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Speaker

Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Dad!

Speaker 2

It's the holidays are here.

Speaker 5

And this is our podcast to last no moments. Hold on up.

Speaker 2

Yes, Dad.

unknown

Ready to go?

Speaker 2

Yeah, guys, Dad.

Speaker

Let's start with the big guy. You know what I'm talking about, Santa? We saw him the other night too, right? Yeah. If he happened to come by the house, he was in the ponzone to go on see if happens. And that was pretty cool. If you if you didn't see it, just go to my uh podcast page on YouTube and you'll see it. Oh, all right, Zach, let's start with Santa. Do you think he's busy right now?

Speaker 2

Yeah, he's busy.

Speaker

Yeah, I bet he is. What do you think he's doing? Do you think he's like loading the sleigh or getting things in order? Or what do you think he's doing? He's gonna be bringing toys. And who does he bring the toys to? Yeah, although around the world. Yeah. A lot of boys and girls.

Speaker 1

Yes. Around the world, yeah.

unknown

I get it.

Speaker

Uh why do you well, what do you think he's doing today? I'll bet you. What do you think he's doing today? Trying to get into his flight plan. What do you think Sam is doing?

Speaker 2

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, getting all that ready, right? Yeah.

Speaker

Do you think he's drinking uh hot cocoa or do you think he's drinking coffee? Hot cocoa he likes hot cocoa.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Oh, my mic is not working. But Zach, how about now? Is it working there?

Speaker 2

Yeah, it's working.

Speaker

How about now? Uh Chuck, is it working?

Speaker 2

Yes, okay. Yes.

Mic Fix And Holiday Setup

Speaker

You know, there's always something, always something. So hopefully it's working now. And uh again, uh, this is another edition of Zach Attack with Dad. We call it the holiday edition. And as I mentioned, you know, we have our decorations out and we're ready to have some fun. I'm I'm dad, that's Zach. Uh, in case you didn't hear me before, I don't know if it is my mic on now. Can somebody let me know that it's on? I hope it's on. It's on. Of course it's on. All right, yeah, I had the wrong button pushed. You think I would know by now, right? You think, I mean, I do this, I do this all the time, and it's just I don't know. I don't know. Maybe I need a new pair of glasses. Well, there, I don't even have my glasses on. Wow, I don't. So uh, did you say uh Santa is drinking hot chocolate or coffee? Cocoa, hot cocoa, yeah. That's that's chocolate.

Speaker 2

Yep, I've got great.

Speaker

Yeah. Now, if um let me ask you this, Zach. If Santa came to our house tonight, what would you want to do with him? Maybe uh go to the mall or well, we don't go to the mall too much anymore. But what would what do you think you'd be doing with Santa if he came by the house tonight?

Speaker 2

Uh yeah, eat out, yes, yeah.

Speaker

What would you bring him in and play some wee?

Speaker 2

Yes, yeah.

Speaker

What's your favorite wee game? Bowling, bowling, yes. Are you a good bowler?

Speaker 2

Yes, yeah.

Speaker

Well, that's a great idea. Uh, would I be allowed to come in and play too? Maybe, or would it maybe, or would it just be you and Santa?

Speaker 2

I mean it's all to just you and Santa?

If Santa Visited Tonight

Speaker

You wouldn't you wouldn't let dad in? No, no, why? And like because your room is like off limits, yeah, yeah. I know. Wow. Uh, do you have you thought now, Santa? Let me ask you, Zach. The other night it was uh what night was it? Uh Thursday, Thursday night, Santa came to be on the podcast, which was cool.

Speaker 3

Yeah, yes.

Speaker

Yeah, Santa came and he said hello, and uh, you got to say hello to him. And uh he came down to the pod zone and he hung out with us, and uh he talked a lot about a lot of different things about uh about Christmas and the kids around the world.

Speaker 1

And wow, yeah.

Speaker

Uh what do you think though? Let's um what do you think his favorite food is? Chicken, chicken, yeah. That's your favorite food. Oops, you think he likes chicken too?

Speaker 2

Yeah, you do, yes, it is, yeah.

Speaker

All right, chicken. What kind of chicken? Like do you chicken bites, chicken nuggets, uh roaster, chicken, I mean chicken strips, chicken, whatever.

Speaker 2

Oh, yeah.

Speaker

How about what what do you think you would have at Tully's if you went to Tully's? Asian tenders, Asian tenders, is that what you have that all the time, don't you? Yeah, yeah, and they know you when you walk in Tullies, they already know what your order is gonna be. What is your order? When you go to Tully's, you get uh the Asian tenders, and what do you get to drink?

Speaker 2

Chocolate milk, chocolate milk, you do that.

Speaker

Sounds really good, though.

Speaker 2

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker

You know what? Christmas morning. Wow, yeah, you're gonna wake up early, yes. Why? Because uh chances are you might have some uh presents left by Santa. Do you uh what's the first thing you do when you wake up?

Speaker 2

Uh family.

Speaker

What you you wake up your family, yes, like mom and dad?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Wow, I know you do, and we know you do. But um what's the first thing you all right? So you wake up mom and dad, then you go what you go to the presents. What do you do? Oh no, don't you stop at the bathroom and pee first before you go downstairs? Yes, I thought you did. Do you jump out of bed or do you take your time? You you pretty much jump out of bed, yeah. Every time, every Christmas, right? Yes, and if it's not Christmas, how late are you sleeping?

Speaker 2

Uh SB is eight hours.

Speaker

Eight hours? Yeah, all right. Well, well, I guess you go to bed late though. Yeah, why do you go to bed so late? Because you watch the late show. Which late show do you watch?

Speaker 2

I want to see me falling, city kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Saturday Live.

Speaker

Uh yeah, yep. Saturday night live.

Speaker 2

Yep, yeah.

Speaker

That was on last night. Did you watch it?

Speaker 2

Yes, so far. Oh my god, tell me about it. Yeah, fine, fine.

Speaker

Yeah, so yeah, yeah, it was really funny, huh?

Speaker 2

Yes, yeah.

Speaker

What else? What else did you like about SNL last night? So good, so great, yes, yeah, a lot of fun, huh? Yeah, you like watching those. Yeah, I totally get it. Uh, what is the um what is the best Christmas present you've ever gotten?

Speaker 2

A lot, a lot, yeah.

Speaker

Okay, but what you get a lot, but what's the best? What do you like to get?

Speaker 2

Okay, movies, movies, shows, black stars, peace ball, backup friends, every time, girlfriends.

Speaker

Is that on your list? Yes, did it wait a minute. Santa, you got a letter from who'd you get a letter from?

Speaker 2

Well, it's those polls from the North Pole, yeah.

Speaker

Yeah, but who sent the letter? Who did it come from? Was it Santa? Santa sent you a letter? Yes, yeah, and in the letter it said something about a girlfriend.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

What if what if somebody's watching right now? How would you introduce yourself?

Speaker 1

I know.

Speaker

Yeah, how would you how would you introduce introduce yourself to a nice looking young lady?

Speaker 1

Oh no.

Speaker

Say hi, my name is Zach. What is your name?

Speaker 1

Oh no.

Speaker

You don't know that that's what you would say, right? Yeah, yeah. All right. Would you, Zach? Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones?

Speaker 2

Uh a lot of big presents.

Speaker

A lot of big presents? Yes. That's not what I said. Would you rather have one big present or lots of little ones? You want lots of big ones? Yes. Like what would be a big present?

Speaker 2

My girlfriend.

Speaker

Well, I don't know. Who would be your girlfriend?

Speaker 1

A lot.

Speaker

A lot, but who who would be your girlfriend?

Speaker 1

Oh, no, Dad.

Speaker

If you could pick a girlfriend right now, who's your girlfriend? Let me put let me put it that way. Who is your girlfriend?

Speaker 2

And it is Cory Fabian.

Speaker

Okay. Well, yeah, you wrote, hey, you know what I saw in a Christmas uh card pile that was going out in the mail like last week was a card to Jenny Kim. Did you send her a card?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Wait, but she's in where where is she?

Speaker 2

South Korea.

Speaker

South Korea.

Speaker 2

You know what?

Speaker

That was probably an expensive stamp. You sent a card to South Korea to Jenny Kim.

Speaker 3

I did.

Speaker

I know you did.

Speaker 3

Woohoo!

SNL, Sleep Routines, And TV Favorites

Speaker

Hey, don't forget Santa's listening. He's listening to all this, I bet. You know, I bet you he is all right. So, what kind of cookies do we? Well, wait a minute. Does Santa would Santa do you think Santa would want cookies or Christmas candy?

Speaker 2

Cookies.

Speaker

Cookies. Okay. What kind of cookies?

Speaker 2

Chocolate chips.

Speaker

Chocolate chip?

Speaker 1

Yeah.

Speaker

And how many is too many?

Speaker 1

Only one.

Speaker

Only one? Yes. Who eats the rest?

Speaker 2

Rossi.

Speaker

The dog. Or maybe, maybe take one for the reindeer.

Speaker 2

Oh, yeah, guy.

Speaker

What do you think?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Uh, if he had hot cocoa, hot cocoa or hot cider, you said uh hot cocoa, right? Yes. Hot cocoa. Yeah. So do you think he would take it with marshmallows, extra marshmallows, or Santa approved?

Speaker 2

Huh?

Speaker

Marshmallows.

Speaker 2

Oh, yes, bars butters.

Speaker

Yeah, you put marshmallows in your hot cocoa, right?

Speaker 2

Yes, good.

Speaker

Holiday food. What's your favorite holiday food?

Speaker 2

I love food. A lot.

Speaker

A lot. Probably holiday chicken.

Speaker 3

Woohoo!

Speaker

I don't even know if they have anything like that. I don't know. But that's all right. I'll go with that. I don't like that. I like that choice. All right. Uh, so would you ever want to work at the North Pole? No. Why? It's cold. How do you know it's cold? Well, maybe it's cold now. Do you think it's cold all year round?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. How many people do you think work at the North Pole?

Speaker 2

Oh, it's ours.

Speaker

It's got a house, yes. But how many people do you think work at the North Pole?

Speaker 2

It's uh his office.

Speaker

His office? Yeah. That's at the North Pole? Yes. Yeah. Okay.

Speaker 2

And office.

Speaker

And his elves?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Okay. At the North Pole? Yes. Probably a lot of them, right?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. Probably a whole lot of them. Yeah. If you worked at the North Pole, what would you want to do?

Speaker 1

Oh, no, no. It's cold.

Speaker

It's it's cold. You don't want to you don't want to work the North Pole?

Speaker 1

No.

Speaker

No. I don't know. I bet you that would be cool. What do you think you would be good at?

Speaker 2

Hi, kayakis. A topper, see.

Speaker

Okay. What would you tell the elves to do if you were their boss?

Speaker 2

No, no.

Speaker

Say, come on, we gotta get to work.

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Say our boss Santa's got to deliver all these presents in a few days, right?

Speaker 2

Yeah, cut out.

Speaker

Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. So what else is going on?

Speaker 2

Oh, it's awesome.

Speaker

What's awesome? What's awesome?

Speaker 2

Where's your notes? That thing, my ad.

Speaker

They're in your head? Yes. What did I tell? I told you to write down notes today if we're gonna do a podcast. And and then I said, where are your notes? And what did you do?

Speaker 1

Uh no, no.

Speaker

Show everybody where your notes are. Got it all in your head. I get it. I get it. Do you know the names of Santa's reindeer?

Speaker 2

Wow. It's Rodoff.

Speaker

Rudolph?

Speaker 2

Ray or Rodolf?

Speaker

It's Rudolph. He leads the pack, right?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Yeah. How many reindeer does he have that he flies with? How many? Eight?

Speaker 2

No, ten.

unknown

Ten?

Speaker

No, I think it's eight. Oh, it's eight? Oh, uh, Don Johnson says hello. Uh Don. Yep. Yep. Carly says hi, your sister.

Speaker 2

Chris, I'm sure guys.

Speaker

Yeah, yeah. We'll see them soon.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Hopefully. We'll see them soon. What makes you happy at Christmas, Zach?

Speaker 2

Christmas. Oh, uh world peace.

Speaker

World peace.

Speaker 2

Yeah. And Skip Clark is a poor.

Speaker

Skip Clark, what?

Speaker 2

Every time.

Speaker

Little boy.

Speaker 2

Every time.

Speaker

Every time. Yes. I'm not sure. Carly says, we miss you too. We'll see you this week.

Speaker 2

Guys.

unknown

Yeah.

Speaker

Can't wait, huh? Oh, yeah. We hope Santa's good to Maddie and Jackson.

Speaker 2

Wow.

Speaker

Yeah. You're gonna see them all. It's pretty exciting.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. Yeah. Did you do your shopping?

Speaker 2

I did.

Wish Lists, Letters, And Girlfriend Dreams

Speaker

You did? Yes. You did all your shopping?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Where'd you go?

Speaker 2

Uh my mall.

Speaker

You went to the mall? Yes. I thought you didn't go to the mall.

Speaker 2

I did.

Speaker

You did. You went to the mall.

Speaker 2

Yes, I did.

Speaker

All right. Did you order anything online? Do it that way?

Speaker 1

No.

Speaker

Ah, I got it. Uh Vic Russo, Merry Christmas. Right back to Vic. Victor. Vic? Yep. Vic's the guy that plows our driveway.

Speaker 2

Go check Frank.

Speaker

He does the snow plowing. That's right. Vic does a great job snow plowing. It's just that either we're not we're not awake or we're I'm not home from work yet. Now mom's retired.

Speaker 2

Woohoo! Retirement. No, no, no, no more syrupuse mass.

Speaker

No more Syracuse. Wait a minute. Well, she mom retired from working, right?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Ah. Uh you know, um, Don Johnson says, Zach, I give you credit. I don't like them all this time at this time. Uh-huh. Yeah, it's packed. It's crazy. Wow. Yeah, it gets nuts. But uh, yeah, so mom retired. Wow. She retired, then she got called by the Mets to work in the front office. So if you go to uh MBT Bank Stadium, now they're open, they're closed for the holidays. Yeah, but they open up again uh after the first of the year. Wow. And the first person you're gonna see, we can call her our director of first impressions. It'll be mom. Mike Newman's watching. Miss you guys, Mike Attack is back, Coach Mike. Well, you know, Coach Mike, I gotta tell you, some days we plan on doing it, and there's other days where it's just like we plan on it and it doesn't happen. Nice. Tell everybody why it doesn't happen because you usually go, now we're not gonna do this anymore. Not tonight. And that's what usually happens, yes, yeah. Now, tonight it was Sunday, it was your night to do what?

Speaker 2

A podcast.

Speaker

Yeah, the podcast, but what else did you do uh tonight? Oh it was your night to take the trash out, yeah, yeah. And tell everybody how do we work that? You and dad rotate weeks, right? Yes, yep, James Ferrants. Uh Mr.

Speaker 2

Fernandes, hello today, my pictures.

Speaker

Yeah, the guy with the pictures. That's right, right. Tell him how Merry Christmas.

Speaker 2

Uh Mrs. Boss.

Speaker

Yeah, well, we all he's a good friend. We miss him too. We'll see him soon enough. Before you know it, it'll be opening day. Oh, yeah, and opening day is what day?

Speaker 2

April says, April.

Speaker

No, it's March.

Speaker 2

Boss.

Speaker

March what?

Speaker 2

June the first.

Speaker

Oh, it's the end of March. Uh I think. I don't know. I thought you would know more than I would know. Um, yeah, so that's opening day. Before you know it's gonna be here, we'll see James running around with his camera. We'll see a lot of friends. Um, who knows if dad will be in the press box or not, but uh might be.

Speaker 2

Right Skip probably we retire, baby.

Speaker

Skip Clark in retirement. Yeah, didn't say anything about retirement.

Speaker 2

Yes, it is.

Speaker

No, mom's retired.

Speaker 2

No, it's dad.

Speaker

Oh, dad's gonna retire, yes. I don't know about that, Zach. I'm not really sure. Not really sure. So what happened? Um, let's talk about the baseball a little bit. So tell us about some of the trades.

Speaker 2

I guess Brandon Nemo, my dad says Racers, Brandon Nemo went to the Rangers.

Speaker

Wow, what else?

Speaker 2

Me and I said about Orioles, Pete Alonzo went to the Orioles, wow, yeah, and uh Edwin Diaz maybe to that series went to the Dodgers.

Speaker

Wow, that's crazy. Now, who did the Mets just sign? Yeah, well, and I pacers new a lot of new pitchers, yes, yeah. There's always a lot of pitchers, but we have to see some of the uh you know, some of the fielders. Let's see who we're gonna get. I think the Mets might have uh something up their sleeve. I mean, they they they let Alonzo go. They I don't know, it's kind of crazy. There's a lot of money involved too, but still, it's crazy. It's like really nuts, yeah. Yeah, so what else is going on with the baseball? We went to the stadium, right?

Speaker 2

We went to the stadium to the uh Christmas out of the Christmas, holiday homestand, yeah, yeah.

Speaker

That was fun, yeah, it's fun. Yeah, what did we do there? And um, we we hung out, Santa was there, dies, yeah. Santa's been everywhere. Santa was there, and Santa was in the pod zone. Santa's Santa is a busy man right now, dies, busy man. Ah, yeah, I know. So we have opening day coming up. Uh it'll be here before you know it. I shouldn't say coming up, but it is coming up. Uh yeah, in a little bit. Right. So, Zach, um, happy holidays, Skip and Zach. The other half of the of uh, oh, well, right back at you. Happy holidays. Yep, hey Skip and Zach. Happy holidays. Everybody's saying happy holidays.

Speaker 2

Oh, guys, happy holidays, guys.

Speaker

That's right, it's what it's all about. It's Christmas. But all the what happened to the snow? We had a lot of snow, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we're north of Syracuse, so we get quite a bit.

Speaker 2

Yep, ear bit, guys.

Speaker

Yeah, we get quite a bit, but it warmed up and it rained and it went away. Your your Aunt Sue is on there. I'm sure Uncle Bob is right there.

Speaker 2

Hi, Uncle Bob.

Speaker

Tell them, tell them Merry Christmas.

Speaker 2

Merry Christmas, guys.

Speaker

They're in North Carolina. That's right. What else is in North Carolina? We go to North Carolina once in a while.

Speaker 2

Outer Banks.

Cookies, Cocoa, And North Pole Work

Speaker

The Outer Banks. That's right. Oh, it's snowing. Don't Don Johnson says it's snowing now in Cicero. We did see on the weather. Who was telling us on the weather? We were watching uh Channel 9. Who's the the weather guy?

Speaker 2

Oh, Sates Bally.

Speaker

Don De Pasquale. And um what did he say?

Speaker 2

He's saying uh all north, all north, yeah.

Speaker

Okay, and how much? Maybe a bit, just a little bit, maybe a trace to a couple inches here and trace, guys. Trace, trace, yeah, and it got windy the other night, too, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. Out of all the weather people, who do you watch? No, no, can you name some of the weather people? No, why not?

Speaker 1

Oh no.

Speaker

Well, we've seen John D. Pasquale, yeah, Violet Skyborg on Channel 3, CNY Central. It could be three and five. Um, oh, Regina's on. Uh, yeah, Regina Billy, Merry Christmas. Right back at you. Uh, Michael James, Michael. Hi, Michael. Hello, brand new fields at Carrier Park. Yes, this season for challengers. Let's go. Spring training starts April 25th. Okay. What do you mean? That's April 25th. You you gotta go to spring training, right? And Coach Mike does a great job.

Speaker 2

Okay, fine.

Speaker

Okay, yes. Somebody twist your arm, right? Yeah, yeah. Uh, Elizabeth and Billy are here with uh Regina as well. Yeah, say we miss you guys. Yeah, we'll be back at the ballpark before you know it.

unknown

Yep.

Speaker

Well, we gotta get through Christmas. After Christmas, we have Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Okay. But then we have New Year's.

Speaker 2

And New Year's.

Speaker

After New Year's, Valentine's Day. Yeah, right? I'm trying to think here. Yeah. Oh, we got some Easter coming up, and you know, before you know it, yeah. I know. I'm just thinking out loud. Yeah. Yep. Uh Elizabeth said hi, Zach.

Speaker 2

Oh, man. How are you doing?

Speaker

Ah. And Luann uh is on there. Hello, Lou. Hello. Good to see you. Say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, you. Yeah, yep. Absolutely. Is it bombshell Billy? Uh says, Merry Christmas, guys. It's cool. Absolutely. Hey, why don't you tell everybody your Christmas list?

Speaker 1

Oh no.

Speaker

What do you mean, oh no? That's me. All right. It is you. So tell everybody what your Christmas list is like. What's on your list, Zach?

Speaker 2

My girlfriend.

Speaker

Okay.

Speaker 2

Movies, shows, or about be stars or baseballs?

Speaker

Movies. Cloth. What kind of clothes? You want socks?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Want underwear?

Speaker 2

Yep.

Speaker

You need underwear? Yes. You know, we used to hate getting underwear.

Speaker 2

Yep.

Speaker

Every time. But all right, so you're gonna get socks and underwear. Yep. Do you like baseball cards? Yes. How many baseball cards do you have? Yeah, you got you got a lot. There's no doubt. No doubt you have a lot. Absolutely. Yep. Uh Matthew says, Merry Christmas. Mm-hmm. So uh trying to think what else would be on your list. Do you like uh Black Pink is your favorite uh music group? Yep. And who are the girls in black pink again? Sar and Kim. Jenny Kim. Who else?

Speaker 2

All right, wait a second. Sar and Kim.

Speaker

So Jenny Kim is sings. Who else is sings with Jenny Kim?

Speaker 2

Isaac is our woes.

Speaker

Ah, I knew you knew them all. You did.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. What's the shirt you got on? Oh, you got your Syracuse Fire Department shirt on.

Speaker 2

Yep.

Speaker

You know who gave you that?

Speaker 2

My dad. Uncle Paul.

Speaker

Uncle Paul. That's right. Matthew says, Hi, Zach. Hope you're good, buddy.

Speaker 2

Oh, that's better for Kiku.

Speaker

Yep, he's doing good. He's doing really good. Real good. What what else? You're leaving soon? What? Did you say ice cream?

Speaker 2

No, ooh.

Speaker

Oh, okay. Speaking of ice cream though.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

What's your favorite?

Speaker 1

Chocolate.

Speaker

Chocolate. Ah, Mike Newman says, hey Zach, boxers or briefs? Oh. Ask me for a friend, lol. Which do you boxers or briefs?

Speaker 2

Briefs.

Speaker

Briefs. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Because it kind of holds things in place, huh? Yeah, we'll leave it at that. I'm gonna leave it at that. All right. So you like chocolate ice cream?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. What kind of milkshakes?

Speaker 2

Chocolate.

Family Check-Ins And Local Shoutouts

Speaker

What kind of Sunday? Here comes mom. Uh, you got boxer briefs. That's why mom is she's got the door open. We can hear the TV loud and clear.

Speaker 2

Oh my god. Come on. Oh, yay. Come on, mom.

Speaker

Oh, maybe mom should come down. Mom's gotta come over here and sit.

Speaker 3

Sorry.

Speaker

Yeah. So Zach, you're gonna talk to all your friends? What do you want to talk about?

Speaker 2

Hi, Rosie.

Speaker

Rossi. Rossi's your dog. See, I can hear she's playing it on her phone, and it's probably a little bit of a delay. So, yeah. So you do all right. So, what else? What clothes that you want to wear? What are you thinking about, Zach?

Speaker 2

Uh, a lot.

Speaker

A lot. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe mom can sit down there. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera here. Let's see if we can get mom on the camera. And uh, we're gonna go like this. We're gonna go like this, and we're gonna go like this. And now mom should be able to get on that camera. We're gonna add mom to the scene here. So this is a little tricky to do, but uh, I think we can do it. I know you've got a lot of friends on here, so there we go. And now we're gonna go like this. We're gonna remove this, and now all three of us should be on. There's mom at the end of the table. Yeah, there she is. Now she's on.

Speaker 2

Oh my god, headphones. Yep.

Speaker

Tell mom what she needs to do.

Speaker 2

Oh, my God, I'm okay.

Speaker

And there she is. There's mom, everybody.

Speaker 3

Woo-hoo!

Speaker

Um, Mike Newman and Lou Ann Schreier, Regina, Luann. Uh, I can go on and on. P Vic is on here. Uh Carly, we've got uh sister Sue. Um, and we're just kind of hanging out in the pod zone.

Speaker 2

Got us.

Speaker

Nice. Now, why don't you interview mom? I'll sit and listen.

Speaker 2

Oh, okay. Hi, mom. How are you doing?

Speaker 4

I'm good. How are you?

Speaker 2

I'm curious. I'm okay at Syracuse Mass.

Speaker 4

Yeah, I work at the Syracuse Mats. So do you. But you only work during the baseball season.

Speaker 2

Oh, yes.

Speaker 4

Yeah. I work all season.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker 4

All year.

Speaker

Ask her what she does.

Speaker 2

I know what she does. Well, call me.

Speaker 4

A little bit, but you know, I greet people. I answer the phone.

Speaker 1

Yeah.

Speaker 4

I help out wherever. I log in packages.

Speaker 1

Wow.

Speaker 4

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah. Everybody's saying hello, Nancy. Wow. Regina, Luann.

Speaker 4

Hello, everyone.

Speaker 2

Hi guys.

Speaker 4

Oh, now you're all lively.

Speaker

So, what other questions do you have for mom? You're doing the interview. How would you do this?

Speaker 2

Um, do you perfect? Huh?

Speaker

Tell me about the boyfriend, Zach.

Speaker 4

He's over there. I'll sit back and watch this. Where you come up with this stuff.

Speaker

Continue with your interview.

Speaker 2

Okay. My sister Aunt Kathy.

Speaker 4

My sister, one of my sisters is Aunt Kathy. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker

Tip the mic down so you can see mom's face a little bit. There you go. There you go. There.

Speaker 2

Nice, mom. Oh, thanks. My sister Aunt Mayor.

Speaker 4

Yeah, that's another sister, Aunt Mayor.

Speaker 2

Nice.

Speaker

That's me. I'm Skip.

Speaker 2

Yeah, good, Dad. That's my husband. Oh, well, I think. Yeah. You?

Speaker

It's been that way for a long time. Let me just put it this way, Zach.

Speaker 4

You wouldn't be sitting there if I wasn't here.

Speaker

We'll leave it at that.

Speaker 4

So what else, Zach?

Speaker 2

Wow.

Speaker 4

Yeah.

Speaker

Mama Nancy living the dream.

Speaker 4

How many, uh, how many days till Christmas?

Speaker 2

80 days. No. 18? No.

Speaker

God, I wish it was 18.

Speaker 4

It's only three days. Oh, three days. Yeah. Or get shopping, dude. Yeah, shopping. I think you went already, didn't you? Yes. Yeah. You're done? I'm done. Okay, good.

Speaker

What'd you buy?

Speaker 4

You don't tell.

unknown

Don't die.

Speaker

What'd you buy?

Speaker 2

Oh, stop, Osman, start.

Speaker

I'll give you a cookie.

Speaker 2

Osbin? No.

Speaker

I'm not your husband. Go on, continue with your interview. I'll sit here and watch.

Mom Joins The Pod Zone

Speaker 2

Ah, uh, okay, mom. Who's your hobby? What's my hobby? Yeah.

unknown

Baseball.

Speaker

Good question.

Speaker 2

Baseball. Oh, does.

Speaker

Is that a hobby, or is that? Well, okay.

Speaker 2

Oh.

Speaker

What?

Speaker 2

Mom, Bobby says a proposal. Proposal.

Speaker 4

Proposal? Yes. Oh, that happened a long time ago. Long time ago.

Speaker

Yeah, it was a long time ago.

Speaker 4

Long time.

Speaker

This is gonna get really good. I I highly urge everybody to hang out.

Speaker 4

Wow.

Speaker

This is not going down the right road right now. But, anyways.

Speaker 4

So let's see, what else? Um, we're all decorated.

Speaker 2

Wow.

Speaker 4

We're all ready for Christmas Eve. Yeah. How many people do you think we have here at Christmas Eve?

Speaker 2

A lot of papers. About 30. No, a lot.

Speaker

Well, 30 is a lot for this little house.

Speaker 2

Really? A lot, a lot of papers.

Speaker

Well, to lock up the pod zone.

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Yeah, believe me, I know.

Speaker 2

Who's Kai?

Speaker 4

What about him? Who's Kai? Who's that guy? Yes. Who do you think he is? My name's Skip.

Speaker

I'm your dad. Uh, did mom see Santa the other night?

Speaker 4

Yes.

Speaker 3

Yeah.

Speaker

Yeah.

Speaker 4

That was pretty cool, huh? Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker

Any other questions for mom?

Speaker 2

Oh, mom is dad. Did dad's a bad pet or a baby?

Speaker 4

Well, I didn't know him when he was a baby. I wasn't born yet.

Speaker 2

No. He's older.

Speaker 4

No, I had a bad pet. Oh, when I was pregnant. Yeah. With you? I mean you.

Speaker

She wasn't pregnant with me. No, no, Zach, we have to go back to school here a little bit.

Speaker 4

You. Oh, Sean. You were just looking at baby pictures today, weren't you? Yes. What made you do that? Yeah, no. Yeah. You liked looking at them, huh?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker 4

I know you are. You're smarter than you.

Speaker

Then you so how is mom spending her time retirement? Because well, she works a few hours a day at the uh Mets, but now she's off for a couple of weeks because the office is closed. So what is she gonna do? Ask her. Good question. I know.

Speaker 2

Mommy's a famous ice cream.

Speaker

What's your favorite ice cream?

Speaker 4

My favorite ice cream. Yeah.

Speaker

I'm the translator now.

Speaker 4

Chocolate.

Speaker 2

Yeah. Okay, family ass. Oh sorry.

Speaker

My favorite ass.

Speaker 4

But you know what? You know what I what do I always eat every night? Raz. Instead of a chocolate ice cream. What do I eat every night?

Speaker 2

Cowboy.

Speaker 4

No. What do you always give me from the freezer?

Speaker 2

Nutty body.

Speaker 4

A naughty body.

Speaker

What do I have?

Speaker 2

Nothing.

Speaker

Wish it was nothing. I always have a fudgy, sugar-free fudgy.

Speaker 4

Yeah, dad has has to watch his sugar.

Speaker

Wow. You ever watch sugar? It's pretty boring.

Speaker 1

Oh no. No, yeah.

Speaker 4

So um let's see. What um what else do you want for Christmas? You want movies? Yes. And you want a girlfriend? Yeah. Um, what about uh music? Yes. Yeah, you want music? Yes. Okay.

Speaker

You want some uh Bricks and Dunn?

Speaker 2

No, Dub. Say K baby.

Speaker

Jenny Kim, baby. How about a little Rascal Flat?

Speaker 2

No, no, no, Say.

Speaker

How about Luke Combs?

Speaker 2

Saying Kim.

Speaker

Uh, how about some um Post Malone?

Speaker 2

No, no, no, Castin. Say Kim. Morgan Wallin. Stop a constant here, stop what? Yeah, but back over here, says it.

Speaker

Go back to the radio station. Yeah, I'll be there first thing in the morning. Don't worry. All right.

Speaker 4

Someone likes to poke the bear, huh? Yeah, as I poke a man with you.

Speaker

So, what was your favorite part of uh SNL last night?

Speaker 2

Oh, yes.

Speaker

You're scratching your butt. Yes, they do a skit on SNL last night, yes.

Speaker 4

Uh no, oh, but you're right. They did something, did say something about that. That's right. They were doing dance movies.

Speaker

You know what uh coach Mike is saying, Carrie Underwood, with lots of hearts. Yeah, well, look at that. I can even bring that baby up. So there it is, right there. See it? Look at look at the screen.

Speaker 2

Oh yeah, Mike. Oh no, stop. You know who Carrie Underwood is? No, yes, Costus, Dad. You know who it is.

Speaker

Do you know who she's married to?

Speaker 2

No.

Speaker

Well, he used to be the captain of the Predators, but now he's retired as well. But uh Mike Fisher. Yeah, you know who the predators are, they're the Nashville hockey team.

Speaker 2

Oh, nice.

Speaker

Yeah, we have a hockey team.

Speaker 4

Yeah, we do.

Holiday Hosting And House Prep

Speaker

Do you know what it's called?

Speaker 4

Oh, yes, you do.

Speaker

Uh Zachary Clark.

Speaker 4

I'm sorry, you're just messing around, aren't you?

Speaker

It's the name of uh the hockey team here in Syracuse.

Speaker 2

Hi, Syracuse Cross.

Speaker

Let's go, crunch. Sorry, it's commercial mode. Right?

Speaker 2

Yes, cut out, daddy.

Speaker

Thank you, Zach. Sorry, all right. Are you done with your interview?

Speaker 2

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker

Oh no more questions for mom. No, no.

Speaker 4

Oh, I'm surprised you didn't ask what you're getting for Christmas.

Speaker

What are you getting? What do you think you're getting for Christmas?

Speaker 2

Okay, case me.

Speaker

Why don't I say car or a truck?

Speaker 2

Hey, what no say, no say it.

Speaker

No, okay. So what do you um what do you think you're getting for Christmas?

Speaker 2

Okay, case I go.

Speaker 4

You're getting married for Christmas? Yes.

Speaker

Oh, geez, there goes another punch in the wallet.

Speaker 4

Okay, so you know when you get married, you move out.

Speaker 2

Okay, yeah.

Speaker

You don't want to move out?

Speaker 2

No.

Speaker

If you what if you had to move out, where do you think you would go?

Speaker 2

Dad, okay, okay, okay, I go to fire station.

Speaker

They're dropping me off at the fire station. Ah, Susan Bowman says, A girlfriend. Yeah, and yep, yep.

Speaker 2

Oh, Zack.

Speaker

So, why would I get dropped off at the firehouse?

Speaker 2

Because you're naughty list.

Speaker

I'm on the naughty list. Yes, what did Santa say the other night? Nobody's on that lot naughty list.

Speaker 2

It's you, just me.

Speaker

No, he he defended me. He says I was not on that naughty list.

Speaker 2

Yes, it is.

Speaker

No, what no, you said Zach was on that naughty list.

Speaker 2

No, it's dad.

Speaker

All right.

Speaker 4

No, you guys aren't on the naughty list.

Speaker

Well, not yet, anyways.

Speaker 4

Not Santa's daddy's fault.

Speaker

It's daddy's fault. Everything's daddy's fault. Everything, everything that happens around here is dad's fault. I'm I'm not even home, and it's my fault. Why is that?

Speaker 2

And a wife, and you, the nephew, it's gonna maybe.

Speaker 4

So what happened to the wasn't this a Christmas broadcast?

Speaker 2

Oh, yes, yeah.

Speaker

Well, Zach took over the podcast.

Speaker 2

So spread Christmas. I got room.

Speaker

Oh, Mike Coach Mike Mike says he's got room at his place.

Speaker 2

Oh Dodge bike.

Speaker

Ah, it's early, Susan says.

Speaker 2

Oh, sorry, Susan. That's me.

Speaker

So see, read the screen. So here, what is uh uh Mike is saying, I've got room at my place, Zach.

Speaker 2

Dodge bike.

Speaker

Well, you guys in the oh, that'd be a party, huh? Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4

Guys have old ones together? No, Christmas Eve?

Speaker 2

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4

You're gonna have a party?

Speaker 2

Oh, yay. Okay, okay.

Speaker 4

So, um What else? What else is going on? What do we do on New Year's Eve?

Speaker

Nothing.

Speaker 4

No. Remember what we signed up for?

Speaker 2

Bowling.

New Year Plans And Bowling

unknown

Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 4

Afternoon bowling.

Speaker 1

Afternoon bowling.

Speaker 4

That was fun last year, huh?

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker

Do you bowl?

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Are you a good bowler?

Speaker 2

Yeah, yeah, good bowler, Dan.

Speaker

Yeah. With or without the uh the gutter guards, whatever they call them.

Speaker 2

Bumpers.

Speaker

Bumpers, thank you.

Speaker 4

No bumpers, huh?

Speaker 2

No bumpers. It's dad's dad have bumpers.

Speaker

Dad has the bumpers. Probably. I'm sure. I'm sure.

Speaker 4

We have fun with that, don't we?

Speaker 3

Yeah.

Speaker 2

Wow.

Speaker

Wow, what?

unknown

I don't know.

Speaker 2

Manasi.

Speaker

Do you know how many people you're talking to right now? You could be talking to a million people. Wow. Could be they could see this in South Korea.

Speaker 3

Woohoo! Hey, Sadie!

Speaker

Somehow I don't even I don't know what time it would be in South Korea right now, but I have the feeling it's like tomorrow. They're at work right now.

Speaker 2

Oh, great.

Speaker

Yeah. They're probably almost like you know, I talked to somebody from Australia, Australia at this time, and it was lunchtime there. So the next day. So even though it's time for us to go to bed, they're eating lunch.

Speaker 4

Huh?

Speaker

Well, it's time for you to go to bed.

Speaker 4

No. I know. You never go to bed early, do you?

Speaker

But when do you go to bed? What time do you go to bed?

Speaker 4

Uh no, no.

Speaker

It's usually what 12:30, 1 o'clock?

Speaker 2

No, no.

Speaker

You know.

Speaker 4

Whenever, huh?

Speaker 2

Yeah, but what time did you wake up today? Six.

Speaker

Six.

Speaker 4

You said it was eight.

Speaker 2

Oh, eight o'clock. Oh, okay.

Speaker

Yeah.

unknown

Okay.

Speaker

Alrighty. We're going.

Speaker 4

So what are you having to eat Christmas Eve?

Speaker

I got food.

Speaker 4

How much? What are we having? What's on the menu?

Speaker

Calamari?

Speaker 4

We were supposed to talk about that. Oh, I got menu. Oh, yeah. And you had calamari the other day.

Speaker 2

Oh, calamari.

Speaker 4

What did I tell you afterwards? What is calamari?

Speaker 2

Great.

Speaker 4

Yeah. You ate that. Well, you ate it. You didn't know what it was.

Speaker

It was good though, right? I usually don't eat it either. That was at what party was that at?

Speaker 2

No, no.

Speaker

That was at the uh Syracuse Mets party.

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

Uh employee front office party. Yeah. And what'd you get with the white elephant gift exchange?

Speaker 4

Yeah, what did you get?

Speaker 2

Ya cake. That's right.

Speaker

And what did you win?

Speaker 2

$29.

Speaker

You liar. $35. Oh, we're doing it! $35.

Speaker 4

A little bit less.

Speaker 3

A little bit less.

Speaker

Zach, what's your favorite thing to make? Michael James is at. Michael is asking. What's your favorite thing to make?

Speaker 2

Cheese. What?

Speaker

Cheese? Yes.

Speaker 2

Oh, the mozzarella sticks.

Speaker

Mozzarella sticks. Ah, yeah.

Speaker 4

But you like those little hot dogs? Oh, yeah, the hot dogs. And the crescent rolls? Yeah.

Q&A: Food, Cookies, And Hats

Speaker

The hot dogs, the crescent rolls, the mozzarella sticks. What is that?

Speaker 4

The quesadilla trumpets.

Speaker

Oh, you're the only one that eats those. No, but what else? Shrimp?

Speaker 2

Yeah, shrimp.

Speaker

You like shrimp?

Speaker 2

Yeah, maybe.

Speaker

Maybe. You don't know. Anything fried is delicious, squid included. He's right. That's what Mike Newman is saying.

Speaker 2

Guys.

Speaker

What's your favorite Christmas cookie, Zach? That's what Regina's asking. Betty cookies. What's your favorite? Read it. What's your favorite Christmas cookie?

Speaker 2

Mmm. Soccer.

unknown

Chocolate.

Speaker

Anything with chocolate?

Speaker 2

Socket mint.

Speaker

Chocolate mint. Yes. Here comes Rossi with a hat.

Speaker 3

Oh. Mmm. Mmm.

unknown

Rossy.

Speaker

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3

Yes, dad.

Speaker

Well, you can't see it, but our yellow lab just came downstairs with somebody's hat.

Speaker 4

So it's one of yours and it's destroyed. The brim looks like it's all torn up.

Speaker

That's all right.

Speaker 2

Oh, it's dad's dad.

Speaker

I got lots of hats. How many hats do you have? You have a ton of hats. I have a ton of hats.

Speaker 4

Yeah, you got a lot of hats.

Speaker 3

Right?

Speaker

Yeah. All right. So you like, all right. So we answered uh Gina's question before we go. Anybody else get any other questions for this young man over here on my left? You're right, looking at the screen?

Speaker 2

Yes, dad.

Speaker

What? You're gonna ask yourself a question?

Speaker 2

No.

Speaker

Gonna ask mom another question?

Speaker 4

No. You're gonna let's see, you're gonna read the night before Christmas?

Speaker 2

No.

Speaker

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house. Not a creature was staring at me.

Speaker 2

Stop, stop, stop, stop. That's not in the book. Yes.

Speaker

No, it's not.

Speaker 2

Yes, it is.

Speaker

Ah, Gina says, Yummy. Chocolate mint is my favorite too. With some liquid next to it.

Speaker 4

Yeah, a little Bailey's. Right? Yeah.

Speaker 2

Wow.

Speaker

Wow. All right. Well, I guess this conversation. Oh, wait a minute. What do we got? Matthew is asking uh Zach, do you like Santa or the Grinch? Oh, Santa. You don't like the Grinch?

Speaker 2

No.

Speaker

Why?

Speaker 2

Because naughty.

Speaker

He's naughty?

Speaker 2

That's kid.

Speaker

See, everything goes back to me. But uh the Grinch is well, you know, isn't the Grinch turns out to be a nice guy, right? Don't they turn him around?

Speaker 2

Yeah, yes.

Speaker

And who will?

unknown

Yes.

Speaker 2

Boom here is that. But they said Tibet. Hooville. Sharp.

unknown

Yeah.

Speaker

Who will? Yeah. I live in Hooville.

Speaker 2

Yes.

Speaker

What am I skip who dat?

Speaker 3

Yes. I don't know.

Speaker

Uh, so there you go, Matthew. He likes Santa, not the Grinch. Might think they're both cool. It's all part of the holiday. Oh, that was my jelly roll hat. Oh, sit down here.

Speaker 2

Look, guys, I'm so sorry, but that's not this. But Sarah was his hat.

Speaker

Thanks, Zach. It's really nice of you. That hat was personally given to me by Jelly Roll. But I'll I'll see him in the future. So I'll get another one.

Speaker 4

He's looking at other ones that are sitting on the floor.

Speaker

All right. Well, that's you know, if you have a lab, you know exactly what we're talking about. Yeah, so if anybody wants to get me. That's it. That's the hat that just came down. Rossi is in trouble. Yeah, well, see that, Regina? Yeah, yeah. See, that's what happens. But, anyways, okay, we gotta go.

Speaker 2

Okay, Dad.

Speaker

Because you gotta go to bed.

Speaker 2

No, Santa's coming. It's not not yet. Not yet, Dad.

Speaker

When's he come?

Speaker 2

Kiss me's Eve.

Speaker

It's not Christmas Eve.

Speaker 2

No, no, no. No, no, sorry. Kiss me's Eve. Cobsada's cover is Kiss Miss Eve.

Speaker

At what time?

Speaker 4

When you're sleeping.

Speaker

Uh, do you ever hear him? Do you ever think you heard Santa or hear the pitter patter on the roof of all the the hoofs of the eight tiny reindeer?

Speaker 4

Wow.

Speaker

That's how Rudolph went down in history.

Santa vs The Grinch

Speaker 4

Yeah. Do you ever hear him? No.

unknown

Oh.

Speaker

Do you think he comes down the chimney or comes in the door?

Speaker 4

Yeah.

Speaker

Is he a chimney guy or a door guy?

Speaker 2

Door guy.

Speaker

Door guy.

unknown

Yeah. Yeah. Door dashes?

Speaker

That's when he's not doing door dash. He probably does, you know. Think about it. In the off season, he's got it. He's probably doing door dash or something like that. You don't even know it. Santa told us the other day that he does things around, and uh people don't even know it's him. Yeah, pretty cool, huh? Santa helps out the community in a lot of different ways. So Rossi is in deep trouble.

Speaker 4

What that's just in the time that I came down.

Speaker

All right, everybody. It's time to uh say so long farewell.

Speaker 2

Oh my gosh, Merry Christmas. Yes, Merry Christmas. Oh, that's a cool guy. Okay, score. Okay.

Speaker

Okay, here we go.

Speaker 2

It says kiss Easter. Mrs. Ben Oh my God, what's it fun of you?

Speaker 4

What was that? Good night. Wrap that up.

Speaker

Uh Merry Christmas, Sue. My uh, your Aunt Sue. And we love you, and this week right back at you. Yeah, Luann and Regina and Mike, everybody. Everybody that's on tonight, have a great holiday. Skip happens, will be back tomorrow night. I have an artist in the studio. Oh, as a matter of fact, down here in the pod zone, so it's gonna be pretty cool. Yep, somebody's coming through a couple of days before Christmas, but they're gonna be over here tomorrow night.

Speaker 2

Tosh.

Speaker

So it's gonna be good. And if you keep an eye on my Facebook, you'll find out who it is in uh just a little bit.

Speaker 2

So okay.

Speaker

All right, all right, cool.

Speaker 2

Bye, guys. It wasn't your fault.

Speaker

It was dad's fault. Because dad left a hat where Rossi could get it, because that's exactly what your mother's gonna say. Ah, love you too, Gina. Say hi to Billy and the fam for us. We'll talk to everybody later. Bye guys. We'll see you at the ballpark. Merry Christmas. Well, in a few months.

Speaker 4

Happy New Year.

Speaker

New Year. Happy bye. See ya. Have a good night, everybody. Say good night. Good night. Good night.