Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, November 14th, 2025 / Josh's fantasy football meltdown, squeaky door home repairs, puppy yoga chaos, and Chantel's Christmas shopping list additions. What's the surprising purpose of the humble bay leaf, and do we really need AI versions of our loved ones, plus the McRib is back, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is almost here, the countdown to Christmas music is officially on, and a whole lot more.

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Fantasy Football
(4:29) - Every door squeaks
(10:13) - Good News
(11:54) - Puppy yoga
(17:02) - Towel warmers
(24:37) - Driving time is music time
(30:11) - Order of operations for driving
(28:10) - What does the bay leaf do
(42:53) - AI dead people
(46:46) - The McRib is back
(51:04) - Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
(55:28) - Cheez-It gingerbread house
(1:02:43) - Would You Rather
(1:05:13) - Weekend plans

What is Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast?

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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Friday, November 14th, 2025

Episode summary introduction:

Josh's fantasy football meltdown, squeaky door home repairs, puppy yoga chaos, and Chantel's Christmas shopping list additions. What's the surprising purpose of the humble bay leaf, and do we really need AI versions of our loved ones, plus the McRib is back, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is almost here, the countdown to Christmas music is officially on, and a whole lot more.

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Fantasy Football
(4:29) - Every door squeaks
(10:13) - Good News
(11:54) - Puppy yoga
(17:02) - Towel warmers
(24:37) - Driving time is music time
(30:11) - Order of operations for driving
(28:10) - What does the bay leaf do
(42:53) - AI dead people
(46:46) - The McRib is back
(51:04) - Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
(55:28) - Cheez-It gingerbread house
(1:02:43) - Would You Rather
(1:05:13) - Weekend plans

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Full show transcript:

I don't know about you, but I think I probably need to take a break from fantasy football.

Yeah, dude, you do. I've been telling you this since you started.

Since I started this season or since I started playing?

No, since you started even last season. You take it way too seriously, bro. It's a serious thing. No, it's not. It's not.

There was a game last night. I didn't have any players on either of my two teams play. And I'm still pretty much at a 50-50 on both, which I think is positive, I think. Like, you know, I don't know.

Yeah, but it was like nine o'clock last night and you had gotten the do-do-do-do-do. Right. And you go, that's the first time I've heard that all day.

Yeah, well, I didn't know who I had playing. I wasn't watching football last night. See, what's frustrating is that because I've been frustrated by it, I haven't wanted to turn it on on Sunday.

And here's the thing that is bothersome to me about that, because it's supposed to be a game, which is supposed to be fun, and you're not getting any enjoyment out of it.

I know. So stop doing it. I'm getting all the stress out of it. Yes, so stop playing. If it's not any fun, stop doing it. Well, I have to finish the season, because here's the deal. We're on week 11, I think, and there's only 13 weeks until the playoffs. And you and I play each other in two weeks from now as the final match. And I want to care about it.

You can care about it, but you got to stop taking it so seriously. How serious am I taking it? Oh, it's ridiculous. How serious you're taking it.

Well, I just wish my players would do what they're getting paid to do and make me points in fantasy football, is what I'm saying. I picked you, perform for me.

You know, it's a simple ask. And I know I'm not alone. I know there's frustrated fantasy owners all over the place. Only one person has been excluded from our playoff bracket. And that's Maddie in the office. She has been officially ruled out.

She's so far behind she will not make the winning playoff bracket. She's the first person to clinch the consolation bracket. Yeah.

But that's all going to change this week. Like a lot of people are going to get exed out of the of the running for first through fourth.

Right. I'm in a tie for third with four other people.

Yeah, it's a mess in the league. It is a mess. Like I was doing really, really good. I had five wins in a row and now I'm on a three game loss. That's what happens. I lose and then I'm like, I'll rebound and I can handle it. And then I lose again and I'm like, what is going on?

You can't handle it. And then I lose a third time and I'm like, well, I'm done. You can't handle it is the problem.

I'm handling it just fine.

No, you're not. Stop playing. You're not invited next year.

I'm going to tell no one. Invite me. No one. Invite me to play fantasy football because he's not any fun. I'm a lot of fun. No one's around except you. No one else knows that I'm struggling and going through it.

No, because when people come to talk to you about it, you go, dude, and you slap the camera.

Yeah, because it's not just anyone who comes in. It's braggers. It's the bragger who is also the commissioner who walks in with his eight and two record and is like, what's going on with your team? I don't have time for this. I already know. Get out of here. That that doesn't help. You're not helping.

Right. That doesn't come in as the commissioner and going like, hey, maybe you should suggest a trade. Like you're not in here doing anything helpful. You're just in here poking the bear. Go away.

You see, I don't need it in my life.

Yeah, you don't. So stop. Yeah. Stop playing.

Anyway, all right. OK, do you want to start the show?

Do you want to start the show now?

Oh, nice. Thank you. Yeah, I do. You ready? Yes. Here we go. You said this morning, every door in the house squeaks and creaks. Yeah, I did say that. What's the story about that?

I that's the that's the all story. Oh, what do you think is causing it? Uh, I don't know. Rusty hardware.

I don't think it's rust. What is it? Because it's not rust.

No, it's not rusty. You're right. But what causes a squeaky door? Maybe untitled hinges.

I think dirt gets in there. That's what I think happens. Like dust. I think, well, over time, dust along with, you know, some of that, like oils and stuff that just naturally happen. I think that's the stuff that gets into into the hinges and then they squeak. So I think I need to do some. Some like WD 40 or something.

I think so. Yeah. And when I said every door, there were two doors that I opened.

Ah, the bedroom and the bathroom.

Yeah, both of them were a little bit squeaky. Like, is that what they were? Yeah. So maybe a little bit of a spray, some kind of lubricant spray.

That's what it says. It says doors squeak due to friction from a lack of lubrication in the hinges, loose or worn hinges or misalignment. Ah, see? I said that. And the squeaking is sound from metal parts rubbing together. Right, but it's also not rust.

No, I know. I didn't mean to say rust.

Dirt and debris, dust, grime or rust. Grime. If it's an outdoor hinge can accumulate inside the hinges, restricting smooth movement and causing squeaking. Okay. Well. I do know that like our front door, because of where it sits on the house, it faces south. And so when the sun hits it and when the cold happens, I know that door flexes and expands and contracts and stuff. And that door becomes sometimes harder to open and close depending on the weather, which I thought was interesting.

Speaking of weather, 54 degrees at 6.15 this morning. Not bad. Yeah, but that's also not normal. Yeah? For mid-November, I don't know. It got me a little bit like, what is happening?

What's the weather supposed to do today? Do you know?

I do not know. I didn't even turn on my heat in my car. Really? Yeah.

Put on some shorts. Supposed to be in the low 60s, however, there are supposed to be some rain showers this morning. That's what's happening. Tomorrow, 60, mid-50s through Sunday and Monday with a couple of rain showers on Sunday and Monday. So good looking day tomorrow,

like great looking weekend for today and tomorrow. I do see next week the word flurry. Okay, and again, I'm not so mad about it because, excuse me, because we need moisture for the aquifer.

But I don't even see, like it's the word flurry on Wednesday, but I have to go clear down until the 1st of December to see the actual S-word. Okay. And it's not until like the first weekend of December that I actually see full-on snow. That's crazy, isn't it? Yeah, it is crazy.

Unheard of right now. I've never heard of this. Yeah, don't say. Mm-hmm. What are you gonna do about this squeaky doors? Let's go back to that.

Well, people have recommended liquid graphite.

No, no, no, no, no. I don't care what you do to it. I just, what are you gonna do?

This guy says my go-to is a three-in-one oil. Couple of drops, swing the door, done.

Okay, great, do that. Or do the, listen, I don't care what method, what do you win specifically?

And he likes the three-in-one because graphite works, but can get very, very messy and spray silicone doesn't always penetrate into the hinge where you need it. Okay, when are you gonna take care of this?

This guy says I've used the three-in-one on hinges for years in the last four houses I've lived in. I've never had a squeak return. So it sounds like a three-in-one.

Okay, there you go. Do the three-in-one. Do we have the three-in-one or do we need to take a trip? Take a trip. Yeah, to the store.

Oh, I don't have three-in-one or else I would have had it done.

Oh, really? Yes. You're saying if you had the tool, if you had the equipment, squeaky doors wouldn't exist. That's right. I beg to differ. I would have done it. I don't have the three-in-one yet.

Well, let's go get it. All right, three-in-one. Here I come. It all rhymes. It's rhymed for the past few minutes.

Have you? I didn't notice. Completely unintentionally. Oh, I thought maybe you did it for us. If I had the three-in-one, it would have been done. No more rhymes. I mean it.

All right, we'll leave it alone. Here is some good news. This is pretty cool. For the past several months, Army veteran Jim Hertz has been training an eight-month-old pit bull named Rossi, believing that he was helping train this dog who was destined to help another veteran. Well, it turns out during a Veterans Day ceremony that happened in Naperville, I'm trying to figure out where that is. It doesn't say. What's state? Anyway, it was revealed that he was gonna get to keep Rossi. Oh. And that he'd been training Rossi for himself the whole time.

That's awesome. Isn't that really cool? Yes. Life-changing surprise, because even though the training, even through the training, the service dog has helped Jim in a big way with his anxiety. A room like this is pretty stressful for me right now.

He said during the festivities, the whole bunch of people behind me, not really what I would put myself in by myself, and Rossi's a big help for sure. Cute. His partnership with the dog works both ways. Jim explained that he and Rossi both have anxiety issues, and now they can work on that together for a long time.

He said, I'm trying to get her used to other people, other dogs as well. We still have a long way to go, and I'm just looking forward to what that looks like. I think it's really cool. That's a sweet story. Yep.

Congratulations to Jim and Rossi. They are now- They're gonna be so happy. Buds officially, yeah. They are gonna be very happy, and it's good news. You do some yoga sometimes. Sometimes.

And then hurt your abs. Oh, that was just that one day. Okay, how are they feeling this morning? Better. Oh, good. Took a couple of days of recovery. Yeah.

Are you gonna do those stretches again? Yeah. All right. Good deal. I have an idea for you.

What is it? When you next time you do yoga. Well, we've talked about before goat yoga, which is where goats climb all over you while you're doing yoga. And then there's hot yoga, which is in that hot room where you're supposed to like sweat it out

while you do your yoga. We've done that one. That's right. It was fun. I enjoyed it. It wasn't that hot. I expected to be hot and sweatier. Oh, I was very hot. I didn't, anytime like the door opened occasionally, I was like, here.

Yeah. Yeah, that's, it was hot. I was pretty stifled. I could have been hot and sweatier.

Okay, well, break it up for John. I think I need to hydrate better before I go. Okay. I think that was my issue, but yeah, that was a good time. Cat yoga, I've seen this where they do this usually in like an animal shelter environment where the cats can be around while people are doing the yoga as well. And then I just sent you one this morning. It is puppy yoga. And here's the thing about puppy yoga. It's adorable. Well, it's very cute, but it also looks very distracting.

Yeah, you're not getting any yoga done. I mean, they were, these are professionals. The dogs? No, the yogis.

Yeah. They were definitely trying to fight through puppies being puppies while they were doing yoga, but they're still like one puppy tried to eat the woman's face off of her face or put his whole face in her mouth while she's talking.

Another one just laid down and was like, yeah, I'm gonna sleep here.

I did think that was pretty good. The one laid back, ears flopped, just like. Total relax. Yeah, that one's doing yoga right, a nap. But then you had some that were like, I'm gonna go walk over here and flop myself over your feet. And I'm gonna try to bite the strings that are hanging down from your clothes, like puppy stuff.

Yeah, puppies are adorable. They were pretty cute. Until they eat your shoes. That is true. Or have a little accident.

Which I bet that happens. I bet the middle of yoga there's some accidents. For sure. Do you think they have a tender, someone who's walking around who's like, I'm not here for the yoga. I'm here to make sure that if a puppy makes a mess, I'm on it right away.

I'm sure they have a wrangler. Because here's the other part. A wrangler. Yeah, you gotta make sure they're safe, right? You don't want a puppy to get smushed. That's true. So I'm sure they've got somebody that's like, I'm gonna just check and make sure that you're not gonna smush this adorable little puppy. It kind of makes me want a puppy.

Oh, oh no.

I know, I don't want a puppy. Again, it's the same feeling I had when I held a little baby. I go, oh, I want another one. No, I don't. I came to my senses.

Have you tried doing yoga with our dog around?

Yes, I have actually. How'd it go? I did it on the deck once this summer. And I tied her up outside and I was like, great. I'm gonna lay out my yoga mat and I'm just gonna stretch here on the deck. And she was like, hey, what are you doing? I had to shorten her lead so that she couldn't reach me and then she just sat there and barked because she couldn't reach me. That's relaxing. No, I called it good for the day and said, well, guess this one's a bust.

Wonder what happens if you try to do it in the house. Like if the point is, let the dog be part of the yoga experience. What do you think she's gonna do?

It should be all up in my face. You think? And I don't like dogs. I like dogs. I don't like dogs in my face. So that's what she's gonna do.

She's all up in my face and I'm just sitting down the couch. I know. But that's what I'm saying. Start doing some stretches. Get out your mat and see what happens.

Like right in the living room, you think she just comes over and is like, a bed and lays on it. Possibly. Yeah. Well, it looked fun. It did look fun. But also very, very distracting. And I don't know if anybody does that around here. But that was so pretty cute.

I bet it's real good for your soul. I bet the people who leave that place are like, I am happy. Yeah. Yeah.

There's definitely a dopamine thing with puppies. For sure. Yep. Find a place that doesn't give it a shot, adopt a dog if that's part of the thing and enjoy a puppy. Do you think you bring your own puppy? Maybe it's like a puppy kindergarten yoga. P-Y-O-P. Yeah. Bring your own puppy. That could be fun.

P-Y-O-P and Y-M. And your mat. Bring your own puppy and yoga mat.

Yeah. Yeah, it makes sense. Cute. Yeah. Can you use a puppy as a yoga block? No, don't do that. I was gonna say, yes.

No, don't do that.

Let's talk about showers. Okay. I love being clean. I love being freshly showered. Yeah. I like the smell of myself when I'm clean. Okay. I hate the idea of taking a shower.

Is that right? I hate getting ready to take a shower. I love being in the shower.

Okay. But I hate the thought of getting out of the shower. I hate being cold and drying off and being wet. And then I have wet hair. And then I have to dry my wet hair. And then I have to comb my ratted wet hair. I hate showering.

Okay. But I also love, I love being in the shower. I don't love shaving and I don't love the process of washing my hair, cause that takes some time.

Okay. That I like just like when the process of showering is finished and I can just like sit in the warm water and be like, yeah, this is quite nice. I like that part of showering only. I see.

So you're gonna have to deal with all the other stuff to get there. I know Josh.

I know. I've been dealing with this for as long as I have been alive. All right. I know the steps. I know the process. But it is like when I'm like, yeah, I really need a shower. I have to really be like, just like, I have to prep myself up to do it. Like you got this. You got this.

Not prep myself, but prep myself up. Because I hate, I hate how much time it takes. It feels like a waste of time. But I love it. But I hate it.

I'm so trying to keep up. I know. Because I'm with you. Like it's all good.

The part I hate the most is the, the second you turn off the shower, it's cold. And then you're sitting there and your hair is dripping and it's cold and you're wet and you go, now I'm cold and wet. Right. I was happy a minute ago. I was warm and happy. And now the flip of a switch, I'm cold and wet. Yeah.

Yeah, I know that about you. You hate it when it's cold. I don't like that. And that's why I like, you'll, you'll run the hot, hot water and leave all the doors shut so that when you get out, you get that steam effect and the room is still warm.

And then I put my, I draped my towel over the shower curtain. And then I leave it closed so that kind of keeps all the steam inside the shower. Right. And then I dry off in the shower.

Yeah. And that keeps me a little bit warmer. But again, I still have cold, wet hair. I don't know what to tell you. I know there's no solution other than, hmm, a towel warmer.

I've seen those. They make those. I know they do.

And I kind of want one. How expensive are they? Well, not that bad. I might add it to my Christmas list. Ah, good idea. Except I don't think I have room in the bathroom for it.

I think it rolls around. I think you can move it around. It has wheels? I don't know that it's even that heavy. It might just be, it's just a little thing. Let me look.

Okay, look at how much it is. Cause I might add it to my Christmas list. $90. Are you kidding me? That's more than I want to spend.

But it's no bigger than like a clothes hamper. Yeah, I don't. And it's stylish.

Yeah, but again, it's $90. And they don't have room in the bathroom for it.

It holds a lot of towels.

How many, I thought it would hold only one towel.

Three. It holds three rolled up towels.

Okay, interesting. I need to look into that more. I thought, I thought it was kind of like one of those. You know how like when you go to a swimming pool and they have that little container and you can throw your swimsuit in there when you're done

and it will ring up your swimsuit? I thought it was kind of like that kind of a mechanism. You throw your towel in and it like warms one towel at a time. No, this you, oh, and it folds up. It folds flat when you're not using it. Say what? Yeah, it folds up like a clothes hamper.

Okay, that's a good selling point. Good job guys doing that. But $90.

Are these folks using it to warm up a throw blanket as well? What? Yeah, indulge in cozy comfort.

I will indulge, thank you. All right, I'm adding that to my Christmas list. Try and find a good deal though, Josh. I don't spend $90 on it.

Well, that's the one I'm looking at. If I look at a different one, it's gonna be all different.

No, get, try and get one. I don't think I'm willing to spend more than 40 or 50.

Well, if it's a gift, you're not spending anything.

No, I know, but if it's a gift from you, then that's our shared money. And I don't want you to spend our shared money.

Oh, I see. I could spend more. No. There's some for like 120, 140.

Or, better yet, for free, because we already own it, the dryer. For about, we install a button and it'll signify to you. That I'm close to getting out of the shower. You go warm up my

towel and bring it up to me. No, your mom used to do that for the kids.

I know, she never did that for me.

Yeah, but she did it for the kids when they were little and they would take baths at her house. She always had a warm towel fresh out of the dryer.

Yeah, but her bathroom and the dryer were right across That's true.

The hall from each other. She also would take hot water out to the swimming pool from the house. But one pail at a time. That was barely lukewarm by the time you got into it, I'm sure of it.

But that's a nice sweet grandma thing to do.

It is very nice. She didn't do that to her own kids, but she sure did that for her grandkids. Okay, you're not willing to warm up my towel for me? I'm

just telling you that the one that I'm looking at is actually the best value.

The $90 one? Yep. Find a coupon. There's not a coupon. I bet there is. No. Keep looking. There's not. Cyber Monday.

Potentially as a cyber deal. Is it on Amazon? No. Okay. Keep looking for a deal. Okay. None of the ones that are available on Amazon do what that one does.

Oh, okay. And they're more expensive or they don't do as many towels or like they don't fold up. All of the things you like about the one, none of the other ones do.

Rats. Yeah. Okay. Keep looking for a deal then. This is your mission. There isn't a deal. No, there will be on Cyber Monday. Maybe. Yeah. Keep looking. Okay. Put bookmark that page. All right. And then mark in your phones when Cyber Monday is. It's the Monday after Black Friday, Josh. Okay.

No, I know. I'm aware.

I've heard of it. And then go back and look. Listen, I don't want to spend more than $40 to $50.

Well, it might be more than that.

I am a texture and you are a phone caller. That's right. And together we married each other. And there are times when I am driving. And my drive time if I'm alone especially is what I consider my music time. And sometimes you call me when I'm having my music time. And I work really hard to make sure that the song that is playing is a song that I want to be driving home to.

My fault. I've specially curated my playlist. And so when you call me sometimes I go, I just also, it's fine, but I want you to know that that's how you know that I really like you. Is if you call me, well, I'm in my music time and I answer. So sorry to interrupt. No, no, I'm saying, I'm initially upset that I'm like, okay, I'll answer because I got to like him.

I feel like you answer because you're like, if I don't answer, he's gonna worry that I'm like off the side of the road or something. But also I don't ever know where you are when I call. I just call. I don't know what is going on.

Well, you could guess based on the time.

Nah, it's better to go, hey, when's the last time I called you when you were driving?

It's been a while.

Yeah, this seemed like you brought it up like it just happened recently.

No, it didn't just happen recently. It was just something I was thinking about because I have a specially curated playlist. No, I know that. And if it's like, depending on the mood that I'm in, yesterday it was a bunch of sad music.

I think I'm gonna try to grab your phone one of these times and just type in a new search and then make it leave your playlist and just start looking at yourself sad. How dare you? And then make it just start playing random stuff that isn't in your playlist.

We have a music service that I'm not happy with. I know. And it veers away from my playlist and I don't like that. But just go off of my playlist. So it'll play like maybe like 20 songs from my- There's gotta be a setting. Playlist and then it's like, I'm in a place that I'm random and I go, what is this? And it might be something from like a similar artist that I have in my playlist but it's not something I've added to my playlist. And I tell it that I don't like it so that it knows because it's a computer. So I go, I don't like you music service.

Yeah, so you should turn off the auto play.

No, I have, I've done all of that. Okay.

I really have, believe me.

You've turned off auto play. Yes. All right. It says that once that toggle is off, your playlist will stop after the last song is finished playing and will not add any more music automatically.

That's a lie. Okay. All right. Because I have done that. Anyway, point of the story. If you call me during my music time and I don't answer, it's because I don't really wanna talk to you. But if you call me during my music time and I do answer, that means I do like you. Okay. Listen, my friends Marco Polo me.

Yeah. And I often Marco Polo them while I'm driving. That's a special something because that's my music time. I see. And it usually takes me the whole drive home to Marco Polo them.

Yeah, I know, cause you talk too much. That's something special. I do talk too much. Because for some reason you all talk too much.

You're just mad that you don't have any friends to Marco Polo.

But even if I did, we wouldn't talk that much. And I'm not talking about like frequency. If I had friends on there, we'd talk often, but I don't think we would talk as long. It's a long thing.

I know it is. But Josh, we have to tell each other how amazing we are all the time. Right. We have to start with that.

And then we have to. Oh, that thing you said. Oh, totally agree. Hold on. This is my favorite. This is my favorite thing that happens between the three of you on this conversation. I took notes because there were so many bullet points in one thing I had to take notes.

No, it's usually because there's one of us who doesn't always remember to check the Marco Polo or she doesn't get the notifications. And so then she's way behind.

No, I understand, but I've heard you do it too. And you have an envelope that you've written on at the dining room table and you go, okay, I took notes. First of all, great job doing that thing. That's amazing. Note two, good job doing the thing.

What can I say, Josh? We're friends. That's what friends are for.

You've triggered your vocal stim.

Through good times.

All right, here we go.

What are your, you get into a car. What is your order of operations for driving?

So I get in the car depending on the time. So in the morning, I have to adjust all my heat stuff.

Okay, forget about that. Forget about heat stuff. Like it's just an average day. You don't have to turn on the air conditioning. You don't have to turn on the heat.

That's a big part of my comfort though.

It's a big part of my workflow. Okay. Cause I get in, I sit down, I start it. I adjust my heat stuff and then I put on my seatbelt and drive. Okay. Do you want to know my order of operations? Sure. Thanks for asking. I'll tell you.

I thought you were going to pick apart something I did. I didn't know this was a back and forth.

I got it. All right. And what do you do? What brought this up is I was talking to a coworker yesterday who said she drives the majority of the time because she cannot stand her husband's driving. She said he drives two miles under the speed limit.

Everywhere he goes. Oh man, I'd lose my mind. She said, yeah, she said he turns his blinker on when he's leaving their driveway, she says like no matter what, no matter where he's going blinkers on, if he's turning that wheel, his blinker is on and that drives her crazy. She says that he won't go until, he won't move his vehicle until everyone in the car is buckled. Yeah.

I said, seatbelt is halfway down the road. Like I'm moving when my seatbelt gets put off.

I put it on before I

put it on. Well, if I'm the passenger, the seatbelt is on this second night, cause there's nothing else to do. Here's my order of operations. Are you ready? Yeah. If it's chilly, seat warmer.

Right. Heat. That doesn't count.

That's not part of the, it's just a normal day. You made it count. Then music, music first, always.

No, I solve that as I'm moving.

Then you move and then halfway down the street, oh, seatbelt, seatbelt on.

Uh-huh. I don't think that's the right order. That's my order. And this morning, you probably had additional steps. Why? Because Emery drove last night, so you had to adjust your seat and your mirrors.

My mirror, I didn't adjust until I was halfway here.

Did you, the side mirrors were all wonky too or no? No, those were fine. She had adjusted those.

Oh, I didn't even notice those actually. Just the rear view mirror. I had to adjust a bit. The messe I had to adjust immediately because I went,

oh, I'm hugging the seatbelt. Your knees were probably banging the steering wheel.

She's not that much shorter than me. I don't know why she has to sit that close.

I think it's a proportions thing. Cause there are people that are the same or similar height as me, but I think they have shorter legs and bigger torso. I think that's where the discrepancy is.

Like I got longer legs and I got long limbs and a short torso. Okay. You know what I mean?

I do. Like a lump of clay on toothpicks with toothpick arms. That's me. Skewered more like.

Yeah, right? Not that tall. I'm not like over six feet tall with a two foot torso. I don't have like four foot legs, but I got, you know, a good portion of my proportion is limb. Okay.

Yeah. Check's out. What did you say your order is? Sit, eat.

And then seat belt drive.

You always put your seat belt on before you drive. That's good driving practice. I applaud you. What I do is the incorrect way for sure.

Yeah. You start driving and then go, oh, quit dingin' at me and then put it on.

Yeah. Yeah. Music first always. That's my first step. Unless it's cold and then it's heat first and then music.

I adjust the heat, put on my seat belt and I drive. And then I deal with the radio or whatever as I'm moving.

No way, man. Yeah, way, man. That's unsafe. No. No.

The not wearing a seat belt is unsafe.

No, but if you're still in your neighborhood, if you're still on the street that you live.

Listen, most wrecks happen within a mile of your out.

I know. Well, and to be fair, I'm trying to think what I do when I get in, when I'm done at work. I think it is, I think it's still, I move and then seat belt.

See, I back into park because all the cool people back into park, 100%. And then we get to like leave quicker. So when I get in after work, throw my stuff in the back seat, I get in, same routine, and I drive away. I don't have to back up, I'm just out.

What would you do if you were driving with somebody who went two miles under the speed limit?

Sleep, I guess. When she told me that. I couldn't even handle it.

I was like, no way, I drive everywhere too.

Be late to everywhere I go. Wonder why everyone was zipping past me all angry. And then go, oh, I know why.

Out for a stroll. That is the safest thing to do, for sure.

Two miles under? Yeah. No, go the limit. Well, go the limit. Push it to the limit. You shouldn't be doing what I do. What do you do? Just a few miles over.

Oh, is that right? Yeah. Do you know it doesn't make that much of a difference in your time?

I know, but I can't go. It feels like my time is just being wasted when I'm going so slow.

I would challenge you next week. Okay. Settle down. What? Next week, go the speed limit or slower one day and time it. Okay. Just so that you know and then do your normal thing the next day. Okay. Or do the normal thing once and record it and then do the slow thing. I want to know the difference. Okay. I bet the difference is maybe a minute.

I bet it is too. I really believe it is. Yeah. But it also feels like I just can't go slow.

No. I mean, keep up with the flow of traffic, right? Like, don't be a speed bump, but also don't be a pest. I think that's the rule, right? Like just follow in line with everyone. Be a good community member in your traffic.

Like, oh, me and these five cars are going down this road together. Let's all work together. We're a traffic community. We're a traffic team.

That's right. And if we all get through it together and people peel off here and there and go do their own little thing and then you wave at your little traffic wolf pack and you go later, dudes. Fun driving with you.

Get to your destination safe.

That's right. And then you pick up a new traffic pack. Oh, welcome. Yeah. Welcome to the team. Hey, everybody. I'm new here. Let's go around and do an icebreaker real quick. Your name and something about you. I'll start. I'm Josh and I drive a white truck.

All right. Next. Far out, dude. Yeah. You were making dinner last week and you said, do we have any bay leaves? And I said, yeah, we do. And you go, I can't find any.

I said, let me look. Bay leaves are something you always have. Apparently we ran out. No one's ever had to buy the bay leaf jar. You've all just always have bay leaves.

We ran out. We ran out. We don't have bay leaf.

But also it set off a question of what exactly does the bay leaf do? Okay. Did anyone miss the bay leaf from that recipe?

Did we even know that it wasn't in there? Exactly. No one got to peel it out of their dinner. I don't.

Whenever I use a bay leaf, I try to find them and I go, the bay leaf, it's a game, right? Yeah. Find them. Somebody find the bay leaf. Four, two, or three. Sometimes I've used three. Okay.

And a bottle of chili. Have you looked up what it does?

I'm sure it adds something. Sure. What?

Enhancement of flavor. That's its primary role. So it itself, it's actually really interesting. It has its own pleasant aromatic quality that lifts and enhances the main spices and herbs in a dish. Really? It supports all of its buddies.

I would like to try the same recipe with the bay leaf and without the bay leaf to see if it made a difference.

That's what it does. It specifically raises the complexity and depth of the sauce and the spices and all that stuff. It gives it more flavor. Oh. It itself doesn't necessarily have a flavor and you don't eat it.

You just pop it in and it goes, come on, bud. It just really makes this meal a good one. It's a cheerleader. Oh. It's a spice cheerleader. It makes me so happy. Are you for real? Yeah. I like the way that you described it.

That's what it does. It's like, hey, everybody, let's really, we're all in this meal together. Let's really make this a good one, all right? Let's really make these people feel good about what they're eating. All right, here we go. Good meal on three. One, two, three. Good meal. What they do?

It's like a coachy hire for one day and then you're like, I got to go. My time is up. You've all been great. Yeah. Enjoy your meal. See you later.

I'm out. Yeah. I'm going to go to that garbage can now. It's been real. It's sad. It's sad?

Kind of.

Oh, no. You personified it too much.

You did. That's your fault. You turned it into a motivational speaker cheerleader.

Yeah. They're like, welcome to my Bayleaf Ted Talk. They are also used to preserve pantry staples and deter insects due to their antimicrobial properties.

So. That bayleaf. That's something great, isn't it?

It sure is. Yeah.

I got to go get another jar of bayleafs that'll last me another 15 years. That's correct. I couldn't even tell you the last time I bought a can of bayleafs. What do you call those things? It's not a can.

It's not a jar. It's not a can. It's a tin can. A tin. Yeah. It's a spice tin. Yeah.

A tin. I like the tin. A tin. I need a new tin of bayleafs. A tin. You know, the grocery store that we shop at was doing a buy two, get one free on spices the other day.

Oh, you could have got some bayleafs.

I know. Listen to me. When I tell you that I needed one, I needed Italian seasoning. So I got that one and I went, oh no, because now I have to buy it.

Oh, I could have told you other spices we need. I know. But listen to me. I should have known too. But I sat there going, I know we need stuff, but what could not even think of a single one. We need cumin. We need.

I did buy cumin. Okay.

High five. Nice. Cumin. Oregano by itself. I didn't get oregano. Italian seasoning.

We're out of bayleaf. No, I did get it. Italian seasoning.

No, I know. You said that, which we're out of.

I have to think a little bit more. I was looking for garlic salt because I knew we needed some garlic.

I think we have garlic salt. I don't think we have garlic powder.

I could remember. I knew we needed one and not the other, but I could. I think I didn't get the bayleaf. I think I forgot about the bayleaf. Bayleaf, I feel so sad.

No cheerleaders in this house. Every meal needs a good support spice. And that's the bayleaf.

Oh, the bayleaf. I'll just always love the bayleaf now.

That's what it does. It's a flavor enhancer. To flavor cheerleader. That's right. Let's go. Let's make this meal a good one. Here we go.

Listen to this. This is a little creepy. Okay. There's an AI startup in LA, and they've just released an app that lets you communicate with your loved ones after they die. They claim that three minutes of a loved one's video is enough for them to build a realistic avatar that you can communicate with forever. Oh boy. It's called Two Way, but spelled number two. Okay. W-A-I.

To why?

Obviously, it's not the real person that you're talking to. It's an AI version, obviously. Got it. But a lot of people say that it's close enough to the real thing that it gives them that sense of comfort that they need.

Okay. Their ad is a pregnant woman who is face timing her deceased mother and tells her that she can feel the baby kicking. And then it skips ahead to the kid at 10 months old, 10 years old, and 30 years old, and he is talking to the grandmother like she's still alive. They claim, this company claims that they can make a realistic avatar of anyone, but again, you just have to record them talking for at least three minutes.

Oh boy. Reactions are mixed. Obviously, some people think it's creepy, weird. Others are not surprised that this is how quickly AI has gone there. Others are like, I don't think this could be healthy for a child or an adult.

Yeah. It's certainly something else. I don't know.

I know. I don't. Like obviously, if you lose somebody that you love very dearly, you're going to want to feel like they're a part of your life still. So I can see how it would become a sense of comfort for a lot of people, but also it's not, it's a computer. Uh-huh.

It's not real. It's not real. And that's where I worry about a human connection and the companionship and all of that kind of stuff. Like what does that do to society? Right. Right.

Over a long period of time. Like I can see how like grieving people, this is a big moment and that's something where you just long for that connection to be established. Exactly.

But it's so falsified. That's, that feels dangerous and scary. And the more you talk to it, then the more it remembers. Right. And so then it becomes more real the more you talk to it.

Correct. Which is super weird. Scary. It feels a little scary. Yeah. It's super, super weird because you're going to have, there's a process to grief and eventually there's a, you know, the potential to be like, okay, I've accepted where this is and you can move forward as an individual. And I think that eliminates that for some people. It's going to be very hard to detach from reality.

You never get the closure. And yeah, well, you would, yeah, I guess you're, that's right. Yeah. You would never be able to close that chapter and move on. Right. Yeah. Boy, that's wild. I know. I'm not a fan.

I'm not a fan either, but I, you know, I might be different.

I know, I understand. If I just lost somebody close to me. In the moment of grief, that's what I'm saying.

And you're desperate to talk to them. Yeah. And you want to share exciting news. Exactly. I don't know. I don't know either. Sketchy, sketchy situation. Feels weird. I know. I know.

Yeah. Well, thanks for that. I know. Let's go back to talking about Bailey. Okay. Something fun.

Have I got some news for you?

What's your news? The McRib.

Yes. Is back on the menu.

I know. It was there. I went. November 11th. Yeah. It's been there a minute. I went back through, or I went through the drive through the other day because I thought that I was going to be a good dad and surprise our daughter with some chicken nuggets.

And she was going to be very excited because I had heard that there was a stranger things meal and she's a huge stranger things fan. Well, that's only in like Brazil and Spain or something. It's not even in America.

I can't even believe it. And so I was disappointed to find that out. But anyway, she still got nuggets and that's fine.

But here's kind of the thing. I saw the sign and she said, are you going to get the McRib? And I said, well, we're having dinner in like an hour and a half or two. I don't need to jump in and get a whole sandwich right now, or I won't be hungry for dinner. And so I didn't.

I'm shocked that you knew it was there and you haven't gone to get one yet.

I didn't do it. I got to have you there to watch me eat it.

Because I know you really like to look at it. It looks so gross. You like to look at the color of it after you take a bite into it. I don't know.

And I know that about you. And so I don't want to deprive you of that opportunity.

They have. Okay. So this is, it's only available at select participating locations, but they have a McRib locator.

Oh yeah. No, I've been on the map. I've seen it. It's been around for a long time.

This is a fan created. Oh, this is something different. This is not anything McDonald's has anything to do with. This is just a McRib locator. It's just a fan page. Yeah.

I don't know. I, maybe I'm getting old. I don't know. It's not like I got a hurry and get one. I don't, I, it's coming gone and I haven't had one.

And I don't know. I am shocked. You're not a real fan anymore. Yeah.

That's what I said. I don't know. Maybe I'm getting old.

Maybe your taste buds have changed. Maybe. And you're like, yeah, that's, it's not actually that good.

No, maybe I just know that like I could have something better. Like, yeah, it's fine. It's good. But you know, there's also, there's other food.

Yeah. You can get something better. You can get a million things better. Okay. I'm just looking at a picture of it. It's so gross. It's so gross, Josh. Yeah. I tried to get on this rib locator, this McRib locator. Yeah. It's taking a long time to load. So it's not even, it's not even worth it. I'm going away. No more McRib talk.

I'm done. Yeah. Just the McRiblocator.com.

Yeah. I know, but it took forever to load. But my computer is also really slow.

That's true. Like I can tell you right now, it is, it is at one, two, three. They're, they're saying that it is not confirmed at all locations, even in East Idaho.

Interesting. But this is, this is a different, and you can go on here and you can report a McRib if you want to. I like the McRib map better. What do you mean report a McRib?

Yeah. There's a button you can click right here and it says report a McRib and you can put in your name and how much it costs. And then you can geolocate or you can enter the address and you can say there's a McRib here.

McRib fans are crazy.

Yeah. You know, they could just have it all the time. Exactly.

That's what I think about the Wendy's Frosty that they got rid of. Yeah. They could just have it all the time. They had that Blood Ravens Frosty Wednesday premiere.

Get that back. It was so good. Everybody wants it back. You know they do. Everyone does. I've heard so many people say they like it. Wendy's get that back.

Just keep it around all the time. Maybe just call it something different every season.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Or just call it the Cherry Frosty. That's just do that. Just keep it around forever. Wendy's, hey Wendy's get that back. Okay, fair enough. We just made an announcement that we have seven days until Christmas music begins.

That is correct. It begins in one week from today. In one week from today, we will be playing Christmas music.

That is correct. Time out for just a minute. Sure. We've got less than a week until Thanksgiving.

That is correct. Six days to Thanksgiving.

Poor Thanksgiving. Why poor Thanksgiving? Always gets overshadowed by Christmas.

Poor Thanksgiving. Oh. You like Charlie Brown. I do. So much so that you dressed up as him for Halloween. That is a fact. Are you going to be watching a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving? I don't know.

It's not been part of my routine, but I sure would be interested to. Okay.

Did you know that the actors who voiced Lucy and Charlie Brown are still in touch? Really? They went to high school together and they communicate on a regular basis. How cool is that? That is pretty cool, isn't it? Also, in the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Woodstock is eating Thanksgiving dinner with the crew. Okay. And when they initially went to air this, one of the producers said, I don't think that I like him eating turkey.

Yeah. I just feels like a little bit of bird cannibalism. And the illustrator, not the artist, Charles Schultz, said, no, no, no, no. I insist that he has to join Snoopy in carving and eating the turkey.

This is my art piece. He's part of the family. He's part of the crew.

I insist that Woodstock is there joining in. And they, sneakily, the producer sneakily edited out years later when CBS put the special in, but then they restored it to all of its glory back when they moved to ABC.

So I'm looking at, I don't know which version, there is one version where the plate has some different stuff on it. It looks like some of the trimmings. Okay. So there's like a carrot and some peas and maybe a potato or something from around the edge of the turkey. I'm trying to see where he actually has turkey on his plate because all I can see is where he's got. And I'm just looking at stills. So I need to look at the actual movie and see what happens. But boy, it's been a long time since I've watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

Maybe we should put that on the list.

I have it. You do? Special edition? No, just regular. Just the video. Yeah. It's not a super long one, if I remember right.

I don't think it's super long. It's been 52 years since it was released.

Yeah, it came out. What year is that? 73.

1973. And it was a TV special. Yep. There were no adults that were shown as typical for peanuts,

but this was the first peanut special to have an adult voice. Yeah. And it was Vince Giralde.

Yeah, he's the guy who does the music.

And he sang a song, Little Birdie in the movie, in the TV special.

It's been a really long time. So when it originally aired, it aired two days before Thanksgiving and it was third in the TV ratings that week. Really? Guess what it was third behind?

In 1973. Golly. Lucy? Was it a Lucy? Nope.

All in the family and Sanford and some. Really? Those were the top two shows. And the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving was third. Oh. Yeah. There you go. And then they continued to air it every year. They skipped a couple of years. They skipped 82 and 83. Why?

Why? 82 was the year that you were born. I know. They were like, nah.

They skipped 82, 83 and 88. And then they aired it the final time on CBS in 89. And then it was picked up in the 90s by Disney Channel and Nickelodeon actually. Interesting.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. How about that? Lucy is only in the opening scene, this fact sheet that I have. Interesting. So does Lucy not participate in the Thanksgiving feast?

I got to see it. We'll have to watch it and find out. We're gonna have to watch it. It's been a long time.

Let's check it out. Okay. Are you going to build a gingerbread house this year? I don't know. Might I recommend something different? Okay. A Cheez-It holiday house kit.

I like Cheez-It's. Did they bring a big Cheez-It or is it just out of little ones?

No, it's little ones. It's gonna take forever. They've got like big ones for the walls. Yeah. And then for like the shingles, there's the little Cheez-It's. Yeah. It'd be cute. You can get this kit. No, you can't because it's probably already sold out. No, it's not. They do have a low stock though. Yeah, of course they do.

This is a Walmart. Okay. You can get a kit. It includes the Cheez-It crackers, the pre-baked cheese flavored cookie house pieces, the pre-made icing, and candy simple start tray. Candy, candy, and the simple start tray.

Yeah, it looks exactly like I expected it to look.

Do you think because they have candy, the candy looks like little pieces of maybe sixlets? Like the green things look like sixlets?

No, they're little pinwheels. I'm looking at it up close. They made their own little custom candies to look like little pinwheel candies and little tiny candy canes. Okay. It looks like honey grams, but it's not their little gingerbread people, little hard sugar candies to decorate with. Okay.

What do you think the icing is made out of?

Well, I'm going to tell you, it's made out of icing.

Do you think that icing and cheese would taste good together?

No one's eating this. It's just for looks. No one eats the gingerbread house either.

No, no, they don't. When was the last time you made a gingerbread house?

It's been a couple of years and I put a lot of effort into it.

That's right. You were part of a gingerbread contest.

That's right. I hosted one. Yeah. And it was a good time. And there were three of us that participated. Right. And one of us didn't even build anything, just had parts on a tray.

Okay. But you didn't win either. You painstakingly built that gingerbread house, but how come you didn't win? I can't remember why. No, no, no. I know. But a co-worker of yours won. And his was beautiful, but he didn't do it for something. Right? There was some kind of cheating thing.

Yo, I remember now. That's right. There were four of them. That's right. And the guy who did the afternoon show won. But yeah, it had a lot to do with his photography skills. And I believe he didn't build it.

He had like purchased it. It was like a demo someone had made or something. There was something fishy about the construction of it. And he had taken like a very, like very nice photo of it with bokeh lighting and all that stuff. It was very, very fancy. And mine was on a silver platter in the kitchen. And it was really pretty, I thought.

Yours was great. But it wasn't enough to be the photo. He also didn't use the same kit. That was what it was. Oh, that's right. We were all supposed to use the exact same kit. He didn't use the same kit.

That's right. And he also didn't just submit a normal cell phone photo. He had his kids help him make it all fancy out of a different kit. And then, yeah, he cheated. That's what happened. I remember. That's been like four years ago.

Yeah, I just looked it up. Yeah, it was in 2021.

Yeah, that was four years ago. Are you looking at the photos? I am. Yeah. See his fancy bokeh lighting? Yeah. Yeah, that's ridiculous. That's why he won. Because he cheated. Thanks for bringing that back.

Do you want to try again with the cheese at house?

No, I don't because it stinks. I don't like the smell or the taste of cheese. It's goldfish. No, thank you. All right. Sorry. No, it's fine. I'm just telling you. I'm good without the cheese dust.

But if it's just you and me, you're guaranteed to win. Why? Because I hate building gingerbread houses. More often than not, I get frustrated because my walls don't stand up.

And then I go, why am I doing this? I'm not having any fun. This is not how I want to be spending my time. Okay. And then I just leave it.

And I go, So I know that there are some different like competitions held within the city. If we were asked to participate, would you be on my team?

The question is, do you want me on your team?

I'm not going to put you in charge of holding up the walls. What would you put me in charge of? Refreshments. Great. I'm good at refreshments. Right. I think you could, you could make sure I was hydrated as I worked on it.

Yeah. I'll wipe your forehead with the sweat pad.

The ones that you've seen in the past, how many people are on those teams? Sometimes two to three. We could totally be a team. We could totally be a team. I'm going to need you to, there's a time limit. I know. And does everybody have the same kit or is it just like a big old room of supplies?

I don't necessarily know the answer to that.

I would need details before I fully committed. I'd want to be set up for success.

No, no, no, no, I know this. And I know that I'm always happy to be on your team, but I don't like being on your team necessarily because you're good at things that you do and I am not. And so I feel bad.

Like I'm already thinking right now about like a secret weapon that I could incorporate into it.

See, I don't want to be on your team because I feel like I'm going to be the one that's holding you back from the win. I can't, that's too much pressure. Josh, I can't be the one, I can't be the reason you fail. And I would be.

No way. Yeah, way, dude. No way, dude. Yeah, way, dude. We've been on golf teams before. We've been on cornhole teams before. Yeah. I always make you lose. But do we have the most fun? Absolutely we do.

I always bring the fun. I'm not going to bring the W. So that's what you're after.

Count me out. Yeah. Putting the W in fun. Fun. No, I put the L in fun.

There's no L in fun. Oh, there is losing in fun. Oh, I see. I see.

Well, if it comes up, I would be interested in participating and I would drag you along with me.

Yes. Oh, listen, you tell me what to do. I'll do it. I don't have any creativity vision. I don't have the skill set, but yes, you do. You direct me and I will do it to the best of my ability.

I'll draw you up my plan. I'll show you a diagram. Awesome. Get you on board.

I'm not a good leader, but I sure can follow directions.

That's, I've seen you cook. I don't know. Sometimes you get done with the recipe and go, oh no, I forgot the bay leaf. I've seen it. It's okay. Would you rather this or that?

This is a Thanksgiving edition. Okay. Would you rather sit next to the relative who talks politics or the relative who chews too loudly?

Oh no.

I'm going to pick the chews too loudly because I feel like that's going to be easier to swallow.

Yeah. I think it does less long-term damage. Yeah, exactly. For sure. Oh boy.

But then if you do choose too loudly and also with your mouth open, then I might change my mind.

Hey, I'm talking. Hey, I'm not having my food debris flying at you.

I don't know if I can. Here's the thing about my misophonia is that if I'm also eating, I can pretty much tolerate it unless it's like too watermelony extreme. Then I go, what's happening right now?

That's a lot. But below watermelon extreme is pretty doable for a meal. I can handle a meal. Now, if I'm trying to work and I'm focused and somebody is like even like out in the hall and I can hear me eating an apple, I got to stop it. I'm trying to do something that's not food related. There's no eating involved. I'm focused and I'm hearing.

I was trying to read my book in the living room last night and I had given the dog

some peanut butter on the lick pad. Yeah. I was like, I can't even handle this. Forget not even. Almost threw her outside. Even though I was the reason I gave it to her.

Then she loves it.

She does love it and it leaves me alone. She leaves me alone when she's got it, but I couldn't deal.

If you move it into the other room, she'll just go pick it up and bring it back.

She moves into wherever you are. She's like, I want to eat this in front of people. Yeah.

I'm taking the food thing, even though that's hard.

It's a tough situation this one, but you're right. Less long-term damage. Would you rather this or that?

Big weekend plans? What's the story? Because I'm really hoping for some sleeping in.

Yeah. That's on the agenda for sure. I was just looking at some movies because I was like, oh, we haven't been to a movie in a long time.

Yeah. I did see that the new, Now You See Me Now You Don't is out. It is the third one. I don't remember if I ever saw the second one. Have you seen the first?

Does the first one have Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks? No. What movie is that? Catch Me If You Can.

Yeah. That's yeah. Now You See Me came out in 2013. Now You See Me 2 came out in 2016. Now You See Me Now You Don't is out this weekend. But it's about magicians that do heists. Oh. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson.

No. I don't know. I mean, we got nothing else. I mean, it really is a pretty low-key weekend. Yeah. So we could go check it out.

What else was coming out this weekend that you saw? The Running Man. I don't know anything about the Running Man.

Yeah, I looked at the movies. I didn't see anything.

That one's got Josh Brolin. Thanos? In it. Yeah.

We just watched The Goonies last night. You and I. Yes. I finished it. A young Thanos. Yes. Yes. You did finish it? Good job. I did not. I don't know. I don't know what we can do.

This is crazy. So this, The Running Man is a top-rated show on television. It's a deadly competition where contestants known as runners must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins. Ooh. Yeah. It's a TV show in the movie. So the movie is about contestants on the TV show. I see.

Holy moly. I would totally fail at that.

I think I would be terrible. Was there an original Running Man? Is this a reboot or a remake? I feel like there was something else called the Running Man.

Yeah. It had Arnold Schwarzenegger in it. Yeah.

Was it the same concept?

I don't think so. No. No.

It was a 1987 movie.

It's a dystopian action film.

Yeah. On a game show in which a prisoner must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. You're right. Yeah. So it's a reboot. The new one is a reboot of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Running Man.

Who is in the new one?

I went away from that. Hold on. In the new one, Glenn Powell. Don't know that. You would know his face. He's like the main dude. Amelia Jones is in there. Don't know that. Lee Pace.

Sean Haynes. Josh Brolin. Michael Cera. William H. Macy. Let's just keep naming names. It's good radio. Yeah.

Some people. It's got actors and actresses in it.

I mean, it sounds interesting. We could go check out a flick. That's what the kids say. Do they? You want to go check out a flick? Are there going to be other people in the theater? Yeah, probably. That's the hardest part. I know. I know. So we could just watch something in our own house. Well, there'll be other people there. Yeah, me.

Oh, you're fine. You'll be asleep. So it'll be real quiet.

Exactly. I'm a quiet companion. All right.

Well, let's go have a weekend. We'll be back on Monday. Seven days until Christmas music. If you're following along, make sure you follow us on socials. You'll get a new reminder every day as we work our way to Christmas.

It's coming. Get ready. Happy weekend.

See you Monday. Bye

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