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Jim and Justin comin' at ya! Again! As the Stew returns for version Tew.0, we all find ourselves a little older, a little wiser, and packing a lot more heat.
Greetings, reprobate stew nation. Jim and Justin coming at you. Justin? Yep. Buddy, how are
Jim:you doing tonight? Fan fucking tastic, Jim.
Justin:How are you doing?
Jim:I'm feeling strong to quite strong myself. Fuerte to Fuerte seem
Justin:no. I I just totally hosed that.
Jim:What is that? Greek?
Justin:Yeah. It's a language I'm working on. I'm making it up as I go.
Jim:Buddy, I I would like to propose a toast.
Justin:Oh, I like toasts, Jim. A toast to the nation. To the nation. Yes.
Jim:And it is what has become our standard stew toast. May your pores be heavy and your pulls be long. Cheers. Cheers, amigo. And here
Justin:goes the long pole, Jim. That was a long pole on a heavy port. Things are gonna get fun fast.
Jim:Justin, you had a long pull. I had a long pull. What are the chances we'd need to see our bishops?
Justin:I would say average to good.
Jim:I mean, you know, the old joke goes, I think you can go blind from long poles. I've heard that before. Or some version of the old joke anyway.
Justin:I've got some amount of evidence to the contrary.
Jim:I I won't give up my sources. Stories stories you've told your bishop?
Justin:Yeah. Well, there's that too.
Jim:Bishop, I've been conducting my own experiments lately. I haven't crashed the car yet.
Jim:Alright, buddy. As per usual,
Jim:I got a scale for you. Oh, I was hoping. And it's summertime.
Justin:There's a song about that.
Jim:There's yeah. We were Yeah. Just humming our the Beach Boys too.
Justin:Yes, we were.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah. Oh, good lord. Yeah. They the Beach Boys, they knew how to do it.
Jim:And so here's the scale. Alright. Hit me. On a dauber down to a dauber up, on a no mast to half mast to full mast, on no lead in your pencil to some lead in your pencil to locked and leaded in your pencil.
Jim:What kind of energy, intensity, mattitude, and stew badassery are you bringing to the episode tonight, buddy?
Justin:Jim, this one's just easy. Locked and leaded. 100%. Just hoping I don't knock the
Jim:table over. It's a pegging off the table situation? That's correct.
Jim:Hello, dream girl.
Jim:It's Garth Algar. Yes. Wayne's World.
Jim:Sorry. I
Jim:think it was Cheech and Chong that once talked about the over the shoulder boner holder.
Justin:I'm not familiar with that.
Jim:I can't remember if it was in Up in Smoke, still smoking, or nice dreams. But I like you. Yeah. I'm locked and leaded. The daubers up and it's definitely a full mast kind of a situation tonight.
Justin:I'm gonna back up about three inches just
Jim:so we don't, you know That makes two of us.
Justin:Cross cross contaminate, cross pollinate.
Jim:Lord.
Justin:Getting nervous now.
Jim:You know, if only we had the Stu Bishop in here. Yeah. We could bounce some of this stuff off of him. But he's not ready to come in yet. Not yet.
Jim:Anyway, buddy, this is kind of
Jim:a a unique episode tonight. I've heard that. Yeah. You warned me. Yeah.
Jim:I warned you. Yeah. That was nice of me.
Jim:It was. It would've
Justin:made this a lot more interesting if you hadn't.
Jim:Yeah. Holy shit. Wouldn't that?
Justin:Hey, Justin. I've got an update for you.
Jim:Justin. Justin. So listen. As usual or typically anyway, you know, you kinda direct traffic on the reprobate update. Tonight's kind of a special Yeah.
Jim:Reprobate update. Do you wanna kinda run point here? What
Justin:No. You How do you wanna tackle? You carry this one, Jim.
Jim:Okay. So you're gonna kinda I'm deferring. You're gonna come in with the assist
Justin:Yeah.
Jim:Support Correct. Corrections if need be.
Justin:Yes. The update.
Jim:Alright. The update. Alright. So
Jim:Stew Nation, as we kinda referenced, it is different episode tonight and the update's a different dep update tonight. So here's the deal. The certified reprobate stew chefs will be taking a stew cation. Stew cation.
Justin:It's like a staycation, but different.
Jim:Except a stew cation. Right. But yeah. Exactly. Okay.
Jim:So there will be, of course, subject to change because as Justin and I like to always remind each other, it is our fucking show. So we can do whatever we want. Right?
Justin:I've heard that. Yeah.
Jim:Yeah. But the plan for now, Stew Nation, is that June, July, and August, the Stew is gonna go on hiatus. The certified reprobate stew chefs are gonna head off to parts unknown, are going to reenergize, refresh, and come back batter better than ever. Agreed. At a later date, sometime in September if we're taking June, July, and August.
Justin:That's the math I was doing.
Jim:Yeah. Okay.
Justin:I'm with you.
Jim:The calendar hasn't changed. No.
Justin:I'm No.
Jim:Justin, there's a couple things I during this update here that you and I can kinda talk about here. This is gonna be a kind of a conversational update.
Justin:Alright. Okay.
Jim:December thirty first of twenty twenty, you and I recorded episode 37, Stay
Justin:Out of Jail. That was a good one.
Jim:Yes. Dare we say, Justin. Stay out of jail. Anyway, I believe it was during that episode that, you know
Justin:Well, quick pause. I picked up on the queue this time.
Jim:Dude, you're on
Justin:You you lobbed a softball at me.
Jim:You're on your a game.
Justin:I've missed that one before.
Jim:Anyway, during that episode, we kinda kicked around. I don't wanna speak for you, but I know I fully 100% admitted I am not a New Year's resolutions guy.
Justin:You did mention that.
Jim:That kind of my whole deal is that, you know, I try to be better today than I was yesterday.
Justin:Yep.
Jim:I try to be better tomorrow than I was today. So that's kinda me living my life. I don't wanna, you know.
Justin:I go under the each day, I'm better than the next. And I suggest you let that marinate.
Jim:Nation wrap your mind around that. So that was on 12/31/2020 episode 37. Justin, you and I started the stew adventure, the stew journey, April twenty third of twenty twenty. Yeah. With episode one, a father's nightmare.
Jim:And we've talked about that. I mean, that episode to this day continues to be our number one most downloaded episode.
Justin:Yep. Absolutely.
Jim:And, you know, if we had the stew statistician here, he could tell us for sure. But Justin, I don't think it's close.
Justin:I'm gonna find out, Jim.
Jim:Okay. Alright. So you log in there to the metrics and, you know, give us a sense. But Justin, since April 23, as we record this episode tonight on Wednesday, May twenty sixth of twenty twenty one. So we're we're essentially thirteen months in now.
Jim:Yeah. You and I have not missed one week Yeah. Producing an episode. And in some of those weeks, you and I recorded more than one episode.
Justin:Yeah. Depending on who you believe, it's either two or three in a week.
Jim:Yeah.
Justin:I think we've duked that out before.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah. Because aren't there like DeLorean time machine applications?
Justin:There's problems with it all.
Jim:Yeah. I I I mean, we've recorded three in a week. Yes. I don't think we've dropped three in a week though. Correct.
Jim:The most we've ever dropped is two in a week. We're we're eye to eye. Okay. Which is what we're gonna do this week.
Justin:Correct. With this episode. Record two drop one.
Jim:Episode sixty and sixty one. Yeah. We're gonna we're gonna drop them both this week.
Justin:Oh, wait. Yes.
Jim:Let's drop them both.
Justin:Yeah. We'll drop them both.
Jim:And and yeah. And Yeah. We'll sort through We'll figure it out.
Justin:We can take that offline, Jim. We'll figure
Jim:it out.
Justin:Figure it out. Figure it out.
Jim:So you went to the metrics. So update, we are
Justin:34% higher than the next contender. No kidding. A father's nightmare. So that's that is significant
Jim:That is. Statistically. That is.
Justin:And, you know, you could say, well, it's the oldest, but the second place is actually episode 23, Triggered. Who knew? Old Sarge Triggered
Jim:with Sarge.
Justin:Yeah. The the chip eating episode. Wait. Was
Jim:wait. Triggered. Wasn't he actually in studio with us?
Justin:Oh, which one would he oh, was it Stew and Review? I'm sorry.
Jim:Stew and Review.
Justin:Okay. You're right. He was here.
Jim:Okay. That was the one where he was Four hours. His military industrial complex orange Correct. As far as we know.
Justin:Correct. Yes.
Jim:Yeah. Well, so there you have it, Stew Nation. So episode number one continues to lead the charge. But Justin, we've been recording episodes for thirteen straight months now. Some weeks recording two or three.
Jim:Yeah. And so Stew Nation, in an effort to always be producing good stew, tasty stew, nourishing stew. Sometimes the chefs need to go into the lab Yeah. And marinate on new recipes, new notions. I like that play on words there.
Jim:New ingredients.
Justin:Marinate on new ingredients.
Jim:Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. New ideas.
Jim:What whatever it is. So so that's the deal nation. We're gonna step away June, July, August.
Justin:Which by the way is a fantastic opportunity for many of you to catch up.
Jim:That's a good call too. Yeah. Yeah.
Justin:Yeah. Or, you know, go back and double dip if you need to. We won't argue. We won't complain. We will not.
Justin:No. No. You you need not want
Jim:for stew. There's been a lot of good stew and and there there's been, some underrated stew. See the feral nose hair.
Justin:Yeah. What was the other one? There were a couple. Ty brought up that we underrated that, but he was pissed that we didn't publicly underrate You're right. The Sam's Club Costco
Jim:Oh, the solicitation gauntlet. Gauntlet. You're welcome, Ty. You're welcome.
Justin:I was listening. Good call. Paying attention. Shout out to Ty.
Jim:Shout out to Ty.
Justin:So Good life lessons in that one. No shit.
Jim:Yeah. I mean, you know that motherfucker. Most most people would would just love to have the answers to the quiz. And that was one of those episodes, Justin, where we We gave them. We gave a lot of answers For free.
Jim:To the quiz.
Jim:For free. Yeah. Thank you.
Jim:Lot of people pay big college tuition dollars for that kind of information.
Justin:That's what I'm saying.
Jim:These two professors dealt not to take the professor's title.
Justin:No. No. No.
Jim:No. These two chefs. We'll stick with chefs.
Jim:Hello. Justin, that is the reprobate update.
Justin:We're back.
Jim:And we're back, folks.
Jim:Alright, Justin. Let's move on to shout outs and grievances if you have them. Now, I'm just gonna let you know I've I'm shout outs only tonight. Same. Same.
Jim:Okay. Do you wanna take the lead?
Justin:I'm gonna go first.
Jim:Okay. Gonna give you some have some comments on some of my shout outs and vice versa.
Justin:Right. Mine's mine's quick and simple. And Jim, it's naturally, it's to you because as we talk about the number of episodes we've rolled with, the consistency, we've all we both had a part in maybe the consistency, getting this thing rolling, and we go back and forth on that, you know, whose fault it was that we got started, blah blah blah, yada yada yada, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. But then the content, the writing of the content, we have hundreds of hours of content, and then you wrote every one of those outlines. So there's a shout out like no other.
Justin:Fuck me. Buddy. Have kicked some ass for sixty one episodes. Thanks for
Jim:the shout out. Cheers. And it's time for another long pull.
Justin:Another long pull. Jesus. I'm already
Jim:three quarters away through this heavy pour. And it was a heavy
Justin:I know it was. I watched it this time.
Jim:We polished off one handle of Tower Vodka. We finished it.
Justin:Over.
Jim:Yeah. And so, Justin, I love that because listen, this this adventure has been a mutual admiration society, a mutual admiration collaboration. And I'm gonna lead with my my shout out that I was that was my grand finale shout out.
Justin:Okay.
Jim:And I wrote down to one hell of a cohost, one hell of a buddy, and one hell of a brother, the incomparable Justin Shelley. Shit, bro. That shout out goes to you. And I couldn't help but laugh Thinking about how you and I first met. Are you Jim Burns?
Jim:Yeah. I'm Jim Burns. I'm Justin Shelley. We're home teaching companions, home teaching partners.
Jim:Yeah, Justin. I don't get too wrapped up in that. If it happens, it happens.
Jim:Justin, I don't know that we ever made home teaching happen together. Not But what I know we've made happen together for the last thirteen months is 61 episodes of stew, buddy.
Justin:Damn straight.
Jim:Yeah. And that is a shout out to you. There's never been any hesitation week in, week out. We come in here and kick ass the only way we know how.
Justin:Yeah. Fucking a, Jim. That's all I got to that. Even though you you tried to make me cry, bitch, but it didn't work.
Jim:One hell of a cohost, one hell of a buddy, one hell of a brother.
Justin:Yeah. Doing it again still not gonna make me cry, at least not that anybody can see.
Jim:And I will never tell you that you cried too much.
Justin:Jim, it's been a ride, man. It's been a fucking ride.
Jim:It's been an awesome ride. Cheers. Thanks, buddy.
Justin:To another long pole.
Jim:Oh, good god.
Justin:Can't make too many long poles because we still have to go back and record episode six tonight. I know.
Jim:But it's a good thing we got another handle of vodka.
Justin:It's true. Yeah. I do my best work when I don't remember it the next day.
Jim:Justin, I wanna give a shout out. Number one, to the nation. When we started this thing on April 23, it was you and me. Yeah. We were the nation.
Justin:Correct.
Jim:We were the stew chefs, and we were the stew nation.
Justin:Well, so on on that note, episode one that has such an audience also has the lowest number of downloads in any given thirty day period. In the first thirty days. So every episode we track the how many downloads it gets in the first thirty days and then all time.
Jim:Okay. Okay.
Justin:So it has the lowest in the first thirty days because we were just starting because it was just you and me.
Jim:It was episode one. But then it also had
Justin:the biggest, you know, the most likely to Overachiever. Or overachiever or whatever award that it gets. Yeah.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah. So so
Jim:a huge shout out to the nation. The nation has grown over the year, and we've had just tons of input, tons of feedback. And then, of course, Justin, we have had stew guests. And so let me run down through the list here. Comment as you see fit.
Justin:You didn't miss Jamaican pie this time, did you?
Jim:Hell no. No. The princess of Pythagorean's theorem.
Justin:That's the one.
Jim:Queen o the quadratic. That's a big hell no. I did not miss. Listen. I'm just checking.
Justin:Dirty here. Or
Jim:yeah. Yeah.
Jim:Anyway, here here's the I tried to kinda put the guests in initial order as we went through episodes. So if I got it right, our first guest was the great Dennis Kay. I think that's true. Yeah. Episode 12, Anfield Road.
Jim:104 Anfield. To this day continues to set the stew mayor off. And depending on the day it sets you off. It does. Following the great Dennis Kay, we had the great Janko in studio.
Jim:Correct. First in studio Following Janko, we had Jay Rags aka stew mixologist. Yes. He taught us
Justin:the cloudy day.
Jim:The cloudy day.
Justin:Still one of my favorite drinks. If I just wanna get shit done now, that's still one of my go tos.
Jim:Drink the neck out. Yep. Refill it with the tequila. Half a lime.
Justin:He said quarter. I put a half in there.
Jim:Turn it upside down. Then chug it. Chance to meet a friend. Turn the cloudy day upside down. You'll be smiling after one of those.
Justin:Oh, yes. You will.
Jim:Justin, then we had your sibling. The great Jeremy Sarge. Aka the Sarge.
Jim:And he's become a stew legend in
Justin:his own. Absolutely. The Cheetos incident.
Jim:That there was a Cheetos incident. Yep. We had the great Cameron, our stew videographer. Pile of bricks.
Jim:Following Cameron, we had the great Voni v, a new king in town.
Justin:My favorite line of the entire show comes from that episode. Alright. Alright.
Jim:Come on, Von. Tell the truth. I mean, we are truth mingled with inaccuracy. But for fuck's sake. Good god.
Jim:At least let's start with a little truth.
Justin:Seriously, I do think that's my favorite line that came out of
Jim:your Alright. Alright.
Jim:Because it was unscripted.
Justin:Oh. And and it was just like, oh, he's had his fill.
Jim:That's
Jim:great. It was an impromptu bullshit meter pegged.
Jim:Yeah. You're right.
Jim:You're right.
Justin:I think it's the only time you've your bullshit bullshit met Jesus Christ. What have I had already? Only I gotta slow down on those poles. Yeah. I gotta slow down.
Justin:It's the to my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, the only time your bullshit meter pegged on the air. I I think that's true.
Jim:I think so. Yeah. Because that was just a legitimate just Yeah.
Justin:You, like, threw your pen down. I I
Jim:I'm sitting in here just shaking my head. But, you know, Vaughn has a gift for doing that too. Guess.
Jim:After Vaughn E V, we had the great Bob De Niro
Justin:Yes.
Jim:Of slander fame. Yes. We had the lovely Jamaican dirty Harry.
Justin:There it is.
Jim:Yes. We had the professor, Stew statistician, Stew poet laureate. Right. Slam poetry. Good old Tebow.
Jim:Yeah. Ty, my eldest progeny. And I think Ty and the great Dennis Kay are neck and neck at five appearances each.
Justin:Did each get five?
Jim:I think they hit the Cinco. We had the great Brian McLarty of four zero seven barbecue fame.
Justin:That dude's a character on Facebook, by the way.
Jim:Oh, he's he's been on fire lately, hasn't he? Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yes.
Jim:We had, of course, your nephew Tyler Correct. And his beloved wife, Kate Correct. In here. Yep. That was that was a fun one.
Jim:Yeah. It was. I believe it was Kate's mother that talks to the daisies or something.
Justin:Yeah. That's right.
Jim:Now, Justin, we've had the lovely LA in here.
Justin:A number of times.
Jim:And and I finally as I was thinking about it, I just dubbed her queen of the cameo.
Justin:Oh, I like that.
Jim:She just kinda rolls in whenever she sees fit. Hey. I'm getting my hair done. And after that, I'm gonna roll in and cook a little stew, and then I'll be gone. Yep.
Jim:Yep. You know, she kinda just
Justin:calls rolls, Jim. She's a free spirit.
Jim:She calls her shots.
Justin:You know? Oh, yeah. Nobody tells her what
Jim:the fuck. She's banging around in her El Camino. Right. Right.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah.
Jim:And I love the new paint job, you know, the jet black El Camino with the fire Gotta have the on the sides that she's got. Yeah.
Justin:It's a good look for her.
Jim:It's hot.
Justin:It gets me going. Revs my engine. I bet it does. I'd like to rotate her tires.
Jim:Justin, we had the rook. The rookie came in. We broke some shit down with the rook. We did a the first ever back to back kinda two day guest appearance with miss colonel aka the lovely Emma.
Justin:That was a hell of a weekend.
Jim:That that was. I think at some level, we're both still recovering.
Justin:Yeah. There was a a strong amount of alcohol consumed late nights. Yes.
Jim:And then
Justin:Were you guys worse than us?
Jim:Then we just started again the next day.
Justin:Rinse and repeat. Yeah. It's true. Yeah. Still recovering.
Jim:We had big Sean c in the well, he wasn't in the house. He was via
Justin:the remote.
Jim:Yeah. AKA El Jefe, aka a Juan Julio.
Jim:And then most recently, Justin, we've had the great Garth a k a g Money a k a a Uncle Garth. Uncle Garth. And then in episode 60, we had in the great Dougie Dee and the great Jeer.
Justin:Great use of the time machine there.
Jim:Thank you.
Jim:You know, it it's isn't it fitting that it only took us 61 episodes to figure that thing out?
Justin:Right. 1.21 gigawatts. The flux. Flex capacitor. Flux.
Justin:Yeah. You got it right this time.
Jim:You've been training
Justin:I've been educating you.
Jim:You have. Yeah.
Justin:It's not often, Jim, that I get to correct you on something.
Jim:I wanted to get it right so that, you know, you Yeah. A proud moment.
Justin:No. It was. Yeah. Good. You gained wisdom, student.
Justin:Thank you. Thank you. Young grasshopper. So, Justin, that works out to 19 total guests. It's a lot of guests.
Jim:So we've had in the stew in 61 episodes and, you know, some of them have had multiple appearances.
Justin:Do you know how many times we've had a guest? Did you do that math?
Jim:No. I didn't do that math because that would require me to do math.
Justin:Well, and you'd have to listen to some of them for the guest, the free spirit Yeah. Entrances.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah. So I I just I didn't wanna torment myself because
Justin:Fair enough.
Jim:I'm a little OCD.
Justin:But not that OCD.
Jim:And and if I got that math problem wrong, I'd never forgive myself.
Justin:Okay.
Jim:So I just didn't even do it.
Justin:Noted. Okay.
Jim:Yeah. Alright. So big shout out to our Stew guests and we'll have more forthcoming. I had a phone call. I didn't even tell you.
Jim:I talked to the mayor, I think Saturday. And the mayor says, hey, Burns. Weren't you gonna send me an outline? Because we were trying to
Jim:get a episode in here before the May.
Justin:Oh, shit.
Jim:And I said, mayor, you're absolutely right. However, Justin and I had a little conversation. We're going to take a stewcation, and we would like to have you in as one of our first guests when we reconvene. Mhmm. Cool.
Jim:The mayor thought that may be a best practice. Hopefully, by then, we or close in time to that, he will have won reelection.
Justin:Ah. So Perfect.
Jim:You know? Less pressure. Less incognito. Less pressure. And let's just say the adversary may not be checking in on him at that point.
Justin:Not as much.
Jim:Not as much. Right. Yeah. Yeah. So the mayor may be a little more candid, a little more transparent once he knows his reelection.
Jim:Has been made sure. Has been made sure.
Justin:Let the Calling in reelection.
Jim:Made sure. The record show, mayor, your call in election has not been made sure, but we are hoping that your call in reelection will be made sure in November.
Justin:Well, I mean, technically speaking, it was made sure the first time he got the title.
Jim:Yeah. No. You're right.
Justin:He hit his goal. Goddamn it. He hit his goal, Jim. Yeah. We got on here and talked about how that was an unattainable goal.
Justin:He'd already hit it when we said that. Fucking malpractice right there.
Jim:Yeah. You know We're sorry. Mayor, we are sorry. We owe you a big apology. You have had your call and election made sure.
Jim:Yeah.
Jim:And now we're hoping you'll have your call and reelection made
Justin:sure. Reassured? I don't know.
Jim:To the to the mayor's call and reelection, Justin.
Justin:To the call and reelection. Cheers. Cheers. No more long poles.
Jim:Oh, good grief.
Justin:I'm in trouble.
Jim:We're we're damn near out. Yeah. I wanna give a couple more shout outs here, Justin. This one goes out to big Cameron on the video bites. He when Cameron is on his a game, I and I think you'll agree with me.
Jim:I believe the Maha Stewie video bite
Justin:Hands down.
Jim:With your rant going was just I I think it was entitled like a warning to liberals or message to liberals, something like Yeah. Yeah. On our YouTube channel. So it's definitely worth checking out if the nation has not. I think that one won the StewCademy award.
Justin:I agree. I love I love all the words that come out of the stew, Jim.
Jim:I know.
Justin:But no. Hands down, when I saw that, I was I was rolling and somehow speechless at the same time. So not noiseless. Yes. I was making noise, but I I just had no words.
Justin:Oh. Are you shitting me? He he kicked ass.
Jim:That's oh, just badass. It was great. I wanna give a shout out to our stew statistician.
Justin:Yes.
Jim:The great Tebow.
Justin:Made a separate website for us to look at.
Jim:I mean, listen. We had a couple three stew meetings in the last year.
Justin:Which he didn't come very prepared for.
Jim:I mean, holy holy shit.
Justin:12 pages of outline. How many pages was it?
Jim:I think it was 10. Right?
Justin:10 maybe.
Jim:Yeah. At the last one. Anyway yeah. So, you know, we've we've just it's been an awesome run. I mean, each most most nights we're able to sit here, Fiftieth Floor Of The Stew Tower, overlooking the Red River.
Jim:The weather for the most part has been fantastic, Justin. We can always on a clear night, see OKC off in the distance. We had the one episode, your brain on global warming, where you and I sat atop a high atop a fan out in West Texas, you know, and those that flock of birds flew through there, and that was pure carnage. But other than that, you
Justin:know Is that the first edit I had to do to the audio?
Jim:I mean, it it listen. It was pure bloodshed. I know. Yeah. Was like a Martin Scorsese film.
Justin:Don't do that one. I've just had a pull.
Jim:Squawk. Squawk. Squawk. Just
Jim:just sounded like birds through a what are those those mulchers?
Justin:Oh, shit.
Jim:You know, you ever when they're cutting limbs off trees and they're throwing them through the mulcher, Justin?
Jim:It was like just a flock of birds through a mulcher, man. Just blood, carnage, and feathers everywhere.
Justin:Or for the Trailer Park Boys fans, there's an episode where the parrot gets sucked into the air conditioner. Just and there's a squawk and then there's just this poof of feathers.
Jim:Holy shit. You're right.
Jim:Oh. Oh, shit. So Justin, those
Jim:are just a few of the shout outs. I mean, it would be here all night if you're trying to name them all. We've had plenty of folks chime in in the stew mailbag. We've had messages on our Facebook page. You and I, many of the nation have our text have our our cell phones, so we get text messages.
Jim:I mean, it's it's just been a magical ride this year. Absolutely. Wouldn't you say? Yep. It was more than you and I ever anticipated.
Justin:Oh, yeah. By a lot. By a lot.
Jim:Just two guys talking. Yep. Well, listen. As we let's real quick, I had a just a handful of questions here, and then we'll we'll close the episode. We'll be officially on break time or stewcation.
Jim:Stewcation. So episode 61 here is entitled break time. And as we as we move through this, I wanted to ask you a few questions.
Justin:Yep,
Jim:man. And, you know, we'll we'll just do this. So talk to me and the nation about a favorite episode or favorite episodes. Are you able to pinpoint just a favorite?
Justin:Oh, I mean, it's so I I we've already kinda talked about it, but episode one is definitely the most meaningful to me. Yeah. You know, I it it took me by surprise as I said, Jim, I've got a fucking mic. Let's do this. What what do you want episode one to be?
Justin:And without a doubt, you know, without any hesitation, you're like, well, I think we should talk about Kyle.
Jim:Yeah.
Justin:So the that was like, I don't know if an honor is the right word or, you know, what I love about it personally though is that it memorializes him. Yeah. In a way that I don't know that I could have done. Yeah. So that just lives forever on the Internet.
Justin:You know? It's it's out there. His name will not die.
Jim:Pretty badass.
Justin:I absolutely that has to be my favorite episode, but at the same time, Jim, it's my least favorite. The one I can't go back and listen to. Yep. Yep. Which I have done maybe I probably listened to it all the way through a total of three times.
Justin:And it will happen again, but it wrecks me every time I do.
Jim:Let me ask you this. The few cameos that Ella made, I know she had not listened to that episode. Do you know Or 21. Date if she has
Justin:She has not. She will not. I don't see it ever I don't see it ever happening.
Jim:Okay.
Justin:And and in her words, says, I lived it. Well I don't need to go listen. Yeah. So it's completely understandable.
Jim:Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah.
Justin:But, you know, so let me lighten this up a little bit. Other favorites because you pluralized it. Yes. Gifts of the universe probably is tied with you cry too much for me. Those are two of my favorites.
Justin:And it's because we're kind of digging in, this is therapy. I've talked a lot about how this show is therapy for me. Yep, yep. And we have a lot of fun on here. We tell a lot of stories.
Justin:We dig into our childhoods. But those two are just you know, we we were digging into issues. Yes. And I love that. And I also loved say it with me, Jim.
Jim:Stay out of That
Justin:was a good one too. Least favorites? I Yeah. I'll tell you.
Jim:No. Any least favorites.
Justin:Yeah. Easily, the ones that were my least favorites were the long ones. Only because I get really uncomfortable in this damn chair.
Jim:Okay. Got Sitting here for four So the four hour ones. Yeah.
Justin:Yeah. But, you know, to go with it, usually by the time it's over, I'm not really aware. So there's two. Okay. But content wise, I don't know that I could pick one that's the least favorite.
Jim:Yeah.
Justin:I think that we've had
Jim:Which is saying something, Justin, because listen, we we've kinda tackled some episodes. You know, over time, some of the episodes were spawned from, like, grievances or complaints or, you know, you saying that bullshit. Bullshit, Jim. I think about the tortoise and the hare. Yeah.
Jim:I think about sympathy for the devil. Yeah. So, you know, to your credit, we tackled some episodes where you're you're you initially cried bullshit. Right. And and we were kinda like, well, let's dig into that a little further.
Jim:Right. You know? I, you know, I I think probably my least favorite episode, Justin, was was it church without religion?
Justin:Yeah. Yeah.
Jim:That was a
Justin:That one wasn't great.
Jim:That was a fucking turd in a punch.
Justin:But we had some people who liked it. I mean, at least there was some positive feedback from it.
Jim:Yeah. I I mean
Justin:It's hard. That's what's hard about it. You know what? A lot of times you and I will come out or Yeah. Usually it's one or the other Yes.
Justin:Comes out
Jim:and says
Jim:You're right. That sucked. Yes.
Justin:And the other will say, I don't know. I thought it was okay.
Jim:I thought that was pretty good. Yeah. So That was definitely one where I came out that sucked.
Justin:Well, now isn't that the one that you told me behind the scenes? I wanted to kill you and I wanted to kill how did you say that?
Jim:I I think the next time we came in the stew, I said, hey, Justin. We gotta do better than last week because after I listened to that, I wanted to kill you and then I wanted to kill me. That would have been a showstopper.
Justin:It kinda would have been. I mean, one of us has gotta remain if this
Jim:We we wouldn't have made a Tepisode 61.
Justin:We could have wrote a letter, had Ty take over something below.
Jim:It's true.
Justin:Ty and the sarge. There's a
Jim:there's a combination. Sarge and the professor.
Jim:Oh, yeah. So yeah. But you're right, Justin. I mean, every one of these episodes has kinda been magic in its own way for us because, you know, we're the guys that come in here and and make the magic happen. I you know, listen.
Jim:The father's nightmare, that one's kinda in a standalone category. It's like a like a holy grail. Yeah. You know, it it is I think it's pretty incredible. I think it speaks to the depth of humanity here in the stew.
Jim:I think everybody relates in their own lives to the human tragedy. Correct. Yep. And so it's not a shocker that one continues to just, I mean, just hold number one. Right.
Jim:Well,
Justin:and at least once, probably more than once. I said, I know the day will come where another episode will overtake episode one. Yeah. And so I was wrong. At least so far.
Justin:So far. It's it's gotten there's the gap has spread. Yeah. Not close in
Jim:the In 61 episodes, it hasn't happened yet. No. No. Justin, do you have any, like, a standout memory in 61 episodes? You know, is there anything that kinda jumps to mind that you're like, yeah, that was that was pretty incredible when that happened or that was strange or that was funny as shit or that was sad or or, you know, just any standout that springs to mind.
Justin:I think, yes, easily. The most standout moment was recording episode five, Joe Shit The Ragman. Because that's where we took it from a serious note. Yes. It was a father's nightmare.
Justin:It was three episodes Yes. Four shit. Yes. Through the religion. And then in the middle of episode four four.
Justin:Yeah. You're like, I know who was his bodyguard. I know who Jesus' bodyguard was. It was Joe the Ragman. That's who?
Justin:Like, Jim, what the fuck are you talking about? Talking about. That's what's episode that's our next episode. We're gonna talk about Joe Schitt the Ragman. And you're assuming that I know what I'm talk what you're talking about?
Justin:Like, Jim, I have no idea.
Jim:I know who Joe Schitt
Jim:the I
Justin:have no idea what you're saying right now. And so there was the moment where we landed on the next episode and then recording it was just an absolute blast.
Jim:Yes.
Justin:And it was just that pivotal moment where we kinda shifted to more of a a funny, lighthearted, you know, we still break shit down. Yes. But that was our first one where it went from serious to comical. It was it it's the best. In my opinion, I should've brought that up the best episode.
Jim:Yeah. Yeah. Listen. That one is that one's in my top three for sure. Yeah.
Jim:And I think, Justin, you'll relate to this as well because this is partially you. I think for me, one of the standout moments here in the stew there's I'm gonna give you two. Alright. Number one was the cookie scale. The Yeah.
Jim:Oatmeal raisin on out to the chocolate chip.
Justin:The fuck And and
Jim:you're like No. Jim, what? And I'm like, yeah. At the low end, buddy, it's the oatmeal raisin. And at the high end, it's gotta be the hot chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven kinda thing.
Jim:You're like,
Justin:no.
Jim:No. It's actually, you've got the scale backwards. Yeah. And that was one of those just if my head could have exploded, it it that's what it was doing inside my dome. It was exploding.
Justin:And we couldn't quit talking about that for quite some time. I think that made an appearance Yes. Next 20 episodes.
Jim:Yes. Yes. It's certainly been asked of a few guests along the way too.
Justin:Yeah.
Jim:So so the oatmeal raisin cookie versus the chocolate chip cookie debate was that was I I just thought that was such a given and so innocuous. I I just I couldn't believe it that it was even a debate. Turns out it is.
Justin:The other We divided the nation with that. We polarized.
Jim:The other memory that I have is
Jim:the 104 Anfield Road episode and just the way the mayor lost his shit. He called you after that episode dropped. He called me after that episode dropped. He sent numerous texts after that episode dropped. That episode set him off like a mushroom cloud.
Jim:He ranted
Justin:at me for at least forty five.
Jim:It was an atom bomb, man. And so, you know, there's there's a couple of my memories that I'm just like, you know, in 61 episodes, that's pretty damn good. Those are solid. So, Justin, let's bring it to a close here. I got two kind of final thoughts.
Justin:Our twenty minute episode, we're gonna wrap it up in fifty minutes.
Jim:Yep. We'll get
Jim:her done. Get her done. Justin, you referenced we kinda learned over time that maybe moderation in our alcohol consumption while recording was a best practice. Depending on the day. Yeah.
Jim:Depending on the day.
Justin:Today is not one
Jim:of us. Let me ask you this question. Could you name three things that you can't remember from an episode or episodes from maybe not adhering to the moderation in consumption Yes. Theory. Yes.
Jim:Are there three things that you've forgotten that you'd like to remember?
Justin:Yeah. Yeah. The the hot girl on the horse. Yeah. Jim, do
Jim:you have with Jay.
Justin:Do you have pictures of that? Because I'd like to see those pictures.
Jim:I'm here, Jim. Am.
Justin:And as I was listening to that the next day, I'm just, oh god. Oh, shit. What do they say? Please, Justin, shut up.
Jim:Your wife listens to this show, Justin. Shut up now. Totally.
Jim:So there was that one. There was that one. I was fantastic.
Justin:There was fuck. There's there's several that I just flat I couldn't tell you what I don't remember. Yeah. Because I wasn't there for him.
Jim:Yeah. Right.
Justin:But I'll I'll wrap with the the the number one is the episode that we recorded that did not air, and I have no memory of the entire episode. It was an
Jim:episode entitled sound check.
Justin:Yes. And you called me the next morning and said, Justin, delete it. Get rid of it. Yeah. Bury it.
Justin:Burn it.
Jim:Because we actually recorded it with the professor.
Justin:Yeah. And published it. On the heels of a stew meeting. The one with a 10 page outline.
Jim:We thought it'd be a good idea to record a quick imprompt u episode. The professor listened to it. I listened to it. I called you and said, yeah, just delete that.
Justin:You said if there's a way to set that on fire, make that happen. I I have not yet listened to that one.
Jim:Sound check never saw the light of No.
Justin:No. At least not that the public knows about. Yeah. Ty got rid of it before it Yeah. Published.
Jim:Yep.
Justin:Yep. Because it published as a future date.
Jim:That is fantastic.
Justin:In my drunken state, was like, oh, yeah. This is great. Alright,
Jim:buddy. As we head into stew break time, stewcation. I remember Janko saying after he was in here a couple times. He was in here for one of the stew in review, and of course, he was in here for the Santa Ana Scarper. And I remember him saying to us, when I leave here, I'm gonna miss it.
Jim:Yeah. And want to be back. Right. And as I thought about you and me kinda taking this June, July, August break, those words echoed in my
Justin:Oh, I bet. Yeah. Yep.
Jim:You know, you and I have the luxury. We're buddies. We go to lunch. We hang out. We have a beverage.
Jim:We have a shot. We smoke a cigar. What whatever the deal is.
Justin:We have these conversations all the time. Sometimes we record them and publish them.
Jim:This is you and I, the stew is we live the stew whether we're recording it
Justin:or not. Yeah.
Jim:And but there is something magical about us coming in here on a Wednesday night recording an episode. Many of the nation will ping us and tell us, hey, looking forward to the episode this week, Thursday night. You know? So, yeah, I I Janko echoed in my brain, Justin. And I think for the next three months, I'm gonna miss it and I'm gonna wanna be back.
Justin:Yeah. Well, that's good though. Yeah. That just ensures that we will be.
Jim:Yeah. Yep. So on that note, Justin, I'm gonna say, Stew Nation, we are always sending Stew Mojo and Stew love to you. We hope you have one hell of a summer. Yep.
Jim:And then Justin, I'm gonna say to you, have you said all you needed to say? Have you said all you wanted to say? Do you have anything else to say?
Justin:But this time I do.
Jim:Bring it,
Justin:baby. What I'm gonna say is that throughout the summer, my commitment to the nation is to go back and republish some of the past trailers, video bites that we've made, linking to past episodes. I'm gonna keep the Facebook page alive. I'm gonna ask you guys to chime in, give us some feedback, listen to some episodes maybe you haven't listened to at all or not for a while. Mhmm.
Justin:But I would ask everybody to stay in contact with us. Keep the ideas, the feedback coming because when we do come back in the fall, we wanna come back strong. And then finally, Jim, the last thing I have to say is raisin' fucking cookies all day long. See you next September.
Jim:Good night.