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We Watch TV Episode 108 – The Rehearsal (season 1 and 2)
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In this episode of We Watch TV, Hope and Daniel dive into the curated world of Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal seasons 1 and 2 on Max. Could this be a contender for the best thing going? The hosts also react to Captain America: Brave New World before being tortured by yet another conversation regarding And Just Like That season 3. Hope also chats the new Amazon Prime series, We Were Liars. In honor of an upcoming Disney vacation, the hosts wrap things up with a Disney Parks edition of “this or that”.
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:03:35) The Rehearsal (Season 1 and 2)
(00:35:23) Captain America: Brave New World
(00:39:22) And Just Like That season 3
(00:49:30) We Were Liars
(00:54:27) Full House
(00:56:10) Show Notes
(01:01:33) Disney Parks edition of “this or that”
Music by yourtunes from Pixabay
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to We Watch TV, the podcast about the TV that we watch. My name is Daniel. Her name is Hope. And this is episode 108. Door
SPEAKER_01:City, am I right?
SPEAKER_00:Such a good callback to a thing we're going to talk about in just a little bit.
SPEAKER_01:Trish the Dish.
SPEAKER_00:Hey, everybody, and welcome to We Watch TV. It is the podcast about the TV that we watch. I am Daniel. She is Hope. This is episode 108. Boy, am I glad we rehearsed before we got into this.
SPEAKER_01:Door City, am I right? Trish the Dish.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, that introduction was literally a joke for two people, and they happen to be the two hosts of this podcast.
SPEAKER_01:If you know, you know. But the other of you, maybe one of you, I don't know, who might happen to watch Nathan Field The Rehearsal on Max. We hope you at least enjoyed it. And if you haven't watched that, watch it and we're going to tell you why
SPEAKER_00:shortly. Genuinely, we're going to talk about The Rehearsal Season 1 and 2 here. If you haven't seen it, the first part of our section is going to be try to explain what it is. If it at all interests you, you should stop the podcast and go watch it and then come back. Because genuinely speaking, when this show when if this show gets green lit for a season three it will be the best thing going best thing going which i know for some of you is the kiss of death you don't want to listen to it but if you if you respect our television at all or our television thoughts at all the rehearsal is one of the funniest things i think i have seen i feel like it's in decades it is an acquired humor
SPEAKER_01:So do we just want to get on right and talk about it? I wanted to complain about how hot it was.
SPEAKER_00:Go ahead. It is unbearably hot. It is
SPEAKER_01:horribly hot. It's like a thousand degrees. I feel like in the winter we were like, okay, too much winter. But that's because it was constantly ice and snow. But I would rather it be like 40 degrees outside than this feels like in the hundreds.
SPEAKER_00:Heat dome 2025. Yeah. It's like an armpit outside. It's
SPEAKER_01:not the best.
SPEAKER_00:Running outside was uncomfortable.
SPEAKER_01:We made a really good choice to run in the heat of the day.
SPEAKER_00:Being in the house at some points has been uncomfortable.
SPEAKER_01:Or is it slow? Existing. Useless. Generally. I know. Man
SPEAKER_00:child. Has been uncomfortable.
SPEAKER_01:Don't you like that song? That's the song of the summer.
SPEAKER_00:I liked it, but as with all songs of the summer, I like it the first time I hear it and then the 20,000th time I hear it. It starts to wear on you a little bit.
SPEAKER_01:What about a song from years ago that I've been singing as well? Oh, God. You've done that thing you do.
SPEAKER_00:Guess what movie Hope watched over the weekend? What 20, 30-year-old movie at this point?
SPEAKER_01:I think it came out in the 90s. Yeah,
SPEAKER_00:that's right. I would put it closer to the 30s than the 20s.
SPEAKER_01:Breaking my heart into a million pieces. It's a great song. This is why we should have just rehearsed what we're actually going to say.
SPEAKER_00:We rehearse the thing we do all the time, but it's the two minutes after we get done with the intro that we have no idea what we're going to talk about.
SPEAKER_01:Well, let's go ahead and stop complaining about the heat and just get into it. The rehearsal seasons one and two on Max with comedian Nathan Fielder. And I feel like while we do think this could be a contender for the best thing going, if somehow he gets a season three and I don't know how he's going to top season two, I just want to say that this is humor that might not be for everybody but it's right up our alley
SPEAKER_00:and we don't mean that in like an elitist kind of way we mean that in like some people are just gonna yeah it's a little weird some people are gonna find it funny and some people are gonna go what in the world am I looking at here
SPEAKER_01:well I feel like this show itself is basically it's not a full-blown reality show like he definitely he orchestrates the bits you could say he rehearses them and he does get real people to participate in this and real actors and there are some callbacks to his show that we have started watching we have not finished um Nathan for you which I think that was well there were real people involved that was a little bit more of a a bit than this so to speak I just I really think you have to know his comedy all right and they do make some callbacks to that which I have noticed since we're not watching them in order
SPEAKER_00:yeah so I'm gonna take a stab Before we go to spoiler territory.
SPEAKER_01:Stab city. Am I right? Should we take our shoes off? Should we take our shirts off next?
SPEAKER_00:Okay. I'm going to take a stab at. The chair. pitching this show to people, and then we will give a spoiler warning. Are you thinking about the chair, though? I can't stop thinking about the show, to be honest with you. So no spoilers up right now. I'm going to give a slight pitch, then we'll tell you when spoilers... You should rehearse
SPEAKER_01:that, your pitch.
SPEAKER_00:Okay. The rehearsal. Season one, Nathan Fielder is a comedian. He's going around and basically he is, he always rehearses interactions in his life, but especially big ones before he goes into them. So there are no surprises,
SPEAKER_01:which I thought was a normal thing to do.
SPEAKER_00:And so the bit of the show when it starts is that he is approaching random people. Yes. who are coming up on major life events and they're struggling to or even procrastinating on those events because they are nervous about hurting someone's feelings or the outcome, whatever it may be. And so Nathan devises an elaborate, elaborate, elaborate method in which to help people them rehearse for this life event.
SPEAKER_01:And when I say I thought everybody rehearsed stuff, I don't mean quite this level, but I'm sitting there watching that. I'm like, wait a minute. Am I weird? I can't tell you how many times I've written down at least my talking points. I hate talking on the phone. I'm a classic millennial. I can't stand it, especially if it's an important call. I will write down, because there's a point where he's talking about why he does rehearsals. He's like, I always write down my conversation before it happens and then possible outcomes to each, and I'm sitting there like, why is that weird? And Daniel's looking at me like, what? I don't think I'd ever told you before that I do that. Not with normal people, but an important conversation. And then I always have, just like he does in the show, what if I have this outcome, then this is what I'm going to say. Then this outcome, this is what I'm going
SPEAKER_00:to say. When they showed me the screenshot of his PC, of his laptop, and he had that decision tree, and you told me that you do stuff like that, that's when I was like, Okay. I'm not going to say I have never sat around and thought about a conversation. Usually what I end up doing is ruminating on conversations I had already had and coming up with better things I could have said after the fact.
SPEAKER_01:You could do well with some rehearsal because some of our worst fights have been because you just pop off at the mouth and you speak without thinking. Whereas I calculate everything I say to a fault. I
SPEAKER_00:don't know why you had to go and bring
SPEAKER_01:that up. Mentally ill. I don't know. Conversations for therapy.
SPEAKER_00:All right. This is your spoiler warning. Now that we've given you the basic, I think that's as well as I can describe it. I'm not sure what else I could say. If that doesn't, all we're saying is we really like this show. That is what the show is.
SPEAKER_01:And when we say elaborate rehearsal, we're talking about fully creating sets. Do you consider that a spoiler of somebody's apartment?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, like elaborate. Okay, so this is your spoiler warning. If you haven't been hooked yet and you just want to hear us talk about the show, listen on. If you think that you might like this show, stop now and go watch it because it is great. I need more people to watch it. I need it to have a season three. I don't know what he's going to do, but I'm here for it.
SPEAKER_01:And I'll say even if you listen to us and then decide that you want to go in and watch it, I had a All right.
SPEAKER_00:Final warning. So episode one of the rehearsal. Season one, episode one is potentially one of the greatest single television episodes front to back. Like, if you could just see it as one thing.
SPEAKER_01:It might, like, match that really good Severance episode
SPEAKER_00:that we saw. Like, it is unbelievable. Do
SPEAKER_01:you agree?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I agree.
SPEAKER_01:It is so good. So, basically, he meets this man named Kor, who is a trivia... aficionado and he has this group of other trivia players and he he has a confession to make he does not have his master's degree which i guess they all do and oftentimes like we do in societies we will typically build up a problem in our head to be way bigger than how other people would actually react to it so that's clearly what he's doing so we're introduced to nathan he's talking about how he rehearses situations he comes over he's like oh door city because it was door
SPEAKER_00:he's at he's in core's apartment and there's a bunch of doors in a weird corner
SPEAKER_01:so he makes this joke and then we like we meet Cora we talk and then Nathan's like okay now how did I prepare for this I had to do a rehearsal the curtain pulls back and Nathan has created an exact set of Cora's apartment
SPEAKER_00:and by the way with actors for people for people who think like this might have been like a bit they showed the footage where he sent a fake gas company to Cora's apartment to check for a gas leak and they walked around his apartment taking pictures so that they could map it out and plan it. And then they built an exact replica of Cor's apartment in a set.
SPEAKER_01:So he had the door city joke planned out. You see him rehearse that. You see him rehearse the, take your shoes off. Should we take our shirts off too?
SPEAKER_00:He's got an actor. He's got an actor playing Cor.
SPEAKER_01:My favorite thing though was when he talked about how they're going to have to do a better job with the sets because when he actually was in Cor's apartment, he didn't realize that when he was talking to Cor, it could be different because the chairs were different because he rehearsed in like a normal chair. And then he's in one of those like, slinky like almost like a camping chair right and he's all slouched down and I feel like you and I like lost it like that first of all I was hooked at Door City but before I even knew it was a set I was like ha ha ha cause that's just something stupid I would think if I walked into somebody's house with multiple doors but then that really really sold me so then we he goes so far as to hire an actress to resemble one of the people on his team he's really worried about is Trish
SPEAKER_00:Trish the dish well so the The life event that Cora is facing is he wants to confess to his trivia group.
SPEAKER_01:That he doesn't have his master's
SPEAKER_00:degree. That he doesn't have his master's degree. Because it's gotten to the point where they're sending him jobs that only a person with a master's degree could take. And he's starting to feel really guilty that he lied to them. And Trish is
SPEAKER_01:one of them. So we have to find an actress that resembles Trish. But before we can do that, the actress playing Trish has to go seek out the real Trish, who has a blog about saving in the city or something. I think it's like a play on Trish. on Sex and the City because they're in New York in this particular episode so Nathan makes up a fake website has this girl that he is hiring to eventually play Trish go interview Trish and then she is the fake Trish is going to rehearse with Cor and I just got to the best part they usually do trivia at this bar Nathan recreates the bar and that bar set continues throughout season two of the rehearsal he just goes in there he brings it with him He
SPEAKER_00:finds it as a comforting place that he returns back to. At one point, season two takes place on the West Coast. No, in fact, episode two of season one takes place on the West Coast. They move after episode one, and he has the whole thing broken down. They're in
SPEAKER_01:Oregon, and then I think they're in L.A. and
SPEAKER_00:Nevada for season two. And then taken with him to where he goes.
SPEAKER_01:It's a focal point of the show, this set that remains.
SPEAKER_00:It's incredible.
SPEAKER_01:And I think when they set it up, when he...
SPEAKER_00:Dryer's done. I
SPEAKER_01:think you should rehearse that. That's why you rehearse. So also when they moved the set from like the, where he was filming with core and they move it to Oregon while it was in Oregon, I read online that like you could actually go visit it as like a real bar. And I think like he actually got like a license or something,
SPEAKER_00:but
SPEAKER_01:like the way you walked into it was like, you walked in through like a regular building, like to the studio with like all these, like, like
SPEAKER_00:they made a hallway. Yeah. So you didn't know that you were in a big warehouse, even though that's what you approached. And then suddenly you're in this bar from New York city. Um, Yeah,
SPEAKER_01:it's just craziness.
SPEAKER_00:One
SPEAKER_01:of the things he realized was that in the rehearsals with the fake Trish was that Cor would get caught up in the trivia not knowing the answer and it would detract. Detract? Is that a word? Distract. I cannot talk. This is why you rehearse again. This is why we should rehearse at all our conversations and be such a different show. So he realizes that Cor's being distracted by that. So he's like, I got to make sure he knows the answers. But he's really against cheating. These trivia people are hardcore It's like their code of ethics. So he just like starts when they're walking around and stuff like, and he hires like different, like a maintenance man, like fixing the sidewalk to be like, Hey, did you know that, you know, the Nina, the pinch of the Santa Maria, like random facts,
SPEAKER_00:like they're just randomly walking around the city and these people are dropping facts that happened to be the answers to the questions for the night when he goes to do this.
SPEAKER_01:So it's not cheating because he's
SPEAKER_00:incepting the answers into him.
SPEAKER_01:So everything, the conversation with, Cor and Trish went well so then Nathan's like should I tell Cor about what I did so he has an interaction with the fake Cor the actor that plays Cor and the actor's like flips out at me he's like that's some Willy Wonka crap like trying to manipulate everything you're crazy so then we flash to Cor and Nathan does not tell him I'm sure when Cor watched the episode he'll see it and then where I was really sold cue the music come with me and
SPEAKER_00:you'll see in In a world of pure imagination.
SPEAKER_01:And then episode two is where he meets this crazy girl who first, she's like wanting to practice like being a mother, having a husband. And I'm sitting there looking at her. I'm like, you know, she's not like the hottest person I've ever seen, but she's not ugly. Like, why can't she find a date? Then we see why. And we find out. She's a little nutty. So he sets up this whole fake house in Oregon, fake seasons. There's a part where he's like, and winter is hard to keep up. up with like the fake snow and then it starts that story is where things start to take on a life of their own because then Nathan's like and I realized I would like to practice being a father so he's not like going to be dating this woman but like he's also going to practice like being a dad and they rapidly age the child Adam
SPEAKER_00:with a bunch of different kid actors I think what is it like every three days they age up the kid but they also
SPEAKER_01:have to swap out even the ones that are the same age because of child labor
SPEAKER_00:laws so every four hours they have to swap the kids
SPEAKER_01:And you'll see somebody open the window and they'll like swap the babies out. And then they have like a robot baby at night. Yeah. I'm not kidding.
SPEAKER_00:They like try to do it to maintain the cave of like the kid is the same kid. So from the, from the act, from the lady's perspective, the kid never leaves. It's just suddenly a new actor pops in, but she doesn't see them leave the house and come back in as a new person.
SPEAKER_01:I don't think he had decided to integrate himself in this rehearsal yet, but he brought is what he set her up on the blind date with that guy. Yeah. dream was to be an NBA player. Okay. So he, I'm like, is this guy for real? And he's like, they're driving in the car and the guy's like holding his phone, like with his GPA, GPS. And Nathan's like, do you want me to hold up for you? Cause I know it's like in his lap. He's like looking down and he's like, no, I always drive like this. And he didn't have like a license plate.
SPEAKER_00:You don't need a license plate. That's legal.
SPEAKER_01:And then, so the guy comes over with the robot baby crying overnight. And then the guy just decides he's going to peace out. And you and I, what is the scene
SPEAKER_00:that we love so much? First of all, Nathan went with this guy to his apartment. And
SPEAKER_01:the guy hates his
SPEAKER_00:roommate. Hates his roommate. I don't know how they got the signatures from these people to be on the show, to be honest with you. He and his roommate have an argument about something crazy. But the guy grabs, packs a bag, walks out with that, and this five-gallon jug of water... Two gallon, probably a two gallon jug of water.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, just like a two gallon.
SPEAKER_00:And then they go and they, you know, no license and they drive back. And then the guy pieces out.
SPEAKER_01:And just like grabs the
SPEAKER_00:water. And just grabs his bag and his water that he had obviously not taken any sips out of. And for some reason that just killed me.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:I don't know why. And
SPEAKER_01:then we have some conversations about, like, holidays. Okay, so the girl is, like, really, I would say fundamentalist would be the right word I'd be looking for in viewpoints. Yes. She says, like, that. Her religious viewpoints. Halloween is, like, satanic. Like, we can't have Halloween costumes. And then, like, Nathan is Jewish, and she's just like, no, we can't have, like, a Christmaka situation. It's just got to be, like, a Christmas tree. Yeah. So then he goes and meets this woman, like an actual Jewish woman to help teach Adam, the actor, child Adam.
SPEAKER_00:And it's a different actor every time. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:And then she, I don't know how that woman signed over. The whole thing is just, I'm not going to get into like kind of the bit at the end of that. You guys are going to watch that part yourself. I can't even really remember some of the other situations that they were in in season one. Oh, I know the one child actor got confused and kept calling Nathan his real daddy.
SPEAKER_00:Well, so before, so before, okay. At some point what the, the lady decides she's, She's out. Nathan catches her goofing off.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, because she's not actually doing the rehearsal. She's supposed to pretend like she's making these essential oils or something and shipping them off. She can't even use their fake postal bags they provided. And
SPEAKER_00:so she kicks out. But before that happens, the emphasis of that was that Nathan had to take a longer trip because he did another rehearsal. Do you remember? Yeah. The guy that wanted to talk to his brother about their inheritance.
SPEAKER_01:Oh my gosh, yes. Like the gold
SPEAKER_00:thing? Yeah, and they were at the chicken restaurant and they made the... Canes. They made a whole fake Canes set. They made a fake Canes chicken restaurant. With
SPEAKER_01:actual food and everything. I don't know how they did that.
SPEAKER_00:And that got really crazy to the point where the guy that was rehearsing ended up just...
SPEAKER_01:Leaving.
SPEAKER_00:Leaving after he got done helping an actor wipe his butt. in the woods looking for fake gold.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, because what the bit was was that he was upset with his brother that he wasn't going to get his inheritance. So then he meets... So he goes home with the actor who actually is that he was rehearsing with that was playing his brother. And there's another actor that's playing his grandpa. And they have a fight. And so he ends up helping the faux grandpa. And then he's supposedly going to inherit this money. So then you have the actual... But then he ends up going out with a girl or his girlfriend that they were distrustful of and they go to the fair and we never see him again. That
SPEAKER_00:was weird. I feel insane describing that entire scenario.
SPEAKER_01:And we also meet the Fielder Method actors because we see them again in
SPEAKER_00:the
SPEAKER_01:second season. And there's the one guy he pretends to like... to see if he's teaching.
SPEAKER_00:He takes a bunch of actors in L.A. who are up for anything, obviously. We'll see
SPEAKER_01:just how up for anything they are
SPEAKER_00:in season two. Go into the real world, pick a person at random, and try and become them. And so they go out and they do this, and they come back, and some of them do okay, but Nathan takes it up to a next level with one of them by getting him a job at the, what's the place called? Asiago Bowl? I don't know. I don't know.
SPEAKER_01:We're too... We don't have nice things.
SPEAKER_00:We don't have nice things. But he gets him a job there so that he can live that life more. It's kind
SPEAKER_01:of like Chipotle, but for like yogurts and stuff. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Then he can... Somehow this guy ends up living in an apartment with two other actors that Nathan has hired. And Nathan ends up living in his apartment.
SPEAKER_01:Which is weird. Weird, weird.
SPEAKER_00:And then Nathan goes back to Oregon and... and becomes the full-time single father. to a fake child.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, the dog cloning is in season two. I was like, when
SPEAKER_00:does that season two? That's in season two with the Sully episode.
SPEAKER_01:I like how Nathan asks the one. Okay, so back to that actor that thought he was like his actual dad. Nathan's like, where'd you get your outfit? And the mom's like, buckle. And then Nathan like, this is like her. What?
SPEAKER_00:In a fake her apartment. And he rehearses with the teenage Adam. Yeah, yeah. In a fake apartment of her making. Yeah. And then because he's feeling guilty about the kid that got feelings towards him. Yeah. And so using the actor child, who's a little bit older, attempts to reconcile with that situation to make sure that the kid knows that he's not his actual dad, but it's okay. And the season just ended there. And it was like stunning silence. followed by like just uproarious applause
SPEAKER_01:and then enter season two we find out that Nathan has always been fascinated with aviation pilots flying and he's been looking into a lot of the which I feel like when this was filmed a lot of the recent stuff hadn't happened yet so the timing was very interesting like aviation accidents and the research shows that a lot of the accidents were caused because the pilot and the co-pilot weren't exactly communicating and so we We have that as our through plot the whole season. He actually is trying to even meet with Congress, which I don't think he ever actually gets to meet with Congress. No. But he does meet with somebody who's like an advocate for aviation safety. He was a former chairman. Yeah, he's like, I'm doing a show for HBO's Paying Me Money, so I have to make it funny, but we could still do it. And the guy's like, all right. And along the way while we have that, we have certain plots. In the episode... At one point, he tries to hook up one of the actual co-pilots, right? With one of his actors. And that's where we get... Does Einstein make you... I can't even say it. She's
SPEAKER_00:attracted to Einstein, yeah. Because of his big, bulging brain. That's not what she said, though. No, that's not what she said. You just have to watch it. I'm not...
SPEAKER_01:One of his... Do you remember what she said?
SPEAKER_00:I remember what she said. I'm not going to say it.
SPEAKER_01:No. So there's an episode where he meets this couple and they've actually cloned their old dog that they had. So that inspires him to see if you could clone something and make the situations exactly similar. Could you be in that mindset? So he decides he wants to, he reads Sully's book.
SPEAKER_00:Sully Sullenberger, the pilot. Who's still alive, I'm pretty sure. The pilot who saved that flight and landed it in the Hudson River. Who played him in the movie?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, yeah. Who played him best? Nathan Fielder
SPEAKER_00:or Thomas? Nathan Fielder. 100%. Give him an answer. No question.
SPEAKER_01:So when we say all his life, we have like toddler Nathan in a room with puppets being like breastfed.
SPEAKER_00:They built a... Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're not selling it here. They built a nursery room. Yeah. To scale so that it would make Nathan seem like a toddler sized. And then
SPEAKER_01:they
SPEAKER_00:craned him into the crib and had a gigantic marionette mother walk in,
SPEAKER_01:pick
SPEAKER_00:him up, breastfeed him.
SPEAKER_01:That's the one part where you can tell Nathan Fielder actually broke character because when he was like, bleh. So it goes through all of, like, Sully's emotions, like his first date that he talks about, like everything that he talks about in the book. And one of the things that he talked about a lot in the book was how his iPod was so– remember iPods? What a time to be alive. Loved iPods. How that was, like, a comfort. And I guess there was 23 seconds. Was that what it was? That Sully– that there was silence between
SPEAKER_00:Sully and his– And then Sully starts talking again. Is the
SPEAKER_01:silence period between him talking to the co-pilot? Yes. Yeah. So Nathan's like, there's a song that he liked to listen to a lot on his iPod. And then he finds out like the chorus is exactly 23 seconds long. And it's a great song. Wake me up. Wake me up inside. Can't wake up, save me from the nothing I've become.
SPEAKER_00:Seeing that clip on TikTok is what got me to want to watch this show.
SPEAKER_01:And that's a good song.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, it's still a banger, but I had to know. So we see him
SPEAKER_01:jogging to the song. So do you think there's a connection there? Do you think, Sully? Because they found the iPod in the plane when they were covering it. Do you think that's what he was listening to for 23 seconds to get focused?
SPEAKER_00:I like to believe that, yes.
SPEAKER_01:Anyway, next time I'm at an airport, which will be relatively soon, I'm going to make sure when I see the pilots walking around that they're talking to each other. Yeah. Using the Fielder method. It's saving lives one day at a time. So if you think that the puppet feeding a fake baby Nathan is the most unhinged part about this, I raise you.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, can I do it? Please, can I tell them? Are you going to talk about the last episode?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. Okay. Do you guys know what a 737 plane is? That's like a commercial-sized plane that you would take to maybe like from like Columbus to Orlando, for example. You may go, Daniel.
SPEAKER_00:So he's been frustrated because he's not really– he went and saw a senator, a sitting U.S. senator. in the show
SPEAKER_01:oh my gosh but you didn't get to the circle back the way he was able to get a meeting was because i guess the senator was like an advocate for autism yeah so nathan's like a lot of my i've noticed on reddit people think i have autism so he like reads reddit comments and he decides that he that's how he's going to get his in to talk about like you know wanting like to help autism yeah that's how he's that's how he gets his foot in the door with a guy all right
SPEAKER_00:so he gets his foot in the door he talks with senator the senator blows him on So he gets frustrated. He's not going to be able to bring the conclusion of his studies in front of Congress, in front of the FAA, but nobody's listening. And so the last episode drops, and he's talking to the guy from the National Transportation Safety Board, and he's like, well, what would it take for me to fly a 737? Yeah. And the guy's like, oh, it's impossible. That's so many hours and so many stuff. And he said, okay, but what if I didn't have– what if I wasn't flying paying– what if I was not transporting paying passengers? What if they were actors and I was paying them? Then he reveals that he's– for the last two years or so, he's been on the side getting his pilot's license. Two
SPEAKER_01:years. Just know, if I ever send you a TikTok of Nathan Fielder flying the– 737, that's how committed I am to the bit. That's how much I'm committed to you. The two years of work to get there.
SPEAKER_00:Then he starts doing the official training that you have to do to fly a 737.
SPEAKER_01:Guess when you get to fly a 737 for the first time, do you practice flying one? No. Not a real one. The first time is with passengers. You do the simulator and this is for all pilots. They don't just take those 737s out on regular runs, which I would have assumed No, they use the simulator. Their very first time. You could be, I mean, this could be us soon. I hope the pilots talk to each other. Next time you fly, just think, it could be your pilot's first time flying one.
SPEAKER_00:So he goes around the country looking for a 737 that he can take. He goes to this junkyard, talks to the guy. Is that a bird's nest?
SPEAKER_01:The guy's like, I can fly my own family in this. And he pulls off a button
SPEAKER_00:off of it. That's fine. You won't even miss it. So he finds a plane. He gets one of the pilot. By the way, we haven't really talked about a whole subplot where he actually gets co-pilots and pilots and talks to them and gets them interacting with each other and all this stuff. And the one guy that's banned from all the dating apps.
SPEAKER_01:And Instagram. I'm going to think about that. I'm like, I hope my pilot's not banned from all the dating apps.
SPEAKER_00:So he gets one of the pilots to take this on with him. And the end of the show... And
SPEAKER_01:not that guy. No,
SPEAKER_00:not that guy. At the end of the show, he, with... Basically, it looks like all the actors from the Fielder Method and a bunch of other people get on a 737. He flies it for a two-hour trip around and back and lands it. I
SPEAKER_01:think what was really funny about that part with getting the actors is that I'm like, geez, actors will do anything. thing and we're explaining it to the actors one of the actors goes actors man geez yeah I mean would you do that
SPEAKER_00:no
SPEAKER_01:and one of Nathan's problems was that he did have like like they said he was like a slow learner so he would also like rehearse and practice at home but he flew the 737 and then
SPEAKER_00:since and then kind of in the post script of the episode he talks about how since they stopped filming he's continued to he like helps fly planes. Most of these planes don't have people on them because he's not allowed to fly with people yet because he has a certain number of hours he has to get in in the air. So he's helped planes that need to be flown from some place to another place. They'll take him to that place and he'll fly them back. And he
SPEAKER_01:did not buy the plane, the junkie plane. They ended up finding another one. It looked suspiciously like a company that uses purple and orange to me, but the inside of it looked like another company that a lot of people often commonly
SPEAKER_00:fly. And I just...
SPEAKER_01:What do you think it was? I think it was FedEx. I think it was a FedEx plane. That's what I think, ultimately.
SPEAKER_00:They couldn't say, though. Yeah, they couldn't say. I think they had to put seats in it. So I think that's what tells me it was probably a FedEx plane. And they
SPEAKER_01:even had people pretending to be the flight attendants. Each actor knew what drink they were going to order for the whole rehearsal. So next time you're at an airport and you're sitting there and you see the pilots come in, just make sure if they're talking, that's probably a good sign.
SPEAKER_00:yeah and we have done an absolute disservice to just how amazing like this season two this season two of the show was
SPEAKER_01:wake me
SPEAKER_00:up there we didn't even really talk about the like singing contest that they got into oh gosh
SPEAKER_01:yes the scene he had like a okay so he also apparently used to be a not a judge, but one of the producer or something that would work the auditions for the Canadian version of American Idol. So he decides that that's a way he's going to get like the because the he's finding out the co-pilots are kind of afraid to speak their mind. Yeah. So he gets them with this whole fake competition, which they actually did, I think, have a winner. Oh,
SPEAKER_00:that's because he built that. Another thing we completely forgot to talk about in season two because there's so much he built an entire replica of like the Houston and international airport area. And that's
SPEAKER_01:where they were going to perform on
SPEAKER_00:a fake. And he put the bar in it. Yes. From season one. It was,
SPEAKER_01:it was a whole thing. So then we, he, we do declare a winner of that show because they did go through with it. And guess what she's saying? Evidence bring me to life. And it was chef's kiss. It was excellent.
SPEAKER_00:It was amazing. Like I said, season, the moment season three gets green lit, This is my best thing going.
SPEAKER_01:If you think you're like, wow, they just babbled. They sound insane. This show sounds so random. It's because it is. But it's also good.
SPEAKER_00:The insanity that we have described to you here pales in comparison to the insanity of the show.
SPEAKER_01:Yes.
SPEAKER_00:And if you are at all enticed by what we've said right here, you should go watch it. It is... An insane thing to behold.
SPEAKER_01:What's even crazier, though, is Nathan For You, which we have started. We have only seen a few episodes of season one of that. He's much younger on that show, but he does reference it a couple times. And I just think his brand of humor really appeals to me.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, it's quite the one that sticks out to me. Well, there's two that stick out to me. I won't talk about the one thing. But the poop-flavored yogurt.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, I was thinking about the rebate.
SPEAKER_00:The rebate was good. Yeah, the rebate was pretty good as well. That's not even what I thought about. I was thinking about when he was doing job interviews. And what his friends call him.
SPEAKER_01:No, no. Moving on, moving on. Anyway, go check out Nathan Fielder, the rehearsal. Please check it out. It's so funny. If
SPEAKER_00:you've watched it, hit us up with a fan mail. Let us know what you thought. What was the craziest thing that you think he did on there?
SPEAKER_01:I had an actual pilot reach out to me on Twitter and told me that he felt that it was very exaggerated. And I said, well, a lot of stuff is going to be exaggerated. But he was very passionate in his responses to me. And I said, well, I think what Nathan was really trying to talk about was just the communication issues in general. And I think some feathers might have been ruffled. He said, if you're in aviation, let us know. Did it bug you? Do you talk to me? your co-pilot
SPEAKER_00:that's the thing I like about this show too is it didn't wasn't just a comedy it wasn't just an entertainment it actually sparked a conversation an important conversation because this is stuff that is important for people's of any job
SPEAKER_01:too I mean especially that one where you're literally flying people and there are lives at stake but I think a lot of people can struggle with communication they're letting out their real feelings be known and it can be tough for people Speaking of feelings, let's move into, we finally watched Captain America Brave New World. I think this movie came out in February, and I don't think it was in theaters very long, and probably for a good reason. What'd you think, Daniel?
SPEAKER_00:um i you know me i love captain america i love the captain america movies i like um sam anthony mackie sam wilson's character as captain america but boy this movie was not good
SPEAKER_01:i'm gonna say it was fine and just use a phrase from you okay i agree that's why i feel like where a lot of people are dunking on the movie it's because they are against sam as captain america that could not be any further from the truth in fact it makes me matter that they couldn't give him a good script yeah as his first leading movie as captain America the best parts in it were when Bucky shows up for like 30 seconds do I think you need to see Captain America Brave New World before you see Thunderbolts no I do not we didn't I knew enough what happened at the end of it but I think you're fine to see Thunderbolts which was a far superior movie I'm gonna call him out because I said I was going to I love Harrison Ford I think he can be a great actor I don't know did he just want some Marvel money did he owe a favor to somebody he was not good at all he played Red Hall
SPEAKER_00:I just don't think the character was like in to write home about like that was the character he was playing yeah was recast and because William Hurt played him originally and then he William Hurt passed away obviously and that character was just always kind of like he was the main he was the main antagonist in the Hulk movie from 2009 which was not a good one since then he's been a bit player and this is a Hulk
SPEAKER_01:movie with not Edward Norton yeah with Edward Norton
SPEAKER_00:so it's not like I don't know I just I don't yeah I it looked like Harrison Ford kind of phoned it in. He just seemed like he was there. But also, he didn't have much to work with.
SPEAKER_01:It seemed to me like he could have put a little more into the role in my opinion he just seemed like he honestly felt like Paul from shrinking reading lines pretending like I can't believe like you know stupid what's his face is making me pretend like I'm the Red Hulk so I'm just gonna read these lines as blandly as I can that's what it came I was like I felt like I was watching Harrison Ford play Paul play Red Hulk that's what it felt like to me would you say that's a fair assessment
SPEAKER_00:no I would yeah I agree
SPEAKER_01:West Virginia's in the movie though
SPEAKER_00:yeah
SPEAKER_01:they went to a place apparently that's in West Virginia Virginia where there's no cell service. I'm like, are they in my hometown? No, it's an actual place.
SPEAKER_00:It's a radio wave dead zone.
SPEAKER_01:You can't use GPS, nothing. I felt like the movie was very choppy as well.
SPEAKER_00:It went through several rewrites and several reshoots and I think it shows. It was just disappointing. They need to stop putting movies into production until they've got a finalized script that everybody's okay with.
SPEAKER_01:I feel like the character of Captain America deserves better i feel like anthony mackie deserves better and i hope they don't see this movie as a flop to not give him any more material to work with that'd be disappointing so my beef is not like oh i'm just upset that it's not chris evans anymore no absolutely not i'm actually like almost furious that they did not give him a better script and we just watched this on disney plus um so we yeah well because if you have disney plus go ahead and watch it i don't think you'll be bored
SPEAKER_00:yeah because sam wilson is not a super soldier And I think that's interesting. How does a regular human person deal with this world where they're not a super soldier? But the problem is what they did instead was just make his suit really powerful, and then he basically was a super soldier. Yeah, they used
SPEAKER_01:the Wakanda
SPEAKER_00:material. Instead of actually making it like, oh gosh, this is a Red Hulk. How do I stop this?
SPEAKER_01:And Liv Tyler shows up. She reprised her role from that movie years ago. And I feel like she just came in to deliver a line as well. I'm just going to say
SPEAKER_00:it. It was a mess of a movie, and I'm upset that they did that to Captain America and the storyline because they could have done better.
SPEAKER_01:But you know what's even worse? And it's terrible. And I feel like I'm being tortured every week when I tune in. And just like that, season three, somehow each episode gets worse. I didn't think it was going to get worse than Aiden in the truck calling Carrie and spitting on his hand, but... Somehow it's managed to do so. What do you think of it in Just Like That so far? Oh,
SPEAKER_00:it's terrible. It's absolutely awful. This is a torture. that I have to watch. We're talking, we've got like what, two or three episodes that we've not talked about. I can't even remember. Like you said, each one continues to get worse.
SPEAKER_01:Aiden just gets continually more awful. So we had, at one point we thought that they were going to do something nefarious with Carrie's cat. Yeah. Which thankfully that was fine. Oh, what you say? We had Trey from the OC show up as Carrie's gardener randomly and I'm like, who is that? Like I do every time I watch a show and I recognize somebody and it was so we had to do the I think you actually did it before I did you went I paused it I paused it The OC fans are going to know. Or if you ever watched SNL back then. They did a skit where they spoofed that. So Aiden just continues to get more and more awful. With every passing breath. Now I feel like Aiden. I'm actually on Aiden's ex-wife's side. Like his kid. He wanted some meds. Or his wife wanted Carrie to like be her drug mule. To get some ADHD meds for her son. And which I thought was weird. Like why are you calling Carrie about this? This is odd. Well then we find out. Like she gives them to Aiden. He just kind of like shrugs. rugs them off because they're not doing their no contact five years. Carrie's down there for like a book signing hoping that Aiden will throw her an olive branch to come see him because he just holds all the cards in this horrible relationship. Just gives me so much ick. So then we have another episode where they kind of address that and Aiden and Kathy's ex-wife are fighting about it and Aiden's like just whole philosophy on that. I'm like, ew, you're not being a good parent either right now, dude. And you know who's a bad parent in another show and then showed up and caught me off guard? So Kathy's boyfriend, Bob, was that his name? That's JJ's birth dad from Outer Banks who killed JJ. Spoiler alert if you haven't watched Outer Banks yet. And I was like, ah! I had to pause because I was like, oh no! Because that guy scared me so much, but I actually liked Bob on
SPEAKER_00:the show. Bob seemed chill.
SPEAKER_01:And then Bob's talking to Carrie about stuff and Carrie's realizing how little Aiden actually tells her and communicates with her so then they have this whole blowout at the family dinner thing I liked how Bob wasn't even playing the game he was just sitting playing on his phone in the corner what Carrie should have been done but she's really trying I feel like she was really trying to make an effort she shopped at this horrible store by the way they're acting like Virginia is like the sticks like it's super annoying the way they're doing that
SPEAKER_00:granted there probably are sticks in Virginia
SPEAKER_01:I guess but like she Target was like 30 miles away which is normally We have to drive to our target. So she goes to some shop in town. It looks like, you know, sister wives, like trad, like, I don't even know, like maybe like a little house in the Prairie clothing. Let's throw it. What, what it was just some kind of boutique. And he's like, well, you can take the ATV and ride into town. So she, cause she didn't have any of her clothes because like the car got towed. It was a whole big thing. Well,
SPEAKER_00:she didn't go down there with the intent to stay.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, she did, but she didn't. I know. Yeah. Like she totally did. Carrie is being just really, annoying to me in this because she's acting so weak and letting Aiden have all the cards it's a whole other thing so anyway Daniel's like oh I remember when you came to my house and you went you and my sister rode to the store and I said we didn't ride to the store on an ATV we rode to the gas station to get some Gatorades on a lawnmower and what did you say
SPEAKER_00:well because we weren't country Brits we were country poor
SPEAKER_01:so like I did ride an ATV for the first time with your family I don't think you had a helmet on me thanks for I'm glad we survived the day. But I was like, no, no. It was a lawnmower that we rode from your mom's house to the BP to pick up some tasty beverages.
SPEAKER_00:Just want to defend myself for a second. I never rode the lawnmower up to the gas station. I always walked. Why did you say
SPEAKER_01:here? Take
SPEAKER_00:the lawnmower with Hannah. I don't know why. I don't know why all this
SPEAKER_01:stuff endeared me. That outdoor shower that I had to use was the time I had to number two. You guys were like, your mom said, if you have to number two, you've got to go drive to McDonald's.
SPEAKER_00:Well, that was the summer we didn't have a bathroom. Bye.
SPEAKER_01:mess around I see why you get so I see why you need rehearsals in your life and all these things I just thought was funny I think it endeared me like the time you took me to the I don't think the mini mart exists anymore with all the animal heads on the
SPEAKER_00:wall no it's a it's a health clinic now
SPEAKER_01:we can never find we would always do s'mores out there because I think you guys are trying to do activities to make me feel welcome
SPEAKER_00:yeah we didn't do this regularly you're
SPEAKER_01:trying to make me feel welcome since I had to drive to McDonald's to poop and stuff so so we would do s'mores and they never had regular graham crackers you remember that
SPEAKER_00:yeah they had cinnamon we always had
SPEAKER_01:to eat them with cinnamon graham crackers and i i really did acquire a taste for a nice s'more with a cinnamon graham cracker because i remember the first time because that's the only time i'd really eat them the first time i had a regular s'more again i was like this isn't the same
SPEAKER_00:was that the fire pit that was just an old tire rim
SPEAKER_01:i
SPEAKER_00:don't know i think so i wonder if mom still has that i asked her to keep it
SPEAKER_01:Anyway. Anyway. I would take riding on the lawnmower than being with stupid, boring Aiden. So at one point, Aiden, like, they, Carrie realized after this blowout, like, oh, you know, maybe Aiden really does need to focus on his family. So they go have a talk. And I was like, oh, Aiden's finally going to apologize. The way the hairs on my neck stood up straight when Carrie apologized to Aiden. And then I was like, okay, well, maybe he'll apologize next and be like, I'm sorry I've been straining you alone, that I've been acting this way. No apologies. because he's the worst. Am I missing any other Aiden-y weirdness?
SPEAKER_00:No, I think that it was quite a bit for the episodes we got. It really
SPEAKER_01:annoyed me, though, when Carrie and Seema were, this was before they met up with Aiden, and Seema came to Virginia with her, and they were lying in the hotel bed eating KFC, and it was like, I just feel like these are writers with money being like, see how relatable we are that we're eating our KFC in bed. All it made me want was a bucket of
SPEAKER_00:chicken. It looked like two actors that had never actually eaten KFC in their life trying to eat fried chicken.
SPEAKER_01:We're so funny. We're so country. We're eating our KFC in bed. It was just very cringe. And then Miranda just does not feel like Miranda at all anymore. I don't really care about Charlotte's friend, Lisa.
SPEAKER_00:Harry peed his pants.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, because he was trying to wear these tight jeans or something. I couldn't get them off in time. I don't really know. I feel like at this point, Charlotte and Harry are comedic relief.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, they are.
SPEAKER_01:And then... Harry's dad shows up in an episode who most people know from Ozark, but I know as from Frasier because he dated Brandy with the traditional spelling.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, we have to talk about the banana for a second. So for everybody that's on this podcast, we may have even talked about this before, but I just want to make sure it's very clear. You hate bananas.
SPEAKER_01:I hate bananas.
SPEAKER_00:I
SPEAKER_01:can't stand them. It's a texture thing. They gag me. They're so gross. I just cannot stand them. It's like the one like runner thing that I just am like, ew, I can't do a banana.
SPEAKER_00:So Charlotte or Harry, one of the two picks up this banana prop on set and they're like, this is too far gone. We got to throw it out. It was
SPEAKER_01:perfectly
SPEAKER_00:fine. And I looked at you and I said, you person who hates bananas. Is there anything wrong with that banana? I didn't even see a brown. I didn't even see a brown. I didn't even see a brown spot. I don't like, I will eat a banana that is 80% brown spot. On the outside.
SPEAKER_01:What was that joke that was like a frozen banana?
SPEAKER_00:Would you like a frozen banana? No. But I would like a regular banana later. So, yes.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, wow. If you know, you know. Anyway.
SPEAKER_00:Tell me what your percentage of brown banana is before you have to throw it away. In the social media-verse. I
SPEAKER_01:don't even know where they're going with him dressed like that. Like, what is going on? I just feel like if the writers were smart, they would actually write Carrie wanting to, like, you know, do all these things with Aiden because she still hasn't dealt with her grief and he's somebody that's a comfort to her. Because I'm like, at this point, they're at one. She's not 80. She's what, like, in her late 50s? Maybe even mid-50s? She's not even that old. They're acting like she's, like, just some, like... crippled old elderly woman with like no life to live yet and I just it's not a great message this show really feels like it's written to sound smart and even with the fashion they're trying to come off like the old show was known Sex and City for the fashion choices but it was authentic this just carrying that stupid bonnet like that one episode it's just it's not a good show but I'll keep watching it for as long as I'm tortured to do so we kept pausing the episode the most recent one and I was like we have I have 30 more minutes of this? What is going
SPEAKER_00:on? It's been pretty miserable, to be honest.
SPEAKER_01:The one compliment I'll have is I like Carrie's refrigerator in her big apartment.
SPEAKER_00:So sets, set design. You like set design on this show.
SPEAKER_01:I like that particular. You said you like that fridge too.
SPEAKER_00:It's a nice fridge. I
SPEAKER_01:like that particular piece. But there was this whole thing on the plane where she realizes the table she wanted to buy that Aiden gave the thumbs down to when they were texting. She's like, fine, I'm going to buy it. Like this was after she leaves Virginia and it's sold out. And that's got to be a metaphor, right? That Carrie waiting around from him is like her life is wasting away. Yep. But will it be? Will these writers be smart enough? I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_00:Okay, so you did watch Something Without Me. Yes. We Were Liars?
SPEAKER_01:We are in the lull before we get bamboozled. Not bamboozled.
SPEAKER_00:Bombarded. Inundated. Bombarded.
SPEAKER_01:Bombarded, yes, with tons of content. So I was told by a couple people to watch two different shows. There's one show that I did not watch on Netflix. It's by Kevin Williamson, who is known for Dawson's Creek, Vampire Diaries. Well, his co-producer or writer or whatever, I don't know, partner, whatever. Julie Plec, who's also known for The Vampire Diaries, she has the show on Amazon Prime called We Were Liars. I read the descriptions for both, and I was like, Kevin, just like I never agreed with the couples that you wanted, because he was a Dawson-Joey shipper, gag. Thankfully, Joey and Pacey won, and he also liked Stefan and Elena. I have no problems with Stefan, but teamed Elena all day, baby. So I'm like, what's that like to have two of your main shows where you did not get the end games you wanted because no one liked it? So I was like, you know, I'm already judging you a little bit for that, Kevin. So, and the whole fishing and drug wars, that's what the I don't even know what it's called, but there's a show on Netflix. I'm like, you know what? I haven't watched anything except for old episodes of Everwood on Amazon Prime in forever. I don't think I've watched a new program on there since we watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith over a year ago. So I was like, I'll give the Julie Plec show a try, We Were Liars, because it also has Candace Kane in it, who was Caroline Forbes on the Vampire Diaries, who's playing a mother, not of young children, of, like, teenagers. What? And I'm really starting to think that Candace Kane, y'all, is a real vampire in real life, because she... looks better than she did on the Vampire Diaries in this show. Like, she looks so good. So I'm like, is she really, like, a real vampire? Like, a vampire actor? Maybe. I don't know. And then it's got Barbara Allen Woods who played Deb Scott on One Tree Hill, another iconic show. Her daughter, Emily Allen Lynn, she's the main character. And then, I'm getting to it, it has Ewan McGregor's daughter who plays Caroline Forbes's, or Candace Kane, Caroline Forbes. Her daughter is played by Ewan McGregor's daughter. I'm
SPEAKER_00:so lost by all these names right now. What's the show about? I was
SPEAKER_01:trying to tell you. I'll tell you that in a minute. I was trying to tell you about like the different actors and you were like you left out Ewan McGregor's daughter I was like I didn't realize that and then the big one that I noticed that not a lot of people would be excited for especially the youth probably watching the show was I was like where do I know this voice from Charlie's mom from the Santa Claus is like the granny in the show but she has like the because they all have blonde hair so her hair was dyed but it was the voice that because at one point she had the shrill voice and took me back to scotch over no oceans you know she always had that shrill voice in santa claus scotch and like i'm like where have i heard that voice so wendy creason i think is her name so anyway what is this show about well it's called we were liars and basically this you know y'all know i'm always down for a rich family at the beach with some mystery it's just my wheelhouse i love these like like these rich people shows just it's really fun this has a lot of trauma though and they grow up on this like going to this island every summer I think it's like on Martha's Vineyard or something it's like an island off Martha's Vineyard and it opens up with Cadence that's played by Emily Allen Wood her character like being washed up on a beach left for dead she's not dead though and she has no memory of how she got there how it happened blah blah blah so we have flashbacks to summers when they were kids then flashbacks I don't know. that you were like i was like where have i seen this actor from i know it's a lot but at one point i'm like wait a minute aren't they like cousins but they're not cousins and so yeah the mystery is her trying to remember how she got there there's also obviously all the sisters have their own skeletons in their closet with secrets that they're keeping the whole like patriarch of the family the grandfather is weird and mean so you're just trying to really piece it together like how how did she end up left for dead when when When is she going to get, she's starting to get her memories back with each episode. I think I'm only like four episodes in. And the whole thing is like, but like at one point they call out people for lying. So I'm wondering if the big twist is going to be in is just that we're not going to know because we were liars. And I'm like, if you guys, if you end that Julie Plecum, you'll make me mad again, just like you used to on the Vampire Diaries. But yeah, so it's, if you're into that type of like drama-y, like rich people at the beach kind of shows, it might be something you might enjoy. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Okay, and you've been watching another show with me, without me, consistently, incessantly. Whatever
SPEAKER_01:happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV. Full house. So I've been listening to the Ola Tannarito's podcast. So while you were on your last work trip, I had no content to watch. So Marvin and I sat down and watched some Full House, and I was like, you know what? Family Matters might be cringe and doesn't hit, but Full House still hits, baby. It's still funny, even though I really get annoyed by Uncle Jesse as an adult now. Like, he's kind of toxic at times. Do you
SPEAKER_00:agree? He does not come off well upon
SPEAKER_01:rewatch. No. that they how big was that house that attic is like huge anyway
SPEAKER_00:every time they needed more room they just add another floor
SPEAKER_01:so I've been re-watching Full House and you I was gonna compliment Daniel because he was actually enjoying the episodes laughing I know when Daniel's enjoying something I know when he's not he was enjoying several of the episodes and then I was the other night I was like do you want to watch Frasier because I was in the mood to watch the Cranes Go Caribbean one of my favorite Frasier episodes the season 8 finale of Frasier and Daniel's like oh thank god so we don't have to watch anymore of stupid full house and i was like i was gonna compliment you on the podcast about how engaged you had been and how you were actually seeming like you weren't enjoying full house can you just admit it that you did laugh i have authentic laughs with full house
SPEAKER_00:i was just rehearsing
SPEAKER_01:no you weren't shut up how rude i will say that stephanie always clocks everyone
SPEAKER_00:yeah she does
SPEAKER_01:iconic you got it dude i
SPEAKER_00:All righty. We got a couple upcoming announcements here going on. So Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 Reunion Special July 1, hosted by Nick Viall. Why is he?
SPEAKER_01:Okay, well, he has the Viall Files, the podcast. You know him from Special Forces. I don't know why they got Nick to host this. I'm kind of annoyed with it because now I'm going to have to watch it. But I'm super excited. We're going to be on vacation when this is happening. I might have to watch it. But I think one time I made you watch an episode of The Bachelorette on vacation because it was like a really important one. Don't ugh me. We also watched Game of Thrones on vacation. Same thing. But I really want to watch the reunion special. I've been keeping up with all the drama on TikTok between them, and I just really need season three to hurry up and get here.
SPEAKER_00:First three episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty on Amazon Prime, then weekly release.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, that was the big question was, are we going to be watching this show into October if we only get one episode per week? But they're doing those first three. I think I know where the third episode is going to end. I think that's going to be the engagement with Jeremiah and Belly. And then I think they'll make us wait a week and then we'll go into the weekly release. I am more convinced than ever before, because they released another trailer, that they are pretty much going to be following the book. So that is good news for us, Bonrad, Conrad fans.
SPEAKER_00:The Bear and Squid Game, The Bear Season 4 and Squid Game Part 3, Season 3, whatever they want to call it. They're calling it Season 3. This week.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, we've got...
SPEAKER_00:Just in time for us to leave for a week.
SPEAKER_01:That's funny. I just deleted my show notes by accident. Did I really? I'm going to have to fill out. That's hilarious. That's why you should be rehearsed. I have a copy that I sent to you. Yes, so we'll probably get started on the bear, and then we'll probably watch Squid Game when we get back. So most likely when you guys get those episodes, we'll probably have one that will focus on the bear. We all know how well those episodes do.
SPEAKER_00:And then we'll have the squid game. We'll probably talk... Because both of those shows come out all at once. We'll probably spend one episode to talk about Just the Bear and we'll talk about... Squid Game in another episode. And then we'll kind of get back to more of the weekly release stuff as July kind of progresses forward.
SPEAKER_01:And do you want to explain kind of how we might be now? We could if we vibe check it and we want to do it how we've always done it. We might go back to that. But do you want to explain like how we might be doing the podcast going forward?
SPEAKER_00:So weekly release is great and fun, except it's really stressful. We don't get paid doing this. We don't get paid doing this. And also, you know... We found by looking at some of our metrics for the podcast that we'll have episodes where we're really not talking about anything like we're not talking about a premiere. We're not talking about a finale. We're just kind of talking about a bunch of shows, one episode at a time that are in the middle of their run. And those just don't seem to be episodes that people are listening to as much. So we're going to go more like
SPEAKER_01:a premiere.
SPEAKER_00:a talk about a show in its entirety for an episode or at least a finale and kind of do a wrap up as opposed to this week to week And
SPEAKER_01:again, we might still do that. It just really depends. I know there's a lot of good movies coming out soon that we're going to see. I know we're probably watch TV, but we do talk about movies. Let's see. We've got Superman coming out. We've got the, I know what you did last summer, uh, kind of reboot sequel, I guess three, if you wanted to call it that I'm excited for that. You're going to watch it. Uh, fantastic for coming out. So there's a lot of good movies coming up,
SPEAKER_00:but the way, yeah, just, but the way that content has been coming out over the last year or so has just left us with gaps and we've been trying to fill them with, And as we look back at our, you know, look back at the shows that we've produced and look back at what people have listened to, there hasn't been any reason for us to try and fill that silence. And so we're going to go forward not feeling as though we have to fill it.
SPEAKER_01:And oddly enough, while we complain about the weekly release setup, both the bear and squid game, we're getting, we're getting all the episodes. So that'll, that's also why it's going to change some stuff up. But while we are out next week, we do have the white Lotus season three super cut coming. I know. I feel like the white Lotus episodes, have been some of our best performing episodes so clearly you guys like the white lotus piper no so we'll have that for you next week Anything else you want to say about White Lotus?
SPEAKER_00:No. And then after we get back from vacation, give us some time, but we'll be getting through The Bear. We'll be getting through Squid Game. Before we know it, Star Trek Strange New Worlds will be here. I knew
SPEAKER_01:you were going to say that. The Summer I Turned Pretty.
SPEAKER_00:The Summer I Turned Pretty will be here. We've got a lot of stuff here in this kind of mid-summer. And then there's a pretty decent amount of stuff.
SPEAKER_01:Why couldn't they start this stuff in early June?
SPEAKER_00:I don't know. At least one of them. And then there's some pretty decent things going on in the fall as well. So I feel like we're making an announcement about a scheduling change right as things are getting back to a little bit more normal but um
SPEAKER_01:we still haven't just like that you know every
SPEAKER_00:every it's just that every week having that on top of us to try and get one done and and occasionally like last week when we didn't really have much to talk about life is hard yeah it's just there was no reason for us to put an episode so that's just what you can expect is we're going to try and do one at least every other week and you know go from there
SPEAKER_01:and now in honor of vacation we're going to do because I bet you'll never guess where we're going. We're going to do a few Disney-focused and Disney Parks-focused this or that. It's Daniel's favorite thing ever, but because I know some of you guys like this, so we're going to do it. All right, and I'll answer, or you'll answer, then I'll answer, so I'll ask the questions.
SPEAKER_00:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Tron or Guardians of the Galaxy?
SPEAKER_00:Guardians.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, Guardians as well for me. Guardians or Everest?
SPEAKER_00:Everest.
SPEAKER_01:I'm going to go with Guardians.
UNKNOWN:Okay.
SPEAKER_00:I have to say Everest. Everest is my best, my number one all time.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, but as much as I love Everest, the Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind I think is the best ride in the park. All right. I think I know how you're going to answer. I think I know how I'm going to answer on this one. Gaston cinnamon roll or Ronto Wrap? And I mean the breakfast wrap.
SPEAKER_00:Ronto Wrap. No question.
SPEAKER_01:The breakfast Ronto Wrap is good, but in my opinion, that Gaston cinnamon roll with the extra cup of icing just really hits my sugar fiend heart like no other. Thank you. All right, next up, also in the Disney food, Lava You Float or Dole Whip?
SPEAKER_00:Lava You Float has surpassed Dole Whip in every way possible.
SPEAKER_01:I completely agree. Now, I get my Lava You Float with the swirl, but I always got my Dole Whip with the swirl, too, because for that tart-tasting ice cream, I need, or soft serve, whatever you want to call it, I need a little bit of that balance for vanilla because it's almost too sweet to me, but they'll let you swirl it, and the Lava You Float is elite. It is top tier. I
SPEAKER_00:can even...
SPEAKER_01:Is it like strawberry-filled? I wish I could just get a cup of that.
SPEAKER_00:I can even deal with the Pop Rocks.
SPEAKER_01:The Pop Rocks don't really bother me. I also think we're both going to answer this, but I have been asked several times by some of you in the Disney community this. I feel like you should know my answer based on my personality. Starbucks or Joffreys?
SPEAKER_00:Starbucks.
SPEAKER_01:Starbucks. I feel like if you want something really sugary, Joffrey's is your place to
SPEAKER_00:go. I feel like if you want something really bad, Joffrey's is your way to go. And I feel
SPEAKER_01:like most people in the Disney community absolutely disagree with us, but we are team Starbucks people. They
SPEAKER_00:have more options. We like coffee. I like the flavor of coffee. Yeah. I like my coffee to taste like coffee.
SPEAKER_01:I've had some good Joffrey's lattes during food and wine, but it was basically almost like a milkshake dessert drink. So Starbucks all the way. You Joffrey's people are something else. else all right adventure land or tomorrow land oh
SPEAKER_00:i wasn't ready for this one
SPEAKER_01:i had to trip you up
SPEAKER_00:Tomorrowland only because of the people.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, my gosh. It's my answer, too. Like, I like everything about Adventureland better, but it is a hellscape walking through there on like a hot afternoon. So is Tomorrowland. But Tomorrowland has the people. Yeah. And the people mover is top tier. So, yeah, that's like I would pick that as well. All right. Galaxy's Edge or Toy Story Land.
SPEAKER_00:Galaxy's Edge.
SPEAKER_01:I'm going to go with Galaxy's Edge as well. Toy Story Land has no shade.
SPEAKER_00:No shade whatsoever.
SPEAKER_01:And I do think the coolest thing was I think we've talked about this before where Disney dropped the ball several times with building the Star Wars stuff. And the attractions, which, you know, are fine. They're fun, but they could have done better. They're fine. I think we all know our opinions on that. But when you walk around Galaxy's Edge, especially if you do it, like, early in the morning when there's less people in there, the attention to detail really does remind me of just, like, the Imagineering put to good work. I do feel like I'm on a movie set. And like I said, Toy Story Land, if you want to roast, because there is no shade in Toy Story Land, it's pretty miserable over there, even though I could argue that I like some of the food and rides in Toy Story Land better. All right, this one is a tough one for you. And you have to take into consideration not just the food, the elements, everything.
SPEAKER_00:I'll take into consideration what I wish.
SPEAKER_01:Sassy. Steakhouse 71 or Le Cellier. It's like picking between your kids.
SPEAKER_00:Gosh. That's tough.
SPEAKER_01:I'm going to say my answer first. I'm going to go with Steakhouse 71 just because I feel like, one, breakfast, lunch, and dinner there are just so good, all three meals. But if we're just doing it in terms of dinner, I feel like I'm more– now, you never know. I might have a crazy experience next time. If you don't hit Le Cellier at the right time– or you don't have a group of people, you're liable to be in that place with a party, like, right in your lap, the way they have the tables in there. So if you're going to do Le Cellier, you need to do it, like– right around fireworks at Epcot. So like it's park closed when you're leaving and the restaurant starts to clear out or you need to do it with a group of people because there's a two-top party. If you do it at prime dinner time, you're going to be shoved in. Like we've been shoved in on like one of the back tables, not even the middle, where I had someone's purse, some lady's purse basically in my lap. So atmosphere is very important to me. Like I said, I might, I might, you know, be eating my words if I go to Steakhouse 71 next time and I have somebody right on top of me. So you never know. But I feel like just in general, like if I'm picturing both restaurants like I need all the elements to work for me to choose Le Cellier but I do really like their the cheese soup that's some of the best soup ever and that's usually what I'll order and one of the things both restaurants have for them is that I don't have to do that stupid prefix menu where they make they make you do like an appetizer an entree and a dessert I can just order whatever I want I can't stand it that half the Disney restaurants are going to that because it's annoying no one eats that much food so and the potatoes au gratin I really like those from Steakhouse 71 so I'm just going to have to give it to Steakhouse 71 just for the vibes which again I could be eating my words the vibes might be off next time I go there but from my past history that's why I would pick But it is a very difficult decision. Now, since I've given an essay about why I would choose, have you made your decision?
SPEAKER_00:Le Cellier.
SPEAKER_01:And it's because, but are you, you would even say that if you went Le Cellier at like peak time, the two of us, and you had some woman with her University of Alabama purse right next to you and her kid kicking you at the table.
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:But you do really like Steakhouse
SPEAKER_00:71. It's so close. It's so close. I was going to say, you have two steaks for your birthday. It's so close. But I think the steak variety choice at Le Cellier is still better. I've now had three of the four steak offerings they have for dinner at Steakhouse 71. only two of those are really right home about. And me, as somebody who doesn't eat
SPEAKER_01:steak or red meat, I feel like I have more options at Steakhouse 71 than I do at Le Cellier. At Le Cellier, I order soup because I don't even think they have a vegetarian option, do they? I
SPEAKER_00:don't know. And at Le Cellier, I think the steak comes with more of a presentation of a meal, whereas at Steakhouse 71, I was actually kind of surprised. You basically get the piece of meat and whatever side you ordered, and that's it.
SPEAKER_01:You're just making the argument for Steakhouse 71 better for me. I'm like, that's right, because you can order extra sides, too. I'm like, I would like my potatoes au gras, and I would like my mashed potatoes. I would like my mac and cheese, please.
SPEAKER_00:You know, and then there was a time in my life where that would have absolutely been what I wanted, but I have grown. My palate has grown, and, like, the risotto that the filet at Seleuze comes with, with whatever kind of vegetables they put on there and the presentation. I appreciate that more than I did when I was younger. And so that's why I'll say.
SPEAKER_01:Why did you tell me when I was booking our dining that you didn't want to eat at Le Cellier because you didn't want to be in the park late at night?
SPEAKER_00:Because I didn't want to be at the park late at night. That does not mean that I don't still think that if I have the energy and I want to be there. It's kind of like how we
SPEAKER_01:are about, what's the other, Rose and Crown, where we love that dessert there, the sticky toffee pudding, but we like never eat there because you can't eat lunch there anymore. You used to be able to. We're like eat at lunch and then dip out of the parks, people, because we just, ah! So that tends to be how we operate. We are barely in the parks in the evenings anymore. That should be my next question. Parks. Rope drop or close?
UNKNOWN:Rope drop.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, rope drop.
SPEAKER_01:Rope drop. I feel like the last time we were in the parks at close, well, I guess when we were with a group of friends, that was different. But when it was just the two of us on one of our random vacations, it was not great. That's when you lost
SPEAKER_00:me. That's when you got lost? Okay, I
SPEAKER_01:was wondering. We're meant to be in our pajamas at the hotel by 3 o'clock, eating our meal, watching TV, and sitting on our balcony. That's how
SPEAKER_00:we do it. And then the CMs, I'm like, I'm trying to find, and they're like, are you trying to find your daughter? I'm like, no, I'm trying to find my wife. Same height, but...
SPEAKER_01:Oh, man. Okay. We talked way too long about food. All right. Prince's Fairytale Hall or Pete's Silly Sideshow to go meet characters.
SPEAKER_00:Pete's Sideshow.
SPEAKER_01:Both of these locations have that stupid auto photo pass thing. But I'm going to go with Pete's simply because the air conditioner in there is top tier. Yeah, the air conditioner is way better. And you're somebody you don't mind to meet characters. You're whatever about it. You're with somebody like me that likes meeting characters. But you want to cool off in the AC. It's good. And it's so good that we were like, oh, I wonder if it'll have the opposite effect when we were there in February, it was freezing in the parks. It was like 30 degrees. They were still blasting that AC. It was like the only place that wasn't running heat. Do you remember that? Yeah, I remember. Because we were like, I bet we could get warm in there because it'll be like, no. No. It's always cold. All right. Living with the land or Soarin'.
SPEAKER_00:Living with the Land. I
SPEAKER_01:knew you were going to pick that. I'm going to go with Soren. But I do appreciate Living with the Land. And I love the house from Living with the Land. And that house reminds me of that Muppet, not a Muppet Christmas Carol, but that Muppet movie where they go to Fozzie's mom's house. Muppet Family Christmas, I think. Yeah, Muppet Family Christmas. And every time I'm on that ride, I'm like, even though I know that house is probably upstate New York and this house is somewhere different, I'm like, this is the same house. And that's how it is in my head canon. And that's what makes Living with the Land so special. So that's all it is. Do you have any Disney this or that's for me or did I pretty much cover
SPEAKER_00:it? I think you got them all. You can't even
SPEAKER_01:think of a single question to ask me to try to trip me up.
SPEAKER_00:Wilderness Lodge or Contemporary?
SPEAKER_01:That is to be determined because I have never spent a week at one of them where I've spent a week at the other one. If you're going strictly by lobby, the Wilderness Lodge lobby I think is the best lobby on all of property.
SPEAKER_00:There's some Animal Kingdom people that would argue with that. Yeah, and I would say
SPEAKER_01:that while the Animal Kingdom lobby is nice, I'm going to say the Wilderness Lodge is the best lobby. Which one do you think is the best lobby?
SPEAKER_00:Wilderness
SPEAKER_01:Lodge. Yeah, duh. Anyway, White Lotus next week, guys. Check it out.
SPEAKER_00:All right. Thank you, everybody, for listening, and we will talk to you next
SPEAKER_01:time. Door City.
