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Chit Chat Wednesday for you to listen to. I have a guess who will be your new boo. You're gonna love them, too. Chit Chat Wednesday. I hope you're having a good day today. I hope it's gonna be a perfect week, too. I hope you have a nice poo. It's a Ch Chat Wednesday, too. Hello, and welcome to J Train podcast. It's J Train Jared Free, coming live from Delray Beach, Florida. That's right, every Wednesday. A Chit chat Wednesday where I speak to a comedian, a friend, an expert. Today we have all three. Friend, comedian, hilarious comedian. If I could. If I could give you an opinion on that. And an expert in toys, Greg Stone. Thank you for coming on the show, bud.
B
Thank you for having me. It's very exciting.
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It's been too long. Our last text is from the summer. Sometimes you need a podcast to reignite a relationship. And here we are.
B
I can't believe it's been since the summer. That shit's going by fast.
A
What were you texting me back in the summer? You texted me something.
B
Well, we did that commercial together. That was fun. Where we shot the commercial was fun. Nine hours. We should have made a full TV show out of all the.
A
I mean, we could have literally made an episode of Friends. You texted me over the summer, if I get ads for electric bikes anymore.
B
This was a thing.
A
Which was the most Greg Stone text I have ever received. Now, electric bikes. I don't even know if the company exists anymore, but they sponsor the show and they gave me a bike. They gave me an electric bike. And looking back, quite a gift from a sponsor like it. And. But I wasn't living the lifestyle that would. And it's funny. I was like, wait a minute. I. I knew I had to talk about this with you. I. I could have used an electric bike. I think anyone could use one if they were given one. But I wasn't really living the lifestyle. It was just sitting in my apartment, and my apartment was the size of a shoebox. So I'm like, sitting there with the bike. And then you came over and you're like, I'll take the bike.
B
You offered it. And I didn't just come in and say, I'll take your.
A
Yeah. You didn't say, I'll have the bike. I go, I need to get rid of this bike. And you go, I will take it.
B
Yeah.
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And I had totally forgotten about that. And then years later, you're asking me you needed, like, a bike replacement?
B
Yeah. So I got it from you. I brought it to Jersey. And then the fucking battery just shit out for no reason. It's been shitting out years later.
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I mean, you got some use out of it. No, the battery never worked.
B
And it just took me this long.
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Never to follow up.
B
It worked for, like, I probably used it for, like, a week, and then it would just turn off and turn back on. And so I was like, I should follow up. I should email. And I was like, you know what? Let me message Jared, because let me tell you this. Let me say this. This is what. This is my big scam. We do all these podcasts for free, right? They're a lot of fun, but after times, they add up. Right? Right. Get some listeners, but they add up. So you know what? If all my friends have these big podcasts, my podcast not big enough for good sponsors. So I try to get the free.
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You're not getting a bike.
B
Not getting a bike. I'm not getting a bike. So when my friends have big podcasts, I try to get the free shit from their podcasts. Okay?
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I like it.
B
You know, you were. You gave me a bike. You gave me some man underwear once.
A
Listen, I, I give a spread. I'm a. I'm. I'm a good dictator. I, I, I try to spread the. Spread it around. And. And you even said to me, you're like, I need the bike.
B
I do need the bike.
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In Jersey.
B
Yeah. I needed. I only have one car. We're living in Jersey. And so I email.
A
It makes a lot of. I mean, now I look back on that bike, when you text me about the bike, I was like, man, I totally forgot this was a very useful thing.
B
Oh, it's great.
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I. Did you fix it? Did you figure it out?
B
No, it's $150 new battery, and I just haven't put the time in because I got mad at them. When I emailed them and talked to them for this whole thing, they were kind of like, well, we don't help out guests. We just help out podcasts. Kind of.
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Well, that's not true.
B
That's. No, but they were like, oh, no, we love it. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Like, if you'd like, we'd give you 10% off on a battery. And I was like, okay, you sent me a faulty battery. Well, you sent Jared a faulty battery.
A
They sent me a faulty. Yeah, yeah. So how are you? What's going on?
B
Are they still sponsoring the podcast? Because I feel like you're probably.
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They haven't in a long time. Maybe they'll come back now, after hearing this great user, you know, recommendation, I mean, it's nice that you liked it for the week, that it worked.
B
The bike was cool. It was cool for a while, but.
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The battery, it was very cool.
B
I got to get a new battery, and then I'm going to be back. I'm going to be back in action once I get this.
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Zipping around this whole town. I love it.
B
Yeah.
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What's going on in your life? Tell the listeners. Everyone, go follow Greg Stone. He has a special that you can watch right now on YouTube called Nobody Presents Greg Stone at Greg F. Stone on the Social Media. What is happening with you? How are you?
B
Oh, my God. I'm doing great. I'm all right. The kids. I got the two kids, which we have two kids. Yeah. Got a beautiful towel. They're great.
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I send. I send towels. Don't. Don't ever tell me. I send bikes and towels.
B
Monogram towel. It's like the. It's. It's. It's Luke's little towel. He loves it. It's his little bath thing. Hood on it. It's so cute. I'm currently working on a thing. This is why I'm crazy. Cause I'm working on a thing that I had to sign. They want me to sign an NDA, not to talk about it. And I. I didn't sign it.
A
Why would you bring it up here? Why would. Don't even bring it up. I. I'm afraid for you.
B
This is exactly what we're getting into, because I didn't sign it yet. And I said, listen, I can't sign an NDA. And they're like, why? I was like, cause there's no way I can keep a secret. Like, you're gonna tell me not to do this, and I'm gonna get sued by you. So what are we gonna do here?
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Right? And then you'll have to work off your suit. You know, the damages.
B
How many.
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Like, you won't even get paid. You will just only be whatever the project is. You'll be just working off the tab you've run up from talking about it.
B
Yeah, sue me now. And then you pay yourself when you work your money back. Because I went and I told everybody already. I was like, look, I didn't. I didn't sign it yet. So I'm telling everyone I know now. So after I sign it, then I could be like, oh, those are the people I told before I signed it.
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When I hear NDA, I think when any of us hear NDA, we go, whoa, Greg's. Into some big stuff. Like, this is a big deal.
B
Yeah.
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I, I've always called you Greg Hollywood Stone, and that's always how I knew you.
B
Yeah. So I am.
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That's exciting. We. We are. We're not going to ask any more questions, but the jcu, the J Train Cinematic Universe is very excited to hear that you are signing any sort of NDA that doesn't involve, you know, sexual misconduct. We are very happy.
B
Yes.
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That It's a good NDA, not a. Because there's good NDAs and there'. NDAs.
B
Yeah. It's a good one. And I'll tell you this. Thank you for not asking because, you know, if you ask, I'll tell you. I'll tell you right now.
A
Nope, I'll. I'm changing the direction. I'm protecting you. I am changing the direction of this show. What did you eat today? What did you eat today?
B
Stop it. Good. I got a. I want to know what you. I love that we're being. You're. We're joking. But you are serious because you know, I will tell you. I, you know, this is what I was.
A
You gave out your phone number on the show. You. Many times you've given out your phone number.
B
Yeah, I didn't sign it yet. And the phone number. And I'll tell you.
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I don't care. It's signed. The minute they sent it to you, it's signed. That is not. No, the minute someone said to Greg, here's the thing.
B
Let me. I'm not.
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Listen, I don't, I don't know what I'm doing any more than the next guy. But the minute someone says, hey, we're gonna have to have you sign an NDA is like, we are past the point of messing with it. This is a big opportunity. I don't even know what the opportunity is. I can't have you messing up the opportunity for my own sake. I need a successful Greg Stone in my life.
B
So you think when. When they tell you we want you to sign an NDA, the first thing out of your mouth isn't, well, I got to tell everybody before I sign this thing.
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That's like the craziest thing I've ever heard. The idea that you're like, hold on, I'll sign it in 10 minutes. And then you go around town announcing what this big project is and then you go, ok, got it out of my system now. I'll sign the NDA. That's not how it works. This isn't a video game. This isn't this isn't. Run back and collect all the coins and then go finish the level. You have finished the level. It's over.
B
Yeah. It can't get me if I already did it, you know?
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Yeah. No, no, no. This is. I am so annoyed. I. Whoever's managing you, whatever person is associated with you, I, I, I can't. They, they must be up all night just checking in on you. Sign it. Do it right now while on camera with me.
B
Well, they didn't send it yet. If they were smart, they would have sent it the minute they brought it up.
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But you don't. You can't. This is. You have misunderstood. NDA. You're treating an NDA as if it's like declaring bankruptcy. Well, once I declare it.
B
Yeah. Gonna hide all my assets now. I know I'm gonna be in trouble once they do this. I know I'm not gonna be able to keep my mouth shut. Yeah.
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Don't say a word. Well, also, it might not happen. This is.
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No, they said, I'm sure you're signing.
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It's happening.
B
It's 100 happening. I got the life changing medium changing. Pretty good. Just a good job. Just like a pretty good job.
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Keeps you afloat.
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Yeah. Yeah. It's gonna be great. Like, it's only like two or three hours a week, and then it's good money, and then I could do other things. It's great.
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Love it. Okay, stop talking. Stop.
B
I had a bagel. Everything bagel.
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You're already dancing into the water. I can see you go, oh, a couple hours a week.
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You.
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You were already explaining what the thing was. Stop it. Everything bagel with what on it?
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Oh, it was good. It was just. It was a scallion, cream cheese, two eggs, and it's not Marvel. I'll tell you that, though. It's not Marvel. I wish it was Marvel. I was signing.
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B
Oh, I know.
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You would have told every. You'd be dressed as the character you were playing.
B
Yeah.
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Right now. And I'd be like, why are you in that? Why are you in that Wonder Woman outfit? That's not Marvel. That just annoyed Greg. I. Why are you in that? If I was like, why are you in that? Why can I not think of one Marvel? Why is that Wolverine out. Sure.
B
Great.
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Spike. Well, so you go Spider Man. You think when you think of yourself as a superhero, you think of yourself as Spider Man?
B
This is a trip. This is a trick question. I mean, I. Why my emotions are like Spider man, but my physical appearance and body are not like Spider Man?
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Well, that's not what I asked.
B
Yeah, yeah.
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When you. And when I. So you think of yourself as a Peter Parker type. Do you think that's why Spider man is the most beloved of the superheroes? The nerd who gets powers and is able to help people. Is that part of why he's the. Because Spider man, they say, is the most popular one?
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Right? Yeah, he is. Yeah. He's hands down. Yeah. And he. Because he's always good. He always does the right choice. He always makes the right choice. It's always everyone else first. And he's always broke. So that's pretty close to who I am.
A
So that's why you think? Because I've always wondered, I'm like, why you would think like Tony Stark. There's a reason. Nobody's like, before Iron man was in the movies, no one even like, cared about him. Like, that wasn't even like he sucked a guy.
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Yeah.
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Right.
B
All of them, it was Spider man, the X Men. That's who was the moneymakers.
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That's who people cared about. But they could never nail it on, on movies the way they did the other ones.
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Well, that's because, I mean, we're gonna get into it. It's because Marvel was going bankrupt, so they sold the, the rights to Spider man, the X Men. That's why we got those movies first. Because Sony made them. Oh.
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Because they, they were like, we need the money. Sell the, sell the most cherished parts. And so other people had them at. We're able to, you know, do the stories and everything. That's interesting.
B
Yeah.
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And then when no one wanted Iron Man.
B
Yep. But they had the rights to Iron man, so they made Iron Man.
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So then that's how it happens. That's how, that's probably the story of how those movies even get made.
B
Yep. They started putting all their money in the comic books of like, you know, all of a sudden, Avengers started getting really good in the comics because they were like, oh, we got to put beef behind this because they couldn't make money. Spider man or the X Men. And now we got the rights back for everything. We, me and Marvel. Well, we, we, we did.
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Do you, Are you a Marvel guy?
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Yeah. So I'm a writer's guy. This could sound corny, but I like, yeah. Writers, like, if there's a good writer, they go to dc. Like, I like what they do. Mostly. My, I mostly like more like a.
A
Director of a movie if they, if so. And so is directing. This is like how you follow the writers.
B
Yeah. Like I, you know, if it's a bad writer writes Spider man, it's going to be bad. Bad writer writes Batman. It's gonna be bad. But superhero wise, I'm more of a Marvel guy. But I love DC as well.
A
It is. How do you feel about the new DC movies that are coming? I mean, Supergirl, you're, you're excited.
B
James Gunn is knocking it out of the park.
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James. I think he's doing a great job. Yeah. Anytime I see someone that's like anti. James Gunn, like, how are you anti him with a plan? Like, he's got a whole. He's thought this out.
B
Yeah. It's something political.
A
Isn't that what any comic book person would want?
B
Yeah. And he's doing great. I mean, he did Peacemaker, the show, which, if you haven't watched it, was.
A
I gotta watch it. I, I, I stopped with season one because it was like, it felt like it was waiting in the water. Like, it didn't feel like it was, like, going anywhere. And now I think I gotta go back.
B
Yeah, I really liked both seasons, but, you know, I'm into that kind of. And then he did this cartoon creature, commandos, which is also part of the new DC stuff, and that was really enjoyable. And he did. Yeah, he did all the Guardians movies, which were for Marvel, and they were all really good.
A
I love the Guardians movies. I think that, like, as far as, like, going. Taking your brain and going to a place that is not your world, like, the escapism of all the stuff, I thought those were, like, the, like, you go watch a Guardians of the Galaxy movie, and you're like, I am somewhere else. I am in space.
B
Yeah. Yeah. And he, Although no one cared about those characters, and then he made, he essentially made them all. You care about them. It's great.
A
Mainstream things.
B
Yeah.
A
So your kids, are they getting into.
B
It a little bit? I kind of don't want them to.
A
Are you forcing it?
B
Are you?
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No. You don't want them?
B
No, I'm going to force them into sports. So when they rebel against me, they get into comic books, and then I'm like, guess what? Come to the basement. I got a ton of action figures for you. Right. Because they're forcing Marvel. They're not gonna win.
A
It was a trick the whole time. Yep. Ah, you take off a big blanket and there's all your toys. Yeah.
B
Well, also, they don't know I don't know about sports, so we're gonna watch them together. They're gonna always think I was a sports guy. So I've done things like this this year. I was like, I'm doing it. I'm doing basketball. I got the Knicks schedule, goes to my phone. I get updates how if they're winning, who's losing? I haven't watched a single game. I still know who's on the team, but I get, I don't know, like, three texts a day from the. From SportsCenter, I guess, about how the Knicks are doing.
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Right. Okay.
B
Yeah.
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And the kids like the Knicks.
B
No, I haven't. I Don't know how to watch the Knicks, but I'm gonna get them to watch them. When I figure that out, I don't know how to watch it. How do you watch it?
A
Weren't you the guy. I feel like you have a million of these. Weren't you the guys? Weren't you the guy that would go on the Knicks forums and disagree with people?
B
So my favorite thing to do is to shoehorn myself into sports conversations and see how far I can get before people realize I don't know what I'm talking about or they get really mad. So I would go into these Nick's Facebook groups, and I would just say things like, jesus Christ, again, when are.
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We going to get our.
B
Together, right? And then you'd get like 50 comments, right? And they'd be like, oh. And I learned the one thing. I say this all the time. If you are ever in a sports conversation with a Knicks fan and you don't know which way to go, you don't want to say, you just step back and you go, ah, fuck Dolan. If you say Fuck Dolan, everyone agrees, right?
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And for years, they love. Yeah, well, now he's like, kind of gotten better, but you could still say fuck Dolan. And people are like, you're right. You're right. At the end of the day, the other day, Dolan.
B
And for years, I didn't know who Dolan was. I just knew. Everyone hated, right?
A
You. I ask about your. You know, the sports and getting the kids into Marvel because you have. You collect toys this time of year. What do you get free? Like, I mean, we can see on YouTube kind of.
B
You really can't say it. Whatever. Sure.
A
What do you do? What are you gonna get the kids? Like, I have you. Do you have an interest in what you're gonna get the kids for Christmas? Like, how are you play. How do you play Christmas? When you are like, this is one of those things when the dad is too into sports, it ruins it for the kids. They hate sports. And that's kind of what you're talking about. But I'm saying Christmas time is like toy time.
B
Yeah.
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Like, are they gonna. Like, are you gonna buy them an action figure? They're gonna dig in. You're gonna be like, no, the packaging. Are you gonna be annoying?
B
Are you.
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Are you in?
B
So I'm not into action figures for the money, right? If I wanted, I'd get into. I would realize, you know, a passion project.
A
I didn't realize there are all these. These Elon Musk.
B
Yes.
A
You know, toy collectors.
B
Yeah. These resellers who are just trying to make a few bucks. I got, you know, I'll make my money doing comedy. Right. I don't need to make my money running to Target and reselling something for $5. More like off. I don't keep things in the.
A
I just thought of you because I got. I have a Sonic the Hedgehog little, you know, figurine. And I was like, should I take it out? But I was. It was in the packaging. So I was like, do I take it out and put it out on the counter or. Yeah, I should do that.
B
Unless you like it more in the package.
A
No. Who, like, who likes it more in the package?
B
And Jared, are you going to be in a place in your life, do you think that you're going to need to sell that thing to make the 30 extra dollars you might make on it?
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No, but I. There is a thought. Here's the. Here's the scary part with that stuff.
B
You go.
A
You go, oh, I have that Sonic the Hedgehog figurine. They go, oh, my God, it's worth like $30 million. You didn't take it out of the packaging, did you? And you're like, yeah. And like, yeah, that's not happening.
B
The reason that happens is because back in the day, some of these figures were worth. So the only ones that were that much are ones that were like, okay, like, maybe one made it out. Like, you would never have gotten that even in the 80s. Right, right. If you had kept your toys in the 80s, you could sell them maybe for a couple hundred bucks tops, Right.
A
But it's not going up like that. So I think. I think there's like a FOMO to it. Like, you're. You're fearing losing out on something that there's no chance of happening.
B
But see, that's what they do now, right? The way a lot of the real. So. So action figures used to be for toys, then adults got into it, and now what they do is it's a drug thing, right? So the way they sell action figures to people like me is they'll do things like, they'll be like, hey, pre order this figure now, and then when it comes out, we're not making it again. Right. That way when you get it, then that figure will be like, double the price. And then all the FOMO motherfuckers do this shit because they're. They're really fucking with us, right? And then two years later, they rerelease, like, a slightly different version. And the price of that Figure that you just bought that was 500 bucks, now just went back down to 30. And you're like, what the. This is. They with people, man.
A
This would bother the. Out of me. No, I don't want to be a part of this world.
B
No, it's not.
A
So what are you gonna get for the kids?
B
So that's the thing, right? One thing I know about being an action figure guy is that I know what it's like to have too many toys. And that's a problem. Like, I have too many and I'm selling them now because it's like, I just don't enjoy it.
A
This is. This is how. This is not. I can tell you're a dad because this is how dads make sure they don't have to buy too much for their kids. They're like, there's such a thing as too much. So we're only going to get you. This is. You're you. The speech doesn't work on me, Greg. This works on the kids. You know, this is. You can't cheap out on me.
B
No, the thing is. But I'm not cheap. If they like something, they're getting the best version of that thing, right? My. Okay, my son is in the trains. He's not really into, like, anything but trains. The band, I hear. I wish. That'd be much easier. No, he's classic. Trains in a way that I worry about his mental health, right? I'm like, maybe he's a little. Maybe he's missing something. It's okay. I love him no matter what, and we'll get through it, you know?
A
You're afraid he'll be a basement train guy.
B
Three people like trains, okay? Handicap kids, old men.
A
We're cutting this out.
B
And pedophiles.
A
Is that a real.
B
That's it.
A
Okay.
B
And I don't mean to be a dick, but I go to the train conventions, and there's three people there. Little children.
A
Your son is there.
B
Yes. So little children are the train places who love little trail children.
A
So that's your kid.
B
Autistic men or whatever.
A
Okay.
B
Is what it is. Old people and. I'm sorry. Pedophiles. It's just what it is. Okay? It is what it is. These are. Where am I not to say?
A
Facts.
B
Those are the people. Right.
A
Okay.
B
So you're a little worried my kid might be a little autistic with the train stuff. Okay. Which is okay. I mean, I'm not like, worried about it, but I go, he loves trains in a way that is like, he love his favorite song is Bye bye bye from NSync. Because there's a train in the music video. Do you remember that?
A
When they're like, how old's your son?
B
14.
A
He's 4. Oh, I thought he was.
B
He loves the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum, which he's like the train song. I'm like, this song is about children who went kidney cat or like kidnapped or runaway. Like it's like runaway kids. But does he like Crazy train Loves crazy train. Yeah. I have a whole train playlist for him.
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RIP Ozzy.
B
Yeah.
A
So you have a. So he's into trains. What does he do? Does he like make train sets? Does he.
B
So he's into like Thomas trains and the wooden train stuff. And so he loves this train, the Big Boy, which was. It's like this big ass train that I don't know what the hell they made it. There's one by my grandmother's house. It's by my mom's house. It's called the Big Boy. It's something. And he loves that train.
A
Does he like when a train goes by? Like when he sees a train? He would love Delray Beach. There's a train that goes by right through the town.
B
Yeah.
A
There's a bar. He could come drinking with me. There's a bar, Johnny Brown's. And they give you a shot every time the train comes by.
B
He would love that. We just got to give him apple juice.
A
They ring the bell. Well, not, you know, then he's not cool enough to hang with me.
B
I don't know. Yeah, he's only four, but sure.
A
Well, we time to grow.
B
We go to the. We go to the train stop to go to and we just. For his birthday I just.
A
Just watch trains. How about that guy in TikTok that like freaks out? He like comes his pants from the trains. Know that guy?
B
Yeah. Yes. And I think that's going to be my son, which is okay. Wow. Love some trains.
A
So what are you going to get him? Train related. So you're going to go big on the train.
B
So I find the best Thomas train that. Because I know toys. I love toys.
A
Right. You know the game.
B
I know what's a good toy. Like, I know what's good. And so I found him actually, this guy who makes wooden big boy trains. And like, because you can't buy one. So I found, when I did the research and it's like, I'm gonna get him that one. It's 80 bucks. It's way too expensive. But it's a wooden Train that will go on his magnet trains. It'll fit in, and he'll lose his mind, Right?
A
And this is for you more than him. You. You're going, I want to see him lose his mind at this thing.
B
Yeah, yeah. I want him to be. Because he gets happy.
A
I would, right? And to see him happy, you go, look what I did. Right? Like, is that the thing that we never really heard from our parents? Like, would they give us a gift? You'd be like, I guess we would be so interested in our gift, we wouldn't notice that our parents are over there crying their eyes out because they're so happy that you're happy.
B
Yeah. And. Yes. And. But what my mom used to do is like, I want a GI Joe. So she would just go to the store, and whatever GI Joes they have, she'd buy them, right? So then you end up with, like, a couple girls, some weird ass side characters, two of the same guy. It's like, oh, thanks. I got little Momo. It's like, who's the pizza guy? The GI Joe pizza guy? Fuck is this? What if Abraham Lincoln Leonardo, like, just.
A
Get me GI Joe's babysitter. What the hell is this?
B
Yeah. We have hundreds of Ninja Turtles. Growing up, I don't think we had a single Donatello, because my mom wasn't consistent with the purchases. She didn't.
A
Look, she bought them.
B
But that's not me. I know what my kid likes. And I go, well, I'm a. I'm gonna do the research. I'm not gonna spend a lot of money. I'm gonna spend the right money to get you the thing that you like and enjoy it.
A
Is there a fear that you're. It skips a generation. Your kid cares as little about what they get as your mom cared about getting you the right Ninja Turtles.
B
I don't care.
A
What can he. Can he underwhelm you? Is there a chance your son underwhelms you with his response to the thoughtful toy you're gonna give him?
B
Yes. And it's happened. I've had a big win.
A
What happened?
B
And I had, like, a. And I was like. And that's why I was like. Because I went rogue on him. I was like, this guy, what he save, he goes. He always wants trains. Trains, train, train, trains. And the day before his birthday, I go, all right, Cal, you. You know you want to train, right? And he goes, nope, I want the paw patrol house. And I went, paw patrol? You've never brought up paw patrol. We've never seen paw Patrol? What the hell are you talking about? So I went online and I looked up every paw patrol house, and I'm like, all right, what's the most fun one? What's cool? What are the review. And I looked up, I did all the toys, bought him the paw patrol house. And I was like, open up your coat gift. He opens it up, he goes, oh. And I was like, oh, you mother. So I ran out of the house, went to a toy store, and I bought him a little tiny train. It's a railroad crossing. First with trains. A little railroad crossing. The most boring thing in the world. And I was like, here you go, buddy. And he lost it. Loves the railroad crossing. It's a railroad crossing. It's nothing.
A
He's gotta learn. I don't like how this all went. That he said paw patrol.
B
He did. He did. I think if someone got at school.
A
Yeah, but that's like a lesson learned situation, wouldn't you say? This is what you asked for. You get, you reap what you sow.
B
Yeah, but he's still.
A
But you needed your drug too. You needed the happiness of your child to make you feel like a man. What?
B
No.
A
See how. This is how. This is how parents. This is how bad parenting happens.
B
I think it may be. Well, here's the thing.
A
He wasn't couldn't resist or the drug of your son's happiness.
B
No.
A
Instead of teaching him a lesson, you could have taught him a lesson.
B
He wasn't sad or mad or anything. He didn't say he wanted something else. I could just see. I know he was. He was still. He was like, thank you. He was appreciative. I saw that. It was like, oh, he didn't really care about this. And I go, I should have went with my heart. I know my son. And so I ran out. I got him this little railroad crossing. It's not like to me. And he just sat on the floor and up with the railroad. Down with the. Up with the thing. Down with the thing. And I'm like, this. He likes. I go, I know my son.
A
I'm gonna send the biggest train ever, and he's gonna step over your train gift and go to mine.
B
Well. And do you know what the good trains are?
A
No. Maybe I'll. I'm just saying, I, I. Maybe I'll take a shot in the dark just to see if I can to find a way to.
B
You could ruin Christmas. Totally good.
A
Make his Christmas.
B
Sorry. My. So I gotta tell you this. My brother, his first Christmas, he goes. I go, what do you want bud? And he goes, fire truck. And I was like, awesome. I went, I bought him his fire truck. It was cool. Blah, blah, blah. The day before, my brother comes over for Christmas Eve, gives him a five foot long ride on fire truck, working sounds, ladder goes up, shoots water. He loses his mind. And now I don't have shit on Christmas. I have on Christmas. The fire truck was the big one and it was little. It's like a fucked me.
A
Yeah. He's literally taking your fire truck and throwing it at other things while riding.
B
Yeah.
A
Your brother's the Ravens fire truck.
B
Yeah. Yeah.
A
I got a game for us to play before we go because it's Chit Chat Wednesday. Everyone go follow Greg. He has a huge project coming up that he signed an nd. He hasn't signed the NDA yet, but it is so big that we needed to sign an mda. I wanted to play a game with you.
B
You. I'm ready.
A
I wanted to play 2025 Rorschach. Okay, I'm going to name a trend from 2025 because this is our end of the year episode. I'm going to name a trend from 2025 and you tell me the first thing that comes to your mind.
B
Okay, ready? On the subject of toys, Labubu wild. Miss. I missed the Labubu. I didn't know what it was. I was disappointed in myself because this thing hit. I. I didn't know anything about them. My wife knew more.
A
I was ashamed of myself as a toy guy. As a toy guy, how did you miss it?
B
I have no idea. I have no idea. Just none of my circles. No idea what they were.
A
I actually think the Labu Boo in America, I think we're missing the mark. To me, Labubu. We are more talking about the Labubu trend than it ever was a trend. Like, for a trend to be a thing, we all have to experience it. But it felt like Labubu was just known for being a trend more than it was a trend. It wasn't like, all of a sudden, everyone is wearing baggy jeans. Like, that happened. Baggy jeans for Gen Z became a thing. I'm looking around. Those jeans look like jeans I would never wear. Oh, my God, it's happening. I would never wear them. And then I was like, oh, that's the trend.
B
Yes.
A
Labu Boo. I don't have a moment where I'm like, there it is on that purse. There it is on that purse. There it is on that keychain, dude. I just have a moment where someone Was like, labu Boo are huge and it's weird. And they're ugly and they're huge. And I'm like, well, I. And then I started seeing it everywhere. I think it became a self fulfilling prophecy.
B
Dude, Beanie Babies, Furby, Tickle Me Elmo. Those were not in our wheelhouse. But we knew about those. We knew.
A
We saw that.
B
Saw that. We saw them.
A
I think this is very 2025 in that we become more aware of the thing than we are actually doing the thing. It. So this is to let you off the hook. I think we all missed. I don't think anyone was like holding a Labubu in the way it was meant to be held. Like, I think it became joke that you would have one before it became even someone having one.
B
Yeah. And I would even argue that Pokemon this year has been bigger than Labubu. I have been around places and seeing like adults fist fight each other over Pokemon cards.
A
Where are you hanging out?
B
Well, not embarrassing places.
A
Back alley Pokemon fights going on.
B
Dude. I was at Staples printing out Christmas cards and I saw a man pick up a Pokemon end capsule and try to drag it to the register. And some other guy tried to fight him. Being like, you can't just buy all of them. Leave some for the kids. And they fist fought each other. It was crazy.
A
Why does that story sound like it happened in 1998? I was at the Staples printing Christmas letters.
B
Yeah.
A
When someone took the Pokemon. And like that. That doesn't. That's not even in this decade.
B
It might have been. It might have been 98. I might be mixing this up with 1998. But yeah.
A
Okay. We're playing. We're playing 2025 Rorschach with Greg Stone. Because I just think you're immediately going to have something to say on all these. Okay. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get engaged.
B
Yeah. I was fine with it. Like, I don't know. I just felt like, I don't know, I liked her music. What comes to my head immediately is.
A
Like, I don't want to say, yeah, what comes immediately? That's the game.
B
Who cares about people who say, who cares? Right. The people who go, who cares? I go, who cares about you? This is a lady living her life. Everyone's making a big deal of it. I don't know that she's trying to make that big of a deal of it. Seems like a nice enough guy. Her music is good. Leave the fucking people alone.
A
Who cares? As a take on Taylor Swift is you caring. That's you saying it Affects you and you're fighting against the world you believe is forcing Taylor Swift onto you.
B
Right.
A
The reality is Taylor Swift had the largest tour of all time. It must be acknowledged that, like, if you, if you hear the song thriller in 2025, the thriller tour was the largest tour of all time. If you heard the song Thriller, you wouldn't be like, I can't believe we're hearing the song Thriller. You go, oh, of course we're hearing the song Thriller. It's one of the most popular tours of all time. Same for Taylor Swift. You would give that the same, of course. So to say, who cares about Taylor Swift getting encaged. It's not that anyone cares. It is the biggest celebrity alive getting engaged. That's not caring. That is, hey, that's an information piece of information that we all know. Like, I. I'm with. You don't like the who cares people. Okay. Katy Perry's Space Flight.
B
I am going to. This is the hot take on this. I don't know why people turned on her so hard so fast. I thought she was fine. She was great. I like Katy Perry songs. When she, like, she disappeared and she came back and everyone was like, I hate this. And I was like, what the did she do that? Everyone hates her so much.
A
Right. It does seem that there's a hatred for Katy Perry that is way more than she deserves. I. She also has one of the most iconic college game day moments of all time. Weirdly. College Game Day, the show on espn. She came on and said that. I think she said a certain school smelled like burps.
B
Like, that's funny. That's hilarious.
A
Hold on. No, she said they smelled like hot dogs. Hold on, I'm going to find it. Katy Perry's Hot dogs refers to her memorable stunt filled appearance on ESPN's College Game Day in 2014, where she used corn dogs, a type of hot dog, as props to playfully diss lsu, calling them LS Pew and throwing them at the camera.
B
Funny.
A
She said that LSU people smelled like corn dogs. It was such a great insult and the whole segment was amazing. I don't know when the tide turned on her. It seems as though she gets compared to other people. I think a lot of it's like the performative nature, but she's a performative person. Like, this is a dramatic person. I don't know. That's. I'm with you. The space flight got a lot of gas. I think, like, I don't think people realize, like the people that were on the space flight, it Was like, all billionaires and, like, people that, like, that would be on the spaceflight acting as if they were chosen by Willy Wonka with a golden ticket.
B
Right.
A
There are reasons beyond the world's control that you guys are on the space flight and someone in love with space isn't right. And they're all unfair reasons. And I don't think they ever acknowledged.
B
Right.
A
The unfair reasons that her and Gayle King are on a space flight.
B
Why, like, was she, though. How did she get her greasy fingers on that space flight ticket?
A
I think it's a musician, pop star, and you're in the right circles. I think, like, the Internet and something that, like, successful people sometimes don't acknowledge is like, we're all watching you, and we're gonna judge how you ended up in a certain place. And if you don't acknowledge why you got to that place, even a little has to do with luck. And, hey, I wrote a few songs and they got really popular. Now I'm going to space. This is nuts. Like, that's all we need. I think, as a population is one moment of this is crazy. Yeah, I guess I'm going to space. Yeah. I never dream. Like, I think it's even okay. I think they didn't think that you could say, hey, this was never a childhood dream of mine, but the opportunity was there.
B
I'm not gonna say no.
A
I'm not gonna say no. Like, I think I would respect that. I think that's where they got the space flight people really missed.
B
Yeah, I think you're a bigger. If you do say no, someone says, you want to go to space, you go now off.
A
Go to space. Above space.
B
Yeah. It's literally above every. Every. All of us.
A
Okay, I got two more for you.
B
All right.
A
These are the 2025 trends. Your immediate thought, the Kiss cam scandal.
B
Was that the Coldplay thing?
A
Yes, that Coldplay kiss cam scandal is now with such a big story that all Kiss cams are now thought of in reference to Coldplay. That is a cultural moment that will stand the test of time. That I think will be the most memorable thing from this year. What comes to mind?
B
I hate to be this guy, but couldn't be happier. I mean, some CEO. I want to hate a CEO.
A
You wanted a reason.
B
You want a reason? Then you see him doing this, and then they. He couldn't get out of it, and he was. And then they tried to say something later that was like, we were just hanging out. And you're like, no, man, we fucking got you. This was My guilty pleasure that I don't like to usually get in on the. The truck, you know, with the. When everyone tries to.
A
Really loved it.
B
Yeah, yeah, it was good. Especially since now CEOs are just like poisoning us and all that shit. It's nice.
A
It. If you didn't like rich people before, this was like porno for you, right? You know, like, if you were like. Because it all kind of worked out, it's by accident. They are cheating. They're in a luxury box like you. This is the example. This is. Let them eat cake. This is. This is the forgetting that, yes, you are human. You can get caught. I know. You're. You're literally in your ivory tower holding a woman that is not your wife. I mean, you can't be any more out there as cheating than you are in this moment. And then one of the peasants from down low brings you back down to earth to us uglies. It is poetic Shakespearean, I gotta say. When I. The kiss cam, I just can't believe that every time a kiss can now, people go to games. I. I think like, now the. I mean, us as comedians. I think comedy shows, for whatever reason, are really are places people bring someone to cheat. Like, how many times have you went on stage and been like, how doesn't it seem like we get used as like, the place where someone could.
B
It all just clicked it. All right, Let me tell you this. How many times I've done crowd work and people have been, like, weird about why they're together, and I'm like, what's wrong with you? Just tell me how you met. And now I realize it's like, oh, they were cheating. Oh, that's what's happening. Oh, that's why the guy was like, I don't want to talk. I don't want to talk. I was like, don't be an asshole. He was cheating.
A
I remember so many instances, one or the other. I mean, it's like one of those things, if you think about it. It's a dark room. It's a ticketed events. You're doing something. You could be in a major city. So you're going away from wherever your suburb is. It's kind of a good place to cheat and to have a night out together, buddy.
B
I never thought about it. And it's all dark and everyone's not looking at you if you're at a bar, right? Everyone's mingling, looking at each other. Everyone is looking at the guy on stage, so they're not really noticing. And they put you in random people. You could be like, well, I know. I was just with some friends, right?
A
And it's locked in. You know, the. The 80 people who get in are the 80 people who stay in. There's no, like, revolving door of people coming in time after time.
B
It could be your wife, man. That's crazy, right?
A
I. One time I was on, I was doing a show. There was a guy, older man with like this young, you know, beautiful woman. And I was like, where are you guys from? How do you guys know each other? And they're like, move on. And I'm like, what's going on? And I remember the woman more than the man was like, like, get out of here, kid. You know, like, it was like, I'm working here. It was. It definitely felt like a working woman situation.
B
I had that. I had a lady. I had a guy, and he was like, she's my daughter. And I was like, oh, okay. And then they kissed, like, to be funny. And I went, this is weird. And then I went, oh, she's a prostitute. That's what we're looking at here. Yeah, it's a very young woman. That is a very old man. He's being weird and coy. He's with a prostitute.
A
Yeah, that's. I mean, we see weird stuff, like comedy clubs. It is a nightclub. Like, you see nightclub. Shit.
B
I.
A
Last one. And your kids are too young for this. But this was a big thing this year. Six seven.
B
Oh, yeah. I. My kid isn't. My. My four year old was in on it because his day.
A
Really?
B
Yeah. His daycare teacher is like 22 or like 19 or something. Right. So they were doing it, passing it along to the kids. So I wanted to make a T shirt. So my big thing was I was mad about 67 because I hated that you were mad. Yeah. Very mad. Because 69 is always the funniest. Don't try to tell me that. 67. So I wanted to get it make a shirt that said 676-969-greater-Symbol-67 and sell those shirts. Because I'm a 69 guy.
A
It is a shirt that you should make and sell on the Wildwood boardwalk in New Jersey. It will sell. You will never need another dollar again the rest of your life if you sell that on a boardwalk at the Jersey shore.
B
Hell yeah, man. Big.
A
I can't it. Your reason for being upset about 67 is so different than the other people who have a problem with 6 7. Like, 67 to me was great because it showed you which adults were not really able to be adults who live in the population. Like, if that annoys you, that you don't know what that is, and you can't move on from your day knowing that kids are doing a stupid thing and you just don't know what it is, and they don't know it either. If you can't release your mind from that, you shouldn't be allowed to vote. You shouldn't be allowed to be in the general public, you know, population. That is something where you go, it's the mirror going up to you going, hey, buddy, you have a real issue. You can't get over this. You can't get over that the kids have won. They've outwitted you. You're an idiot. You're a loser. You need to, like, take a few days and, you know, you need to take yourself out of all conversations. No more commenting. We take away your Instagram account. We take away all your accounts.
B
My. My nephew looked at me when this whole thing dropped, and he says, hey, Uncle Greg, are you. He goes, how tall are you? Are you six, seven? He started laughing, and I went, no way, brother. I'm six, nine. And he was like, what are we doing? I go, I'll. We're at a stalemate right now, brother. All right, because 69 is way more awkward to talk to your uncle about. But that's the joke. And I'm an uncle. I'm Uncle Sloppy. I'll bring up a 69 of my nephew.
A
Good old Uncle Sloppy. Yeah, he goes back to school. What are you talking about? You know, my uncle keeps talking about 69ing to me. It's so weird. I don't even know what it means. The teacher's like, we got to talk to you about your uncle. They have meetings with.
B
I'm a six, nine guy. All the way. 69. All the way through, brother.
A
Greg Stone, thank you for coming on the show. Everyone go follow at Greg Stone, at Greg F. Stone. On all the social medias, I'm Jared Freed. We'll be back next week.
B
Boom.
Date: December 17, 2025
Host: Jared Freid
Guest: Greg Stone
On this “Chit Chat Wednesday” episode, Jared Freid welcomes comedian, friend, and resident toy expert Greg Stone. The episode is a lively, wide-ranging conversation riffing on the absurdities of adulthood—parenting, podcast perks, NDAs, toys and toy collecting, sports, and pop culture—refracted through the pair’s always irreverent, quick-witted comedic sensibilities. The podcast features stories of old and new, memorable takes on celebrity and trends, and a playful end-of-year “2025 Rorschach” game.
Jared runs through major 2025 cultural trends for Greg’s instant reactions:
The episode is fast-paced, playful, and “inside-jokey”—equal parts confessional, sarcastic, and whip-smart. The hosts are self-deprecating, unfiltered about their flaws as parents and adults, and delight in roasting each other and pop culture. It’s a vibe for listeners who appreciate irreverent takes on daily absurdities, dad-level whimsy, and bold, offbeat social commentary.