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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
Josh and Chantel are back in the studio after a packed weekend and they've got plenty to talk about! They kick things off with buzz about a possible How the Grinch Stole Christmas sequel with Jim Carrey and Ron Howard potentially returning, then react to a concerning Rod Stewart concert moment at 81 years old. In good news, the Iowa City High class of 1976 donated $35,000 to launch a brand new digital music program at their alma mater. The duo recaps their busy weekend, including a hilarious GPS navigation disaster, a breadstick controversy that scandalized the kids, carpet sensory issues at the hotel, and a Father's Day that featured a brand new backyard smoker. Plus, they gush over a stunning live production of Dear Evan Hansen at ISU in Pocatello, debate who's the better bread baker in an upcoming focaccia vs. smoked bread showdown, share their experience at a Dead South folk bluegrass concert, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2
(2:56) - Onion donuts & rainforest kisses
(5:41) - Rod Stewart should retire
(9:40) - Good News
(11:31) - Chantel's fired
(17:17) - Earwig war
(22:39) - Perfectly good breadstick
(29:43) - Bumpy carpet
(33:52) - Father's Day recap
(42:55) - Dear Evan Hansen
(49:50) - The Dead South
(55:54) - Bad storytelling
(1:01:01) - Would You Rather
(1:03:31) - How did you meet?
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Full show transcript:
What would you say to a sequel for How the Grinch Stole Christmas? I heard about this. Did you? I did. I was going to talk about this. As a matter of fact, it's in my notes, but we didn't get to it. But that is a thing that is apparently in the works.
Right. Jim Carrey is in talks to return. Ron Howard is going to direct and produce it again. They're still pretty early on, so there aren't any plot details or a title. Okay.
There also isn't any word if other original cast members will return, like Taylor Momsen and Cindy Loohoo. Right. It's been 26 years. You believe that? Since the original first hit theaters.
That's interesting. And this year, this last Christmas, Taylor released the new version of her song, which was kind of a big deal. Yeah, that was fun. Yeah, which was really cool. And so, you know, timely. There's other stuff going on in this movie universe. I'm curious about plot details because this was sort of a new origins kind of thing mixed with the classic Dr. Seuss story.
So I'm curious to see where they're going to take it. I'm kind of surprised that Jim Carrey agreed to return because from what I understand, it was pretty torturous for him to be in makeup. Yeah, but what a great character. Like of all the Jim Carrey characters, I feel like the Grinch was just an embodiment of Jim.
Like that character really let him just run wild. I think it's great. I like that character. Yeah, so you're excited for the sequel? I think I'm curious about the plot.
I just don't know what the story is going to be. New little grinches? Are we there? I don't know. Are we going to have baby grinches?
But then what? Are we going to still Christmas? It's just in their nature to still Christmas every year? I don't know.
I don't know. How the Grinch stole Hanukkah. And it's a new holiday story.
Or Thanksgiving or I don't know. I don't know. That's interesting. I don't know either. Yeah.
I mean, I don't know. I like him in the role. I'm excited to see where that goes. I'm glad Ron Howard's back on board.
Yeah, same. It'd be cool to see what they come up with. It's going to be years before it is done.
Right. So who knows when we'll ever see it. Well, they also destroyed the Whoville set apparently in 2020. You could see it on the Universal lot before then. But then they were like, we got to make some space so they destroyed it. Whoville? So they have to recreate the whole thing.
Unless he goes to Whereville or Y town. No. Stop it. Here's today's show.
I like combining all of the national like days into one day. Okay. So here's what we've got to do. First of all, we got to go to the rainforest.
So we can go to like Costa Rica. Fine. And we got to get some onion rings. Fine. And we got to have a kiss. Oh, fine. Probably in that order. Yeah. Because nothing better than having an onion ring kiss in the rainforest. We could share an onion ring. Yeah.
Yeah. And then you put one end in your mouth. I'll put one end in my mouth. And then when that onion gets slippery, who gets it? You can have it.
Thank you. Today is World Rainforest Day. Rainforests are in need of protection all the time. And they're like really interesting ecosystems full of ants and snakes and frogs and parrots and stuff. You said ants?
Yeah. Leaf cutter ants. They cut out the chunks of leaves and carry them on their backs in the lines. I've seen them in real life. They're very cool. That is very cool.
Sloth left there. They're very cool. I've never been to the rainforest. It's a cool, cool place.
I'd like to go. Yeah. I bet you would.
I do. Yeah. It's also National Kissing Day.
Oh. And National Onion Ring Day. Do kids still sing that song? Josh Enchantil. Kissing in a tree.
Sitting in a tree. Oh yeah. K. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know.
That one might have gotten lost. I think it, I don't think that still happens. I sure haven't heard it in a long time.
Like since I was a kid. I know. I don't know. Interesting. Yeah. And then have an onion ring.
Okay, sure. Who's got the best onion rings? Ooh. I like them crispy. I do too.
You know who's got a good onion ring? Who's that? Funion. That's who. Yeah.
Yeah. They didn't put the actual slippery onion in there. They just onion flavored the, the crust. The donut. There are little donuts. Little oniony donuts. Crispy. Crispy donut.
Yeah. That's what an onion ring is. Just a crispy deep fried onion donut.
Yeah. Can I have an onion donut? Can I have a bowl of onion donuts? Could you bring me a dozen or 13 bakers dozen? Can I have a bakers dozen? You have a bucket of onion, onion, donut. You get it.
I get it. So I saw a couple of my friends. I had posted on Facebook that they had gone to see the Rod Stewart concert over the weekend. You said last night, where was he performing?
He was in Utah. Okay. Want to take a guess of how old Rod Stewart is? Oh, 75. Keep going.
Really? Is he 80? Keep going. 85. No. 83.
No. 82. 81. 81. You could have just said he's 81.
When I said 80. Yeah, I know, but that's fun. This is more fun, isn't it? You're right.
That was the blast. So he's 81. Yeah, he, performing at 81, he almost fainted. He, you could see him like using the piano and stage barriers and poles for support. At one time, at one point, a couple of crew members had to go out on the stage with an oxygen tank and give him a breathing treatment. Oh no. He said, the show must go on. I almost fainted there.
And then he said, mind if I sit down for this next song? At what point? This story is on TMZ, by the way.
Like this is, this is crazy to watch. At one point, should you just give it up Rod Stewart? I mean.
81 years old. Maybe it's just time to call it quits, buddy. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, wow. Like he, to watch the people like rush to help him. I mean, they have the oxygen tank like right there ready for him.
Barely holding it together. They knew like this guy's going to need to catch his breath and we're going to need to help with that. So he, I think he's probably like, this show must go on because he recently came under fire. He was supposed to do a show. I don't know where it was. I don't remember where it was, but he canceled like an hour before the show was supposed to go on.
And then the very next day, he took a private jet to attend a World Cup game. Oh, well, that's a choice. I suppose.
Fans were pretty upset with him. Yeah. So he was, he was at the Utah first credit union amphitheater. So he was playing outdoors too. And it was hot. Like we were in Utah over the weekend and it was 100 degrees. Like it's warm.
Yeah, it is. You go just a little bit south. It's super warm. But also, hey buddy, you're 81. Come on. Man.
Do you need the money? Is he still touring after this date? Couldn't tell you. I don't keep track of Rod Stewart's touring schedule. Do you?
No. TMZ did try to reach out to Rod for more info and no word back yet. So I suppose they'll update it if they get more information. That's, that's interesting. Yes. He's supposed to be, I mean, he's all, oh, I guess he's got a residency in Vegas. It looks like.
Okay. Well, good for Rod Stewart. No, maybe just hang it up. It's supposedly his one last time farewell tour. Well, he needs to be careful. Because no one wants to watch Rod Stewart pass away on stage. You know our fate.
Nobody wants to watch a fate on stage. Correct. Rod, buddy. It's okay to sit through most of the show if you want.
At home in your lazy boy. Yeah, that is true. That is true. Maybe he needs the money. I don't know his life. That's what I'm saying. Like maybe no, if you bought a World Cup ticket and took a private jet, he doesn't need the money.
Rod Stewart. Fair point. Just, hey buddy, hang up the hat.
As they say. Hang up the hat. You think that's still his real hair? That's a good question. I can't be for sure.
All right, some good news this morning. The Iowa City High School class of 1976, celebrating their 50 year class reunion. And instead of just having a party and playing some music and gathering and having that awkward thing, they said, what if we kind of gave back to our school? And they graduated 50 years ago.
It is America 250 this year. They graduated by Centennial. Right.
In 1976. So to mark the upcoming 250th milestone, they launched a fundraiser and ended up raising $35,000, all of which is being donated to the high school. And the funds will fully cover the startup costs for a brand new digital music program that is launching this fall and includes the computers, keyboards, as in musical keyboards, and all the editing software. It's a whole digital music class that the high school is launching, which is really super cool. School leaders say that the gift is a powerful reminder of how deeply connected alumni still feel to Iowa City High and how eager they are to support future generations, which is pretty awesome.
No, it's nice. It's you got to support those future generations. You have to make sure because guess what?
They're going to be the ones that are going to be around. And take care of this. So way to go, really, really super cool. And 50 years, 50 year class reunion, that's what, 68 years old, 67, 68 years old. Those guys, that's pretty impressive. That is impressive. Well done, guys. Yeah. Way to go.
That's some good news. Well, now that we're back in the studio, where do you want to start today? What do you want to talk about?
What do you want to do? I don't know. We have a lot to talk about. Yeah. We had a very busy weekend.
Yeah, we did. Maybe we could start with my navigation skills. What navigation skills, I say. Excuse me. Did we make it there? Yes, we did.
Which time navigating do you want to talk about? Because there are like three. No, there is not. There is the one. What other time? Say.
Maybe you should probably turn right here, because that seems like the right way to go. That was the second time. Do you remember that one? Yeah. Now. Is that the one you were thinking of? No. Or are you thinking of the other one, where you put in the wrong destination altogether. And fortunately, they were close enough to walk.
Because here's the thing. There was a, we were meeting for breakfast at this place called Marmalade. That's right. So when I typed in Marmalade, there were two. It's called Marmalade Brunch House. The public library half a block away is the Marmalade branch of the public library. So you navigated us to the Marmalade branch, not Marmalade Brunch. You can see how that could be confusing for anyone. Listen, when I put it in the GPS, I went, It doesn't know the difference between Brunch and Brunch. Listen to me.
Listen to me. When I went to Google it and put it in there, I went, oh, there's two. They're like, one is 1.1 miles, one is 1.2 miles away. So it clicked on the top one.
And then we're walking, we're walking. I go, this doesn't look like a brunch place. Because it says Marmalade branch right on the building. You were trying to figure out where to park.
Marmalade Brunch House has lots of parakeets. Yeah, they got their own parking lot. It's nice. That one, sure. It's my mistake.
Okay. So then we decided that we needed to run to a store to get a cooler because we had some food in the car that was going to spoil if we didn't put it on ice. So we said, find us a big box, get us a store. So you found a target and you went, yeah, just put that in and we'll navigate right to it. And I said, I can feel like the majority of traffic is turning to the right. I said, I'm probably turning right here. And you're like, no, you're going to go straight. And then you're going to go left.
And I went, well, that's weird. Okay, I'll follow you. You have the phone. Josh. And then you realized you hadn't hit start on the phone to go turn by turn directions. Don't Josh me.
I just wanted to spend more time in the car with you. That's all. Frustrated.
No. Driving around in circles. We were having a great time.
Yeah. And then after I cut through a bunch of parking lots to get back under the main road and I went, look at this road. Do you recognize all this stuff where I said, this is exactly where I said, I bet I turned right here. No.
And that's what you, you're like, no, I've never seen this building before. This is weird. Wow. Look at that business that we had a conversation about. Strange.
It's all brand new. Yeah. You are fired from navigation. Fine. I don't even like it. Fire me. I don't even care. I don't know how I got so messed up. You could see the branch and the brunch.
Clearly anyone can make that mistake. And I bet we are not the first nor will we be the last. Public library. It said. Marmalade. It said Marmalade. Brunch and Marmalade branch.
Anything about the library. Those were what was listed. The whole way. Yes, sir.
I gotta try it. Go for it. Did you did it? You did it just in Google.
Yes. And I just typed in Marmalade. So I went directly to Marmalade brunch house and then I would hit direction. Oh, I didn't do that. Yeah. No kidding. Oh.
So you're fired from navigation. Fine. I just said, I don't care. Fire me.
I'm not mad about being fired. I don't even like it. Don't even like figuring out directions. I don't even get paid. Look, okay. No kidding.
If I go to my maps. Yeah. Yeah.
No, I know if you're looking at it in maps, you might have got different things. What does it say? Marmalade branch and Marmalade brunch house. Where were we going? Josh. Chantel. Where were we going? Where were we going to eat?
All right. What does it say under Marmalade branch? It doesn't even matter. What does it say? It doesn't even matter. What does it say? I don't know.
Does it say public library? Read it. I don't want to.
Yeah, because it does, doesn't it? I'm already fired. Stop talking about it. I've been waging a small war. I think I'm getting ahead of it.
Are you? I think because I removed the food. So here's- But that's sad for us. No, it's not because I've replanted the food.
Here's the deal. In the garden, there are different creatures that are potential pests to a garden. Birds can steal things off your plants when they turn nice and ripe and red. And so you sometimes have to build barriers to keep them out. Cats can wander in and try to use your flower beds and litter boxes.
That's the thing that can happen. There's- Rodents from the ground up. From the top down and from the down up. Yeah. You know? There's also insects. Slugs, snails, earwigs. And I'd like to talk about the earwigs and potato bugs.
Yeah, really, Polis. Really, what I'm- Between the two, those are the ones that are getting at my radishes. I've harvested a great amount of radishes. I've probably three dozen. And they're delicious.
And they're very, very good. And the other day, I noticed that some of them, when I was pulling them up, they'd kind of been scraped at. They had chunks of the red missing from the actual radish, as well as something was eating the leaves. So I was doing some research and somebody said, if you want to really see what's going on, you need to go out to your garden at night with a flashlight and look around. Because your garden takes on an entirely different life at night. So I did.
I went out and I was not stoked to find out that earwigs were eating the foliage and potato bugs were eating the radishes. Did you actually see that? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Were there a lot of them?
The earwigs on the leaves. Yeah, I was not stoked. So I had already harvested, like I said, a whole bunch of radishes. We've been eating them for a little bit. And the one, here's the thing I learned. I overseeded. And so the ones that we hadn't harvested yet were planted too close together. They were just stringy and they weren't going to fully develop anyway. So I said, I'm not giving them a food source. I'm going to remove this food source, make them go elsewhere. And I'm going to keep an eye on other plants to see, do they show up in the peppers? Do they show up at the tomatoes? Like where do they go? And they haven't shown up anywhere. You're still monitoring? Oh, of course.
I'm at war. And so I left the soil alone for the whole weekend. I just left it over the weekend, let it do its thing. There's no food in it. Fine.
And then replanted yesterday, I replanted radishes. They too. Yeah. So we'll get new radishes and I got my spacing proper. Well, they're going to be back. I'm sure.
I mean, don't assume that they are like, oh, there's no radishes. We're moving on. They'll be back. Probably. But I don't, that's why I keep monitoring.
I keep looking and trying to figure out where they're hanging out. But that's what I know so far. Okay. Yeah. I know that when you first found out about the earwigs, I hate them. You sat with the light on doing a bunch of research about how to combat earwigs.
That's right. And I said, hey, should we just go to bed and we can work, worry about it tomorrow? And he said, no, I got to. Close your eyes. You go to sleep. It's going to be okay. I'll figure it out.
I can't read about these earwigs. Yeah. This is important right now. Anyway, and the fruit or the, you know, vegetable, whatever is still edible so long as it isn't squishy or, you know, totally like rotting or anything. And so there are a couple that were scraped and they're okay.
But I'm going to steal you, Tim. Yeah. I mean, everything that I cleaned and put in the, in the bag in the fridge, that's all good. I'm not afraid of it. You're wig germs. Yeah. They're gross.
I don't like them at all. And I didn't want to have to like use a chemical or anything to try and keep them out. I'll just let the garden.
Well, there's all kinds of home remedy things that you can do. Sure. What was one you put like a cup of vegetable oil?
Yeah. It's oil and then soy sauce and you can put that at ground levels. You just press it down into the sand, into your soil or whatever.
And they'll go in to drink it and drown. Hooray. Beat the earwigs. You drown in oil and soy sauce. Why soy sauce? I don't know.
Something about it attracts them, I guess. I don't know. Interesting.
Have some soy sauce earwigs. Yeah. Oh, you're drowning it. Oh, no.
I win. Stay off my radishes. I get yelled at by the kids because I let a good bread stick go to waste. Not just any good bread stick.
A perfectly good bread stick. A dinner one night over the weekend, you had ordered, was it a pasta? A salad. It was a salad? Not a pasta? It was just pasta.
Okay. It was a salad. But it came with a bread stick.
Yes. And you did not want the bread stick, why? Because it didn't look good.
That's, you didn't even try it though, you just went, it doesn't look good. No. I'm just kidding.
Because you just left it on the edge of your plate. Yeah. Anyone could have asked for it or had it.
I just didn't realize anybody. Was interested in my bread stick. Well, apparently our kids love all types of bread. Yes.
We love all types of bread. And when the waitress came and she said, can I get that dish out of your way? You just handed it over and they watched with mouths, jaws dropped to the floor. A bread stick. And then I got scolded.
That's right. As soon as the waitress left, I got scolded by both of them. I can't believe you would let her take that perfectly good bread stick. That's what they said. I can't believe you didn't speak up and say you wanted that bread stick. Didn't know it was on the, didn't know it was available.
I was sitting on the edge of my empty plate for 10 minutes. Speak up. If you want it. They were very upset. Yeah, I know. Like they've never had a bread stick or would never get one ever again in their whole lives. That's what they said when it was leaving.
The bread stick. Bring it back. I got scolded all weekend. I got scolded for navigating. I got scolded for taking my perfectly good bread stick away. Scolded? Scolded. That's a really strong word for a bunch of people who were disappointed in how you behaved. You did not get scolded. Scolded for sure. The kids were disappointed in the fact that they would have liked it. They liked to have split that bread stick between the two of them.
What has been the best bread stick you've ever eaten? I don't even know. Oh, let me tell you. Oh, okay. Because there's some good bread sticks. Okay. There's some perfectly good bread sticks that I will never let go away. Okay.
In the 90s. I think they've changed the recipe a little bit. You're going to talk about your pizza hut experience. Oh, yes.
Because you love pizza hut. In the 90s. Yeah. Yeah. They've changed the recipes on some stuff.
So it's not quite as good. But yeah, they used to have a little trailer outside of my high school. So then you could get like a small piece of pizza and a bread stick. Little Caesars used to bring around crazy bread. When I was in high school. Crazy bread and sauce was awesome.
Yes. That's a good bread stick. Olive Garden has good bread sticks. Will you go to a restaurant because of their bread sticks?
Okay. But what about a roll? Because I know people will go somewhere for a dinner roll.
Oh, bro. Just because they love the dinner roll. I like a nice roll. They'll eat subpar meat just because they love the roll so much.
Be like, I can't not have all this basket of hot bread. I feel the way about rolls that the kids feel about bread sticks. If I see- You like a roll. I like a roll. Like a nice dinner roll. What about a place- There's two different ways that I've seen this approached.
Okay. A little loaf with a bread knife. Unsliced little loaf.
And you can slice it or tear it apart. For the table? Yeah.
Okay. Or pre-sliced little loaf. But then they do that oil with the roasted garlic in it. Oh, yes. That's pretty good.
That is okay. I like that. Some of the restaurants will come around and they'll do that cool wrist movement with the oil and get the particles all moving in it.
And then they'll dump it on the plate for you. Like, wow. This is fancy. It's just delicious bread. Bread is so good. Yeah. Why don't we make more homemade bread?
I don't know. I honestly don't think I've ever made homemade bread. I don't think I ever had. Bread maker for a while. You can try. I think I made pizza dough in it. But did I ever make bread?
I don't know. We gotta make some bread. We gotta get some bread going. All right. I can make some bread.
That's what I'm saying. Fresh warm bread. Yes. You want to have a bread competition? You and me?
Yeah. You'll win. Why? Because you will.
Because you care about it more. I gotta look something up. I'm gonna look something up. We might have to have a bread cook off. Okay. What are you looking up?
What are you looking up? Oh, weird. Yes, I can do it. What? I'll tell you in a minute. I'm gonna save it for later. For a different conversation.
Just say no. This is the bread conversation. I know, but I'm gonna save it until after eight. I'm gonna talk about it at eight.
So stick around. Big bread news coming your way just after eight o'clock. I'm doing other research. I'll tell you about it after eight. All right.
It's coming up. Give me a minute to do more research. Okay. You and me, bread cook off. Fine. You're on.
Donkey Kong? Two loaves of fresh, delicious bread in the house. Can you even imagine? Do we get to pick our own type of bread that we want to make? You can pick your own bread.
Yep. They don't have to be the same breads. I'm gonna make focaccia.
You're gonna make focaccia? Yeah. What's that? Oh, bro. Do you think that's gonna be an easy bread? Yes. Oh. Are you already doubting me?
You're already doubting my bread. It's a competition. Yeah, I know.
Yeah, I am. It's on. The bread bake off is on.
It is on. You're coming down. Who's gonna judge? Who's gonna judge this? Me. I win.
No. We gotta get some judges around here. We're gonna get bread judges? Yeah.
It's gotta be warm and fresh. That's a big part of it. It's gonna be hard.
And it's gotta be a blind taste test. Yeah, it does. They can't know who's is who's. Exactly. Okay. Because I think some people would be in your corner. Why? Because. This is a good argument. We were at a hotel over the weekend and you said, come take a look at this.
Is that what I said? I walked over to where you were standing and I go, You go, just fill it. Just fill it with your feet. And I go, yeah, it's a little bumpy. And you go, I hate it. I do. I hate it.
I don't like it. We have a spot in our basement where there is something under the carpet. And it's a piece of sheetrock mud on the concrete that's underneath the pad and the carpet. I don't know what it is. Makes me crazy. There's a couch over it.
And I am very grateful for that. But even just knowing it's there right now, like I want to rip the carpet up and get whatever it is out of there. What do you think was under the carpet in the hotel?
I don't know. An uneven floor or a wire or I have no idea, but I could feel it and I hate it. How many times do you think the carpet's been changed in that hotel? At least twice. Why twice? Well, because it's got three times. I bet three times because it's been changed. The owners have changed enough that it's probably at least three times that's been remodeled.
That hotel's been around a long time. After 21 years of marriage, they're still learning new stuff about you. You didn't know that I hate that? I didn't know that you didn't like stuff under the carpet. This is why I wear shoes. I can't deal with feet sensations. I don't like it when my feet feel stuff. You know how... I just want to feel not that. I don't know. I don't know how to explain it. I hate it when my feet feel stuff. Don't you?
No. I like being barefoot. You go barefoot. I like feeling stuff. I can't.
I don't like it when my feet feel stuff. I heard. Yeah. You were pretty grossed out. It's an ick. It's a big ick. I don't like when I'm walking through a place and I feel stuff under the carpet.
No, thank you. So then why did you keep stepping on it? You ran a hoodtup? I felt it and I wanted you to know that it was there. I didn't want to be alone in my misery.
I didn't care about it. I stepped on it and I went, yeah, there's something under there. I hope if I ever stay there again, they give me a different room that doesn't have that gross.
Nothing I'd go change a room for something like that. But if it would have been like in my regular path and I had to feel it multiple times, you'd be like, this has to go. It kind of is in the regular path. It was. I only felt it that one time. I stayed away from the area. Is it kind of creepy?
You out? I don't like it. What about it? Don't you like the feeling? I don't like when my feet feel stuff. Or is it because it's unknown? And so you're like, I don't know what it could be. It could be something that's alive.
I don't think it's alive. Okay. So it's not that.
No. Miss don't like it when there's stuff under there. Give those stuff out of there.
What are you doing? I don't know why. Felt it with my foot and I didn't like it. And I wanted you to feel it too. I did. And I went, yeah.
So carry on about the day. A yuck. Learned a new thing about you every day. You know, I'm a complex human being.
That was a fun one. I don't like it. I'm thinking about it.
I don't like it. I wish that there was carpet in here somewhere. There is carpet.
On the walls. No, no, no, no. There's no, no, no, no.
How about that? Do you like stuff if there was? There's something in the carpet of the walls, but that freak you out? It doesn't freak me out.
I just don't like it. Yeah, but you said you didn't like filling stuff with your feet, but if it was on the wall you would fill it with your hands. I'd cut it out.
I believe you would. What you want to talk about? Oh, I was just going to ask you if you had a nice Father's Day. Well, yes. Okay. I did.
Great. Did you? I had a great Father's Day. Because it sounded like you felt like you were messing up Father's Day.
I kind of felt like I was messing up Father's Day. You had big plans for breakfast or something, and then it didn't happen because we slept in a little bit, and then the kids weren't up and at them. No, and then you were kind of like, I don't really want to go out to breakfast. Yeah, I don't want to necessarily go out with all the people because I know it was going to be a busy breakfast morning, and so I kind of was like, you know, if I was going to have something, I'd be like, well, hash brown and like a fried egg and some sausage or something would be like a couple of links. So I'd be pretty set. Yeah. I didn't need anything crazy or anything.
I kind of need to go, you know, spend a bunch of money and be out with all the people. I'll just keep it easy. That's fine.
Yeah. And then by the time we finally even got out of the house, it was lunchtime. You got to pick the lunch.
Yes, we went and had a nice lunch. I didn't mind that. And it wasn't super busy. I liked the place that you picked. Yeah, it was good.
Nice sandwich. I asked the kids if they had gotten you anything. I kept bugging them to go get you some presents.
So they didn't. So here's here's what I was curious to see. I was curious to see if. The excitement around Mother's Day translated to the excitement around fathers were they excited at mother's day? Insanely excited.
Really? We had ideas and they wanted to go shopping and they were like, we're going to do this and this and this. I was like, that's awesome. You guys are great. So I was curious to see.
And they used their own money to buy me presents from Mother's Day. That is correct. And so I was like, let's see what they come up with. You know, I'm really, this will be fun. And they did all kinds of really nice, great things. And I went, this is, you guys nailed it. Like way to go.
Yeah. So, so, and they had like, we want to do this. We want to make this happen in the day. And we're like, okay, whatever I can help facilitate, you guys let me know. Cause we have a 21 year old and a 16 year old, right? And they both have jobs and they're like independent people like that. So they kind of had ideas and I went, awesome. Let me know what you need from me, how I can help whatever.
I kept giving them updates. Like probably starting a week ago was like, hey, Father's Day is coming up. You guys got to start planning some ideas. Hey, Father's Day is three days away. Hey, we're going to be gone this weekend. That would be a great opportunity for you guys to go get some shopping done. Hey, Father's Day is tomorrow. Did you guys do anything? Oh, there was a whole separate group chat. They didn't even get you a card. I know.
Yeah. And then at one point they went to go get drinks, a midday drink treat. They wanted to go and they know what I like. I was like my frozen lemonade and they came back and I was grateful.
I was nice, but they got me the small and everybody else got mediums. So... Emery felt bad about that. She said that wasn't her fault.
She ordered the medium and they gave her the small. But we had to pay for it. I know. They go, oh, can you give us some money for a dutch?
Yeah. You pay for it. It's a Father's Day treat. You know, it's fine.
They had Legos to buy. That's all right. Because guess what? I feel like I made up for them.
Did I? Okay. When gift is on the line, yeah, 100%. Absolutely.
Yeah. Because we went shopping and I've had this idea that I wanted to get a small smoker for the backyard kitchen cook area. And you were like, let's go find one.
And I haven't done enough research to be like, I'm confident in what I know I want. I have no idea. This is all new territory. Like I had done a lot of research on the Blackstone before I got that.
I was like, yeah, I know. I want to, I want to griddle. And I had cooked on one for a week at a camp out. So I was like, I know I can use this. I know this is all good.
But I haven't ever done the smoker thing. And so I was like, ah, let's dive in, I guess. And so I did some research at lunch and we went and found one that I got a pretty decent deal on, I think.
And then loaded it up and built it, went through the process of priming it and then seasoning it, getting it all good to go. My favorite gifts for you are the ones that I also get to enjoy. Yeah, that was a thing you brought up. Was that when you get a gift, it's like something for you to go and be alone and relax. And when I get a gift, it's so that I can make food for the whole family or whatever.
Yeah. We made you work on Father's Day, I'm sorry. Well, it was fine. I put up a canopy, I laid out a moving blanket to kind of build everything on and keep it from getting scratched up. It was awesome. And we were like, make us dinner now. Yeah. Now cook us food.
On your day. So I talked to my buddy who's like a legitimate barbecue competition smoker guy. And I said, hey, what do you feel about this particular smoker? He's like, yeah, those are good. Like that's good. Yeah. And I went, okay, all right, awesome.
Getting a deal and a recommend. Nice. The chicken you made last night was top dog. Top dog. Top dog. So good.
Yeah. So, and that was like, because I didn't have a lot of hours, it was already lunchtime. I wasn't going to wake up at six and throw a big old chunk of meat on there and let it cook all day.
No, but guess what? I didn't have time. You can do that a different day. Yes, I can.
He's so happy. Yes, I can. Yeah. Well, I'm sorry that the kids missed the boat.
It's fine. I got, you know, some hugs and some recognition, which was nice. Did you even get like a happy Father's Day from back? Did he even say anything? I think so.
He doesn't typically. Yeah. I think so. I'm sure I did.
Okay. But that's, you know, we're on different levels, you and I. Here's the other thing I was going to say about the smoker. A minute ago, we were talking about our bread cookoff.
Yeah. I'm smoking a loaf. That is what's happening because you can absolutely bake bread in a smoker. So good luck to you. Good luck to you. We're going to have a bread bake off. Yeah. Because I'm going to make. What are you going to make? What's it called? I'm not even going to tell you. Why would I tell you?
I'm not going to tell you either. You already said you're making focaccia. Yeah.
Because it's delicious. Yeah. Well, I don't know what I'm making yet, but it's going to be made in the smoker and it is going to be delicious. We'll see about that.
I also found out that there is a Wi-Fi upgrade. On your smoker? Yeah. To do what? So you can hook it to the Wi-Fi so you can monitor temperature. Like I could put some meat on and then leave.
And I could just check it on my phone. Hey. Hey. When are we going to do this bread bake off? Soon. Because it's topical. So we need to do it soon. We'll forget.
Put it in the calendar. We got to find some judges. I don't think it'll be hard to find people that want to eat bread. Okay. It's going to be coworkers here?
I don't know. We got to do it warm though. That's a big part of it.
I know, but how? You got to have warm bread. We get here at six. They don't get here until eight. I'm not going to bring in my warm bread at six in the morning.
What time do you think I'm waking up to big bread? You're smoking it. You're not baking it. I'm baking it in the smoker.
Thank you very much. You could even like wheel your smoker here and just do it here. Yeah.
Well, then you just wheel the oven over. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just not going to serve mine warm. Don't even worry about it.
I'll figure it out. You're going to have cold bread? Whose idea was this? Yours. I don't think it was.
Roll tape. We can find out. It's in the podcast. We know where somewhere in the show there's you saying, we will, I will make better bread than you. Sure of it. I doubt. I doubt I said that. This was your idea. Nonetheless, great Father's Day. I'm not upset about anything. Okay.
Even though I only got a small and everybody else got a medium. I'll be fine. Well, your eyes look normal. Thank you. Thank you.
Finally, they did not look so normal. Thursday. Was that Thursday night?
Thursday night, Friday morning. So we had a short week last week and we were off on Friday because you'd given me a Christmas gift and we were able to cash in finally. And but every single night last week was we had a thing Monday. We had a thing Tuesday. We had a thing Wednesday. Thursday night we went to Dear Evan Hansen in Pocatello. Phenomenal performance.
And I asked you. Unreal. It was pretty amazing. And you've seen the movie. You're familiar with the music and it gets you every time. It's just it's incredibly moving. The story is just really special.
Like the whole thing. So you sat down in your seat and you looked over at the orchestra pit and noticed there was a cello and then went, oh, no. Well, I knew there was going to be a cello. But but immediately you went, you went, oh, no.
I thought I was going to be like a. Like just the recording. No, they had a live orchestra. Don't put a live cello. If you put a string instruments. But especially the cello. But especially the cello. It guts me.
And you're done. So you saw the cello and did you start tearing up then? Or were you because I feel like once the orchestra walked out and started warming up and you heard the cello, you were waterworks. Your eyes were you were crying that. No, I think I got. I don't think I started crying then. I think it was like a. Uh-huh. Like, oh, there goes the stomach.
Oh, you love it. This is my body prepping itself to know that it was going to. But certainly opening song, you were done.
Oh, yeah. And you cried the whole time. Yeah, it was a two and a half hour production. Two and a half hours. You cried the whole time. I had an admission. I said, whose idea was this? And every so that it's about to get a whole lot worse.
And I said, oh, I know. But she had never seen. She didn't know the story at all. Like that was. But she's heard the music before. Sure.
But. Yeah, it was phenomenal. They did a great job. Really, really good. It was incredible.
So then afterward we go to grab dinner. My eyes are puffy because I've been crying for two and a half hours. I could barely see the menu. You look like you'd had an allergic reaction and all of your makeup was gone. I think I did have an allergic reaction because I woke up the next morning and I was still puffy. I don't know if there was something in my makeup and when I was wiping and crying. I don't know. Something happened.
Yeah. I took a Benadryl on Friday morning. I was like, I can't go out looking like this. Your eyes were puffy.
Puffy eyes. Wonderful performance though. Okay, but here's really impressed. Here's what I also know. The ISU Department of Performing Arts, they were able to be the first in the country to get the rights to produce the show. And that's pretty amazing. And they nailed it.
They really did. Like I was, I've seen the movie. I was blown away. Like the actor who played Evan, unbelievable. Yeah, so good.
Unbelievable. Yeah, so good. So good.
Yeah, I can't give enough praise. I was really good. Really happy to hear a lot of other sniffles in the audience. So I wasn't the only one like. The mom song and the second act, the whole place was a tear. It was the whole room. Forget about the drought. Just start soaking up all the tears from that room. Fix everything. Phil Lake Powell back up.
Unreal. It was really, really good. So I assume do they have more shows going if people want to go? You should.
You should absolutely go. I don't know the answer. I should have looked that up. That's all right.
I didn't. You can get more info at the ISU website. ISU Dear Evan Hansen. Yeah, it's at the Stevens Performing Arts building in the Biceline Thrust Theater. It's so good.
So, so good. Just a little heads up and they'll tell you this. When you go to buy tickets, but there is adult themes and language in this. Correct. Performance. Correct. So if you're unfamiliar with the story, do know that it does carry some of that with it. So if you're sensitive to those things, maybe be aware. Oh, I don't think there's any more performances. No. So if you didn't get to see it, I'm sad for you.
I feel bad for you, son. Remarkable though. Kudos to the cast.
They did such a wonderful job. So anyway, your eyes look great. I'm fine now. You look normal.
I've healed up just great. If you want to make Chantel cry, just hit the low notes on Achello and she's... Bro, I'm done. Just like that. You can hear just the beginning of it.
And you... Yeah, it's pretty easy to make me cry. I thought you were going to learn how to play one. Yeah. You think you'd cry if you knew how to play it? No, I just... It feels like a lot of work.
To learn how to play Achello that you love? Yes. That's a... I just don't have time.
But it's also expensive and I have a lot of other hobbies. I don't know. It's still there like maybe someday. Someday, maybe. Okay. I mean, you can rent.
You don't have to buy one. No, I know. We've looked into it. I'm full of you where I think sometimes I just want to listen to other people play it because other people play it very well. So maybe I don't need to play it. I just want to listen to other people play the channel. Because it's so pretty.
It is my favorite instrument. Top? Top, top, top. Wow.
Okie doke. You know what's the bottom? Slide whistle. Is that it? Is that the bottom? No. What is?
What's the word? No, I don't want to make anybody sad. Tambourine?
No, no, I like the... It's the saxophone. Oh, that's right.
I knew that. You do not like the saxophone. I'm sorry for anybody who plays the saxophone. It's just not your thing. It's not. Yeah, well. But if you play the cello, come play for me, please. What did I say earlier about gift giving? I said the best way to give a gift is to get something that you can also enjoy. So here's a gift for Father's Day. Now make the family food.
Or here's a Christmas present, but it's... You know, I'm not going to send you to a concert by yourself. So I'll go too. Yeah. Right, right, right. I got it figured out. I think you do. So you finally got to cash in on your Christmas present.
That is correct. And how was it? It was great. Went and saw a band called the Dead South. Saw them at the Sandy Amp Theatre. Great venue, by the way. Really cool venue. I like that spot. It's nice.
You're close. It's good sound. It's a good show. They are like a folksy bluegrass type of show.
They have these... Kind of. What do they call themselves? I can't remember. We looked it up.
They were suspenders and they... They are a folk bluegrass musical ensemble. Look, check that out.
Yeah, that's right. So I was worried that everyone was going to be kind of dressed up in this folksy bluegrass type of look. And I said, I'm going to go buy a dress.
I'm going to wear like a folksy bluegrass dress. That's right. I went and bought a dress, a couple of dresses. Yep. And ended up not wearing either one of them. It is correct.
Tried them on at the hotel. And I said, I don't like the way this looks. Plus it's also really hot. And we're going to be outside.
These are the exact conversation. I'm just going to wear this pair of shorts that I've been wearing all day. It was fine. And then I felt... Everybody was wearing whatever they want. Yeah, it was totally cool.
There was no dress code to be had. I looked around at people and there were people of all ages and backgrounds. There was no consistent... Like that's what's great about music, isn't it?
Yes. Like everybody, there's something in there for everybody. We all are good with what we're seeing. And what I also noticed was everybody was just enjoying the concert the way they wanted to enjoy the concert.
That's right. People were dancing, people were sitting, people were clapping, people were... It was just like a very chill, like just enjoy the way you want to enjoy it.
It is correct. It was very cool. I wanted to ask you...
Okay. Because sometimes I don't know what to do with my hands at a concert. With your hands? Yeah.
Like sometimes if people are clapping, then it's like, okay, I'll clap along, but then that ends and then I go... Like if they're clapping in rhythm? Yeah. Okay. Then I go, what am I supposed to do with my hands now? And so sometimes I'll put them on your back and then I'll... Sure. Beat along to the rhythm.
Like I'm choking. Annoy you? No. Okay, good. Okay. I did because I was going to ask you that. I also took a note, people will sometimes start the clap. Okay. And that's interesting.
Okay. Have you ever been the person to start the clap? I don't know if I have. Okay. You know what I'm talking about, right?
Sure. When the band is playing, sometimes the band will be like, okay, clap along and then everybody claps along, but that's not always the case. Sometimes there's just a random person in the crowd that's like, I'm going to clap.
And then everybody around him is like, me too. Yeah, I've never been that person. I've never been the starter. No. Ever. I'm barely a follower. I'm like, you all clap, there's enough of you.
Yeah, you don't. You are very much... I'm going to just quietly enjoy this show. You are that person.
I don't... Yeah, whatever. I will say, I was pleasantly surprised at how few people were aggressively singing along. And that was good for me.
Aggressively? Because sometimes there are people that just yell the words along with the band and it's really distracting. So it was nice that there wasn't a lot of that around where we were sitting. Correct. Yeah. I was happy about that. What I found annoying, and this would be so distracting if I was the band, there are people just walking around constantly. Yeah, you said that.
Constant. Because people were getting up and they were going to the restroom or going to the merch booth or going over to get a drink or a food or whatever. And you were like, sit down. Like, intermission is over. Yeah. Like, enjoy the show. And it was an outside venue, so it was still light outside when it started.
So you could clearly see people at times. Rowing around. And I'd be like, if I was on the band on the stage, I'd look around and be like, hey, hey, hey, I'm here to perform. We're doing something up here. I'm here to perform. Sit down and watch. Look at me.
I'm on stage. Maybe they don't care. They still get the money, right? Somebody bought a ticket to. Yeah, I mean, that's true.
Mail about. Someone did pay to get into that venue to wander around. Yeah.
I would just be so distracted and annoyed if I was in the band and that people were just walking around. It was their sound guy's birthday. Yes. His name is rhubarb. And I felt like that's appropriate. Be sure to say happy birthday to old rhubarb back there running the sound. All right.
Rhubarb. Anyway, great, great Christmas gift that I finally got to cash in six months after Christmas. So it's great. Yeah.
A great gift for me too. And in a month, we're going to be back in that venue. Yeah, we are. Watching another show for our anniversary. So, bada-bing. Look at us.
Maybe I'll wear the dress that I bought for this concert. Maybe. You know how sometimes, like, everybody knows somebody in their life that's not a great storyteller. So maybe somebody takes a long time to tell a story, or maybe they throw in like a bunch of irrelevant details, or maybe they're- Why are you not looking at me when you say that?
This is not an attack against you. Because you tell me often. Nobody needs to know that part. Like, you're adding too much to the story. And I go, no, it's relevant. No. And it'll all circle back in the end.
Just you wait. Sometimes people tell stories that are like a lot of ums or uhs. I feel like I'm that way. This is more of a critique against me, not you. We were hanging out with some friends over the weekend. And there was multiple opportunities where we were just like having conversations and telling stories. And I felt like as I was telling stories, I would get blank looks like I'm bored with this conversation.
And so then I was questioning, am I a bad storyteller? Or maybe you were just talking about boring things. Or that.
It could be that. I felt like every time I went to tell a story, something happened. And then nobody was ever like, oh, continue that story.
My stories always got interrupted. I'm glad you picked up on it. There was one instance where I was telling a very particularly funny story. And as we went, as I was like getting into the meat of the story, because we were in our hotel, elevators open, we get in the elevator. I'm like, oh, here's an opportunity for me. Yeah, everyone, you've got a trapped audience.
Yeah. No one ever asked to continue. And so I purposely was like, well, I'm not going to say anything until somebody says, hey, keep going. No one did.
No one did. There was other stuff to talk about. Am I a bad storyteller? This story has been great. That was a good story, too. Was it?
Yeah. It was the one where. It was the one, you know. You've seen it. You've seen the one.
What do you mean? It's the one where. It's the one.
No. See, nobody cares to hear what I have to say. I'm a bad storyteller.
It's the one where what? I was going to tell them about how you had an itchy back one day, and so I went over to scratch it. I remember you were telling that story. Yeah. I never got to finish it.
How you were going to go to all of the co-workers and have them see who would scratch your back. That's right. I never got to that part.
Bummer. Do you want to? You know what would be fun is if you just went down the hall and started telling other people about that story and just to see how far you can get before something happens to they go, I don't want to hear about it. No one will ever say that because everyone's too polite to say that. Yeah, but if they just got up and they were like, I got somewhere to be.
Oh, no. Just walk away. This story, it's this story. No one wants to hear this story. Just me as the storyteller. If I start telling people a story and they're looking around like somebody's saying, What if I started telling the story after you got cut off and I was like, guys, listen to this, and they were riveted and they were like, that was hilarious. I wish someone would have told me that story sooner.
That would make me so mad. The quality of my life would be better if I would have heard that 10 minutes ago. I'm so happy I've heard that story now. Winchantel was telling it. Woo-hoo. Yeah.
We didn't know when I was going to end. Was that the same story? They'll say. He told it differently and more engaged. More details. Yeah, because he left in the important bits that you cut out.
Get out of here. You're a fine storyteller. What are you talking about? Thanks, Josh. Fine.
You're welcome. Yeah. Not good, just fine. It's fine. I'll take fine. Not bad.
Not bad. What? What?
Do you know when someone says you're a fine storyteller, that is a compliment. Okay. That's better than good. How is fine better than good? It's like sandpaper.
The finer the sandpaper, the smoother the service. Thanks. Yeah. Josh.
You're welcome. Oh, would you rather this or that? Would you rather be silent all the time or rather have everyone else be silent all the time? Yes. That. That? You want every, so you're just talking?
No, no, no. Because if everyone else is silent, when I am also silent, oh, the silence. So nice. It does sound nice. Could be real nice. Yeah. But that means no movies, no books.
I mean, audio books, no music. No. It's just you. Yes, it is.
No. Everyone else is quiet. So it's just you. You're the only one with a voice.
So nice. You just want me to be quiet. What? No. That is not true.
That is not true at all. That's exciting. That's kind of an interesting question. I would rather that than have a bunch of noise and I can't say anything. Yeah. You know? So you'd rather have everyone else be quiet. I get it.
No, not you. I'm just saying that in the world of noise and chaos, if people were quieter, it might be nice. It might be nice. Yeah.
And I don't want to be the only one quiet while everybody else is talking. That's what I'm saying. I got things to say. I got stories to tell. And no one to listen to them. But now you're the only one that can speak. You'll never get interrupted. You'll finish your whole story. I'll be like. People will just start walking away and you're like, No, it's guys, guys. I'm following you and you can't stop me. I'm the only one that can make noise. You will hear the end of this story no matter how long it takes.
They start running. Stop talking to me. I will find you.
And I will finish my tale. Yeah. I want everybody else to be quiet. Just me talking. Interesting. Yeah.
I don't want to hear anybody else's opinions. It'd be nice if I could just turn it on and off. Like, sorry.
In the middle of a meeting with your boss. Yeah. What's that? I can't hear you. Quiet down, sir.
Would you rather this or that? One of my favorite things about having conversations with people is asking couples how they met. And it's fun to do it in a way where they're both there together and they can share the story together. Yeah. But you also find it fun to ask one person and then get the other side of the story in a separate conversation.
And that's what you did this weekend. Yeah. You asked a couple, like, how did you guys meet? And then later on had this conversation as a group and went, now I'm going to hear it from you.
Tell me how you met. Because I think it's interesting to get the different perceptions, especially if you can break them off and ask the one before the other. Yeah. And see how the story is very. Do the details corroborate.
You're doing a little detective work. But I also think it's just like a, I don't know, there's always a little bit of a sparkle when you ask people how they met. Tell me your story. The story of how we met. That's what you say.
Tell me your story. And they go, oh, well. Yeah.
Let me tell you. Because it's fun. It's an exciting time of their life. And right.
Anyway. It's a good question. Oftentimes, we have a lot of friends, and I don't necessarily know how they, as a couple, met. And so it's fun to hear those details.
Or you forget. And so then I go, wait, tell me how you guys met. Or tell me about your first date.
Yeah. Tell me how you guys met. And they go, we haven't yet. You go, what? You're married. You go, never met.
That's the kind of stuff I would say. How'd you guys meet? And I go, who is she? I don't even know this person. Because I'm fun at parties. You are fun at parties.
Maybe like, I'm not talking to you anymore. Why do I even bother? Plus also, you're a good storyteller, Josh. Even though you leave. Oh, just good. I'm not fine. It's like sandpaper.
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Yeah. Happy Monday. It's kissing day. Kiss someone you like. Or have an onion ring in the rainforest.
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