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Belle
This is a Headgum podcast. This is a Headgum podcast.
Jake Johnson
Well, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it.
Samara Weaving
Oh, my gosh, thank you. I've been a long time listener.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh,
Jake Johnson
and what's the new movie? The.
Samara Weaving
It's called Carolina Caroline. It's sexy emo, horny movie. Good for summer.
Jake Johnson
Good.
Samara Weaving
It's me and Carl Gallner and we just, you know, rob banks and just be silly. It's good.
Jake Johnson
Did you say sexy and horny movie?
Samara Weaving
Yes. A sexy, horny, emo movie.
Jake Johnson
Is that. You know, we get talking points from pr.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Did they do, comma, horny, comma, don't forget emu.
Leela
Yeah.
Samara Weaving
And emo. Emu is a bird.
Jake Johnson
No, we're not. It's not.
Gareth Reynolds
It's a sexy, horny bird, though.
Jake Johnson
It's sexual.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't know if you've ever been around an emu. There's not a bird. That's.
Jake Johnson
No Gareth. We're going more. It's sexual. It's emotional.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. And it's a bird. Yeah, exactly.
Samara Weaving
My p. Are like, please hit horny and please hit emot. Just really bring it home.
Jake Johnson
The idea of promoting. I hope if you go on, like, the Talk or one of those morning shows, when you're doing this one, just be. It's a really horny movie.
Gareth Reynolds
Sexy.
Samara Weaving
I'm gonna do like Kelly Clarkson, and I'll just be like, yeah, it's just a really horny good time.
Jake Johnson
I was so horny watching it. They have to play along, and they're like, this is live.
Gareth Reynolds
They have to play a lot.
Jake Johnson
They have to. Anything you say in that moment, they look at you and they're like,
Samara Weaving
it was so horny. Normally I'm the nervous one, but really, I have a lot of power there. I can just make her so uncomfort.
Jake Johnson
You could do whatever you want. And they. They have to respond.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, that's where the emu part, I think, comes into play.
David
Really?
Gareth Reynolds
You could drop the emu part. I just think it. You know what I mean? Still just me on an island. All right.
Jake Johnson
It's just a horny, sexy movie with
Samara Weaving
the big old emu in it.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. With an Australian ostrich. Yeah.
Samara Weaving
Check it out. I actually. I want to call in to be. I need to call in to anyway be prepped to. No, no, no. Like, I have. I have problems. I need to call it Jake and Gareth problems.
Jake Johnson
Oh, you do?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Samara Weaving
I need to call it, but sorry,
Jake Johnson
I'm like, do you have one at the. Do you have one at the top of Your brain like a.
Samara Weaving
And. But I know, Jake, from listening, that you'll be on my husband's side.
Jake Johnson
All right, really quickly, before we start.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, let's go.
Jake Johnson
What is the. We're not going to fully pitch on
Gareth Reynolds
it, but you already know going in that she's worried about that, so.
Samara Weaving
Because it involves animals that are outside that aren't real.
Gareth Reynolds
That's not good.
Jake Johnson
He's got some.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm not going to lie. That's a bad start.
Samara Weaving
I know. I know. It's a really bad start. And then, because I had this issue a while ago, and I was like, should I call in? And then everyone was like, no, you're crazy. Like, you're probably going to be a guest.
Gareth Reynolds
And Samara, what do you do for work? I'm in a bunch of movies. Okay, Wait, what's going on?
Jake Johnson
You know, I know. I know you. I'm a fan of you. Yeah, I know this woman.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, you're from the emu movie. That's sexy. What is the problem, Samara? Let's hear it.
Samara Weaving
Okay, so during COVID we went on an RV trip, and my husband and his friends gobbled, like, a bunch of drugs and went to a casino and stole a giant fake bear.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, Jake. Jake.
Jake Johnson
How big is the bear, Jake?
Samara Weaving
It's really big. It's enormous.
Jake Johnson
Is it realistic?
Samara Weaving
It's. It's realistic.
Jake Johnson
I'm right.
Samara Weaving
It's not like taxidermy, but it's.
Jake Johnson
No, I know what you're. It's that, like, iron work, but it looks like. Is it a grizzly or a black bear?
Samara Weaving
It. Oh, I don't know my bears, but it's like the size of a. A person, I'd say.
Jake Johnson
Does it have a vibe like it's going to attack or kind of like a big fat raccoon that's just looking for trash?
Samara Weaving
It's on all fours, but does have quite an aggressive look. Okay, that could still be either him or her.
Jake Johnson
All right, how much would you like for it, Jake?
Gareth Reynolds
She's actually not. This is not what it is. It's not Pawn Stars.
Jake Johnson
I thought we were doing Pawn Stars for sure.
Gareth Reynolds
No, we're not. Okay, so
Samara Weaving
wait. This is a solution, though, if you just buy it.
Gareth Reynolds
Not for Jake's wife.
Jake Johnson
He.
Samara Weaving
So me and your wife going, you take it.
Jake Johnson
So he stole this with some friends, put it in your backyard.
Samara Weaving
Well, we were pranking each other. Like, me and our mates were all pranking each other with it. Like, breaking into each other's houses, putting it.
Jake Johnson
Excellent. Why don't you prank me, put in my backyard and then forget the prank.
Gareth Reynolds
I'll laugh. It'll be a horrible.
Jake Johnson
I'll prank you. Just give me your bank information. I'll prank you with a big chunk of money that goes in there and we'll all prank my wife that she made a mistake in marriage.
Gareth Reynolds
I'll play a really huge prank on my wife. I'll put a door in the back and I'll sleep inside of it sometimes. Just know what it's like to be a bear.
Jake Johnson
So.
Leela
And.
Jake Johnson
And so now it's currently in your backyard.
Samara Weaving
Yeah. And it. We like have just had it here for so long and now Jimmy's going, oh, it gets rid of like the pests that would come into our garden and stuff.
Jake Johnson
He's dead, right?
Samara Weaving
Every time someone comes in, they are terr. Cuz they think it's a real freaking bit.
Jake Johnson
And are you in la?
Samara Weaving
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
You don't even get truck.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, I can get my hands on a goddamn truck.
Samara Weaving
I have a truck guy. For sure.
Jake Johnson
How heavy is this? How heavy is this goddamn thing?
Samara Weaving
Oh, you could lift it. Yeah, for sure.
Jake Johnson
Thank you for saying that.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, no problem.
Jake Johnson
That's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me. You ever get on that son of a. Like it's a horse?
Belle
Yep.
Samara Weaving
On my 30th, for sure, I was dressed as Kurt Cobain and I was riding the bear.
Jake Johnson
You got any photos?
Belle
Oh, yeah.
Jake Johnson
Maybe you'll send them to Natalie. Can we post them along with this intro?
Samara Weaving
Absolutely. It's me and my friend dressed up as Fran from the Nanny and.
Jake Johnson
You mean SAG president. All right, let's take some calls. We will get to the bottom of
Gareth Reynolds
by the end of this session. I think we should each have a pitch on what we do with the bear.
Samara Weaving
How do I get rid of it?
Gareth Reynolds
How do we get it out of there? Which is the problem. Jake, remember? How does she get rid of the bear?
Jake Johnson
I got a solution.
Gareth Reynolds
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Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
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Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
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Gareth Reynolds
Okay.
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Gareth Reynolds
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Gareth Reynolds
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Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
Okay.
Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
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Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Leela
Fair.
Gareth Reynolds
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Gareth Reynolds
Well, no, but you want it to work for them, too.
Jake Johnson
That's right. But I wouldn't call them my picky teens. I'll go. Your partner, your offspring.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, you know which one works for me is sleep light, rise early, mom. I mean, Pam, there are times where I'm like, you know what? You are a diva. There are times where Pam's reason for wanting to move rooms, I just have to poke through my tongue. Yeah.
Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
What the hell? Why is she doing what? So what's the plan? She's got to just race to the DMV and get an ID?
Jake Johnson
Well, no, you have to go through TSA and buy, like, a certificate that costs 45 bucks, that shows you are who you are based off. And you got to get to the airport three hours early. And, Gareth, you got to get lucky, brother.
Gareth Reynolds
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Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
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Jake Johnson
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Jake Johnson
Well, I've got a question for the audience here. June 19th, is that the date for thee?
Gareth Reynolds
I believe so.
Jake Johnson
Eve live show in Omaha. We got people in the Midwest who are nearby who go I want to take a little trip and see something. But where would I stay? Well, go to booking.com because it makes it easy to find a hotel or a holiday home. That's just, that's not just generically right or right for somebody but ridiculously right for you.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, also Omaha, a fantastic city surrounded by fantastic. I don't know why you said things. Thank you, Steve. But you just live there. But it, there's. You could get vacation rentals. You could turn it into a few days. I mean who knows?
Jake Johnson
Hey Steve, if people come to Omaha for this little trip and they book on booking.com and they turn it into a three day thing, what are a few things they should do besides see you guys live?
David
Well, obviously we have the best zoo in the country.
Gareth Reynolds
In the world.
Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
Caller, you there?
Leela
Hi.
Gareth Reynolds
Hi, how are you? Can we get your name please?
Belle
I'm good, thank you. My name is Bell.
Gareth Reynolds
Bell, nice to meet you. Bell. Where are you calling from?
Belle
Bell, nice to meet you too. I'm calling from Toronto.
Gareth Reynolds
Toronto, awesome. Okay, we're going to jump in Belle because we're hot here. You've got Jake, you've got myself. We have a great guest helper today. We have the great Samara Weaving from the movie Carolina Caroline coming out June 5th everywhere. So you are really going to. I hate to say that this is a guarantee, but this is a guarantee. We're gonna solve it.
Belle
Okay? Thank God. I need it.
Jake Johnson
Wait, Simone, you've heard the show a lot. You got any questions for Belle?
Samara Weaving
Sure. Belle, Toronto. Have you ever been to Formula Fig? I really like that place in Toronto.
Belle
No, but I really want to. I like the. I haven't been yet, but I would love to.
Gareth Reynolds
Bill, you have a yard Do I have a yard?
Belle
No, because I'm in Toronto. I'm 16 floors up staring at the skyline right now. I have a balcony, and that's pretty cool.
Gareth Reynolds
You can put a bear on the balcony. What do you think of that?
Belle
You know what? Not.
Leela
No, I can't be open.
Jake Johnson
What do we got? What's your issue?
Gareth Reynolds
What's this?
Belle
Okay, so I'm a private educator, absolutely love my job. And one of the families that I work with brings me on their family trip sometimes. And so we're actually going to Florence in about a week.
Leela
Cool.
Belle
Yeah, so it's a.
Leela
It's.
Belle
It's pretty fun. I'm, like, quite excited.
Jake Johnson
I'm so sorry, I need to interrupt just because I'm confused. What's a private educator?
Belle
So I'm a teacher, but instead of working with the school boards, I have my own, like, homeschooling and tutoring business.
Gareth Reynolds
Ah.
Jake Johnson
So I got you. So a family. It's. So a family just hires you, and you just teach their family in their little pod?
Belle
Yes, exactly.
Jake Johnson
Okay.
Gareth Reynolds
And you're going to Florence because the child cannot be without an educator for 10 days or something?
Belle
Well, I mean, so with this family in particular, I started working with them even before I was a teacher, just. And then it's kind of just evolved into the teaching once I got my degree. And so I used to go on trips with them just as an extra set of hands, because there's three kids, so they were outnumbered. And the trip started pretty small, like, little weekend trips here. But now, you know, it's been, you know, a few years and all that. So now we're going to Florence.
Jake Johnson
Wait, you're helping, like, as a nanny, too?
Belle
It's kind of. Okay, so I wouldn't say nanny just because we're all. Yeah, there's. That's part of the issue. There's a gray area, kind of. Because I'm not just clocking in, clocking out, teaching on this trip. I am with them the whole time.
Jake Johnson
Right. So they go like this. Hey, you want to run some math? And you mind helping with those dishes? What's the job?
Samara Weaving
Being a parent?
Belle
No. Yeah, yeah. No, I've never done, like, dishes and stuff. It's literally just, can you help us plan this? And it sounds like, help us take some pictures. But also, let's, you know, learn about the history of these places.
Jake Johnson
Sorry, one second. You think this sounds like a great gig? There's no boundaries, Gareth.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, because there's not really that. They're just. They. She's kind of grown into this situation. And now she's going to Florence, probably with minimal obligations.
Jake Johnson
No, the opposite. Every obligation. This is a guy who doesn't have kids. It's non stop. It's from morning. It's all of a sudden. Let's help. You mind helping with breakfast? Oh, what are we gonna do for lunch? And then the nap. And then, oh, this room's a little bit. And then also you want to run some English? And then. Oh, everybody just had a big fit. We got to get this room good. And then what are we doing after? Should we get dessert or something?
Gareth Reynolds
Belle?
Jake Johnson
What? What?
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, we'll answer that. Is it my obligation or too many hats or not?
Samara Weaving
A lot of hats.
Belle
Okay, so there are a lot of hats. But it definitely leans more like family assistant more than nanny. Like, I'm not cooking, cleaning. Like the kids are 7 to 12 kind of. So I'm not cooking, cleaning, like bath time, nap time, that kind of thing. The parents are the parents, but I'm just like an extra adult around to kind of help manage what's going on because they're. Yeah, they just want an extra adult to kind of like run things by or have.
Gareth Reynolds
What is the issue? So walk us through what you're calling about.
Belle
Okay, so the issue here, the reason I called, is because the parents themselves are pretty health conscious and kind of talk about alcohol as a poison. And so the kids only know it as this, like, really bad thing, which, I mean, it's not completely off base. I get that. And I don't need to drink. I've been on other trips. Like, it's not a necessity. But we're going to Italy completely. And Florence in particular has these, like, really cute historic wine windows. And I just really want to have, like, the wine window experience. I want to get a cute video or a cute picture or something like that.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, we're seeing the wine windows here. Yeah, we have some illustrations of the wine windows. It's really. I'm going to be on record. Is it a drunk's dream? You just reach into a building and someone puts wine in your hand?
Jake Johnson
Man, if they had gyro windows, I'd lose my mind.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, it's like an alcoholic glory hole, isn't it?
Jake Johnson
Yes, it's an alcoholic.
Gareth Reynolds
Put your hand in and someone puts booze in it. Don't sleep on what Jake said about a Euro window.
Jake Johnson
You just put your hand in, someone puts a sandwich.
Gareth Reynolds
Sandwich. Jake went to Florence and brought 40 pounds of window weight.
Jake Johnson
Well, they just. I would love it. To be mystery meats. Miss the glory hole. With mystery meats, you just go like this. Oh, it's one of those mystery meat holes. You go in and you're like, ah, pepperoni.
Gareth Reynolds
I think that is a glory hole now, officially.
Jake Johnson
Okay, so. All right.
Gareth Reynolds
Looks awesome.
Jake Johnson
You really want to go have some of that wine out of that little hole and get a photo taken of you?
Belle
Yeah, ideally, yes. But our schedule is, like, really packed. And like you mentioned before, because I am with them all the time, it's a little bit tricky. In the past, I haven't quite had, like, my own time carved out, which wasn't a big deal for those specific trips. But for this one, ideally, I'd like to sneak away without making it super
Jake Johnson
weird, you know, and this isn't the kind of family. I completely get it too. This isn't the kind of family that you could say, any chance, do you guys care if I go out and get this thing of wine just to talk that out? I'm sure if that was an option, you would have just done it. But I just want to talk it out.
Belle
It. I mean, it's always. It could be an option. I'm just trying to avoid that because I would just rather, you know, not have that kind of looming overhead of like, oh, she really wants that wine. Like, I'm the kids teacher.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, yeah. But can you just say, like, another vague thing like, oh, I want to go to a museum, and then, like, I just had wine with lunch. Like, do we have to hit the wine element really hard or not?
Jake Johnson
I think that's right.
Belle
Do we have to hit the wine element?
Samara Weaving
I mean, can you just, like, kind of say, oh, can I have an afternoon off? And then just don't tell them you had wine or will they find out or something?
Belle
Yeah, just because of the schedule, because we have our tickets booked for, like, the museums or the gardens or, you know, we have a day where we're driving out to the coast. And so it's pretty. We're pretty. We're pretty booked that it would likely have to be me sneaking away during. I'm assuming, like, during one of the lunch times where I just go, oh, let me go grab us this. And I feel like, all right, I've got a crazy. Get some wine, and then I have
Jake Johnson
a crazy pitch that I think will work. If you look at your schedule, your loosest day where you're needed, you've already planned everything. You're not teaching anything. The equivalent of if there was a day, like, you guys are all Going to a water park or something like that. Something that's just fun for the 7 to 12 year olds on family vacations. There's always those things where you're like, this is going to not be fun for anybody but kids from like 10am to 6pm in the middle of that, you fake a family emergency call, okay? And you go like, it's not life and death, but it's just something. With my aunt, you're like, do you mind if I just sneak off for a little bit and deal with this? I just have to do a bunch of calls and paperwork stuff, and it's just going to be a pain. But I can meet up with you guys at 2 then. So you're not lying, even though you're lying. The cafe you go to to do some work on your phone happens to have one of those little hole in the walls. You can maybe grab a sandwich if it was my fantasy. Or a wine if it's yours.
Belle
Okay.
Jake Johnson
And while you're there, if they go like, did you have wine? You go. The stress of what I was dealing with a little bit got on top of me, and I didn't want to bring that back to your family.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, like, it. Absolutely.
Leela
I do. I do.
Belle
I feel like that could be pretty clean.
Jake Johnson
Because then on your schedule, you can do research of at one to four, because you make the goddamn schedule.
Gareth Reynolds
Bill.
Jake Johnson
The family is going to be on, you know Vadamani Street? Are they Vadamani? It's in Florence.
Belle
Yeah, that's on the schedule. You nailed it.
Jake Johnson
So if you go Vadamani in six, that's there.
Gareth Reynolds
And then you go six, not Siete, okay?
Jake Johnson
I'm an American there. I'll call Siete. No, you're thinking Spanish, you goofball. But then if you go a block away from Badamari and you've got like, That is where you can all of a sudden get your wine. You go two blocks away. I just have to break off for an hour. I gotta do this stuff. It's really annoying. It's about my aunt. But in the meantime, I'm gonna put my hand in a hole and get a glass of wine.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, We've all said that.
Jake Johnson
Sam, what do you think where we are here? Are we out of line? Are we close?
Samara Weaving
No, I think that's good. You know, Unless you wanted to, like, you could incorporate. I was thinking you could like, make something educational about the wine. You know, like, oh, like this is where Jesus came and fell to first grape. And now it's.
Jake Johnson
But you could Do a history of wines.
Samara Weaving
You know, you could be like. And the wine for the culture and the reason why and the.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Samara Weaving
You know, you could make.
Jake Johnson
Sam, I don't mean to be rude, but it's not. It's pressure.
Samara Weaving
Ah, Ms. Cozy.
Jake Johnson
But yeah, it could be an educational thing, which is really interesting. You could also educate about those little glory holes, you know?
Samara Weaving
Yeah. Have they learned about the birds and the bees yet?
Jake Johnson
You know, priests used to stick their junk in here back in the day, and now they get wine out of here.
Gareth Reynolds
You know where this started? Val, can we talk to you over here for a second? Priest used to dangle their penises. It go. Okay,
Jake Johnson
But I actually think she's right, Belle, because if you do something here where it's. There's another version where it's part of the education and to show them, you reach in and get the wine and ask them to take a photo of you. But go. What you can do here. And this dates back to the 1700s, right? And then you pull out the wine, and then while it's there and you're talking about it, you go, like, I didn't think this far ahead.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, I'm not gonna throw it out.
Jake Johnson
It is poison, of course, but I'm gonna drink it to this point, a couple of cigarettes and have three more glasses of it.
Gareth Reynolds
Gonna take some drugs and steal a bear. What?
Belle
You.
Gareth Reynolds
You could say that you want a few hours to go around the area so that when you meet back up with them, you can sort of teach the kids a little bit about the area that you're in. So you wanna just go around and learn some things. And that's where you could maybe put your fist in the window and grab a little wine and write it off as educational purposes.
Jake Johnson
Why'd you say.
Belle
You guys are kind of turning me off from the wine window?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah,
Jake Johnson
I would say stick your head in the hole, not your fist. Just go in there, open mouth, and have them pour the wine right into your mouth.
Gareth Reynolds
Nobel less turned on, more shirt. Where are we? Because I'll tell you what. Hearing stick your head in the hole doesn't feel great to me, but I've
Samara Weaving
said that you want a head or
Belle
a fist,
Jake Johnson
so glass, fist or head. If you use the glass, it is the most expensive because we got to deal with cleaning. If it goes right in the mouth, it's the cheapest.
Gareth Reynolds
An American. Just putting your head in the window is so funny.
Jake Johnson
It's the Chris Rock thing from we'll get you, sucker. How about if I just Stick my head in for a hundred, pour the wine in my mouth.
Belle
That would save on time. I'd say that.
Jake Johnson
Yeah. But we're starting to give some seeds of ideas. Where are you kind of at? What are you hearing here?
Belle
Okay, I. I think if I was to rank, I think I like the educational aspect of it. I just don't know how I'm going to pull off the, oh, now I have wine in my hand. Like, watch me drink it. I don't know about that, but I like.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, so let's go to Samara for a second. You got the educational thing. You got the wine in your hand. You're not with the parents, you're just with the kids. Now, Belle, could that possibly happen?
Belle
Oh, not usually, no.
Jake Johnson
Okay, so you're with everybody?
Belle
Yeah, yeah. Usually the whole group is together.
Jake Johnson
Mom, dad, kids.
Samara Weaving
Yeah. It would be a bit weird, wouldn't it, if you were just like, I'm gonna have a glass of wine by myself.
Gareth Reynolds
How about this? How about when out and about, when you see the wine window near that area, run into a shop, make a quick purchase, maybe a little gift for one of the kids or something like that, start going on the walk, then say, oh, I left my card back at that place. You guys go ahead, I'll meet up with you. Run back to that area. You've got your card.
Jake Johnson
Chug a wine like a weird hobo
Gareth Reynolds
style.
Belle
No, I don't hate that.
Jake Johnson
You don't take that.
Samara Weaving
I. I actually don't enjoy it. Or do you want to, like, enjoy the wine, or do you just want the pick and the, like, quick experience? Or do you want to, like, sit
Belle
and have a. I want the wine. I don't want to have to chug it. Ideally. So like a nice little in between. But the reason I don't.
Jake Johnson
Sorry, don't put a timer on it. Gareth, this is.
Gareth Reynolds
Keep talking, Belle. Jake and I are. Go ahead.
Belle
Ideally, I want the pick, and I want to be able to enjoy the glass of wine without chugging it. Sometimes the lineups can be long. There's a few different wine windows I've heard, and the lineups can vary. So what I like about this is the flexibility that in the moment, I see that there's a short line that I can kind of be like, okay, this is the one. This is my shot.
Jake Johnson
What if you pretend, though, that one of your friends, you tell the parents, goes, there's one thing I have to do and be like, it's so cheesy. But all my girlfriends have. We always Take a photo of doing this. So at some point, I need to sneak off and then go, like, put my hand in this hole, grab some wine and drink it.
Belle
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Then you go like. They go, huh? And you go, it's so stupid. But we've been doing this forever. Whenever there's, like, a unique place to get a wine, like, if you could pull it out of a donkey's ass. My friend Caroline had a photo and Jane had a photo, and they go like, whatever. Girls will be girls. But you need to sneak off at some point and do this stupid thing. And then you can, when you go back, be like, oh, that wine is giving me a headache. So the lesson could be how nasty this poison is and that you had a glass of wine, you could use it as a little lesson about teaching about wine. But then your sleep's going to be a little bit worse, and the wine is going to convert to sugar, which is going to give you a spike. And you have a little bit of a headache because you are dehydrated.
Samara Weaving
Okay.
Jake Johnson
They don't need to know you.
Leela
I do like that.
Gareth Reynolds
The educator in her loves this.
Samara Weaving
I just like this character that Jake's doing.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Every line sounded annoyed about the. And I had to drink it, and
Samara Weaving
I had a little spike.
Gareth Reynolds
My metabolism is doing weird things.
Belle
You have them like a play by play.
Gareth Reynolds
Stopped by another window for a handful of Jimmy Johns.
Jake Johnson
I didn't realize I was doing it, but I like these two gals a lot. And I went out against the three of us. Gavin in Florence.
Gareth Reynolds
Just put your hand in regular windows. Like, this is a regular home. Sir. Wine.
Jake Johnson
I just. Anytime I see a big hole, I just reach in and grab something to drink.
Gareth Reynolds
When in Italy, just wine.
Jake Johnson
Girls just want to have fun.
Gareth Reynolds
Belle, where are you at with the Jake pitch?
Belle
Okay, that one could work because they do know that, you know, I have a group of girls, and we do different girls nights with different themes that this. And I travel with them, too. So this could be very. This is very believable. Like, this is very doable also. 100%. The girls would like. They'd vouch for me easy.
Jake Johnson
So one thing you could say early on in the trip, you're down for all the stuff, the no boundary, indentured servant kind of job you have. And then said, but the one thing that I have to do for the girl is you go, like, there's this ridiculous thing and I've gotta do it. I hate it, and I hate it, and it's gonna give me a stomachache. But I just. I was thinking Wednesday at 1 to 4 while you guys are at 4. But like, when the family. It's all scheduled.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
You guys are gonna be near. Do you guys mind if I sneak off and take a little bit of me time for the girls? And I'm gonna FaceTime them and put my hand in a goofy little hole and drink wine, and they're gonna go like, belle, do whatever you want. And then they're gonna secretly in bed go. I don't know if it's a good influence. She's drinking poison.
Belle
That's the side that I'm. I'm unsure if I want to
Gareth Reynolds
it up. Well, what you did, which is fair, you gave voice to the concern in her head. But you had her in the car.
Jake Johnson
I know. I don't know if it's the right car for her. That's why I said it.
Samara Weaving
Can you, like, spin it and be a little manipulative and go, do you guys want any family time? And like, just you guys hang, you know, like, do you want, like, there's an afternoon thing at this museum or that I think, you know, and just to like, leave you to really connect?
Jake Johnson
But rather than do. Do you want. Because then responsible to go like, no, you are part of the family. Even though the dad might be thinking, yes, I would love you to be gone. You know, I love when it's just the four of us in the family and there's not like the fifth or whatever. But if somebody says that, then my wife will for sure go, of course, stay.
Samara Weaving
Right, right, right.
Jake Johnson
But if they say, I'm gonna allow you guys to have some family time here. So on this day, I'm taking my time, even though I love you guys and I'm obsessed with you and I don' but one to four, I'm gonna let you guys do that on your own for your guys's own memories. But then I will catch up before dinner and help with that.
Samara Weaving
But also, does this family like each other or.
Jake Johnson
No, not really. They have a living teacher.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, they're not drinking.
Samara Weaving
That's right.
Leela
Okay.
Belle
No, I. I like that. I like the spin, I think for sure. Because, you know, because then in return, if I go, oh, I'm gonna give you family time, I don't think they're gonna be like, no, we don't want that.
Jake Johnson
They can't.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm giving you family time.
Jake Johnson
So, Belle, let's do this. Sam, will you be the wife? Gareth, will you be the husband? Belle, will you pitch to them this plan? Babelle, you need to drive this. So that the answer is of course. And we'll say it's Wednesday at 1 o'. Clock. You've already figured out there's something going on from one to four. It's right near one of these weird places that has a hole in the wall where you could get snacks or sandwiches or drinks or touch somebody's genitals. And
Samara Weaving
now, now it's wine in a hole, bud.
Jake Johnson
It's wine in a hole.
Gareth Reynolds
Starts with wine.
Jake Johnson
Starts with wine.
Gareth Reynolds
Getting a handful of meat one way or another.
Jake Johnson
Okay, so Belle, when you're ready and make sure you win this exchange and try to do it as.
Gareth Reynolds
So we should put up. We're gonna put you through it a little bit here because you've got to win.
Jake Johnson
Okay, but give us. Give them a quick note of what the couple is really like. And I'm saying this more to Gareth because I'm sure Sam will be a pro, but Gareth is going to try to derail it.
Gareth Reynolds
That's exactly right.
Jake Johnson
And I could tell that because he said to her, remember, we're trying to give her a hard time. And I. That's not what we're doing. We're trying to get to the end, but we're trying to get to the end of this.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, yeah.
Jake Johnson
Okay.
Belle
So I would say. So there's three kids. And then I would say the. The father is probably more hands on and with the organization, really with the planning of everything.
Jake Johnson
Interesting.
Leela
Like he.
Belle
He's the one. You. Yeah, he's usually quiet one.
Gareth Reynolds
He's actually not able to speak.
Jake Johnson
He had his tongue cut off in a motorcycle accident.
Gareth Reynolds
There actually is no husband.
Jake Johnson
He's mute. He's a sweet guy, but the mom does all the talking.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, so go ahead, keep going.
Belle
Yeah, so he's like, he's very involved and so he would definitely be very like into the conversation, into like.
Jake Johnson
Sam, you want to play the husband?
Gareth Reynolds
It's too late, bro. We're at the table.
Samara Weaving
Reid, the neurotic husband. Okay, go.
Jake Johnson
How about the. How about the wife?
Belle
The wife is she. She goes, you know, there a couple, they go. She goes along with the husband, but she's a little bit more laid back, a little bit more kind of.
Gareth Reynolds
That's cool, man.
Belle
Yeah, great.
Jake Johnson
I actually.
Samara Weaving
Whatever you want.
Jake Johnson
That's. I want to do some crazy cool FX style casting. I think Sam, you go husband. Gareth, you go wife.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, I think. I think we know why you want
Jake Johnson
a guy, a cool casting director.
Gareth Reynolds
I think we know why you've made that switch.
Samara Weaving
Are you sure? Because playing a pretty cool laid back wife that feels.
Jake Johnson
Wheelhouse.
Samara Weaving
Don't have to act.
Jake Johnson
What was your question about the bear again?
Samara Weaving
How do I get rid of it?
Gareth Reynolds
Not the show.
Jake Johnson
Not a Kool Laid Back way Kool Laid Back. Back life.
Samara Weaving
I'm chill.
Gareth Reynolds
Get rid of the iron bear.
Jake Johnson
Okay, Belle, take over and let's see what we can do in three.
Gareth Reynolds
Are we going with the.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, you guys figure it out in the moment. Let's keep it chaotic. Wild cast going.
Samara Weaving
Hey, guys.
Belle
Okay.
Samara Weaving
Hello.
Belle
Hey. All right, so today has been such a fun day so far. You know, it's been super busy.
Samara Weaving
Back to back to back.
Belle
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Husband.
Belle
Yeah. We've learned so many things. We've seen so many statues. I was just kind of thinking maybe the kids would like to sit down, you know, enjoy some gelato. You know, you guys have a coffee or something and just have a really good family moment together to talk about all the amazing art and all the amazing places we've seen. How does that sound to you? Yeah, I'll give you a little bit of space. I can go for a little walk and see where we can go for dinner maybe, and then I'll catch up with you guys and then we'll have a nice dinner together.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, we might have to rearrange. Weren't we gonna go see the Piazza della Vita? But.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, but I mean, we can, you know, I mean, if she wants to go off for a little while, you think that's okay?
Belle
Yeah, no, I'm.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm just not you. Belle, we're actually talking as a couple right now. Bell. We're talking.
Jake Johnson
Why don't we let Bell talk?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, go ahead. Belle.
Belle
Yeah, I was just thinking, you know, we've been walking around a lot. A lot. And sometimes the beauty in Italy that, you know, from Toronto, everything's go, go, go fast. But kind of the beauty of Italy is we can sit down and just, you know, we can push the schedule a little bit. Sit down, have a coffee, have a gelato, and then kind of pick it up and see. See what happens.
Gareth Reynolds
Are you okay with the schedule getting pushed?
Samara Weaving
Oh, it's against my nature, but she. She drives a hard bargain, wouldn't you say?
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, I'm cool with whatever. I'm on a lot of Valium, but. Yeah, I know you. I don't want you later to do the thing where you go, you know, you get a little bit agitated, so, you know.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know, she paints a pretty, pretty picture.
Gareth Reynolds
You were worried about all those. Yeah, no, I'm floating.
Samara Weaving
So you're just floating around.
Jake Johnson
Hold on. I'm just the waiter. You said, is she high off her tits?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, I took.
Samara Weaving
Yeah, we like it that way. You know, I.
Gareth Reynolds
It's how the. Yeah, it's how we keep it.
Jake Johnson
I need to jump in.
Gareth Reynolds
Aesthetic.
Jake Johnson
I need to jump in.
Gareth Reynolds
Who's this guy?
Jake Johnson
Director. You guys have done a terrible job. That was as bad as it gets from both of you.
Samara Weaving
But I do think I was really trying to poke holes in that story, Bill. But you, I think you nailed it.
Jake Johnson
No, Gareth and Sam, I don't think I'm crazy here. This is a little weird.
Gareth Reynolds
I think this is not clean enough. This is, this is how I would do it. I would just.
Jake Johnson
It's not clean enough.
Gareth Reynolds
I wouldn't even go off the schedule. I would just say, hey, you know, since we're there, one of the days, if it's cool with you guys, I'm just going to go off on myself for a couple hours.
Jake Johnson
Belle.
Belle
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Will you be the husband?
Belle
Okay. Yeah. It's not. I don't think it's a huge deal of, you know, obviously I, I can leave the family. I feel like it's kind of. I can leave. It's okay.
Jake Johnson
It. But it's how you phrase it. But how about this?
Belle
I know that that's what, that's what
Jake Johnson
I'm having trouble with because that's what we're gonna crack. That's what we're gonna crack. Bell, you're the husband. Sam, you're the wife. Gareth, will you be the 12 year old boy?
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Jake Johnson
And Belle, I'm gonna be you.
Belle
Okay.
Jake Johnson
Okay. So you three are doing whatever you three do as a family. Belle, take the lead of what the family does when the 12 year old boy's there and the wife's there and you guys are hanging.
Leela
Okay.
Jake Johnson
Three, two, big limit.
Leela
All right.
Belle
Okay. Wow, those statues were incredible. Okay, so I think we have about. Yeah, yeah, of course. Now we have a quick little snack and then we have to get right off to dinner in a bit and then, you know, we'll see what happens, what happens in the evening.
Leela
But let's.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm hungry.
Belle
Start taking a look around. Yeah, no, me too. Let's go find some focaccia bread.
Samara Weaving
You love a focaccia, don't you, little Tim?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, it's the best bread.
Samara Weaving
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Good outside.
Belle
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
I've learned a lot about. Yeah. And with learning, I'D love to learn a little bit about how it's made.
Jake Johnson
Hey, everybody.
Samara Weaving
Well. Oh, hello. Yeah, for sure.
Leela
Let's go.
Jake Johnson
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Hey, Belle.
Jake Johnson
Where are you guys going?
Samara Weaving
We're going to get.
Belle
We're gonna go.
Jake Johnson
Oh, am I welcome? Am I welcome to join? I'd love to come, obviously.
Leela
Of course.
Jake Johnson
Great. Oh, Tim, can I talk to you for a second about schedule?
Belle
Yeah, for sure. What's up?
Jake Johnson
Wednesday, 1 to 4. I'm gonna be off, if that's okay. There's some stuff I want to do in Florence.
Belle
Oh.
Jake Johnson
But other than that, I'm kind of available for anything. But I was hoping for that time. There's some stuff I just kind of want to do. Are you comfortable with that?
Belle
Okay. From one to one to four might be a bit. A bit long. Is everything okay?
Leela
What do you mean?
Belle
That's kind of a big chunk of time there. We have things scheduled.
Jake Johnson
Is there? Why don't you come back to me and tell me a good time where I could have a little bit of break? There's just some stuff I want to do in Florence, but I can be really flexible when you want it. But just maybe let me know when's a good time for me to kind of be able to go off and do some stuff that I want to do. And. And I'll be flexible to make it easy for you guys too.
Leela
Okay.
Belle
Yeah. Yeah. Let me. Let me talk to my wife and we'll. We'll figure out a good time to.
Jake Johnson
But honestly, Tim, you know me, whenever it's easy for you, I'm happy to do it.
Samara Weaving
That's okay.
Belle
No, okay, sounds good.
Jake Johnson
All right. Let's get some of that focaccia bread. Is that what it's called?
Gareth Reynolds
No.
Jake Johnson
Aren't you the educator for chacha bread?
Samara Weaving
You're fired. You're fired. Go back to school.
Gareth Reynolds
I think that's pretty good.
Jake Johnson
But what do you think of that?
Belle
Okay.
Gareth Reynolds
And that's why.
Belle
Yeah, I like that. I like the phrasing. I think the phrasing for that route of going the. Yeah, that. I think the phrasing works there.
Jake Johnson
So now let's put it into your words. I'm the husband. Sam, you're the 12 year old boy. Gareth, you're the wife.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay.
Jake Johnson
Three, two, Piglyon, whenever you're ready. I told you, boy. Stop bouncing that head around.
Gareth Reynolds
Let him bounce.
Jake Johnson
I like to.
Belle
Hey, boy. Hey, Tim, can I just talk to you for a quick second?
Gareth Reynolds
Let it. Let him do it. Come on.
Jake Johnson
Yes. Bill, what's going on?
Belle
Hey, I was just thinking from about 1 to 4 or so tomorrow afternoon. I'm just going to take a little bit of time. There's a couple things I wanted to kind of do independently in Florence if. If that works. I see in the schedule that that's a pretty open block, but I just wanted to run that by you.
Jake Johnson
Fine with me. Anybody got an issue?
Gareth Reynolds
No, that sounds great. Oh, gosh. We're like this all the time.
Jake Johnson
He needs a new educator. That boy's 12.
Gareth Reynolds
No, no, no, stop.
Jake Johnson
That boy is 12.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Jake Johnson
He's saying bedoinka doink. And we. That boy is 12. But Belle, I thought that was very good.
Belle
Okay. Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Nice way this is happening. What you do is between you and you.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Leela
Okay.
Belle
Amazing.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Just go put your arm in that window.
Leela
Okay.
Samara Weaving
Have a grand old friend.
Jake Johnson
And then send. This is what you need to do to pay us. Yeah, send us a photo of you with the hand in the wall. And then drinking the wine.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Samara Weaving
And going like this.
Belle
Okay.
Samara Weaving
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
I'm doing a naughty.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
All right. Thank you, Belle.
Gareth Reynolds
All right, Belle.
Leela
Okay.
Belle
Thank you guys so much.
Jake Johnson
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Samara Weaving
Hello.
Gareth Reynolds
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Leela
My name is Leela.
Gareth Reynolds
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Leela
I am currently in southwest Virginia.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, interesting way of saying it. How old are you?
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Ruff. I'm 29.
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Leela
So cool. Hello.
Gareth Reynolds
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Belle
Is.
Leela
Okay, so I actually have a problem with my cat. She's amazing. Love her so much. But she does the classic cat thing where she wakes up anywhere between, like, 3 and 6am just, like, full of energy. Big demon goblin mode. You get it?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, Y.
Leela
But the problem here is I live with a guy. Like, my roommate's a dude, and I sleep without a shirt on. Like, it's just gonna happen that way. So I have my door shut. And my cat, she, like, does everything in the world to get my attention at this time. And if I let her out, you know, I have to let her back in a million times or I fall back asleep. I don't have a shirt on. It's awkward. She basically has learned this thing that drives me absolutely insane, and she can get her paw under the door and slam it back and forth. I've tried everything, and actually, like, it's become more to put it lightly. Like, I have this spray bottle now, and she does it, and it wakes me up in a startle. Like, I'm ready for action. I grab the spray bottle, she runs away. So then I have to, like, wait for her to go back and, like, very slyly spray her with a spray bottle. Because if she hears me move, she runs away.
Belle
It's like this cat and mouth, and
Gareth Reynolds
it keeps me up.
Leela
Like, I get really into it, and then to the point where I can't fall back asleep.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Leela
And I, like. It actually caused me to, like, miss classes and stuff because I will eventually, when she quits, I fall asleep. I. It's. It's become an issue.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, is she, like, hungry?
Samara Weaving
Is she, like, hung? Why is she waking? Is she, like, hungry?
Leela
She has food in my room and her litter box is in there too, because, like I said, I live with a roommate, so I'm not trying to have, like, her stuff everywhere.
Samara Weaving
So she's just wants to annoy you?
Leela
She's. She just wants me to give her attention. And, like, she tries other ways to. Like, you know, she'll make biscuits, and she'll scratch it my legs and, like, do other stuff. Which, like, is, you know, annoying, but it. It doesn't get me, like, the freaking door thing.
Jake Johnson
Yeah.
Samara Weaving
And do you have, like. Have you tried, like, all those dumb, like, cat toy thingies, like a remote control mouse or whatever?
Belle
Yeah.
Leela
Well, she's. She's pretty skittish to noises, so I feel like there could be something there. So, like, I've tried to get her, like. Like, she has a scratching pad. She has, like, 50,000 toys in my room. And, like, I put even, like, a blanket under the door to try and stop it, and she's gotten. She's found a way around that. So I'm like, I'm going crazy, guys.
Gareth Reynolds
So the cat is just causing way too many night distractions. And in order for you to stop anything, you have to get too invested. So you wake up basically.
Leela
Exactly.
Gareth Reynolds
The cat's trying to get outside or inside?
Jake Johnson
Inside.
Leela
She's trying to get out of my room.
Jake Johnson
Oh, out of your room.
Samara Weaving
She's going in and out. No.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
So I got a question. The only thing. There's something about this that isn't making sense to me. Why'd you tell us that you don't wear a shirt to sleep? I just wanted you guys detail visually.
Gareth Reynolds
Somebody's mad at the D. I honestly think more people should describe what they're like when they sleep.
Jake Johnson
It's also like, all right, there's the cat. The cat and you are in a war. The cat puts its paw underneath. For some reason, your breasts are out. In this story, the cat, you spray with water, but sometimes you are spraying the water after the cat has forgotten what's happening.
Gareth Reynolds
Your shirts off.
Jake Johnson
Yeah. The cat is done scratching, and then you, like, sneak up like a weird ninja and spray it in the head. And the cat's like, what the. It's not a teaching lesson. It's just, now it's wet.
Leela
The shirt is a thing because it makes it so I can't just open my door because then I'll like. Then she won't be annoying me. I'll fall asleep and I don't know when my roommate gets up and not.
Jake Johnson
Can't you open? That doesn't add up. The math. The math isn't mathing.
Gareth Reynolds
You don't have to expose your breasts when you open the door. You can kind of shield your chest from it.
Leela
No, it's weird. He'll open the door entirely, and then it's just like, my bed is in.
Jake Johnson
I. So you're also saying if you let her out, then the cat might start pushing the door back in.
Leela
She pushes it completely open. Like, if I open it a little bit.
Jake Johnson
So basically, the. The breasts being out are just. It's a weird side detail, but.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, you might be sleeping.
Leela
And expose myself to my roommate.
Gareth Reynolds
Right. Well, okay.
Jake Johnson
Put a towel on. I mean, we've been dealing with this forever. When we're around others, we can't be naked around. There's ways to cover up. You have arms.
Leela
Yeah, yeah, but I'm sleeping. I don't know what's going on.
Gareth Reynolds
No, no, no, no, no.
Jake Johnson
You're awake.
Gareth Reynolds
Just if the j.
Jake Johnson
If the cat is trying to get out of this situation, the cat's like, I got the. A weird owner. I got to get out of here.
Gareth Reynolds
If. If the solution ends up being that you wear a shirt. The straightest arrow we've ever fired.
Leela
I just can't do it. It's uncomfy.
Samara Weaving
Tape on. Just put, like, you know.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, maybe a couple tassely pasties.
Belle
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
One quick question, Leela. What's going on with this roommate of yours?
Leela
Well, he's like a normal guy or whatever. It's just that the. The line of sight is so direct right there.
Jake Johnson
Okay, so you're basically saying the solution for this issue would be just leave your door open when you sleep so the cat could go in and out. The problem is, is you like your chest out, and you've got the kind of relationship where he would be able to see it, and it would change the dynamic.
Leela
Yeah, it'd be weird. We don't, like. We're not intimate in any way.
Belle
Sure.
Gareth Reynolds
I completely understand not wanting your roommate to see your breasts. Okay. Why don't you put a sheet up that covers the field of vision, but is enough so the cat can sneak in and out under it for when you do that. So you're not wearing the chest towel, but the doors, huh?
Leela
Like some sort of macrame, like, cool
Jake Johnson
door beads kind of like late 60s bead thing.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes. Like what a psychic walks through.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, like you're in, like, Berkeley of the late 60s.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Leela
Oh, I could make it.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Leela
Sure.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Samara Weaving
Hey, man.
Jake Johnson
And then can you do design in the. The beadwork? Because if so, do it of a naked woman with her top out.
Gareth Reynolds
Do it of breasts. So everybody's getting something out of this. He's not gonna go, hey, that's weird beads. He's gonna go, nice door tits. Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Don't call them door tits.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay. Mushroom grass on my wall actually could start making them.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, but what do you think about something like that? Door tits Is not going to be merged. I don't want to be in an airport and see some like 35 year old lady waving at me with a
Samara Weaving
hat that says five year old lady will be me and I will be waiting.
Leela
I will run that with you.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, It's a nice way to start it.
Samara Weaving
Let's bo this plane, you know,
Gareth Reynolds
as you walk by. Morning, Dor Tits.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, Door tits. Door tits Playing my guy.
Leela
Door tit.
Jake Johnson
Door tits, unfortunately, is becoming a thing. Door tits is the worst
Gareth Reynolds
for life.
Samara Weaving
You know what's up?
Leela
Door tits?
Gareth Reynolds
Saying it more is not getting it out of the ver.
Jake Johnson
I'm trying to just get it out of my system because now all I'm thinking about is door tits. And while I'm looking at the word
Samara Weaving
system, I don't want it in the system.
Jake Johnson
The idea tits on a door is awful to me.
Gareth Reynolds
We need the doors in general, I feel like door tits is a solution to just doors. Absolutely.
Jake Johnson
Just put tits on every door, we're good to go. We got a wine hole, we got a door.
Gareth Reynolds
Every window's got a wine. Every door's got tits. Talk about openings. We've solved them.
Samara Weaving
Come on. We've solved all the world's problems.
Jake Johnson
If Gareth ran a brothel.
Gareth Reynolds
When, when, when.
Jake Johnson
So, Leela, question about this cat. What is this cat's name?
Leela
Her name's Petunia, but she goes by Tuna.
Jake Johnson
Tuna. And so what I'm gathering from Tuna's POV here is. I'm just trying to do the math on this one. Tuna doesn't want to be stuck in that room.
Leela
Yeah, it's so weird. Like, if I open the door, which I have given in at times, she's like, cool, thanks. Like, she doesn't necessarily. She's not like running out to go do something. She just wants.
Belle
She likes the door that we started.
Jake Johnson
So what is the pitch? We create a. A thing of door tits and it blocks the door. So when the roommate walks by, he's. He goes, what is that? And you go, those are door tits. And he goes. And you go, my cat can go inside and out and then you don't see my tits.
Samara Weaving
The beauty of door tits
Jake Johnson
is what?
Samara Weaving
The beauty of door tits tits, which if you know, you know, it's the hanging over the door, the tits, if you will. And they'll reach like, not to the floor, right? So the cat can like be annoying and decide that it wants to go outside and then decide that it wants to be back in the room without the roommate going,
Jake Johnson
but then what? You could do with door tits rather than. The beaded. Thing is, you could get a beach towel.
Samara Weaving
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
That doesn't go all the way to the floor, that you just put little, like, pins at the top of the door and you roll it up at night.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
And so then it could just be a picture of tits.
Samara Weaving
You can also just get, like, a cat flap for your door. Right. Like, that's a legit thing.
Leela
Like, you mean, like, cut through the door?
Samara Weaving
Yeah, but I guess if you're. Then maybe.
Leela
No. Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
And also, Leela likes the idea of Macra made tits.
Leela
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
You could have a little hook where you put the tits to the side during the day, if that's something you're into. But.
Samara Weaving
Oh, yeah, you can put them in a little bra.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
What if you made.
Leela
That's amazing.
Jake Johnson
This is. I'm actually. I think I was wrong. I think this is a good idea. If you make a sheet of door tits and then you've got a little bra and at the. In the morning, you put the tits in the bra and that gets them out of the way. And then at night, you open the bra because you want to go to sleep. That's just the way it is.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Jake Johnson
Shirt and bra come off, you go to sleep.
Gareth Reynolds
That's right. The macrame door tits also doesn't. Like, my.
Leela
My roommate will definitely, like, be settled and think that I'm normal after this.
Jake Johnson
Well, look, we can't solve regular, but we can get your cat and you to.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, I think if you have. The macrame doesn't go all the way to the floor. The macrame, when put together, looks like a set of boobs, AKA door tits. It feels like every base is covered. And Lila, how do you feel about it? Are you gonna. Would you make the door tits?
Leela
I think I would make the door pit.
Belle
You guys.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't want to think we need a lock in on this one.
Leela
The thing is, I just finished school. I'm like, what do I do with my time? I'm gonna make short tits.
Gareth Reynolds
We've got an answer.
Jake Johnson
Okay. All right. So here's one thing that we now ask people on our show who. Come on, you got to pay the toll. So the advice is free, but the pain of the toll means you need to document the process of making door tits. And you need to send us the images as it's going to be so that we can post about the door tits.
Gareth Reynolds
Now, Jake is completely right. And Leela, I'm not trying to put pressure on you, but the stakes in this one are a little bit higher. Because I guarantee you, Dor tits is something we're going to hear again. So we can't have you say no part of this to do this.
Leela
No. This is the honor of a lifetime. I will not let you down.
Samara Weaving
Your new nickname, I can't even tell
Jake Johnson
you is Dortets
Leela
are getting started.
Jake Johnson
When you call back, don't say this is Leela from southwest Virginia, say this is door Tits.
Gareth Reynolds
And also. Hold on, door tits. Let me finish. It's also very important. Okay? Don't do the thing where you call back and you go, well, I started to make them, but I was troubled. It look, yeah, finish the job.
Jake Johnson
Gareth is right.
Samara Weaving
Commitment, that's how I feel.
Jake Johnson
But here's what I'm afraid of for door tits is that she's gonna call back and go like this. I started making. And then I realized I was making door tits out of little beads and it felt weird.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Hey, Leela, Dor Tits, if you get there, just remember this call. We are all behind you, okay? We. We have your back and be a back. Yeah.
Samara Weaving
And tits.
Gareth Reynolds
I. Yeah, go ahead. I can't say it. Yes.
Jake Johnson
But door tits. One last thing that I would like to know before we get off is what's it going to look like? How are you going to make door tits?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Leela
Okay, so well, I've been envisioning it now that we're having.
Samara Weaving
Who hasn't?
Jake Johnson
Unfortunately, every listener has and one of the listeners like 10 year old kids in the back of the car going, why st. As the mom's going like, turn this one off.
Gareth Reynolds
We're going to.
Jake Johnson
Hey, little Jimmy, going to school. Door tits are. When tits are on a door,
Leela
I think that how to do it is like have an array of skin colored beads and then like excellent. So the, the tits, they're going to be very saggy and the areola part
Belle
will be kind of the a cut.
Jake Johnson
Why?
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Leela
And it'll be two sides.
Jake Johnson
Why are we saying awesome to saggy tit? These are any tits you want to be there. You can make the tits anything thing
Samara Weaving
because every shape is.
Jake Johnson
Oh my God, what is this? A Gap ad? But we were making dork tits a second ago.
Samara Weaving
They gotta go all the way to the ground, babe.
Jake Johnson
Oh, that's. Oh, you're talking about just two parasaggy dicks that go to the. This is a different image. I'll tell you what happens.
Gareth Reynolds
Here's what happened, Jake. You and I are picturing the same thing, you know?
Jake Johnson
Oh my God. The Poor roommate. Oh, he's trying. Then if he sees your tits by accident, he's gonna go, those are the best tits I've ever seen. I'm used to seeing witch's tits every morning, I think.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't listen, it's whatever you want to do. Jake and I were definitely picturing.
Jake Johnson
I was imagining very other kind of tits.
Gareth Reynolds
Keep going, Leela.
Leela
Well, I think.
Belle
Yeah, so it's.
Leela
It'll be like the, you know, half moon shape of the tit and like as.
Gareth Reynolds
Like each.
Leela
Each string will go a little farther down, ultimately peaking at the nipple and then going back up and then, you know, the other side. And then they can pull to either side, held on by, of course.
Samara Weaving
And then you can go in the middle of them too.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, you can like motorboat them if you want.
Jake Johnson
I've got a bad idea on how to finish this. If you got these big old titties right there. What if you finish it with a big old dick hanging out? So the cat.
Gareth Reynolds
Thanks for the.
Samara Weaving
I don't know. I don't know about that.
Jake Johnson
But here's what I'm thinking. Give the cats and you know, when the cat walks by, like, you just whack around the dick at the bottom.
Gareth Reynolds
Jake, you're thinking of them. Oh, no, we. That's for the window. We could do window stream for the cat.
Jake Johnson
No, I was thinking the cat like a dick.
Samara Weaving
So it's wiggling through.
Gareth Reynolds
So when the cat goes in, we're doing a titty. Hello? Are you still there? Caller, are you still there?
Leela
Yeah, I think I'm picking up what you're putting down.
Gareth Reynolds
By the way, the problem's gonna get solved when the roommate asks you to leave.
Jake Johnson
All right, everybody, I'm Gilbert Gillen.
Gareth Reynolds
Welcome to do itself.
Jake Johnson
Honey, when they ask you to leave,
Gareth Reynolds
I'm out of here.
Jake Johnson
Two and five.
Leela
Oh, God.
Gareth Reynolds
I think for now we see.
Jake Johnson
Is everybody a. No. So hold. I just. Visually, I'm trying to see it. I don't fully get it bit. So the things come down like this.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes.
Jake Johnson
So it's like a. A long. Let's say imagine a beach towel. Where are the tits?
Gareth Reynolds
Well, she. The whole thing. She's design.
Jake Johnson
Just a pair of big tits.
Samara Weaving
Well, big long tits. No.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. So each one pretty much is a titty sagging and it's made of different, like beads. So the nipples are down.
Jake Johnson
So the nipples are the bottom. And that's what the cat can play with.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, we're not going all the way to the ground. I think you want to Leave a
Jake Johnson
space, hit the top.
Samara Weaving
Y was
Jake Johnson
playing with nips.
Gareth Reynolds
Absolutely. That's fun as hell to play with the door tits.
Jake Johnson
Go ahead. Okay, so the dick thing made no sense because then it would be a dick coming out of tits.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, it doesn't work.
Jake Johnson
It'd be. But I thought the tits were going to be up top. There was going to be some torso.
Gareth Reynolds
No, no, we're not just. No, we're not talking about a frame giant. We're doing door tits. Okay.
Jake Johnson
Yeah, so you got some. But then it doesn't have to be sag. It's just point of view, too.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, she likes the saggy.
Jake Johnson
I know, but we're saying it's saggy. But you're not going to put sagginess in the.
Gareth Reynolds
If I were to design it, they're perky tits. But this is her door.
Jake Johnson
But no, what I'm saying, no matter what, all we're seeing is tits. So by calling them saggy, that's just the point of view of the viewer. I could look at those same tits and go, those are perky tits.
Samara Weaving
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In it.
Jake Johnson
That's where I'm going with 100, 100, 100. While you look, the roommate can go, that's a pair of perky tits. And the owner and the artist can go, those are saggy witch tits. And the cat can go, I just like playing with the nipples. And I view them as little dicks.
Gareth Reynolds
Look, the door tits are. The door tits are art. You know, we all might see something different. Yeah, Yeah.
Leela
I might have, like a little showing. Have some vino.
Samara Weaving
An exhibition, please.
Jake Johnson
Exhibition. So, door tits, you excited about this?
Leela
I'm so excited about this. I've got a project now, I. A Life's Purpose.
Gareth Reynolds
And remember, send us the pay up.
Leela
I will.
Jake Johnson
Sam, thank you for joining us.
Samara Weaving
Of course.
Leela
Thank you guys.
Jake Johnson
And door tits, we appreciate you.
Gareth Reynolds
Thank you, door tits.
David
Hey, Jake and Gareth, this is David up in Santa Barbara, California. It is May 18, Monday. I just listened to the intro of your latest podcast, Gareth talking about his procedure that just got done. I had emailed you guys at the beginning of the year because you were talking about it, and I had been planning on having this procedure this year as well. So longtime listener, I said, great, let's do this as a. As a community. So I just got my vasectomy last Thursday. So I'm about four or five days in and I concur with Gareth, it's not that bad. It really didn't hurt when it was happening. Been a little uncomfortable, but been fine this week so far. The only weird thing for me was, you know, I go in, they'd say, you know, take, take down your pants, lay down on the, on the bed or whatever. And then the, the nurse, he takes me through about 10 minutes of, you know, post op care and what to do, what not to do. And I'm kind of out there, I'm kind of exposed, and I'm like, hey, pal, like, do you want to put like a blanket over here because it's kind of chilly in here and, and this isn't exactly, you know, how I normally, you know, how I normally present down there. So, yeah, it was a little uncomfortable, but procedure went well. So far so good. Apparently I have to wait two months to take the test to see, you know, make sure everything is not working the way it's supposed to work. They said 20 ejaculations, which I said I'd get that done in a week and a half, but I guess you have to wait two months. So again, I always thought I was doing this kind of as a selfish reason. So I like the way you guys framed it and some of the other people who said in voice notes and that this is also a good way for us men to contribute to proper family planning so that there aren't any unwelcome surprises. So, yeah, appreciate you guys, appreciate you talking about this. And yeah, maybe in two months I'll be raw dogging all over town. So, yeah, like to hear more about this and more voice notes from other, other guys who did it. So glad, glad you talked about it and I'll keep listening. You guys are great.
Jake Johnson
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Gareth Reynolds
We're here to help. Help is produced by Rabbit Grimm Productions executive producers Rob Hollis, Jeff Porter and Natalie Hollis.
Jake Johnson
Associate producer Jesse Thurston.
Gareth Reynolds
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 do stand up on the road, go to garethreynolds.com Remember, all 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.
Belle
That was a Headgum podcast.
Jake Johnson
Hi, I am Mandy Moore. Sterling K. Brown. And I'm Chris Sullivan. And we host the podcast that was Us now on Headgum.
Gareth Reynolds
Each episode, we're gonna go into a
Belle
deep dive from our show.
Gareth Reynolds
This is us.
Jake Johnson
That's right.
Gareth Reynolds
We're gonna go episode by episode.
Samara Weaving
We're also gonna pepper in episodes with different guest stars and writers and casting directors.
Jake Johnson
Are we gonna cry?
Gareth Reynolds
Yes, a little bit.
Jake Johnson
Are we gonna laugh a lot?
Gareth Reynolds
A whole lot.
Jake Johnson
That's what I'm hoping, man. Listen to. That was us on your favorite podcast app. Or watch full video episodes on YouTube or Spotify. New episodes every Tuesday.
Release Date: May 27, 2026
Guests: Samara Weaving (actor, guest co-host)
Hosts: Jake Johnson, Gareth Reynolds
This lively episode of “We’re Here to Help” features Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds joined by actor Samara Weaving. True to the podcast’s classic style, the trio dishes out humor-laced, occasionally questionable life advice to callers, tackling everything from the existential problem of dealing with an enormous fake bear in a backyard to the surprisingly complex issue of feline-friendly toplessness and roommate etiquette. The conversation is peppered with running gags, wild pitches, and the recurring bit “door tits,” culminating in outlandish but inventive solutions to real listener problems.
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[03:04–07:13]
[14:36–45:47]
Caller: Belle, private educator from Toronto
Theme: Can Belle discreetly enjoy Florence’s iconic “wine windows” while working 24/7 for a health-conscious family?
[49:33–69:34]
Caller: Leela, 29, Southwest Virginia
Theme: How to let her cat in and out at night while avoiding awkwardness with her male roommate—since she sleeps topless.
[69:54–72:43]
Episode 293 is a raucous, riff-heavy ride where advice, bits, and boundary-pushing craft ideas (Door Tits!) are dispensed with warmth and irreverence by Jake, Gareth, and guest Samara Weaving. From oversized prank bears to over-eager cats, nothing is too weird for the “We’re Here to Help” treatment—just don’t expect normal solutions.
For further show info, visit heretohelppod.com — and if you see a bead curtain that looks like door tits… you know where it came from.