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You think Blake is a good name? You fucking piece of shit. Here we go. Start your engines. We're live. Guys, we're live. We're live. Right now, we're live. Oh my god. Oh.
My sucker! Guys! Wow. Here we go. This is... D-Generation X, baby. I think that's all we got. D-Generation X.
Dude, were you playing that off of Party Radio B96? Chicago's very old. Oh, I wish. I wish I knew that reference. Be my lover, got to be my lover. I wish I knew that. I think it was that song on an old clip on Arsenio Hall where the woman who starts off that song
No, different woman. It's the woman who was singing for, I believe, C&C Music Factory. It was like C&C Music Factory, right? Yeah. So there's a whole story behind that where that woman who was the voice of the like, everybody dance now. Yes, it was her. It was her. That's right. That's right. Different song, same vibe. Whoa, wait, it was Durs. That's the doc. No points. No points. That was Durs. He's being hard with those little stingy with the points. Yeah.
What are they, singing points? So she was the one who sang, but they put a little skinny girl in the video, and I think that woman sued and won, I believe. Oh, is that right? That's right. I don't know. And that's probably why she was on Arsenio, too. Because Arsenio was all about giving the spotlight to the people. Yep. He did still have a talk show. I wanted to get on it.
Did the Milli Vanilli Bros get the same treatment? Did those guys get out in front of the camera? Because... You mean the guys who were actually singing? No, but did you ever see the Super Mario Brothers cartoon about it? What do you mean? Not about it. Okay, good, good, good, good, good, good. What do you mean about? Wait, about what? About Milli Vanilli? There was an episode that was kind of like the Milli Vanilli story.
in Super Mario Brothers the cartoon where it was like two pop singers and then like they were fake and there were other people that were really singing for them
Or I dreamt this up, but I'm pretty sure it was real. They were getting pretty polycharged there with the Super Mario Bros. cartoon. Charbroil, dude. Charbroil. I mean, turn this around. Cartoons are, you know, the original satire is the drawing of humans. Oh. Okay. I love it. Let's go. Everybody dance now.
Dude, I knew today was going to be on fire. You felt it? I knew today was going to be on fire. You felt it and woke up hot? Did you wake up hot? What up? I just knew my boys were coming on fire. Did you wake up sweaty? Did you wake up sweaty? Did you know where the AC buttons are at Kyle's house? I just knew my boys were coming on fire today. We were coming on fire, dude? Mm-hmm. All right. Yeah, dude. That's how he says it. That's how I'm going to say it. Yeah, that means you're hot and charged. Yeah.
- All right. - That one's really down. - Yeah, that's a fun way to put it. Coming on fire. - CMC Music Factory, pretty good though, right? - Yes. - I don't know, was the album solid? - You know, I don't, yeah. - Milli Vanilli, pretty good. - What's Milli Vanilli? I don't know Milli Vanilli's song. - Yeah, they're all great. I feel like, do we go back to that era of music where it's just fun and we have beautiful people doing it while the talented people are behind the scenes?
That because admittedly pretty good era. Pretty good era. Great era. I feel like some people are taking that sound back. Blake sent me a new album the other day that sounds like it's from the yesteryear. What was that? The new Race Rommer album. Black Beatles in the City. Yes. It's got a little bit of like two live crew tracks on there. It's pretty good.
I met those kids once backstage at Ellen, and it was the first time I ever did Ellen, and they were... Ray Shrummer? Ray Shrummer, yeah. Ray Shrummer? Yeah. You met Sway Lee and... Yes. The other guy. The other guy, exactly. That's okay. That's all right. I'm trying to remember. It was the first time I walked into Ellen, and the place...
of weed and i didn't know that race drummer was the musical act so i was just like damn ellen throws down right you thought those were just like her crew like ellen just gets fucking ripped before a regular tuesday show that would have been really cool if you rolled into ellen and it smelled like fucking seth rogan's office yeah i was like not the energy i was feeling uh you know like a lot of too much high intensity dancing to be that stoned but
Like Rosie O'Donnell had the koosh balls. Ellen had that. Yep. Kush. That koosh balls. Yeah, the koosh. Well done. Way to tee it up. That's a reach. But then I'm standing in the hall and someone told them that the guy from Workaholics is on the show. And I'm in the hall talking with Isaac and I'm right down the hall from them. They come out and they go, oh, shit, where's the guy from Workaholics?
and I like turn and look at them they ran right past me ran down the hall looked both directions looked back past me again to their publicist whoever and then like where is he and they go he's right there and then they look at me for five seconds and then they were like
Oh, shit. What's up, man? Where's Ders at? No, I know. And I'm sorry about that. They're like, where's Carl, dude? They were not expecting me. We're trying to free Carl, dude. I'm assuming they were expecting Blake. Yeah, that's- For sure looking for Blake. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They come out stoned and high. I'm assuming they were like, the hair. Yeah, they're looking for Blake. And just could not-
that a guy without Blake's hair was in work. They just start hugging a mop in the closet. There he is. There he is. My guy. Black Beatles. Elf burn. Burn. But then, you know, they're very cool. Once they clocked, once they registered that I was a human being with feelings. Once they remembered you were on the show too. No, no, no. Adam, if anything, this would only solidify that you've had a glow up. Okay.
Okay. Oh, yeah. They were looking for that season one grainy camera, maybe a little here. Yeah, a little low down. No, no, no, no. Hey, Ders, no. If anything, I had a glow down by the time they were seeing me. No, no, no, no. Do you think? Oh, yeah, because season one was peak P90X. Season two,
is where two into three is when i i i let things slide a little bit and then you were five when i was doing um then i i got it back together but i think i don't know dude you were young and in shape when we started okay but everybody's in shape when they're young right you know what i mean by that no not everybody we all worked the fuck out before season one sure yeah man we were all hot as fuck when we were children for sure all of us were
We were all so hot. We were. Oh, my God. The four of us were hot as shit, but not everybody was. I'm talking about us. Yeah. But to keep that alive over the span of a seven-year career means you must have had a glow up at some point in there. Yeah. You know what? I'll take it. I don't want to argue my glow up, but yeah. Okay. But by the way, why do you associate glowing up with your body? I don't know.
What is happening? Oh, he's got a whoop-wap. Okay. It's a bagel. What the? I'm currently icing my groin, so I'm not currently living my- Adam is pulling his cock out, and it's in a bag. He has his cock in a bag. In a blue sack for some reason. No, I'm currently icing my groin, so the glow-up is still not happening.
What Blake is trying to do is have us say something about body shapes and sizes being more beautiful than others. And I agree. Skinny's hot. No, Adam was associating the glow up with his physical transformation. I say Adam glue up in several other ways. He glue up in ways. It's so hard to see him glue up. Right, but what we're talking about is him being unrecognizable and not...
But go ahead. Hey, I like it. No, man. I'm saying he... You had a personality glow up? Evidently. I was a real piece of shit. He glowed as an artist. He glowed as an artist, man. He glued. Season one, he was just kind of like... I was so bright that they didn't even look at me. Oh.
I was glowing so I was so Illuminescent that they Couldn't even see me dude I was blinding Standing in that hall talking with Isaac They were high looking for Blake Let's be honest Adam Yeah they were very stoned exactly But anyway that new album I'll just say New album's good That's good shit
I'm going to check it out. And they were super cool. And I ended up working out at the same gym with them like a year later. They worked out at that unbreakable gym. Wait a minute. And then I got to know them a little bit. And they're at least Sway Lee. Very nice dude. Are you on this album? I'm not normal. No, my favorite new line of any song. All right.
I'm not normal. No more. He's like, it's over. I'm not normal. No more. That's cool. I know they performed at Coachella. Do you guys watch Coachella on YouTube? Do you do couchella or do you just skip it all together? Coachella. I did not do it. I couch. I've done it. I didn't. I didn't watch any. Uh,
I watched a part of blink 182 set, not live, but just afterwards. Um, I didn't watch shit this year, dude. Nothing. I couched last year though. I did the couchella last year. How was it? Yeah. Did you do it? Blake? It's kind of fun.
It was tight, dude. I actually love watching Coachella from YouTube. It decreases my FOMO. As you guys know, I have insane FOMO for a lot of events. Yeah, it's up there. Any event. Yeah, so to be able to watch it live. Really, any event. Any event you have FOMO for. I just didn't even like...
I didn't clock like, oh, I got to watch it tonight because I got to see. Metro booming. I wanted to watch Frank Ocean set. Okay. I'm not mad at that. Oh, yeah. Did you watch Frank Ocean set? Was that? I mean, he only did one. It wasn't. Dude, that was the thing. I thought he did the first weekend, but not the second. Yeah, but Kyle. What? He cut the feed for his YouTube. You couldn't even watch it.
Oh, my God. He was like, so he wasn't allowing the couch heads. You lose. Wait a second. I feel like we just don't want to do spoilers. We don't want to do spoilers in case no one's talked about this. Yeah. In case this hasn't been covered. In case this hasn't been covered. In mid-May. Sure, yes. This may be May 20th. We may be 2000 and late to this one. I feel we're a little 2000 and late with this.
this hot hot I just fear that some of this stuff was covered moments after it happened and I want to make sure everyone knows what we're talking about even that we're talking about it right now is very late but that's the thing with our podcast dude they love that we talk about we should rename it 2008 for sure who cares who cares
Yeah, we are way late on this one. Yeah, but go ahead. You enjoy it. Yeah, but it's still interesting. It's still interesting, though, is it not? It's still super interesting. This is interesting. Interesting. Interesting. Shut up. All right. So there's drama with Frank Ocean. All right. Look it up, my guys. Check it out. Look it up.
How many times have you been to Coachella, Blake? I want to say I have been to Coachella, like... We were working a lot every April. We were. Yeah. We were. So when did you go? It always...
I want to say I went like four times. I'm not sure what years those aligned with, but I want to say I went four times. One time I even like slept in my car in the parking lot because I didn't have, I never had like a room to sleep in. I really roughed it. You just bombed down there. Yeah. It's par for the course, right? Yeah, but that's like, I feel like you just do that on a Thursday night. That's true. Yeah. Sometimes just like you come home and you're like, I don't want to walk all the, all those stairs. I'm just going to sleep here or just like my, my driveway or something.
Why is he smiling like that? Blake, why are you smiling? Because it's too real. It's too real. That's a good question. Are you still doing that, Blake? Are you still like crashing in your car? Like when you- Crashing in my car? He's not crashing my car, but- No, crashing in your car. I mean, I think it's a safe thing that you do because you're a little inebriated. You tossed a couple back. You're pretty slammed.
No, I know. Michael Jordan's dad was murdered that way. But yeah, I mean, it's not super safe getting a hotel. What happened? Michael Jordan's father was murdered that way. That very way. Fair enough. OK, yes. Maybe it's time to stop. Adam brings up a very valid point. I feel like getting a hotel would be the more responsible choice. But that's what's cool and edgy about Blake. Not.
You know, he's not as edgy as you think he is, but he might fall asleep somewhere he should not be sleeping. That's one of the cool edgy things about him. That's so edgy. Honestly, if I know I'm going out and I'm going to have some drinks, I definitely Uber. I do not drunk drive. That is a very silly mistake to do. With that said, the last time I fell asleep in my car, probably two months ago because I had drinks and I didn't know I was going to have them, so I slept in my trunk.
I did. So that's where the smile was coming from. In your trunk? Wait, the trunk? The trunk sounds pretty brutal. See, exactly. And then you call him out on it, and he's like, what? No. And then he tells you. The trunk sounds brutal. The trunk? Why not put an SUV trunk? I'm not going to sleep in my back seat. Dude, you just recline your front seat as far down as it'll go. You don't crawl in a pole. No.
You can get a DUI that way No you climb in the passenger seat If you sit in shotgun Yeah you sit shotgun He's like you put your driver's license On the dash I've slept in the car before Why would you not fold your back seats down And put your legs in the trunk And then sleep on top of the fucking folded seat So you can lay down That sounds like a lot of work Kyle
That sounds like a lot of work. That's a sober man's logic. Yeah. That's a sober man's logic? Yeah. Well, think about it. Okay. Fair. Fair. Yes. Fine. Yes. Wait. So you're in the size of a dog crate back there, just curled up? Yeah. I sleep in dog crates. I've done that. Have you? Wait a second. Are you lying right now? No, I never have. I wish. Tell the truth. I was lying. I was lying. That's when he was going through his kinky phase. Oh. Do not let me out. Yeah. I'm like, baby, put me in the dog crate. Baby, put me in the dog crate. I'm a bad boy.
I'm in the dog house. I'm in the dog house tonight. You paint some little cute whiskers on your cheeks. Roof. Oh, I got a full furry costume, dude. Come on. Let's go. Yeah. I believe that. Thank you, God. I don't believe it. It's a lie. I don't. Let's see. We could dedicate the rest of the episode to this. Go ahead. No, I'm not a furry. I wish I was. Okay. I would totally, even if I was drunk or not, it's been a long time since I've been drunk, but I would fold down my seats, I think.
And that's a lie because I did wake up having pissed myself in my driver's seat before. So like, you know what I mean? Yeah. Come on. Wait, did you say piss yourself? I did say that. I did say that. I didn't know that was part of the story. That was sad. I also didn't know it was part of the story either. I feel like you just. This story is growing. We've heard this story a lot.
Hey, what better time to bring it up than on national television? You know what I mean? This isn't national television at all. It's a podcast. It's a cast. It's a cast. It's not national. It's worldwide, baby. Brought to you by Depends. We'll be right back. Did I not tell you guys that? I didn't tell you guys that part of the story where it was I had having. We didn't hear that you pissed yourself. Oh, really? I mean, we heard it was a gun store. Yep. But we didn't hear that it was.
Loose but whole. You pissed yourself, which is a fun... Well, that was embarrassing. And a McDonald's. There's a McDonald's right there, too. So I have McDonald's wrappers all over me, too. Oh, shit. So your last meal... No, don't cloud this. We're focusing on one thing here.
Yeah, well, and I did piss myself in my fucking seat. Did I mention it was a Wednesday? That's pretty crazy. In my driver's seat. So I guess I could have got a DUI in that position. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, absolutely. Not smart. With the keys not in the ignition, though? No, it doesn't matter. I still think you can.
Holy mackerel. It's definitely a WAPAP and not a good WAPAP. No, that's a bad WAPAP. That is a bad WAPAP. Wait a second. That can't be true. If the car's off and you're sleeping? I think it is real, Bam. Yeah. I really do. I think that is a real thing. Fuck.
fucking disaster my guy i'm questioning this logic too i know our laws are fucking they're wild but this seems a little wild uh okay kyle you gotta run for mayor up north and fucking change that shit dude i'm running on that platform i would love to drive through kyle's wacky town where he's the mayor and all these he's made a lot of new different wacky town no i'll be buttoned up at that point bro i'll be like so conservative the whole world
gone crazy. See, no, that's what I mean by wacky. I think it'll be wacky in a way that it's a militia. Yeah, it's so conservative. It's the most conservative spot. You run like a very, very right-wing militia. But still smoke a lot of weed. It's like when you go right on the map in Washington. So that's where Kyle's holding it down. Yeah, that's where the... Or anywhere. I feel like if you go right on the map from LA, you're like...
Well, that's Nevada. You're in some shit. Nevada. Nevada. Yeah. Never heard anyone say Nevada like that. Nevada. Nevada's chill. Oh, you mean the place where everyone I know goes to shoot machine guns? Yeah. How do you say Nevada, Blake? How do you say that state?
Nevada. That's how you say it? It is definitely Nevada. You think it's pronounced Nevada? I certainly do. Who cares? I do too. Nevada? Nevada. Nevada, yes. Well, he's from California, Adam. They say avocado.
Yeah. Yeah, but I wouldn't say Nevada. We're from the Midwest. We say Nevada. We say... Yeah, Kyle wouldn't say Nevada. I say I'm going to Nevada. I've never heard anyone pronounce it. Yeah, it's Nevada. Kyle says Diablo, so... Yeah, I say Diablo. Now I've changed my... I've changed my ways on Diablo. I have changed my ways. Helicopter.
How do you say helicopter? Helicopter. I say helicopter, and there's nothing wrong with that. Right. That's a hill of beans. So we're not piling on Kyle. We know he says things in a funny way. Thank you. You're piling on Blake. Fuck off. We're piling on Blake a little bit because he said Nevada. And I'm just saying I've never heard it pronounced that way. I feel like that's Cali speaking. Okay. It's the same as you know how everybody says zebra. It's definitely zebra. It's definitely zebra. It's not zebra.
It's not zebra. I don't know why you're doing this. I know you're on a podcast. We're supposed to be funny. And this is not funny. Just imagine you're just with your friends. This is when you find out like your friends are, hey, what happened? Hey, what happened?
No, can you just turn it off for one moment? Are you always joking? Can you just turn it off for one moment? I'm not joking, dude. It is definitely supposed to be pronounced zebra. Dude, motherfucker. So if you're in a safari and a lion is chasing its prey and you're like, dear God, I hope that line doesn't get that zebra. That's how you would say it. Well, I think it's actually Leon. I hope that Leon doesn't get that zebra. Okay.
Lonine. Lonin. I think if you're from South Africa or Australia, they say zebra. God, I hope that Leon doesn't grab that zebra. Well, why don't you cry about it? You're fucking with us, right? No, it's definitely zebra. Because what? Debra is Debra and it's not Debra? There you go. And Ders is...
Proving my point. Dude, but that's why the English language is a very confusing language to learn. But you, as a person who has grown up in America, as English being their first language, should know that it's zebra. Okay, you want me to drop... I didn't want to drop the freaking bomb on you guys. Drop the bomb. Is it zebra? Shit, that man is in the building. Charge! You want it straight from the freaking authority? Charge!
What is the name of the Daily Show dude? Trevor Noah says zebra. So that is the right way. I know. I just said if you're from South Africa. He's from South Africa. He's from South Africa. Where there's zebras. Okay. How many zebras do you encounter in California? You'd be surprised. But don't they also say other things? Don't they also say other things that are a little bit different than how we pronounce them in South Africa? There's a lot of shit we don't say.
I promise you South Africa is saying a lot of stuff.
We don't say. They say a lot of things. So you're aligning completely with South African and how they say all things. Yes, where the animal is indigenous. Yes, that I'm going to side with them. Okay, I'm not going to side with them. First of all, I don't think zebras are indigenous to South Africa. I think they might be. I think they are. I think they are. Are they? I think they are. They're there. The South? We don't know.
You lose. I think that was a good job by Blake. I mean, yeah, they're up in Kenya. They're up in Kenya, but we went on safari there. We saw them. Way down there. They didn't wrangle them in. You idiots. Great migration brings them down. I thought they were more like Sudan or Sudan. No, they're not there. Oh, really?
Regardless, they're definitely closer. They're not all up in Chad? They're more indigenous to that area than to frickin' Nevada, which is crazy. It doesn't matter. I've actually seen just as many zebras in Nevada as I've seen in...
You lose. Nevada. Okay, Blake. So we're supposed to believe in this made-up world. We're supposed to believe that you watch The Daily Show. Daily? Enough to know that that's what it says. No, I don't. I don't even believe that, man. No way. So one, I don't think you watch The Daily Show. I think I called bullshit there. Okay. Okay.
Okay, you got me there. And two, you've been saying zebra forever. Then you hear Trevor Noah once on The Daily Show, a show I know you don't watch. Like a commercial for it maybe, right? Yeah, probably on a TikTok or something. And then he says zebra, and that's...
That climbed into your brain for eternity, enough to tee off on your three best buds who obviously are right in this very instance. Yeah, yeah. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. No, dude. You hear it and it makes sense to you. Definitely is not zebra. There's no way the word is zebra. And why not, Blake? It's zebra. Because what Ders said. Debra. Debra zebra. I don't understand what you're talking. Is it Blake Anderson or is it Blake Anderson? Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
It's how we pronounce it here in America. How many words can you think about that start with Z-E that are pronounced Z? Z-Lock. It's always Z. Zeppelin. I know a guy with a last name Z. Ziplock. But it's not Ziplock. That's an I. That's Z-I. It's not Zebra either. Yeah, Z-E. It's Zeppelin. Zebra. Zenith. Producer Becca has how to pronounce Zeppelin.
- Zebra. - Oh, I love these. - I know how to pronounce. - Where you click on like the YouTube thing and it's like, Zebra. - Zebra. - Blake should do it 'cause he's got board control. - Zebra. - Right? - Yeah. - Can you play it through yours, Blake? - Where is it? - Can you play? It's in the link. You play it, Blake. - Okay, all right, yes.
And the audience at home is waiting with bated breath. I'm waiting with bated breath. God damn, I hope I'm not wrong. I know how to pronounce this fucking thing. I don't have Google Chrome. This is Google Chrome. Blake, what do you mean you don't have Google Chrome, homie? Get your life together. Hold on. Here we go. Are you ready? Here we go. Here goes the reveal. Are you ready? Yes, we're ready. Well, don't puke on the microphone. Oh, wait.
Hold on. This is an ad. This is an ad. It's for the ad. It will play out after the ad. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Shh. Okay. Here we go. All right. Ready? Zebra or zebra? Zebra. American zebra. Oh, American zebra. American zebra.
Hey, motherfucker, you claim to be so patriotic, okay? You claim to be super American. That's kind of your whole thing. You had an American flag. You're not that guy, pal. Trust me. You lean into being super extra patriotic. To the red, white, and blue, baby. Hey.
Here's what I'm going to change right now. Being American doesn't have to mean being ignorant. And the way it should be pronounced is... No one's ever said that. Well, you guys feel pretty ignorant to me right now. Huh. Well, I feel like you touched a nerve there. And maybe you feel ignorant. I'll touch it. Yeah. It's a bagel. Can we watch you touch your nerve? You feel like I'm betraying my country? I don't know.
Right.
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But if you switch on, you're part of it. Subscribe to The Washington Post today at WashingtonPost.com slash iHeart. Switch on The Washington Post. Blake. Yes, Kyle. I have a question for you. I have a question for you because I am about to go to France. France! Oh, dude, let's get into it. Okay. Can. Oh.
Is that how you fucking pronounce that festival? How do you... You said can. How do you pronounce that name of that... It's a cool flex. It's a little bit of a glow up right here. Okay, you go in a can. Yeah, you know it, dude. You know it. Yeah. But how is it? Because I don't really know. I think it's... So can is spelled C-A-N-N-E-S. C-A-N-N-E-S. Well, I know how I've been told to pronounce it, but I've never been there. So... What is it? What is it? How have you been told?
Can. Because I don't know. I've been told it is can. Can. Can. Just can. Not cons. Yeah, don't put any extra stonk on it. It's not con. It's not James Conn. Isn't that so fucking weird, though? Because it's like cons. Cons. It's just can. It sounds like, well, you think like it's in France. Zip it. You want to put some extra stonk on it, you know? You want to zhuzh it up a little bit.
Canes. Yeah, it's weird that it's the most boring... I would say it's probably pronounced Canes. Canes. It's Can. Word. K-A-N. Can. Can. Wait, so how do you fucking... So, Con or Can? Yeah, it is...
Can. Can. K-A-N. I don't give a fuck! According to Google, it's calm. Hey, when it comes to France, I don't give a mut- Hey, straight up, I don't give a fuck what France says, bro. Yeah, that's right. We got some can. We got can. We got can. It's can. Okay, great. Yeah. All right, all right. Kyle, why don't you just go there and report
back. I'm going to do that. I'll definitely call it cons at least four times. Like bring a microphone or like record, like interview people on the street and be like, how do you pronounce it? Hey guys, how do you do it? Yeah, dude. When do you get to go there, Kyle? Yeah. When are you leaving? I'm going out there in May for the, for the market, for the film market, like in a couple of weeks. That's a sick butthole, dude. Yeah.
That'll be fun. Yeah, me and Baby Nooch going out there. It's going to be sick. That's pretty cool. Dude, it's so good. If you need recommendations, holler at me. I do. I do. You've been to Cannes? You've been to the film festival? I didn't go to Cannes, but I've been there. Not for the festival, but I've been there. He's lying. Oh, cool. I want to go. Just down the road.
Yeah, all right. Like with Nice. I'm flying into Nice. Yeah, Blake thinks you're lying, dude. Blake thinks you're just trying to be cool. I mean, you've been to Monaco. That's also down the road. I've been to Monaco. Yeah, Monaco's right there. That's not too far. It's like an hour, 45 minutes maybe. My French guys. Yeah, the sound. France. We must hear how worldly you guys are. Zebra. Zebra. Well, that sounds very, very cool, dude. That'll be fun. It's going to be dope. I guess the thing to do is ask French people how they say zebra. Mm-hmm.
they're gonna fuck with me i've been to france month before and they last they laughed at me for asking for almond milk like they don't they don't they're all fucking americans your boobs are huge definitely wear a beret almond milk i feel like no one drinks that outside of california like the rest of the country is like what what the fuck is this yeah it makes sense yeah kyle you know in france what almond almond brothers right
I know Almond Brothers. Yeah, more like the Almond Brothers. What's almond milk? Blake, hold on. I'm interested. What's almond milk? You know in France what almond milk is, right? What is it? Oh, my God. You don't know? What is it? I'm going to call them zebra jizz. Bro, you know what Jurassic Park is? Oh.
Do not come. Not Zebra. Zebra jizz. Blake Anderson, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, you were asking for something. Oh, Debra's jizz. So the strike, the Writers Guild of America strike, technically Dem boys are on strike right now. Is it still going?
You guys think it'll still be on by the time this... I do. Yeah, in two weeks or whatever? What is this? What's the over-under on this strike? I think three weeks or three hours. I don't know. I never understand what over-unders mean or how to even do those, but I think it's going to last a long time. So you say over nine months or under nine months?
Yeah, it's pretty self-explanatory. Okay, so I'll say under three months? Under three months. You think under three? No, no, no, no, no. Somebody picks, you pick the over-under as in like... Oh, you pick the line. Okay, so I will say four months. Over-under four months. So I would say under four months, but that's very much wishful thinking. It's science. Blake, what are you saying? Under four months for sure, yeah. We're going to get this figured out for sure. Thank you.
Well, the last time it happened in 08, it was 100 days, I guess. Yeah, so it's about three and a half months or a little less. And there's so much more at stake. Oh, yeah. I think it's going to be over four months. I think it really is. Just with the AI component, me and Durs think that. Yeah, no, I'm kind of with you. I read the shit that the producers retaliation. Well, are you kind of with us or not?
or you think it's going to be under? You can push. I don't want it to be. I said it's wishful thinking under four. Like, I don't want it to be over four. I want it to be resolved. Well, dude, I don't want it to be. I would love to be wrong, and it's over tomorrow. Hey, Kyle, yeah, you don't bet with what you want. You don't bet with what you think. You would be a terrible sports bettor.
You have to go with your gut, not with your feelings. I know, I know, I know. Do you guys want to hear a cool theory of mine that's kind of involved in this? I would, Anders. I would. Here's what I think. We're fighting against this, but I think... Pizza, pizza. I think that at a certain point it's going to be cool. Yeah. Is like the AI stuff that's being introduced to like writing and whatever. But also at some point, filmmaking, right? You'll be able to...
type something in and then the images will appear, right? And much like stand-up and how stand-up is like a singular mind, right? And a singular opinion that doesn't get noted by like these corporate entities and all that. You're going to get some of the greatest films of all time when we get to a point where someone can just
create a movie with just like writing their own script out or, or helping having AI help them write something to create a movie fully from a singular vision that doesn't have all the like hangups of like, Oh, corporate's got to like sign off on this, that, and the other, you're going to get some amazing stories and some horrible shit, but goodbye. Well, yeah. Like how many filmmakers have like made an animation where they're the animator as well. You know what I mean? Like those. Yeah.
You know, I don't know of how many. What the issue is, is with the Writers Guild and what they're fighting for right now and what the studios won't give them, essentially, is they're saying, like, you can't have AI write a script. It has to be through the WGA members. And they're saying no. And they're saying, like. I'm still going to send it. I got to go with the studios on this. There's.
What? This is the way. Okay, and this is Ders. He's our writer, so we're safe here. This is safe pay. Okay, go ahead. I think it's cool. I think it's interesting. I think like... I like interesting. Then all writers are going to be out of jobs in five to ten years. Look, look. Writing movies can't last forever. I'm sorry. And this is somebody who writes movies. Wow.
- Oh, bullshit man, the cavemen wrote stories, Durrs. Stories are infinite. - I'm not saying that stories didn't begin at a certain time, I'm saying that like this is over. I'm gonna come. I don't want people mining for coal all the time either, I'd rather get to solar. - But we can put things in place so it isn't. So in the movies that we make aren't done by AI. - Right. - I know, but what are you fighting?
AI and everyone's job. I know, but like, I guess I'm just kind of, I know, but I guess I'm just kind of like, this is, it's going to happen. So like when I read the negotiations this morning, I read like what the producers were like, not willing to give you anything, not willing to budge, not willing to do this. The one that I zeroed in on. And of course that's just the negotiation tactic. It's like, of course you're going to say nothing. Yeah, for sure. You got to go hard, but I'm worried that people are going to lose sight of like the
the backend and the residuals and stuff. And this AI thing is going to be the big thing. That's like, we can't let robots take us over. Who fucking cares? Write better movies. The whole world gone crazy. The big thing is more of like the residuals and the fucking, you know, the livelihoods of, of the writers and the times that they get to work and the humans. I think they're both. It's a two headed monster. It's a two headed monster because it's,
That's obviously very important. That's hugely important. If no one can have a job in five to ten years because this AI is growing so fast and so quick, then what's the point anyways? Time's up. You know what I mean? I don't. It's over. I don't think that the robots are going to tell stories. You're going to just give in to the robots?
The hell? Oh, Durze is laying down, spreading cheeks for these robots. Durze is not afraid. He's not afraid of the robots. And I like that because fuck the robots. The robots are not fucking human. I know why. No, Durze is not not afraid. He's a fucking cyborg. He's going to fuck robots and he's going to create cyborg Durzes, dude. Durze?
Ders is AI. Ders is AI. Yeah. He is. I always thought you were, and now you're just proving it, man. Dude, that's like that movie we almost did where, Butt Bursters, where Ders played the- No, don't give away that. We didn't write this. Don't give away this story. We're-
All right. Okay. True. That's not ours. That's not ours. Still good. It could still happen. It could still happen. Very funny movie. You guys aren't interested in like a script written by a robot? Who's not interested in that? No, I'm interested in it because it's tech forward. I'm interested because it's tech forward. Like, what the fuck? I guess I'm just saying like we can't just keep fighting the inevitable by being like, no, it can't happen. Write better movies. Write better than the robots. You can. Right. That's it.
That's it. All you got to do is do that. They used to say, like, be 10% smarter than the machine. Okay? That's all you got to do. Dude, sometimes you have to unplug the robot before it surpasses you. That's what I think, too. So do that when you unplug the robot.
Then you can be like, all right, I'm going to go only watch movies written by people. And I'm going to be partying with all the people watching the movies written by robots. Who cares? I think they should be able to help. But to cut their writer out completely, a writer needs to get credit for every movie that's written.
Okay, wait, Adam. But so then what is writing? What is writing to you? Like we have to define what writing is then because can writing be... Well, because if a writer can guide the AI to help them in certain ways, but if the studios can just... What's the definition of guiding? I just say, what I'm saying is it's all guidance
So to get hung up like Kyle's talking about on fighting AI instead of making sure we get paid for our fucking clicks. It's science. I don't care. Well, absolutely. We need that too. We need just, you don't need just one thing. You need multiple things. And if Netflix wants to go all robots, great. Well, what if you take this out of Hollywood? I know, but there's distractions. It's right out of politics where it's like, we're fighting for abortion. And it's like, yo.
there's no bridges right now yeah exactly what if you take this out of ai what if you take this out of ai or hollywood what if you sorry what if you take this out of hollywood like technically when you self-check out groceries i already did i said i don't want people call mine wait you call it hollywood hollywood it's hollywood what are you saying blake what's going on what if we take this out of like where are we hollywood
Hollywood. Hollywood. Hollywood. Like when you go to the grocery store and you self-checkout, that is, it's not necessarily AI, but it's still a machine taking a person's job. At what point do you say like machines, what jobs are okay for machines to take? Only... All of them.
There you go. You fucking cyborg bitch. I'm just saying like, yeah, we're all pretending like we're concerned, but like,
These things are already working on everything we're doing. People used to get headshots. I worked at a headshot place in 2005, right? Everyone got headshots. You'd take it there. You'd get it developed. An assassin. He used to shoot people in the head. He used to execute people. What I'm saying is that place had to completely change its business model because people were like, you don't bring hard copies of headshots anymore. And they're like, yeah, we...
we'll take all the pictures and put them on this hard drive and they're going to be high res pictures and da, da, da, da, da. Yeah. But that's, that was one little subsect of the industry. This is the entire industry. And then also you just got to evolve. No, I mean, this is, this is gonna, this is going to consume the industry. It, there's lots of areas where AI is fucking it up, you know, like all the dubbing, all the fucking editing. Yeah. And, and it'll, it'll get to a point where,
It'll be sound design. Okay. The assistants, you just, the studios putting out movies that was written by AI starring a 19 year old Brad Pitt and you know, like no, no one gets paid, but you guys are missing the point. If that's what everyone wants, then it's inevitable. Everyone has to not want that.
Like ballet, guess what? Nobody goes to the fucking ballet anymore except for the 10 people who still like ballet. It's still there. You can be a ballerina if you want to, but it just isn't a thing anymore. That's fucked up. Time marches on. Yeah, exactly. Things move. Because what? People don't care? Dude, think about movies already compared to what they used to be. If you want to be a movie writer now, you better be ready to fucking adapt a book or a fucking play, a fucking toy.
otherwise you're out there be able to write gremlins five motherfuckers fucking draft a thousand drafts i'm just saying like you can't come to hollywood now and go dude i've got this idea about like this dude buried in a coffin he comes back like it no nobody wants it they want avatar 4 they want a reboot of play-doh or what the fuck ever the problem is really in the demand the problems in the demand that's that's the issue right now exactly and if people want fucking gumby
They want Gumby. They don't want whatever's cooking in your brain. But they want whatever is given to them. So they want what is being given to them. I don't disagree. Yeah, but the studios don't. They don't care, bro. Money, bro. Dollars. Money talks, man. If it's cheaper to use AI, then you guys are losing the human element.
I know this, Blake. I completely understand this, and I believe that that will prevail. That will prevail. Even when Durst said, like, ballet. Like, okay, so I never gave one fuck about ballet, but I am allowed to say... Oh, this is news? Yeah, what? Oh, my God. I'm going to tell Jeff Fahey. No, but I am willing to say that ballet...
ballet is extremely fucking hard. It's crazy. It's an insane thing to put the human body through. Like, if you are good at ballet... Thank you. Like pickleball. Not all the way like that, but similar. It's like pickleball. This is where I'm getting to, Kyle. Sports. So as soon as we just watch a...
all robot basketball game. We're not watching humans elevate beyond what they're even capable of because the moment and all the things that you add on. Well, that is what's cool about movies is because it's, it's crafted by, uh,
And that is what's awesome. We don't know any better. We don't know any better. We don't have anything to compare it to yet. These other movies might be fucking great and we might have to go, this is better. This is great. I will say there, I've seen some AI art. That's very good. I don't know. I just have some empathy. I have some empathy for our whole industry and this town, Los Angeles that I love and all these people that work for,
movies and television and to see that the whole industry just get decimated because that's the residuals. We need to crack the back end. The streaming is what fucked that up. Well, why didn't you cry about it? This is life. I just worked with the Muppets and like they don't, that's it. I know there's no puppeteers anymore. It's just these guys.
and people who love it tune in that's how they stay alive a human built i think it was mostly always the muppets no it was like if you're doing if you're making creatures if you're stan winston or um these other guys who make these creatures but it's that's a subsect of the entertainment industry it isn't the entertainment industry as a whole you know what i mean
And movies are a subsect of entertainment, period. You could do that forever. What I'm saying is that this is just what happens. But movies and TVs are a pretty large piece of the pie compared to Muppets. I understand. And guess what?
We used to drive only gas cars, and now we drive electric cars, and then some... I know, that's right. I'm not a bitch, dude. Guess what? You will drive an electric car in the next 25 years. Especially in California, baby. Yeah, in 25, for sure. I'm just saying, and everyone who made money off of gasoline, guess what? Your fucking time is up. It's just what it is. Look, I don't know what to say. No, dude. No, gas is a fucking... What is it?
A fuel source? A natural resource. We are talking about human beings, dude. We're talking about the human experience. Yeah, but I mean, Adam was talking about jobs and industries being overturned. And I'm like, this is what happens. It's fine. No, I do get it. I do think there should be some fail-safes that we put in and meet in the middle so it doesn't... So it's not just within the next five years that...
LA is just a fucking ghost town and the worst, scariest place to be ever because I like living here. Guys, we are the generation that watched every like AI takes over the world movie. We are the ones who have to save the world. We have the blueprint. Yeah. We saw iRobot. We saw Terminator. We saw. Exactly. We are the people, Durs. We should do it. We are the ones who have to say no. We have to say no to the robots.
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Speaking of gas, though, I do... You farted. Remember how a few weeks ago I was saying that I want to get a... I'm drunk right now. A new convertible? Dude, they... Wait, what'd you want to get? A Dodge Challenger, like how Kyle used to have. Yeah. Dude, get a souped up Dodge Challenger. Yeah, yeah, hell yeah! I guess just in August, they...
released, you can now get it as a convertible. Like they send it to this convertible shop. Ooh, I always wanted to chop the top of the fucking Charlie dude. Yeah, dude, you can, you can do it now. You can do it through Dodge. Is this a hellcat? It's a, the seven Oh seven can be a command. It can be whatever you want it to be. Top of the line. Yeah. Yeah. That's cool. You should definitely look, look it up, look up a Dodge challenger convertible here. I'll just look it up and put it in the truck. Look at that. It is.
Very tight butthole. I will say this. The Challenger was designed by robots. I will say this. The Challenger has the best daytime running lights in the automotive industry on the road today. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, it looks super tough, man. I love me some fucking car top. When it pulls up behind you with those little orange circles. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
That's the best looking Best daytime race I fucking loved that car It was sad to get rid of it I traded it in for the Tesla For the Model X But that was my fucking Nightcrawler car dude I had the one that was in Nightcrawler Very shagadelic That's sick
Written by a human. Yeah, dude. I actually just looked this up last night and put this all together, but it's pretty, dude. The convertible, I'm like... Yeah, look at that. Look at that, boys. It looks a lot like your Camaro, dude. That's interesting. How much when you take the top off... Yeah, it looks exactly the same to me. But that front looks really tough, though. Yeah, and this is not an insult to your current car. I feel like this is of stronger lines. I like this car.
I like it too. You know the hips on the Challenger are so good. I'm a man. Love those hips. Them hips don't lie. And it looks like a Bentley from the side. I'm a dude. Kind of squared off. I'm a dude.
Yeah, I'm liking it a lot. I'm leaning real heavily towards this gas guzzler. You know, they will make you sign something, Adam. I'm a dude. They will make you sign something when you leave the lot. It's called a gas guzzler tax. I had to do that back in the day. I stay signing those, Kyle. They say you realize as soon as you pull off the lot, you're ruining the planet. Yeah, yeah. I stay signing those. You're ruining the planet. Are you cool with that? I do that. Oh, with the Camaro. I had to get that for the Grand Cherokee SRT. And you say, hey, man.
ruin this dick, bro. Here we go. Vroom, vroom, vroom.
ruin this freaking dude are we doing car talk because by the time this airs I think I hope not I think a Rivian SUV is gonna be in my driveway shut up shut the fuck up Anders are you serious do you want me to talk or not what is it shut the fuck up I'm being like excited I'm excited I'd rather talk about zebras but go ahead not I not I
Rivian. What's a Riviera? I'll tell you right now, I don't like the name. Why? Rivian. Oh, Rivian. Have you not seen them? They look really cool. They're sick. Yeah, they're sick. Rivian, to me, that is a bad name. Rivian. They always remind me of Gucci for whatever reason. You think Blake is a good name? You fucking piece of shit.
Fuck off. You think Rivian reminds you of Gucci? No, I don't. Just like a word that is a little too fancy for you to say? No, no, no. The car itself. The car itself. When I see the brake lights, the one single light going across. I don't know why, but it reminds me of Gucci. You're scared? Like Robocop mask. But like Gucci. Gucci doesn't make cars. Maybe it had the colors of Gucci. Red and green? Gucci's are cool.
Durs, what color are you getting? Red. We got a sick red. We're a red car family. Gucci. Gucci red. Oh, that's cool. Do you have all reds? You're getting a red Rivian. Yeah. Yeah. I like those. I'm a blue car family. Okay. Okay. Yeah, that's right. Blake? What does the word Rivian mean? I think it's some sort of Native American Indian term or like a river. It's a place. Rebecca, will you please?
Oh yeah, the name comes from the Indian River. Indian River. Dude, those Polestar cars are kind of tight too. The what? What is it? Polestars. Polestar? Yeah, Polestars are great looking. Yeah, Polestars are pretty cool looking. I just wish they got more miles per charge, but they are super sweet looking. See, I don't know anything about that. No.
You've got to get the miles per charge. That's a big, big part of these electric cars. What I'm saying is you just want to at least have 300 miles per charge. Yeah, fuck yeah. I don't think they do. Yeah, don't go west of that. But yeah, car talk.
Funniest episode yet. Hey, Durz, what's your freaking dream car, bro? What's your number one freaking dream car? My station wagon, my AMG wagon. I have it. Okay. That's freaking sick. That's your dream car? Yeah. I mean, what else do I need? That's the car that if you had everything, that's it. That's the one. I do have everything. Okay. I'm a happy guy.
I have my health. I have my family. Do you love him? I have one by my side. He no longer has a job because the robots are about to take it. That's why he, that's why he has no empathy. He has everything. I don't have my job. I'll teach children how to swim and save lives. How's that? Yeah.
A robot can teach people how to swim. I doubt it. Not in this speedo. We should put up regulations against AI, Adam. I don't want it to sound like I'm against that. I just don't want to get lost. I don't want to take the eye off the prize, man. It's all about residuals on the back end. Yeah, no, no, no. That's why I said it's a two-headed monster. You got to attack both things. It's, you know, they're both coming for you. It's so important to crack that back end. You know what they're going after? Money. One thing. Money on me.
Do not come on me, honey. But was this Pauly Charge? How much do you think you got to pay AI to do a script? Nothing? I'm going to go, man. Oh, yeah. Big fat zero, baby. So once upon a time, you might have been like a writer, but just go create the program that creates all these stories. And then you're a G-G-G-Gigillionaire. Yeah, dude. Don't be a bitch. Just be a programmer, dude. And then take your G-G-Gillion dollars. Who cares about your dream to be a writer? It's over. Oh, great.
And then you buy all of Oakland and you just fucking kick every human out? Fuck that, dude. Fuck Sean Bailey. Fuck all these fucking geeks, bro. These nerds, bro. What about the culture, derz? Come on, man.
I love it. I love the culture. Come on, man. Blake, would you like to talk about that? Because I don't really know a lot about it, but they are moving the Oakland Athletics out of Oakland. Is this right? Oh, yeah. This is a heartbreaker. Dude, this is fucking... I haven't even talked about this at all with anyone because I heard it and it's just very sad, bro. This is a real fucking thing. Yeah. Yeah. It's the worst. It's the worst thing. Are you hearing it now? Wait, are you hearing it just now from me? No, no, no. I've heard it, but I haven't... Right.
I haven't had the discussion about it because I'm just like, I'm burying my head in the fucking sand on this thing. Yeah, because it sucks. So, Blake, because I didn't really, I just sort of saw a headline and was like, and, you know, I don't have any sort of affiliation with it. He's chugging buzz. So I was just like, that sucks for Blake and Kyle.
Yeah. And Andy Sandberg. What they are talking about and dancing around is the fact that the Oakland Athletics are basically pretty much moving to Las Vegas instead of staying in Oakland. I love it. I love it. I love it. Basically pretty much or they are doing that. Yeah, this is what I want to know. I want to know what's that. What's the basically pretty much part of it? Because they've been moving since I was fucking 15 years old.
Quote unquote. Well, I think it was this year. Didn't they have like a game where there was like 30 fans or something? Absolutely absurd. No one goes. They had a game where there was like a very, very small. It's like 3000. But when you're in that stadium, which is massive, 3000 people, which holds 80,000 or whatever. And yeah, it's it's insane or 60,000. It's insane. But.
The politics of it all is fucking weird, dude. It's like a lot of like just rich people just moving money around in weird ways and like trying to like that's why I'm saying they're not officially moving to Las Vegas because they're kind of banking on the fact that if they move to Las Vegas, they have to get this like five hundred million dollar tax break. It's all it's.
It's just fucking math. What Blake's trying to say is he doesn't understand it, but shit's going down. He has no idea. I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blake has no idea. I don't understand it when it gets that big either, bro. He's like, it's just ugly. I don't even want to get into it. It's disgusting. He read the same headline that I read and did zero more research. I don't like it, but I also don't exactly know what's happening. Don't understand any of it. Adam, in that headline, did they give a date in that headline?
Do you remember? I'm just a caveman. Blake, I was like going to ask Blake on the podcast because I figured he would have looked into it even the tiniest bit because he posted. It sounds like he did. He did. He did. Give him credit. He posted many things about the athletics over the years and even recently about like his moments in the stadium and, uh,
And so I was kind of excited to hear what he had to say. Adam, if you give him a chance to speak, he did read the date and does not remember what it is.
I'm just a caveman. This is the whole thing, guys. We read things, we see things, and then we don't know. This is important. It's super confusing, dude. Like, because no one wants to tell the truth. A lot of people point fingers at the city of Oakland. A lot of people point fingers at the fucking owners of the A's, but nobody wants to...
accept blame for why the team is leaving yes no one goes to the games anymore but it's kind of in protest because the ownership trades away their players this is why we get rid of humans yeah yeah it's just it's just a fucked up situation and
But maybe it is time to move on. Who fucking knows? But then I get super existential because I'm like, why does my childhood doesn't even matter anymore? I can't bring my kids to the game. Yeah, you can. You go right to Vegas. You live closer to Vegas than you do to the Bay Area. Yeah, but you can't walk through the shitty cement fucking dirt gross fucking stadium that I love. The Coliseum. That I went to and had a blast. Yeah, dude. It rocks. It's fucking sick. I get it. I get it.
Old Comiskey Park, gone. Never going to go back. Is that right? New Comiskey Park that was built when I was a kid. But you stayed in Chicago. Stayed in Chicago. Stayed in Chicago. It's not a bitch-ass town. I'm just kidding. Wow. But people went to games. Okay. People went to games. And that's essentially... The only people to blame for the A's moving...
are the A's fans. No, that's not true. That's tough pill to swallow, but it's the same. No, Durz is putting it all in supply and demand today, and I like it. He's at the fundamentals. No, that's what an outsider would say. No, he's at the fundamentals of business right now, and he's being...
Yeah. Moneyball. It's not baseball. It's moneyball. It's not moneyball no more. If they were selling out, if people were there, if people were there, if people were going to the Coliseum, they would not be moving. Yeah, exactly. If there was 80,000 people. True. When we grew up, people went to the fucking games, bro. When we grew up, people were at the games, right? Yeah. Thursday night, people were there. So Todd just dropped in the chat.
Last year, the team set a new 40-year low when only 2,488 fans showed up to a game in May. Now in 2023, they're logging similarly low numbers. That is my high school class. And that's a shame. That's too bad. Yes. There are two things that account for low attendance. That's my place in my high school class. Go ahead. Get them. A1. A1. The fucking Coliseum is...
Super old, outdated. Like the average person does not... Oh, like Wrigley Field? Go ahead. The average person with less history. They're from the 60s. The fucking Cubs have existed forever. Forever. It's an established place. That's not true either, but go ahead. Okay.
the stadium, the Coliseum is not up to snuff. It's not great. It's not great. B, the roster, the ownership trades away anybody. Why are we talking about sports even? The roster, they trade away anybody who's any good because they're trying to tank the team because the ownership wanted to get the fuck out of Oakland. And they did it. They succeeded. They succeeded. Yeah, sounds like they got it. Yeah.
the fans get fucked. So fuck that. It's not on the fans. That's what I'm saying to Ders. It's not on the fans. But it is on the fans. That's bullshit. Well, I'm with you. You need a good owner. No, no. The Cubs were bad forever. You can't pull up to a shitty Coliseum with no team. It's the atmosphere. They always tried to compete. It's the atmosphere. Hang
on. They always tried to compete and Wrigley's the Cubs have been when I was a kid. The Cubs were always bad. Shout out Andre Dawson. He was good. I don't know. Andre Dawson. Samberg was the shit. Ryan Samberg. Okay. That was their one year. I got a baseball somewhere where they're all signed on.
But they were bad until like four years ago when they won the World Series. They were bad the whole time. But the atmosphere that the fans created was what it was. And that's why it's a whoop-wap and not a naked grandma. That is so true. Okay, I guess I'll give you that. Simple. Do you know what I'm saying? Hey, dude, when you put it like that. I mean, I think it's all the factors. It's all the things you guys are talking about. I guess I'll give you that. I'm with you, Blake. I think it sucks. Hey, what up?
What is the fan experience when they go to the A's games? Are they fun? Are the A's games fun or not? I love them. A's games rock. Yeah, they're great. So you make a crack off. So what's going on with the people? Well, they're fun, but there's only 2,400, 2,500 people and everybody's spread out. So you're not even around other fans regularly.
really well you get to hang out with your friends and the people you came with it's all good the the problem with the a's is that they do shake up the team and then it is it's it's a problem but that doesn't matter it does no it's a problem goes to baseball games to watch the sport you go to drink beer kick it and then be like yo home run uh no i'm completely only there for the strategy in the game that's the only that's why i'm there for strategy you're cutting out half
Some people do go for that reason. You're cutting out that fan base. So, dude, it's not the fans' fault. It's not them. It's got to be. Okay. There's a part. I think there's part fan and there's part owner and there's also part tax incentives, it sounds like. Like $500 million worth of tax incentives. It's part fucking business. And, Blake, you could still be, I understand the nostalgia factor of going back
to the same place and taking your kids to the same baseball stadium that you went to. But it is the same team and they're moving to Vegas. Technically, that is closer. They're going to have a brand new stadium. To me. Yeah.
Closer to you, exactly. That's what he's saying. That's what I'm saying. Farther from me. Farther from me. I'll go to opening day. I'd love to. It's further from Alaska, though, dude. Yeah. It's further from Alaska. So are you still going to be a fan or are you like, are you? Will I still be a fan of the A's? Of the A's. Yes. If they move to Vegas. You want to know the truth? I'll probably just stop watching baseball. Fuck that.
Really? I'm done with that sport. Or are you finally going to be a true athletics fan? Also, baseball is dying. The whole entire sport is dying. It's just the A's are the first example of it. So we're just talking about another industry. I agree. We're talking about another industry. It is true.
Well, yeah. And do we need baseball? It's because the demand isn't there anymore, man. Hey, you know what's not dying? Basketball, baby. The playoffs have been fucking popping. I don't know how many weeks ahead we are. The playoffs have been unreal. Unbelievable. And I cannot wait. We have to drop this episode next week. We might have to. This one jumps the line. This is not a whoop-ap.
This should jump the line. Cowabunga. Blake went in on Harden's outfit, and then he put 45 on him. Dude, Blake comes in swinging with Coachella talk three minutes in and set us on a path. And guys, can you guys turn your headphones off real quick? I just want to talk to the listeners. Absolutely. Mine have been off. Okay. Okay.
Interesting. I just want to say that, guess what? Sorry we're not talking about cards, you fucking piece of shit. Come on, we're the fucking engines, bro. Hey, I thought they were supposed to be off. Turn them off. Oh yeah, sorry. Have some respect for games. This podcast...
It's called This is Important. It's not called This is Funny. It's not called This is Cute. Sometimes we're going to get on here and we're going to blow some fucking smoke, okay? It's going to be a little out there. A little maybe not even interesting. But we have to talk for an hour and sometimes shit goes down.
Can we come back or what's the deal? Yeah. Come on back. Okay. I liked it. I thought it was fun, man. We're back. Is there any take backs, any epic slams, any apologies for this? I do have an announcement. Yes, please. We got our winner.
Oh my. Now this is huge news from several weeks ago. From several weeks ago. And you're going to have to hold on a second. Maybe this episode is coming out tomorrow. I don't know. Let's ask Isaac. I don't think so. Hold on. I got to navigate to where this goes. And we're going to ask that this winner sends us a picture of them holding it so we can maybe post it with
this episode and do they have to be nude or are we going not nude that the winner has to be nude or not nude up to them but hopefully Instagram friendly yeah Instagram friendly so that being said we've always said hashtag free the nipple oops winning it's my present I'd prefer them to be clothed yeah
Um, but that's weird coming from you. Kyle's present now. Yeah. Yes. It's my present. I make the rules and the winner. So for people that are listening audio, uh, on, sorry, sorry, Blake audio. Yes. Audio. Uh,
Audio. Audio. What they're listening to, audio. Explain what giveaway this was. A few weeks ago, what did we do, Kyle? We gave away the Christina Aguilera signed drum head that my parents got me when I was about 13 years old. Sick, dude. Was Christina Aguilera even famous when we were 13?
No. Maybe it was 15. It's right after Genie in a Bottle. I'm seeing holes in your story. Well, that'd be good to get those correct before I broadcast them on live television. But go ahead. Go on. Not television. I think when you were 13, she had done Genie in a Bottle. Yeah. No. Yeah, she had. It was Blink-182, right? Because Blink parodied their... When did the Blink album? Because I was 15 or 16 when she was...
Yeah. What year did you and the bottle come out? Actually, you know what? I think Britney Spears was my freshman year in college because I was like, this seems weird that this fucking half naked school girl is running around. Okay. Weird or dope?
For us, we were school guys. We'll see you in high school. So it was good. So 1999, we would have been freshmen. So I guess 14 or 15. So I probably got this when I was 15. Great. Yeah. Great job, Adam. I got to the bottom of it, dude. Dude, this is why he's part of the team. I caught you being a fucking liar. Yeah.
Great job, Adam. Come on. Don't shit on what he brings to the table. Dude, I got you, dude. Everybody, he has to read who won. This is huge. I'm waiting. That's why I'm holding this fucking thing up, dude. Drum roll, please. Okay, the 69th commenter on... Wait, hold on. Let me... Can I look up a drum roll? Drum roll?
drum roll. Yeah, Phil, just push it. Yeah, yeah. Guys, Phil. This is not a heavy item, but it's now feeling very heavy. That sounded like a helicopter. Okay, wait. Okay. Wait. Hold on. We have an ad. We have an ad. What the fuck, man? What the fuck is a dial pad? No, no, shit. We have an ad.
Skip ad. We have an ad. We have an ad. We have an ad. And drumroll. We've been usurped. Okay, I got a mission. There it is. And the 69th commenter was... Is it going to go patink or do I just go? I think you just go. Judge Miller.
His name is Judge? Yeah. Judge Reinhardt? Judge Miller, dude. Nice. Miller time. The guy's name is Judge? That's a hard name. Oh, my God. Judge Miller. Congratulations. You got it. That's a cool name. Looks like you got it. And this was another episode of Judge Miller. Congratulations, Judge Miller. This is important. More giveaways coming soon. More giveaways. Stay tuned.
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