This Is Important – “The Best Of 2025 Part 2”
Podcast: This Is Important
Episode Date: December 18, 2025
Hosts: Adam Devine, Anders Holm (Ders), Blake Anderson, Kyle Newacheck
(Summary covers content starting at ~03:25, after the show intro and ads)
Episode Overview
In this “best of” compilation, Adam, Anders, Blake, and Kyle reunite to riff on an eclectic mix of topics with their signature blend of absurdist humor, nostalgia, and unfiltered takes. From parenting mishaps and generational slang to the decline of Hooters and wild adolescent stories, the crew candidly reminisces, debates, and jokes about what’s “important” in their corner of the universe.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. “Don’t Go to McDonald’s” – A Running Gag
- The hosts open with a riff on comedian Sebastian Maniscalco’s stand-up style (03:25–04:43), parodying his repeated punchlines about McDonald’s.
“Hey, you'd be surprised, actually. ... If you want a quadruple cheeseburger, don't go to McDonald's.” – Blake (04:05)
2. Boating Mishaps & Parenting Stories
- Blake recounts a moment when his child almost lost the keys to Kyle’s boat, leading to a tangent on boat design (“so many slits!”).
“Dude, out of all the random slits on the boat, this was the most random.” – Blake (06:21)
- Discussion about floaty keychains and child-proofing boats (05:01–06:41).
3. Kids’ Slang & Cultural Transmission
- The group debates the longevity of juvenile slang (“Oh yeah”, “Skibidi toilet”, “Ohio”, “giving”) and marvels at how generational in-jokes persist and spread (07:06–14:00).
- Adam notices, “Kids are so universally programmed now. ... Like, everything's got... everything is Ohio.” (09:22–09:34)
- The evolution of regional slang (“cats”, “hella”, “pop”, “wetted”) and its fade or transformation across locations and eras.
4. The Oscars & Hollywood Parties
- The hosts half-mock the importance of the Oscars, discussing snubs, parties, and missed celebrity opportunities (14:48–16:19).
“I didn't watch [the Oscars] this year. ... I feel bad about that.” – Adam (15:11)
“You got invited to the Elton John party?” – Adam (15:58)
5. Celebrity Encounters & “Getting Knighted”
- The conversation turns risqué as the hosts joke about being “knighted” by Sir Elton John at a party (16:43–17:55).
“If Sir Elton John says, there’s a way I can make you a knight tonight, and all you have to do is—” – Blake (17:00)
“He puts the dick on each side and then right down the middle, I would do… I would let him do that to me.” – Blake (17:17)
6. Childhood Chaos & Near-Death Experiences
- Adam shares his infamous childhood stories—moving states, a Frito-Lay family, being hit by a cement truck, and OD’ing on lewds (16:46–23:47).
“So I had eaten, like, a solid, like, ten lewds. Like, it was like death. And then out of nowhere, ding dong, a man with a white cowboy hat rings the doorbell. Obviously there to buy quaaludes.” – Adam (22:27)
“The doctor was like, he would have died if we would have drove straight to the hospital. He needed to get this out of his system.” – Adam (23:06)
7. Generational Humor & “Murder, She Wrote”
- Nostalgic hat tip to old TV, especially “Murder, She Wrote” (32:30–34:09), with the hosts debating whether Angela Lansbury was ever a “babe” and mocking the show’s plot logic.
8. Admitting Ignorance & The Intelligence Debate
- The guys candidly admit their dumb moments, riffing on emotional intelligence, horoscopes, and the value (or lack thereof) of “knowing things” (35:02–37:09).
“You know what? I like you admitting that you’re dumb. I’m willing to admit I’m dumb. I’m much more a fan of people who can admit they’re dumb than cannot admit they’re dumb.” – Adam (35:24)
9. Physical Insecurities & Anatomy Oddities
- Adam discusses his proportionally equal torso and legs, making for easy floor touches, sparking a debate over belts as style choices and physical quirks (38:19–41:44).
“I want one flowing section so no one can tell that my lower half is the exact same length as my torso. And I'm very, very awkwardly shaped.” – Adam (38:39)
10. Joking About Auto-Fellatio & Adolescence
- The crew engages in adolescent-style laughter about “trying to suck your own dick,” recalling attempts and hypothetical scenarios (41:05–44:44).
“If I had an extra inch, I could suck my own... 69. One more inch.” – Adam (41:31)
11. Late-Night Volume, Drunkenness, and Steely Dan
- Blake confesses to hiding the power cord to his JBL party box to curb late-night drunken music sessions—before relapsing and blasting Steely Dan on “Oscar night” (45:15–47:09).
“So I unplugged it and I hid the cord. ... But here’s my saving grace: I was cranking freaking Steely Dan.” – Blake (45:34)
12. Delivery Drivers Sneaking Food – Moral Dilemmas
- Classic “Is that scumbag or just human?” debate about delivery drivers eating a customer’s fries (48:32–49:54).
“If someone paid for the food, they should have all their food.” – Adam (48:53) “Fries are communal.”—Blake (49:54)
13. Nostalgia for Hooters & Objectifying Restaurant Trends
- Joking about the bankruptcy of Hooters, potential spinoffs (e.g., “Cooters”, “Cougars”), and their enduring love for “big old titties jumping on trampolines” (55:29–57:55).
“I miss the time when we as men could just as a society say that we like tits, dude.” – Adam (55:29)
14. Tech Talk, Party Culture, and Communal Porn
- Stray nostalgia about computers (Gateways, Dells), early-2000s file-sharing, communal porn at pre-games, and “classic” porno clips (86:20–87:54).
15. Testicular Casts & Measuring Manhood
- A sprawling tangent on casting rockstars’ penises (The Plaster Casters and Jimi Hendrix’s legendary “branch”) and the hypothetical anthropological value of displaying famous men’s genitalia (87:54–89:39).
16. Upside-Down Pineapples & Swinger Codes
- Adam explains the “pineapple” symbol as code for swingers, particularly at Lake of the Ozarks (77:18–78:28).
“Weirdly, my parents taught me a lot of this, because in Lake of the Ozarks there’s like a big swinger community.” – Adam (78:20)
17. Bar Fights & Subways—Would You Snap?
- The group constructs elaborate, comically macho (and bizarre) hypotheticals about how they’d respond to being punched on the subway: unbuttoning shirts, “crazy” tattoos, and who’d be most likely to actually scrap (104:44–114:09).
“If you hit someone, like, I'm jacked as fuck. ... If I catch someone just right, he's toast, dude. I don't want to kill a man on the subway.” – Adam (111:20)
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
-
On generational slang:
“No, it's not as graphic as you think ... but it is disturbing to hear come from a child's mouth.”
—Adam, 08:03 -
On childhood chaos:
“You told it live.”
—Anders, prompting Adam’s lewds story, 19:47 -
On Hooters and canceled man-ness:
“I miss the time when we as men could just as a society say that we like tits, dude. We like them, okay? ... That doesn’t make you less of a man, you do you, but I’d say the majority of straight men, like, love some big old, big old titties jumping on trampolines.”
—Adam, 55:29–56:01 -
On handling a punch on the subway:
“Do you want to be the person who goes, ‘I just got punched. I'm in a fight now’? Who do you want to be?”
—Blake, 111:11 -
Referencing “Murder, She Wrote” as a cultural touchstone:
“Isn’t that always crazy? ... when you grow up watching old people and you don’t realize they had a whole career as a different thing before?”
—Blake, 34:08
Section Timestamps
- Sebastian Maniscalco bits / McDonald's riff: 03:25–04:43
- Boat key mishaps & parenting: 04:50–06:41
- Generation Alpha slang (“Skibidi toilet”, “Ohio”): 07:06–14:00
- Oscars, parties, Elton John, knighthood bit: 14:48–17:55
- Adam’s wild childhood & lewds story: 16:46–23:47
- “Murder, She Wrote” debate, TV & aging: 32:30–34:09
- Dumbness & Emotional Intelligence: 35:02–37:09
- Body image, belts, and torso/leg ratios: 38:19–41:44
- Auto-fellatio and adolescent oddities: 41:05–44:44
- Drunk music rituals and Steely Dan: 45:15–47:09
- Delivery driver food-theft ethical debate: 48:32–49:54
- Hooters nostalgia and restaurant culture: 55:29–59:00
- Pineapples, swingers, Ozarks: 77:18–78:28
- Bar/subway fight hypotheticals / “snapping”: 104:44–114:09
Tonal Notes
The show is unfiltered and honest, brash and bro-y, often weaving crass humor and absurd hypotheticals with moments of genuine nostalgia or vulnerability. The hosts riff off each other with inside jokes, shared history, and performative bravado, inviting listeners to feel like they’re part of a never-ending hangout.
This episode is classic “This Is Important”: delightfully pointless, weirdly relatable, never quite staying on topic, but staying entertaining throughout.