182: The Freshmaker! & Now This B Is Taking Pics

Summary

We're Here to Help – Episode 182: "The Freshmaker! & Now This B Is Taking Pics"

Release Date: June 23, 2025
Hosts: Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds

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Introduction

In Episode 182 of We're Here to Help, hosts Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds dive into two distinct caller dilemmas, offering their trademark blend of humor and unconventional advice. Additionally, the episode features a special guest, Mr. Hot Takes, who shares an inspiring initiative from his school. Throughout the episode, notable quotes and interactions highlight the hosts' dynamic and creative problem-solving approach.

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Caller 1: Parking Predicaments with Hardik from Delhi

Timestamp: 09:18 – 21:15

Hardik, dialing in from South Delhi, India, shares his frustrations about moving into a new apartment where his assigned parking spot is impractically small. This has led to tensions with neighbors who have long-established parking arrangements.

Hardik explains:

"Me and my fiance, we actually just moved back from America... it's been havoc... it feels like they're all just trying to get at me for some reason."

Key Discussion Points:

• The Parking Dilemma: Hardik was promised a parking spot that is half the size suitable only for a moped, leading him to park inconsistently and face antagonism from longstanding neighbors.
• Neighbors' Resistance: Long-term residents are resistant to accommodating Hardik's larger vehicle, creating a hostile environment.
• Attempts at Resolution: Hardik has confronted the landlord and even involved the Municipal Corporation to remove a barricade obstructing his parking area.

Notable Host Advice: Jake and Gareth propose several humorous and creative solutions:

1. Mentos Muscle Men: Inspired by Mentos commercials, they suggest hiring muscle men to physically move the obstructing cars. Gareth quips:

   "The guy who parked in a half spot... hires four muscle guys. They pick up the car and move it."

2. Paint Lines: Using spray paint to clearly delineate parking spots, making it indisputable.
3. Sympathy Tactics: Getting a fake cast to evoke sympathy from neighbors, hoping they'd relent.
4. Strategic Filming: Recording actions to create viral content that could pressure neighbors into compliance.

Hardik responds enthusiastically:

"I might actually hire some people to pick up this... And then, mark the street parking side and let him know."

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Caller 2: Handling Overzealous Photography with Princess Peach from Georgia

Timestamp: 37:03 – 57:38

Princess Peach calls from Georgia seeking advice on handling her father’s long-term girlfriend, Nancy, who incessantly takes photos during family gatherings, disrupting the natural atmosphere.

Princess Peach shares:

"Whenever we spend time with her, she always has her camera out... It makes you feel like you're under surveillance."

Key Discussion Points:

• Disruption of Vibes: Nancy's constant photographing changes the mood of interactions, making them feel unnatural and intrusive.
• Fear of Confrontation: Peach fears that directly addressing the issue might lead to regrettable confrontations.

Notable Host Advice: Jake and Gareth engage in a role-playing exercise to brainstorm effective yet gentle ways to address Nancy's behavior:

1. Over-the-Top Reactions: Acting out exaggerated annoyance to make Nancy realize her impact.
2. Group Phone Collection: Instituting a "phone bagging" system during gatherings to minimize camera use. Jake suggests:

   "You could say, now that the baby's here, we don't like the idea that the baby's being raised in screen land... So we've got these little bags."

3. Mirror Tactics: Every time Nancy takes a photo, counter with taking photos of her, subtly highlighting her behavior.

Princess Peach finds the phone bagging idea particularly appealing:

"I love that idea. I'm gonna implement this... It wouldn't be singling her out."

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Special Guest: Mr. Hot Takes and the Hot Take Festival

Timestamp: 58:07 – 81:55

Mr. Hot Takes, a recurring guest, discusses his innovative "Hot Take Festival" at his school, where students present and debate their passionate, sometimes frivolous opinions.

Mr. Hot Takes explains:

"Every week a student... would present their hot take... and argue with the class."

Key Discussion Points:

• Festival Success: The event saw 150 students participating, enhancing critical thinking and public speaking skills.
• Community Impact: Teachers and students alike were enthusiastic, with the festival becoming a staple in the school's curriculum.
• Future Plans: Mr. Hot Takes aims to expand the festival, proposing the creation of a dedicated website to promote and guide other schools in adopting similar programs.

Hosts' Enthusiasm: Jake and Gareth express admiration for the initiative and brainstorm ways to support its growth:

"This is the legacy... Let's see other schools that do this and follow up with us."

Mr. Hot Takes adds:

"The kids were so psyched. They were arguing with my students, and they did amazing."

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Conclusion

Episode 182 of We're Here to Help masterfully balances humorous, offbeat advice with meaningful initiatives like the Hot Take Festival. Through engaging caller stories and an inspiring guest, Jake and Gareth demonstrate their commitment to offering support in their unique, entertaining style. The episode underscores the importance of creativity and community in resolving everyday challenges.

Final Notable Quote: Jake reflects on the episode's highlights:

"This really is a great way for them to argue a point, do homework, get passionate about it."

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Produced by Rabbit Grimm Productions.

Transcript

[Jake Johnson]

This is a Headgum podcast. And we are back. Oh, Jake. Well, the reveal's out there. I was gonna tease a little bit, but, you know, photo made it to Pam's basement toilet. Yes. So my mother has two bathrooms. She has the downstairs one where I told you there was a photo of me featured. I'm sure we'll see that in a second. But you and Rob, unsolicited, sent her a picture of you and Tom Cruise. That headshot's pretty incredible. It's unre. Wait, go back to the Jake and Tom one real quick. So we have. So featured now in the bathroom. Second picture is you and Tom Cruise, which you guys sent to my mother. She was touched by it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Well, because Pam knows that we love her, we care about her.

[Jake Johnson]

She does.

[Natalie]

And this has turned into a nice.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Happy story, and we need to get better.

[Jake Johnson]

She said she was going to frame it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Good. And she did.

[Jake Johnson]

She framed it. She found a frame. She's framed it. It's now sitting in the bathroom next to the only other picture featured in the bathroom, which is my first headshot, which is embarrassing. We could probably zoom in a little. Yeah, it's an absolute nightmare. It's just terrible. And as Nat pointed out, there is a watermark on it, which, when I brought it up to my mother, she didn't understand. But two things. One, my brother said he hated the fact that the headshot was in there, so when he goes to the bathroom in there, he always turns it around because it looks like I'm watching him pee. And my mother wanted to point out that mine is there for when people sit and yours is there for when people stand. So there you go. And then sometimes you get the duplicate where you and I are in a duplex together, where my headshot is on top of the picture of you.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Pretty good.

[Rob]

So.

[Jake Johnson]

So things have really elevated over there.

[Gareth Reynolds]

At escalation earlier today in this show.

[Jake Johnson]

Nope.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Something happened in a call.

[Natalie]

Yeah, we had.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You guys will. Maybe it'll be on this episode or maybe it'll be in another one. But there was a great caller from Utah named Nick.

[Jake Johnson]

We let. I would say let's not. Let's not even say what it is, but let's just say, you know, you're right. This is because it's. It plays out organically. You're right, but it's. All I'm thinking about is.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But by the way, it's all you should be thinking about it.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, no, it's. It's. It's taking the show into a direction that I. I didn't imagine. And I'm. I'm not gonna lie. This is not going to become a thing. But I will own this one.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[Jake Johnson]

Will you? I will be.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[Jake Johnson]

I will be doing this.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I think if you didn't do it at this point, it's a Welch.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It's kind of like, well, why do we do all that then?

[Natalie]

We have to.

[Jake Johnson]

You know, it's just like every bet that I've ever made with you.

[Natalie]

This wasn't with me.

[Jake Johnson]

You know, I get nothing.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And this is a.

[Jake Johnson]

You say you suggested it. No, I didn't.

[Natalie]

Natalie did.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, Natalie. What's your problem?

[Hardik]

I just thought you should experience it.

[Jake Johnson]

I don't know.

[Natalie]

No, but what it really is more.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Is you just now know him and you know he wants this, and then he wants to shut it.

[Hardik]

How he saying you wanted it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Then he pretends, Natalie, that he's.

[Jake Johnson]

I do not want it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

So he's the little victim boy.

[Jake Johnson]

No, I'm not.

[Natalie]

I've agreed to do it.

[Jake Johnson]

Is.

[Natalie]

You said.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I know you want your butthole waxed.

[Jake Johnson]

So do it, Jake.

[Natalie]

Just do it, Jake. Because you love it, Jake. And you want people to listen to.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You scream while he's got a voice.

[Natalie]

Record of him going like this.

[Jake Johnson]

I'm going to film. Oh, I'm. I'm going to film it.

[Natalie]

He's going to release it on YouTube.

[Jake Johnson]

How? On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt? Eight.

[Hardik]

It's not.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And that's coming from a woman who's had children. What? How.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

What is it?

[Gareth Reynolds]

How bad does it hurt to have children?

[Hardik]

I mean, that's a 10, obviously. A 12. Like, it's the most, but that's a.

[Gareth Reynolds]

10 and this is an 8.

[Natalie]

How close is that?

[Jake Johnson]

Well, you know what?

[Hardik]

It might be. It might be better for Gareth, because I didn't find the back the worst.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Right.

[Hardik]

The front is the most painful.

[Jake Johnson]

They ain't touching the front. I keep it winter mode. Thank you.

[Hardik]

Too much information.

[Jake Johnson]

I go winter mode year round.

[Gareth Reynolds]

The back's gonna be awful, Gareth. They're gonna pour hot wax on your butthole, let it dry, and then rip it off.

[Hardik]

Don't they say about redheads that you guys have higher pain tolerance?

[Jake Johnson]

They do, so maybe you'll be fine. Well, I mean, first of all, thank you for the nice compliment.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Don't they say about red eyes, they hurt like hell when they get waxed?

[Jake Johnson]

Anyway, without further ado.

[Gareth Reynolds]

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[Gareth Reynolds]

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[Natalie]

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[Gareth Reynolds]

Yes, sir. Gareth, will you start us off, bud?

[Jake Johnson]

Sure.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Because I was up till three in the morning last night.

[Jake Johnson]

Unless it sounds a little. I'll get there, baby.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I'll get there, baby. I'll get there, baby.

[Jake Johnson]

Are they here? I can't see.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

They're joining.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay. Oh, my God.

[Rob]

Hi. Hey, guys.

[Jake Johnson]

Hi. How's it going? Welcome. Welcome to. We're here to help. America's number one podcast. Don't look it up. Can we. Can we get your name, please?

[Rob]

Yeah, it's Hardik.

[Jake Johnson]

Huh. And where are you from? Hard dick.

[Rob]

Yeah, Hard. They like T, H, E, like the. But, yeah, I'm going from Delhi, India.

[Jake Johnson]

Delhi, India. And can you just be clear on the name one more time?

[Rob]

Hard deck. AJ R, D, I.

[Jake Johnson]

Hard deck. Like if you were to go to a casino and the dealer opened a fresh pack, you'd say it's a hard deck.

[Rob]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or, you know, if someone unzips their pants and they say that, well, that's.

[Jake Johnson]

Definitely what we want to do. But we don't want to poke. Name fun.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That a boy. Hard deck.

[Jake Johnson]

But we saw, we see your name because you can't. Whatever. There's some technical stuff. So we see your name and your name spelling in English is, you know, there's. There's something there. You're calling from Delhi, I think. I believe this is our first India call.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Really excited.

[Jake Johnson]

So this.

[Rob]

Yeah, I think there was an Indian on from Canada, but that's about it.

[Jake Johnson]

We don't count But. But we're very curious if our skills can translate to yet another place in this beautiful world. So, hard deck, why don't you. How old are you?

[Rob]

I'm 29.

[Jake Johnson]

29. Okay. All right. Do we want to ask any memoir questions? Jake, that was fun last time.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Still hard at 29. He hasn't got. Hasn't gone soft, Dick.

[Jake Johnson]

Still.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

All right, hard deck. Why don't you.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Why don't you get worse in your 40s, my friend?

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, but.

[Rob]

Yeah, I believe you. I'm not looking forward to.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Sponsored by Mango.

[Jake Johnson]

Mango. All right, hard deck. Go ahead, hit us with it.

[Rob]

So, yeah, me and my fiance, we actually just moved back from America, and we moved into a place in South Delhi and into, like, a nice, quaint neighborhood. But, you know, it's been havoc, for sure. Like, I feel like all the neighbors are, like, kind of turning against us just because of, like, the issue of some local parking.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, we're seeing a picture here, and it's. Whoever's trying to park is very ambitious.

[Rob]

Yeah, that was me.

[Jake Johnson]

So you're.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You tried to park in a.

[Jake Johnson]

You tried to park in a spot that is half the size of your car, right?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Come on, sir.

[Rob]

So I sent that photo because my landlord told me that I have a parking spot with the house. So I was like, okay, gladly.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You know, Mr. Hardick, it's not the middle of the street.

[Jake Johnson]

No, I think. Is that your parking spot, spot, Hard deck?

[Rob]

Exactly. That's my spot.

[Gareth Reynolds]

All right. Sorry. Hard to keep going.

[Rob]

No. So I took that picture for my landlord and, like, kind of gave it to him, and I was like, I don't think this is fitting in, man. You know? And he was like, oh, yeah, I see. And then, like, you know, I go behind the car.

[Jake Johnson]

What did he take your draw? I mean, that's. Your car's not enormous for people listening, the spot is. Would fit a Mini Cooper, and he's trying to park a RAV4, and there's no way it's on the street. So we would call it just regular street parking, but this is your assigned spot that your car clearly will never fit into. There's no. It doesn't matter what country you're in. This is bullshit. Okay.

[Rob]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree. And so I look behind the car, the red car that's in front of my car, and I look behind it, and there's, like, a barricade that apparently my downstairs neighbor has put in to because he has some beef with our next door neighbors, you know, and then I slowly like, unravel this onion and figure out that everyone has beef with everyone. And like, you know, everyone's really stuck with that 30 year old parking because everyone is old over here and they're just like, have lived here for like past 30, 40 years. So they all have these parkings and they're like, oh, we did this for the parking or we did that for the parking. And like, you know, it feels like they're all just like trying to get at me for some reason and you're just coming out of me.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, you're new. And they don't want. I mean, they. If you look at the red car and the car behind you, the best time for these people parking wise was probably when nobody lived in the apartment that you moved into. And now you're there. Oh, go ahead.

[Rob]

The guy, the guy who lived here, I don't know what was up with him, but I feel like he was like too submissive where he, you know, just gave in and started parking like half a quarter mile away and was just like, you know, walking from his car.

[Jake Johnson]

That's my first pitch, by the way. Abandoned ship.

[Rob]

I mean, after this, so much chaos. Like once I sent you guys the email, my landlord kind of had like a gathering of the neighbors that was actually today morning in Delhi. And I was like, first I was like, I hope this doesn't get solved. So I don't have to tell you that this is solved now.

[Jake Johnson]

Wow, that is. By the way, Hardik, thank you for having our show, the creative of our show, ahead of your own personal life's problems. That's very nice of you.

[Rob]

Yeah, I mean, I'm getting something nice about this. I'm getting to talk to you guys about it. So, you know, that's pretty cool too, for me.

[Jake Johnson]

I agree.

[Rob]

But so we had the gathering of the neighbors and the old guy who lives downstairs, he apparently it's his sister's car and he couldn't move it because the sister's having beef with next door neighbors. And then he was like, okay, let me give her a call, she's in London. And let me figure this out. And he didn't really figure it out. We were waiting there for like 40 minutes or an hour. And like the guy who's like, I think I also sent you guys a sketch of like how the cars are parked. I'd like to see how the street is. So like my house is there and then like there's an alley next door.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, hold on. We just got the sketch here.

[Rob]

So that's just Hand drawn. Sorry.

[Jake Johnson]

Your house? Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's perfect. It works.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, so you have a spot direct. I mean, you have half a spot directly in front of your place.

[Rob]

Exactly, exactly. So the people in the A house, you know, they're like, oh, we're parking in front of our house so you can't do anything about it. And I'm like, it's kind of in my house too. But they're like, oh, we don't care because we've been parking there for a while. The B minus 1 is the guy who's in basement and he parks in the alley next door and he's just like, oh yeah, I got it paved. So you know, this is my lot. And like he like, I've been parking there because they kind of work over there. So I park there at night and then they call me in the morning. But it's so bad because they call me like 8am and I'm taking a shit and they're like giving me a call like, oh, come move the car. And I'm like, man, just park someone.

[Jake Johnson]

Else for something else.

[Rob]

Exactly.

[Jake Johnson]

And yeah, I mean, it's a lot.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It's a. Yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

For anyone who's listening, it's. I don't know what other way to say thank you. It's obviously like some of these spots that we're talking about are in front of the places that you're talking about, but your place is also in front of the spot where you have half a spot. So you just basically walked into a pre. An already established parking show where your landlord promised you parking there in. He's half right. Because there's a half spot. Like if you had a moped as your main mode of transportation, this would not be an issue. But you have a moderate kind of regular, maybe a little bit larger sized car, unable to park it. So that is quite a setup, I guess. Is there anything else to know? And if not, what would you bottom line your issue as?

[Rob]

Yeah, my main question would be like, how do I get a parking spot near my house without getting on the bad sides of my neighbors?

[Jake Johnson]

I'm assuming that where you live is like any big city in America where going to look for street parking is obviously a huge pain in the ass and you just don't want to be bothered with that because you were promised the spot.

[Rob]

Exactly, exactly. And like, you know, every day I'm just like carrying all my stuff down and stuff back in business.

[Jake Johnson]

You're moving. Yeah, I mean, really hard. It's hard. How hard was it to find this place.

[Rob]

It was kind of hard because, like, it's a funny story, when you move to India, the places don't come with, like, air conditioning or, like, fridge or a microwave or anything, you know, so, like, once we moved into this place, like, I had to get the whole place air conditioned and put the acs in, run the lines and like, you know, put like, exhaust fans, get a fridge, get a washing machine, all that stuff. So it's been a hassle for sure. And it was a nice. It's still a very nice place. It's like the penthouse apartment with the roof on it.

[Jake Johnson]

Right. And you can go out there sometimes and just look at the city and see that spot. That's totally inadequate for your car.

[Rob]

Exactly, exactly. And cry a little bit, but then drink my beer and be peaceful, you know.

[Jake Johnson]

I mean, I have one. Right. The problem, obviously, is that you're dealing with multiple parties. You're dealing with the people who already live there. You're dealing with a landlord who's. Bullshit. You. Have you confronted your landlord? Have you said to the landlord, like, dude, this is totally inadequate?

[Rob]

Yeah, I kind of did confront him today. And like, you know, in Indian rupees, the apartments, like, 80K. And there was some other things that were wrong with the apartment. So I ended up paying like 73. And like today with the whole havoc that was happening and, like, you know, like, the neighbors have been crazy towards me also, like, one of the neighbors was just like, yeah, like, oh, we prefer the people who stay here longer and not the people who are renting. And I was like, okay, man.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, cool. I prefer a parking spot that's available.

[Rob]

I know, right? But yeah, I spoke to the landlord and I was like, yeah, you got to get like 6,7k down from the rent if this is going to keep happening because then I'm going to just.

[Jake Johnson]

And you said there was like a meeting this morning about this?

[Rob]

Yeah, it was like the meeting of the neighbors.

[Jake Johnson]

And what was the outcome of that? There was nothing.

[Rob]

Nothing. Like, the guy was just like, I'll talk to my sister to move the car a little bit so I can make more space. And like, you know, like in the sketch where it says C1 and B1, there's a barricade over there.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, sweet.

[Rob]

And the barricade, I got that barricade removed by calling, like, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. And I, like, reported that and got that all removed.

[Jake Johnson]

So now can the car in front of your spot, can it move forward enough? Will that fit your car or. No, that doesn't even matter.

[Rob]

Exactly. So that would fit my car. And I've been trying to talk to this guy from the first flow, and he's not moving his car.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay. So there's a little wiggle. There's.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay, there's the moment.

[Jake Johnson]

That's good news, because then I feel like we really have to do. Okay, sorry.

[Rob]

But C1 can also move up a little bit. Like there's a little bit space in front of that car, too.

[Jake Johnson]

And do you know the people. I'm sure people listening. It sounds like an ocean's. It's just like listening to Ocean's Eleven. But C1 is in front of B1. B1 is in front of Hardex car. So can we get. If we. Do you know who owns C1?

[Rob]

Yes, I know.

[Jake Johnson]

And you know who owns B1? The two cars in front of your car. We know who those people are.

[Rob]

Yeah. But the C1 is a very wonderful lady. But the B1 is a little. Sure, angsty.

[Jake Johnson]

And we can get C1 to move.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But this is a simple problem. All of a sudden. Hardick.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

So this. This seemed. Yes, it's. This seemed very impossible to solve. But this is a very simple measure that could be pitched out. There was an old school American commercial, a classic, I would call it, from a candy company or a mint company called Mentos.

[Jake Johnson]

Both, thankfully, both the fruity ones borderlined on candy. Go ahead.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It's just candy. Probably the mints, too.

[Jake Johnson]

I don't know. Maybe it's a fresh maker. Either way.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Well, in one of the commercials, there's a car parked in somebody else's spot.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, my God.

[Gareth Reynolds]

The guy you. The commercial campaign used to be. They would bring out. They would do something wacky.

[Jake Johnson]

There'd be a problem.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yep.

[Jake Johnson]

They'd have a wacky solve. And then they'd incorporate it after eating some Mento.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And then. Yeah. Then they would put the Mentos up to camera and be like. Is that correct?

[Jake Johnson]

Yes. Mentos. Fresh as the man.

[Natalie]

Yes.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And so the fresh maker. Yeah, well, that wasn't. That part wasn't in America.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, these weren't. These commercials were not even Americ. They were like. I don't know.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Which made them exotic and awesome.

[Jake Johnson]

They were awesome. They were the dumbest thing ever. But they were also on.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But Mr. Hard Dick, what they did in these commercials, there was a. A problem similar to yours. There was a car parked in other people's car spot. And what they did, the guy didn't know what to do in the commercial, so he pops a Mento, in his mouth, hires four muscle men. They pick up the car, they move it, and then he does a pops of Mentos in his mouth.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, we actually have the commercial up right now.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Who got this so fast?

[Jake Johnson]

It's amazing.

[Rob]

I really like that idea.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But you're gonna zoom in.

[Jake Johnson]

You can see what we're about to watch, Right, Hardek?

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, so take a look at. At this.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And obviously, this will all be on their IG and socials and everything.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah. See, she's parked in. The guy's short on time.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That piece of crap.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, he's a real piece. She hires the movers, muscle guys. I know. They move the car out of the spot, and now she can leave. By the way, in America, that ends in a shooting.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Hold on, Gareth. Perfect impression of Fresh Maker at the end. You nailed it. Was that Rob, Natalie, or who. Who found that so fast and crushed it? I gotta give some.

[Jake Johnson]

That's Rob.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Mr. Wabi Wap, was that you?

[Rob]

That was.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That was incredible.

[Jake Johnson]

You know, actually, when you were talking about how this could be the solve, Rob was like, how can I get the video up quick? Took a Mentos in his mouth and was like, I'll Google search it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And then Natalie yelled, fresh Maker.

[Rob]

That's exactly how it happened.

[Hardik]

Mentos.

[Gareth Reynolds]

He threw it in his mouth.

[Jake Johnson]

That. That's the first pitch that, you know, I'm gonna pitch another one. I know Hardec is enjoying that pitch, so that's great, because in this version of it, they just have to move the car forward a little bit.

[Gareth Reynolds]

A little bit?

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

It is the fastest way. Let me give you the more diplomatic approach where I think we can milk a little sympathy and. And that might be it, because this is a very, very difficult issue, obviously. And obviously, it's our first. You know, this is our first India call, so we want to solve it. So I'm thinking maybe we go the sympathetic route where maybe. Where are you parking your car now? You're just going down the street?

[Rob]

Yeah. There's some random ass spots, like, a few meters away.

[Jake Johnson]

Here's what I'm gonna pitch. Hardik. I'm gonna pitch a fake cast. You get a fake cast on your leg, and you get some crutches, and you start showing the neighbors that without this spot, since you've injured your leg, your life is hell. And you are walking sometimes with a box in your arms, dropping the box, eliciting sympathy, and hopefully then raising the stakes for them to be like, you know what? Especially B1 for the person right in front of you to be like, you know what? This guy deserves this spot. His leg's all up. And. And maybe that way we can milk it. And then if that doesn't work, obviously, we always have the fresh maker on the table and.

[Hardik]

Can I ask a question?

[Jake Johnson]

Sure. Of course not. Attack on the ones go.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And also. What a gentle way to attack.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Hardik]

I don't think the nickname is. Is fitting.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It's appropriate. It's not appropriate.

[Jake Johnson]

Email are loving it. I don't know. What. What do you talk about?

[Rob]

I kind of like it.

[Jake Johnson]

Thank you. Look that. You know what I mean?

[Gareth Reynolds]

It's for the audience. What do you got? What do you got?

[Hardik]

Is it illegal to. To paint on the. On the street? Because if you and your neighbors can establish what the spots all are, and you literally paint the lines and the outlines of where you're supposed to park, then there's no disputing it. Like, that's my line.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Is a line in paint. Is a line in paint.

[Hardik]

I don't know if that's gonna be allowed by the city.

[Jake Johnson]

I like a paint line.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But before you answer that, Hardik, even if you don't have a full conversation with everybody, a little bucket of line that you'd literally just where your actual spot is. You just paint it in white. When they come in, you just go, you're in my spot.

[Rob]

Yeah, I kind of like that. I actually thought about that today morning. I didn't do really any homework on it to really look if I can do that on orbits and yeah, we can do anything on this.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's what I'm saying.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, you could.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You could Mentos a car and not get in trouble.

[Rob]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I kind of agree.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Mr. Hardick, I think we've given you some pretty good advice here. You got the paint, which is clean, and that's. You don't even have to talk to everybody. You just do it. You got the. You got the Mentos approach, you got the fake leg approach. And then, Gareth, what's a real leg?

[Jake Johnson]

It's a cast.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Fake. Like I like too, though. Maybe a third leg.

[Gareth Reynolds]

What was your first pitch? Talk to the neighbors.

[Jake Johnson]

I don't even know if I necessarily pitch that as much as. I mean, I've spoken.

[Rob]

Spoken to them a lot. One of them actually sat in my car once and was like, move it. Are you going to move it or not? That was like his exact words. So they. They're crazy.

[Gareth Reynolds]

For sure of these pitches, sir, what do you think you're going to do?

[Rob]

Where you at I kind of like the mixture of the Mentos and the. And the spray paint. I might actually hire some people to pick up this. Film it, Be one. Be one guy quickly.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Hardik, if you film it, send it to us and we'll put that theme song under it.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay. The fresh makeup.

[Gareth Reynolds]

We will make a Mentos commercial.

[Rob]

I do think I can actually hire some people to do that, and I.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Think you can too. Then do that, sir. If you do that, you just move it every time. Great.

[Jake Johnson]

So are we saying that when I. We don't even need that other car in A1 to actually leave the spot for him, or is it B1 for to even leave the spot? We're just going to go rogue. You're going to talk to your landlord about your specific dimensions that you're allotted. Go out there and just fucking fresh maker it.

[Rob]

What I was thinking was like Mentos B1's car.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yes.

[Rob]

And pick it up and like push it towards more C one side and. And then just kind of drop it over there and then drop in place. But yeah, then mark the street parking side and kind of let him know.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Like that this is great.

[Jake Johnson]

This is.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah. Can you do me a favor? When you film it, can you start, film the car in the wrong spot, then get a film a selfie of your face, shake your head and be like, no, brother. Like, this is a real pickle you're in.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Then film the people you hired walking into shot. Like they had those muscle guys. Then film them moving it. Film your face in the middle being like, huh?

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Then film it moved, Smile. Then get a shot of when they see their car moved. Try to actually capture the real people. Okay. Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Jake wants a shot for shot recreation.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And then the last shot has to be you popping a Mentos or whatever candy.

[Jake Johnson]

No, no, no. I've just looked it up and I believe there are Mentos in India.

[Gareth Reynolds]

So you can get a Mentos, pop it in your mouth, and then literally put like 15 Mentos on top of the guy's car as a little reference. Like a cat burglar who takes a dump in the to.

[Rob]

I mean, I could maybe do like 65 to 70% of that.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay, well, we will take it huge.

[Jake Johnson]

This is. This is a. This is a wild solve. But I think, like you said, what I've seen in the streets of India, I think you can get away with all of this.

[Rob]

I do think I can. And I do think it's a good solve, man. I think this will. This will kind of cheer me up. You know, Yeah, I do have a thing hanging is like, these neighbors do hate me.

[Jake Johnson]

Now.

[Rob]

Is there anything you guys could tell me for like what I can do to get on their good sides or something?

[Gareth Reynolds]

But let me just say this really fast as Mo and Piggly and Mo being hated by the people around, well, they're gone.

[Jake Johnson]

Are people still hating them? They, they died, Gareth.

[Gareth Reynolds]

When I woke up this morning, I listened to some of the voice notes. So sometimes hard to. You just gotta accept people are gonna hate you, man. And you just gotta pop on Mentos your mouth and go, hey, everybody, this is Pigley and Mo.

[Jake Johnson]

I, I, I would say, you know, the only thing I can think of is after this happens, you just got to bribe them a little. Buy them some booze.

[Gareth Reynolds]

No, no, buy them all a box of Mentos.

[Jake Johnson]

Buy a Mentos. Because here's the thing. And then they're gonna, but then they're gonna eat them and have the idea to just have guys move Hardex car back and move the other one back.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But then you're living a Mentos commercial, which is nobody wants everybody's dream.

[Rob]

Living everybody is meant to is like sponsoring us today.

[Gareth Reynolds]

No, no, it's just something I'm obsessing on. But here, here's the, here's my pitch on trying to get them to like you. Forget them. If they wanted, if they wanted a nice relationship, they would have opened up your spot. They're playing hardball with you.

[Jake Johnson]

They really are.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Sometimes like you don't go to jail and have go. You know what I'd really like to do? The other inmates who have been bullied me and stealing my, I hope they like me. No, no, you just got to find the biggest guy, hit him in the face. They'll like you when they fear you. They'll like you when they go. Hardix. The kind of guy that hires people to move a car and then puts American candies on my car. I, I like you.

[Jake Johnson]

I think it is, it's, it's a tough situation. Obviously we don't know the nuance of it, but I do think there's something to that. I mean, it's like, are you happy?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Don't know the nuance to it. Well, it is like, Excuse me, have you heard our pitches, King?

[Jake Johnson]

No, just try. I'm just, you know what I'm honestly doing? If they show up with a battering ram at Hardix door, I don't want to be involved.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I agree.

[Jake Johnson]

Walking away.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Respect.

[Rob]

No, don't worry about that. I can call some people can you.

[Jake Johnson]

Just do me a favor and say legally? Don't worry about that. Just so we have it legally.

[Rob]

Don't worry about it.

[Jake Johnson]

All right? Yeah. Then move this car. Throw it in the goddamn river. What do we care?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Hardik, I think you're in good shape, man. Will you follow up with us, please?

[Rob]

Yeah, for sure. I'll get you some videos when I'm moving the car.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Thank you for listening in India. It's a lot of fun for us.

[Jake Johnson]

Spread the word.

[Rob]

No, you guys are the best. Love you guys. Love and hear you guys every time. Thank you so much.

[Jake Johnson]

Thank you, Hardik. Appreciate it.

[Rob]

Thank you.

[Natalie]

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[Gareth Reynolds]

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[Jake Johnson]

Hello. Hello. Hi. Hi. There's some joy in that voice.

[G]

This is surreal.

[Jake Johnson]

Yes, it's happening. Get ready. Pinch your hand. Here we go. And what's your name, please?

[G]

Let's go with Princess Peach.

[Jake Johnson]

Whoa. Okay, Princess Peach, where are you calling from?

[G]

Georgia.

[Jake Johnson]

Georgia. This is a follow up, right?

[G]

No, this is a brand new call.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, you're first. Okay. How old are you?

[Gareth Reynolds]

I get my peaches from Georgia.

[Jake Johnson]

What does that mean?

[G]

That's right.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Justin Bieber.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, well, how old are you roughly, Ms. Peach?

[G]

30.

[Jake Johnson]

30. And listen, we've gotten a lot out of this question, so until it falls apart, Princess Peach, you got a memoir. You're looking back on your life. You're 80 years old. What is this memoir going to be called?

[G]

I'm so glad you asked, because I actually, from time to time, just jot down novels that I'm never going to write, but just have random ideas for. And in my notes app, two years ago, I started an outline for. For a memoir, and it's called Airport Sushi and Other Mistakes I Made along the Way.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Great title.

[Jake Johnson]

That is a great title, by the way. Long build up, but it paid off. Okay, well, Princess Peach, you got Jake, you got Gareth. We're here to help. What the hell?

[Gareth Reynolds]

You also have two special guests today.

[Natalie]

Pigley and.

[Jake Johnson]

No, you don't. No, you don't.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Let him go, Princess Peach. Card.

[Jake Johnson]

The way Jake is grieving Piggly and Mo is. They're not here anymore, Jake.

[Gareth Reynolds]

The audience is the new person. I'm picking it.

[Jake Johnson]

I like it. Stick with it. As long as it's off me. Go ahead, Princess Peach.

[G]

Okay. Yeah. So my dad has a longtime girlfriend, and whenever we spend time with her, she always has her camera out taking pictures of us. It's. Honestly, it's harmless, but it's also really annoying for everyone who's around her. Just because it totally changes the vibe. It makes you feel like you're under surveillance. It just. It brings a really unnatural vibe to when we're spending time with them.

[Jake Johnson]

Quick question. Are we talking photos or videos? We're doing videos.

[G]

I would say more photos, but videos have also been included from time to time.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, keep going. Pigglymo passed away. Keep going.

[G]

Rip. Okay, I'm. I'm not good at confrontation. I never want anyone to feel bad, and so I've kind of bitten my tongue about this. But I am worried that the next time we hang out with her and she whips her camera out, I'm gonna say something I regret. So my question for y' all today is, how do I gently tell Nancy to can it with the cannon?

[Gareth Reynolds]

You know what, Ms. Peach? You've listened to the show, and you did that question like a goddamn pro.

[Jake Johnson]

Truth? Truth.

[G]

Thank you.

[Jake Johnson]

That's a time to get to it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's a 10 out of 10. It's a hell of a setup. It was very clean. You also gave the question in a kind of rhythmic way.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You, like, thought about how to phrase the question? Peach.

[Jake Johnson]

She. She ended it very well.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Appreciate the out of that.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, I agree.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Great.

[Jake Johnson]

We have no pitches, but way to ask.

[G]

Thank you. Nat Attack told me to be concise, so I tried to follow instruction.

[Jake Johnson]

What was her attitude when she told you that? Was it sort of, like, friendly, or did you feel the attack Energy.

[G]

It was over email. So hard to. Hard to read into text, but it felt good.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay. Okay, Good. How long has your dad been with the girlfriend, Nancy?

[G]

Oh, gosh, 15 years maybe. Maybe more. Hard to keep track.

[Jake Johnson]

And is this. Is this. Is the fact that the camera's out, always new?

[Gareth Reynolds]

No, but it's annoying.

[Jake Johnson]

It is annoying, but it's annoying.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I hate when people bring out the camera. If we're all. And the camera comes out, the whole vibe changes and now you gotta, like, stop or. What I really hate is watching somebody pose for the camera of being different. All of a sudden, the camera comes.

[Natalie]

Out and they change their vibe.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You're like, it's not candid. That's not how you stand.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, I. I absolutely hate it. Have you ever watched someone take a selfie in public? Like, 13 times just to get it right?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Kills me.

[Jake Johnson]

Whatever you're getting out of that, you're losing from the rest of us watching or watch someone film a video because.

[Gareth Reynolds]

They don't care, Gareth. I know people don't care.

[Jake Johnson]

I know we're willing to humiliate themselves.

[Gareth Reynolds]

To do a little tick tock dance and a public platform.

[Jake Johnson]

I know.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And I'm like, you're not embarrassed?

[Jake Johnson]

I know it's. It's. It is shocking, but it's also. It is also like what people are. It is. It's just not how, like, you just don't want to live around that shit.

[Gareth Reynolds]

So I think strongly we became old guys.

[Jake Johnson]

I know, I know we did.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And you know, young people are not grossed out, but they're like, whatever. They're having fun slay.

[Natalie]

So.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But this is about you, Peach. Can I ask you a question? You said something. You said you want to solve this before you say something you regret?

[G]

Yes.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Can we hear some of the things you might say to Nancy that you would regret just off the top of your head?

[G]

Oh, man. Why did you break up my family? No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

[Gareth Reynolds]

10 out of 10, Peach, that was perfection. Now we gotta know, did Nancy come in while dad was with mom?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yep.

[G]

The timeline's fuzzy.

[Natalie]

Oh, and now that is taking pics.

[G]

She's even taking pictures of pictures. She. She. Last time she was over at our house, she was taking pictures of the frame pictures I have on my wall. I don't ever see pictures. I never see what the pictures are.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Holy.

[G]

Has like, thousands of pictures.

[Natalie]

This is tough, Gareth.

[Jake Johnson]

Do you have any kids, Princess Peach?

[G]

I do. I just had. We just had our first a couple months ago.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay.

[G]

Maybe that's why the emotional outburst I just had.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah. Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Could be something there.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Why is she taking the photos, in your opinion?

[G]

I have no idea. Because like I said, I, I don't know what she does with all of them.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[G]

I don't know if it's a nervous tick, like it gives her something to do when she's around us. I don't know.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I understand. She now she feels like she has a job, she's documenting. You know, we could do probably every time that camera comes out, you and your husband close your eyes.

[Jake Johnson]

Let me ask you this.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Ruin the picks.

[Jake Johnson]

I've got a dark. I, I like I was thinking before, like just give the finger. But you don't want to do that. I, I like that. Close your eyes. Like make it seem like you're.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, yes. Also, how about this? Do a really annoying over the top like 16 year old Japanese girl pose where you do like the two piece symbols. Your eyes are looking one way and your tongue's going out the other way. It every single time it comes out and it really changes the vibe.

[Natalie]

So camera comes out and you go like peace.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And she's like, all right, just act natural. And you go, I'm not acting natural. There's a camera out Nancy. So I'll pose for it and every time stand in front of people and.

[Natalie]

Be really hammy and totally ruin the.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Vibe so that the camera makes Peach turn into a 16 year old girl in Tokyo. And everybody hates what Peach is doing. But the only way to get Peach to stop is for Nancy to put the camera away.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, I like that too.

[Gareth Reynolds]

What do you think?

[G]

I feel like Peach is a little bit collateral in this.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Bomb gets dropped in the middle and somebody has to, some soldier has to jump on it. Right.

[Jake Johnson]

All right, let's go a little more straightforward. What if you talk to your dad? Have you thought about anything like that? Where you just kind of say to your dad, you could even say some of the stuff you're. That we're pitching to say to her, to your dad, to try to dig into it a little bit and be like, what is going on with that? Like, that's irregular. And most people when they have a baby don't want a thousand pictures taken of their baby unless they're doing it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, I have an idea too.

[Jake Johnson]

Go ahead.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I got an idea.

[G]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Every time she takes out her camera, you take out your camera. Take a photo of her taking a photo.

[Jake Johnson]

I, I kind of was thinking that too.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I like mirror it every time her phone Gets lifted up. Lift up your phone. She goes, what are you doing, hun? You go taking a photo. What are you doing, hon? She goes, taking a photo. And you go, photo of a photo.

[Jake Johnson]

You know, you could say it's a trend. You could say you've started a thing. You're like big into this trend of photos being taken, of people taking photos and that. Really?

[Gareth Reynolds]

You take a lot of photos here, dear?

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You'd be like, it's funny, I've got more photos of you taking photos than I have of anybody else in my goddamn phone. Or what do you. Go ahead, Gareth.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, I think one like you have a baby, you're up a lot, you or your husband. One time, if one of you just went ah, with the photo, one damaging.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That, by the way, that's my natural role in life.

[Jake Johnson]

I. And, and if you need these, say.

[Gareth Reynolds]

To me it's too much and I'll go, I'll jump on the bomb and I'll go like this, Nancy, with the photos.

[Jake Johnson]

Or you could bring in a third party to just sort of do it for you. Bring a friend over to go, gosh, what is it with you in all these photos? Or your husband, you're up late, you got a baby. Something like that. That isn't a direct confrontation, but just one line of something like that.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Now it's time to squeeze the peach a little bit and get those juices. What are you thinking?

[G]

Yeah. So, okay to answer your question about. Or the pitch about asking. Talking my dad about it. So when my husband and I got married, we did have several conversations about it because we obvious we paid for a wedding photographer. There's nothing I hate more than seeing people at a wedding ceremony with their photos out. In the photo of the couple getting married, it just.

[Gareth Reynolds]

By the way, that's an interesting point. I agree.

[Jake Johnson]

It's true though. Yeah.

[G]

So we had, we talked to him, we talked to other family members about it and she did keep her phone in her purse the whole night. So I know she's capable of it. But. And, and I know she's aware that it's a thing because she'll say from time to time, I know, I know. I take so many photos. And it's like, do you know? Because it's excessive. So, yeah, I mean, I guess I. When I started out, I, I didn't want to go the direction of saying something snappy because I don't want to hurt her feelings. And it's clear it does something for her in her life that she does it. So Often. But, yeah, maybe I do just need to scream at her.

[Natalie]

Well, you're saying the in.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You're saying face to face.

[Jake Johnson]

Just one day. Have a snap.

[G]

Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

All right, let's practice it. Gareth. You're Nancy. What's your dad's name?

[G]

Bob.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I'll be Bob. Can you tell me a little bit about Bob? So I don't just make him Mo.

[G]

He's more of a piggly.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Is he a piggly?

[G]

No.

[Jake Johnson]

You don't even know who they are.

[G]

All right, He's. He's, like, pretty quiet, reserved.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I hear what you're trying to do. You're cutting me out of the goddamn scene. I respect it.

[Jake Johnson]

No, you know what? It really tees up for this behavior. He's willing to get steamrolled in something that nobody likes.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

Like, that behavior is, like, you could tell everyone's uncomfortable, and he's just kind of sitting there like, say something. Say something. This is your job.

[Gareth Reynolds]

So, Peach, this is obviously about you, and we got it. We just want to test. Do you want to talk out what you're going to say so you don't blurt out, thanks for ruining our family? Or you want to just see what happens in the. In the moment?

[G]

Just see what happens.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay. So we are at an event. Your beautiful baby's there. We're all hanging out at the house in three, two, Piggly and Mo.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, this is so lovely here. God. Such a nice day, too, right, Bob?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, yeah.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, my God, Peach, the baby looks so cute. Oh, God. I know. I'm gonna take a couple photos real quick. I know, I know. I'm always doing that. Hold on a second. Let me just get some of these. Oh, beautiful. Everyone look over here.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Hey, Bob, Bob, tilt your head in more. Okay, Bob, smile.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, Peach, bring your head and your. Oh, show me the baby.

[G]

Okay, let's just do two more, and then we're done. Okay. For the rest of the day.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, okay.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, Bob. Okay. All right. Here. There's one. And maybe I'll save my other one for later.

[Gareth Reynolds]

No, that you're pause.

[G]

No, just right now.

[Natalie]

And then let's pause.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Time out, time out, time out. I don't think that's a strong enough star, Peach, because what Nancy would do in real life is say, fine, take the two. And then just later, they would come out again.

[Jake Johnson]

I like. I. I like it a little bit because. Kind of. Because it's not like. It's definitely. It's not a, like, grenade, but it is definitely a fire. Like, A shot fired across the bow a little bit.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Hey, Peach, what do you think would happen if you said that to Nancy? Do you think the camera would come out again in about 10 minutes after she took her, too? Oh, I'm asking. Okay, so let's.

[Jake Johnson]

Let's play. Let's role play the 15 minutes later, then.

[Natalie]

Exactly.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's what I was hoping for.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay. All right, so here we go.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Three, two. And you obviously don't have to say go after Mo, because Mo is go. Right? 3, 2, Piggly and Mo don't say go.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, gosh. Oh, I know you limited me, but I just wanted. Let me just get two more real quick while we're all around here. This is perfect. I shouldn't have taken those too early.

[G]

I'd rather. I'd rather we all just put our phones away and enjoy each other's company.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Well, she just wants a pic, so.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, I just want to get one pic of us all enjoying each other's company. I'm sorry. I know. I'm the worst with this.

[G]

One more and then seriously, we're done.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, I don't even want to take.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Nope.

[Jake Johnson]

No, no.

[Gareth Reynolds]

You're guessing what Nancy's gonna say. We take one 15 minutes later.

[Jake Johnson]

All right, three. Okay.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Piggly and.

[Jake Johnson]

All right, there we go. And one more. There we are. Oh, gosh.

[Gareth Reynolds]

No, she.

[Natalie]

Gareth, pause.

[Jake Johnson]

This is 15 minutes later.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah, but she took the one and now she's bringing out. We're trying to get to the cop.

[Jake Johnson]

I was brushing.

[Gareth Reynolds]

All right, we know you took the photo last 53.

[Jake Johnson]

Two Pigley ago.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Go, Mo, go. That baby looks cute near the corn.

[Jake Johnson]

It does. I love the way the baby's face is near the corn. That's a good point, Bob. I'm gonna. I'm gonna bend a rule quickly that I was hoping I wouldn't have to, but I have to just get one very quickly. Peach. Just one of you two over there. You. Enough pictures.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay, Enough what?

[Jake Johnson]

She's saying pictures, Bob.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I was hoping she was going to say it, Gareth.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, I'm also trying to just stick to the reality of the moment.

[Natalie]

Cut.

[Jake Johnson]

Don't say cut.

[Natalie]

Gareth, what is the goal of this?

[Jake Johnson]

Why don't you be Nancy? I'll be Bob, you be Nancy.

[Natalie]

Fine.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But we're trying to get Peach to have an eruption here, so I'm.

[Jake Johnson]

And I'm reacting. Peach is my reaction to what Nancy. I'm. I think Nancy's going to be hurt.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Three, two, Piggly and Mo. Mo.

[Jake Johnson]

All right. Wow, what a spread.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, this Is a good pick. Everybody just turn for one quick sec. Click, click, click, click.

[G]

Enough with the photos.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay, that happened.

[Natalie]

Okay.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Phone down. Fifteen minutes later. Three, two, Piggly and Mo. Oh, that's a really. If you don't mind, Peach, you mind just turning? Click, click, click, click, click.

[G]

Nancy, if you don't put that phone away, I'm gonna shove it a place you're never gonna find it again.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, hold on, Peach, you like this? I'll tell you what this is gonna do.

[G]

I don't like who I've become.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay, okay.

[Natalie]

Is it too harsh?

[Jake Johnson]

Yes. Okay, I gotta pitch.

[G]

You've broken me.

[Jake Johnson]

I got a new pitch. Sometimes at comedy clubs, they will give people little bags where they have to put their phones for the show so people don't film. You could get a few of those.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I love this ide.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah. And you could say, this is not just for Nancy.

[Natalie]

It's everybody.

[Jake Johnson]

Ten of the guests.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Oh, what if we do this?

[Jake Johnson]

What if you gathering?

[Gareth Reynolds]

What if you go. We're all putting our phones away so that we connect more now that the baby's here, I want to keep the screens away.

[Jake Johnson]

I. That's a great angle because I love that. I think that you're basically saying, now that the baby's here, we don't like the idea that the baby's being raised in screen land. So we've got these little. Where we're putting our phones. We're all doing it while we're all together.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Phones away.

[Natalie]

Every. And you could do it via text.

[Jake Johnson]

Yes. And when people walk in, you just have them. That's what happens when you go to these clubs. People walk in, give them your phone, they put it in a bag. When you're done, it's unlocked.

[Gareth Reynolds]

What do you think about that, Peach?

[G]

I love that idea. That's a great idea. My husband and I are sensitive to. You know, we both grew up, we were in a world without phones, and now we're in a world with them and have seen what it has done to society. And so it wouldn't be totally off base for us to implement this. Like, it wouldn't be from out of left field for us to say, hey, let's all put our phones away and just be with each other.

[Jake Johnson]

Yep.

[G]

And then everyone does it. It's not an attack on Nancy.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[G]

It's not singling her out.

[Jake Johnson]

And then if someone. If someone's like, I gotta check my phone for something. Hey, there you go. Check your phone. But it's just saying it really does shut down the picture Avenue.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And yeah, Peach, how do you think you're gonna do this? Are you gonna do it in person? For the first one, you're gonna send the first thing via text or in person. What do you prefer?

[G]

I think just in person.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Okay.

[G]

Surprise attack. So she can't find a way to make up an excuse of why she needs her phone.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Can you do us a big favor and have your voice not you saying it?

[Jake Johnson]

Yes.

[G]

Okay.

[Jake Johnson]

You'll have your phone there in a.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Bag full a little. And then you, you have your phone out.

[Natalie]

You can pretend like you're using an.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Example where you could go like, hey guys, I'm asking everyone to see these phones and just keep the mic near your face.

[Jake Johnson]

I'm asking you guys, as you're showing her how to put it in the.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Bag natural, as you're trying out to put in the bag, the voice note is there. Recording it so that we could hear you and hopefully hear Nancy go like, oh, but what about the photos? And then you go like, we've got so many photos. You know what we'll do at the end of the hang, we'll all pose for one big photo.

[Jake Johnson]

That's a great idea too. You do a natural at the end photo pose.

[G]

This is great.

[Jake Johnson]

Okay.

[Gareth Reynolds]

This is a win.

[G]

And I'm. I never would have thought of that neither. It's genius.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It only came from our very bad scene work without.

[Jake Johnson]

Without puttering out in the scene.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Which brings me to Piggly and Mo audience.

[Jake Johnson]

No, it doesn't. Thank you, Paige. Bye. Thank you, Peach. Record it for us, let us know. Thank you. CJ shorts. They're disgusting. Thank you. Bye.

[Gareth Reynolds]

American flags. Disgusting.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

No.

[Jake Johnson]

Hello.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Hello.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, welcome back to the show. We know you are a returning guest. We don't know anything else. So what is your name and what was your first call?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I am just a fella who likes to fight with 13.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I know who you are, Mr. Hot Takes.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, it's Hot Takes.

[Gareth Reynolds]

My man. How's it going?

[Jake Johnson]

We keep talking about you.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That's great. I keep talking about you guys. So it all works.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Hey, Mr. Hot Takes. What's going on?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Not much. I am in final preparation stage for our big festival tomorrow.

[Jake Johnson]

Takes festival.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Hot Takes fest is tomorrow. My outfit just arrived today.

[Jake Johnson]

What are you wearing?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I'll be spending. Well, nothing special. I just searched flame jacket on Amazon and bought some cheapo twenty dollar suit jacket with flames on it.

[Jake Johnson]

Is that our. Was that off our pitch or is that your own hot take?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That was my own hot take. That was my own hot take.

[Jake Johnson]

Great work.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Additionally, yeah, I mean, I've got every class coming down to the library tomorrow. I invited every class of kids. I sent an email to a staff that basically said, come fight us. And we're waiting.

[Jake Johnson]

So are you about to ask a question, Jake?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah. What my question is going to be, Mr. Hot Takes. Will you remind us all what this festival is, what you're doing with it? Take your time, give us all the details, how it's been going. It's right now we're doing this call end of May. So you've had a full year. Just walk us through everything that's going on. It's been a while.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yes. No, I'm sorry. So every week a student, different students would come with their hot take. It has to be on something stupid, something, and it ain't something not popular, but something that they just will refuse to change their mind on. And they would present to the class. The entire class would spend 10 minutes yelling at them, shouting at them, telling them how they are wrong. And then there were return hot takes. Some kids would come back the next week and say, I want to fire back. So they would have a hot take responding to the one from before. And so we had all these hot takes we had shared with each other and we wanted to go bigger so we had to spread it outside the classroom. So they all picked their best hot take from the year. Some have picked two or three. And we are inviting other classes, sixth and seventh graders and all of the teachers in the building to come. They'll hear the different presentations. We're spread out across the library and we're encouraging to fight, to argue.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And so walk me through what that fighting arguing is. Is it because we have. Truthfully, Mr. H, we have a lot of teachers who have emailed in who are doing this. So walk us through how your school is doing this to see if other people can take over the festival. Is it a way to encourage critical thinking mixed with debate? Who orchestrates it?

[Natalie]

Who controls?

[Gareth Reynolds]

So it's not just all kids yelling. How do you keep it so it's not chaos? Will you walk us through your plan of action?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah. So what they'll do is they come in, they have two or three slides. In each slide is a different point to their hot take that I consider the critical thinking skills. Kids are doing research, kids are looking into it. So they have to develop up a quick argument. And then I would like to say I'm in control of the debate, but I'll be honest, sometimes I am the loudest shouter. Because they did it to me for a year. Payback.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yes.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

You know I'm coming at you now. And because they're in a. Because they're not important. They don't. They're not mean to each other. They are just like.

[Gareth Reynolds]

By the way, this is how we should all in our country discuss politics. Just stop getting so mad at each other and just pretend they're hot takes.

[Jake Johnson]

So the festival. When is the festival, Mr. H?

[Natalie]

Tomorrow.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

It is all day. We are going 8:05-2:30 in our school library.

[Jake Johnson]

That is fucking awesome.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It really is.

[Jake Johnson]

That really is awesome. If I was at school and this was happening.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Oh, I just.

[Jake Johnson]

This would be so exciting. End of year, hot take just. It's awesome.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And then I got a question for you, Mr. H. Who do you think are going to be hall of Famers? Or does it come from the year or does it come from the festival? Because I think it should come. My hot take. It shouldn't just be the festival based. A Hall of Famer is who killed it all year and who kills it at the Super Bowl.

[Natalie]

Because to get in the hall of.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Fame, you also have to be a Super bowl champion, but you also need regular season stats.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That's right. You want to be Tom Brady, not Eli Manning.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Exactly right.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That's how it goes. But I'll tell you that the hall of Fame has generated a lot of debate among the kids, of course, over what is. Is the hot take the best argued one or is it the one about the stupidest subject that is like, why would anybody have an opinion about that? We discuss that delineation a lot.

[Gareth Reynolds]

What's your hot take on what determines a Hall of Famer?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I think, I think a Hall of Famer is someone who finds something that nobody else really cares about and is able to like, be really upset about it and argue with a room full of kids to get them to care too.

[Gareth Reynolds]

But the hall of Famer, in my opinion, yes, it's got to be a ridiculous hot take, but they have to win over the room. But at the end, everybody does go. I don't agree that ketchup is disgusting, but I understand where they're coming from.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yes. I, I think that's. I, I think that's true. That's where. That's the best place that we can get to on a lot of these. I haven't seen anybody completely convince a room.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Nobody ever changes their minds.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah, nobody ever.

[Gareth Reynolds]

All you've got to do at the end is gonna. I don't agree, but I Respect your point of view.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I will tell you some of the. Like, my favorite moments are when a whole room of kids is arguing. Like, I had one kid get up and rank cereals. Kids love to rank stuff. And the next week a kid came up and he said, I changed mine and it was all cereal sucks. And he just, he yelled and then he said he ate cold oatmeal for breakfast. And if you've ever seen a revolt against the cat. But it was great to see him all his own. Great.

[Jake Johnson]

I think it really also teaches. I was just gonna say it teaches some kind of longer term lesson in believing in your own thoughts and feelings.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Mr. H, congratulations on the wonderful festival.

[Jake Johnson]

For real.

[Gareth Reynolds]

We are excited. We are eager. If you record any of the hot takes and there's audio that we could play, we'd be happy to do it. If not not. But you know, we're. We're in.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

No, I can get some video tomorrow.

[Rob]

We have.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

We've got a red carpet going out. I got stanchions with that, with the thing.

[Gareth Reynolds]

As much as you can cut it together. We know you're a talented guy. So just cut something together. It could be pretty basic. Drive the train, maybe create. Maybe. If there's any version of the kids are learning editing, let the kids edit it.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah, we can do this. We got that.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And then we'll just air the whole thing. Yeah, whatever you want to do.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Okay, well, that works.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Mr. Hobbs, you and those kids are in charge.

[Jake Johnson]

You are our hall of famer. We talk about you and this whole system a lot. I just think it's awesome. So good luck tomorrow and we're excited for the follow up and to talk to some of the winners. Hello. Hello.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

How are we doing, guys?

[Natalie]

Mr. Hote.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Jake, I'm glad you got it. I wanted to do a kind of cool I'm back thing when I got on the phone, but I chickened out at the last second.

[Jake Johnson]

How do you know it's him?

[Natalie]

Because I just re listened to the repeat Wednesday episode when it was cut together. And I remember the Voice and Mr. Hot Takes. Can I tell you something that I did in your honor?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yes.

[Natalie]

It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and so I flew back from Alaska to get home and my wife said, what is it that you want for your birthday? And I wanted my daughters to do a hot take. So on my birthday, I sat on the couch and my daughters each did a full presentation of their hot take. They had written up an essay. Each of them was over a page long. They delivered It. They had multimedia aspects. They had moments where they did interactions with each other. Dude, it was awesome.

[Jake Johnson]

What were the hot takes? Can we know?

[Natalie]

Yeah, they both really want iPhones now that they're entering sixth grade, because I got them bark phones. But the bark phones are no Internet. But the problem is, is they never work.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Work.

[Jake Johnson]

That's an issue.

[Natalie]

And they're like going to camps and stuff, and we need to be able to communicate. So they did all this research about how I can control what's on their screens and I can monitor everything. And considering they're already on iPads for school, this idea of not giving them the phone is a phony idea because they're already on them. And I'm not able to monitor those because it's under their mom's Apple id And if I do it, I can be strict on everything. And.

[Gareth Reynolds]

And they won.

[Jake Johnson]

Wow. So for your birthday, you got your daughter's iPhones.

[Natalie]

Yes, but by the way, they written full essays. They were perfect paragraphs. So you, sir, I owe a thank you to. It's going to be a new family tradition every holiday. What I want them to get me is a hot take. You've done it, my man, and I appreciate you, but this is your follow up, so please take over where we at. How was the festival?

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah, I was just gonna say run wild.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Okay, guys, last time we talked, it was the day before the festival. And I'm gonna tell you, I had no idea how this was gonna go. I was flying in completely blind. Day of the festival comes, I wear my fire jacket. First two students I see walk in a made a mascot. They stayed up the night before and made an entire hot take Tuesday mascot. A marshmallow s' more with roasting flames coming out of their head.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God. Do we have a photo of it?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I sent in a photo. I think of myself and one of the students donning the. Donning it.

[Jake Johnson]

Let me try to track it down.

[Rob]

Hang on.

[Natalie]

Okay. And then keep going.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

And so I teach five blocks a day In. In those five blocks, the first block was a little quiet. You know, a couple of classes came down. The kids were great. They were arguing. They were like. Teachers were coming down in their prep block. But it was quiet. And I was like, that's okay. Second block kids went to the other classes and said, hey, can we go to the library for the hot take festival? Teachers were like, okay, brought it down. Second block, more crowded by the end of the day.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, my lord.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

There were 150 kids.

[Jake Johnson]

We're seeing we're seeing. We're seeing the marshmallow mascot. It's awesome. And your jacket is also incredible.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Oh, I think that jacket now becomes whoever's doing Hot Take Tuesday.

[Jake Johnson]

Yes. Yes.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Just gets passed on.

[Jake Johnson]

Yes.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

So by the end of the day, every class, every teacher was saying, hey, can we bring my class down? The kids keep talking about it, coming in to argue with my students, and the students did amazing.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Wow.

[Jake Johnson]

So just. Oh, my God, it's packed.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah, it was packed.

[Jake Johnson]

Packed.

[Natalie]

So kids would get up in front of that whole group and do it.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Well, what we did, by the way.

[Natalie]

Because there's kids faces. We might not be able to post this, but I think there is at least 60 kids in a room. Is that right?

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That's.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

And that's just one shot. You're missing behind it. You're missing the video I did send in. My principal approved everything I sent in. If there's over 20 kids in a photo, I think we are okay. There's nothing really identifiable in there for.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Any of those kids.

[Natalie]

Great.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

But that's. That's a portion of it. It got more crowded.

[Gareth Reynolds]

It got.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

It got bigger. There's. There's kids behind me.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

We had kids who convinced teachers. Kids came down four blocks, every block. They just. Their hot take was convincing their teacher to bring them to the Hot Take Festival. It was banged out.

[Jake Johnson]

Wow.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

It went so well, gentlemen, that the other eighth grade teacher who this year was like, I can't do hot takes. That's your thing. That's your thing. And I kept talking her into it. It, at the end of the day, came to me and said, I got to do hot takes.

[Jake Johnson]

This is crazy.

[Natalie]

This is.

[Jake Johnson]

This is. Jake, is Hot Takes the biggest win the show's had?

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yes.

[Jake Johnson]

Has to be. No, I mean, it is. This is fully. And it's growing. It's evolving, it's spreading. This is the legacy. This is.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I mean, this is our curriculum now. It is part of our curriculum. Kids are graded on it. They will do it. Every eighth grader will end the year with a Hot Take Festival. It. I mean, it's our curriculum.

[Natalie]

Here is a plea to the audience, if you. Because we've heard some people. And first of all, I want to apologize to the kids who listen with their parents for some of the vulgarity. We get a lot of those things. People being like, I listen in the car with my kids. Could you ease up on the swinger calls?

[Jake Johnson]

They're people, too.

[Natalie]

They're people, too.

[Jake Johnson]

They're people, too.

[Natalie]

They're like, but for any kid listening. For any teacher listening. For any parent listening who has a kid, let's try to get hot takes in the school. Have somebody at the administration or your friend who's a teacher listen to.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I think we did them all in.

[Natalie]

That recent follow up. Say they could just listen to that one. We could throw this follow up soon. Let's spread this. This is June. We've got all summer next fall.

[Jake Johnson]

I agree.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

You got all summer to plan. As a teacher, I can tell other teachers, listen, I've done stuff that has boned. This did not. So if you are a teacher and you're like, I don't know if I can handle it. You can handle it.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

But not only I'm Monte. I. I experimented with my own kids. And as you know this as a teacher, they wrote full essays.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, yeah, it was.

[Natalie]

These were the best essays. They've. I've watched them try to do essays for school where they're like, what comes next?

[Rob]

I don't even.

[Natalie]

And I'm like, I'm not telling you what to write. And they're like, but I don't know. They knew how to argue this case. By the end, they're literally going in conclusion.

[Jake Johnson]

I'm like, yeah, it's helpful. I think that's a helpful life skill.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

The other great thing that happened with this is I had been freaking out about the hall of Fame because the kids were all about the hall of Fame. And I was like, how do I do the hall of Fame without disappointing?

[Natalie]

That's true.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's hard.

[Natalie]

You don't want anyone to lose.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah, don't want anyone to lose. Guys. They didn't bring up the hall of Fame once after the festival because they were so psyched.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Because it didn't matter.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Well, it didn't matter to them anymore. Whereas for two months before, they were. They were trying to argue with me what hall of Fame criteria would be. Not one brought it up. Afterwards, every kid walked out of there telling me who they convinced, who they argued with. That was the biggest victory out of all of it.

[Natalie]

This is great.

[Jake Johnson]

This is great. This really is.

[Natalie]

Can we see the slideshow?

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Very wholesome.

[Jake Johnson]

I did see other pictures up there, so let's take a look here. Yeah, so we've got the full slideshow, which is about like 45 slides long, which is awesome. Okay, well, let's go slide by slide. Okay, great. We can go all the way through it.

[Natalie]

I don't think we can do 45.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Because we can't program I didn't know what to include.

[Jake Johnson]

All right.

[Natalie]

You know, we could do. You know what we could do, Mr. H. Yeah. Can you. Now I'm going to ask you for a favor here.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

All right, let's do it.

[Natalie]

Can you create a Mr. Hot Takes website where it's Squarespace?

[Jake Johnson]

Squarespace, buddy.

[Natalie]

Where it's saying what it is you do. We can put a link to the episode on too, that it's something we could send to teachers and what parents who listen to this could send to the school.

[Jake Johnson]

You know, it would be great on there to have some page where it's how to do your own hot take.

[Gareth Reynolds]

Yes.

[Jake Johnson]

How to.

[Natalie]

Your. Your contact information if they have any questions. Because sure, this is part of our legacy, but this is yours.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

It's ours.

[Natalie]

You're Batman.

[Jake Johnson]

We're. We're all Batman. I agree.

[Natalie]

He's Batman. We're Rob.

[Jake Johnson]

We're all Batman.

[Natalie]

You.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

We're all Batman.

[Jake Johnson]

You. Hot take. I'll do a hot take on why we're all Batman. I'll show you. Johnson. You got nothing. I need some time to prep.

[Natalie]

Okay. So what do you think about doing that? And then we could literally have a thing we can direct people to of. This is a fun thing we're asking the curriculum to do at your school. And we could probably have a bunch of parents send this to their schools and see if we can get this cooking by fall.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah, let's do it. I can do that. If I've learned anything from your ad. Squarespace is easy. Anyone can do it.

[Jake Johnson]

That's right. Very easy. It's very user friendly. You're going to build it up. You're going to have the SEO tools, the whole thing. You might have.

[Natalie]

And then the new Squarespace. We've done enough Gareth Reynolds promotion on this goddamn show. The new one is Hot Takes.

[Jake Johnson]

Hot Takes.

[Natalie]

If you want to see how easy.

[Jake Johnson]

It is, go to Hot Takes.

[Natalie]

Hot Take. What? Enough.

[Jake Johnson]

Gareth Reynolds. What do you mean? I. We. All I talk about is the BDSM one.

[Natalie]

So what do you. What do you think, Mr. Hot Takes? Are you gonna. Will you run that and then will you tell us? We will obviously advertise the hell out of it on our channels.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah. Oh, that's easy. I can do that.

[Natalie]

Because you already got 45 pages.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I. I have a whole thing. Yeah.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I will suggest.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I will give the addendum on some of them. You know, my students didn't pay so much attention to their grammar, so.

[Gareth Reynolds]

That's fine.

[Natalie]

We're all.

[Jake Johnson]

You don't need that we're all texting anyway. Yeah.

[Natalie]

AI is going to fix that.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah. You guys want to see some of the greatest hits? Yeah.

[Natalie]

Let's see it.

[Gareth Reynolds]

I love it.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I'm. I'm excited for this I summer project.

[Natalie]

You got a big. So we've got a collection of titles.

[Jake Johnson]

Wow. Wow.

[Natalie]

Veggies don't belong on pizza. Short people have an advantage in sports.

[Jake Johnson]

Water tastes different. Christmas starts the day after Thanksgiving.

[Natalie]

These are great.

[Jake Johnson]

These are great.

[Natalie]

Ranking sports rivalries a lot of fun. Which sports are good? Why not dabbing?

[Jake Johnson]

Why not dabbing?

[Natalie]

And then all the kids are dabbing in a photo.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh, my.

[Natalie]

This is great.

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

I'll tell you the why not dabbing? They did an entire multimedia presentation I couldn't include because they went around and they got all of their classes way. It's the dab. And like, look how cool this looks.

[Jake Johnson]

Jake1 Just absolutely. I completely. I've never thought about this, but this is so true. Tater tots have so much more flavor. Flavor than fries. I agree.

[Natalie]

They are saltier and have more spices in them. They also have a more concentrated flavor due to their smaller size. Every time I get fries, they taste like nothing.

[Jake Johnson]

I agree. They're better. They are better.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

It's a great hot.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Way better there.

[Natalie]

Wearing Crocs with socks ruined the look.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, that's. That's a tough one.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

That's especially hot take around kids is because at middle schoolers wear socks with Crocs, which is outrageous to me.

[Jake Johnson]

I'm okay with that.

[Natalie]

These are great just for Garrett.

[Jake Johnson]

Oh. Cats are the most overrated pet and shouldn't be domesticated.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

No. Wrong after that.

[Jake Johnson]

One reason they don't do anything to lay around and break stuff. Stuff. Half the time they don't like you. They leave dead stuff on the lawn. If you don't want to be scratched, you have to cut off their toes.

[Natalie]

Whoever did that take is the best.

[Jake Johnson]

That's pretty good.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Natalie]

Why did someone see a lion or a tiger and think that would be a cute path?

[Jake Johnson]

This is very good. It's a very. It's a great hot take.

[Natalie]

Mr. H. This is excellent. The way to go do the website. We're really excited and for the community. Let's see other schools that do this and then follow up with us and Mr. H. Let's see if we can make this a legacy.

[Jake Johnson]

I agree.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

Listen, I will take all of that every time. Jake, you telling long day today. You telling me that your kids did that makes my day. This is great. I needed that. Tell me how great this is.

[Natalie]

I'm not kidding with you. It was what I asked for on my birthday. And I was sitting there on the couch thinking about you year. And as they were doing these presentations, I was like, this is excellent. And I saw, I was like, let me look at the paper to review them. They were a full page, single space. They did that over the summer.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

I was like, this is a great way for them to argue a point, do homework, get passionate about it.

[Jake Johnson]

Well, you know why? Because it's like the actual idea of getting gratification on your own thoughts or having some sort of payoff. You just. It isn't. It's just a rare thing. So I think that that's why it's so great. So good for you. Congrats on the festival being a hit.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

You guys are the best. And I just want to say, Gareth, you snuck it in last time before. And I didn't get a chance to respond before I hung up. I love you, buddy.

[Jake Johnson]

I love you too, man. Love you too. All right, Mr. H. Way to go, buddy.

[Natalie]

Thank you, my friend.

[Jake Johnson]

Appreciate it, man.

[Mr. Hot Takes]

All right.

[Jake Johnson]

All right, bye.

[Natalie]

We're Here to Help is hosted by Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds.

[Gareth Reynolds]

If you'd like to be on the.

[Natalie]

Show, please email us your question@ HelpfulPod Gmail.com. and if you want to watch video episodes, episodes of We're Here to help, you can go to our [e-mail] heretohelpod to see our entire catalog.

[Jake Johnson]

We're Here to Help is produced by Rabbit Grimm Productions executive producers Rob Hollis, Jeff Porter and Natalie Hollis. Associate producer Jesse Thurston. Editing, mix and master by Chris Faller. Theme song by Oliver Raleigh. The COVID artwork is by James Fosdike, animations by Andrew Strelecki. And if you'd like to see Gareth dust stand up on the road, go to garethreynolds.com Remember, all of the advice given on We're Here to Help is for entertainment purposes only and all listeners should be adults and make their own decisions.

[Natalie]

All video episodes of season one are available now on Patreon. And season two video episodes will be available every Monday starting January 20th. Go to patreon.com heretohelpod hey there.

[Jake Johnson]

We're Heredos. That's the new name we have for you. This is Gareth just reminding you if you have not checked out my new podcast, next we have also a headgun production. Please do that. It is a show that just has a lot of good quick hitting segments that are funny. The show is just silly, goofy. It's a good time. I think people will like it. That's why it was named Time magazine's podcast of the year. That's a lie. Don't look it up. But you know, listen, we're here to helps the best. So if you like this show, I think you might like my new podcast called Next we have. Please give it a listen and if you like it, you know, do all that stuff you got to do with podcasts. Appreciate it.