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Mallrats and a Zebra?!

Amy Goodgame & Marty Booth Episode 52

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Summer Plans and Dollywood Trip

Speaker 1

Welcome to hey Real . Quick , hello , happy summer . Quick , hello , happy summer .

Speaker 2

Summer yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , speaking of summer , we're leaving in two days , which is Friday . Oh , we're going to Dollywood . Oh , I didn't know this yeah . So Okay , think it's going to rain a little bit .

Speaker 2

Oh so .

Speaker 1

Take a poncho , fingers crossed .

Speaker 2

Does this ride still go in the rain ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , I don't think they do .

Speaker 2

I don't think they do .

Speaker 1

But we'll see , maybe we get lucky . Yeah , maybe they miss it .

Speaker 2

Go see a show .

Speaker 1

I'm not big on shows . If Dolly's there , I would go see it All day I do not want to see the C-team come out .

Speaker 2

I mean I'm sure they're all very talented if they're at Dollywood Right .

Speaker 1

But I would rather eat my funnel cake in peace and quiet , yeah .

Speaker 2

Sorry . Or with really loud rain under a pavilion and just take a break .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , I'm just going to look at butterflies .

Speaker 2

Yeah , because they're everywhere . They're everywhere . Dollywood is so clean .

Speaker 1

It is yeah .

Speaker 2

It's an easy park . It's like the bathroom at Bucky's .

Speaker 1

It's spotless .

Speaker 2

You are so right . It is the bathroom at Bucky's of amusement parks . Is the bathroom ?

Speaker 1

at Bucky's of amusement parks , the whole park .

Speaker 2

Yeah , she got it going on man .

Speaker 1

Yeah , everybody's so nice .

Speaker 2

They're so nice . Well , have fun .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

That's a nice little vacation . I didn't know y'all taking that vacay .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it'll be fun . And then , well , of course , because we're about to go out of town , mm-hmm the dog ,

Dog Emergency Before Vacation

Speaker 1

go out of town . Um the dog . Oh yeah , cue the pet emergency . Yeah , I won't deep dive into it , but I might , um , so ray was licking her foot a little bit . That front right paw , it's always the front right paw , uh anyway , so yeah , so if we're about to go out of town or something , sorry , yeah , so if we're about to go out of town , I'm like what is ?

Speaker 2

what is ?

Speaker 1

it and then I look and it's like of course it's inflamed and it's like all black from oh she just goes full yeast mode I should name her marsh on um , but she goes . It got to the point she wouldn't even put in weight on it . So she was like eating her food with a right ball like pulled up . Oh no , so I take her to the vet . I called him . I know the drill .

Speaker 1

I was like hey it's her front right paw . Again , it's probably a yeast infection . If I could just get a , I was like you can't just give me antibiotics , can you ? They're like no , sorry . So that was like . I guess it started on the weekend , of course .

Speaker 2

So you have to wait until Monday morning . Yeah , let's wait till it's a little bit worse , yeah .

Speaker 1

This is bad . Let's let it fester for 48 hours . So then we take her in , they look at it and we're like , oh yeah , she's got a real inflamed paw yeast infection .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Super nice about it .

Speaker 2

Yeah , here's a bucket and some apple cider vinegar .

Speaker 1

Right . So yeah , they give us the antibiotics all that stuff which I was two days old or not two days old , two days younger , when I found out that pill pockets have you seen those , oh yeah , where you shove the pill in for dogs yeah , I mean , I know it's just a treat the hole in it yeah and I'm like that's a ripoff , I'm getting that . That's genius yeah , and it works , but anyway .

Speaker 1

So we've got her on meds . Oh , seems to be a little better , sorry . So when we take her to the boarding place I guess she can run around and have fun , but then I guess I'm just going to have to take the cone and be like Put it in the cone , put her in the crate yeah . Her hotel room or whatever it is . Yeah , Put her in the cone .

Speaker 2

I crate yeah Her hotel room or whatever it is . Yeah , put her in the cone , I guess .

Speaker 1

But I thought this was funny . When I was leaving the vet I was like , well , we're taking her to the boarding place . I was like I can't really tell them to dry her paws off every time , can I ? And the lady's like I mean you can , you're paying for their service .

Speaker 2

It's probably an extra charge .

Speaker 1

Probably . It's probably $5 a day to drive Paul's Per Paul and then , but anyway , I was like yeah , I just feel weird telling them crazy things . And the vet told me that she had another customer and they take their dog to a boarding place and that person found out that their dog wasn't drinking the water . They brought Fiji water . They took their dog to a boarding place like a little terrier , shih tzu or something , and dropped off Fiji water for the dog .

Speaker 2

Which is too expensive for me to drink .

Speaker 1

My face I was like what Feet For the dog . Wow , so I guess trying paws ain't that crazy .

Speaker 2

No , because think about some of the instructions some people come in there with .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that's true .

Speaker 2

We left her diamond collar at home . Yeah , yeah . Yeah , wow .

Speaker 1

But anyway . So I guess they're going to have to do the pawing .

Speaker 2

It's fine , she's on antibiotics . What are you going to do ?

Speaker 1

For 14 days .

Speaker 2

Oh my gosh , how old is that dog again .

Speaker 1

Ray .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

I don't know . I think she was two when we got her Okay and that was COVID . Covid-ish time 21 ?

Speaker 2

22 , maybe Mm-hmm , mm-hmm , gotcha .

Speaker 1

She got about 10 more years . I'm so sorry .

Speaker 2

I'm so sorry yeah .

Speaker 1

So that'll be fun .

Speaker 2

When they see y'all packing do they get ? Nervous .

Speaker 1

No , they get excited .

Speaker 2

Oh , because they know we're also packing and we're going to the doggy place . Yeah , because they like that place , right ?

Speaker 1

They used to shake and not want to get out of the car .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

And now they almost break the glass to get out of the car .

Speaker 2

Well , at least they like where they're going .

Speaker 1

It's expensive , but they love it , so I'm like you can't change places .

Speaker 2

No , you don't want to .

Speaker 1

I mean , if they like it , whatever .

Speaker 2

Yeah , do you try paws at your place ? Yeah , our dog used to be like see one rolly bag , and she'd be like Lose her mind no . Yeah , she would almost make herself sick . She'd be so sad and nervous .

Speaker 1

Maybe that's what Ray's doing it's like perfect .

Speaker 2

She heard you say Dollywood or something . Yeah . I guess , let's irritate this paw . Well , that'll be fun .

Speaker 1

Yeah , so we've been before . We're going to try to do the water park .

Speaker 2

Oh , we did that . We've never done the water park . It was nice yeah .

Speaker 1

Which they might both be water parks , because it might just be raining the whole time . Oh right , yeah , which wait a minute , If it's not thunder and lightning . I can still go down a water slide .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

I think so if it's pouring down rain , we'll just do the water park .

Speaker 2

If they don't like , call it for lightning like lifeguards . Yeah , for lightning like lifeguards . Yeah , because , um , I can't remember how many years ago that was , but we did that water park and then the regular park one day yeah , but maybe if we're driving , have you seen the animal on the loose and is it rutherford county ? Yeah , murfreesboro murder so alabama had the kangaroo and now we got a zebra and it's apparently somebody .

Speaker 1

I only read a headline .

Speaker 2

And it was only yesterday , because I haven't been really on social media and reading the news the local news for sure and I was like a pet zebra . What is with all the exotic pets ?

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

These things should not be in your backyard . They should be in a zoo or in pets . Yeah , these things should not be in your backyard . They should be in a zoo or in Africa .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

What are we doing ?

Speaker 1

But his name's Ed .

Speaker 2

Oh , mr , or just Ed .

Speaker 1

I don't know , but his name's Ed , and why can't you catch it ? It's not like he's camo , it's like a referee just running around the woods and they're just like oh , I can't see it . He's on . Have you seen the videos ? He's just prancing around .

Speaker 2

He doesn't blend in . Well , apparently people are putting him in like downtown , like he's a tourist and stuff . Apparently people are putting him in like downtown like he's a tourist and stuff like pictures you know like making pictures making memes and stuff but do we not have ? Do we not have like animal ?

Speaker 1

control animal . Y'all got guns

Exotic Animals on the Loose

Speaker 1

with like yeah , tranquilizer , tranquilizer . Just knock him out for a minute you can video him for 20 minutes , but you can't pop him in the butt . With a couple of tranquilizers , it's like the you know wanted son .

Speaker 2

Like why didn't you get the guy when you were taking his picture ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm not supposed to say it . Yeah , so kangaroo pet .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Okay , that's fine , zebra pet Okay that's fine , Eventually it's going to be a tiger or a lion . Oh yeah , eventually it's going to be a tiger or a lion .

Speaker 2

Because you know people have pets .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , there's somebody right now with a cougar .

Speaker 2

Oh yeah .

Speaker 1

In Kentucky , that's just like come here Phillip . It's time to eat . He's going to get loose .

Speaker 2

It is bonkers , just get a hamster . They still haven't caught it . I don't think so . They're still running around . Did you hear about that bear in Gallatin ? I think , it's gone now by the way sorry , I don't know why that was funny , but there are bears everywhere . Well , it was in Gallatin and now it's not anywhere .

Speaker 1

No , but there was one like crazy close .

Speaker 2

Oh here .

Speaker 1

Yeah , in .

Speaker 2

Brentwood . No , I don't think At your house . Let me give out the address real quick . It's in the backyard . Whoa His name's Jose .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

I mean , I know they're like around Do dollywood , so be careful .

Speaker 1

But yeah , yeah , you go out in the wood . I bet you there's one in davidson or williamson county .

Speaker 2

Yeah , in the woods somewhere probably . Yeah , did you know ? I read this , but I didn't read the article either . I'm the worst about just like that's an interesting headline I don't want to know more um , but that there's gators , yeah , in huntsville there's gators in memphis what is going on with that , something about they brought them up years ago to control something , something yeah and now there's , you know no because gators can , because I remember we would go to the river in Tuscaloosa and you could see where gators were going in the Black Warrior River .

Speaker 2

No .

Speaker 1

Like yeah , so there's I mean .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

And Huntsville . They found them in Memphis . But have you ever seen the videos ? Like gators can survive . I think it's like which it makes sense because they're dinosaurs it's like which it makes sense , because they're dinosaurs , they've been here millions of years and we're like they can't go state to state . Um , that's crazy , uh . But yeah , the pond or swamp or whatever will be frozen solid oh okay , and the gator's nose . Well , the gator is like basically frozen , but like their nose will be like a little bit out .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

They can kind of like shut down .

Speaker 2

They're like Han Solo .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I think that something was like they can like it can get to like nine degrees and they can like kind of I don't know if they slow their heart rate or just kind of like I'll just chill to this .

Speaker 2

I will literally chill till this melts .

Speaker 1

I'm just going to hang here because I'm frozen .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , so zebra look out . Murfreesboro Smyrna , just Rutherford County .

Speaker 1

What's Ed the zebra ?

Speaker 2

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1

Well , four hours ago , it says the search continues as he's caught running in a cul-de-sac , like he's just running through a neighborhood .

Speaker 2

Can you imagine little kids , like you know , in the summer outside in the little like wade pool ?

Speaker 1

or whatever .

Speaker 2

Mom , there's a zebra . That's great deer .

Speaker 1

What was that movie Uh-huh With ? Marty the zebra .

Speaker 2

Oh , afro circus , afro circus , afro circus , circus , afro Polka , dot polka , dot Polka dot , polka dot . What movie was that Madagascar , madagascar . There it is . Chris Rock yeah .

Speaker 1

But his name's Ed .

Speaker 2

Man . I hope he sounds like Chris Rock .

Speaker 1

Caused a May 31st traffic jam on the Interstate 24 .

Speaker 2

It doesn't take much on 24 to concentrate . That is true . Yeah , Good gracious .

Speaker 1

A zebra . He's still on the run , he's on camera .

Speaker 2

Multiple times when did they have him Like ? Was it a farm in Rutherford County ?

Speaker 1

I'm hoping so they ain't gonna catch him .

Speaker 2

It's a zebra , shoot it . I mean not kill't , gonna catch him it's a zebra , shoot it .

Speaker 1

I mean not kill it but like shoot it yeah , just knock him out for a minute , yeah get the anesthesiologist with a gun and just um man have they interviewed the owner ?

Speaker 2

I don't know , but they should they should , if your zebra is causing this much havoc . They're like attention all shoppers , attention all shoppers . If somebody could come get their zebra , we've got him up front at customer service .

Speaker 1

When you see something on the loose like that .

Speaker 2

I wonder if somebody's like that .

Speaker 1

Looks like Ed . Go see if he's out there . It's the only one yeah right , you know , was it a chocolate lab or was it ? Yeah , no , it's a zebra dude , it's yours .

Speaker 2

It's the only loose one for 48 states .

Speaker 1

Yeah , he's just like prancing through the neighborhood , having the time middle of his life , I guess he's having the time of his life .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's kind of , but like it's kind of becoming I don't know how many days it's been , but obviously enough for people to post memes about him , like you know , going through the whataburger drive-thru or something like that . I mean not really , but silly stuff . Oh yeah , you know like the latest sighting and there's a picture with somebody superimposed him next to the MTSU horseshoe on campus and stuff like that .

Speaker 1

Oh , I hadn't seen all that stuff so . Anyway , well .

Speaker 2

I hope they get Ed Be on the lookout Maybe we'll see him when we drive to Dollywood .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'd rather see a zebra than bears . Yeah , that's true . Or an alligator .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I'm just saying Absolutely Now a zebra is fine . It's not going to climb up your porch in the Smokies and try to take your food off the grill or get in your house .

Speaker 1

Right , yeah , which I still ain't feeding that thing .

Speaker 2

No you ever fed a horse .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm not scared . They're gonna bite my hand off . Yeah , I'm gonna try some teeth no , no anyway , I wonder if he's he's probably trying to get uh , something to eat yeah , or maybe get out of tennessee or maybe you know he's got to be like where are the other zebras ? Yeah , right just run around the only one dress like this where are my people ? Where is the zoo ? Why don't they call the zoo ?

Speaker 2

I don't know . They deal with zebras every day like , yeah they , they know they're . Yeah , the zebras at the zoo are like have you seen this ed character outside ?

Speaker 1

he's living large man yeah , you gotta make a break for it . We could all just like you see dudes in a neighborhood just going wow oh my gosh yeah , he's their hero .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , it's like the fugitive , oh man .

Speaker 1

I'll tell you something else we did this weekend , I guess we

Mall Adventures and Shoe Shopping

Speaker 1

went to the mall . Do people go to the mall anymore ?

Speaker 2

I don't know , I try not to which one did you go to ? Cool Springs , cool Springs ?

Speaker 1

Well , you know how , when it's like summer and it's hot , oh yeah , and you're like Somebody needs a new pair of tennis shoes or whatever .

Speaker 2

Yeah , that's what it was . Yeah , there you go , and I'm going to go ahead and tell you .

Speaker 1

Tennis shoes . First of all they're pricey , and then we go and of course it's like , well , these are really expensive , of course .

Speaker 2

Carter was like he likes those , so he tries them on .

Speaker 1

Fit like a glove . He don't ever like anything . He's always like it feels weird . He put them on , he's like , ooh , these feel good and I'm like doggone it , of course they do .

Speaker 2

Can we make payments on this ?

Speaker 1

Hold on , let your parents Google every other store in the world and see if they're cheaper .

Speaker 2

So we're in the .

Speaker 1

Champs .

Speaker 2

Sports . Oh yeah , which Champ .

Speaker 1

Air . So we're in there Googling everything like Academy Dick's Sporting .

Speaker 2

Goods Amazon . Yeah , all of them .

Speaker 1

Knockoff store on Amazon .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

And we're like doggone it . It's all about this price , yeah .

Speaker 2

So you got them .

Speaker 1

We're going to trade in our old ones . Does that give us a dollar ? Mm-hmm . So he got them . But when something fits and your kid likes it .

Speaker 2

I know .

Speaker 1

Just , I guess , get it , oh man , but he's almost , yeah , he almost wears my size now , okay . So , yeah , we get the shoes . And then we went upstairs and we're just walking around the mall because it's got a Lego store .

Speaker 2

In Cool .

Speaker 1

Springs , yeah . So we go to the Lego store check it out , go in there for a little bit , and we mainly just look yeah , it's like , oh , that's cool Right , and we mainly just look yeah , it's like , oh , that's cool .

Speaker 1

Right , but they have a new store and I think it's called the Franklin Toy Store . So it's upstairs , okay , or maybe it's Franklin Toy Works . I'm trying to figure it out . So , anyway , we go upstairs , it's got all . It's all mainly retro . So when you walk in , all to the left is like a oh , they also have models . They have like a bunch of Gundam like models to the left Really , yeah , what's up , joe , yeah ?

Speaker 1

And then , yeah , but to the right , it's all Star Wars , transformers , gi Joe , they got like Pokemon , they got comics . But a lot of stores like that don't have much . Yeah they have a lot . This store had tons of stuff . They had packs of like baseball cards hockey cards .

Speaker 2

Oh wow , From like 1989 .

Speaker 1

Unopened , with a gum still in it .

Speaker 2

Oh my gosh , Wait , where is it ? Is that upstairs ?

Speaker 1

It's upstairs . It's close to the Candy Craze . Yeah , I know where that is Down , by Macy's when you want to go get a Ziploc bag , throw about $12 in it . They had and they have all these windows outside the store .

Speaker 2

Yeah , you had display and stuff when you would normally put a mannequin or display stuff . Yeah .

Speaker 1

And they had old boxes like the toys would come in .

Speaker 2

Oh man , that's neat .

Speaker 1

And in the day they had the USS flag which was the six or seven and a half foot aircraft carrier the . Gi Joe aircraft carrier .

Speaker 2

Oh my gosh , yeah , which I asked for maybe every Christmas . I don't know .

Speaker 1

And I was like I guess I didn't get it because it was expensive . And then last night I actually thought about it . I was like no , it was seven feet long .

Speaker 2

Yeah , where are ?

Speaker 1

you going to put that thing ?

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

So I'm sure parents were like we're not buying that ? What are you going to do ?

Vintage Toy Store Discoveries

Speaker 2

Put it on your bed or you'll sleep , but they had the box for sale . Whoa yeah .

Speaker 1

You have to think about something that big Like how many people are going to keep the box .

Speaker 2

Yeah . And also people that collect all that stuff .

Speaker 1

Oh , my God , the box only Yep $500 .

Speaker 2

Stop , holy cow . Is it Franklin , like somebody's name , or is it ? A local store like the city south of Nashville .

Speaker 1

I'm going to look it up .

Speaker 2

Wow , okay , I would check that out .

Speaker 1

I think it's Franklin Toy Works , yeah , but it's got everything .

Speaker 2

Okay , I'll just check that out . I have at least two kids . That would be like that's cool .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I got in there and I was like they had stuff . They had one that was all the Ghostbusters Like the four Ghostbusters . Still in the box .

Speaker 2

Unopened all the action figures and I was like this is only 40 bucks . I know that kind of stuff , the old school stuff makes me like yeah and like unopened .

Speaker 1

But then we went back to the back and they had . Gi Joe's , like each little character , like you know . Oh yeah , but these were opened .

Speaker 2

Right .

Speaker 1

And one guy was just like some green little helmet , just some random dude . But I remember as soon as I saw it I was like I remember I had that dude .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Just that guy .

Speaker 2

Yeah $200 .

Speaker 1

That hurts , yeah no that doesn't mean you're getting $200 for it .

Speaker 2

No , but if you'd have kept , yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

And I was like , yeah , and then I'd just stand there . I was like oh , wait a minute , I had that , and I had that .

Speaker 2

Oh no , and I had that , and I was just like oh my gosh , Adding it up yeah .

Speaker 1

That's a cool store .

Speaker 2

Okay , I'm excited . I'm going to go to the mall . Look at that .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I think that's what we did . We went to the Lego store . Mm-hmm Braxton looked for a hat or something which they're like me with hats . They're so picky .

Speaker 2

Oh , yeah , we went to that store Lids .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , probably tried on . He probably tried on 15 , 20 hats Mm-hmm .

Speaker 2

And he's like I kind of like it , but we didn't find nothing . If he doesn't really like it , he's not going to get it .

Speaker 1

I can go in a hat store and I can try on 100 hats and be like , no , I am crazy picky . So I was like alright , forget it , let's go get candy .

Speaker 2

Did you go to that candy place ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , we go to Candy Craze .

Speaker 2

So what do you get when you go in there ? I've never A lot of sour stuff . Bought any of that stuff Like the , you know the , just the .

Speaker 1

It kind of looks like tape .

Speaker 2

Oh , yeah , yeah , but it's , you know , there's watermelon flavor . There's strawberry , we get a bunch of those Airhead like rolled up stuff , stuff yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , just a lot of candy . We don't get chocolate .

Speaker 2

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1

So a couple bags of candy walk around , we'll hit like seven stores and Robin will still be in that first one .

Speaker 2

Oh , wow .

Speaker 1

Because we don't stay in stores long . We're guys , we just go in there and be like oh , yeah , yeah that's cool . All right , you're going to the next one . Okay , y'all go do your own thing . Yeah , pretty much so Nice , but we got stuck in that toy story for a while , which I saw . Something I want to say Good . Morning America which I guess I watched . That I don't , yeah , I'm .

Speaker 2

Yeah 64 .

Speaker 1

I don't know who's watching Good , I don't know me 47 year old dudes just watching Good Morning America . But you're doing it , but I'm him and there was this thing on there and I was like it felt a lot like Beanie Babies or Jelly Cat . No , it's a new craze . I didn't know about it . Called La Boo Boo L-A-B-U-B-U .

Speaker 2

Is that when you stomp your toe in French .

Speaker 1

It's like when a little French baby hits a coffee table it's got the little boo-boo . So yeah , so , but anyway , it's a worthless little stuffed animal . It's just a piece of garbage and it's in a bag and you open it up and it's just a stupid-looking looking little thing that's got a hook and all these crazy people are hooking them on their purses oh , how much is it ? Fifty dollars I don't think they're that expensive yeah but it's just like celebrities are putting on .

Speaker 1

Yeah , tiktok or whatever , and it's just just a big craze yeah , can you get them ? So now they're putting them in like arcades , like the claw games ? Yes , so you got people going in there . They have stores set up , just I'm guessing . I don't know if it started in Japan or China or wherever , but like they were showing stores at different places , just lo-bo-bo stores and you go in and they'll display them , but like most of them are out , like you can't get them yeah , they're out of stock right .

Speaker 1

So , and it's one of those things you can't see it until you open it . And then you take it out and you're like , oh , I got the blue one with green eyes , whatever Like and is it I'm going to ask , but I think I know the answer Are adults buying them ?

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , I didn't see a kid in the thing . No , I did see one little girl . And she had won one at the arcade or something . Yeah , but everybody's putting them on their . You want one ? Bad enough , go get your Princess Diana bear and just trade .

Speaker 2

Remember those .

Speaker 1

The Beanie Baby .

Speaker 2

I don't . Remember Beanie , baby craze , yeah , and everybody got the I was an adult at that point , Like young adult .

Speaker 1

Well , I think a lot of people were , and they were fighting outside stores for them .

Speaker 2

I was working at a hospital , like in an administrative office not in the medical sense , but like and there was a gift shop , because it was a hospital and every time a new beanie baby would drop .

Speaker 1

Drop like a post Malone elf . Yeah , drop the mic .

Speaker 2

All these employees would go get in line . Well , they're for my daughter . She collects them . I'm like , I think she , I think you collect them , but it was white . It makes sense , I'm like I think you collect them , but it was white that makes sense .

Speaker 1

Yeah , oh , yeah .

Speaker 2

Those kind of look like a beanie baby . Had a baby with an Ewok a little bit yeah so these things are ?

Speaker 1

a Labubu is a small , fluffy and sometimes mischievous-looking monster character created by Hong Kong artist Ka-Sing Leung . They're part of a larger series called the Monsters and are distributed by the Chinese company Pop Mart . So I guess , like the little , the pops . Yeah , it's a viral trend and a sought-after collectible . No , but Robin used to work at Heartstrings so did I in Auburn and they had . I think they had Beanie Babies too .

Speaker 2

Yeah , gift shop .

Speaker 1

I mean people would line up , or adults are like sure they want them for their grandbaby .

Speaker 2

Yeah , and this is all pre-social media , pre-smartphones Right .

Speaker 1

I have to have it it . My kid got a little boo boo and it'll make him feel better . Um , but there was the princess , diana bear yeah the purple I think that's got anyway so people thought like if I get this ? Yeah I'm gonna be able to like sell it in 20 years and pay for my kids college .

Speaker 2

Yes , like , so robin's got one okay , yeah , and they left the tags on all of them . Oh yeah , we still got the tag on it , the heart tag , yeah yeah , we could probably get maybe 29 .

Speaker 1

I don't know like it's .

Speaker 2

It's not worth that much no , what was the ones that after beanie babies ? It was when my kids were little . My kids and you registered them online . They had like a , not a chip , but not a QR code . We weren't doing that yet , but like .

Speaker 1

Was it like a fluffy thing ?

Speaker 2

No , it was so very Beanie Baby-ish and .

Speaker 1

And it was like a well I remember well . It kind of started with Cabbage Patch Kids .

Speaker 2

Yeah , and they had adoption papers , yeah . So if you've ever seen , eight bet christmas highly yeah , underrated , yeah , yeah , yeah yeah , there's a cabot .

Speaker 1

It's like kind of the hunt for the cabbage patch kid okay , yeah because they're just like all sold out . It's like chaos trying to get one ,

Collecting Crazes: LaBubu to Care Bears

Speaker 1

but yeah , the the little boo-boo is , but yeah , a lot of it is adults . And then you got celebrities that are on there like unboxing them .

Speaker 2

Oh , okay , I got you , yeah , and so they're getting super popular that way .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I'm blaming it on TikTok .

Speaker 2

Yeah , whatever they were called .

Speaker 1

I remember all this stuff , remember my Buddy .

Speaker 2

My buddy .

Speaker 1

My buddy and me .

Speaker 2

Wherever I go , he goes , my buddy .

Speaker 1

My buddy .

Speaker 2

My buddy and me , and then they had to do a Kid Sister .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , my buddy was first . Yeah , how much flack did you get ? I don't know , because I didn't have a buddy .

Speaker 2

If you had one of them wherever . I go , I get beat up , sorry .

Speaker 1

I'm going to say this no , this is mean .

Speaker 2

Uh-huh .

Speaker 1

But back in midfield , alabama , if my eight-year-old self would have been just rolling around the parking lot or the yard or wherever I was hanging out with my huffy bike yeah if I had a little stuffed , chucky , doll , whatever just riding on the back or in them uh-uh yeah dude , that would have been my only buddy . Yeah , that's what it's for life , I know back then it was like we don't , we don't , we .

Speaker 2

Yeah , that's what it should have been For life , I know . Back then it was like we don't , we don't , we don't care .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that's what it should have been called , only buddy .

Speaker 2

Webkinz .

Speaker 1

Webkinz .

Speaker 2

Was the . Thing .

Speaker 1

Remember Polly Pocket and all that stuff . Like all them tiny little .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I didn't have Polly Pocket . Were you into choking hazards .

Speaker 1

No , yeah , I love Polly Pocket .

Speaker 2

Yeah , Webkinz Plush . And they had a little code and you registered online and I don't know . It was just something to like get the kids on the computer or something . I guess , yeah , Polly Pockets , you know . I honestly just like the strawberry shortcake dolls , but I only ever had one . I only had the strawberry shortcake dolls , but I only ever had one . I only had the strawberry shortcake one , but like . I had friends that had like the lemon , meringue and blueberry , whatever .

Speaker 1

Oh my gosh , oh yeah , that's right . And Care Bears .

Speaker 2

Remember Care .

Speaker 1

Bears , care Bears .

Speaker 2

I don't think I had a .

Speaker 1

Care Bear . I remember being like five or six years old , which is weird because I don't the only reason I know where my phone is is because I'm holding it but I remember being like five , six , seven and like kind of liking the show Care Bears .

Speaker 2

Oh , a little bit , and you're already in that dilemma .

Speaker 1

Like I don't watch Care Bears .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I like that one episode . Yeah , totally , oh my , that's why they had that one .

Speaker 1

They had the one Care Bear . Was it something on their stomach ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , Like a rainbow Rainbow . Bear heart , bear tender heart . Tender heart was the main one .

Speaker 1

But didn't they have like a dude Care Bear ? That was like a muscle . It was like you know what I'm saying Like it was trying to like get , I guess , young boys to watch it .

Speaker 2

I don't remember the show .

Speaker 1

It's kind of like the Smurf . What's the brawny Smurf or whatever his name is the paper towel one .

Speaker 2

I don't remember him , but yeah , there was a lot of personalities with the Smurfs .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I was a Smurf fan .

Speaker 2

Yeah , gargamel , remember he was the evil guy with the long black kind of robe on Balding guy .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , With the cat .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah . Smurfette Saturday morning man , yeah , streaming . Streaming all the shows oh .

Speaker 2

Yeah , no , yeah no .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I don't know . I forgot what the care was . Maybe it was Grumpy Grumpy Bear . I feel like I still know Grumpy Bears .

Speaker 2

Like a rain cloud with rain coming down , he was always sad yeah .

Speaker 1

That's weird .

Speaker 2

Yeah , and who's buying that one ?

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

We got you a Care Bear . It's depressed what .

Speaker 1

Yeah , he's crying . He didn't get a little boo-boo .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

Which is always just something .

Speaker 2

It's always something . They're always coming .

Speaker 1

There's always got to be a fad .

Speaker 2

There's a jelly cat right now . And I think those are little like plush things .

Speaker 1

Jelly cat . That's like smelly cat .

Speaker 2

Well .

Speaker 1

Like Friends episode . Yeah , wasn't that the name of the cat ?

Speaker 2

Jelly cat . Look , this is it . Wasn't that their song yeah , smelly Cat . But like , these are the little I'm showing you right now on the . They're little bitty stuffed things , but they're just like some of them are what in the world ? Yeah , look at that . Born in London , loved worldwide , meet the Amusables .

Speaker 1

Anyway , it's I don't know , I guess mine was like baseball cards .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Stuff like that .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Micro Machines .

Speaker 2

Micro Machines . They were tiny and they were cool .

Speaker 1

I guess yeah .

Speaker 2

I remember you using those .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I mean I was being a Hot Wheels and all that stuff like micro machines .

Speaker 2

Micro machines and just action figures .

Speaker 1

Oh , I was deep in action figures . Star Wars GI . Joe and shout out to old Mask . What is that Mask was ? It was kind of like these people and their cars would kind of He'd have a car and then the doors would pop open and it'd be like turn into a plane . Or then there'd be like a truck and it could turn into something else and they'd put a mask on . It was like a cheesy .

Speaker 2

Transformers .

Speaker 1

Not Transformers , like the people were driving the vehicles oh right . But it was just a very niche like toy .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

And I got super into it and people would come over and be like the toys were cool .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

But everybody like what's this ? It's a mask , dude . They had a cartoon .

Speaker 2

Oh man .

Speaker 1

Everything which . Speaking of mask , I wasn't trying to do that , but so Robin's got this thing . Have you seen Red Light Therapy ?

Speaker 2

Yes , did she get the mask ?

Speaker 1

So she got a mask . It's more niche than the 80s . Tv show . It scares the bejesus out of me Every night . I forget I'm sitting in my recliner because I'm 90 .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Wheel of Fortune's over .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Whatever , it's about 8 o'clock , we're about to watch a show , or ? One of our stories on Netflix .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

And she'll come around the corner and it's just like .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

It's like Iron man , jason had .

Speaker 2

Like it's like Iron .

Speaker 1

Man had a baby with a jack-o'-lantern .

Speaker 2

It's just and it's glowing .

Speaker 1

Yeah , just red face .

Speaker 2

Yeah , and she just walks around with it .

Speaker 1

She just comes around the corner . First time she did it I was just like , oh my God .

Speaker 2

So like is it for just skin ?

Speaker 1

Something with collagen or breaking down .

Speaker 2

Inflammation , or just smooth Peptides . I don't know what it is , but yeah . I got you . I've seen it .

Speaker 1

To be magic . I don't know what it does . I asked her the other day I was like what does that do again ? She was like well , it's just , she told me .

Speaker 2

Yeah right . I mean I don't believe it , but it's convincing because people buy them yeah I guess yeah , yeah but I mean , I buy a wrinkle cream you can wear for halloween .

Speaker 1

If you want to . You can scare the mess out of folks , but every I can't get used to it yeah , it's something about somebody just walking around the corner with a glowing face , you know , yeah , it was like a bad 80s horror movie .

Speaker 2

Oh man , no , but I've seen women like she watches tv with it on yeah that are multitasking . They're doing that . They're on the treadmill and I'm like that is some self-care on steroids , though , and people are like I'm listening to a book or a podcast , I got got my face mask on , I'm doing a little cell overturning .

Speaker 1

Regenerative therapy .

Speaker 2

And then I'm getting some cardio in .

Speaker 1

Meanwhile .

Speaker 2

Meanwhile I'm like I popped a bucket of popcorn .

Speaker 1

I mean like ruffles , there's not much on , but oh gosh , oh man anyway . Well , if you want to scare somebody get one of those get one of those masks did they sell them at Costco ? I'm just kidding no she got it something I think there was a sale , mm-hmm it was on sale yeah , it was for sale and on sale .

Speaker 2

Yeah , no , I know I say that I've been guilty of that .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it was on sale and then remember our dad would always say it's all on sale . It's all on sale . Which is truer . Words were never spoken .

Speaker 2

No , yeah , that's right . Anyway , all right , let me go see if I can stuff on sale , but not le boo boo , I don't need that , get one of those masks . I'm good without the le boo boo .

Speaker 1

Alright .

Speaker 2

Y'all have a good one .

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