The conversation is a lively, humorous reflection on nostalgic traditions, pop culture, and everyday quirks. It begins with the speaker’s playful memories of slapping microphones during performances, acknowledging the physical toll and the sound it creates, which they now see as part of their signature style. The discussion then shifts to shared childhood memories, including a library show in Vancouver and the imaginative use of a mic as a tool for "beating up." A central theme is the revival of the term "bodacious" as a bold, energetic descriptor for coolness, applied to skateboarding tricks, music, and even personal confidence. The chat explores skateboarding culture, from tech decks to mini skate parks, with humor about the physical and mental challenges of mastering tricks. It also touches on retro hobbies like roller blades and mini bikes, and jokes about the absurdity of a real-life "finger spot" skate trick being performed outdoors. The conversation includes light-hearted debates about favorite Halloween candies, with Reese’s being both popular and controversial, while the group expresses strong aversion to certain food-related terms like "congeal" and "curtles." The tone remains playful and grounded, blending personal anecdotes with cultural references. The segment concludes with a mix of speculation about aliens, space, and fear of the unknown, ending on a lighthearted note that celebrates curiosity, nostalgia, and the joy of shared experiences. Throughout, the speaker emphasizes the value of simple, fun rituals—like skating, eating candy, or just enjoying a good moment—over grand or mysterious claims, reinforcing a theme of authenticity, humor, and connection.
Welcome back to the basement yard, Frank. Yeah, he's doing the exact thing. Oh, is that what people complain about? I thought we smack the desk. They don't like that. I mean, I feel like it's part of our charm. I think it fucks with the audio, doesn't? I don't know. Slap it, you used to beat the fucking brakes off this goddamn mic. I stopped doing that because it literally started hurting my fingers. I'll do it again. I'll slap or hit it. See, that hurt so bad. Oh, and that hurt, aunt, too. Oh, it was so, so, so loud. So, so, so loud. Oh, so, so loud. He kind of had a little bit of a sexy thing going on there. He was like, oh, so, so, so, so loud. I'll do that. He was bouncing. That was a bounce. You, you, you were sitting there bouncing on. What was I doing? What was I doing? I'm not going to do it. You already, you've already done it. You already did it. I'm just pointing out. Yeah, you, the poor mics. So much, do you remember when we went to Vancouver and we did the, the library show? Yeah. And he's like, I gave you a mic for us to beat up. Yeah, yeah. Which, did we beat it up? I don't even remember. I don't know. I think I just kind of turned it over. I'm like like that. You know, I laugh. I try to grab people. Well, that's, you know, like, that's the way that like, you know, we were big bomb bass, bombastic. What is it? Bodacious? Mr. Bombastic. Bodacious? It doesn't mean you have like a big butt. Bodacious? No, the turtles used to say, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they'd say bodacious. Is that a real word? I thought big bodacious was like, like, bootylicious kind of. No, bootylicious is bootylicious. Well, I thought this was like a substitute. Like, oh, you're so bodacious. Like, you got, you got a big boat, boat behind you. I don't know. No, I think bodacious, if it is a real word, it's like tubular and radical. It just means like, so cool. Oh, can we get a definition of bodacious? So cool. Over the 80s and over 90s. Bodacious. Bodacious. I think that fits. We should bring those back. Oh, like, oh, God, I'm having a bodacious time. Well, I don't know if they would say it about a time. I think it would be more about like, oh, look at that kick flip. That was bodacious. Oh, okay. Remarkable, impressive, excellent, very large or bold. It's kind of both. I guess you're, you're tech, we're both kind of right. Yeah. Like, she's got a bodacious. So a, so a butt could be bodacious in its size and in its caliber of feet of, yes, it's that. So not only can a butt be bodacious, but a kick flip as well. A kick flip could be bodacious. Yeah, we gotta bring that one back. And Indy could be bodacious. I'm feeling bodacious. A switch foot and melon could be bodacious. You're, I've been playing a lot of Tony Hawk. Can you tell? Can you tell? Can you tell? What was the one? A melon? Switch foot and melon. Yeah, yeah. You stick your leg out. No, what was that? I don't know. I don't remember. But the melon was the one where it's like, you know, oh, look at that. That's kind of what I mean. I think. No, you're talking about when they like, hold onto it and they just like, kick their leg out. Kind of, yeah. Dude, there's another universe where you and I are just like skateboarders. My nephew is getting into skateboarding right now. Really? He's like, look at this. And he just gets on it. I'm like, come on. I mean, that is impressive. Hit a trick. That is impressive though. But getting on and not falling off his like three quarters of the battle. Yeah, he doesn't really go too far. If it came to like, if we were ever doing a show somewhere and someone was just like, hey, it's me. Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk. I was trying to think about the more other, but Bob Burtquist. Burtquist. Yeah. Chad Hoffa. No. Ryan Shackler. What? Ryan Shackler. Who's Chad Mosca? Chad Mosca. Chad Mosca was one. You something me with that one. Yeah. I know. But if they were like, hey, before your show tomorrow, we got a skate park in the back. Yeah, Ryan, why don't you come hang out, we'll shred the nr. I'd be like, I need knee pads, I need helmets. I need a mouthpiece. Would you drop in on a half pipe? I was just going to ask you how long it, you, I was just going to ask you how long you think it takes to be able to like, do that. I feel like it's all mental like, I think a lot of it is. I don't think it all is. Well, there it is. It is a physical act. And a lot of it is also skill. But like, I feel like I would be held back more by my mental. You have to capacity. Yes. Like, I have to know that I'm going to do this and fall and get hurt. 1,000 times in a row. Like, before I could, like, like, that is the bigger hill for me to climb. I've never been on a half pipe of you. I don't think I've been on a, I don't even think I've been to a skate park. Really? Like, I've passed by a bunch. I've never been to one that's like, you know, they've got the half pipe over there. Like, I've been to like, uh, you know, like concrete ones. Dude, skate parks in the last 20 years are becoming like a normal thing, you know, like. Just wanted to story a park. Is there? Yeah. I didn't know that. I don't want over there. I remember like, you know, like, I knew someone that was not not a skater, but they did like BMX. Yeah. And they would go out and they'd come back with just the gnarliest, like, cuts and bruises and scabs and stuff like that, the most, the most, the most, the most dangerous and bodacious injuries. Yeah. My uncle invented the skateboard. Yeah. I'm not even going to listen. I'm not even going to look at him because even if it's true, I couldn't care less about who's your uncle? I made it up. Yeah. No kidding. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know who's your uncle. I made it up. Yeah. I made it up. I made it up. Yeah. I hated that time. (laughing) He had a mini bike and he would like, and it didn't go anywhere. You would sit on it and you would pedal real hard and it would go like one and a half miles an hour. But there was also the mini, they weren't kind of like street bikes. They were like mo-peds almost, but you sat on them. Yeah. Why? And penny boards? It was a skateboard that you only put one foot on. Yes. Why are we doing this? I don't know. You noticed thinking about the other day? Roller blades. Sick. So cool. That's time you have belated. You know I can't belate. So that was probably with me then. The. Honestly. Yeah. A long time ago. That was 2004, 2003. Yeah. Keith? I think Keith Roller belated every day of his life for like 18 months. There was a kid in a story that every time we saw him, he was Roller belating. That dude Nick, you remember? No. He had like the big like kind of like janko jean pants, like those parachute pants. Oh, I don't know what you're talking about. Like, here's a thing. Because I love the video game Jetset Radio Future. There doesn't appear to be anything more personally rewarding than just absolutely shredding on blades. Yeah. While wearing the over the ear headphones. Yeah. You know? Or hitting a grind? I also thought it was cool when people would like. If they had a skateboard or they had roller blades and they would go over like poles and they would like grease them up. I'm like, this guy's cool. Dude, I remember the first time I saw that. I was like, what the hell is this? Like, what has happened here? And then I saw them in action grinding. And I was like, whoa! I like skateboarded for like a couple of years. But I've never ground. You weren't part of the ground. I didn't grind it. No. You weren't the ground's crewman. No, I mean the idea of it seemed very amazing to me. The closest I've gotten to a skate park or roller belating was the mini tech decks. Brother. I robbed my own cousin of those. Really? Which cousin? Mike. Yeah. He was fucking mad. He's good looking and he's smart. What else does he need? Tech decks? Yeah, I mean. Oh, you know what I said to him? A mini bike. Dude, so like the bikes were so interesting. Here's what is so cool about those is like. They were treated like legit boards and legit bikes. So like you could get the little like iron and wrench to like put your cool wheels on it. And your cool deck. Yeah. So like I'm going to ride this one goofy. It was like, oh man, you got the the the BAM Margera Him Pentagon. Yeah. You know, pentagram. I remember I was like at their house. I loved being at their house. And I was playing with this like bike. And he had like the tech deck. And he also had like a mini skate park. And I'm like, this is the best time I live. Bro, they made like legit like half pipes and shit like that. Yeah. Yo, look them up. There are people that still do it. They do like legit. Like, I've seen like TikToks. Some people I'm like, yo, they're dirty at that. Like, what the fuck? Listen, as at one point, everyone's getting into like trading card collecting now. Before that, everyone was investing in eSports. Could we be the groundbreakers on investing in the reinvention of the tech tech scene? You can. You don't think that there's a place for that still like. I'm sure there is. Like the tech deck. Like. like.
Skills competition. I'm sure they have that really yeah, like I'm sure that people like are nasty at it and they do it It's so funny because it's such a small thing I don't know like it happens at like a lunch table and it's just like yeah, it's like fingers Dude bro, but I I remember like the bike specifically I like put it because I think I slept over there So I had like a bag. So I like put it in my bag underneath a shirt Oh, and then he like was like you'll wears my bike. Where's my tech dick? Where's my tech bike? And then They they like they searched me and they pat it you down No, no, they like found it in my bag and they were like and Mike was like what the hell and I was like, you know what what I did not How did that even get in I literally was like, whoa How how the hell did that even get in I never Was so like it was cool. It was cool. Yeah, they got over It was so it was cool, but it also felt like a cheat code because like if you got go with the skateboard You had to like legit like like do skateboard things just with your fingers the bike You just held the handles with your two fingers and the seat with the back thumb. Yeah, and it was just like Well, I I could not do tricks. I would I just liked riding it around Dude get one of those tech tech bikes in here. I guarantee I could do at least like that trick Where like they go up and they bring the back of the bike around? Oh, yeah, there's a rule name for it You have a tech tech competition video. I just have like a little cinematic. Oh my god. He's outdoors. Yeah. Oh This is filthy dude. This is sick. Like a little cinematic trick. Yeah. Oh Finky. Oh It's crazy. Also if this person Won't you say it plainly fingers a lot? Well, that was a fun thing we were doing Take that the fuck out No, it makes sense. Yeah, I know it makes sense for the tech deck of it all I mean he's it's a different skill I think I mean I think probably his transfer to I mean I'm sure that there's you know, there's qualities. It's like I got a strong do a kick flip inside Like wait till I hit you with this fakie I'm gonna take you home hit you with a backside 50 50 grind. Oh God. That would be cool It's not sick though. Is there a guy out there that like it's around our age that wouldn't find that cool I feel like everyone was enthralled with that if they didn't I would be like Who are you are you and have some fun and enjoy a one the one life we get to live here be really honest about something Okay, really really really honest sure if I came in and I absolutely like blew you away With like my skills on a tech deck. Yeah, would you be more impressed or more like what are you doing? I would be extremely impressed and then it would dawn on me that it took time you're you're not being a good father Because the amount of time that you need to be like To do that, but that's ours. I mean, I don't know I don't know I know they say that like it takes 10,000 hours to be a master at something I don't know if it would take me 10,000 hours to be able to do that with a tech deck Well, we know the confidence is coming here. I mean not even just the confidence, but just like It's it's that It's way more than that. I think it's just but you can't know. It's it's way harder. I think that guy's keeping the thing But this is crazy and he's outdoors. First of all, was that real because that was a mini Yeah, did we just get did we just get AI catfish did we just get catfished? Hey, I fish. Why not just believe it was real well No, we're not in that generation To pull that shit back up if you just cat foached us you're in fucking trouble Yeah, you're gonna foch us. You're gonna you're gonna get a stern talking to after this episode. You're trying to AI ish No, it's fine. It's it's the finger spot What that's the name of the guy is finger spot. He does this. It's called the finger spot Yeah, it goes at different places. I see it. He like travels. Wait these exist outdoors Yeah, he's doing one on a little like a little park. Okay, use your use your critical eye here Okay, is this is this real or full gaze? I Would say it's real You're you're asking the worst person because he's like why don't you just live pretending that you know it's real? Yeah It looks real, I can see by your face. You're not confident. Yeah You put down in me that's not fair stop doubting in me. I put down it. I mean, I mean you put down it Why would a mini skate park exist outside? Yeah, not only that, but why would multiple and also yet like who would allocate the public resources to be like We are going to build a mini concrete skate park for tech tech and we're also going to cover it in fake graffiti Yeah, it's a set. Hey, I ta bro. I might did you see my tag at the skate park? No, I was there yesterday No, no at the tech tech skate park. Yeah, that would be very upset. Is there anything else do you think that like if it was a man I sure would be like cool hell like sometimes I wish foods were like small I was gonna go with foods. Yeah, like you ever see videos of people like they're making like a little meal mini cooking I love that when people make little pieces of me like I'm like I Wish it was more for like sugary things than it was for like something like with like protein or savory or something like that What do you mean well because like if I want a burger? I want that burger until I want no more burger You know what I'm saying? Okay, like I need to be I need to be you like to eat it satiated. Yeah My hunger needs to be satisfied by a burger, but but what if you need a thousand of little ones? I know But well, first of all, there'd be a huge commitment What do you mean? Boles cereal? I mean a bunch of little burgers. It's kind of cool. What would be the liquid? What does that mean? Well, you say Boles cereal there has to be milk in it Oh, I just meant they all have like a little bit of oh, it's just like a snap like a bowl of mini burgers They wouldn't they wouldn't hold together well They would have to come in like you know like you know that packaging that a pig in a blanket comes in Yeah, where it's like that like the like crevice sure, you know pocketed plastic We're we're in a we're in a fantasy land right now. Let's just say they'll hold together I wish it was more like a sugary thing because when I want to like satisfy my Sweet tooth, which if I get one sometimes I just want this much of it I don't want to commit to having two whole Twinkies. You strike me as a sugar sugar What you strike me as a sugar cube guy. You like them? Fucking hop on and ride me to the sunset baby. If I'm a horse. I love a sugar cube horses They fuck with those right that was like the thing Yeah, what movie or show was that where they were just like feeding them sugar feeding the horse sugar cube wasn't the horse's name sugar cube I don't even know what you're referencing. There's a horse. There's a famous horse that loves sugar cubes I mean, I know three horses. No, it's like I don't know if it's a cartoon horse Can you look up cartoon horse that loves sugar cubes? I think I think horses like sugar cubes I mean, I think everyone likes sugar cubes. I'm gonna tell me you don't get pump bro when we were in London for our shows. They had a bowl of sugar cubes You just popped them well because not only do I like the taste of it. It's cubed But I like that. It's like it's got an edge to it. Yeah, I press it into my tongue. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, fuck yeah Yeah, I know you know what also like the gum they make gum like that in the cubes cubes. Yo, cube shit sick Cube food What I mean what cube food can we talk about the gum panchetta? I mean, that's cut in that form You know like yeah, but I'm saying like imagine they made a burger, but it was like cubed I'm gonna ask you a question and I need your help here I am going to give you this food in three different forms and there is a right answer and there's a wrong answer to the best version of it It's gonna be easy. Okay Jello Oh, okay, is Jello good in the individual cups or is it best in the individual cup? Yeah, and like a large bowl that like people make And you like serve with like a spoon. I've never experienced that but okay or cubes What are we talking about here? It's the cubes. Okay, thank god. I've also never had a Community Jello Jello bowl. Oh, yeah, we make we made like Jello at the house and like you put it into like a big bowl and you put it in the fridge And it's just a big bowl the Jello how big is your fridge? I mean, I'm not talking like this big Joey I mean if it's for multiple people. I mean a pack could feed about three or four people A serving my mom would do like little individual bowls and they'd be all over the fridge Like the little like the snack packs that they would come in right? Yeah, but she would she would make them and put them in like these little dishes that she had I don't think Jello gets enough respect It's pretty versatile. I like it is not only can you make Jello into other things but like it works as a dessert treat It works as just a little pick me up and to feed old people and to feed old people to have before a colonoscopy Yep, you know, that's a big thing. You can also Put it in between your lips and then suck it through your teeth Here he is again. Here he is again. You know what I'm talking about though. I absolutely know what you talk about but obviously what Form of media has done the most service to Jello commercials. Oh, no, I was gonna say Jurassic Park piece of media. Thank you Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, this thing Anytime I have all love Jello Jello Tim, right anytime I have Jello I recreate the scene from Jurassic Park. I love Jello until someone starts talking about what Jelton is and I'm like Don't want to know that it's like animal fat right some shit like it's like animal nuts
and I'm super good on that. - You ever get a big piece of Jones, smack it. - Well, yeah, I haven't been able to do that. - It's really fun. - Well, I've made like soups and making stocks. So like if you see like proper like bone broth or I don't know if stock is the right one, but like broths, if they're made at home, if you put them in the freezer, they come out like jelly. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And I was like a layer of like white stuff, right? - No, it will like solidify and congeal, like entirely into like jelly. - Congeal's one of those words that I do not like. You're not on the congeal? - Congeal. - Oh, really? - I don't like congeal and I don't like what's what milk does? - Curtle. - Curtles are a good one. - Oh my God, what a nasty one. - Curtles are good one. Curtle is disgusting, not as bad as congeal. Congeal's not great. I don't like that. When I think about that, I'm like, I'm good. Congeal. - There are certain words like we made fun of those people that do like the, you know, it's performative when you say like moist and they're like. - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Congeal is, congeal, discharge. - Yeah. - Curtle. - Yeah. - I also don't like pus. Just like, oh. - Well, you don't like what it is. - Well, yeah, but I, yeah. I don't like how it's spelled the same as pus. - Me neither. I think that that's not fair. - Words be doing that sometimes. - Yeah. - I also never had a problem with the word moist. I don't find it gross. - I don't either. And I really think it was just like one of those like. - Yeah, like performative. - Like congeal. - Look, congeal is cool, but then like you, it takes all of five seconds to be like, oh. - Curtle is fucking nasty. - Curtle is nasty because. - Like the word is nasty and the thing is nasty. - And also, yeah, when you see it, you're like, that's what that is. I think that's my least favorite site. Like, curdled milk. - Spoiled milk. - Yeah, like when you, when people like pour out milk and it's like, well, that's why I can't do, that's why I can't do cottage cheese. 'Cause it looks like it, and it reminds me of it, and I'm just like at this hell out of here. Sometimes Nicole will make coffee in the morning and then she'll put something in it, and then it, like eventually you're gonna say cottage cheese in it. - Oh, I mean, I wouldn't put a passer-cheats that looks like everything, it's ridiculous. But like sometimes it curdles and I'm like, I could never eat that. - Sometimes if you get milk and it gets real cold, and I'll be pouring it out, it'll be a little lumpy. - And I can't get it out of my head. - It'll be a little lumpy. - Like a piece of ice. Or like if the way that the bubbles, and it looks like a chunk, I'm like, it's done. - Yeah, you gotta get rid of it. - I can't, I can't. - I'm with you entirely on that one. - It's gotta be a smooth pour out of the milk. - Yeah, once I see like any, any like un, like welcome viscosity to this thing, absolutely throw these out. - I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't do it. - What other words that they just don't work for you? - You got at least a favorite word? - No, I was good enough. - What were you gonna say? (laughing) - What were you gonna say? - That was good as a bad joke. - Oh, I mean, we all should have at least a favorite word. - That's not what I meant. (laughing) - Yeah. - There's definitely certain words there. - Yeah. - Let's make them very clear. - I feel like that was coming already, so I'm just-- - No, no, no, no, no, I think that's very clear. - We're just talking purely just-- - We're saying, you know, words that are, you know. - What are you talking about? - What do we even say, really, you know what I mean? - You don't have one that sticks out on your head like moist. - Can you Google like a list of the worst words? - Like, oh, sure. - A list of the worst words. - The worst words. - Well, I feel like actually, I'm gonna get a list that we're talking about here. (laughing) - No, then I'm thinking about it. - The most unappealing, no, that also. - I'm a fan of that. - Oh, that's good. - Flem, mucus, pus. - I don't like bile. - No, bile I'm fine with, because it sounds evil like vial. - Puss is actually not spelled like pus. - Oh, oh my god, that's a good one right there. - Schmegma, get out of here. - Well, that's like a real thing, right? It's just like an urban dictionary word? - I don't know. - It's like someone just made up the worst sounding word that they can-- - What the hell, squirt? - I love squirt. - Squirt's a good one. - That's a skew word. - Squirt is a good one. - Yeah, squirt. - I also like plop. - Plop? - They were getting there, but-- - I like plop with the right context. - Like, if you plop a dollop of daisy, then I'm fine with it. - Curd, that's not great. - But I do like cheese curds, those are good. - Yeah, curd is coming back because of cheese curds. - What is this word? - Revis. - Oh. 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But apparently like the army had some form of an interaction with an alien and it like stepped out of a ship. And then they were just like, let's just shoot it. There's ghosts too. No, chill, chill, chill. Why are they doing the Ghostbusters logo? Former intelligence officer David Grush. Oh, rough name. Grush. That's another one of those. You can add that to me. Just being David Grush. David Congeal. But yeah, he said dead grays. Oh, there was a crash site. So apparently this thing crashed. And there was a crash site. And they were like dead alien bodies. Well, apparently there was like a seven foot reptilian creature. Seven foot brother. At what height is it like this is a threat to me? At what height do we ask them to play on the nicks because we want to go back to back? I mean, technically we're in the rulebook does it say that someone that plays on the nicks needs to be of earthborn? There is nothing. There is nothing. So like if like a nine foot alien comes and they're like nine feet tall, 400 pounds, zero muscle. I mean, zero body fat. What's webbing? I'm gonna do with that. I mean, nothing because look what he did against the nicks. I'm talking about right. Oh, dude, the crash out of Victor Webbing the Ottoman out right now. Have you been seeing this? No, apparently he said he's not. He's no longer doing interviews with like any American based or new. Oh, like, oh, yeah, like he's having a real crash out. What? I'm speaking of crashing. I mean, is this what happened? We have a seven foot thing. Do we think this is real? Guerrilla Guerrilla like build and scale his skin. Guerrilla like. All right. See now seven foot guerrilla build. I'm good. I have to for me join the party. I have to believe it's fake. Yeah, because if I believe that there is something out there that is not only seven feet tall, but not only scaly, armored skin. Yeah. But built like one of the strongest animals found for pound on the planets. It's like a brute from Halo. Yeah, yeah, like a brew mac. No, I don't think. Oh, you know that. That's not a brute. That's me. Maybe not that tall. Maybe not that tall. Here's a war. Got it. Yeah. Well, I saw this face. He looked like that. I was like, I don't know what that mean. A good name for it though. Brew mac. Really? Really? Good name. I just, I can't, it can't have all of those things. Yeah, I agree. It needs to be either tall, either like the reptilian like scaly skin. Why did they shoot at it? Did it yell? Maybe it was nice. I mean, bro, give him a give him a, you got to shoot at that. No, no, no. I would know, brother. You and you start with peace. Also, yeah, you're starting a war. Start with peace. If you start with guns, well, how do you know they don't have like a honeybee or like bumblebee type thing where they're just like sending a message like, yo, they shot at me. And there's like, yo, bet. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, I mean, I guess they killed all of them. Then there's no one to relay the message. Well, it was saying I mean, they can get the message out there before to be fair to them. They said it, it did show malevolent behavior. What's what? Can I ask you a serious question? Yeah. Can you read? It's tough sometimes malevolent. It made it difficult to ascertain whether the battalions were aggressive or indistress. Okay. I mean, I mean, yo, let it, let it, you know, lash out a little bit. They crashed. And there was a bunch of bodies on the floor. I'd be a little fucking malevolent. Yeah, I'd be like, yo, you know, I'd be crying. I'd be like, my, my, well, how do we know they don't cry out of like their butt or something? Maybe he was, maybe their way of crying was like it, we, it appeared to be malevolent to us. Right. You know, what if they're crying just like, yeah, what like check his ass? Maybe he's crying out his ass. I mean, I think that would have, yeah, that would have come eventually. I'm sure that after they killed it, they did check his ass, dude. The only thing that would have made this thing more scary, if it stepped out and it like did like the whole like squaring up like New Yorkers used to do in the mid 2000s when they're about to fight where they're, yeah, where they're like, yeah, yeah. And they're like pulling up their pants and stuff like that. Come on, aliens don't wear pants. Oh, that's a good question. What is more intimidating? An alien coming out clothed or an alien coming out naked? I would rather it come out clothed. That would make me feel like closer to it. I'd be like, oh, cool, jeans. I would, I'd, I'd rather come out clothed because if this thing just came out and had an absolute brew mac of a cock, I'm gonna be like, I can't. Yeah, now my existence would definitely throw me for sure. I mean, I can't really feel like we're gonna hear a brew mac a couple more times. Definitely definitely. I mean, this thing steps out with an absolute bodacious penis. So what do you do? You got to shoot that thing. Yeah, it's just swinging side to side. Chain hang low, wobble to the flow. Did you see, did you see it recently that everyone was like, there was a UFO like over New Jersey or something? I thought it was over New York. It was like like the New York New Jersey area. Yeah. And they were like, and it was like overcast and people were like, that's the Metallica concert. Yeah. But that one KFC video and he's like, actually, the concert was the day before. So what is that? Let me believe that it's, let me believe it was the Metallica, but also like they'll run sound check for like big concerts like on an off day, just to be like a dry run, get an idea. I mean, to me, it was very clear that these are lights. It didn't like, I didn't see anything to be like, that's scary. It just looked like from what I've seen light shows at big events, looking like I have a question, I have an alien question. I fucking hate these, but go ahead. If you were like outside and you saw something, right? And you're like, Oh, is that a plane? Like that kind of looks weird. And you see it and you're like, Oh, it's a plane, whatever. But then it stops, right? And then it just zooms. And you're like, what the absolute shit and ass it was that? I tell nobody, really? I don't bring it up. You don't go inside and be like, I just saw an alien. If I talk about it, it's going to keep the view that like, it's going to keep it in my mind. So if I just never speak about it again, maybe it'll disappear. You wouldn't say anything to anybody. Who might say, because what am I going to do? Either I say something to them and then now I'm a believer, you know? Well, but but but isn't this the proof? No, I would need to see, it would need to come and knock on my door, show birth certificate. I'm an alien. Here's my birth certificate. Here's a video for my alien planet. Oh, I would need like stone cold proof like that in order to be like completely bought in. So you're saying you wouldn't be bought in unless these things took you in the ship and showed you what was going on. Yes. But no, don't do that. If they're listening, if they're listening, if you got abducted, but it was like a peaceful abduction. Are you telling anyone? At the rate one. Really? I don't think I tell anyone because then I become prime suspect like the like CIA is going to come for me and they're going to be like, now you're living in our bunker forever. Bye, bye, Spinyard. How much do you believe me to be an honest person? Pretty pretty substantially. If I told you, dude, I was abducted. And this is what it is. And I'm telling you very seriously, like one, I know you would just leave and not. I would say stop talking. I'm not kidding. I don't want to hear about this. I know. I don't even like don't tell me my support for you is never hearing. Would you believe me? I would. Would you be like, he thinks something. I'd have a lot of questions and then there would be at least four spread throughout the story. Like are you fucking around? Yeah. Yes. Yeah. I'd be like, bro, I am so dead. I think like just because of the nature of what you're saying, you have to a little bit just like there's a little bit of like, oh no, they might be crazy. You know what I mean? Like there's just a little like it's just because of what it is. Like if you're, if you're, if you steal from candy shops your whole life and you grow up like you still got that little, that little candy shop thief in you. You know what I'm saying? He's describing me as well. Yeah, sure. Yeah, I did steal from candy shops. But like you'll never fully escape that. So like if something like that happens, yes, I trust you. I believe you're trustworthy and honest. But there would be a little part of just like, as he lost it, I would think like my thing would be like, if it was one of you guys, I'd be like, you would have to explain to me how you're absolutely positive that it wasn't just a very vivid dream. You would also, yeah, you would need to be like really okay. And I would probably preface this by being like, please don't take this as disrespect. I have to ask a million questions in order to like you to fully believe you'd have to show me something on your body. Like something they did something. What if I had back? He wants to bounce on it again. Back to the house. You have to show me an appendage. Show me what they did. How they grabbed this. Yeah, you'd have to show me something. What if I had like this weird mark and it looked like a plug. But then I would need to know that that wasn't there before. Oh, plug Jesus Christ. Like they shoved stuff in you or just Like, they hooked me up, I don't know. Ooh, like, cup.
- Yeah, but it looks like a puppy does look like alien. - A little bit. - Technology. - Yeah, it looks like a, like a, - Cuppings kind of like. - Bro, fuck cupping, forever. - It looks like an octopus got ya. - Yes, yes it does. - An octopus didn't kind of get ya. - I mean, if there is an octopus that has a suction cup of that size, I don't want to learn about that. - Yeah, that's a big octopus. - Big bitch, baby. - They're out there. - I would, are you space or ocean? I am, I know you're not in there. - I am, you know, pop out my sciatine tooth if I'm presented with either opportunity. - But if you had to do like five days in a sub or five days in a rocket, if you had to. - You're stressing them out. - Well, you really are. I feel like this is an easy one. - I feel like I have a better chance of coming back alive from a sub. - Yeah. - Well, are you rocket? - Not in my first place. - You're in space? - Well, we didn't say how long we need to go, how far down we need to go. - That's true. - If you give me like, you know, I'll even do like, you know, 200 feet. You got to get down 200 feet, brother. We're getting lower than that. - Really? - Yeah, of course. - 200 feet? - It's a submarine. - Dude, I don't know how low they usually go, but like that low. - Well, what was the, the Titan submersive? - Yeah, that one, that was a mile. - That was a mile. - We're not, we're not talking about this. We're talking about an actual military grade sub where you'll be safe. It's not going to. - I don't think they go down that far, dude. - I mean, eight hundred and a thousand feet. - Oh, no. - Eight hundred and two a thousand feet. Which I can't know. - There's no light down there. - No. - What are you looking for, a bright sunny day? - I'm looking for fucking, the darkness is worse than the light. - I mean, you don't have, I wouldn't look out the windows. - Oh. - Some Marines have windows? - Some get the 2,000 feet. - 2,000 feet. - Yep. - Good gravy. - Brother. - Brother. - Oh, this sucks. - I hate this. - Have you had any five days at 1,000 feet in a sub or you had to go to like space? - I'd wanna see something. So I'd go to space. And the chill, that doesn't make any sense because there is less out there. But I can see the earth, that's kind of cool. - Yeah, watch this, watch this. - See the earth. - He meant. - Also, secondly, you haven't seen the earth in that example. It's like you've seen wood in the fucking sky. (laughing) - I just like, oh, so you wanna go out there in space. You don't wanna just be like orbiting. Like you wanna go out far enough that you could be like. Like you gotta go stand on the moon. Isn't there something that's cool? - Yeah, I will say that is probably such a crazy experience. I mean, I think we have brought this up or maybe in conversation off episode that like, it was someone went, one of the astronauts went and they were just like, it fucks with you mentally because everything, every problem, every person, all human history, right there. - I know. - And it's like, and it's in a ball. - And it's it, and it, watch this, it's here. - It's in a ball. - It makes you feel so, like I don't think I have the mental tools to deal with that. - You know it'd be so sick, like just like an Instagram photo, like fake leaning on the moon. - Yeah. - Oh, like one of those, like-- - That would do numbers on the ground. - Oh my god, like the one, like, oh, that's, that's coming in like a couple years. - Like the leaning tower. - Yeah, yeah, the people holding up the leaning tower of pizza or something like that. - Do you think the astronauts did the thing where you're like, pinched it? - Oh, you're like, they weren't that fun back in the '60s or whatever last time they went was. - Well, they were like-- - I will tell you this. - Here's what would really fuck me up. That would mess with me if I'm standing on the moon and I look at Earth. If I just did, and I look behind me, and there's nothing, dude, that I would not be okay. I don't even like that, like when it's really foggy out at night. And it's like, I can't really see the city. - I don't like that when I look at, like, what I'm in a lake, and I like look at the water and I can't see anything. And I'm just like, I don't know what's there, if anything. - It's just, I don't just keep going. - Stop. - All the ways down. - I don't have, and I've also seen too many monster movies to be okay with that. - Is it an interesting that we're so afraid of the things that we don't know? - Yeah. - Oh my, where'd that come from? - Yeah, this guy. - Does one episode of Hot One's Game Night would fuck it. - Neil the, oh wait. - Well, I haven't been announced yet, so. - No, we announced that. - Oh, okay. - Oh, then NDT's coming. - Yeah. - Does one episode of Hot One's Game Night with Neil the Grass Tyson, and now he's dropping some shit like that on us. - But isn't it funny? That's the thing that prevents us from the ocean and whatever, it's like, I'm afraid of, 'cause I don't, I can't see, I don't know. - Yes, well that's, I mean, that's a very common fear of like the dark. - Is that just an eight? - Or is there some people that are just not afraid of that? - Well, I think fear is just a collection of our evolution giving us like warning signs of something. So like. - Got to survive. - I'm sure, I'm sure at the start of human existence, they weren't as afraid of that stuff because they didn't know, there wasn't anything telling them to be afraid of it. - I really know anything, really. - They were kind of dumb. - We're about the leopards and the trees, you know? - Bro, I'd be fucking worried about a leper. - They were about others though. - Also like, am I, I love them. - Yes, they should be. - No, no, I'm scared, but like, kind of cool. - That's kind of why like some hiking spots freak me out because like, I've seen people like, they'll be like posting like hiking and then they're like taking a selfie and behind them you just see like a bear. - Or like, yeah. - No, bears, bears will charge you. The cougars, they stalk you. - I don't love that. - Every time I go on one of these hiking trips, I always like, please. - Don't let me have an encounter. - Oh, I thought you were saying, please let me have an encounter. - Oh, no, no, no. I saw a deer though, that was nice. - Yeah, I see deer. - I love when deers have that like, those little white, like rings. - Oh, like the spots? - Like the spots almost. - I thought it's so pretty. - I think they're called white tailed deers. - Huh. - That would make sense. - Or white spotted deers? - I mean, like Bambi. - Yeah, like Bambi. - We've got you. - You know what I mean? - But I don't always back to Disney with this guy. - Everything's Disney. - Everything is Disney. - So we can please, for fucking God sakes, get off of aliens. I saw something that is topical and good for the season. - We're gonna get to that right after this round of ads. We have hymns, ladies and gentlemen. hymns, hymns is built on the signs of regrowth. Okay, this is for hair loss. If you are out there and you're experiencing some sort of hair loss, or you know, you wanna regrow your hair a little thicker, or fuller, or something like that, there's no reason to be ashamed. hymns has got your covered. 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I don't care. What about the many ones? Reese's pieces are good. No, no, not the. - They're the same ingredients. No, Reese's pieces is different. Reese's peanut butter cups, they're garbage. What about the little trapezoids? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. That is a better ratio, but the inside is what the problem is. That's so interesting. I just, I like the dust in there. Yeah, it's like a peanut butter dust. I also believe it's pronounced Reese's PCs. I think you made that up. Oh, Reese's PCs, yeah. I think that was like an ET thing. Reese says, "Bee's it." Oh, no. You're just saying it, how did he say it? Did he say it? Yeah, you don't remember that movie? I mean, I don't remember.
- They put down the Reese's Pieces? - Oh, was that what that was? I thought he was picking up like M&M's. - Reese's Pieces, oh, yeah. - I thought he said E.T. phone home. - Did say E.T. phone home, also got drunk, and then the little kid got drunk in school. - Yeah, they put like a wig on them. - Crazy stuff. But yeah, so Reese's Pieces, here are a couple states where Reese's is the most popular. So you have both Oregon and Washington State. - Oh, okay, so West Coast. - Yeah, I guess so. It looks like that's Montana there. - Okay. - Makes sense. - Big Sky. (laughing) - I said makes sense, people are gonna be upset. If that is, I'm learning now that you don't know the state. - Yeah, well, I do, I do. Looks like Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia. - These are all Reese's. - Is it the whole country? - Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no. - There's a lot of them. - Why don't we say who's not Reese's? - Okay, so what do you think? - What's Texas? - That's a great, I was gonna say Texas and Florida share the most popular, like their most popular. - Ooh, put yourself in a conservative candy. - Like a conservative gun, like the Eucharist waffer. - Which low key those were good. - They hand them out on Halloween. - The body of it. - Is it something like an almond joy? - I'll tell you this, it's something I've had, yesterday. - Oh, oh, mm-hmm, oh, so it's twigs. - No. - That could be anything. - I don't know. - Hot dog. (laughing) - What's your favorite Halloween candy, hot dogs? - I actually did have two hot dogs yesterday. - What color is the wrapping? - Good question. - It could be different colors, starbursts, but what's the traditional? - There is no traditional, there are different colors. - Oh, that's why I said starbursts. - Not starbursts. - You're getting closer, no? - You're getting closer now. - I wasn't gonna say, 'cause that's a red bag. - No, I would have said red bag. - Luffy taffy. - No. - But it's something like that? - You guys are as close as you could possibly be. - I'm close with Luffy taffy? - Yeah. - Airhead. - Yes. - Oh! - Yo, honestly. - I'm up to, oh, by the way. Shout out to someone's keeping count. - Shout out to Texas and Florida for that. That's a great, yeah, they need a win. - Airhead, you're on the basement yard. - Airheads are, I think the most underrated candy. - I had an airhead, a blue airhead yesterday. And it was delicious. - He would go for the blue. - Do you do the thing where you keep it in the pack and go? - I do, like it's a cigarette. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You know, I'm just like. - You pack 'em. (laughing) - But yeah, I was surprised. I thought it was gonna be something a little more square. Speaking of square, you have that whole kind of Bible belt of the United States. I like this candy. Not what I would say is a big like Halloween candy, but like the South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, that general area, Louisiana. - Don't tell me, it's like woppers. - No, I do like woppers, but it's not. - Woppers are complete ass. - I've never even heard of this. - You never heard of the candy? - No, what is it? - But I think I've had it before. I think I've had it and I liked it. - What is it, like wax lips? - No, it's called sweet smiles. - What the ever-loving hell is that? - I think it's like a, it's like kind of like a smarty, like close like that. - Oh, I got a lot of dockers offices, I see. - Adentists. Oh. - What is this? - Sweet smiles. - Oh, it's like a brand. - Yeah, it's a brand. - Oh. - Is there a specific on there? - It just said sweet smiles candy. - So like they're like, they're trying to just like, they make everything. - Oh, is it like a Southern brand? - Yeah, this feels like a, oh, I'll tell you this right now. I know your brother likes them. If anyone handed me elephant peanuts, circus peanuts on Halloween, I am egging their house 150 times over. - Yeah, that's pretty bad. - Oh, orange slices, I love those. - I love those. - Those are low-key mad goods. - Okay, give me another state that you're interested in. And that you think I'll be able to, you think I'll be able to like accurately pick on a map. - What about New York? - Okay, does New York share with New Jersey? - No, New Jersey is also a Reese's. - Oh, wow, okay. - New Jersey is a Reese's. - Wow, betrayed by your own people. - I know, it's crazy. - New York is-- - My people are New Yorkers. - Is it Twix? - No. - Is anyone Twix? What's going on? - There is a, trying to see if there is a Twix. - It doesn't look like Twix is anywhere. - This is a national mistake. - I agree, fully. - New York is one that, I don't know if you'll know it. You might, because you're a little more whimsical. - New York sounds like, can low-key like a trash candy. Like, there's so many opinions here. - I guess so. - I wouldn't even know this? - I don't, I don't know if you would know this, but it's called a kinder bueno. - Oh my God, that's so good. - That's a good one. - Yeah, those are great. Those are mad Canadian. Are they? - I think. - I haven't been Canada all the time. - Dude, they're like good, good chocolate. - Yeah, they are. And like, I like how there's like, it's like stuff in it. - What is it? - Oh, it's hazelnut. - But the crispy wafer? - I'll fuck with wafer, bro. That's my guy. - Wafer, I mean, you've always been a wafer guy. - I love waifers. - You've been on the KitKat train for a while. - Can you look up where these are from? Are they Canadian? Because I see them in Canada all the time. - Well, it says Bueno, so I imagine it's Hispanic. - That might be a good guess. - Might be aesthetic. - I thought they were in Europe for a while and then they came over. - It says, made by the Italian confectionery maker? - Italian German. - Oh, oh, it's Italian German. - Oh, when, around when? Because Italy and Germany is a thing together. When, this is an Axis-Bowagian. (laughing) - What the fuck? (laughing) - Yeah, I'm really very careful. The last time they teamed up, that was bad. - Kinder Bueno also for Rhode Island, very surprising. - Okay. - It's a good, it's a good chocolate. - I think at the combo of chocolate and hazelnut is stellar. - Yeah, and you sneak away for in there and you're just doing it to me. - What's Alaska's? - Ooh, that is a great question. - If that's a, and I'm just saying this because there's a polar bear on it, but if it's a peppermint patty, we should sink the whole. - I don't see, as far as I could tell, there are no states that have any peppermint. Thank God. - I could also see it being like a hot tamale. You know you wanna be a little hot? - No, honestly? I'm pretty surprised with this answer. There were a little more upscale. But you got money, I guess, over in Alaska. - For Erochet? - Mm, you're in the right direction. You're in the right, you're ancient, baby. - What's another rich person, candy? - I mean, it's not, just think along those lines right there. I'm thinking gold. - Girard daily. - You're close. - Something chocolate. - You're close. - Fucking lint. - Yes. - Oh. - It just says lint chocolate. - Shout out to Alaska. - Yo, if I, I'm not kidding, I would pray that if I go trick or treating, I got a chocolate truffle or those rich people I give out the full bars. Oh my God, those fucking bastards. - Yeah. - Put your tongue back in. - In. - In your mouth. (laughing) - Not in me. - Oh, how are you thinking that? Well, when you send that, put your tongue back in. - Okay, that's good, I like that. - Yeah, and Hawaii shares it with them as well. So they got good taste over in the 49th and the 50th. - Hell yeah. - There are, there's one state that Joey is gonna be super on board with. What's one of your favorite candies that I've made fun? - You for like, Mike and I. - Yes. And that's going to be Pennsylvania. - No, Pennsylvania's Reese's. - Oh, you're loading up a pea? - No. - Oh, is it like one of the-- - Oh, there's some peas. There's some peas about. - Mississippi? - No. - Oh, that's what I thought. - Oh, actually, there's no peas in the state name, but one of the city, one of the popular cities there has a pea, a couple peas in it. Or a pea. You've changed your answer a hundred times. There's no way I could possibly guess now. - It's Ohio. - That's what I thought. - Michigan, Detroit. Oh, he don't know, forget it. (laughing) - It's in the middle. - I think that's Minnesota. - Minnesota, so it's next to-- - You know what? I don't know what it is. - So Detroit is the one that goes into the lakes. Like kind of, and not Detroit. Michigan, I mean? - It's-- - And then to the left of that. - To the left of that. - I know, it doesn't have the state names on it. - So, which is really tested my geography skills here. - Michigan is the one that goes into the states and the next to that is what's it called. What's the yellow one in the top? - Yeah. - Minnesota. - Yeah, Minnesota. - Okay, all right, all right, all right, all right, I know. - That was it? - That was Minnesota. - Okay, okay. - Minnesota was Mike and I, so which-- - Oh, what's Maine? - Yeah, what's Maine? That's all the way up there. Maine is also Reese's. - I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, what are you gonna do? - What about Vermont? - Vermont. - Reese's. - Wow. - So basically the whole northeast and like that, like, you know, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey area, is all Reese's. - What about Zona? - Arizona. - What's she got over there? - Which one's Arizona? - Over here. - It's next to California. - Yeah, I knew that. (laughing) Minnesota, sorry, Arizona and California have the same favorite Halloween candy. - Is it a good one? - No. - It sucks. - I despise it. - Whoa. - Good and plenty. - No. - Is it something that bad? - Uh, I would say it's that bad because the other version of it? - I like quite a bit. Green apple something. - No. - Does it have nuts? - No. - It doesn't have nuts. - No nuts. - Is it a chocolate base? - No. - It's a sugary base. - Yes. - And it is-- - Oh, they like sucking on things. Lollipop? - No. - Is it dusty? - No. - Is it like a sour kind of vibe? - I'm sure there could be a sour flavor, but I don't think in the name it's sour.
I'm trying to think of what you don't like think of what I do like and I defend it and you're like these are not good Oh some old people shit like a baby Ruth now so I like twizzlers. What's the what's the variant of twizzlers black liquorish? No red vines. Oh red vines dude red vines are Ass yeah, they're so ass dude twizzlers also, but yeah, they're like as close to ass as you could be what about Nevada Right there next to California is I kind of don't hate this one Snickers Okay, little boring for me. Oh little boring. Okay, go and shock there use us. What's the state above New Mexico? Is that called Colorado? Yeah, yeah, uh, this is the only state that has this it doesn't even say what it is But we can assume we know what it is It says Haribo, which is that's bears, baby. That's bears. It's gotta be bears. I got some other stuff That's a good one though. They make some other stuff don't do West Virginia and Virginia have different things. No, they're both Reese's We're about Tennessee Sweet smiles as well Sweet smiles is pretty pop Louisiana. Uh, sweet smiles. Whoa Yeah, South is really I'll give you one more that was like a surprising like a standout What's the state underneath? I think it's Illinois underneath Minnesota? What Iowa? Oh to the right under Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin. Yeah, Illinois. Yes. Sorry They're the there's two states that have this favorite candy. It's Illinois and Connecticut We can is it is a dog shaped not my personal favorite. It is a very popular one though Oh, M&Ms. No, oh, M&Ms are great. I they are. Yeah, I love M&Ms Crunch bar. No, I do love crunch bars though Oh, is it chog? No sugar. Oh Sour patch. Yeah. Oh, you don't love Sarah patch. I'm not a big sour patch guy like sour patch kids I'm not a big I the my favorite version of sour patch or the watermelon's the the sour patch kids when you eat them Do you bite the heads off? Yes, I absolutely do. Yeah, I mean because that's the only way to do it Shut up. You gotta you gotta bite that off the sour patch kids commercials made my brothers afraid of them I used to be kind of like that with gushers because they would like a they had like giant heads and I'm like I shouldn't eat this well Cuz yeah, cuz they take one and then their head would turn into a watermelon There's no way in 2026. You could do that on a commercial. They'd be like no Oh, yeah, it shows off now. Yeah, now you can't do any etched up. You're taking away our freedom to fucking do something I don't know should we bring in you're not gonna get any should we bring in you're not gonna get any there I'll bring in my kids Halloween candy. I'll steal it from there I mean, I will have candy about because children go trick-or-treating in my building. Yeah, I hand out candy Well, it's so depressing honestly Yeah, go on trick-or-treating in an apartment building so yeah, that must be not you gotta be outside and getting cold Bro apparently a story is like known as like the place to go trick-or-treating in New York your block was poppin always Yeah, that shit was crazy, dude like they actually like I've heard they shut it down near me It doesn't really happen much, but like near where you were like it's just more a friendlier like that avenue Well, like you can go down that whole like series of you know that area and like it's like the houses are so close that like You do one block and you've got a full sack. Yeah. Yeah, you sack is filled all the way just absolutely booming and just just a filled sack and also Give these kids pillowcases Yeah, I'm saying. Yeah, don't give me I mean unless it our child you maybe get the little pumpkin thing But if you're getting up there in age, which what's what's the cutoff for trick-or-treating by the way? What do you think? 13 whoa eighth grade. Yeah Did we do it in eighth grade? It's like your last hurrah like six and seventh grade eighth grade's more like I'm gonna I'm gonna do a shaving cream fight. Yeah, yeah, and eggs 12 is like You're getting there like if you're 12 broke it. I think I think your last year is 12 You could stretch it out the 13 if you really want it. Yeah 13 14 no 14 15 16 17 are all like well No, not 17 if you could work legally you shouldn't be trick-or-treating I was gonna say 14 15 16 Halloween is more like Missed it and then 17. It's like go. Let's go share a beer. Can you work legally at 14? I don't know like we were I think 16 I mean, I have no idea but I Worked up. You want me to look up when you could work legally? Oh not child labor you taking that for much too, huh? I think it's 16 But I feel like people had jobs I think it depends on the state 14 of 14 for most non-agricultural jobs. Oh Yeah, can't be heavy machinery. I suppose I can't have a 14 year old out there driving a How do I can't even name the machine that would put the crops? I have no idea. Backhoe Made that up. Yeah, no, I think that is something Well, well there you have it folks. That is our episode for today Hope you enjoyed that Frank. Where can they find you the Frank Alvarez go check out patreon.com slash the basement yard the basement yard all over Socials go check it all out. It's all out there and Amprice go on Instagram and you guys go follow me at Joe Santa got to go follow the show at the basement yard on TikTok and Instagram and that is all see you guys next time
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The speaker reflects on the tradition of slapping microphones, joking that it once damaged their fingers and sounded "so loud" but now sees it as part of their performance charm.
A nostalgic memory of a library show in Vancouver where a mic was given for "beating up" — though they don’t remember actually damaging it, only turning it over.
The term "bodacious" is revived as a playful, bold descriptor for coolness, tricks, or even physical feats like kick flips or skateboarding, inspired by 80s/90s pop culture.
The conversation drifts into skateboarding, with humorous anecdotes about tech decks, mini skate parks, and the physical and mental challenges of mastering tricks.
The speaker jokes about a fictional "finger spot" skate trick performed outdoors, questioning its authenticity while acknowledging its vividness and appeal.
A recurring theme is the love for retro activities like roller blades, mini bikes, and candy — especially Reese’s, which is debated as the top Halloween candy despite being criticized.
The conversation touches on linguistic aversions, such as disliking words like "congeal" and "curtles," while appreciating playful, vivid vocabulary.
The discussion ends with a mix of humor, nostalgia, and light-hearted speculation about aliens, space, and everyday life, underscoring a celebration of shared memory and fun.
Summary:
The conversation is a lively, humorous reflection on nostalgic traditions, pop culture, and everyday quirks. It begins with the speaker’s playful memories of slapping microphones during performances, acknowledging the physical toll and the sound it creates, which they now see as part of their signature style. " A central theme is the revival of the term "bodacious" as a bold, energetic descriptor for coolness, applied to skateboarding tricks, music, and even personal confidence.
The chat explores skateboarding culture, from tech decks to mini skate parks, with humor about the physical and mental challenges of mastering tricks. It also touches on retro hobbies like roller blades and mini bikes, and jokes about the absurdity of a real-life "finger spot" skate trick being performed outdoors. " The tone remains playful and grounded, blending personal anecdotes with cultural references.
The segment concludes with a mix of speculation about aliens, space, and fear of the unknown, ending on a lighthearted note that celebrates curiosity, nostalgia, and the joy of shared experiences. Throughout, the speaker emphasizes the value of simple, fun rituals—like skating, eating candy, or just enjoying a good moment—over grand or mysterious claims, reinforcing a theme of authenticity, humor, and connection.
FAQs
It means something is cool, impressive, or bold — like a great trick or a powerful move — rather than referring to size or a large buttocks.
Yes, they used to slap their mic to improve sound, but they stopped because it hurt their fingers and the sound quality was compromised.
The hosts recall being passionate about skateboarding as kids, including tricks like kick flips and the melon, and they mention their nephew getting into the sport.
A tech deck is a small, handheld skateboard-like device with a handlebar you ride with your fingers. It's significant because it represents a unique, finger-based skill that’s both fun and challenging.
Finger spot is a real person who performs outdoor tech deck tricks and is known for doing them in public spaces, making it a real and notable example of the culture.
The story is presented as fictional, with the hosts jokingly referring to it as a conspiracy or urban legend, not based on verified facts.
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