Why You Shouldn't Go to College

Summary

Podcast Summary: VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash Episode: Why You Shouldn't Go to College Date: June 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this energetic and candid episode, David Dobrik and Jason Nash dive into debates about college’s value, the realities of influencer careers, generational perspectives, behind-the-scenes showbiz, viral conspiracies, party culture, and the ever-present chaos of LA and New York. Their signature humor, curiosity, and self-deprecation tie together a fast-moving conversation that oscillates between personal anecdotes and viral internet trends.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Age Difference, Work-Life, and Vlogging Plans (01:08–05:23)

• The guys joke about their age difference and David’s “youthful” outlook.
• David discusses his intense upcoming work week—including a whirlwind trip through Cannes, LA, and Utah, and considers vlogging his business tasks.
  • “Maybe people don't know how I make money.” — David [03:25]
  • Jason encourages content about personal branding and day-to-day influencer income.

2. No Phones at Parties & Social Dynamics (05:23–09:40)

• Both reflect on parties requiring guests to surrender their phones. David explains this makes socializing weirdly more challenging:
  • “When there's no phone, I feel this pressure, like, I have to talk to someone or I’m just twiddling my thumbs.” — David [08:10]
• Stories about feeling out of place at events, and the search for "who to latch onto" when mingling [07:23], with Caleb as a “safe” presence.

3. Party Culture & Substances (08:45–10:14)

• Professional partiers discussed using “LSD spray” to keep the party going—a surprising revelation for both hosts.
  • “Apparently you spray it once and it just gives you energy. No hallucinations, nothing...” — David [09:10]
• David notes LA party culture often ends earlier, which he appreciates compared to places like Miami [09:42].

4. Money Spent in College: Drugs vs. Food & Reflections on College’s Value (10:54–13:47)

• Viral TikTok trend: male college students spending more on cocaine than food [11:10].
  • “The cocaine is way higher.” — Jason [11:14]
• Leads into larger conversation about not attending college:
  • “I'm glad I didn’t [go to college]...I knew since I was, like, 12, 11, that college was not gonna be a requirement.” — David [12:48]
• Jason relays his son Wyatt’s experience—college as social shorthand vs. LA’s “nomadic” creative lifestyle.

5. Showbiz: Movie Profits, Fairness, & Outcry Over ‘Obsession’ (13:35–18:01)

• Talk about the art director of hit film Obsession publicly lamenting her low pay despite massive box office success.
  • “I think that's a big red flag in a human being—to bring a project down like that.” — David [14:18]
• Nuanced debate: Should profits be more widely shared? Is public complaint effective or harmful?
  • “It's really nice for the studio or whoever…to be like, we made so much, let’s reward the people that have worked hard on this movie 100%.” — David [17:02]
• Notable Moment: As they wrap up this debate, a breaking news notification comes in: the creative team will get a share of profits—providing an instant “update” [20:03].
  • “This is so funny…Obsession creative team will get a cut of massive movies project." — David [20:04]
  • “Well, see, she doesn't make that TikTok, I don't know if that happens.” — Jason [20:19]

6. Conspiracy Corner: Aliens and the Miami Mall Incident (21:26–28:12)

• Jason brings up a viral claim: a 1974 researcher discovered "the Matrix" theory, was shut down by the CIA, and new evidence supports him [21:26].
• David tells the “Bayside Mall Miami Alien” conspiracy, where rumors claim the government seized all evidence after alleged alien sightings on Jan 1, 2024 [25:07–28:00].
  • “Now all the mall security camera has been seized by the government…people are disappearing that had anything to say about it.” — David [26:06]
• They debate the lack of real video evidence, government cover-ups, and why supposed aliens never interact with the 1% [27:43].

7. Sports Fandom: New York Knicks Fever (31:07–36:22)

• David unexpectedly found himself intrigued by the collective energy of New York Knicks fans:
  • “I don’t care about sports as much as Knicks fans do, but I’m such a fan of the Knicks fans.” — David [31:14]
• Contemplates flying to NYC just to film reactions.
• Discusses New York’s mayor, his everyman approach, and debates whether there will be riots if the Knicks win [33:35].
  • “The reason John brings this up is…the number one meme online is, New York after the Knicks win, and it’s a nuke hitting New York.” — David [33:16]

8. Parenting in LA, Wealth Gaps, & Childhood Experiences (38:29–42:31)

• LA students' “senior scavenger hunts”—fight an influencer as a challenge [38:29].
• Jason shares that his kids adore LA and want to return after college:
  • “I've never met a younger person here that’s grown up here that’s said anything negative.” — David [40:09]
• Discuss the unique pressure of raising kids around Hollywood “opulence”:
  • “Charlie has a friend who’s like a billionaire famous guy…hard to do.” — Jason [41:13]
• Jason relates his kids not directly comparing wealth but sometimes needing reminders about limits.

9. Pizza Partnerships & Influencer Business (42:31–45:15)

• Behind the scenes: David and Jason talk about their pizza ventures, partnerships, and the economics of $5 pizzas.
  • “Prince Street, I think, is the gateway to good pizza…once you have Prince Street, you’re like: okay, so this is where I’m at with pizza.” — David [44:08]

10. Politics, Influence, and Candid Takes (45:48–48:42)

• Political attack ads and the surreal experience of public scrutiny for politicians.
• Jason was asked to appear in a political attack ad, declined [47:27].
• Wonder whether influencers will soon hold public office. Recall David registering a record number of young voters:
  • “We beat Taylor Swift’s record, getting most people to register to vote in like a single campaign.” — David [48:17]
  • “Now they’re all being drafted, so…” — Jason jokes [48:43].

11. Upcoming Vlogs, Pickleball Tournaments, and Summer Plans (49:13–51:25)

• David shares excitement about a Croatia boat vlog, a pickleball tournament sponsored by Prize Picks (Nelk Boys, Sean O’Malley, Drewski, and Kevin Durant appearing), and other travel.
• John, usually on these trips, jokes about being “full” from all the experiences [51:06]:
  • “It feels like having the best dessert every day. But I’m so full.” — John [51:10]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “I’m glad I didn’t [go to college] … I knew since I was, like, 12 that college was not gonna be a requirement.” — David [12:48]
• “I think there's a big red flag in a human being—to bring a project down like that.” — David [14:18]
• “Well, see, she doesn't make that TikTok, I don't know if that happens.” — Jason [20:19]
• “When there’s no phone at the party, I feel like, who do I stand next to when I don’t want to say a single thing?” — David [07:23]
• “Now all the mall security camera has been seized by the government…people are disappearing…” — David [26:06]
• “Prince Street, I think, is the gateway to good pizza…once you have Prince Street, you’re like: okay, so this is where I’m at with pizza.” — David [44:08]
• “We beat Taylor Swift’s record, getting most people to register to vote in a single campaign.” — David [48:17]
• “It feels like having the best dessert every day. But I’m so full.” — John [51:10]

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Useful Timestamps for Key Segments

• Vlogging Work Week, Money in Influencing: 03:25
• No Phones at Parties & Social Anxiety: 06:31–08:10
• College, Drugs, and Early Career: 11:12–13:47
• Obsession Movie Pay Controversy: 13:47–18:01 (Breaking Update: 20:03)
• Miami Mall Alien Story: 25:07–28:12
• NY Knicks Fandom: 31:11–33:16
• Parenting in LA & Wealth: 40:09–41:44
• Pizza Business Behind-the-Scenes: 43:41–45:15
• David’s Pickleball Tournament & Vlog Plans: 49:13–51:25

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Episode Tone & Energy

The conversation is loose, self-effacing, and rapid-fire—ranging from earnest opinions on work and compensation, nostalgic takes on party life, and gleeful speculation about conspiracies and celebrity. Both Jason and David maintain their comedic, irreverent tone, providing an inside peek at influencer culture while staying rooted in the quirks of everyday life, making this episode both laugh-out-loud funny and oddly introspective.

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For full context, listen between 01:08–51:25 for uninterrupted discussion. Ads, promotions, and intro/outro have been omitted from this summary.

Transcript

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[Jay]

What's up, guys?

[Dave]

Welcome back to Views. If you hear a little more happiness in my voice, it's because Natalie's not here for this episode.

[Jay]

Oh, amazing. So I'll get the ire.

[Dave]

Yeah. What's that mean?

[Jay]

I'll get your wrath.

[Dave]

What's that mean? I'm just kidding. You know what's sick about me and you doing a podcast together?

[Jay]

Our age difference.

[Dave]

It's. Yeah, that's the main. That's actually the main selling point.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But it's not becoming too much of an age difference now.

[Jay]

Yeah, I know. Isn't that funny how life works? Because I saw you today. I came in, you, you had tea.

[Dave]

That was not me. That was Taylor.

[Jay]

That was Tay. But you have been having tea.

[Dave]

I have been having tea, yeah. I still do think, though, that there is an age difference. I'm. I was just kind of being funny by saying that.

[Jay]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But it gets less and less.

[Dave]

I want to make it clear. I do feel a lot younger than you.

[Jay]

You do?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Really? You don't look it up.

[Dave]

29. I still have a 20 in front of my name. You look and you know what they

[Jay]

say, you look 39.

[Dave]

30 is the new 20.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

So I was trying to think of, like, themes for my birthday this year.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

We're doing south of France theme.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Which is like.

[Jay]

Which has been four times this year.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

But go ahead.

[Dave]

And remember how I said we were going to cancel the trip last pod?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

We're not.

[Jay]

I was just on the call. I got the download.

[Dave]

Really?

[Jay]

You're not canceling the trip?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

You're going to go. I'm going to make it. Tell me if this vlog is interesting to you.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

I'm going to film it. It'll just be me and Natalie.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I'm not gonna film it. But we're bringing Filmer.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And it'll be a vlog of my work week.

[Jay]

That's fun.

[Dave]

So it won't be, like, funny.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But it'll be like, come with me.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

To work.

[Jay]

I think people really like that.

[Dave]

And it'll show a week. Because we have a really busy week.

[Jay]

Yeah.

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It's not.

[Jay]

It's. It's like a. It's a pretty dazzling work week. You're in Cannes, meeting with.

[Dave]

No, we have to fly back from Cannes early.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

Because we have to. We have. We have a meeting here in L. A, and we have a premiere on Wednesday. So we go to Cannes for two days.

[Jay]

Two days?

[Dave]

Yeah. It's really quick turnaround.

[Jay]

Oh, my God.

[Dave]

Then we come back for this premiere that we have to go to.

[Jay]

What movie?

[Dave]

Jackass.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

And then we. Then we have a dinner here in L. A. That's very important.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

That same day.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And then the next morning, we have to fly to Utah for a meeting.

[Jay]

Waivers.

[Dave]

Yeah. Dough bricks.

[Jay]

Dough bricks.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Hey, I saw.

[Dave]

I feel like that'd be a fun video to record.

[Jay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dave]

Like, maybe people don't know how I make money.

[Jay]

I think people would love that. That's a huge thing on YouTube, too. Is like, people. I follow, people like that. Like, how to make money, how they, you know, have a personal brand. I think that's really interesting.

[Dave]

Really?

[Narrator/Reporter]

Yeah.

[Jay]

It's a great idea.

[Dave]

Maybe I can, like. Maybe I can talk about, like, how much money I'm making on the trip and everything, too.

[Jay]

That's very good.

[Dave]

People will be surprised.

[Jay]

You think you'd be able to film some of these people, these brand people?

[Dave]

I don't know. That's what I love about Cannes is a lot of the meetings are held at a nightclub.

[Jay]

Yeah. You could get them drunk. Maybe it's actually. And then get a phone call later. David, please don't post that.

[Dave]

It's backwards. They get you drunk.

[Jay]

Oh, okay.

[Dave]

Because it really is like a field trip for those people, like, the executives in these positions, because they just. Yeah. Like, I let loose, like, quite a lot.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But I feel like a lot of. Especially in the environment of other coworkers. I Feel like they never do. I'm sure they go out every weekend like regular people sometimes, but. Yeah, no, this is like really. When they let loose.

[Jay]

Hey, how is Zach Bias the other night?

[Dave]

Zach bias, 30th birthday.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Dude, I was so excited you had a good time. I did not talk about this.

[Jay]

I heard you had a good time.

[Dave]

Yeah, I got home at 4:00am or wait, no, like three.

[Jay]

Yeah. How was it? Did you come home that night?

[Dave]

No phones.

[Jay]

No phones.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Interesting.

[Dave]

Which I liked.

[Jay]

Because you know what else? There was none of your car in the driveway when I was here at 6:00am well, that's.

[Dave]

Oh, you thought I got laid.

[Jay]

Yeah, I came here to the gym really early. Cause I've been waking up early and I was like. I did all the math. I looked at all the cars and

[Dave]

I'm like, there's only five cars here. Where's David Sixx?

[Jay]

And why is the best one not here?

[Dave]

No, actually, you're talking to one of the most responsible drunk people on the planet.

[Jay]

Naveen said that. She goes, well, baby.

[Dave]

No, I left.

[Jay]

Wait, wait, wait. Let me do David math. I said. Naveen said, well, he probably got drunk and just ubered home. And I was like, no, he would call John and John would pick him up.

[Dave]

Yeah. But now did you have like a little bit of an assist by me saying no phones?

[Jay]

No.

[Dave]

Yeah. So no phones. So I had no time to like queue up John. Ah. So like I got out and I'm like, I'm calling an Uber. It's a minute away. Like, I'm not gonna go out. Call John. 20 minute wait, no phones. And it was 3:00am I was just like, yeah, like, John will get in the morning. It's so much easier.

[Jay]

Right? How was it?

[Dave]

Yeah, I love leaving my car. People are always so confused because I always drive to every, like every event or party or whatever where I possibly gonna drink. I'm always driving and people. Every time I say that, people get like, really sad.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Like, oh, fuck. I'm like, that doesn't mean anything. That just means that I really love to drive. And the car is here. It could be here for a day, could be here for a week. I don't know.

[Jay]

But you want to leave that car? That car is not too nice to leave.

[Dave]

I mean, it's fine. It's not like that.

[John]

Really.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jay]

I don't know.

[Dave]

But yeah, the no phones thing again was really. We talked about this just recently, right? Like there was no phones at a party and I kind of liked it.

[Jay]

I had the same feeling. I went to this restaurant, and they had no phones. No. I forgot my phone because I was driving my boss's car, bro.

[Dave]

That is an interesting restaurant idea.

[Jay]

Yes, it is.

[Dave]

No phone restaurant.

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I felt.

[Jay]

I felt like, this really deep thing, like. Like I'd been shackled for 20 years, and I was like, wow. Like, I really felt it. Did you feel it?

[Dave]

No.

[Jay]

No. You were like, where's my phone?

[Dave]

This time was a little bit different. This time I was like. Cause I went by myself to the party.

[Jay]

Ooh.

[Dave]

I didn't go with Natalie.

[Jay]

Is that hard for you?

[Dave]

Yes, because all. Well, the problem is all my friends are there, like, from L. A. Yeah. Like, it's everybody I know.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

Like, everyone.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

But the problem is, like, I feel like I know everyone there the same amount, so I don't know. I just, like, don't really know who to latch on to.

[Jay]

Yes. That's very difficult at a party.

[Dave]

Yeah. And I'll be like, well, shout outs on to you guys. But I also know you've, like, I don't know. But that was, like, a big. I was like, who do I stand next to when I don't want to say a single thing? And then I found my spot. I was like, I'm just gonna sit.

[Jay]

Who did you choose?

[Dave]

My friend Caleb.

[Jay]

Oh, nice.

[Dave]

Yeah, I just sat next to him.

[Jay]

What's the thing about Caleb that you liked? Is Caleb just easy to be around?

[Dave]

Yeah, Caleb's just like, you can just sit there and. And he was sitting. I was looking for someone that was sitting. It was really funny. I saw Paulina there, and I was, like, asking her, like, how her day was, and she's like, I can't believe you're talking to me. I'm like, oh, I guess.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

This is kind of crazy. We never, like, really have a full conversation because. Cause there was no phones. Right. And it's not that I don't. It's not even that, like, I would be in my phone with Paulina.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I just, like, There wouldn't be so much pressure.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

To, like, have a conversation with someone.

[Jay]

Right.

[Dave]

I'd be like, I need to talk to someone, or else I'm twiddling my thumbs.

[Jay]

Right.

[Dave]

I can't, like, fall back onto a phone.

[Jay]

What'd you talk to Paulina about?

[Dave]

There was, like, moss, like, on one of. In one of the flower plants.

[Jay]

Do you get deep with people? Do you say, like, hey, where'd you grow up? Do you do that? Or you keep it more about the Mosque.

[Dave]

I don't know. It's kind of tough.

[Jay]

I try to get deep, like, at parties. Yeah. Fuck.

[Dave]

It just depends. So I was talking to, like, a professional partier.

[Jay]

Okay. Love it.

[Dave]

In one of these. In Monaco, at one of these parties.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And I was like, how do you guys keep the energy going?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And you know what they're doing? Coke, LSD spray.

[Jay]

LSD spray?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Wow.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Wow.

[Dave]

Apparently, it's the new thing. Really looking for this everywhere.

[Jay]

Wow.

[Dave]

I was last night at a different party and I was like, does anybody here have LSD spray?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Because apparently you spray it once and it just gives you energy. No hallucinations, nothing really. Yeah, I know.

[Jay]

When I did lsd, you could drink like a fish.

[Dave]

Really?

[Jay]

Drink like crazy.

[Dave]

That's my problem is I drink too much and I get so fucking tired.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I'm like, I'm no fun. I'm just. And I don't care to talk to people. I wish I had energy.

[John]

Right.

[Dave]

I wish I had energy because then I. Cause then I can. I can be a chatterbox. But, like. Yeah, I'm just really bad. So I'm trying to figure out a way to, like, stay out through the night.

[Jay]

I don't know. There's. Other than drugs, I mean.

[Dave]

But what I love about LA is that the nights end so early. It's so nice.

[Jay]

Three?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

It's so fucking at three. It's like you're the last one there.

[Jay]

But in Monaco, it's. The sun was rising.

[Dave]

Yeah, well, I'm not even referring to Monaco. I'm referring to, like, Miami.

[Jay]

Sure.

[Dave]

Like Miami. It's like.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

You don't go out till 1:32.

[Jay]

Oh, I don't.

[Dave]

Like, like. Yeah, it's so bad because everyone's the next day.

[Jay]

So at the party, there's no phones, and then someone's DJing the. But the music's really loud. Or was it intimate?

[Dave]

Mm, it was at Delilah. So I was at Delilah. You could, like, hear each other.

[Jay]

Okay. Okay.

[Dave]

It was intimate. And, yeah, it was completely fine. The only problem is, like, actually, there's no problem. I don't know.

[Jay]

Why did he lock up the phones, you think?

[Dave]

I think it's just, like, 20, 26.

[Jay]

Just a vibe.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I mean, I don't know.

[Jay]

Let's all be here now.

[Dave]

You know how I've been leaning towards that, too, for my part. I would totally do that if I fucking didn't have, you know, four big sponsors that needed to be recorded. I keep getting this call from the Spam. I'm just going to fucking pick up. I get. I get this call every morning.

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[Dave]

Just reviewed your business borrowing profile. I get this every day. Do you get stupid shit like that or is it just me?

[Jay]

No, mine are looking for money. Usually they have, like, a right to call me. Hey, did you see this? Male college students spend more on bag than they do on food. This reporting is like a TikTok trend that kids are making. TikTok saying how much they spent on cocaine for the week and how much they spent on food.

[Dave]

Oh, how much is that?

[Jay]

And the cocaine is way higher.

[Dave]

Is that actually true?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Wow.

[Jay]

How much is a bag?

[Dave]

A bag? I actually don't know. 200 bucks, I assume it's like 150 to $300.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

More money on bags than on food. And how many bags is a college kid getting?

[Jay]

Maybe two. I'm not sure. That's crazy. You didn't go to college?

[Dave]

No.

[Jay]

What do you think?

[Dave]

I'm glad I didn't.

[Jay]

Yeah. My kids are doing it now, and I don't know what they're doing.

[Dave]

I've never. There's never been an experience that, like, I'm, like, bummed I missed out on.

[Jay]

Wyatt told me an interesting thing. He was like. He said some of his friends are in New York, aren't in college. And he said being in college allows him, like, a sort of a shorthand with everybody else. So, like, when you meet people from nyu, they're like, oh, who are you? And then he's like, oh, but I go to. You know, and that. But if he wasn't in college, it's tougher to, like, meet people socially.

[Dave]

Oh, right. Cause it's like, what are you doing?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Are you just, like a nomad?

[Jay]

Yeah. Whereas he has another friend who's, like, just straight, like, directing films. And he's like. Kid's 20 years old, and he's just out there hustling so he doesn't have that thing assigned to him.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Yeah. Like, who are you? Which I thought was pretty interesting.

[Dave]

Oh, I thought that was, like, the best part, though, about being, like, a viner here in la.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

When people would be like, what are you doing? I would just be like, yeah. I don't really work quite yet.

[Jay]

Right.

[Dave]

I always find that kind of fun.

[Jay]

But you're not meeting college kids. You're meeting, like, people in the real world.

[Dave]

No, I was meeting college kids. I was fucking When I moved out here, I was 19 years old. What do you mean?

[Jay]

So you didn't feel that when you moved out here?

[Dave]

No, absolutely not. Oh, I actually loved.

[Jay]

Because you were on Vine.

[Dave]

I love the fact that I didn't go to college. Like, I've never had any. I knew whatever my job was gonna be since I was fucking 12, 11, that college was not gonna be a requirement. Cause it just didn't make any sense. It's like, why the f. Like I'm. Obviously, I'm not gonna be a doctor. I'm so not into that. And I don't. I don't need to do anything.

[Jay]

Were your parents happy you didn't go to school?

[Dave]

No, they've never said that. I'm actually kind of surprised. I always bring that up as like an argument.

[Jay]

Hey, your mom's been texting me about the cartoon. We're gonna get her in there.

[Dave]

Oh, really?

[Jay]

Yeah, we got a nice part for her.

[Dave]

Oh, she listened to the podcast.

[Jay]

I don't know if she listened to

[Dave]

the podcast because you brought it up the other day. You were like, we need.

[Jay]

I might have mentioned it to her at the party.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jay]

She's gonna play a monkey in the first one.

[Dave]

Really?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Oh, fuck yeah. Like a Slovak or Russian monkey.

[Jay]

We're gonna do a Slovak episode, I think. Hey, did you see this thing? The art director from Obsession is kind of saying like, hey, I didn't make any money on Obsession.

[Dave]

I saw that.

[Jay]

What do you think about that?

[Dave]

I think it's really fucked up.

[Jay]

By who?

[Dave]

By her or him?

[Jay]

Her. It's her. Yeah.

[Dave]

I think that's. So she. She basically went out and she's like, hey, I only made $6,000 during. During this.

[Jay]

Worked three. Had three different hats on the. On the project. Did a lot of other jobs.

[Dave]

Yeah. But the movie ended up making what the movie at $750,000 budget or whatever.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And it's now looking to make over $300 million.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And yeah, I just don't agree with that. I. I think that's a big red flag in a human being.

[Jay]

Right.

[Dave]

Like, to bring a project down like that, like, you should be happy that you were on that project. Right. And like. And like, what if the movie failed? Would they be like, hi, we're going to need your payback because we all lost. All our investors lost money on the movie.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Like, if that's like not how it works.

[Jay]

That is the way the world works. But there is there.

[Dave]

Are you taking the other side?

[Jay]

I'm not Taking the other side. But let's just say this.

[Dave]

Maybe I think, Can I just say something?

[Jay]

Sure.

[Dave]

I think it's fucked up that she called it out.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Is there a world in which, like, it'd be very cool of everyone putting it together that everyone has a percentage in the movie? That's. Yes, that's a whole nother argument. But I think to call it out to bring such negative attention to something that is like, should be such a positive. Like, hey, movies are back, right? We made this movie for so little, so many people are enjoying it. I think to like, yuck on that is shitty.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Do, do I see the other side of like, could everyone benefit from this in some capacity? Yes. But I also know that's not how movies work. So it's like, so. No, but maybe I don't blame anyone.

[Jay]

Maybe there's a world where, because obviously like the director is not getting that money. I don't think maybe he has a back end, but maybe there's a world where the studio goes, you know what, here you go, here's, you know, $10,000 for you.

[Dave]

Time out. Why do you think the director's not getting the money?

[Jay]

I can't imagine. He has like a huge.

[Dave]

It's his movie.

[Jay]

He's obviously got like, it's a first time director. I don't think that he's pulling in.

[Dave]

You don't think he has $100 million?

[Jay]

No.

[Dave]

You don't think he has at least 5, 10% of the movie?

[Jay]

Maybe.

[Dave]

Yeah, for sure does maybe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Could even have. Okay, so we know he could have 100% of the movie.

[Jay]

That's not important though. Do you want the director to pay him? I'm saying like the studio. Maybe there's a world where it's like Chappelle made a, made a stink a few years ago. Like, I want my show back. I want the Chappelle show back. I want to own it. And Comedy Central was unbelievably, was like, okay, here, you can have it.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Jay]

And so what I'm saying is for larger change to be made, stuff like that, if she doesn't go out and say that then now she's risking, she's risking getting hired next time for sure. Red flag. For sure. I'm not necessarily. Yeah, wouldn't.

[Dave]

I think, I think, yes. I think that move is going to cost her a lot of future jobs.

[Jay]

Maybe. Yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

Wait, I'm sorry, I actually don't know what you're saying.

[Jay]

I'm saying, like, maybe there is A world where the studio goes, you know what, we made so much money on this. Let's trickle down some more money to the people that worked on the film.

[Dave]

For sure.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And that, I think that should be

[Jay]

great PR for the.

[Dave]

I think that should happen.

[Jay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

Like if, if I had a film that did that 100%.

[Jay]

Now that doesn't happen unless she makes a.

[Dave]

Hold on, stop. No.

[Jay]

Yes.

[Dave]

No, no, yes. She, her making a stink should also not be happening.

[Jay]

But it won't happen because someone makes a stink is my point.

[Dave]

I don't know. I think what you just said should happen on its own.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And there shouldn't be, there shouldn't be a public stink made about this film.

[Jay]

Interesting.

[Dave]

I think, I think, I think, yes. It'd be really nice for the studio or whoever is controlling the budget to be like, we've made so much. Let's reward the people that have worked hard on this movie 100%. If I was doing this, that is what I would do. But I've been doing this long enough where I know that's what you have to do. Like I know there's no way around that. Like you have to do that. And I would make sure that happens way before anyone had a moment to put up a stink about it. But I don't think what you. She should still put, I don't think that she should put up a stick. I think, I think both of those are true.

[Jay]

What do you mean? You'd make sure it happened? You'd put it place that someone has a piece of the movie.

[Dave]

No, because I wouldn't. I. No, because I don't think I would expect a 250 million dollar revenue to come from a $700,000 movie. Yeah, but like yeah, if it, if it made more money than double or three times my investment. Like if it a thousand X or 250 X or whatever. Yes. Then I'd be like, yeah, we need to give back to the people. Listen guys, if you're ever going to listen to an ad read, it's this one. The Price picks people, they love us, we love them. We have a really good relationship. Please support them. We got some good, good, good advice for you guys. We got code views that's gonna get you $50 in lineups after you play your first five dollar lineup. It's a good deal. Guys, listen, I have been using prize picks for two years now. I do consult with my professional sport playing sport watching roommates. Okay? So we, who's the best? We do.

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[Dave]

Dude, no way. No way. Dude. Look at what just came up on my feed. So Jason and I just went silent after recording what we just recorded.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And I just got this. This is so funny. It's a spotlight. It's like an official report. It says obsession. Creative team will get a cut of massive movies project. That's so funny.

[Jay]

Well, see, she doesn't make that TikTok. I don't know if that happens.

[Dave]

Yes. But I.

[Jay]

But I think I know your point, but I think it's not. It's not.

[John]

It's not.

[Dave]

Yeah. I don't think it's fair to assume that the movie team wasn't going to do that.

[Jay]

Yeah, Like, I think.

[Dave]

I think there's. I think there's a. There's going to be a. Like, I just. I believe in humans.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And, like, I think it's just so shitty to be so negative about it.

[Jay]

Sure.

[Dave]

So early in the game.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah. Like, there's a lot going on. When a movie's making $250 million, someone's getting a lot of phone calls. According to reports, financier Capstone is expected to make between 45 million and $50 million from the film's success.

[Jay]

Wow.

[Dave]

That's crazy.

[Jay]

What's the name of the company?

[Dave]

I think Capstone. Capstone. The good news. Those profits are reportedly set to be shared with the creative team. And including writer director Curry, Barker's breakout horror hit has become one of the biggest box office stories of the year.

[Jay]

But is the art director getting paid?

[Dave]

I'm sure.

[Jay]

You think?

[Dave]

I'm sure.

[Jay]

Hey, did you see this thing I sent you?

[Dave]

What?

[Jay]

1974, a man experienced a glitch in reality. He discovered the matrix 22 years before it existed.

[Dave]

Oh, and he's gone now.

[Jay]

Yeah. FBI and CIA ceased his research. But 46 years later, Elon Musk and quantum physics prove him right. The declassified files will terrify you. And basically, this guy, like, basically said that, like, we're living in the Matrix. And then he was like. He was abducted by, like, the CIA. Isn't that crazy?

[Dave]

Can I tell you what's crazy? What? It's like, are there aliens on this earth or. No, I'm not trying to lead you this direction, but you know, I was just in Monaco, right?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And no one brought up aliens. And if anybody would know, there'd be a lot of those people on those boats.

[Jay]

Why? Why would they know on the boats? Because they're the 1%.

[Dave]

Because they just, like, own. Yeah, they own, like, these big. Like, who are the aliens interacting with? Yeah, I guess there was no government officials, sort of. Maybe that's. That's where they're going. Even Steven Spielberg was. I was watching an interview with. Of him a couple days ago, and he was like, Listen, I've made four movies now about aliens. Close Encounters, E.T. day of. What is it? Day of World of Worlds, and now Disclosure Day. And he's like, I hate to say this about myself, but, like, I feel like I should be allotted to meet an alien at this point or at least see some real evidence of one. Some real footage.

[Jay]

Right.

[Dave]

Like, personally. Why?

[Jay]

Because he made movies about it?

[Dave]

I think so, yeah. You think so? Come on, dude. He's Steven Spielberg. He's allowed us. He's allowed to.

[Jay]

Like, he's allowed to. Why does he get to see it? Because he made. He spent so much time.

[Dave]

Because he's like. He's introduced.

[Jay]

I know. Baron. Why not?

[Dave]

He's made, like, incredible movies about extraterrestrials his whole lifetime. I feel like he's. He's. He should be allowed to meet an alien. Should Barack Obama meet one? For sure, 100%. Should all Filipinos meet one? Because I still think that they are the epitome of the kindness in the human race. Yes, all Filipinos.

[Jay]

All Filipinos get to meet the aliens.

[Dave]

All Filipinos. Steven Spielberg and Barack Obama.

[Jay]

What about Natalie? She get to me?

[Dave]

Fuck, no. Could you imagine if aliens landed and the first person they ran into is Natalie? They would beam, they would fly faster than they've ever flown before. Like, I'm talking, like, 10x the speed of light, back to wherever they're from, and we'd never see them again the

[Jay]

fuck out of here.

[Dave]

But, yeah, what is interesting is, like, what. Where the fuck are they? And what's going on with this new push for aliens? I understand that. Like, it's like, everyone's, like. It's to cover up the Epstein files.

[Jay]

Yeah. It's a distraction.

[Dave]

Right. But, like, that's. Is that it?

[Jay]

I think so.

[Dave]

Okay, so, like, why is it, like, not a better distraction? Like, why don't we, like, just bring out the fucking alien already? Bring out the alien.

[Jay]

Because there isn't one to bring out.

[Dave]

You're telling me it's all fucking fake? Yeah. You're a fucking loser. I hate how you think I. I'm sorry, Dave.

[Jay]

They were aliens. Then why didn't they go to Monaco? That'd be the first place I'd go.

[Dave]

Okay, so you agree with me with that? Yeah. Obviously.

[Jay]

Yeah, I'm agreeing with you.

[Dave]

Okay. Okay. Okay. I mean, Monaco was out of earthly experience.

[Jay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

So late.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

So. Because. Because if they weren't there, there's something weird going on.

[Jay]

Take a chopper from a boat.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

To another party. Are you kidding?

[Dave]

Yeah. They would love that. No, but be for real with me.

[Jay]

I am.

[Dave]

You don't think there's aliens on this planet?

[Jay]

I don't know, man. I just. Every time I see the footage, it's like, it looks like a video game or, like Atari game or something. I'm like. I just don't know why they're not at the mall. Why are they not down at the mall?

[Dave]

Well, did you hear what happened?

[Jay]

What?

[Dave]

In Miami.

[Jay]

No.

[Dave]

Wait, what?

[Jay]

I didn't hear.

[Dave]

Hold on.

[Jay]

I'm not sure what you're arguing at this point. If you've got more information. So you have seen aliens?

[Dave]

You didn't hear about the aliens in Miami?

[Jay]

No.

[Dave]

John, do you know the Miami mall alien story? No. Are you guys fucking with me?

[Jay]

I just.

[Dave]

On January 1, 2024, police responded to a large disturbance at the Bayside Marketplace in downtown Miami. According to police and local news reports, dozens of teenagers were fighting, setting off fireworks and causing panic. Multiple arrests were made because some people thought the fireworks were gunshots. A very large number of officers were dispatched. Videos of the massive police response started circulating on. So if you watch videos Outside of the mall. Right. It is like a hundred cop cars outside in one clip. A blurry figure or shadow appears between police cars. Some people claimed it was an 8 to 10 foot tall creature or shadow alien. The theory spread rapidly across TikTok X, YouTube and conspiracy forums. Okay, so people don't know what happened. And now there's. Now all the mall security camera has been seized by the government.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

No one knows what happened in the mall that day. Okay, Everyone that had footage on their phone, the footage has now gone off their phones of this creature that everyone saw at the Bayside Mall. This is like, this is like a real thing and no one knows what it is. And people are disappearing that have been at that mall that have anything to say about it.

[Jay]

What?

[Dave]

Yes. This is like a big thing. Yeah.

[Jay]

Show me a tik tok. Show me like an.

[Dave]

They're gone. Dude.

[Jay]

There must be a way, there must be a tik tok of even if it's fake of a guy being like, I was at the mall.

[Dave]

No.

[Jay]

On January 1, 2024. Well, and I saw this creature. Is there anything like that?

[Dave]

I'm sure, I'm sure there are, but I'm saying there's no footage from inside the mall.

[Jay]

I mean, so they went, they, they accessed everyone's phones, deleted all the footage.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

Bayside Mall incident. I mean it's very famous here. This is all the cop cars. You seen this?

[Narrator/Reporter]

According to 10 or more witnesses. They described seeing nine or 10 foot creatures roaming through the mall. They were described as almost, almost like humanoid, but kind of distorted looking like they were glitching. A few of the witnesses said that they came out of one of the stores and others said it looked like some kind of portal. And when people saw that, that's when they panicked and started running and booking it through the mall. And some of the witnesses said that police officers were even shooting at them. Witnesses said there was black helicopters circling the mall and that air traffic in that area was locked down. And there was also reports that people using police scanners to listen in that those lines went down as well. Now it hasn't been confirmed that the police scanner lines went down, but if anyone did experience that that was there definitely let me know. And it's not been 100 confirmed.

[Dave]

So. So yeah, all those people.

[Jay]

So they just popped out of an aldo.

[Dave]

This is this 10 creatures. These are all the comments. These, these are the top comments. Like 130000 likes okay. All those people. No video says it all. How has no One been interviewed. I just don't understand how all of a sudden cameras are blurry, like they're from back in the 80s. Like, what? Yet no one filmed it. Right. Do you understand this?

[Jay]

Yeah. These are skeptics.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah. It just doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense how there's not a video from inside that mall.

[Jay]

Yes. It just didn't happen.

[Dave]

Okay, whatever. If you want to believe that. The part that confuses me is, like, if aliens walk through a portal.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Why are they being shot at? They must have started, like, eating somebody right away or something. Must have, like, freaky if. Something must have happened. But I don't know.

[Jay]

What do you think, John?

[John]

I mean, I wish aliens were real, but there's no film.

[Dave]

You'd be the first one to meet him. I just talked about this. I wish.

[John]

Imagine it's just me. You find out I'm actually an alien.

[Jay]

What if John comes. Comes into your bedroom in the morning

[Dave]

and he goes, stop talking about that on the podcast. And then he lifts up his skin a little bit and it's all green.

[Jay]

Yeah. He goes. He goes, dude, I was working out. I went outside and I saw a spaceship. And then they came down and they touched me and they told me, did not say anything. Don't tell Ilya. Don't tell Alex. Would you believe him?

[Dave]

I'd be really funny if. That. A sense of humor like that.

[Jay]

Yeah. Would you believe him if he did that?

[John]

There's no way. There's no way. And I have no proof. No phone.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[John]

No. Nothing. You just have to believe me.

[Jay]

Would you think there's no way or. Which.

[Dave]

I wouldn't think he'd be lying, but.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

I'd be like, he doesn't know what he saw.

[John]

You also know I'm.

[Jay]

Okay.

[John]

I'm a huge skeptic. I'm like, a huge skeptic.

[Jay]

Yeah. So you would. You would say, like, John, you're. You're hallucinating. You're not lying, but you're hallucinating.

[Dave]

That didn't happen. Yeah, 100%. 100%. I'd be like, why the fuck did you not, like, shout for me or call for me or anything?

[Jay]

That's how I feel about the Miami thing. It's like, why is that not covered? Like, why is that? It just didn't happen, man.

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There's no way. There's no way 10 creatures, you know, walked out of a Lululemon.

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[Dave]

Jay, how do you feel about the New York Knicks right now as like a former east coast guy?

[Jay]

Well, I'm not a Knicks fan, but I'm happy for them, you know.

[Dave]

Oh my God. I'm I don't care about sports. Yeah. As much as the New York Knicks fans do. But I'm such a fan of the New York Knicks fans.

[Jay]

Yeah, I am too.

[Dave]

Want to I'm thinking about flying out this week to New York.

[John]

You should fly out to Saturday just

[Dave]

to like kind of film everything.

[John]

Oh yeah, I think it's going to be crazy, bro.

[Jay]

To go to the game.

[Dave]

No, I don't want to go to the game. I just want to be outside with the fans. Like I want to go. Like I want to go out and see like, because I think a lot of people in New York are watching it. Like the side of buildings on projectors and stuff like that. Like, like New York's really New Yorking right Now.

[John]

Yeah.

[Jay]

It's really good. Alive.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

They needed it. They've. They've had. Knicks fans are so passionate, and they're. They're.

[Dave]

Yeah. They haven't won in, like, what, 54 years? And yet yesterday. Did you see yesterday, their. Their comeback?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

They were down 29 points, Jay.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And they won in the last second.

[Jay]

I know.

[Dave]

Are you kidding me?

[Jay]

That's pretty cool.

[Dave]

It's. They're destined to win, right? Like, you don't have a run like this and lose. Like, there's no. There's no way the spurs are going to come back, unfortunately. There's no down three to one.

[Jay]

They have momentum.

[John]

Yeah.

[Dave]

They have insane. And they have arguably the greatest city in the nation behind them right now, which is New York City. So you should go. I do want to go.

[Jay]

How could you go and then go to France?

[Dave]

That's. That. That's the only reason I don't want to go. It's like, I have so much to do. That.

[John]

But I mean, dude, just imagine the city, like, there's going to be riots. Like, straight up riots.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[John]

The city's going to burn.

[Jay]

I don't. I don't know about that, bro. I think. I think a little bit higher of New York than.

[Dave]

I don't know. I don't think there's gonna be riots.

[Jay]

I don't think there'll be riots.

[Dave]

I think it's gonna be.

[Jay]

Do you know why, John?

[John]

Why?

[Jay]

New York's like. New York has to exist like that all the time with everybody on top of each other. I don't think the Knicks winning is gonna.

[Dave]

I don't think you're gonna be.

[Jay]

People have, like. People. People have, like, a certain level of. How do I say it, Dave?

[Dave]

Love? Admiration.

[Jay]

Yeah, they. They. They have like a. They have a code that they live by.

[Dave]

In order to.

[John]

Next Tuesday, we're gonna talk about it.

[Jay]

Okay. Yeah. Put some money on it. I'll bet you a hundred bucks there's no, like, Rio. A ride's like somebody dies.

[Dave]

The reason John brings this up is because. Because, like, the number one meme online is, like, New York after the Knicks win. And it's a. It's a video of a nuke hitting. Yeah. New York.

[Jay]

Oh, yeah.

[Dave]

Like, it's like the whole city's. Everyone is saying will be brought to, like, ashes after they win.

[Jay]

Right? I don't think so.

[Dave]

I don't think so either.

[Jay]

Maybe some jumping on cars.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[John]

So a little bit even I'm not. I mean, this is a terrible way of Betting. I mean, I'm always going to say no.

[Dave]

You can't put on people's deaths. Yeah, no, no, you guys don't bet on this.

[John]

But if the police comes out, obviously they're coming out.

[Jay]

Police will come out.

[Dave]

Obviously they're gonna be out there. Are you nuts?

[John]

No, in right gear.

[Dave]

But the police are also New Yorkers, so they're.

[John]

They're also going to be riding.

[Dave]

Have you seen. Who's the mayor there? Mandami? Yeah. Have you seen him talk about, like, how do you feel about, like a reporter asked, like, how do you feel about, like, how New Yorkers are going to act?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

When the Knicks win the championship? And he's. He's kind of like. I mean, it's been over 50 years, so he's kind of like, just gotta. Yeah, we're just gonna have to do it. He's. He's really interested. He's. He comes up on my feet a lot. And all the comments are always like, he's. That's my mayor. And then in the parentheses, it'll be like, I live in a small county in Hungary, by the way. Like, it's like. Yeah, like, there's a lot of, like, he's. He's very good at being the people's. The person's people. Yeah, People's person.

[Jay]

Yeah. The murder rate for the people. The lowest ever there.

[Dave]

Now, I don't know about politics. I don't know.

[Jay]

No, that's just.

[John]

Those are.

[Jay]

Those are facts.

[Dave]

Okay. I don't know what he's doing about, like, actually what he's doing in New York, but I just like the optics of how he looks, at least on my feed. He's like, right, yeah, he looks like.

[Jay]

He looks like he could show up at your house maybe for a party.

[Dave]

Someone was like, are you going back. Are you going back to the Knicks game?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And he's like, all I could do is afford one ticket. I'm going to watch party. He's very positive about everything. He's not taking free seats from the Madison Square Garden, which I would. If anybody is in his camp and is listening to this, I think he can go ahead and, like, pull that off pretty smooth smoothly. He could just be like, I'm the mayor.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

There are some perks. I'm going to go watch the game on their dime. Like, you were mayor from New York.

[Jay]

Dave, would you take a ticket courtside?

[John]

You're going to take it by Madison Square Garden?

[Jay]

Yeah, take it.

[Dave]

Okay. Yeah, but I think there's. I really like that he. He's for the people.

[Jay]

Yeah. Something nice about him not taking it.

[Dave]

Something nice. But I also think it's, like, it shows that you're a real Knicks fan if you take it like, Are you fucking nuts?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I'm mayor. This is my one. This is my one perk. I get to go watch our team play. Speaking of optics, anybody from his team is listening to this. Let that man go to the game.

[Jay]

Yeah, I think optics wise, too, it'd be probably pretty good for him to

[Dave]

be there, to be at the game. Yeah, well, he went and he sat, like, in the nosebleeds.

[Jay]

Oh, what?

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he went. The one game he went to, he bought tickets. They asked him how much they were. It was for around $1,000. And he set up in, like, section fucking Z, in fact, like, yeah, bro,

[John]

he is for the people.

[Dave]

No, he's very much for the people.

[John]

Wow.

[Dave]

And he takes public trans.

[Jay]

You kind of have to take public trans.

[John]

That's really cool.

[Dave]

Do you, though, in New York, if

[Jay]

you want to get anywhere?

[John]

I mean, he could have a black. You could have a driver.

[Dave]

Yeah, but you get, like, a big

[Jay]

driver, can't get anywhere.

[Dave]

Yeah, but you're still getting so much work done in a car that's, like, vamped for it. Like, you know what? You could have a full desk in your bus, and you could be taking calls in there. Yeah. And it's like, your office, but, yeah, I get it. John and I are going back to the south of France.

[John]

Oh, we're not.

[Dave]

Why do you not want to go so bad?

[John]

Because I got to lock in, dude. I got to, like, lock in. And, like, it's Julia's first time, like, doing a transformation, so she's like. She understands the weight on her shoulders of, like, you have a goal and you have to hit it.

[Dave]

Right.

[John]

You know?

[Dave]

I mean, it's like. I don't understand what the argument is here.

[John]

It's just. I mean, this is her, like, second week.

[Dave]

Yeah. What does that mean? Like, you can't lock in the south of France?

[John]

No, no, no. Like, she just wants me to be there, you know?

[Dave]

Oh, yeah. We're only gone for three days.

[John]

It doesn't matter. It's just. It messes up the whole thing, man.

[Dave]

It really doesn't. It's literally. You just don't have popcorn that day.

[John]

Also, we've been to south of France.

[Dave]

I mean, I understand that argument, but

[Jay]

that was just there.

[John]

I was just there.

[Jay]

Why do you need John there?

[Dave]

Huh?

[Jay]

Why do you need John there.

[John]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Make the vlog.

[John]

We're not even vlogging.

[Jay]

No, he's coming.

[Dave]

Yeah, I know we're vlogging.

[John]

Oh, we are?

[Dave]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John]

Okay. I peaked, though. I peaked the south of France, you know, Monaco was peaked.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[John]

Once in a life.

[Jay]

Can't get any better than that.

[John]

You can't. You can't beat it. You can't. Other than my economy seat in the middle. In the middle, middle. You couldn't even look outside the window.

[Jay]

Middle, middle.

[John]

Oh, middle, middle of the plane.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[John]

In the middle.

[Jay]

No wind.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[John]

It's one thing to be in the middle, but next to a window.

[Dave]

Middle, middle, middle, middle is like.

[John]

You don't even know where we're going.

[Jay]

Damn.

[John]

Yeah, but it was fun because, I mean, it was worth it. Honestly, it was worth. Was one of the most, like, bougiest trip I've ever seen.

[Jay]

Really?

[John]

Yeah. Jay.

[Jay]

Yeah, he was telling me about it. I did see your scavenger hunt.

[Dave]

You did what?

[Jay]

I did. Senior scavenger hunt. My friend's kid was doing senior scavenger hunt.

[Dave]

Oh, yeah? What do they look for?

[Jay]

They needed to fight at Influencer.

[Dave]

Oh, that's so funny.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Like. Like, verbally.

[Jay]

I don't know.

[Dave]

Or physically.

[Jay]

Yeah, like, they needed it, like, on video, so.

[Dave]

Damn. The scavenger hunts in LA are probably so lit. It's probably like, find a famous person.

[Jay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

Damn. And you could like, actually kind of check that off.

[Jay]

Yeah, yeah. Marnie called me before, and she was like. She's like, you know, he's coming over. And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll do it.

[Dave]

Coming to kick your ass.

[Jay]

Yeah. She goes. She said the most LA thing ever. She goes. She goes, well, if it makes you feel any better, Mindy Kaling's doing it, too, so you're in good company.

[Dave]

That's really funny.

[Jay]

I was like, yeah, that's good.

[Dave]

That's really funny.

[Jay]

I was like, okay, I'll do it. But then he came over and he was like. He was like, all right, I have to, like, fight an influencer. And I was like, okay. I was like, so what? Like, we'll just, like, make a sketch or something? And he was like, no, no. He's like. He's like, we have to, like, scrap. And I was like, what? I was like, I'm not gonna fuck. I don't want to fucking hit you, you know? So I did it a couple times, and he was just, like, not happy with it at all.

[Dave]

Yeah. You weren't hitting him Hard enough. No, I mean, I get it. If I was a high schooler, like, I'd want to do it properly.

[Jay]

I know. But I also can't hit my friend son.

[Dave]

Why? If you ask. If you ask your friend.

[Jay]

I can't.

[Dave]

Jeff's son?

[Jay]

No, no, our other friend. But it was just kind of like, it's stressful.

[Dave]

Do you think what's, what's the most interesting thing about living in LA as a parent? That people don't understand that your kids love la. What, what, what does that mean?

[Jay]

It means like they love it here. And it's kind of like if you want to move or if you like one, if you want them to be different types of people.

[Dave]

That's actually so true.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I've never met, like a younger person here that's grown up here.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

That's ever said anything negative about this place. Oh, yeah, people love it here.

[Jay]

Charlie's at Point Dube today.

[Dave]

Oh, that's. That is actually. That's so opposite of where we're from. Yeah, we're from. That's like, it is the standard to bitch about me too, where I'm from.

[Jay]

Let's get the fuck out of here. Like, how do we get out of this town?

[Dave]

Wow, that is really interesting about. Okay, so all kids love la.

[Jay]

My kid goes to school in college and his plan is to come right back here.

[John]

Oh, wow.

[Dave]

Damn. If I make it, we're going back home.

[Jay]

Yeah. 100%. Yeah.

[Dave]

That's crazy.

[Jay]

Same thing with Charlie. Like, the kids here, they, they, they, they.

[Dave]

Okay, what else, what else? What else? Like, what, what's something that people wouldn't understand about being a parent in la or like even, like, is there some sort of like, special code that it's been hard for you to operate by? Like, by like not fangirling about people's parents or like, I guess maybe just

[Jay]

like the, the opulence around you is tough.

[Dave]

What's that? Oh, like, like just the wealth and.

[Jay]

Yeah. Charlie has a friend who's like a billionaire famous guy and like, you know, it's just like hard to do.

[Dave]

You think that's tough for a lot of kids? I think so, yeah.

[Jay]

I think that's really hard to be.

[Dave]

Like, my dad is a billionaire. Like, my dad's Spielberg.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And your dad is Jason Nash.

[Jay]

Yes. Yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah. Have your kids ever been like, hey, Jamie, Spielberg is getting to like, she's getting uber blacks and you're only getting me uber pools? Like, I don't know what's going on? No, never has There ever been, like, a moment where you've had to tell your kids, like, well, listen, like, we're not. We're not like Russell Crowe. We're like, yeah.

[Jay]

I'll just say. I'll just be like, daddy, I can't. You can't do Postwitz anymore. Or like, we can't.

[Dave]

We can't. You can't eat anymore. That's crazy.

[Jay]

Yeah. I'll just be like, I don't. I don't have it. I can't do it.

[Dave]

I mean, even Postmates is like, yeah, Postmates is like, an insane mom would

[John]

be like, here's $2.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[John]

Work it out.

[Dave]

I mean, Little Caesars you get once a week. And that's. You know what? That already is like, that's top of the line. To be able to afford Little Caesars is already.

[Jay]

There's.

[Dave]

But like.

[Jay]

But do you ever get Little Caesars here?

[Dave]

No, because I like a pizza place now.

[Jay]

Yeah, but you mean you could cheat on your pizza place.

[Dave]

It's. It's. It's actually kind of hard for me to get pizza. Like, yesterday. Yesterday we had to go into dobriks, the taste test.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

We're like, coming out with finally, gluten free. Yeah, we're doing.

[Jay]

Oh, gluten free pizza. I love.

[Dave]

Yeah. We actually brainstorming because how was it?

[Jay]

How is the gluten free?

[Dave]

It's really good. Yeah, it's really good.

[Jay]

I like gluten free.

[Dave]

And then we try to talk shit about that. I didn't like.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

So, yeah. But we're coming out with probably a thin version soon. I want to just go New York style, so stop bitching.

[Jay]

I love that.

[Dave]

I'm so, like, good move. Really?

[Jay]

Oh, yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah. But, like, I ate so much yesterday where I didn't eat the rest of the day, and that's like, it's all part of work.

[Jay]

Wow.

[Dave]

So I try not to eat pizza when I'm not, like, doing it. You know, I have to bring, like, a porn star. Like, you know, I fuck. I fuck.

[Jay]

I fuck for work.

[Dave]

So, like, I don't. I don't. I don't like to fuck on the side. And it just feels like work to me.

[Jay]

I have to do a brand deal for a competing pizza place. I just want to let you know that. Who. I'm not gonna say.

[Dave]

Oh, tell me, tell me.

[Jay]

Seeing that this place is brought to

[Dave]

you, I'll tell you if it's valid.

[Jay]

Prince Street. Yeah.

[Dave]

You're a fucking dick. No, no, no. I love Prince Street. You know, they were our original partners.

[Jay]

I know they were. Yeah.

[John]

Wait, you guys were supposed to be partners with Prince Street?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[John]

No way.

[Dave]

We're supposed to. We were partners with Prince street, and then we, like, we worked out. We're still really good friends with the owners of Prince street because they were, like, so helpful in helping us figure out, like, what type of pizza we were gonna do, I don't think.

[John]

Dude, I remember you brought Prince street back to Chicago, and I was like. And you flew it out. You literally brought it from la.

[Dave]

Oh, it's. Yeah. First time you have Prince Street. Prince Street, I think, is the gateway to good pizza.

[Jay]

Yeah, it's nice.

[Dave]

I think it's, like, the most mainstream good pizza place.

[John]

It's a gold standard.

[Dave]

Yeah. So I think once you have Prince street, you're like, okay, so this is where I'm at with pizza.

[Jay]

I don't think pizza's a competitive thing.

[Dave]

No, I don't think it is either. And that's exactly why Pritz street partnered with us. When we were up the street, I was like, why do you guys want to do this? Like, it's not. It's not really like that. We want to see you flourish. It's not like that.

[Jay]

Like, pizza just begets more pizza.

[Dave]

100%, I think. 100%. I completely agree.

[Jay]

It's so hard for me to not order pizza. We were out in a restaurant last night, and I wanted pizza so badly.

[Dave]

I actually would tell you, like, the only place that I'm not offended by you supporting is Prince Street.

[Jay]

Nice.

[Dave]

And Little Caesars.

[Jay]

Nice, then. Little Caesars hasn't called yet.

[Dave]

But, I mean, little. I would love to do something with Little Caesars. I'd love to do a collab with Little Caesars at my pizza place. I think that'd be really sick.

[Jay]

That'd be fun.

[Dave]

I really want to get, like, a $5 pizza on the menu.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

It's just really fucking hard. It's really hard to, like, make that work financially.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Cause it's just. I don't even think Little Caesar's has $5 pizza anymore. Right. It's like $7 now. $8. Yeah. $7. Eight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it's really. It's really hard to make that pizza.

[John]

Not even Sam's club has $5 pizzas.

[Dave]

What? No. Like, their slices are still cheap. No, they're.

[John]

No, they're like 2.99.

[Dave]

Damn.

[John]

Yeah. I was just there at Costco. That's why.

[Dave]

So what? A little butterflies. I was just there if you wanted to ask. No. Yeah.

[Jay]

I saw this ad the other day. I was watching tv and you know how they do, like, political ads where they take down candidates and stuff?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Well, this was a lawsuit for a doctor who had inappropriately touched women.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Jay]

It was like a gynecologist named Barry Brock. And it was the oddest ad. And it was like, were you touched by Barry Brock?

[Dave]

No way.

[John]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Oh, that's crazy. Like, it. Oh, I guess it's probably only playing to la.

[Jay]

Yeah, it was as a doctor at Cedars. And then. And then it's like the woman's like, in the store.

[Dave]

Wow, that's fucking.

[Jay]

And then she's like in the grocery aisle and all of a sudden she sees Barry Brock. Like, like a ghost almost. It's the most disturbing fucking thing I've ever seen.

[Dave]

Like, they like, they like shot it, like theatrically.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jay]

And it's like a 700 million dollar lawsuit.

[Dave]

I don't know how pop. Aside from that. I don't know how politicians do it, how people are always going at each other. I was like, I see a lot of politician videos where it's like, hey, can I shake your hand?

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And then the politician would be like, yeah, of course. And then the guy starts shaking the politician's hand and the guy goes, you're fucking demonic asshole. Fuck yourself.

[Jay]

That's part of the job. Yeah, that's part of the job.

[Dave]

That's. That's fucking crazy. If I was a politician, I'd be like, yeah, I'm not going like Trump. Love him or hate him. 50% of people hate him.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I don't know how he fucking does it.

[Jay]

I don't know.

[Dave]

Any president could sit anywhere and get booed. He got like the whole stadium's booing.

[Jay]

Yes, yes, I saw that.

[Dave]

Like, that's like. I don't know. I think that's. That's a level of like, something I don't understand.

[Jay]

Politics is a whole different beast. It's a whole different.

[Dave]

But I also think, like, when you're a politician, you don't.

[Jay]

You.

[Dave]

You have like a really good, like, perception. Not, not really good, but you just have like such a different perception of, of human beings.

[Jay]

I got asked to do a political ad a couple weeks ago and they wanted me to. They wanted me to go after the other candidate in my ad. And ultimately I was like, no, not gonna do that, but. Oh, really, really, really interesting.

[Dave]

Jerry Berger wants you to have no money.

[Jay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

I think that's fucking weird.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[John]

I'm surprised there hasn't been an influencer that's become like part governor or something, you know, I mean, there was one that just tried.

[Dave]

Yeah, there's literally one just now in la. He was close.

[Jay]

Yeah, he did good. Yeah, he was pretty good for who he was.

[Dave]

I mean, I think you're going to. I think you're going to get influencers. I think you'll get that in like five, ten years.

[John]

Yeah. I mean, 100%, Dave could be running for fucking governor of L. A. Oh.

[Jay]

What would be the first thing you do, Dave?

[John]

We'll have a membership at Living Room just for this year.

[Dave]

I think when we were. When we were registering people to vote. Yeah, we beat. This is one of my favorite flexes of my. Of all time. Yeah, we got the most people to. We beat Taylor Swift's record, really, getting most people to register to vote in like a single campaign.

[Jay]

Damn.

[Dave]

And we registered over 150,000 people to vote like teenagers. It's crazy. 18.

[Jay]

18 year olds.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Damn.

[Dave]

So that was really exciting.

[Jay]

And now they're all being drafted, so.

[Dave]

Yeah, now, now. Yeah, now they're off of fighting the war because I did that

[Jay]

great job.

[Dave]

150,000 people that use Code David at the ballots are being drafted.

[John]

They're probably like, I did not know we had 150,000 eligible.

[Dave]

Five of them won a Tesla, Maybe going to war, but damn. Yeah.

[Jay]

What else is going on around here? What are you back in la? You're feeling good?

[Dave]

Yeah, I have a week off.

[Jay]

You look good.

[Dave]

I have. I'm posting a video on Monday which I'm excited about.

[Jay]

Croatia.

[Dave]

Croatia. Our boat vlog.

[Jay]

Good.

[Dave]

How is it again? I say this every vlog. It's gonna be a little bit of a different kind of vlog.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But I really like the vibe. I think it's. I think it's got like a fun energy to it. And then we have a party here.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

We have so many fucking events at the house. I just painted the pickleball purple, having Price picks come in. And we're doing a Price picks pickleball tournament. My annual tournament for pickleball.

[Jay]

Okay.

[Dave]

We're doing with Price picks this year.

[Jay]

Do you win every year?

[Dave]

Yes.

[Jay]

You do? Yeah. Is it one on one or doubles?

[Dave]

Doubles.

[Jay]

Who's your partner?

[Dave]

I don't know yet. But it's like some of the Nelk boys are coming. Sean o' Malley's coming. Drewski's coming.

[Jay]

Fun.

[Dave]

So it's gonna be like a big group of like influencers that are coming out.

[Jay]

Great.

[Dave]

And athletes. Kevin Durant. And then right when that ends. Yeah, I go see Toy Story in theaters.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And then that's that same night. And then that morning, I fly out to Cannes. I'm there for two, three days. And then my long, long, long, two, two week work week starts. And then in July, I think I'm going to have a little bit more free time. July, I'm not doing much traveling. I'm going to Bon Jovi concert in New York.

[Jay]

Oh, yeah. With your mom.

[Dave]

Yeah. When. When Bon Jovi promises those tickets. So we're gonna do that, which I'm really excited about. But other than that, that's my only travel I'm doing. I may go to the Hamptons. Yeah, it's gonna be a busy, busy two months. John's gonna be traveling a lot. So nice to travel with John.

[Jay]

I'm sorry about that.

[John]

Just careful with the word travel.

[Dave]

You know, you're gonna be traveling.

[John]

I mean, Jay, I'm not gonna lie. It feels like having the best dessert every day.

[Dave]

But he's full.

[John]

But I'm so full.

[Dave]

That's actually a really good way to describe it.

[John]

Very, very full. I am content with the life I've seen. So very grateful for my boss, but I am full.

[Jay]

You're done.

[Dave]

All right, guys, it's all the time we have for today's pod. Thank you guys for listening. Thank you guys for hanging. And we will see you guys in the next one. Go listen to Jason's. Go listen to Jason's other pod and check out his daily vlogs.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And we'll see you guys around. Bye. Hey, everyone, it's Stavros Halakis, and I'm here to tell you about my podcast, Stavi's World. Each week we're joined by great guests like Josh Safdie, Eric Andre, Caleb Herron, and more.

[Jay]

It's sort of an interview show, but

[Dave]

really we're just messing around, making each other laugh. And hopefully making you laugh while you're washing the dishes or grocery shopping or

[Jay]

out on a long drive.

[Dave]

Plus, I take listener calls where we

[Jay]

have honest conversations about dating, life, and everything in between.

[Dave]

Imagine if your therapist was a vulgar degenerate whose office was in a Greek diner.

[Jay]

No scripts, no polish, and absolutely no holding back.

[Dave]

Listen to Stavi's World wherever you get your podcasts. So good, so good, so good.

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