blends relatable anxieties (money, dating norms) with biting commentary on the absurdity and phoniness of celebrity culture. He never shies from pointing out the PR machinery behind celebrity news or the chasm between ordinary life and celebrity spectacle, all while keeping the pace brisk and punchlines coming.
If you want a wry, comedic spin on pop culture’s latest, with enough cynicism to keep it real but enough warmth to leave you smiling, this episode is your Thursday treat.