Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo – Episode 47

Guest: Derek Drescher
Date: September 26, 2025
Network: GaS Digital Network

Overview

This wild edition of Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo takes listeners through a mash-up of unfiltered comedy, bizarre news, and candid personal convos. Zac and fellow comedian (and ex-junkie) Derek Drescher bring their signature twisted charm to topics ranging from ice cream politics and viral violence, to psychiatric confessions, drugs, and chaotic fast-food fights.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Birthday Recap & Introductions

• Zac kicks off, acknowledging his recent birthday mayhem and the “piggish” after-hours scene at GaS.
• Derek jokes, “I would have relapsed if I came out for your birthday” (01:42).

2. Ben & Jerry's Breakup: Political Ice Cream Meltdown (04:20-12:24)

• The “greatest couple of all time” splitting up – turns out to be Ben & Jerry’s.
• [05:00] Producer Shannon reveals: Jerry quit over corporate censorship of his political activism (Trump, Israel, Gaza), while Ben stayed to keep fighting from within.
• Zac reminisces on touring the B&J Factory as a kid, and favorite flavors (“I’m a half baked guy” – 06:47).
• Comedy riff on Ben & Jerry’s political flavors: “Pecan Resist,” “Empower-Mint,” “I Dough, I Dough”…
• Speculates whether they’re a gay couple, and classic “old man” ice cream flavors (Rum Raisin, Butter Pecan).
• Zac: “Imagine working with someone for 47 years…” (08:52)
• Derek: “If they're gay, I'm not mad at it anymore. That’s where I'm at right now.” (09:20)
• Consumer fail: Zac’s Amazon-knockoff B&J gift container was too small for the actual pint (09:45).

3. King Charles’s Bodyguard Has…Fake Arms? (12:24-15:10)

• Viral video sparks conspiracy theories: Is the King’s bodyguard hiding real arms (and weapons) under a raincoat with fake hands out as a decoy?
• Zac and Derek riff on British cops not normally carrying guns, so perhaps the arms are “just a distraction.”
• “Those are not his real hands!” – Derek (13:53)
• Plays off British gun control laws and jokes about what the guard’s real hands might be up to instead.

4. Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and the Weirdness of Viral Death (16:32-24:39)

• Both were disturbed by seeing the viral shooting footage (“Wish I didn’t see it”; “I didn’t get to take my nap after that” – Derek, 16:34 & 17:01).
• Zac reflects: “Did not occur to me till hours in — oh fuck, what if that was Dave?” (16:48)
• Recaps the over-the-top Kirk memorial—a full arena with pyro, Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to Be an American,” and Trump eulogizing like a WWE event (19:01).
• Chat about how immediate death from catastrophic injury is often “painless,” with Derek sharing his own near-death/OD memory: “I didn't see a light. It was just a tunnel with light around it, but the tunnel was still dark…then I was just back in my body” (23:29).

5. Drugs, Addiction & Mental Health Straight Talk (23:53-38:08)

Addiction Narratives

• Derek shares using narcan as an EMT and at a homeless shelter, bookended with “ruining people’s highs” and being attacked by resuscitated addicts (24:03).
• “It rips the opiates right off the receptor” – Derek describing Narcan (24:31).

CBT & The Comedy of Sleep Problems

• Matthew McConaughey’s “marriage secret” of a queen-sized bed gets roasted as nonsense: “As a big fat person married to another person of size, that is a lie” – Zac (26:27).

• Stories of active sleeping: Zac’s wife’s “preposterous” sleeping style, Zac repeatedly falling out of bed, and screaming or physically thrashing in sleep (29:28, 33:10).

• Derek describes CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) for sleep: “You’re only gonna sleep five hours a night…gonna keep me there until I come to terms with not getting 7-8 hours” (31:30).

• Both discuss psychiatric meds, therapy routines, and the often taboo world of intrusive thoughts.

  Notable Quote:
  Zac: “Mine was also…intrusive thoughts. If I had a knife…my thought would be, ‘I’m gonna stab myself or stab the cat.’ It’s not that I wanted to—it would just bounce in your head.” (36:39)
  Derek: “You saying that makes me more comfortable talking about mine.” (37:39)

6. Celebrity Chaos (25:01–56:35)

Charlie Sheen’s Drug Tales

• Fresh headline: Sheen allegedly got cut off by the Mexican cartel…for buying too much blow.
• Shannon provides the real story: his dealer “watered down the product” as harm reduction; Derek calls BS—“He was just ripping Charlie Sheen off!” (39:14-39:24).

Priscilla Presley Exposé

• Priscilla on abortion, Elvis “forcing himself” (in “karate master” fashion!), and never trusting Michael Jackson.

• Panel mocks Elvis’s infamous “karate moves” and his odd request to become a federal narcotics agent (Drug badge from Nixon), plus weird tales from Elvis and MJ’s family trees.

  Notable Quotes:
  Shannon (on Elvis): “He like, forced himself on her in the way that a karate guy would do it.” (44:33)
  Zac: “Karate rape was not on the docket in my head.” (44:55)

7. Psychiatric Vulnerability: “The Stuff I Don’t Tell Anyone” (36:01–38:08)

• Zac: “I got diagnosed OCD…but the Zoloft has helped. If you don’t love cumming, love Zoloft.” (36:08)
• Derek: “If I told my psych what I say to my cat, I’d be so embarrassed.” (36:14)
• Both reflect on the liberating power of talking out loud: “Even the happiest person should have an hour with a doc once a month” (38:06).

8. Booze on the Road & “Road Sappy Gay Energy” (49:25–53:08)

• Candid stories about struggles moderating alcohol:
  • Zac swaps booze for Liquid Death to reduce temptation.
  • Derek describes the deceiving comfort of keeping beer “just in case”—leading straight back to relapsing.

9. Viral Fast Food Brawl (61:44–66:13)

• Segment closes with analysis of a mob incident at Chicago’s Fatburger (“That is certainly a mob of teens…” – Zac, 62:20).

• Panel jokes about preferred counter-defense weapons for fast food workers: baton, extendable baton, kendo stick, “or a baseball bat with a sock on it for home defense.” (65:47)

  Notable Final Quote:
  Zac: “If you cross the counter, anything that happens to you is on you.” (64:02)

Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Ben & Jerry’s Split:
  “I would have relapsed if I came out for your birthday.” — Derek (01:42)
  “It's essentially mint chocolate chip, but you distribute the chocolate yourself.” — Zac (07:16)

• On the King Charles Bodyguard:
  “Those are not his real hands!” — Derek (13:53)

• On Viral Violence:
  “Wish I didn’t see it, and I didn’t get to take my nap.” — Derek (16:34 & 17:01)

• On Mental Health:
  “If I told my psych what I say to my cat…” — Derek (36:14)
  “You saying that makes me more comfortable with it now.” — Derek (37:42)

• On Priscilla Presley/Elvis:
  “He forced himself on her in the way he imagined a karate master doing it.” — Shannon (44:33)
  “Karate rape was not on the docket in my head.” — Zac (44:55)

• On Booze & Addiction:
  “Will you drink a couple days in a row?” — Derek
  “Yeah, oh yeah, no I like booze. And I actually—because I’m nervous about how much I’ve been drinking again….” — Zac (49:44-50:07)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• [04:20] – Ben & Jerry’s political breakup, ice cream nostalgia
• [12:24] – King Charles bodyguard/fake arms conspiracy
• [16:32] – Charlie Kirk assassination, funeral spectacle
• [23:53] – Narcan, addiction stories, sleep therapy, intrusive thoughts
• [39:14] – Charlie Sheen’s cartel cocaine saga
• [44:33] – Priscilla Presley’s tell-all: abortion, Elvis “karate rape,” MJ suspicions
• [49:25] – Boozing on the road, addiction coping tricks
• [61:44] – Fatburger mob brawl/wild fast food defense riff

Conclusion

Episode 47 serves up a full helping of chaos: celebrity scandals, oddball viral news, and serious but hilarious takes on mental health and addiction. Zac and Derek’s raw candor and unflinching humor keep the Zoo uncomfortably honest—and outrageously entertaining—from the first “piggy” birthday recap to the final “bat behind the counter” strategy talk.

Next up: “See you this Wednesday here on the Morning Zoo. Goodbye.”