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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Chantel pushed a bunch of buttons this morning, what are some very unhygienic things that people do, duck patrol is Good News, they're really planning on making a Goonies 2 and Josh is upset about it, back to school shopping looks a lot different in high school, the new adult Happy Meals from McDonald's are coming soon, they've decided that gross is the best option with a ketchup smoothie, we gave our daughter more trauma last night at a restaurant, Hamilton is celebrating 10 years with a theatrical release in September, we revisit some classic TV game shows, Chantel at the last scotcheroo and Josh is upset about it, the creativity will flow if we can convince ourselves to make more bad art, pie vs 3-legged race in Would You Rather, and we're trying to save money by dropping some streaming services.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Domestic violence for wolves
(3:09) - Chantel pushed some buttons
(6:12) - Unhygienic things
(10:48) - Good News
(14:47) - Goonies 2
(21:13) - Back to school shopping
(26:05) - Adult Happy Meals
(30:57) - Ketchup smoothies
(34:14) - Restaurant trauma
(38:28) - Hamilton in theaters
(42:55) - Game shows
(49:01) - Walking 500 miles
(52:09) - The last scotcheroo
(56:58) - Make more bad art
(1:02:06) - Would You Rather This or That
(1:04:44) - Dropping streaming services + outro
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Full show transcript:
We have not seen, the movie Marriage Story with Scarlett Johansson, now Driver. Did you? Yeah. I watched that years ago. Did you?
Yeah. It's lovely. I like it a lot. Okay. Apparently, there's, an argument they get into that's pretty heated, like a lot of yelling.
Okay. Like, I guess it's a pretty memorable scene. K. Okay. So the US Department of Agriculture has started using that fight scene, the audio of that fight scene.
They're playing it out of drones What? With loudspeakers to scare wolves away from livestock. Yeah. So these drones have thermal cameras, they have lights and loudspeakers, and they broadcast the movie's intense fight scene along with, sounds of fireworks, sounds of gunshots, and they're playing ACDC's Thunderstruck as well to scare away wolves that are, grazing near farms. I think this is an interesting way to do that.
Yeah. It is. However, if I'm camping and a drone that I don't realize is a drone flies over and I hear two people having a very heated marital argument, I'm gonna be concerned, and I'm gonna go, what is happening? Run away. Because I something tells me I'm gonna hear that before I realize it's attached to a drone, and I'm gonna go, somebody's in trouble.
That's that would scare me away more than Thunderstruck from ACDC. Yeah. If I if I was just if they were just playing Thunderstruck, I'd be like, I'd get into it. I'd air guitar. Yeah.
So here's the deal. The gray wolf remains federally protected, which limits lethal control. Officials believe this nonlethal deterrent help wool helps wolves associate humans with danger, which could reduce attacks without harming wildlife. I'm trying to figure out where this is happening because I know this has gotta be happening somewhere near us because this is where this is happening. But, the effort is led by the USDA supervisor who, ironically, his name is Paul Wolf.
Oh. And and this particular story, I I just read here, comes out of Oregon's, Klamath Basin. I'm probably saying that wrong. K. But a port reportedly has reduced cattle deaths from 11 in twenty days to just two over the preceding eighty five days.
So it's working. It's interesting. It is an nonlethally and keep them away from, from farms and stuff. So, marital marital scenes, ACDC, fireworks, gunshots. Wonder who brought that idea to the table.
I was like, you know, we could try. Yeah. This is an intense scene of people yelling. I was just watching this video, and it scared me. So maybe it'll also frighten the wolves.
Yeah. Let's give it a try. I don't know. Let's see what happens. The ACDC was working pretty good, but let's give it a go.
Anyway, you ready to start the show? Yeah. Let's do it. Hey there. Hey.
Hey, Pierre. You came and pushed some buttons over here. I did. How was that? I what do you what do you call it?
Opened up the board this morning? Yeah. You got the you got everything kinda ready over here. You pushed you pushed some serious buttons. I did.
And I'll tell you, proud of you. Thank you, bud. I had to use my cheat card Okay. Because there's a lot of buttons to push. You have how many computers over there?
Well, I I have essentially two computers. No. You have But I have five monitors. Okay. There's only two computers.
There's yeah. Fair. There is five monitors. Yeah. You have a large board.
Yes. You have a phone board. You have two keyboards. Right. So it's like Two mice, two keyboards, phone controller, a phone recorder, the con the console that controls all the sounds, and then all the software.
Yeah. There's a lot of equipment. Yeah. And I'm always afraid to push buttons because what if I push the wrong button and I take everything off air? Or That's that's what makes me proud of you.
You didn't knock it off the air. I know. Because you did things in the right steps. I made sure I did things in the right order. Yeah.
I had my cheat sheet. Yeah. Because if you push one button before you've done the board and turn that live, there'd be no sound because the board isn't ready. So you gotta make the board ready first. You did it.
I did. You did it. Way to go. Thanks, bud. Way to go.
Thanks. Yeah. Did it. Did the thing. I was gonna see if there was any kind of thing where Being a radio DJ is no big deal.
Yeah. Thank you. Anyone could do this. That's right. It's just talking.
Getting paid to do it. Yeah. True. True. True.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pushing buttons. People go, what do you do?
What do you do for a job? What do you do for a living? And I go, I push buttons. Push buttons and I talk. Yeah.
And they go, what does that mean? Drive through? Yes. Actually, it's the same. Is it I push buttons and I talk.
It's the same. Same. So, you know, no no big deal. Sometimes my headphones make my head feel Yeah? Yeah.
Make your head feel what? Just loud. Uh-huh. That's all. I should I told you.
I should set your volume at where I have mine because I don't know how you can even hear. And I like If I turn mine down, I can't hear a thing. And I like to wear loud music. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe I The loud music all the time is making the quiet headphones hurt?
Yeah. You should turn them up. But I don't really listen to headphones very often. Uh-huh. I don't know.
Well It's just making my head feel fuzzy. Alrighty. Good job this morning. Thanks, bud. Let's get this day going.
What do you think the, most unhygienic thing is that you can do? There's pretty some there's some pretty gross things. Like, something gross that you can do. Everybody knows it's gross, but you do it anyway. I don't know.
I'll go first. Like, when we're bowling, we always get food. And then you eat food. Yeah. And then you bowl.
And then you stick your fingers in the bowl, and then Yeah. Eat food. Yeah. Unless unless you have your own. Yeah.
Still that's still pretty gross, though, because you've got I don't know. I know. Those bowling balls are not clean. Ugh. I don't know.
I do that. And every time I do it, I go, this is pretty gross. I'm gonna keep doing it, but it's pretty gross. Do you have one? I was trying to think.
I I get disturbed by the amount of people that just walk out of the restroom and and don't wash their hands. It's too much. And that's just that's too easy because that's, you know, that's something that happens all the time every day, but I don't know. I got another one. Okay.
If you go to a restaurant and now they have those touchscreen Uh-huh. Soda machines Uh-huh. And those gross me out. And so I don't like touching those. I often get a napkin because they're filthy.
You can tell you can see that they're filthy. Right. Ew. People touch them. People just touching it all day long.
I mean, silverware in general isn't, like, the best thing. Just communal silverware. You could really creep yourself out about a restaurant if you wanted to. I don't, but you sure could. Somebody said putting a tortilla on top of the bag.
Oh, I do that, but I didn't even think about it. But I didn't either. I do that too. I just come home, put the tortillas in the fridge. Yeah.
Put stuff on top of it all the time. Well, no. But, like, when I'm making them Yeah. I know. I take out a few.
I set them on top of the bag. I didn't even think about that. I do. That's gross. But that tortilla bag is pretty gross.
That tortilla bag has seen a lot of stuff. Yeah. Well, thanks. Wearing your outside shoes inside your house? We've talked about that before.
It's pretty gross. And there's a lot of people that are, like, shoes off houses and stuff because of that. Yeah. People letting their cats walk on their dining room tables? I'm not big on that, and that is one of my objections to indoor cats.
They go they go wherever they want. Yeah. And I don't care for it. They use their little litter box, and they got their little litter box feet, and then they walk all over your stuff. And then you're like, cool.
Let's make some food. And it's on the counter where the cats have been walking around with their litter box feet. It's not it's not for me. Buffets are pretty like, I can Buffet? I can get myself grossed out by a buffet.
Any buffet or a dirty sneeze guard buffet? A dirty sneeze guard buffet. Because those ones, you know, if they aren't taking care of the sneeze guard, like, they need to have someone attending that the whole day. That's your job. Your whole job is to clean that sneeze guard.
And to watch people. And if people are getting too close to the boot. Tongs, you're right there to grab them and put new ones out. Yeah. Those are important things.
Yep. That's there's the right kind of person for that job, the sneeze guard attendant. The the there's there's somebody who's like, like, a real mom type. Who's like, uh-uh. You know that noise?
Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Yeah. That's a good noise. Mhmm.
Also, if you're sharing a a bag of chips or something Yeah. Everyone's got their dirty hands. As long as everybody like What if If I'm sharing with three people Yeah. But what if somebody's licking their fingers? Who's doing that?
Hands go back in. Who's doing that? Not me. Don't ever do that. Don't do that.
But I'm just saying that could happen. That's a awful person. Stop. I gotta quit with that. I don't like that person.
They need to go. Don't lick your fingers and then put them back into any shared food. That's pretty gross, isn't it? Yeah. That's really awful.
And then what if you No. You're gonna make it worse. Just stop. You reach in the bag at the same time and touch their wet fingers. You're we're done here.
Here's some good news. Okay. In the town of Thirsk, England, there's a group of about 30 ducks who have chosen to, sleep in kind of an unusual spot. It happens to be a cobblestone parking lot right in the middle of town. Uh-huh.
And it's a problem because the area is bustling with automobile traffic, and they wanna, like, lay in the road. Yeah. Why'd they pick that spot? Don't know. But the ducks are now at risk.
So to ensure their safety, local residents from the the town of Thirsk have formed a duck patrol. Yeah. That's a thing. And the duck patrol. Know, you and Emery would love being on duck patrol.
Yeah. You escort ducks from the river to your to their sleeping spot every every evening. 15 citizens have stepped up for this what they're calling, answered the duck call, rotating shifts each day to personally escort the ducks, to the town center every evening. The birds start a fifteen minute journey, from the Codbeck River at around 08:30PM. They head to the parking lot.
Once the ducks have reached the spot, the volunteers place traffic cones around them and watch over until the town falls silent around 11PM. So this is a two and a half hour commitment Okay. When you move the ducks. Do you have to move them again in the morning? So it's 11PM on weekdays, sometimes as late as 02:30 in the morning on weekends because these ducks like to party.
No. It's because the people like to party, and the ducks need protection. So, the ducks then sleep until about 04:30 in the morning the next morning, and, and then this happens the other way. They come out, and they hope the ducks go the other way. And the ducks?
How do they know what time the ducks are ready to get there and ready to leave? I think the ducks have a pretty good routine. And then the ducks just follow the people? Or the ducks just walk, and the people are like, alright. Let's I'll escort you.
If it's anything like the Peabody Hotel that I stayed in in Memphis, they follow the people. Really? Because the people show up. The Ducks will be ready, and they'll know like, they know what's going on. Team going.
Yeah. They know what's happening. And then here we go, duck parade. Why? Because they lead so the ducks at the Peabody, ride the elevator to the top and, in the morning.
And then in the night, they ride down the elevator to the pond or one way or the other, and they have a little fountain in the lobby of the hotel where they hang out. Oh. And there's a a guy who's, like, the lead duck, and he's like, let's go ducks. And they follow him. Who how many ducks are they escorting in this town in England?
Is it in England? I think they said it was, like, 20 something ducks. Yeah. Many ducks? Did they say how many it is?
I don't know. They said it was 15 people that are rotating the schedule. I don't know. Ducks? Why'd you pick that spot?
The the project has created a special bond between the people of the town. Emma Jane Hutchings, explained. She's one of the volunteers, says it's brought a wealth of community spirit with all parts getting involved to make sure the ducks are safe. It's been a really nice way to meet like minded people, who have since become friends. So You like ducks?
I like ducks. Yeah. Let's go help the ducks. Friends. Yeah.
What if somebody forgets their shift? Oh, or is sick or something? Yeah. Yeah. I'm sure they have a phone tree.
They've got it figured out. This is this is not a problem. There are plenty of people to help with the ducks. Alright. Joan, can you help?
I'm not feeling good. And Joan's like, absolutely. I got duck duty. Duck duty. That's what I would sing if I was on duck patrol.
I got my duck duty. Duck duty. Good news. I know you that you are anti Goonies sequel. What if I told you that Josh Brolin is in and Steven Spielberg is also in?
They haven't gotten the official, like, green light yet because they're still kinda looking at scripts, apparently. So Josh Brolin said, if the script is good, Steven Spielberg is gonna make sure that it gets, like, the go ahead. And Steven Spielberg if Steven Spielberg's involved, he's gonna make sure it's good. So you got two people on board. Why are you a new movie.
Make a new movie. Don't make a second Goonies. Okay. But Okay. But gonna touch the original.
You'll still have the original. Make a new movie. It's not gonna ruin the original a new story. Don't call it Goonies. We don't need Goonies, the new generation.
Make a new movie. I don't know if it will be the new generation. Maybe it'll just be a reunion, and they go on another No. It's not gonna be a bunch of old folks. Goonies never say die because we're timeless.
We we're old people now. Stop. Goonies never say my back hurts. Yeah. Listen.
Make a new movie. I think I'd watch it. I'm so frustrated. Okay. Here's what Josh Brolin said.
Maybe you'll feel better after this. Probably not. Because it's kinda the same way that you feel. He says the trepidation that I have is that if you release something else that taints the original. I don't wanna taint my memory of it, but I had such a great time Good for you.
Doing the first movie. There's just everything good about it, he said. Yeah. Good for you. Glad you had fun.
Go make a new movie. Get the whole cast together. Make a whole different adventure. Don't call it that. Just make a different thing.
Make a new thing. Do cameos. Do what don't call it Goonies. Do a new thing. I'm surprised how anti against this you are.
I have strong fans. Yeah. Of course you do. I don't know why, though. I think it'd be good.
I would watch it. Okay. And here's what else I know. There have been five scripts that have been proposed so far, but none of them are approved. And the final approval comes from Steven Spielberg.
So Josh Brolin is like, I'm not really worried about quality. I think he's the guy to do the job. He's the guy that's gonna pick the best script. Yeah. Look.
I was excited, for a reunion type thing, and and 2020 gave us a bunch of that because Josh Gad really got busy at reuniting groups of of Yeah. Casts and stuff. So, so I was stoked about that. I think that's cool. I think those are cool things.
I just don't like the idea of, like it feels like being force fed a thing because they want to tap into the 40 and 50 year olds to get our Gen x dollars. You don't think they're doing it just because they know that No. I think It'll tap into our nostalgia. Yeah. And they want our dollars.
How dare you. They want our dollars, and Josh Brolin wants to have a good time. Good for him. Josh Brolin also probably needs a job. Well He's like, I need that.
I need some of the adventures. Run out? I don't think so. I don't think so. Marvel money still gotta be trickling in.
Alright. So maybe Sean Astin needs some money. He's got that Stranger Things money. That only lasted one season. It still gets he still gets residuals.
Alright. And that's a highly streamed, highly consumed show. That's true. So he's still he's still getting Stranger Things money. Plus, he's doing other stuff, isn't he?
He's gotta be involved in his other projects. Always doing all kinds of stuff. You know? And I don't even know if he's involved. I know that Josh Brolin and Steven Spielberg are the only ones involved.
Plus Feldman's got his whole music career going, so he's good. Oh, yeah. Corey Feldman's a rock star. Is he? Yeah.
Big time. He's dabbled in some things, hasn't he? Yeah. Would you ever go see Corey Feldman's show? No.
Have you ever seen clips of it? No. You didn't know he had a music career, did you? No. He didn't.
He does. And it is lucrative. Okay. It is it is an art show. It is pretty cool.
Hey. It's been a while since I've watched The Goonies. I think I need to go back and watch it again. I will watch the original Goonies. K.
Let's do it. And then I will finish it, and I will say, see? You can't touch it. You can't touch art. It is done.
It is complete. Story. Have Mikey running around going like, this is our time now or I think. Mold now. Take my generous dollars.
That was a good impression. Yeah. Well, he trailed off because his memory is getting old. See? I Yeah.
He's like, I forgot. I was in a well. How did I get down here? I'm too old to be down here collecting coins. You know?
I don't. It's stormy, but at least I got on my yellow rain jacket. Life's good. It still has the same one. Yes.
It's just a little too small. It's tight. Data's over there. I mean, that guy's doing amazing. With the real guy?
The Yeah. Actor that plays Yes. Data? What's he doing? Everything.
Okay. He's all over the place. Alright. Listen. I'm not the one that you're mad at.
I know. You're not mad at me. But you keep bringing it up. I know because it's exciting news. I'm excited about it.
I wouldn't mind it. Let's see what they do. Let's just see what they do. Okay. Yesterday on the show, we were talking about some school supply things.
We don't have, like, a huge school supply list to deal with, pretty much anymore. As as we have one kid still in school, and she's going into tenth grade. And so it's not, it's not a huge list. It's gonna be like notebooks, pens, and pencils Binders. Binders.
Like, it's it's just a small amount of things in a backpack. Right? Like Right. It really transitions from, like, okay. You're gonna need markers and, you know, all these papers and, watercolors and, like, all of these, you know, bunches of supplies.
It really kinda whittles down as you kind of get up there, I guess. But I don't know. Maybe I'm am I am I wrong? Am I disconnected? Does it feel that way?
No. I mean, that's true. I mean, yeah, and you usually don't buy the supplies beforehand either. Right. You wait for the syllabus comes out and then find out what you need for each class.
Right. And, again, it's usually a notebook, a folder, a binder. A binder. Some dividers. Whatever.
And it's a specific binder. Is it a three ring binder? Is it a Or one inch or whatever. Exactly. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, a lot of people are in the hustle and bustle of back to school shopping and trying to get things prepared. And, if you're going into elementary school, it's a whole different animal.
And everybody's hyped about it. Like, that's the like, the kids are like, I wanna know who's my teacher. And we used to go to the elementary school. We would drive by multiple times a week to see if they'd put the list up on the door of which class you were gonna be in, which was a huge deal. Yeah.
I don't remember that. That was big. And so for for me as a kid, I'm saying. Not with our not with our kids. Oh, okay.
Well, for me as a kid, my parents would drive us past the elementary school multiple times Really? A week so we could run to the door and see if the paper had been hung up yet. I'm trying to remember if they did that at my school. I don't remember doing that. That was a big, big deal.
Fox Hollow Elementary. I do remember Dorshak Elementary Uh-huh. In Burley, Idaho. Yeah. I had a third grade teacher, and she had a reputation Oh.
For not being very nice. And I was put in her class, and my mom said, I don't think this is the right fit. And then she talked to a friend who also had a girl my same age, and she said, oh, Angie's in there. It'll be fine. It'll be fine.
I know this story. And on the very first day we go to school, my mom was like, okay. Well, Angie's mom said it was fine. Angie's in your class. It'll be fine.
Angie wasn't in your class? No. Yep. Because they transferred her out. Yep.
Can you even believe that? Can believe that. And then Absolutely. I believe that. And then when my mom said, oh, well, I I gotta get Chantel out of this class.
No spots go. It's too late. Yeah. We can't. Yep.
I know. Missus Blanche was not my favorite. Oh, no. Name a name. I am naming names.
I had, I got the sixth grade teacher that I wanted so bad, and I was so excited. And and then come to find out that, like, now we know other people and you see regularly, like, her daughter, which is strange, but it's a thing. And I go like, that's weird. Your mom was my sixth grade teacher. That's strange.
But here we are. And I liked her. I really did. She was, she was a great teacher. But that was always a a good hype.
And then going to get the new school supplies and the new school clothes and the new shoes, and then you weren't allowed to wear them, and they just sat there, like, in a nice pile. Just waiting. These clothes just wanna be worn. These shoes just wanna be worn. You wear your first day of of school clothes.
Yeah. It's 80 degrees outside. Yeah. You're like And you're wearing fall clothes? Yeah.
Sweating to death at recess. Yeah. Well and that's the other thing. I was I was telling Emery. She she's been shopping for clothes and doing all the you know, spending her own money and stuff.
And I was like, this is making school shopping easy. Yeah. It is. Go go nuts. Have fun.
Buy your own clothes. Do what you want. So it like, I like that relief. That's nice. Yeah.
That is nice. Yeah. But then it's still, like, oh, but I need this makeup, and I need this thing. And then I go, oh, this is expensive. Yeah.
Deodorant. The costume just move. No. Not the essentials. It's like, I need this, like, lip oil or whatever it is.
I don't know what she's got going on. I don't either. Expensive. I know that. I do too.
Yeah. Well, good luck with all that back to school shopping if you're out there doing it. Back to school. This might not be good news for you, but, I mean, maybe it is. Are they remaking something else that I love?
They are remaking something else, but I don't Are you serious? What is going on today? I well, I don't have you ever heard of the McDonaldland meal? No. Okay.
It's a adult happy meal. It's starting next week. Okay. It's gonna feature a McDonaldland shake, limited edition Mount McDonaldland shake. Okay.
It comes with your choice of a quarter pounder. There's a lot of whipped cream on that shake. It's a surprise flavor, it says. Surprise. But it's berry flavored.
Alright. I'll I'll I'll spoil the surprise for you. It's berry flavor. Alright. I'm looking at that.
So a quarter pounder, which you do like to eat. So I do like the quarter pounder with cheese. I get it with no onion and no pickle. Or you can get the 10 piece chicken nuggets, fries, and a collectible souvenir like postcards, stickers, or other treats. Okay.
McDonaldland. Do you know what McDonaldland is? It looks like Candyland, but with McDonald's people. Yeah. It's the place where all of those McDonald characters come from.
Oh, where Grimace and, and Hamburglar and Yeah. It's where they are. Okay. And the what's his name? Ronald McDonald.
That's right. That's his name. I know. Ronald McDonald. Ronald.
There he is. Yeah. I'm questioning myself. Is that his name? Yeah.
That's his name. Yeah. This was a this was a big thing in the seventies, I guess. McDonaldland. I don't remember.
And I was That's why. It's around in the seventies. But Right. I'm pretty sure it was probably still there in the eighties, but I don't remember. I remember the characters, but I don't remember McDonaldland.
I don't either. Did you know that Grimace and here's the new thing I found out. Grimace? Yeah. People are like, what is he?
Just a random purple blob? A purple gumdrop. Or is he like a purple milkshake? No. He's a taste bud.
I think I knew that, and it's gross. Well, every time you shake his hand, he's like, yes. Gross. Humans. Yeah.
That's a real thing. He's a taste bud. A taste bud. I did hear about that. Okay.
But then what is everybody else supposed to be? I mean, I guess they had A guy who steals hamburgers, a clown mastermind, a duck Yeah. A humanoid duck, a hamburger face man. And then I don't know what the little pom pom Yeah. They have two poms.
There's three. There's a green one. It's hiding in the corner. No. I know.
They had a green one and a blue one. And a yellow one. A yellow one. Yes. I don't remember the yellow one.
It's right there in the picture. I'm looking at it with my own eyes. Well, I don't know what picture you're looking at. A picture of the cast of McDonaldland. Okay.
Adult Happy Meals. I'm kinda stoked about them until they have done these before. This is probably, like, the fourth one maybe? Yeah. Because remember those weird little art figurines that I have with, like, the four eyes?
Oh. That was an adult Happy Meal. And then they did the Chicken McNugget people. Mhmm. And I have a bunch of those in the boxes.
Okay. I do remember. And they've done a couple of them. And then they've done the collaborative meals, like the Travis Scott meal and, you know, whatever. So they've done several adult Happy Meals, but this will be the latest one.
And and you're gonna get stickers. McDonaldland meal. Yeah. Postcard stickers and other treats. I mean, it's not as cool of a toy.
Like, I I think the toys were way cooler, with the other ones. Like, do I do I wanna collect oh, it's a tin. It's a metal tin. That the meal comes in? No.
That it comes with. That's what it is. It's one of six tins with every meal. Ah. There's a birdie one, a grimace one, a Ronald, the fry kids.
That's the little pom poms. Fry Kids? Fry Kids, the Hamburglar or Mayor McCheese. Mayor McCheese. Yeah.
That's the hamburger. Head guy. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sad they got rid of those people.
They're back. Bring them back. Bring them back. They're they're here. What?
The August 12? So in six days, you can go get that meal. No. Yes. I don't want it.
Oh, I'm gonna try it. It's just a quarter pounder. Yes. It's the Bingo. A lot of people know my distaste for ketchup, And yet they still like to gross me out.
Do you like to make it known your distaste for ketchup? I think ketchup has a couple of places where it's fine. And look, I'm not gonna if somebody puts it on a burger, a fast food burger, whatever, I eat it. It's fine. I just don't like how overpowering it is as a condiment.
Okay. It everything ketchup touches turns to ketchup Okay. And tastes like ketchup and is ketchup. And it's also just tomato jelly. It's tomato syrup.
It's a it it's not like it's a good thing. It's tomato and sugar. Why are you hating on ketchup? It's just not good. No.
I like ketchup. I I there are people that love ketchup. I love ketchup on my hash browns. Nope. I see you've ruined hash browns.
I like ketchup on my french fries. Occasionally, certain fries. But if there are other sauces available, I'll do that first. No. Ketchup is good.
I like ketchup. It's fine. A lot of people do. And that is why Heinz and Smoothie King are collaborating on a ketchup smoothie. No.
Yes. They are. It's a real deal. King Yes. Should have its name revoked for that idea.
Smoothie jester? Yeah. Because now you're just making jokes. Smither king, now you're just making jokes. It's gross.
That is gross. Described as, no surprise, the first ever ketchup based smoothie. Heinz says the drink blends real fruits with Heinz Simply Tomato ketchup to create a delicious and refreshing summer sip. Delicious and refreshing. That's right.
I kinda wanna try it. Just one. No. You go nuts. You have fun.
I'm I'm over here. No. It okay. It combines what did you say? Tomato, ketchup, and what?
Go back. Blends Okay. Real fruits What's real fruits? Real fruit. I know.
A fruit smoothie. A real real fruit. Fruit, though. Real ones. Stop saying that and tell me they're real fruit.
You don't know. I do. Okay. Acai sorbet, crisp apple juice, juice, juicy strawberries, and tart raspberries with Heinz Simply ketchup. Gross.
Never mind. All natural, made with red ripe tomatoes, full of vitamins and antioxidants. Yum yum yum. These are the things people text me this early in the morning to make my day just a little brighter. Like, hey.
This one's for Josh. Smoothie. We know we know a guy who loves ketchup. He'll be very excited about this. Don't tell people stuff.
That's your mistake. That's my job, to tell people stuff. I either gave our daughter some rejection therapy last night or some New trauma? Lots of trauma. No.
Listen. I I think there's rejection therapy in there, but I also think it was a little bit brave on your part to even do it because I know you're, not necessarily in your comfort zone in the situation either. What had happened was our daughter, when we go out to eat and there's something on her plate that she doesn't like, she covers it with a napkin, or she'll hide it in some way because she is worried that the waiters and waitresses and the cook staff will see that she didn't eat that part of her meal and be completely offended that she didn't like it. And, oh my gosh, I can't believe that girl didn't eat that part of her meal, and I must be doing a terrible job. And as many times as you and I tell her, they don't care.
They still got our money whether you eat it or not, and that's all they care about. Right. Nobody's looking at your meal going, oh, she took all the onions off of that sandwich. I I am so offended. Like, that must be a terrible no one is doing that.
I know. So she's loading up her leftovers, and she wasn't in love with the mushrooms, but she still put them in the box. She didn't like any of the vegetables. I know. But especially that.
Like, leave the mushrooms at least. She took all of the vegetables. I know. She just cleaned the plate. As she was eating, she pushed them all to the side of the plate while so she could eat her pasta.
Yeah. Well, and I told her that when she ordered, she could get the vegetables on the side and then decide if she wanted to have carrots or broccoli or whatever in there, but then they wouldn't be on top of her pasta. But she was like, no. I'll just get it the normal way. So then when we get our to go boxes Yeah.
She scoops it all inside. The whole thing. And I said, why are you taking the vegetables that you didn't like? She goes, well, because I don't want them to know I didn't like them. Yeah.
You crazy girls. You crazy girls. But the real trauma sets in when you then, after we had paid and and the waitress brought back the change and everything and and, and then you said, hey. Immediately, she's like, no. No.
Don't. And you hey. Quick question. Can you help us with a thing? Because it seems like, this is the situation.
And what was cool was the waitress was like, nah. Listen. This is totally normal. I have a teenage daughter as well who worries about this stuff. I tell her, like, you didn't like the food, we can send it back, and you don't have to just sit there and be miserable with what you got.
Yeah. She's like, no. No. I could never. I could never.
It's like, yeah. You can't they do something gross to you? No. They're not giving you a lot. Food.
They It can't do anything gross to it. It's just food. It's okay. You can be like, oh, this is a little underprepared. It's a little more pink than I wanted.
Could I get it a little more done? Sure. You can. Right. Anyway And she's she told our daughter, and bless that waitress.
She was lovely. She was funny. She was charming. She didn't think we were weird for asking. Nope.
And she said, we don't care if you eat the food or not. Eat what you wanna eat. Don't eat what you don't. It's we don't care. We don't care.
But our daughter was mortified. Yeah. New trauma or rejection therapy. I don't know. Sat there with her face in her hands.
I think reject rejection therapy has to come from yourself. So I think it's, like but that's why I'm saying you put yourself into the comfort zone of being, like, excuse me. Can I ask you a you immediately were, like, out of your comfort zone, like, in that moment? And then you kinda settled in. You're like, here's the situation.
And then you got okay with it. Well, listen. I'll probably be footing the therapy bill in a couple of years Yeah. Or tomorrow. Yeah.
Today is officially the ten year anniversary of Hamilton, the music. When it appeared on Broadway? When it premiered on Broadway. Yep. Okay.
Yep. It premiered on Broadway in 2015. Ten years ago on this day, was opening day. K. Kinda kinda special.
That is it feels like it's been around for much longer than that. Now I didn't watch it until 2020 Yeah. When it popped up on Disney Plus. Right. Which it popped up on Disney Plus a year ahead of when it was planned to be released in theaters.
So that was kind of the big deal. Disney plus in July 2020, started streaming Hamilton, and the movie had been, set for release October 2021, in theaters. Well, Lin Manuel Miranda was on The Tonight Show last night. And during his interview, he said so this was last night. He said, tomorrow is the ten year anniversary of Hamilton.
We've been celebrating all year, but we have one more way to celebrate. We filmed most of the original cast performing in Hamilton in 2016, and we always wanted to release it theatrically. But then the pandemic hit, and so we decided to release it on streaming so that everyone could see it at home whenever they wanted. However, September 5, you will be able to see Hamilton in movie theaters nationwide and in Puerto Rico. Okay.
My problem is this. Is everybody gonna be singing along? Is it gonna be a Taylor Swift movie? You know how everybody went to see Taylor Swift in concert? Right.
And they were singing along? Yeah. I don't think I'm gonna like that. I totally agree. I would like to see it on the big screen with the sound and the whole thing.
It would be very moving. I also can't guarantee that I'm not gonna be singing along. You you gotta. I You gotta not. The original cast, Lin Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom junior, Daveed Diggs, who else?
Christopher Jackson, Jonathan Groff, Renee Elise, Goldsberry. Who else is in here? Philippa. Oh, Philippa Hsu. Uh-huh.
Yeah. Anyway, last June, in June I think it's cool. About a month ago. Fifth, you say? September 5.
I was just watching a clip of Lin Manuel Miranda on the tonight show, and they did, some songs with classroom instruments. Oh, cool. Which I always like when they do that. I mean, that's That was on tonight show? Mhmm.
Yeah. That they did that last night then as part of the show. That's what I'm saying. Very good. Very good.
Very good. Anyway, if you wanna see it in theaters, kind of a big deal. You'd be able to see it September 5, Hamilton in theaters. Very cool. I know, your mom's gotta be going.
Right? Like We have. I I thought I saw tickets would be on sale today, I think. Yeah. Tickets go on sale, today.
So, if you wanna be able to, get your tickets early. If it's coming to a theater near you. Well, it's gotta be. Right? Let's look.
Okay. Let's let's let's take a peek. Like looking right now. Right? Is it only at Cinemark locations?
Oh, no. Oh, no. You got my hopes up, and then you dash them. Saying. You might only be able to see it at Cinemark.
Hold on. I'm checking the fandango. Okay. Because we have a what? A Regal?
Is that what we have? We have Regal. It it is available at Regal. Yep. There it looks like there will be two showings on September 4, three showings on the fifth, three on the sixth.
It's gonna be there for a while. Okay. Thursday, September 4, 02:35PM and 07:10PM. Let's take a midday matinee break. A midday matinee, 02:35.
That's the end of the day. That sounds great. Yeah. Well It's not the end of the day for me. End of the day for me.
Midday matinee break. Who's coming with me? Matinee. Alright. What day is it?
I gotta put it on the calendar. September 4. I'm going. You're going to the day matinee? Break.
Uh-huh. Who's coming to sing with me? Uh-huh. Quiet. No.
We have to sing quietly. Then sit somewhere else. I'll sing so quiet. Inside. Sing with your inside.
We cat catched. I was gonna say catched. We catched. We caught an episode of Supermarket Sweep last night. You sound like, like it was just on, and we happen to be flipping the channels.
No. We intentionally turned it on. Well, we were kinda just scrolling and then And I went, well, let's watch an episode of that. So it was the it it was the first episode, I think, of the show. It felt like they were trying to explain things, and it also kinda felt like the way that they did the first show.
If that was the very first show They were all like that. I don't think that was the first show. I feel like the way that it was conducted and the way that the winners won and the, like, the fact that they did do all of the steps, I feel like that was a that was a pilot episode where they were like agree. Proof of concept. Here's the idea of how supermarket sweep could work, and here's how every bit of the game would be executed.
So let's show you all the pieces and what it looks like when somebody wins. I've seen enough episodes of that show. I'm pretty confident they're all like that. Yeah. They should be.
That was the proof of concept show. But I don't think I've seen somebody win that quickly the $5,000 thing because the three items were right next to each other, as far as the clues and stuff. Like, it was it was set up that way so they could prove K. That this is what the show would look like. I bet if we watch the next episode, they don't win the $5,000 because they went, see, and now here's what it looks like if they don't win.
What I know is that host what was his name? Something Ruprecht? Yeah. David? David.
David Ruprecht. What a sweater. What? Yeah. That thing looked heavy.
The sweater he was wearing looked very heavy. And probably hot if he's under, like, the The collar went up high. And, yeah, they weren't using LEDs, so there was heat coming off the stage lights for sure. That guy was sweat. I always wanted to be on Supermarket Sweep.
That's a good show. Yeah. And then I was watching this. It's the first time I noticed this. They always go for, like, the big meats, like the big turkey Yeah.
And diapers. They go for diapers. Right. But then last night was the first time I noticed that they said, oh, they went for the butter bowl ham. Yeah.
Right. Oh, they went for the Mhmm. So I think it was interesting what they went for. I always wondered why they didn't go for, like, nuts who are always really expensive. They did.
They went for the planters mixed nuts. Yeah. But you gotta get, like You can only get five. I know, but go for, like, cashews. Cashews are expensive.
Yeah. Yeah. Almonds are not as expensive like cashews, but like a like a I'm trying to think of it. Like a macadamia nut. Go for the macadamia nuts.
Those are expensive. But the Planters mix nuts were the sponsor. So Exactly. Yeah. It very much is that because then we get to say the brand name.
Exactly. Here's a question. If you could be on any classic That's what I'm game show would you be on? I mean, obviously, Supermarket Sweep. And I'm talking classic, not current because I would be on Taskmaster.
I would love to do Taskmaster. But, but if you could be on a on a show I'm trying to think. Press your luck. Press your luck would be awesome for me. No wammy, no wammy, no wammy, stop prices.
Right? The pyramid one. A thousand dollar pyramid, $100,000, million dollar pyramid, whatever. Be fun too. K?
Depending on who I could take with me, Family Feud would be a great time. The family. Yeah. But you have to have five. There's four of us, so we'd need an extra.
Oh, we gotta bring a grandma. No. Not grandma. A grandma. We gotta flip a coin.
We gotta we gotta pick a grandparent. Some grandparents gotta come. And then you gotta have that whole dynamic. Steve Harvey going like, well, tell me about your grandkids. That guy.
Minute to win it, would you do that game? Yeah. That would be fun. Yeah? Yeah.
What about the dating game? No. Newlywed game? I play that game every day. Whatever.
Double dare. Oh, I love double dare. Who didn't like double dare? That was great. Good pick.
Did you what did you pick? You picked Press Your Luck? I love Press Your Luck. No Whammies. No Whammies.
No Whammies. Cash cab. I always wanted hang out with Ben on Cash Cab. I always wanted them to pick the Whammies because they just wanted to see the Whammies. Those guys were awful.
I loved them. You didn't answer my Cash Cab. What? Sorry. Did you go hang out with Ben on Cash Cab?
I was actually pretty good at Cash Cab. I know you were. I could I could kill it in Cash Cab. I'd be so good. Nickelodeon Guts was good, and then that had the tower, the crag that you had to climb at the end.
How did you know that I was good at Cash Cab? Babe, I've known you a long time. Yeah. I know. But I thought you knew me post Cash Cab.
No. I've known you a long time. Okay. We were just talking. Like, we just had had our twenty year wedding anniversary, but we met in 02/2003.
That's twenty two years ago next month in less than a month. Yeah. I've known you a long time. You've known me a long time. Alright.
I've known you through Cash Cab. I've known you through Judge Judy. I've known you through trading spaces. Judge Judy was the only channel we had at the time, and I was nursing a newborn. Just saying.
I've known you through a lot of things. Judge And you recap some court cases when I'd get home from work, and it was quite the time. It was all I had. We gotta talk about something, that hurt my feelings last night that you said to me. You were singing I would walk 500 miles, that song by the proclaimers.
And I said, would you actually walk 500 miles for me? And you said I I said No way, man. I said, I don't think I would walk 500 miles for much of anything. It's a really long way to walk. It's almost from Idema Falls to Denver.
I said you didn't have to do it in, like, a day. You could take your time, and you could rest and relax. And and then that what did I say? You said, give me a break, dude. I'm not doing that quote.
And then what else did I say? I did. Get to the part where I said I would travel 500 miles for you, but now we have vehicles. I don't have to walk. Yeah.
But if you didn't have a vehicle and you have that see you soon. You said you wouldn't you wouldn't walk. Yeah. Give me a break. See you when I see you.
I'm not doing that. Hope it's soon. I'm not walking 500 miles. We did some math. You, me, and Emery in the car.
Yeah. And it would take It would take And I the criteria was if I walked for twelve hours a day at an average of three miles per hour, which is just a normal walking speed. Uh-huh. If I was walking three miles per hour, twelve hours a day, quick math says I'd walk 36 miles a day. It would take weeks.
Two weeks. I think it was two weeks. I think it was fourteen days. Big whoop. Two weeks?
Let me say what you your quote again. Give me a break, dude. Yeah. I'm not doing that. Right.
That's what you said, dude. I'll drive. I'll see you when I drive there. Give me a break, dude. I'm walking 500 miles.
I can't even believe it. It's not that I don't like you. Feels like it. I'm not walking for two weeks. I would do it for you.
No. Yes. I would. Yes. I would.
No. Don't tell me what I would and wouldn't do. You wouldn't. What do you got when I get there? You have a snack?
Me. See? I'm the rude one. Come on now. No.
No. No. No. Like, I'd walk there to get to you, but then I'll also need, like, maybe a foot rub No. Or a back scratch.
This is you making a sacrifice. Not you reaping a benefit. But I'm gonna need a snack. Yeah. Do you have at least a snack?
Nope. Rude. I'm not give me a break, dude. Yeah. Yeah.
Exactly. I'm downstairs last night doing the laundry, minding my own business, and I hear, did you eat the last? You broke my heart last night. I said, yeah. It was just sitting there.
Nobody was eating it. So yes. That's not what you said. Did. You just said, yeah.
And I said, I had planned on cutting that in half to share with you. It's gone. I know. Way to make me feel like a double jerk. Well, you got home, and Emery had made cookies yesterday.
And so you got home and went to the kitchen, and I heard you go, cook chocolate chip cookie time? Yeah. And then you had a chocolate chip cookie, and Emery had brought me one. And I was working on something, and she said, here's one for you. I said, I'll grab it in a minute.
So she took it to the kitchen counter, and then you ate that. And then I discovered the was gone, the last. So I don't know what's going on with you. You ate my cookie, and you ate the whole. Blame I blame it on perimenopause.
Is that right? Yeah. Can't even look at you. Broke my heart. I'm sorry.
One, there are other cookies, so it's not like I ate the last cookie. Yes. So when she put your cookie on the counter, I went, oh, because I was doing some dishes and other things. And so I was like, oh, this cookie's in my way. I'll just eat it.
So I ate it. And then the scotcharoo had just been sitting there. Yeah. And I was like, well, I could wash the Tupperware that this scotch this lonely scotcharoo is in after I eat it Yeah. Which I did.
I didn't know that you had plans to share it. So now I'm a double check. This is what it's like being married to the baby. I discovered that in full color last night. After I after I asked you if you ate it, I walked into my studio, and I went, man, what is the deal?
And I was contemplating, and I went, she's the baby. That's what it is. The baby gets what the baby wants. That's the whole thing. And I'm the older sibling, and so my whole life has been shared with your sister.
And so I went, I'm gonna wait, and we'll cut that in half. It'll be a nice treat. Okay. But you didn't you didn't make that known to me. I didn't know that you had a plan for it.
But when you saw scotcharoo, you didn't go, maybe I'll cut it in half. You saw scotcharoo and went, my scotcharoo. So now I have no scotcharoos. It was the last one. And And so good batch.
I know. It was a really good batch. Yeah. So toe in total, do you know how many scotch rus I had over the weekend and yeah. Not yesterday, but the day before?
No. I don't. Do you don't know the total? No. From Sunday to Monday, how many scotcharoos did I eat?
I don't know. I didn't If you had to guess. I didn't keep tab of your scotcharoo totals. One. I'm sorry.
I just tell one. Okay. How many did we bring home? Because I know you were complaining the Tupperware was full, and you said this is too many scotchroos. We shouldn't be bringing this many home.
I don't know. I don't know. I didn't keep track of it. I I will Alright. I will say that after I ate those two cookies and six I bet you felt gross.
Yeah. I didn't feel well. Yeah. I bet. So it wasn't even good.
And then I felt double bad because you were gonna share it. So if it makes you feel better, I felt like crud. Well, the baby gets what the baby wants. That's what I that's my motto from now on. No.
I figured it out. That's my life. It's fine. Oh, you're such a martyr. No.
It's not. It has nothing to do with being a martyr. It's just neglected, sad, forgotten about. Not not considered. Not a martyr.
I'm just And then and then and then I hear Emery, who ate the last Scotch root? Like, guys, that Scotch root had been sitting there. For how long? A couple hours. It's not my fault.
That's why we can't have nice things. I know. I'm the real one. You and I have been, kinda doing some art lately. Neither one of us is necessarily trained in art.
Is there such a thing? I mean, I know people go to school for art and, you know, art theory or if they wanna become a curator or something like that. But Right. You know, art school is a thing. I understand that.
But, like, for people to just create, is that necessary? I don't I don't know if it is. I just I think it's therapeutic for me in a lot of ways. And so I taking classes. Like, I took a water coloring class and You did.
You know? Because I wanna learn technique from people that are good at it and learn, you know, sort of how things go. But that's now become my issue, is that I'm so hung up on the particulars of the process that I can't just free flow the process, and it's driving me crazy. Yeah. See and I I'm doing more of, like, a junk journal y type thing.
So mine is not meant to look pretty, but I'm struggling with that because a lot of my stuff beforehand, I've been like, no. It has to look pretty. It has to look perfect. So is all subjective. But that's what that's what stresses you out about showing any of your art to other people, though Correct.
Because your your fear of judgment or something. Yes. Absolutely. That's my hang up. And then you told me yesterday that you watched a video where this artist Yeah.
Was like, you gotta make some crappy art sometimes. Yeah. That was kind of her thing. She said, like, the biggest fear people have is they're gonna make something that's not good. So make stuff that's not good.
Like, just do it. Like, what what kind of her premise was was that you aren't going to write a book and then not have it edited and not rewrite parts and redo things. Like, everything goes through a drafting process. Right. And art can be the same thing.
You can take a concept in your head, and you can create it. Get it out of your head. Do it once. And maybe you don't like it. Okay.
Cool. Grab a new piece of paper. Do it again. Yeah. You don't like it still, try a different thing.
But you have to make bad art in order to get to the good art was kind of her her thing. So I like that. Which I do too because it it sort of relieves some of that pressure, but it still makes me I'm so nervous to pick up the paintbrush because I get so hung up on technique Yeah. That I can't just, like, freeform, you know. Is that the right word?
Like, I can't just, like, be loose about it. Like, and and when I was taking the class, my watercolor teacher, she was like, are you an engineer? And I have a very logical, you know, tech technology brain. You do. I'm not an engineer, but she's like, you're so rigid.
Like, you need to just loosen up. And she's trying to help me through that, and I'm like, this is it's hard. It's hard for me to go, like, yeah. Just let it happen because I want to control outcomes and So that's sad. I am too.
I'm not an engineer. I'm not logical by any means, but mine is just it has to look pretty. And if I let that water flow from the water that doesn't look pretty. It's gotta look pretty. I don't know.
And then I don't know. Like, I watch people create, and then I go like, ah, this is so like, it's so simple in concept, but why can't I get over my hang ups to create? Yeah. I'm the same way, bud. Yeah.
And I think that's what I need to do. I just need to make more bad stuff, and then I'll be like, oh, look. I made something that's awful. Cool. Tell me.
Plenty of bad stuff. I guess I just need to make more of it. Yeah. Make more bad art. I've I've done plenty of that.
I should I should make art that says make more bad art. That's actually not a bad idea. That's not a bad idea. Maybe that'll get you out of your head a little bit. I know.
Right? Then I also get, like I picked up this new one, the block printing thing. Yeah. And I'm really interested in doing it. But I'm I and I wanna start, but I have one thing.
Like, I have one block to carve. And so I'm like, but what do I wanna carve? Because I have so many ideas that then I sit and I go, like, which one do I wanna do first? And then I only have one block. So once I finish with that one, then I'm like, I'm out of blocks.
But you can make more blocks. You can purchase more blocks. I'm aware of that. Somebody that was making blocks out of pink erasers. Yeah.
I know. So it's not like the end of the block game. I get it. It's just I know. You know?
I know the same boat. Yeah. I'll go fishing. Let's go stand in the water. Think about it.
That's what happens. No. We're gonna keep doing it. Alright. We're gonna keep creating.
Make more bad art. Don't stop creating. I think that's a song by Journey. Don't stop creating? Yeah.
Something like that. Would you rather this or that. Would you rather win a pie eating contest or a three legged race? I appreciate that you often you think about it before you answer. I'm a quick to judge quick to answer kind of person.
You are very methodical. You you take your time. You think about all aspects even if it's something ridiculous. You just go I have two questions, but let me hear your answer. No.
No. No. No. I apologize. No.
No. No. Before I apply my logic, let me hear your answer. I am gonna go with the pie eating contest. What kind of pie?
That's question number one. A pie I like? Usually, it's just a whipped cream pie, isn't it? Uh-huh. It has to be a pie I like.
But I don't That's what I'm saying. Not a lot of pies I don't like. Let's be real. You like pie? I do like pie.
I like certain kinds of pie. If it's a mincemeat pie, I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm not doing that pie.
If it's chicken pot pie, I'm questioning what this kind of pie contest was. If it's pizza pie, it's a good day. If it's cherry pie, if it's chocolate pudding pie, I love chocolate pudding pie. Pumpkin pie, good pie. K.
What's your other question? You said you had to Answer the question. Is it a pie I like? No. You didn't.
Is it a pie I like? It's a pie you like. Sweet. K. What pie is it then?
The chocolate pudding pie? That might be that might be the one. K. What's your other question? Who's tied to me?
Because I knew you're gonna see that. Because the pie eating contest, if I get pie I like, it's up to me. Exactly. If I'm tied to somebody to make a three legged race, they better pull their weight. So who am I tied to?
It said you were gonna win, so you win either way. But who am I tied to? You get to pick. A shared victory as well. So who am I celebrating with?
Okay. You get to pick. Who are you tied to? I'm taking the pie. You I'm not gonna be offended if you don't say I'm taking the pie.
That you're not tied to me. I'm taking the pie. It's a solo endeavor. You and I, over the past couple of days have, been making some budgetary decisions with the family. And in doing so, we cut some apps out of our life.
We cut some streaming services. We did. And, at first, it was like, oh, we're gonna miss these things. And I don't feel super bad about it. And then I just saw this news this morning.
Oh, no. Settle down. We cut Disney plus, Hulu, ESPN plus, that bundle. Yeah. And we cut Peacock.
Yep. We kept Netflix. We've had Netflix since 02/2004. It feels wrong to get to get rid of something we've had for twenty years. Feel like we typically that's the one that we as a family Yeah.
Watch the most. Yeah. But here's what I just learned about Hulu. The standalone Hulu app is going to wind down, and they're just gonna add the content to Disney plus. So if you're paying for the bundle anyway, they're just gonna roll Hulu into it.
And I'm gonna tell you, they're not gonna give you a discount. No. They're not. There's no way. They're not gonna, like, knock that down all of a sudden, but they're gonna sunset the Hulu app, as a stand alone, and they're just gonna roll the the content.
Well, the content was kind of already intermingled. Yeah. You they yeah. They've been starting to do that where you could say Hulu in Disney plus or whatever. Right.
In addition, the company is also going to stop reporting subscriber numbers. Why do you think that is? Because they're low. Because they're losing people. Because it's $30 a month.
That's why we went there's no way. And we were not running the ad version because if I'm paying for something, I don't want ads. It's why we had to get rid of Prime. Yeah. I hate that.
Yep. I I didn't like that on Peacock. I don't like that on any streaming service. If I'm paying you a subscription, it's to not have ads. Don't make me pay for an ad version and then pay for a non ad version at a premium.
I don't like that. That's ridiculous. Adverts. Yeah. Keep your adverts out of mind.
I'm paying streaming. To not have commercials. Don't make me pay Yes. More Yes. For that pleasure.
That's ridiculous. Anyway, they said, you're gonna end up with a far better consumer experience when the apps are combined by combining all the programming assets of both current apps, and with an improved customer experience comes the ability to lower churn, which is obviously something that we're very, very focused in on in committing doing. So they can cut their staff in half. That's what that says to me. So Hulu will become, part of Disney plus.
I'm trying to see when that's happening. It was kind of announced this morning, and it's making some headlines. But, the the bundle of those three things, They're just gonna combine it all into Disney plus, which makes more sense, but then they shouldn't be charging you. No. And they'll probably actually raise prices too.
I wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised. Me neither. And if they're not gonna show subscriber numbers, then you just have to, like, go, oh, well, it means, they can tell whatever story they want. You know?
Hey. You do you. Disney slash ABC slash Hulu slash ESPN slash I don't miss you. So there. Not yet anyway.
No. Anyway, that's, that's what's happening. I just saw that headline this morning, and I thought that was kind of interesting. And where we were kinda going through, like, why are we paying so much for all these streaming services? We were paying for a lot of streaming services.
Had a lot. We did. And we got rid of them. It's two bills we're not paying anymore. No.
And I keep a spreadsheet of our bills, and I moved those two categories out. I was like, it feels nice to move those out. Right. Saving some money feels good. Yeah.
Yeah. Now if we can just finish paying off a couple of things, it'll feel even better. I know. That's I'm working on that. Working on getting us out of debt.
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