Hide & Go Seek w/ Garrick Bernard

Summary

The Nightly: Hide & Go Seek w/ Garrick Bernard

Podcast: The Nightly
Host: Hatch Podcasts
Guests: Garrick Bernard (comedian, actor, writer)
Date: March 31, 2026

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Episode Overview

This cozy, late night episode of The Nightly invites listeners to unwind with comedian, actor, and writer Garrick Bernard. From sleep struggles and comedic lifestyles, to nostalgic games and pop culture musings, hosts KP and Sophia guide Garrick through a playful tour of Kiss/Marry/Kill games covering everything from board games to TikTok archetypes and legendary sci-fi franchises. All is delivered in the show’s trademark gentle, friendly, and pop-culture-savvy tone, focused on relaxation and a sense of communal nostalgia.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Sleep and the Comedy Lifestyle

Timestamps: 01:05 – 03:35

• Garrick's Sleep Habits:
  • Garrick shares that while he has "no problem falling asleep anywhere,” staying asleep is tough. Magnesium has helped, a tip from his fiancée:
    • “I feel like my fiancée put me on magnesium, and I haven’t looked back since.” (A, 02:04)
  • There’s much banter about magnesium being the new wellness trend, replacing melatonin:
    • “Melatonin...she got ousted. She was turning everybody crazy with crazy dreams.” (B & C, 02:16–02:22)
• Night Owl vs. Early Bird:
  • Garrick has turned into a night owl due to stand-up work:
    • “I used to be an early bird, and then I started doing standup comedy ... really turned me into somebody I would rather not be.” (A, 02:38)
  • Comedians' social obligations post-show keep them out late:
    • “They don’t let you leave until it’s midnight. ...You have to go to a diner, and that diner is not going to serve you until you’ve been sitting there for an hour and 45 minutes.” (B & A, 02:59–03:22)

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2. Kiss/Marry/Kill Game: Games Edition

Timestamps: 03:44 – 07:52

• Prompt: Kiss/Marry/Kill: Puzzles, Board Games, Card Games
• Garrick’s Choices:
  • Marry: Card Games (“I’m a big Magic: The Gathering player.”)
  • Kiss: Board Games (“The kiss could be on the cheek...” Respectful but not passionate).
  • Kill: Puzzles (“The actual jigsaw, putting a puzzle down—it’s a lot.”)
• Hosts’ Agreement: Both hosts echo Garrick’s hierarchy. They admit to occasionally enjoying puzzles in specific circumstances (e.g., rainy cabin days), but would never buy one for themselves.
• Sophia’s Note: If allowed to swap, she’d replace board games with “question games” like Hot Seat or Salad Bowl—games focused on conversation and social connection.

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3. Nostalgic Hide & Seek and “Sardines”

Timestamps: 06:58 – 09:44

• Sardines:
  • Sophia explains sardines as “reverse hide and seek” where everyone squishes together in the hiding spot (“like a can of sardines”).
  • Memorable moment:
    • “At one point, my friend Hannah was hiding just simply under a blanket in the closet. And I found her first. And the way that I had to sink to the ground...I was melting into the ground with you.” (C, 07:33)
• Hide & Seek YouTube Genre:
  • Garrick reveals a love for “aggressive Hide and Seek” on YouTube—people painting themselves as camo or building elaborate hiding spaces.
    • “They will paint their faces to look like…like a Peeta Mellark in Hunger Games.” (A, 08:46–09:00)
  • Example: Someone builds a “water fountain hiding spot” with a fake water fountain concealing a secret cubby.
    • “He built it in front of a hole…that led to a nice little cubby for himself. And of course, he won.” (A, 09:24)
  • Hosts: Amused and slightly claustrophobic at the lengths people go to hide.

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4. Kiss/Marry/Kill Game: TikTok Influencers

Timestamps: 10:21 – 15:00

• Prompt Options:

  1. Finance bro explaining compound interest
  2. Guy reviewing sandwiches in his car
  3. Overly productive girl who shares her 5am morning routine

• Garrick’s Choices:

  • Kill: Finance Bro
    • “All I hear is, you’re a bad financial advisor. So you have to do YouTube now…You failed.” (A, 11:47)
  • Kiss: 5am girl
    • “That’s cool. That’s grind culture…good for you.” (A, 12:14)
  • Marry: Sandwich reviewer
    • “I love you so much…You don’t have to be doing this. It’s so funny.” (A, 12:41)

• Hosts' Takes:

  • KP echoes marrying the sandwich reviewer—“I’ll eat a sandwich every day of my life.” (B, 12:58)
  • Sophia: “Maybe if I kissed her, she [the 5am girl] wouldn’t have to wake up at 5am. ... I can change her, y’all.” (C, 14:43–14:46)

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5. Kiss/Marry/Kill Game: Sci-Fi Classics

Timestamps: 15:02 – 21:28

• Prompt: Kiss/Marry/Kill: Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune

• Garrick’s Perspective:

  • Kiss: Dune (enthused by the new films, loved the books)
    • “I was not somebody who read the book early on, saw the first part...and immediately went and read the book because I loved it so much.” (A, 15:51)
  • Marry: Star Trek (deep comfort, optimism, “incredible to fall asleep to”)
    • “...It is one of the greatest things to fall asleep to. ...Life actually could be pretty beautiful if you really just try to be optimistic about what the future could be...” (A, 17:05)
  • Kill: Star Wars (except “Andor,” which is “absolutely worth it”)
    • “Everything else since [the original trilogy] has been like, this is cool... but if we had to do everything in the Star Wars ups and downs, mostly downs...just to get to Andor. Absolutely worth it.” (A, 17:53–18:21)

• Hosts’ Reflections:

  • KP: Agrees, sees Star Trek as more “community focused”—Star Wars is “hero on my high horse.”
    • “I think that sometimes the Disney of Star Wars lets it be a little like I'm a hero on my high horse. And I think sometimes Star Trek...we’re community together.” (B, 19:50)
  • Sophia: Admits to little direct exposure, but chooses based on her sister’s preference and “Dune is kind of sexy.”

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6. Garrick’s News & Sign-Off

Timestamps: 21:34 – 22:47

• Project Plug:

  • Garrick announces: “Season 9 of Rick and Morty is coming out. ...We’re cooking with gas, baby. It’s a good season.” (A, 21:42–21:54)

• Closing Ritual:

  • When asked whom he’d say goodnight to:
    • “I would like to say goodnight to Serenity...my fiancée and I...took a long night walk...such a beautiful like fairy-esque type of vibe.” (A, 22:08)
  • Hosts agree night walks are among life’s quiet pleasures:
    • “When it’s the summer, it’s hot outside, you go out in the night, the air is like the same exact temperature as my skin.” (C, 23:02)
    • “That really is the most comfortable.” (B, 23:05)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the downside of melatonin:
  • “She was turning everybody crazy with crazy dreams.” (B, 02:22)
• On board games:
  • “You’ll have a fling...the kiss could be on the cheek. ...It’s a friend zone almost.” (A, 04:48–04:55)
• On the magic of community in Star Trek:
  • “Life actually could be pretty beautiful if you really just try to be optimistic about what the future could be and what it could hold.” (A, 17:05)
• On passionate food reviewers:
  • “If I make money doing it, great. If I don’t, it’s all good. ...It’s a passion.” (A, 12:54–12:58)

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Recommended Timestamps

• Sleep routines & magnesium vs melatonin: 01:05 – 02:29
• Night owl lifestyle for comedians: 02:35 – 03:35
• Kiss/Marry/Kill (games): 04:01 – 07:52
• Sardines & Hide and Seek nostalgia: 06:58 – 09:44
• Kiss/Marry/Kill (TikTok types): 10:21 – 15:00
• Kiss/Marry/Kill (Sci-Fi edition): 15:02 – 21:28
• Garrick’s project plug & nighttime serenity: 21:34 – 22:47

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Episode Tone & Style

• Warm, playful, and nostalgic—designed for relaxation.
• Emphasis on gentle ribbing, shared memories, and thoughtful pop culture musings.
• Casual, inclusive language and banter between friends.

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Takeaway

This episode delivers classic comfy podcasting with a mix of relatable sleep struggles, infectious enthusiasm for games, and easygoing humor about pop culture. Whether debating sardines or defending the sandwich reviewer, the group bonds through gentle, witty conversation and a sense of cozy nighttime camaraderie. As always, Garrick Bernard brings an earnest, funny, and warmly genuine presence, closing things out with praise for tranquil night walks and good vibes.

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Transcript

[A]

Hello. You're about to drift into an episode of the Nightly, a podcast designed to help you unwind and relax. For the full phone free immersive light experience, visit Hatch Co. Enjoy.

[B]

Good evening, folks. I'm kp.

[C]

And I'm Sophia. Welcome to the Nightly from Hatch, a slumber party for pop culture lovers.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Loving it.

[C]

I'm loving pop culture horribly.

[B]

I'm sick with it.

[C]

Well, something else that's completely ill is that we have basically an extra special awesome evening because tonight we're also joined by the hilarious comedian, actor, and writer Garrick Bernard. Welcome, Garrick.

[A]

Hi. Thank you so much for having me.

[C]

Oh, my God. Thank you for being here.

[A]

This is a dream. Wow.

[C]

That's the hope.

[B]

I know. Hate to segue right in, but dream brings us to sleeping. Garrick, what does sleep look like for you? What's your sleep routine? Do you have a sleep routine? Is it easy for you to sleep? What are the vibes?

[A]

Easy for me to sleep, hard for me to stay asleep is the big thing. I will fall asleep in any nook or cranny.

[B]

Okay, that's nice.

[A]

But staying asleep is a little. A little on the tougher side, but I'll be okay.

[B]

Mm.

[C]

Do you have any ways that you try, like, that you get yourself to stay asleep or you just kind of rock with whatever's happening?

[A]

I try. I mean, I try to get some magnesium in there.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Iconic.

[C]

A classic shout out.

[B]

Magnesium.

[C]

Huge shout out to magnesium.

[A]

Shout out to big magnesium.

[C]

They are having a huge moment. They really are.

[B]

They really are. It's the year of protein and fiber and magnesium.

[C]

Yes. Literally.

[A]

Yeah. They deserve it. They deserve it. I wish them all of the best because I feel like my fiance put me on magnesium, and I haven't looked back ever since.

[C]

Okay, that's beautiful.

[B]

I feel bad for the poor girl. Melatonin. She's not the it girl.

[A]

I know.

[C]

She kind of got.

[B]

She's so not it.

[C]

She really got. She got ousted.

[A]

She got ousted.

[B]

She was turning everybody crazy with crazy dreams. It was getting scary.

[C]

Was that. Is that what was happening?

[A]

We found out who she really was.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And it's not great.

[C]

It's not great.

[B]

Okay, Sweet. Are you early bird? A night owl? What do you like?

[A]

Night owl? Same Y. I used to be an early bird, and then I started doing standup comedy, which forces you to be a night owl. And so those past 12 to 15 years, I don't remember how long I've been doing it for, really turned me into somebody I would rather not be

[B]

they really don't let you out. They don't let you leave until it's midnight.

[C]

They literally don't. It is like somehow, like I'm like. Even when I have like a 7:30 show, it's like I'm home at 11:30. I know, like what's going on.

[B]

And it's weeknights. I mean, they have no respect. You have to get one little drink after. That's mandatory. And that takes somehow six hours.

[A]

Exactly. You have to go to a diner, and that diner is not going to serve you until you've been sitting there for an hour and 45 minutes.

[C]

Of course, that's the price you have to pay.

[A]

Yeah, it is the price you have to pay.

[C]

They really do.

[B]

Okay, let's go on to some happy little games that we have tonight, if that's cool with you, Garrick.

[C]

Yes, no problem.

[B]

We have a good old fashioned Kiss Marry Kill with a bunch of different things. Uh, we're going random mode. And that's. That's gonna be fun.

[A]

Let's do it.

[B]

I'm calling it now. Let's do a little Kiss Marry Kill with general gaming. So this is Kiss Marry Kill. Puzzles, board games, or card games.

[A]

Okay, so marry card games.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I love a card game. I love. There's so many. I mean, I'm a big Magic the Gathering player.

[B]

Ah, nice.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Magic on top of your regular, like poker and all of that stuff. I just love the strategy involved. Kiss board games would. I'm okay with that. I'm in the middle of loving a board game, but not really. Not marriage material.

[B]

You're courting it.

[C]

You'll have a fling.

[A]

I'm courting it. I'll have a fling. The kiss could be on the cheek. How about that?

[C]

A bit of a friend zone even.

[A]

It's a friend zone almost. It's like respectful. It's just like if somebody brings out a board game, it's like, okay, I'll try that. Why not? And then kill a puzzle.

[C]

Totally.

[A]

I love a puzzle in a video game.

[B]

Yeah, very true.

[A]

But the actual jigsaw, putting a puzzle

[C]

down, it's a lot.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. I'm the exact same.

[C]

I actually am also.

[B]

Yeah. Because I think there's a right reason and season for a puzzle. Like if I'm in a cabin, I. It's a rainy day, whatever it is. I'm like, I could get on board with a puzzle, but I'm not someone that's buying myself a puzzle. I don't do that even.

[C]

Like, that is just taking up so much space.

[A]

It's so much space.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's why people get those artistic ones. They're like the cute little things that you can hang up after or whatever.

[C]

I don't want to hang up. I don't want to do that.

[A]

Yeah, you'll have to glue it down. And then also you could just buy the picture and then hang that up.

[C]

No, like, literally.

[A]

You don't have to spend a lot of time.

[B]

For sure. Yeah, I like it. I agree that some board games are God awful, but then the good ones, you go. That was worth my time. Yeah, I was having some fun there. But card games, it's almost rare that I don't like a card game. Yeah, I like a lot of card games.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. Very rare.

[C]

I also would have to marry card games because there's so much. They really do, like, capture your attention in a way. That other one, like, other. I don't know, board games don't to me because I have the strategy and stuff. And I would almost even say I would also, given this arrangement, Kill Puzz, Kiss board games. But my. What I would sub out if I had my way is that I would sub out board games for, like, question games, like Hot Seat or like, Salad Bowl. My friends and I love those games. I love a game that's just simply writing a question down and putting it into the bowl, and then whoever picks it out has to answer it. That's like my favorite thing in the world.

[A]

Does that also involve, like, Pictionary or anything of the.

[B]

Like, those are like, kind of socially movement, because I agree, I do like some of those.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And you know what? I played actually, like, last weekend with my friends? Sardines.

[A]

What is sardines?

[C]

Sardines is reverse hide and seek, where so funny, one person hides and then everyone has to go find them. And then, like, so, like, one person hides. When you find them, you hide with them. So, like, the last person standing is the loser.

[B]

So there's like eight people under a table and then one person, like, literally.

[C]

Yeah, like.

[A]

Like a can of sardines. Yes.

[C]

That's adorable. Exactly. And it's so fun.

[B]

Now, you played this in a New York apartment? Because I was like, there's kind of four places to look around. Okay. I can see every single thing.

[C]

That would be really interesting. We played this in a house in Vermont where there were a lot of places to hide. Like, a lot. At one point, my friend Hannah was hiding just simply under a blanket in the closet. And I found her first. And the way that I had to, like, sink to the ground. I was like, I'm melting into the ground with you. Yeah. But it was. It really.

[B]

I like those.

[C]

It really took us there.

[A]

What is the strategy with that? Would you rather hide in a place where only one person can hide and it's very hard?

[C]

Yeah, no, this is important.

[A]

Would you hide in a place where it's just like, if somebody finds me, we can all fit in here and we'll eventually win?

[B]

I like that.

[C]

I think it's more fun if everyone can hide there. But sometimes. Yeah, sometimes if you really want to not be found, you have to go to the place where it's only one person can fit, basically.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

But my. My friend Vince hid in the laundry room, and that was. It was actually wild. I found him. Like, it was like me and one other person found him. People were fully coming in, looking around, not seeing us, and walking out. And I was like, that's crazy.

[B]

Okay. Perfect one. Yeah, perfect.

[C]

So he killed that.

[A]

One of my favorite YouTube genres, let's say, is very aggressive Hide and seek.

[B]

Yes. Okay, I know what you mean.

[A]

Yes. They will hire people who, you know, either build things for a living or are very good with special effects. And they will paint their faces to look like. Yeah, like a PETA Malark in.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Hunger Games.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Or like, fake H vac ducts.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's like they'll install, like, a tube. Metal tube in the wall, and you're like, oh, that must have always been there. It's like a human hiding spot.

[C]

And so, like, where would they build that? Like, in someone's.

[B]

It's like a warehouse or, like. Yeah, it's like they rented out a spot. They gave people, like, a week to prepare for something, and then you get to come in and go crazy.

[C]

Wow, that's awesome.

[A]

There was a guy that built a water fountain. Like a. Like, you press public water fountain. You press and get water. And he built it in front of a hole.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

That led to, like, a nice little cubby for himself. And of course, he won.

[C]

Of course. How would you even know there was a hole there? How would you know there was a human in the hole behind the water?

[B]

Yeah. People are really flexible. They're, like, hiding themselves in things that you're like, oh, that is smaller than a human could be. And they're like, no, I trained.

[C]

Does it take people a really long time to find, like.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Okay. And sometimes I just don't find them at all.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, this would be really claustrophobic for me. I just would be like, I'm hiding in a wall. They drywalled over me.

[C]

Yeah. You're like, I'm here forever.

[B]

I'm really, really scared.

[A]

I can't do this at all.

[C]

We have another kiss, marry, kill.

[A]

I love this.

[C]

Okay, this is a tick tock influencer edition. So we have the finance bro explaining compound interest, the guy reviewing sandwiches in his car, and the overly productive girl who shares her 5am Morning routine.

[A]

Okay, could you say those three one more time?

[C]

Of course. Just in case someone didn't get it, but no worries. Okay, we have the finance bro explaining compound interest, the guy who reviews sandwiches in his car, and the overly productive girl who shares her 5am Morning routine.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And Sophia, would you mind explaining compound interest? Well, in case.

[C]

So I'm not that guy.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I'm not the finance bro. I think obviously, compound interest is basically where the interest, it compounds on itself.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's something like that. And so.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And that's kind of the. If you guys want to go to my TikTok channel, those are the kind of things that I'll be teaching you about. But you do have to buy my course. That is $12 a month. And then I'll explain more.

[A]

Right.

[B]

You can make triple that. So I'm happy to pay.

[C]

Yeah. Right. So you'll. Yeah, you'll make what you pay the. For the course, you will make back tenfold. Okay. Does anyone want to take a stab at this?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Go, go, go.

[A]

Just off rip. Kill the compound. Of course he's got to go.

[C]

He has.

[A]

He's got to go. Because every time I watch one of those guys, they're like, I was a. I was a, you know, a financial advisor. And now I'm here to teach you about the tricks and trades that I learned while being a financial advisor. And all I hear is, you're a bad financial advisor. So you have to do YouTube now or you have to do TikTok now. You failed.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm so sorry.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

It is what it is.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I would kiss the girl doing 5am morning routines because that's, you know, that's cool. That's grind culture. I love that. Good for you. And then marry the guy reviewing sandwiches in his car. I love you. I love you so much. You're the best. You don't have to be doing this. It's so funny. You probably have a normal job and then you go drive out, get your sandwich on the way home from work, and you're like, Let me just set up a camera real quick and tell the world about this great sandwich place.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And if I make money doing it, great. If I don't, it's all good.

[C]

It's his passion.

[A]

Yeah, it's a passion. Absolutely.

[B]

Yep. I'm about there. I think I'm definitely marrying the sandwiches. And I love all the kind of just putting me onto little spots I didn't know about that's ideal for me. I'll eat a sandwich every day of my life, too. So that's great. I am gonna kill the overly productive girl with the 5am just because it really is unrelatable to me and it makes me feel bad about myself.

[C]

Right.

[B]

So that's just a personal thing there. It's more irrelevant somehow than the finance girl. Somehow. Somehow, yeah. I'll just never be that finance for. I guess I'm kissing, but it's gonna be like the fat drive by kiss. I fell. I didn't even mean to do it right. Yuck.

[A]

Yeah. Maybe it's cordial.

[B]

Maybe it's cordial. Yeah, it's European. But I go, I also have no idea what you're talking about, but I think that somebody, I guess, has to think about this stuff. So. Good for you.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Those are mine.

[C]

Okay. I think I'm honestly, once again with Garrick. I think I'm going to. I just can't even. The thought of kissing the finance bro is, like, really bad. It's really bad. So therefore, unfortunately, all he has to die, and then I'm gonna also marry the guy reviewing sandwiches. Everything you guys said is true.

[B]

It's, like, sweet. He.

[C]

It's not his whole thing necessarily. If it is, that's awesome. But, like, yeah, this is not, like, something that's. It's not. It's not the finance bro lifestyle. He just has a passion for sandwiches, and that's really endearing to me. And as you said, kp, it's like, I want to go with you. Where are we going? I want to do it. And then I'm just going to kiss the overly productive girl who shares her 5am morning routine. I think maybe that girl could use a kiss. And maybe that's true. And maybe if I kissed her, she wouldn't have to wake up at 5am yeah, it's true.

[B]

Because she'd want to stay.

[C]

I'm like, I can change her, y'.

[A]

All.

[C]

And yeah, I mean, I'm gonna kiss her. I don't. I don't really think that we would be having a. I don't think our lives would be compatible enough for us to have a long standing marriage or relationship. But I'll give her a little kiss.

[A]

Yeah. Love it. Love it.

[B]

Okay, I have a little speed one round, because, correct me if I'm wrong, Garrick, are you a bit of a sci fi guy or. Sci fi. Okay, a bit. Oh, okay. Okay, we're in a safe space. Let's light this out. Yep, yep, yep. Well, this is. You know, these are kind of just the big trifecta here.

[C]

The big three.

[B]

I'm not, like, pulling any deep cuts here. I'm so sorry, but this is Kiss, Mary Kill. Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune.

[A]

Ooh, yeah.

[C]

The trifecta.

[B]

This is a big. You know, I'm not pulling out the B sides. These are the A sides.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. Okay, so this one is really tough.

[C]

Oh, I'm really excited to hear about this.

[A]

Yeah, this one's really tough. Kiss, Dune. Okay. I am admittedly newer to it because of the movies.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I was not somebody who read the book early on, saw the first part or part one, and immediately went and read the book because I loved it so much.

[B]

It's so good.

[C]

I should read the book. I haven't.

[B]

It's a chunky one.

[C]

To be honest, I struggle with the movies. However, I think that I can get into the book.

[A]

So the second half of the first book is all, like. The first half is all set up, and then it's literally just goes crazy. Execute, execute, like, for the entire second half.

[C]

That's awesome.

[A]

Like, this is.

[C]

This is amazing because I can. It's easier for me to get behind a slow burn book than a slow burn movie, to be honest.

[A]

Okay, that's fair. Yeah, that makes absolute sense. So kiss. That I would have to marry Star Trek, because Star Trek is awesome. I don't know if you've done. I mean, during the pandemic, I did an entire Next Generation run, and I feel like, especially for this podcast, it is one of the greatest things to fall asleep to. And not in a, oh, this is boring way, but in a. Wow. Life actually could be pretty beautiful if you really.

[C]

Oh, that's so sweet.

[A]

Just try to be optimistic about what the future could be and what it could hold. I was falling asleep to the ship sounds for a while as well.

[B]

Oh, cool. Okay. And then new gen is. We're looking at Picard, right?

[A]

Yeah. Next Generation is Picard and Worf and.

[C]

Yeah, I'm like, right?

[A]

Deanna Troy.

[C]

I'm like. And Splort.

[A]

And Splort. Yeah.

[B]

Nobody Remembers Splort.

[C]

But he's the ones who talk about Splort, by the way.

[B]

Yeah, I was sport my justice for Splort.

[A]

So funny. Love Splort.

[B]

In Star Trek Junior, I was Splort. I was Splort long and Splort, his classic catchphrase. So this means we're killing the great Star wars, unfortunately.

[A]

I just, I feel like the original trilogy, fantastic work, incredible work. And then everything else since then has been like, this is cool.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But if we had to do everything in the Star wars ups and downs, mostly downs, in my opinion, just to get to Andor. Absolutely worth it.

[B]

Absolutely. This is an opinion that my sci fi friends also agree with. Andor is like so important.

[C]

What would y' all say? Andor is for like the people who don't know, not me.

[B]

Like, because I know not like compound interest.

[C]

But maybe a listener wouldn't know.

[A]

Yes, yes. It is the most exciting thing to lead to a like a thing that you would deem as a boring conclusion, if that makes sense. Where it's like you are doing all of this espionage and setup and you're having this incredible, thrilling Bourne esque. Cause that's who made it. It was the creator of James Bond, the Bourne.

[B]

That's cool.

[A]

You're doing all of that just to lead to a speech. And that speech being one of the most powerful things because you know all of the things that came before it and you're like, oh my God. But if you saw that speech just in a vacuum, you'd be like, oh, that's cool. Wow. But knowing all of the stuff that had to happen to get there, you're like, that rifts.

[C]

It really pays off.

[A]

A huge, huge payoff.

[C]

That's good to know.

[B]

And on a granular level, it's a limited television series.

[C]

Thank you. Yes, thank you. So sorry. Thank you. So.

[A]

So two seasons, three episode arcs, which is what I think is also very helpful and palatable.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, I am going to go the same. I have watched more Star wars than Star Trek, but there's something I think more community focused on Star Trek. Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm so crazy. But I think that sometimes the Disney of Star wars lets it be a little like I'm a hero on my high horse. And I think sometimes Star Trek it goes. Yeah, there is a bit of a leader, but we're community together. We're going on these planets that have communities. I think it's a little more of my style of what I like to watch story Wise. So I think I am also going to kill Star wars, marry Star Trek and I'm loving Dune. I haven't read the books either, but God, I love Dune.

[C]

You're right.

[B]

It's a fun world. I really am rocking with it.

[A]

Fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Denis Villeneuve, he is good. He's killing it.

[C]

No way. I have no idea what you guys are talking about is awesome to me. I literally am like, mm. Like, yeah. I can't even like honestly answer this question because like to be fully transparent, I haven't seen a lick of any of these.

[B]

But you saw a little Dune. But you said you had problems with it.

[C]

Well, we turned it on and then turned it off. Yeah, I think I would do the same thing. I think I would marry Star Trek because I'm like, my sister loves Star Trek. She loves kind of all these things, but Star Trek in particular is very important to her and I trust her taste. And I would kiss Dune because Dune is like kind of sexy also. It's like a bunch of really sexy people in there.

[A]

Very sexy.

[C]

And yeah. And it's like I love all the things that they wear on the red carpet. Of course I'm tuned into that as

[B]

promotion for Dune very much.

[C]

And then I guess that just leaves me with killing Star wars as well.

[B]

Okay, well this is a. You picked perfectly.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

Okay, that was really good and healing and correct.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Before we wrap, we want to ask is there anything amazing and cool that our listeners should be checking out that you've been working on?

[A]

Yeah. We've got season nine of Rick and Morty coming out. Yes. Watch that. Watch it through. Not too long ago. It's very fun. We're cooking with gas, baby.

[C]

Oh hell yeah.

[A]

It's a good season.

[B]

Amazing. And now we'll go to our good nights. Garak, is there a thing, an animal, a person, an idea that you would like to say goodnight to this evening?

[A]

Oh my goodness. I would like to say goodnight to Serenity. You know, my fiance and I, we took a long night walk last night and it was just such a beautiful like fairy esque type of vibe to where I was wishing we had fireflies in California, but we do not. But something about the air or the warmth of it just led to a bit of, I don't know, a good sleep or a good vibe I guess. So good night to the serene vibes of night walks.

[C]

A night walk is so beautiful, especially like that vibe of like when it's the summer, it's like hot outside and like you go out in the night and you're like, the air is like the same exact temperature as my skin. It's like that have been to me,

[B]

by the way, that really is the most comfortable.

[C]

It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing.

[B]

Well, that was amazing. A perfect night and a perfect episode. Thank you so much for being with us, Garrick.

[A]

Thank you for having me. This was beautiful.

[C]

It was so much fun.

[A]

Very healing.

[C]

Oh, that's perfect.

[B]

Good night, everyone.

[C]

Good night, everybody.

[A]

Good night.

[C]

Foreign.

[A]

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