#535 - The 2025 YARDIE AWARDS

For decades a shadowy organization called the Lemonati has kept lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Look around, lemon forward sodas, even lemon forward songs. We ran the tracks, slowed them down, reversed them, and squeezed out the truth. That's lemon propaganda right there. But now 7up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda. Join the 7up rising. Flip the sip. Welcome back to the basement. Welcome back to the basement yard. Frank, how are you feeling? I'm feeling great. Are you Frank? I thought we were doing like a more regal entrance, right? You know, like maybe some, like throw some like award show music in here with like trumpets. That'd be cool. Can you do that? Oh, not me. Do it. No. We've heard your vocal renditions and stuff on the Santa Gata studio. Go ahead. Give us, give us your, uh, your, uh, horn intro. Go get horny for us. No. See, no, that was just insulting. I tried to do a puppet. You tried to. I'm not usually on this side. Yeah. Jesus. You're also standing like Trump. This podium, you guys can't see it. He's like forward leaning. I'm making sure this podium doesn't fall over. Ah, you're all right. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the sixth annual Garty awards. I mean, come on folks. Round of applause for us. Me mostly me and us. Yeah. Oh, you're going right for it. Yeah. We're going to open this up because it's a celebration. Okay. It was a wonderful year for everyone out there. Not everyone. It was actually, you know, the price keeps going up and people are not getting paid and that's sad. Yeah. There's some people that definitely, what are you doing? I don't know, but now why are you like, there's easier ways to open up a champagne and I don't have that in front of me now, but that's what, this is all we got by the way. Did you buy this? Well, you bought it. I was going to say, how much is this? Also it's bottled in my way. I mean, if you were doing it for the yard, he's go. Yeah. You got to bump this up. You got to honestly fire. It's really, I forgot to buy champagne. That's what I had in my house. Oh, gotcha. This is from probably 1901. 1901. Oh, to the year 19,102. I got a quick look. It's got a little thing on. You got to be careful. There's a very expensive light right above you. Should I just send it? I'm going to send it. I mean, I don't see why it's going to get wet on your desk. I hope it doesn't. Is this going to go everywhere? I don't know. Is it cold? Did you shake it? Hey, welcome to the 20, 25 Yardi awards. You hit the light. Oh, but she didn't spill. Hey, she didn't spill. This is an evening. We're recording this at noon of celebration where, uh, well, I, I, I feel like I don't need to explain it. A lot of people here know what the Yardi's is. If you guys are a first time, you know what I'm talking about. If you guys are a first time, you were, you're in for a fucking treat. Okay. We got all dolled up. We got all snazzed up. Joey is wearing a pre-tied bow tie, which is disgusting. I am wearing a custom made. I had tied it up for Frank and his fucking bow tie because we all give a shit. All right, here you go. I think it's more impressive that mine is not pre-tied. Honestly, dude, when you walked in here with that, the first thing me and Ann said to each other is wow. How impressive the guy can tie. I can tie a bow tie really well. The guy can make the ribbon happen. Also, what the hell was that? Why? Look at what you did. He did it too. What I do. Look at him. He's fat. I, I, not you, like the cup. I'm sorry. That was mean. I don't mean you. Batman bow tie, by the way. Batman bow tie. I can see that. I can see. Um, you did say it was custom. What does that mean? Uh, my friend, um, uh, Melissa made it for me in college for Christmas. So you think guys and girls can be friends? Uh, she, she still one of my friends. I love her. Love her to this day. I love her to this day. Uh, cheers to the yardies. Uh, I'm not going to make it over there. I mean, you and I can make it. Maybe we can do it. These are nice champagne flutes, by the way. Uh, all right. This is going to be quite the episode. Who knows what's going to happen? Technically we do. We plan the whole thing. Like I said, if you guys actually, I shouldn't introduce it. Yeah. I think if anyone knows what's going to happen, we're going to make it. First time host. Mr. The only host we've ever had for the yardies. Usually it's just me and Frank out here doing the damn thing, but ants on this side of the camera today, because he wanted to host this. And he also wrote some words for us. So, uh, let's, uh, let's get her going. Why don't we wrote a monologue? We'd love to give you the floor. Uh, so please take it, take the floor, take it, take it from us. Did I spend a lot of time writing this? I sure hope so. Oh, you spent a good amount of days. This is a big, this is a big moment. This might be your last. There's been rewrites. Right. This might be your last moment. Not even just on the, on the channel, on the show. I will be in life. I will just say, yeah, we'd like you to enunciate and speak loudly. Yeah. Okay. And we can stop in the middle if we need to talk about what he says. Sure. Yeah. Right. And I will have a job. Well, that seems to be up in the air. Okay. It's like a random question. You're asking the wrong people, but the right person, you know what I'm saying? Okay. So welcome to the, what year is it? Read the fucking goddamn, what the fuck? Welcome to the sixth annual Yardies Awards. My name is Ant Prisco. You know, the fat dick, thick daddy with the, with the fake glasses, hubba hubba booyah. Yeah. Oh, that's a pretty good, pretty good introduction for yourself. Bad balls. Yeah. Oh wait, what was it? Uh, I'm sorry. It was fat dick, thick daddy. Got it. Got it. Got it. You should read slower. Yeah. We need to understand. You're trying to twist of the thing. Twist of the thing. Got it. I'm honored to be the first official host of the Yardies. That's right. Your favorite gagger gagged his way into this role. And I don't plan to come up for air anytime soon. Whoa, that's a good plan. Wow. He's dedicated. It's, it seems it's, well, and honestly you do gag often and pretty well. So you have been gagging every day for the last month. Let's get that out of the way. Also, where are you that you're saying you're not coming up for air? That's a really, not only is it a good question, it's a fair question. Fair one. I believe that's to be left up to the imagination. Frankie. Okay. Hold my hair back. Haley Welch. I'm going to hock to a all over this thing. Yeah. Schmell free ditty. It's good. It's good. You wrote that? I can't believe, dude, why would you say that? Your first time as a host on this show, you're going to say free ditty. You know, what's in this champagne now that I think about it? Good Lord. It's going to be clipped. Okay. You ended with free ditty. Yes. Right. Thank you. Start right after the free ditty part. Yeah. Okay. In honor of this momentous occasion, I've written a brief monologue in my own words that no one else has seen or had a hand in. That's obvious. That's great. Yeah. Speaking of a hand in, I wish someone had a hand in me right now. I don't see how that's even. I don't know. I don't know how that applies. Why? In what context would that be necessary for the moment? Right. So strap in or strap up if lesbian. Whoa, dude. This is a very lesbian friendly show. You know what, though? I like that you're inclusive of the lesbians. It's good. Although you're leaving some people out. A lot of people out. And join me as we have an evening of laughs, tears. And if you're lucky, maybe Frank and Joe will lightly kiss beneath the milky twilight. Why would you? I didn't write that. Why? Well, he wrote that. Yeah. I thought we had free room to ad lib here. Okay. What the fuck? At this point. Oh, I see. At this point, we can look confused. Like, wait, you wrote. Oh, what are you doing, dude? Fucking got it. That's in parentheses. I'm not supposed to read it. Take a sip of your martini that you made. He made the thickest, strongest, dirty martini. Can I say it looks like a old dehydrated man pissed in your glass? Oh, yeah. Good lord. That looks like it's fresh out of a urethra. It tastes like that as well. Shall I continue? Yeah. Actually, can you start from the free diddy part one more time? Right. Or just repeat that. I was gonna. I can't. Wow. Six years of the yardies. Amazing. Only 12 more years and it'll officially be too old for my liking. Whoa. God, you filthy fuck. Yeah, you're a pig. What is wrong with you? Jesus. Disgusting. That's illegal. If you're a first time viewer, the yardies is an award show where the boys look back at the past year and award some of the most iconic moments and people that shaped 2025. Right. Yes, we do. And we are very happy to do it. Yep. We love doing it. It was an incredible year for us as as a unit for the world, sometimes for certain amounts of people. But we'll get to that. Yeah. Two more pages. Oh, just saying. This year, we decided there needs to be a clear winner. So the boys will give their name to the award show. We'll get to their nominee and then tell us why they think their nominee should win. My job here is to be unbiased and uncircumcised. Okay. What? I don't know. I don't know if I should ask. Should you? Are you doing your job well? You got a hood? You got a hood? No. Why are you thinking? I was trying to remember which one is circumcised, which one's not. I'm doing a bad job. Oh, so you so you're walking around like. So shalom is what you're saying. Yeah. How? This isn't hard. Chop the chop it off. That's what I have. circumcised is no like there's been a procedure the removal oh thank you yes that's the one i have of the circumference skin around your that's what yeah it's it's the circumference got it resized okay that's the one i have yeah i will pick a winner but let's be honest you know i'm gonna rig it against the not white one oh that's crazy that's insane you know what though he's saying the quiet part out loud we we also expect we like expected that but i didn't know that he was going to say that there is something beautiful about the fact that he's just coming out and saying it we don't need it we don't need a probe what are you kidding me sorry that can't have been real your first time over here and this is how you're sneezing yeah you also sneezed at me brother i think i went down you did okay good okay each oh are you kidding me each winner will receive a small golden statue and boy do i love statues that's right you ain't tearing these down liberals that's crazy okay 2025 right up we squeeze it in we got republican ant yeah perfect and what a year it was i mean how crazy was this year that we forgot that it started with mysterious drones in the sky there were rumors that these drones were coming from chinese mothership off of the coast due to but due to our overpopulation each mothership can only have one that's really clever uh whoever someone yeah listen listen listen hold on took me a reader too whoever well we haven't seen this right i'm saying that whoever wrote that yeah that was very clever and i think they deserve an award just for that one cheers to that cheers to that cheers to chinese mothership we saw the rise of viral trends and the fall of king of trolls king of typos readings tough we saw the rise of viral trends and the fall of the king of trolls we saw the rise of viral trends and the fall of the king of typos readings solidifying the age-old sentiment that the hardest thing a person could be is a rich white and straight am i right joe whoa what is it i don't did i was i i mean i wasn't involved in that you guys often talk about there was a there was now i'm being shocked by things in here you guys often talk about this last page oh another page yeah three pages wow here it comes this year brought us so much to be grateful for especially me coming on as the official producer of the basement yard yeah yeah you know what actually cheers to that congratulations yeah cheers to that seriously i'm afraid to spill oh my lord the average dong size just grew a whopping five inches maybe eight inches i don't know maybe like hands in the balance six jesus I don't know if you know how like action typing works. Yeah, you're not supposed to read the action words. Well, there's a little star and then like a hyphen. It doesn't really signify. How would that mean? Read this out loud. You're in the industry now, man. Yeah, this is welcome to Hollywood. Hands and balance is hilarious. Is that not what it is? I guess, but it's just a funny way to write that. If you just wrote gesture, if I just wrote gesture six, seven, I probably would. Thank you. Well, you might have a better understanding of that world. We're almost, we're getting there. Thank you for upping the average. You're welcome. So here's how it's going to work, piggies. Joe. Wow. Okay. Yeah. Just so really quick. Are you talking about us piggies or piggies? Like you're talking about our fans, piggies. I'll come over there. A collective trough of everybody. Just so he said, we are all on the same page. She said he upped the average. The average was already at 10. So now it's at 18 for fucking. Yeah. Colossal Kong over here. So here's how it's going to work. Piggies. Joe is going to go first, obviously, and present his argument for each award. Then I guess because DEI Frank can explain his side and the boys will argue. Unbelievable. Now we see how you really feel about us. That's crazy. Calling him DEI Frank. It's fucked up. That's fucked up. Before we get started. This show is sponsored by American Eagle jeans. What? That's news to me. It's news to me too. Want comfort? Want style? Want to look like all the coolest and best celebs? Ellen DeGeneres, Sydney Sweeney, Jarrett Leto wear American Eagle jeans. Wow. The jeans so great. The jeans so great. There must Frankie. The jeans so great. There must have this Christmas season. American Eagle jeans. Blonde hair, blue eyes, blue jeans. Yeah, that's a crazy ad to put in there. I didn't approve that ad. Crazy. I think that I better be a fat check out on his own. And now I'd better be a fat check. I don't know what's going on here. So just like Boeing, let's take off and just pray. This goes smooth. Wow. Well, thank you. Unbelievable. Each great opening monologue. That was great. And I mean, my goodness for you. That was beautiful. Just how do you feel? Feel good. We learned a lot about you in that one. Yeah. It got a little dicey there towards the middle. Yeah. I mean, I would argue that it was dicey the whole time. Yeah. I mean, I definitely didn't end on a strong note. I accidentally drank my glass. All right. Here you just give that one. Oopsie. Poopsie. It's the yardies. What do you do Z? All right. I'll be killed. Yeah. Someone killed. Um, all right. So there you go. Now, you know the rules. Uh, we wanted to switch it up. This year, because we felt like last year and the years before we're fucking awful. So no, we just, we wanted to really, people love seeing us disagree and we wanted to flex our disagreement. Debate me bones, right? Yeah. You know, so I think that we could really hit a home run here, nail it. And uh, you know who I love nailing it. That's a sex joke. What do we got for our first category? Two for two, by the way, they told me to show the cards because we put into it. Look at you. Look at you. First award, gagger of the year. Wow. Many mo many moments left us gagged or speechless, but only one can be the moment or person who shocked plus amazed us the most. Hmm. Unbelievable. Great award. I got to remember what the hell I wrote. Um, so I mean the rules that aunt established, uh, his, uh, white supremacist award rules, uh, shows that you must go first and then we fist bump. Yeah. Yeah. And then we fist bumped. Oh, I think I remember this. Okay. So my, let me, let me just put my computer over here so I know what the hell's going on. All right. So my, my nominee for gagger of the year, no pun intended is the brothers from white Lotus. Okay. You want to talk about something that shocked me, left me without air and gagged. Some would say it was that episode of white Lotus. And I don't even really watch the show like that, but my guy, that is a scene that I did not see coming, nor did I think that it was necessary in the show at all. I don't know how that added to the plot, but that's what I'm going with. What happened in the scene. You didn't watch it? No. Okay. So let's just describe it. Let's go for it. I'm not doing anything. This is your pick, bitch. Two guys. Yes. Brothers. Correct. Played by fucking the terminator son. And then the other guy, Patrick Swayze, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then the other guy, Patrick Swayze. Yeah. Patrick Schwarzenegger. And I believe Sam Nivola. Oh, okay. Some other white. And, uh, they're on a boat. Were they on a boat? They were on a yacht, brother. Yeah. So it's not really a boat. Um, but they were on a boat and they were like having sex with this. Or one of them was having sex with this girl. And then the other one, they were like drunk and like high and all this shit. And then the other one like sat in a chair and he started like. Self-servicing. Um, and then all of a sudden, you know, I'm talking about, uh, you know, um, but then, uh, you know, one thing leads to another. And now he's doing that to his brother. Interesting. Yeah. Okay. Well, color me gagged folks. Okay. That's a very interesting pick. However, my pick, as you will find is the actual winner. My winner of the gagger of the year award is the moment that Kendrick Lamar called Drake a pedophile. A pedophile at the Superbowl halftime show. Now we have seen rap beefs before. We have seen disagreements in the public eye. Yeah. We have never seen one where one of the people went on quite possibly the most viewed television event consistently every year and straight up looked into the camera and went, say, Drake, I hear you like him young. I mean, just an unbelievable amount. I mean, the, the beef that we had last year beef was quite the, I mean, a lot of people felt it was one sided. You'll get people to argue both sides. I'm not here to say if anyone was in the right or the wrong. Okay. Who am I? I'm not an expert on rap beef, but what I will say is that the fact that someone, a Grammy award winning rap musician went on the Superbowl halftime show, the Superbowl halftime show and called another one, a pedophile is absolutely bananas. And it left me gagged, tagged and bagged tagged bagged and ready to shag you know what i'm saying oh got you going i mean no because he was talking about i just thought of i just thought of other ag words you know ag yeah yeah okay here's can i make can i make an argument here's the the lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything even our music that hit song named after the color of lemons not a coincidence big lemon has been pulling strings in the industry for years think about it but now seven up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda now lime comes first seven up flip the sip that was no no i made an argument for mine can i make an argument against his why not whoa thank you i appreciate you you're man you're really doing well and your contribution here by the way has been absolutely incredible fall for that we're very very lucky it's a band-aid on this is this is tampering a witness oh i mean basically who would be the witness him you're tampering he's the judge you're pandering the witness pandering i'm just telling him thank you i'm telling him you're not a judge i'm telling you i was a judge you honestly you are kind of a judge yeah he absolutely is i'm just letting him know that his contribution here has been go ahead talk badly about mine exponential um fans of the white lotus are kind of used to some out of fucking left field shit happening sure so everyone is watching that show anticipating expecting something wild is going to happen and if we're being honest these guys look like they wanted to fuck each other all episode all season so some of us that are keen-eyed viewers of white lotus saw it coming and then watched it unfortunately coming no one believes that you know that i don't think anybody saw it coming thank you dude these guys wanted to fuck each other they're brothers i mean i don't i mean this was this was gagging this was shocked these are both great points thank you um i would have to say that just on the sheer scale of the size of the super bowl that uh the gagger of the year award has to go to kendrick lamar calling drake unbelievable thank you so much um listen i have so many people to thank i have so many people to look back on uh if my kids are awake please you're up too late go to sleep um thank you to kendrick lamar thank you to the academy thank you to everyone that made this possible this is proof that your dreams can come true and uh uh you all you need is a dream and you'll make it come true thank you i don't think you're built for the grammys uh fuck all right it was valiant it was wait why do you have a big one behind you that's been there why i don't know where did that come from so it may have been like an old yardies to be honest oh you got a tiny one next award all right the landscaper of the year award what does that mean give me a second it's on there the person or a moment that needed to touch grass the most you spent the good part of the year annoying the hell out of us so here's a shiny reward unbelievable unbelievable great award for my nominee i put the whole debate this year 100 men versus one gorilla and do just getting on the internet and just being all bent out of shape and being like we can take on a gorilla but the reality is this a gorilla is going to kill 100 men you're definitely not going to take it down you and your boys that ain't happening okay and i don't need the discourse anymore i already got one person over here in my life that thinks that he could take down moose and and great white sharks and shit okay i don't need the whole fucking internet out there thinking that they can beat up the strongest animal that exists annoying touch grass unbelievable well may i first open up by saying you read that really well like with such a plum and just an unbelievable amount of riz this just in folks we have a new nominee for gagger of the year listen i give credit where credit is due and he deserves so much credit um i'm going to transition though sorry i thought that would upset you based off of your uh monologue um my winner of landscaper of the year is not a group of people that i necessarily disagree with but the reaction that they elicited definitely showed me that they need to see phone they need to see life outside their phones and that were that is the winner my nominee are the people that posted those crying over tiktok going away tiktoks now listen we've all been on tiktok we've all established a beautiful connection with the people that love us and support us thank you guys so much hey thank you too by the way you really did a great job just standing there the idea that although i understand that this is going away you've amassed a following and some people a livelihood i support that but you can live life outside your phone a little bit you can go outside you could touch grass you need it you need to feel the energy of the earth underneath your feet you need some blades of grass between your toes some kentucky bluegrass maybe i don't know the type of grass but you need it and you need to touch it so that's why my nominee are the people that cried on tiktok when it was going away i would like to point out that frank was one of these people whoa frank frank posted a video i didn't cry he didn't cry but it was one of those like uh i really appreciate well the judge is laughing so that's that's one thing that's this is tampering you've tampered him no tampon tampered no you've tamponed him and also i think that also let's just get this out of the way i mean people crying because these are their full-time jobs sometimes and then it's going away they have a year and then you're making fun of them for crying and in a way you're kind of forced to give me the trophy oh mine's silly frank i don't know maybe we're laughing at people that lost their jobs i don't know that's gonna play uh-uh do you know who he wants you know the people that he's talking about that said that they have a chance at beating a hundred men versus one gorilla it's all the big fans of like the hyper masculine like evil dark web podcast bros and i'm so that's who you want to award that's who you want to award i'm gonna award them i'm gonna give them for being annoying oh no but they're not gonna take it that way they're gonna take it as like yeah i want to award them for being annoying i'm gonna award them because i'm a macho man i'm a good boy and that's not right i think mine i'm not saying i don't agree with the reason that they got emotional i fully support and understand it but i will say the realization that a social media app could go away and like you can go outside and you could see the earth you can look at the sky you can let the rays hit you on the face unfortunately the clouds don't pay the bills so what are you gonna do aunt um i'm sensing a cloud of hypocriticism oh as am i on some side but no i didn't cry i wasn't crying i was just i was saying like it was a joking manner no one said who i was talking about that's a little defensive there come on bitch even though i do think a hundred men can take out a gorilla i'm gonna have to give it that's why he's part of the cohort this is why you're doing this oh you picked answers because he's in them because he says he thinks he's one of those people i'm gonna have to give it to him i'm gonna have to give it to him i didn't even know that if you didn't make a video doing it you might have had a better chance i made a video of me showing off a talent what it was me singing a song that i memorized you sang a song in that video yeah oh i should get another one no no no no there's plenty down here it was not a real like singing that i would what was the song imagine all the people if that was that i would have given him the award you would have given me a cyanide too i would have changed the locks if that was that okay one one okay moving on here we go this card just says jizz this is a professional setting this card just says why does it say it's so little it's so tiny it's a tiny amount of jizz yeah well you know some people just don't have giant loads okay so maybe a little bit of jizz is okay maybe a little bit of jizz is okay maybe a little bit of jizz is maybe don't be so judgmental what did you prepare over there you freak put jizz in there this is a this is like a on tv i guess no one wants an award for that one okay well hold on are you giving out awards for jizz the moment passed next category the lifetime bereavement award this will be awarded to something that died in 2025 we're either sad we're either sad to see it go or happy to see it go or happy that it's gone either way it's dead unbelievable unbelievable great great job reading that you choose am i going first every time or you want to go well that's his rules i'm just telling you oh okay um i for my nominee for the lifetime bereavement award is none other than hulk hogan joey jesus christ who died in july he died in july come on man it's a lifetime bereavement we don't know whether you're going to win or not you're going to win or not you're going to win or not you're happy we're what was it that you're happy to see it go happy to see sad to see it go or happy that it's gone right we don't know that but hulk hogan did die An iconic guy Love the n-word brother Soft rails He's had some champagne He's had some champagne That's what's going on What you gonna do brother He's really setting me up On I would have to Give him that award Probably in hell brother That's where my vote is going My nominee Hulk Hogan I mean you went with A literal someone died I mean it's I understand it could be A moment it could be something Listen instead of By the way you look great That shirt jacket combo Out of control Is there like a I'm gonna throw up Is there like a There's like a texture on there Like a pattern Yeah it's a texture That's really cool Yeah what is that Couldn't tell you No one cares anymore Yeah so So instead of Putting you in a position Where you have to pick Between awarding The death of Hulk Hogan I'm gonna give you one That's an easy pick My lifetime bereavement Nominee Is for Uncomfortable Press junket interviews Now what do I mean by that Well we've seen some examples For some pretty big movies Come out Where the stars of these movies Get a little Uh Comfortable May we say Handsy May we say Uh Touchy feely And it makes us As the audience Just feel a little strange And a little odd Now listen These individuals Have a lot of Their own Relationships But I don't need to see Pedro Pascal Having Vanessa Kirby's Hand stuck off his ass During an interview I don't need to see that Okay He's got anxiety Whatever the reason is I It's something that As a As a society I think all of us have seen And just gone Yeah that That ain't it And I'm happy And hopeful That it dies A fiery death In 2025 And we can move on The only argument That I will make We don't know If it's dead Yeah It does say That died In 2025 Oh it died It died It died It was born and died In the same year Did it? Because Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivia Who are Very talented women I will point out Whoa You just You just identified Their gender You just Who knows What they identify as They Say That They are women Joey You're trying I am And I don't know My way out of this I will say this Jokes aside I'm not going to say Just an Unbelievable amount Of talent In those two Individuals And then Collective as a unit Is ridiculous It's interesting But they are crawling All over each other In the interviews Yeah But it happened In 2025 And it's dead We're moving Into a new year You're killing it though We don't know That it's dead Listen Sometimes In order for things To not go on You need to bring them Behind the shed And put two In the back of their head I'm talking Lenny Of Mice and Men style And that's what I'm doing to this And you're welcome I believe he was Near a lake It was behind a shed Technically everything Is behind a shed The world is behind a shed So I have to choose Between A dead Hulk Hogan Who has a choice Word selection Definitely does Or I think that's Minimizing it Or An answer that Doesn't even fit In the category Excuse you How does that not Fit in the category It's not dead It is dead I killed it You know what I like the initiative Frankie Whoa Unbelievable Alright So now we've We've now established That ant can be bought That's what we've established Bought And I just think That you just gave an answer That was insane Hulk Hogan died Yeah you went with A literal He's dead Let it go He's dead I let it go I've moved on With my life I don't know But Okay I think Thank you by the way Thank you so much To be fair I also want it I want the Interviews to stop as well Thank you If you have the power To kill it I would like that You guys I'm gonna take that back The next round of interviews That we see Where people are all Over each other If that happens I will come on this show And you will have to Give me my fucking thing back And I will eat a spoonful Of the 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I mean What are you doing What's going on Why are you pointing me like this I don't know What am I doing What are you doing What percent is this Percent down the hatch Bone apple teats 13 That'll do it Okay Joe it sounds like He's read the award category Be respectful Okay COVID 2025 award The most viral thing I will say I'm gonna go With Ashton Hall's Morning routine So you remember the Yooked dude Yeah Who's fucking Put in his face In Saratoga water Every fucking Morning At 2 a.m. Or whatever the fuck But you know what Whatever the fuck Is going on That became so popular That like Every single company Like, we're going to have our mascot do this thing. Everyone's putting their face in water in the morning, sometimes squeezing some lemon. All of a sudden, we started putting banana peels on our face and stuff like that. I've never done any of this, to be honest, but I'm not against it. I don't know if it works. It feels gimmicky. But I think that was probably the one thing, not the one thing, but one of the things this year that were so viral that everyone and their mother knows about this. Joe, do you mind showing some respect to your award and putting it in front of you, please? Wow, what an unbelievable—he doesn't even care. He does not even care. Look, I have these— Damn, this award's got a fat ass. He doesn't even care for them. No, my shit's got a— You know why I care for these? Your shit's got a fat ass? It's got a dump. It's got a bump. It craps. You know why I care for these? Because I earn them. You know why else I care for them? Because you put in the hard work and dedication to get them, and I thank you for that. That's incredibly kind. I'm going to freak out. Joey! You know what? That is a pretty viral moment, and I am not going to sit here and try to bring down something that clearly is deserving of this award. Have you done a face plunge? I have not done a face plunge. Have you flip-flop-flop-plunge? Not yet. He does seem like someone who would recreate the video, though. Frank? Why is that? I don't know. I mean, I'm up pretty early sometimes, so, you know, that may be that, because he gets up at, like, 2, and then the first thing he does was at, like, 4— One million push-ups, I think? Yeah, well, that— Something like that. That I'm not— That I'm not doing. I think I might have a tore bicep— chest, pec. Right, yeah. So I can't. I can't be doing that. Yeah, yeah. But that is— Joey, you know what? I will give flowers where they're needed. That was a very viral moment. However, there is one moment that not only took the U.S. by storm, because that's really what that was. That was localized to the U.S., as far as I could see. I mean, there were videos of him in Dubai. That ain't the U.S. By definition, not the U.S. But you know what was even bigger, Joey? It was the Coldplay concert moment. Now, this guy did something, as anyone else does, okay? He took a video of himself. He's already a pre-established influencer. I believe he makes content about, you know, like, routines and vlogging and stuff like that. Health, wellness. You know what was even bigger? A moment that was candidly caught on camera at a Coldplay concert, where allegedly there were people having an affair, and Coldplay himself saw them. Chris Martin is his name. Chris Martin himself saw them, okay? So, I think that, yes, although you have some grounds to stand on, I'm over here laying down streets for the world to drive on. This thing was everywhere. Gritty was doing it. Other mascots were also doing it. Everyone was doing it where they were hugging, and then the camera got on them, and they jumped out of frame. It was massive. You couldn't escape it, and it was significantly, more deserving of this award than yours. I actually think that that was very viral, but it lasted very short. It wasn't a long time. The putting the face in the ice thing, I feel like lasted very long. Here's the thing. I think the face in the ice thing, if I'm being really honest, I didn't even hear about it until, like, after it was viral, really. Like, it was, like, maybe a week and a half later. That's how virality works. No, no, no, but I'm saying, I'm saying, like, it became viral, and then it was, like, two weeks later, I was like, why is everyone buying Saratoga? Well, like, why is everyone talking about Saratoga Springs water? And then I saw the original. You couldn't escape this Coldplay concert video. It was massive banana sandwiches. Well, we'll see what the judge thinks. I think we should probably look up and fact check which is more viewed. How would we do that? We have to count up all this dude's videos. No, I'm sure it's, like, pinned on his TikTok, right? No, he has a bunch of, he does it in every video. He, but what was the one? I don't, I don't, I don't even know. But he just, like, kept doing it. Is there a the one of the Coldplay concert? Yes, it was from a girl, like, someone's Twitter account. I think this is actually very hard. I think these are two of the best answers, probably, that we've been given so far. Hey. Thank you so much, Ant. To being hard. Hey, yeah, to being, to both being hard. To both making Ant hard. Why not? You don't like that. No. It's not good. I can tell. It's not good at all. I do think the mascot argument doesn't work here because with the Saratoga water, a lot of mascots did it as well. And I've seen a lot of influencers do it and mimic that. Not so much the other thing. So, unfortunately, I'm going to have to give it to Joe here. What the fuck? Thank you. Ant, you were doing so well. Now that I have this in my possession, unfortunately, what the fuck is that about? Whose team are you on? Did I say unfortunately? You did. You certainly did. I can't back you up. I can't back you up here unless you want me to. I would like, yeah, I would like that. Yeah, dude, leave him alone. He's trying to do his best, man. Well, I mean, unfortunately, because it was such a hard decision. Unfortunate that you won it, of course. Unbelievable. Of course. You know what? They're in cahoots. I want to say, you navigated that with such aplomb. And I'm very, very proud of the way that you handled that. And although I lost, I'm proud to be a part of your team. If I had a grenade, it'd be live. I think he used aplomb twice now in this episode. He could have. I don't think. He knows about five interesting words, and they will rear their ugly head through this episode, I'm sure. Joey, that is so not very aplomb of you. See, now we're on to number three. Next award, the I'm an old, pathetic, fat loser award. This goes to the award that made us feel old. Yeah, I mean, I have a very obvious one for us. I mean, me and Frank are 33. Who knows how old they are? Yeah, you're like, I don't even like what, like an elf. How old are you? You look great. I would never call you an elf. Twenty, twenty eight. Twenty eight. You're not 20. Are you 28? Yeah. I think you're 29. No, it's birthday. I know when your birthday is. January 16th. I'm just going to throw that out there. Which is his astrology sign. That's Sagittarius, isn't it? Capricorn. That's the one. I can't believe he didn't know your birthday, by the way. He's, yeah. I did not know it. But you're telling everybody I'm 29. Well, that was more of a feeling and energy. It's not a fact. It's how I feel. Oh. So you can't really tell me how I feel about your age. You hear what he said? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead. Just put that down there. Yeah. I mean, for this one, I think it's obvious. I put six, seven. This was probably one of the first things that appeared on the Internet that I was like, oh, man, I'm so aged out of this and I just can't get in. Like, because I'm so old. So it was definitely an indicator that I am no longer part of the younger generation that pushes culture. And now I'm just on the outside and I have to accept what wave crashes over me. Interesting. Well, while you're gasping for air, drowning under this wave, let me explain to you my point of view, which is surfing above the waves and going to win this award. My nominee for the I'm a fat old bitch. What is it? I'm a fat old pathetic loser. Yeah, whatever it is. Old pathetic fat loser. Okay. Well, let's make sure you get that right. Joey, that's a great point, too. However, there's one reason that my answer is better than yours and should win. Because my answer is the laboo boo craze. Now, yes, six, seven is a massive, massive thing. However, we at one point were in that age bracket. We at one point were in that demographic. We understood inside jokes with our friends and they became big. You and I better than most people. We didn't have the Internet. We didn't have the Internet at that time. But you know what? You and I definitely can relate to that. You know what we can't relate to? The massive explosion of labooboos, these hideous little rat demon looking things that all of a sudden are becoming like status symbols. I mean, they're selling some for thousands of dollars. Yes, collecting is something that is understood. But when there is something that is collecting that I have no understanding about, I am completely a fat loser about it. So that's why I take the labooboo craze. All right. I assume this is going to be tough for our drudge here. Yeah. I mean, the labooboo answer was awful. It's an awful answer. It's like actually, it's not very good of an answer. What? I mean, you've gone through many iterations of that. The beanie baby, you know, like it's not new. Furby. No, but beanie babies were adorable. Furbies were adorable. They did something. Labooboos did nothing. They're ugly. They do nothing. I would never talk about a little toy that has eyes like that just in case they get. It's true. Just in case they get demonic. Unfortunately, what's going against you is the definition of six, seven is literally nothing. So even looking it up makes it makes you feel old. Well, let me ask you something. Why? Give it away. Give it away. No, no, no. Yay! Woo! Unbelievable. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! All right. I believe Joe takes the lead there. Yeah. Now that he finally put his awards on display. Yeah. And I'm petting all their butts. Next award. The I'm going to cut my head clean off if I hear this one more time award. Yep. This goes out to the song or vocal stim that we couldn't get out of our heads in 2025. I have here. I mean, the only thing that kind of pops out in my head is the fucking jet to holiday was that and that was bad. It's that don't go off of the impression. of it, because that wasn't great. i i feel like that was such a fucking like when i was scrolling on tiktok it was every other video was this and i was and i like those types of videos where there's crazy shit going on people falling down a flight of steps old people shitting their pants or whatever it is those are the type of videos that i like and now i'm forced to sit through this the sound of of nothing beats the jet to holiday every single second of the day very annoying that's what i'm going with the second attempt that was good i can do that part yeah i mean i can't hit that that's not my that's not my tone is the vocal stem um that's a terrible sandwich by the way is that this year yeah that is i love that one i don't even know which one that little kid gets off the school bus and goes up to his mom and he goes mom and she goes yeah he goes terrible sandwich by the way terrible sandwich so every time there's something like that doesn't good having like terrible sandwich by the way either way that's adorable and you saying it's cute thank you um you know what that was big but i'm gonna make it harder okay oh because not only is my vocal stem my little my little audio snippet or whatever you may call it not only was it big in social media and people couldn't escape it but it was big in the real world okay and that's why my nominee for the what's the award title again fucking i'm gonna kill myself if i hear this one more time close enough uh my nominee for the i'm going to chop my head off if i hear this one more time award is jackie listen minecraft movie is i think as of recording the biggest movie of the year financially really and it is a phenomenon that spans over like 15 years at this point in time so the fact that the movie came out and not only were people on social media unable to avoid chicken jockey and everything with the minecraft movie but they had to go in real life to the movies and they would be covered in pop culture and they would be covered in pop culture and they would be popcorn and nachos with kids bringing actual chickens into the movie theater i couldn't get this out of my head it was borderline torture and it needs it it was it was it was a lot it was a lot to deal with i have no rebuttal i know that you love minecraft i'm simply just it's not really about that but joe gave a good answer and then your answer blew it out of the water that's a very good answer wow also and can we look up the how much the minecraft movie grossed now you gotta run over there and do it i'm not i just wanted to do that from this side you know you gotta do it you want me to tell you how much it grossed i'll tell you right now it's just the first thing on my phone it's a picture of jd vance yeah is jd vance your background okay give me one of those frank's background is jd vance all right uh how many categories do we have so the minecraft movie as of recording uh worldwide made about 958 million dollars it's a couple bucks on a budget of 158 million dollars reported that's a lot of money yeah that's a lot of money so chicken jackie next cat this card just says come oh so okay yeah i know i know frankie's laughing a little hard with that one i feel like he was the come yeah you were the jizz we don't snitch you're right we don't just you just snitched i don't i said i think that's a snitch i think the murder weapon's over there you just snitched and and you hear you heard about his free ditty line you know how he feels about snitches you can't say that i did i did read the paper next category the that'll wake up your aunt moment of the year it's aunt aunt moment of the year that'll wake up your aunt moment of the year i only spell aunt one way that was bad a moment this year that made everyone notice someone or something that was previously unknown or laying low there's a that's yeah i messed up i was squirreled out i messed up or laying low um for this one i i put something that i think is more recent or whatever but i put the the sorry can you read it one more time a moment this year that made everyone notice someone or something that was previously unknown or laying low right so something that like we all kind of knew but now we have a term to kind of out these people but i went with the performative male okay the dudes who walk around with the tote bags and a little chain off of their pants and drinking a matcha latte and reading a book like a like a just a i don't know just some just some very performative book do people walk down the street and read books bro you gotta go to the east village in like the middle of the day i'm i gotta oh it's unbelievable that's uh walk into any coffee shop the dudes are drinking fucking matcha careful what matcha is great it's not about the matcha they're drinking matcha they're wearing tote bags they all just look the same that's what it is sometimes they have tattered clothing ironically but you live in the lower east side have you ever gotten to the coffee shop with a book i have not no he's protecting himself there i've never been to the coffee shop with a book i i i don't i like my apartment so i don't i'm not going to go work somewhere else makes sense even people i mean there's a co-working space in my building and a lot of people worked there and i'm like i you know it's a nice building why wouldn't you just work in your house interesting well my nominee not only is great but joey should be disqualified because he himself said it the award for the that'll wake up your aunt and dad moment of the year something that was previously laying low or people didn't recognize or realize is that correct well he just said that we knew about these people we just didn't have a term for them so he is just going off someone that now has a title but you know what i'm going to tell you who wins my award who is the nominee that i am presenting to the table which by the way your table looks great by the way i just want to say i know you did you build that i did my god it's so sturdy it's on a box now it's a little wobbly no no okay my nominee for this award is me playing basketball in phoenix now hear me out hear me out yes yes joey might have picked something that's a little bit more traditional but even parasite won pick best picture at the at the oscars one year and why should i win because there was nothing but disrespect thrown my way for my basketball skills nothing but disrespect can i stop you and i'll hold on i i don't know you better hold on and i'm just gonna say this okay i'm gonna say this i'm gonna say this i'm gonna say there was nothing but disrespect and i told you last year i was working on my basketball skills so me that's not what you said me coming out and putting on a clinic is worthy of praise and awardship i i will stop you there one that thing that i want to point out you didn't say you're working on your basketball skills you said i'm trying to dunk and i'm like that's not dunking a basketball skill you didn't dunk during the game that we played just just wait two i am going to actively surrender this trophy because if you were there in phoenix what a performance frank put on during that game wow it really it really was something it really was something in 105 heat yeah okay in 105 heat the guy pulled up and he really just put a lot of points on the board a lot of boards a lot of hustle plays man the guy went after it it was impressive it was a big it was a big moment for me personally a lot of hard work went into it and i'm just i'm really excited that i that i opened some eyes that day some scouts might not have been there but now they hear this and they might be a little more inclined that was the basement yards lynn sanity you know like someone comes off the bench and you go you're not expecting too much and it's like what's going on that's what they picked me and they were like i guess just throw frankie on that team you were on my team 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And it was kind of like, people are like, this is kind of tone deaf, but some people are giving her the benefit of the doubt. Then goes on an interview and kind of has an opportunity to say something and really doesn't. So just keeps consistently making it worse. What are you going to do? Yeah. And this is an award that we've been giving out for several years. I mean, Will Smith has been topic of conversation at these yardy awards for a couple of years. I don't know why. I mean, he's had some, he's had a rough couple of years. You know, and definitely didn't have a great year this year with the whole like music thing. AI fake crowd. AI fake crowd. The whole like performance in London. But we just, I mean, I decided to give it to Sydney Sweeney and it sounds like we're in agreement. So what do we do in this situation? I guess. A tie. We both get one or I do have two. Right. Yeah. I think that makes sense. But someone did answer first. Get the fuck out of here. Hold the fuck on. No way. One, two, three. I don't want it. Your pity award. Yeah. No, no. I got four. Wait, no. Now we're tied. I do want it. No, no, no. You can't. You just can't. That's not how the show goes. It's not how it goes. Whoa. It's not how the show goes. See, this is what you guys are seeing it live. Next award. The. Hit us with it. The Orange Phone Award. Comeback of the year. Ah, yes. The comeback of the year. I have. Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber this year made a comeback in a way that I don't think people are actually realizing. One, this guy's very cool. I fuck with Justin Bieber. Okay. Two, over the years, he's had run-ins with paparazzi, and those have been iconic moments. Do you remember when he was, I believe he was in Paris, and he said, I'll beat the fuck out of you, bro. Something like that. Cool. This year, now we get a new one where he's like, it's not clocking to you. It's not clocking to you. He's standing on business, you know? Like, he's serving all the Gen Z coded slang right to these motherfuckers, the paparazzi. Then, also, he's standing behind a fucking guard, like a security guard, and goes, fucking you too. Everyone gets these hands. According to Justin Bieber, the boy is back. Okay? And now he's streaming on Twitch, apparently. The guy's back in a way that you would not believe. Okay? If an album comes next year, I'm going to throw up. Interesting. Well, first of all, let's say this. It's called The Orange Phone Award. The Orange Phone Award, because The Orange Phone made its return. A lot of people were very excited about it. The Orange Phone deserves, by the way, round of applause for The Orange Phone, if we could please. Hey, Dad! Hey, by the way, great clapping there. Really good. Don't listen to him. Full of aplomb. I will say that, although that is a serviceable nominee, my nominee is something that has transcended the year. Okay? And that's why my nominee. What's the award? The Orange Phone. That's why my nominee for The Orange Phone Award goes to 50 Cent Beacon. The Lemonade has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything, even our music. That hit song named after the color of lemons? Not a coincidence. Big Lemon has been pulling strings. In the industry for years. Think about it. But now, 7-Up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda. Now lime comes first. 7-Up. Flip the sip. A generational hater. Now, this is a guy that has been in the news for being a hater for years. All the stuff about telling Floyd Mayweather to read a page from Harry Potter. All the stuff with buying, like, a bunch of front row tickets to Ja Rule's concert. A bunch of his beats. A bunch of his songs. A bunch of his things. Hater driver seat. and this broke recently he just bought jim jones podcast did he really yeah this guy is taking hating to a new degree okay and joey wants to award someone that's sitting there offering violence if you award that you're a bystander and part of the problem if you don't you're a good person i think that's a threat it's not it's not a threat it's a social awareness it's kind of handcuffing me with the diddy documentary thing here i mean he is threatening you as well well listen i think justin bieber has remained in the limelight for years are you going to be in support of him picking 50 cent who made the documentary about diddy when you very clearly in your opening monologue said free diddy wow and you know what though you have a moment you are this is a moment in our lives where you can do the right thing and you are being presented with an opportunity to to do the right thing here you can stand by your diddy comments or you can vote an award against it i think you'd make a great point the award has to go to joe where the fuck what do you mean it will come back of the year justin bieber hasn't left the limelight bro where he just had that georgia song a couple years ago georgia i buy peaches down in georgia called peaches whatever it is five years ago whatever wasn't your comeback player of the year technically like a person's personality it's the person being a generational version of a hater you know but you also said that he was consistent in his hate yeah you know i gave examples of years ago this is this year where he just sprung his hate upon us to be comeback i would say were there moments where he was not hating joey's getting after god damn it's already open uh i believe let's count the trophies because we're on our final award here i have four i have five i need to tie this up it's true for the final award we are playing for this big one count for it counts for the whole game counts for the whole game probably yeah the whole one there we go it's actually up there the whole one this last award written very small big roar energy award um you can't see it can i see it oh wow okay yeah command commanded the year with giant amounts of energy and aura the big roar energy which of course refers to frank's roar yes uh which was a big moment for us it was a big 2025 yes it was um so actually was you know for those of you who didn't make it to the live shows that was part of our intro it was the first thing that you would hear when you go to a basement art show would be frank's roar okay um you have yet to grace us with a legitimate roar and i feel that the year is ending and right we would We would all be remiss if we didn't celebrate 2025 and- No way, no way. What was that? I didn't want to make that sound. That's not the sound that I was planning. My vocal cords have, like, done me dirty, I think. And I apologize, I think. That was something else. I gave it a go. You can't fucking breathe. All right, come on. Give us a real one. Frank. I think that's the best we're getting. Oh, God, I'm sorry. Ant? Oh, no, I can't top that. What's the award? Oh, the Big Roar. You just did it. Yeah, the Roar Award. The Big Roar of the year. This is our big one. I'm going to say- And, you know, you know me, bro. Swifty. So I'm going Taylor Swift in this year. I think she put out this album. The shit broke records. It was, like, the fastest-selling album ever, and blah, blah, blah. Shit went, like, super platinum. And also, she got engaged this year. She's had a hell of a year. She's had a run for the last three years, honestly. So it's about time she's awarded for that. Just going to- Taylor Swift. That's my Big Roar. Unless I'm mistaken, I think we gave, like, our year-end award to Taylor Swift last year. Hey, man. She's making a fucking run. People win awards. Listen, you know what? I'm not going to speak ill of Taylor Swift because- That's a good strategy. That's a pretty good, astute strategy. But I got someone who just had a little bit more of Roar energy this year. And that's why my nominee for the Big Roar. Energy Award for 2025 is Timmy Chalamet. Ooh, Tim O'Tay! That is right. He came into this year, and everyone saw Tim O'Tay Chalamet as, like, he was coming in, and everyone was like, oh, he's kind of, like, a snooty, uptight, like, you know, like, it's Tim O'Tay. Like, people had that image of him. And then he shaved his head. He put on a puffer jacket. Yeah. And he started just spitting bars and just throwing ass at the Knicks games. Yeah. This kid knows what he's doing. He had a generational year. Yes, Taylor Swift is consistently having great years. But I would say 2024, with her Everest tour, was bigger than 2025. So, I feel it's only right that we award someone that stepped out of the shell of being a snooty actor and into the limelight of being an absolute, roaring, motherfucking stud. It's hard to argue. It's hard to argue. And he had some viral moments, too. Remember someone interviewing him? He was like, Mm, uh, yeah? You know, something like that. I don't remember exactly. This is, this is hard. You guys gave real answers for this one. Yeah. Oh, excuse me. I've given real answers for every single one that I have presented. Right. Right. Do you have any follow-up questions to help you make your decision? Was this year the year where Timothee Chalamet went on stage and said that, You guys all suck. I want to be better than all of you. Was that this year? First of all, that's not what he said at all. That's not what he said? It was more internal. It was like, I'm in the, like, on the pursuit of greatness, and I want to be one of the greats. It wasn't like, fuck all you guys. I knew that's what he said. I just wanted him to say it. That's a pretty good help for you. Thank you. Appreciate that. I'm tapped in, bro. I'm a big Timmy, Timmy C guy. I think he just, he just came out and just completely flipped the script on how people saw him. He's out there with a shaved head. Now people think he's a mysterious London rapper. That's true. They do think. Yeah, they do think of that. I think he's Scottish. Taylor Swift, on her tour, wrote her whole album as well, right? She did. So during that. Guess what year that was, though. Yeah, but I'm just saying. The album came out now. The album came out now, but she did it all the, all the. Also, I will say that this year, I believe that she bought back all of her masters for, like, her earlier albums. So. Listen, no one is saying that she's not generational, but every now. And then Tom Brady needs to lose. I will even make the argument for Tim. Timothy shall may have saying that I don't think that people thought he was like snooty or whatever, but he he definitely, I feel like, has pushed himself into a different category as an actor. Like, people are like, this is a, this is a generational guy. I think. Oh, man's going to shit his britches so hard. I think you should chug your drink. I want to. Yeah, I think you should. I feel like you should feel like you swallow the. Whole thing. Go, go, go, go, go. I feel like. Oh, that's. Oh, you didn't chug it. He's going to vomit. You didn't chug it. Chug it. Come on, please. You're going to. I want to snap this in half and give it to you guys. Honestly, where would you snap it? Someone someone will get the. No, it's screwed in real tight at the bottom. Yeah. You know what? I'm going to do this. I think because I opened up multiple of these, so you had to make a decision. Yeah. It has to be one or the other. You can't. There can't be two winners. Whoa. What are you? Are you singing a Christmas song? How? What's the justification behind his wintership? A whole tour. The album. The tour. The tour ended in 24. I know, but she wrote the whole album on the tour. In 24. And then she, you know what she did? She made money forcing me to hear about Travis Kelsey's penis. Like you didn't think about it for free. That is true. She put out a song about Travis Kelsey's fucking apparent dong, dude. Apparently that. Have some respect, both of you. Yeah. You know what it is? He identifies with the dong. He's like, yo, she made a song. People have made songs about my penis before, probably. I believe it's called Redwood. I thought it was just called Wood. That's worse. The fact that you guys don't know. Frank, I helped, tried to help you. Also, I didn't watch Dune. Neither did I. Oh. This is getting crazy now. I don't think that came out this year. Timmy, we would love to have you on the show. We'll force Frank to watch before you get here. I watched it. But he was Bob Dylan. I didn't watch that. You're not going to award him for Bob Dylan? You didn't watch. You know what? You didn't watch Bob Dylan. You know what? Did you watch it? Did you watch Wong? Did you watch Wonka? I did watch Wonka. Wonka was fantastic. You know what I'm going to say? Bro, Timmy, you can sing, bro. You know what I'm going to say, Timmy? Don't let. You are a generational talent. See the way that they just ripped that award from your fucking deserving, cold, dead hands? Technically, it was ripped from yours. Don't let this happen again. Continue to be you. You're crushing it. You see them? This is them. That's what they're doing. Being them and not allowing you to shine. You and I are on the same page, Chalamet. You were robbed again. And I was robbed. We should get Timothy on this. We should get him on the show. Get him on here. Call him up. Yeah, I'm going to send an email. I'll be honest with you. I'm furious. Like, not even joking. I did not think I was going to win that one. This was a shock to me. Especially when I started petitioning for Timothy Chalamet. But, you know, it is what it is. Winners win. Losers lose. And it is what it is. And like I was saying earlier that these ones have fat asses, this motherfucker's got a mud dome. So this shit is crazy. I appreciate it. I love the show. And thank you guys so much for an amazing year. All jokes aside, show gone. Like this show gone. It's still the show. Well, I'm saying this is our last episode. That's right. Well, seriously. Let's make this very clear. Of 2025. Yeah, of 2025. No, we're still doing it. Last show of the year. Do want to honestly say that this has been a life-changing year. I mean, the last two years for me and Frank, similar to Taylor Swift. You know what? I do. You deserve this. But similarly to Taylor Swift, the last few years have been very life-changing for me and Frank. And, you know, we moved into this space, had a new studio set up and all this stuff. And it's been amazing. And now Ant's on the show. Like we were going through a lot of changes at the moment. And you guys have been so supportive and haven't wavered at all. And we appreciate that so much. And it's been so much fun. And like, I really look forward to the future and have no idea where we can take this. And it feels like we've been working for many years to get to this point, but in a way, it also feels like the beginning of a next level. So it feels like we just, we're just getting started. So we're very excited to kind of see what happens in the future and, you know, how far we're able to take this. But it's, it's fucking, it was a crazy year. I finished. So I'll cheers an empty glass. Chug the bottle. Probably. I think you should. I'm not going to chug them. I got no more. No, chug it. I think you should swallow both. I don't want to. No, don't do that, dude. Jesus Christ. I think you should put a little champagne. In there and top, top it off and chug it. Now we're talking about something that's probably disgusting. Are you going to have some with me? Are you wearing lipstick? What is going on in that cup? You know, I think it's the dishwasher. I was also, Frankie took a sip of this. He wears, I took a sip through a straw bitch to not mess up your lipstick. No, I was going in with, do you want a little bit treating you with much aplomb? Yeah. Just the cheers. The end of the year, I was going in and treating you with much aplomb. And then you ripped that from my fucking hand. Definitely too many for episode well folks we are so appreciative uh some of us are are flabbergasted that we didn't win this but thank you for 2025 if you celebrate the this new year some people are jewish and some people are chinese jewish people have a different new year too yeah what no they don't do they do yeah jewish people have a different new year yes i i don't want to mess up the name of it but i absolutely know that they do it looks like i know that the chinese have a different new year the chinese new year what's up it looks like my olives are like little jets what the fuck is going on in there bro show him that let me see it yo they're like moving and and farting it's like they have their little jets look they're farting yeah isn't that uh it's called rosh hashanah that's jewish that's their new year yeah oh i thought that was just like a like the hebrew it ushered in the hebrew year 5786 wait what that's what it says 5000 oh we're in 2025 5786 i don't make the rules but whatever you celebrate we want to thank you for the love for the support we're excited for 2026 and we hope that you'll join us and maybe bring along some new friends while you're at it so cheers cheers cheers big ears so you know he's insulting your ears that was a key thing i think did he say that too i think i think it's my dad used to say that to us oh well that makes sense happy new year merry happy holidays all that stuff wow yeah and we'll see you in we'll see you next year see oh my god now you gotta ruin it i'll let me sign it off and catch you on the next year that was way worse coca-cola for the big for the small the short and the tall peacemakers risk takers for the optimists pessimists for long distance loathe for introverts and extroverts the thinkers and the doers for old friends and new coca-cola for everyone pick up some coca-cola at a store near you you