Love is Bland: The Toast, Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

24:17But like sources are saying that it's Jenny Slate and that young blonde girl, Isabella, who played young Lily. Yes. There aren't many other women in the movie. That's true. I mean, it could have been an extra. It could have been extras, but when it comes to leading female actresses who were working with Justin on an everyday basis, there really aren't that many. That's actually such a good point. I guess by default, it has to be them. Who else could it be in a leading role? And I'm just going back to the book. Did it say leading? No, it didn't, but in a way that more than an extra. Like Lily's mom?

24:49Not the waitress at a restaurant, even though that was Atlas. Lily's mom. That's literally the only woman in the book. Yeah, yeah. Other than these three. Well, I think also it's easy to... We know Jenny Slate has beef. Correct. She unfollowed him. She's been very distant. She's vocally supported Blake Lively. So I think that if we had to guess, I would have guessed her. It's a good guess. It's a good guess. So the thing is, I feel like as somebody who has up until this point definitely not been on Team Justin, it's nice to see Blake defending herself. but at the end of the day, like I do feel like she's lost already and there's, I don't know what she could say, what she could prove, what she could file that would change people's minds, honestly.

25:28Well, this definitely helps her case. I know, but like people don't believe that she was sexually harassed. It doesn't matter what people believe. I mean, yes it does, but like her case. Yeah, no, by the way, and I'm very curious to see like what the law says, but right now we're, we're in the streets, like we're in the media, just when they did the SNL thing, there was like literally a hundred articles the next day that were all negative about Blake. Like she's losing. If people don't believe that she was sexually harassed, not if, people don't believe that, period. If there are two other women on set who come forward and say that they experienced sexual harassment as well, that is a major difference.

26:02Checking her column and corroborating her story. That just is. So if that happened, that changes things. Yeah, and if they, well, if people refuse to see it or believe it, then that's on them. But like that changes the story because then it's not just like Blake's perception or her experience. It's a pattern. And there's literally only three young women on the set. Right. One of whom is 23, which is like, and it's like her first time in Hollywood, her first big gig, like how traumatizing. Allegedly. Allegedly, of course.

26:35Frog got your throat.

26:40Classic Jacks. Take a sip of the coffee. I choked on my, no, I'm seriously like choking on all my own fluids. Fluids these days. It's like my own food and my own saliva, my own vomit. It's really just been an amazing time. Being a woman is amazing. Take a sip of something, perhaps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Per chance. I think someone's bringing you a water also because I know you don't like the coffee today. I'm okay. Thank you so much. I'm had so much drama. So much drama. As somebody who has just kind of been waiting for Blake Lively to do something, I'm extremely grateful that she just kind of stepped her pussy up.

27:11This is definitely, you know, a big check for Team Blake that she is responding, that it seems like, you know, there's more where this comes from. Yeah. And the thing is, the whole time to me is that people have been going back and forth on like everybody's personalities. But something that you really couldn't deny because it was both in her claim and then his lawsuit was like agreeing that this meeting had happened after the SAG-AFTRA strike, being like, before we come back to work, like we all need to agree that like these things need to stop happening. And he agreed to it. So to me, is it like an admission that Blake was telling the truth?

27:42not not necessarily i feel like i could see different ways that that could happen if like uh assuming she's a liar which i i'm not saying that she is but like let's say this person's a liar they might have had a meeting justin just wants to get this movie done so he just agrees to stuff agree whatever right just do your job right there's a million things that could have happened to me that's not like a confirmation no not anymore no okay to me it was and I'm very curious if this at all moves the needle for people who thought Blively was lying about being sexually harassed. I think that we're back in the game.

28:19We've got to match now. Have you seen it change the rhetoric online? I don't read. I read rhetoric online and I don't know if I'm in my own echo chamber or I only follow people who are of sound mind. I don't get a bunch of idiots and their opinions because I don't give a shit. Your algorithm knows better. My algorithm knows better. So I'm not like following the ping pong match of public opinion. But as someone in my own, I was very much, not very much. I'm not very much anything on this. I was moving over here. Yeah, suede. And now I think we've got ourselves a match when it was looking very uneven.

28:54So you represent like the undecided contingency. And so you think that this at least a little bit is like momentum in Blake's. Yeah. Got it. Okay. Like for me, I'm like, okay, Blake's back in the game. I also just think it's kind of a big deal. Not that it's a game. This is very serious. of course it's a metaphor i do think it's a big deal that these two girls would agree to testify because honestly after watching this whole thing who the fuck would want to get involved yes but that's where principles come in scruples and it's nice when people are scrupled and they're like i can't see this go down this way what's unfortunate is like it's hollywood and and there aren't any scruple there's not a scruple to be found and it's like oh well i don't care if blake goes down i'm not going down with her i got you know my career to think about yeah i've got movies to shoot so So I think that sometimes it's like when you see something wrong happening, you can't help but speak up.

29:41Especially if you were a victim yourself. Yeah. Yeah. As opposed to just bearing it down, maybe like a studio will be like, if you don't, we'll get you here. I don't know why I just think so low of people in Hollywood. I think that like, you know, speaking your truth is admirable. Yes, but I also sometimes like find sometimes you have to speak up. It'll kill you. It doesn't matter. Yeah. I feel like sometimes that happens to people. You're only as sick as your secrets. It's literally like what Lisa, I think about what Lisa Reina said all the time. What did she say? She randomly like, and people were like, she's so crazy.

30:08Like, if I don't say this thing, she's like, it's going to give me cancer. It's like, and it was like dumb what she was talking about. But things like that, like make you physically ill. Yeah. No, I, and I mean, I feel that way sometimes where it's like, I don't care what this means. Like, I'm going to say it because it's so wrong not to. Right. You feel compelled by just like your ethics. Your conscience. Yeah. And I think that. Conscience is a powerful thing. It is when you have one. correct so we'll see what happens next yeah i am curious i mean this was only filed this morning so like there hasn't been enough time for opinions to change or just like rhetoric to change i am really curious to me the most interesting part and this is not interesting obviously it's like a tragedy but the most interesting part of this whole saga is like seeing how it plays out on social media especially like with the allegations of astroturfing or whatever um i'd be very curious to see like if this at all moves the needle and i was having this conversation with somebody yesterday about how like this entire it ends with us drama is a woman's issue right it was women who read the book and made it popular.

31:03It was women who went and saw the movie. It's women who are sitting around having these conversations. Like, I don't know what two straight guys who are talking about, like, did you see the counterclaim that Blake Lively dropped? So this is very much like a women's issue about an issue that affects mostly women, sexual harassment, domestic violence, things like that. And so it has been wildly interesting to see conversations being had about it all by women and how Blake wasn't really like universally universally believed. Whereas like up until this point, it was, you know, believe women and, and things of that nature.

31:34And that's not the case here. So it's just been like a kind of a, like a social experiment to watch. Yeah, I guess things are changing in that sense. But I do think, you know, this blanket believe women, like women could lie. So that doesn't really work and probably never did. And they could also be telling the truth, but just like, you got to back it up. Right. Right. You know, our next story, Mindy Kaling got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She brought BJ Novak with her. Alleged baby daddy Novak. Well, they call him the godfather. The BD Novak. He's her children's godfather. She has not shared like who her children's father is.

32:11So of course people think. I just want to say as like Mindy Kaling's number one fan, I actually don't think that BJ Novak is her baby's father. One, because if he was like, you wouldn't make him the godfather. Two, it's a little complicated, you know? No, you would make him the godfather like you want him to have a role in your kids lives he's obviously not taking on the role of father because he doesn't want to like you know or else you'd be a family like not everyone who gives their sperm like wants to be a full-time dad but like wants to help out a friend in need and procreate yeah i just think like a lot of women godfather is exactly what you'd call him just kind of like to cover it up no not even cover it up but like give that person a role in in your children's life but then it's also just like uncle bj like he doesn't need to be so official you know i don't know those titles are transient uncle like if he's the godfather he's always the godfather there were also rumors a few years ago that they had stopped being friends so i feel like it's such an unnecessary complication if you're like a woman of a certain age and certain success who wants to have children on her own like there's so many options for you as opposed to and they're like good options you know where you can like get really vetted sperm and things like that to go the route of somebody you know personally adds a real layer of complications that some people don't have the luxury of like some it's expensive to do it the other way yeah Mindy Kaling has that option so you don't think a trusted friend is preferred well a trusted friend in Hollywood like everybody's a snake they did have like a brief period where they weren't speaking I just think Mindy Kaling's like a little smarter than that I really don't think that he's the father you are not the father I don't know enough to say but I think he would be a great choice like for her for a trusted friend would be preferred to anonymous right yeah but Like anonymous sperm, like when you go through like the proper channels, like, yeah, it's technically like a stranger, but it's super vetted.

33:51It's really. It's a beautiful thing. And it's a good option. So is a trusted friend. Yeah. But it's a good option. Sorry. With no potential complications. Unless I do always wonder like 23andMe. Yeah. How that affects sperm donors. Yeah. No. It affects them all the time. You don't see all these stories. Man had 80 kids. They all got together for a reunion. They're all best friends. It's literally a documentary on Hulu. It's also a movie with Vince Vaughn. Yes, it is. That's like people's favorite trope is like the sperm donor in college. Right. I feel like we do talk about it enough. Okay. Well, I guess the point of the story is not who her dad is.

34:25And between Deer Toasters, also I want to say there's been like a lot of conspiracy. I've seen a lot of chatter that like Deer Toasters is. Is an industry plant. No, is like fabricated. Either we make them up or other people make them up. I need to say we've never made up a Deer Toasters in our lives. Now, if people are writing in with fake stories, we could smell out. Like there are some that are so stupid. We don't choose them. I've never, ever thought that. Everything that we read, I'm like, that's a tough situation. 1 ,000 % I've never thought that. By the way, give me a Bible. We have never, ever made up a submission.

35:01Never. If we weren't getting submissions, we would just not do it. We'd say there's no demand. Like problem solved. Also, I do want to say that this is a great opportunity that last week there was a Dear Toasters about a girl who read through her husband's text with his mother. And he was like being really weird about their sex life. And it didn't occur to either of us. But so many people in the comments were like, girls, it's probably not his mom that he's texting. It's like a girl, a hooker. And he's put her name in as mom because like no one's going to read that text being like, oh, he's cheating on me with his mother.

35:29And I thought that was a good call. I didn't think of it as a potential. He was talking about his wife. he was talking about like sex with his wife yeah so maybe it was a sex therapist that he wrote mom because he didn't want her to know but i don't think it was that's not how you talk to your mistress i'm just saying it was a good theory it's not it's devoid of facts he was talking about his wife yeah but like people are freaks like i think if anything was like a little you know mother's helper but that's what we thought like normal people who were like maybe a hooker that is helping you through a tough time get more intimate with your wife like it's all in service to the wife it's not just an affair it's not as cut and dry it's kind of like pretty woman no yeah because at first it was you just you know an exchange but then it's true love no it's kind of like nothing i've ever seen no you know what it is you ever see that movie with Helen Hunt.

36:29She plays a sex therapist. Okay. For like paraplegics or people who are like physically unable. Yeah, it's called The Sessions. That sounds like what it is. Her name is Cheryl Green. She's a sex surrogate. It's actually based on a true story. I forget her patient. He's like paraplegic or something. And of course they end up falling in love. It's very beautiful. So it's kind of like that. that's really beautiful. Okay. Well, we'll just have to wait for the update. Kind of a love story for the ages. Also just check the phone number of the contact mom. Like it's very simple stuff. Give it a ring.

37:08The story at hand is that Mindy Kaelin got a star on the Walk of Fame earned. Oh, earned beyond. I can't believe she didn't even have one. If not just for her like self as an actress, when you think about like Mindy Project, what she's contributed to modern television, sex lives of college girls. she's doing Lili Blonde 2 if it ever comes out 3 and Never Have I Ever on Netflix true queen so it's her time and of course she should already have one but she has to get one everyone has their time and the process of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is so weird it's not like what you would think and the people who get it it's always so delayed I think they have a really high bar which I appreciate I think you have to be extremely established to the point where it's like how did they not have one already?

37:54Right. Unignorable. Yeah. And so I think that's good. There's no one that's just like a flash in the pan, even the 10 year flash. Yeah. Yeah. I want a 20 year flash. When are the Oscars? Don't you feel like they were postponed because the fires and yeah, I just feel like I've stopped caring. I feel like they're typically in March and it's still February. That feels right. Yeah. You can't stop caring. You watched all those bad movies. I know for what? I watched Amelia Perez and love is blind. And Netflix cut me a check for the time that I have wasted losing brain cells with your content. Yeah. Penis to vagina, vagina to penis.

38:34That was such a good song. Should we stream it? If you want. Do you know what the song is called? Like the title of the song? You're going to be shocked. Labioplasty? Very close. La Vaginoplasty. Oh, so it's just the Spanish version of labioplasty. Sorry, excuse me. la vaginoplastia. Feminine. The feminine plastia. Stream it. Oh, you're going to play it. Can I not? You're going to wind up paying Netflix. Oh, you think we'll get it? After they should be paying you. Okay, so I'll forget it. I got in trouble. Let's get to our next story. You're just feeling bold because you have a computer. I feel different.

39:10You know, I'm wearing my sunglasses. You're like Jamie on Joe Rogan, just like looking things up. I'm literally like Tim Dillon and you are, what's his assistant's name? Like Ben? Yeah. Yeah. For sure, Ben. something about sunglasses and podcasting is a special breed I actually spoke to Tim Dillon this morning because he like said it was funny that I looked like him and I get why he does it you definitely feel like a different person you can like kind of say shit because your eyes are covered you have a layer of protection can't see the haters it also feels like anonymous like people who like tell you to kill yourself and like anonymously comment it like I kind of understand them right now because I have sort of this like sheet over me you have anonymity yeah my name is Claudia and I'm wearing sunglasses yeah So if it feels like I'm acting different That's why Should I take them off and see like if my vibe changes Sure And they'd love to see those beautiful eyes I'm like the nerd who takes off his glasses and everybody realizes he's handsome It's true A princess Archie How do I look Archie Smile Don't smile Take off your sunglasses Don't take off your sunglasses What should I do So I know like if I, now when I go back and watch the episode, whatever I do, I'm going to be like, I should have kept them on or I should have taken them off.

40:21Should we plug in the monitor? No, no. Even though we never look at the monitor? No, no, no. Okay. I'll move on to the next story. So just like leave them on. I'll make the decision. That way if you regret it, you could blame me. What's the number story? Four. Parch. Nike teams up with Kim Kardashian shapewear brand Skims as it looks to reach more women. So Nike and Skims have signed like a serious partnership, a long-term partnership to launch a new brand called Nike Skims. I feel like they really could have workshopped the name. I agree. It's one word, capital N, lowercase I-K-E, capital Skims.

40:53Nike Skims. It should be called like Psyche. Or Nims. Yeah. I don't know. It's not a good name. I don't know. They love a name like this though. This is so Nike Skims. There's too many Ks. There's two Ks. It's like, it's a bumpy word, Nikeskims. It's weird. It doesn't roll off the tongue. Especially if you were to lowercase everything, it's like Nikeskims. Nikeskims. If we were to pronounce things the way they should be pronounced. Nikeskims. That's why they had to do all this capitalization. Otherwise, it's Nikeskims. And what about an X, like Nikeskims? That also is chunky. It's not really an X at this point because it's like.

41:34Because it's its own company. Yeah, they're not. It's not a short-term collaboration. It's a new brand. The new brand will include a collection of apparel, footwear, and accessories that will debut this spring with a global rollout planned for 2026. Now, I think this is really great for Kim's wallet. For Kim's self. And also for the customers. Like, they just did a collab with North Face. I know Margot Washtray got some things. But, like, it sells out in two seconds. Like, Nike is great for distribution. They have a million stores. They have a lot of product. Like, whatever they make, people will be able to get it.

42:01And I think it will be, like, top quality fabric. I think this is really just makes a lot of sense. It's so great for Nike because Skims is so cool. And it's so great for Skims because Nike is so legit. And Skims has been doing a couple of things that like really are moving them out of just like the women's underwear space and into all different things. Like they're the official underwear of the NBA. Like if you watch any NBA game, their logo is literally on the court. It's so crazy. So this is just like adding an air of legitimacy to Skims while also further entering this like kind of sports world for some reason.

42:29Like performance wear. Performance, yeah. So the name is so terrible, but the concept is not a bad idea. Although I don't understand what they're making. what kind of business you win like socks apparel footwear oh sneakers right Nike makes sneakers oh okay okay and like maybe they'll have like a cool like they're comparing this to like Jordan yeah like she is the Michael Jordan of women I mean it could be men's too but like I think when you think of it for women like Michael Jordan is to Nike is to men what Kim Kardashian will be to Nike to women hopefully I think that feels right and in an age where like kind of everybody's really pushing women's sports, Caitlin Clark, the WNBA, things of that nature, Simone Biles.

43:09It's a good time. Lots of momentum for the, who do we think is going to be the face? Oh, I mean like it should be Kim because to me like the Caitlin Clark, like that's, she has her own shoe. This isn't that. To me, this is like competes with aloe and women's athleisure. That's what it feels like to me. I mean that space is huge. Like aloe, lululemon. Yeah. Cause Caitlin Clark has her own shoe. This isn't for like the, I mean, And maybe they'll have women's athletes a part of it. But this feels different. Okay. That's actually a good point. I see it. Now I understand what you're saying. The name really needs to be better.

43:43Like she is the face. She is the Jordan. Yeah. Alley, you. Right. I want to see a logo of her. And she's so like fit, sports, workout. Yeah. But the name is really bad. Now that I'm kind of understanding what it is. And if you are competing in that like wellness, women's wear, athleisure space, which is so big. Nike Skims is like such a harsh, ugly name. Whereas like, aloe, Louis Le Mans. It's not a bad name because it's like straight facts. Recognizable brands. It's Nike and Skims, like whatever. But it doesn't roll off the tongue. It's not pargy. It's not pargy. And when you're not pargy, you're largy, you know?

44:23You're nargy. Yeah. It's not good. Yeah. Makes me sad. But maybe, who knows, maybe in meetings they'll start to call it a nickname, then it'll rebrand. What do you think is the opposite, the antonym of Pardy? Nargy? Nargy. I guess. We need to workshop it. Sound off in the comments, you guys. What's the opposite? Yucky. Yeah, the antonym.com of Pardy. I guess it would be yucky. I just wanted it to rhyme. Yeah, but I feel like if it rhymes, then it's part of the Pardy world. Everything that rhymes with Pardy is Pardy. Gargy. Gargy Pardy. Yeah. Gargy Margy. So it inherently needs to not rhyme. It's yucky.

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50:30I take it back. You're right. She was dreadful. Glenn Powell and Lily James, though, break into a fit of giggles as they leave a BAFTA's party together. So Glenn Powell and Lily James were photographed in a car in the back of an SUV together, leaving the BAFTAs. They walked out at the same time, but separately. So we don't have photos of them walking together, but like she's wearing his jacket. They get into the same car and like they're laughing. So they're in love. There has been a lot of speculation about who Glenn Powell is going to date because on his rise to fame, he was in a relationship for a pretty long time.

51:00So he never was able to use his celebrity and his dating life to catapult him to another life because that's always how it happens. and he really is like this big time Hollywood movie star, really one of the most eligible young men. There was like those rumors about him and Sidney Sweeney, but like he wasn't dating her. That was fake. So we've never really seen him in a celebrity relationship. This is the first time. If it's a relationship. Let's operate like it is. Let's talk like it is. I don't think that it is. I think that they were at the same party. They like got along and they're going to the next place together.

51:28Where it goes from there, I don't know. Oh, I didn't consider that there would be another party after this party. I just figured they were going home. Like nightcap. We're going to someone's place. That's very sexy, Nightcap. In the moment, they're like, this is good for both of us. Let's get in the same car. Why should we not? Even if this goes nowhere and they just either hooked up or whatever, this is good. This is good. Well, okay. So you're being a little critical, which is important. This is important. Wait, me saying this is good is critical. Sorry, you're thinking critically. Cynical? No, you're thinking critically.

51:58Okay. Like you're saying it wasn't like this whirlwind romance. But I want to talk about it like it is. Okay. Let's say these two are together. Or even just casually dating. I love it so much. Because I've been waiting for Glenn Powell to do something like this. And I like that he didn't. We would have thought so. Even the Sydney Sweeney thing. I'm like it's so obvious. Two hot young people. Lily James is very much an accomplished actress. And I think that Glenn Powell really wants to be taken seriously. As one day an Oscar level actor. And I think that him swimming in the same pools. BAFTA, London, Lily James.

52:31It's pargy. It's well thought out. I like it. I actually, the more I think about this, like, I think it's nothing. I think Glenn Powell likes to be seen with, like, you know, talking to Gracie Abrams, talking to Sidney Sweeney. I forgot about that. Like, I love him as an actor, but I just feel like he kind of loves these moments and they mean nothing to him. And I don't know what he's actually up to. Wow. So you hate Glenn Powell. That sounds like what you're saying. Like, you think low of Glenn Powell. No, because what he actually might be up to might be something amazing. That he's not sharing with us?

53:05Yeah. Or not. Or like he's using these young women for a clout. Glenn would never. Clout chaser. No, Jackie, let me tell you something. Claudia, you know I love him. I know. I'm really shocked to hear you say this. No, no. I'm just like, until he's like really with someone, I'm seeing a lot of this. Party, having fun. I like being spotted with you. It's like a good moment on Dumois. That's fair. And I like that for him. and what only girls can do that. You'd love to see men in women-dominated fields. Like, this is fun. Yeah. This is fun. And as you should, like, I like when people use their dating life to catapult their careers.

53:39Like, I think that's really an interesting way of getting famous and of rising your star. And Glenn, like, Glenn has the roles. You know, he has the looks. But he needs, like, a Hollywood starlet. And he needs, like, a personal life that we can all get invested in. Because I don't know what Glenn does. That's what I'm saying. And so, by the way, this is him getting us invested. Like, we talked about Gracie Abrams very briefly. Like, this is something new. We have a picture now. Like, he is actually taking us with him. You don't see it. You don't understand Glenn like I do. I don't see the vision.

54:03Like, where does Glenn even live? What does Glenn even do? I think Glenn lives in Austin. I think he's kind of like a local hometown hero. In terms of what he does, I know he loves his family. You know, all he does is hang out with his mom and his friends. And he soaks up each other's awesomeness. That's what I think. I think he's stressed out. Wow. And it's important that we not read into this too much. I think he's cultivated like this perfect image. Life, yeah. Because he's, no, image. He's so perfect. Like, I love him. He's so perfect. Yeah. And it must be like so hard to live up to that. Like, what if Glenn Powell is imperfect?

54:39And does Glenn have a bad day? I'm sure Glenn has bad days and he's not allowed. And I'm sure he's one of these actors where his team is like, Glenn, get up. Yeah. Even though I could also see Glenn having a really good team around him. I don't know. I could see him really getting sucked into a toxic whirlpool. I just feel like you want something sinister to be going on here with Glenn. And I can almost tell you for certain that there's not. He's just like a guy. He's just laughing after. This is what you're saying? He's catching a ride home. Okay. With a pretty girl? Pretty girls need to get home too.

55:08Or just being a gentleman, taking her home. Maybe her car got lost or whatever. And I mean the jacket. They're telling us something. Yeah, by the way. The jacket. Okay. Not you turning me into a hater, but the jacket is giving staged. It's a little, yeah. Especially because. Not to say that they don't get along and that they're not going to have a fun night together. But they want us to know that. Let's talk about the jacket because actually there's no way she needed the jacket inside the party. Like parties are often really warm. And so, okay, she needed the jacket to walk from the curb to the car where the car obviously has heat if it's cold in London right now.

55:36And look at the girl behind her shivering. Like, London didn't give her a jacket. Okay, so it was cold. That looks like I literally thought it was Poochie Sorbo. Yeah, and it's February in London. So it's cold. Wait, let me see the pictures past the iPad. Go ahead. Go ahead. Because you know me. I love to like. Oh.

55:57what are you thinking now let me just just give me a minute because a picture says a thousand words and there's like 11 pictures so we have 11 000 words glenn powell is so hot like that's the worst thing i'm thinking the party was inside so there's no way she needed the jacket inside and also to be clear she's wearing a blazer so it's like two jackets but it's a it's a crop top so her belly my skulls belly's not the right word she kind of reminds me and looks like i'm sure we've said this before who is her celebrity doppelganger she has one grace van patten yeah yeah they look like a lot alike like i could see them playing like sisters in a film in a twisted film where one goes missing and the other is pretending to be her correct they should make that movie they did make that movie a simple thing yeah we just watched just watched it yeah i don't know so they first met in 2018 they played a married couple in something called the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.

56:51Wait, I was about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. It's based on a book and I was going to read it. It's not my one to read. It's a historical fiction book. Yeah. Wait, now I have to read it and watch the movie starring the two of them. So they could also just be friends. Like they worked together in 2018. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. That's far too long of a name for a film and that's why it wasn't successful. It's quirky. And no, I think it was like a very popular book. oh this looks so good it's a historical fiction book i think it's like world war ii and you know how the potato peel society was affected by like probably rations and like potatoes the rations how does that affect a society it's giving kitchen front if you're a redhead that means something to you and if you're not it's time for the love is blind recap where jackie and i are going not reading right you're watching the most dreadful season of a show that once was good and i feel like obviously we talk about this all the time like some seasons are really amazing and some are fine yeah there's never been one that's like unwatchable i just want to say though you the seasons being amazing happens after the pods like one of my favorite seasons is jimmy and chelsea and jessica yep and it didn't get amazing until all that stuff happened back in north carolina at the lake and the honeymoon yeah but i don't remember the pod episodes feeling like teeth being pulled but they're always not the most interesting now it's unfortunate they have so many pod episodes it is what it is but whether this season will be good or not we can't say i will say though that the trailer for this season like someone saw me on instagram and he knew what i looked like and that's the clip that i'm seeing do you want me to tell you who it is does it even matter because this already happened for don't tell me okay one of the girls no i said don't tell me but i'm not gonna tell you who oh yeah okay one of the girls is talking to camera they obviously got together and she's in one of the apartments and she was like when i saw him like i knew that he actually followed me on instagram like a few months ago or whatever i remember seeing his profile, I remember seeing a photo of him in front of a Christmas tree or something.

58:45So like she remembered what he looked like. And she was like, and all this stuff is in my Instagram bio about things that I like. And I think that he knew who I was and what I looked like and maybe tailored all of his answers. It's so romantic. However, nothing that's in your Instagram bio should be enough for someone to convince you that you're in love with them. Like how long is your bio? No, but it's like when you're going to get married to someone based on conversations, like it should be about more than like, I like pizza too. Right. You know, so he shouldn't have even been able to really get you by just that.

59:18So I feel like she'll probably break up with him because she's obviously like she said, my God, I have to trust my God. But I'm sorry. Like if you fell for that, you fell for it. Well, in the first two episodes, we only get one engagement. And then the first reveal happens in the first couple of minutes of the third episode, which I did watch. Who is it? Joey, who is the long hair. Oh, they're perfect for each other. And Monica. They are perfect for each other. The reveal was butt-clenchingly cringe, but because they're matching each other's level of freaky. It all went well. It's not cringe for anything bad.

59:53I actually think they are a good couple. I just want to say the first reveal is always the strongest couple. Yes, and so that's coming through. They had actually good conversations about things that a couple should talk about, and they are physically matched. Now, I had an actual physical reaction to something one of the girls said. And she's probably one of my least – she's definitely my least favorite person on the show because every time she talks, it's exactly what you and I were saying at the top of this show. Like, you say something really bland and boring and you act like it's revolutionary conversation.

1:00:27And it's the girl who said she, like, listened to Joe Rogan and the ant farm. Yeah. And she was like, and maybe natural disasters are just, like, somebody shaking – Or superior bearings. Superior beings. and somebody, you know, shaking up our ant farm. And then she kind of like left it silent for him to be like, whoa. And I was like, are you fucking dumb? Like, it was seriously like, oh, yeah, she was like, I have a lot of like high sober thoughts. You know, I'm sober, but like I think like a high person. I'm like, oh, you're so crazy. Yeah, if someone said those things to me, I'd say have a good day, sir.

1:00:58Not a match. And my question is like, so he's kind of like down. He's like, yeah, ant farm, oh, totally. And our two people who are both ant farm people, Like, should they be together or no? Like, I feel like opposites attract. And it's nice to have common interests. But at what point are you just dating yourself and you're not supposed to do that? I don't know if there's room in a relationship for two ant farm people. Right, but I feel like someone who's not an ant farm person can sleep next to somebody who is. I completely agree. It's a really good question you ask. I don't know. These are bottom of the barrel conversations that we're having about these people.

1:01:33They have given us nothing. thing now I know we're only two episodes in and I would like to ask permission from our audience like please let us stop watching this it's genuine psychological torture it's uninteresting people there's no drama now there are people who are having mutual connections so like Dave who's this guy who's like an asshole but then was really nice and like there's always a Dave a guy who's like doesn't think yeah but Leo was like super transparent and almost like funny no remember that guy that who was it that got shake with him no shame ad was talking to this guy the one she ended up no not the one she ended up with okay matthew yeah of course he's a matthew where it's like he thinks he's too good to be on the show but he's going through the experiment but it will not work out for him because ultimately he thinks it's stupid meanwhile he has two connections one molly who's honestly had two connections as well right he's a cutie and then he's also connecting with Lauren, who was the girl who took a year off.

1:02:31She was a teacher. She wasn't making a livable wage. She is vibing with Dave, and she, at the end of the episode, too, finds out that Molly is, too. It's like, oh my God, it's almost like that's the concept of this fucking show. And when somebody's like, I feel like Molly says to her, I feel like we don't have the same connection, so I can tell you I'm really vibing with Dave. Meanwhile, she's literally talking to the other woman. Her face, she's so backtrist. Like, I can't be here. Like, I can't be here. That's the whole point of the show. Yeah. Who do you think he should pick and who do you think he will pick?

1:03:04I don't think you should pick either of them. I don't think that either of them are well suited because I don't think the person we're seeing is like really who he is. Right. I think we got little glimpses. Like I work in medical aesthetics. Like I'm around a lot of Botox. Who the fuck says that? Yeah. And also what does that mean? People having very vague jobs. I work in medical aesthetics. Do you engineer Botox or are you the receptionist at a med spa? And then his description says medical sales. So I think he like sells parts for cosmetology. And then the NBA dancer, she says she has a doctorate in health care administration.

1:03:33She's like, people are really surprised when they find out I work in a hospital and then I'm a doctor. Well, a doctor who works in a hospital is different than somebody with a doctorate. Yeah. So I just feel like everybody's very misleading about their jobs. But I do really like Devin. That's who's talking to? Britanni and NBA dancer. He is like loves his job. He loves kids. He loves basketball. He just wants everybody to love basketball and the kids as much. he's a youth sports I really like him I think he's like a p-jump he's just really young and all the women he's talking to are much older oh yeah and he went to the same high school and she was like five years later okay it's not that many years yeah that's like crazy but also good because they don't know each other yeah it's annoying I guess that's like what happens if you go to like a smaller town to do this like people know each other no and so we need to talk about but I also like the small town elements because there's a lot of common ground and sometimes people want to stay where they are and meet someone where they are so like we not everything has to be like Chicago or LA.

1:04:25But we need to talk about the implications of a small town on the personalities that come on this show. On the entertainment value for the show. We always talk about how important it is, the city that they're in. And like some of the best seasons are just like these urban metropolises with people from all different walks of life. Most recently, DC was like not a good season because people in DC are weird. Like, and so I think where you're from, but then a really good season where people are really weird was like the Portland, Oregon, Seattle area. Like it was a good season. The people were freaks.

1:04:55It was an okay season. It was a good season. At the time it wasn't the best season, but now that we've had so much worse, we look back fondly and they weirdly had like a couple couples. Chelsea and Kwame. Yeah. That was Jimmy and Chelsea, no? No, that was North Carolina. Oh, yeah. Okay. North Carolina was a good city too. So the city. Whatever. The city means a lot. Yeah. And I was actually really looking forward to Minnesota. I mean, that guy, Joey, his accent, is fucking crazy. Like, I don't even know what Minnesota people talk like, but he is a walking cliche. Nobody else really has that terrible of an accent.

1:05:29He must be like really local. Yeah. Or from a specific start part of Minnesota because most of them are like living in St. Paul, like downtown. And I fear it's not giving a good look for people from Minnesota. And I don't want to, you know, paint with a broad brush, but it's so vanilla. I think it's more the editing and especially, and so, okay, they trend vanilla and you gave us six episodes of pods, Whereas other cities are a little more interesting. And there was only two. So I didn't hear about your dad's steak. Like I didn't hear about all these really. I like Taco Bell. Your dad's steak.

1:05:58Taco B. I didn't hear about every fucking tattoo that everyone has. Oh my God. What's with the tattoos? Who cares? So they're operating at a disadvantage because they're not the most interesting and they're filling the most airtime. So it's a combination. And I don't think you can blame the Midwest. No. I think the Midwest has a wonderful elk. That's fair. That we just are not being packaged properly. We're the crazy people. You know, like you need to sprinkle them in. And in addition to the serious people who are taking the experiment seriously, you need to have the assholes, the people who are clearly there to get famous, the people who have like really nutty personalities.

1:06:28There's none of that. Everybody is like so normal to the point of bored to tears. But I will be curious to see if it yields good relationships. They're all so normal. They can all kind of work with each other. Are we going to have a lot of marriages? That'll be interesting. As far as continuing to watch, like, of course, last night was like really hard. But I do think like the best is yet to come. And like you put in the hard work for the payoff. Six episodes of Pods is. there might be some fast forwarding that has to happen and also we'll see how people are talking about it like some seasons it's like i mean that chelsea season the megan fox like it was everywhere before i started watching so if it's really gaining steam we can continue to watch and we'll see what happens and whoever's idea was to have people in the pods do a date night where they're doing silent discos um and we're obviously not listening to what they're listening to because then they put on like their generic music and we're watching them like bop it to like selling sunset pop music like seriously stop but seriously the funniest was monica showing joey how her dad dances and like she's describing and he's doing something completely different because he can't see her and that made me chuckle oh also madison like twerking with the golf club i haven't gotten there unfortunately was she doing it with ben platt she was doing it no with mason the cinematographer she's like oh we're both artists um i should two artists be together i feel like no well who's gonna pay the bills right dude but like you really have to think like opposites attract yeah okay so she's getting like it's obviously a late night date and she's like kind of like horny and she's being like really weird and like sexually suggestive like telling him that her nipples are pierced um and she was like he's like i love miniskirts and she was like oh then you would have loved my micro mini the other day and he was like i was talking to you and you were wearing a micro a miniskirt.

1:08:06Why did you tell me? And then they're like also doing putt-putt as their date. And so she like holds both hands on the golf club and like shakes her ass in a miniskirt towards the wall that divides them. And he obviously can't see it. So she's like, oh, by the way, I just twerked. And he goes, you know how to twerk? Like as if she like tied a cherry. She just like shook her ass. She didn't even, actually she didn't twerk. She just like - By the textbook definition. Yeah, textbooks. She actually did not twerk. She just like did like a hip dip. Understood. It was painful. I just want to say like, I do feel like some people might have pod sex, like, you know, and they should talk about sex and - They're definitely having pod sex.

1:08:47Two sexual beings. But because there's not usually six pod episodes, we don't see it. And I do think people should be able to have pod sex - Private moments. And then not film it. And I feel like that this probably happens a lot and it's unfortunate that we're seeing it because it's kind of had to be there. Yeah. It's really like been so unenjoyable thus far. Sound off in the comments We are funny By the way We Literally Each episode is like A little over an hour So I watch like Almost two and a half hours It's about dollars and cents Like it's about Time spent streaming I'm just letting you know Netflix like it's bad business Because I'm not going to Watch a show However we have to make it To Honeymoons Because that's when You can decide Like we watched DC till Honeymoons It's true And it was still bad But that is the best time And maybe we'll get there slowly Yeah Maybe half an episode a night I hope Netflix learns from this though Yeah Because they definitely in the past Have made the pods too short Where like you really don't understand the people And it's hard to get really invested So it's a perfect It's always dreadful It's always like a little hard Because you're like learning all these people's names And I just want to say like I don't mind not understanding the people And not knowing like why they connected I'm just going to trust you okay And I'll trust the process Now give me the juice Now go to Guatemala Where they go to Honduras Sorry Get your ass to Honduras Get on island time Show me the reveals Start sleeping in the same bed Also, they've made the reveals a little too long, like where they now sit and chat.

1:10:07They put a bench. I'd stay and chat, but I don't want to stay and chat. The bench is probably the worst thing to happen to this show because the best part of the reveals is how awkward it is that they have to stand and like be fully in gowns and meet someone new for the first time. The fact that they sit, it lets them get like a little bit more comfortable and I don't like it. I want them to be weird. Then it goes on longer. Like, no, I want you guys to see each other. Initial thoughts, first impression. We'll see you on honeymoons. Agreed. It's too much. we need to check in with them back in Honduras.

1:10:35It's just too much and it's too weird. I clocked. I saw what they saw. I've seen what I needed to see. Move it along. Correct. Alright, well that's our show you guys. We kind of crushed it. Classic us. Anything else you want to say before we wrap? I'm actually starting to get worried how I'm going to get my car out of the spot now. I'll help you. Okay, thank you. It was kind of crazy that you didn't come and help me. I literally thought the car was driving itself. Did you see me like for every day? You're always like, I parked today. I thought you knew how to park. Who doesn't know how to park?

1:11:06I don't know how to parallel park. I'm not going to lie. What's the point? Everywhere you go has a massive fucking parking lot. I know how to parallel park. It will take me like 15 minutes, but I can do it. I was on like minute seven before she got in the car. Unless it's on the left side of the street. Was it on the left? Like were you, was the parking spot to your left or to your right? To my right. Oh, okay. That I can do like in 10 minutes. I can't do it on the left. I actually think getting out is easier. I'll back up onto the curb and then just drive straight. Yeah And just leave your insurance card Wherever you go Yeah Leave a note Guys that's our show Thank you so much for listening to the Toast Millennium Morning Show We deliver the Fast Five Stories You need to remember Monday through Friday night On YouTube So if you're watching us on YouTube Bitch Subscribe Okay And give this video a thumbs up Okay We work really hard We went to this whole studio Like at least you could do this Did the whole thing Give it just like a subscription Parallel Park Almost stole my car Right We almost had our car stolen And our livelihoods Just subscribe Yeah it's not that hard We're also available as a podcast Anywhere podcasts can be found So it's Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher Public Radio, iHeartRadio, CastBox all the places wherever you listen to podcasts find us the toast leave a five star review about how beautiful stunning and wickedly talented we are hope you guys have an amazing wednesday don't forget to hump someone you love and we'll see you tomorrow love ya bye