The McElroy brothers deliver a comedic, self-aware podcast that blends satire, personal anecdotes, and absurd debates. They openly mock their own lack of expertise, poking fun at the idea of being "sexperts" or authorities, while discussing topics like moon landing conspiracies, the dangers of groupthink, and the social stigma around holding unconventional beliefs. The episode features a humorous take on impersonation, especially of John Cougar Mellon, and a satirical exploration of how people now avoid bad ideas due to fear of consequences. A major segment focuses on Buffalo Wild Wings’ marketing, including a fictional love song with T-Pain and a fictional "Hank" character, which is both mocked and celebrated for its over-the-top energy. The brothers also share personal updates, such as Griffin recovering from surgery and returning to gaming, while advocating for tolerance of differing opinions. The show ends with a lighthearted call to action, promoting audience engagement through YouTube streams, social media, and charitable donations to causes like Harmony Houses and the Immigrant Law Center. The tone remains playful, irreverent, and rooted in brotherly banter, emphasizing humor over serious debate.
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What's up, Travis Nation, it's me, your middle is brother, Travis, big dog, wolf, wolf, room for him, the heater, cupid, McElroy. Everybody's kissing on their dates, going to the hot dog restaurant to kiss my girl. John Mellon count? So hi everybody, I'm Griffin McElroy. The youngest brother and also John Mellon count, sorry, do you guys want to do a bit where I'm John Mellon count? I don't know, I'm super good. Have you always been John Mellon count? No, I've never seen you and John Mellon count in the same room at the same time. Yeah, I don't know much about him except the middle name thing. So if you guys want me to be him for a bit, I can try, like for a bit, I can try, but I don't think I would do a very good job of it. Well let's try. John, what kind of stuff does through your head when you're writing a song about America? I can't fucking do it, okay, I can't fucking do it. Hey, John, Mr. Mellon, what's your, what is Griffin getting up to? Well, well, Justin, I can't fucking do it guys. I don't know how to fuck. You can't even talk about yourself as, okay, no, because like what's he sound, what do you do? What's he sound like? Okay, I know he had Cougar, but I don't want to do a joke about that. In your head, when you go to do an impression like that. What I see is, and this is true, I see the person who I'm doing impression of, see it in an uncomfortable stool in front of me staring at me blank face like, well, what have you got? What do I sound like? In that instance. I feel a little bit more like it was my birthday, and I had been anticipating that my friends and loved ones were going to throw me a surprise party. When I got home and then I opened the door to my front house, it took my front door to my house, and then there's no one there. And that's what it feels like when I try to do an impression like John Cougar, Mellon Camper, I don't know him. I don't know anything about the guy. Yeah. I don't know either. I think he prefers John Mellon Camper. I don't think he does the Cougar thing anymore. I don't know. I think that's again the only thing. It's an implied Cougar after the Mellon Camper, I think at this point. I think he kicks out. It's a silent Cougar in the middle. It's a silent Cougar. All Cougars are silent. I don't think it's particularly funny, because again, it's like a thing, like he did this in like 1997, but I do want to say like now it's 2026. It kicks out that you can just put the name of like a big mountain cat. I've been doing it. I put a big dog right in the middle of my name and no one said shit. Yeah, just toss him in. Toss it in there. I feel like with our audience, eventually, if someone hasn't done something in 20 years, we should stop talking about them. Absolutely. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah, it's like, it's nothing personal against Mr. Mellon Camper. I know he has his fans, but I just feel like we're not one of those points, right? The Mellon ballers. Right. They should be about bad money. Superbowl commercial with John Cougar, Mellon Camper is like, and we're bringing back the Cougar. And maybe it's for Cougar Town reboot that is the come into ABC's. Was Cougar Town the name of the real show or was that the parody that Cougar Town was the real show? Hey, Griffin, those were the same thing. They talked about the real show Cougar Town on the community. Okay, I get it. I get it. Again, it's all gets mixed up in there, empty surprise party. I, I love you, guys, I just wanted to say, I love you, guys. They were recording this the day before Valentine's Day and happy Valentine's Day. Oh, well, I don't feel that kind of love for you guys at all. I have so much love for you guys. Obviously, I built my entire, I built my life around you guys. There's a huge amount of love there, but not this kind. I don't think it has to be romantic love to say I love you to my brothers. I, well, but you tied it to Valentine's Day, which is the, which is the romance holiday. I would get Valentine's presents for my kids. It's like when people wish me Merry Christmas on Christmas, it's like, yeah, obviously, why aren't you saying this shit in April? Well, no one says Merry Christmas anymore. You know what I mean? You guys notice that? Just, just, just spin me a yarn because it feels like you're ready. You've got the yarn sort of tangled up in your hands and you're ready to present it. Like a, like a kiddie cat. What are you talking about? Oh, it felt like you were about to launch into a story and then we started talking about this. What is it that you people, what is it that people keep doing with me? You know, it's very confusing. Oh, here we go. Here we go. You're doing this. People have been doing this with me the whole time. Why is everybody trying to guess? Why is nobody just ask? You know, Sydney was talking about going to the store earlier and I was like, yeah, it sounds good. And she's like, well, you're not going because I have my arm thing. And it's like, why don't you ask? See if I want to go to the store, you know, and then you're like, time out this yarn you got spinning. I don't make, I don't do that to you. I don't say, do your best show in Google Mail game impression. You did explicitly fucking say that. You completely and you completely said almost those exact words and not seek as a result. There's been light memory loss as a result of some of the painkillers that we're used. There's been light memory loss and mood swings. I cannot be held accountable. Wait, do people know what you're talking about? You can't just talk about the arms. This is not a big deal. I had a carpal tunnel surgery. It's a mild carpal tunnel release and a cubal tunnel release. I had a surgery on my arm and my elbow so that my body would work the way it did before to open up all the tunnels. What? To open up your tunnels. To wipe them out. My tunnels are open. Honestly, I haven't been able to game. I haven't been able to game in the way that I need to. If I game for more than 10 minutes, my hands fall asleep. Yeah. You used to do 48 hour sessions. I used to really. I used to poop sock through fallout. I used to be the master chiefs number one bull guy. Yeah. Yeah. But not anymore. And now I'm rebuilding like a lot of the great E-affleets. I hit the showers. I'm taking some time to recuperate physically. Yeah. And then I'm going to be back out there. Like working in the air. Currently healing. I'm excited for you. I'm happy you've had this done and I hope you have a quick healing and great results. What a normal thing to say. Thank you, Griffin. I am a bit grateful that maybe this will spread out some of the comments that I largely get in our social media posts and video contributions to culture where, you know, for juice, it's always like someone giving me my big, big bro's looking like a snack, yum yum. And Travis is like another great bit because I appreciate it by his brothers. Yeah. Mine are like, doesn't he look so tired? Look at his old gray hair. If he has old gray hair, that must mean that I am also becoming older. So maybe we can, I got, I just have heard from some people that we should spread those around. So Justin reminds people of their sensuality. I remind people of their humanity and you remind people of their mortality is what you're saying. Exactly. And I'm hoping again, we can do a more even there should be a there should be a cycling. There should be a cycle. That's a lot of stuff like of the roles. Let's, let's help somebody. I've recently gotten to know it in their dad in my neighborhood because our children play together outside while our children play, we stand in our driveways and just be asked about random topics. Recently, we got on the topic of aliens, cryptids, and conspiracy theories. And while on this topic, he let me know he isn't fully convinced we walked on the moon. And there's a lot of interesting points suggesting it's all fake brothers. How do I convince this guy, the moon landing definitely happened without him realizing I'm trying to educate him on one of mankind's greatest accomplishments. And that's from Neil to get a load of this guy in Austin. Austin fills in a lot of blanks for me that I do feel like maybe the per capita moon landing denier rate is slightly slightly higher there. Well, what are these good points? I want to know like what kind of interesting points. Yeah. Well, I want to hear the evidence. I want to hear what this guy has to say. The flag wave and I've never heard of moon wind. Have you Travis? And there's no explanation. Oh, fuck. Yeah. So there's no explanation for why the flag could be up because there simply is no moon. Let's put it. Let's put some parameters. Okay. We definitely walked in the moon. The moon's landing was really good. I mean, we did. There's no question about that from the three of us. Right? Yeah. Definitely walked in the moon. I will say. No, see, I do want to get this. I will say. Let me get these guardrails in place. Sure. Go ahead and get the guy to walk to the moon. There's no question about that from no question for sure. I mean, that's assuming the moon's even real. Well, okay, that's obviously that's very that's very silly. And I appreciate you really have you seen Truman show where ad Harris is up in the moon and he's watching Truman. Oh, and what movie was ad Harris also in Apollo 13? The closer all they're driven. Yeah, no, you got a good point Westworld. Westworld. Thank you. What a storied career that Truman show. Truman the truth of the moon. True moon. Real ad Harris up watching us jerking it always. Yeah, pervert. That's the demonic device I used to remember. We absolutely landed on the moon. I when I go to the air and space museum here in Washington, DC, a tear comes to my eye every time I even think about the moon. It's a little weird we haven't gone back in like 50 fucking years. Nothing like change there though. Like if I went to a movie theater and saw a movie in 50 years, the movie theater was showing the same movie. I'm not like a dying to go. Folks, you don't have to hit. I know the reason. I know there's reasons why, but it's a little suspect. Don't you 50 years. Don't you think someone would have accidentally landed on the moon at some point? I think it, the only thing that I think is weird is that especially now all the other countries just kind of trusted us to say what's up there. I would want to go up there myself. Not to say you didn't, but I want my own butchers up there. Look around for rocks. Maybe get one huge rock that I'll name after myself. Do you know what the moon smells like? Well, there's no air, but we have brought the moon back to earth and it's probably huffed it good. Like you know, there was probably a lot of experiments. Oh yeah, what is, what is moon smell like? They're probably like, let's see if we can get fucked up. This is getting so long to Google because I only have one hand. So be patient. Here's my thing, even if I didn't know any of the science or history about the moon landing. Yeah. I could tell you it's real because it's been like 50 years. And that would be an exhausting conspiracy to have to keep denying and explaining 50 years, especially if you passed it like to different, like generations of people, like now it's your job to keep lying about this thing we did. Please don't tell anyone. It's accurate, like ashes in a fireplace. Whoa, that's cool. I wouldn't think that because I haven't think the moon is cold. And so I wouldn't think fireplace, but I love that smell. That's awesome. Yeah, it's cool. It'd be cool to have a piece of the moon, I think. Well, yeah, a glowing piece of that round of a rock. No, I think like it's obviously probably not ethical because it's like you're not supposed to pick up rocks in nature and bring them home. Yeah, the moon is like the most natural thing that there is because like only two dudes have been on it. I think the moon landing is real because of how mad buzz all drink gets when you say it is not. Yeah. I don't think that anger could come from such a pure place if he knew it was all soundstage, no moon wind, funny, baloney, bullshit. He really have the guts. He beats ass, he's beat it, he's beat it ass before. And I don't know if he's alive or not alive. Drew, can you Google that for me real quick, Buzz Aldrin alive or not? Yeah. But he gets so mad and he's like, it's asking these next to each other a big help because I don't have to go. And he's old enough now that everyone was like, oh, he'd be like, yeah, fuck it. Whatever. Yeah, who cares? Sure. Who gives a shit, man? We were in Pasadena. The moon of the earth. California is alive right now, 1930, until question mark. Ooh, just like a fun party. No, that's like implied. He's 96. Oh, okay. I thought Wikipedia said tell question mark, which felt, which had this sort of inigmatic. No, that's right. It's a plot question mark that we all. Yeah. I mean, I think that it's, oh, you know, this is, this is why I wanted to put these card rails on here, because I do think it's okay for everybody to have a little, for this kind of stuff. Specifically, this is borderline, not anything. Don't you think this is about as far as it should go? What? 'Cause yeah, I'm just saying that we're not out there. They're not out there crowing about it. They don't wear a shirt about it. I think, I think we need to have in our hearts room for that. Because I think that everybody, there shouldn't be forced into group think, just because it makes other people uncomfortable, right? Sure. But you also, if you have a bad idea, you shouldn't tell people about it. You should not tell people about it. But I think you have the right to hold it. This person let you get several conversations in before they showed you they're one little thing that they know isn't. Right. They know it shouldn't. They know it's wrong. It's like anybody who brings it up has never said it with the confidence of a fact. They're like, and I think, and I guess, what I'm saying is open to, you know, it's cute. I think we can have a little one. I don't know. Just a little one. A little about it. Not anymore. Again, I must stress, don't have a little one that's worse than this. No, I have feelings about ghosts. That maybe aren't. This is the main stream, but it's fine. Let me talk about the problem with the government. Sure. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. Can I turn my camera off while you? No, it is fine for you to have these bad ideas. What we have done accidentally here, like this person, it says, I don't know about the moon thing. What our current government presupposes is, what if we take that person and put him in charge of moonshirt? And this is where the breakdown is, right? Because there's all these bad idea people that are in charge of things now, which has turned us all against bad idea people. You know, you used to be able to enjoy bad idea people for their bad ideas, because there wasn't some worry that someone would be like, yeah, I'm not sure vaccines work and someone would be like, hey, I heard that. You wouldn't be in charge of vaccines? Yeah. That's the world we live in now. It used to be okay to have bad ideas. You used to be able to enjoy them. You used to be people with just cranks. You know, wrong, that's wrong, that's wrong. He doesn't believe we landed on the moon, haha, what a character. It doesn't have to, yeah, it didn't have to be, and he doesn't believe vaccines are real. And he's also in charge of the DHHR. It's like, why? That's not the fun part. You used to be a decent magnet that would catch bad idea folks from running the organizations. And now they just have hearings for them and it's like, I saw you say this bad idea on X, the everything website that is specifically about this thing you're going to be running. Do you feel that? And then they'll be like, nope. And then all of us would be like, sounds good. You're in charge now. And then they're like, pranked, pranked. I just think it's a bummer that people can't have bad, wrong ideas anymore, just because they've gotten us into such hot water. Just quiet. It's a shame. - Harmless bad ideas. - That they keep them cells and it's like, you get a drink in them and they're like, yeah, but the moon thing and you're like, Todd, Todd, I feel like moon landing is a kind of bad idea that you can have that then isn't necessarily a gateway drug to like 50 other bad ideas that I suddenly now know that you have. Flat earth is one where that's interesting because you would think it's about the same thing. And I hear that you have that bad idea. I'm immediately like, oh, I know nine other bad ideas you got for sure to know. - You are sorted away. That's very true, Griffin. That's a good point and there are lines and there are borders. I am just saying it is the fact that this person has a wrong idea doesn't intrinsically hurt you. What's hard is that we've been so hurt by so many bad ideas lately that we're also a gunshot about people who possess them. It should be okay for people to hold and treasure bad ideas that they do not act on. That's very sad that we don't have room for that anymore. But I understand it, right, because if you say Griffin, there is the fear that this one little thread, you pull at this one bad idea thread and the whole bad idea blanket that falls out. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, oh boy, it's waited to, oh man, oh no, send him to me, send him to the air and space museum with me for a date for him, right? I'll set him fucking right. I'll teach him all about the right brothers, Griffin, I'll make him smoke a whole pack of the moon. I'll make him smoke a fucking fat blunt with me in the bathroom at the air and space museum. - They are, there's a lot of bad ideas buzz Aldrin, so get it huge, buzzed Aldrin in the bathroom of the air and space museum. It's the one museum they let you fucking blaze. It's the one museum where they let you blaze. - You guys at the space now have some air, you know, absolutely. - You know why people get that way about the moon landing, really though, right? Because they're not allowed to go. - Yeah, it sucks. - Yeah, it's fair. - It's your mad. You want to think, you want to decide that nobody went because it sucks so hard that like eight guys went. That sucks. Right? It would be better if nobody went. That's more fair. But I'm sorry, I just didn't shake out that way. Apologies. Have another question. Do you have like that? - Yeah. - I would, I would have liked a little bit more enthusiasm, but I have gotten the opportunity in a few weeks to go meet some penguins. [BLANK_AUDIO]
description says the penguins have personalities and we'll choose who in your group to interact with independently. Brothers, I desperately crave validation, especially from our animal friends. - Yes. - How can I become the favorite human of these waddle, little guys over my friends and family that's flightless in February? - Other than touch 100 sardines. Like that one's pretty obvious. - You're talking 100 sardines in your pocket. - Sardines in your pocket is good. - Sardines in your pocket is not good. - I bet it's a nice search for that. - Yeah, 'cause they will check you. - If you already got the stink on your hands, there's nothing they can do about that, but they do, they will check you for smoke. - And you don't want to get swarmed either. - Like suddenly the penguins eat your pants off. - Oh my God. - Yeah. - Oh, and rock hoppers. - They're like you two like balls off. - Have you guys seen the videos? They probably bought my for you page, 'cause I love aminals. Of like, we had an adoption event where the dogs chose the people. They would go and they let like a dog into like the lobby of the outer, and there's like people sitting around and the dog like they go up and they get excited about one person and they go home. And I always think about, they never show the opposite side of that where there's like one guy left at the end of the event and no dog chose. And he was like, "Well, I guess I should be, so Mr. Basel get him." Mr. Basel won't let him go home hungry. I don't think that, but I don't think it's all rock, I don't think it's all rock. - He's a stick. - He can race. - Yeah, have a rock. - And also there must be something wrong with that guy. If 100 dogs decided they didn't want to go home with them, they could probably sense just a danger. I put 100 dogs and 100 perverts into one circle. Is there an attitude that one could project 'cause you don't wanna be too eager for it, obviously. - Yeah. - Right? And you don't wanna seem like you're making fun of the penguins because they can smell that on you just like Sardines. - Yeah. - Well, you also don't wanna be too aloof. - That's their thing. - Yeah. - They're among our most aloof birds. - It's why everybody likes him so much. They don't need us. - Yeah, if they were hungry for it, if pigeons were constantly like trying to get your attention, you don't want to do it. - Yeah, right. - You also don't want one of those crazy looking penguins to come for you with the eyebrows. - Oh, what is that? A rock hopper penguin? - I think it's a rock hopper penguin. - Is that the emperor? I thought the emperor was just sort of the thick lad, the big thick, tough lad. - Oh, if you have a kid, bring the kid with you and like kind of sit on top of your kid. And then the penguin sees that and they're like, that's what we do, too. - That's my jam. - A lot of them. - We got something to talk about. - I do it like this. - Should we cut you on your kid? - We have eggs. - You seen surfs up? We didn't like that one. We thought that that was bullshit. - Actually, for happy feet. - That's for real. - Happy feet rules. We do do that in real life, but surfs up is fucking Hollywood bullshit. - I'm just one of them. - Okay. - If I was a penguin and you showed me happy feet, and you showed me surfs up, and happy feet results in a penguin dancing to make human beings happy. Versus a movie where a penguin from the Arctic follows his surfing dreams. Griffin, I think you've got history wrong here. I think I know exactly as a penguin, which film I would support. - I bet every fucking penguin has a story about a relative who is in March of the Penguins, right? - Yeah. - Oh yeah. - Every penguin's like, oh yeah, my brother Dave, you know the one guy who falls off the ice flow at the one point and then comes back up, and everybody's like, all right, that's my cousin Dave, actually, it's crazy. - The one that dropped the egg and was like, oh fuck, that's Dave. - That was actually my uncle, Dave. - That was my brother-in-law, Dave. - He's in that flip. - When you meet the penguins, if you said, and I mean, I watched March of the Penguins, do you think the penguins like that, or not, it just seems to you hungry? - You're trying, you're trying to understand their culture, but it's like you did it in the most lazy, spoon-fed way possible. They don't know if they're in March of the Penguins, they don't have movie theaters. - You didn't mean? - Yeah. - That's our thing. - Talk to them about Severance. - I bet penguins love penguins. - No, that's cool. - They haven't seen this. So I'm not gonna tell you about some movie that's about you and your life. - Yeah, you don't wanna hear that. - Like, surfs up, but there's this kick-ass show on Apple TV. It starts out, it's got. - I feel like though, if you, it's gotta be a show that's done. - Oh yeah. - It's gotta be a full arc, 'cause if you get to where they're at and Severance right now, they're gonna be like, and then what? - I don't actually know how to come back. - Don't start with Supernatural. That's 15 seasons, there's no way you're getting through that. - Yeah. - You went two tops in and out, one of them Netflix dramas that they didn't give much of a shot after that, just getting in and out. Penguins love that. - I think you could do Walking Dead, and then that's fun, 'cause there's like spin-offs of that. But if they're into that, you're like, and I'll be back. - If you guys want, I can come back. - If you want more, there's more we can produce. I can tell you more about the Walking Dead universe. - Lay down on the ground on your stomach. - Hmm. Lay down on the ground on your stomach and look down at the ground. If I was a penguin and a bunch of humans, anytime a bunch of humans walks in the room, I would be like, what the fuck is going on? These giants who are six to 10 times bigger than I am. What are they fucking? What from me? - I love that they, the small fish they bring me, they kick ass, but like, I don't see any. - By the way, the penguin may not think of it that way, 'cause they're so small. - Oh, they want big fish? - Well, they don't see it as a small fish. - Oh, to them is like a big fish, a good wonder. - It's not a big fish, it's just like a fish. - Oh shit. - You know what I mean? - Yeah. - It's just like to them, 'cause they're so much smaller, that's like a good fish. - Yeah, if you brought out a whole fish to us, yeah, then that would be giant and ridiculous. - To them, it's like a, starting is like a tilapia fish. - Yeah, to them. - You don't have to, like I feel like by introducing that comparison, you're inviting a lot of like flavor and texture stuff, but it's just like a size thing. It's just like to them as a regular size. - And it's reductive. - Yeah. - I think you could bring in a video of you like beating up a walrus or an orca or something, and I think that penguins are gonna love that, right? - Yeah. - Like, I'll tell you, Travis, first half of that sentence, I could not remember what this question was. I was on Feds and Needles. - Awesome. - I can't express it, man. - That's cool. - You really pulled it out, though. - You're gonna be fair. - I can't imagine where you're going for a second. - It would work in a lot of social situations to make you at least very interesting to people. - I think this walrus is that. - Yeah, the situation I would do bad for is if you are trying to impress a walrus, although even a walrus, I think if you beat the, shit out of a walrus and you show that video to a walrus, they'll probably be like, whoa, damn. - I mean, pocketful sardines is probably gonna make you some friends in most crowds, right? Like, that's a good one to have in a matter of life. - They will check you. They will check you for, we did establish at the top. - No, Justin's saying in a variety of social situations. - There's a lot of situations where a pocketful sardines, if it was just your natural sort of like, it's sort of like Tom Baker do with jelly babies, just like having them as like a. - Well, some people call it a what's it? Just like a something that'll get the conversation. - Yeah, yeah, but you don't want to stink, you don't want to stinky what's it? You don't want to stinky soggy what's it? Tom Baker wasn't walking around with one bulging, stinky rotten pocket and people were like, what's your fucking deal? He's like, I'm in a mortal time space traveler. And they're like, that's cool, but man, holy fuck. - Do you like a sardine? - No. - Oh, is that what that is? - Jesus Christ, what do you have? Do you need those? - I got these sardines at the dawn of time, bro. - That sucks, dude, that's gross. - They're all the rage on Gorblon 5. - That's fine, this is Earth, I have an Earth knows. That sucks, dude. - If you're telling me that like in space, it's so topsy-turvy that like, no one is clocking your sleep just on Gorblon 5, actually. - I don't want to go to space. I don't think if people are cool with your sleep he wants. - This is the Tartus, it's stinky here on the inside. - Yeah. - It would have to be. - Yeah, I believe it. - I believe it. - He had to store these where presumably on ship. You're not flash-freezing them or something. - I should get a refrigerator for the Tartus. - Yeah, man, you don't have that? - No, why, of all the things you don't have. - I have a big closet full of whimsical clothing, but you don't have a refrigerator? - That's great. - That's wild, man. Weight limit issues, okay. Okay, can we go to the money zone? - I would love nothing more. (upbeat music) - Is that a, is that a living here? - Money, no one knows how it works. Where does it come from? Where does it go? - Nobody knows, money. It's a blessing and the craft. - That's a high coup, thank you. - The money flows away. - That's five, I guess? - Yeah. - Good start. - But rocket money can help. - That's good. - Side up. - Today. - You're not gonna get the, you're not gonna get the URL. - No. - You can't get the URL in a high coup, unfortunately. - Yeah, that's fair. But rocket money is a personal finance app that helps finding cancel your unwanted subscriptions from monitors you're spending and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. I've been using it this year as I try to be a responsible adult for the first time in my entire life. I've used it previously too. - I'm trapped. - What? That's not fair. - No, you're a good guy. - I'm trying to be a consistently responsible adult instead of a sporadically responsible adult. - Well, you absolutely have to become a responsible adult immediately. - Yeah, no, for sure. - That's the way I do it. And it's not, I advise is very stressful. - No, so I'm trying to be a responsible and man this rocket money makes that a lot easier because they'll be like, "Hey, this thing's coming up. Do you really wanna do that? You really wanna do this?" And it's incredibly useful. And the fact that they will take care of canceling things, which oftentimes I'm aware of the expense coming up, but the idea of having to like go through
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But just remember, but I remember them. I remember them too. And the whole thing is about, you might tell you it's weird. I don't. Like I think guys, this might be a mantel of thing where you think those people existed. They never did. No, we never landed on the moon. And there wasn't Jalila White. Jalila White never landed on the moon. This is, but this is what they think of you. Just in case you're curious what they think of you, the campaign connects two kinds of 90s comfort. The sitcoms people rewatched and the Duncan runs people counted on. The result is a long buried origin story that feels almost real punctuated by a surprise Tom Brady cameo and designed to evoke nostalgia curiosity and the hope that the sitcom was real. What? So it's like, yeah, it's like, so this is what this is what football Tom was doing instead of leading his team to victory. Yeah, when the Patriots needed Tom the most. And I tell you guys, I don't know who won the Super Bowl. Yeah, it was the sea. It was the Seahawks in a game that was a largely from what I understand kicking based affair. Mostly kick mostly kicks, not a lot of throws in this one. And a lot of people are disappointed in that. I'm not going to talk and watch old football. I was watching a curdling. Yes, I'm. Okay, okay, because I have to keep talking about it's it's hard. When we started to talk about the terrible Buffalo hank. Yeah, and the terrible voice and the terrible way looks. Voice is cool. I love. I love the voice is actually the voice is actually great too. I feel like we kind of entered into this this bargain where I have to keep covering of his like Cummings and goings. And this one is honestly pretty monumental. So Buffalo Wild Wings and T-Pain drop a love song to level up your next date night. Awesome. So just okay, let me. I got it on the tab. So I hope he sings. You guys use suffer from what I like about this is that a lot of people want to do songs. No, you must pause it. What I like is a lot of people when they do songs, they're like we did a collaboration with this person. Yeah, then usually it's like they did a song and they'll maybe like mention the product in the song. T-Pain is like he is laying out for you. There is no art here. He has laid out for you exactly what the deal is like he's like completely just here's what it is. It's like this is exactly how much meat you get with the number of Pepsi's included in the deal with an enthusiasm that suggests that maybe he had already written this song. And he was like I this is embarrassing, but sometimes it's practice till my skills don't dull. I'll do like jingles or whatever. And Buffalo Wild Wings, you actually need to hear this one. It's called Let's Go Buffalo Wild. And it fucking hits. Yeah, it's actually I wrote it for you guys. Let's see if you can tell. Can I just send a message to you? Okay, thank you. Buffalo Wild Wings, the amount of money that you had to pay T-Pain to be this enthusiastic about your product, you could have paid me so much less. And I would have been enthusiastic about it too. And you would not have been able to write it. No, absolutely not. But I just I see this and I think I'd like to sell out. Can I please sell out for to beat ups? Oh, this much money. Oh, please, please, please. Beat Dubs has launched a limited edition six track love album featuring a hit single with T-Pain just in time for Valentine's Day. Buffalo Wild Wings is teaming up with Grammy award-winning artist producer songwriter, Entrepreneur and global cultural icon T-Pain to release Let's Go Buffalo Wild a pick six love song. The catchy new anthem is designed to be the soundtrack for your next Buffalo Wild Wings date night. Can you imagine. Can you take my wife taking my lady love to Buffalo Wild Wings. But not just that Gryven put like saying like baby on the way there have I got the soundtrack for us. The date night soundtrack. I'm curious about what the specials are right now. Don't worry because I have my friend T-Pain here to lay them out for you in detail. You don't want to embarrass yourself when you get up to the counter. No, you get there and your wife picks up the menu and you're like what are you doing. Yeah. The feature song. Okay, it's a the track is so catchy. You'll find yourself craving a pick six meal for two. Yeah, it's a part of you. Yeah, I mean that I would feel that regardless if if I heard a song or not. But also for one. I want to eat it. Oh. Yeah, yeah. Fans can view the full music video for Let's Go Buffalo Wild a pick six love song here. Does the Buffalo appear in the video? Yeah, wait a minute. Let's let's keep let's keep in the old return to the. Got damn. I'm talking about the facts like this. Not gonna die. Good. Good. They actually to be clear. They would prefer you not do wild things at Buffalo Wild Wings. Despite what Mr. Payne is encouraging here. Okay, here's what I'm hoping for. We're at 120 of a 230 video. Okay, guys. Yeah. What I'm hoping for is a Hank verse. Yeah, that's where that's what I'm hoping for. The other thing I want to mention is that the video is T-Pain and his I'm assuming wife. Yeah. They're sitting at a table enjoying the meal and they're being encircled by what appear to be real cars driving in real circles. Absolutely. Whip and shitting. So close. So close. All I can think about the entire time I watch this is like for the love of God. Don't let us lose T-Pain to a B-Dub's commercial tragedy. It also leads God. What it proposes is that the perfect or his wife. Yeah. Yeah. No, please. Or the Pepsi's. The best way to enjoy a fine meal is in a hanger filled with exhaust fumes and burning tires. Yeah. Okay. I-
I'm really hoping for this hangover guys. Let's keep digging Can I say okay, okay, I'm gonna one last thing I'm Dripping in the sauce you have a bee dubs boss. That's really good. It's good. It's good man. It's good. It's good shot right here Okay, that's a lot Does he start out with Ola it's Hank. Yes, I think you might have said Ola it's Hank, but we are gonna back up and just hear Hank's verse this looks like Hank is dead and Only people this is like a hola he is gonna be on the podcast eventually. We have to be a little bit polite This seems like there's gonna be a reveal that they spent a hundred million dollars that holographically get dead Hank Into the like Hank like yeah Like Hank is Joe C and we've just brought his spirit back for one last verse. Okay Okay, so that's Boy so here's what Hank does He he manages to drop Spanish and then flips it around With with a little a V. A little slang for everybody because he's Hank he's a he's a equal Flavor free. He's a flavor free. He'd be the flavor freak. I believe it's what he said, Travis. Okay, and Stop stop stop me hungry me hungry. I don't me hungry So that's somebody else that is not I don't think that's another good thing Hank I think you do a lot of bad ones right in a row pal I mean You know everyone has to start somewhere right everyone somewhere so many artists Launch their careers off of the back of a guest verse on a track and uh-huh I do think that Hank's craft Could use some work could use a little bit more practice Yeah, this is how you get it. This is how this is how and under the tutelage of someone like T-Pain who like has been all over every You know part of this business. It's invaluable. It's just wild that we're seeing kind of the work take place Yeah, it is interesting the Tonal quality that Hank brings yeah, as if someone asked Josh Groban to do a guest a verse in the there a lot of a lot of Interrogative kind of pitch shift upwards like Can I get a drip and a lot more vibrato than one normally hears And again, yeah, that's a good point. Travel a lot of tremolo coming out of those pipes I've been it always voiced Hank. I feel like at first It was it was a it was a backbend of the like is he always been the man behind the horns? It's possible that they had a backbend impersonator and then I feel like it had a great order and then Page well, maybe not I love I love Hank and I would love to get Hank on the show sure It's a it's a buffalo character It's a buffalo character buffalo character. Yeah, but here's a boss with T-Pain So how would you say but do you want backbend it to come on the show because that would be really fun I think that would be a great. I don't I am not interested in having backbend it on the show Okay, I am interested in having Hank from they don't do the threes on the show He plays the role. Can you imagine a do at drop by hang above flow and MC scat cat Together, that would be good. Oh my god. I got a cornering was T-Pain to create this can I read the quote? You can I just like you said something so wild and I Want to watch Griffin? What did I say it was a buffalo wild? Commercial mascots don't do podcast appearance like mr. Pena never went on fucking Doboys. Hey traf. Hey traf. How many seasons has the Grinch's podcast been going? A lot. I don't know. Yeah, like three seasons You just sound so stupid. So that's the Grinch That's like grinch so the Grinch can have his own podcast, but I can't have Hank from B-Dubs on my podcast And what about his prime prime spokesperson Logan Paul and his podcast Griffin Okay, that's different neither of those things are like mascots in the way that Hank is a mascot It's a not what he okay, but yellow they didn't bring the yellow M&M On fucking WTF so you're telling me you think Logan Paul is a real person No, I'm not saying I'm saying Backbend it with I would love to have backbend on the show We don't really have a lot of celebrity guests and that's by design It's because we don't really know how to be funny with them usually. Yeah, right? Yes. Can we all agree? I'm a hey audience you're great everyone's nodding at home. Okay fine So I don't necessarily want backbend it on the show even though I would love to meet backbend it I'm a big fan of his work. I'm realistic in that that's not where our skill set is right It's not in getting celebrities on the show and cutting up with him Otherwise, I think we would have climbed a little bit higher up that proverbial mountain. We would've done it just fine now. Yes, I would have done it for sure Hank From bw3s is A riot and we talk about him a lot of the show and I'd love to know I would love to talk about bw3s. I don't think about bw3s to joke. I'll I go there. I took Tim back there. I Need bw3s go like I'm a fan. Okay. I'd like to have Hank on the show. I don't want backbend on the show We don't know how to make it. I think this is gripping hang up It sounds like you draw the line that having backbend on the show. I am saying This is what I'm fucking saying man like Who is that Skype call even going to fucking come from? I don't even have a mask but like or feet to say it could be a feature thing is I would have loved it I would have loved it if we had made the sort of show That had celebrity pop ins that it would feel funny and natural right where it would be like right part of the show I enjoy is that their famous friends pop in and it's a cut up and they talk about all the celebrities. They know together Yeah, that's not the show that I would have loved that like right? I moved to LA for a couple of years right that would have been our moment to be like this is the show Don't you put this on me Justin? It's not your fault. You were trying Griffin I didn't even try. I didn't fucking do anything dude But what I'm saying is this is not a show you remember like anytime we've had a famous person on the show It's a very nice conversation but we're much more concerned with them liking us. Yeah, making something funny right and backbend It would be the same deal So I don't want backbend on show even though I'm sure he's a great person Now Hank choose from beat up three's you're not sure I was making about it like you I'm not going to be concerned about hang like you me because I really like his product. We have something common Okay, I don't think Hank makes the buffalo wow wings trust it I don't think Hank Has ever said one unscripted word in his entire life Is it talented enough to handle it now you're being heartful I'm I'm saying that now you're being mean the only reason they would let him Out to be in something is if it would get more people to eat buffalo wild wings and whack and it would I don't think that we could promise them that or deliver them that you gotta take You gotta think beyond some of these like the limiting factors that you're putting up for yourself Griffin I'm just saying it would be a great interview right can we agree on that We would have to do it straight up like no buffalo jokes. I'd be so embarrassed. Can we finish T-Pain song? Yeah The energy of the video has gone on look at it shifted where his wife is done eating and she is now sitting on a nearby car And watching him continue to talk about how excited she was ready to go you You see man, we would love like we're out in the parking lot. We finished eating. We're gonna be late for the track. We gotta go I would use that hood ornament by the way if I could get a Hank hood ornament I would affix it some my vehicle. So yeah partnering with T-Pain to create a love song devoted to the pick six meal for two felt like an unexpected way to celebrate date night the B-Dubs way said Tristan Maline the brand president of buffalo wild wings Whether you're in a relationship or you're just really committed to wings the pick six meal for two is more than just a deal It's a love language and I can't seem to get out of my head The album also features five original and this is interesting Mixed genre saw Mixed genre, you know, they're not even like this is not like one sound. They're kind of like how you know it's like a world beat You can't quantify these rhythms labels to celebrate its release the album is also getting the collectible treatment with a limited run of Saus filled vinyl records each swirling with B-Dubs sauce as it spins each song is a company by its own [BLANK_AUDIO]
official forward video. Awesome. I'm a human being and I love when people talk to me about that. I love what stuff is social forward. This is, can I, I'll show you guys the. Buffalo Wild Wings is listed on DoorDash as a gastropub. And I don't know how to feel about that. It's accurate. It's cool. Yeah. Yeah. It's a sauce that's still record. It's like a very thin layer of sauce in there. It looks cool. I've tried to reset my account password so I can buy it, but they're saying I don't have an account with BW3s, which we all know is both. I find out. I can't believe. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The playlist is on Spotify, on Buffalo Wild Wings page that they have. The songs include "Let's Go Buffalo Wild." Uh-huh. Of course. Oh. Rinse me with. Oh. Go ahead. Rinse me with a ranch. Huh. I want to pick six tonight. Buff Dub Dub. That one's probably good. Buff Dub Dub. Pickin' six with the boys. Hell yeah. And chewing my life with you. I lost all my money in a canteen playing Pizzak with Dub Dub Dub Dub. What's hard is, if I obviously think it would be very good content for our podcast to play all of these, like I think every single second of all this record would be very good. But I do think that the audience may be, they're not craving that much. They wouldn't like it. We are. We don't want to. But do they? I don't know. We could have gotten away with that on episode 800. Probably. Probably. Probably just to have some fun. A listening party. Yeah. Now listen. If BW-3s wants to sponsor a listening party for this record, I'd love to do that for them. I'd love to have Hank on the show for that. That seems like a great crossover. He's not gonna happen. Thank you so much for listening to our podcast, my brother and my brother and me. Thank you to Montagne for the use of our theme song, "My Life Is Better With You." Go. Listen. I am support. Enjoy. Thrive. Now, normally Griffin says that, but he's not. You know why? Because he's going off to get ready for one of the many streams we're now doing every single week. That's true. Yeah. On YouTube. On our YouTube channel, Macquarie Family. We do Clubhouse, the last Tuesday of every month and the other Tuesdays are super Macquarie brothers with us doing gaming content, all those at noon, Eastern time. We also do solo streams throughout the week, each one of us. If you want to see more of our gaming content, you can follow Macquarie Entertainment System on Instagram. We've got a 20-mm stick sticker designed by Lucas Haspenheim at Missly Basin Instagram. You can still get the candlelights video on demand. You pay what you want. All proceeds go to Harmony Houses. It's a really fun show. I hope you'll check it out. Also, 10% of all merch proceeds this month are going to be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, which provides free immigration, legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. That is a wonderful cause. We hope you want to support all of that and check out all of that stuff and buy the merch and see the shows and follow everything and absorb our brand. Please absorb our brand. Yeah. I got a mickey here that I'm going to throw. Well, you're not on video. Oh, fuck. Yeah. Good point. It's got to be me because Justin's injured. I'm on the D.L. I got a big pencil. Yeah. Look at the size of this fucking pencil. Give it a whirl. Big old. It's my first Taekwondo Roga. Throw that TV and stick it in the wall. What point? I'm going to stick it in the fucking wall. Watch this shit. Give me like five seconds. It's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a-it's a good noise. My name is Justin McElroy. I'm Griffin McElroy. That had a nice bounce. It did. It did. My brother and my brother made kiss your dad square on the lips. It's better with you. It's better with you.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The McElroy brothers present a humorous, self-deprecating advice show that mocks their own lack of expertise and the idea of being "sexperts" or "experts" in general.
The brothers discuss the moon landing, debating its authenticity while acknowledging widespread belief in its reality, and highlighting the absurdity of long-term conspiracy denial.
They explore how societal trust has eroded, with people now fearing bad ideas and being overly cautious about holding unusual beliefs, even if harmless.
A recurring joke involves the brothers’ attempts to impersonate public figures like John Cougar Mellon, which leads to awkward, surreal, and self-aware failures.
The episode includes a satirical take on Buffalo Wild Wings’ marketing, including a song with T-Pain and a fictional "Hank" character, blending humor with product promotion.
The brothers make a point about personal growth, referencing Griffin’s recovery from carpal tunnel surgery and his return to gaming and physical activity.
They emphasize the importance of allowing room for differing beliefs, suggesting people should not be shamed for holding unconventional views.
The show ends with a playful call to action for audience engagement, including YouTube streams, merch donations, and community support for social causes.
Summary:
The McElroy brothers deliver a comedic, self-aware podcast that blends satire, personal anecdotes, and absurd debates. They openly mock their own lack of expertise, poking fun at the idea of being "sexperts" or authorities, while discussing topics like moon landing conspiracies, the dangers of groupthink, and the social stigma around holding unconventional beliefs. The episode features a humorous take on impersonation, especially of John Cougar Mellon, and a satirical exploration of how people now avoid bad ideas due to fear of consequences.
A major segment focuses on Buffalo Wild Wings’ marketing, including a fictional love song with T-Pain and a fictional "Hank" character, which is both mocked and celebrated for its over-the-top energy. The brothers also share personal updates, such as Griffin recovering from surgery and returning to gaming, while advocating for tolerance of differing opinions. The show ends with a lighthearted call to action, promoting audience engagement through YouTube streams, social media, and charitable donations to causes like Harmony Houses and the Immigrant Law Center.
The tone remains playful, irreverent, and rooted in brotherly banter, emphasizing humor over serious debate.
FAQs
No, the McElroy brothers are not experts, and they explicitly state that their advice should not be taken as professional or authoritative.
It's an advice show for the modern era that features the brothers discussing various topics, from relationships to pop culture, in a humorous and relatable way.
Yes, the brothers affirm that the moon landing was real, using personal experiences and logical arguments to counter conspiracy theories.
It’s a humorous anecdote suggesting that carrying sardines might be a social signal that could attract attention or be checked by others, especially in group settings.
They recommend Rocket Money, a personal finance app that helps users cancel subscriptions and reduce bills to save money.
They express interest in featuring Hank from B-Dubs, but ultimately decide against it due to concerns about authenticity and their show's core humor and style.
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