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34:13If you're coming to any of these upcoming shows, submit your responses, stories, what have you, and maybe we'll talk to you about you and with you. All right, go check it out. I love you guys. Go check it out. I feel like those are getting longer now. You got a problem with that? We're going to talk to you about you. You got a problem? Give me a minute. You know, let me ask you a question. You go to your favorite restaurant. Do you judge the chef on how quick he brings you your food? Yep. That's the whole point. Not if it's delicious. I mean. Because you need to let a master do their work. And I think at this point in time, I am a master.

34:51I am a master of my craft. And my craft is aimlessly talking and starting a sentence with the idea of where I want to go. and then seeing if I get there eventually, but stumbling along the way. But the stumble is what life is. Yeah. Life is not a smooth road, Joey. It's got bumps. Life is a collection of stumbles and picking yourself up. Yeah. I mean, if you stumble, you're not falling down. You could. When was the last time you fell down and, like, hit the deck? Like, not that long ago. You fell and hit the floor? Yeah. In pub? No, at home. Oh, okay. Have you done it in public, like, recently?

35:35I almost. I went to a rest stop on the way in here. Today? No, not today. A couple weeks ago. And it was rainy and wet outside. Oh, no. And I slipped on a grate and I went, oh, fuck.

35:54Oh, my God.

36:01What was that? What happened? I know you saw that. What happened? You're done. You're done. What happened? Don't you ever do that. I don't know. I slipped. I don't know. That's a crazy way to slip, Dick. I got you. Oh, shit. I slipped and went. Yeah, you know. Slipping's probably worse than falling. Because, like, I, like... You, like, lose your balance. I did one of those. And, like, my foot, like, went out far. Oh, like, ahead of you. Yeah. And, like, I would have went down, dude. Are we officially in the age of, like, falling is scary? No. Okay. Not yet, dude. Okay. Like, if you fell down, you'd be fine.

36:54I mightn't. You might. I mightn't. I mightn't. You think that you'd fall down and you'd be like hurt, hurt? Depending on how I fell, yeah. How? Bro, I remember... You're not brittle. I know I'm not brittle, but I'm a man, a larger man than you are. So? So if I fall, it could be bad. It could be. It might not be and hopefully wouldn't be. Maybe if you fell on a spike.

37:25Crazy.

37:29I'm just saying like I think it's like when you get to a certain age and you fall down it's like oh well I have osteoporosis and my shit might turn into like dust yeah I'm worried about that but like I'm also bro I went the last time I can remember falling I was like I had to stay down because I was like whoa like yeah because because it's one of those things where you know remember I used to work in the insurance industry and a very common thing that you're taught is when you get hurt, you fall, something happens, you pull something, whatever you sue. Well, not just that, but like immediately your, your reaction is to be like, I'm good.

38:09I'm good. Yeah. I'm up. I'm good. And you might not feel it right then and there. It's when it's two, three, four, 12 hours removed that it's like, oh, fuck. Now I got a big bruise on my hands. Now I got a big old fat problem on my hands, and it's my hip. Right. But I, like, stayed down just to make sure, like, my body was not playing tricks on me, and it's like, you're really okay. Wow. You don't remember the last time you fell? The last time I hit the deck and fell. I don't know. I mean, I've definitely, I don't know. I almost fell on a run the other day. Like, I did one to my ankle. I'm bad because you had – Bro, I have these stupid-ass shoes that I – they're not that stupid.

38:50Honestly, you should jog in high tops, dude. You're going to hurt yourself. Not a chance. I'm doing that. That's bananas. Why? Jogging in high tops? Ankle protection. There's also, like, not – I, like, read a study once. I said, like, that's not a thing. It's a myth. Like, you could play basketball in, like, running shoes, and it's – your ankle is not, like, more supported in a high top. I struggle to believe how that's true when there's just literally a part of the shoe was gripping your ankle. Because if you land on your foot like this, the part of the shoe isn't going to stop your foot from going like that.

39:22The whole weight of your body is on the edge of your foot. Yeah, but it might prevent a little more resistance than if you had not had it. I'm just saying. I'm looking up. But I have these shoes that are like really light. So if I... In the way that I run, there's like a street that's like slightly slanted. I hate that. so like it like slants into the bike lane and sometimes and this one particular time i don't know i guess i just judged the road the road wrong and i hit my i like landed on my foot like that and it kind of like made my ankle kind of whatever for a second and then you do that but you're going like i'm not that i was in a sprint but i was like already like in a run so i like did that and then the next like five steps were clown like yeah oh oh like you start walking like a like a cat if you put like boots on them i was just like like my legs just like it felt like my legs came over my head and i was like walking like that but then i i held my composure but i almost went down and it was raining i do the i do the like i catch myself and i'm like whoa and the little playful jog yeah you know like whoa and i look around and see if anyone saw uh because that's a big thing if you trip in public you need to make eye contact with someone so they know you're okay like you didn't fall and trip like a loser why are we so worried about that I don't know It's so embarrassing though But it's not like I like really worry It's just like a thing That we like Just do It is embarrassing To like trip And like lose your footing It's like We all do that It's way worse When I'll be walking And my ankle will just go Like out of nowhere And it'll just And I'm like What the hell Like why It's not like I was walking Like the fucking The mask Like I was walking regular You know And then just one Will just Yeah Just for some reason It doesn't make any sense to me i don't know but i think if i hit the deck right now fell hard it would probably hurt my like am i falling on my butt like my coccyx fall right now no thanks sit on this and just fall no sit on the desk and fall n-o no submit uh but if I fell when you fall on your asshole that hurts like hell I'd rather fall on my hip than my asshole one of the worst falls I ever had was like a like a cartoon like slip on a banana peel where like I went up and came right down on my butt yeah dude falling on your asshole there's no resistance my butt doesn't help well your butt doesn't help my butt at least breaks the fall a little bit.

42:00Alright, I don't need that. You're built like Gumby. I don't need to be disrespected with a hurt ass. You're built like Angela Anaconda.

42:11You're a son of a bitch. I hated that show. I hated it! You have the body shape of Paper Mario. Still going.

42:23What's your body like? I got curves, baby. I'm voluptuous. like what like an hourglass an hourglass hmm i don't have the tits i kind of do

42:41you have an hourglass figure closer to an hourglass maybe like a thinner hourglass but like you you you're built like a pencil you're built like a vhs VHS Like sideways VHS Yeah sure And you're an hourglass More hourglass than you Well I'm not hourglass either You know what I'm built like I'm built like a really sick vase Like a Greek vase I was thinking more like a Vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles

43:20What, I look like the mayor from The Nightmare Before Christmas? I'm just built like a diamond? What the fuck is that? You just called me to so many things! Well, not in, like, in jest, Joey. I wasn't calling you something, like, seriously. You had to figure out what I looked like. Because you said five examples! Joey, I didn't say five examples. Angela Anaconda. I hate that show, and I can't believe you said that. Two, Gumby. Three, VHS tape. That one I don't even understand, but I will take it as a compliment just because I like going on the back of VHS tapes and turning the things. Yeah, so ruining them is what you like to do.

44:00I do. You're built like a thwomp. I don't know who that is. From Super Mario. Is that the brown things that you... No, those are Goombas. Oh, yeah, that's right. You wish you was built like a Goomba. Why would I wish that? They're like half an inch. They're rounder. Wait, what's a Goomba? Or what? It's a little like the little like mushroom looking ones. Oh, that's pretty similar to a Goomba. Oh, no. What's a thwomp? Oh, that's the blocks. The ones that in Mario 64 go. You think I'm square. I think that you have the body definition of a low res TV. so you see me as square I think like you're in shape but I'm square yeah and you have an hourglass body more of an hourglass body I don't think it's astonishing to think that I just have more curvature to my body than you I don't think that's being disputed here if you were built like a Mario Kart track you would be what kind of sentence what kind of comparison even is that i'm like rainbow road and you're like the one that is in like the park that is just an oval i'm trying to understand how you view my body and what i'm getting is that you just think i'm an unsculpted chunk of something i don't think No, no, no.

45:34You're in shape. You're sculpted from the gods. You remind us every day. No, no, no, no, no. Every time Joey will sit at breakfast at the Airbnbs or hotels that we're at, he'll just have his shirt off. We're like, what are you doing? He's like, what are you talking about? And you could do the peck. Yeah, your shits are moving. Take it easy. You might rip your shirt. But so are my shirts, though.

45:56I'm no Terry Crews, but I'm on my way. But your titties are speaking the language. I can see that. But Joey will remind us like, oh my God, I'm so shredded. I'm not shredded whatsoever. You tell us that you're shredded. I don't tell you that. And then the one time someone said that you aren't shredded. Well, that's not what someone said. What someone said is that I'm built like a VHS tape. I'm joking, obviously. And a thwomp. Which I did. I just learned what that was today. And I just want the record to show that I have been body shamed. on this podcast. I've been body-shaped. No, he hasn't. And I literally just had therapy this morning, and now I'm going to have to book another session.

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50:41Cheese is coming out with an adult version. They are? Yeah. And Frank's chomping at the bits. Wait a sec. This is so, this is mind-blowing news. Chuck E. Cheese, the most iconic, fun place to be a kid as a kid, is now coming out with something to make us feel like kids again? The most iconic is bananas. First of all, the tagline was literally where kids could be a kid. And we know that's all you care about in this life. No! Let's be playful. Let's remember to be kids or whatever. Now you can go to Chuck E. Cheese, and now it's for adults. So there's probably beer. You can eat pizza. And maybe they'll let you fuck the rat.

51:19Backyard baseball. Backyard baseball, Joe. Things that made us happy as kids are making a return, okay? Which, thank God, because we as a society used to be a lot more fun and take things less serious. I used to be able to pop on a fucking baseball game or a football game and rock bottom somebody. I used to be able, as Warren Sapp, to rock bottom fucking Jeremy Shockey in the end zone. okay? Now I play a football game and I gotta worry about signing a contract and working out? What is this shit? You think I wanna think about fucking staying in shape while I'm playing video games? Why do I need to do that?

51:55But now you wanna go to Chuck E. Cheese. Which is, what's it called now? It's Chuck's Arcade. Chuck. It's not Chuck E. anymore. It's fucking Chuck. Well, because Chuck E. grew up, Joey. I know. As Joey grew up to Joe. Right. Oh, I'm Joe Sanagato now. No, you're still Joey. Okay? I'm still a Frank Alvarez. How about Frankie? Right. Okay. I mean, you tell everyone your name is Frank. Yeah, you tell everyone your name is Joe. Yeah. But what I'm saying is this is a good thing. You're going to go to Chuck's. Imagine getting hammered at Chuck's. Let me be very clear about something. I had the dream at the age of 16 of getting drunk at a Chuck E.

52:34Cheese. The fact that it might be possible now. I'm hammered at Chuck's. You got to pick me up. But here's the thing. I love arcade games Arcade machines They should not do There are some things that Chucky Chucky You listening? Chuck dude it's Chuck Chuck are you listening? This is someone who has been to over two Chuck E. Cheese's in their lifetime Okay I love you were going to make it seem like that was a lot I've been to over two Have you ever been? To Chuck E. Cheese now Place was nuts dude I mean it feels like mayhem It was within the play place area where like the tubes and slides were.

53:09It was the wild fucking West. I imagine that like you go, you eat a lot of like old pizza and then you take a picture with a rat and then you get a fever and you go home. I feel like that's what Chucky Cheese is. The fever comes a day or two later. Yeah. It was literally show up. We're sitting here. Let's leave our stuff here. Go and run. As fast as you can for two hours, come back and eat a slice of pizza and drink a glass of red fruit juice. And then go back and do it for another two hours. Yeah. I've seen pictures of Chuck E. Cheese pizza. I think I'd rather eat a rat. I think Chuck has probably heard the feedback.

53:58Yeah. And applied, you know, as responsible business rats do. applied the feedback to their establishments. Chuck's Arcade, if they want to succeed. Do you know anything about the arcade? Like, what's going on? What's going on? Yeah, like, is there, like, a menu or... I mean, what menu do you need for Chuck's Arcade? I mean, are they going to have a liquor license? So, ten locations have already opened across the United States, including... Please say there's one in New Jersey. Is there one in New Jersey? st petersburg florida tulsa oklahoma el paso texas andst louis missouri we were just inst louis each site is uniquely decorated with original artwork highlighting the franchise's history so cool with the kansas city location featuring a pizzeria missouri having two of chuck's arcades makes sense.

54:57It serves beer and wine. Wine at a Chuck's arcade? I'm playing Asteroid! Let me get a glass of your finest house red to pair with this pizza. I would love a Cabernet Sauvignon and some This comes just over a year after reports surface that Chuck E. Cheese is launching a squid game inspired TV show for adults. Chuck E. Cheese has a production house? They're launching a... This is crazy. Described as modern-day love letter to the games and people that built the brand. Us! You. You. The adult-focused arcade feature a blend of retro and modern titles, ranging from Donkey Kong and Mortal Kombat to Halo and Kinect 4 Hoops.

55:47What the fuck is Kinect 4 Hoops? This is so sick. Oh, I know what that is. It's like you have to hit a basketball shot and that's a Kinect 4. Dude, this is sick You love arcades I do I would bring you Bro Bro I know People say this all the time But I think that you can say it You were born in the wrong era You should have been back Like ten more years I'm very content With how my life Has led me to where I am Really? Really are you? Because all you talk about Is how you wish you were a child I mean, but listen I would have thrived In that arcade setting And there were arcades We went to as kids But, did we?

56:22Yeah, I mean, I did I don't know about you You weren't going anywhere You were fucking sitting home Winding up VHS tapes While I'm having fun At Chuck E. Cheese And other arcade I was at the park Playing basketball and stuff I was hanging out with people I'm sure you were Um

56:37Train of thought No idea either Honestly Left the station Left the station Oh I'm just What they need to do Is they need to make it Not just like those Like arcade games Where it's like Hit the jackpot And you get 500 tickets It needs to be games That are just fun to play Yeah That you don't need to like win tickets from. I don't want to go and spend 5 ,000 tickets on a fucking pencil topper that looks like, you know, a fucking Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas. Great movie, great character, great song. Joey, there is an arcade I want to bring you to that you will lose your mind. It's called Yestercades and it is awesome.

57:17There's one by us, you know, we're in jersey not far from where we are let me ask you can i say is it okay if two adults are there that's a serious question what do you mean if two adults are like is it is like i wouldn't go with you to chuck e cheese well we'd go to chuck's arcade bitch you'd fucking join me for a day of fun there are places that are geared towards children no this is it's like i say dave and buster's kind of thing it's not dave and buster's but it's it's similar it's its own thing no Dave and Buster's just like, you go, and it's like, oh, shoot the hoops, and you win 10 prizes.

57:51You could win an iPod Touch. It's like, it's 2025. Who needs a fucking iPod anymore? A pair of headphones. No. The place the estercades is so sick. First of all, they do, after 8 p.m. on weekends, it's BYOB. You pay by the hour, and you can bring beer and wine and liquor. Can I say something before you continue? if on a Saturday after 8 p.m. I'm at an arcade, find me and put three in the back of my head. It's fun. So it has the classic arcade machines, NBA Jam, TMNT 4, Turtles in Time, Galaga, Mrs. Pac-Man, all that shit. But then the walls are just a ton of TVs, and each of them have NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, original Xbox 360, and you can literally go on the wall.

58:53They have them on the wall and pick out the game you want to play and pop it in and fucking play. That's crazy. That's so cool. I think PlayStation 1 games, or PlayStation 2, That was like the big. Sure. Yeah. Okay. Or a Guitar Hero. They have. You could play. I've gone there and played Guitar Hero. This episode is brought to you by PayPal. You know how a mom's bag has everything? Sunscreen? Snacks? A stapler? The new PayPal app is like that, but for your money. Shop, pay, manage your account, and earn rewards all in one place. And with purchase protection on eligible items, biometric security, and pass keys, you're protected at every step.

59:37Download the new PayPal app to get started. See paypal.com slash protection terms. Yeah. Why are you smirking? Because it's a crazy thing for an adult to say. I've gone to the arcade and played guitar. Just so much fun. Yeah. I remember I went to, the last time I went to a Yesterkades, I went in. and there were some kids playing Guitar Hero and I went oh no Frankie please don't tell me you went over there did you go over there? I don't want to know if you went over there I went over there and I was like can I get a song? he said sure let me tell you something he's like put on expert and they're like what?

1:00:14no way no one can do that expert, hyperspeed get the cliffs of Dover

1:00:24you and I both know that you can't do that right now Right now I can't. At some point, I could have also. Not expert. You were never an expert boy. I was definitely an expert boy. Not Clipsa Dober. I could do expert. I definitely can't do it now. Or battling Tom Morello. That was awesome. Yo, my sister was a mad guy. Yeah, she was the one that was like the first good player at Guitar Hero I ever saw. That's all she did. I just think that this is a huge opportunity for Chuck. Chuck A. To reinvigorate. Look at what is happening to big, massive brands right now. I don't need this whole thing again.

1:00:59But if it's not going to be pizza, what's it going to be? What's their food? I'm sure it could be bar bites. Wings. Wings, pretzels, mozzarella sticks, potato skins, mac and cheese bites. Anything of any sort of health? Grilled chicken salad. Cauliflower bites. Cauliflower fried bites. I just think that there's a real cool opportunity for Chuck to reemerge, along with other juggernauts of casual dining from the 90s, i.e. Red Lobster, to reinvent themselves. Mars. Remember that restaurant? Nope. No? No. Bro, you don't remember, what was it called? Something Mars. It's like the whole place looked like Mars.

1:01:46No, I don't remember that. Not that we know what Mars looks like. I was going to say. You don't remember that? You know what I do remember? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? No. Frankie! What? You never went to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Whatever? Nope. Dude, you would walk in and it was like a whole thing. It was like a show at dinner. No. But it was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I think it's silly. I could be making this up. I don't remember that. I went once. I thought you came with me. I don't think so. I remember Planet Hollywood. I loved Planet Hollywood. I don't think I've ever went. Planet Hollywood, I'd be like, oh my god, it's the Terminator's jacket.

1:02:20Oh shit Those are Rocky's gloves Yeah And then I'm eating A fucking burrito Right That was made by A like 18 year old kid Yeah You know Chuck Those are the days Chuck has the opportunity To do something really cool Do you remember For your birthday Or was it your birthday Or my birthday Where we went to The wrestling restaurant Yeah WWF New York Yeah We got in for free Because my dad helped build it Was it your birthday? Yeah. And we ate in like a cage. Yeah. We were surrounded by like fence. And we ate dinner. And it was the night that The Rock returned to save the WWF against the Alliance. And Test was there.

1:03:01Test was there. RIP. This is all coming back. RIP Test. Test is dead? Been dead, brother. For how? Since like 2009. I'm out. You've been out a little. Test died in 2009? I believe so, yeah. Test, test. Test, test.

1:03:26Whatever he says in the song. It's a great song, though. It was a good song. Damn, yo, Test was there. Test was there. I went another time, and I think Big Show was there. What a great idea. I mean, it was, and then it wasn't. It wasn't. It failed pretty quickly. It failed pretty quick. Okay? I think it was a good idea to us. I think all the information that has come out about that in hindsight was that it was a bad idea from the jump. The restaurant? Yeah I mean Cause you can go and get table breaking quesadillas Oh my god Have the figure four mozzarella sticks Well fucking Fucking Waitress brings out the food And then power bombs you through the table What's our dessert special?

1:04:09A swamp ton cherry bomb Fucking ice cream side day Flips onto the table Yeah right Enjoy your food Yeah Good times Yeah Good times But Chucks When the time comes No no Can I ask you a serious question Yeah I'm being really really serious Okay Put your Take your Rectangular hat off I have a bitch And put your Close your eyes again You haven't said to close my eyes Shh Close them Shh What was that? Close your eyes What are you doing? Just say words Just close your eyes Guys, tell me. Put your business hat on for a sec. Seriously, think business minded, okay? Do you, Joe Santagato, think that it's a great idea that Chuck E.

1:04:59Cheese is creating adult themed arcades? Absolutely not. Why? Because it's not for adults. But it was. Yeah, but how many people are willing to be like, yo, I really want to go to Chuck E. Cheese? The same amount of people that are going to Dave & Buster's. Dave & Buster's has had the adult arcade scene on lock. That's, yeah. I mean, I just, you know what it is? I'm not the demo. I don't want to go to Dave & Buster's. I don't either. I want to go to Dave & Buster's like once every three years. But what does Dave & Buster's have besides a stupid logo? Nothing that appeals to us. It just showed up one day.

1:05:36I agree. Now, do you remember ESPN Zone? Yes, and that was cool. That was way cool. and the Dave & Buster's like, this is our space now. I just think that nostalgia is massive. Whether you agree with it or not. It is massive. So being able to tap into that market right now. Bro, look at what Pokemon cards are doing. Look at collectibles as a whole. People used to shun and laugh at stuff like that and think it was just the nerd in the basement. Now it's not sounding derogatory to the people that collected previously, but Like it's regular pop culture that people collect and get Pokemon cards and get Funko Pops and stuff like that.

1:06:20Maybe there are people that take it a little more extreme. But if you can figure out a way to tap into that market with the power of nostalgia, the way that Chuck E. Cheese is doing, I think it's a great chance to at least take. Yeah, if I was them, I would probably try to do it too. I just don't think. And I mean, my opinion means nothing, but like, I don't. I think your opinion means everything to them. I didn't, like, even if I grew, like, I'm trying to think, like, I love the DZ Discovery Zone, but if they opened up a bar, I wouldn't be like, damn, I got to get in there and zip line and have a fucking daiquiri.

1:06:53You know, like, I'm just not, when I think of Chuck E. Cheese, I think of the rat mascot. I don't like the way you said rat, by the way. That felt a little charged. Say it again. Rat. That was a little softer. I like that. It's just the way the word's spelled. Yeah, I guess so. But like, I don't know. For me, I'm not, I wasn't really tapped into the Chuck E. Cheese. When's the last time you drank and played video games? Serious question. And I'm not talking Command and Conquer, Joey. I'm talking like competitive video games like air hockey or, you know. Ping pong? I've played ping pong. Is that a video game?

1:07:33I guess air hockey isn't a video game either. but like a fucking time crisis or I don't even know what that is. Remember time crisis? The one that had the foot pedal and you would hide behind the thing and you'd pop up and you'd shoot with the light gun. Yeah. You know, or the one where you're, you know, the Jurassic park one. When's the last time you did something like that? I was like 17. It's okay. Hey, it's okay. What's okay. It's okay. Same question. No one's going to laugh at you for wanting to feel like a kid again. I'm not saying that. I'm saying I just don't want to play. Hey, put down your glass of Chardonnay and go to Chuck E.

1:08:17Cheese and get another glass of Chardonnay. Get a Chuck's Chardonnay. You don't have to keep talking about Bitcoin. I don't talk about Bitcoin. Go talk about Halo. Right. Live a little. I would play Halo 1 or 2. Halo 2 was great. Halo 1 was great, too. Halo 1 was great. Halo 3, I didn't play as much. I know Keith was very good at it. Yeah. Just, just, just, just enjoy it a little bit, Joey. It's okay. Yeah. I'm just saying I don't need to go to a place on a Saturday night and bring my own beer. So where are you going? Where are you going on Saturday night? Restaurant? Yeah. Guess where you could get food also?

1:09:02Chuck's Arcade. That's right. And maybe it's not handmade by a, you know, a former Vietnamese war veteran in the basement of Brooklyn, but it might still be good. I think you have a very skewed like view. I, Frank, I'm, you asked me if I thought it was a good idea and I said, no. Why? I think I explained that as well. Do it again. Cause I forgot. I just don't think there's enough people. I get why they're doing it. I don't think there's enough people that are like, I loved Chuck E. Cheese so much that now as an adult, I am very interested in going back to Chuck's Arcade to eat pizza, drink beer, and hang out with the rat.

1:09:50Wasn't there a recent study that showed that people our age are getting married and having kids later? So our age is the demographic that these people are trying to target. yeah so they're not very busy on a saturday night they can go over to chuck's arcade and get that party started on a saturday night yeah but you're like asking you're like you just said fuck dave and busters because dave and busters their logo is stupid right but like how often are you like oh saturday night let's go to dave and busters not me because i am i i'm married with children. I'm saying the normal single man, woman, or whomever, however they choose to identify.

1:10:29Are gonna go to Dave & Buster's? You never know. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure... Those places are packed all the time, Joey. People are going. I know. So then... I think it's a good place if you have children. I don't think you can bring kids to Dave & Buster's. Really? I don't think so. I think it's a good date spot for, like, a younger, you know, crowd. And, like, tourists. because it's in Times Square. They also have them elsewhere. I mean, I... I just... It's not of interest to me. That's all I'm saying. I'm just saying there's a solid chance that I'd find a way to drag you to a Chuck's Arcade. I wouldn't need to be dragged.

1:11:11I just won't be there on Saturday night. Okay. There's a reality. There has to be a happy hour on a Wednesday or something. I would be fine with that. yeah i'm just saying there there is a potential that you go to a chuck's arcade and have the time of your life i i believe you would have the time of your life there are places like barcade we've been there great place a lot of fun super cool right i don't know why that was funny great place a lot of fun super cool but yeah you go there and it's like a bar and there's also like arcade games but it's a bar i've been violently drunk at a barcade have you yeah i went to one in new haven with becca and i was hammered like you got too many shots or something maybe things happen but like did you see how animated i was getting in kansas city playing miss pac-man imagine if i had a beer in my hand doing that yeah yeah i also figured out in that inst louis because in our green room in St.

1:12:17Louis, they had an arcade game and they had Galaga. And I've never been, I haven't been that fucking angry in a while. You might need to get an arcade machine for here. I can't. Why not? I've already made that mistake in my life. It gets a lot of money. You can't make a mistake twice. You can. People can. Absolutely. No, they make cheaper ones now. They make one for like two, three hundred bucks. Alright. I feel like that's something that you should get for your house. Maybe I will. But maybe we should also get one for here. So you could never go anywhere without it. Just give me the company card.

1:12:57Wait, you can't spend$300? Fuck you. Just give me the company card. You could write it off. You could write it off. I would love to be audited by the government so they could be like, what about this? It's team building. Send Frank in there. He'll explain it. Team building. Oh, you got a fucking basketball thing over here Hey, hey, hey

1:13:22Don't get me started on what else you said you wanted to fucking put in here I would never write something like that off I don't think you're being honest What do you work for the government? Stop talking to me Well, I think that's all for today Is it? I don't know Very 90s Love it Very 90s episodes What else did we talk 90s? Oh, Backstreet's back all right. All right. All right. Yeah.

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