Ep 305: Adam & Anders Explain Prom To Blake

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This is our town, a podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment and fights back. Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to This Is Important, a production of I Heart Radio, the show where we only talk about what is most obviously very crucially important. Today on This Is Important, I'm gonna be a gentleman tonight. Let me fuck your brains out. I'll see myself out, all right, sorry. Well, of course, you're gonna wanna go home at the end of the night and get a robot blowjob. Let's go. (mimics music) - Yeah, we're back. (mimics music) - Let 'em know. - Oh, dude. - What a week it's been. - Oh, what a week. - What a week? - What a week. - I tell you. - What a week. I did two weekends in a row back to back of just stop, dude. I did bottle rock and then last week I did big slick. I gained 16 pounds. - Ayo. - 16. - I can't stop eating. - I'm so fucking hungry. - That's a lot. - You gotta poop. - Why is my body like that, though? - Well, you probably, man. - What were you, what were you grabbing on? I mean, that's Kansas City. Where do you eat some barbecue? - I only ate barbecue the last night in Kansas City. And dude, this place called Slaps. It was called Slaps Barbecue. And it was fucking great. But they-- - The Slaps Mac. - We talked about it last week, but big slick. It's a huge fundraiser for Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. - Yeah, I gave money. - It's a, that's right I did. And it is a Children's Cancer Research Hospital. So that's very cool. But the last night, like for all the celebrity guests, they got 15 different barbecue spots. - Whoa. - So it was like every name barbecue spot in Kansas City was there. - But you just went and did a taste test. - Wow. - Dude, that's amazing. - And that was, we ate at like 11, 30 at night because that's when everything wrapped up and that's when we, and we'd been drinking from most of the day. And then, you know, that I'm in like in bed. We had to, you know, flight the next morning, but I'm still up till like two, 30, three o'clock in the morning. - The cause of diarrhea. - Dude, I was up all night long. I didn't sleep because my stomach goes, (screaming) wild, but it tasted so good. And this is no shot. I can't believe I called out Slaps and then told that story because Slaps was delicious. - It's not good. - And then there was a lot of other names that I wish. - Arthur Bryant, I've been to Arthur Bryant when I was out there. That place was really awesome. - Arthur Bryant is the classic, the classic old one. But everyone was like, there's some new joints that are on the scene that are doing some big, big things. - I love Kansas City. - Kansas City's a fucking cool town, man. - Yeah, they get a cool town. - They got a good scene over there. - It's in Missouri. - I brought clothes that I fit in on the first day. I was there for three days. - Yeah. - And then I tried to wear the same pants that I wore on the way out there. Couldn't fit in them. - Your boobs are huge. - I'm gonna give it to you. - Couldn't fit in the same pants. - Yeah. - Damn, dude. - Yeah, dude. - I don't understand. - My body does this. - You just grow in the butt. - I don't know why I know this, Adam. You famously do not wear a belt. - Famously. - Why? What's up with that? It's such a-- - I'm famous work. - You can match it with your shoe. - I'm famous. - I feel like a nice belt. It's like a watch. - Doesn't that top button just got a lot riding on it? - For dear, dear life with the bus to button? - Yeah, well, my ass holds up all pants. I've never had a problem with sagging 'cause the ass will hold it there. - Right, right, right, that shell. So Blake, which I don't understand, 'cause you have such a top ass. - Thank you. - But he doesn't bring it over the ass. - He keeps it under. - You gotta pull it up. - He keeps it under? - Yeah, just pull it up. - I like to keep it under the butt chooks. - That's what 50's gonna be for, Adam? - Yes, thank you. - Now, when you sit down on a chair, aren't you like my ass hole? - His underwear, his barrel. - Yeah, the cotton, the cotton. - Like my ass hole is literally just pressed against this chair. - Moments away. - It's just a thin piece of cotton away from the chair that I'm sitting on. - Yeah, it's probably not, not kind. - Which Adam, I would assume you don't have a problem with 'cause you enjoy sitting bare ass on any toilet seat, anywhere around the world. You're in or no, you're in. - My ass hole is not touching on. - Right. - Well, your ass hole isn't touching. My ass hole is. - Blake's ass hole isn't touching it. When you sit down, your ass hole's not huckered up against the plank. - But it's, it is so close. It is so close. - Mine's up in. - I have a wallet that I sit on. So that kind of is like. - Mine is up in. - Blake's, isn't it? Blake's is on the outside. - Mine, when I sit down, I kinda sit with my like, one cheek first, then like, open my butt, then sit down. So it's like, kind of, I sit. - Famously, famously, your famous, you're known for it. - I like to keep it spread up. - Is that why when you get up in the hurry, it goes like this? - Similar. - I don't think the microphone picked that up for Durs, but he did the, he did the pop thing where you put your finger in your mouth and flick your cheek. - Get your 1940s, guess what I just discovered. - Is, is, is fully work still a thing? That's such a cool, that's the coolest job in home. - I think AI has taken that. - Son of a bitch, that's clown. - Really? - I think that's some of the coolest stuff like watching the behind the scenes on it, on how they would make the noises. It's just guys just punchin'. - There's funny comedy sketches about making Foley, right? And they just, you know, like, make fun of people. Todd, I know it's still a thing, but I'm saying, it's gone. - It's gone. - It's gone. - It's gone. - Within six months, no one's gonna get paid to be a Foley artist. - Sure. - What film and television's gonna be is like, most of it is done with AI, with the help of AI. There will be actors, there will still be these things, but like, the Foley artist, he gone, but then it'll be the type of thing where it's like bespoke and it'll be like the hipster version of filmmaking, and they're like, we still use real Foley artists. - Right. You know who's gonna be heading that on? - Not you, dude. You're not gonna. - I know. - I'm headed up. - The person you're suggesting is also not gonna be heading it up. I already know you're coming. - I know. - Kyle? - He headed up. - See you. - Yeah, I'm gonna head it up. - Kyle's the opposite. - No, no. - He's going for it. - Are you kidding me? He's already doing like the gray stage stuff where he's like, I don't want anything. - That's kind of cool too. - Super minimal. - And by the way, this is the hilarious thing about like, we're all dialing things back and jobs are always changing. Obviously, like we do more CGI. - I just know more. - Obviously, famously. Hollywood is always shifting, moving, shaking, going this way. - Famous. - Creating jobs here. Jobs are extinguished over here. - Okay. - Got no words. It's kind of okay. - We got it. - Got this idea. - Can we talk about Blake's asshole again? - But this idea that like some jobs are just gone now and like we have to move on. - Yes. - We're doing something where all the jobs are gonna be gone. - Yeah. - But you're talking about Foley as if no one needs Foley. - No. - Needs, any of anything. - But that's not just our business. That's not just movies and television, that is everything. >> But the way we talk about it, the way we talk about it is like we can free up the budget and it's cheaper and we can do more and we don't need set decoration. We don't need any of it. So anytime you go, we're going to do without that. Just be ready for the set decorators to go, I'm actually going to build the set. It's going to be sick and then I'm going to have AI write a story and put actors inside the set I built. >> Yeah, that's right. You bitch. >> It's science. >> Are you ready for that? >> Let me ask you. >> I'm ready for it. >> Okay. >> What do you mean anything about the fully artist I like, I like fully artist. I think it's tight. >> Good job. >> What will be the very last job on earth, what will be the final job? >> The oldest. >> The oldest profession, baby. >> Yeah. >> That'll go. >> No, there's no way. >> There's going to be sex robots that are all going to live in all of our house. >> Yeah, robots are going to be chorging your ship, brother. >> Stand up comedians think it's going to be a stand up and I'm like, guys, no, you have to stop. >> No. >> You got to get out of your bubble. No one gives a fuck. >> No. >> You think the last job on earth is going to be stand up comedians? >> I have heard many stand up comedians on podcasts be like, well, no one can do what we do. And I'm like, guys, stop. >> Stop. >> No, I think live entertainers will be one of the last because I think people are still the more AI, the more it goes on the road of AI and fake slop, the more you're going to want to pay money to go see someone talented doing their talent. >> Until no one wants to go see it. >> Right. There's nothing. There's nothing like being at a live stage show, a little black box theater in these just. >> Okay. >> I'm telling you, I'll just watch. There's one on my phone, I'll watch. There's one on my eyeball contact lens in place. >> Being there with an audience, it's just, there's nothing like it. >> You guys are fucking thinking so 2026, you tell me that someone in like a lazy boy with their dick sucking robot wants to leave that and go watch live entertainment because it's so electric. They're going to be watching a stand up made by AI on their goggles, getting dome from a giant skunk woman with titties. >> It's a half-carat top, half-symbad. >> I guess when you put it like that. >> I'm just saying. >> I'm just saying. >> Put it like that. >> Yeah. >> I'm just doing. >> Famously. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. >> We host the podcast, Hollywood Handbook, on the Big Money Players Network. >> Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week we talk to someone in show business, aka The Biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. >> Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. >> We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, not that great. >> Can you help me shape this? How about we flip it on his head? >> No. >> How about we flip this around? >> No. >> Okay. >> What is the surprise one, man? Actually, you think as the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird. >> Adam Scott. >> Love. >> This entire time, you've been expecting Adam Sandler to come to visit you. >> I would never let go of that. >> I would never set expectations for something like that. >> If the universe allows for something like that to happen, I am open to it. >> I'm always going to accept, you know. >> Okay. >> Danny McBride. Fine. >> Yeah. >> It's all this fragile masculinity, exuding. I could smell it walking on the hallway to be honest with you. >> Mm-hm. >> I was like, is that what you need? >> That's exactly what you need. >> No, it's fragile masculinity. >> Mm-hm. >> Ben Stiller, no. >> A lot of times out of context, people don't get it, or even know what a circle is, you know what I mean? Like you're like, oh, it's so stupid. >> Everyone's so dumb. >> And fake. >> Right, fake and also not interested, or just like, oh, I've got my life, I don't care about your life. >> And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. >> Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show, and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. >> Okay, stand-ups out, but I think there's got to be some job out there. What will be the last? >> You know what? Under's, I guess I will wear a belt. >> What? >> Why? >> Just to bring it full circle, you know. >> Wait, yeah, that belt, yeah. >> Yeah. >> You know what? I guess I'm going to start wearing a belt. I'm really trying to think of what the last sponsor for my guy, come on. >> Let's get some leather up in. >> And there's those cool belts that have like hidden knives and shit where they're like, you can wear this in an airport and still fucking kill somebody to fight. >> Like a Batman utility belt? >> Oh, yes. >> That's kind of hard. >> I didn't know there's cool belts like that, but I'm assuming. >> I mean, like Weapon Bells is a whole, like, prepper. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> When you're like strolling on some website and then there's just an ad for like Weapon Bells and you're like Weapon Bells. >> I don't think I get to see those, but I don't doubt that they're a real thing. >> Yeah, I can see them being real. >> That seems pretty, but I feel like I would have ran into one at a Renaissance fair and I have not. So. >> Now, you think? >> You just went to a Renaissance fair not too long ago. But are they like, are they pretending that they're fully in the Renaissance? Like how far in the Renaissance are they? >> And. >> Yeah. >> I mean, is it? >> I've rent fair has been co-chellified. >> That's what I'm trying to say. Yeah, is it like, absolutely? It's like, it's the Renaissance, but the beer's cold, right? >> Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, the rent fair. >> Ha, ha, ha. >> There's ice. >> It's the dog, they're deep frying their corn dogs. >> Yeah, there's always been that, but more than ever, it's. >> Adam, you're ruining it, right? >> It's been so hijacked by, well, here we go again, social media and all of that. It's just not pure in the same way. There's like a lot of people that take it like very tongue in cheek. Like there's a ton of Shrek's now and Lord Farquhaw's and all that kind of stuff. And they're just not taking it seriously like it used in me. >> Dude, you have to take it serious. Tell me more about the Shrek stuff here. Why is it just a Shrek crossover and not every other? >> Because Shrek takes place in like medieval times, castles and stuff like that. >> So there's a lot of stuff, are there a lot of like Robinhoods? >> There's some, or like, Chick Robinhoods with the titties out and the arrows going through. >> Wait, I mean. >> Like why, why just Shrek? >> Wait, Chick Robinhoods with the arrows going through the titties, is that what it was? >> Was that your pitch? >> That's kind of a hard, that's kind of a stick, yeah, that's kind of sick, dude. >> Yeah, I would be sick because that's disgusting, objectifying it. >> Yeah, Adam wants them out and no arrows going through. >> Yeah, there's no arrows, they should be out, but no arrows. >> No, no, there's arrows, she's got two quivers and the arrows are pointing to them. >> And the arrows are neon lights, neon light arrows. >> I guess I just want to know, are there really a lot of Shrek's, or did you just see us Shrek and you're saying there's a lot of Shrek's? >> No, there's a lot of Shrek's, like there's packs of Shrek. >> Wow, it's like, because they're ogres and it's like funny. >> Is this because of Adam dressing up like Shrek's? >> It's kind of like, it's just like Shrek is kind of a movement. Shrek has become something more than just a movie. There's like Shrek parties. There are, dude, I'm telling you, there's like, I mean, I was dressed as a Shrek in the Seminole hit film, just said that. The Outlaws. >> Yes, on Netflix. >> Yeah, I was looking on Netflix. >> Adam was looking off beyond her. >> I think the other thing about Shrek is like, you can do like a low budget. Like, you see, most people do it in a low budget form, and it's just kind of like funny. It's like, it's like a nailed it, but you're dressing as Shrek, so it's just-- >> But it's not going to get funnier than when Adam did it. >> That's right, absolutely not. >> In the Seminole hit films, the Outlaws. >> So, do you tell them that? Do you tap them and go, hey, I know what you're doing, not even close. >> Apparently, there's Shrek Raves that they're doing now? >> Yes, man. I'm telling you, Shrek is a fucking thing. >> Dude. >> Okay. I don't know anything anymore. >> Sure. >> Sorry. >> You're out in the cold, man. I don't bring anything. >> The Shrek Rave looks kind of fun, too. People get fucking loose, and imagine, dude, but to your point, people want to go out and about, and they want to get dressed up like Shrek, and they want to go to a rave, and they don't necessarily always want to sit at home having a robot chorg on their ding. >> Holy shit. >> You know, they don't always want that. They want to get out and about with the other Shrek's. >> As long as there's a thirst to be Shrek. >> Cut to 20 years from now. >> When you haven't left the crowd. >> Well, of course, you're going to want to go home at the end of the night and get a robot blowjob, but it's a day. >> Every day? >> It's an awakened gag. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Hello. >> Yeah. >> I'm a time train. >> Are all of these dates different Shrek Raves? Are you guys seeing how many Shrek Raves there are? >> That's right. There's all over the world. >> There's dozens. >> There's dozens. >> Winnipeg, July 3rd. >> Yeah. >> Are they official? Is someone making money? >> Someone's cash-in-in. >> Is DreamWorks cash-in-in on this? >> Ooh. That's a great question. I think it's not sanctioned. I think you can get away with it if it's live. it out October 9th, Oslo, Norway, Volk and Arena, Shrek Rave is coming to Oslo. Well, as long as you say Oslo, Oslo, is that how Oslo? It's Oslo. Oh, so, oh, Blake, you're, oh, so slow. Oh, okay. Oh, so slow. Oh, so slow. Oh, so slow. Okay. Oh, so slow. Very good. Oh, so slow. Oh, so slow. I have. That's side, dude. I went a couple of years ago. It's Oslo, right? A bunch of license places with my name on it. Come last week. I think we talked about that. Son of a bitch. Yeah. Well, there's two Shrek Raves. Back to back nights. That's how big it is out in Oslo. Wow. Why did you skip right past Palmdale and Hollywood on the July 17th, where are you going to be? Should we pull up? At the palladium. The palladium Shrek Rave is about to go off, dude. Wow. So are people. I mean, this is just a, this turns into a fuck fast, right? It's just Shrek's fucking donkey. Yeah. That's what it's all about for Blake. What are you doing? They're fucking all four quads. I think that everything always does for someone. Yeah. Like, you, when you go to a Comic Con, and there's just like a furry walking with Sailor Moon, and then like, you know, Donna telephone the Ninja Turtles, and they're all going home and they, these three are fucking each other's brains out. Yeah. Blood holes. Mush. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. It's the culture. Some weird shit is going down anytime anyone gets dressed up anytime you play saw. Yes. If it's not just regular going out clothes, right? If you're doing anything extra, it's to either fuck someone's brains out or get your brains fucked out. Yeah. If there's any amount of doing any amount of anything extra. Sure. If you're painting your body in any way, does this go for like just people dressing up normally? Yeah. If it's too much. If it's too much. Okay. So we got to have Adam run for president just so someone can be in charge who's like, and I'll decide what's too much if it's too much and the best and the greatest, I think if there's any form of painting, I mean, you're not wrong. You're not wrong. When you see people walking around with the titties out at Comic Con, I'm always like, Yeah. Or the rent there. You're going to break these little guys' brains walk around like this. Yeah. You're going to be fizzled out or just even like my gym is directly across the street from Nobu. Okay. Okay. So it's from the Adam. Okay. I'm not at the Nobu on the cross the street. When you from like the upstairs cardio equipment, it overlooks the valet where you pull up right in front of Nobu, and the amount of like extra flossing people do to just go out. I'm like the only reason to do that is to fuck or get fucked. There's no other reason. Not the brains out. Do we leave the brains out? I think you couldn't clip that Todd. Make sure to clip when I said the brains out earlier and splice it into that. But Nobu is an extremely like is a is a expensive restaurant. Like these are people going there for like anniversaries or that's a nice restaurant. But it's also become kind of like anniversaries. So you're going to want to fuck brains out. Yeah. It's like a fancy cheesecake factory at this point. Yeah. Well, how what's the average price of a dish at Nobu? I'm a Todd. But what is your point? What is your point? It's expensive. Well, you got to dress. You're gonna fuck. So you're more expensive restaurant to not fuck do. That's right. That's what I'm saying. Absolutely right. Yes. Yes. But you can. You can. Because Chloe and I will go sometimes. Yeah. We're not fucking. You know, we will go and we'll just go in like a I'll wear a t-shirt and jeans and show you an actor. Well, you're an actor. You're an actor. Okay. Well, that's elite. That's elite. You're an elite. You're a Hollywood elite. You're an average Joe. Nobu prides itself on being a place that's like kind of slick and sleek and like, you dress up to go there because it's Nobu. Okay. Well, maybe Nobu was a bad example. But I'm just because I see it so often of just like people flaw, like wearing the craziest women wearing the craziest outfits and guys just looking like they are like car salesmen. Right. You know what I mean? Dude, this is all those women have. Yeah. I don't do anything. They dress up to go out or no, just guys looking like their Dallas reigns. Like every guy pulls up looks like he is Dallas reigns. If you don't know who Dallas reigns is, looks like a weather man. Have you seen him lately? Yeah. He looks on fire Los Angeles's weather man Los Angeles, weather man, his name is Dallas reigns. And he's exactly what you think he would look like. Like silver hair that swooped back, you know, with the biggest, fakeest teeth you've ever seen. Always tan as hell. No tan and he's always dressed like he's about to fuck someone's brains out. He looks like a hot ass crib keeper. I just watched him the other day and he's starting to look like a weather to man. He's not looking okay, the roast of Dallas reigns. He's always looked good. But just recently I was like, I don't know, I think the reins need to be passed. Okay. Yes, point. Yeah. Lord, take the reins. I think he is a legend. Yes. I think the time has come. I think we need to see a new Dallas reigns type guy for a new generation. Mm. It's like Lebron. Lebron, you did it. You're a legend. Maybe it's time. Mm. Maybe it's time. Pass the torch or take the reins. I'm not saying it is. I'm saying maybe it's time. 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I won't say friends, but friendly with the Omaha weatherman Jim Flowers. And he always had a flower. What do they call that? A brooch? A boot near. Like you would have when you went to like prom or whatever. When you even got a prom or whatever. Sorry, burped. When you go to prom or whatever, my dad would say whatever. You didn't get invited or whatever. Get invited or whatever. When you go to prom. Usually the guy would invite the girl Blake. On me bro. I see that. You were too scared. So finally the girl was like, Blake, do you just, would you like to go to prom? Thank you for asking me. We're cousins though. I am laughing, but that is what happened. But go ahead. What you were two and you were too nervous to ask the girl. I didn't want to go. I don't want to go. Rebel, sure. I think I just tagged along with a girl who wanted to go. Why? Because your friends were having a mean game of Dungeons and Dragons in someone's basement. Well, for sure. And sure half of my dude true was not in attendance at the prom. Absolutely not. I'm convinced if you didn't want to go. Kyle was, yeah. Kyle was going to go. Kyle was on the court or whatever, wasn't he? Oh yeah. I was on the court dog. Yes. If you didn't want to go to prom or homecoming. That's just because you didn't have anyone that you weren't going to harden your hair. No, no, no. And wear your shiny shirts and try to fuck somebody. Well, for sure. I'm not going because I didn't feel like there was a huge chance of me getting laid off of going to prom. But that's not even when you go. Well, no, I don't. You don't go to fuck your brains that have your brains fucked up. Yeah. That's not really why you go. Then why are you going to prom? I'm not going to. I don't. I don't like those kind of events. It's about sneaking alcohol. You go to dinner. Yes. It's a limo split between 40 people all fucking shoved in there. Someone's got a backpack full of snapple and vodka. And by the way, the girls, the girls are dressed prettier than they've ever been dressed. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. They're covered in glitter. Yeah. It's pretty exciting. It's like we're going to know who. For sure. Yes. There will be the three guys who know how to break dance in your high school. Yes. There will be a circle around them. Right. They will be doing all the moves that they've been doing since sixth grade. Well, now you're losing. Now you're losing. Now you're losing me. You're losing me. They will play black screen. No. See, Blake, this is when you're losing me again. You're losing me again. I know you, Blake. I guarantee you you would, you would, you would like this stuff. I know you do. No. I know you do. You're pretending like you don't because you weren't invited. No. It's not mine. I win. And guys get to dress up. You know, I know Kyle dress like the dude who tried to shoot up the White House the other day. They showed a picture him on the internet. He's in like a black shirt, black tie with like, or black suit, black shirt with like a red tie. Just like full on like 90s California prom outfit. And then, and I see and Kyle wearing that fit hard. Oh, yeah. Yeah, for sure. You, you would get your hair as hard as you possibly can. I liked all that stuff. I liked going to prom and homecoming and, you know, the older you got, the less cool it was. By senior year, like the last dance, you're like, well, we've got to do this again. But it's mostly about just like prom as a freshman though. Yeah. I guess maybe I do have junior prom. Yes. Junior and senior. Oh, we just had prom. Ooh. For everybody for freshman and sophomores as well. No. Just prom for seniors seniors. Oh, there was no junior prom. No junior prom. Oh, the juniors and seniors got to go. Yeah. And by the way, I'm a fucking loser. Yeah. That's right. That's a bitch. That's right. You went to none. My girlfriend, Emma, now wife was a senior. I came back from college. Oh, that's right. And went to prom. Yeah. That is some dude. When the dude was coming back. But it's, whoa. A year? Just one year, right? Yeah. Okay. Well, one year. But I'd seen the world, dude. I'd been all the way to Wisconsin. Yes. But what are you going to do? You're going to just let your girl. Exactly if she has to not go or she's going to what? Go stag. And by the way, it's not like I didn't know a ton of people. Yeah. You know why those people like one grade, one grade is fine. When you're goat, one is like, you've been out of school. Thank you. For more than one year. But healing has. Have you been out of school for several years? Because whenever I walk into a room, I go, they're going to know. I don't think these people know that I went to prom after I came back from college. But they can probably feel it and sense it. They just know that guy. And so you said this Adam. Thank you very much. I think you're fine. I think you're fine. What is so bad about going to prom like stag or whatever? How come you can't just roll up solo dolo? Like nothing. Nothing. You could go. But I will say that. Just go and have fun, Blake. I think once upon a time, I think once upon a time, there is an element of like, can you just link up with a person? Yes. I think that is what it is. Don't like be a bitch and just ask somebody. Just ask somebody. And by the way, if they say no and when they say no, Blake, you can ask someone else. And when they say no, you ask them, okay, yes, someone else is a little sister understood and on to my next target, but and I think it is 2026 here. I bet that's probably changed. I bet going as like a group is probably like the thing, but there is something to going, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to ask this person. We're going to go together. No. We're going to have a time together and it doesn't have to be fucking our brains out, but let's just have a good time. It's not about fucking brain stuff, and of course, and well, and that's kind of it. It could be just the tradition of like, all right, I'm going to, I'm going to be a gentleman tonight. No, but I agree. I definitely see the value in it now, like getting the courage to ask somebody, dressing up like it's good for like getting them a boot near, it's just, it's just another social experiment. That's all it is. So did you not go, Blake? Or you did? I went to both my senior and junior prom. Okay. Those were the grades? Yes, because I'm in a Claire and I went with at least, I don't remember her name. Okay. Forgot her name. That was one of my friend's sisters. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And that's because that friend's mom, like, was just like, just go with Blake and he doesn't go with. I can't really, honestly, I'm like, really racking my brain on how I ended up hitting her as my date, but I don't recall asking her. I think it was forced upon me. And Blake was her name at least because it was like a temporary thing, like at least like you know. Blake, I don't know. Come on. I don't know. Promise one. By the way, you get to prom and all the girls just go hang out with each other anyway. Yeah. And then the dudes are sitting there being like, I'm not drunk anymore. I'm not drunk anymore. This is the worst. Yes. See, you're, you, you, to both of you guys get fucked up to go. Yeah. I was too scared to do that at that point. Yes. We drank before, I wouldn't say we were fucked up, right? But like, yeah, you got, you got a little drunk. You had to get in and the parents were like screaming, like smelling breath has your, like, yes. I remember them making it pretty hard to show up at your wallet. And then, and then if you went in to the bathroom with any amount of group, yeah. Uh-huh. Then, then teachers are like, they're going in, they're, they're looking, but I remember people like hiding, uh, like flasks in their shoes. Yeah. Isn't that the whole, that's the fun of it, right? Yes. It's the cat and mouse. It's the tail is all this time. Yeah. But remember, I remember they're saying like, if they catch you drinking like at the prom, you like won't graduate, like that's it. Yeah. You don't get to walk. I think it's what we had. Yeah. Yeah. Which kind of would be a bummer, right? And I was like bitch. Yeah. I think that would be a bummer for like your parents for years. I think it would be like, who could I like, I'm trying to remember because I saw a video of like now, like the thing is, uh, like AI is saying like kids names, oh yeah. And they're like butchering their names. Oh, that's cool. They're like, do the AI is just like fucking up someone's name, right? It's like, it's like when there used to be the ET ride at Universal Studios and it'd be like, goodbye, bye, like, like it couldn't say your. Yeah, I like sure probably like that. Oh, I guess it's like that. Any of my, any of TI nation who remembers the ET ride. It was amazing. He wouldn't say your name very well at the end. Uh, well, he's ET. I don't think he's had any, any words. Yeah, fucking very well. Yeah. He did, he did on this ride. He would say goodbye to everybody. You'd be good. Bye. I had no, but it was fucking cool, dude. That ride. That is sick. That's just an accent and honestly, a little racist, what you're doing. Offend this towel alien speed offended. Sorry. I know my apologies. Yeah. That's, he's an extra terrestrial, you know, he's an extra. So eight, what's the principle isn't reading names anymore? No, they're not. Yeah, AI is doing it. And so I was just thinking about to like, here we go. To like, when I walked and I'm like, I don't remember really walking, I remember them being worried that I was going to do something. Like, here we go. There's a cause of seeing. Right. And I didn't. Yeah. And I remember, I auditioned to give the speech. I wrote like a really heartfelt very, what I thought was a great speech. That was funny. Uh, and I auditioned for it and it crushed in the room of like the hundred people that are there, um, all the teachers in administration to see who gets to, uh, to give the speech because it's the valedictorian. And then they have one other kid and this guy. And I did not get it because they thought I was going to fuck it up or say something, you know, to get a rise. No, no, no. But, so I was like, I don't even remember walking across the stage. I don't, I remember the party the night before. Yeah, I don't remember, but I don't remember the walk. And I remember shaking, uh, the principal's hand and gone that you didn't think this was going to happen. I'm a dumbass. Is that right? Did you actually? No, no, I don't. Did the principal, I think, I think he might have said it to me. That's you didn't think this was going to happen. Yeah. I, I kind of remember it, but it is interesting that it isn't something like a real solid memory. But like, now kids do fucking wild that shit. Like, they'll do a backflip or they like rock on the fucking teacher. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Like, like, what are you doing? Just fucking dunking on your teacher. They'll do like, I mean, that's pretty sick. And every teacher has to be like, well, okay. See you on the streets. I'm going to kill you. I can beat your ass. Now, you're not my student anymore. Yep. That's right. That's right. Well, there'll be like dudes will like do rock paper scissors with like their mom back home or something like somehow it's being with their mom back home. What is that? No, maybe that's calling. There were so many Shrek's Adam. No, for some reason. Wait, what are they? We're talking about walking during graduation. So what does that have to do with graduation is being is being aired. Like, maybe it's on public access. I don't know. I feel like I've seen this public access. No, YouTube. Yeah. I don't know. I've seen this several times now where people will like get their diploma and then then like throw a rock paper scissors with somebody who's at home watching the graduation. But how do they know who they don't that people are filming it at home? And they're like, Oh, you fucking it's fucking I don't know. I have no idea what you're talking about. And either does our listeners or viewers. I'm sorry. What is that? Isn't it like Billy Madison, where it's like no one understands what you're talking about. Kill yourself. Yeah, it doesn't people are stupider from for listening to you. Yeah, for yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not right. Adam's not saying that. He's just quoting the movie. That's all. Yeah. Absolutely. Just saying that wasn't that in the world. I'll see myself out. I'll see you. You. Yeah. I don't really remember walking this stage either. I think I was pretty damn nervous, though. Why? I don't know why. I don't know. Just was like a big moment. That's probably the biggest moment of your life at that point. Someone was behind Blake on every time it took a step. What was the biggest moment of your life? I feel like that was for me last week's episode. I don't know. I had already done stand up like in comedy clubs at that point. I was I was already like trying to do stuff. Yeah. Adam was selling water beds over the phone. But this is a way bigger. I mean, it's not an audience that you're literally just walking. You mean we don't you're not. I mean, I tried to give this speech. They wouldn't allow it to happen. But like, like walked like this. Yeah, where you did you do a performance at your graduation? They literally call your name. You go up. You grab the diploma. You shake a hand in there. I know. But that's your moment. That's your moment in front of like 2000 people. And you were nervous to you were nervous to walk. That's your moment. Yeah. It's your moment. They call your name. You if you feel like your moment was the year before that. Yeah, you're sweet little baby boy. The fact that you were the fact that you chose a career in entertainment and you were nervous to walk across stage and just take a butterflies in your stomach when you were graduating high school. You had no sort of life. He had fucking yay your master in center. I feel like I am not in the minority here. I feel like everybody. Like that is it? Okay. Yes. I don't think you're in the minority, but you are a professional comedian. Sure. And an actor at time. And you know what? But you were going to have a career in it to have butterflies to walk across the stage and take a diploma. That that to me seems crazy considering the field that you went into. Let me ask you this, Blake, to defend you and not that you need it. Thank you. You need something. Listen, do you consider yourself like an entertainer or like a creator who likes to make stuff as opposed to somebody who's like, I like to do this to entertain people or do you just like to do this to put the thing out? And then if people like it, great. I think it has gone through waves, but at that time in high school, like I was doing the school plays and improv and all that. I was entertaining people. So you, but did you do it to entertain people? Or did you do it because you were like, that felt cool and good to be this other person. And then yes, you know, about and bow, but like, I don't need to bow at the end of the thing. This doesn't do anything for me. I think for sure. In high school, I was doing it to entertain people. And so this was the large audience you had. I think it was just and it wasn't, it wasn't me being funny. It was just like a very like their family had flown in from places like it was just like people were there to see me be. Yes, but yeah. And and I agree that it graduated from high school is a big deal. I guess I, I mean, the whole time for high school, I was like, obviously, I was going to graduate from high school. Like it was never in question. People at my high school go absolutely ape shit. Yeah. Was it because a lot of kids like wouldn't graduate or like basically yeah. Okay. Well, if that's the case, but also people are just proud and they're loud proud and loud. Yeah. Yeah, man. It's I get, I get a college. I would take it to more of a thing because you really, really had to work for it. I feel like my high school, if you weren't graduating, like you really fucked up somewhere along the way. I would say my experience was college was less so because it's kind of like, well, yeah, I went to college. I'm going to graduate. Yeah, I paid for it. And I spoke it was constant. And I had to be like, Hey, I know like some of you guys don't give a fuck about this, but the person next to you might really care. So like, let's give a genuine applaud for everybody who gives a shit today because some of these kids are like, yeah, dude, I went to college. That's what you're supposed to do. You graduate and then you just go work in Chicago or New York and you make money and this is just part of it. Other people are like, this is like a huge step for me and my family and all that kind of thing. It's a real mixed bag. But also, to me, college is a much larger deal. One, it costs a lot of money. And the classes are harder. And you do have to really apply yourself. High school was such a fucking breeze. But the people in college are generally privileged people who've gone to, who've come from families that went to college. Generally, right. You know, that's all. Yes. A lot of people don't go to college. So most of my family, most of my friends going back home, like high school is it. That's it. You're done with your education. You don't you don't want to learn a fucking thing. You don't learn nothing. Unless they listen to pop, then they're learning every week. Peter North. So I don't know. I think that for a lot of people, that is their one moment of glory. I guess in, yes, I, I'm saying, I understand for people, like, I have friends that you, you tell them to tell a story at a dinner table when you're, when there's like eight people out to dinner and they get butterflies in a nervous and can't do it. But for someone who picked a career in an entertainment, who I, I knew you when you were literally, you graduated two months before, is when I met you for the first time. And I'm like, that kid to me didn't seem like the kid that would be nervous to walk on stage and take a change. I think it's just because it was such a foreign environment. I'm like being acknowledged for education. It's like, it's, I'm not going up there. I didn't have like something funny. I was going to do. I was just kind of, right, even though I, yeah, be insincere, the sincerity of it. 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(upbeat music) - Okay guys, what would be your like, where would you never ever wanna like speak? Or like, would you wanna like, if someone's like, hey Blake, you're an actor, you've been doing this forever. Will you come speak at like, where'd you go, Clayton Valley? - Mm-hmm. - Will you speak in front of Clayton Valley's like, drama class? Like would that be a nightmare for you? Or something you're just like, I don't wanna tell these kids how to do it. I don't know like, if my journey is the one or what? - Here's the thing, I think like a theater class, a little drama. - And be funny, be funny. - A drama class? - Yeah, I could do that all day. But if they were like, hey, come to the auditorium and like speak in front of the whole school about like, life after, life after high school. - But then I mean like-- - We did do that. - What do you mean? - We gave the commencement speech at Orange Coast Community College. - Yeah, we did, we did. - We literally did that. And Ders did that at Wisconsin. We've done what you're currently saying you wouldn't do. - I guess I kind of, I guess I was kind of black out. (laughing) - This is interesting. - Now this is important. - No, that was really, that was fun. I'm proud that I mustered up the courage to do that. And it was fun. And I think I did okay, but yeah, I don't know. - It was also nice. I think Ders has done very good 'cause you've done it what twice now? - I did Wisconsin. I did my high school at ETS. - Yeah, so you've done it twice and I thought you did a great job. I think for Blake and myself, it was nice to have each other there. Like I've done a ton of stand up, but you're right, the sincerity of it. I'm not comfortable doing. - Yeah, you know, and just to have you, so then we could kind of make fun of each other a little bit in certain moments. - I don't know what's weird. - Blake's like, I don't remember making fun of you. - Yeah, I was pretty sincere to work with. But I think also you see me and you walk out to do the speech, they're like, oh, this is gonna be dumb and fun, you know, whatever. When maybe when you see Anders come out, it's a little more mysterious. - Do this again, please. - He put his hands together in. - Intelligent, maybe he's gonna say something that might really resonate. - No, I just told them not to do cocaine. - Well, that's huge, that's a good advice. - That was sincere. I was like, don't do it, just don't do it. - And if you already have, knock it off. - Yeah, knock it off. - I just chuck energy. - The joke was that I see some of you guys nodding that you already have parents I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the kids. So it was a, don't do cocaine kids and also your parents have done cocaine. So it was kind of a fun little twist. - No, but. - Oh, your speech sounds cool. - Fuck, I gotta rewatch it. I don't remember this cocaine runner. - You know, I was a little shocked. 'Cause they read it and he was like the cocaine bit and I was like, thank you. And he's like, and the white rappers, we still got him. - Who read it? - The principal. - The Dean of Students was like, we got all these white rappers, light him up and I was like, I'm on it. - I can't watch this speech. It's about cocaine and white rappers. - On YouTube somewhere. - That's gonna be cool, dude. - Dang, I feel like me and Adam traditions. - Traditions like unlike any other. - I think Adam and I, we covered kind of similar territory. - White rappers and cocaine? - Yeah, yeah, no pirates. - We wrapped and did cocaine on stage and he's like, this is cool, dude. - And they're like, this checks out. This is the graduating class of 2018 or whatever. - Go wave. - Is it, do they say go wave or something? I think it's like, I don't know. - I gotta go back. - Go pirates, dude. - All I remember about the graduation for these kids was that, and I feel like I've come. over this, but like, when they were like, who had a 3.5 GPA? Almost everybody stood up, and then they were like, who had a 4.0? More people stood up. And then when it was like, who had a 4.5, as many people as had a 3.5 stood up. And I was just like, what the fuck is happening? - I'm very curious if it's just like, 'cause I've noticed like with, you know, L.A. school district, like, fucking school is hell easy now. - Go off, Brad. - Teachers, you're not gonna give a fuck if you do your shit or not. - Well, it used to be our grading, I remember to get an A, it was 93% and over. That was an A. - 93, is that what you said, 93? - 93% to 100. Now it's like 90 to 100. So you have an extra 3% to fuck around there. - You're in there. - I could use that. - I could use another 4 inch in all facets of life. - You need another 4 inches. - Yeah, and I do think they like have, not that I didn't have teachers be like, yo, during lunch, come to this study session so we can fucking help you. But I think like that stuff's a whole nother level now where it's like, they got you. If you're slipping, you can redo that assignment and turn it back in like, they must. - That's crazy. - Yeah, I'm tripping. Like, I'm like, they're not even reading books anymore. It's like, I'm like, what book are you reading? It's like, we're not. It's like, what the fuck dude? - And who are you asking all these Shreks? - I don't even think my eldest has written a book report yet. Sixth grade, no book report. - Really? - Not one that's like three pages long or whatever. I remember writing it like long-ass book report, 10 pages, all this shit. They're not making kids do that anymore. - Well, this is where it gets tricky because we're like, they're not learning and then what parents are doing. And I know people from my high school that are fucking idiots. Just bonafide boneheads, like total morons. - Not us. - I'm not a smart person. - I would not say, I'm totally a dumbass. - It's not so dumb. - I was infinitely more intelligent than a lot of these people. - Right. That's cool. - They're homeschooling their children now. - You're stupid. - And they're online talking about how they're not learning anything in school. So I took the bull by the horns and we're teaching them at home the way they should be taught. - No, no, no, no, no, don't, oh god, let go of the bull. - A huge part of school is being around other kids. Like you're learning outside of the curriculum. - Okay, and I want to take it back. I know Noah Check is homeschooling his children. So this is not about him. This is not about him. - They're fine. - No, it also depends at what age you're homeschooling. Like at some point you gotta let your kids get out into the world and be a month's other kids. 'Cause they're gonna teach you how to act. Your peers will. All my friends were smarter than me. So they want a homeschool fine. But I know I should never homeschool. - No, you should. - And how do other people who have my intelligence level, how do they not know? What is the like differentiator there where you're like, I'm gonna do it. - Well, I actually was just talking, someone said something. It was when I was big slick and I was drinking at the time so I don't quite remember who said it. - Fucking thing sucked. - But they were saying something about how smart you were. And I'm like, who? - No, no, no. Yeah, that's what I'm trying to remember now. Maybe it's one of the impressive. - They're talking about you. They're asking how smart you are. - How smart you are. - You are asking about honors. - Yeah, they, I don't know. Well, I was saying about how dumb the three of us are. They're like, what? It seems pretty smart. And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. - Wow. - He's an idiot. - They didn't come to my defense. - No, they did not. They were like, yeah. - Again, again, Adam was drinking. - Who the fuck was this? - I think it was one of the impractical jokers. And they were like, he is so loud with those guys. - Yeah, they're like, he's a really smart guy. And I'm like, he is very dumb, but also very smart. But he has to learn you, talking about you honors. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You have to learn in the way that you learn. - Absolutely, right. - So if a teacher is trying to explain something, you can't get on their page. - No, right. - They have to get on your page and teach the way that you will, which I'm sure was impossible as a teacher to try to teach you anything. Because it's not exactly how you can learn it. Then you won't learn it that way. - That's true. - But you are a very smart person. But I'm like, what are they basing this off of? That's my favorite thing is that I'm like, they're like, a smart guy. - I don't, I don't know what? - I think you put on heirs. I think you put on some heirs. - I think it's the, I think it's monsters of monarch. You play like a scientist. - Cryptos of all just. - Yeah, it has to be monarch. - They must be hooked. - Yeah, that's what it is. - It has to be, which is weird. - I feel like you, and I think I said this to them, and I'm like, it's the polos. It's the fact when we were younger, and we were wearing like t-shirts and jeans and looked like some dumpy 20 year olds. You were wearing like khakis and polos and looked like you belonged to a country club, which just makes you seem smarter, even though obviously there's idiots who belong to country clubs. - Yes, yes. - I also think that the backdrop is always me and Adam. - So who are, you are being put in front of us, and we are like a cool like, that's right. - That's right. - We covered this. - We lift you up right there. - I think it was Isaac. When Isaac first started representing us, and he'd be like, "Hey, I need you to get the guys." And I'm like, "What?" And he's like, "Well, you know, you're like the responsible." And I'm like, "I don't know if you've met us." - C'mon, C'mon, C'mon. - Together, and like, you understand the inner workings. It's a miracle that anything gets done. - Yeah. - Like, we all have to be like, yes, Wednesday, for sure. Wednesday, we're going to get together, and it still might not even happen. - Well, that's why Comedy Central was genius in giving us Kevinette, and it was smart to have that. 'Cause imagine if we were just raising each other, we would be a little Lord of the Flies, man. - Great movie. - I watched the show. - Great, watch the new show, didn't love it. - Is it a show? - Yeah, it's a show, Lord of the Flies. - It's a few episodes. I think it's four or six episodes, something like that. - I could see that being pretty cool, then. Apparently, it was the guy that did Adolescence. - What is his name, please look that up. They actor who wrote and directed Adolescence, that Netflix show that was very intense and very cool. - Not that dark, but this was his new project, right? - Yeah, I don't know. I just watched it 'cause I liked the OG Lord of the Flies movie. I used to watch that shit all the time. - I don't remember that, actually. I only read the book. I don't recall the film. - Yeah, it was cool. - I don't remember the book. - I didn't, famously, I don't read. - You didn't read Lord of the Flies? - I mean, we had to, but I didn't, like, - The book was published. - Sure. - Yeah, I know, but that book was actually kind of sick. - I know, I just, too many words. - Yeah, I think that's the difference between Dursan myself when it came to schooling is, I just did, I think Dursan is probably smarter than me, but in his specific way that he has to learn and do the things, but I would just do the things. They're like, hey, you gotta do this homework. - That's all school is. - And then I was like, I'm kind of, and then I just did the homework and then I was able to get good grades. And then you just kind of know the stuff on the test because you did the homework. - Yes. - And you're like, it's school's easy. If you just do it, it's just annoying. - You just have to turn in the work. You turn in the work, you get it. - Did I tell you guys this? - What's up? - Maybe I told you guys that I got a neighbor who went to Harvard and he went to Stanford. She went to Harvard, he went to Stanford to bright people. And I was explaining how like, you know, I just had to remind my oldest kid how we make money. - Yeah, no, they're like, they're like, I was explaining the podcast and how we make money. How we're neighbors. But so like my, my oldest kid's very bright and he's fine, but also like, can space out about stuff. People do like three assignments and be like, I forgot to turn them in and like, well, you've done them and you've done them well, just. - Yeah, and that's shit in bro. - Turn them in, the responsibility part is just doing that. And I was like, you know, I just had a little talk with them about how it's like, look man, if you listen in class, then you can do the homework. And if you do the homework, that's probably going to be what's on the test so you'll be able to do well on the test. - Right. - They're all connected. And they looked at me like I was insane. And they were like, why'd you even think you had to tell them that? And I go, well, when I was a kid, I didn't think about that. I just wouldn't listen in class. And then I'd get the homework and I'd be like, well, I don't know how to do that because I didn't listen. And then I'd get to the test and I'd go, this might as well be Japanese. I'm like, I don't even know like what these equations are. - No, I knew that. - I bet you were so difficult in it. - Dude, I mean, I was difficult because I just had- - I had to feel about it, except for a couple teachers who were kind of annoying wanted to help me out. I was like, yeah. - You took a stance and you didn't get asked though. Like failing high school. is legit fucking hard. - I probably got four Fs in high school. - You gotta try to fail that shit. That's like, make it pretty hard. - No, I just didn't do anything. - And I was busy. I was swimming, I was busy. I was like, this is gonna be, this is my thing. I got this, this is getting me into construction. - I'm a professional swimmer, and I'm gonna be a millionaire, so I don't need to learn business. I don't need to learn that. - You weren't getting in trouble at home, like, yeah, your parents don't want to do it. - What the fuck are you doing, bro? Why would you get an F? That's unacceptable. - Were your parents getting good grades? - I'm sorry, were your brothers getting good grades? - Yeah, my older brother was very smart. My middle brother worked harder. Wasn't like, as I think, just like, didn't test as well, I think, right? But did all the work and had good grades. And then I was just like, a loss cost. But like, yeah, my parents, I was grounded. - My entire senior year, I was just grounded. - They were just trying to keep me off the streets. - And grounded meant you had to stay in your room, or what? - No, it just couldn't go out on the weekends, 'cause they were like, if you gotta get above, they were like, you need all A's and B's to be ungrounded. And I was like, whoa, okay. What do we even talk about? - I guess I live here now. And this was before the internet, right? So like, what were you even doing? - I was just watching movies. - Writing movies, or watching movies, and being like, all right, well, here we go. But no, dude, it was like, I would finally get like, a good report back from teachers that I could like, show them and be like, look, I'm on the right track. And they're like, all right, you can go out. I'd be out to like, three or four in the morning. And they go, oh my god. - You can't be out till four in the morning. - Okay, let's go. - And I'd be like, well, I haven't been out in six weeks. I'm catching up. - So when you went out in high school-- - Four in the morning. - Was it, were you guys going to Chicago? Because Blake and I lived very similar. - I mean, besides that, I mean, we live very similar like suburban and high school experiences. When I went to Clayton Valley, or Concord, when I went to Concord for the first time, and they Blake kept telling me he lives in the Bay Area and Oakland, basically it's Oakland. And then I got there and it was exactly like my hometown. - Yeah, it's a suburb. - And I'm like, this is just a suburb. - Yeah. - I mean, there's, I mean, there's a P.F. Changs, there's a panic spread, there's a suburb. - Wait a minute, we don't have a P.F. Changs, bro. - Whatever, you know, fast food, like just dump fast food, restaurants on every, were you going to Chicago? Like, were you going out downtown Chicago? - So on the north side, you're kind of far from downtown, but you would go out in what's Rodgers Park is like the first neighborhood. And you would go to like the DePaul bars, which are like, DePaul's like the Blue Damans. - So you were going to bars in high school? - Yes, so cool. - Like later in high school. By the time you got like a decent ID, right? And definitely in college before you were a 21. - I didn't. - Because I had a fake ID. - It was like a dry, we lived in like a dry town. There was like one bar. - Evan stands in high school. - Famously, is it a dry town? - No belt, dry town. - Literally, it is famously. - That's crazy. - Yeah, I was not, I mean, even when I was like 22 and 3 and would go to a bar, they're like bullshit, take a fucking walk, child. And I'm like, I really am. - I really am, I'm 22 years old. - I just thought it was a tie. - By the way, not to like, but this was not every weekend. This was like, we would go sometimes, right? - Yeah. - Usually it was just like someone's house. - Right, yeah. - That's when we were drinking in like just driveways or garages. - On a golf course, you know? - You were like, no one can hear you like. - It was like a public golf course. It kind of wove through town. - We drink in the park. - Yeah. - We had a beach. You could just drink at the beach. - It was a lot of drinking in like out of the back of someone's trunk at Taco Bell. - Yeah, Taco Bell parking lot is just a meat out. - Taco Bell parking lot was a main hub of activity. - Play Valley Bowl. - And now you drive past like a Taco Bell parking lot and it just looks like a business park. - Go on. - It just looks like a business center. Like the Taco Bell, I'm like, this doesn't. - They're on the Wi-Fi, what are we saying? - They're beautiful. - It's like, it doesn't seem like a place teenagers are like, are going to like get their Baja Blasts and their cinnamon twists. - Well, they're not out anymore. - Nah, man. - They're at home giving a dick suck, by a fucking skunk robot. - My robots. (laughing) - Morgan, any takebacks, any apologies, any epic slams? - I'd like to apologize to everybody for taking that walk, the ET ride, very specific, but anybody who did go on the ET route. - Totally fine, Blake. - It's fine. - To apologize for that? - Well, you ought to apologize for that, buddy. - I feel like you're racist, it's fine. It finally came out. - Yeah. - It finally came out. - You think aliens are a less than human? - Yep. - No, man, ET, come on, you know. And now, what should ET know perfect English? - Oh, fuck. (laughing) - When I said earlier, when I said earlier, the people on your dick suck by, they're definitely, this is what's happened. - Oh, bitch. (laughing) - And he has that chain on his neck and then you gave him a good, okay. - Yeah, what is that chain? Is that like a lady's necklace or what is that? - I think I got this at like Claire's a long time ago. - Is it the keys of an old tie brighter? - And that's who you took to prom? - Claire? (laughing) - Believe. - Wow, bro. - Give it to 'em. - Yes, please. - Yes, please. - Dursing, take backs, apologies, epic slamming. - Hey, let me just apologize. All those teachers who tried and failed. It's not you, it's me, but at the same time, I don't think you understood how it's gonna be a pro swim. (laughing) - Yep. - So he didn't know. - No, no, no. - Give it, give it, give me a break. Hey, shout out to the Evanston ETHS boys track team. - State champion, set some records. - Oh wow, track's up and down track stars, track stars. - Hey, this is for them. - Yes, points! - Points to them. - Points to the track team. - I think I stood there fast, brother. - By everything that I said this pod. - Okay. - And I apologize for maybe going in a little too hard on Blake. - Yeah, thanks. - No. - But this is what we gotta do. - We gotta apologize with the big butt set. We gotta push the envelope, you know? - If he says there's a bunch of shrecks, I wanna know how many? - Hey, and by the way, should we hit up the palladium shrek style? Should we go to it with the shrek rave? - Live from the shrek rave? - I'm not interested. - Yeah, maybe not. - But I kind of doubt it. - And you'll be into this. - I can't remember what day it is, but maybe Todd can pull it up. It's in a while. - Weird out. - Weird out is playing, I think Honda Center. - Okay. - Oh, come on down. - I've seen weird out like three times. - It's always a great show. So if Honda Center's, that's some people. That's wild. - Oh yeah. - And my kids are fully into Weird out right now. They're on a fucking run. - Hey, come on down. You guys can stay at the crib. - Now come on down. - Let's make a whole weekend of it. - Let's do this. - Let's do it. Weird out is the best gateway into music. It's like, I just love Weird out. He says so. - Dude, that's where, let's get weird out. Start it. - Exactly. - We started chanting, let's get weird at a Weird out concert at the Orange County Fair. - Yes, the Poodle Hat Tour. And we got the whole crowd to chant, let's get weird. And then a few years later, when we sold the show, we brought that into the writer's room and in a way we go. - Dude, he's been doing this for fucking, almost 40 years. He's the best. - And he's selling out, I assume he'll sell out Honda Center. That's the first, another level. Who else is doing this? - I mean, probably like Billy Island. - Yeah, like a ton of pop stars and rocks. - Billy, Ilysh has been doing it for 10 years. - Oh, okay, yeah. - You guys are under, you guys are unreal. What are you doing right now? 40 years later, - You're saying people who are still doing this. - I mean, there's a lot of rock stars that are selling out. - You too. - Green day. - You guys are naming the 0.1%. - Yes, I understand what you're trying to say like. - Green day and are the rolling stones and beetles of our era. - You're right, you're right. - Weird out. - Weird out. - Weird out is doing it. - It's a parody. - Also just like comedy. - He's a parody artist. It's crazy. - Yeah, it's nuts. - It's fucking awesome. - It's wild. - And there's a reason because he's great and he's dialed in and he genuinely is a great guy. You know, weirdly it's him and Ric Flair that send me gifts and notes and cards for my birthday every year. - Those two guys. - Yeah, I think I've told you guys this before. - We gotta get him together. It's very strange, but I'll get like a personalized video from Weird Al. - Wow. - Just sending it to me, like texting it to me because I have his number and I have his number, I know him. It's not like a cameo and Ric Flair will like send me, like he sent me shoes one year, Ric Flair shoes. He's said, yeah, I don't understand it. I'm like, this is a cool. - That's a huge flex. - This is the coolest one to punch of my childhood. - That's really shit. - Yeah, well shout out to Weird Al. - No, it's not their episode of. - Shout out. - Not flowers. - No flowers. - No flowers. - No flowers. - It is a shout out. - Weird Al, he's the best. 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