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The A-List
Bananas, Fear Factor, and 5Ks
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We run from spider drama to personal records, from a flooded dishwasher to Golden Globes hot takes, and land on the line between courage and common sense with a Kardashian heist debate. Laughs are loud, stakes are real, and the A‑list picks are strong.
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Allison Florea
Alex Hinsky
Cold Open: Bananas, Dogs, And Mics
SPEAKER_01What?
SPEAKER_04It is called a bunch of bananas.
SPEAKER_01No, like if you buy a bunch of bananas, it's a bunch of bananas, but it's not like a real wait, are we recording? Yes.
SPEAKER_04You need to Google this. What is what is a what are bananas in a group called? Say it just like that.
SPEAKER_01A bundle. Okay, I'm gonna vote for it's bunch.
SPEAKER_00A bunch.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god, is it really?
SPEAKER_00But more technically, the whole cluster on the plant is a bunch. A small group of attached bananas and is a hand. And a single banana is a finger. So you buy a hand at the store, which comes from a large bunch, and each piece is a finger.
SPEAKER_01So Alex eats a whole hand of banana.
SPEAKER_04Do you guys know the turpina banana song?
Guest Welcome And Running Jokes
SPEAKER_00No. TikTok banana. Welcome back to the A-list podcast with Allison and Alex. I'm Alison. He's Alex.
SPEAKER_04And that's Angela. Angela Palemo.
SPEAKER_01Steve, I messed that up. Yes.
SPEAKER_04Well, we finally got it down. It used to be really messy, but it took us like 60 episodes and we got there. Angela.
SPEAKER_00Angela has returned. Yes, I have.
SPEAKER_04She'll say for the second time, but it's really the third, and I'm a little offended that she doesn't even remember being on the pod twice.
SPEAKER_01I have a very vivid um memory of only one podcast. It's so weird.
SPEAKER_04Was it with just me?
SPEAKER_01No, it was with both of you. So you don't remember. Oh, that's why I always cook. That's correct. Well now I do. Because you just reminded me.
SPEAKER_04Bringing the Bobby cut down.
SPEAKER_01That's right.
SPEAKER_00Okay, I remember now.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. We um so it's been three times.
SPEAKER_00It's been three times. Oh, your episode, your original episode with all three of us is one of our most streamed.
SPEAKER_04One of our second highest stream. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01So you're pretty popular. Wow.
SPEAKER_04People like Angela Palamo.
SPEAKER_01When I shared it, all my friends they watched. Thank you guys. Thank you. Good looking out. Thanks for doing that.
SPEAKER_00Thanks for the support. Okay, what's up? What's every what was everyone's Stanley is like all up over there.
SPEAKER_04He's like, what it all just smells the food.
SPEAKER_01We have another dog in the We have two dogs today. In the stew.
SPEAKER_04In the stew. Look, your obligatory weekly hair is here. Every week, Alison gets a hair on this microphone and has to remove it. This is tradition.
Bugs In Cars And Fear Factor Limits
SPEAKER_00That is weird. And speaking of ew, as I was driving here, there was a spider on my windshield, and I thought it was outside. And then I looked closer and it was in fact inside. That's sharing. Thank God for autopilot. My autopilot was on. So I was able. But I was okay enough to grab a tissue and just get it. Wow, good for you. I was proud of myself.
SPEAKER_04I'm proud of you.
SPEAKER_00Thank you. I just scream and open. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was little. I'm actually itchy now. Thinking about it. What kind of bug was this? It was a spider. Oh, a spider. But just like thinking about it makes me itchy. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04We're about to do a Fear Factor video.
unknownOh.
SPEAKER_00You are. I hate that.
SPEAKER_04At BuzzFeed. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Shut up. That's so fun. Is he hosting?
SPEAKER_04He's the new host of Fear Factor.
SPEAKER_00I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_04I made that face because I don't know if I'm allowed to say that we're that he's that we're doing this. So maybe just cut out and cut it out. Just his name.
SPEAKER_00I could never be on that show. Never. Never, never, never. I would do a lot of things. I would be on a lot of shows, and Fear Factor is one that I couldn't do.
SPEAKER_04Are you sure? Yes. Nothing could make you A billion dollars.
SPEAKER_00A billion? A billion dollars.
SPEAKER_04A million is the winning number.
SPEAKER_00A million dollars is not enough for me to eat. I think that's a lot.
SPEAKER_01I think if someone genuinely said The tax is taken out, it's like$600,000.
SPEAKER_04I still think if someone said$600K take home, you'll have it in 30 days, eat this cockroach. No. Alison, I don't believe you.
SPEAKER_00No, I swear to you, I can't do it. I'm gonna start a kickstart.
SPEAKER_04Actually, you're kind of right.
SPEAKER_01Like for real, for real. If we were like, if we said this right now, like we we could get you that one. Alison. No, I would.
SPEAKER_04I do not believe you.
SPEAKER_00No, if it was like bungee jump off of the Burj Khalifa, yes. Oh, that's scary. No.
SPEAKER_04I I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there, I think there's very little any of us would actually not do for 600k take home.
SPEAKER_00That is I'm sorry, I can't crunch a cockroach in my mouth.
SPEAKER_04You can. It will be a traumatizing, awful 10 seconds of your life.
SPEAKER_01But you know you're not gonna die.
SPEAKER_04You're gonna get a dream vacation.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_04You can invest more of your into more things.
SPEAKER_00Exactly. Maybe if it was like a cricket.
SPEAKER_04But a cricket and a cockroach. She's like, what's the first thing I try?
SPEAKER_00Those are like the same thing. No, there's something about cockroaches. They're like Exactly. They're like juicy.
SPEAKER_04Just pretend you're Timon and Pumba, you know?
SPEAKER_01Okay, so we would not. I I wouldn't do it either. Anyway, yeah.
SPEAKER_04So that was that came from you saying there was a spider in your car, but it should be fun to see. Angela, what's going on with you?
SPEAKER_01How's your week? I'm just over here with my panting dog.
SPEAKER_04Well, he stopped immediately when the mic. That's what Stanley does too.
SPEAKER_01What the heck? He wanted to smell it. Um, just living life. I moved.
SPEAKER_04You did move. This is big.
Move Across Town: Couch, Rug, And Flood
SPEAKER_01Yeah. It's been a long time. I was in my last place for 14 years. I thought it was 13, but I counted. It was 14 this year. So you must have moved there right after I moved there right after I graduated, and then I was living with my sister there for like seven years.
SPEAKER_04I guess I didn't realize Lari also lived there right away. I thought it was just you.
SPEAKER_01She came for a time that well, we were moving into that building, and then the apartment we were gonna move into was like given away. And then he was like, But I have this one in the corner, and then we looked at it and we were like, okay.
SPEAKER_04It's big.
SPEAKER_01It's big, but we moved in there together.
SPEAKER_04Where did you guys share? No, you were you had you made like the living room into your bedroom.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, the living room was my bedroom. It's so weird. Where did you guys hang out?
SPEAKER_00Did you have people like come over?
SPEAKER_01No, never. I mean, like maybe guys we dated, but like not really, because like we were in each other's space. Right. We would just like smoke weed and go to Target.
SPEAKER_03Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_01Every day for four years. She doesn't smoke anymore. No, I seven. Then she like got sober and got married, and yeah, now she lives like 10 minutes away from me. But yeah, that's it. But yeah, I moved on the other side of the uh 170.
SPEAKER_04Just like one across the square.
SPEAKER_01Literally in the same, like if you drew a line across a map, that's me. Incredible. But there's a big difference, I'll tell you that. There is a big difference. Big difference.
SPEAKER_04And like it's not, I mean it's not you got to experience rent control, which is nice.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. But now I'm like, I'm ready to live better and just work harder and I'll pay more.
SPEAKER_04You've upgraded you've got you've upgraded. We'll get it.
SPEAKER_01I've upgraded, so it's been good, right? It stops every time.
SPEAKER_04Okay, well, congratulations on the move. Thank you. We um Angela, I'm really proud of her because in true Aquarius fashion, she doesn't ask for help, and I can relate. And she reached out and asked if I could assist her in getting a couch, and it was an adventure and a successful one.
SPEAKER_01It was, and we did it so fast. So fast. Just two hours. I got it, it it's kind of like this color. But it's um, it's a little bit like smaller this way, and um yeah, it's from World Market. It's really cute. I love world markets.
SPEAKER_04Are you liking the rug too?
SPEAKER_01I like the rug is is gonna be hell. It's gonna get dirty, and I'm not gonna be able to wash it and it's gonna fall apart because I've already had the plumber in twice, and with his dirty shoes, he's already put marks on it. And I can't even like wash this rug because it starts to tear apart, pill.
SPEAKER_00I really hate that. When that people come into my apartment, I try to just like stand on the carpet so they have to walk around me. That is so smart. But I never know. I've heard people that come into ours, like they usually put things on their feet though.
SPEAKER_01So that they did not, and you know how small a the spot is. All he has to do is walk 10 steps and he just covered my whole carpet. Oh god. So sorry. So sorry. And then the dishwasher flooded today because the hose was open and they didn't even there was nothing connected to the end of the drain, so it drained out into the living room. Oh no, and I was like, wait, this isn't the right. Yeah, no, and I almost had left and left the dishwasher on, so the whole place would have been flooded, but I stopped it right in time.
SPEAKER_04Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_01And then the guy came and he was like, I gotta run to Home Depot real quick. I'm like, Yeah, you do.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, get going.
SPEAKER_01Thanks. So that carpet has been through so much.
SPEAKER_04It's your initiation into the place. Yeah, did your bed find like also expand?
SPEAKER_01It expanded. Okay, we like opened our mattress and it was like it's the most comfortable mattress. It's such a steal because it was cheap. Nice. I got it for Black Friday, and it's amazing. Congrats. That's good. Yeah, it's good. Wait, what kind is it? Because I kind of need a new one. Like an Amazon, and I'm not usually one to like buy from Amazon, but my sister has the same bed, and I sat on it, and I was like, this is the she's like, it's Amazon. She sent me the link. Wow. I'll send it to you. It's impressively like um it's amazing. So you know amazing.
SPEAKER_04You have to say to her.
SPEAKER_00Send me drop the link.
SPEAKER_04Drop the link. It's Angela's favorite thing. Angela's favorite thing. I drop the link. And she didn't drive anything. No, well, she did. No, she did buy something from the link.
SPEAKER_01And then I say drop the link. And if you don't send me the link in time, I Google image search. Yeah. Okay. I have Sorina's entire apartment in my house.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. I've sent her bras. I have you ever bought a bra? Uh no, but it's still on my list.
SPEAKER_04The link is still there.
SPEAKER_01The link is there. Actually, I might have lost it. Can you drop the link? Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Oh, yeah, those bras. I remember that.
Deals, Links, And The Two-Bra Life
SPEAKER_01Actually, that's a great bra. I wear the same bra, two bras. I literally go back and forth and then wash them, and I'm like, well, this is where I'm gonna live through these bras. These bras.
SPEAKER_00They have foodie bras.
SPEAKER_01I just live in the same two bras. It's really sad. Yeah. But then they're the best. I have a lot of fancy bras, and I'm like, what do people do with these?
SPEAKER_04They wear them to fancy events. Yeah, it's all. So we should go to a fancy event so you wear a fancy dress.
SPEAKER_01See the bra through the dress. Like, you know, you're seeing wear like because they're like patterned.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, so you're supposed to wear like a booby shirt to show off the pattern.
SPEAKER_01Okay, Alex.
SPEAKER_04Am I wrong?
SPEAKER_01Is this like 1997 Sex in the City? Do people do that?
SPEAKER_04I think like a cami. Isn't that what it's called? Like a cami over a bra.
SPEAKER_01Imagine wearing a cami with your brain, you know.
SPEAKER_04That's what people do, right?
SPEAKER_00Or did it?
SPEAKER_01I mean, we can make a feedback. Bring it back. It's kind of great.
SPEAKER_04Make some content around it.
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_04You're like, I have all these fancy brains. I guess the bras are coming. So I decided why not bring back this look.
SPEAKER_01You know what? I'm gonna do it.
SPEAKER_04I think you should. Next. It might go viral.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Because people be like, oh my god, yeah, the Cammy and Bra.
SPEAKER_00Oh, there you go. Your manager over here.
SPEAKER_04Isn't it around the same time? Because we're all around the same age, where like girls were also doing like 14 tank tops.
SPEAKER_00Oh yeah, like a millionaire. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. Speaking of, I actually took a picture. I can't find it right now, but I walked into Hollister at a mall recently just to I was looking for something and I was like, I haven't been in here in a while. I'm gonna check it out. Nope. No, it was exactly I walked into 2006. It was crazy. There was layered with like a jean mini skirt, layered camis, and like a like a cropped uh tube top? No, like a cropped zip-up with like fur. Like it was you like juicy.
SPEAKER_01Whoa, that is crazy.
SPEAKER_00I can't find it, but maybe if I Google No, I know what you're saying.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I can picture it. I can see it.
SPEAKER_042006 Hollister fashion.
SPEAKER_01Sure, just put Hollister current.
SPEAKER_00Because it's current. Oh, this is actually there right now, but hold on, let me find.
SPEAKER_01Are you still panting? Oh my gosh, I got this great thing for Prince because my the his dentist is I I take him two times a year to the dentist. And she's like, Oh, you should bring him a third time because he gets a lot of plaque. And I'm like, no, I'm not gonna do that. But I'm gonna figure out another way in between. So I got the finger ones.
SPEAKER_03So did I?
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah. They work really well. You just have to like have them by your bed so you can remember.
SPEAKER_04I know, I put them out with his food.
SPEAKER_01Oh, that's smart.
SPEAKER_00Okay, I can't find what I'm looking for really, but I'm following you though.
SPEAKER_04You guys bring back pattern bras with camis, and okay.
SPEAKER_00Well, uh get right on that.
SPEAKER_04How's your week?
SPEAKER_00Week was fine. I ran in a 5k on the by yourself. What I did.
SPEAKER_03It was just a bucket list thing.
2006 Fashion Flashback And Hollister Talk
SPEAKER_00So yeah, it was at the beginning of the year, it was at uh like Lake Belboa area. You could tell by the whole at the beginning of the year. I said this to myself that I wanted to run a 5k. And then I would be like, okay, in a few months, like I'll like practice or I'll you know I'll train. And then it just like wasn't ever happening. Sure. And then if like a month or so ago, I was like, hmm, if I'm gonna do this, I gotta find one. And I looked on like I just like Googled 5Ks in the area, and the only one close was this one that this was on Sunday, which was nice because it is like nine minutes from where I live. So but I did think it was on Saturday. So Friday, so Friday night, I like get in bed and I'm like, okay, what time should I set my alarm for? And I pull up the email from them to be like, okay, here's the information for it. And I was like, it's not weird.
SPEAKER_04We're like, sorry, Josh, can't hang tonight because I gotta rest.
SPEAKER_00Literally we did that. We had two parties, and I I did not drink at them, and we like went home early because oh my god. Sorry, guys. Oh, wait, sorry, no, no, no, no, that isn't true. We we did that on Saturday when I knew that I did have it, but on Friday, I also was like, I gotta go to be a bed at a certain time. Yeah. Um, and so then I like I I look at the stuff and I'm like, that's weird. It says it's the seventh on Sunday, that's which is not tomorrow. And I was like, no way. Like I've done this mental preparation for the morning, and now I have to do that all over again tomorrow, where we have two parties to go to.
SPEAKER_01Oh no.
SPEAKER_00So it was fine. Yeah, we went, we had two parties. One was our dodgeball get together because we didn't guys won again. Wait. We did, yeah.
SPEAKER_04I didn't see any of the photos, I just saw a bunch of bros.
SPEAKER_00I know because we left, I guess before there was a picture taken. We were there for like an hour or so. No, Jack.
SPEAKER_04There's like he took videos and stuff. It's all bros.
SPEAKER_00It is all bros. I was like, you pop in and pop out. Well, no, we were there for like an hour. We got there at like uh I think it started at That's pop-in, pop out. That is a pop-in.
SPEAKER_04I think an hour is a pop-in, pop-out.
SPEAKER_00Okay, I think so too.
SPEAKER_04Because you get in, you get settled for 15 minutes, you have one conversation, you start your goodbyes, and you're out.
SPEAKER_00Okay, sure. Because we had to do that. Not to say it wasn't quality time.
SPEAKER_04Oh no, I'm sorry, Allison.
SPEAKER_00There was some girls there when we because like Josh and I, it was there was already like three people there when we got there. And then Josh and I, and then there's some random people that came that I didn't know. They were not part of the dodgeball team, they were just friends. Um, so but anyway, sorry. Then we went to a party where it was a Christmas cookie exchange. Oh, that's fine. And I had made these hot cocoa cookies, and like they tasted good, but they didn't really look good. I think I overmixed the butter.
SPEAKER_04Oh, that happens.
SPEAKER_00I over creamed, if you will. And so it kind of just like flattened, you know. So it was fine. They tasted fine, but it wasn't the cutest.
SPEAKER_04Also, what a bummer because you were like, I'm gonna do this 5k and I get rewarded by going and partying tonight.
SPEAKER_00Right, right. Like you were ready to like celebrate after. And then I was like, Well, I can't, I don't want to drink because I wanna like it. Yeah, you are here, yeah. And so, yeah, we I think we left at like midnight. So it wasn't even that early. We had planned on 11:30 and then it just like didn't happen. So got home at like 12 15 and moving forward.
SPEAKER_04Did you go to this whole thing alone? You literally went alone.
SPEAKER_00I did go alone, but Josh, he like Josh came and watched me.
Dog Dental Hacks And Small Life Upgrades
SPEAKER_04Okay, that's what I was gonna ask. I was like, were you was someone there to watch? Yeah, he got let your friends know.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I know. I just like was kind of worried because my goal no no no my goal was that I wanted to run the whole thing, and I feel like I felt like I would have been maybe like I don't know what the word, maybe embarrassed or something. I don't know what I thought. If I if I wasn't able to run the whole time, because like that was my the goal was I participated in a 5k before. But it was like a a run walk situation, like whatever. And so this one I was like, I'm going to run the whole time. And I think I was just like so stressed that uh of doing that that I just was like, and I'm who wants to get up at 9 a.m.
SPEAKER_04Well, we used to go do these for Bobos and Noosa, like I loved them.
SPEAKER_01Oh like hand stuff out, but we didn't run them.
SPEAKER_04No, but like the environment of them, I enjoyed being there. Yeah, so I I know what it is to go as a guest. It's like that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I've done the turkey trot several times. Oh I've done an unofficial, I guess, but I definitely didn't no big deal.
SPEAKER_01But that's like a three mile. Wait, that's a 5k? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I've done a few.
SPEAKER_00Um, but yeah, it was for the arthritis foundation. Oh, there was okay arthritis foundation, which is like it's a worthy cause. Um definitely. But yeah, I so I got up at like seven and then like slowly got up. I was like treating this like it was like a for real marathon or something.
SPEAKER_03No, I would have taken the back season too.
SPEAKER_00I stretched. I had this, I didn't have coffee because I was afraid I was gonna poop my paper. I wondered.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god, really? You gotta drink it fast, get it out. I tried.
The 5K Goal: Training, Nerves, And PR
SPEAKER_00So then when I got up that early, I was like, okay, I'm gonna like get it out and couldn't go, but I didn't really wanna I didn't want to have the coffee because I was afraid. So I don't know. No, that makes sense. I better safe. And I went to register, and then I like sat in my car for a little bit. I drank my Celsius. I like tried to get my mind right.
SPEAKER_01Celsius, that stuff makes me crazy. Well, there you go.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, needed for a run. But so I've trained a couple times. I've gone to um Lake Hollywood. Have you ever been there? It's like a reservoir. Yeah, that whole thing is like a three and a half mile loop. Oh, yeah. And it's like flat, it's a loop, so it's not it's like really a nice place.
SPEAKER_04Is it kind of over? Oh no, that's the line.
SPEAKER_00It is. There's a park about that. There's a park under the Hollywood sign. There is, but that one is crazy to park at. Oh, it is. So if you just park and you do, you have to walk like a half a mile, I guess, to get to there's a bridge at the reservoir, and the I think sign is right there. The greatest spot to take pictures ever. It's just kind of annoying because you have to walk a little bit. Oh, actually, there's another parking lot that's closer. So actually, I don't know what I'm saying. It's the we have to take everyone there that wants to see the Hollywood sign. I was like shocked.
SPEAKER_01You can't bring dogs into that area because it's like the reservoir. Wait, I've seen so many people with their dogs. Really? Yeah. At the park, but but not past there, not for like the walk.
SPEAKER_00The loop that I was running so many dogs. Oh, interesting. So either they're just doing it or something changed. But I have been I had run there a few times and I was like, I can do it. So yeah, I Did it? Josh, like kind of I told him to post up at the sort of at the end because that's when I would need the most motivation.
SPEAKER_02Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_00Um, this girl, okay. At the beginning of a 5K, I'm assuming they're all it's always a thing. Like, if you're like a good runner, like start at the front so that you're not like trampling over people. Sure. This girl like plops herself right at the front.
SPEAKER_03I'm like, how many runners would you uh estimate? It kind of looked like on the smaller side.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, probably a couple hundred. I was like 150 something.
SPEAKER_01So okay, yeah.
SPEAKER_00She plops herself right at the front. I was like, you know what? Get a girl, you know your strengths. I'm not kidding you. This girl, I'm about halfway to the turnaround point, and she's already coming back. She finishes obviously first. And then as I'm coming back, now I'm like, I've turned around, I'm on my last mile. She's running back again. She lapped everyone, even though she'd already finished. She said, you know what? This is a 5K, I'm gonna make it a 10K.
SPEAKER_02I was like, I'm going in.
SPEAKER_00What are we trying to prove here?
SPEAKER_02How old do you think she was?
SPEAKER_00Um, I actually looked her up on the she probably does a lot of them, right? I looked, no, I didn't have beef. I just was curious. I because I I did the untimed, but on the bib, it has the like website where you can go see your times. And I was like, maybe they still recorded the times just for fun or whatever. Um so I went to see if mine was on there. It was not, but then this girl, she was first, she is the same, she's like 32.
SPEAKER_04Okay.
SPEAKER_00But she is but I'm happy to say that I did really well. I had a PR. I the last time I did it, I only record.
SPEAKER_04Oh oh.
SPEAKER_00Oh, I thought she had a publicist? Yeah, I was like, wow. Okay. No, I set a PR for my time because the last time I did it, it was like 44 minutes, and I was I was like, Josh, I was like, I'm probably gonna be 44 or 45 minutes, like just like to give you a time frame of when to like be there. And he was like, I think you're gonna get it and understand. It's different.
SPEAKER_03That environment, I feel like you're adrenaline, it's like different elements.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I was like, no, I don't think so. Like that would be really hard to do. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04You your best prior to this was 45? 44. 44? I'm gonna say you did it in 38 minutes.
SPEAKER_0035. Oh my gosh, that would be so fast. That's like an eight-minute one. So the official, so here's the thing. The official time for the race was 39.33. Oh, okay. Here's the thing is I think that the finish line was actually a few kilometers more than like what the watch said. Oh, you think? Oh because they said that at the beginning. They were like um 5k-ish, just so like your it might not match your watch to the thing. And so when I went back on my like fitness on my Apple like stuff, it did say 38 something. Oh, but my watch says 38. So I'm gonna know what that is.
SPEAKER_04I nailed it.
SPEAKER_00That's impressive. I'm very proud of myself. You should it was nice to have that was six minutes off your mile.
SPEAKER_04Uh six minutes off.
SPEAKER_00I think the first mile, I I actually went a little too hard because I was trying to probably keep up with people and I wasn't thinking about it, and there was adrenaline because honestly, the last like mile and a half, I was like, Whoa, I was like my hip, my left hip was really hard.
SPEAKER_01Oh, it always stinks when it's something like that, like your knee or your hip, and you're like, I could keep going, but like my body isn't yeah, you know.
SPEAKER_00But so there's I've started this thing when I'm running that amount of distance that I listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, and that's how I I'm like, okay, these songs are longer.
SPEAKER_02I have not given away my shot.
Hamilton As Pace Clock And Musical Hot Takes
SPEAKER_00I'm like, these songs are longer, so like I know if it's like you know, around four minutes, it's like okay. If I'm running like 12-minute mile, it's like it's kind of a gate. Literally, it's so stupid. But like in my mind, I was like, I have to do this. And the last time I ran, I made it through to my favorite song, Wait for it.
SPEAKER_04I was about to be like, wait for it.
SPEAKER_00And then this time I hadn't gone there yet, and I was like, I'm done, and I hadn't gotten to wait for it. So like I knew that I had done better. Oh, that's a good one.
SPEAKER_01But I guess I only can listen to Hamilton. Man, I think I'm the only person on the planet who did not like Hamilton. You didn't? To tell. I walked right out of the Pantages like halfway through. I was like, I can't even. Yeah, I was just like, what is it about this that people like? I know, and I'm musical theater, but like I oh my goodness, I I couldn't do it. I was like, I just no.
SPEAKER_00I think I had listened to the soundtrack before I saw it. Like I had heard some of the songs, but I also like history.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I think that's it. I fucking hate history. I didn't pay any attention in high school. In high school, that was like the only subject I was like, I don't understand. Yeah, I'm like, what? Who?
SPEAKER_00Why are we still talking about this? I don't know. I love it. You don't like that?
SPEAKER_04I saw it and it was like I could have gone, I could have or couldn't have.
SPEAKER_00You saw it without knowing anything? Like on TV or you saw the I saw it at Pantages as well.
SPEAKER_04Oh, you did? I did.
SPEAKER_00Wow. I don't even know. It's like I don't even know you guys.
SPEAKER_04It's cultural relevance.
SPEAKER_00I appreciate that too.
SPEAKER_04Like how genius the writing is. Like and the stage was very fucking cool. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, it's like I was like, well, Hamilton does not beat out legally blonde in my favorite movie.
SPEAKER_01No, definitely not.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Okay, well, it's like how do we even go on from here?
SPEAKER_04I know.
SPEAKER_01I would, I would even, I would even go as far to say that Wicked was better.
SPEAKER_04And that's hard because you didn't like Wicked.
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah, you do. Oh, wait, do you like Mulan Rouge? No, you didn't. Um, yeah, I like Mulan Rouge. You like the play? The musical? Yeah, I've seen the musical. You like it? Yeah. Why? You don't like it? No.
SPEAKER_04It's Megan's Megan's favorite musical. Her least favorite.
SPEAKER_01It's not my favorite. Did you guys see the new Wicked? We don't have to talk about Wicked for Good Not Yet, no. I haven't now need to figure that out.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, we do need to figure that out. You want to come?
SPEAKER_01I would come.
SPEAKER_04We're putting a group together.
SPEAKER_01I like to see stuff even if I don't like it.
SPEAKER_04It was good. It was, I went with boyfriend, his mother, and his bestie. We went to his bestie Shannon's, who you both met. She hung out at your house. Love her family's like annual Christmas party.
SPEAKER_00Cute. Okay. I didn't know.
SPEAKER_04Gorgeous town in Nevada called Gardnerville.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that was so cute. That was like a movie. It was.
SPEAKER_04It was literally like a Hallmark movie.
SPEAKER_00Oh, that is so nice.
SPEAKER_04It was gorgeous. Everything was cheap and affordable, but nice.
SPEAKER_01Warm or cold?
SPEAKER_04No, it's like 38 degrees. Oh, wow. But at night it was like 20.
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_04It was winter. But like we could see the supermoon when that happened, like so clearly. The sky was I mean, it was just what one town over is so, I don't know. We got it. We're not gonna have it again for 48 years. It was big and bright. Um, how did we miss this? It was like you you could like touch it, it was so big, it was crazy.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I think in the desert, maybe.
SPEAKER_04Um, no, it was a known thing. It was all over TikTok. How to manifest never on TikTok. Don't say that. TikTok.
SPEAKER_01Um I'm not. I just go to look at my one million view video.
SPEAKER_04They have wild mustangs that go through the town.
SPEAKER_01You hate that.
SPEAKER_04But in the next town over, very similar vibes, they have the deer don't know fear of humans. So the town is just there's just deer hanging out next to people. We were literally driving, they're just in front yards. Deer and buck.
SPEAKER_01Did you feed them with your hand? No.
SPEAKER_04They have no fear.
SPEAKER_01Well, you gotta be careful driving around.
SPEAKER_04Well, it's that small of a town that it's not even like no one's going over 25 miles an hour. It's so small.
SPEAKER_01Wow. That's cool.
SPEAKER_04Anyway, it was really cute.
SPEAKER_01That is cute. Deer and no gunshots. Yeah, it looked very picturesque. Do you know what I mean? What's going on? In New Hampshire. Are you okay? In probably needs to pee, but it'll be fine. In New Hampshire, if there's a deer, there's somebody shooting it, which is terrible.
SPEAKER_04Same with Indiana.
SPEAKER_01Or they're hitting it.
SPEAKER_00Or they're hitting it, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, they're hitting it.
SPEAKER_00Which knock on wood. That's drywall.
SPEAKER_04I've never done them over and be like, you knocked.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_01Oh, really? Are they nosy?
SPEAKER_04Here, I got you.
SPEAKER_01Thank you.
SPEAKER_04Oh, that's nice.
SPEAKER_01Is that real wood?
SPEAKER_04Sorry, Prince. I'm sorry. That's not real wood. God damn it.
SPEAKER_01Oh no. There is that. I got you.
SPEAKER_04That's particle board. No, that's not real wood.
SPEAKER_01Particle board is just made up of other woods, isn't it? Your stairs are wood. Go knock on your stairs.
SPEAKER_04They're vinyl.
SPEAKER_01All right. Do you have any wood?
SPEAKER_04Well, I think that ornament from Germany.
SPEAKER_00Drywall is wood in it, right?
SPEAKER_04Let's move past wood top. Onto Golden Globe Top.
SPEAKER_00Yes, the Golden Globe denominations have come out. I'm gonna say I've only seen one movie. Okay. I don't even know what's been nominated. Okay, well, I'll go through the like important ones.
SPEAKER_04Okay, okay, let's talk.
SPEAKER_00And we can talk, but like I can't contribute much. Oh, that's okay.
SPEAKER_01Angel probably. Me and Alex will take over from here. Angel will be the top. Please. I don't know though. I haven't seen much either.
SPEAKER_00Go. Okay, so best picture. The nominees are Frankenstein. Okay. Didn't love it. Hamnet. What Hamlet? Hamnet. Oh, I'm like Hamlet.
SPEAKER_01Hamnet.
SPEAKER_00It was just an accident. The secret agent, sentimental value, and Sinners. I've only seen Sinners. I've seen Sinners as well.
SPEAKER_04I've only seen Frankenstein.
SPEAKER_01What did you think of Frankenstein?
SPEAKER_04Same.
SPEAKER_01I was just like You're like, okay, it's visually beautiful. Visually acting was great. I mean, he, you know, Jacob Lordy's body is even as a monster. And his low voice, very good register, crazy. But it wasn't like a wow.
SPEAKER_04I would say I was hooked because the first scene is very good. Sure. At the beginning was great. I was like, oh wow, I'm in. Yes. But then it like got very slow burn. Yeah, very slow burn. I like that the Mia Goth played the two characters. That was pretty cool.
SPEAKER_01Yes.
SPEAKER_04Like, yeah, again, it's Guillermo del Toro, so it was just visually gorgeous.
SPEAKER_01Stunning.
SPEAKER_04But like, yeah. I was like, it's not really memorable.
SPEAKER_01100%. But it could probably win for that. But I don't know any of the other ones besides Sinners. Sinners, which I did not love. Oh, really? I liked it. But I didn't see Sinners in the should.
Awards Season: Film And TV Predictions
SPEAKER_04I know. Well, I know. Well, between Sinners and Frankenstein, I would say Frankenstein, but that's between between what I know, which is just Frankenstein, I don't know that it's strong enough to win best picture. I think like it's a respectful nomination because of who created it and the way it was done, but I don't know that it's I'm gonna be honest.
SPEAKER_00I didn't see the original Frankenstein, so I know nothing.
SPEAKER_01I think this is close to the book or something. It's yeah, like an old isn't there an old Frankenstein movie?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think so.
SPEAKER_04I think there's hundreds of thousands of them.
SPEAKER_00Okay, hundreds of thousands.
SPEAKER_04Because this is really like this is this is Mary Shelley's interpretation. Like this is her book.
SPEAKER_01Based off of the book. Yes, exactly.
SPEAKER_04She is the book.
SPEAKER_01She's the book. No, what I'm saying is this is the closest to the book.
SPEAKER_04Correct. This was this movie was an adaptation of the book.
SPEAKER_01Of the book, aren't they all you were saying the same thing?
SPEAKER_04No, there's like people that take liberties to do like Frankenstein's Monster. Have you never seen Rocky Horror Picture Show?
SPEAKER_00Right. The green one with the things is not No, because that they call that thing Frankenstein.
SPEAKER_04Frankenstein is the name of the scientist.
SPEAKER_00I know. I thought people I thought that was just people not knowing.
SPEAKER_04It's called Frankenstein's Monster. Um okay, okay, let's move on.
SPEAKER_00Best picture, musical, or comedy. That's three different things. Why is that one thing? Because there's not enough in the category, probably. That's why. Okay. Blue Moon. Nope. Begonia. Nope. Marty Supreme, no other choice, Nouvelle Vague, and one battle after another. Wow, haven't seen it.
SPEAKER_04I think one battle after another is gonna win because of what about Bagonia? Oh, that's true. That has gotten a lot of things.
SPEAKER_01She's uh she looks I heard her performance was incredible.
SPEAKER_04That's true. I forgot about that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, she's great.
SPEAKER_04Could be that. That's high contender.
SPEAKER_00Best FEMA actor motion picture drama, Jesse Buckley, Hamnet, Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love, Frenate, Ryan, Rines Sentimental Value. I don't know how to say her name. Sorry. I would say it like that too. Ryan's V Julia Roberts, After the Hunt, Tessa Thompson, Heda, and Eva Victor, sorry, babies.
SPEAKER_01After the hunt, should we just talk about classic cars at this point? Like we don't even know like I haven't seen any of these. It's so crazy.
SPEAKER_04There's usually a couple, but it's never this vast. This is a good thing. This is just this is a peek at what the Oscar's bad.
SPEAKER_01This was like an indie year. This was like a year of like different types of what about television?
SPEAKER_04Well, give us a television cat.
SPEAKER_01Give us one that we at least know two in the category.
SPEAKER_02That's the same thing.
SPEAKER_00Are you big on stand-up comedy? Sure. I watch some stuff. Best performance in stand-up comedy on television. We have Bill Maher. Is anyone else seeing this? Nope. Brett Goldstein, The Second Best Night of Your Life, Kevin Hart, Acting My Age. Watch that. Kumal Nanjani, Night Thoughts, Ricky Gervais, Mortality, and Sarah Silverman Postmortem. I only saw Kevin Hart.
SPEAKER_04I'm gonna say. Well, we interviewed that guy last night. Who's that? Kumal Nanjani.
SPEAKER_01Oh, you interviewed him?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, on the carpet for Fallout 2.
SPEAKER_01Oh, he's awesome.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, he was great. Um, have no I have nothing to say about this. Nothing to say. I hope Sarah's.
SPEAKER_00I've seen Brett Goldstein's actually. He is. Did you watch um You love him?
SPEAKER_04He's the guy, he is the one from SNL that does the I know him from uh Ted Lasso.
SPEAKER_00Don't know who that is. He's like uh please did you watch Ted Lasso? Yeah, he's like the um older guy that was like the best player on the team that like starts, I forget his name in the show, that starts like kind of not doing well, so then they make him a coach. Yeah, yeah. He's like he's got like a bad attitude, he's kind of mean or whatever. Sure, sure, sure.
SPEAKER_04He's the guy that co hosted the Grammy the I'll just show you him.
SPEAKER_00Show me a picture. Oh, hosted the Oscars?
SPEAKER_04Uh who whoever just hosted the last award show.
SPEAKER_00No, I don't think he's hosted anything.
SPEAKER_04It's not him.
SPEAKER_00He's just like a British, yeah. Never seen that man in my life. But he's I uh uh Josh and I watched a little bit of his, and it was okay. I don't think he's gonna win.
SPEAKER_04I cannot believe how many tabs you have opened.
SPEAKER_00Shush.
SPEAKER_04Incredible.
SPEAKER_00Call her out. Shush. Okay. Best podcast. It's without it. Okay, we have Armchair Expert with Dak Shepard, Call Her Daddy. It's Call Her Daddy. Good Hang with Amy Polar, the Mel Robbins podcast, Smartless, and Up First. Here's my thing: they love Smartless.
SPEAKER_04They do love Smartless.
SPEAKER_00Like the I don't know.
SPEAKER_04The Mel Robbins podcast is the number one female podcast. Like, she's the number one female podcast podcast.
SPEAKER_00I thought Call Her Daddy was.
SPEAKER_04No, she's outbeats.
SPEAKER_00Mel Robbins? Wow. Yeah, people do. I don't, I've never listened, but it's like self self-help, right?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I love her. The let them theory. Okay, anyway, we're not getting into Mel Robinson. Let them.
SPEAKER_00I honestly think I don't know. Amy Polar might win.
SPEAKER_04She's had I just listened to her podcast today. She interviews with Louise Dreyfus.
SPEAKER_01Julia Louis Julie Julia Louis Dry Louis Dreyfus.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Incredible. I love Is that correct?
SPEAKER_01But it is new. This is new this year.
SPEAKER_04You're right, you're right, you're right. It hasn't cooked.
SPEAKER_00But I honestly think they like literally love Smartless.
SPEAKER_04And Armchair. Alright, Smartless, fine.
SPEAKER_00I don't know. I my guess is Smartless. The only one I listen to is Caller Daddy. So I have no opinion. Caller Daddy.
SPEAKER_01I like her. I watched her documentary.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, her documentary was great. I think she's, you know, powerful. Okay, I think we could talk about this. Best cinematic and box office achievement.
SPEAKER_04Means it did really well in the box office.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_04Right there in the title.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so like if it like Wow, this one exceeded.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Right. Okay, let's hear it.
SPEAKER_00So Avatar, Fire and Ash.
SPEAKER_04How do they know it just released? How is it already nominated?
SPEAKER_00Because they know it's gonna, they it's projected. Oh, I don't know. And I don't know anything about it. I haven't seen any Avatar ever.
SPEAKER_01Oh, really? Wow. I know. They just go, they're good in 4DX because you're like, it's like a ride at six flags. Do you get nauseous?
SPEAKER_04I'm sure.
SPEAKER_00A little bit, but it's worth it.
SPEAKER_01You gotta take a zoeprint.
SPEAKER_00Okay, F1, K-pop Demon Hunters, Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning, Sinners, Weapons, Wicked for Good, Zootopia.
SPEAKER_04I want Weapons to win. I want it to win, but it won't.
SPEAKER_00No, it might. I don't know what. I think K-pop Demon Hunters probably could. I think Sinners could, and I think Wicked could.
SPEAKER_01I think Wicked had its first, like the first time around, maybe, but this time around, I think they have less people. That's fair.
SPEAKER_04They didn't win much. Exactly.
SPEAKER_01And this is even gonna be less. I have a dog hair floating right now. See?
SPEAKER_00Oh, I was gonna say anything. Um okay. I feel like you guys watch these.
SPEAKER_01Oh, it's mine. It's on my mic.
SPEAKER_00That's see, it happens to me every time. Okay, okay. Best musical or comedy series television. Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Only Murder in the Building, The Studio. And you guys, we have one of the stars. Nobody wants this. Right here on the pods.
SPEAKER_01I'm leaving. No, uh, you did such a good job. Oh, thanks. All I had to do is nothing as in the background.
SPEAKER_04Hey, you look gorgeous, and they keep they're putting you in the thumbnails, so you must look good.
SPEAKER_01That's true. I know that is true.
SPEAKER_04I do not think that show's gonna win because I've never seen anything like that show in my life. It's crazy. It's like, what are you talking about?
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh, nobody wants ad placements. Oh, the ad placement adds everything.
SPEAKER_00Well, the first season wasn't like that. Yeah. Oh, that was so crisp. That was great. Anyway, why were we signed up by Dr. Pepper? I feel like the bear is kind of over. Uh yeah, I never see Only Murders.
SPEAKER_04I feel like it's gonna be hacks. Yeah. And Abbott is great, but I don't think it will win.
SPEAKER_00Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Agreed. Okay, we have best female actor motion in a motion picture, musical, or comedy. Rose Byrne, if I had legs, I'd kick you. Cynthia Revo, Wicked for Good. Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue, Chase Infinity, One Battle After Another, Amanda Safer, The Testament of Anne Lee, and Emma Stone, Begonia. Begonia. Male Actor Motion Picture. Timothy Chalamet, Marty Supreme, George Clooney, Jay Kelly, Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawk, Blue Moon, Lee Byung Hun, No Other Choice, and Jesse Plemens Begonia. I don't know.
SPEAKER_04Maybe Timothy Leo, interesting.
SPEAKER_00Maybe Timothy. Leo never wins. So don't even take him out.
SPEAKER_01I don't know. And it's not gonna be his best performance. He already had his best.
unknownI didn't watch any of those.
SPEAKER_00Pass. Best drama series, The Diplomat, The Pit, Pluribus, Severance, Slow Horses, The White Lotus. Severance or White Lotus. Here's the thing.
SPEAKER_04I just watched Pluribus. Have you guys watched it?
SPEAKER_00But I haven't been hearing a lot of people talk about it.
SPEAKER_04I really wanted to like it, but I got super bored.
Comedy Specials And Best Podcast Debates
SPEAKER_00Severance just feels like it's like old news.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god, I love Severance. I just think it's not. I didn't watch season two. I didn't know. They build it so well, but it's it's a it is slow and it just keeps going, but like there's so many like levels to the story, and they somehow were able to carry it through for like three seasons, and it's like still Yeah, yeah. Like, but but it not even like that much is happening, but so much is happening. Does it make sense?
SPEAKER_04That's good writing. Yes, exactly.
SPEAKER_00I could I started watching the first episode and I was so confused. This was like two years ago.
SPEAKER_04Well, here's the thing with the first the first season it takes you till episode seven before you actually understand what's going on. It is confusing for a while.
SPEAKER_01Exactly. And then there's just like levels and they go and they go and yeah.
SPEAKER_04I will say, let's not forget that last year's award seasons, the pit won basically every year.
SPEAKER_01Yes, it did. It did. I don't think it was. Stanley just looked at Purin's like, come over here. Do you want to play? Do you want to play?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, right. Okay. We're going to end on Best Supporting Female Actor. Wait, wait, wait.
SPEAKER_01Was there anything for Chad Powers?
unknownNo.
SPEAKER_01I haven't seen it.
SPEAKER_04Is that good?
SPEAKER_01I know a lot of people like it.
SPEAKER_04Oh, you will. Is it good?
SPEAKER_01It's my favorite.
SPEAKER_04Oh, I need to watch it. It's on my list. It's on my list.
SPEAKER_01It's like my favorite. It's so good.
SPEAKER_04Like, is it your favorite in the way where you like you want to get into the season?
SPEAKER_01It's my favorite in the way like it's written like old school comedy where it's like just simple and like but stupid. Does it feel like Ted Lasso or not as serious? Um kind of like it's like Ted Lasso, but it's a little bit more like it's just like goofy. I don't know. Oh, that's fun. And he's so like likable. Yeah. A lot of people. I've heard that. I never cared for him until I watched Tad Powers. And I was like, okay.
SPEAKER_04You didn't like anyone but you?
SPEAKER_01Shut up. No, I didn't.
SPEAKER_04That is literally. Do you know how many times a week I watch it?
SPEAKER_01It's good. Do you really? You love it that much?
SPEAKER_04I don't know what it is about this movie that has there's no reason.
SPEAKER_01But Sydney, right?
SPEAKER_04I don't love Sydney Sweet Something that's good.
SPEAKER_01Because it's believable. Like they love each other.
SPEAKER_04Like you're looking at it and you're like, just is one of those, and I can fall asleep. Oh, you're gonna love Chad Powers.
SPEAKER_00You're gonna love it.
SPEAKER_04Okay, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_00Okay, let's end on uh best supporting female actor. Okay. Emily Blunt, the smashing machine, El Fanning, Sentimental Value, Ariana Grande, Wicked for Goodness. What is that?
SPEAKER_01Is that upstairs? Maybe something just fell. What just happened? Stop. You're scaring me.
unknownI don't know what to go.
SPEAKER_01Stop.
SPEAKER_04But this has been happening for the last, I would say, three weeks.
SPEAKER_01What? I do not get to the point.
SPEAKER_04I have two shampoo bottles with pumps. I've had them for like three months. They sit in the same spot in my shower. And for the last three weeks, randomly at night, the just the conditioner goes flying in the bathtub. No. And ends up on the other side of the tub.
SPEAKER_00No. I reject any energy. It was so loud.
SPEAKER_04No, that's but it's it's a big bottle. It's big.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, but how does it come down? Is it is there any blood? It's probably the water.
SPEAKER_04It's just slipping because I am susceptible to spirits and I don't feel any.
SPEAKER_01Is there water underneath it? Did you look?
SPEAKER_04No, I didn't look because it's I don't understand why it's happening, but it is close to the edge. I don't have a very big ledge. It's probably not a ghost. That's what it was.
SPEAKER_00I need to say about the ghost. You said that about my apartment, and Josh does not believe you.
TV Favorites: Hacks, The Bear, And More
SPEAKER_04No, Josh, you're wrong. I have I would feel a presence. I had a ghost, Gladys. She followed me for years. I know what it feels like.
SPEAKER_00Okay, okay. Okay. Well, I reject. Not even Catholic. I heard that.
SPEAKER_04Did you hear that?
SPEAKER_01Is that like fast as footsteps?
SPEAKER_00No, I didn't hear that.
SPEAKER_01We both heard it.
SPEAKER_00Oh my god. Okay. That's probably my neighbors. All right, whatever. I think Ariana Grande is gonna win that. That's all I have to say about that.
SPEAKER_01Keep talking.
SPEAKER_00Okay, the next thing I have to say, I wrote this down because I've been having friends on at night to fall asleep to. And like I know as we've gone older, we're all kind of like Ross is kind of the worst, right? Isn't that kind of the consensus, or no?
SPEAKER_01I don't think so. Oh wait, it's how is your consensus and then we'll say wrong.
SPEAKER_00My my thing I want to say is like, how long did Ross and Rachel even date for like all of this? It's like too much.
SPEAKER_01Not even a season. They like built it all up, then they got together, but then they broke out all this.
SPEAKER_04The end of season four going into season five.
SPEAKER_00Okay. For that like one night.
SPEAKER_04For five and six. Then they break up during the end of six. They're they have seven, they're not together.
SPEAKER_00How do you know each season? They're not together for all those seasons.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, they are.
SPEAKER_02What?
SPEAKER_01They're just like, they're just kind of like going back and forth.
SPEAKER_04There's a lot of on again off again, but they're together for all of season four and five.
SPEAKER_01Oh wow.
SPEAKER_00I don't remember. It just does not seem like that. It seems like they're so like, it's so serious, but then I'm like, it feels like you dated for like actually five and a half days, and you're like, but remember the roots of Ross and Rachel.
SPEAKER_04They have known each other since they were in middle school. Right. Well when Ross was in high school, she was in middle school.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, he was just in love with her and she didn't get it. Right.
SPEAKER_04There's roots, there's history, there's yearning. Yearning is everyone forgets about yearning. There's something too much.
SPEAKER_00That could be years.
SPEAKER_04Yearning, there's really no end.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yearning is really a little like I don't know, self-centered. I don't know. There's something about I don't like to hear that.
SPEAKER_04I'm a geller, so like that directly affects me.
SPEAKER_00I don't know.
SPEAKER_04I am a Ross Rey. I am a Ross Monica combo.
SPEAKER_01Oh, oh my god. You're a Ross. Did you take a test? Or is this just from I have taken tests.
SPEAKER_04I always end up getting Monica, but I really think I'm a combo of the two of them.
SPEAKER_00I'm a Monica and a cousin.
SPEAKER_04We're a step somewhere.
SPEAKER_00I don't know. I don't think I've taken a test, but I don't know.
SPEAKER_04I'd probably be like none of you are none of us are all one. I would say you're a combination of Phoebe and Chandler. No, no, no, no, no.
SPEAKER_00Chandler.
unknownOh.
SPEAKER_04No.
SPEAKER_00Okay. Well, so you don't think I'm pretty no Monica's pretty. I meant to call you.
SPEAKER_04You don't think I'm Rachel. No, no, no. I think I think you're a Phoebe Rachel, though.
SPEAKER_01Really? I think I'm Monica.
SPEAKER_04Really?
SPEAKER_01Monica Joey?
SPEAKER_04Fun. That's a fun combo. That's just the boss.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Maybe Joe, maybe Joey Phoebe? That would be crazy. I'm not a Jerry.
SPEAKER_04It's maybe maybe Joey Rachel.
SPEAKER_01Joey Rachel. Yeah. Rachel with a little Joey. And your hair right now is very Rachel.
unknownExcuse me.
SPEAKER_00Fair enough.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_04But yeah, I don't know.
SPEAKER_00Okay. Did you have you been watching the Kardashians? You have. I have. And you did you watch? I never missed an episode. Oh gosh. Okay. So I wrote this down. I wanted to talk about. I watched the um I've not like the Paris thing. Yeah, I'm not totally up to date, but I did watch the trial episode. Okay. And I did not know how bad the robbery was.
SPEAKER_04I was watching with I was watching with boyfriend had the same. I was like, I didn't, I I really just breezed over it in the way that she calls it out in the at the end when she's like, yeah, the the the press was really grandpa robbers barely, you know.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I guess I did I like didn't question whether it happened because she also said that that people were thought that they set it up to her ex-husband even said right, which is crazy.
SPEAKER_04I don't know, do you think she means Kanye? Or do you think she spelled you don't think she meant no raging Humphreys?
SPEAKER_00No, ten years ago she was with Kanye.
SPEAKER_04Oh, right with Kanye. Yeah, you're right.
SPEAKER_00That's just because he just says shit. I don't know. I remember I remember her saying something about they like put tape over her mouth or something, but that's all the extent that I heard. Did not know that her friend was downstairs. I just did not know most of that.
SPEAKER_01Well, because they don't share the facts, they just share, they just want to make her look yeah.
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SPEAKER_04One of the robbers that wrote a book about it.
SPEAKER_01I know, isn't it?
SPEAKER_00And he did that interview where he was like, I don't feel bad.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, wow, that was crazy.
SPEAKER_00He yeah, he said um the interviewer was like, Do you would you do you feel bad? Would you take it back? And he was like, No, like she's flaunting, she's like throwing away her money, so I don't feel bad that I robbed, like I robbed her. Wow, it was wild. I couldn't believe it. It was crazy. Yeah, and then they didn't even get more time in jail because they've already been. They already served it, so they just are out. No, that's so crazy.
SPEAKER_04There's just like but yeah, that would be very, very fucking traumatizing. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_01And she's so good at like getting through stuff because God knows, like, she with the whole Kanye, like imagine being married to Kanye West. Yeah. Are you kidding me?
SPEAKER_04She's still a sane person.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, she has a compartment that she puts everything in.
SPEAKER_00Most people wouldn't be able to. But I want to know if you guys were Simone, what would you have done?
SPEAKER_01Same thing. I would imagine if it all ducked into action. No, you wouldn't have. If right now, if I was upstairs and you heard me screaming and like saw men up there, you would just you would do what you could and call the police. You wouldn't go upstairs.
SPEAKER_04Oh, definitely call the police.
SPEAKER_01I would absolutely have guns. No, but if you heard them like, get down, get like, and you were like, Okay, these people have guns. It is kind of tough. You're gonna be like, Okay, oh my god, let me call the police. Like, let me do that.
SPEAKER_04That's a tough call, but I would probably do it.
SPEAKER_01No, you wouldn't. There's no way, Alex.
SPEAKER_04I would run into a burning building.
SPEAKER_01That's okay, but but if you but your logic would would come into play and you'd be like, what's the right thing to do right now? It wouldn't be to go up there and intervene. It would be No, I would first call.
SPEAKER_00Right. I do uh say, I want to flag. Ten years ago, it was we had smartphones, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah, but sh but they're in another country. I don't think it everything works the same. Because I was just confused as to why she didn't just Google what's 911 in France.
SPEAKER_04Well, she called Courtney, right? She called Courtney right away.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, but Courtney couldn't have to meet it. Obviously, like she was panicking. So it's like I'm not judging her at all.
SPEAKER_04But I was like thinking like thankfully, maybe I wouldn't go up there, but I would enact something, like do something I've always wanted to do in like a desperate situation, and that is create some sort of crazy distraction. So maybe I would like open the door and ring the doorbell profusely, just like scare the shit out of them.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Yeah, but then they like run and hide and kill you.
SPEAKER_04They come down stairs and kill you. I would be I would hide. Right.
SPEAKER_01You'd be ready to die. What? No, you're gonna hide.
SPEAKER_04Are you trying to make yourself feel better because you would hide in protection?
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SPEAKER_01No, because you would. That the first thing you would do is, oh my god, okay, I'm the one that they're not. You know what I mean? Like, I'd like to give a real life example.
SPEAKER_04Hold on. So I went to go look at a house with our mutual friend Jasmine. We all know her.
SPEAKER_01Okay.
SPEAKER_04And a German shepherd jumped a fence and was running towards Jasmine. Without a thought, I move her out of the way. The German Shepherd grabs onto my leg.
SPEAKER_01We're talking about a dog.
SPEAKER_04But I didn't know the admission was run away from her.
SPEAKER_01No, of course you would do that. God no, I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_02We were there with her and they ran.
SPEAKER_01So your fight in that was flight.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I do think if you heard, if right now Angela was upstairs, you heard of multiple voices. I think that you wouldn't go up there. Run up there blind. If you if it was one voice, maybe I disagree.
SPEAKER_01We know you're a hero. We you don't have to prove yourself. Crap, I gotta hide, I gotta get my phone. I got we need help. We need help. Because if you go up there, what are you doing to help? Because you're never gonna get you're gonna die.
SPEAKER_04Wrong. If you if I sat downstairs and listened to you potentially or maybe actually get killed, I would never be able to live with myself that I didn't try. You want me to live the rest of my life knowing that I could have maybe stopped your death?
SPEAKER_01You against four guys with guns. I don't understand. What are you gonna do?
SPEAKER_04Two robbers to four guys with founders. It was four guys. Oh, it was four guys.
SPEAKER_01It was four guys they have. What are you going to do to four guys with guns? I'm just curious. What would you do? What would your first move be? Tell us.
SPEAKER_04My first move would be to call the authorities. Correct.
SPEAKER_01And then you go upstairs and chop them in the neck with the other things.
SPEAKER_04I would do something, I would do something out of out of like.
SPEAKER_01You throw knives at the wall. I don't know what that is.
SPEAKER_04We would bang on the wall and be like, hey, what's going on up there? Then like freak them out, be like, oh, someone's here. I would here's what I know. Here's what I know. I wouldn't do nothing.
SPEAKER_01For sure, but calling the authorities is not nothing. That's the that's the bug. Right, Simone, that wasn't nothing.
SPEAKER_04That was something.
SPEAKER_00And it's lucky for Simone that they did not kill her because if she's a weak woman. What is she gonna do? If they had killed Kim, then yes, Simone would be living with that guilt that she should have done more. But they did get lucky that they didn't do that and she was able to call someone and all of that. So, like it is the circumstance that they did not kill Kim.
SPEAKER_04Okay, I'm gonna make this a cut down and it's gonna go crazy. People are you people are going to lose their shit. I love it, and they're gonna side with me, but go ahead.
SPEAKER_00That's all. I just like I wanted to talk about how crazy that was. Yeah, it is crazy.
SPEAKER_01And I was from Santa for six hours in her heels. I and my my favorite part was that she still wore the diamonds. I do.
SPEAKER_00I was like, this is why she's successful because she doesn't care.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_00At first, when I saw the headlines that she had worn jewels and stuff, I was like, Oh, I don't know about that. Like, but then when I heard her explanation of it, I was like, And by the way, the reason it's in the I thought the same thing because I had that same thought.
SPEAKER_04I was like, Oh, she never even clapped back publicly because she was like, Oh no, I'll be able to like tell my side of it one day. She's so chill about it.
SPEAKER_00I know, and that's I mean, people don't give her credit where it's due, which is nice for them with the show that they can just be like, I know I can just say what I want to say.
SPEAKER_04She just released her masterclass and it's like a little tempted.
SPEAKER_00Oh, on what's what's the subject?
SPEAKER_04Masterclass. Oh, how to build a billion-dollar business.
SPEAKER_00Oh, okay. I wanna step one is I guess we I guess we didn't prepare Angela, but we'll just have her go last because it's time for A-list of the week. What?
SPEAKER_04So every week we do an A-list of the week where we just bring something that's like our recommendation, something we're into, like last week and the week before Alice were both Thanksgiving food. Like she really loves Thanksgiving food. I love that. Or like a TV show rec or a movie rec or just like something you're really into. Like if you happen to be into scarves, maybe you're really into infinity scarves.
SPEAKER_00Okay. Let me think about mine while you guys okay. So I finally had the holiday cream Coke Zero.
SPEAKER_04Oh, you did? Okay.
SPEAKER_00I will say it is my list of the week because it's very good and it's a nice, refreshing thing. It's not revolutionary, it does just taste like vanilla Coke.
SPEAKER_03Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_00No, it just tastes like vanilla coke.
unknownOh my god.
SPEAKER_00What is happening? It's not transforming. I thought it was gonna be something like have some like holiday spices in it or something. I don't know. I just felt like it was gonna taste much more exciting. It's literally just vanilla coke, but it is very good. So that is a recommendation. You should try it. That's fantastic.
SPEAKER_04Well, I'm gonna go off of that and give my give my list of the week because I've ordered this meal three times this week. And by the way, it's Tuesday. Ooh, uh Urbane Cafe salmon bowl.
SPEAKER_00Ooh.
SPEAKER_04No, I'm not kidding. It shouldn't be this good.
SPEAKER_00Why is it?
SPEAKER_04And it's so clean and good. It's kale, rice, edamame, sweet potatoes, and salmon. And that's it. The salmon is like barbecue glazed, and then it comes with a very light amount of uh Chipotle aioli of sorts. And it is so good and so healthy that I just keep ordering it because Urbane's right there.
SPEAKER_00I do that all those things sound good.
SPEAKER_04And I would like you guys to try it. Urbane Cafe. Urbane Salmon Bowl. You'll text it to McSammel. I will text it to you. They they deliver from the app, it's very cheap. We all well, I don't know, we live close to the one here. There's probably one by you.
SPEAKER_00I don't think there is.
SPEAKER_04Don't worry, there probably is. And that's my A-list of the week, Urbane Cafe.
SPEAKER_01Great. I love that.
SPEAKER_04Angela?
SPEAKER_01I actually just drove by your neighborhood yesterday accidentally because I had to go to Amazon fresh to make returns. Yeah. And my phone took me to the one by you, and I was driving. I was like, I feel like this is further than it was waiver.
SPEAKER_04You were trying to go to one of Magnolia?
SPEAKER_0130 minutes. And I live in five minutes on Magnolia.
SPEAKER_04We know that you can just take it to that one. As long as it's the same store, even if it tells, because I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_01No, I always go there. I don't know what happened. I just started driving, and then I was like, I'm not going in the right direction.
SPEAKER_04GPS took you there, not the return label. I understand. Correct. Okay, okay, okay. That is not my answer. Angela, that's the most me thing ever because I I would be there and be like, this one's kind of falling.
SPEAKER_01Literally, I passed her street and I go, why am I all the way at Allison's? And I was like, That was pretty good. No, I'm in the wrong. I went to the wrong place. You drove like 20 minutes.
SPEAKER_04No, 30. Angela, dead ass.
SPEAKER_01It took me 30 minutes. It was traffic.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Four at 4 30 p.m. I was like, oh man.
SPEAKER_04I was trying to go to the Whole Foods on Riverside, and I got off the five exit in Burbank before I realized I'm at the Burbank.
SPEAKER_00I do like that Whole Foods. No, I do too.
SPEAKER_04All right, well at least I can get some brisket. But I wanted to go to the one right by me. They have the meat bar at that one. And it is super.
SPEAKER_00The one by me has the wine bar. Ooh. There's a literal wine bar.
SPEAKER_04Oh, like you could get drinks there.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, there's an actual bar. They do trivia night there. Wait, is this part of the city? I was excited if you were gonna live there. No, but that's a fun fact. Because we could have gone to trivia and had wine at the house.
SPEAKER_01I think about it all the time. We should.
SPEAKER_00I know. Um we should put that in there.
SPEAKER_04Now that you live 10 minutes further away.
SPEAKER_01I know. Actually, I'm I'm really close still. I'm still close.
SPEAKER_04No, you're in a great spot.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's just a nicer neighborhood. Okay, my A-list of the week um is a TV show on HBO called The Chair Company. Okay. Have you heard of it? No. Okay, it is extremely hilarious. Um, basically, it's centered around um the main character is pitching like this new idea for this mall, and he's like in charge, and everyone looks up to him, and his chair breaks. And the chair breaks, and he's pissed, so pissed that he wants to find out who made this chair. And the whole season revolves around him trying to find the makers of the chair, and he uncovers a conspiracy. Oh, that's a comedy. It's comedy.
SPEAKER_04Who's the lead?
SPEAKER_01Okay, I forget his name.
SPEAKER_04He does um uh the show um Oh my god, is it is it the show with the guy who does like I feel like you're only here for the zipline?
SPEAKER_01I think you should leave. I think you should leave on HBL.
SPEAKER_04Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. He's the zipline guy.
SPEAKER_01Fucking funny. Tim Robinson, which one? Zipline?
SPEAKER_04When he's like on The Bachelor and Oh my god, of course. I just like I just feel like you're just here for the zipline.
SPEAKER_01He is only there for the zipline.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's so good.
SPEAKER_01Okay, so the whole show is like skit after skit after skit. Like it's just so funny.
SPEAKER_04Oh, like Bell. I love like Bell.
SPEAKER_01Yes, like Bell plays his wife.
SPEAKER_04Okay, cute. I'm in.
SPEAKER_01Um, it's really funny, but you have to like pay attention because it's not a it's not you just don't just put it on and walk around like you gotta watch it because it's a smart comedy. It all unfolds. It's very smart comedy, it's very outrageous. Uh chair company.
SPEAKER_00Okay. I would have never watched that, so I wouldn't okay. Check it out, check it out.
SPEAKER_02Heck yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay, well, let's talk. I'll tell you the birthdays and things for this day that is December 15th.
SPEAKER_01December 15th is my brother's birthday. Happy birthday, happy birthday.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, okay. Uh Lee Jong Jay, uh from Squid Games, he plays like the main character in the first season. Love. That's one of my favorite shows. Yes. He's 53. Adam Brody is 46.
SPEAKER_02You know him from the show that you were in. Oh.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, oh nah. Okay, yeah. Maud Appetouch, 28. Okay. And then things that happened on this day. Wonka came out in twenty twenty three.
SPEAKER_04You hated that.
SPEAKER_01What I didn't love it.
SPEAKER_04Sorry, I missed it. Wonka with Timothy Shalom. I don't love it.
SPEAKER_01That was so bad. I didn't love it. Can we can we circle back to him right after this? Tim and have something to say about it. Yes.
SPEAKER_00Okay. The Emperor's New Groove came out in two thousand. So good. The Pursuit of Happiness 2006. Cube. What Women Want, 2000. I used to watch that all the time for some reason.
SPEAKER_01Wait, really? I was just gonna watch that.
SPEAKER_00Have you ever seen it?
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SPEAKER_01Yeah, I haven't seen it a long time ago.
SPEAKER_00I used to watch it all the time when I was younger. That was a weird thing I did.
SPEAKER_01But it's so totally inappropriate. It is. And I wish all the time. You're like, wow, this is kind of sexist. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00And like he's a perv. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01But I it's good. Yeah. I'm intrigued.
SPEAKER_00It's great. Um, Million Dollar Baby, 2004. Schindler's List, 1993, which I also watched all the time. Yes. I'm not laughing at why why? I'm not laughing at it. I'm laughing at me like watching it all the time. Like crying.
SPEAKER_04I mean, I'm sad again.
SPEAKER_00I don't know if I probably told this. This is really bad. It's not good. But Reagan and I went through a big period of time of watching a lot of World War II. Okay. Oh yeah. Uh back home. A lot of World War II, a lot of like Holocaust related movies. And one year we went to the Blockbuster or the Family Video when it was still around. Right. And we went to We went to rent something new, like the boy in the striped pajamas or something that we wanted to watch. And he was like, Well, you have a late fee. And we were like, It's Schindler's List.
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SPEAKER_04You've been watching Schindler's List and you're here to rent this.
SPEAKER_00No, literally it was. He was like, You have a late fee. And we were like, oh really? What is it? And I don't know if it was Schindler's List or if it was what's the other big I don't know. It doesn't matter. It was another Holocaust movie. And we were so embarrassed because, like, what are the subject?
SPEAKER_04On a Friday night with like Domino's beeps.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, what? Why are why is that what we're picking to watch? We just really like to learn. And just cry? That's it's one of the saddest movies I've ever seen in my life. Yeah. Anyway. Um, Star Wars The Last Jedi 2017, Superman, 1978, and Revolutionary Road, which also was a very sad movie, 2008. That was a sad movie.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00They're all sad movies.
SPEAKER_01Okay, what do you have to say about Timothy Chalamet? Oh, so did you guys hear about that rapper that's like getting huge and everyone thinks it's Timothy Chameley? Chalamet? No. But look at look, you should Google it. No, he he he raps like this. He's from a different country, but it's totally him.
SPEAKER_00Wait, are you talking about um Mr. whatever? Because that is a different actor. Mr. What? Mr.
SPEAKER_01Fantasy? No, no, no. Mr.
SPEAKER_00Fantasy is um from uh AJ Kappa. From that one show.
SPEAKER_01No, put put Google Timothy Shalm, whatever his Shalom is. I can't say it. Um rapper.
SPEAKER_04Timothy Shalama isn't officially a rapper, but a massive internet theory exploded in late 25, claiming he's secretly the masked UK rapper as D kid.
SPEAKER_01Yes. As D kid. As DKID. And look at one of his um music videos or something. Like it sounds like him too, with an accent. Okay, I'll look it up.
SPEAKER_00Okay, we don't need to do this right now. But Mr. Fantasy is KJ Appa. I said AJ Kappa. KJ Appa from Riverdale. Oh, he has this, he's like this musical, he has this persona that he's started called Mr. Fantasy. Oh, interesting. And he's everywhere. Wow. And he's like I think he speaks in a British accent and he wears like 70s style clothing and he has this like weird like mouthpiece of teeth that he puts in. It's very strange, but it's he's kind of funny. That's not Timothy Shop.
SPEAKER_01Interesting. Yes, it is.
SPEAKER_04No, no, 8K D.
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah, the Mr. Fantasy. No, like people know that that's okay to have it. It's a little chilly in here. I am kind of even though we're all wearing sweaters. I brought my six flag sweater. Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_04That's so weird.
SPEAKER_01That's why.
SPEAKER_00Nah, I. You're you're kidding. You're kidding. This is wild. Stop it. I also brought mine in case I got super cold too. Wait, what?
SPEAKER_01You guys. And we're all wearing gray. Did you notice that?
SPEAKER_04Yeah. That's is this best friendship? I think so.
SPEAKER_01That's amazing. Mine's covered in dog hair, but.
SPEAKER_04Wow. Well, next time. Next time.
SPEAKER_01Thank you all.
SPEAKER_04Thank you.
SPEAKER_00You know what? You want you to work well, I'm gonna thank you.
SPEAKER_04She's gonna thank the listeners. Angela, thank you for being on the A-list with Allison and Alex. She's Allison. I'm Allison. No, Gabriel, thank you so much. We really appreciate it.
SPEAKER_00Yes, we love having you. Love you. Thank you to listeners. Uh, make sure that you do all the things and follow Angela. Her information will be below. You can follow her if she wants you to. I don't know if she does or not. We'll see. And you can Prince lets you. And Prince says to subscribe. Love you. Love you. Bye.
SPEAKER_01Uh perfect timing.