"Slay With Our Friends" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
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Look, man. Oh, I see. Bowen, look over there. Is that culture? Las Culturistas. Ding dong. Las Culturistas. I've never experienced Bowen more. The girls are worse for wear this morning. What happened to you just now? I coughed a really deep breath.

disgusting from the pelvic floor cough. And that's what I've been dealing with. It was really cuckoo. Do you have a cough? I have a cough. What is going on with cough culture? Yeah, I had a cough last week when we had to wake up and do the Today Show. Ooh. But the show must go on!

And then did you have any moment where the camera was on you and you were like, oh, I feel one coming? Oh, bingo. 100%. Bingo. I felt like that almost the entire time. I think that ultimately I kept it together, but it wasn't exactly how I wanted to do.

my first televised performance, but it sounded good. But Bone was counting down from three, two, one to start the episode and he was grimacing through a cough and I just said, the girls are worse for wear right now. It must be December. Honey, write a song about that on the next album. If there is one. Yeah. Everyone around me sick as fuck tonight. Everyone

Everyone around me sick as fuck tonight. As fuck tonight. You really are digging into those vowels. Sick as fuck tonight. Fuck tonight. This is something that people don't talk about. There is no Christmas song about how you're sick. People are usually ill because of the weather. There is now. Everyone around me sick as fuck tonight.

That's really good, Bo. Where does this take place? Where does the song take place, do you think? I always like asking this question. I think it takes place when I'm on stage talking to the audience. Oh, yeah. You're like, it's a read of the audience. I'm just like, you know, I've noticed something about this crowd. The energy is something else in here. And then I do a song about how I think it's amazing to be surrounded by people during the holidays. But it's the chorus is, everyone around me sick as fuck tonight. What?

I think that is a really innovative song. Thank you. It's important work. But also another thing is like,

I'm eating horrible right now. Are you eating absolutely terrible right now like a trash can? I forced myself to order a salad yesterday because I was like, I have not eaten a vegetable in weeks. Isn't it funny too? Like you order a salad once and you want to give yourself the Nobel Prize. You're like, oh, wow, like great job. Like you did it. You're on the road to recovery, girl. Later on that night, it's bacon burger. Honey, honey.

I ordered from Wegmans a box of corn dogs, of 32 corn dogs. And they take one minute to heat up in the microwave, and I have a delicious American delicacy in my mouth and belly. Why are you shaking? Why are you judging me so? No, can I say? It's not judgment. It's just...

As someone who knows you and your bowels, I know you wake up in some kind of form when you are after six and a half hours of sleeping and letting one minute microwave corn dogs rest inside you for the evening. You must wake up and absolutely be esteemed.

Esteemed. Not esteemed, E-S-T-E-E-M-E-D. Esteemed, A-S-T-E-A-M-E-D. Esteemed. I don't know if that's a word, but let's... I've made it up today. Esteemed. No, I hope it is a word. I don't mean to shut you down.

Your stomach was esteemed. Esteemed. Oh, no. No. No. Oh, my God. Bowen. I mean, this is ridiculous. Who did this? I don't know. I cannot trace it back. God, remember contact tracing? Ugh.

Oh my God, how dare you? I think, you know who made you sick? Olivia Rodrigo. Olivia Rodrigo. She made you sick. I barely interacted with her. Wow. Because you know why? I think she associates me with a bad moment. Why? Because I had to interview her for V Magazine a few years ago. Oh, right. And I think, I forgot what the blowback was, but like appropriately, the editors were like, can you ask her about...

what it means to be like an Asian pop star and like what it means to like be Filipina and like what it means to like little girls or something. And I think like this was back when it was like,

Everyone was just trying to like, this was right in the middle of like the weirdness with the songs. Oh, oh, oh, oh. And I think like, I don't know. I'm sure like it was on her radar that like people were like mad that she like said that she was a role model. I think like people took that quote out of context. They're like, she's not a role model. She's barely even 18. Like whatever. Like people are so, can I just say people are just awful. Yeah.

Yeah, people can be very awful. Anyway, you're in my hometown right now. Girl. You know, I'm actually in the Cherry Creek Marriott that we recorded an episode one time. So this is not the first episode recorded from this Denver Cherry Creek. Oh, my God. Cherry Creek. Yes, honey. It's essentially like I'm in the Homewood Suites right now, and it's lovely. I feel very on the road. Gormick McCarthy.

Oh, no, no, no. Jack Kerouac. I'm sorry. Wait, we need to cut that. Oh, damn. Oh, Bowen has revealed a little vulnerability there. He thought Jack Kerouac was Cormac McCarthy because these girls all look the same. Well, they don't look the same, but they have the same sort of sounds in their names. Let's not cut it, actually. I'm going to be vulnerable. Choosing to be vulnerable. This is our esteemed episode. Esteemed. Now,

Would you say that Denver audiences are mile high, they're breathing less oxygen, and they're there for like maybe a little bit more days? Maybe they're getting that mother god energy because they were in Colorado too.

We will see when I step on stage tonight, we're going to see just how high and unoxygenated they are. I've had good shows so far. The only thing that does suck about being on the road is like we were just saying the esteeming of the stomachs. Like, yeah, because whenever you go to a new city, it's always kind of just like, oh, where do we go that we have to go? You know what I mean? And that's typically a restaurant that's not like a healthy restaurant. You know what I mean? Or it's like if you're on the road going somewhere, you have to eat

quickly. That's typically not like the healthiest food. So I'm right now trying to understand how to eat healthy and be healthy on the road because I wake up in the morning and my body feels esteemed. It feels so esteemed. Like, you know that I was two minutes late to this call because I was dealing with it. Yeah, you were dealing with it. Would you say you wake up in the morning feeling like

P. Diddy in that P. Shitty in that your body's doing some terrible things to you.

Oh, yeah. The way that P. Diddy's done terrible things to women. I went to an IHOP last night. Slay? Tell all? We had a classic, like, late night IHOP. And then we all got into a discussion about what our favorite... Not fast food, but you know what I'm saying. Like, what would you call, like, that tier of restaurants? Like, Applebee's, Chili's, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, hometown joints. Yeah, what is that called? Hold on, let's...

Chili's, Applebee's. Chains, I guess. Concept name. Casual dining? Casual dining, those chains. We all got into a little bit of a discussion about what our favorites are. I think that for me, it is Fridays. It is TGI Fridays. Oh, your Fridays. Because I just love the energy of Fridays.

You know what I mean? I think that's such a beautiful thing to put out in the world. Like it's Friday. Like when you tell people, when you come here, it's always Friday. I think that's absolutely stunning. Yeah. I will say that I have an appreciation for Applebee's.

And I did enjoy IHOP last night, which I think you do have to put in that category because while they are known as the international house of pancakes, I have to say, if you look at their menu, there are treasures untold. How many wonders can one casual chain hold? Many. Does Village Inn mean anything to you? That means nothing to me. It is a huge deal in Colorado. And I think they still exist.

but they are sort of slightly above, oh, I hope my IHOP

Friends don't hate me for saying this, but I think they're a tier above IHOP. But they're not too ostentatious. But they just, the vibe is great. Village Inn is where you would go after the school play. I see. Yeah, that was Applebee's for us. It's where the drama kids would go. I was always, we were always a Village Inn house. And then our Chili's on Arapahoe and Parker was,

in Centennial, Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, was, and people might know where this is, was perched on this like hill slash cliff at this huge intersection. And the way it was lit and the way the neon chili was sort of positioned made it seem like the most glamorous place in the world.

Like, I think there was a time when Chili's was kind of like an aspirational place to go, not even for kids, but for like anyone of any age, creed or color. Anyone from any age, creed or color could be found at Chili's. And it was mostly a place for the teachers at my school to go get drunk. Absolutely. I saw so many of my teachers get

like from elementary school, middle school, high school, like when I would go there with friends, like I would look over at the bar and there would be teachers from my school getting drunk at the Applebee's or the Chili's. Like it would happen. And I would say, hey, doll. Hey, doll. And they would say, now you know I'm off the clock. Girl. And I would say, well, this is interesting to see you sort of out in the wild. And now to think about them getting drunk at a Chili's.

Oh, no, no, no. Maybe there's something comforting about Chili's in terms of an alcohol experience. They have like... They did have good margaritas, I would say. I was just going to say the margaritas are good. Wait, am I going to have to go to this famous Chili's that you described? No. Is it still there, you think? It's still there, but I think its glory days are behind it. I'm sure the people working there are lovely.

but there is a village in, in that same strip mall and Arapahoe and Parker. I mean, you still haven't gone to Casa Bonita. Have you? No, I don't think so. If you didn't take us there, then we didn't go there. Okay. Well, because it closed during COVID, but then Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park and book of Mormon fame who grew up in Colorado in Evergreen. Yeah. Colorado royalty spent, I think they did a whole write-up on it. I think in the times or some magazine, they spent like 10 to $15 million on,

renovating it, making the food good, making the cliff divers safer. Like it is a cultural landmark in not only Colorado, but I think in America, it is a hugely important place. But back in the day you would go ironically because you would go for your birthday if you were a kid or you would go ironically if you were like stoned in the 10th grade because the food was rancid, disgusting because there was no ventilation in the kitchen.

And you would go to like, you know, watch a hot guy like with an eight pack, like dive off a cliff into shallow water. Like it's a miracle no one died. But it is such a wondrous place. And Trey Parker and Matt Stone really like it's a beautiful passion project that they were just like, we love this place so much. What it means to our childhoods and the childhoods of many Coloradans that like, let's just do it. I think it's open now and you should go.

If you have time. Honestly, I'm compelled to go. And I'm also compelled to ask you, what would our restaurant experience be? Oh my God. What would our curated restaurant experience be? What would it be called? What would it taste like? What would it feel like? So for example, if Fridays, if TGA Fridays gives you the feeling of it's always Friday, what does Matt and Bowen's restaurant give? We have to start thinking about this.

I think there's slides. I think there's slides. I'm saying right now, I think there's adult slides. Well, that's so interesting because here's where I'm starting my brainstorm is what is the slogan? Is like Applebee's has eaten good in the neighborhood. You know, Olive Garden is when you're here, your family. I think ours is...

Slay with your friends. Slay with your friends. I think this is really good. So basically, this is how I picture it. You have to, because it's in New York City, you have to take an elevator. It has to be in New York. I think this is a chain. No, yeah, but it starts in New York. This is the first location.

So it's in Times Square, New York, which is one of the most famous best spots for restaurants of this kind. So you get in the elevator and you go up to like the 10th floor. And when you get out, there's the most gorgeous hostesses and it's titty forward.

But everyone's like, so it's like Hooters, but not quite as heavy. It's not tacky. It's more just like, come on. Like everyone gets you there. Hostesses say, no matter what they say, girl, we have a table for you. Yes. Like we have a table for you. Like there's always a table for you. That's one of the secondary slogans. There's always a table for you. Slay with your friends is like the top one. And then at the bottom,

At the bottom of the menu, it says in quotes, there's always a table for you. That's so nice. So then you have to slide down from the 10th floor. There's slides. You slide down to the fifth floor, which is where the restaurant is. I love that. So you slide down. Is that ADA compliant? You dust yourself off.

Oh, well, there's a separate entrance for those who can't have that experience. And we do something fun for them. Anyone that has difficulties, that needs a separate entrance, we will have a different experience for you. It will be horror. It will be scare actors jumping out while you go down a hallway. But that's just, you know, you still have an experience. Wow. What's it called? The restaurant? Yeah.

The Chiefs. It's called The Chiefs? It's called The Chiefs. Kansas City Chiefs. Well, that's already kind of a loaded problem. It's already kind of not a great name. It should not be Chiefs, huh? It should be... Let's see. I'm sorry. I don't mean to shoot down your idea. I was naming our restaurant. The Chiefs? The Chiefs.

It was what first came into my head. What if it's called Chefs? Chefs. That's what I was getting at. I was trying to say Chiefs, but I meant to say Chefs. It should be meaningful to us. We love Chefs. No, I think it should be called... World Restaurant. World Restaurant. I think it should be called... No, this is what I think it should be called.

The tree. The tree! Oh my god! I love that. I love the tree. And you climb the tree and then you have to like take a slide down into the tree. Into the tree. Into the canopy. And then like everyone's got big tits.

And the bloodies are so good. And they're so good. And you can drink three of them. That's actually the tagline. You're going to want three of these. You're going to want three of these. The tagline is going to be, oh, you like this. You're going to have three of these. You like this. You're going to have three of these. I like that. And that's what we have to tell all of our waiters to say to everyone when they come in. Like, that's a great choice. You're going to have three of those. That is so amazing.

Yeah, it's so amazing. And I also think that, you know, all the servers should be people who are escaping Scientology. The tree. We have to give them a soft place to land. Totally. People escaping Scientology. Let's see, people who used to be Times Square Elmos and Elsas. Yes, yes. I think give them a better working condition.

Yeah, totally. Well, we pay so much. We pay a huge salary to all of our servers. Yes. The training takes what? Like two years, I think. It's a two year training just to make sure that they're the kind of person who can really take an order because we don't allow them to write the orders down. No, we don't like that.

I think a true test of a waiter is you have to remember every detail of an order. You wrote stuff down. Oh, every time. But here's the thing. I'm not... You're not working at Tree. I'm not actually applying for a job here. I'm the boss. I'm not working at Tree. I'm just the manager. Oh my God. I think...

There's a giant painted portrait of Tree Payne by the bathroom. Yeah. And she is like an honorary manager because who's better at managing anything in this industry? She is one of the best music managers of all time. What do you think the traction is on the Amy Adams Tree Payne biopic that we pitched? Because I feel like people got excited about it and then I didn't see John August start writing it.

Well, you should take that up with John. But I think Hunter Harris really, I think she felt, I feel like Hunter was very supportive. And again, this was her idea. She was the one who originally in her sub stack or on her Twitter, we went over this. She was the one who pitched Amy Adams as the, no, she didn't. Yes, she did, Queen. She said for years now that Amy Adams is winning her Oscar for the tree pain biopic. I literally said this. That's so funny.

I didn't even realize that she said that. I thought that's something that we came up with. No, but you pitched. Oh, I pitched the storyline. The Zero Dark Thirty sort of like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Kim Kanye call, but.

I have an alternate casting option not to step on you and Hunter. I do want to give all the credit to Hunter, by the way. No, no, no. I wasn't accusing you of not giving Hunter the credit. I looked at a picture of Tree recently. And of course, the red hair, you think Amy Adams. But in terms of the face and the beauty and the severity of that face. Ready? Ready? Yeah. Sarah Paulson.

And a red wig. I think it could work. Okay, you're not as into it as I thought you would be. Can I say... Look up a photo of her now. They have the same face. I mean, I would agree that they probably look the same. Look it up. All right.

I'm looking at a picture of Tree Payne. I guess what I'm saying is like... Sarah Paulson. Yeah, certainly they do favor. They do favor. They favor? They favor each other. Tree Payne and Sarah Paulson, they favor. Okay, okay. You've never heard this expression? Not in a while. You really do favor. Oh, yeah. Yes, I do. Yes, I know that expression. But I will say, I feel, and I'm just going to come out and say this, Sarah Paulson has...

been so booked and busy that I'm not dying to see her do Tree Pain. Yeah. Like, I feel like Sarah Paulson is always in 18 projects a year. You know what I mean? Like, I feel like I want Amy. I want this for Amy. Bad. Okay. Because the whole point is like, we need to get Amy her Oscar and Tree Pain's story told. I think that Sarah Paulson could do an amazing job telling the story, but in a world where this is real and it's absolutely not, we should reinforce that it's not, it's not.

I'm sorry, but I can't leave my girl Amy behind. Okay. Okay. That's fair. She needs a win. Yeah, absolutely. Because meanwhile, you got the younger girls potentially raking in a second Oscar this year. Oh, honey.

Bo, listen, vacation is something you got to get right. You can't roll the dice. You have to make sure that it's all together. Everything is where it's supposed to be when you get where you're going on vacation. Can you agree? I have never agreed with you more. And I've

had so many wonderful trips with you in the past. Bowen, I remember one of our favorite trips to Toronto when we shared that Airbnb. Remember that? Airbnb came in the clutch. We were doing our I Don't Think So Honey live in Toronto. We stayed in that amazing Airbnb. We loved it. We had the time of our life. Thanks, Airbnb, still to this day. I remember that Airbnb like it was my own childhood home. Thank you, Airbnb.

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Did you see the Golden Globe nominations? I did. I did. I thought there was many good things about it. Well, this is sort of the meta commentary is that everyone's like, oh, this is all very respectful. Like there are no like back in the day would be like the fun thing was to be like, oh my God, the Golden Globes are so fucking stupid. I can't believe they nominated this, you know? And now it's like, oh, well, because the HFPA doesn't exist because they were always a joke.

this nominating body is like actually has some taste and isn't jockeying for like shoulder rubbing with like actors. Did you see the one category I think is so dumb though is like best cinematic box office achievement. Taylor Swift. And it's like, well, she was nominated, but like, it's just such a silly category because it's like,

okay, so there's five nominees, but you're going to give it to the one that made the most money, right? Like, yeah, so Barbie's going to win. It's not like there's like a nail biter if like John Wick 4 is going to beat Barbie. It's just stupid. It's like, if you want to award the thing that gave the most money, be like, and this year we're giving a special honorary Golden Globe to two or three movies who broke through and made a lot of money. Like, if that's what we're saying, then just do it. They're also doing a standup award now. Yes, yes.

They nominated all the greats from the last two months of social commentary. All the greats are there. Everyone who had the best things to say over the past couple of years is nominated for the Golden Globe for stand up. Everyone whose commentary was desperately needed. I'm sure I'll watch. But the Golden Globes, I feel like they have such, they're still clawing their way out of the pits. You know, like they've really befallen, tragedy has befallen them over the last several years. Yeah.

I think we'll definitely watch. Uh-huh. I mean, I think we'll be there. I think it's our jobs to watch. You know what I mean? I think we are the culture east as Bo. I think if we don't watch the Golden Globes, who's watching? Oh, yes. Absolutely. If our millennial asses who bought into the glitz and glamour of the HFPA as children, and we did. Totally. Completely did. And then we have to watch. Speaking of having to watch, I think you guys have to watch Matt and I very briefly appear on

at Andy and Anderson's CNN New Year's Eve bash. We'll be briefly appearing and talking to our guys, Andy and Anderson. I've never met Anderson. He's lovely. I'm certain of that. That's true. I mean, like, he's such a, such a mensch. Yes. He is the North Star gay guy for my parents. He was like, well, you know, Anderson has a baby and you can too. And I go, uh-huh. Ha ha ha ha.

Do they say that? Yeah, they say that all the time. And then like, you know, Anderson, I think they call him Cooper sometimes. Cooper has, owns a home and you should too. And I'm like, uh-huh. Cooper owns a home. Cooper has a firehouse. Yeah, he sure does. Does he still live there? Remember that was like the big like West Village house?

Yeah, he was like the Bachelor of New York. I remember like the stories about Anderson Cooper, like being spotted leaving David Barton gym. Oh, what an era. This was like true NYU culture was like of the time. Like we're like 2008 to 2012. Like everyone would be talking in Tish about like, oh, did you see Anderson Cooper was leaving David Barton's gym?

right over the Astro Cuts hair cutter place where I still go. I still roll the dice every single time. I don't have an ordinary person there that cuts my hair. I just go roll the dice at Astro Cuts and I leave with a fabulous haircut every single time. What's the price now? Like still $20 or something? Oh, it's something reasonable. You know what I mean? I love that place. It feels like a neighborhood spot even though it's probably so expensive, the rent. You know what I mean? That's like in the heart of Astro Cuts. Remember when they were going to maybe close? Yeah.

During COVID? Oh yeah, that was devastating. So devastating. You know what's still there too? The soup and burger. Oh, cozy soup and burger. That is a classic. That's a classic spot. We were driving down St. Mark's and through Astor Place on Saturday night with Sudi and Mo. And I was like, I can't believe this was my neighborhood.

Like I used to like, this was every day for me was walking down St. Mark's onto campus, quote unquote, like staying a boat for like 12 hours and then going straight home. I, I was, I did not really do much in college besides go to like our little comedy parties. And that was like, I didn't really like socialize outside of comedy kids.

Yeah, I get that. I mean, like, I always feel like looking back, all of our friends were the straight comedy kids, which I think is great. But like, I didn't have any like gay friends. Like it was like you and me. And then we would always do like, you know, sketch and improv parties. And then we didn't really have like, we didn't go out to like gay bars. I mean, we didn't do that. No, it was you, me, Colin Cordopassi, who has now moved to New York.

Oh, really? Yeah. And that was it. We were like the little gay crew. But maybe you did some more gay stuff. Did you ever go to... Splash? What was that place? Yeah, Splash. Did you ever go to Splash? I never set foot in Splash. People are so like...

all like the age twinks of that time are like yes of our generation yeah yeah it's like this storied place and so basically for everyone listening doesn't know what Splash is it was like sort of like the gay bar where you could absolutely be 18 and get in and like drink and carry on and like god who knows what went down there but like it was definitely like the underage

gay nightclub in New York. And for some reason, they got away with that for a really long time. I know. Even though, like, word on the street was that, like, it was every underage person. But I had a couple pre-med gays that I would, like, go out with. The first gay bar I ever went to was Urge, which was in the East Village. It's no longer there. And it blew my mind. I thought every gay bar had go-go dancers. And...

Did that. Took some Dangerbox kids there one time. I think I took Nick Packard there and Mike Spence there and Spencer Novick there and all those boys, those straight boys. You were hoping they'd feel the urge. No, no, no. I was like, let's go to a gay bar. And they were like, okay. And then I think, yeah, I was like 21, freshly 21 and went to the Cock, which still exists. But back then it was like...

a little bit dicier, even dicier than it is now. And like within five minutes of walking in some complete stranger freakazoid like stuck his tongue down my throat. And I was like, we got to go. Like it was New York, New York,

was even back then, even when people said that it died then, I'm like, no, like that's its own legend. Everything calcifies into its own little legend. Yeah. In time, you know? I think my first gay bar was Phoenix. Oh, Phoenix is solid. Yeah. Phoenix was, I mean, Phoenix is still there, right? Yeah. Phoenix is still there. The only one that we've lost that I'm like, really, really hurts my soul is Boiler Room. I know. Boiler Room being gone is, it feels like a tragedy. No, I know. And did you know that like,

The duplex upstairs cabaret space is also no more. What? Yeah, I know. Like, that's where I started Have You Heard of Christmas? Like, that's where I started performing it. Like, we saw so many shows there. Like, Gay Show for All People with Josh Arpiner and Jackson was started there. That's where I bombed the hardest there with Grey's Anatomy Improv. That's where we bombed the hardest there. We bombed the hardest there. Cola Scola would do their shows there. Oh, wow. That's so sad. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Now they don't do shows there anymore, I guess, since the pandemic. It's just... Ugh. It's like... And to hear about those certain places being endangered, that really hurts. Yeah. That really hurts. And I was just in Austin and Rainy Street is just gone. What? Like, Rainy Street. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I remember Rainy Street. Like...

it's not what it used to be. Like it used to be just like a run of like cool bars and like really, really, really like, it was just so unique to that city. And like, I don't know people from Austin know, but like now it's like a lot of condos hotels, by the way, I did watch the last episode of Potomac. I just caught up on Potomac on the plane just because, and they went to Austin and they stayed in the hotel that I stayed in last year when I was,

doing my Christmas tour, which is right on Rainy Street. And the whole bit of the Potomac episode was, wow, there's so much construction around here. And it's because there's so much construction in that area that used to be so cool. It's all getting condo-fied. Austin stay weird, more like Austin getting corporate. Austin getting Silicon Valley-ed. It was not my favorite thing to see. I hate to see it.

Well, Ken Harry must still be there. Mm.

No, I don't think so. Really? Well, it's not in LA anymore. No, no, no. There's one in Austin. The original. Okay, I have to verify that. I don't know. But definitely the one in LA is gone, which also stung. Yeah, totally. Oh, did you ever go to Eastern Block? Because speaking of Andy and Anderson, that was the first time I saw them in person. Sam Taggart and I went when we were like 23 and we were so starstruck. Didn't you reach out for Andy's hand? Yeah, and then like...

Oh my God, that's so embarrassing. I reached out for Andy's hand. I had never been that close to a famous person before. And he touched it back. He touched it back and like stroked my arm. I like didn't see who was touching him. He just kind of like, ooh, whoever's touching me. That was our first little spark. You're not the only one who has chemistry with him. I'm dying. You have to tell him that. I think I did. I think he knows.

We should tell him that when we are on with them on CNN. Be like, excuse me, gentlemen. In front of millions of people? Yeah, be like, hey, last time I saw you guys together was at Eastern Block. I grazed you. Wow. I was actually just at Club Cumming, which used to be Eastern Block. I performed at Club Cumming for the first time in years because Alan was having like a charity show and I would go wherever Alan tells me to go. And I'll say this. I asked Alan Cumming. I was going to ask. Yes, what did he say? I was like...

how did it go, Traitor Season 2? And he said, it's a better season this year than last year. Wow! Of course, because it's all reality people. Yeah, he said that because it was all reality people, it was way better. He said he had a blast doing it. He lit up when I asked him about it. He told me a little bit of tea, nothing too crazy, but he told me... You always like the tea. No, no, no. He literally didn't even say any names or anything. He was just like...

He just gave a sense of like what kind of personalities were there. And I was like, well, I know the cast. He was like, you're not going to be disappointed. You know what I mean? Like he seemed like it's going to be really good. If Larsa Pippen takes it all home, I will scream. I hope that Parvati wins. That feels like too obvious though. And I feel like the players wouldn't know that. So did Seri. Seri winning also felt too obvious. Not necessarily. Yeah.

Well, I mean, I think it would be too obvious if Parvati was a traitor. That's what I'll say. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I want one of the housewives to be a traitor bad. Oh, I would love for a housewife to be a traitor. If Parvati was a faithful and one, that would be amazing. I would like to see Phaedra be a traitor. She would be an amazing traitor. That is a calculated person. Calculating person. Yeah.

We know this. I'm not saying anything we don't know. She does the calculations. Apparently, merits of medicine is good this year. Phaedra's on it. Bo, listen. Vacation, it's something you gotta get right. You can't roll the dice. You have to make sure that it's all together. Everything is where it's supposed to be when you get where you're going on vacation. Can you agree? I have never agreed with you more. And I've

so many wonderful trips with you in the past. Bowen, I remember one of our favorite trips to Toronto when we shared that Airbnb. Remember that? Airbnb came in the clutch. We were doing our I Don't Think So Honey live in Toronto. We stayed in that amazing Airbnb. We loved it. We had the time of our life. Thanks, Airbnb, still to this day. I remember that Airbnb like it was my own childhood home. Thank you, Airbnb.

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Also, more common area spaces to hang out together. No more feeling crammed in one person's hotel room for the pre-party. Airbnbs can have things like a private movie room or game room. Think pool table darts, board games. These are easily accessible and you don't have to share the amenities with others. Looking for an authentic and local experience? Stay in the coolest parts of the area instead of the touristy ones. Airbnb, it's just for you and me. Hey everyone, we here at Las Culturistas love

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and more when you visit buyatoyota.com. Toyota, let's go places. I don't know. I do have to say I watched Potomac. I watched these last two episodes just to catch up. You haven't watched them, right? No, but the Vulture recapper, I think, said that this week's episode was decent. It was the best of the season. Maybe not. Yeah, I think it probably was. You know, it ends with Robin breaking down in the van. I'm like, why are you trying to make me a villain? Why are you trying to make me a villain? I do not.

Yeah, so that's happening. It's still a little weird with the Wendy NECA stuff, but one thing I'll say is, you know who's come from behind is Mia Thornton. The legendary Mia Thornton is now the star of the show. She's now the star of the show. She is center diamond. Whatever they hold. They hold the champagne flute. Is she really in the center? No. God, this is how bad I am. I'm classless.

I'm below the dirt with these women because I commented on the reel of Mia in front of the Watch What Happens live, step and repeat. On my public account, I said flop. And like, I'm like openly like cyberbullying these strangers. But like the comments on that, on the rest of that reel were much worse than what I was saying. Like the internet, we do not like this woman. I don't think she can come from behind anywhere. Yeah.

from any angle, any which way. Honestly, you know what's weird? I know that that's true. I know that Mia is Mia. That's why I call her the legendary Mia Thornton, just because I would describe her as not legendary. But this all being said...

She is the one probably with the most compelling thing going on, which is like, I guess her. Being in a small house. I don't know. I'm literally yawning as I'm even saying this. Like the show is not good. The show is bad. It's boring. It's not good. And you know what's funny? Like I actually experimented with art this weekend. I went to see The Boy and the Heron. Oh my God. What did you think? I said, I'm leaving Potomac behind. I'm going to see Miyazaki. Oh my God. The legendary Miyazaki. Yeah.

It's actually real culture number eight. Mia Thornton, more like the legendary Miyazaki. Period. That's real culture number 88. Yes. But I saw it. It was stunning. I mean, the animation is absolutely wild. Timeless. Once it really comes to life and like,

it's almost like I can't really explain the plot because it's not really the point. No, it's never the point. Like I left it and I had taken like a 25 milligram edible too and I'm watching it and I'm just like, like absorbing all of this. And then afterwards I was like, I have to read a smart think piece on this.

Let me tell you. Or you don't even really need to. That's the thing with Miyazaki films is that like you watch them and it's whatever you felt during the viewing experience. It's not about plot. It's not about, I hate to say this, but it really is just about vibes.

And I hate that I'm using that word, reducing this genius, one of the best animated film, the best animated filmmaker of all time to vibes. To the word vibes. To the word vibes. Miyazaki is vibes. To the culture number 14. Miyazaki is vibes. I'm so excited to see it. It premiered at TIFF when me, Aaron, and Josh were there and we wanted to see it so badly, but we never got around to it. But, oh my God, have you ever seen Kiki's Delivery Service in the English dub? No. The girl who plays Kiki, I'm like,

Oh my God, like she sounds so familiar. Who is that? Kirsten Dunst. Wow. Giving like an expert level voice acting performance when she was like 12. Yeah, I mean, expect nothing less from the greatest. From the greatest. Really, truly. She was like 12 when they did that and was like, Phil Hartman plays the little cat. Like, God, like this is the thing. Miyazaki films, the English dubs are,

are fantastic because there's a lot of like you know with Japanese animation with anime it's like there are purists who are like no you only listen to the Japanese original audio like that's the way to consume it and like the dubs are sometimes like completely bastardized but like all the Miyazaki films have a consistent like quality

in terms of like the American slash English actors that they cast. Yeah. Was it in English? It was. Oh, great. And Robert Pattinson played the heron. Oh, yeah. And it was a voice I have never... I would never... Had you told me to guess...

Basically, Willem Dafoe is also in this. And I would have guessed that he was playing the heron and maybe other roles because of just the vocal quality of the performance. But I never would have guessed this was Robert Pattinson. Willem Dafoe is like really great in the movie and scary. And Gemma Chan is in it. Right. And it really did. It had like an iconic voice cast. And I was blown away that that was Robert Pattinson. But Robert Pattinson is in it. He's in his art bag.

Well, he is... He has a way with voice and dialect and, like, him in Good Time. Did you ever see Good Time? That Safdie Brothers movie? No, I didn't see it. He does, like...

fucking New Yorker like he does now. But he does it so well that I'm just like, that was when I was like, oh, this guy can like really drop into anything. Like any timbre. I mean, who knew that the cast of Twilight would give such thespians? But also, you know, it's almost like Riverdale with Charles Melton. Like you can't be writing these people out

Never people off rather because they do these projects that like they just so happen to be like, I guess, attractive and charismatic enough to book when they were younger. Like, of course, that's of course, that's going to make a there's going to be a certain ripeness there for that person to cultivate talent and then become a movie star because there was already something about them. Like, you know who else I'm obsessed with? Lily Reinhart.

from Riverdale. And she was fucking great in Hustlers. I love her. I can't wait to see what she does. Kiki. Kiki. Well, this is the thing. Like back in the day, it was like Michelle Williams, the teen. Yeah. The teen sort of like coterie to like prestige pipeline was like very, there was no blueprint for it. It was just like Michelle Williams was like the first one that was like, oh, wow. Like you can really. Yes. Super prestige. Like perfect.

parlay that and then yeah this is but like it's happening more and more which is kind of cool well I was watching like the interviews like Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore have been doing a bunch of let me just say delightful interviews on the May December they're wonderful together I love yeah they're so great and I didn't realize that I guess Julianne Moore started on As the World Turns and

playing twins and one of the twins that she was playing was on trial for murder but she didn't remember committing it because she had amnesia and then it was revealed that she did not commit the murder.

And I was like, if you could think of a more soap opera ass storyline than that, raise your hand. I'm ready to call on you third grader because it's time for you to start writing because this was iconic. And honestly, that should be where the morning show season four goes next year. I want to see full on long lost twin murderer amnesia on trial. That's every trope. That's every trope in soaps. Yeah, truly. Twins amnesia murder.

you know? Yeah. And Julianne Moore would then become Julianne Moore after it. Okay. That's the thing. Soap acting is so specific and difficult. And like, it was like the place people would book their first jobs. Like,

Like Lisa Rinna does a very good job in that space. You cannot deny. Yeah. You know, that's her mode as a performer is on 10 committed and selling it. You know what I mean? Like that's what Lisa Rinna is going to do is sell it. Okay. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah.

I'm trying to think of other, like, oh, I remember when I was little, like, my mom was obsessed with All My Children. My mom was, yeah, we've talked about this. Both our moms loved All My Children. Josh Duhamel was on it. Sarah Michelle Gellar played...

Erica Kane's daughter, Kendall. And that was where she got her start. I mean, famously, I guess Margot Robbie was a soap star in Australia. I believe like, oh God, I almost said Kylie Minogue, but I think I was just on my Australia tip, but she might've done soaps in Australia too when she was younger. All the gays in LA went to go see Kylie Minogue. Kylie. Chris Leiker's birthday. And they said it was absolutely stunning. And I said, Kylie, that's someone, that's someone we got to go pay respects to. Oh my God. That,

That woman fucking sired me. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Would you say it was a combination, a tag team of her and Celine Dion, which made Bowen Yang? Yes. Well, Kylie, I like came to when I was really, oh my God, I was, I had a dance, dance revolution, DDR phase. You had no idea. No, but this is the thing. My mom would be at Costco at the Park Meadows Mall.

And then I'd be like, mom, I'm going across the street to Best Buy. And I would go to Best Buy. Where they had a DDR. We're at the center of the store. There was a giant TV, a PS2 and two DDR dance pads. It was like a fucking amphitheater. No, it was like a Coliseum. Like just three, six people would start to gather around me and this like 30 year old girl, like goth girl, like,

It was her and this scrawny Asian 14-year-old boy fucking slaying, fucking throwing arms and elbows and legs and knees and feet around to every fucking trash techno song from that era. But there was a song called Love at First Sight. Well, I mean, I can't get you out of my head. It was love.

And I was like, who is this woman? And then thus began my obsession with that. You have said that so many times. That is an iconic Bowen line. Who is this woman? That is something you've said many times. That's the cis gay male experience is asking, who is this woman? Who is this woman?

That's actually real culture number 40. The gay male experience is asking, who is this woman? Title of episode, who is this woman? Should the title be, who is this woman or slave with your friends?

Slay with your friends. Slay with your friends. The tree. The tree. Oh my God. Yeah. Well, she looked amazing. Apparently she was amazing. The venue that she performs in in Vegas is like really cool. Uh-huh. Very intimate. And she goes right up into the crowd and goes right next to the tables. And like, it's sort of like up close with Kylie, up close and personal with Kylie Minogue. Kylie. I love that. We have to see her. I have so much Vegas ketchup to play.

Oh my God. The fact that you've not yet seen Adele. I would so go with you again next year. I would go see. Oh my God. You'd missed Kelly too. Oh my God. I have not been since like 2007. You know what we need to do? And it's dangerous to say let's be there for more than three days, but we need to figure out a way that we can see at least two in a weekend. And one of them might have to be Xtina. Xtina. Oh, 1000%.

Katie's done. Katie's cooking. She hang up the cherries and the lemons or whatever the hell goes on. Right. The toilet paper. Yeah. I need to go see Kylie for sure. Yeah. My deepest lifelong regret is never seeing Celine in Vegas. That's 100% one of my greatest regrets too. Do you remember that we had tickets to see her in Madison Square Garden and then we didn't go? Oh, yeah.

Do you remember this? Like this was like what, like 2019? No, I remember, but I think I like blocked that out because of the shame. Yeah, because of what a horrible memory it is. This woman may never sing again. Oh my, I can't think of it. I can't talk about it. Oh no, no, no, no, no. That's why I always say see the legends while you can. Go, go see her. You're going to hate me.

What? They invited me to go see Madonna on Thursday. And then yesterday I was taught, they invited like me and a couple of people from work and I was talking to Ago about it. And I was like, I don't know what the vibe is like Thursday nights. Like, I think it's hard to say yes. Like we're all like, again, this is not me complaining about, you know, work. It's a tough part of the week. It's a tough part of the week. But like, also it's the third show. It's Christmas. We've only had like one week long breaks. Everyone's a little cooked. Yeah, totally. At SNL at the moment. And so,

We're just like, I don't think this is the time to do it. And so I pulled out, but I was going to a little box and see it, but I don't think I can. I don't think I have it in me, but it's Madge. And it's like, this is the last time. I think that you have to, you have to really consider that, but also like, you don't want to be fucking exhausted on Friday and Saturday. And also if you're going to go see Madge, you got to go all the way in. Totally. You got to go Madge.

Bo, listen, vacation, it's something you got to get right. You can't roll the dice. You have to make sure that it's all together. Everything is where it's supposed to be when you get where you're going on vacation. Can you agree? I have never agreed with you more. And I've

so many wonderful trips with you in the past. Bowen, I remember one of our favorite trips to Toronto when we shared that Airbnb. Remember that? Airbnb came in the clutch. We were doing our I Don't Think So Honey live in Toronto. We stayed in that amazing Airbnb. We loved it. We had the time of our life. Thanks, Airbnb, still to this day. I remember that Airbnb like it was my own childhood home. Thank you, Airbnb.

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Also, more common area spaces to hang out together. No more feeling crammed in one person's hotel room for the pre-party. Airbnbs can have things like a private movie room or game room. Think pool table darts, board games. These are easily accessible and you don't have to share the amenities with others. Looking for an authentic and local experience? Stay in the coolest parts of the area instead of the touristy ones. Airbnb, it's just for you and me. Hey everyone, we here at Las Culturistas love

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Toyota, let's go places. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2 World Tour, March 30th in New York, MSG. That's an interesting thought. Interesting thought. What are your thoughts on the album? I don't know that it necessarily should have, I think it's, you know, it's an obvious sort of like,

marketing thing to call it a sequel to Pink Friday in any way. Right, right. High highs, low lows. I was going to say the exact same thing. High highs, low lows. Which makes it feel like Queen in a way. And I feel like Queen has aged okay. It doesn't sit up there with like her best stuff, which again, like as otherwise, like her mixtapes and her, the Pink Friday sort of like series in terms of like,

Pink Friday, Roman's Revenge, Roman Reloaded, and Pinkprint. Yeah. I would say that

I was really excited when Barbie Dangerous started. I was like, oh, here we go. I was like, this is where we're starting. I'm really, really excited. And then I didn't really get excited again. But throughout, I was like, oh, this is moments. And then, I don't know. I did find myself gravitating more towards like... Fuck the club up? Yeah, I really liked Cowgirl. Cowgirl's great. I get that Everybody is probably going to be a huge hit.

I don't know. But I guess I was waiting for something a little bit more high impact and a little bit more original. I guess that's what I liked about Queen and the Pinkprint is it felt like they were something different. And now it's like Pink Friday 2. I understand that we're doing a sequel to Pink Friday, but I think the fact that then in and of itself isn't inherently

completely original kind of take something from it for me and also like when you call something a sequel like Pink Friday 2 like you have to then you are then like presenting it in the shadow of Pink Friday which is such a fucking moment and was such an original burst of like yeah

This new talent and all this new, like, you know, something we hadn't seen before. This like pop fused hip hop, like supernova that she was like, that's all here. But I'm missing the moments in the album where I'm like, whoa, like this feels brand new. And this feels like really exciting and different for her. And I'm like, but definitely her talent is on display. I'm like, I enjoy listening to it. I just wonder if it's too long.

And I wonder if we could have just packaged it a little bit differently and we might like it more because it wouldn't feel like, you know, in the shadow of its predecessor. But also I do agree that is obviously a marketing thing. And I do think the marketing thing worked because everyone knows this album is out. You know what I mean? Like,

in presenting it like this, like you do like sort of harken back to a monoculture-ish type thing, which was Pink Friday. You know what I mean? Like everyone knows the pink thing with Nicki. Like the Empire State Building can be lit up pink and we get why. Was it lit up pink for that? It was. Oh, that's amazing. It was. I mean, Gag City is like the...

Best. No, it's actually like the most impressive, amazing grassroots fan marketing campaign ever. I love it. I love Gag City. I love Gag City so much. But like, yeah, I guess that's what's sort of buoying this album for now. And like, who knows what's

in a few months, like, what we'll be talking about in terms of this album. I do think everybody will probably be a single. I think Pink Friday Girls is... Yeah, there'll be hits. There'll be huge hits. I just, I think... I can't tell. Am I crazy? I'm like, the thing of Pink Friday wasn't that it was all samples. Like, every song is a sample here, which there's nothing wrong with that. It doesn't cheapen anything. But to your point, it's like, it also kind of, like,

is another degree of separation away from any kind of original feeling novelty sort of thing we get from this kind of album from her, from her big return. What do you think of the Billy sample that opens the album? I was so shocked. Like I pressed play on the album and I was like, wait, are you really this?

I did not know that's where we'd be starting. I know, me neither. I was like, cool. It got me to pay attention. I was like, oh, that's a big swing, but great. Yeah. Well, I'm going to continue to be spinning her and we'll see if she...

lights me up anymore. Okay. I mean, you know, I did like last time that I saw you, it's buried all the way at the end of the album. Like at one point, I looked at the track list. I was like, okay, how far away am I from this being over, which probably is not a great sign. But I couldn't believe how long the album was. I was like, whoa, we had no qualms about making this the longest album in the world, huh? Right. Girl, I have to confess something.

what are you confessing a song that i'm currently obsessed with what is she loving on me by jack carlo i'm like this is a are you one of his girls this is a slaya hit i'm one of his girls also lovely host when he hosted last season very funny person um i just never thought that like i would be like one of his girls

Yeah, I never saw that for you either. Yeah. But I think like that you'd be a Jack Harlow. I like this song a lot. And it's the perfect is like so indicative of this time in music where it's like it's two minutes. It's a sample. It's whatever. But I'm just like, you know what? It's whatever. I'm going I'm going repeat on this. It's easy to repeat because it's so short.

I think I'm really contributing to the streams, but so is the rest of the world. Well, listen, I support you and all your musical tastes and endeavors. Everyone get out there and see films, listen to music, you know, get out there and experience culture. Get out there and see me on tour. You must see Matt on tour. Sneaking that in there. See the legends while you can. See the legends while you can because one day I won't be performing anymore. Oh.

Perish the thought. It's time for I Don't Think So, Honey. What do you think? I think so. Oh, really quickly. I'm sure I'm not the only person to say this, but you know how on Spotify, if you play a Taylor Swift song, there's that six-pointed star that's on the bar? No. Oh, you didn't notice this? What? What are you talking about? Unless you didn't update your app. If you go on Spotify, play any Taylor song. Okay, I'm playing...

Cool summer. Okay, now look at the thing on your phone. Okay, what am I supposed to see? Look at the time bar. Is it a circle or is it a star? It's a circle. Oh, never mind. You must not have updated your app. What does the star mean? Okay, hold on. I'll show you the star.

is it just because it's taylor and she's being a little frisky well or is it a i think it's a clue um everyone thinks so i'm obviously not the okay so do you see that little star yeah what is she trying to tell us it's a six-pointed star okay and what's her sixth album reputation what is going on i think

We're going to find out. It's coming. I think Rep TV is coming. Girl! And she called it, what did she call it in that interview? Well, she was Time's Person of the Year, and she called it a goth punk moment of female rage against a system that is gaslighted by an entire social structure. I was like, wow. She has never failed to deliver with her insane soundbites. I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative. And now this. Woo!

We love it. When she said that, I'm like...

This girl, you know this girl is like, damn, I wish I went to college. Damn, I wish I took a Conversations of the West Humanities class. Oh, no. Taylor Swift is Northwestern coded if I've ever seen it. Honestly, no. She's an Ivy League girl. She's an Ivy League girl, or I think there's a reason why she chose NYU to do her commencement speech. I think she would have been an NYU. You think that she would have been an NYU girl? Ha ha ha!

I don't know. I see Taylor Swift on a campus. I see her like on a like Stanford. Oh, wow. Not Stanford, Princeton. Princeton. No, Taylor Swift is Princeton values. Or she's Dartmouth. She's giving Shonda Rhimes, Meredith Gray down. Anyway. Okay, this is I Don't Think So Honey where we take one minute to rail against something in culture. This is Matt Rogers' I Don't Think So Honey. Are you ready? Yeah.

Yeah, I am. Time starts now. I don't think so, honey. People being all in a fluffle and a kerfluffle about me and Joy Behar on The View when I said that she was barefoot on a plane. So many people picked this up and acted like I had spit in the woman's face and that she had disinvited me

from the show forever. It was a lighthearted thing. Her being barefoot was in my pre-interview. It was going to happen. Like, it was a funny moment where I said, Joy, you were barefoot on a plane and I saw you. And she said, shut up. Don't tell them that. And then it was lighthearted and she laughed about it. And she said, you outed me. And I said, Joy, you were not shy about it. Your feet were up and out and they were beautiful. She said, I do have pretty feet. It was a lighthearted moment. And you can't trust these medias because they will make something out of nothing.

thing. Like they made it seem like it was like an animosity moment. It was not. I had a lovely time at the view. It was a wish fulfillment for me to be in that studio with those iconic women. And when Whoopi said you have to come back, that was a dream moment. I don't think so, honey. Anything other than that qualifies as a dream moment my entire time at the view. That's one minute. 1000%.

If you watch it, if you actually take the time to watch it, it was playfully, you know, facetiously done between both of you. And I have to say, her feet were beautiful. Perfectly polished nails. Red nails. Yeah, you were a witness to it. They were absolutely stunning. I just do feel like I don't think so, honey, bare feet on a plane. Because as someone who is a survivor of athlete's foot, which I'm open about on this podcast...

I think we have to be considerate and careful when it comes to what our feet are capable of. That's really all I have to say about it. Do you think your athlete's foot made my fingers start to peel? Were you touching my feet, Bowen? No, but you showed me your athlete's foot pretty close to my face.

Excuse me. I don't like the insinuation here. What's the insinuation? I think that you're trying to say that I was inconsiderate in your home and was spreading my fungal. I'm not saying you meant to spread your fungal, but I'm saying there's a possibility that your fungal may contact with my hand. Are your hands itching? No. Okay. Well then, then you should just take it up with your derm. Okay. Cause I don't think I have anything to do with it, sweetie. Ugh.

It looks like you need to handle yourself. Oh, govern your ass. Govern your ass. Slay with your friends. More like pay for your sins. Okay. All right. This is Boney Yanks. I don't think so, honey. I can tell he's so ready. And his time starts now. I don't think so, honey.

Sometimes the Stanley Cup don't be keeping your drinks cool long enough. This is my struggle. I don't mean to bite the hand that feeds because they did give me one for free and I'm so grateful, but I did not ask to be given that. And there was no agreement that I would endorse it. And so my review is that sometimes it's catching a lot of fingerprints and it's not keeping the drinks cold and the top collects a lot of dust.

So Stanley, I only want success for you. And you are now an iconic brand. You don't need my input. I doubt you'll even take this opinion to heart. But I think there's always room for improvement in everything in life. And God knows I have plenty of things to improve upon myself.

But I think I would really thrive if the insulation was 24 hours for cold drinks, 12 hours for hot. That would be an amazing slay. And that's one minute. And my comment on this is I've only had an incredible experience with all Stanley products. I look forward to enjoying them more in the future. I have to be honest. And I love, I only say this because I care. No, I know.

You are the realist. Well, the reason I keep drinking from it is because the handle and it's so aesthetically beautiful. Yeah, it really is. I will say, I don't know if that black one is my favorite one. The one that you're drinking out of right now, this is not my favorite one. Like, I like the ones with more of the colors. Like, I have one that is like a reddish brown that is so chic. Yeah.

That it is the culture that made me say culture was for me. Oh my God. Yeah. And then I have a light blue one, which is stunning. And that was the culture that made you say stunning. That was the culture that first made me say stunning. It was the culture that made me say I can slay with a drink. And we've been slaying with our friends all this episode long. It's been a culture catch up. We talked about the boy and the heron. We talked about...

Yeah. The Golden Globes. The Golden Globes were touched on. Yes. And, you know, we got to know each other a little bit better. And that's always a treat. Always a treat to eat. All right. Well, we end every episode of this podcast, Last Call Teresa, with a song.

Knew I was a robber. First time that he saw me. First time that he saw me. He started running up and down and saying sorry. But if I'm a ghost then... You mean in the island? Yeah.

Remember to an island and... And he could be my jailer. Burton to the tailor. This is a song from Reputation, which TV is coming very soon. If we have the Spotify six star thing to go by. Bye. Bye.

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