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• Allison Florea & Alex Hinsky • Season 2 • Episode 244

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We trade holiday travel chaos, The Fitness Marshall's dance return, and a viral HR sketch for a cozy mix of airline rants, pop culture takes, and family traditions. We chat about Millie Bobby Brown's name change and how Alex had a hateful waiter for Thanksgiving!

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Allison Florea

Alex Hinsky

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Let me hear ya.

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Hello. I do believe I know. I said hello.

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No, I know. I'm also destinated.

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I do believe I have been a no, I started in the wrong key. That's my bad.

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Anyway.

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Is that the cold open? Welcome back to the A-list podcast with Allison. And Alex, I'm Allison. He's Alex. Wow, I really ran out of breath saying that.

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Rest support. Rest support.

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Speaking of, yesterday was our first live stream back after like actually dancing live after all the pre-recorded. It's been like a month and a half. Was really hard.

SPEAKER_02:

Was it?

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Um, yeah, my neck hurts really bad. My I did make the mistake of going to CrossFit the night before, and we did a lot of squats. But then my hamstring was like cramping up while we were dancing. It was like I had never danced in my life before.

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Wow.

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It was actually really hard.

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It really pays to stay conditioned.

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It actually really does. And that's a lesson.

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But I've that is a lesson.

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Had to learn, I guess.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. Well, hello.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, hey.

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How's it going?

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It's good. I was at a premiere last night and it is cold.

SPEAKER_01:

I saw what was it?

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Five Nights at Freddy Dose.

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Have you seen the first one?

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No. Didn't realize, didn't really know much about it. I knew it was a game like a from forever ago, but it has like a cult following.

SPEAKER_00:

It does.

SPEAKER_03:

There were so many fans there because they did the premiere like I was there a month ago for the Stranger Things premiere, and it was like a shutdown the streets kind of event. This was literally no street shutdown. It was just But they should have. The celebs were being dropped off on Hollywood Bowl, like right to the carpet into the Gromans Theater.

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Yeah.

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So like the carpet was really small, actually. There wasn't a ton of us on the PR, like PR press line. Um and but we got to talk to everyone, it was really cool. Josh Richardson remembered me and Joyce.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh yeah, he has a mustache in this film, correct?

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That I don't know.

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Oh, did he not in real life?

SPEAKER_03:

He didn't in real life.

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Okay. I think I saw a video of him. What do you think about horror movies in December?

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I think I don't like it. You don't so you don't like Krampus?

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No.

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It's a Christmas horror.

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Yeah, I don't like it. He's like a scary creature, right?

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He is, yeah. I don't like that. I said something for the city.

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Let's keep let's keep December merry and bright. Yeah. Let's keep it wholesome.

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Okay.

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We don't need horror.

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No, you're right.

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I don't like it.

unknown:

Okay.

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But I've not seen Five Nights at Freddy's, and I wonder if I would hate it.

SPEAKER_03:

You probably would.

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But it's giving um Chuck E.

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Cheese?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. Oh yeah. Charles E. Cheese.

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Yes. I the woman next to me was saying, because I don't know anything about them, but she said that although it's a horror movie, she said they're not really scary. It's kind of just like. I picked up trying to figure out what these movies are about based on the little bits I was hearing from interviews and stuff. It has something to do with AI or voodoo. It's in New Orleans.

SPEAKER_01:

I love that.

SPEAKER_03:

Don't understand what Josh is. I think Josh is a bad guy. No, Matthew Lillard is the bad guy. But I don't know if that's because he's the person.

SPEAKER_01:

Matthew Lillard, who's that?

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He played Shaggy and Scooby-Doo live action. He's from Scream.

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Oh, that's his name.

SPEAKER_03:

He I don't know if he's in one of the costumes. We don't actually know that's Matthew Lillard, or if it is Matthew Lillard and he's doing voodoo, or he's an AI programmer. I've known I know nothing. Do you want to sit with me?

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What I'm gonna say is I think I don't care about it. I'm gonna feel great. If maybe it's like a plane launch.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh a horror on a plane, that's also hard. You don't want to anxiety induce yourself.

SPEAKER_01:

That's not what would give me anxiety.

unknown:

Oh.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh my gosh. For the first time in my days, I was on a plane where someone there was a medical emergency and someone they asked if there was a doctor or a medical professional on the core club. I wish I could have said yes in that moment. And I will say it they were delayed. They weren't sure if they wanted to provide their services.

SPEAKER_03:

Really? Oh no.

SPEAKER_01:

It was like um, because we were like kind of close to the front-ish. Okay. By the way, we flew southwest because we had to, and I haven't flown southwest in a while. Pretty sure we paid the price for the new system, but the new system isn't in effect. So it was still, you know how they're like changing it to where it's not gonna be open seating anymore.

SPEAKER_03:

No more free bags.

SPEAKER_01:

No, we did have to pay for those, which is annoying. But the new system is like you the prices are different for those. So I'm pretty sure we paid a higher price than like we normally would, but we still it was still open seating. And it was still like oh my gosh. Literally, I think for us to upgrade to early bird or whatever, I think for like one flight it was like 80 bucks a piece. It would have it was crazy.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, the the benefit to Southwest was$25 to get early and two free bags.

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Like literally$80,$90.

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You literally would put up with the random seating because you got two free bags and you could pay$25 to make sure you get the seat you want.

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Yeah, no.

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What's the point? Like, what's the goal?

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And the first the first time I was so on it, I was refreshing. I was counting down on my watch seconds, refreshed it. We actually got like A40 in the first flight, and then like I don't know, something better than that for our second flight.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, so you got to pick your seats because as long as you're in A, you're pretty much Well, we weren't on the way home, we were in B because we had to change plans because there was no more non-stop.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, okay. It was it was actually not fun for that part.

unknown:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Um, on the way home, we were in B, and we were like, we're not gonna go sit next to each other. We actually did, and it was fine. Okay, but we were like, if you don't pay$90, now you're just like what's the screwed?

SPEAKER_03:

I don't know. Hello, Spirit, it's knocking on Spirit Airlines border.

SPEAKER_01:

Literally, so I don't want to do that again. No. Oh, so rewind medical emergency. So they come over the loudspeaker and they're like, This is on the way. We had to fly to Orlando first. On the way there, it was so annoying. He is so cute.

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Is he just resting his head?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, his eyes are closed.

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Is he breathing? Yeah, he's dead ass asleep. This is weird.

SPEAKER_01:

It looks well, don't say dead if you're acting.

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If you're asking if he's from my angle, it looks like he's deceased. His neck is like crooked.

SPEAKER_01:

He's not. I just think that your that um hip is a little higher. So he's so they go up and come over the loudspeaker.

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Oh yeah.

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And they're like, um, hello everyone. Um, no worries, but we are having a little bit of a medical emergency, and we just wanted to know if there are any medical professionals on board, any doctors, any nurses, any and they list like 15 things. Yeah, 15 things. Air Force. We're like, we get we know what a medical. If you're a medical professional, you know what that's what you are. Like we don't need you to list all these things, and it's like crickets for a minute or so. And then up walks some lady, probably like I don't know, three, four minutes later. Like it took her a minute. She was like, ah, really? No, I don't know if she said that, but it took her a minute. Okay. And then she gets up there and they're in the um bathroom that's like by the pilots, and the door is open. Okay. And so I think that person must be like sitting on the toilet or on the ground. I don't know if they passed out or what. So they're like you can tell that they're talking to this person. And then probably like 10 minutes later, someone else decides to saunter up. And then the first person leaves, and that person then is there and they're like crouched down, talking, and the uh flight attendants are like one of them like gets in her personal bag and she gets like some electrolytes out and gives it to the person. I think they just like must have passed out or something.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Or were throwing up profusely. I don't know. It was a guy, and that person that lady is like crouched down for probably another 10 minutes chatting to this person, and then like everyone just like sits back down and it's like, one, why did you wait so long to go help? Because it I don't think those people were together.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

So I don't know if she was just like this is taking too long.

SPEAKER_03:

I guess I'll step in.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I don't know. It was so weird. It was two women. Okay, yeah, it was a strange situation, but all seemed to be okay.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, good.

SPEAKER_01:

That was I wanted to so badly to just pretend I could be like I'm Zopen.

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I'm a fitness instructor and dancer.

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Yeah, I know CPR.

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Yeah, you are certified.

SPEAKER_01:

I am certified. Do I forget most of the training? Yes.

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But I guarantee you, if they were going down the list and ended with or anyone who's CPR certified, you'd be like, okay, oh hand up. Josh, I'll be right back.

SPEAKER_01:

I would hope that the uh flight attendants are CPR. Yeah, that's they probably have to like re-up more than I do. More than you, yeah. But I mean, I can do it.

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Yeah.

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It's just like, do I remember every little thing that they when I had to do the tests they made me do? No.

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No, for sure.

SPEAKER_01:

Because it was honestly a lot. Yeah. It was a lot of like lines being like, excuse me, hello, saying this, and then directing you, hey, you go get the AED. You, I need you to call a 911. I'm gonna start doing compressions, and you have to do them at the certain rate and the songs and everything. Like, I can do the compression part, and I could probably put on not probably, I could put on the AED correctly, I suppose. But honestly, in the machines, it really gives you directions. It does, yeah. It does I could I could do that.

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Yeah.

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How did we get here again?

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You were talking about the plane story.

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How was your Thanksgiving?

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My Thanksgiving was it was good. We uh Dylan and I went viral over Thanksgiving weekend for our little sketch of HR. We went super viral.

SPEAKER_00:

That was good.

SPEAKER_03:

Um lots of people reaching out, a lot of celebrities reposting.

SPEAKER_01:

Love that. I just like see it because it's just like I see it, but I'm not I wasn't not like going and checking the numbers.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

So I am unaware.

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Yeah, we're at of the virality. Instagram, I think it's at 5.5 million.

SPEAKER_01:

Love TikTok, it's at you guys monetized?

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So we just on TikTok we just are now able to. Okay. It's not even it wasn't a minute long, so it wouldn't have mattered. But on TikTok, I know that's so dumb.

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They need to change that.

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Instagram, we aren't posting through the gay and trying Instagram account for these things just because it's kind of like you need to post on Facebook.

SPEAKER_01:

The money's in Facebook right in this very moment.

SPEAKER_03:

It'll change. Right, it always does. But right now, Facebook. We that kind of get that was great insight for us because we went viral in October with that like suffocation thing. We got maybe 6,000 likes on that video that has six million views. This one has almost half the amount of likes to view ratio, which is new, and also comments, and I got like 2,000 followers out of it personally. But what it's showing us is like based on the comments, first of all, I'm okay. I'm gonna say this.

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People thought it was real.

SPEAKER_03:

You really you really get a you really get a good look at the psyche of most people when you look in the comments section. It's like whoa. That's all I'm gonna say about that. But I guess I need to go look because I it's so obviously satire to me, and I would say 20% of people, but 80% of people out there really think that it's homophobia, they want to know where we work, they want to drag the company.

SPEAKER_01:

Like, okay. It's just like that's funny.

SPEAKER_03:

But what it's done is it's like, okay, this is the we found our audience. Like the people that are following me are like gays and girls, and the ones commenting are like gays and girls. Um, there are a good handful of like, I'm on her side, they need to go. You know, we have we definitely have some of those. But um it's now triggered or created this conversation of kind of the next batch of content we're gonna do. I'm not I'm gonna tell you afterward the next thing we're filming because it's gonna be like it's probably gonna rock about.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh no, I'm scared.

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Potentially in a very negative way, but we're like being given permissions, we're just gonna do it.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. Um I liked it.

SPEAKER_03:

Thank you. So that was exciting, but I went to boob.

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I can never fucking say this.

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Boob.

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Oh my gosh, Buka de Beppo. Thank you.

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Buka de Bepo. My god. Um, speaking of homophobia, our waiter was so homophobic. It was insane.

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I'm not laughing, but what a transition.

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So we go to Buka for lovely Thanksgiving, me boyfriend.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, just say Buka.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, Buka. It's like my brain anticipating the next word for some reason throws me off. We uh I will say I've never been before. The food was excellent. It was good. We had leftovers for years. And so we're in a section that's just booths, but there's only three of them filled, and it's us in the middle and then two other parties. Okay. We had the same waiter who was, I would say, like a 45-year-old white man.

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White man.

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And he was we were there before the other two tables. They got he brought us our menus, and we didn't get and I like maybe I can't remember. We can't remember if Chad and I like showed affection towards each other, but we must have been giving gay because the table, the booth next to us was like three uh elderly people, and another one was a full family. We ordered drinks, our food came before the drinks. He brought bread to the other tables, not us. He didn't ask when all the food was delivered, he which was kind of all of us at the same time-ish. He got went to their we got ours first, but it was all relatively soon. He went to their tables. How's everything look? Are you missing anything? Never stopped at our table.

SPEAKER_01:

It was Did you post a complaint?

SPEAKER_03:

Well, so I was like, Chad was like getting very it was like tensions were high. Yeah, he he comes around the corner, we're asking for to-go boxes, and then Chad is like, and can you just take those drinks off of the bill? Like, we don't need them anymore. And he was like, Oh, leaves, doesn't like without us finish leaves, comes back around the corner holding them. Ice completely melted.

SPEAKER_00:

We're done.

SPEAKER_03:

He goes, I mean, I have them here. No, we had been there for 45 minutes. So anyway, but no, that experience outside the food was great. We went back to his mom's house, we played games, we stayed the night there, and then I got to meet his childhood bestie the next day and and his and his fiance, and then they asked him to be in their wedding at this lunch. So it was very cute. Um you know, Santa Clarita, love it up there.

SPEAKER_00:

You going back?

unknown:

I'm going back.

SPEAKER_03:

Um yeah. Other than the flights, though, how was your Thanksgiving?

SPEAKER_00:

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03:

You also there was also a proposal adjacent with yours.

SPEAKER_01:

I know. Did you uh see the post or did you see the wait, both were posts? Did you see it on laps?

SPEAKER_03:

Yes.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, I didn't. Okay, so to preface this before I get into Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving. My best friend Reagan got engaged on like Sunday.

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Okay.

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And I didn't, I wasn't leaving until Monday night, red eye, and then I was like getting there Tuesday, which was her birthday. So she knew I was coming to her house that night to see her for her birthday. Got it. So she I get a text from Haley and she's like, Is Reagan engaged? And I was like, I don't think so. Because I don't look at laps like that. Like I don't like really look at a social network. No, like I just take pictures and if someone tags me, I see it. And if like I'm at an event or something, or like we have hung out and I you I knew you were taking pictures, like I'll specifically go look at your pictures, but I don't really scroll through my friends' stuff. Maybe because like I have FOMO and I get sad if I'm not there. Oh yeah. But so I like I was like, I don't think so. I feel like I would know that. And she was like, I don't know. Like she just posted a picture like holding her hand like with a ring on. And I was like, Well, that seems pretty That's that could be engagement. So I go to look at it, definitely engagement. And then I'm like, Well, what do I do? Like, do I text her?

SPEAKER_03:

But you're about to see her.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I was like, Do I text her? Do I not? I feel like if she didn't because this was like Monday, like during the day. So like the night before is when the proposal happened. I'm like, she would have FaceTimed me right away if she wanted me to know. So I feel like she doesn't want me to know, but like I I'm a bad actress. Like now I have to pretend.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

But like also, I don't know. Like, does she not want me? I don't know. It was like I was so confused on how to act in this moment. Fair. So I didn't say anything because I was like, I know I am going to her house for her birthday. I assume she's gonna like surprise me there or tell me there, whatever.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

So I that night I like go and I get a bottle of champagne, and I'm like on the way, I'm like, Josh, do I take in the champagne or do I leave it in the car? Because if I take it in, then it's kind of like she knows I know. I don't know. So I decide to leave it in the car. This is all like so dramatic for nothing.

SPEAKER_03:

But no, I love this.

SPEAKER_01:

So I walk in, uh-eyes up. I'm not looking at that hand at all. I say hi to everyone, and I'm just like, hey, you know, I'm just trying to pretend that I have no idea. And then I sit down.

SPEAKER_03:

Hold on, hold on. Knowing full well that even if the charade is kept, that you being the person you are would still confess to her that you knew.

SPEAKER_01:

I did.

SPEAKER_03:

Right. That's what I'm saying. It's like in the end, it doesn't matter because you're gonna know like I gotta be honest, I can't keep it in anymore. I knew, I knew. Like, you're going to do that.

SPEAKER_01:

I just like didn't know. I didn't know if she wanted the moment of like not her.

SPEAKER_03:

Like, yeah, you're like, does she want to see my expression? This is brand new information.

SPEAKER_01:

Didn't know what to do. But I sat down and then I just go, I put my hand on her and I said, I know.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, so good.

SPEAKER_01:

And I I had like I had no emotion before, like when Haley told me or whatever. So I get up and I hug them and I'm like, Congratulations, whatever. And then I start doing what I just did, and I'm word vomiting and I'm talking so fast, and I'm saying, like, I didn't want you, I didn't know if I was supposed to know. I didn't, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, and Jordan is there and he's like, take breathe.

unknown:

Hold on.

SPEAKER_01:

And then I just start hysterically crying.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Because I have now, now I have like the emotion of so happy for her.

SPEAKER_03:

It's the adrenaline drop plus the emotions.

SPEAKER_01:

And then I like hug her and I'm like, I'm so happy for you. And but I'm crying, and it's like, it was such a roller coaster.

SPEAKER_03:

What congratulations, Reagan? Yes. It's very exciting.

SPEAKER_01:

That was very exciting. So that was Tuesday. Wednesday, Josh came up to Marin, Indiana.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh my gosh, all the way from Indianapolis.

SPEAKER_01:

Yes. Uh, we had like we had Pizza King.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, yeah, you did tell me you were maybe gonna do that.

SPEAKER_01:

Yes, it was very Happy about that with my whole fam, and then Reagan and Jordan came away uh also. And then we went and drove through the walkway of lights.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, very cute. I saw that photo.

SPEAKER_01:

Did sing the 12 days of Christmas, Josh with the family. Oh, you know, you know this tradition, obviously. No, I haven't told you that. Okay. In the that's the walkway of lights is in our park, whatever. It's a light installation every year they do since I'm the dawn of time, it seems. And there's a straight away where it's the 12 days of Christmas light installation. So there's one what's the first one? Partridge and a pearl. All the way down to 12 drummers drumming, and there's like 12 of them. So it's a long piece of driving. And every year, my family we sing the song as we're driving past it.

SPEAKER_03:

So you really have to time your speed.

SPEAKER_01:

You do. Yeah. And we said, Josh, you're gonna have to do this.

SPEAKER_03:

Hey Josh, welcome to the family, man.

SPEAKER_01:

Um, and we, you know, got out, got some pictures, got some hot chocolate, very cute. And then uh Thursday was Thanksgiving, and it's now become a tradition with my family. Um, my sister has worked this fundraiser at the Fort Wayne Comets hockey.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Every year, every Thanksgiving evening. Um so yeah, fundraising opportunity because the kids play so many sports. So my sister and my brother-in-law were working the game, and my my mom and the kids we watched the hockey game. Yeah, had a great time again. Like last year I had a good time too. Yeah, and it is like a fun little like it's a bit like the the arena is filled, like it is a tradition for a lot of families.

SPEAKER_03:

The arena? We're talking about the War Memorial Coliseum, yeah, filled.

SPEAKER_01:

Filled.

SPEAKER_03:

Wow, it's big, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

A lot of people, yeah. So we did that, and then Friday I went down to Indy and hung out with Josh's family and ate leftovers, played some games, we played overcooked. I played with uh me and him and his brother and sister, and that was really fun. And then um Saturday we left, so it was very quick. It was afternoon. Oh, a big snowstorm was a brewing.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, it was, and it did.

SPEAKER_01:

We got out just in time. As I was well, uh, it was weird because I woke up at like nine, looked outside, no snow on the ground. Went and took a shower and packed my things, walked out inches on the ground. It happened so fast. Wow. And so I but I um my rental car, they upgraded me for free, and so I got the choice of like a Nissan rogue, or they were like, Do you want this Jeep Wrangler? I was like, Hell yeah, I want the Jeep Wrangler. So I had this like big, big tires in the snow. Was it white? It was white. That's the right picture. So I was like fine driving, but it was snowing pretty badly. So we got out just in time. But yeah, okay. That was it. It was a good time.

SPEAKER_03:

I um that just reminded me that I got did you check your Spotify wrapped today?

SPEAKER_01:

I think it was down because every time I went, it kept saying there was an error. Oh so I haven't seen it yet.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, once again, for reasons I'm not gonna say on this podcast, I can't talk about mine.

unknown:

Again.

SPEAKER_03:

And I have made the collection of the number one again? Not number one.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, someone worse is number one?

SPEAKER_03:

No, no, no. But this artist is still on the list, and it's just like I've decided to remove all of that artist's music from my Spotify. If I have to get my fix, I'm gonna go to Apple Music.

unknown:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

My number one artist, take a guess.

SPEAKER_01:

Taylor Swift.

SPEAKER_03:

No, it's so embarrassing.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, wait, don't tell me.

SPEAKER_03:

And listen, it's not embarrassing because I don't support the artist. It's just like, come on, Alex, be be different.

SPEAKER_01:

Be different.

SPEAKER_03:

Don't be so predictable, you stupid pop-loving gay.

SPEAKER_01:

It's either, oh, it's definitely Tate McCrae.

SPEAKER_03:

I was gonna say Sabrina, but you're more of a It's fucking Tate McCrae, very closely followed by Lady Gaga.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, I wasn't even thinking.

SPEAKER_03:

And then Carly.

unknown:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

So my Spotify right now. She hates Sabrina Carpenter.

SPEAKER_03:

So I hate Sabrina Carpenter. I just didn't like this newest album, wasn't my fave.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, thank you. We listened. Oh, you swipe. Correct. I listened how many minutes?

SPEAKER_03:

I don't remember. I'd have to look at my phone.

SPEAKER_01:

7,379. Not that many. That's only five days.

SPEAKER_03:

Wait, why? Are you listening to Apple Music?

SPEAKER_01:

No. I just like when I get in the car, I just immediately put on a podcast from YouTube. Your top genres pop, rap, alternative RB, trap Latino, bad bunny, musicals, K-pop. Wow, she's so eclectic.

SPEAKER_03:

She's so eclectic.

SPEAKER_01:

Age is just a number. Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh yeah, I hated that one.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, your listening age, 30.

SPEAKER_03:

What's yours? Oh, mine's 21. I was like, I'm not posting this.

SPEAKER_01:

Is this a Tate McRae? Probably. That is funny. You were into music from the early 2010s. Yeah, I also, when I listen, I just put on like all of my college um playlists. Or like new ones that are the same thing. Wait, what? You listen to 917 songs this year, but can you guess your number one? Oh, it's a okay.

SPEAKER_03:

I was wrong about mine.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, you're gonna guess.

SPEAKER_03:

Give me the options for me.

SPEAKER_01:

Finesse, Bruno Mars, Cardi B. I do love that song. We also have a dance to it, so maybe that's why.

SPEAKER_03:

So just so you know, all of these options you're giving me are in your top, but it's like ask me which is the top one.

SPEAKER_01:

So sports car, Tate McRae. Okay, You Wish Fly on a Boss for the second year in a row. Really love that song. It is so good. I like it, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, Jay Balvin. Also a dance we have, and I can do it with a broken heart.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, that you did do that a lot because you were choreographing to it.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

What's number one?

SPEAKER_01:

I also like it. Finesse.

SPEAKER_03:

It's that one.

SPEAKER_01:

No, it's I can do it with a broken heart.

SPEAKER_03:

It is. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Your top song, I can do it with a broken heart.

SPEAKER_03:

I feel like mine was It's Okay, I'm Okay. Tate Book Ray.

SPEAKER_01:

Great song.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, well.

SPEAKER_01:

Your top songs were all of those in order. It was number one, I can do it with a broken heart, two, sports car, three, you wish, four, I like it, five, finesse. Wow. Big Cardi B fan.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

You listen to one album this year, bet you it's Hamilton. Let's see. Your top album, Vi by Doja Cat. What?

SPEAKER_03:

So mine told me it was Taylor Swift, Life of a Showgirl, but I've never I actually haven't listened to it.

SPEAKER_01:

I haven't listened to this.

SPEAKER_03:

So I don't know what that is.

SPEAKER_01:

There, this is propaganda.

SPEAKER_03:

Spotify propaganda.

SPEAKER_01:

Um you streamed 187 minutes of podcasts. My top podcast. Um, the comment section drew off well.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, mine was the A-list.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, so I hate myself. Yeah. I don't really like when I watch it, it's when I'm editing it. So I really just go on here to like share it.

SPEAKER_03:

Interesting. Okay. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

I was like, and YouTube is when I would go like to it to watch it.

SPEAKER_03:

That's a good point. I don't listen to our full episodes, but I always listen to the first like 10 minutes on Spotify to check it.

SPEAKER_01:

That's definitely why. Oh. Drew gave me a message. I'll listen to that later. I got one from Lady Gargo. A book lover. You listen to three audiobooks.

SPEAKER_03:

It's the pumpkin. No, a court of thrones and a court of silver flames.

SPEAKER_01:

580 artists. My top artist is Taylor Swift.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, I can do it with a broken heart.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, I'm clear. You're in the clear? I'm in the clear, baby.

SPEAKER_03:

Damn it.

SPEAKER_01:

Taylor Swift, T Payne, Tate McRae, Cardi B, Sabrina Carpenter.

SPEAKER_03:

Let's go. God damn it. So mad.

SPEAKER_01:

I'll be doing that. Great. My first year ever. Oh, Taylor gave me uh Oh, you got a message from Taylor?

SPEAKER_03:

Nice.

SPEAKER_01:

From Taylor. I'll listen to that later too. I know it's just for me.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, it is. She only made it for you.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, well, that's fun.

SPEAKER_03:

Thrilling. I'm so glad that we got to experience that together. That was cool. Um, but yeah, I can't post mine, so but I'm stoked. I was stoked to see it. I love Spotify rap time of year.

SPEAKER_01:

You could just like make your own and pretend.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, that's true. You're right.

SPEAKER_01:

You're good with videos. You could just like thank you. You could just like manipulate it. Yeah, you're right.

SPEAKER_03:

I probably could.

SPEAKER_01:

I probably could. Sorry if that was a lot of mouth noises drinking. I had to get a Celsius because I was so tired driving over here.

SPEAKER_03:

I know when you said that, I was like, she knows that I have Coke Zero and Dr. No, I needed I needed stronger.

SPEAKER_01:

I needed to be stronger.

SPEAKER_03:

I have the shaken packet, so you're always welcome to one.

SPEAKER_01:

What is a shaken packet?

SPEAKER_03:

It's like a packet of Celsius you put into water and shake.

SPEAKER_01:

That was a brand.

SPEAKER_03:

What?

SPEAKER_01:

Um I only had one cup of coffee today.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, crazy. I had two cups and then a venti.

SPEAKER_01:

P.S. This is not a um ad.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Because we don't have that.

SPEAKER_02:

Right.

SPEAKER_01:

My two um forms of protein drinks right now. I just discovered Flav City. Have you ever tried them?

SPEAKER_02:

No.

SPEAKER_01:

They have like a vanilla cream protein that I like use for smoothies. Delish. Highly recommend. And then I like the cans of slate.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, okay. Dark chocolate is the best flavor. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Put coffee, cold brew concentrate in it.

SPEAKER_03:

I remind me. Highly recommend. Because uh Bear Bell sent me their protein soda.

SPEAKER_01:

Ew.

SPEAKER_03:

I have not tried them. They're apparently super.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh yeah, they sent yeah, they sent it to Caleb too.

SPEAKER_03:

And did he say they were gross?

SPEAKER_01:

I haven't heard him, but should we try it on camera?

SPEAKER_03:

Well, I yes, but they're not cold, and she said don't drink them unless they're cold.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, okay. But if you could do the old paper towel trick.

SPEAKER_03:

That's true. The old or put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.

SPEAKER_01:

Wrap water, paper towel, and then put it in the freezer for like 15 minutes, and the paper towel wet makes it frigid. Like get colder faster. If you didn't know that. I feel like I did that. And Josh was like, What?

SPEAKER_03:

That does work. You're right.

SPEAKER_01:

Maybe it wasn't him, but someone questioned me.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, forget them.

SPEAKER_01:

So my mom shipped me my childhood ornaments. Finally, I've been asking for three years.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

And she finally did. And I um wanted to go get like rewind. I keep saying rewind is the word of the day.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, you've said it.

SPEAKER_01:

When I was when I was growing up, my parents would get me an ornament every year. Okay, yeah. That was like representative of the year. So like a year that I was like super into softball, it would be a softball themed ornament. Or like if I did a certain show, my mom would find an ornament from that show to be the ornament for that year or whatever. So it was always like something themed for the year.

SPEAKER_03:

Cute. I like that.

SPEAKER_01:

And so she sent me all my ornament and it was like every year. So I have, I think just recently, a few years ago, she might have stopped buying them for me. So I have like a good amount that will probably fill most of the tree, and then maybe I'll have to fill in a little bit.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

But I wanted to get new ones for this year, and I so Josh and I went to Hobby Lobby, we went to Michael's, we went to somewhere else. And we go to Target? No.

SPEAKER_03:

Wow.

SPEAKER_01:

Because we found some.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Uh we found uh nothing really at Hobby Lobby. Okay. Actually, no. They were kind of boring and picked through. Oh no. Nope. At Michael's, we found two. One was just kind of for me, it was a a little bookshop. And he was like, you have to get this because tiny bookshop.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

But we found a um oh a bottle of Mike's Hot Honey, just because like we put it on everything. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

Cute.

SPEAKER_01:

And then the but the best one is a like little thing, it looks like a Nintendo Switch.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

And so we've been playing Mario Party constantly for the past like six months.

SPEAKER_03:

Hilarious.

SPEAKER_01:

So I'm very excited about it. Cute, I love that. But we didn't get to actually do the tree yesterday because it was just late.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, okay. You gotta do it tonight.

SPEAKER_01:

I don't know if we can do it tonight. I think he might. I know. And my tree is up, just not decorated. The lights are just on.

SPEAKER_03:

Where is it? Is it next to Norma?

SPEAKER_01:

I moved Norma to the kitchen.

SPEAKER_03:

But it's in that location. Okay, cute.

SPEAKER_01:

Cute. Well, I have a headline for you that we need to talk about.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, great.

SPEAKER_01:

And that is your girl, Millie Bobby Brown, has changed her name.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, shit.

SPEAKER_01:

Legally.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01:

Two.

SPEAKER_03:

Let me guess.

SPEAKER_01:

You'll never guess. Amelia Thermopolis. Minnet.

SPEAKER_03:

Princess Of Genovia. Is it Bon Jovi?

SPEAKER_01:

It is Bon Jovi.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, what is it?

SPEAKER_01:

Millie Bonnie.

SPEAKER_03:

Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi. Her middle name is Bonnie.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, didn't know that.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Um, but so this came out because Noah Schnapp during one of the interviews called her Millie Bonnie Bobby Brown Bon Jovi. And people were very confused at that. So then she explained it's just Millie Bonnie Bon Jovi.

SPEAKER_03:

Millie Bobby Bonnie Bon Jovi Brown. Millie Bobby Bon Bon Jovi. Millie Bon Bob. Millie Bob. Millie Bonnie Bobby Brown.

SPEAKER_01:

It's a Tom Twister. I do you think that she wants people to call her that? Because they're not going to.

SPEAKER_03:

No, I think it's one of those things where like legally it's this, but like Ariana Grande's name is actually Ariana, whatever. It's like what her name is in the credits.

SPEAKER_01:

Her was it her maiden name or her married name?

SPEAKER_03:

Ariana Grande has never been married.

SPEAKER_01:

Wasn't she married to that guy? We can't be friends?

SPEAKER_03:

Or were they married? No, they were just engaged. They never got married.

SPEAKER_01:

Well then what's about the papers and pens?

unknown:

What?

SPEAKER_01:

The lyrics of the song.

SPEAKER_03:

You can keep your papers and pens. The lyrics are can't be friends. Oh, let's just pretend. They weren't married. They were married, weren't they?

SPEAKER_01:

I think they were married.

SPEAKER_03:

No, but her maiden name. I don't know what grande is. I think it's her mom's maiden name.

SPEAKER_01:

And I also think it's like Grandy.

SPEAKER_03:

Frankie Grandy?

SPEAKER_01:

I think so.

SPEAKER_03:

But then their dad's last name, that's what she has as her last name in the wicked credits.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, okay. We can't pretend, but I'd like to just pretend. You cling to your papers and pens, wait until you like me again. I don't know. I thought that was like a thing, like a divorce paper thing.

SPEAKER_03:

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_01:

But let me go to her page. I want to say Grandy because when he was on Big Brother and he was pretending he wasn't Frankie Grande, he told them Grandy.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh.

SPEAKER_01:

And I when like he revealed it to everyone, he they were like, My he was like, my sister is famous, like whatever. And one of them was like Amanda Grandy or something. And he was like, Well, it's actually like it's grande. Well, like it's oh yeah. I don't know. So I thought that him saying grandi was yeah that how it actually was said, and he was just like able to use that because no one knows that.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

But that could also just be not right at all, and he just made that up anyway. And then you went down a trail in your mind. Yeah, and I just it became truth. Yeah. But Butra is cute.

SPEAKER_03:

It is cute.

SPEAKER_01:

What else do I have? Oh, 50 Cent made a documentary about Diddy, and I Four episodes on Hulu. Is it already out?

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, it's out. Netflix. Sorry, four episodes on Netflix. I just added it to my list today.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, so I heard Diddy documentary, and I was like, well, I don't want to give him any money.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh no.

SPEAKER_01:

But then I learned it was 50 Cent.

SPEAKER_03:

It looks like I do kind of want to give him money. Well, we have to. It's our duty to this podcast. Yeah, we gotta watch it.

SPEAKER_01:

I didn't know it was out yet. So okay, we'll be doing that and we can talk about it for the next time. Okay, um, my you want to do it's time for? You wanna do what's time for? You wanna do what it's time for?

SPEAKER_03:

Go ahead.

unknown:

A-list of the week.

SPEAKER_03:

I know you say it's time for.

SPEAKER_01:

It's time for. A-list of the week.

unknown:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

My A-list of the week is Thanksgiving food. Did I say that last time? Thanksgiving food?

SPEAKER_03:

You did.

SPEAKER_01:

Specifically pecan pie, because people like to chit on that. And like I I'm gonna stand firm on this. Like, grow up.

SPEAKER_02:

Boo.

SPEAKER_01:

It's good. It's gooey. It's warm.

SPEAKER_03:

Boo.

SPEAKER_01:

No, grow up. No, grow up.

SPEAKER_03:

I hate I have a I have a buckeye in the fridge for you, by the way.

SPEAKER_01:

Yum.

SPEAKER_03:

I hate pecan pie. I hate nuts and desserts. And then become pie. Okay, well, my A-list of the week is I don't think I said this was my A-list last week.

SPEAKER_01:

Luca de Bepo.

SPEAKER_03:

No, no. Is um the crown. I'm really enjoying it.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh my gosh, where are you now?

SPEAKER_03:

Still I'm last episode of season one.

unknown:

Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

You're not that far. It is.

SPEAKER_03:

It's just funny.

SPEAKER_01:

Honestly, season one to me was the best.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, well, it's I I would agree. It's pretty incredible.

SPEAKER_01:

Season two is good too.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, well, bring it on.

SPEAKER_01:

I'm excited for you. Woo! You want to hear the birthdays?

SPEAKER_03:

Always.

SPEAKER_01:

Today, the 8th of December. Nikki Minaj is 43.

SPEAKER_03:

Girl.

SPEAKER_01:

Ian Summerholder is 47. Anna Sophia Robb is 32. Haven't heard from her. Wow, in a while. Yeah. She I was I started watching the Carrie Diaries randomly one night. I've watched it before. I watched it when it was on. But I was like, oh, I need something just to put on that I'm like, don't care that much about. And I put it on and I was like, this was a good show. And she was good in it. And I can't believe she's younger than us. Terry Hatcher is 61. Jesselyn Siwa is Jojo's mom.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh.

SPEAKER_01:

She's 51. Kim Basinger is 72. Oh my god. Your favorite, one of your favorite movies came out in 2006. What is it?

SPEAKER_03:

In 2006?

SPEAKER_01:

On this day.

SPEAKER_03:

One of my favorite movies, Pirates of the Caribbean.

SPEAKER_01:

No, what?

SPEAKER_03:

That's 2001. Um 2006. And on December 8th. Oh, Lord of the Rings. No. That was also 2001.

SPEAKER_01:

No.

SPEAKER_03:

December 8th?

SPEAKER_01:

If I ask you what's your favorite movie? Sorry, I'm sorry. 2006. Yay. Itanya came out in 2017. Oscar winner. Poor Things came out in 2023. That was Teen Mom debuted in 2009.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh.

SPEAKER_01:

The Greatest Showman came out in 2017. And the iconic song My Heart Will Go On from the iconic movie Titanic came out in 1997.

SPEAKER_03:

Before the movie?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, maybe it isn't from that movie, and it's just a song she had, and they said, Hey.

SPEAKER_03:

No, it's from the When did the movie come out?

SPEAKER_01:

98?

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah. So it's a big thing.

SPEAKER_01:

Then maybe she released her album.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, she did release it on her album, so that would make sense.

SPEAKER_01:

She was like, I'll give you this song, but this is going on my album.

SPEAKER_03:

I'm Soline Dion and I will release it first.

SPEAKER_01:

Why does she sound like I'm Saline Dion?

SPEAKER_03:

Have you not seen her talk?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, but I feel like you just sounded like You sounded like um My name is Anigo Montoya.

SPEAKER_03:

Yes.

SPEAKER_01:

Exactly. I was trying to think of what is he? Right, it was that energy. What is his like Spanish? What's his job?

SPEAKER_03:

What's his He's like a hitman?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, but what is that called in those times? Like he he's a swordsman or like a pirate? Is he a pirate?

SPEAKER_03:

No, I think he's a an L for higher.

SPEAKER_01:

Whatever, but that is exactly what you sounded like.

SPEAKER_03:

I am Soline Dion.

SPEAKER_01:

All right. Well That's all we have. Let's wrap this up.

SPEAKER_03:

Have a great week. Enjoy the holiday season. And let us know if you made it through this whole episode. Let us know what your favorite Christmas song is in the comments.

SPEAKER_01:

I think you're gonna say, let us know what your favorite part was.

SPEAKER_03:

No, we I want to see if you've listened through the whole thing.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, I love that. Yeah. What's your favorite Christmas song? Yep. Okay, love you. Bye.

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