Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo – Episode 0050

Guests: Joe Gorman, Robbie Goodwin
Date: October 5, 2025
Podcast: GaS Digital Network

Overview

This episode of Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo sets the tone for another chaotic drive-time show, mixing up offbeat news, gut-level humor, real-life bathroom talk, and a wild panel of comedians. Zac is joined by comedians Joe Gorman and Robbie Goodwin for a high-energy conversation spanning everything from personal hygiene, celebrity quirks, Marvel/DC nerdery, animal news, Bodega justice, conspiracy tangents, and the fine arts of both bathroom etiquette and fighting. If you’re in the mood for relatable anecdotes, grotesquely honest conversations, and laugh-out-loud riffing, this one delivers.

Main Themes & Discussion Highlights

1. Bathroom Culture, Poop Polls & The Bristol Chart

(02:29 - 13:31)

• How Often Do You Poop?
  Zac revisits a listener poll about poop frequency, leading into an uninhibited roundtable about everyone’s numbers, digestive misadventures, and self-care:

  • Zac: “Three poops a day guy… Today, I’m only on two so far.” (02:50)
  • Robbie: “My ass is a disaster lately. … I’m either constipated or have diarrhea. There’s no in-between.” (03:19)
  • Joe: “I’m a one to two.” (03:27)
  • Introducing the “poop club”: advice about psyllium husk, Amazon remedies, and mutual colonoscopy support.

• Colonoscopy Bonding & Celebrity Clubs:
  The comedians riff on colonoscopy rituals, wondering if they could undergo the procedure together for “content,” comparing themselves to Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Tom Hanks, who supposedly do this as a group.

  • Joe: “Put the 4K camera in there. Let me see what I’m working with. Let me understand my body better.” (03:51)

• Hospital Fart Videos:
  Zac has Shannon pull up videos of patients cutting loose after their colonoscopies, leading to a cavalcade of grandma and grandpa fart jokes:

  • Joe: “That was a depression era ripper.” (06:30)
  • Robbie: “That was a dust bowl.” (06:34)

• Listener Poll Results & Bristol Stool Chart:
  Results show most listeners poop two to three times a day. The crew references the Bristol Stool Chart to rate their output by texture and quality, establishing “team snake” and “team cracks.”

  • Robbie: “I do get proud when I drop a big, good one. … Robbie. Good one.” (10:44)
  • Zac: “Whenever I have one that’s really breaching … my first thought is: ‘Man, I can’t wait to see it.’” (10:54)

2. News Stories & Celebrity Anecdotes

Michael Jackson’s Hygiene – “Smelly”

(13:44 - 15:37)

• Shannon brings the story: Lionel Richie revealed that Michael Jackson’s nickname was “Smelly” due to his habit of wearing clothes until they were threadbare.
  • Reaction: The panel is incredulous; they list all the ways this could have been solved by assistants or resources:
    • Robbie: “Buy new clothes every day. … Just wash them at home.”
    • Zac: “He could literally pay people to just scrub him.” (15:45)
    • Joe: “He could pay for Macaulay Culkin to give him a sponge bath.” (15:52)

Celebrity Fish-Out-of-Water Story – Johnny Depp’s Toothpaste Quest

(16:36 - 18:30)

• Zac tells a story of Johnny Depp, so unfamiliar with normal life, that he didn’t know how to buy toothpaste.
  • Robbie: “That’s every store.”
  • Zac: “He had to ask what a Duane Reade was… they had to explain to him what store would have toothpaste.” (17:59)

Hunter S. Thompson’s Legendary Daily Drug Log

(19:01 - 25:16)

• The crew recaps Hunter S. Thompson’s supposed daily substance routine: endless Chevis Regal, Dunhills, coke, margs, weed, acid, and more.
  • Joe: “That had to be bullshit.” (20:03)
  • Zac: “I think two guys from Vice tried to do it and tapped out at like hour 14.”
  • Robbie: “What is hot tub, champagne?” (25:05)
• Jokes about the dangers of hot tubbing drunk/high:
  • Zac: “Every time I get in a hot tub, I think if I had drugs and liquor in this right now, it would be an issue.” (25:17)

3. Pop Culture & Fortnite’s Peacemaker Emote Drama

(27:18 - 33:16)

• The group discusses Fortnite’s removal of the Peacemaker dance emote due to its similarity to Nazi iconography, referencing scenes from Peacemaker, Donald Duck’s propaganda shorts, and The Producers.
  • Zac: “Just because they talk about something doesn’t mean they’re supporting it.” (31:35)
  • Robbie: “Nazis are like the perfect cartoon villains. They dress the part, they look the part, they act the part. It’s perfect for comics.” (33:16)
• Social commentary on knee-jerk internet responses to controversy and how Nazis have always been pop culture villains.
  • Zac: “It’s so funny… people are so already ready with their opinion before anything could come out.” (32:22)

4. Conspiracy Corner: Astral Projection & Jupiter

(33:51 - 36:25)

• Zac dives into a real-life X-Files narrative: artist Ingo Swann, who claimed to astrally project to coordinates on Earth and Jupiter—and got supposedly accurate pre-NASA details about Jupiter’s rings and volcanoes.
  • Zac: “Decades later, we see Jupiter and he’s fucking right.” (35:31)
  • Robbie: “I love that stuff.” (37:49)

5. Weird News: Pets Cause Divorce in India

(38:22 - 39:50)

• A newlywed couple becomes the subject of a divorce after their dog and cat can’t get along. Jokes fly about dowries, cartoon logic, and escalating animal hierarchies.

  • Zac: “The cat hates the fish, the dog hates the cat… I think she just needs to get an animal that hates the dog.” (39:54)

• Animal TV expert Jackson Galaxy gets a shoutout, and the panel riffs on “pet cultures” in India, leading to a dark tangent about real-life dog-meat festivals, with Jorge providing cultural context on religious attitudes toward dogs.

6. Internet Classics: Tiny Fighter Meme & Stud Name Videos

(45:38 - 54:47)

• The crew watches and cracks up over viral videos of tiny fighters (à la Hasbulla) and the “What’s your stud name/real name?” TikTok trend among black lesbians.
  • Joe: “Look how they smile when they say their real name, as if they know masculinity is something holding them back.” (53:58)
  • Zac: “They kind of melt when they say their real name.” (55:15)

7. Bodega Justice: Store Owner Fights Back

(48:30 - 51:07)

• Viewing and celebrating bodega security footage of shoplifters getting beaten up with a baseball bat for going behind the counter.
  • Zac: “Once you cross the counter… it is perfectly fine to beat the dog shit out of you. Bodega law. You don’t go behind the thing.” (50:39)
• Discussion of similar viral videos and the neighborhood rulebook for counter-jumping.
  • Joe: “Dogs aren’t the only thing we beat to death.” (49:00)

8. Diarrhea at the Club & Bathroom Attendants Real Talk

(59:00 - 64:38)

• Zac offers a hilariously humiliating personal story about having nervous diarrhea in a nightclub with a bathroom attendant.
  • Zac: “Somebody would walk in and go, ‘Man, who come to the club and take a shit?’” (59:41)
• Group muses on the confusion and awkwardness around tipping bathroom attendants:
  • “Is the bathroom attendant tipped for just the mints and…?” “It’s an honor system.”
  • “I think we gotta get rid of these guys. They can be replaced by AI.” (63:27)

9. Coda: Plugs & Goodbyes

(65:04 - End)

Each guest plugs their podcasts, streams, and social media. Zac wraps up the wild ride with heartfelt thanks and a promise of more exclusive content.

Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On colonoscopy bonding:
  “Can we look deeply into each other’s eyes during a colonoscopy?” — Zac Amico (04:10)
• On Michael Jackson’s hygiene:
  “He could moonwalk through a car wash.” — Robbie Wood (15:48)
• On celebrity cluelessness:
  “He had to ask what store to go to and how to get there because he didn’t know how to get toothpaste.” — Zac Amico (17:59)
• On Peacemaker’s controversial dance:
  “Nowadays, dance is your chance to hate the Jews!” — Zac Amico (32:00)
• On pet divorce:
  “The cat hates the fish, the dog hates the cat… she needs to get an animal that hates the dog.” — Zac Amico (39:54)
• On bathroom attendants:
  “I think we gotta get rid of these guys. They can be replaced by AI.” — Zac Amico (63:27)

Important Timestamps

• [02:29] – Beginning of “How often do you poop?” and health talk.
• [06:32] – Colonoscopy fart video viewing.
• [13:44] – Michael Jackson “Smelly” story.
• [19:01] – Hunter S. Thompson drug log.
• [27:18] – Fortnite’s Peacemaker emote/Nazi dance controversy.
• [33:51] – Astral projection/Jupiter conspiracy segment.
• [38:22] – Divorce caused by fighting pets in India.
• [45:38] – Viral tiny fighter Hasbulla stories.
• [48:30] – Store owner fights back; bodega justice discussion.
• [53:00] – Stud name videos and black lesbian community discussion.
• [59:00] – Zac’s “diarrhea at the club” story & bathroom attendant segment.
• [65:04] – Closing plugs and end of content.

Tone & Style

This episode’s tone is anarchic, raunchy, and conversational, with the comics freely riffing, busting balls, and swinging between base humor and sincere curiosity. The hosts are unfiltered and embrace the outright absurd, keeping the energy fast-paced and unpredictable.

Perfect For…

Anyone who likes degenerate-morning-radio energy, crass but honest body talk, sharp and loose pop culture takes, and genuine chemistry between comedians just riffing until the wheels fall off.

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