#2937 Below Deck S12E08 Part 1: French Toasted

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1:05Ben Mandelker: Watch What Crappens

1:30I'm Ronnie. That's Ben over there. Hello, you little Benny Toon. What you doing?

1:33Ben Mandelker: Hi. How's it going, snookums? Schnookums? Good. Good toots. Well, welcome everybody to the show. It's Below Deck Day over here. We're all in love with each other. Ben, I'm in love with Danny Pellegrino. I'm sorry. I've got to go. Well, I just kissed Barbara in retaliation. Damn it, Barbara. She was holding so steadfastly to being a lesbian. I know. I guess a lesbian and a sweater gay are kind of a lesbian couple. I tricked her. I put on a wig and I said, I'm a lady. And I tricked her. It was very rude of me. Very easily tricked after being mixed up on that boat. Well, welcome everybody to Below Deck Day.

2:16Tonight is also the date of our very first Amazon Live. We're very excited. So join us for that. That's going to be at 5.30 p.m. Pacific time. and we have no idea how that's going to go. But it's going to be so fun.

2:30Ben Mandelker: It's going to be outrageous. I'm so excited today. Yes, I already pulled. I was like, I just went into my Amazon history. I was like, what are five items that I really have enjoyed recently? I pulled them. They're ready to go. This is the moment I feel like I've been waiting for, you know, is to talk about like cookie scoops. It's ready. it's gonna it's gonna happen it's gonna be wild there will be a pan there will be a scoop and there will be a few other things you've already had so much practice men so i'm excited for you really i'm excited for us but mostly for you because this is really a big day for you uh everybody um i just wanted to put that awkward pause in there for fun i'm playing i'm playing with the the it was perfectly timed because dom just walked in and gave me a straw i was pausing for straw i don't know why i did that i just started playing with my starbucks um label you know like the little label on my starbucks i'm just like playing with it um so i need to focus because it's a very big it's below deck it's a very very serious show stop that it is very serious my face you know i'm a huge straw fan i don't get i don't get i don't get fan girl whenever i see any actual celebrity but when i see a straw i'm like fuck yes straws you know what straws are so strong I am so proud of straws for remaining in our culture even after you got cancelled you know I love you straws well I'm doing a straw puppet show right now it's walking in front of my microphone go wait go wait I just saw Flo last night this reminds me of that bird that was in Flo so I have a lot of thoughts on that movie too by the way so you just all wait for that one what's it called Flo?

4:14Ben Mandelker: Flo I thought you watched it with your dog didn't you? no what's that? flow flow it won the oscar for best animated movie and it's about a cat that goes on a journey meets other animals but the whole thing with the movie is that they use real um like real audio of like cats and dogs nature sounds so everyone who watches it with their pets their pets kind of like are entranced because they think they're they're hearing nature as they all like walk up to the tv and like watch the movie and there's all these tiktoks of cats like just staring at the at the screen like what the hell and like dogs and like the animals love it um and it was really lovely it was a beautiful movie and i i i thought you'd seen it for some reason i thought you would said that you'd watch it with bueller no no i watched the one about the hooker that won the oscar well they're very similar movies that was also a name what was that they both was that anora they both yeah they both um they're both they're both about journeys what was right yeah they're both about journeys they're both about sex workers and they both have erica Jane on the soundtrack.

5:17But what I wanted to say,

5:18Ben Mandelker: what I wanted to say, though, is shout out to Chelsea Devontes because the episode I did with her of Glamorous Trash, which is her podcast, that's all about celebrity memoirs. I was so lucky enough to be a guest on her podcast where we discussed the autobiography of Sheena Shea. So that book, I think drops today. And so the podcast is dropping later today at some point. So go check that out because we had so much fun breaking down that whole ridiculous autobiography. It was like the funniest read I've had in quite some time. It was definitely funnier than Dune. And so that was great. And another shout out is that we're going to be, keep your ears open.

6:03Ben Mandelker: We're going to be on Julia Cunningham, Julia Cunningham show on Sirius XM where it may be a prerecord tomorrow, but so I don't know if it's live tomorrow, but keep your ears out because we will be on there. So just a shout out to our friends who are having us on their shows. Yes. Yeah, I've been reading a lot of the Sheena articles. Oh, Brock cheated on me. So I've been reading. I mean, she's everywhere. Sheena's acting like being cheated on is like winning an Oscar. I mean, that girl is making the rounds. Like, did you hear I got cheated on? Did you hear I got cheated on? Did you hear I got cheated on?

6:38I was so mad. I threw a Rubik's Cube at Brock. What are you thinking a list of people about staying with some fucking cheater, Sheena? Like, what the hell? Oh, my God.

6:45Ben Mandelker: Anyone who read the excerpt in Glamour magazine saw that she wrote. She writes in her excerpt, I was so mad that I threw a Rubik's Cube at Brock, and to this day, I cannot look at a Rubik's Cube without being triggered up with that pain. And it's like, I love this. To this day, I can't look at a Rubik's Cube anymore. And the thing is this, her entire book is like that. It's like, to this day, I can't drive by a Carrabba's without thinking about that painful chapter in my life. as if she has ever had a day where she wasn't triggered by a rubik's cube you kidding me i can't even believe she allowed one of those things in her home honestly it is actually a shocking that's a very shocking truth like she was like look at this cube you can move it in any different direction it changes colors it must happen you're supposed to get all the colors in one square i was just about to get it right it's four corners I guess it's more than four corners.

7:40It's like 16 corners. Okay, anyway, the point is below deck, bad romance. So we open with a fun rainbow breakdown, which I just, I love any show that I can just start cracking up whenever the show starts. I love that. It just starts with rainbow. Like, girls don't like me. Because they tattled on her for fucking up something in the maid service. Fraser was like, girls, who's in charge of the master? And they're like, that bitch, that girl over there, the rainbow. Fuck you girls, they threw me under the bus.

8:22Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Rainbow, it's time to stop trying to be friends with these girls. They don't like you. No matter what you try to do, they're still going to throw you under the bus. So I say just unleash your outer bitch, maybe your inner bitch, whatever you're you're trapped on an island bitch and just like make their lives hell at this point be like okay you're not gonna help me and you're not gonna be friends with me then fine do like fold this make that put that fitted sheet on that bed and like get out of my face i just say go full bitch yeah look i think you should be who you are you know what i mean because when people try to change it just doesn't work it doesn't work i mean people can change sure it takes a lot of work you have to really want to but i think at your at your core you don't really change and rainbow it's not working you trying to be a nice person it's like an alien coming down to the earth and trying to like fit it it just doesn't work you're just not a nice person just accept it i remember one time my mom was hanging out when when my sister was in college i i went to austin to stay with my sister for a while and was like partying with her friends it was so fun because we're like a few years apart so it wasn't that awkward but uh it will be when i do it with my nieces because I'm planning to.

9:30But anyway, at the time, my mom was living in El Paso and we were in Austin. So she came and she was having so much fun that she started, she moved there. Like she was like party, you know, and she started like coming out with our friends and she started drinking too much and starting fights with people. And it was awkward. Okay. And so I had a moment, I was like, listen, you can't be starting fights with my friends. That's it. You know, you've got to stop drinking. And so she did. It was horrible. It was the most horrible, I think, two months of all of our lives. And finally, we had to sit down with my mom and say, it's okay if you drink.

10:07Go back to the five and dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Because it's just who you are. You know, some people just need a couple of drinks, like whatever it takes, just stop trying to be this other person that's making us all crazier than the person who is getting us kicked out of restaurants. You know, I'd rather be kicked out of a restaurant than suffer through being in a restaurant with somebody who's making me fucking crazy with their fake new personality. And that's you, Rainbow. Okay, just Rhonda yourself. Just be Rhonda.

10:33Ben Mandelker: It's a very true thing. I mean, what you're basically saying is it's whether or not she's actually a nice person is immaterial. She's not being her authentic self because she's trying to be accepted by these people who don't seem to really care about her. And Rainbow also has to ask herself a question, which is, does she actually like these people? She's so concerned with wanting to fit in and wanting to be liked that I'm not sure if she's actually considered whether she actually likes Barbara or Selene or anyone else on this boat. So she should just be herself, do her thing. And even if her authentic self is being a little crusty and a little bitchy, they probably will respect her more for that.

11:09Ben Mandelker: They may complain, but they probably will respect her more for just being herself. And they may also inherently be more drawn to that because that's just who she is. So, yeah, you heard it here first. Also, she's just kind of a dick. I mean, I can see why people don't really like her. She speaks to people. She speaks down to people. She's just not a cool person. So if you have that, and that's just in the dark part of you, then wear it like a badge. She doesn't know how to relate. And I think if she stops trying to relate, that maybe she could just, she will relate, which is the paradox of the human condition.

11:44Ain't it, though? So Anthony is like, oh, it is fine. It is together. We are together. Don't worry. Later, I will wear a straw hat and have a fit. I will outshadow every stupid mistake you make today. And she's like, I know, but I need to go. And so Barbara, because Barbara comes in and sees this and she's like, whoa, what is happening? And Rainbow's like, nothing. I just need to go.

12:11Ben Mandelker: Cut to Selene still drinking whatever that beverage is in the mason jar or whatever. That looks sort of like beer, but maybe apple juice. You know, I think I deserve a break, which she probably says every five minutes. So Rainbow goes to cry in her crying corner. And then Fraser is like, oh, my gosh, I don't feel very awake. I'm horrifying. It's awful. And Demo's like, well, you look immaculate. Because Demo's sort of being flirty with Fraser now. That's like his new thing. But he's straight. But he's also kind of like maybe curious. We don't really know. I like that Fraser can be exhausted and his eyes are still like pinwheels.

12:49Yeah. Completely open. Like, blink, blink. Look how exhausted I am. You look the same as you did yesterday. You look like a party city skeleton at Halloween. Your eyes are always the same amount of open.

13:01Ben Mandelker: He's like, thank you. That's what I've been going for all these years of not eating. He is getting this kind of typical storyline. I mean, most gay guys have this storyline in our past of the straight guy who just needs attention from somebody. So he flirts with the gay guy or whatever. Like, I've had that, you know. I actually kind of think fondly back on some of those storylines. I enjoy that. Some hurt more than others. I'm not going to lie. I like that it's a plot this season on this show. But yeah, some of us have that. I will say I think Fraser's lucky because I don't think I've ever been manipulated in a way where I get dinner.

13:39I mean, this guy's like, let's go on a date. I mean, I think that's nice, right? That's like not standard.

13:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah. It's also funny. Like we live at a time. it's also funny to live at a time that like a guy asking another guy out to dinner just because he wants to just know more about him is like what that's crazy he must be secretly homosexual he must he's confused he's queer baiting or homosexual what's wrong with him it's like he's just asking somebody it's like hey you seem cool i want to get to know more about you but we're like what now admittedly it's the context of this show where the only time people go on one-on-one dinners is on a date i get it but it is funny that we're like what this is crazy well and after they made out true and after he said like oh i'm not really gay but like maybe i would be gay but like i don't know i'm straight but like i have to do this yeah i like guys doing this whole yeah he's clearly playing the game i think um so uh now rainbow comes to fraser or Fraser comes to her because I think he's like, what is that teapot that keeps steaming and then stopping and then steaming and stuff?

14:50Oh, it's Rainbow. Rainbow, what's up, babe? And she's like, I just, you know, like, I just, I got frustrated because after the tip meeting, I sent him to the cabins to strip the beds. And then there's no communication of like, hey, we did the bottom ones, but the master's not done. You know, it's like, it's very much like Rainbow will do it. No, Rainbow. See, and that's why people don't like you right there is your retelling of the story. That is not what happened. You were supposed to do the master and you didn't do it. And then when they got questioned, they said it was your job. That's what happened.

15:19Don't make it sound like these girls are just trying to throw you under the bus for nothing. You at least gave them a bus to throw under. Well, I guess that wouldn't work because then you're throwing a bus under a bus. But you know what I mean.

15:30Ben Mandelker: Well, if you want to know what happens next on the show, unfortunately, you're going to have to wait because here comes a wall of Instagram photos to stop the show in its tracks. That way Rainbow can have a monologue it is nice to see a cast member who's who has an instagram photo that's not covered in like bikini shots and or speedo shots you know it's just like rainbow with like blood on her hands and like a little like an island setting but like a dutch flag behind it and like crying and it's right and the caption says i miss my sister she has sisters no i i mean i ranted about this when uh when you were gone last week i was ranting about this because I really can't stand this Instagram, like how they stopped the show for this because they could include the exact same audio clip.

16:16Ben Mandelker: I don't mind what is said after the Instagram wall and everything. But in the past, whenever they layer in backstory with people, they just layer it in. They just play it and the show just goes forward. But here they like stop the whole show to be like, wait, let's have a moment with this person. Let's have an Instagram wall. Let's put their name up really big as if we're about to do something really momentous. And then they give us an anecdote about their lives that nine times out of 10 is not very interesting. And we would have had that anecdote anyway, but by forcing us to actually stop and pay attention to it, it's more annoying.

16:53Ben Mandelker: Whereas before you could let it just sort of tumble over you and you move on. So I'm like really, every passing week, I dislike the Instagram wall more and more. I hate to sound like a negative Nelly, like a like an unhappy Ursula like a sad Sally be you like that's the point of the show like a like a yucky Yana but I am done with the Instagram terrible Terry but you know you know I mean I love I love below deck I just don't like this tweak that they've made and it's not me not being able to adapt to a new thing okay I just think the Instagram wall Every time it pops up, I get so annoyed. Okay.

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20:46I barely post. There's nothing there. There's nothing to post. I have nothing going on. So you can tell that about me. Unless there's something cute in my proximity that I can like squelch likes off of. Like my nieces or my dog or a baby. You know, I'll put those on. But otherwise, there's nothing going on in my life. So I like to see people in like swimsuits and I don't know, swimsuits. That's basically all it is. Maybe they just need to get more interesting Instagram feeds. You know, like get those people who like rescue ducks. like I saw one yesterday where a guy built there there were ducks that made a nest at a top of a building like a window on top of the building and he was worried that the ducks were going to jump out of the nest and die on the sidewalk and so he built like a wooden cage to put the duck I mean that's an Instagram feed you know so he caged the ducks it's like I was worried that you might

21:35Ben Mandelker: actually feel the taste of freedom so I put you in a cage and now we're quote-unquote safe you're safe now because you're like is this guy a hero or did he just you know condemn these ducks to death because they never learned to fly like are they going to grow up in a fucking cage when are they ever going to learn to fly how is this going to work and then there's comments like well no the ducks need to jump out of the i think it was a german thing that's why i'm doing that but they're like no i think the ducks have to jump out because they just bounce on the sidewalk anyway and then there's like a whole discussion about ducks bouncing off sidewalks yeah i mean let me tell you something if there was ever an argument to go watch flow it's this duck situation i mean talk about watching nature do what nature does it's that movie flow okay what i'm sick of in these uh instagram pop-up things is the stories are all the same and this whole entire show this entire season is full of people who can't let their childhood go and i get that i'm just told the story about my mother and i'm almost 50 so maybe that's just a human condition thing where we can never let it go.

22:38But every single person on this show is blaming their parent for literally everything. Like she blames your dad for throwing her on an Island to beat up her sisters. Then we've got the other girl who blames your dad for having no emotions. Then we've got the other, then we've got a guy who this guy, Damo blaming his dad for, you know, not really wanting him when he was a kid. Everyone's whole life is revolving around their parents. You know what? Bring back elder abuse. That's what I say. just tell your parents fuck off give them a shot of something with saline and then get rid of them i mean how are we ever going to get over these people they're just torturers they're torturers

23:13Ben Mandelker: i i am gonna i'm gonna give rainbow like i understand like we do there's a lot of like this is my my tough childhood boohoo here i am i'm below deck that happens on these shows i'm gonna i'm gonna give it to rainbow i think being put on an island in the middle of holland and being forced to fight with your sisters for an hour that's like fair that's like a fair thing to bring up on a reality show. She got a trip to an island. My mom just did that in our backyard. I mean, what the hell? It was a Dutch island. It was a very pragmatic island. It was a Dutch island. She really has got a fucking vacation and a ride on a boat somewhere.

23:47My mom was just like, here's a wooden spoon. Here's a fly swatter. You two go at it. I'm sick of dealing with you little fuckers.

23:55Ben Mandelker: You're like, we want our old mother back. It was when you were like 25.

24:04Ben Mandelker: yeah I just can't stand this whole Instagram thing it's not even the Instagram wall I don't mind that there's an Instagram wall that comes flying up I just don't like that there is a tonal shift that says whatever you're watching we're going to put that on pause and we're going to dwell here in the miseries of these maids and I'm like I just don't care enough Like, I'm okay if I'm concerned about what's happening at the bar, like, someone didn't wash that bar, I need to know what's going on with that bar. And then while that's happening, someone's like, this is just like my childhood, where I was always washing the bar.

24:41Ben Mandelker: I'm like, that's fine. That works for me. That's how it usually is, right? But if that's how it normally is. But if I'm like, someone needs to wash that bar, and they're like, stop! Let's hear what Barbara has to say. It's like, as a child, I grew up, and I always used to like ducks. And then one time my father put the cage around the duck. And then I was like, you have to worry about the duck. So that's why I don't like to clean the bar because I don't want to cage the duck on the bar. Yeah, I get it. I do kind of like the classic below deck style of like they're cleaning a toilet. There's like a poop speck on it that they're about to throw up on.

25:09And then it's like, and I was traumatized by my dad leaving me, you know. It does make more sense like that.

25:16Ben Mandelker: I also like when I'm caught by surprise by it. Because the thing is, when the Instagram wall comes up, then you know, okay, I'm going to have a similar to someone's trauma. Whereas if I don't know that it's coming It's like oh my god when are they going to clean that bar Wait she was put on an island and she had to fight with her sisters But what about that bar I kind of like the blindsiding Of it all Okay well you know what noted And hopefully someone from production Is watching this I hope so So we get over to Rainbow's Monologue of the day She's such a good teammate She's trying to do everything I mean, she's getting herself to the point of having nervous breakdowns because she's doing so much work for everybody.

25:56To which I say, boo-hoo, that's all your fucking fault. You're the delegator. And you know what? You're a bad delegator. Okay, Del? Well, at the end, bad Del.

26:07Ben Mandelker: Della, you're Della, not Reese. Della, the gate is opener. Okay? You left the gate open. The dog is now out running around in the streets. You're very bad at this. okay so if you're just bad at your job just say you're bad at your job and she's like well they that you know the first opportunity they got they took out their shotgun and they took the shot fucking snakes in the grass i'm like are you telling me snakes can handle a shotgun because that is terrifying she's like they they took out their shotgun those snakes took out their shotgun and they shot me you know what they should do okay i hate to belabor this point this is not about the instagram wall that's that's not belabored anymore i want to talk about the the movie flow oh jesus for the fucking cat movie i can't there is a very elegant and pissed off bird in that movie and it's called the real bird is called a secretary bird which is funny that there's a bird called a secretary it's like a bird that's like mr mushnik i got a call for you on line one mr mushnik they're not taking no for an answer so i told him you weren't in but they're They're coming.

27:12They're coming. They're in there. Are they in there? Do you want me to bring you guys some coffee?

27:17Ben Mandelker: Mr. Mushnick, the bedjams aren't ready. The rainbow didn't get them ready in time. What do you want me to do, Mr. Mushnick? but they're called secretary birds and I looked them up and they're basically eagles that have the legs of a stork and so they're basically these like they're like sexy like sexy birds with long legs and they use their legs to stomp on snakes in the grass and that's why I'm bringing this up and Rainbow needs to be like a fucking secretary bird and just step on those snakes in the grass and in the end we're gonna be like yes icon uh rather than be like oh you're so lame like step on those snakes like a good secretary bird like the one in flow i really by the way look up a secretary bird you're gonna be so impressed you're gonna be like you're gonna have a gay moment you're gonna turn full like full like your gayness is gonna go up 50 because these are like gay icon birds they just like they are they have a fabulous they have a fabulous hairstyle and they have these Oh, these are fabulous birds.

28:22They're like Phyllis Diller of birds. They've got these big, right? Yeah, these are amazing.

28:26Ben Mandelker: Wait till you see their, I mean, look, look at this one. Hold on. I'm going to show it. I'm going to show it on. It's two. That's what I was just doing too. We have to show people the secretary. Show the one. Well, okay. I'll tell you. Go into the, go into the more images. Okay. And then look up. Look at the one, the fourth one, the fourth one in the first top row. Look at that. Oh my God. That's great. Look at that. human showgirl legs. That's nuts. The very elegant yet feisty secretary bird. She's like,

29:00Ben Mandelker: I know why it's the secretary bird because this is the one that the boss sleeps with. He cheats up. If the CEO of Astronomer were a bird, if the CEO of Astronomer were a bird, it would be making out with this one at a Coldplay concert. Your husband is definitely leaving. And she doesn't even care either. She's like, yeah, you can't steal a man. You know, that's the secretary. The secretary probably has like word art on her desk. It's like you can't steal a man. By the way, this is what we're looking at right now. This is an acceptable Instagram wall for your deck. If Secretary Bird were a stew, I would stop the show 10 times over to look at the Instagram.

29:46Ben Mandelker: while I hear what the secretary bird has to say. You know, the secretary bird before it leaves the nest is always like talking to his sister, like, Mr. Mushnick's here to take me out to a nice dinner tonight. It's like, oh, come on. You got to stop seeing him. He's never going to give you what you want. No, he's going to leave her. I swear to God. No, he won't. He'll never do it. And the way you get them is the way you lose them. Watch out, Pam.

30:11Yeah, the secretary bird's not fucking around, man. I wouldn't trust this secretary bird. And you know, she always smells like gum and powder. Oh, uh-huh. All right, let's get back to the show. We're going to be here for 10 hours today. You know, the audience doesn't need this from us. They don't need this from our, they don't need this shit from us. They didn't deserve this. They don't. Although if we're going to do an Africa or if we're going to do an Instagram wall, that's a good one. Because look, you also get this grumpy old man of the water hole, which is, I guess, a rhino with a spotty nose.

30:39This is a way to do an Instagram wall on Below Deck. Tell me about Rainbow's tragedy while I'm looking at this spotted-nosed rhinoceros. It's called the grumpy old man of the waterhole.

30:50Ben Mandelker: And then a random picture of Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela would have turned 107 today. Wow, people would have been asking what vitamins he took. That's for sure. Interesting. So many things that could have happened. Okay, let's get back to it. So a lot's happened in this episode. A lot of cleaning. So Rainbow is traumatized because everybody threw it at the bus. So Fraser's like, I'm dealing with it. I just want you to trust me with that. All right? Me, Fraser, who never tries to cause problems among my staff and who doesn't relish in every moment of a woman crying. Go back to cleaning your master bedroom that's taking you 19 hours.

31:30Ben Mandelker: So then we go to Kerry FaceTiming with the son Sawyer, who's going to get braces. And Kerry's like, my son Sawyer's 15. And this year he'll start driving. so watch out people on the road because you're about to have an adventure. Being away from my family is the hottest part of yachting. I want to take him to school in the morning and get him at lunchtime, you know, and then drop him off again after lunchtime and then pick him up after school again and then deal with the other kids who are like, wow, your dad's really overbearing. And I say, well, guess what? I want to be there for him, all right?

31:59Ben Mandelker: So I'm going to ask him about his day and being there and hold him and really just smother him and really make him very, very annoyed, let's be honest. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. it's really difficult getting used to taking your kids to school and then it's use it's really difficult getting used to just being on the boat all the time you know i mean here i just want to be in carpool and there i'm always trying to pull into the tiniest spot i can just to prove that's possible right i need you to call the distances of this parking space soya god damn it i know him every time he should just be a bus driver but he'd probably annoy all the kids he'd be like all right kids everyone be quiet back there i need perfect silence i'm pulling into the driveway all right silence okay i can't hear the calls all right fenders in fenders i said fenders out i need communication where your radio we don't have radio so shut up you're all fired getting you a plane ticket all right we're halfway through the school year and what i'm seeing is complacency all right we can't be complacent we got a whole other half of the school year all right so go get him now kids you all got tipped everyone gets five jolly ranches

33:10so sorry i was driving yay we don't see uh captain carrie instagram do we thank god no that i'd like to see i feel like well it's more i'm saying thank god because i just he'd be like listen i've learned how to make a tortilla

33:25Ben Mandelker: i like when they show like the young captain carrie photos like when they show him from like 1995 living in a share house in australia or something and he's like smoking hot he had that like blonde little puff. And all the captains are like really hot in their youth, actually. That's my favorite part was when they show them. Like every single one of them. Maybe not flat. They're still hot. They are hot. Glenn had that big like fro, but like... Well, yeah, Glenn has the best captain photos for sure. Where every time they cut back, he's like in a disco club in his big fro. Yeah, he's living in a cave and say hi to nurses.

34:00Ben Mandelker: True story. so uh anyway uh demo um uh meets is like hey can we can i talk to you fraser so it's like fraser's like um yeah what's going on he's like so uh what's what what are you doing this evening he's like um well i was thinking that i think we're going out for dinner at some point you know i think that's what the group is doing what what do you have on it's like well that's at six o 'clock and so if you've got time for a couple of drinks tonight and then maybe we can meet up with the rest of the crew afterwards. He's like, oh, oh, good. I get to be toyed with again for the fourth straight season in a row by a straight man.

34:35Ben Mandelker: I can fall in love with someone again. Yeah, he's like, well, Damien and I did kiss. He's a decent guy. He's attractive, but he's straight. So it's a straight date, which is not a date. It's just a straight thing. It's a thing we do. It's a gay on a gay having dinner with a straight person. Not really sure. Not really sure what to expect from this, but I'm in. I'm in love with him now. So he's gonna go um and you know barbara is checking on solene and solene's like oh i need your help because i need my best friend you know here in this bathroom like he's very much scottish right now but i'm very clear with him i have more and but i'm more clear with him than i am with jess because i'm not very clear with jess because jess is friends and sometimes maybe a little bit more than friends it's a little bit more than friends you have too many options i think solene just has too many options they need to start taking away options from selene this is what happens when you cast someone from love island on below deck exactly they treat everything like casa more and then i want casa a less okay but so barbara but now the whole show has turned into that and it's getting kind of annoying even though i like love island but this is this is below deck i don't need to see all the main fucking you know what i mean like it's getting old now i need my like one or two storylines a year it's it is driving me absolutely insane i i don't care about who selene is making out with and like you can put it you can have it as a storyline but please don't make it the central storyline because that's what we're getting and it's driving me bunkers i do not care about jess or scottish just like make out on the side i don't care let's clean up that spill instead.

36:20Ben Mandelker: That's what I care about. Let's get this. Yeah. Learn how to iron the sheets. You know what I mean? That's what I'm here for. I need my slutty shows in one corner and my maid shows in the other corner. Thank you. I turn to the slutty shows. I don't want to turn on Love Island to watch them cleaning and I don't want to turn on Below Deck to watch them cleaning out. There's a reason we never have to watch them clean on Love Island. That's not what we're there for. They have to shut down that set for a whole day a week to come and clean it because you know it's all skanky and there's sperm crust everywhere.

36:47like you know it's nasty in there it smells like butt rot so they have to have a whole day of people cleaning that's what they need the day off they need to have the below deck crew come in and that could be a spinoff show and clean then they can find it and then we can go back to the fucking

37:02Ben Mandelker: i'm gonna walk it back a little bit i did take a huge amount of joy watching huda fold clothes out of for some reason on the baby challenge day like sullenly like really would have an angry like i can't believe i have to fold these clothes right now she just had a pile of baby clothes that they just gave her to fold that was a delight yeah but you know in general no let's just keep that let's just keep the show separate so barbara is uh like oh exactly but i think this is why you should think if you're not getting confused with this friendship because that's probably what's going on like well but jesse's confused but it's mixed you know i need to wash my soul i need to wash my soul and she you should go to church for it

37:46Barbara continues to be my favorite Barbara doesn't give a fuck and she doesn't care about any of this stuff she's just like you want to make out with me maybe not make out with everybody

37:57Ben Mandelker: I think Barbara's hair really does a lot of heavy lifting too any trespasses that Barbara may have I will just forgive because I just love her hair so much I'm like, I don't care. She can really do no wrong by my book. So she's like, yeah, I think so. And she's just very immature. And I'm sure Jesse's growing feelings and just deserves someone that is not confused about it. That's how I feel about it. So now they're all getting ready. Yeah, but that's not very romantic, is it? And that's the other thing I'm feeling about this show. It's like they're making it like, well, I mean, I guess we're lesbians.

38:28So we'll actually like each other. I guess we should just do that. We're the lesbians. There's two lesbians on the show. well, I guess you're 100 % of my options, so let's go.

38:41Ben Mandelker: Well, I think Jess ultimately starts caring about Barbara as just a mind game. I think Jess reveals herself in this episode to be quite the fuckboy, except she's like a fuckgirl, and she's just using Barbara as part of her master plan to retaliate against Solaine for making out with Skultish. But Barbara calls that. She's like, no, I feel like you just want me because you're trying to make her jealous because she got you jealous and now you're trying to make her jealous. So, you know, Barbara's too emotionally intelligent for this shit. That's what I think. So now it's time to get ready for the day off, the night off or whatever.

39:17So Damo announces he's taking Fraser for a date and Kyle's like, I think he's going to break up with you, man. He's going to break up with you. He's a breaker upper. Look at him. And I think that that's accurate. I think that's an accurate read on Fraser. Yeah. Because he did seem to enjoy it last week or whenever when he was like, Hold on, I have to talk to my boyfriend, who I dearly miss. I've only seen him five times in a year. Hold on, I broke up with that moron.

39:42Ben Mandelker: It's over. So, Fraser and Damo go to Palapa Lounge, which, that's fun. I love that. Palapa is a word that's often used in the New York Times spelling bee, so everyone take note. Palapa. It's also very fun to say. I'm going to call it Palapa Lounge, which, by the way, Palapa is the last name of those two birds. The secretary bird. Pam Palapa Mr. Mushnik it's Pam Palapa are you ready for your lunch

40:11Ben Mandelker: it's a thatched roof Palapa here comes one right now

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41:36Ben Mandelker: Recently, I was talking with a friend about my career, how I was starting to feel stuck at work. I had a good job on paper, but something was off. I didn't know if I needed a new role, a new field, or just more confidence to ask for what I deserved. My friend mentioned career coaching and said that working with a coach was like therapy for your career. At first, I was like, okay, what exactly does that mean, and what am I supposed to do with that information? Let's just say I had my doubts, until I tried it. My coach helped me figure things out. She listened, really listened, and helped me go from where I was to where I wanted to be.

42:15Ben Mandelker: We built a plan. She kept me accountable every step of the way, and now, months later, I'm in a completely different If you've hit a wall at work, you too can benefit from career therapy. Visit strawberry.me slash career to get matched with a coach today. That's strawberry.me slash career.

42:37So Damo and Fraser go on a date and Damo wants to know more about Fraser. And I do too, actually, because I'm curious to know if Fraser has one single human quality, one single human ounce of emotion in him because I really never see it on this show. So I'm curious to see how he is in a romantic setting. And it turns out he's exactly like he is when he's telling someone to clean a bathroom. He's like, oh, really appreciate that. It's so nice to talk and not have to deal with the whole crew for 10 minutes. Isn't this lovely? I'd like a drink, please. Do it better. Do it better. This glass has spots on it.

43:13Thank you.

43:14Ben Mandelker: You call this a palapa? This isn't a palapa. this is just a garbage pail on top of a stilt. Get me into a proper one. So then we cut over to Jess, who tells us, like, oh, Stilly's come to me. He's told me, like, they've kissed, but like, I'm sorry, this is Jess, it's not Selene. Jess, Stilly has told, last episode, Kyle just went up to Jess, who's like, by the way, I kissed Selene, which was a real kind of like, it was a real dick move. I don't know why he thinks he's still part of this equation. Like, no one's even paying attention to him right now. and he's still like moping around like he's an active part of a triangle.

43:51Ben Mandelker: The triangle has moved on. Your point on the triangle has been replaced with Barbara. I hate to break it to you. He's like that part at the end of a TV show where the credits have rolled but you keep watching it thinking there might be a little extra scene and then it starts that part where it's like and now the French credits and now the Spanish credits and now the Swiss credits. It's like, oh, my God, fucking Wheel of Time. Do I need to sit here for 15 minutes? It's 15 minutes to run time. And he's still just sitting there like, maybe, maybe there will be something at the end. Fun fact that I wish I had known when I watched it and I had found out later.

44:30Ben Mandelker: Flo has a post-credit scene, everyone. So keep your eyes out. Ronnie, when you watch Flo, watch through the credits. It might be worth it.

44:41So Fraser asks if Damo wants kids. and he's like, I have two fears in life. One of them is stingrays. The other is being a bed father. Oh, for Christ's sake.

44:52Ben Mandelker: Actually, I have a third fear is that I do become a terrible father to a stingray. That would just be terrible.

45:02Ben Mandelker: So then Fraser's like, do you have a relationship with your dad? I don't really care. I'm just asking questions that the producer gave me. You can say whatever you want. I don't really care. So Demos is like, I do have a relationship. And he's like, is it not good? He's like, it's not great. I mean, hello, I'm on a yacht. And then all of a sudden, Instagram wall. Instagram wall. I grew up in a house with my old man and my mom and my brother and our pet Stingray. And for my dad's first marriage, I have two older sisters and an older brother. And I have a sneaking suspicion that my brother and I were supposed to appease my mom, who always wanted kids.

45:35Ben Mandelker: And actually, she said, I wish you were Stingray. I said, but I'm a child. Aren't you happy you have a child? She said, no, I wish you had a Stingray. And I don't really want to bag my old man out, but what I will say is I'm a second litter of kids. Basically, he's saying that his dad never really liked him. Well, he's saying that his dad already had a litter of kids, and he didn't want another couple kids, but he did just to appease the mom. And so he never felt like he was truly wanted. Let me tell you what happened. Your father had you when he was 50. As someone who's nearing that, we're tired.

46:06Okay? That's it. We're tired. And I have friends of my age who are still having babies and stuff. More power to you. Hope you can afford a fucking nanny because not a one of you isn't tired. Okay. And the one that does have a kid, he's doing a great job. He has a lot of help, though. You know, he has a lot of people surrounding him that can help. It's fucking exhausting when you're young. When you have it, you should just be grateful that you have an old person there who's not throwing remote controls at your head every time you talk to him. Because that's what I would do. I'd be like, catch that.

46:34That's why you were born. To get my remote control. Go fill up this Starbucks. I told you how to make a two-pump mocha. Go fucking do it. That's why I had you, okay? I'm exhausted.

46:42Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Yeah, we're tired. You know, they should rename it from retirement to we're-tirement. So Fraser is, he's like, well, we all go through so much growing up, but being British, we don't talk about it for the rest of our lives. Anyway. So Damo's like, so you think you're making up for lost time? because Fraser says that he didn't talk until he was six, which is, that is surprising. I don't know about childhood development, but that is a surprising thing to learn. Well, I didn't speak until I was six vocally, but I was reading people with my eyes the second I came out of them. But I was judgy from the boom.

47:25Ben Mandelker: I was spat out of my mother's vagina and I looked at that doctor and I said, really, that's what you're going for, for facial hair? you're holding me and you want me to see this first thanks a lot you looked much more presentable when i was being held upside down by my feet while being spanked until goo spewed out of my mouth you really are one ugly motherfucker please put me down please when they laid me down on my mother's chest for the first time i couldn't help but stare off at the side and notice how disgusting the walls were in that hospital room could no one clean anything could i please get served lunch on a decent table i mean what are these lumpy things that you've set me down on i'm not eating out of these things please captain sandy's a doctor she's like yeah i've been trying to get him to do better tables anyway and everyone was everyone was absolutely impressed with my ability to throw a concert in one day in the ICU.

48:27Ben Mandelker: But I had to move on from there. So I didn't talk because I was so bored with life. So Damon was like, are you making up for lost time? Which is funny because it's not like Frasier's a chatterbox. It's not like he's talking. He's not making up for six years' time's worth of talking. And Frasier's like, I don't know. I still do a lot of the time, but I just have to fight through that. And being gay, do you understand? Are you relating? When I said that, did you relate? No. I never want to show any of myself. I guess in the past five or six years, I'm getting to know myself and who I think I am.

48:58Ben Mandelker: And I've decided that I am wretched. And I think I'm going to stop speaking for another six years. And so he does say human things here. He's just not saying them very human, humanly, you know, like I'm getting nothing. I don't know how to say it, but I'm getting that humanely. Isn't that when you're being nice or is that just when you're being human? I think humanely is yeah. being maybe considerate like being nice animals and yeah yeah so i don't mean humane i just mean like compassionate human-like um but and also razor is a robot let's be honest he's a right yeah he's a bot so when he's like uh and then being gay i never want to show any of myself what kind of gay is that i'm not that kind of gay at all i don't know any gays like that every gay I know is like, hello.

49:47Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Like, if, yeah, if anything. World secretary birds. Yeah, gays are like, I'm sick of not showing my real self. Here I am, world. Because, like, being gays, you know, we are not very expressive. We're not an expressive people. You know what gays have the most trouble with? Expressing ourselves. Even though our prime minister, Madonna, has been trying to teach us since the 80s how to do so. Yeah. So, um, um, rainbow. Anyway, bottom line is no chemistry on this date at all. Did you feel any? I felt nothing. I felt nothing. I felt nothing, but I was excited anyway. I was excited for Fraser to have yet another straight guy on this show flirt with him.

50:33Ben Mandelker: That's, he's lucky. That's, that's a fun thing. You know, I just think he did a disservice. I mean, listen, if you're friends with a straight guy, It's your duty to help them. And you need to tell him to stop with the highlights. His hair is ridiculous. Help him. You're a gay. You were put on this earth to help people. And you're ignoring your duty. Yeah. So Naomi Rainbow is talking to Anthony. And he's excited because one thing we haven't really talked about is that they are going to be spending two days in the villa for their vacation this season. And so Anthony is talking about how he's really excited because we're going to cook together.

51:08Ben Mandelker: there and this season is my redemption last season i was probably a little too weak and this season i feel like i'm still weak but not as weak well maybe a little weaker i don't know mommy is mad at me i'm weak and he's very much like well last season it didn't go so well she's like i don't even know what happened last season oh it doesn't matter because this season nobody will stop me i love you but i want my career to go up and up and i'm not going to let anyone put me down this season even not Fraser. But you know what I want? I want for you to tell me everything that Fraser tell me about me.

51:40Maybe he's talking sometime in my back. And she's like, um, I'm not going to tell you what's going on with Fraser because at the end of the day, you get nothing for nothing. And he's my boss. Okay, but I will betray you by going to tell Fraser everything you just told me. You crying lump of shit. You want a piece of me? Do you want a fucking piece?

51:59Ben Mandelker: I'm sorry. Flashback. No, no, don't do that. Don't do that. No, this is my Not my week season. Last week season, my week season. So if you do that, I have to be strong. Last season, I trust him. I forgive, but I don't forget. So I want to know if I can trust this guy or not. Cheers to the storm. The boat will go down. My career will go up and up and up. I will be known as great chef who will have meltdown over cooking hot dogs. Okay. He's so crazy. Listen, Fraser probably did have something to do with you getting fired. I thought it. Apparently, a ton of the audience thought it, as we see in this episode.

52:32but you know what ultimately you got fired because of you like there might have been other helpers there and anthony but you still got fired because of you and fraser brought you back and i can't even believe i'm sticking up for fraser but he got you another job so shut up just shut up stop your fucking crying okay go blame your mom like everybody else on this show well anthony uh he

52:54Ben Mandelker: brings us all back out again he's like after i got fired bobby told me phaser is not your friend He makes you fired. I love Fraser. I love Bobby. I don't know who's lying. Two of my favorite fictional characters, Fraser and Bobby. One psychiatrist. One icon. Can't they be the same person together? What if Bobby had talk and show about psychology? I can't stop thinking about that. One of them is playing me for sure. I don't know who it is, but I will find out. You're playing yourself, honestly. You are such a wuss. My God, for crying out loud. So now the crew goes out. They're at the anchor, which I can't even believe there's a restaurant called The Anchor seeing as how it's the main point of stress on this show.

53:34This place should be all trauma. I think the waiters should come up to your table and be like, oh my God, you guys, what do you want? We might not make it. We might not make it. Okay, order now. You have five seconds. We're fine. We're fine. Okay, here are your appetizers.

53:49Ben Mandelker: Maybe it's a restaurant that's Sue Simmons themed.

54:00Ben Mandelker: The fuck is that? Oh, sorry. I didn't realize we're alive. One of my favorite TV papers. And my friend is dating this guy and he was wearing a Sue Simmons t-shirt. And I was like, do you like that guy? And she's like, I don't know yet. And I was like, you better because he's in a fucking Sue Simmons t-shirt. Like, that's the man you marry. Like, I don't even care. Don't even tell me stories of emotional. Like, I don't want to hear anything. I just want to hear that you're in love with this man. Yeah. If you don't know who Sue Simmons is, do yourself a favor. Do your research. You'll enjoy it. She's great.

54:31Ben Mandelker: That's a lot of homework today. Looking up Sue Simmons, Secretary Bird. You're all Googles are fucked. So, Lane is talking about how, oh, sometimes I struggle to sleep with you in my bed. And Chester's like, okay, well, you know, Stilly came to me yesterday. And he said that, like, you guys are still kissing and stuff. But listen, I just want you to know, you know, like, I don't want Stilly to come to me. And she's like, oh, today I kissed Stilly. Today I kissed him. Today I did it. Okay, well, it's not a problem. I just, I don't want to find out from other people, you know. Like, I'd like you to tell me.

55:07Ben Mandelker: You guys are not in a relationship. Well, first of all, he, it's more like Stilly shouldn't be so messy as to go up and tell Jess that. In fact, if I were Solane and I found out that Kyle did that, I'd be like, I'm not making out with you anymore because you're messy and you're trying to ruin what I've got going on here. I'm enjoying making out with both of you guys and now you're showing that you're unreliable so no more for you, Stilly Yeah But she likes that, she likes getting everybody all upset That's her game It's her game So Jess is like, you know, with Sosa I'm playing with fire because I know she's flirting with me but she's also flirting with Stilly and it's a red flag but you know it's exciting For who?

55:49Ben Mandelker: Not us, I'm telling you It's not exciting for the audience. We don't care. This is not exciting. I don't care what flag it is. I just take that flag down. Take the flag off the pole. Take the flag down. No more flags. Take them down. So I think in this world on Below Deck, there's only a couple of gay people, right? Well, actually, this is the gayest season we've ever had. This is pretty gay. But still, you're in a situation where there's two lesbians on the boat, right? So everyone is looking at Solaine like that's a girl from Love Island. And she's like in little bikinis. And she's like hot.

56:24She's like traditional girl hot. But in the lesbian world, Jess is one of the hottest fucking people I've seen. Like she's hot. Like she's extremely hot. So to see her have any kind of level of insecurity because she's in kind of a different place than the gay world is so crazy to me. That girl's hot. She can have whatever she wants. So don't let this tootsie play you.

56:46Ben Mandelker: Move along, sister. move along well jess is like um can i still kiss out the kids people and slain's like of course i'm okay with that whatever you want me we mean i'm your dog voila

57:01Ben Mandelker: so everyone um uh they all gather for dinner and the other thing is because they are committed to the instagram wall bit that means that everyone has to get one so here comes hugo's and his big announcement is um i got into yachting probably like a lot of other people and i was traveling and i was getting away from life i had before and i grew up as a jehovah's witness and i didn't so call this i called jehovah's witness i didn't call jehovah's witness so no i didn't technically call it um but i did the second he came on my screen i was like this guy when he was like oh i'm in an open relationship we just do whatever we want i was like this guy is from a very like you know religious kind of family it just he seems like somebody who escapes from that or comes from a very religious background that now he's like yeah now i'm so open whenever you talk to those people you know i've been one of those people i am sometimes one of those people and you start talking to us that's what you find religious fucking trauma every time so i called that i didn't call the Jehovah thing, but I was close.

58:05Ben Mandelker: I, um, I just, I love that they just wedge this in here at dinner. They're like, who wants to get an appetizer? I do because my parents were Jehovah's witnesses. And then I decided to leave the religion and there's a lot of, my parents have a lot of guilt and they think I didn't prop, they didn't probably throw things in me. And it's like, I'm no, it's like, well, my life would have been wasted if I stayed there. What aren't you want to be happy for me? I'm like, do you want French fries or not? Okay. For real. He's like, I'm still traumatized by ding dong. Really? Then why do you fuck them? No, no.

58:31The actual doorbells. They just, they just remind me of my childhood. It's like,

58:37Ben Mandelker: I'm sick of going door to door. So now I go dock to dock. So Fraser, there are no doors to ring. There are no doorbells on a yacht. No doorbells in America. So he escaped when he was 17. And, you know, he doesn't feel like anything was wasted. He didn't want to waste his life. staying in a life that he didn't want, which, you know, good for you. That's a lot of pent-up energy to get out, though. Good for you. Tell it to someone who cares on a different show. Good for you. Have you made my coffee? Is my coffee finished? Good for you. Tell it to your therapist. So, Fraser pulls Rainbow for a chat.

59:21Ben Mandelker: It's very Love Island. Can I pull you for a chat? I wanted to pull you because you're really my type on paper no it killed me earlier because I saw you emotional and I won't have that anymore and she's like oh no I want to apologize never apologize actually you should apologize to me and then after that never apologize oh you can always apologize to me just apologize to anyone else stop crying it's I don't understand emotions and it's strange when you do that but I want to apologize to you but I want to I spoke for six years so I wouldn't have to express a single emotion and now I didn't like being around them whatsoever so please shut up It's like you're working so hard and you being second means you've got to put up with a lack of initiative.

1:00:02Alright? And it's not on us to get frustrated. It's also on us to hate other people and fire them when need be. Do you understand? So, I need another asshole in this position. So, are you up to that? She's like, yes, I'll do it. I'll do it. Oh, by the way, I have your back. The chef was totally talking about you to me. So, you should probably go say something about that. I was like, oh my god, Rainbow. You were just crying in this episode about how no one likes you. And then you do something like this. What's wrong with you?

1:00:28Ben Mandelker: Oh, I think she was totally, totally not valid. Her feelings were valid. I think she was totally whatever. It was right for her to do that because her loyalty is to Fraser. And that was messy of Anthony to do that. And she was like, this guy's being messy. Well, she was just having a conversation with Anthony, getting him to open up and saying, we'll always have each other's backs. No matter who's crazy on this boat or how people treat us, we've got each other's backs. and then she runs right to fraser and tattletales on it i mean that's that's low come on well because fraser was like not only do i have your back but i have your back against your evil stepsisters and so she's like oh he has my back even more so which by the way is a lot because fraser's gonna sell her out in one second and he's gonna gossip about her with the other two because that's what fraser always does yeah but i think it was i think i think it was like you know she was showing loyalty to her boss in that moment and the thing with anthony i don't think that was real that was he anthony was using rainbow to start he was trying to start uh uh to recruit people to his side in a war against fraser and he was being sloppy i think i think it was i'm not saying he wasn't being sloppy i'm just saying that if you're if you're like we'll always have each other's back everybody may mistreat us but we've got each other and then you run and tattletale on the person i'm just saying well i mean what is that is that that anthony was the only one who was actually consoling rainbow in the past like yeah it's like the only person that's nice to you you just go and betray Congratulations, you've reached the end of part one of a two-part recap.

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