Ep-65: The Fruit Episode | 20 Topics in 20 Minutes

Welcome back, Demon Babies! This week your hosts are tackling one of the most controversial topics yet: fruit. What’s overrated, what’s underrated, what deserves way more hype, and what absolutely does not belong in a pie. From nostalgic childhood snacks to aggressively messy tropical fruits, we’re ranking favorites, questioning popular opinions, and defending the fruits that deserve better. And yes… all in 20 topics in 20 minutes.

Expect hot takes, fruit rankings, snack nostalgia, and a full breakdown of which fruits deserve their reputation and which ones are getting way too much credit.

If you’re new here, Demon Babie is your weekly comedy podcast where we rapid-fire 20 bite-sized topics in just 20 minutes: pop culture, relationships, life spirals, and whatever else we can cram into a caffeine-fueled countdown.

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Welcome to another episode of the Demon Babie podcast, your favorite podcast. We're climbing the charts, gonna be number one any day now. We are number one. I didn't introduce you yet. Welcome to the Demon Babie podcast. Uh, the soon to be number one podcast in the entire world. We're taking over. I'm Joe Lombardo, Demon of Hollywood, and I'm sitting here with the, apparently very excited, the, Blonde, Babie, a. Since when am I not excited? I am raring to go. Raring. Raring. Raring. Raring. Raring, ready, racing! How do you spell raring? Raring? Raring to go? R A R I N G? I think so. I feel like that doesn't work. Well, we're not smart enough to know whether it does or doesn't. So Welcome to the stupid podcast Today's topic is Fruit. Fruit. Fruit. Let's get into it This is deeper than it How are you? Good, how are you? Before we get into the topic, we always do a how are you? We always do. How are you? I'm okay. I don't like my new Invisalign trays, they're really driving me crazy. You don't like your new Invisalign trays, you don't like your concealer. Yeah, I'm just a negative Nelly today. My concealer's too thin. You don't like me. I like you. Let me tell you, the Invisalign trays that have rubber bands are really annoying. They've been cutting up the inside of my mouth all week, all day, it's driving me crazy. And I hate it. Yeah, I mean, braces kind of cut up everything, so you kind of got Got off a little easy. Got off easy on the beginning end. Yeah, but they're getting me on the tail end. At least they're getting you. Yeah, I guess so. I never had braces as a kid, so we're really getting it somehow. Somehow, someway. Alright, well, how are you? I'm not into it. You don't seem into it. I'm not into it. You seem pissed off. I'm not pissed off. You seem like you're not into it. I'm not. You seem like you don't want to do it. You want to go home. You want to go to sleep. You want to pack it up. Pack it up. You're not feeling it. Let's pack it up. Pack your bags. Let's pack it up. This is called the Babie Babie Podcast. The Babie Babie Podcast. We're talking about fruit and You're a fruit. There is no demon of Hollywood. I am a fruit. I'm not going to take this bad attitude. We're here to have fun. I know we're here to have fun. Loosen up. You had to say it. I'm a man that came from fruit. Would you care to explain? What does that mean? I don't care to explain! You're my fiance, you should know what I mean. My family came here to sell bananas and we sold fruit. That's how the Lombardos first got here. We were fruit sellers. Banana men. We're banana men. Banana men. Look at my business card. The Banana Man. The Banana Man. I think you should change it. This will be the Banana Babie Podcast. The Banana Babie Podcast? It's a real perverted sound. I don't like anything about that. Well, you're the Banana Man. It's your fault. You were caught on the island. You're off. You're off to jail. I'm not packing my bags. You're packing your bags. No. You're out. No. We gotta get into the topic. Alright. First topic. Easily the easiest first topic to say on the fruit episode. What's your favorite fruit? Strawberries. I love strawberries. They're my favorite fruit. I just got a new box of strawberries today. Wow. Cause I'm energized today, unlike you. I'm ready. You got strawberries in the fridge. You're ready to go. I'm so excited for my little post dinner sweet treat. Wow. I got Harry's berries. I got fancy strawberries. Wow. Yeah, pretty hyped about it. What's your favorite fruit? My favorite fruit? I love mango. I know. Mango's my favorite fruit. I got you some mangoes last week. How was it? It was great. I love mango. Mango's the best fruit. Mango's a hard one to get though, because when it's not ripe it's really bad, and I feel like it's hard to get good ripe ones. Mmm. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But I like it. I like it. When you're in exotic places, It seems easier to get. Oh, when you're in the tropics, it's delicious. Well, it's fresh. Yeah, it's not fresh here. They know when to pick it. Well, yeah. No travel time. There's no imports. No imports. Yeah, you can't really grow mangoes in California. Apparently not. Apparently not. Or you can, we just don't. Maybe you should try. Once again, this is a stupid podcast. We don't know anything. This is a stupid, stupid podcast. Next topic. Least favorite fruit. Least favorite fruit. Passion fruit. You do hate passion fruit, and you recently found that out. No, wait, grapefruit. Grapefruit? No, I liked my passion fruit I had last night. Oh. Grapefruit. Grapefruit. I fucking hate grapefruit. No redeeming quality? Fuck a grapefruit, it's too tart. Wow. You hate a grapefruit? Saw they had grapefruits at the store today. Hated them. Wow. I saw them. They're big. They look enticing, and then I read it. Grapefruit. Ew! Yuck! Really hate it. Grapefruit cocktail. Doesn't even redeem it for me. Okay. Grapefruit's out. Grapefruit. Grapefruit. You can go 50 50, put it in a cocktail, at least it's redeeming. I love cranberries. I love cranberry everything. I know you do. What's your least favorite fruit? Kiwis. Kiwis? I don't fuck with kiwis. I gotta try kiwis again. I don't have enough experience, but I remember all the rich kids eating kiwis when I was a kid. Ever since then, I don't fuck with kiwis. Mmm, just too white trash to like a kiwi, huh? Me? That's a question. Apparently, I guess. Oh. Alright. I'll stick to my Mountain Dew, very much. Uh, yeah, I don't fuck with kiwis. Uh I don't remember what kiwis even taste like. I was Deaf mid. Kind of want to try them again. Alright. Hit me. I won't give you any, though. Hit me. Next topic. Most overrated fruit. What do people always say? Great fruit. Good fruit. You're like, no, not good fruit. Apples. That's my answer. Yeah. Apples taste like cardboard, or at least lately they do. Yeah, I feel like we have What the hell's happened to apples? I bet apples used to be good, because America used to have the most apple species Johnny Appleseed. Johnny Appleseed. No, America used to have the most variety, diverse apple species in the world, and then they did so much genetic breeding of them, that they've cut out all the diversity in the apples, and I think they taste worse. I swear to God, I don't remember the last time I had a good apple. Apples suck. We need them to fix apples. Make apples great again. Apple juice? Only upsets your stomach. It does. Makes you skinny. Okay, wait, you know what's weird about apples? What? No apple cocktails. Appletini. When was the last time you actually saw an appletini on a menu? I would, I'd be fine if they brought it back. I'd venture to say I've never actually seen one on a menu. I've heard about it. It was before our time! When apples were good. When apples were good. Apple cider, but that's also trash. Sparkling cider, good. Sparkling cider's okay, also gonna upset your stomach. Sparkling cider's great. Yeah, it's alright. Next topic! Uh, most underrated fruit. Underrated. Do you want my answer? Yes. Banana. Bananas are good. Bananas are good. Apples are bad. Bananas are good. This is 2026, and this is what we're sitting at. Bananas don't get enough hype for how good they are. They are. And they can be really good. That's hilarious. Yeah, it is pretty funny. I mean, the only people really spitting the banana propaganda are the Minions, and I appreciate them for that. And, as a former banana man. Sign them up. Sign'em up. Put them on my tea. I feel like you need to be a banana man again. Sell bananas. Yeah. Chiquita. No, no. You gotta bring back the other breeds of bananas.'cause we only have this one here. We need all the other I bring. I'm gonna have to do some bring, bring back some banana diversity. I'm gonna need some r and d. Yeah, for the banana. I mean, that's your job. All right. You can be like the niche connoisseur of bananas. The banana, man. I'm gonna write my name on the back and say I agree with bananas. Okay, that's fine. I think that's the most underrated fruit. Yeah, most underrated I think bananas don't get enough love for how delicious they are. Okay Next topic? Yes. All right. Hit me. I did. I'm gonna hit you again. Yeah. Next topic! Much better. Best and worst fruit flavoring like a candy or an artificial Oh, best and worst. As the banana man, I'm gonna say banana is the worst artificial flavor they make. Cherry. Cherries can get pretty bad too. Cherry can go pretty south. It can, cause they make cough syrup cherry flavored. Ugh. Yeah. Don't even bother. Or grape. What does it taste like without the flavoring? I don't know. It must be better. Can I just try plain? I feel like that's a robotus in it actually. It might be kind of tough. I feel like I would prefer that over the cherry flavor though. Okay, but what's the best? What's the best artificial flavor? Best artificial Strawberry. Strawberry. I think strawberry. 100%. Strawberry, everything is elite. Maybe apple. Apple's a pretty good artificial. The caramel apple lollipop? I was just gonna say that. There's times when I'm like, get the caramel out of here. Someone was handing those out at the marathon this weekend, and I almost grabbed one. Ooh, that would have been nice. Yeah, it looked really good, and I was like, no! No, I'll choke and die. Yeah, just run with the lollipop. No, that's why I didn't do it. That's dangerous. Yeah. Alright. Next topic! This one's kinda hack, but you gotta do it when you talk fruit. Okay. Pineapple on pizza. Oh, pineapple on pizza is, I'm here for it if I'm in the mood for it. It's absolutely fucking fine, calm down everybody. Yeah, I don't know why everyone hates pineapple on pizza so much. You are such a loser if that's your like, I'm gonna stand on a big hill. Go die on that hill then. Honestly. Go fucking die. I literally hope you die. You don't want pineapple with your pasta or taco either? Yeah, if you don't have pineapple on your pizza, you don't get it on your taco. But my dad hates pineapple on pasta or tacos and I think he's a fuck face for that. That's insane. He's saying that he doesn't like pineapple on tacos. It doesn't. It doesn't add up. Does he like pineapple on pizza? I have no idea. I think he'd be fine with it. Call him. Let's find out. Let's find out. Keep it busy. So yeah, I almost bought a pineapple at the store today because they looked really good and fresh and I just learned you're actually supposed to store them upside down, which I didn't know. Makes them sweeter. Well, if you're a swinger. No! Not if you're a swinger. Yeah, put it upside down in your shopping cart and see what happens. Not in my shopping cart, in my fridge. Wow. Oh, so when people come over, they already know what the deal is? Yeah. You freak. Shut up. What are they doing? They probably have a fuckin upside down pineapple in their fridge right now. Yeah, that's great. If she'd fucking answer. Wow. They hate us. Yo! Hey, mom. Mom? I will merge you now. With who? No. Oh, I'm almost out. Oh, it takes five seconds, this question. Okay, yes. Does dad like pineapple on pizza? Sometimes, yes. Huh. He'll dabble? Yeah. Do you like pineapple on pizza? Do you like pineapple on pizza? Yes. Okay. Alright, that's it. Wait, wait. Do you like pineapple on al pastor? Tacos. Yeah. I don't know. I don't think I've ever had it on there. Oh, alright. Well, alright. Well, it wasn't your dad, but Well, we got it from another source. We got an answer. Uh, he's sometimes. What a cool hot take to take on the pod. Oh, sometimes. Oh, I don't know. I don't know, sometimes I guess. Blah blah blah. Well, she's not dying on a hill. She went mid the whole way. Alright, next topic. Best fruit smoothie. Maybe pineapple. Or strawberry. Pineapple smoothie? Pineapple smoothie, strawberry smoothie, both delicious. Mango smoothie! Mango smoothie? Really good. But what about a Hailey Bieber strawberry smoothie? No, that's delicious. Is that what you're saying? And then, secondary to that, they have a Malibu mango one. It's really good. Okay, give me the rating of your Air 1 smoothies. I love Air 1 smoothies. I need all of them. So, let's rate them. Bottom. They did a spirulina blue coconut one. Terrible. Horrible. Goodbye. Tastes like trash. Okay, bottom. To your list, go. Um, I am. Then they did a lemon one. That was good at the beginning and then I don't know what they changed in it. Got terrible. Got really yucky tasting. Got the good stuff out. Must have. It was my favorite for like weeks, and then I hated that one. Okay. Then, I'm done. The, um, All the random ones go in the middle. I haven't tried them so I don't know. Then, the Malibu mango. I don't A or S or B? A, B, C, or S? S is top, right? S is golden. A. Okay, A. I don't know if they have a pineapple one right now. I don't remember. Doesn't matter. We're skipping pineapple. But pineapple smoothies are delicious. Got it. Mango is A. Haley Bieber strawberry is S. Okay. What about you? Favorite fruit smoothie flavor? Uh, Razzmatazz is up there. So whatever. Razzmatazz? It's the most whatever flavor smoothie ever. Reminds me of my parents. Both of them get Razzmatazz. Everybody gets Razzmatazz. It's the most boring one. You get Strawberries Wild. Go crazy. Go crazy. Wow. Wow. Go crazy. Go crazy. And that's it. Saz, um, I don't have that much smoothie, uh, Intel that you did experience. Yeah. This is more for you. Mm. Mm-hmm. I'm a banana man. Not a smoothie man. Banana smoothies are delicious too. They are. They're really are. Top tier, yeah. Elite. Mm-hmm. I would recommend, I just don't wanna push bananas on everyone and make them not believe I have no money in the game yet. I'm a banana in the game. Next topic. Best fruit pie. Apple? Really? I don't know. You're kidding. Lemon tart. After all your slander. Lemon tart. Lemon, is that a fruit? Lemon meringue. Yeah, lemon's a fruit. Yeah, it is a fruit. It's a tart fruit. Tart fruit. Lemon meringue pie. Okay. Best fruit pie. Lemon, the least amount of fruit. I want blueberry pie. I like a blueberry pie a lot. That's alright. That's pretty good. It is good. Yeah. It's pretty good. I don't like a backtalk. I don't like your attitude. You didn't even want to film. That's it. Turn these cameras off. Um Yeah, no strawberry pies. No, there's no such thing. Blueberry pie's good. Blackberry's good. Blueberry. Blackberry's delicious. I think blackberry over blueberry. Okay Um. Apple's good though. Apple sucks. Apple's the best way to have an apple. Apple pie sucks. No, it's not worth a bite. Disagree. It's not worth one bite. Too soggy? It sucks. Lemon meringue. Best pie. An apple pie is the worst. I'm putting my foot down. Lemon meringue pie is the best pie. I don't even think I've had a lemon meringue pie. What the fuck? Yeah. You've never had a lemon meringue pie? Never had a lemon meringue pie. I'm going to literally order one tonight. I thought you were going to say I'm going to literally shoot you right now. I'm going to literally. I'm going to kill you. Kill you right now. No, lemon meringue pie is delicious. Well, I've never had one, so I don't know. All right, loser. Next topic. Japanese luxury fruit. Oh, it tastes different. It's good. It's amazing. I don't know if the strawberry is worth it as much as the grapes are worth it. The grapes? Cause we got strawberries and grapes. So I would like to try the melon. The melon's next level. We haven't tried the melon. That's when you upgrade. Yeah. The melon was like a hundred dollars. We did not feel like spending a hundred dollars on a melon. We had a long trip ahead of us. Yeah, but we did try the strawberries and the grapes and they were good Okay back to Japanese non luxury fruits. Average fruits. The sugar dipped grape It's called It's called the yeah, the sugar dipped strawberries and the sugar dipped grapes. Yeah, those are Amazing. It starts with a D. No? Don't know. We got them in Hawaii too. Doesn't matter. Delicious. Yeah. Oh my god. I'd eat, if those, if they sold those on the street here, I'd buy them every time. Oh my god, after the bar, street hot dog and one of those. Street hot dog and one of those. Maybe just those. Or one for each of us. Yeah, something for you, something for me. Uh, yeah, no, that's, that's a top tier dessert. Japanese fruits, period, end of story. Japanese fruit, best fruit in the world. Japanese have really perfected everything in the food industry, it seems like. I don't know if I agree with that, them having the best fruit in the world, actually. Okay, who's got better fruit? Cause tropical fruit's pretty good, Mexico fruit's pretty good. Mexico's got good fruit. But it's not as like, culinarily gnarly. No, it's not like It's just raw, naturally good. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's different. It's different. It's different. Natural talent, earned. Earned. It's different. Next topic! How do you peel a banana? Um, you take, should I do it? Pull a banana off. No, I don't want to open one. I'll eat it. I'm a banana man. So I, how do you peel a banana? Don't fully peel it. I would take it, grab a stem, and rip it. I literally just said don't peel it. I peeled it. Now I have to eat two bananas. I wasn't listening. Now I have to eat two bananas. Next topic. Don't ruin it. I will eat it. No, how do you peel it? Grab another banana. No. Just describe it. These, the Basement Yard guys were just on Jimmy Kimmel, another podcast group. We're on Jimmy Kimmel because I'm pretty sure a viral clip of them peeling a banana. Because one of them said he didn't peel it from the top. He didn't say you said, he didn't say you peel it from the bottom. Cause I thought that's where it was gonna go. And I'm like, I fucking hate that bit. The people that peel it from the bottom. I'm so exhausted from it. He goes, or you just rip them in half. What? Rip it in half? So why don't you, do you think you could rip a banana, just BAM, in half like that? In half? Or in half? No, just BAM. No. Tear apart in half. I can do it to this one. No, you can't. It's peeled. It's fine. No, it's structural. It's structurally broken already. I don't think I can do it anyways. Wanna see? Yeah. That That was crazy. You did it! Wow! I did it this morning. Ha ha ha ha! Um I feel very Monkey. Monkey. I feel very monkey. I feel very primal. Yeah, right? That's how he gives it. He splits it up for his kids. He just goes bam. Why? And hands it to his kids like that. I kind of get that. Yeah. That makes sense. It's kind of genius. Yeah, if I was giving it to a kid, I would have probably just grabbed a cleaver and done it. But you had two kids? Maybe you're at a park. Maybe we're at a park. You don't have a cleaver. Yeah. Yeah. It was pretty even. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. That was crazy. I didn't think I could do that. Me either. It really just pops. Wow. It pops. I took a little more muscle than I thought. And then I just went, yeah. It's, it's fun. Yeah. I mean, you won't. Wow. You're going to do it like that every time now. I might. All right. I like it. Hit me. L is it? Ah, obviously not. Next topic. Best fruit margarita. Strawberry. Oh, no! Mango. Heimlacher. Mango. Heimlacher. That's the best one. Hit me. Next topic. Best fruit cocktail. Heimlacher. Cocktail? What cocktail are you talking about? A margarita. Oh, you're saying a Heimlacher margarita. It's the best. It's the best cocktail. Yeah. Fruit. Yeah. I'm saying What do you think? Dirty Shirley. That's just no. It's not really. It's cherries. It's so artificial. It's cherry. Alright. If that's your take, I mean, you wanna die on that hill that a dirty Shirley's the best fruit cocktail. I mean, or an appletini. But I haven't had an appletini in years. I haven't had an appletini. You've never had one. I have one. Lemon drop. Way to come in with the right answer. Yeah, that's the right answer. Lemon drop is the best. Lemon drop is the best. Not only drink. You can get a shot of it. Yeah. Oh, I'm salivating. I can go for it. I am too. I'm a lemon drop smelling so good. Oh, so good. That's it. We're getting lemon drops. Hit me. Next topic. What fruit do you want to try? Oh, I have an answer. I saw it at the store today. Okay. And you didn't get it. I'm surprised. I already had enough fruit in my basket. Ah, so much fruit. So much fruit. Fruity gal. You are what you eat. Golden berries. What are those? Mmm, I think they're a type of grape? No idea. They had like little, like leafy dried wrappings around them. Kind of like a tomatillo. Ah, we've had golden berries. Not good? No, they're good. Dried golden berries are delicious, but what if you just get them and they're fresh? Wet golden berries? You're talking wet golden berries? Wet golden berries. Yeah, I've never had a wet golden berry before. I'll give you a wet golden berry. I'd love one. What's your, uh, A durian. Oh, that's a good answer. Yeah, let me try that. That's a scary answer. Delicious. I'm scared to try a durian, but I'll try anything with you. Don't I know it. Loser. L. L? No, you want me to hit you with it? Yeah. Alright, last topic. What fruit are you? I don't know, what fruit am I? What fruit are you? What fruit do you think you are? I think I'm a golden berry. You don't even know what that is. I know. You don't know who you're yourself? No. I don't even know myself right now. I don't even know who I am right now. Um, maybe a lemon. Ooh, I could see you being a lemon. Yeah, a little bit tart, a little bit sweet, hard to handle. A lot of flavor. Can be a lemon drop, can be a tequila soda. So useful. Yeah. What about you? Ooh, what do you think I am? I don't know. What do you think you are? I think I'm a banana man. Do you think you're a banana? I think I'm a banana. Yeah. Just sweet? You got no tartness to you? I'm creamy. Alright. That's our show. That's the banana man. Banana man out! That's our show. Thanks for watching. This is Demon Babie. Please like, comment, subscribe. Let us know what we should talk about next week. We won't listen. We won't, but we want to know what you want to hear us talk about. We'll eventually get there. Maybe. Love ya. Bye.