[instrumental music plays] The Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem: The Podcast.
It's the Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem. I am Victor Will.
I am Peaches.
All right, Peaches. How's your day been so far, buddy?
Um, we're do- we're recording this at like, 9:50 AM.
[laughs]
So, so far it's, uh, it's going great.
Well, good to hear. And I should've got more coffee before we did this, but you know, we're just trying to get some things done, get ready for our big company party on Friday.
Yeah.
Now, there's a variety of things going on. Are you participating in the festivities such as an ugly sweater contest and the White Elephant gift exchange?
Well, I barely have any money, so I'm not gonna go to a place like Spencer's or, uh, Fred Meyer and get a ugly Christmas sweater for like $70-
Yes
... and wear it just that one time and call it good. I'm gonna wear that, uh, white sweater that Star made with my face on it.
Is that the... Like, I have one of those too.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was thinking of wearing the same thing.
So we can both just repeat from last year.
Yeah.
And then I was gonna be really cheap, and I don't know if this is a jerk move by me, but I was going to, uh, just take two of the Funko Pops that I am trying to get rid of and just put it towards the White Elephant gift [laughs] thing.
You know what's funny is I was thinking of doing something similar. I have, uh, an item that I ended up with from a White Elephant gift party many years ago here, and, uh, it's a really stupid item, um-
I hate White Elephant stuff, just only because people wanna give away their junk, like what we're doing.
Uh, yeah.
And I'm- I'm trying to get rid of all my extra crap.
Yeah, like, I went to Becca's company party, and their White Elephant gift party, everyone gave like, really nice stuff. Like, they- they didn't spend a ton of money, but it was all stuff that anyone would want, so nobody, you know, tried to give up their gift.
I was listening to an old Howard Stern show, and they had this- this Secret Santa thing, and it was with everybody on staff. Howard got a new intern named Laurie, and he got her a- a Marc Jacobs handbag and a $1,000 gift card to Bloomingdale's. I mean, could you imagine having like-
Wow
... Frank, you know [laughs]-
[laughs]
... as- as like a ... As the, uh-
We need to get-
... as your Secret Santa.
There we go. We need to get Frank involved in the, uh, the White Elephant gift party. But, but I- we have a strict guideline on how much to spend, so.
Yeah, well-
Yeah
... I was thinking also of, uh, you know, 'cause, uh, yesterday I talked about getting rid of those Funko Pops and just trading them into GameStop. I don't care how much, how- how little money they give me.
Uh-huh.
Um, but then I was gonna go to Bath & Body Works and get that really, uh, controversial chips and salsa candle that they're selling.
Oh, I haven't heard about this.
It's been everywhere on my feed.
Huh.
Like, e- everybody's smelling it, saying it's awful. I- I was thinking that'd be like a sort of funny gift, but I think I- I'm just, I'm too late when it comes to their candle sale because they- they were selling all their three wicks for $9.95. That's the time to go in and stock up.
What do they usually sell them for?
Like, $26.
What?
Or something ridiculous.
Holy cow.
Some of those ceramic ones they have are like $40.
Wow.
Yeah, so it was-
Okay
... it was like National Candle Day, um, two days ago.
Mm-hmm.
And they had a whole, like, couple days long sale in honor of that whole thing.
Oh, I totally missed out on that, but I'm not a big candle guy, so I wasn't paying attention. But yeah, I- I... You mentioning the Funko Pops did remind me, I have this, uh, this one really stupid item that I don't remember who brought it in, but, uh, somehow I ended up with that for my White Elephant gift. And then I gave it to one of my daughters for, like, Christmas, and she was like, "What is this crap?" [laughs]
[laughs] I'm just trying to get rid of all this excess childish stuff in my place. Like, I have some cool things that I- I do wanna keep, like the Hulk Hogan statue.
[laughs]
But, uh, but like, you know, like-
[laughs]
... these dumb little Funko Pops and these, like, Lego sets that I've been gifted. I'm like, "I don't play with Legos." I just-
Mm
... don't care.
Okay.
And-
Yeah, that- that could be something good to donate to the-
Even like some-
... White Elephant gift party
... some of the books in my bookshelf, I'm just like, tossing.
Don't toss that book you borrowed for me that you never read.
No, no, no. I'm keeping that.
[laughs]
I'm keeping that there so that way, I can eventually give it back to you once I finish the book, Lords of Chaos.
That's right, read about some black metal people.
No, I would never, uh, toss someone a...
[laughs]
T- toss something that belongs to someone else.
I don't like the content of this.
[laughs]
Into the garbage it goes. [instrumental music plays] This is the Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem. I'm Victor.
I'm Peaches, and did you see the, uh, MoistCr1TiKal video about, uh, Vlog Creations or Ross Creations?
Uh, no.
Vlog Creations is one of my all-time favorite content creators. He does these dumb little pranks, makes everyone laugh, you know, that type of thing. I haven't seen his, uh, some of his latest videos. I actually haven't seen some of his- some of his videos in quite a long time. But apparently, um, he had this one where he was just openly hurting animals. Um, he-
What?
He had a opossum climb into a, uh, slingshot, like a massive slingshot. And then it got launched into the air, and then splat on the ground.
What? And it was real?
It was... It's real. But-
This was Ross Creations?
I- I think so. I- I... So the thing is that everyone's saying AI, but also everyone's saying w- "How could you, Ross?" You know, that type of thi- there- there's a lot of just mixed- mixed, uh, mixed reviews? No, mixed, uh, comments about it.
Yeah, okay. Charles Ross. So I have heard of Ross Creations. Sorry, I didn't realize who it was when you said, uh, Vlog Creations or something, but...
So the opossum is still alive when it lands, but it- it crawls away and Ross is trying to kind of play it off as, "Oh, look, it's just walking away now," but MoistCr1TiKal's like, "Dude, you broke th- that opossum's legs, and I'm sure it's internally bleeding, and I'm sure it's gonna walk away and die a slow, agonizing death."
Geez.
[laughs]
That's really horrible.
It's t- it's- it's awful. If it really did happen, that's a horrible idea. I don't know how he... why he did it or how he came up with that idea in the first place. 'Cause usually his pranks are quite f- just wholesome and funny, and usually-
Yeah
... he like pays back... Like, he'll cut everybody in line at the grocery store, but then he'll pay for everybody's groceries-
Yeah
... in that line.
I've seen some of his videos. Becca's shown me some.
The worst video that he's ever done, in my opinion, besides that one, was the one where he was like, "Hey, can I like, uh, y- hold your, like, dog for a second?" He's like, "Can I put him down real fast?" And- and then they- they're like, "Oh yeah, sure." And then he grabs a giant fake needle.... and pretends to put them down.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, I thought that one was a little...
It's ... But it, it clearly was a goof. He didn't really stick him with the needle.
But you can imagine some like, you know, l- girl who's obsessed with her dog going, "What is wrong with you, you monster," and, you know, freaking out on him.
Yeah. Has he responded to, to this at all?
No.
Yeah, I'm, I'm scrolling through a variety of news stories. Yep, has not responded. What an idiot, dude. And that's just not cool. That's not cool at all.
In the latest video on his YouTube channel-
Some people lose their minds
... I, I, I haven't seen that little clip myself, but there was in the latest one where it's like a, a vending machine gives out hot dogs or something like that. In that video, about the 20 minutes 16 second mark, he says, "I would never hurt animals." And so the whole comment section is just making fun of him for saying that.
Ah.
Like, that was a lie.
Well, I hope it's, um, AI. Looks like back in 2019 he was charged with impersonating a police officer for issuing fake fines for an April Fool's video, but-
Yeah
... that seems to be, you know, the worst thing other than, I mean, th- this news that's popped up in the last day about this supposed ... I mean, how's that even a prank, catapulting an animal through the air? I mean, what in ... Well-
It's a dumb teenage thing to do. It's kind of like what my friend Bobby used to do when he would pour salt on slugs and watch them, you know-
Aw, that's ... Yeah, see, that's not cool. It's still a living thing, you know? Uh, hopefully it ends up being an AI thing. I mean, either way you put that out, you're asking for ... Even if it's AI, people are gonna get really upset.
What's, what's weird is, though, t- that, like, the fact is, like, people are so upset by this, you know, opossum getting launched into the air, but people still openly, like, go out and shoot an elk.
Well, yeah, but they-
You know, like, [laughs] it's just, like, you're killing an animal.
Yeah, but they'll eat it and they use the parts and everything.
Most people don't eat it.
Most p-
Like moose hunting.
Yeah. Most people eat the moose, too.
I, I bet it's just a fun hobby for them.
N- well-
They want to get that dumb picture of them with the moose head and they go, "Ha ha, look at me."
No, I, I don't think most people are trophy hunters. [laughs] I think most ... Maybe it's just because I grew up around here, you know. Other areas, you know, definitely possible, but I think most people like that hunt elk and deer, they, you know, use as many parts of that as possible.
I bet those California hunters just kill them for fun.
Probably. Californians.
Yeah. [instrumental music plays]
Well, since we've been keeping it so lighthearted on the show so far, Peaches, I figured we'd continue on and talk about natural disasters.
Oh, fantastic. I can't wait. What, what are you cheering on this time around?
Now, I'm not cheering this on, [laughs] all right?
Oh, yeah, there was a major, um, earthquake in Japan-
That's right
... that triggered a tsunami.
Yes.
Or it was going to trigger a tsunami.
Well, and now they have a mega quake warning in place.
Oh.
And we've talked about the mega quakes-
Fantastic
... that could hit the, um-
You love this
... that could hit the West Coast of the US. Apparently in Japan, yeah, the first time they've ever issued a mega quake warning after this last one, um-
Everybody who idolizes Japan, look what's happening.
[laughs]
Like ...
Wait, wha- [laughing] what is happening, Peaches?
Like, there's tons of people that are like, "I want to permanently live in Japan," but, like, they don't think of natural disasters that could happen like this.
Oh, Japan has, has a lot of earthquakes.
I know they do.
There's a lot of bad s- you know, bad natural disasters that happen there.
Th- there's a lot of people, there's a lot of people I know that just glorify Japan.
Oh.
They glorify living there and they don't really see the, the issues with, you know, potentially moving to an island like that.
Oh, yeah, d- I mean, coastal living's dangerous. You know, even the entire West Coast of the US-
Absolutely
... is a pretty dangerous place to live. You've got the San Andreas Fault-
Yes
... that could cause major problems in, uh, California. And then you've got, uh, uh, the Cascadia subduction zone that could cause one of these mega quakes and a tsunami from Northern California all the way up to, like, uh, you know, Alaska. You know, it would be devastating. So-
Everywhere is dangerous, pretty much.
Yeah.
That's not to say, like, if you go to a place like Kansas, your house may not stand-
That's true. Tornado-
... because of a tornado.
I know as far as natural disasters go, we're in a, a pretty good spot.
Oh.
You know?
We got, we got the freak storms around here.
We get some freak storms, but-
That one summer was awful. Every single day at 5:00 PM it would just start to rain.
Yeah, but we, we're not at major risk of, uh, like, at least where we live, right in the, uh, valley of major fires, like, destroying entire cities. Um-
Oh, that one day that we had the, the, the giant hailstorm-
Yeah
... where we got, like, two to three inches of rain in, like, half an hour or whatever-
Yep
... and it flooded everybody's basements.
Yeah, we get stuff like that, but, you know, we're not at risk of, like, tornadoes. You know, earthquake risk pretty low in the valleys. You know up in the mountains it's, it's higher, but, um, you know, we're not going to get hit by a hurricane or a tsunami, anything like that.
We are starting to see the return of those very excited, uh, weathermen and wea- weather, uh, women too, um, that are like-
Oh, they got to get out in it?
No, they're, they're very excited that, like, we're about to break a record for, like, the, the most days without snow. They're like, "Look at us, we're moving above the, moving ab- above fourth to third place," or whatever. Like, they're just all ...
[laughs]
They're always so happy to let us know about natural disasters.
Oh, yeah. Well, 'cause th- that gives them something to talk about.
Right.
[laughs] You know?
Life must be pretty boring for them. [laughs]
Dude, it's like, you know, when the news has something horrific to talk about, they're like, "All right," and they just post as many stories as possible. But it gets people clicking, you know? So, I guess how else are you gonna get people to watch the weather, man? You know? They got to have something horrific to talk about, like the potential of a mega quake in Japan. So, I mean, I hope that doesn't happen. That would be, uh, terrible.
That'd be awful. No, I think, like, a few people already died with the, uh, whole-
Yeah, with the other one
... natural, yeah, the previous natural disaster, which was terrible.
Yeah, I, uh, it injured at least 51 people. Um, I'm not sure about fatalities, but, uh-
I thought there was at least 4.
[laughs] [upbeat music] I- I- I've just got this one article up, uh, about the mega quake warning.
Well, hopefully-
And it doesn't mention any deaths. But-
Hopefully everyone in Japan can stay safe, you know-
Absolutely
... hunker down, as they say.
Yeah, yeah. Get o- If, if the ground starts shaking, get to higher ground.
Please. [upbeat music]
For sure. This is The Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem. I'm Victor.
I'm Peaches. And, you know, you brought up something from the, uh, previous break about being a weatherman. And I was thinking, I'm like, they probably get so many stupid comments by relatives and their family around Thanksgiving.
[laughs]
Yeah, th- me, Aubrey and her best friend, Paige, we were talking about, uh, dumb comments you receive from family members, um, a- around the holidays. You know, like just, P- Paige happens to work at a bank.
Okay.
And so her, one of her uncles was like, "Could you get me all the money in the safe?"
[laughs]
And I was thinking about all the stupid comments I've gotten for being a radio announcer.
Yes. Yeah, you've complained about that many times over the years.
Which is why I hate Thanksgiving. One of the many reasons why I hate Thanksgiving. Just getting those relatives like, "Can you say this in your radio voice, Brandon?"
[laughs]
I speak in my radio voice. "No, your, uh, your announcer voice."
Yeah, you do-
"That you, that you do in Utah."
[laughs]
It's like, I'm not in Utah, you moron.
[laughs]
Pay more attention.
So what type of, uh, comments do you think people get from the weatherman?
"Oh, can you tell us, uh, what's gonna happen two weeks from now?"
[laughs] "Are we gonna have a white Christmas?"
Yeah. Oh, they'll call.
[laughs]
I can only imagine this time of year.
[laughs]
"Well, where's the snow? Can you let us know?"
Oh yeah, dude, for sure. It, that's definitely coming. I- I was loving looking at the weather forecast today. I hope the weatherman's right, 'cause I- I ain't seeing snow in sight.
I wanna be like Buster Poindexter, "Hot, hot, hot." No, I'm kidding. [laughs]
That, dude, b- bring it on and let us have a mild snow-free winter. You know, the snow is pummeling the Midwest. It'll, it'll show up our way via the river systems. We'll be fine.
Well, I know, um, what's it called? I had a whole speech at the beginning part of my show, um, a couple days ago where I was talking about, by the fifth time you post, "Where's the snow?" In the Life in Idaho Falls Facebook group, that's when it decides to show up. Tha- that's when that one person goes, "Oh, hey, I br- I have the snow right here."
I brought it with me.
Check it out. Yeah, yeah. I brought it. [laughs]
Yeah, that's a, like the dumb thing I said to my daughter when she got here from Phoenix. 'Cause that was like the worst day of weather we've had so far, when we did get a little bit of snow. And I'm just like, "Oh, it looks like you brought that Phoenix weather along with you." [laughs]
[laughs] Well, I know, the, what's it called? One of our listeners heard me say that and then asked in the Life in Idaho Falls Facebook group, "Where's the snow at Peaches?"
[laughs]
#KBear101.
I think I saw that post. That's weird.
And then there are people commenting, say, "I don't know where it's at."
Oh, man. Yeah, that, that group can get real dumb, that's for sure.
Especially the admins.
Oh.
[laughs]
Oh.
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That's right
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Uh, no. No, I won't. [laughs] I don't need to bribe 'em. All right? I-
Oh, that's right, 'cause we have listeners. I'm sorry.
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