#540 - We Were Nominated

2 Feb 2026 · 1 h 22 min · 32 chapters

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In short

The hosts riff on conspiracies and everyday paranoia (a large drone outside a high-floor window), body-shaming banter (ass, dick, socks), skincare mishaps (eye cream getting in an eye; steroids), and a major “industry” grievance: their YouTube monetization was reduced after they sang the Backstreet Boys in “Simlish” (The Sims language). They then pitch a fantasy: getting invited onstage with the Backstreet Boys to sing “a couple notes” and demand compensation/visibility. They also discuss Patreon and plug sponsors (Squarespace, PrizePicks).

Guests

No guests appear in the transcript; it’s a solo/hosted episode with the regular panel (Frank, Ant, and Joey are referenced repeatedly).

Key claims

Lemonati/“lemon propaganda” and 7up “flip the sip” is a recurring joke framing; drones can zoom/spy; “seeing something, saying something” prevents attacks; Backstreet Boys/labels monetarily punish them; YouTube CEO Neil Mohan may notice the episode.

Notable examples

Drone sighting ~200 yards away; “Simlish” Backstreet Boys flagging; “balls”/“Triple B” boy-band rivalry; debate about sleeping in socks and cold rooms.

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Chapters

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Welcome Back Banter

0:30 to 1:06

The hosts engage in light-hearted banter as they welcome each other back.

“Yeah, I guess I also said better than in a sense.”

Discussion on T-Shirts and Body Image

1:06 to 2:34

The hosts discuss a humorous t-shirt featuring balls, sparking a debate about body image.

“You're putting balls on your back in public?”

Generational Respect and Body Shaming

2:34 to 4:24

Conversation shifts to respect among generations and humorous body shaming discussions.

“You're still in a heated rivalry, the way he said that.”

Drone Scare Story

4:24 to 6:28

One host recounts a scary encounter with a drone outside his high-rise window.

Nakedness, Socks, and Sleeping Habits

6:28 to 12:06

Hosts discuss their sleeping habits, preferences for being clothed, and the absurdity of walking around naked.

“I mean, I'm not saying the Hubble telescope.”

Cold Rooms and Skin Care

12:06 to 14:00

Discussion on the benefits of cold environments for sleeping, skin care routines, and anecdotes.

“I do hate being naked, but I got a house.”

Chilly Memories and Skincare Routines

14:00 to 18:00

The hosts reminisce about cold environments and discuss their skincare habits.

“Espo's parents, the fact that their energy bill is not through the fucking roof.”

Monetization Mishaps and Backstreet Boys

18:00 to 22:40

The hosts reveal how singing a Backstreet Boys song in Simlish led to monetization issues.

“One Speaks to how good we are At doing things Singing that song?”

A Comedy of Errors with Backstreet Boys

22:40 to 24:40

They jokingly navigate a hypothetical scenario of singing with the Backstreet Boys on stage.

“Yeah, you pull a fan up and be like, hey, sing the song, Rusty.”

Dreaming of a Stage Performance

24:40 to 28:00

The hosts hilariously plan their dream performance with the Backstreet Boys and discuss their ideal stage presence.

“If anything, we're more from the Backstreet than you.”
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Kickball and Backstreet Boys Dreams

28:00 to 29:08

The hosts discuss absurd kickball equipment and a fantasy involving the Backstreet Boys.

“Something that if I used during kickball, it would be a cheat code.”

Reigniting the Boy Band Wars

29:08 to 30:51

The hosts humorously contemplate reigniting the rivalry between NSYNC and Backstreet Boys.

“You were on stage with Frank Alvarez at Madison Square Garden.”

Fan Engagement and Pleas for Support

30:51 to 32:30

A comedic plea for fans to support their ambitions with the Backstreet Boys.

“And what if they rally behind us and they start tagging the Backstreet Boys?”

Fan Engagement and Pleas for Support

33:03 to 33:15

A comedic plea for fans to support their ambitions with the Backstreet Boys.

“That is squarespace.com slash basement to save 10 % off of your first purchase of a website or a domain.”

Fan Engagement and Pleas for Support

34:21 to 34:50

A comedic plea for fans to support their ambitions with the Backstreet Boys.

“Maybe Patreon is inviting you to come take a look under the blanket, so to say.”

Fan Engagement and Pleas for Support

35:59 to 36:24

A comedic plea for fans to support their ambitions with the Backstreet Boys.

“If you want to save yourself some money, go do that at the URL on a web browser.”

Reflection on Celebrity Encounters

36:24 to 42:00

The hosts reflect on their aspirations of performing with famous boy bands and personal anecdotes.

“We have made our plea and made our case to the Backstreet Boys.”

Body Image Talks and Humorous Banter

42:00 to 45:06

The hosts discuss body image, personal opinions on appearance, and humorously critique each other.

“And let's be careful because Neil's watching and we don't know what's going to happen and the Backstreet Boys.”

Parenting and Discipline Stories

45:06 to 48:28

A humorous discussion on childhood discipline experiences and the evolution of parenting styles.

“Why do you make me break down a joke like this?”

Language and Etymology Insights

48:28 to 49:56

The hosts explore the meaning of phrases and delve into language origins, specifically 'ad nauseum'.

“The old-fashioned way with a wooden spoon with spanking on the butt, or you can text them if they're a fugly slore.”

Exciting Podcast Nomination Announcement

49:56 to 56:00

The hosts celebrate their nomination for the iHeartRadio podcast awards and reflect on its significance.

“We're on a lap track I mean not a lap track A clap track A clap track Applause track?”

Celebrating the Nomination

56:00 to 56:56

The hosts discuss their recent nomination and what it means for their podcast.

The Humility Factor

56:56 to 58:03

Exploring whether their humility might be hindering their success.

Outfit Planning for the Awards

58:03 to 1:00:03

The hosts share their plans and thoughts on what to wear to the award ceremony.

Funny Manifestation Moments

1:00:03 to 1:00:46

They talk about the funny outcomes of their manifestations regarding their appearances.

Edward Forty Hands Experience

1:00:46 to 1:05:32

The hosts reminisce about the 'Edward Forty Hands' drinking challenge they did before.

“I think it's mostly anger that you pointed at me.”

Edward Forty Hands Experience

1:06:36 to 1:06:46

The hosts reminisce about the 'Edward Forty Hands' drinking challenge they did before.

Discussing Drinking and Awards

1:06:46 to 1:10:00

The hosts debate the logistics of drinking at the awards ceremony and future episodes.

“Maybe one day you'll be able to afford something.”

Pee Breaks and Drinking Memories

1:10:00 to 1:12:00

The hosts reminisce about past drinking episodes and the necessity of bathroom breaks during journeys.

“But I think the Scorpion Bowl episode was the last one we got drunk for.”

Egg Pelting Challenge Story

1:12:00 to 1:14:00

A humorous recount of a past challenge where one host was pelted with eggs as part of a podcast milestone.

“Some people would just be like, no, I don't really care.”

Future Challenges and Reactions

1:14:00 to 1:19:40

The hosts discuss potential future challenges involving shock collars and audience engagement.

“There is an episode I want to revisit that we did that included the shot callers.”

Podcast Recognition and Gratitude

1:19:40 to 1:20:40

The hosts express their gratitude for podcast award nominations and their audience's support.

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Transcript

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0:00For decades, a shadowy organization called the Lemonati has kept lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Look around, lemon forward sodas, even lemon forward songs. We ran the tracks, slowed them down, reversed them, and squeezed out the truth. That's lemon propaganda right there. But now, 7up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda. Join the 7up rising. Flip the sip. Welcome back to the baby.

0:36Welcome back to the basement yard. How's it going? Good. Right. You? Better. What? Better? Did you answer for me? He said great. Yeah, I guess I also said better than in a sense. Than good, yeah. All right, dude, start again. Start again. Take and go. How's it going, Frank? All right. Ant? Good. I don't even know. What are we doing? What's happening? All right, let me start it. We're done with the opening. Come on. You're meant to. What's that hat, by the way? this is a minor league team they're the hops oh that makes sense yeah isn't that cool it's kind of cool I like that oh they're so pumped right now they're getting free plugs yeah how's your butcher gonna feel about this because you love promoting that you know what listen I I am wasn't the butcher shirt like it was like a bulwars balls out am I remembering that a lot of balls yeah there were big fat ant sized balls no not that big yeah yeah nothing is I mean now I wear that pretty much exclusively to the gym.

1:36Is that better or worse? You're putting balls on your back in public? So worse. Is it on the front or the back? It's on the back. So the front is the front of the bowl, and he's just like. Oh, the back is his asshole. And the back is his balls. Yeah. His ass and balls. Yeah, I'd say that's pretty bad. Really? It feels like an indoor. It feels like an at-home shirt. I feel like that's worse because I have young kids. So where am I going to wear this shirt if not at the. If I have a shirt that has balls on it, I'm wearing it somewhere. We have a different opinion. We have a different opinion. Have you ever had like a crew?

2:07I'll do one better. Probably wouldn't wear it at home either. Yeah, that's what I just said. So I pretty much don't wear it ever. Just on the show. Well, where else? I mean, if I'm going to express... Balls. No. You know, I said express, then I felt like, what am I trying to express here? If I'm going to get a shirt that has balls on it, where else am I going to wear it? But this comedy podcast. Where the people wash. They also don't see Frankie from the back too often on here. That is fair. Why'd you say it so sexually? Yeah, that was... You don't see Frankie from the... Bang! Oh, this is a guy who's...

2:38You're still in a heated rivalry, the way he said that. He's just like... Who do you think's got a better ass, me or Frank? Come on, now. Come on. Don't swing. It's probably Frankie. Okay. Look, I'm just... I'll let you be your person. Make your decision. It's probably Frankie. All right. Why are you saying probably? Be a man. It's Frankie. Thank you. Fuck! But why, though? yeah tell us why uh tell me something negative about my ass there's nothing negative about your ass his ass just a little more voluptuous okay voluptuous he's making up words yeah voluptuous isn't a word buddy um but what how would you describe my ass and like give me like two adjectives it's there yeah yeah get him get him what the fuck you heard that shit right that was crazy He just body shamed his boss.

3:28It's there. You know, where else would it be? It can't be over there. It's gotta be here. What happened to the respect that kids used to have for their employers? What happened? Back in your day, which I think you and I agree, I was the greatest generation. The second greatest. The greatest was World War II. Like, what are we talking about? Which part of World War II? The generation of good people. They call themselves the greatest generation. Yeah, they were self-progressive. programmed yeah into saying they were the greatest generation yeah what cocky bitches yeah it's kind of crazy just being like well that was the greatest generation and it's just after the um depression yes it was i mean it's easy when you do contrast like i mean you can just look at pure numbers and see that like i guess u.s got involved in 41 if we start getting into this stuff i think that was when pearl harbor was bombed so 41 and then 45 it was over so yeah and then after that boomers that's the baby boomers that's what our parents generation is because they came home from war and guess what they did they fucked god after it like rabbits like absolute jack rabbits i mean like rosanoff and hollander bang bringing it back well i'm trying to capitalize on this audience as much as i can clearly you keep bringing it up it's interesting and then you're asking an ant to rate your ass this is a weekly still yeah you're where do you think i measure we're gonna have to record that everyone take it easy all right we're not talking about it yeah um by the way uh i don't know if we i don't know why i'm bringing this up now but yesterday i got the shit scared out of me because i was like in my living room and i live on a high floor not a flex but just reality for me definitely a flex but also a flex giant like movie style drone outside my window scare the fuck out of me i mean that's illegal brother it wasn't like right outside my window like it was kind of like but it was mad big i thought it was an animal or i thought alien little ship i felt like you like you know in jersey remember when you guys had all the drones or whatever oh i didn't see any personally oh really no i didn't see any which it's still that was a year ago and it feels like it was fucking decades ago but like personally i didn't see any and you best believe that because i didn't see any i said everyone was lying got it you know and not with these eyes didn't fucking did you not get in your car and drive around and so we did becca and i did and she was just like you know like she she she subscribes a little more to like conspiracies and stuff like that it's like a cloud what is that yeah well there was no there was one night where her and i drove around and she was just like there it is oh my god you know like it was like she was excited and they're like oh no like they're seeing yeah but yeah the drone scared the fuck out of me dude that that is like legitimately creepy because windows brother yeah i mean it wasn't like you don't have a terrace right no that'd be so cool up there it would be but so dangerous up there bro it gets windy up there i can hear the wind against my windows i'm like who the fuck is out on their terrace right now bro you're once you buy like a home on like flatland 300 acres you're gonna be like yo this is so much sicker than living fucking 95 stories in the air i do like it i mean i'm not on the 95th floor that's a little crazy 93rd whatever no i'm not gonna say the number but um uh no but it like scared me like it was probably like a good 200 yards away so it wasn't like at my window was it like interacting with you like were you like no it was like there i think i took a video of it so you can see how far away it was but um you saw it before you heard it like you saw it i didn't hear it you didn't hear it yeah so look you see the size of this thing like it was like a big one yo how far away is that um i zoomed it was like there so it was like kind of in front of the next building over but i was like what what's going on yo that's scary because like it was there for a while what if you were naked i don't care i mean if they were like spying on me i mean who's to say they weren't those drones have pretty good camera and zooming capabilities you know maybe they were just like it's tmz they're after you they why are you talking about zoom well you're trying to disrespect me i mean i'm just saying like sometimes you need a little help in order to see something from a distance.

7:53Like a binocular? You know, like a telescope. The Hubble telescope. Now we're getting even further. I mean, I'm not saying the Hubble telescope. You shut up over there, right? You see how you spoke to him? First my ass, now my dick. You're fucking... You're beating both those to shreds today, Ant. Sorry. Yeah. I think, like, you know, it would need... Just to make the distinction. If they can't zoom in on you, then you're just white guy number 48 that they're spying on. But then once they zoom in, you know, as close as they could get, and they go, that's Joe. Hey, buddy. To your face, dude. I've been double body shamed, and we are nine minutes into an episode.

8:38Maybe eight minutes. Let me just be very clear about something. Shamed my body. I am not shaming you in any capacity. I did this like looking at your face. If you feel that me making that. What a weasel. You're weaseling out. shaming your body, then maybe you have something to be ashamed of. Maybe you're projecting the shame that you have for your body upon me. He straight up shamed you. He's throwing you under the bus and he's weaseling. I don't want to be this guy, but you did just point at him. Thank you. Whatever, run it up. How much dollars are we at? He's at 40 bucks. That's not bad. That's$40 I didn't have before.

9:14That's how that works. That's exactly how that works. Wait, so you didn't call? Because, brother, I would have been on the phone with the cops. Who am I calling, Karen? The cops. What do you mean, Karen? You would call the cops? This kid's Karen. Karen! Oh, yeah. Yeah, you are. Karen! Yes! Report a crime! You're a viewer! How the fuck are we getting to a place? My food was soggy! You ordered food at fucking 30 miles away! How are we getting to a place in society where reporting a crime? Put that fucking phone down! Excuse me, cops? Put that fucking phone down! There's a couple of kids outside, and they're making a racket!

9:45That's you. No! that's a difference between excuse me police guess what there's a drone at my window and i'm fucking a hundred million feet in the air there's a different reporting that doesn't make me a karen you're you know what you're doing you see what you're doing now you're now you're now you're ethically shaming me he's body shaming you so you're ethically shaming me because i have standards you're creating terms put the phone down police uh someone is violating the airspace this is not allowed and I heard a firework back there maybe we should put some kids in jail bro do you remember what happened in 2001 what are you referring to we grew up in a time where it has been pushed upon us see something say something that communal camaraderie in New York City has potentially prevented numerous attacks from happening we don't know we don't see the numbers but I respect that seeing something, saying something, did something.

10:41They were probably filming a movie or something. So then you should get your paycheck. I'm not in that. I mean, if they were filming me. Maybe they weren't. Well, that's what I'm saying. How do you know they weren't? I guess I'll send them a cease and desist if I see the movie and I'm like, hey, that's my ding dong. Although I wasn't walking around my living room. So what, you're going to split the profits if it's a movie from a Disney because you're in the back just fucking dick in the wind in your apartment? Is that how that works? You'll just send it. Like, you get to split the profits. Like, now you and Disney make 50 % of this movie.

11:1850 is crazy. But I think that, like, if you're going to use my Yang, then I should get something for sure. How much is your Yang worth? It really depends how close I got. You know what I mean? See, now you're doing it, dude. No, I'm saying, like, if it's that visible and I'm in a movie. Like, if they can make out the scar tissue on there. the scar tissue wow what do you think has happened to my i don't know what happens well are you clearly so ashamed of it i don't know if you take like a bamboo stick and just fucking whack at it or something a bamboo stick how how what are you how did you grow up masturbating bamboo stick what am i a panda i'm saying that you are clearly projecting the shame that you have for your indiscriminately sized wiener i also was not walking around naked in my living room I don't do that.

12:07Do you guys walk around? Well, you don't walk around naked. You hate being naked? Is that you? I do hate being naked, but I got a house. So I use like, I explore the space naked sometimes. Not a lot. Your bedroom. Yes. Do you walk around naked? I'm pretty much always in my underwear. I can't really be naked because I got other people in the house that just barge in. You're always in your underwear? Pretty much. That's all of us. Oh, just underwear. Yeah. Do you walk around barefoot or do you leave your socks on? I leave my socks on for everything. For everything is so crazy. You see how we had to throw that in there.

12:39We know what you're talking about now. You referenced it. Wait, you sleep in your socks? Yeah. I sleep in my socks too. Don't worry about it. What? We're together. Yeah. You guys sleep in your socks? Yes. Double sock sleeps? Yeah. Yo, what are we doing? You guys don't get overheated? No. No, actually, if anything, I feel it regulates my temperature better because if they're off, I'm more likely to get cold than if they're on being more likely to get hot. Forget regulating. You guys should be medicated in a psych ward. I actually, I have heard that it is like conducive to sleeping better wearing socks because, like I said, it regulates your temperature when you sleep.

13:11I also live with, oh my God, I love Vega so much. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. She likes the room cold. Oh, so your feet get. I mean, it could be, I get a little, I mean, I'm a heat rock, but like, yes, it could get a little. You'd rather it be hot? I would rather be hot than cold. No. But you could always be more hot. Like you can't, like you could put on blankets. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. No, but then I can just put on clothes. But if you're too hot. But if you're too hot, you can't take off more skin. You can't take off skin. You can't take off more. Yeah. I mean, if I'm too hot, then I just take off the clothing I'm wearing.

13:44Yeah, but what if it's continuously getting hot? Now what? Well, then there's a fire in the house because we have a working air conditioning unit. I love sleeping in a cold room. If it was snowing, I'd prefer that. I mean, that's crazy. We know someone that is like that, like legitimately like Espo's place. I remember his bedrooms. Yo, not even kidding. Don't even. 50 degrees. Espo's parents, the fact that their energy bill is not through the fucking roof. Forget about the energy bill. How are they alive? How are they surviving in that house? Well, there's got to be some science. With the AC on 13th.

14:19There's got to be some science behind. A lot has come out about people doing cold plunges and stuff like that. Yeah. I mean, being in their house is a cold plunge. the closest thing to a cold plunge that i've ever their cottage or whatever yes yes yes and i would come in from jumping in the lake and then i get inside and be like i have literally instant hypothermia in this house yo it gets cold it gets cold maybe a colder maybe colder conditions are better on the skin i don't know yeah that's i think it keeps your skin tight it keeps it tight and hydrated because well maybe it dries it out i'm not sure but i'm saying that there's possibly some science someone can tell us do you have a face routine like what's that called the hell was that not a face skincare skincare routine i i i don't have a routine i have been provided some products by some lovely companies that every now and then i'll i'll be like you know oh but you don't do it every single night no no no do you sometimes so same answer as me yeah what do you what do you got i i from the p.o box a few times i've gotten like a bunch of skincare stuff like face masks and like the under eye pasties thing oh oh you get like the you know you put them on i'll be honest i i actually pretty much like never use the face stuff now that i think about it it's more the hand stuff i'm more worried about my hands being dry you are big on your hands i am you lick them like a cat we've gone over that we don't have to i know but i just i i i don't like use much of the face stuff really i use a i use a a moisturizer there's some stuff that i have that i used to use a lot but i stopped using it because i don't know if you guys noticed back there i mean i did talk about it on the show but my eye was fucked up for like a month because i got some cream in it and then i got it like a little thing and it took forever to clear up and i needed steroids um but uh also my dog had something wrong with his eye also he needed steroids twins why are you guys smiling it's him not me what i do Why are you laughing?

16:15Because I said steroids? Yeah, that's why I'm laughing. I'm not laughing at all. I'm just, I'm listening. I appreciate you. You looked at him like, wait till I say something. I'm a little sneaky little whore. No, no. I'm just, you expressed that you had something get in your eye, and it fucked it up, and you needed medication. Oh, I see. I see. I see what's going on now. And you're laughing. Strike three for you, buddy. I'm telling your dad literally in person the next time I see him which will be in a year I think but I'm going to tell him no less couple months maybe we don't know I don't even know what he meant by that that's another point unfortunately that's another point the ice that you're on is literally I think this episode is just dedicated to rage baiting Joey we're just getting him at every I can't even talk about using eye cream without you being like oh yeah you creep I did it.

17:10I looked over at Ant. Is it eye cream or a guy's cream? I know that's what you're saying. I did not say that. You're insinuating. You're projecting your insecurities about your sexuality upon me. Stop using therapy speak. I am not. I am affronted. Gather yourself. I have been sitting here trying to establish decorum and speak with aplomb on this episode. And you're sitting here doing all this. That's another one. I'm going to come over there and snap the computer in half. I looked over at Ant and I saw him go like this. that's what he did that's what he did no that's that's something you do no it is not that's another one josh show the clip it's a lot of point let me find out that that's another one i'm a prisoner in my own studio this place sucks i hate this place i i i looked over at him and my laughing was more of a sense of that's inappropriate be respectful then it was like yeah he maybe did get a load in his eye shut up and you shut up and i'm pointing at both you mark it down i don't care um what else do we have to talk about i don't know i don't know if this will upset you or not but uh one of the senegato studios videos we lost some monetization well actually we're giving it to somebody else right now oh what does that even begin to mean also why are we talking about this on the podcast oh i was gonna explain that the reason is because you guys sung backstreet boys so well that it was flagged wait when did we sing backstreet boys in the misheard uh music video when you were singing in simish oh when we were like what does that tell me simish yeah it's the language from the sims oh bro i thought that was like a you ever played the sims like you were singing in simish i thought that was like a word i used to play the sims i've loved i've never played the sims but you can like build a house and people die and then like yeah you like don't put a door in a room and then they sit there they cry they die i've seen people like put their dogs in a fire i'm like what is this yeah i mean that's the that's the bad parts of life that you don't want to interact don't love that wait what so wait we're giving money to the backstreet boys so the backstreet boys flagged you for singing their song in simish shut the fuck up i swear to we sing it in a made-up language and then we got flagged and we have to give them the money First of all What's going on?

19:25One Speaks to how good we are At doing things Singing that song? Not just singing that song Did you put like a music In the background? I did not It was all you They flagged it I mean This might be the pipeline That we get to The Backstreet Boys I'll tell you what If we do get to The Backstreet Boys I'm showing up With a big document And an invoice Being like Pay me it back They're at residency At Vegas At the Sphere Give me the money back They can afford To give us so but we would have to go in and inflate the numbers on the video and just be like yo this video was supposed to have made like 20 million dollars 150 million dollars yeah you know like so just give us you know what just give us a third that's what you asked give us 100k let them believe that they're getting a deal yeah yeah you know that's how you do it you're still reading the art of the deal right i don't even know what that is you were just telling me it's your favorite book I don't know what that is I'm reading a book about mushrooms actually I've switched I put the mushroom book down and now I'm reading a book about you guessed it childhood trauma so in the episode where you so in the episode where you project your discomfort with your tiny penis you tell us that you're reading a book on childhood trauma and then you had previously been reading a book about a mushroom

20:50room let's unpack that thinner ice than him actually that's not true at all what am i saying don't even say yes wait hold on so the backstreet boys are getting some of our money yes so in addition to not only supporting them by literally being drug mules for their fucking music now they want to take us they want to bend joey over wait what are you wait are we are you what are you saying we sing their music all the time no no no what is the drug mules thing i don't know we're like we're mules for them basically oh you know so now what they're doing is they're bending joey over and taking his car cold hard earned cash from him first the lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything even our music that hit song named after the color of lemons not a coincidence Big Lemon has been pulling strings in the industry for years think about it but now 7up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda now lime comes first 7up flip the sip first of all we'll take free tickets to a show that I'm on board for If we get to come to the sphere and sit in any seat we want.

22:10But not even just that. Like, if you're going to, if we basically. We want to sing the song. Basically. Power talk. Thank you. Get us up. And they're just like, yo. Nope. Nope. Wrong band. Fuck, fuck, fuck. I got it. I got it. Okay, you got it. Kevin. Yeah. AJ. Yeah. Brian. Yeah. Howie. What? Nick. Yeah. Like, you saw what we can do. Right. And we did it so well that we're paying you. We're basically, literally, you've put people on stage for free, I assume. Yeah, you pull a fan up and be like, hey, sing the song, Rusty. Yeah, exactly. And he sucks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you're like, all right, sit down.

22:46Yeah, all right, okay, you know. But we have literally paid into this opportunity. Yeah. Let us get our money's worth. Yeah. You know, just go up there. And you guys could do your whole thing. Like, I've seen that there's, like, videos of you guys going through, like, The Matrix and shit like that. The stage pops out. That's all. You're a boy band. I'm going to need to be harnessed to the floor if we're going to do that. Also, watch this. We'll work on it. We'll work on it for sure.

23:15Yeah. We'll work on it. That's a different band. No, it isn't. That's also, no, that's Marionette. That's NSYNC. Yeah, that was NSYNC. No, but like, go look at the Everybody, Backstreet's Back. Go look at the music video. I guess everyone was doing that. Pull up the fucking music video. Don't show it on here because they've already taken enough of our money. We can't have them do this too. I'm afraid of saying the B word now. But if you see, I believe it's AJ. He goes in the video and he's just like, oh my God, we're back again. Oh, because he's the mummy. Because he's the mummy, dude. It was a great Halloween music video.

23:52Or no, I think he was the Phantom of the Opera. Oh, that might be true. That might be it. Regardless, if you're going to take the money, we want to sing the song on stage. not the whole song just want to get a couple notes in also like i think we are both coordinated i think that we both have i'm starting to get nervous though combined fair amounts of cardiovascular health frank we could yeah learn choreography and i'm not talking for like a whole song i'm not even talking for half a song give us this give us this that's all we need that last clap. Holy shit, that ringed my ears. I heard it bounce against the back wall.

24:33We don't need much. We're simple. We're Backstreet Boys fans. Yeah. You know? We're boys. We're not Backstreet Boys. If anything, we're more from the Backstreet than you. We're basement. Backstreet Boys. The basement boys. I'm sure that everyone in your crowd would be confused, and that's okay, because our fans would like it. No press is bad press. no like press are these idiots no press is bad press especially in today's world let's be honest okay so i mean what they could do is they could just be like the backstreet boys bought up who yeah and then tmz gets it along with your pictures from the drone and they run away with it i will say it is obvious that we would be getting more out of this than you guys but i think you need to be okay with that also they already stole our money they've taken our money yeah if anything also backstreet boys you should be in a part of your life where you're being generous with your time like you should be spotlighting young creators oh you know what i just thought about this maybe it's not them and it's the label the evil label but here's the thing that is what's happening and they're gonna see this but that's not fun to think about oh my god like i didn't even know what i was happening i don't think he talks like that anymore i think he does he may i think he does can we cross-reference my nick carter impression who's your favorite backstreet boy i mean i was pretty cool with aj dude is sick had a couple earrings which i thought was cool i was a brian guy brian You kind of looked like Brian, I remember.

26:18I think that's why I liked him. I was like, oh, what guy? I didn't dislike any of them Howie, but I just... I just... What? I just think that... I'm kidding. I love everyone. All of the boys from the back street have my approval. I mean, they're legends. Legitimately. Legitimately legends. Like, not a joke. They are legitimately legends. I will say, we're like joking around here, but if this did spiral out of control, I'd be mad nervous. Brother. Also, I'm not doing this. Just so if you guys are watching this and you're even considering this, just know. You know how the boys, like they do. They're the Backstreet Boys.

26:58They're also sitting on bleachers in like a studio for some reason. You know what I mean? Yeah. Oh my God, this is so fun. And then Nick's got his foot up against like a basketball. Yes. And then Kevin's in the back and you think he's just sitting down but he's really tall. He's really tall.

27:18if you guys are watching this and you do want to bring us on stage and be like oh it'd be a really funny moment you guys you know could sing the song i'm not doing it with a handheld mic i need this you need this that and glasses i need sunglasses that don't that are one glass one glass you need the this mic yeah you know we need puffer vests and baggy pants baggy pants Baggy pants. I'm talking, I'm even going like, what kind of shoe wear are we wearing? We need some like mid-90s lugs. That's what I'm talking about. Because Timberlands, people have stolen Timberland culture from New York. Don't get me started on that.

27:58Lugs. Give respect to these. Something with a fucking buckle. Something that if I used during kickball, it would be a cheat code. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? They wouldn't allow it in a league. In a professional league, they'd be like, nah. It could even just be big sneakers. Yeah. and like very very minimal yeah you can just give us a high five you know what the way you gave yourself a high five yeah um i'll also just go to a show too though but i but i'd like to be in it i'd like to sing a note i would like or you know what bare minimum acknowledge us bro first of all obviously this is hilarious but we're gonna shoot a shot on a podcast now that's what we do our lives have gotten kind of out of control and this feels a little bit possible so i'm gonna say it listen you know frank hold on just for one second just think can you imagine that that happened if they were like come on stage with us and we sang a song with the backstreet boys first of all that's not happening what second of all if it did happen though that's better than msg i'm glad you said it i'm glad you said it That's way better.

29:07I mean... I was on stage with the fucking Backstreet Boys. I mean, we were on... What the fuck are you going to tell me? Hold on. We'll reel it back. We'll reel it back. You were on stage with Frank Alvarez at Madison Square Garden. That's pretty fucking great, too. Yeah. I almost said it. I almost let the B word go. Oh, oh, you were going to call me a B. Oh, boy, was I. Yeah. That would be up there. That'd be crazy. That'd be up there. And, like, again... My sister would kill me. Oh, my God. My sister would bring her fucking dolphin starter jacket out of retirement that she bought just because she wanted to impress Nick Carter at TRL and she would punch me in the mouth.

29:38That's a real story. My sister became a Dolphins fan because she heard that fucking Nick Carter was a Dolphins fan. So my parents bought her a Miami Dolphins starter jacket in the 90s. It's probably fire. Yeah. You ever seen a starter jacket and said, ew, that's ugly? Yeah, they're all sick. They're the best. Yeah. Every single design. Let's shoot another shot. Hey, starter. You know me. I'm fucking there baby I'm ready to go what can we squeeze out of this show I mean listen also yeah we've made our pitch to the Backstreet Boys yeah if they don't do it in sync this is the perfect time to swoop in and get some good press not on the same episode I mean no no no listen listen listen listen we can reignite the Boy Band War we can bring back the Triple B baby 2026 the re-emerging of Triple B Boy Band Beef alright Everyone talked about Drake vs.

30:34Kendrick. Drake vs. Kendrick. Let's bring back and spark the fire and flames of NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys. And they are fighting over us. Take it easy, boys. We've officially gotten ahead of ourselves. We have. I just think that there is... What if NSYNC... Our fans are so supportive. Thank you guys so much. And what if they rally behind us and they start tagging the Backstreet Boys? which... Maya. Maya. What if everyone cut a clip? What if everyone cut a clip of us? What if someone used their hard skills and valued time to find all the clips of us singing about the Backstreet Boys and they make a fucking clip that goes mega viral?

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36:12If you want to save yourself some money, go do that at the URL on a web browser. If you use an app, guess what? It's going to take extra money from you. So save yourself some bucks. Sign up for Patreon. Patreon.com slash The Basement Yard. Thank you. We love you. We'll talk with you later. Last pitch I'm going to say about this. That's not a saying at all. Last thing I'm going to say about this. About the Backstreet Boys? We have made our plea and made our case to the Backstreet Boys. The balls are in their court. It's not just one ball now. There's five of them. So you need multiple balls for them.

36:43If they chose not to do it, it's okay. Also, other boy bands. I think I can speak for both of us. We're not opposed. NSYNC. I mean, listen, sounds like Justin Timberlake could use some good press.

37:02maybe maybe we can help don't ruin this i'm not ruining anything i'm just you're already bringing up other options we have one goal we have one goal but that doesn't mean that we can't be bought yeah we're we're paying i know we can't be purchased ing i'm just i've said what i had to say yeah and i think you know i think i could speak for anyone would be lucky to have us i could i don't know i don't know i mean i might throw up on that stage to be honest it looks like it would get me dizzy i mean if i looked back and i saw like you know like oh my god we're flying through a black hole i'm gonna throw up on the stage that would be that would be tough especially like everybody yeah yeah yeah some of those rooms like I remember when we were first time on stage, first time, actually, before you hear that, first time we were on stage at Radio City, I remember standing on that stage and just seeing the curvature of the room and just be like, whoa, I'm feeling a little dizzy.

38:05Really? Yeah, a little bit. It could have been also in addition to the weight of the moment for our first time of two nights on stage at Soul That Radio City. Right. It was intense. So I can imagine getting on there and just be like, this is also intense. Yeah, that would be a crazy one. I don't know, bro. They've done like stadiums. So like. Balls are in your court. If you're getting one song to do with them. And they're saying you can hop on one song. Here's our set list. Which one is like that one right there. That one. I think. Everybody. I do want to do the dance. Or I at least want to do the part where they just go.

38:45Everybody. You know. What? There's a part of the song where it's like. Everybody. Everybody, everybody. Yeah, I want to. Or that part. You throw your hands up in the air. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Wave around it like it just don't care. That was pretty good. Be careful how good it gets. Oh, yeah, yeah. Now we're going to owe the best, too? They take money from us in two videos. I'll tell you what. Now we have to upload this early and make sure it doesn't get. Damn, come on. We have to make sure that this doesn't get. That much? That much? I don't know anymore. Lord, the rules are so crazy with YouTube.

39:23Dude, call up the CEO of YouTube. Just be like, what are you doing here? What should I say? I'm going to the office. No, well, yeah, I guess I said you'd call him. So like. Oh, him. Oh, yeah. You know what? Oops. Him or her. Women can't be CEOs? No, they can be and should be. I believe that the CEO of YouTube is woman. If I'm not mistaken. him cancel him no of all the things you're gonna look up now to make me look like an asshole i'm pretty sure i'm pretty sure she's a i am a victim of a patriarchal society yeah i'm a victim here that's a good narrative that's a good way to spin it you like that i've done something wrong but it's because the world made me the world made me into the monster that i am okay oh it's it's a it's a man now ah so she was fired for a man even worse uh she stepped down stepping down is great her own accord we love that autonomy and that choice that's how you girl boss even if you're stepping down from being the boss still girl boss well CEO of YouTube is now Neil Neil Neil your dad is the CEO of YouTube Neil what?

40:36Neil Mohan Neil Mohan I think I got it spell it M-O-H-A-N that was how I thought it was going to be spelled yeah I mean from Susan Susan step down Susan There's better names Yeah Well That's a bad idea This is This is going to This is If anything Now YouTube has like A double reason To fucking hit us You know We buried it We're 40 minutes into an episode They'll never see this Neil's gonna be Neil's gonna be like Neil searches Neil Neil searches his name In all the videos That have been uploaded And he just scrubs through them And he's gonna see Your pretty grin And be like I'm not going to do anything.

41:17And he's going to see my fucking ugly mug. And he's going to be like, no, I got to do something. What is this? You always do this thing where you're like this big ogre who's disgusting. It's ridiculous. You act like you're just like, oh, me. I'm just so, I'm like, I got pimples and I'm like disgusting and I stink. Like, that's how you talk. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. First of all. You're a good looking guy. First of all, let's start here. who is to say that your beauty standards are pimply is bad get him people that suffer from acne

41:55two there is only one instance in popular media where we can point to an ogre and that's shrek and shrek is a corn of the internet fucking daddy what port what point are you making i'm saying that you always talk about your your appearance negatively no i think i'm a relatively good looking except if we talk about your ass then you go crazy see why do you what a loaded episode your ass makes him make up words but don't push of us like this guy what what what were like what is going on in this episode what first you're clearly feeling a way about how you look in the mirror first what we started there no what we started with was a double body shame it was a singular body shame it wasn't I mean you guys dogpiled me you fully shamed him you guys dogpiled me you talked about my butt and then you talked about something else that I can't remember at the moment but I will watch the tape I think it was your tiny his words well that's what you brought up his words there was a lot of insinuating then you brought up the eye cream if you will I laughed at Ant because I looked over at Ant and he went like this this is That's what he did.

43:05And let's be careful because Neil's watching and we don't know what's going to happen and the Backstreet Boys. Yeah, I mean, this could be one of the most like celebrity viewed episodes because the Backstreet Boys, there's five of them. You think of the staying power of each of the individual boys at the Backstreet. Of the boys. Then you add Neil in there. Neil's got the biggest media platform on the planet, basically. Yeah. Which I think is doing a great job. We're cool. We're cool, dude. We're cool, Neil. We're so cool. You're good. You're really cool. Put your fingers down. Yeah, be careful.

43:39Sorry. I don't, you know, I'm just saying that like. Yeah. I don't think I'm ugly, but like.

43:51If you had to rank yourself one to ten. We've done this a bunch. Yeah, but that was like years ago. I don't remember. So we're revisiting our personal. Do you think you're higher or lower? Like, have you, do you think you've peaked? um i think i am the best version of myself that i've ever been physically overall i'm talking about appearance oh just just appearance what are we doing here well i mean there was a oh there's an overall ranking there's a bunch of this we're talking about how you have this thing where you say you act like you're disgusting i know i don't do that it's a jokes and jokes and and fun for 1 to 10 on just looks I would say I'm at like see this is tough because any answer I give people are just gonna be like no you're bad or there's gonna be those dickheads that are just gonna be like honestly Frankie I think that you're pretty cool but like you gotta know you're ugly so there's no fucking answer that I give if you're gonna satisfy anyone so you know what there is no winning there is no winning so I'm going to leave it for ambiguity.

44:59I'm going to let the world decide. And by the world, I mean Becca because that's the only fucking opinion I need on that. And God and Santa Claus. That's right. God and Santa Claus. They're always watching. That is correct. But yeah, I mean, I know I'm not ugly. Why do you make me break down a joke like this? Why do you make me do that? I'm joking back. You're joking back? Yeah. I think you're both tens. that doesn't save you buddy yeah you think i forgot about the last 45 minutes nice try you you're you're i'm telling your dad oh what would you do serious question yeah

45:41oh wow you're enjoying that what would you do if his dad actually saw that and then he came into work when we record he's like yo guys like you need to like seriously step back on those jokes we're like why and he's like my dad bent me over his knee and spanked me first of all that would be an insane thing to come in and say too if you think that's not resulting in a doubling and tripling down on the jokes you are sadly mistaken look at me like i said it yo could you like if he was like yo you gotta chill i'd be like literally not gonna i just like the picture of like because i've met your father have you ever been spanked by your dad crazy out of context thing to say no like you know like across his knee and being like ah i think once and smacked your butt i think i think once and like it was like a pivotal thing for my dad where he was just like from that moment on i never want my kids be afraid of me so he like didn't hit us again but he gave us the look like really wish our parents hung out more because my dad i think got addicted to it Wait, you got bent over like you're fucking Pepe Le Pew in a cartoon?

46:50No, I never got bent over.

46:55That never happened. The last couple of episodes... It was more of like a standing. Oh, so you took it standing. Come on. I mean, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that, but you know what I mean. Was it bare butt? No, it wasn't my butt. I don't know. Maybe I got smacked in my butt. I don't know. Did you get across the knee? I mean, your dad's Italian, dude. You're probably like... No. You probably hit you with a wooden spoon. Anytime you had a wife beat her on, you're like, you'll stay out of his way. You've seen Godfather. Jesus Christ. But like, he never, do you never? Not really. I don't think so.

47:27Maybe when I was really little. I mean, you're the oldest of your siblings too, so if anyone's getting their shit beat, it's you. That's a wild sense too. You know what I mean, come on. The double entendres don't count. Neil, take it easy on us, because we're just joking around. Well, both Neil's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, all Neil's. All Neil's involved. I was talking about the big Neil. That's the other Neil. And then your Papa Neil. That's what we'll call them. Yellow and Neil. Yes, that's right. Got it. Yeah, I can't. I don't know if I've ever known someone, or at least they haven't told me, that just got the legit knee out, they slumped over it, and then just got a...

48:05Yeah, that's like a real 50s thing. That's a real 50s way of abusing children. Yeah. You know, that's not really modern. Yeah, now it's done through text messages. Yeah, now... Yeah, exactly. Now you, like, psychologically catfish your daughter and you just pretend to be other people and bully her until she's psychotic. Listen, if you plan on being a parent, there's two ways of rearing your children. The old-fashioned way with a wooden spoon with spanking on the butt, or you can text them if they're a fugly slore. Yeah, you can cerebrally assassinate them. And guess what? you also have the luxury of if you get caught, the world made you into this monster.

48:47It's your trauma that made you do this. Just because you blatantly get caught doesn't mean that you can't change the narrative and be a victim too. Bingo. If you get in trouble for something that you actively do, you're not in trouble for it because you're doing it because something actively happened to you.

49:09Correct? I don't know. I mean, you know, I think like... What a crazy document. What a fucking... Did we talk about that? Yeah, we talked about it ad nauseum. Yeah. That's a good word. I like that. It reminds me of museum. What does ad nauseum mean? Like, does that mean until we're nauseous? That's what it feels like. Like, we talk about it ad nauseum. Ad nauseum. Like, oh, until like... But it's gotta be Latin, right? Also, is it ad nauseum? Ad. A-D. Oh. Yeah. And nauseum is like... Like mausoleum. good word also yeah what is it what is it is it one word or two words uh it's ad nauseum ad used to say that something happens or is done so many times for such a long time that it makes people annoyed disgusted so similar basically what i said one word or two words it's two words where so where does the word what nauseous i know nauseous has to do with like the feeling of being sick but i guess like if we traced it back to the early roots of what nauseous means it's the same thing no you had it it's a latin phrase it means to sickness so until sickness yo i'm a fucking genius frank the word is ad ad nauseum i mean but to be able to make the distinction that it's uh latin i think is very impressive well i'm just really excited to be sitting next to rosetta stone thank god you're here to figure that one out literally my guess too i didn't get any credit well you don't deserve credit speaking of credit though you know who does deserve credit and is finally maybe getting some no us oh yeah i had no idea where you were going with that i mean the segway wasn't perfect but you know that was actually a good one you've had way worse in the past how so you have to hard pivot sometimes i mean yeah sometimes you have to hard pivot no but uh i don't know it was announced and i think we can talk about it now but we have been gonna go for it we're just gonna do it right at this point yeah who cares neil turn this off neil wait wait can we get in trouble turn it on i don't know well yeah why would you tell neil yeah why would you do that i'm confused neil he doesn't want you in the room i do because i think everyone deserves a seat at the table to have a conversation about what they feel here there you go neil no we got nominated for i heart uh i heart radio podcast awards yeah we got Yay!

51:28We're on a lap track I mean not a lap track A clap track A clap track Applause track? Joey wants the clap So give him it Um Cut that out Neil Um Uh Yeah we got nominated for awards We got best comedy Best comedy podcast And best overall ensemble I believe it is Which is wild I didn't think that we were an ensemble Pull them up Pull them up baby Well that's what it is Yeah Pull them up What are you gonna look at? What do you want me to do? I just want to make sure that I want to see who else we're nominated with. It's best overall ensemble, which we're an ensemble. That feels like we're doing a dance.

52:03Well, you know what I'm saying? I mean, no, an ensemble is just a group. I know. But ensemble to me sounds like. Ensemble feels like more than two. Yeah. So like. Huh. I know. I know. I absolutely don't. Don't. Don't. Just more than two, you'd say. Yeah. Too many. Now we're an ensemble. because of this nomination now like i'm we're we're very oh my god honored to be like legitimately incredible legitimately like all jokes aside we were just talking we started talking about joey's tiny wiener and now we're nominated for awards yeah this is crazy yeah um i will say the fact that we because i just learned today i knew that we were nominated for best comedy podcast for a while now not for a while but like a week and a half or whatever and that that was cool i just learned today that we were also nominated for best overall ensemble and that is although very happy for that also not the best because i got to deal with this now yeah so i did not i didn't say anything ants over there going like you know ensemble isn't duo i mean you know i think that all the other knows the the addition could have also uh like taken us from being nominated elsewhere so he's viewing it as in the positive like maybe you have just fucked us up so we better win really yeah well i was looking at the other people in the category and it's all like trios the ensemble yeah i'm just saying oh wow sky sky you gotta you know what you need to do right the people love ant man you know i mean good he deserves it oh my god when it's like contract negotiation time this is going to come up.

53:47Only if we win. Can I be in on the talks? If we lose, then it's easy. I get to blame you. If we win, you're going to... I mean, this is a classic scenario of just like, if the cake is good, I made it. If it's bad, you're going to win it. Someone else made it. It's the same situation. So, I mean, listen, jokes aside, an incredible honor because the names in there are people that are like been in the industry. like massive shows massive people comedians actors actresses um so just even being in the conversation it's cool but then seeing that like you're nominated in the font that batman forever was typed in is really fucking cool too why did they use that font i don't know that is so funny it is the batman forever font though yeah i mean i'm just excited that we get to sit and go to an award show and just sit there i would just be like yeah i mean i'm cool with losing to be honest yeah I mean, it's gonna be fun if we're if we're being honest, we are The Lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows Their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything, even our music That hit song named after the color of lemons?

54:59Not a coincidence Big Lemon has been pulling strings in the industry for years Think about it But now, 7up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda now Lime comes first 7 Up Flip the Sip nominated in best comedy category with some Juggernauts yeah Amy Poehler is one of them yeah so shit you know it's the honor of losing to the great Amy Poehler and then and the other one again Juggernauts one of the people that are nominated one of the shows in there is Smartless both nominated for Golden Globes this year yeah one was a winner and did anyone else in that category get nominated for golden globe did we get nominated for golden globe no no we did not no no we baby steps i mean listen nomination i full just being completely honest here and not joking anymore i don't know if that's true but uh not something that i thought was actually possible because when you go and you look at the names who are nominated like in our feel like they're kind of like either have a really good relationship with certain companies or whatever they're very famous people like obviously we are not that we're very independent kind of do our own thing here in new york so the fact that we even nominated on this and and the winners are decided by like a like their own judges or whatever so like the fact that we're even nominated by people like that is like fucking awesome that means that you know we're kind of doing something right i mean we're also hot off the presses of being the sexiest podcast on the planet which is also a crazy thing like yeah like you know if we're you know what's happening if we're letting you if we're letting you peek under the blanket we are legitimately in a place where we're just like the things that have happened to us are crazy they're just funny now that and now it's getting to a point where it's just like that would be funny and then it's like it happened it's like like it's it is it's weird but also we need to approach it that way because if we don't certain people here that i can't point fingers to right are going to be like yeah you know yeah but we remain humble the byproduct there is pretty unfortunate but what what if our humbliety is what is preventing us from winning two words that we've made up today is that a word no oh humbliety our humble humbleness humble humility humility that's it that's the one yeah what if that's what's preventing us from winning in this stuff like maybe we didn't get nominated for a golden globe because we were too humble I don't know what we could have done diff I mean what if we just made spitball in here what if we just made shirts and just put our names on all the shirts and you know what even faces I've tried that I've made that i've done that before yeah i mean it's something it's something it's a thought yeah um no but that's it's crazy i mean a lot of this stuff is just fucking funny now and even like we were joking before about the backstreet boy thing like if something like that ends up happening like one that's just like not that's a dangerous thing to happen for us to know that we could speak something stupid like that into existence get ready yeah i mean do you remember there was a whole run of episodes we did where we were like saying that there was a bidding war out for the basement yard you were we didn't do anything you it was a conversation you were like oh taylor swift buy our podcast whatever that means i didn't say that i said fund it uh but also i think that uh you know you know how i am i keep an ear to the ground with things in the entertainment industry movies tv you know comic books stuff like that the way that that industry works is when something gets hot enough everyone wants it what if we need to be hotter hotter we got to get hotter but like in the sense of like you know backstreet boys backstreet boys you could become like you could have equity in this if you really want oh don't use that word we're not giving up equity i mean you know you think about it like they could they could what but they just need to give us what we want and maybe they'll get equity what are you doing i'm trying to do everything i know everything we're campaigning is what we're doing i mean you got a campaign you got to start somewhere i know but what's the award again i heart i heart podcast award or something like that it's a it's south by southwest yeah so the shows at south by southwest uh in austin in austin um i think it's safe to say a camp we could say we'll be attending yeah and uh i fully plan on making i have a cool outfit i was thinking about that should i wear a camel yeah becca and i first of all i already have two second of all i was thinking because becca and i were like what are we gonna wear and i was like oh shit yeah that's right like do we do tux or is that like you got it it's like the podcast awards you need to take it a little jokey like it's like a i believe what they said was cocktail attire i mean you are so far this year oh for one for cocktail attire because you dress as the weights honestly yo you want to know something funny about that i and i swear to whatever god is correct that i was when i put on the suit right because i was like i don't want to wear a blue or black suit i want to wear something different i put on the suit and i looked at myself in the mirror and i was like this looks nice but i look like a maitre d and i'm like it would be very funny if i'm dressed like if they're if the staff is dressed like that and when we walked in i was like i really need to stop manifesting shit well i mean that that is what you do and what people do in general is like things only happen when they are manifested so right yeah so you you did that uh yeah you did that yeah so i was like oh god can we it wasn't that bad no one made a comment just me i mean oh my god this is such a big momentous occasion that we need to like remember it by purchasing something fucking stupid all right well i almost pointed there yeah after by the end of the year you might be able to afford something we're at 90 bucks i thought that he just pocket watched you and said you're a broke bitch oh no no maybe by the end of the year you'll be able to buy yourself something nice you stupid fucking peasant we started at 40 we got 50 this time well we got i mean if we are if we are you know three as of recording three weeks into the month average if we're making a hundred dollars a month i could be walking out with a pretty good chunk of change by the end of this year that's what i'm saying And if I just keep rage baiting him, it'll get better.

1:02:04But I don't point just for anger. I point because I talk with my hands. And we're doing a thing. You know? I think it's mostly anger that you pointed at me. I think I'm going to tape my fingers now. I mean, you can do whatever you want. You can put your fingers anywhere. I do the whole show like this? What am I doing? Did we do an Edward Forty Hands episode? Oh my god, that'd be so good. We didn't. I've done it at your house numerous times. I think the only times you've ever done it have been with me. and underaged uh neil does it make it worse get out of here stop neil does it make it worse that i did edward for for those of you guys that don't know what edward 40 hands is by the way it was an inner city thing when 40 ounce beers were three dollars such a best deal ever yo such a crazy deal you know when like you talk to boomers and like oh i bought my house for fifteen thousand dollars i still don't think that's a better deal than the 40 yo that really is not getting fucking eight beers for six bucks crazy and not like yeah you can get 40 ounces of like old english or like cobra which is like it's malt liquor technically it's not even beer but you got a bud light you get a bud light course light for fucking like dude you guys don't understand and if you do but you take two 40 ounce beers and you take them to your hand you know what's funny for 40 ,000 patrons 40 Edward Ford no well fuck that I'm pointing I don't give a shit but yes 40 ,000 it was only a point at me it was only a point at me yeah yeah it's only a point whatever 40 ,000 patrons Edward Fordy hand Patreon episode two 40s how wait didn't we already hit that No.

1:03:48Well, we're getting, we're very close. All right, how about we raise it a little bit? Come on, guys. Do you not understand marketing? No, it's perfect. I feel like it's perfect. I'm going to make a statement. Do you not understand marketing? I'm going to make a statement right now, and if you argue against it, you're racist. For$42 ,000 for Jackie Robinson. Now, if you say no, then you're... What is it? What is it? Now you're racist. Because what? You're the one, you're making, what are you talking about? What are you attaching 42 to? You got to bump it up a little bit. You don't. We just want to do it.

1:04:15I'm going to have to take one hand at a time. So I feel like I need my hand. Oh, let's also do it too? Yeah. I really don't want to do this. I pointed. I really don't. He did point. Why don't, why don't, why don't. The idea of drinking six beers in a one hour episode. It doesn't need to be like that. Let's mull it over. But I do have some sponsors and we'll get some. Oh my God. We're late. Oddly enough. Yeah. I didn't even think. We do. This is kind of funny to transition into this. but ZocDoc. ZocDoc is a free app and website that helps you find and book high quality doctors so you can find someone that you love.

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1:07:25Flex. That's why his yard's so big. I mean... Call me a broke bitch now. Maybe one day you'll be able to afford something. Yeah, I mean, it'd be crazy if we get... Since we're nominated, we would have to like...

1:07:41get something, right? We're in this together? I feel like you're convincing the wrong people here. Oh, yeah. I'm in support. If we win... You know what's funny is there's no one I have to convince but this guy. Because every person, when it came to buying something for Radio City and MSGPAC was like, yeah. And I was just like, someone fight back. I was doing the whole like, no! If we do the Edward Fortyhands, then I'll send a car if that's going to do it. Fire, dude. We will talk offline and figure this out. figure it out so we're not committing not committing okay well what percentage i mean that's that's a that i'll be honest that's a big part of it is like the idea driving driving yeah because i would have to sober up well then the car so 60 that's a big part of it well the car i mean dude i wouldn't say you're not gonna drink six beers and drive away from me no duh no duh no duh no one's saying that you're suggesting that what is happening why are you guys pressuring me live on air whoa who's fresh i just said you didn't have to do it oh my god he's yelling at me now i said you didn't have to do it he hit me oh i'm saying if it's the driving then like well in the car yeah we'll talk about this okay no pressure ask for a limo oh do i get to pick the car there's be a like if he's like i'll get you a car and it's like a 2002 nissan altima i don't want that shit you know what i'm saying Do you want like a limo with a cheese pizza?

1:09:19I would like something. Like Home Alone? I would like something that has, oh my God, a cheese pizza right now. It's the beginning of the year, so I'm eating like a deer. Yeah. I'm eating like a deer as well and not drinking. This sucks. Yeah. This is not fun. But I would like something that preferably would have like a bathroom, so like a bus. Because I'm going to need to piss like a fucking racehorse. Or just send me home with jugs. first of all i'm not getting a bus that's not happening i think a limo is fair there's no bathrooms on a limo just take the four but there's enough space that i could piss in a limo if i had to oh you'd be paying for the cleanup but also first of all what you're gonna pee on the ground no but god forbid some pee got on the ground you could just be like pull over and piss where at a place my guy when i have to piss i have to piss now right there's no i mean you make it here you pull over i assume places i mean i don't i've stopped drinking water or any oh you're talking about the way home yeah yeah yeah oh well like we kill some time and then you you let out five six peas and then you go i don't know that we'll figure it out offline we don't know but 42 000 how are you committing to that then pump it up pump it up 46 okay you're getting crazy you got to give them something to like crawl toward we are this is perfect we'll hit it no time people definitely want to see that yeah it's been a long time since we were drunk on an episode has it been i think that the last one was the oh i drank though you drank you drank during the yardage those cameras went off and i saw joey just like i have this concept and it And Ant and I were just sitting there like, he's drunk.

1:11:07I have this concept. But I think the Scorpion Bowl episode was the last one we got drunk for. Yeah. No, no, no. The brunch one here. We were drunk for that? What do you mean we drank? Oh, the beer tower. The beer tower. I used NAs. You did. You didn't. I didn't. But I wasn't like drunk on that. No, well, yeah. I may have been. I don't know. The brunch one, I think that we were. We were drinking champagne the whole time. Yeah, probably. But I don't think I was drunk. I think I maybe had like two. The scorpion bowl was definitely like. That was crazy. You've had scorpion bowls. Of course. I mean, you're the king.

1:11:42Thank you. You've had scorpion bowls? I've had one. Oh. Okay. Not a plethora. Plethora or plethora? Yeah, you made it sound like a dinosaur. What was that? It's cooler. Is it? Yeah. Dinosaurs aren't cool? Crazy. I love dinosaurs. That was crazy.

1:12:03yeah we're bringing it back should we bring it back like we'll do like patreon goals we'll do 40 then 45 i mean 50 we we should put out a poll seeing if people want us to do that because we have like what's the point what's the point of that poll it's gonna be oh you mean bring back the goals oh i thought you meant the 40 hands yeah i think they would like that because if we put that you're talking about the 40 hands put that on a poll No, the gold. Oh, yeah. Why wouldn't they like that? Some people would just be like, no, I don't really care. Eh, wishful thinking over there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:12:36No, I think that when we did those, did I ever tell you the story of the first goal that we did? So it was the first goal when I first came on as co-host to get to 5 ,000. Okay. And it was, Joey will pelt me with eggs. By the way, not my idea. Yeah. I am like, we grew up in the jackass era, which by the way, they announced a new movie is coming out in June. What? They're still doing them? I'm there, brother. Yeah, you're there. I am there. But I was like, Joey will pelt me with eggs. And he was like, all right. And we filmed it in his bathroom. He just climbed into my tub. And he like from standing through them.

1:13:17and whether it be because i'm a little more doughy than he is they weren't breaking when they were hitting me so it was fucking hitting me in the chest and it was just not breaking yeah so he would throw it and it would only break when it like hit like my arm and like the tub where it met and then we film it it hurts he's like it's unusable footage there's no point like it you know it was there was like way less of a budget back then so like the video just looked horrible and i'm like it the eggs weren't breaking like it's stupid and he's like are you fucking kidding me wait i do remember actually i saw the clip recently on tiktok where you were like if we hit this thing i'll come in in a tape suit yeah that was a crazy one because what people don't know about that that was painful i looked ridiculous and i had broken out with a rash after because of the adhesive all right this part of my body had broken out with like an intense rash and it fucking sucked damn it was not good i remember taking that tape off was interesting By interesting you mean painful I felt horrible for you Yeah well I think what we'll do this time around Is like how I was on the receiving end of all these Like I deserve it You deserve something And I think it should be up to Ant to decide what that something is Yeah Okay Be careful No actually leave it up to me I already said yes You didn't say yes you said okay Well I didn't expect this out I'm like, oh, a shot caller.

1:15:04I didn't expect this power. I'll think. There is an episode I want to revisit that we did that included the shot callers. I was thinking about it the other day. Do you remember the episode we did where it was like, you should know? And it was like, you asked me questions about things that you like. Okay. And I asked you questions about things that I like. All right. And like, if you didn't get it, I got shocked. Yeah, I mean, I don't trust you. I certainly don't trust you. Oh, I'm fair with that. He's better to have the fucking shock button Than I am There's nothing I hate more than that Besides a tarantula I also bought new shock collars How about this It's weird that you bought them and you haven't used them yet What do you use them for I've used them Not here Where Other places In my underwear And my socks What are you doing yeah it sucks yeah it's underwear can you do me a favor can we put out a poll just ask people what kind of stuff they want to see oh don't let them do that oh yeah yeah don't give them the power okay we're gonna be skydiving see this is why this is why this is why we need you and i would you skydive ever no no i used to be like yeah and now i have kids and i'm like no yeah if i die skydiving that's so stupid that's so dumb so dumb yeah it's tough kids they keep your feet on the ground literally and figuratively yeah that's an incredible line i just came up with that you're impressed with so i'm bringing the shock colors in next week is that what we're saying no i i also no i'm always down to get shocked i have no problem with it i don't like it that was a pretty hard no so i don't i don't like it we could throw one on him if he's like okay we can also put one on your arm grow up i don't like it grow up you could do it oh now who's pressuring who yeah pressure guy you're a pressure washer i'm not a pressure washer yes you are you're washing me i'm not stop that you can't start the episode being so ashamed of your micro dick that now you're going up with me micro washing the term is micro penis one oh sorry i i apologize for your condition two i don't have a micro penis although it's fine if you do have one i don't know how he feels about it you could mark me down for 10 more dollars i just pointed oh i missed it it is fine but

1:17:34neil's still watching yeah neil i really hope neil checked out and the and the backstreet boys They can't be involved with micro penises. Yeah, I don't know. I can't. I don't like the shocking. You could eat like spicy shit. That doesn't really bother. I mean, that sucks, but like it bothers me way less than the shock. What about a... It's the anticipation that gets me. I've made that mistake. I know what I could do with. I know what we can get them with. If we mixed a shot of olive juice and malort. What does that do? You hate olives. Oh, oh. I don't know why I was thinking olive oil. Is there anything that really makes you gag?

1:18:12i really don't like tuna fish no you guys are you guys gotta grow up that's the thing you guys gotta grow up you gotta be gonna be a grown job i looked i looked at ant and you know what he did i know you're gonna make this up thank you i'm not on your side oh and i'm getting bullied i there's bullying going on. Hey, did you not do this? I sort of did that. Oh! I sort of did that. Now who's being the lying teller? I'm sorry, I'm tired. I feel like we are getting drunker. I know. We just talked about it in the air. And I'm like, am I hammered or something? What's going on here? All right, we'll figure it out.

1:18:58We're going to figure it out off air and we'll get back to you guys. But we're closing in on 40. and uh we'll see what happens here yeah we'll be good see what happens yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah exciting stuff yeah thank you guys for joining us uh boy i appreciate it and i think is happy about it too and i mean you tell me yeah yeah what i'm happy it sounds like you're trying to convince me more bullying before we leave no we are jokes aside like the nomination for the iheart uh podcast awards is because of you guys and uh we are truly truly appreciative and like humbled this all is like very crazy to us and uh just getting the opportunity to do this is amazing and then getting the chance to you know be validated by you guys is is unreal so thank you guys from the bottom of my heart yeah it's it's really cool to get that recognition because it's not something that we ever really expected to be honest i mean all this is pretty unexpected so uh it's it's but it's a really cool thing so hope we win but if we don't no need to feel bad for us we're just happy to be in the building all right but uh yeah you guys can go follow the show at the basement yard on uh tiktok and instagram and you can find thin ice baby thin thin ice you should know that after all the bullying about his you're in with him i'm in you're not with you're not on the same time as him you know i can't ice skate so i'm not even anywhere near thin ice that is all we'll see you guys next time

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