#539 - The Heated Rivalry Review

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35:33So save yourself some extra bucks. Go to patreon.com slash the basement yard. We love you. We appreciate you. And thank you. And speaking of holes, I have something for boys holes oh okay so this has been bouncing around tick tock i'm curious how would you count the number of holes on this salt shaker what would be your method uh can can let's just start with like what's the first hole you're looking at i'm i'm i'm looking not at a first hole i'm looking at a series of holes right and then how would you count those which one i'm doing the circle around the middle hole so i would go with those six wait this here yeah okay you count those first i would segment it that way because it's easier for my eyes to to do that interesting personally so like i would do that i so i see that that's six then one in the middle and then the five dots around the six dots around the end so seven 13 right 13 holes so you'd count at this six in the circle.

36:40Yep. One in the middle. And then the outer ring? Yes. That is very interesting. It's easier for my eyes to break it up like that. Yeah. Because I break it up in the... I take the middle part of it, break it up, and then I can count the outside and inside. Easier, personally. Why? What are you guys doing? I feel like if we added one more ring of circles, you're not counting this. I mean, to be fair... You're asking me how I would count this one. Okay. I would only really count this if I was in a very awkward, like socially awkward situation. I'd be like, let me just count these things because I don't want to look up.

37:15I think I would start in the upper left, like there, and just kind of like get the ones that are near there and then kind of go to the right. Near there as in you go one. One, two, the one across mid, and then maybe that one in the middle. And then like maybe I would continue that way. I don't know I'm also thinking of it I would also count it by line so one five eight uh twelve thirteen honestly what you said I'm like I feel like I would do the opposite where I would count the out out in so I would go one two three four five and then count the inner ring and then the one in the middle yeah I just in my head the way that it works is to break it up into different sections you know and and just looking at that shape that seems like the easiest way to do that to look at it as three different shapes bro i'm staring at this and i'm like there's holes appearing and disappearing yeah like i'm like it's like a fucking is tripping me out i think i would do just lines so i would go one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen just lines that makes sense i i honestly don't think i would be good at counting this usually if i have to do something like this i do it more than once because i'm not very like i love i'll randomly be like the other day i was in the steam room and i was like let me count the tiles in here and like oh you got a little bit of the you got you got the you know what i mean you got a little bit of it what's going on a smidge i would say at least a smidge i like to count stuff counting is cool because it's something i know i'm good at counting yeah how high pretty high counted the tiles yeah but i did it by using mathematic equations so i was just like i'm not going to sit here and count every single tile but i'll count across i'll count down and i'll take the area of that wall and then i'll look over and do that one sometimes i'll get into this mood where i'll just start counting my steps like i'll be walking on the sidewalk and i'm like one two three and i'll get up to over 100 and i'm like what am i doing dude what i used to do is when i used to walk home from the train when i lived in astoria i would at a random point on the walk i would say a number guessing how many steps it would be from where I was to my house out loud out loud so I'd be like on like dip Mars and like Steinway yeah and I'd go like 1 ,406 and then I would walk and count every step and then I'd give myself one time to adjust and then just play a little game of myself did you ever like nail it yes one time really like like nailed it like you nailed it like i was like hollander dude like yeah well hollander he was the nail he received yeah he received the nailing yeah from the hammer yeah right exactly um but i was like a couple blocks away and i was like you know like 684 and then i was like two blocks away and i was like i can adjust but no i'm gonna stick with 684 and it was 684 did you start like these were your normal steps but then you're no no no no i and like i kept the same stride and pace you know i i did my best you know there was no like puddles i was jumping over that's funny i just love doing stuff like that i count stuff you count stuff sometimes sometimes i'll count uh do you know how many uh stairs you you have in your house exactly no well i live in an apartment okay well what about yeah that you don't count so then he does know how many he has zero so let's say your top floor do you know how many the exact number of stairs it is from your middle floor to your top floor i feel like it's important to know i don't know that in my mom's house that i grew up in i think it's because like you ever carrying something and it's blocking your vision i know my my steps oh i do this oh i just i stop and i wipe my foot so like i go down and i like i kick my foot around yeah just to see like is there another step am i on the ground i can also tell by the um like the texture of the ground if it's wood if it's a tile or something i also am so bad at that that if i if something is impeding my vision i've because my mom's house is like two steps and then like a little landing and then the stairs go up like that so coming down those steps and getting to the landing and you're just anticipating another step and i just go boom like that which is like because i'm like thinking there's another step and i just like hit the hit the deck or some shit but i've done that so many times in my life joey's childhood house also had famously one of his staircases was missing a step so like it was like it was a hole like on several accounts like several occasions we had told people like careful of the sixth step and they'd say why like because there isn't one and it was just a hole into the floor you know it happens things fall apart at times and they last a long time which is an issue but was it a fixed now stairs to the basement kind of situation the basement yeah if it was you know the middle floor or something that'd be that'd be tougher to explain yeah no one we were only we were going into the basement i'm sure we were the ones that caused it to break in the first place i'm certain of it i mean my mom would do laundry in the basement like that's where the laundry machine yeah but your mom has steps like a little pixie you know what i mean like she walks like she basically floats on air she floats down the steps we were running down those steps yeah dude feels like a keith through this like leg through the stair kind of thing i don't remember how that happened but i mean that's a that's a very safe bet could have been do you remember when we tried to put me down the stairs in the a sterilite like storage bin.

42:40Oh yeah. That was like a, so many times I've done that. Yeah. Yeah. Or a hamper. You ride it down the stairs in the hamper. If don't do it kids. And if it goes well, if it goes the way you want it to go, you slide right down. You, but you actually hit the floor and topple over. And that's probably what you don't want. No, I imagine you would want that because your momentum brings you, if you hit the floor and stop, you come to a complete stop. That's what I mean. And you just flip over. Done that numerous times. But the flip over is better because your momentum is continuing and it can die down a little.

43:16But if you just hit and you don't move. I actually think that one time we did do something like that and my foot went right through the closet that's right there. Because it had like those slats in it, right? Yeah, and I just like kicked it open. God, my pants. I mean, whatever. God bless them for raising all of us in that house. See my steps had like the metal Track on the You know what I'm talking about on the tread So like if I went down those I wasn't going to be in good shape Yeah you'd be roughed up But you know everyone takes a nice good roughing Just like Hollander And we'll probably continue taking it My grandma's old house had a Boxing bag Hanging from the ceiling in the basement Like a heavy bag?

44:00And we would swing from it You'd swing from the heavy bag? I mean, as a kid, what else are you going to do? Punch it? Yeah, that's stupid. Yeah, it hurt my hand. I imagine that's the thing to do. Just swing from it. What's in those, by the way? Sand? Gotta be. Yeah. What else would you put in there? Water? I mean, you pop it. I think of the scene of the Avengers, where Chris Evans, Captain America, hits it, and then sand just bursts everywhere. Because he's so strong. He is so strong. Bro, speaking of Chris Evans, I just watched a show, Defending Jacob. Did you see that? You were telling me about that.

44:33I didn't watch it. Is it good? Dude, embarrassed to say this, but me and Nicole watched the entire series in one sitting. Why is that embarrassing? Because it's fucking like seven hours. I am a big proponent of smoke it if you got them. You know what I'm saying? Like if they're giving it to you all at once, just do it. Seven hours of television straight is bananas. but it's one of those like mystery things you're like i gotta fucking know so i couldn't stop watching i love a good mystery i love mysteries i watched weapons and i was like oh what's going on i love detective shit like i wish i could be a detective or sometimes i watch shows where detectives are like figuring stuff out and i'm like oh i love that like the first 48 or something like that well i just i also all her fault is another one and it's like what's the guy uh Pena, Pena, Pena, Pena, Pena.

45:25Michael Pena. He's like a detective and he's like figuring stuff out. And he's like, oh, okay, piece this together, blah, blah, blah. He's interviewing people. And I'm like, I would love this. That's why I really enjoyed rewatching Dexter. And that's why I like the new Knives Out, Wake Up Dead Man. Because he does it in such a, Daniel Craig does it in such a bombastic, you know, coming to Benoit Blanc and he doing it like that. I love it. That's what he does, dude. That's what he does. Bombastic Well that's what he does He comes in his lock mouth Good sir I wish I talked like that Do you ever wish Like Give me your top five accents You wish you had I wish I had a Some Sort of Like UK accent UK?

46:09Yeah just any Any of them There's a hundred million But like One of them Would be nice Alright so give me your top five As I asked before Okay Take it easy Should I count that? That was really... No, that was not. That was really sassy. No, that was not. Sassy, sassy, sassy! Sassy, sassy! Unlimited sassy! I've been sassed up. No, we said it was verbal. Okay, like I said before, you fucking idiot. We said it would be verbal bitches. Not, not... But that was a bitching. Yeah, a little bit. Throwing that sass around, Frankie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was crazy, dude. I, you... Whose side are you on?

46:46Whose side is he supposed to be on? Mine, because we're getting the money together! Oh, so he is splitting it. be on frankie's side well i know meaning like you're also getting ten dollars and i'm also getting ten dollars whoa now it's twenty dollars back to joe's side if i get two bucks per i'm not playing i'm giving you ten bucks per no you're making him spend 20 he's not gonna do that for me all right doing any of this so top five accents you would most want to have um i would say that one you just said european i said uk you said uk british okay british accent what kind of british Are we talking like high-end, Brent?

47:21Are we talking like a fucking like this? Yeah, like Tom Hardy in Peaky Blinders. Or Peaky Blinders, okay. Yeah, I love that accent. I think that's awesome. So you want to be a blinder? A Peaky fucking... Fucking, fuck, fucking hell! Yeah, I would love that. Okay. I think also... And the people that are watching this in England are just like, that's a very specific... Like, they know exactly which one it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. because like I said there's so many of them like I think you go like 10 miles north and it's completely different I would like that I think like having a Spanish accent would be cool but like what Spanish are we talking or are you talking you know which one Spain like a Spania but we don't eat even eat dinner until midnight I'm talking about like Dominican I'm trying to think of an actor that would have Javier Bardem Antonio Banderas Who's the guy that voiced Death in Puss in Boots Come on Frankie Puss in Boots is actually a good accent Wagner Mora Oh he just won Apparently that movie is incredible The Secret Agent or something I would love that Yeah that's a good one I like that accent I'll take that I want like a Scouse accent That's fun Which one is that?

48:44That's like you know Patty the Batty Or Owen Cooper I think he is Who's Paddy the Batty? He's in the UFC You've never seen him? Don't get knocked out Paddy Pemblett? Yeah Okay I didn't know his nickname Was the Batty Yeah dude No offense Come fuck him up dude But yeah Like an accent like that I think is so fucking funny Who was the Like Scottish Like sounding Scottish I mean Yeah It's hilarious Well I mean careful You don't want to offend Paddy the baddie. He might come here and take your hattie off. Yeah. Put me in a fucking rear naked. Scottish would be cool. Like a David Tennant, Alan Cumming, Scottish hat.

49:25Or like a real Italian would be cool too. Okay. I think that's such a nice sounding language. I mean the language, it's a little dramatic for me. If you had the accent but not the language, doesn't that kind of take away from it? To be clear, I'd rather speak these languages than just have the accent, obviously. Gotcha. Okay. but no part of you wants like a southern accent a little bit no i'm talking no not at all what about boston certainly not certainly not what about like delaware water gap like philly yeah i will say the baltimore accent is is stavros that bit he does is so fucking funny yeah i i feel like the the the baltimore accent is so funny like i i wasn't really uh aware of it until you know the last like five years really like i knew they had an accent but i never like really like mayor of east town was the first one to like put it on tv and stuff like that right that was a good show speaking of detectives you know another and see i'm all over the like the the like delaware water gap you know like we're going for a hoagie yeah go birds it's it's also like what are you like how did this come there yeah like it's a very specific it is it is It makes no sense.

50:40It's like only you have it. It's so strange. It is crazy to think about accents because we live in the same place, but it's so different. People say that a lot about New York. Bro, you ever hear the Memphis accent? Oh, my God. No, I don't think I've heard a Memphis accent. So when you say human, but they say Herman. Herman? And Merzik. Merzik? Yeah. You ever seen Glorillo get interviewed and shit? I thought she was from St. Louis. Nah, I think she's from – or maybe I'm mixing people up. I'm pretty sure it was Well it was like Chingy right there Well I don't think It's St. Louis I'm pretty sure It's Glorilla Cause she did She did an interview With um With Speedy Where she was like Bearded for spirit Like she can't I don't know who Speedy is He's an interviewer For Complex Gotcha Um That dude's hilarious too But It's like Is she from Memphis?

51:32I don't I think that Justin Tiberlake is That ain't what I'm talking about Yeah Because he talks like this That doesn't sound like him at all That sounds exactly like him Yes Glorilla Memphis, Tennessee Yeah, yeah, yeah So they say like Herman Like it's a human So I'm like that's hilarious I would need to hear it Before I can ever make Any judgments about it Bro I'll tell you which ones I definitely would want I've openly said I don't like the Boston one I think that I don't like it It's just It's hilarious to me though Yeah But also it just Feels Like I don't want it I don't know how else I know what you're going to say You know what I'm saying You say it's going to feel as dumb Is that what you're going to say?

52:07No, no, no That's not what I was going to say. Okay. But also, I would hate the, like, Valley, California. The vocal fry. I hate that. You know, like, here, like, that. Like, that. What the fuck is shit? Shut up. I'm surprised Australian's not in there. Oh, that's a good one. I like that one, too. Australian just feels like it's a cool club that I can't be in. You know what I mean? I can't do it. Like, it seems like they're in it, and they're like, oh, good eye. You know? Yeah, fuck, mate. Yeah, fuck. Fucking cunt. Fucking cunt. Like, yeah, I love how, like, yeah, they're just cool. Yeah, that's a good one I'd like, too.

52:48I don't really, the only two accents I could say I really don't like are those two I just mentioned. Boston and, you know, like that valley. So, so cow, like, fucking, you know. But I also, like I said before, I dated a Brazilian girl in high school, and I hated that accent. Yeah, you did. You know, because it was like Hispanic and also Russian. Yeah. So it'd be like,

53:24I just wish I could speak anything other than English. I mean, you can. You can sit down and, you know, pop on one of those speaking apps. What are they called? I feel like I'm. Dualingo is one of them, right? I feel like I'm surprised. Like, when I was in Spain, I was able to understand, like, a decent amount. I'm like, okay. So, it's like I have something. Like, some people have absolutely nothing in just English. But, like, when you are in Spain, everyone knows, like, five languages. And I'm just like, I'm an American loser. I always think about this. My grandfather spoke seven languages. He was polylingual.

54:00That's so sick. Which, what the fuck are we doing? Like, I can barely speak English. Yeah. You know? Seven is probably four too many. If you had to pick two more. For me? Yeah. You know, my Spanish is so broken that I'm not even going to be able to say that I speak it. Yeah, Spanish has to be in there. I think it would have to be Spanish. And then. Yeah, what would you pick after that? If you know Spanish, you kind of know Italian. Propel Fitness Water. With Gatorade electrolytes, zero sugar, and vitamins. Propel hydrates better than water. To help you get the most out of your workout. and get back to your best self.

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55:08Your dad's going to see this. You've been really mean to us lately. Oh, my God. And, like, the cameras are on, so I want to make sure that the world sees this. Like, if your dad sees this, it's kind of crazy you talk to your boss like this. And I feel legitimately bullied. Like, I feel like you're hurting me. I think we have been, like, he's here. We try to talk with him nice. Like, we try to, like, bring him stuff. And then it's just, like, making fun of us. and it almost feels like your job's probably in peril a little bit I feel like I don't know I don't know how to feel I like to have a good environment but then you come in and you just kind of car crash it so much of this show is dynamic and being able to like move well and talk well and then he comes in and he's just like I got a big penis got a big dick, got big balls imagine dragging them across your face exactly that he will see that yeah Yeah Good job Yes Yes Thank you If we can get your multi-billionaire dad with giant nuts to fucking like us That'd be sick But you Are you full Italian?

56:14Yes Like Why did you look Like I asked a math problem Disappointed like Yes I think my mom's side had a little bit of Irish Like English Ah okay I mean technically all of us are not full anything You know like Even if we're half It's like 30 things in there Definitely Definitely Italian majority Italian have you been to what's that place called Italy yeah I thought that's how you were have you been to Italy I have I've been to Italy okay where'd you you loved that one that was a good show it was it was it was really good have you been to that place where the fuck is it room 40 what the fuck the Italian spot room 40 suck my ass dude you're not have you been to room 40 nice try nice try we have some sponsors though it's more like you know what i read the ads and then i'll i'll let you have your moment we have some sponsors uh you know we have uh seake you know seake is where you're gonna buy uh all your tickets um to any events that you want to go to uh they have more than 70 000 events listed on there every single day concert sports festivals whatever you want they got it on there their interface is very easy to use they let you know if you're paying a good price for a ticket or a bad price for a ticket the dark red ones stay away from that because that's when you're going to be overpaying for stuff.

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1:00:13They gave us a cake after we won World's Sexiest Podcast. Huge. And they gave us a cake. So if there's a cake, if I walk into a room and there's a cake addressed to me, I have to at least try it. Did you eat the hot dog cake? I had, I think, a little bite of that. I didn't think I tried that. I had a little bite. What's up? Hot dog made of cake or cake made of hot dog? A hot dog made of cake. That was at St. Louis. We've openly spoken about. We keep track on the green rooms at these places. That's still up there. That's still up there. That was a good green room, man. It's funny that you brought up hot dog.

1:00:56Boys give me strength. I almost had a hot dog the other day, and I really tried not to. In the winter? Yeah. Tried not to. I had actually. That means he had it. No, no, no. I succeeded. I walked out of there. Becca and I were laughing Walked out of there Yeah Where were you? So there's a place in Jersey It's like iconic It's called Jersey Freeze And it is like an ice cream spot But it's been around since like the 50s But they also do like dogs, burgers, chicken fingers and stuff like that So we got ice cream And then you can go sit where they have the food And I'm sitting there And Becca and I And there's an old lady Double my age at least old bag sitting right behind me nice and she's got two dogs she's double she's barrel dogging double barrel dogging on a date with her pop i would believe husband it was very cute actually you know that's a part of me i'm a soft boy now and becca's like apparently the hot dogs here are really good so i was like how what is she doing by saying that well she's supporting her husband that's what she's fucking doing she knows what she's doing she knows what she's doing it gets better and then i was because she's like oh we used to come here all the time as kids she's like it was perfect we'd have a basketball game and then after the game we'd all meet up here nice and she's like we'd come with like three bucks we'd get a two hot dogs and a soda or a hot dog soda and a burger or whatever and she's like how much you think a hot dog is now i was like let's go check so we go to the front and i'm looking can't find the price of a hot dog anywhere so she's like do they even have hot dogs i was like they got them look at them right there They were glistening.

1:02:33Shiny bastards. Oh. They looked good. They were spitting at you. And she's like, it'd be crazy to have one. And I'm like, post ice cream hot dog is kind of a wild move. It's a genius move. Or mid. Mid? Was it mid ice cream? No, ice cream was great. It was gone? No, no, I'm saying were you in the middle of the ice cream? I finished the ice cream. I had fully finished the ice cream. Look at ice cream. Oh, I went a classic vanilla soft serve with rainbow sprinkles on a cone. No sauce? No sauce. Okay. I'm a classic American baby boy. You don't go caramel? Not on a soft serve. It'll melt it. Not hot caramel, just a broom temp caramel.

1:03:13If you're not going hot, why are you going it? I go cold. I want this thing to be shot right out of a warm machine. I get you. You know, saying that in our episode talking about scene and rivalry. I love when it comes out hot. But we walk out and she's like, oh man, that would be really good. and we get in the car and I go I will go get a fucking hot dog right now yeah and I didn't wow I maintained my strength so you still don't know how much they cost no I'll be honest with you it doesn't matter I know it doesn't matter ten dollars what the hell I bet they're good then yes and then if it's really like it's a dollar we can't pass up on that yeah so it really does I'm really trying my best the other night she goes uh she goes we should we We should do a hot dog night soon for the kids.

1:04:00And I'm like, oh my God, yeah, but let's wait until baseball starts. Because every year for the start of, like, opening day of baseball, I come home and Becca has hot dogs about. Hot dog. It's a hot dog night. With just unlimited condiments. I mean, I'm a simple boy. I get two condiments. But. It's nice to have a choice, though. Oh, yeah. And. Oh, yeah. The place is creaking. Oh, okay. But. Creaking fucked me up. Oh, wow. You're scared? I'm scared, bro. No, that's fine. I'm trying to fucking talk about my hot dogs. You're talking about the hot dogs and there's 50 fucking condiments or whatever that you can choose from.

1:04:35So she's like, we're going to have hot dog night. I was like, let's wait because the World Baseball Classic is coming so we can jump early on the hot dogs. When is this again? World Baseball Classic? March 6th, I think, is the day. I know you know the day. Even then, though, it's pretty early to the game. No such thing. And then she was like, no, let's bring the kids to go get hot dogs at Jersey Freeze. I was like, let's go tomorrow. I thought she was saying like let's control it at our home and then I could be like let's wait let's wait let's wait yeah so now it's like you want me to go into Jersey Mike's what's it Jersey Freaks it Jersey Freaks it's Jersey Freaks it is like really really good do they wear old-timey like ice cream man hats no but they do have like the old-timey machines like the big fucking big machines that dispense the cold you know like the soft serve oh yeah yeah yeah yeah it was good Nice.

1:05:29I want to go to one of those places that, like, it's like a candy shop, but they also, it looks like a bar, but they serve ice cream and shit. Well, there's that place on the Upper East Side, isn't there? Is there? It's like they still serve Coca-Cola the way it was done in, like, 1901. Yeah, that's what I mean. Sam's cocaine. Yeah, it's like they put syrup and they just, like, mix it or whatever. Syrup and fucking soda water and then they go like that. I've seen those videos and I'm like, I know that sucks. No way. I know that sucks. That's got to be amazing. I feel like it you know aesthetically it looks cool but what do we got to do to get you an egg cream in your body oh my god I guess I go to lunch with my mom she loves them because it's just isn't it just like it's ice cream and seltzer yeah god it's like why mom I've had one in my life she made me have one really yeah let's do one I would have it I mean it's ice cream so I'm gonna be happy I mean I won't be happy you know what I haven't had in a long time that I would like an eclair what are you mean like an ice cream eclair or a no no like a like a pastry yeah oh boy are they oh to the brim they're filled brother wow custard nice custard i want one of those there was something else recently that i was like oh man oh you know what i hate now like i think this is a hot take because people love them black and white cookies disgusting whack so trash They're so whack.

1:06:50So trash. Also, and I've said this to you guys, the rainbow cookies? Whack! You need to be sent upstate and you need to allow me to take a bullet and put it in the back of your fucking head. Yo, people love those cookies. Yo, they're not that good. Nah, you're bugging. You're bugging. Italians love it. I know you guys. I'm not an Italian. I love them too. I know, but you look like Italian. For such a smart guy. They're so good. I don't like them. I think that place actually Jersey Freeze does like an Italian cookie ice cream. Oh nice. Like it's like they mix it in with like yo. Anything that like when the cookies come in a tin and they have like those and then they have like the real dusty ones.

1:07:31I'm like all these suck. I for the first time recently there was a deli that I went to that gave me some butter cookies. Butter cookies are. The like the Italian ones that come in like the bag on like that flower shaped golden plate. You know what I'm talking about. first time I've ever had one of those and I was like, wow, this is actually a good cookie. Every other one I've had, they just crumble in your mouth and they're dust. Yeah. I actually will admit the rainbow cookies that come in the package you're talking about aren't great. You need more wet ones. Yeah, you need like legit deli ones.

1:07:59Yeah, you need wet ones. If you get like mass produced, they're garbage. Yeah, because they're hard then. I don't like the dusty shit. No, a good Italian, a good rainbow cookie is kind of wet. Wet. It's wet as hell. It's really wet. And like, I'm not like a tres leches almost. Like not soaked, but like you bite into it and you're like, this is more water than it is dry. I'd rather that. What, tres leches? Well, I love tres leches. Give me all three of them. Give me three milks. No, dude. You're crazy. We need, you know, listen. You got a guy that was a tiramisu. You got a tiramisu guy. Get a fucking rainbow cookie guy.

1:08:39Dude, I will so quickly get rainbow cookies in here. Get a fucking rainbow cookie. Not just rainbow cookies, though. Let's get an assortment going. You want an assortment? Yeah. We should do a whole episode on Patreon.com. That's the basement yard where we review pastries. Pastry on. This is incredible. That's really good. This is absolutely. Pastry on. Get a bunch of pastries and then, oh, get a schvoyadel. A schvoyadel. A lobster tail. The fucking pignolis, which I don't like. Isn't a lobster tail the same thing? No, there's difference. Okay. I think... You know what? Remember Luguli's? So...

1:09:15Exactly. Love that place. Great Italian ices. But you... The best orange ice I've ever had in my entire life. They have great ices. What a simple concept. Spumoni, though? Shut up. Spumoni is like a Frank Sinatra. It reminds me of Frank Sinatra. Yeah, and he's a good musician. But he is dead. He's dead and old. But they always had... You know the rock candies? Yes, they'd have them in the thing. Yeah. People use those for like cappuccinos and stuff like that. Really? Oh, to like mix. Becca and I went to a steakhouse the other day. They had rock candy? She got a cappuccino and they put a thing of rock candy on her plate to sweeten it up.

1:09:53She stirs it with that. That's actually very useful. Yeah. Oh, I thought you were going to say something. I'm going to yell at him again for not getting more fucking pastries. We'll get a bunch. Did you just text your pastry connect? I texted the person who will text the connect, yes. Also get some Greek pastries because the Greeks know how to do pastries also. I'm getting more tiramisu. Tiramisu. And 80 pastries. Ganolis. Rainbow cookies. Pignolis. Whatever that one is that looks like an S. Huh? You know what I'm talking about. Do they do donuts there? Nah, donuts are not Italian. We're fancy.

1:10:26Fancy place. Fancy place. Who's we? It's not even yours. You've got to text the guy to text the guy. You know how to fucking handle this. We don't do it. What the fuck? And I'm talking like, get some Greek stuff in here. Get some fucking baklava. Oh my God. I'll fucking. Galactaburico Oh my god Where'd you go? What'd I say? Oh my god Oh my god The Greeks and the Italians Baklova is great Know how to do their fucking pastries Yo, baklova is sticky You've been to Stamati's, right? When they give you the complimentary Galactaburico at the end Wait, what? No Bro, I actually had this I think it's Arabic I was at a coffee place And they're like Oh, this is our pastry I forget the name of it But I had it And I was like This shit is fucking crazy So it's called Galactaburico.

1:11:08I know I'm saying it right. I don't know how to spell it. Don't even ask. The booty go? Yeah. Don't let the booty go. Don't let Gala. Where did the booty go? Right. And it's like a custard and then it's like flaky phyllo dough on top. And then it's covered in like a vanilla honey syrup. Oh, fuck my balls. It'll fucking. Yeah, it will. Yeah. It'll take your balls and it'll shred them to shreds. What is custard? It's just like a thickened pudding. Kind of like pudding. Like pudding is, I think, technically a custard. But it's a little thicker. Okay. I'm into it. I'm into it, bro. When shit has custard, I'm like, this is probably good.

1:11:42I think what's in, because you love French cream donuts, right? What are they called? Boston cream. That one. French cream. Yeah, yeah. Boston cream, bro. That's custard in there. That's custard in there. Oh, yeah. It's like pudding. Am I right? If I had that accessible to me, I could literally drink it. What's it called? Creme brulee. That's a custard under there. Fuck with that. Is flan technically a custard? Flan? Get some flan in here, by the way. I will fucking dump. No way you Italians flan it up in that bakery. No, that's the Hispanics. Yeah. That's the Hispanic. You know how he hates them.

1:12:18Right, right. Hey, by the way, Ant's dad, if you're still watching this, he said he hated me because I was Hispanic. Yeah, he did say that, and that was so fucking sad. It was. And that's, you know. I've never been identified and attacked because of my nationality and heritage. it's not really some something i want in the workplace either something that like i feel like i i can't well you know you can't let go you work your whole life establishing the basis for your self-worth and in a minute that can crumble and you know and apart i mean it's jeopardizing everything that we're kind of trying to stand for here we're very forward-facing with our personalities i think a lot of people like this show like us like the studio because the people that you see or the people that you get we're trying to keep it light and silly

1:13:09and unfortunately there's a person that comes in and does stuff like that and is now mocking me do you see how he's mocking he's mocking me like a mockingbird completely undercutting your ability to feel real emotions you're mocking me like a mockingbird and which reminds me of tequila mockingbird which which also tila tequila what tequila mockingbird oh tila tequila yeah oh what well tequila mockingbird and tila tequila two things that say the n-word i thought you said i'll say that i thought you said tequila mockingbird i know to kill i know to kill a mockingbird i didn't know i was waiting for the what tequila mockingbird is oh i don't know what that is but what the fuck is that hold on wait a sec business idea i already bought this so you know we almost got out of the episode with you doing that it was close a tequila brand called tequila mockingbird just don't even uh what is that uh it's a little violin i saved for when frankie was you know complaining about something oh so you're saying frank complains so much that you're like i gotta I get a toy.

1:14:23Yeah, but then it turned it was just useful here. Yeah. I complain about something a lot. I don't let them turn us against each other here. Don't point at me. I'm not. My hand's down. Don't you worry. Yeah, I didn't say you complain a lot. I said if you've ever complained like in the future. No, that's how you said it. I don't know if you said that. No, no, no, brother. No, no, no. You said when Frankie complains saying that's inevitable. I'll just play it off here.

1:14:50It's actually a beautiful instrument I wish I really wish That just reminds me of the Godfather by the way It also sounded like the Godfather meets Titanic I think it's just a violin that's why Yeah See how rude that was? Do you see how rude that was? You don't gotta tell me I'll get in touch with With the powers that be With your father Yeah Wait until your father gets the word of this Yeah That's been on my desk for like two months I've been waiting for a moment This is going to be the second worst day of your dad's life, dude First one is when they were like Getting rid of Christopher Columbus Day or whatever Yeah, he was probably upset about it I imagine he was not happy about that I imagine How much more can they take?

1:15:32How much more? What the hell? We don't have anything It's just a day You know? Oh man Well, I think that's all we have for today What a fun episode Yeah, that really was a fun episode Hey, great job all around, boys. I will say that the best thing to come out of this episode is the fact that we had the idea of the pastry on. Because I am ready to eat pastry. I am so proud of you. I'm so... For pastry on. I'm so excited to eat pastries. There's nothing better in this world. Few things are better. Just do me a favor. If we do get these, cup of whole milk. You could get your almond milk or whatever you fucking drink in Brooklyn.

1:16:09You probably... I would just like... When something is that decadent and rich, I need a cup of whole milk. It's also going to dry me out, so I will need some wet. Okay. That's the way you put it. Yeah, I will need something wet to wet me up. You need something to fucking wet your throat. Yeah. At the end of the full circle moment, baby. First circle. Heated rivalry. Start with wet throats, end on them. There you go. Whoa. All right. I want to make sure I say this openly. Yeah. Make sure you tell the person that does our graphics To pick the one for this one Very carefully I wonder who's gonna be who I mean I hope that neither of us are I think it's maybe just us in hockey stances Well one of us has to be the Russian The other one has to be the Canadian Okay but we don't need to be like fucking like You know Yeah I don't think it's gonna be two guys You never know because you guys have had to give some notes in the past We would This feels like one that we're gonna have to go back and forth With Manu about Yeah, I'm imagining just the hockey face-off thing.

1:17:11Hockey face-off is good. I don't know if you two have to be stacked. With the kids. Yeah, we can't have to. I want to make sure I say that on the record. Yeah, Frank's kids are going to see this photo. We can't do that. Yeah. That's so funny. All right, where can they find you, Frank? The Frank Alvarez all over social media. Make sure you check out the Patreon. Patreon.com slash The Basement Yard, where we will have a pastry episode soon. You fucking believe it. Okay? And you know what? We could sprinkle in some pastry facts. Like, where does the word cannoli come from? These are all good things that we could possibly do.

1:17:40We're going to leave that part out. It's Italy.

1:17:45We're just going to eat them. We're just going to eat them and talk about life. Let's have a real, like the pastry episode. Let's make it like we're old Italian men sitting at the table and there's, you know. Oh, should we wear glasses and kangles? Kangles, glasses, wigs. Newspaper. Newspaper. you know, let's really commit like a fucking Firenze Italia shirt. Yeah, yeah, yeah. An undertone of like general racism and stuff. Do you still have your tutti jersey? I never bought a tutti jersey. Oh, okay. But I definitely would want one. I wanted one. You know what? Maybe your dad can come in here so we can have some positivity in this room.

1:18:23I don't know if he's the one you want in here for positivity in the room. I don't know either. What would happen if on the episode I asked him about Christopher Columbus Day?

1:18:33I don't think it'd be like, who's that probably? Really? Who's that? The guy who directed Home Alone? Look it up. It is. It's Chris Columbus. He's Christopher, though. Where can I find you, bud? You can find me at antprisco on Instagram. You're welcome. And that just bought me something with custard, hopefully. Yeah. We could take away one of your points. Thank you. I appreciate it. You guys can follow me at Joe Sanagato and go follow the show at the basement yard on TikTok and Instagram. And that is all. see you guys next time

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