#501 Tone Shift After The Globes, Movie Tropes Not Approved & Nikki-A Filmmaker?

Summary

Episode #501: Tone Shift After The Globes, Movie Tropes Not Approved & Nikki-A Filmmaker?

Release Date: January 16, 2025
Podcast: The Nikki Glaser Podcast
Hosts: Nikki Glaser and Brian Frangie
Produced by: Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts

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1. Welcome Back and Rhythm Woes ([02:12] - [03:36])

Nikki Glaser opens the episode by expressing gratitude to listeners for their patience during a brief hiatus. She and co-host Brian Frangie joke about Nikki's rhythm, highlighting a previous Guitar Hero mishap.

Brian Frangie ([02:28]): "I was watching you snap your fingers to the beat of the music, and it just looked like you had no rhythm at all."

Nikki shares her newfound appreciation for the film "Whiplash", which she watched for the first time over a weekend.

Nikki Glaser ([03:11]): "I just had a moment where I realized something. Imagery in it or, like a meaning in that. I got."

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2. Deep Dive into "Whiplash" ([03:36] - [08:44])

The conversation shifts to an in-depth discussion about "Whiplash", focusing on its intense portrayal of ambition and abuse in a music academy setting.

Nikki Glaser ([04:05]): "Miles Teller is adorable, and, like, so. It's just so good... J.K. Simmons is incredibly abusive instructor..."

They explore the film's themes of pushing boundaries, with Nikki critiquing the notion that only the greats can survive extreme pressure.

Nikki Glaser ([06:31]): "He's trying to make them great. And one of the things he says is about Char, Charlie Bird or whoever... 'If it’s too far, then you're not good enough.'"

Brian praises the acting, particularly J.K. Simmons' performance, calling it one of the best in recent cinema.

Brian Frangie ([08:08]): "It's one of the best movies of all time."

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3. The Impact of Wildfires and Public Response ([08:44] - [16:39])

A significant portion of the episode delves into the devastating wildfires affecting California. Nikki and Brian express their frustrations with public reactions, especially targeting wealthy individuals and the hypocrisy they perceive in societal attitudes.

Nikki Glaser ([14:13]): "People being like they're rich, these mansion, these people with mansions, fuck them."

They discuss the challenges of donating, criticizing the often unhelpful requests for specific items and emphasizing the importance of monetary contributions.

Brian Frangie ([27:32]): "If you can pay for them in full... Pick one family and give them all of it."

The hosts also touch upon the emotional toll of witnessing devastation, sharing personal anecdotes about friends and celebrities affected by the fires.

Nikki Glaser ([34:04]): "It's nuts how close it is to everyone."

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4. Navigating Donations and Charity Efforts ([16:39] - [30:10])

Continuing the wildfire discussion, Nikki and Brian critique the effectiveness of donation methods like GoFundMe, highlighting the challenges of anonymous giving and the pressure to match others' contributions.

Nikki Glaser ([28:10]): "Sometimes I just wouldn't give because I feel like people will think that I gave $500 when others gave $1500."

Brian suggests a more personal approach to donations, advocating for supporting individuals they know personally affected by the fires.

Brian Frangie ([31:13]): "These GoFundMes are just like, you probably know several people who... have lost their houses."

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5. Evacuation Preparedness and Personal Stories ([30:10] - [42:26])

The discussion shifts to practical aspects of wildfire preparedness. The hosts share their strategies for evacuation, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing essential items over sentimental possessions.

Brian Frangie ([34:06]): "There's literally not a single thing in this apartment that couldn't be replaced or isn't saved on a cloud somewhere."

Nikki reflects on the psychological impact of potentially losing personal belongings and expressions of grief over lost items and family memories.

Nikki Glaser ([36:26]): "I saw pictures of people saving kids' drawings... It's just, I get like..."

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6. Critique of Public Sentiment Towards California and New York ([38:02] - [54:12])

Nikki and Brian express their disdain for individuals who belittle cities like Los Angeles and New York, especially during crises. They argue that such negativity often stems from jealousy and a lack of willingness to face the challenges these cities present.

Nikki Glaser ([38:14]): "People have to put on a mask. And that mask isn't even good enough."

Brian Frangie ([41:04]): "You can't love America if you say, 'We deserve the fires because of our elected officials.'"

The hosts debate the cultural dynamics that allow for disparaging remarks about major cities while maintaining a professed love for the country.

Nikki Glaser ([40:43]): "People know that it's a tough city to live in... But why do they have to tell us that?"

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7. Movie Tropes and Nickname Pet Peeves ([55:31] - [64:18])

Transitioning to lighter topics, Nikki vents about her frustrations with clichéd movie tropes. She criticizes unrealistic dialogue, predictable plotlines, and overused scenarios in contemporary films.

Nikki Glaser ([63:11]): "I promise that there will be dialog that is realistic... We will not have a girl eating ice cream because she's heartbroken."

She shares her intentions to create a movie that avoids these pitfalls, emphasizing the need for authentic storytelling.

Nikki Glaser ([64:18]): "I'm gonna try. And I'm just gonna start by going like, 'I don't like this.'"

Brian concurs, suggesting that subverting clichés can lead to more compelling cinema.

Brian Frangie ([61:31]): "Lower the stakes."

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8. Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks ([64:18] - [69:19])

In her concluding segment, Nikki reflects on the importance of realistic representation in media and the impact of substance over sensationalism. She encourages listeners to contribute their own pet peeves about movie tropes for future episodes.

Nikki Glaser ([68:38]): "Why are we fucking up cars... and putting these machines that are expensive, and we're driving them so shitty?"

Nikki humorously acknowledges the challenges of filmmaking while maintaining her commitment to authenticity.

Nikki Glaser ([65:21]): "I do not want to have a sex scene in which a woman has a penis put in her within seconds of being kissed unless she is yelping in like in fright and pain immediately."

The episode wraps up with a reminder to subscribe and follow the podcast for more honest and engaging conversations.

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Notable Quotes:

• Nikki Glaser ([02:14]): "Hello, here I am. Welcome to the show."
• Brian Frangie ([08:08]): "It's one of the best movies of all time."
• Nikki Glaser ([14:13]): "People being like they're rich, these mansion, these people with mansions, fuck them."
• Brian Frangie ([31:13]): "Pick one family and give them all of it."
• Nikki Glaser ([40:43]): "People know that it's a tough city to live in... But why do they have to tell us that?"
• Nikki Glaser ([63:56]): "We will not have a sex scene in which a woman has a penis put in her within seconds of being kissed unless she is yelping in like in fright and pain immediately."
• Nikki Glaser ([65:21]): "I do not want to have a sex scene in which a woman is having an orgasm on screen anymore."

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This summary captures the essence of episode #501, highlighting key discussions, insights, and humorous exchanges between Nikki Glaser and her co-host Brian Frangie. For an in-depth experience, tuning into the full episode is highly recommended.

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[Noah Garfinkel]

Here'S Nikki.

[Nikki Glaser]

Hello, here I am. Welcome to the show. It's the Nikki Laser Podcast. Thanks for letting us put out one per week the past couple weeks, listeners. We really appreciate it, but now we're back for two.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, it's been a while since we've been remote.

[Nikki Glaser]

It really has.

[Brian Frangie]

It's been months. I mean yeah, there's a little bit of a delay. So I was watching you snap your fingers to the beat of the music, and it just looked like you had no rhythm at all.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's some people. Actually. I feel like I don't have good rhythm because I like, I. I think I talked about it on the podcast before, but when Chris and I, a year ago were really into Guitar Hero, there's like, you set your guitars, you have to calibrate them, and you have to be like, do a strum each time. The circle gets on the other circle and you have to do it. And Chris was, like, laughing really hard. Cause I was just could not do it right and couldn't do a beat. And I was really nervous. And then I watched Whiplash over the weekend. First time I ever saw that.

[Brian Frangie]

This weekend.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, my God. That's one of my favorite movies. Top five.

[Nikki Glaser]

Great taste. It's so good. It's so good. I got really mad. Oh, my God. Whoa. I just had a moment where I realized something. Imagery in it or, like a meaning in that. I got. Can we Spoiler alert? Whiplash. For people who haven't seen it, we just. Whiplash came for one.

[Brian Frangie]

2014. So it's been 10 years. I think that's a statute of limitations.

[Nikki Glaser]

Okay, so you can skip ahead one minute. I'm only going to talk about one minute.

[Brian Frangie]

Okay.

[Nikki Glaser]

Ready, set, go. Okay, first of all, there's some symbolism. Chris did not. Chris knows I hate jump scares, and I do not. Like when he got hit by that car. And I said, why didn't you tell me? And he said, I forgot about it. And I go, how would you forget about that? It's a massive part of it.

[Brian Frangie]

Like, it's like the least traumatizing thing to happen in the movie.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, I hated it. You're right. It really is. But it. I just, like, hate things that come out of nowhere. I don't like meet Joe Black when he gets hit by that car. I don't think that's a spoiler, because I've never even seen the movie. I've just seen that clip.

[Brian Frangie]

I don't even like when there's someone in an elevator I'm about to get into.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Can you just give, like, a quick summary of this movie for people who don't want to fast forward and don't want to watch?

[Nikki Glaser]

Miles Teller is going to the best music academy in the world in New York. It's like a made up one. J.K. simmons is the leader of, like, is the maestro for the jazz Band that is, like, the best jazz band of all the, you know, college students. Like, grad students, I think, even in the country. Miles Teller is, like, young. He is a drummer, and J.K. simmons is incredibly abusive instructor who screams at everyone, calls them, you know, the worst words in the world, and belittles them, finds information about them, uses it against them, is just truly physically and mentally abusive to the point where it's just like, you just hate him so much. He's like, Bella Caroly was to carry Strugg, but not in Greek.

[Brian Frangie]

But you look quite a lot like a leprechaun. That was one of his lines.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, that was really funny. You do look like. And he says he's going to start calling him. No, he says he's going to call him Flannery. His name's Connolly.

[Brian Frangie]

I mean, what happened? I mean, that was also J.K. simmons. Like, he was already famous, obviously, but that was truly his big, widespread mainstream breakout.

[Nikki Glaser]

And he's so ripped in it, too. But Miles Teller is adorable, and, like, so. It's just so good. So Miles Teller is wanting to be great, and so he, you know, earns the respect kind of. Of J.K. simmons. But J.K. simmons will, like, give it and then take it away. Like, he's not to be trusted. He's such a megalomania. But he's trying to make them great. And one of the things he says. Sorry, it's been more than a minute. Keep going if you don't want any spoilers. One of the things he says is about Char, Charlie Bird or whoever. This. This amazing jazz musician only got good because someone threw a symbol at his head once during a session and almost like, chopped off his head. Oh, wow. Okay. Threw a symbol at his head. And then that was what made him. He said if he never threw that symbol at his head, he would have. And he just said, good job. Do you think he would have become who he became? We would have been starved of that genius that he was if someone hadn't pushed him. And then Miles Teller kind of says to him, like, well, do you think it's ever too far? And he's like, well, no, because it's never too far, because only the greats could survive. The what? The. If it's too far, then you're not good enough. And the true greats can survive any kind of pressure, which is just not true.

[Brian Frangie]

Philosophy. Trial by fire. When the Spartans. You know, if a baby was born in Sparta and it had, like, a deformity or a different color eyes or something, they would just throw it off a cliff.

[Nikki Glaser]

What?

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, that's what they did.

[Nikki Glaser]

Really?

[Brian Frangie]

Yes, they had a whole different color eye. Isn't that like dead babies? That's literally what they did.

[Nikki Glaser]

Isn't that what happens in, like, that Midsommar movie? Have you seen that?

[Noah Garfinkel]

Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, Midsommar with an o. Yeah, Midsommar.

[Nikki Glaser]

I've only read about it. Wait, you've seen it, Noah?

[Brian Frangie]

No, I didn't see it.

[Noah Garfinkel]

It's one of my favorites. It's so good.

[Nikki Glaser]

So fucked up, right? Florence Pugh, like, goes to this cult and they throw old people off a ledge.

[Brian Frangie]

Whoa.

[Nikki Glaser]

Right? Oh, yes.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Yes. There's like some kind of, like, sacrificial thing.

[Nikki Glaser]

The truck. Oh, yeah, the big one. Duh. The sacrifices.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Well, it's been a while since I've seen it, so the memory had to come back.

[Nikki Glaser]

What about. Have you. Have you seen Hereditary? That's the one I only read about and I will never see because it's the number one listed on Reddit of any kind of thread. That's like, what's the most fucked up thing you've ever seen? And it's Hereditary. And then there's this other French film where a bunch of people get raped in a tunnel. And I don't even want to talk about that one, but I just read these synopsis anyway. Whiplash.

[Brian Frangie]

Remember the rape part? I just remember the part where they got baguettes in.

[Nikki Glaser]

What? Oh, in France.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

Well, you should see what they do with those baguettes. Someone got baguette in those tunnels. But Whiplash, though, was so good. The acting is just next level, the drumming. He learned how to drum himself. But I will say at the very. I don't even want to give it away if you have to. Everyone has to see Whiplash.

[Brian Frangie]

It's one of the best movies of all time.

[Nikki Glaser]

What I will say is that the reason I wanted to watch it is because someone I think was Sean or you had said that the ending of Challengers was similar to the ending of Whiplash.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

And I really. Okay, that must have been you, because.

[Brian Frangie]

I'm very whiplash coded. So.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. Yeah. Now I'm learning. It's like, I'm so glad that you love it because I loved it so much too. And. And yeah, the ending, that intrigued me because I loved the ending of Challeng. I like. I like an ending to just hit you. Not like a jump scare, but just it ends and you just got to make up what happens next. And it's like you just. You don't really know.

[Brian Frangie]

It's like, you don't like a day new mall.

[Nikki Glaser]

I like a smirk instead of like someone like, you know, like, instead of someone smiling, like, it all worked out. Like, I like, like, is it going to be okay? Like, you like a Mona Lisa smile of like, yeah. Are they even happy about what's happening? It's all kind of inconclusive.

[Brian Frangie]

Same era of film. Did you see Birdman?

[Nikki Glaser]

I did see Birdman and I don't remember anything about X with the flies at the end.

[Brian Frangie]

Well, that's the thing. The ending is left open ended because it is. It just ends.

[Nikki Glaser]

What happens before it? Like, what's it about? Because I definitely.

[Brian Frangie]

That's the thing about Birdman. You sit there and you watch Birdman. You leave the theater, you feel traumatized. You feel like you've been tense. Similar to how uncut gems. You, like, just like, felt tense.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, that's why I haven't watched it because everyone just says you're just on edge. No, no, no. Thank you.

[Brian Frangie]

It is interesting because after I saw Birdman for the first time, I walked out of the theater and there was for some reason some other person there that I knew. So I got to, like, talk to him about it. And I was like, that was incredible. That was like, one of the best movies I've ever seen. And yeah, if you ask me, like, today, what happened to Birdman? Like, I don't know. Whereas if you asked me today, like, what happened in like, like Moana, I'll be able to tell you everything that happened.

[Nikki Glaser]

I haven't seen Moana or Moana too. I know Moana, too, is being sued for like $250 million because apparent have stolen the story. That's what I read this morning. But I will say, speaking of Michael Keaton, but Michael Keaton, backstage at the Golden Globes, Emily was filming me talking to Harrison Ford because I told her to. Well, I told her to just film. I just told her to take a picture of me because he was in the background and I didn't want to bother him. So I'm like, I was supposed to be, like, on the same level as everyone who was backstage about to present. But I didn't want to, like, linger by any celebrities that were getting ready because I said it last week. I didn't want them to, like, have to say good job to me or whatever, even though they did. But Harrison Ford. Oh, I said this. He was like, lingering. And then Emily did she. Did we tell the story that she was filming me and then Michael Keaton came up behind her. No, Michael Keaton was just like roaming around backstage. Very nice. Yeah, but he came up behind her, saw that she was filming Harrison Ford talking to me, and then zoomed in on her screen to film me and Harrison Ford.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Oh my gosh, I love Zar.

[Nikki Glaser]

And she had no idea who either of these people were. She did not know the importance of either. But that was so cool that I have a video that, that Michael Keaton directed me and talking to Harrison Ford and then the semi comes and hits me. And I really didn't appreciate that part of it. But also Emily took this amazing picture or video of me that I've never had this before of, of the moment before it happens. But I'm backstage and it's like I'm waiting for to walk on stage. And you see me backstage walking and like making that turn to like walk out the first moment. And it's really cool for me to like, see it from behind and like, see I look like really calm. I just am staring at the screen, waiting for it to say my name. And I just. It's. It's just, it's so fun to watch. And I can't post it though, because of the fires. You can't post anything. Waiting to post some stuff. I know that. I'm not saying that like, like I'm a victim or something. Please don't take my words wrong. But there's been so much footage I'm sitting on that I'm just like, I can't because it's just not the time.

[Brian Frangie]

It's like, sit on it until like next year is like a, an anniversary post.

[Nikki Glaser]

I know that's what Emily was saying. And I was like, I just. For me, I'm sorry, this is gonna sound. I need to preface it with like, you're being judgmental. But a lot of times when I see a year ago I did this amazing thing, I'm like, your life's not going well right now.

[Brian Frangie]

But no. So let's say is that bad?

[Nikki Glaser]

But any one time someone's like the month anniversary, I'm like, you have nothing to. You have nothing going on, so you have to like, tell us about something that happened.

[Noah Garfinkel]

That's how I feel.

[Nikki Glaser]

I don't even like to brag about something a day ago. What?

[Noah Garfinkel]

Like when people post stuff from like when they were in college or like old photos, I feel like they're having like a bad self esteem day for sure.

[Nikki Glaser]

And it's like, why am I being judgmental if they need that to get to feel better about themselves of posting a picture when they used to be 20 pounds lighter or like have better skin or just had things going on, like, who am I to be like, you're like, because fine, just let it, let it happen. But I don't like to do it because I feel like people are going to say that about me. Really, the only person saying it about me is gonna be me.

[Brian Frangie]

No, I think a lot of people would say it. I mean, that's just the way it is. The Internet is filled with monsters, right?

[Noah Garfinkel]

Exactly.

[Brian Frangie]

But it's a little bit different. If it's a year from now and you're maybe about to do the same thing again and you're just posting people as like a ramp up to like, remember last year? I think then it's a little different. But if you're like posting like a year ago today, I was still with my wife then it's pretty sad.

[Nikki Glaser]

No, it's like when I just like anything that is, I just. There's so much I read into on social media. And also I project not only a lot of insecurity do I project onto people or like judgment, but I project a lot of perfection too. So I think it balances out. Like I give people a lot more than they should get sometimes. And I, and I also take away a lot where I go, this is so lame. But who, who doesn't? And by the way, can I just say this about like the fires? I mean, whatever I would say about them has already been said. It's the most tragic thing ever. I can't look at my phone anymore. It's so sad. I'm obsessive with the firewatch app. Just looking at the acreage going up. Devastated for everyone. Can't, can't even fathom the amount of loss and devastation. And it's fudgeing awful. And that goes without being said. I don't think anyone's not feeling that way watching it, but anyone. And this has also been said a million times, anyone who is like, these people are rich. Who gives a fuck? First of all, that's such a dumb thing to say. And I understand where it comes from because we are so divided in this nation. There's no middle class that we just hate the rich. And, and a lot of times I hate the rich. They're all hoarding their wealth. It's whatever. I just have to say, you would have that big of a house too if you were rich. This is the thing I don't like is like, it's Hypocrisy. Like these people who get mad at me about getting too many Taylor Swift tickets. Or like I've read in some swifty chats, I'm like, but if you could go this many times, wouldn't you? And the truth is they, they would. And they might say, no, actually, I would donate my tickets to, you know, starving children in Africa or whatever they would say. Or like swifties in need. Like, there isn't even a place to do that to. But guess what? You wouldn't. You wouldn't fucking do it. So stop. I don't. Until I see examples of that in your life in other ways where you're just giving all the time of stuff that you really care about. I don't believe you. And so don't. Don't come at me. What was I supposed to do? I just don't. I don't get. I won't have this argument anymore. I'm sorry I even brought it up again, because I've said things like this before, but this whole thing of, like, these people being like they're rich, these mansion, these people with mansions, fuck them. Some guy who won the lottery, won $69 million in the lottery. Lost his house in the Palisades too. Bitch. Don't you play the poor people? Don't you play the lottery a lot? And if you won, would you not buy a house in the Palisades? Probably, yeah. Yeah. Would you be sad if it burnt down? Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Suffering is not relative. Suffering is relative.

[Nikki Glaser]

People. If they got $1 billion, would they just not spend it? Would they not. What would they do? Would they just give it all away? I really want to know. Because these people that seem to be so mad at rich people for being rich, you know, they're rich because they're just lucky. Right? It's not because you're a bad person and they're a good person. They're just luckier than you, if that's what you wanted in life. And so being mad at them about it. Yes, I get mad at the rich for not spreading their wealth more, but I don't. I don't think that their houses deserve to burn down. You would buy a house in Malibu. Malibu too, if you were a hundred millionaire.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. I mean, you should even feel worse for the rich people because they had so much more stuff that burned up. I mean, it's like 10 times worse for them. All their things.

[Nikki Glaser]

I. It's true. There's so much stuff that burned up. So much that is Family histories.

[Brian Frangie]

Did you see the Video of the guy with his dog. Did you post this? There was no. I can't.

[Nikki Glaser]

I can't.

[Noah Garfinkel]

I can't watch the animal stuff.

[Nikki Glaser]

I watch people talking about in front of their wreckage, talking about what they lost. But if an animal shows up, it's. Sorry, it's getting skipped over so fast.

[Brian Frangie]

No jump scares here. And this is a happy ending. Do you want to hear it?

[Noah Garfinkel]

Even the happy.

[Nikki Glaser]

So I watched a video. I don't even like a happy ending because the dog suffered at any point.

[Brian Frangie]

Okay, Okay.

[Noah Garfinkel]

I saw one about a cat and the cat was in so much distress and I could see it on their.

[Nikki Glaser]

Face that it just happened. The animal doesn't understand. Everything's okay now. It's like it's still in distress. So to me, animal videos, even the dodo, where it'll show like a starving animal below a bridge. And then, like, I don't like to see it because I think about when it was. It was suffering. Sure, we all have happy endings because we all fucking die someday. So why don't we all just watch heroin footage all the time knowing that it's going to have a happy ending where the animal or the human is dead. Like, truly when death is a sweet release from any suffering. So why don't we just. Everything has a happy ending, if you really want to talk about that way. But to me, videos that are like, sad and then have a happy ending are not happy videos.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, I think. Yeah, I mean, that's. That's fair. I.

[Nikki Glaser]

Tell us what happened because I want you to.

[Brian Frangie]

I have a Choose your own adventure. I have another story because I went to this one has no animals in it at all, but it is fire related. I went to see the Clippers game last night because I just had tickets to this Clippers game before the fires. And we're like, should we go? And we were waiting for them to cancel the game. They didn't cancel the game. So I went with my friend to the Clippers game. And it's a home game, obviously, at the Intuit Dome. And first of all, it was like 20% capacity. Like, there was like nobody there. I had the entire road to myself. We had the. We could take. I could have one row and my friend could have the other row behind me if we wanted.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, my God. But is that just the Clippers?

[Brian Frangie]

Well, that's with a lot of things coming together. One of the things, it's the Clippers who are good, but famously, they're not the Lakers. They don't have as many fans and.

[Nikki Glaser]

They'Re named after something associated with toenails.

[Brian Frangie]

That's right. It's. It's. I don't understand why they're called the. But the Clippers were playing Guess who.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, the. Like the.

[Brian Frangie]

The Miami. Miami Heat. And I was like, this team should not even be allowed to come to Los Angeles.

[Nikki Glaser]

I know. She is canceled too, right?

[Brian Frangie]

Yes. Oh, my God, that's so true. You can't use the fire emoji anym.

[Nikki Glaser]

Emily's been saying, Emily says fire when we both agree on something. Like, what color should I get? And I'm like, red. And she's like, fire. Or, you know, like. And last. Lately she's just been. It's been being unsent. And she goes, fuck. Sorry.

[Brian Frangie]

And then.

[Nikki Glaser]

Right. Slay. So until slay. When someone starts, you know, there's a serial killer on the loose, a slasher, then she will go back to fire.

[Brian Frangie]

So the Heat coming. And then there's people who are Miami Heat fans who live in Los Angeles who are walking around with literal jerseys that have flames on them going down with L. A, you know, it's like, insane that they were.

[Nikki Glaser]

They're cheering against L. A, they're cheering.

[Brian Frangie]

Against LA wearing Fire jerseys. Yeah. So thankfully, the Heat was put out and vanquished, and the Clippers won the game.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, that's good.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. So they didn't come in here and just set.

[Nikki Glaser]

Our Chris is there right now and said the vibes are good. It. He says it's eerie that it seems like, you know, where he's staying in West Hollywood, he feels like, like, ever, it's business as usual.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, pretty much. Especially because now the air is cleared up. I mean, it was really smoky, but.

[Nikki Glaser]

I'm seeing Instagrams of, like, it seems like it's okay, but it's not. You better put on a mask. And that mask isn't even good enough. And then Noah, on our chat, said yesterday, if you wear makeup, you got to turn. Take off your mask. Every time you take off a mask, you gotta put on a new mask because you got makeup on it. And so we are. So what? What's. And then I. Lisa Curry was telling me she. I got to go to Home Depot and get one with a filter on it. I'm not even there and I'm worried.

[Brian Frangie]

I mean, I'm not. I'm not exercising outside. I'm not going to go for a run outside. But, like, I've been going outside to walk Jack without a mask on, and inside, all the windows are closed. And I have my air filters. I have. I have air purifiers in. In both rooms of my house from the last time there were fires.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh my.

[Brian Frangie]

Now we're running. We're just running those. And that's. That's fine. Like when the fires first happened, I was walking Jack outside and literally it looked like it was snowing because, oh.

[Noah Garfinkel]

My God, it's like 9 11.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

And you never had to evacuate. Right. Because you know, in Culver City.

[Brian Frangie]

Culver City is an. Has an amazing man made moat around it because it's got the 405 and the 10. And it's really difficult for a fire to jump nine lanes of highway.

[Nikki Glaser]

Wow, that's interesting. Okay. God damn it. It's Rob.

[Brian Frangie]

Our friend. Our good friend Rob Stern.

[Nikki Glaser]

He had to evacuate because Andrew had to evacuate.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Because they're probably close to the. The fire.

[Nikki Glaser]

Evacuate. Lizzie had to evacuate. Sean had to evacuate. Bob had to evacuate. Ian had to evacuate. You and Gibbons are kind of the only people I know that didn't have to. Our friend Jammy didn't have to. Santa Monica. But it's. I would. It's like whether or not you had to evacuate. How stressful it is to be there and just watching the app, wondering if there is going to be an ember that just travels far enough to get you. And. And by the way, one last thing. When the Watch Duty app just started, like, make like everyone started spreading about it. Like it started spreading like something. When that started happening, like, people were talking about that because I was like, just go. I was just going to New York Times, like the app to look at the fire stuff, and I wasn't getting anything. And then I hear about a sunset fire. I'm like, I want to. I go, what is this? How is everyone getting this information? And someone said, you got to do the Watch Duty app. And I was like, oh, my God. I thought so for like a day. I. Everyone was putting Watch Duty in there. Like, you know the little bubble you have next to your Instagram name? That's like a headline.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Little note.

[Nikki Glaser]

Everyone was putting that right. Or on their Instagram story. Watch Duty. I thought Duty was a name of a show that a bunch of comedians were on.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh my God.

[Nikki Glaser]

Was like a tubi show that, like, was some kind of stand up showcase that everyone was on. And I was like, this is so fucking tone deaf that people are telling everyone to watch this Duty show that all of my friends are on.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, no.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's how tough I was. But I didn't even, like, really let the thought go. It just like, kind of was there. Do you know what I mean? Where you're like, you don't even, like, process it. You just are, you see it and.

[Brian Frangie]

You kind of like, I thought Evacuate now was a show on cbs and so I didn't pay attention to that at all.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's a new streamer. That is. But watch duty. I mean, like, anytime I see watch anything, like, I have so many friends that are in the business when they're saying watch something, it's like they're promoting something. So it was. It was. I really felt dumb that day. Anyway, we'll be back with more after this.

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[Nikki Glaser]

So, yeah, the fires are sad. I.

[Brian Frangie]

If you want to. So, like, there's a lot of donations happening and there's a lot of good stuff happening, and I think, like, if you want to donate, you should. Like, there's a lot of people that are donating clothes, and they don't. They say that they don't need clothes anymore.

[Nikki Glaser]

I hear they need used underwear and, like, old, dirty leggings. I hear that that's, like, the most.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

And baseball caps with makeup on it and then, like, only shirts with deodorant stains that you don't want anymore, that you haven't washed.

[Brian Frangie]

Those are that's.

[Nikki Glaser]

The people that are walking that stuff are fucking insane.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Insane.

[Nikki Glaser]

Okay, so people don't want new stuff.

[Brian Frangie]

People want new stuff. But you can. You know the thing that people want most of all? This is what I learned from doing. Adam ruins everything. The people. What people need most of all is money. Just give money. A lot of these charities, they have the infrastructure in place and they just need more money to pay for.

[Nikki Glaser]

I hear the best thing is to go to just the GoFundMe and pick a random family.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, if you can pay for them in full. Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

No, just like pick a random family and don't, like, don't scatter your donation to like random families.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Everyone donates like 20 bucks.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

When I go to these. Here's a problem with GoFundMe. I don't even know if I should say this because now I'm second guessing everything I say because I feel like I've seen some things that I've said recently taken out of context and I seem like a monster. But let me be careful about this. When I go to GoFundMes to donate, sometimes I am so stressed out that I'm not giving enough based on people I see in the GoFundMe who have given more than me that I can't. I don't want to post as me because I don't. I've already known my limit is going to be $500, yet other comedians are doing 1500. And I've already said to myself, I can't do more than like, I'm given a. Like, I'm not going to give 1500 just because this other comedian did. Right. And so then I'm like, well, I'll post anon. I'll just give it anonymously. And then I don't want to because then the person doesn't know that I gave it.

[Noah Garfinkel]

They do. They do because you have to put your email. So the person who is hosting the.

[Nikki Glaser]

Funding, then they know I didn't give a name and then I just don't give. Yeah, that's. That's nuts. And I don't think I'm generosity. It's not that much. But there is something to it where you're like, she could give more. So sometimes I just won't give because I feel like people will think, oh, she only gave 500. We know what she makes for things. She should give so much more. And then I just get to get in the way. I'd rather them think that I didn't see it than I. Then. Then I didn't give enough. Isn't that. I know that that's bananas.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

But I have to. I know that I'm not alone, and I'm not a bad person for thinking that. I know that people don't tip. Like, people don't give gifts anonymously. People want credit for it. I have done that a lot in my life, but this isn't every time for me, by the way, this. Maybe once or twice. I've noticed that. I just didn't. I go, I just need to think about it more. I'll donate. I'll wait until I'm ready to give more. Or I'll just forget about it. And if it's important enough, I'll go back and do it. But there have been times where I just don't. Don't do it because I just would rather give zero than have someone think she's cheap.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. I mean, that's. That's a. Something that. There's got to be a way around that. Maybe if you just give to one person. Like. Like, I think what would be cool for you to do is to find one family, like, instead of donating $500 to 10 different families to find one and give them all of it and say, that's my don't. Like. Like, there is this thing going around where JJ Reddicks, who's a basketball player, his. His house burned down and his children lost all of their.

[Nikki Glaser]

I thought he's a coach.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, maybe he's a coach now.

[Nikki Glaser]

I think he's a coach of the Lakers.

[Brian Frangie]

Former player. Now he's a coach. He's the coach of the Lakers now. Holy shit.

[Nikki Glaser]

I think so.

[Brian Frangie]

I'm not really. I'm not. I'm much more NFL caught up in NBA.

[Nikki Glaser]

She's right. Yes. I'm coach.

[Brian Frangie]

So he's the coach of the Lakers. Excellent job.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, I got it.

[Brian Frangie]

It's time. You can be on the halftime show now.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

So his house burned down and his children lost their, like, jersey collection. And their. They had, like, a jersey collection. They've been amassing over, like, the course of going to all these NBA games. And at the game. At the game last night or two nights ago, the two teams playing as the Lakers and somebody else, they said, no matter who wins. I think it was the Spurs. No matter who wins, we're going to give these kids signed jerseys and so they can restart their collection. And it's like, yeah, you could argue that, like, these kids are, you know, they don't need. They already were privileged to have signed jerseys from all these NBA players. Do they need more jerseys? But it's really like, give to people that you give what you can to people that are. That you care about. And it just. It doesn't matter how big or how little. You just. It's more. Make it more personal. I think if you. Because everybody knows somebody, if you ever lived in la, everybody knows somebody who got affected by the fires, and you have the ability to help someone you actually know as opposed to helping somebody. You know, it's nice to get, obviously, donate to charity. We all donate to charity. But in this instance, these GoFundMes are just like, you probably know several people who, like, you've, like, had lunch with who their house burned down. And so to be able to help them, I think would be the way to go.

[Nikki Glaser]

So many people that I spoke to the day before their house burned down, like, I. Some, you know, celebrities were reaching out to me to say, good job. Or, you know, I met them on the red carpet. Like, Mario Lopez I talked to two days before his house burned down. Jamie Lee Curtis had been texting me the day before or, you know, DMing me. I was like, Harrison Ford. I. I saw him evacuating. I'm like, it's so crazy to have been so close to these people who were so close to the biggest tragedy of their lives. Hopefully it's the biggest one of their life. I mean, it's. It's nuts how close it is to everyone. And you see the list of celebrities and. And even, you know, I don't know, it's just there's so many people that are. And everyone's so sweet when they post about their house burning down. And they're like, I want to just focus on the fact that everyone's safe. And it seems people are really grounded and it is, you know, just things. But, like, what would you guys say? Have you guys, like, kind of thought about what you would save, like, if you had minutes to flee? Because it's kind of made me think.

[Brian Frangie]

About that, what I would say for my apartment.

[Nikki Glaser]

Well, yeah, that isn't a living animal.

[Brian Frangie]

Ally and I were looking around the house because we were like, we. We might have to evacuate. What will we take? Should we prepare our cars? And we were looking around, and this is the joy. One of the few benefits of being a millennial is that we're looking around and we're like, there is literally not a single thing in this apartment that couldn't be replaced or isn't saved on a cloud somewhere. Yeah, Like, I don't think there's anything in here. Like, all the pictures. We have those on the cloud. We printed those off of Shutterstock. Even our wedding photos are on the cloud. Like, you have just these little knickknacks that. Who gives a shit? Like books. Like, it doesn't matter.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Family heirlooms.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, I guess there. I don't. I don't really have heirlooms. I have one stock that was issued. The first stock issued to my grandpa.

[Nikki Glaser]

I don't have any heirlooms either. They haven't reached me yet.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Yeah, one ring from my grandmother. That's what I'd save and.

[Nikki Glaser]

Okay.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Cat and a bottle of water or something.

[Nikki Glaser]

A bottle of water? Yeah. I would get, like, my medicine because that's so fucking hard to. Every time I go to get my medicine, it's always. It's delayed. And so I. I already have to, like, ration it out. And so I would get a bottle of medicine and then I would get.

[Brian Frangie]

Save your medicine, because one day you're gonna have to pass that medicine down to your children and grandchildren that they can have medicine.

[Nikki Glaser]

I would get, like. I think there's some. Probably some clothing that I would be like, oh, that's like, been special to me for a really long time. And then, like, really? You're right, Brian. Like, I think I. In my pillow. That is. I really like.

[Brian Frangie]

You're good.

[Nikki Glaser]

Because no matter where I would go, I would want that in my. My eye mask.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

Because even if your eye mask.

[Brian Frangie]

You could replace the eye mask.

[Nikki Glaser]

I'm just thinking about what I'm gonna do this. You know, until I finally get to a next store. Like, it might be till tomorrow.

[Brian Frangie]

Your evacuation strategy gets sleep. Kind of just like packing for a weekend trip.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. Really is. I. I would. It is nice that things are replaceable. And there were so many people. I was watching their stories of, like, kids drawings and things like that. Yeah. I. I get like. I. I think that's maybe. Is that we. We all. I'm gonna not finish the sentence that I was gonna say.

[Brian Frangie]

It would be a relief if my. If my kids drawings burned up. Because then, you know, it's like, you.

[Nikki Glaser]

Don'T act like you like them.

[Brian Frangie]

No.

[Nikki Glaser]

I actually saw this service where you can send all of your kids art and then they put.

[Noah Garfinkel]

They make like a book on Instagram.

[Nikki Glaser]

I think that they're trying to push that right now because they're, like, worried about losing it.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, my God. Yeah. No, there's gonna be a lot of people trying to take Advantage. There's gonna be fake GoFundMes, without a doubt. I mean.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, there already are.

[Brian Frangie]

I think there's no, no one's gonna be able to really check, like, if you actually had your house burned down. There's so many people who lost their houses that, like, what are you gonna say? Like, oh, you're, you're gonna question that and you're gonna start sending stuff out to people in Ohio. But I think there's another thing that needs to be discussed that is like infuriating about, about this whole situation. And that is the amount of. And I'm going to just say it's all Republicans. It's all like mostly religious people who are shitting on California, saying that we deserve the fires, saying that we had it coming. I mean, those people truly should burn in hell because they, they, they act like, because of like the people that we elected governor or because of the, because we have abortion here, that we brought this upon ourselves or because we care about the environment, that we brought this upon ourselves. And I just think that's like some of the most vile.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's like the most vile any of that.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh my God, it's. I see a lot of it. I guess I follow a more middle of the road, cross section of America.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's so upsetting.

[Brian Frangie]

I mean, it's upsetting.

[Nikki Glaser]

I've seen people doing what you're doing and talking to it, but I haven't seen it. I think, I think I probably just avoided it. I can't stand anything from that side.

[Brian Frangie]

It's like, it makes me mad because these people claim to love America more than anything. And it's like, California is part of America and to shit all over. California is shitting on America. So you can't love America if you say, well, California, New York, Washington and Oregon are pieces of shit. Like, you have to either you can either love the country, you can not love the country, but you can't claim to love it and then say, but not California because people vote Democrat.

[Nikki Glaser]

I really. Lisa Curry had a good post. She's been posting some funny stuff amidst all this horror, but doing it in a really, like, tonally, like, perfect way. But she was talking about, like, if you, If I tell you that I'm struggling in the fires and that I live in LA and you say I could never live in la, don't say that to me. Like, this whole thing of people being like, oh, I could never live in California. Same, same. Kind of, of like, oh, California same. People said stuff about that, like, whenever you live in LA or New York. There's a whole swath of swath of people who always have to mention when talking to you about it, I could never live there. And the truth is you couldn't because you're pussy. You do. You want to so bad, but you have to, like, make it seem horrible because you kind of are embarrassed that you couldn't live there. That's what's going on there. If you have to verbalize that you. And maybe it's fine that you couldn't live there. It is a tough city. But why do you have to tell us that? It's so lame. Yeah, it's because you're jealous. It honestly is coming from. And I know you're gonna be like, no, it's not. It just seems like a terrible city. Then why say it? No one else says that about your city. Like, no one says, I could never live in Iowa. I can. Like, because we know that it's like a mean thing to say, but because LA and New York are cool, you get to shit all over them. It's like this protective thing where people get to on things if they're cool. Right. It's the same way when women talk about guys having small penises. They know they can do it because no one's ever gonna go, hey, I have a small penis. So they just get to do it all the time. It's like this. People find a way to shit on things that they can get away with in la. In LA and New York are one of those things also, like, in this.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Particular moment, it's kind of. It's just like a huge pet peeve of mine when people take something and they just make it about themselves. And in this situation, when someone's like, going through so much suffering that you would make it about your desires and where you'd live and you won't live and stuff like. That's so tone deaf.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

Do you know the comedian Solomon Giorgio?

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah.

[Brian Frangie]

He posted this great thing. Can I play it? It's like 10 seconds.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah.

[Brian Frangie]

I don't know if you'll be able to hear it, but let me try. Of all the shit talking people do.

[Nikki Glaser]

About Los Angeles, let's be real.

[Brian Frangie]

This city can be literally on fire. The wind can be trying to blow me away. Sometimes the earth shakes beneath me But.

[Nikki Glaser]

I still don't want to live where you live.

[Brian Frangie]

All the shit.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah, exactly.

[Brian Frangie]

I thought that was pretty funny because.

[Nikki Glaser]

People know that it's a tough city to live in. It's expensive. You know, the probably the coolest, most like go getter person from your high school probably moved there and you loved it when they failed eventually because you don't have the balls to do it and maybe you don't want the balls to do it. But if you're, if you're shitting all over LA or New York and you, when you meet someone from there, you go, I could never live there, no one cares. And we know you couldn't. We already know because you're not there because you would be. Because it. They are very cool cities, especially in New York. Let me just say that I think this is mainly a New York thing. I think la, some people probably wouldn't want to live there, but New York, everyone should want to live in New York at some point. It's the coolest city ever. And the reason you don't is because it's, it's too busy for you and you wouldn't last. Yeah, it's not because you have like a. You're cooler than it or something. It's so annoying. And now I'm making it about me by saying that. But. Well, yeah.

[Noah Garfinkel]

What's it like being back in St. Louis?

[Nikki Glaser]

I got back yesterday, it's snow, so much snow. But it's too cold to melt. But it's. The sun is beaming on it, so it's frozen. So it is just frozen snow. It's not even fun snow. It's just. You're walking on ice everywhere you go. Yeah, Chris is here, I'm alone.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Is it weird to be back at home? I mean it's. What a parallel.

[Nikki Glaser]

I, I did not want to be in la. We were in Hawaii and we were gonna like, you know, I was even gonna, to get to St. Louis, I was gonna fly through LA and I said no, I don't even want to touch down in the city. I'm. I talk about making about myself. I just am too depressed to even. I don't want to look out the window. I don't want to see people who look sad. I just, I can't handle it. I just don't. I was just. I don't want to have a chance of the plane not getting out and I have to stay the night there. Like Chris is there. Chris like chose to go back. I'm like, I. What is saddened by it. He's editing the Joan Rivers thing. He shot back in November, so.

[Brian Frangie]

Well, so one thing that's positive about L. A right now is I don't know if you were. If you recall, post 9 11, you were in. There is a small amount of camaraderie in the streets among strangers. Like, if you go to a restaurant, like, everyone's kind of talking about it, and there is a kindness that, you know, LA has never been known for people being mean. But it. So it's not as stark of a contrast as it was in New York when, like, people start to be nice. All of a sudden it's like, what? But in la, it is people. There are people just, like, kind of. There's more kindness in the. In the. In the general public.

[Nikki Glaser]

I could see how that would be nice. And Chris did say it's like, you know, doesn't seem like. Like he's out in the street, like, walking around, going to restaurants. Like, everything seems in business. I just. I don't know. Sometimes I just. It's the way I don't want to look at footage of dogs being rescued. I just. It's too sad. Like, I just want to avoid sadness. And maybe it's selfish, but I just told my assistant I was like, get me back from Hawaii to St. Louis and I. Please change my flight. I don't. I don't want to go through la. I'm too scared. And so I.

[Brian Frangie]

Where did you go?

[Nikki Glaser]

I flew all the way to Atlanta.

[Brian Frangie]

From Hawaii?

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. It actually was, like, the shortest flight of all the ones, even the ones through LA that were offered.

[Brian Frangie]

It was like, direct flight from Hawaii all the way to Atlanta.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. And then to St. Louis was shorter than a lot of. I think it was, like, on par with some from la, but shorter than, like, San Francisco or Dallas or anything like that. Yeah, I did a red eye and guess what I watched on the flight? I'm, like, trying to watch more movies because I want to make a movie. So I'm trying to, like, get back into watching movies and seeing what I like and seeing what I don't. And I've also. I just feel like I'm not reading books right now and I need to, like, consume things that make me feel a lot. And. And I had some time. I had a week off. So we consumed some movies. Whiplash. And then the one movie that I read on a. Oh, it was like a Instagram post. I even put it on the Girls Chat. It was an Instagram post that said after I. After you. What movie for you, when you turned it off, made you stare at the wall for five minutes and question everything. And I sent it to the Girls Chat, being like, which one was this for you guys? I forget what all of you said, but I remember the number one comment underneath this one was Interstellar. And I'd never seen Interstellar. I asked Chris about it because it seemed like something that had a lot of, like, destruction and suspense and maybe, like, aliens and like, I don't know, fire and shooting, but he said it wasn't. So I watched that on the plane, and I don't really know that. It. It didn't leave me staring at anything. It left me staring at my phone a lot. It. It was Tim Chalamet's in it. I loved seeing him. I. Jessica Chastain. Gorgeous, amazing. I loved, you know, Matthew McConaughey. I don't know what happened. It feels like. It felt like, what's the inception to me? I had to. I had to read a synopsis of it to understand a lot of the.

[Brian Frangie]

Concepts in Interstellar, because that came out in, like, 2012.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah.

[Brian Frangie]

2014. A lot of those.

[Nikki Glaser]

Anything you want to know about it, I can tell you.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, well, it's been. It's been well trodden now. It was. It was groundbreaking at the time, and I. I don't even think it was so groundbreaking at the time because of, like, Star Trek and.

[Nikki Glaser]

But, like, wormholes and stuff.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Like, since Interstellar came out, like, even in just, like, cartoons like Rick and Morty, like this. These. And like, the multiverse with. With Marvel, like, this stuff has now become almost, like, overdone. Whereas when Interstellar came out, it was, like, right at the beginning, when we were, like, when it was becoming mainstream to talk about these types of.

[Nikki Glaser]

I need more movies like this. I want more movies that leave me staring at a blank wall. What does that conjure? Any movie for you both that, like, left you going, like, whoa.

[Brian Frangie]

Well, I thought Birdman was that. Now I can't even remember what happened. It was about some kind of play. I just remember there's a play. And then he shot. I mean, I. Yeah, I thought Birdman Whiplash. I mean.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, yeah, he was an actor. That's right. Birdman.

[Brian Frangie]

Right. He was an actor in Birdman. Yeah. Movies that made me, like, question, like.

[Nikki Glaser]

The world or just, like, make it made you just. You turned it off and you, like, couldn't speak, or you were just like, whoa, what did I just watch? Kind of thing.

[Brian Frangie]

I didn't.

[Nikki Glaser]

And I don't remember having that feeling about maybe American Beauty when I first saw it in, like, eighth grade. I think now even that would probably get me.

[Brian Frangie]

Is that Kevin Spacey?

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, yeah, it's Kevin Spacey working out in a garage. Annette Benning slapping herself.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

West Bentley, who is also in. I had not seen him since American Beauty. They shows up in Interstellar and he looks the same. It's probably the 25 year difference of those two movies.

[Brian Frangie]

Whoa.

[Nikki Glaser]

He looked great. He died in the tidal wave in Interstellar, though. Spoiler alert. Oh, and Matt Damon shows up. I mean, Interstellar, people just started showing up. Topher Gr. Suddenly is there. Matt Damon gets unzipped and he suddenly come out of this cryogenic chamber. I didn't even know he was in it. I was like, that's Damon.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

Nuts. Here's the chicken. It. Oh, yeah. Oh, Anne Hathaway. I was like, what is Anne Hathaway in this movie? I could not believe how star studded Interstellar was. And then a young Timothy Chalamet.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, yeah, Timothy. That was back when movies were movies. You know, like when you could just like pack things with stars and everyone would go see it.

[Nikki Glaser]

Elysium.

[Noah Garfinkel]

Matt Damon.

[Nikki Glaser]

No.

[Noah Garfinkel]

And Outer Space.

[Brian Frangie]

Pile of, though.

[Noah Garfinkel]

You didn't like it.

[Brian Frangie]

Steaming Pile of. Right.

[Nikki Glaser]

Never even heard of that. How do these movies. I was like trying to. I'm like going through Netflix and Hulu and looking for movies and I go, what is this goddamn movie that has Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Harrison Ford? Like, there are movies that have so many stars in it that like 1998 I never even heard of.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Noah Garfinkel]

And I just, I only hear about movies from friends. I have no idea what movies are out. Like, you guys will talk about movies and then I'll go look them up.

[Nikki Glaser]

See the Last Showgirl. I mean, I saw all the movies, almost all the movies for Golden Globes. I didn't see the Brutalist, even though I hear that's the one that's like, you gotta see. But I loved Honora. I am Emilia Perez. Choose your own adventure for that one. That one's crazy. That just deserves to be watched because you. You can't believe what it is, is there. Yeah, it's. It's you. It's so. It's entertaining.

[Brian Frangie]

It's visually interesting. Compelling. It. The songs are interesting. They're not like catchy pop songs, but like I am. You do kind of get them stuck in your head for a little bit because they're so offbeat.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes. A complete lady.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

Like a complete unknown. Amazing. The story, I don't really know. Whatever. But performances. A performance is a plus night. It's a skip for me. But Amy Adams. Incredible. Scoot McNary. Don't even get me started on Mr. Scoot McNary. Because I am obsessed with him. I was watching Night Bitch, and I'm in bed with Chris, and I'm watching it on my laptop, and I'm like, this actor. I really like him. And Chris is like, okay. And I'm like, I showed him. Because I didn't want Chris to be like, well, she's just, like, horning out for a guy because he's not like, a very, like, obviously hot dude, but there is a hotness to scoot McNary. He's the husband on Night. And Amy Adams is incredible in it. It's. It's just. It wasn't for me. I just don't. I don't. I don't know. I just don't want her. I didn't want her turning into a dog. I liked everything else. I love seeing the struggle of motherhood. I thought it was important. When we start talking about women being beasts and, like, being part of the earth and we need to rise up because we are the earth. I'm just like, I. I check out. I just. I don't like anything spiritual or, like, mythical. I'm just not into it. It's not for me, but it is. I know so many people who love Night Pitch, but the Performances.

[Brian Frangie]

One of several movies that came out this year. A woman turns into a dog.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes. The other one being a baby Girl, which I did. I did like Baby Girl, but more than Night. But in Night, there were parts of it I really loved. Did you see Night? I just want to keep saying that.

[Brian Frangie]

I didn't say Night.

[Nikki Glaser]

You have to see it, Noah, because you're a new mom. You need to see it.

[Brian Frangie]

You got to learn how to unleash the beast.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. You just. It just really captures being a mom. But you also, like, are a mom. You're already living it like you. It's. You're not going to learn anything new about how hard it is to be mom. It's good for women like me to see. To be like, whoa, God, that is rough.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Like you. That's like saying to Nikki, you should watch a movie about, like, a touring comedian.

[Nikki Glaser]

But I kind of want to see that because you kind of want to see what your life. You like. It's kind of cool to see your life in cinema. So maybe you should see cinema.

[Brian Frangie]

What? What? What movies that have comedians in it. Have you seen that? You're like. Like, there was like. I like comedy. Joker. Joker was really.

[Nikki Glaser]

I saw King of Comedy, but I liked Punchline, even though I don't think that was a represent Good representation. Funny people.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, yeah. God, I remember Funny people.

[Nikki Glaser]

Loved. Because he nailed it because he's a comedian.

[Brian Frangie]

Sure.

[Nikki Glaser]

You know, I felt like that was pretty good.

[Brian Frangie]

Was top five. Remember Chris Rock's movie?

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes.

[Noah Garfinkel]

I like that movie.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah, he was. I think so. That was good. Yeah. Anyway, I. I recommend a complete unknown the most. I recommend Anora very, very much.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. Nora was like, groundbreaking comedy movie. Like, it restored my faith in the ability of people to make comedies that are successful.

[Nikki Glaser]

It wasn't totally a comedy, though. Like, I'm sorry, It wasn't like a broad comedy.

[Brian Frangie]

Like, no, it wasn't like, Airplane, Old.

[Nikki Glaser]

School or, you know, this is 40 or train wreck. Like, I want that back. Can we bring those back? And can those be.

[Brian Frangie]

Maybe they just don't make money for things. Like, we learned this from Pop Star, which was one of the best comedy movies of all time. They just don't. People don't want to go.

[Nikki Glaser]

You got to go to break. Why. Why does everyone want to see big robots throwing things at each other?

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, my go.

[Nikki Glaser]

I love big robots on a cliff and, like, on a cliff, big dinosaurs biting legs of other dinosaurs. Like, oh, my God. Why do we want to see men with blue heads and, like, one eye shooting a laser and then all these people turning into zombies and, like, marching in unison and then, like, why is that what everyone wants to see?

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, my God.

[Nikki Glaser]

Why don't people want to laugh? Why don't they want to, like, like, fall in love? Why don't they want to watch people, like, have a meet cute. Like, what happened? Like, I don't understand it. Like, why? Why? Because don't women enjoy things? Because women are not enjoying laser beams.

[Brian Frangie]

Women want to see movies about women turning into dogs and getting finger.

[Nikki Glaser]

No, they don't. I don't even know what women want, but, like, I like superhero movies. Do women. I think women do like them. I'm not saying it's just some women. It's. But does she like them as much as, like, a rom com?

[Brian Frangie]

I have the answer to your question.

[Nikki Glaser]

Like a really funny, like, Like, When Harry Met Sally. I'm not talking about, like, lose a guy in 10 days rom com. I'm sorry, Made in Manhattan. Respect all the women in those movies. They suck. They're bad dialogue. They're dumb scenarios. When Harry Met Sally, you've got mail. I'm talking Nora Ephron levels of romantic comedies. Why aren't those being made? Like, let me get some of those. Or at least complicated A Nancy Myers. Like, that's where we need to bring things back. I don't want Sweet Home Alabama. I don't want Legally Blonde. I'm sorry. I know everyone loves Legally Blonde. I didn't like it. Why? I don't know. I don't know. But I think that sometimes when things are made for women, they're dumbed down so much. And I'm sure it happens with men, too. Superhero movies.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, they're dove down for men, too. That's why the robots are throwing things at other robots.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's why I liked Whiplash. It respected my intelligence, but it wasn't, like, over my head.

[Brian Frangie]

I just want to see a movie where a big monster comes out of the sea.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's what I'm saying. That's all that happens in these movies. But people love it. People love to see, like, an arm turn into a machine and like, a guy being like, what? And then he throws a rock and it hits.

[Brian Frangie]

And then maybe he gets into a car. He will get into a car.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, my God. And then. Okay, wait, we gotta go to break. And then I'm gonna come back with my biggest pet peeve in movies of all time.

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[Nikki Glaser]

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[Nikki Glaser]

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[Ellie Flynn]

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[Nikki Glaser]

Wow.

[Katherine Legge]

Very powerful.

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[Nikki Glaser]

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[Katherine Legge]

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[Nikki Glaser]

You know who he is because of his pattern of behavior.

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[Nikki Glaser]

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[Nikki Glaser]

Final thought. Okay. This is something I can't handle in movies, and it happens in. Com. It happened in comedies, too. It happened in Barbie, and it stressed me out. It always stresses me out so much when cars go. Like when there's a skid mark when cars. Like when. When, like, there's a rough turn and it kind of like comes up on. Or it, like, goes over a ledge, it goes boom, boom. And the axle gets all fucked up. It's like, why are we fucking up cars? And, like, putting these machines that are, like, handcrafted, some of them handcrafted, even, like, just. They cost thousands of thousands of dollars and we're going like. And, like, driving them so shitty. I don't like things going like. Like. I don't like when things are damaged in movies. I don't like damage, and I certainly don't like it in cars. There's a scene where she's, like, being chased by Mattel and they, like, grow over this ledge and the car. You can just tell that car's shittier now because of that one scene. And it's like, did we really need that? Like, why can't people just drive fast? Fast is different than, like. And, like, going over. Like, I think my dad got in my head that, like, the axle being fucked up and your alignment being fucked up is like. There's nothing worse. It'll ruin the tires immediately. And then you have to take it to the mechanic, which I just went to today. And it takes so much time. Even though they were. They had me in and out as quickly as they could. It just is like, why do we need to see that all the time? Why do men like seeing cars go over curbs so fucking much and people do. I'll take it one further like that with a car.

[Brian Frangie]

I don't think we should have chase scenes anymore in action movies.

[Nikki Glaser]

That's what. That's what I'm talking. Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

It's the most boring part of every action movie is the chase scene. Because they've done it so many times. We've all seen all the tricks. We've all seen the trick where they turn, then they go down a really thin alleyway. And then people have to drive away. And you drive through a fruit stand. We've even seen a helicopter get attached to a car during it. We've seen everything.

[Nikki Glaser]

Driving through a bunch of crops. And I'm like, he's making his kids drive through these crops. And they almost hit a tractor. And they would have killed them all. Then they almost drive off a cliff and, like, they're. Then he just says in the cool, like, well, I. I didn't tell you to keep driving off a cliff. And it's like, they almost just died. But he says in the cool. I. I just can't. And I don't.

[Brian Frangie]

That's. That's the problem. Lower the stakes.

[Nikki Glaser]

Here's a new one that I don't think anyone's ever pointed out. I cannot stand in a movie when two people are walking down the sidewalk next to each other, and one of them says something a little bit shocking. And then the person that hears the shocking thing stops in place. And that person that says the shocking thing keeps walking. No, no one does that. People would both stop. They both be like, why'd you stop? Do you know what I'm talking about? When they're like. And, yeah, I. I think I have a crush on Tom. And then the. Then the person who hears is like, stop. And then the girl keeps walking. It's like, stop doing that. And also, say goodbye on the phone. It takes two seconds, everyone. That's a common one that people have picked up on. No one saying goodbye in coffee cups so that there's some kind of weight in them. And also, explain yourselves more. When I write a movie, here's what I promise the American people, because I'm not going to release it globally, because I love America. I promise to have dialog that is realistic. I promise that there will be no scene in which you say, well, if she just would have explained herself a little bit more, or if that. That character would have just asked one more question that anyone under a normal circumstance would ask. This scene wouldn't be happening. We will not have that. We will not have a girl eating ice cream because her heart is broken. We will not have a girl. We will not have any kind of messy girl being messy because she's heartbroken. We won't have that.

[Brian Frangie]

You won't have a picture of someone texting on their phone and they have no text history at all. It's just the first text.

[Nikki Glaser]

Oh, God, that's bullshit.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah.

[Nikki Glaser]

We won't have.

[Brian Frangie]

Well, there's so many other tropes that are like, you don't even have to say. You don't have to say. We won't have. Like, you won't have someone running after an airplane, chasing them down. Like, you won't have someone give an ultimatum saying, like, I have to leave the country tomorrow.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yes.

[Brian Frangie]

And we can't. We can't stay for another second to figure out this complicated relationship. And then they. And then finally, at the last second, they run into the airport to stop them from leaving. And Then they don't go on their trip.

[Nikki Glaser]

They can't do that anymore because of TSA Pre or tsa. We won't. We will not have someone singing off key in a car to establish that the character is adorable. We won't have that. We won't have someone have it be like their anthem that they sing throughout the whole movie. Even though I love to sing more than anyone. We're not gonna do that to you.

[Jason Alexander]

You.

[Nikki Glaser]

We're not gonna have a couple get together because they just. Because they're both mean to each other in one scene and then suddenly we're supposed to be rooting for them forever. We won't have that. We will not have a sex scene in which a woman is. Has a penis put in her within seconds of being kissed unless she is yelping in like in fright and pain immediately. We will not have. We will not have a full blown orgasm by, by me, the lead actress on screen. I promise you. Because I am sick of seeing actresses a list actresses having orgasms. I'm sick of it. I love you, Nicole Kidman.

[Brian Frangie]

I heard she had an actual orgasm. Isn't that true? During taping?

[Nikki Glaser]

Well, that feels even worse to me. I don't think that makes. If a man said that, wouldn't we all go? That's disgusting. Right? I'm sorry.

[Brian Frangie]

A man? Yeah, I actually.

[Nikki Glaser]

If we found out a gu. Actually came while he was shooting a scene, he would never work again.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah. No, it's assault.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah. I hope that carpet that she came on is hanging in a Planet Hollywood somewhere because I will go to that one. No, I, I don't. Nicole Kidman could do whatever the. She wants. I love, I love her. Keep strumming, you kooky koala. But I. I do not want to see women having orgasms on screen anymore. I don't want to do it. I. I saw it in Baby Girl and then. I mean, Baby Girl was insane. And I, I was looking. What I wanted to do. Do a mashup of so badly was if you saw Baby Girl, you heard Nicole Kidman's orgasm sound, which is like really a guttural, very realistic. I will say it was realistic. I'll give her that sound grunt. And I wanted. I forgot I was asking. I guess Noah Garfinkel. But then he didn't know either of the references. I was like, I wanted that to be the. Like to put that sound in the Wicked movie for her battle cry. I thought that would have been funny. But no one made it happen. And I think that concludes of what I will not have. I'll keep making a list as I watch more movies. And I would love besties to DM me anything that should. Not that you would like to not see in the movie that I make, because I'm just collecting what I like and what I don't like. And by the way, my movie's gonna suck too, but. But it's gonna suck for so many reasons because every movie sucks, I've learned. And it's just hard to make a good movie. But I'm gonna try. And I'm just gonna start by going like, I don't like this. And I think that's a good place to start.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, that's an interesting place to start to find everything you don't like and then see what's left. And at the end of it, you know what will be left after you remove all of the things you don't like? Will it just be like two people sitting in a. Not a coffee shop, because that's a trope, but two people sitting on a park bench. What'd you say, Noah?

[Noah Garfinkel]

On a park bench?

[Brian Frangie]

Park bench is pretty trophy too. Two people sitting on a park.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah, I don't know that it. There will be phones. I will say that. And no one will be singing into a spatula in there or a hairbrush. And then get caught and go like. And get caught by someone. Not gonna happen. And people will have dirty bras. Well, if you have random sex and you're taking off your clothes, your bra will be dirty, girl. You will see me with a nude colored, stained bra.

[Brian Frangie]

It's classic comedy, though. What you can do is take any of these tropes and undermine it the way you're describing. And that is a compelling scene in a movie all of a sudden. All right, if you undercut. If you take the scene where the person's sinking into the spatula and you somehow undercut it so that it. It's now provocative.

[Nikki Glaser]

And it's a black spatula that can cause cancer. Did you guys read that? That you're supposed to get rid of your black spatulas? All your plastic black spatulas cause cancer.

[Brian Frangie]

Even like this, like the silic, like the ones for nonstick pans, or saying.

[Nikki Glaser]

It says, like, all black. Any kind of black cookware tool.

[Noah Garfinkel]

You'll get targeted on Instagram too.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah, you're gonna get it now after. After we talk about this. And then I just found out that there's lead inside protein plant based chocolate protein powders, which I consume almost exclusively, so.

[Brian Frangie]

Oh, yeah. God damn.

[Nikki Glaser]

I'm gonna start being able to not read, I guess. I don't know what happens for lead poisoning, but yeah, it's not looking good.

[Brian Frangie]

Yeah, that's. Well, that must be like, the chocolate problem overall that Chris and I discovered that, like, all this dark chocolate has, like, cadmium and.

[Nikki Glaser]

Yeah, cadmium's the other one. Which sounds like something that's good for you.

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Yeah, it sounds like I was trying.

[Nikki Glaser]

To up my cadmium, but now I realize. All right, guys, we gotta go. We have another show for you tomorrow. We'll see you then. Send me things that you don't want to be in movies. I would love to hear them. And we'll read them on air. Don't be Cuh. Bye. The Nikki Glaser Podcast is a production by Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and iHeart Podcasts, created and hosted by me, Nikki Glaser, co hosted by Brian Frangie, executive produced by Will Ferrell, Hans Soni and Noah Avior, edited and engineered by Le Loaf Video production Mark Canton and music by Anya Marina. You can now watch full episodes of the Nikki glaser podcast on YouTube, follow @nikki glazer pod and subscribe to our channel.

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