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What a nice moment, guys. And it, it's just perfectly illustrative of everything I'm always talking about. We are so not used to good, competent people doing things that when you see it, it's almost like you're almost watching like an alien that speaks another language like that he speaks off the cuff that he's joking. Like he's like, well, I wish they wouldn't have burned all my cars. And then he smiles about it because do you think, as the left would say, as all these idiots on CNN and MSNBC say, you think it's like he was doing this to get tax cuts for billionaires or did he do it cuz he really cares about this country and he saved an awful lot of money and we cut an awful lot of fraud and abuse and that. That will then hopefully pave the way for all sorts of things to get better. Right. As Bobby goes into HHS and cleans it up, as Marco Rubio goes into the State Department and cleans it up and gets rid of the deep state people, as Pete Hegseth does that at the Department of Defense. So good people have gotten on board here and it's great to see. And I want to do one other thing before we get to the community Q and A, which is that there is a little reshuffling of the administration already. This happened yesterday from Trump on Truth Social. I'm pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform, on the battlefield, in Congress, and as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our nation's interests first. I know that he will do the same in his new role in the interim Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department. Together, we will continue to fight tirelessly to make America and the world safe again. Thank you for your attention in this matter. So of course Mike Waltz was the guy who people said was the one who accidentally put the Atlantic reporter in that Signal chat. That was a couple weeks ago. It largely went away. But Mike Waltz, maybe it has something to do with that, maybe it doesn't. But he will now head up our situation at the United nations and most people think he's highly competent and ready for that. And that will be good. And The United nations deserves nothing than being smacked down. Kind of like Nikki Haley did under Trump the first time around. And Marco Rubio will now also be National Security Advisor. So he's Secretary of State. Also be National Security Advisor again. I just think it's more layers of competence and good stuff. Now let's talk about CB Distillery and then questions on the other side. 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What are your thoughts? I mean, look, I, I, he, even though I disagree with him on a whole host of issues, he is not a completely insane, lunatic, far left Marxist, progressive Democrat. He is someone that I think loves this country. He may want a little bit of a bigger government. I think he's a little misguided and confused on some things, but I think the party's done with that. They might fake it, right? Like we might roll into, you know, the 2028 situation and they might try to fake it and find somebody that doesn't come off as a complete lunatic. But the energy obviously is with the lunatics. And I would say that to whatever extent Shapiro is a moderate Democrat, I think what he will find is there will be plenty of room for him in the wide tent Republican movement. I'm not saying the guy's switching, but I just don't see a future for a moderate. So whether he's got a sympathy vote because they burned down his house or they, which they literally tried to do, someone tried to burn down his house because of what he was doing to Palestine. As if the governor of Pennsylvania has anything to do with that. I just think they're done with him and they're done with Jews also. It's sad, but true. I'm sorry, I just. It is so. I don't see much of a future for him at a national level, at least through the Democrat Party party. But could you see a guy like him being like, well, you know what, they're all bananas and I'm going this way and then Trump bringing him in. Of course you could see it. Kelly says we have Charlie Kirk, TP USA going to colleges, but we need someone going to talk with older people and doing what Charlie does. They are so misinformed because of the news. What? Who can we send? I would love to do that. I think that's a great idea. I love old people. I love Cocoon, I love Golden Girls. Other old things. The movie battery is not included. Did you ever see that with old people? I like Cocoon too. No, I like old people in general. And you can learn a lot from old people. But you are right, partly because of the way the news has worked for so long and the way technology changed. Imagine you're a 75 year old person, like everything is so different than it was 20 years ago, and you're still somewhat reliant on a bunch of stuff that's been lying to you. It's very hard to extricate yourself out of that. And I suspect there'll be some version of that in 27 years when I'm 75. Right. Like there'll be something that'll have so radically changed that maybe I won't be as hip and cool and on it as I am right now. I know that's hard for you guys to believe, but it is possible. And what I would hope is at that point, some younger person who maybe has a better handle on what's going on will take me aside and try to explain something to me and I'll say, get off my lawn. That's how life works. But yes, it is an interesting idea. Charlie goes to these places, talks to these young people, deprograms a whole bunch of them. As I mentioned earlier, I used to do a lot of these events with him and they were. They were wonderful, wonderful events. And Charlie is spectacular at it. But. But should someone be doing it? You know, I went to the Villages. That's like the retirement community where they're all having orgies outside of Orlando. I went there and I spoke. I like those people. You know, they have different loofah sponges in their bathrooms depending on what they're into sexually. Really? That's the Thing there. And gonorrhea. There was a huge gonorrhea outbreak. You know, they're still alive, but somebody could go in and talk to old people. I will. You know what? I'm going to call my AARP representative and see if we can get me on the circuit. Let's see. Joe says, do you plan on seeing Revenge of the Sith in theaters to celebrate the 20th anniversary? Well, of course. Of course, of course. I saw the original 20 years ago in 2005, midnight showing. I saw it in Times Square, New York City. I did stand up earlier in the night and then went to go see it with my buddy Mike. I actually, believe it or not, I'm such a dork. I had a Darth Vader helmet. I did. I really did. I bought a Darth Vader helmet at the Toys R Us in Times Square that day. I had a lightsaber. The whole. I was a dork. I was a dork. What can I tell you? I guess I was 28 years old. Revenge of the Sith is a wonderful, wonderful movie. You guys all know my thoughts about the prequels, that they're getting better and better over time. And yes, the acting was a little stiff. And he didn't. George didn't know exactly how to write the love story stuff. And unfortunately, Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin, not a great actor. But the story, the bulk of the story, which is obviously the story of how this young Anakin Skywalker ultimately becomes Darth Vader. But it really is a story about political power and the struggle in the Senate and that when you keep creating emergencies, that's what Palpatine first, as a senator, realized that if he kept creating emergencies, eventually he would be given all of the power to become the supreme leader of the universe and all of that stuff. It's an unbelievably great story. General Grievous in Sith is just a great character with his cough. They go into a little bit more in some of the other side cartoons about him and a whole bunch more. And I will. No. But the answer is no. I will not be going to the theater. I have it on, whatever I've got, and we watch it once a year and. Yeah, no. Do they have movie theaters anymore? I wouldn't even know where a movie. Yeah, I only go to the movie theaters for the new Downton Abbeys. That's my thing now. I'm waiting for Downton Abbey 3. Chris says, hi, Dave. Is it worth sacrificing Canada? If it means saving California, I'm Hoping you can find one positive way to look at it. I'm not totally sure what you mean by that, but if the question is something like, should we give away California to maybe bring in Canada? I don't know. I don't know. You know, Canada is huge. There's not a lot of people. It's got a lot of natural resources. I often talk about how I love so many Canadians, and I love just the Canadian. I love the Canadian sense of humor. And, like, there's something really great there, but it really has. There's an awful lot of jihadists there now. There really are. And I don't know, should we be importing that? And look, Cali's got all sorts of problems, too, and there's no indication that it's getting any better. But Cali, because it's so huge, has a ton of Republicans, too. I don't know that it's an either or. Maybe I'm not fully understanding the question properly. But what I would love to see more than anything else is get. I would like to see them get their houses in order. Like, does Cali have some chance to come back from the abyss? It's hard to see. But maybe. And Canada, who knows? Who knows? Maybe. Maybe, ironically, Trump will have saved Canada by galvanizing them into caring about Canada again because they thought evil Donald Trump in America was coming for them. They suddenly become proud enough to be Canadians again that they'll deal with their own jihad, hottest problem. And some of the other stuff that they've been doing, that seems highly unlikely to me, too, but we shall see. And I genuinely wish him a lot of luck. Eurasian says, what color is the door that injured Joseph's finger? Well, now, as you remember on the show earlier in the week, we played a video clip of Michelle Obama, who is very upset that nobody asks black people about their pain. And my associate producer, Joseph here, I brought him over and I asked him because no one asks a nice Chinese American about their pain. And he said that he had a little bit of a pinky injury and he was very, very hurt, and he hurt it in the door. So I asked him about his pain on the show. I think we have a picture of the bathroom door that apparently he hurt his. So that's the door right there that he apparently hurt his finger on. Although I've also been told that that whole thing was completely made up just to illustrate a. I would say marginal comedic a little bit there. James says, other than having nice legs, what worthwhile quality does Stephanie Rule possess? Now? Stephanie Rule. She's on msnbc, right? That's her right there. I don't know that I've ever seen her legs. That's the picture we're throwing up of her. You know, a lot of these women, you know, they. The way it's interesting the way they do it on cable news, because if you're a woman on cable news, you have to wear cutoffs and short skirts. So I'm sure her legs are seen under some of those tables. But, you know, they always have to show their shoulders. And it's kind of funny because the men are always in suits. No one wants to see Wolf Blitzer the part. This part. Can you imagine how white this part of Wolf Blitzer's arm is? Nobody wants to imagine if the men had to just come in and cut offs, like with just their arms. It would be Anderson Cooper. It would just be disgusting. But if you want to see a great set of gams on a chick, how about Tina Turner? We got a Tina Turner legs picture here. Yeah, look at those. That. But those are legs, baby. And she knew how to use them. Rancher. Rancher says, which character from the Sopranos do you think you're most like now? Of course, before I do anything. So we're re watching the Sopranos right now. We're about halfway through season five. There. There are the main. The main guys from Tony's crew. Of course, that's. That's got to be season one or two, because there's big over there. And he obviously. Spoiler alert gets. That's knocked out season finale, season two. That's all I'm gonna say. But it's 20 years ago. I think I'm allowed to give a spoiler alert. Before I give you my true answer, I will tell you that on this Saturday, it is the 91st birthday of Frankie Valli. And as you know, last month we interviewed Frankie Valli in Fort Myers and we are putting up our interview with Frankie Valli, which we really built out into more of a. It's more of a like a mini document about his career and my affinity for Frankie in the four seasons and everything else. Frankie in season five debuts. He's a character in the Sopranos who's on the New York crew, which must have been tough for him because he's the Jersey boy, right? He's the original Jersey Boy. They throw him in the New York crew and he's in it for the last three seasons, basically. But the character that I'm probably most like, I think is Silvio. Do we have A picture of Silvio, because Silvio. So Silvio was. Tony's basically his number two. He was the guy that he was always turning to for advice. He was sort of calm and collected. You know, he had that crazy toupee. This is all my real hair. It's not a toupee. But there was something about him. Like if Tony just had a problem or anyone had a problem, he was always brokering peace with everybody. I think I do a little bit of that in the political and cultural world, you know, when I rock the. He was always known for wearing these very intense, high contrast suits. You know, dark shirt, dark. You know, I could, I could pull that off. Look at that head of hair, which is definitely not real. And that is. I'm totally blanking on the name of the actor, but he's Bruce Springsteen's like bass player or something. What's his name? He's a legend. Steve Van Zandt, right? Yeah. Pretty cool. So, yeah, he was like a peacemaker, basically and a trusted guy for Tony. Let's talk about Tax Network USA and more on the other side. 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We're going to get some of these dyes out and they're going to have to use some other things to replace that and all these things. And then is there a chance that certain things will cost a bit more for a little while until it scales? Yes, that's basic economics. But as more and more people realize that you should be a little bit more invested in your health and you should think about are you having. Why are you putting so much sucralose in your body. Why are you putting all of these artificial sweeteners? Why are you putting these seed oils and all these things in your body when there's better ways to do it? Ultimately, hopefully, if enough of us make changes, then, right, supply and demand, and then costs will start coming down. But yes, that will just be. It will be another thing. Like, if any price goes up for anything in terms of food, once they make some of these changes, yes, of course they will blame Trump, of course they will blame Bobby, et cetera, et cetera. But I would say the best thing that you could do as it pertains to any of these issues around food or anything else, try to buy as much whole food as possible. I don't necessarily mean shop at Whole Foods. It is not the cheapest, but if you buy whole foods instead of highly processed things, you will probably feel better, you'll probably lose a little bit of weight, you'll probably be poisoning yourself a little bit more. You'll probably actually be fuller longer because they're putting so many chemicals and things that make you hungry or make you want to eat more. I mean, read about some of the things that are in Pringles that literally encourage you to want more and more and more. It's why if you have one Pringle, you suddenly eat a can. There's an actual reason for that versus if you were to make chips out of a potato. Take a russet potato, put a little olive oil and salt and pepper on it, throw in your air fryer for a half hour, and you eat a couple chips from that thing. You could eat five chips and feel good. But for some reason, you can't do that with the Pringle. So I just think taking a little more responsibility and. Yes, well, they blame us all for will. They blame Trump and everybody else for all that, of course, but that's what they do. Glenn says, are there any countries you haven't visited that's on your bucket list? Yeah. Number one is Japan. We have been trying to figure out a way to get me to Japan for years. I have been offered by a friend of mine who has a supposedly spectacular place there that I can go. My time to really do personal travel, obviously, is August and summertime in Japan is pretty brutal. It's very, very hot and humid, so not ideal. So we're trying to figure out a way to maybe do a week's worth of shows from Japan. I think hopefully in 26 is the goal. But, oh, I think I've mentioned this before on the show, from 1985, I saw the back of a Nintendo cartridge and it said, made in Japan. And I was like, I have to go to this place. I just, yeah. And I just think culturally it would be interesting. I'd like to go Visit Okinawa, where Mr. Miyagi was from, obviously. I mean, there would be a lot of, a lot of things to do in Japan. And eat some sushi. I would try. You know what? Here's my commitment to you. I will try the special fish. You know, the special fish that they, they have to cut a certain way. And if they don't cut it right, you will die. I will try the fish, actually. You'll try the fish and then if it works out for you, then I'll try the fish. Shelley says, read that. Scott Jennings is thinking of running for the Senate McConnell seat in Kentucky. He's waiting to hear from Trump before he throws his hat in the race. Have you heard that rumor? I have heard that rumor from a couple people. You know, look, this is one of those interesting ones. First off, McConnell obviously is not functioning. I mean, it's just entered a Biden level of ridiculousness. He's had these freeze ups and confusions and all of those things. He's been in power way too long. He's wildly against Trump, which is like he's ruining his own legacy for conservatives and Republicans and all that stuff. Should Scott Jennings jump in? I mean, look, this is where everybody has to kind of figure out their lane. Like, I've had a lot of people over the years ask me to get involved in politics. I had a whole bunch of people that wanted me to get involved in politics and even run for governor when I was in California. I've had people ask me even in the last two months. I'm talking about like legit people that went to Santa. This steps away, what I consider running like. And there's all sorts of other little things that have popped up over time or just get involved with administrations and things of that matter. I think that my best skills are doing this right, communicating these ideas, doing it in a funny way, hopefully making things a little less hysterical and giving people a good sense of what's going on in the world and enjoying myself while I'm doing it. Scott Jennings has found such a niche. I mean, that's the thing. I didn't know who Scott Jennings was probably a year ago ago. And now we play clips of the guy three, four times a week. Right. He's done an incredible job in some sense. It's A very easy job because they put him against such floundering fools. But he's a really, really good communicator. He's a, he's not, you know, you can see this isn't a guy that was like I've got to be a TV star. He's just a guy who can calmly explain the issues as they are. That happens to translate quite well on television when you're dealing with a bunch of craziest disease. So is it necessary that it could be him? Could they find someone else? I don't know. They'll have to decide. But I, I think, I think if he ran he would be a good candidate and I think if he stays, he will be a good, you know, TV correspondent. Cool Bomb says, have you found a good doctor whose views are in line with yours? You know, that is a great, great question and it, it really is tricky. We, you know, you guys know a bit about my health journey and the way we try to eat and you know, I'm doing stem cells and doing Carnivore and I'm doing a lot of different things by the way. I'm basically, you know, pretty much six weeks from completely ripping my knee apart, 15 micro tears and seriously mangling my shoulder with a huge tear. And I did stem cells. I'm basically ready to play. I've got Joey doing. I think we're going to do it next week. We're going to get back out on the court and we're going to tape it as I just do a couple exercises, basketball exercises to get back in. And then I'll be out on the court and we may tape my actual debut with my weekly crew. And then we did a documentary around getting the stem cells. And then I'm gonna bring the doctor in here because I do think there's just so many amazing things. The idea that you can heal yourself with what is in your body already. They took fat from my back and created the juice basically with the stem cells that they then injected in my knee to get my knee better when I thought I was never gonna play ball again. And I'm basically, two weeks ago I was already shooting around, if not even more than that at this point. Point. So in terms of a doctor, I've found certain doctors like this stem cell doctor who I've mentioned we have a, I, I'd say a pretty good doctor for the kids. You know, we're, I don't, I can, I will tell you this. I don't have a regular doctor that I turn to right now that I. That I personally turn to right now that. That I love. You know, I do get blood work and all that stuff done every year. I just did it. I think I mentioned this. I did it about six months ago because I was getting. It was for life insurance purposes, and I was a little concerned because I hadn't had blood work done in a little bit, and my stuff came back great. And I was concerned because of the amount of meat that I eat and salt because of Carnivore, and my stuff came back really great. You just never know if someone's got a great. I would like a functional medicine doctor. I want someone who thinks a little bit outside of the box. But if you've got someone in the Miami area, I would definitely be willing to listen. Sarah says I'm getting married in just eight short weeks. Let's hear your best marriage and parenting advice. Well, first off, congratulations, Sarah. That is wonderful. That's what it's all about. My best marriage advice is just, like, just keep trying to make each other laugh. That is it. That is it. Like, still the best joy to me during the day outside of the kids is like, if I can just still make David laugh. Like, if I just say something and make him laugh, it's like, wow, he still gets a kick out of me. That's amazing. And that goes both ways. And maybe my love language, really? David always tells me my love language, which is comedy, right? Like, that's how I'm able to, like, be my, like, realist self with him. That may not be your thing, but, like, I think. I guess it's really. Just make sure you get a kick out of each other. Like, you will be annoyed with each other at times. You will be tired, especially once you have kids. All of those things, obviously. But just make sure that you remember, why the hell did you fall in love with this person in the first place? Why do you want to do this adventure together with them and just get a kick out of them one way or another, even when it's hard to. And that. That is definitely the challenge. Parenting advice. Rest up, Rest up. It's exhausting. Like, especially, you know, we got two young kids here that want to climb and wrestle and chase and throw and destroy and all those things. Like, but it's fun, man. When they start just talking more and you suddenly hear phrases out of nowhere that you're like, how did you possibly know that? And then, you know, we took them to the beach last week and building sandcastles and digging holes and talking about the birds and the animals and the shells. It just doesn't get better than that. So you're going to have a ball. Congratulations. Last question, Rich. Will we get a return of another panel show? Interesting question, Rich. So we did have a panel show about a year ago, long story short, that disappeared. I don't want to give away too much, but we actually have been working on something for about a year and it's been big. We have not launched anything new here in terms of a separate show in a long time. We've expanded what we're doing with, you know, some out of studio stuff and things like that. And I've mentioned these, you know, we did our arc mini documentary. We did the Dave's Cooking, the tomahawk steak. We're making the mini dock around Frankie Valley that I talked about. But yes, we have something cooking. It is coming very soon. It's big. It's not just me. It's going to be fun. It's going to be a little bit different, not so political. And I wasn't planning on talking about it today, but the question was there so you got the answer. Reminder. I will be at the University of Austin on May 13. It's mostly for students, but I think they have about 50 tickets for I guess what they call regular citizens. Also on May 7th I will be at the Biden center of Economics at the University of Delaware, which I think is open to the public if I'm not mistaken. And then I've got a couple other. We have a lot of travel stuff coming but we're going to be doing shows in some other cities, some other countries and much more coming up soon. So we'll have more on that. It's Friday, so no post game show. I thank you for watching. Have a great weekend. See you on Monday.