Dave Franco Returns

I'm Dax Shepherd and I'm joined by Monica Badman. >> Hi.

“>> Are you just cleaning up your computer over there?”

>> I am. >> Okay, I hope you get it, speaking span.

We have a returning guest, but first time in person,

in the difference was profound. >> I couldn't believe that because we had him on in COVID, and that was revealed when we were talking to him. And I had such, I had like, if you would ask me to bet half of my money. >> Yeah.

>> I would have said we had him in person. >> Yeah, that's a testament to his charisma, that even through the computer screen you thought, you know. Of course, we're talking about Dave Franco. Dave Franco is an actor and a filmmaker and a cutie pie.

His credits include together, we're getting you. Now you see me, hoppers. He has a new movie in theaters August 28th called Idiots. And another movie, September 25th, in theaters called Forgotten Island.

Please enjoy the Charming Dave Franco. ♪ He's an object ♪ ♪ He's an object ♪ ♪ And he's an object ♪ ♪ He's an object ♪

♪ He's an object ♪ ♪ He's an object ♪ ♪ He's an object ♪ >> Oh, yeah, good to see you. >> I don't want a nice car.

>> I believe him. >> Yeah. >> It is. >> What's a fucking much? >> I would join you because I have a dazzling collection.

>> Of course. >> Yeah. >> Cardi B's. >> Have you tried them in here? >> He kind of perspired too much.

>> You'll see at the end of this in this T-shirt, this then T-shirt we're facing on. I'll be damp as hell in there. >> Yeah, you run too. >> Look at these cute little space, man.

>> I know you're Zoom. >> I know last time was over Zoom. Did you remember that? >> Of course.

“>> I mean, I remember that obviously we had you,”

but I guess I didn't clock it that it was Zoom.

And then I listened to like the first 20 minutes of it.

And it was PTSD. >> July 2020, wow. >> Three months in there. >> That's wild. >> I was going to ask when you guys have returning guests.

Like, do you go back just to make sure that we don't cover the same stuff? >> A little bit. >> Don't worry, I did it. I'm like such a nerd that I'm like,

I don't want to repeat myself. >> You're such an incident student. >> Yeah. >> That's crazy. I would have bet all my money that you're in person.

>> And three years ago. >> That is wild. >> Yeah, I know. >> I know. >> Six years ago.

>> But yeah, of course. >> You know what happens is the other thing is when I go back and they're in that period of quarantine where we're doing Zoom. I have all these feelings about it.

One is like, anything that was recorded in a media for a year is almost singularly about that experience. >> Yeah, right, right. Exactly what we're just talking about. What we're going through in the moment.

And this is like unprecedented times. And it was weird looking back on that. Because what we were like a few months into the pandemic at that point. But it was long enough to know that like,

we were passed. Remember very early on, we were like, okay, this is going to be two weeks. And then we'll go back normal. But we were at the point where it was like,

we don't know how long this is going to go. And it feels kind of hopeless. We're in like a little bit of a hopeless place. >> Apex, oh wait, this is actually terrible. >> Yes.

>> Which is why it was nice talking to you guys. It was a nice highlight in the middle of that. >> Okay, I have a quick question because I gotta say, it made my 2025. And I do wonder if it was reported back to me.

>> Okay, tell me. >> So I was on a hike with Jake Johnson and Vincent Anofrio. And we got up above the observatory and we're just about to take the trail up to the very top. >> Yeah. >> And we ran into your lovely wife Alice.

>> Okay, she stops. She's just like, oh hey, and we're just chatting. And then she goes like, oh my god, you look great. And she touches my shoulder. >> Yeah.

>> And then she goes, and you guys look great. And Jake goes, oh bullshit. You just do it was, you know, like this is a hysterical moment that Jake Johnson called. >> Oh, she first said it to you and then was like,

oh you guys also pretty good over there too. >> She was like actively grabbing my shoulder. >> Yeah, yeah. >> And then she's like, oh wait, I got to get everyone to help you with it. But anyways, the rest of that hike,

I was just kind of tiptoeing up the hill. >> Can I say, and this is going to sound like I'm just piling on, the hug that I got from you when I came in here. >> And you're a good hugger. And you gave me that body.

>> I want to give you that obstacle. >> I want you to feel me because I've been working a little. >> Yeah, funny enough, I bring up this question to ask you. You're 41 now. >> Yeah, later this week.

>> Oh, wait a minute, yeah, thank you, thank you. >> Okay, so you're about to turn 41. >> Correct. >> And you're very spelt.

“And I was curious, are you genetically and anomaly?”

Are you mindful of all this? >> I think it's part genetics, but I'm definitely mindful. We take care of ourselves. We really look at Kevin Bacon and Kira said you were like, look at them, man, they are keeping it tight.

>> It look good, they've always looked good.

And they make it look effortlessly. >> Totally. >> But like Allison, she's been going to this gym. Rise movement for 15 years now. And it's like some of the best trainers around.

And I was like intimidated to go in there for a long time because you got like heavy hitters going to.

>> And she's the baby.

>> Oh my God, it's incredible.

>> I know. >> Or physique? >> Yes.

“>> Maybe to subconsciously, that's why I was staying away.”

I'm like, I can't have my wife show me up at you. But I finally started going in and it's nice. It's nice to have a trainer and make such a difference. >> Yeah, let's go through it. I think for, and I loved to know the female perspective,

I think I have a hunch on it. But it's like, even when I was young and started going to the gym at Bally's total fitness in San Antonio, you had the whole ride there. I have all this anxiety that I'm going to get there.

And everyone's going to be so muscular. >> Yeah. >> And then I'm going to be working out and I'm going to look stupid. I'm probably doing it wrong. >> Yeah.

>> And just the amount of fear I have. >> No, just kind of crazy. >> It is kind of crazy. >> They're not shoving the skinny guys around at the gym. >> Sure, but have you ever been like a really skinny guy?

>> Yeah, when I started. >> Sure, okay. >> Yeah, I was a beautiful guy. >> Really, like, really skinny. >> My father's there.

>> I just never knew how to, like, 20, three or four.

>> Yes, I know the feeling well. But there was some stat that someone threw at me recently, who knows if it's true. But it was like, when you're working with a trainer, you're working like 60% harder.

>> I believe. >> Yeah, right? >> Yeah. >> And it's like, as much as I can do at home, which I was doing it pretty consistently, you kind of plateau.

And since I'm going to the gym, I'm like, oh, I feel different.

“>> What were you wanting to hear female opinion on?”

>> Yeah, so what's the hurdle in a girl thinks about first going to the gym? >> Oh, I see. >> You guys have an outfit you got to worry about, probably just for starters.

>> Yeah, what are you going to wear? >> Is there makeup going on before the gym? >> Not for me, because that's not good for the skin. >> Oh, totally. >> But some people probably do.

>> Sure. >> Other than soul cycle. Have you ever been to like a weightlifting gym? >> Like have I, what's it subscribed? >> Or just like go on to like an equal knocks in like this.

>> Yes, I have, but I've never joined a gym.

>> Yeah, okay, good. >> 'Cause I know you can't quit. You know, I've learned about that from friends. >> Oh, interesting. >> It's like the C-Ord commitment in Scientology

if I get to your sand, be a linear, I'm sure. >> I'd like you to take you in a separate room. I've seen this and I'm scared. So no, oh, but I was a cheerleader in high school. >> Oh, thank you.

>> Competition cheerleader, and we weight trained three times a week. >> Okay. >> In the football weight training. >> But with your team, right? All your fellow girls. >> With other people.

>> Yeah, I do think it's scary to just, you feel like you're in a fish bowl at the gym. People are looking at you.

“>> I know, that's why I like this gym though.”

>> There's only ever like three other people working out they're at the most, everyone's kind of in their own world. >> It's like other famous people. >> Of course. >> That's good.

>> Extra motivation baby. >> That's good. >> But I'll see who looks stupid at the gym. Like if you're doing it right, you're like breathing. >> Versus. >> Versus, but again,

when it's so intimate like that at this gym, you don't care, everyone's in it. We're all looking like idiots. We're all sweating, our ass off, it's fine. >> Would you feel unethical for you to tell me

the biggest celebrity you've seen there working out? >> Gosh, I only say this because-- >> Oh gosh. >> I'll match you. >> I'm gonna do charades and we'll get--

>> Okay. >> Um, you know, I say this because I think it's known that his trainer is the guy who owns the gym. >> Oh, Jake Gillin Hall. >> Oh, we love him.

>> Oh, we love him. >> Jake and G. >> Oh, Jake and G. >> Well, everything, the last, the fucking hell. >> He's got it, oh, man. >> Did you see Roadhouse?

>> Of course. >> [LAUGH] >> No. >> That vibe, everyone quit. >> I know, tell me yours.

>> Put it on me, Jake. >> Why not me, baby? >> Well, this one's special because A was in the wild. >> Oh, oh. >> And I would agree, it's like a top five body of all time in cinema.

>> Go on. >> Daniel Craig got a hotel in London. >> Tell me about that in person. >> Well, sadly, I didn't get to watch him in action. He was exiting with a good sweat and a sheep.

>> But he was, it's all over for him. >> He was a post-koid guy. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> What was crazy is our friend Molly was there, and she had observed him through the whole work.

>> Ooh, ooh. >> And I was like Molly, she did just not take your eyes on you. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> She's like, I was so afraid to look at him. >> Oh, that's interesting.

>> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> You know what, we respect Molly for not looking at Molly. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> We don't quite understand him, but we respect him.

>> I respect him, I respect him. >> You can't just be gawking. It's someone against that leasing. >> People are doing weird breathing. >> He's in a play store where it's like,

he's in his element when he's in that gym. And typically when you're doing something that you love that you know you're good at, you don't mind people gawking. >> It's like a stand-up doing his routine. >> There you go, I like that.

>> Yeah, he's throwing the fucking big pass or whatever. Let me circle back real quick to why we started talking about all this. My wife giving you a compliment doesn't feel good coming from Allison.

>> You can't imagine. I mean, you can, 'cause you're married to her. >> Every day, does she let it rain on you? There's times where she really lets it flood, man. And I'm just waking up every day and she's like,

"You look good, I'm like, really? Tell me more." >> Go on.

on you.

There's no feeling like it.

>> Tell me more because virtually the only line of reasoning that I won't interrupt. >> Yeah, you know what I'm saying. >> I have all day for that. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> That's so right.

“>> Well, it's a good trick if you want to get you to stop talking.”

>> That is, you can use a big team role. >> Yeah. >> I'll say this about Christmas. Christmas has found the magic ratio of withholding approval from me and giving me a pro.

>> Oh, interesting. >> Because I don't do well if I think someone likes me too much or I have a quote, "Fan, I don't want to fight." >> Oh, I getcha. >> Does it ever get to the point with her though?

Where she feels like she's going too far? >> No, this is what I'm saying is I tip my hat to her for 19 years somehow. She's kept me at like 1% below what I want. >> Okay.

>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> So I'm wondering is something to work up to still? >> How do you do with too much affection not enough? Like, here's what it is. I want to win her over every day.

>> Oh, I get it. >> Where are you at? >> That's interesting. I don't know if I put a limit on it. >> That's just show her me baby.

>> Baby, let me have it. >> That's what I'm saying. >> That's what I'm saying. >> When it is, when she is feeling super cutty or affectionate,

“I think my natural inclination is to be like, "Stop."”

>> [LAUGH] >> Well, my friend actually bring it up because there's this hilarious moment.

And I had already heard the story the first time you were on.

>> About the wonderful night in New Orleans where you had your 72 hours of bliss. But a new detail I heard in my research this go round was that after that first night of fun. When you woke up in the morning, she was gently kissing your shoulder. >> Oh, yeah, man. >> See, now that's the kind of thing that makes me panic.

>> It's interesting because with the wrong person, that's panic material. Yeah, I mean, so basically we had this crazy first night together. Literally on drugs, just going nuts. And I think we said it before, we slept together the first night and then we wake up. >> And she wakes me up with these gentle little back kisses.

>> And like, wow, yeah, that could go either way. >> Totally good for her. >> Good for her, good for her, good for her. >> She must have known. >> Yeah, but she reminded me of recently, she told me maybe was that next morning.

She was like, "Hey, I'm not looking for anything serious. I'm here at him basically like, let's fuck around until you find the girl that you're going to marry." And I was like, "Whoa, did you mean that or was that a boy?" Monica, how are you in terms of withholding giving affection?

>> I'm pretty withholding. >> Okay. >> I think. >> Why is that? >> I think I can be quite affectionate.

I also didn't grow up with a lot of physical affection or even I would say verbal affection. >> Yeah, yeah. >> So it's not like all that natural to me, it really requires a full body butterfly. I can't not. >> I get that.

Do you feel a little uncomfortable or vulnerable when you're fully going for it with someone, even with friends, will you allow yourself to be like very effusive with friends? >> Very. That's a good question. >> Yeah, you can feel it.

>> I think she's a lot better at doing it behind their back. >> Oh, that's interesting. >> Yeah, so that's not that she doesn't have it. I just think you're more prone to like tell all of us how spectacular Jess is before you would ever tell Jess how spectacular.

>> Yeah. >> Yeah, that's right. >> And then so there's something interesting. >> Yeah. I know.

I know. I don't want anyone's, like, to get to pick, I mean, I will have somebody's down. Maybe that can, like if somebody's down, I do think I'm like, what do you mean? You're so great. >> But if someone's doing great, they're flying, like I don't need to boost him even further.

>> Oh, man. >> I think I can ask this. >> Yes, of course. >> I think it's if that you lay it on that much and they realize how great they are, they won't want to be around you.

>> I feel like people are the opposite. I feel like if you're telling someone how great they are, they're like, oh, I want that person around me all the time, right? >> Yeah. >> Well, we know that to be true.

>> Right. >> But I think a lot of people think their friends with somebody that's out of their league, or their dating someone out of their league.

“And that's why dudes who are insecure and want to control their ladies, it's why they're”

nagging them. They think, oh, if I lower their self, the steam, they'll feel like I'm worthy of them. >> These sound like unhealthy relationships. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> I'm thinking of the people in my life who are like my close circle, I want to

tell them every second how great they are.

>> I want to build them all. >> I don't think that's how I love. >> That's okay. >> I think most people, maybe I'm wrong, we'd have to do a poll. But I think most people who I do love, who I'm very close to, feel loved by me.

>> Yeah, yeah. >> I don't think that they're like, oh, yeah, through your action. >> A lot of it's through my action. I also do a lot of checking in. I am very much like, haven't talked in a while.

>> Yeah, yeah. >> And instead of just like, I love you, you're so great.

>> This makes me think, how are you guys in terms of, because I was just talking

“to a friend about this the other day, are you guys generous laughers?”

>> Yes, well, I know I am, and I don't know what it was like before the grindlings, but I certainly know, because I was at the grindlings and on Wednesday nights, everyone all week long has written five or six sketches. So you watch a hundred sketches from like six PM to one in the morning. Well, and as a team, as people who love each other,

you show up for those sketches, and if you guys goes up at 10 o'clock at night, everyone knows like, let's fucking go, you know. >> Yeah. >> So I think I did have years of really learning to be that way, but I'll be at table reads and stuff, and I'm like, guys, what the, right now, you're giving it up.

Maybe they think it's rude, I don't know, how about you? >> I think I am, I think I am, and it's nice.

It's nice to be around those people who are always laughing.

>> It is. >> If you really break it down, there might be a tiny bit of insincerity, maybe, but like, for the most part, they just want to have a good time, and they're just trying to encourage you keep, yeah. >> Yeah.

>> All the things you get caught doing, trying to make someone feel good, but having 10% of that, I'll live with getting busted for that. >> That is very true. >> I was talking to my buddy, and he was like, I don't know if I'm a generous laugh or I think that is something that I actually can change about myself, and that I do want

“to change going forward, because he's a funny guy himself, and maybe that's why he's not”

a generous laugh, because he's like, I want you to earn it from me. I'm around really funny people, if I'm going to laugh, I want to really laugh. >> He's ahead of it sometimes, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. >> He's not coming. >> Yeah.

>> Well, also, not as tricky, because I have kids as well. And I did feel this crazy obligation, I'm like, I also need to teach them what fun he is. So I'm not laughing at their shitty joke. >> Okay.

>> They'll know when it's real. >> Yes. >> When they get me, okay, this is a dangerous one. I'm going to say it anyways, because I'll stand by the fact that it does not racist. >> Oh, boy.

>> It's a good way in any story. >> Absolutely. >> So we ordered Katsuya, our favorite sushi place on Friday night, and everyone's kind of waiting, I was impatiently waiting for the food. >> Someone's like, where's the food?

I look it up when I go, okay, the Japanese food will be here in 13 minutes.

“And my kids are on high alert for anything racist, or homophobic, right?”

>> Because they're little kids in their life, and they go, damn! >> As soon as I say, Japanese food, and I go, guys, it is Japanese food. >> Yeah, there's nothing racist going on, you're allowed to say Japanese. >> Right.

>> So basically, I'm three to one, but then five minutes later, the little ones,

watch in TV, and she goes, "Dad, what's that Japanese food here?" >> Yeah, that's a great call, man. >> I was just leveled. >> Yes, yes. >> Yes.

>> Because I was already in trouble, and she flipped. >> That's good. >> Yeah, yeah. >> But when you don't laugh at one of their jokes, it doesn't deter them. They're not like, "Oh, I feel like I can't put myself out there again."

>> I don't shame them, but this is my, I thought, like, "Good, it's not funny." >> Try again. >> I'm not passing on, like, accounting skills to them, or manufacturing, where we fall. >> Right. >> I know one of you guys.

>> You've got something that you really can't pass on, that's all I have to pass on. >> Both of their parents. >> Exactly, exactly. >> Some automotive knowledge. >> You know who the friend I was talking about, who's trying to be more of a generous laugh,

or is Hunter Cope, who you did, he showed the perfect parfait. >> Oh my God. >> And Hunter loves you, and he really appreciates you coming on the show. >> That was so fun. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Hunter is not, he's not, he's not.

>> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not.

>> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> He's not. >> We need to let that. >> We need to let that. >> You know, linger for a little bit. >> But Hunter, he's got this interview show that has some DNA from between two firms. >> Yeah. >> And Monica went on, and he truly said you were the greatest, and I watched your episode, and you were just such like a team player, you were just game for everything. >> So nice. Well, you know, part of the reason I went on is I was like, what's this?

Like, I came through my agents. >> Yeah. >> And then I was like, oh, Dave did it. I'll do it. >> Is that why I really, oh, cool. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it's like, oh, he's signing up on this. And then it was so fun. >> They're very fun. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's nice when you see your friends do something that is just so clearly them. >> Yeah. >> It's just like unfiltered Hunter this show. And what that means is on this show. He's asking me about Annelingus. >> Yeah. >> He's got his guard brother, I'd rather fuck, but like that's Hunter.

>> You do you, man. >> Yeah. >> I was going to say that when we were talking earlier about intimacy sort of, I think holding hands is more intimate than. >> Annelingus. >> Is that of true statement?

>> I mean, I mean, I never thought it'd just, I get the hyperbole of our goal.

>> Yeah. >> But I do think it's the most intimate thing you can do is holding definitely the kissing. >> But Monica, I have to throw a hypothetical at you. >> Yeah. >> You just got an Uber right home from the airport, fill in the blanks who the dude is. >> Yeah. >> Annelingus. >> And at the end you're about to get out of an angel comes out and goes, to save the world. >> Do you either have so hold his hand or have him but fuck you.

>> As long as the bug bug you would take. >> Are we going to have a finger in her lock?

>> Lots of caressing while holding hands. >> Okay. >> Maybe even coming up under the wrist.

“>> Oh, that's a hole in the face. >> Okay, how's the way he's the head?”

>> It's a plane of violence. >> He's been driving to the security center. >> He's been driving to the security center. >> Monica, it's a question. >> Yeah, if it was a stranger, I'd hand hold. It's not when it's a stranger, it's if you're on a date. I went on a date with someone and he started holding my hand and I was like, oh no.

>> Can't meet out of this. >> My ass is yours to do with as you is. >> Just picking this up hard. Hand holding is very intimate like in a relationship. >> This is a more serious thing. >> A butt fuck. >> It just feels a little more raw a little more. >> Where's more trust? >> Well, I'm trying to get on board with her theory.

>> I don't agree with it, but I'm trying to see your side of him. >> It's because that's more trust than that because they could do something bad to me. >> You need them to really need them to be proceeding at a velocity in tempo. They have to be very dialed into what you're up to. >> It feels like you're kind of remembering one instance where someone maybe held your hand.

>> Yeah, I really didn't like it. >> But it was just the wrong guy at the wrong time. >> I don't know, but even like sometimes just my best friend, sometimes will grab my hand. >> He's my best friend. I love him, but I'm like, oh, it does something weird to me holding hand.

“>> Can I hold your hand by the end of this interview?”

>> Oh, and that's not why you'd have to feel me up. >> I hope you jump out of your head. >> You'll do it. >> Whatever you want, otherwise. >> I'm going to make this a full circle.

>> You'll be making me a salad. >> Yeah, that's good. >> That's fun. >> Okay, but I want to circle back to. >> So when she said the part about inflating someone and I made the image. >> I can just get a little sweaty thinking about what in your hand. >> Continue, continue.

>> Because you know how high the stakes are. >> Sure, yeah. >> You either be a life partner, not by no one. >> I just want to change your whole mindset on this. >> Oh, it's really nice.

>> But the thing I was touching on with her, giving a lot of compliments to me asking if her fear would be than they would might leave her. It was a pattern that she had told me about before, which so many people have, which is like, you're into somebody, you think they're out of your league. And then lo and behold, they start liking you.

And then what the brain does, because it's corrupt, is it says, not, oh, yeah, I got the thing. It goes, oh, you're not as good as I thought you were because you liked me. >> Oh, yeah, yeah. >> And now I'm not into you because I went mean to someone that likes me.

“So you can wrap your head around that frame of mind, right?”

>> Oh, 100%. >> But that isn't you, right, because the approval thing doesn't appeal to your wanting to win it. >> Gosh, I guess I can only just talk about my own experience.

Like when I first met Allison, and I know this is a rare thing, and I personally don't always feel this.

But when we met each other, for whatever reason, both of us just allowed ourselves to be vulnerable, and just be like, hey, I'm in. Let's not play any games. This might not work. One of us might get hurt.

We both might get hurt. But for whatever reason, there's an energy here that I feel safe to just go all in on. >> No protection. >> Exactly. >> Didn't even use the condom first.

>> I was going to say, oh my God, you did. >> You're the only protection. >> You were responsible for being in that. >> Because what I love about you is as a kid, I find this so endearing. You just were so in love with being in love, right?

>> You were sensitive and you were listening to music. >> Oh, when you got a girlfriend, you were writing her poems. >> Oh, very early. >> And then you had another girlfriend on Valentine's Day. You went to every single classroom and to put a rose in the classroom.

She would get it, and then you've later admitted it was way too early to do that. >> I was sensitive romantic boy. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> It is interesting because I guess thinking about even like my dating history before obviously

I met Allison, I'd always been the person who I didn't have many one night stands.

I would kind of meet someone through a friend and whether it became like a real thing or just for a few months, it was never a quick thing really. It was always like, I don't know how to do just a quick thing with someone that I have no connection with, which also became tricky because when you kind of have a connection enough to hang out for a few months, then feelings do get involved.

It was a little tricky, and I've got it in that book. I guess this is a long way of saying, I don't know how to just kind of be that guy who's like, "Oh, I'm not going to be nice to you. I'm going to just come in. We're going to fucking that's it."

>> So I know at least, minimally a couple of times you got broken up with. >> Definitely my heart broken for sure, yes. >> So these girls that broke up with you. >> Yeah. >> I mean, you're so fucking cute.

It gives me butterflies to look at you. >> I'm not even giving you. >> No way, it's my own closure eyes, and I see your wisdom teeth. >> So cute. >> No one's ever talked about.

>> I've been waiting my whole life. >> Well, I've been waiting for you. >> Well, I've been waiting for you. >> But you're so cute, and you're really, really smart,

So I guess my question is, why were these girls leaving you?

“And do you think it's because you were too available that you didn't withhold them?”

>> You know what's interesting. When I'm thinking about this one person, it might have been that. I was all in where I was like, this is the person I'm going to marry. >> We're not going too much into it. Again, I didn't hold back.

She knew exactly how I felt. I was going above and beyond a letter, no. And even when I could feel a change, I knew things were changing and how she felt about me. I wouldn't allow myself to accept it.

>> I was like, okay, she's not treating me great, but that's okay. >> The woman I'm going to marry is the face. >> So my wife doesn't like it. >> Okay. >> I've heard that's normal.

>> But it would be, not that I would ever ask for this, but it would be interesting to be like, hey, was he too available? Was he piling it on too hard? >> Yeah, and you know what's interesting is like, that is the right thing to do. I would not want to suggest people shouldn't do that.

>> Yeah, I will say, for a lot of people, I think that's the line you're trying to tow. And sadly, because I think a lot of us are very insecure, and a lot of us are operating like Monica did, and how I did.

“I was constantly figuring out what girl I couldn't get.”

And then spending my entire waking life trying to get them. >> Yeah. >> And then if I got them, this is mass confusion would follow me. >> Yeah. >> I didn't like myself more, which I thought was supposed to happen.

Like, why don't I now think I'm worthy of them? >> Yeah, yeah. >> And then it just gets all murky. >> What I'll say about just this girl I was just talking about, I wouldn't have done anything differently. It's not like knowing what I know now,

I go back and be like, oh, maybe I should be a little more coy,

and not give her everything, because ultimately,

she wasn't the girl from me. >> Exactly. >> And what I'll argue is she might have been insecure, whereas Allison is very secure, to me. >> Definitely.

>> It seems like Belle, or it's just like some pre-internatural fucking confidence. >> For sure. >> That was part of the reason I was drawn to Allison. She's very confident. She's so independent.

She doesn't need me, but maybe I can bring a little extra boost to her life. >> Yeah. >> You do like you as super into her. She's not thinking something's wrong with the cute dude who's super into me, because I'm not worthy of that.

>> Yes, yes. >> So I guess that is if you can assess appropriately, your partner is a little insecure, then I do think it's at least tactically advisable to monitor that. And then like we slowly lift the self-esteem over time.

I don't know, I agree with Dave. I feel like all it means is just not the right match. You are you. So if you're trying to not be you to sort of do this thing for this other person, it's just not a work.

>> In my last for a while, but you're not going to maybe be happy. >> Exactly. Ultimately, you're just not the right fit. >> With Allison, as open as we are with each other, and as much as like we don't hold back on affection,

when she's watching a project of mine, I know if she really likes it.

“That's what she can't hide, no matter what.”

And when I get hurt a laugh, there's literally no better feeling in the world. I remember the first time she was watching the studio,

and I've never seen her laugh at me like that,

and it just gives me goosebumps even say it right now. >> And I was like, "Oh, I got it." >> Oh, it's so lovely. >> Okay, I had one curiosity. You are not on social media,

and people are astounded by that, and I've heard you answer questions about that already. I'm hoping to bring a novel question to the table on this topic, which is, because you're not in the bubble with the rest of us, do you feel like you have

a unique perspective as an outsider of watching us all get infected by these memetic moments that sweep through social media? An example I'll give is like, currently we're all obsessed with ADHD.

>> Oh. >> And I don't know where I had Instagram. I would think about it. >> I'm not aware of that, yeah. >> Okay, so you're not aware of it, but you don't observe.

Are you ever somewhere and it's like, you know it is seven people at dinner. Are all talking about some topic where you're going, like, how is everyone abreast of this weird topic? >> Yeah, you know what it is.

It's more going off of what I just said, where I'm just blissfully unaware. I don't even know what the trends are. And because of that, I actually do feel a little on the outside sometimes,

where I'm like, I don't know what people are talking about. I don't know what the latest trends are. Is that affecting my own creativity of what I'm putting out there, where I want it to be relevant? I want it to hit the zeitgeist, but there is fear of that,

I guess of just not being tapped into what's happening, but at the same time, it's worth it for me to not have the mental anguish of being on social media. I just know for me, no shame to anyone else. I get the advantage of it, I get why it's so addictive,

I get all the stuff, but it just scares me. I just don't want to put myself out there to a bunch of strangers who inevitably will tear me down every single day. I don't want that negativity in my life on a daily basis. I love it, you are too sensitive for it.

Maybe, and maybe too sensitive for it too. Yeah, I think we all are.

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“For you guys, how do you monitor it to where it doesn't just make you feel bad?”

I've done everything I can, which is like, I will never read comments

that are not on my page. Is that true and you really stick to that? A thousand percent. That's great. We post our shit on YouTube, but I have no control over YouTube.

I've never looked at comments on YouTube, I never will. That's very healthy. On mine, there are some guardrails you can put. You can make it so only people who follow you comment. Because if they're already following you, they probably like you.

Definitely. And no one's going to follow you just to make a shitty comment. And then I'm following you. When I changed it to that, that weeded out like 99% of the negatives. Yeah, that's right.

I'm ruthless. Like, if you say anything shitty about a guest or anything shitty about me or my family, you're just gone. Yeah. Yeah.

There's the party I'm hosting. I don't want someone like that at my party. I've figured out a way to do it, or it's not. Because I am very sensitive to it. Would you say, though, almost every day, you'll still come across something

“that gives you a little pain and makes you feel bad?”

Totally. I'll tell you the even weirder thing is that I will often instead of blocking someone I'll restrict them, which means that they're free to comment,

but it'll never be seen by anyone.

And they don't know that. You can see it and no one else can say it. Exactly. So if someone comments on my thing and I don't like it, I can restrict them. And then going forward, they're not blocked.

They go to my page. It looks the same. They'll write a comment. They don't know nobody can see it. What does that do for you?

Well, I'll tell you what it is for me. It's like, I took this from Kristen who took that approach. She gets people on their calling or, you know, a devil for vaccines. Crazy shit. And she's like, I don't want those comments on my thing.

But I want that person still exposed to how I'm living my life because I want to win them over. Oh, that's interesting. And I was like, oh, that's fascinating. Yeah, I guess I still want my message. I don't want to exclude someone from something I believe in putting out there.

But anyways, this is all to say. People have written terrible things, right? And I'm like, oh, they hate me. Why are they following me? They hate the show.

Why do they listen to it? And then I'll notice when I uncover the restricted. So I can read it. It's like a really beautiful comment three days later or a week later. Really.

And I've had to acknowledge, oh, yeah, I'm also putting way too much weight on the one I saw. Like they could have meant cranky. They might not feel that way all the time. It might have felt that way for four minutes and a minute comment. Like I've written them off as an answer.

Yeah. And then I've had to recognize, oh, they're back. And they've written something lovely. So that's been kind of I don't make sense to me. I guess I'm curious if there's an element of it too because you can see it and no one else can see it.

“Is there something where when you put something out there?”

You almost don't want that person to infect how other people view you. Yes. Yes. Right. And largely it's protective of the guests.

Because generally most of my posts are just episodes of the show. I do not want one of our guests to go see how people like the episode and see She thinks there's a lot of sense to me. And that's very kind of you to protect the guests. Because you've seen it for our guests.

That makes a lot of sense to me. Okay. What's your relationship with social media right now? I hate it. And I'm on it.

And I don't see how to get off. Okay. Don't see end in sight because also for promotion for the show and work and campaigns and all these things that it feels like I need it. But I only look at the comments. The first chunk of comments that are people not only who follow me who I know.

Are the first chunk always from people you know do they filter those that they prioritize who you follow?

Okay. Okay. That's nice. I just look at those people and then I stop once I get to the first one that I don't know. Just being totally candid.

Yeah. I gotta imagine sometimes you get a little curious and go further. I don't. Good for you. That's amazing.

One time I got in trouble on here for something. And then I got curious. Okay. Anytime you're in trouble. It was the worst time to be here.

Yeah. But I was like. Oh no. Oh my god. They're saying this.

Oh no. So that was bad. But for the most part, I'm very. And we've had so many conversations about this because he used to look at the comments on our arm. Our arm chair page and I was like don't do it because they did actually affect how you were in here.

We would get sometimes it would not adhere but I think like what we should do this. And it's like, well, we don't need to necessarily do that. That's one person saying this. I think it would really affect me as like I read it and I can intellectually write that off. That's a person with a parrot on their shoulder.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

“I think in the comment just flies across my eyes and I'm like, Oh, it has an effect.”

I mean, more than I'm willing to admit, is there any part of it that you feel like you're missing?

Because there anything that sometimes you go like, Oh, maybe I do. Yeah. I mean, some of these trends seem fun. I'd be curious to participate in that every once in a while. And there's an element of especially within my people I know on Instagram.

They follow each other. They keep up on each other's lives. Yeah. And seeing pictures of their kids and stuff. And so I'm definitely missing out on that.

Do you have hobbies? I've realized recently that my hobbies sadly are revolving around my work a little bit. And I don't even know if you'd call that a hobby, but it's like, I've gone to the point where when I have time off, I get excited because I'm like, Oh, I have time to write now. So I don't know how healthy or unhealthy that is.

But maybe it says something about how I feel very lucky that my work is something that I love to do and that even on my off time, I want to keep working. Yeah. I think that's great. And more of the reason that you don't need Instagram because I love off-roading and motorcycles cars and boats. I'm seeing the coolest new boat.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I'm just like, oh, all my hobbies. I'm kind of following accounts that are people doing my hobbies. And I love that. That's cool.

The only other way it hurts me is that I've never really done like a paid campaign.

“That's what I was about to ask because that's such a huge part of it is they need people with”

Instagram or with social media followers. And no one wants me. Trust me. We've tried. No one wants me. Have you never been in a commercial? It's been a while.

What was the last spot? Who? I did these two, you know, ODMADs. Exactly. You know, mad in the video game.

Oh, yeah. So I did these two back-to-back mad in commercials. They're so cool. They put so much money in it. They get like real NFL players.

It was so fun. I did one with Kevin Hart and then one with my buddy, Chrisman's applause. And I think the reason that maybe I was able to do the first one with Kevin Hart is because they're like, oh, Kevin can take care of the he's got enough followers. Maybe we can pair him with someone who people may be like a little bit.

But like he's not going to help us on the social media front. Allison and I in the past handful of years, we've found a way and we feel very lucky that we've been able to kind of like build these projects from the ground up. When you do that, it's so much work. It kills you every step of the way until the movie is released for years.

But for those projects, these passion projects, you're making no money. Yeah. It's all for the passion. Yeah.

And so it is amazing when Allison does do this campaign sometimes.

In one day, in four hours, she's making 100 times the amount that we made on our passion project that we spent four years on. Yeah. It's a game.

“That's how you have the money to do those things.”

Okay. Now you and I share a funny distinction that not a lot of people have earned. And I feel like it's a real two-sided coin. So you were voted like sexy as cat owner. People sexy as cat dad.

Something like that. Yeah. And I similarly had a very small window in that issue as like a dog owner. Okay. They call it good news.

You're going to be sexy. I'm like, you mean Kristen's dogs? Yeah. That's the only way I got into that issue. And it was for having a dog.

And I felt like flattered and very disappointed. You know what? Feelings. All flattery. No.

This is a selfie. Come on. What's that delay? Oh my god. Here's the thing.

I realized a long time ago that being the guy who's obsessed with cats, especially when I was the single guy obsessed with cats, that was a rarity. And I realized that when it started coming up in every interview I did. Yeah.

People couldn't wrap their heads. I was like, is this not normal for a single guy to have two 18 pound cats? Yeah. Were they manicous or whatever they call it? Not even.

They were just big tabies. They were just big boys. Did you grow up? Cats? Yeah.

Okay. And you know, also at the time, having 36 cumulative pounds of cat also needed out the dating pool. Not a lot of girls are down with that. Right. I don't want to.

There we go. Would that be a deal breaker though? No. Not if it was you in your waist of teeth. You know.

Plus though coming up pretty hard at all times. Was that the cat's plus coming up? Oh. It's an energy for sure. That's a unique energy.

Like this guy. I know. I know. Nobody actually makes sense because aren't cats also with whole of it. And so you're kind of trying to get their infection.

This is what we're dying to keep. We're getting deep. Guys, I'm starting to sweat. I'm starting to sweat. God, this is so fascinating.

Because like they are very sweet, cuddly cats and they adore us. But like they're not given it to us all the time. We got to earn it. That's just cat dad, baby. Yeah.

So. What I hear about this, I'm like, you know what? I feel like I've been silently campaigning for this my whole life.

Here's what I want to change is there's a stigma against cats.

Like in popular culture where every movie, every animated thing, cats or the villains. Yeah. And I'm like, no, you look at the movie flow. Did you guys see flow? No.

See you guys aren't happy. I'm shaking my head, yes. I was thinking of hustle and bustle. No, no, no, no, no. Flow is a movie.

Foreign film that came out maybe a year or two ago. And the cat is finally the hero. And guess what? It won the fucking Academy Award. It's changed the narrative.

“That's why we haven't given them a shot.”

They're going to sweep everything. That's true. You love your foreign films. Where are you viewing all these foreign films? That was a big movie, though.

Wasn't it? It was. Yeah, best. But he's also seen every single foreign film. I guess that's part of not having kids.

We have time to watch everything.

And like the reason why we're doing all this is because we love movies. And I know that's like an obvious thing to say. But like yesterday, we watched four movies. And like Sunday. We really kind of cherish our Sundays where we're like lazy Sunday.

It's just us. We mostly don't leave the house. That's about the back movies just in bed with the cats. Okay. Was it now you see me three?

The newest one. Where you and Woody, which by the way just had the honor of working with recently. Oh, you did. Yeah. How recently.

Oh, February. I think January for everywhere. Okay, very recently. Isn't Woody a trip? I love him.

We interviewed him. He interviewed me for he and Ted show. Then we interviewed him. He was so fine. And then to me, Mailing.

Talk about someone I like. One of the kinds.

“Do you think he's living life better and harder than anyone I've ever met?”

He's literally floating. Nothing back and happened to Woody.

Yet also always has an injury.

So he's your all this small front. He's literally a rat. He is interesting. When we interviewed him, he had just crashed a motorcycle. Yeah.

When I worked with him on a set. He like limp didn't put a shoe on. He fucked up three of his top. And he makes sure he's showing him showing up on set. Just gash in the middle of his forehead.

Got to happen. Yeah. Yeah. He's got received. When you live that hard, something's going to come back.

Yeah. But Woody has the best sense of humor. Not all the injured. He could care a lot. The most fun guy in the world.

I heard you tell a story when you did actually. Yeah. About partying with him. Was that on three? Were you guys like in Manila?

Oh, we were in Macau and Hong Kong. So we were filming in Macau, which is like the Vegas of China. And we had the weekend off. And so a few of us, we were like, let's go to Hong Kong. Just have a nice little adventure in Hong Kong.

Wherever we go, Woody has some sort of hook up. And so he had this white guy in Hong Kong named Jazz. Oh, my god. So that's the story. Yeah.

Jazz. Here he comes. Yeah. I got the end of the night. We were all just like, you got a little Jazz.

So Jazz is leading us like. We're not getting the authentic Hong Kong experience. We're going to like these restaurants where it's like, Oh, so a club. Yeah.

So anyway, cuts to the end of the night. We're going to Woody's hotel room. And he's on like the 50th floor. And of course, he's in the one room where you can actually open the window. No.

Because Woody like has this whole thing about fumes and just clean living. He needs some fresh air in there. And the paradox that is Woody, which is like he's injured. But he's floating about everything. He's so healthy.

But he has not helped. Exactly. I love it. So we're in Woody's room. It's 4 a.m.

We've been partying with Jazz for fucking hours. So at one point, it's 4 a.m. We're all fucked up. We look over Woody in his socks is now standing on the open Isdondo sill, cackling.

Oh, thanks. Just the funniest thing in the world. We're looking over. We're like Woody. This isn't funny.

Yeah. We're about to fucking watch Woody Harrelson fall 50 floors. And we're going to be fucking like it's going to be on us. Exactly. Exactly.

This is not a time to be a generous laugh. Boiler, he doesn't die. But like he thinks is the funniest thing in the world when he's an inch away from fucking dead. He also might have survived that fall.

He probably would have that little fucking. Oh, that's so scary. I know. Well, you got to keep in mind too. We've been partying.

Exactly. So we're not thinking straight. We don't know what to do. But just like, oh, God.

“The worst thing that could possibly happen.”

We just blew past the fact that he does have a man in Hong Kong. Right. Which is nuts. But he's just world traveler. He's just one of those guys wherever he goes.

He's just pied pipe or everyone's following him. Everyone wants to be friends with Woody. That could be a fun reality show. Yeah. Woody doesn't know where he's going.

Yes. We take him to a country. And then he has an hour to get the fixer. And it's like a task to see Willie have a guy in the robie that he knows. And just to see how big of a crowd he assembles within a short amount of time.

Yeah. Just like, okay, Woody, how many people can you get in this city?

You could have definitely for the rest of your life.

And it's like, so what?

“And then that's my legacy for the rest of my life.”

Exactly. You're connected with that. Lou, I had a moment recently. Oh, God. We're in Venice, Italy.

And we were at the Guggenheim Museum. Beautiful museum. Very small, very curated. And I'm in this room. Most of the art is paintings on the wall or whatnot in the middle of the room.

There's this table. And these little tiny figurines on the table. And I'm talking to my friend. And I'm back and up. And I bump into the table.

And it literally rocks. Oh, my God. And in the moment, we're like, We're okay. That's fine.

Not a big deal. We looked up those figurines. Like 80 million dollars. Right. That's my legacy for the rest of my life.

And when I found that out, heart palpitations. Oh, my God. I was that close to my entire life, changing forever. That's all my Guggenheim though. They need like a bro.

It is. We were also joking around a little bit. We were having a good time at the Guggenheim. It's a boy. Yeah.

Man or two. Who'd be good? You travel quite a bit for work. Yeah.

“Have you mastered, like A does Alice and come again?”

You don't have kids, which is incredible.

Do you guys go with each other when you are shooting? And then be, have you figured out how to be living your life while you're there as opposed to like just hitting pause and then working? Have you made an art out of filming in Venice and actually taking a day and going to do the things?

What I love to do when I go to a new city for a while is I'll find all the best food spots. And part of that is I have the greatest friend in the world. He is someone I've noticed I was 10 years old and he happened to be one of the creators of Chef's Table. No matter what city I'm in, he's got me a list.

And so I start with his list. And then when I go to a place that I really love, I'll ask the people who work there. I'm like, what are your local spots? Where do you love it? I just compiled this list.

And I feel like it's a really good way to get to know a city just by eating the food and talking to people at these restaurants. And so I really try to like, hey, this is an opportunity to get to know a new place for three months. And in terms of Alice in coming with me, we're pretty good at it.

I mean, we've been very, very lucky that we both been pretty busy for a bit. And so it's hard to have one of us go with the other for a long period of time. But we'll definitely make trips out of it. And we'll find out that week I have off and have her come out and really explore the city together. We've been pretty good at finding ways to make being a part bearable part of that.

And I've talked about this before and this is going to be the easiest thing I say. This entire podcast, but stay with me.

Basically, when we're apart from each other and this has been since day one.

Instead of going to sleep and writing like, you know, good night, love you text. We essentially write a love letter to each other every night on paper or via text. It can be a few things. It's usually just a stream of consciousness. Things that happen that day that made you think of something in the past and old photo that you came across.

You can get really creative right at home. You can do whatever. And what it does is it really makes you kind of sit there and think about the other person in a real way. No matter how tired you are, let's say I'm in New York. He's in LA.

So I go to bed first. So she gets my text before she goes to bed and I wake up in New York and I start my day with hers and sort of end and start the day where you're really focused on each other. I swear to God, it's part of the reason why we're still together. That's incredible. But it takes work.

You got to sit there no matter how tired you are. Yeah. And sometimes you're apart for four months. What is that? 120 texts?

Have you ever walked an up to a stanker? Yeah. I mean, some of them you're re-trading certain territory. You're like, I've heard that one before. But that part of the fun too is finding like new ways to tell around much you love her.

It's almost a writing exercise. Totally. 14 years. I know. 14 years.

Yeah. That's a big number. I know. It's not like you're two years in your honeymoon. Yeah.

Yeah.

“But I think that work is what makes it feel that way.”

What's cool too? And again, very cheesy, very cliche. It's like, it's getting better. Wow. And that's when you know you found the right person.

You just settle into this thing that's so fun. And we just laughed together. It's just a good time. I thought of another fun trip story. Oh, I don't remember.

Yeah. Okay. So my publicist reached out at the end of last year. And she goes, hey, I received something. I don't know if it's real.

But let me know if you want me to look into it. And it was an invite for me in Allison to go meet the Pope at the Vatican. And I go, yeah, look into it. [laughter] So she's doing some digging.

And it's like this very mysterious thing. Like, she can't really get any details. But she gets to a point where she's like, okay, this seems very real. And so my next question was, why did they invite us? Right?

So she goes, you know, it's this thing celebrating cinema.

[laughter] And so anyway, we're like, we're going to go. What an honor. Once in a lifetime thing. So we fly ourselves out the room.

Oh, good. You just answered a question for me. Yeah. Because Sedaris has a great short story about him being invited. David Sedaris.

Oh, oh. Being invited with all these comedians to meet the Pope. Okay.

It's an incredible short story.

Okay. But I got to talk about that. When they invite you to do they fly you, they don't. We didn't get flowers. Those bitches are rich, though.

They can't have the church. They're not the government. I'm happy to pick them up. Okay. We get in the dress where they drop us off on this kind of street corner outside of the Vatican.

And we get there. And there's maybe a hundred other people. And seemingly, mostly Italian. But then some people who, it makes a lot more sense than being there. Like, Cape Lanchette and Vigo Morton.

It's a beautiful, great, great, great, great way. Exactly. And again, we're just looking at each other. We're like, just keep your head down. Don't ask any questions.

So they bring us through this back. Beautiful entrance of Vatican City. And we eventually get to this gorgeous room. All these seats lined up. Everyone takes a seat.

Pope comes out. We all stand standing. Ovation. And he gives this beautiful 20 minute speech.

Basically about the importance of movies.

“And I found out after the fact like how important this was.”

I was talking to some of the Italians who were there. And they were telling me, I guess pretty recently there was conversations of getting rid of all movie theaters in Italy. And so to have the post speaking out about like the importance of cinema. It's a huge deal.

So then everyone lines up to meet up. You know, you get like 10 seconds with the pope. And so we knew this was coming. So going into what we were like, what do you say to the pope? We kind of googled fun facts about Pope Leo to see everything.

Yeah. And I found one. And it's that he's also the youngest of three brothers. And I was like, what an end. Yeah.

Okay. So we're in line. And we're looking ahead. And we're seeing him interacting with other people. And like, you know, he's being very warm.

Very gracious. Clearly listening intently. Giving people their moments. He's American, right? He's from Chicago.

Right.

And he's the first American pope.

He's got a pretty straight face, you know, he's not emoting too much. And so we get up there. Allison's before me. And she says something along the lines of like, you know, thank you for inviting us like what a beautiful speech and so on.

“So you should have grabbed a shoulder and said you're in great shape.”

She won't. She will not lie. So she goes to the side. And now it's my turn. And I'd say to him, hey, I'm also the youngest of three brothers.

And I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've been doing for younger brothers everywhere. And Allison looks back. And the pope is smiling. And she's like, you mother fucker. And I realize at that moment, the pope is heard everything.

100% heard that. Yeah. And you have this beautiful photo of me shaking his head and he's smiling. Oh. So wonderful.

I don't want to see that. Is it on long? I can. You'll show it to you right now. I got it.

It's worth it. Okay. Here we go. All right. So got your quick with a phone. I'm shocked you're not on social media. What's happening to 12 minutes of iPhone? I think it's Allison.

Pretty free face to the pope, right? Yeah. Yeah. And look at that little smile. Oh.

Yeah. The animals are out. Yeah. The animals are out. It's so cute.

I feel like he's not even allowed to do that. Oh, interesting. He broke the law for us. We had to bring that up in confession. Smile at a joke.

What did he reverse the prayer point? Okay. The last time you were here. I just find this interesting. You're here to promote the rental, which you had directed.

Yeah. It was number one at the box office. Right. At 400 grand, which already might be a record for the long one. So we came out the very beginning of the pandemic.

No other movies were coming out. And the distributor that we are with was like, let's come out. There's power to coming out now because there's no competition for I think the second time ever in the history of film. We were number one at the box office and on VOD at the same time. Wow.

That's so cool. There's a little bit of an asterisk to it. No. No. Take it.

Yeah. You just take it. It's like sexiest cat dad. Whatever. That's right.

That's right. We'll take when we can get mad. And we just must publicly relate you over the studio. Appreciate that. What a ride you took a song.

Oh, man. You're so good in it. That was so fun. So when you're doing press for a TV show, you know, they typically will send you all the episodes ahead of time.

So you can watch it and be knowledgeable about it when you're talking about it and press.

“So I remember I think I appear in like the third or fourth episode.”

So I remember being at home and watching the first couple episodes. And I just start sweating and I'm like, Oh, oh, I think this is my new favorite show.

Yeah.

“And luckily, I was just so protected by those guys that I think I came off okay.”

But it's just another example of a situation where you're surrounded by these people that I've known them for 20 years.

Yeah. And because of that, I am so comfortable in my scenes in this show. I'm technically playing Dave Franco, but it's me, a version of myself, a nebriated on alcohol weed cocaine and mushrooms, right? It's so it's like the most extreme manic version of me.

And it's weird to say this, but it was a difficult part. Yeah, because the nature of the show as you guys know, every scene throughout the entire season is a winner, right? Yeah. No cutting just these long continuous takes.

And so they've said they typically do like 15 to 20 takes per scene. And sometimes those scenes are six minutes straight. So for me, I'm coming in. I'm on this cocktail of drugs. My energy is at 1,000.

And I'm doing these six minutes takes of that. And so in between, they call cut. I'm in the corner literally bent over Huffing for air. And they're just waiting for me. And they're like, Dave, you're good for another.

I'm just like 30 seconds. So what were let's go? Let's go.

Was it talked about getting you some oxygen in between?

It wasn't talked about that. I got it. Maybe another producer on this app. I'm sure they would have accommodated. So if I didn't have oxygen on the down, but also there's a scene.

“I don't know if you guys remember the scene where I'm supposed to go out on stage”

and like present. You've gotten your ass kicked by three dudes you ripped off. Okay. Yeah. So there's this five minute take where it starts with me coming in.

Bloody dope. I've just got my ass kicked. I'm still on all these drugs. You're in a great mood. You're in a great mood.

You're in a great mood. You're in a great mood. You're in a great mood. Yeah. Channel in wood.

Totally. And then it's on just full manic. And then on the time they want me to like bring it in. Go like rock and bersaw. Come out onto stage and do this monologue in front of a couple hundred extras

who are there in a New York accent and then shift again. Walk off stage. Lose all my faculties pass out and beg to go to the hospital. Well, celebrate. Then lose all you.

There we go. Yeah. So it was this thing where like. If they hadn't written that for me to do. I don't think I would have the confidence to even try it.

But because those guys like know me. You would like. Oh, if you guys think I can do this. Let's fucking go. Yeah.

You're like fucking A for alphabet. We're. Yeah. You need to be sleepy. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh my god. You're so good in it. Just so rewarding.

And there's moments from that episode where I'll be at the airport now. And the TSA guy will look at me and go. 21 grams of shrimp. I like helping you be doing that. Everyone runs over.

That's a line that will follow me forever. You know what? I just feel so grateful to be even a small part of that. Yeah. So we had Seth on before it came out.

And I got this season as well. Yeah. And I got to the episode called The Oneer. Yeah. I just was in all.

Yeah. Well, we talked to him. He was saying, you know, unlike other projects of theirs, where Improves. Usually. Yeah.

The stakes are so high. He gave a story of Crumholz. No. He's like the last button on a phone. Totally well done.

Because you improv. That's why I want to get to you. A little bit.

And you do it during the first handful of takes.

And what I like about doing 15 to 20 takes is you can try everything. And so by the time everything's honed in by that 15th take, you feel like, oh, I know the best version of the scene. And so in those early takes, I remember this is a small moment, but scripted. I'm supposed to say, oh, I'm going to go win some money at the tables. And so on the very first take, I was like, hey, I'm going to go win some money at the tables.

Now you see me style. And no one said anything. So I was like, okay, I'm just going to keep doing that. And what happened was they ended up incorporating. Now you see me for more time.

Yeah.

“And that's what they do is they're writing up until the second you're filming.”

So they can use stuff that comes on the fly and they can just keep incorporating and building off of it. Yes. Geniuses. Stay tuned for our share expert. If you dare.

So let's talk about idiots. Yeah. So the premise is it's these two guys. Me and Oshay Jackson Jr. We're down on our luck.

And we pair up to drive this wealthy team to rehab. And what we don't realize is this kid is a full on psychopath. And he's just, you know, making our life hell every step of the way. And so it's essentially like a fucking ball is out comedic version of the last detail.

With Nicholson. Exactly. I read this script like 10 years ago.

“And it's by this writer, director named Make and Blair.”

If you haven't seen his first movie. It's called I don't feel at home in this world anymore. It's on Netflix. It's fucking awesome. Check it out.

I saw that movie about 10 years ago. I've been pounding him ever since. He's also an actor. Exactly. Exactly.

So anyway, I read this script 10 years ago. And at the time, I was too young to play this part. And so we were like, all right. It's not meant to be on this one. And then like a year and a half ago.

I just reached out to him. I was like, whatever happened with that script. And he's like, oh, I'd almost went and then fell apart. And I was like, if I can be helpful in any way. I'd love to help just push this thing and get it off the ground.

And he said, you know what? Fuck it. Let's go. What's step one? Step one was going out getting some more cast. Yeah.

I'd worked with those shades before. I was like, this is our man. I just worked with this kid Mason Thames. Do you guys know Mason? He's like the main kid in the how to train your drag and live action.

So I was like, okay, these are our people. And this is just like speaks to how I'm loving making things right now. Where I'm just bringing in the people I know and love. And I know we're going to kill it together. And yeah, it's a grind.

We don't have a ton of money. But every day we're just coming in and making each other laugh and having a blast on it. Yeah, but it's violent. Oh, yeah. So making he's got these sensibilities where he goes hard on the comedy.

He will give you a belly laugh. And then immediately give you the most dark violent moment in the movie. And so you're on it. Yeah. You feel comfortable.

He's going to pull the rug out. And for me, it's my favorite thing. You know, you're watching a movie. You're halfway through and you're like, I don't fucking know where this is going. How it's going to end.

It's like an impossible thing to pull off these days. Audiences are smart. Yeah. Yeah. You usually know from the first five minutes how the movie is going to end.

Well, I'm encouraging people to make a meven. So you can be on a dual screen so it's like, yeah, it's getting even exactly. Yeah. But it's got a great cast. It's the three of us.

It's Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Braun, Kieran and Shipka. And everyone just fucking brings it. It's these larger than life characters. Monty went to you see Nicholas Braun's character. He plays a rapper named Prickabush, D'Ware Wolf.

Oh, my God. He's got gold grilled. Tatoo's all over his face. He's got like, what can only be described as little baby pony tails all over his head. Ah.

And his character is like voice and his character are fucking incredible. It's unrecognizable. It's amazing. And what about Dinklage? What do you hear?

My wife was going to leave me for anybody. If we're all leaving our partner for anyone, it's Peter Dinklage.

I've never met a dude that was so universal.

I'm feeling yeah. She's everything in every way. It was the first time in a while where the first day meeting him. I was a little star strong. Yeah.

I want to be, I want to make sure he likes me. And the cool thing about him is that he is so unassuming and disarming. Immediately he's making jokes and immediately putting a U.S. He's not reminding everyone he's better than them. Yeah.

But then he comes in. You can't miss. Straight in the can. Yeah. That makes a violence in comedy.

Yeah. For me, my very favorite. There's something when you introduce that danger early on. It makes it so that you set the stakes where anything can happen. Anyone can die.

Yeah. And it's just so unpredictable and fun. What had you worked with those shame on prior? Do you remember Quibi? Oh sure.

Are you Quibi? Took down a lot of folks. We did a show for them.

“And I think the reason we did it was for us to meet each other.”

Okay. Yeah. Now, if I got to work with those shame, I would be thinking, Okay.

How long do we have to be friends before I start asking questions? About ice cube. You know it's his son. Didn't know. He played him in the straight out of the can.

Yeah. He looked so much fun. Yes. What's crazy is, Oshay was guest hosting a podcast like two weeks ago. And he had me on.

And the first question he brings up was, you know, how is it kind of navigating this industry with a family member who was also in it.

We realized in that moment, we had never talked about it before.

Yeah. And maybe it's because we both have been in that situation. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I'm talking about.

So consciously, it's not that we don't necessarily want to talk about it. You've talked about it. Yes. We talked about it. But also when you're meeting people,

I want to be me. Yeah. And so I think both of us just had that internal acting where we're like, I'm not going to bring it up. And that's okay.

I'm neutral kindness. Totally. Well, this funny because I've had many friends beyond this show. And in a weird way, I've been like, Oh, this is fun.

I get to kind of ask him something. I would never ask that. Exactly. I remember interviewing my brother. A long time ago, but I came in with all these questions.

And I was like, whoa, we've never talked about any of this. And you get kind of vulnerable. And it's nice to learn about each other. Yeah. Yeah.

The craziest one was interviewing my mom. And we have a crazy open relationship. I was encouraged to ask any question I would ever want to.

“Was there one or two that stood out of like, wow, that was really fun to get into?”

Yeah.

The one that I never had thought to ask her is my first step there was super abusive.

My mom raised three kids on her own.

Built this incredible business.

She's a fucking tough gangster. By the way, it wasn't pre planned. It was just my instincts of having interviewed a bunch of people. It's like, I just heard the story. And then my natural question would be like, wow,

“How does someone like you that is so tough end up in that situation?”

Oh. Like, it's just so not in keeping with the rest of your toughness. Yeah. Yeah. And she was like, the shame of having failed at this a second time was more pain.

It was more painful than getting beat up. Ah. And I was like, oh. You want to quantify shame? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. You'd rather get your ask. Cool. Ooh, that's heavy.

Then experience shame. Yeah. It's just as a so deep about the game. Yeah. It's weird to think about just asking these people that you know,

so intimately like these kind of earnest questions. Again, with my brother, these earnest questions about his process. And like, it's like, if I asked that in real life, you feel like, Dude, yeah. You don't give a fuck.

Like, my brother can care cancer. I don't think I'd ask him how he did it. Totally. I don't know how the fuck you did it. I guess he did it.

I know. But I haven't been trying to do that a little bit more in my real life. We're like, my mom was in town last week. And we were just kind of walking around the neighborhood. And suddenly we started talking about drugs.

Uh-huh. And she was like, if you ever done cocaine. And he's going to get into that. Yeah. She didn't go hard.

She didn't go hard. But she didn't say Samford in the 60s. Totally. Yeah. But she had a face.

Hey, Desperes. Just a stone's wrong way. Playground, baby. It is so fun because you're family. They're an extension of you.

Like you grow up with them as an extension of you. And then when you're in these positions and you get to ask, it's like, oh, no, they're really the wrong person. Yeah. Yeah.

Exactly. Yeah. When you got to confront the things. Yes. And definitely give you another right.

That's a good point. Yeah. Without you there there.

“Do you still think that though about being connected to him?”

Because I actually, it's funny when we were just praying to someone. Oh, yeah. I forgot that. Like at this point in your career and your life. I feel like you're so your own person.

Yeah. And I felt that a lot more in recent years for sure. It's a complicated thing where I love my brother. And I'm so grateful for the advice he gave me. Coming through this business and just even watching how we navigated certain situations.

And I'm always grateful for that.

But I think in recent years, I've kind of gone down my path long enough. Yeah. That people have started to give me my own due. And it's almost done the impossible by shedding that connect. I think that's very hard to do, actually.

Yeah, especially because he's a very. It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge.

It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge. It's a big challenge. And it's like Frank Stallone and Solvester.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's a big challenge.

It is totally. Yeah. Congrats to you. Worked my ass off. Yeah.

I'm trying to think about it. We did it. It's sexy as you can. You can go back to that. Oh, my last.

I have a question. Did your kids see the movie Hoppers? The Pixar movie. How old are they? 11 and 13.

Okay. What was their reaction? Well, I'll tell you the very funny moment. We were all supposed to watch TV last night. I'm so sorry.

I guess I got to do research. So then I'm in bed reading about you. They file in separately one by one. And the 11 year old sits down and she's like looking at you. And then I don't know what page I'm on.

But so much she goes, Oh, was he in Hopper? Wow. She leaves. My 13 year old comes in. She's staring at you and she goes, Oh, yeah.

I know him. What did I see him in? And I go, now you see me? Oh, yes. She's watching all three.

I'm surprised that she could place me from Hoppers because obviously that's just my voice. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like most of my friends don't even know I'm in Hoppers. But what was fun about that movie is so I play the villain. And this is a kids movie.

Yeah. But like we were going for it.

“So the point where I was like, guys, is this too far?”

Like are we going to be scaring the kids? I can't tell you how many texts I've received from parent friends of mine.

Basically saying some version of, thank you for giving my children nightmares for their fucking lives.

I have one friend who I grew up with. She has a three year old and she was like, it's crazy to say that you are the scariest thing that has happened to my daughter in her life. I'm so far. Oh, no. You are the boogie man.

Yes. This character is so scary and like even during the process of making the movie. And this wasn't on me. This is on the animators. They realized they went one step too far when they animated my character doing the backwards walk from the exorcist.

Oh, wow. This is literally scaring the adults now. Like a reference to the exorcist in a Pixar movie is one step too far at the premiere.

This mom is carrying out this screaming child.

And Allison turns to me, she goes, you did that. But here's the thing. I take these reviews of like my friend telling me, oh, you're the scariest part of my daughter's life so far. What a great review. Oh, that's lovely.

Yes. Before you ask this next question, Monica, hold my hand real quick. Oh, yeah. Get over here so we can end here. Yeah.

Get over here. Get over here. He knows her brother. He's in a break of them being sweaty. Here we go. Here we go.

Here we go. Interlocking. That's nice isn't it? You're welcome. Immediately nice.

Okay. Mind if I take my meal so long. That should get in over here and you're fueling me up. Okay. That was good.

I'm ready. I'm ready. And about the same duration of a butt fuck.

“Honestly, I forgot we were doing it already.”

I would have done that as long as you wouldn't give me. You wouldn't be like, tell me about your journey there. I was ready to be done. Sure.

But it seemed like it was nice at first.

Listen, this sensation is nice. Okay. Also trust you. Yeah, yeah. But that felt very intimate.

Interesting. You need to apologize to Alice. A little. You don't. I also felt that.

Oh, yeah. Raise up the other. Raise up the other. Raise up the other. Yeah.

Oh, wow. That was weirdly my very last question. Which is Allison's in Masters of the Universe. Oh, yeah. Did she have to get like extra hip?

She's already in phenomenal shape. She was already there. It would maybe like 5% more. But she loves and excuse to get extra ripped, man. Yeah.

She like lifting heavier. Oh, yeah. She's in there. Not only doing 10 pull-ups. She's doing that with weight.

Yeah. A tattooer legs. I need to feel her wax. I know. Getting here feel my last feeling.

Get over it. Get over it. Get over it, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh fog. It's like all done to the back of a bag. Oh, yeah. Oh my god, do, get the bicycle up. Get the bicycle up, get the bicycle up. Hard as hell. Oh my God. Oh my God. I'm doing all this work. I know you're going to appreciate this more than anyone. Absolutely. I'm going to be thinking about that. And then also do we just want to say two seconds about forgotten island. You're in another. So forgotten islands. Another animated thing. Dreamworks. Beautiful movies coming out late September 25th.

Yes, September 25th. So first off, this is the first kind of big studio film that is ever focused on Filipino culture. And so it's basically a bunch of Filipinos in me. Yeah. It's a really cool concept. It's these two girls who have been friends forever since childhood. And we are seeing them on their final night together before one of them is going to the States to go to college. And so it's just kind of sad type thing. One of them's leaving.

And during that night, this portal opens in the sand. And it kind of sucks them into this kind of mythological island that they've always heard about.

“And basically they find out that the only way off the island is to give up their memories.”

But if they give up their memories, they might forget each other. And it's like the most touching. Oh my God. Because I'm trying animated style. Exactly.

Why are you asking? It's so intense. It's so intense. We'll cry if you don't cry, you are not human. If you don't cry, turn yourself into me.

Yeah. Oh, that's so sad. Okay, great. So for Got Nile in September 25th, but more immediately idiots, August 28th. Yeah. Everyone check out idiots.

Dave, this was so it was fun and zoom. But I wasn't getting the full magnetism. That is you. I love me. Yeah.

It's a little toasty in here. Yeah. What are we going to do? All right. All right.

I adore you. Say hi to Allison. Oh my God. I'm going to do our hiking again soon. That was so fun.

Storytone for the facts.

“So you can hear all the facts that were wrong.”

What did you see? President. Yeah. Do you want some mumsauks? Yeah.

Remember porous? I love porous. I love porous. I love porous. And he sent me some items.

And he said, thanks for being a nice person. That's nice. But I don't, that's not a compliment. I get very often. That's a nice person.

That's why I really liked it. What did he give you? So this is called no breath. Like cobra. Oh.

Or no bra. Oh. Is it? You see. I see.

Oh. Yeah. The ceramic. Okay. Wow.

It's a big king cobra with big breasts. Yeah.

I'm sure the whole gang saw.

“I thought there's no reason we can't have this in the mix.”

There is no reason. And also there is no room. Well, we'll find space. Just don't want to run the cocktail or the milk. Yeah.

Porous Walker is a great artist. And he makes perverted art. Yeah. And we have some shirts of his. I have a lot of his items.

Yes. So what's on the socks? Well, um, these appear to be, let's see. A lot of breasts. Oh, I think those are classic.

These are classic staples. Uh-huh. I haven't seen those pink ones. Let's see what the pinkies are. Oh, those are just those are pubes.

Oh. And this is penis socks. That's just one big penis. Yeah. And what's the orange?

The orange is. Oh, wow. Oh, balls. No, no, no. Oh.

They also look like balls with nipples. Um, okay. Well, humans like circles. Remember? Everything circles.

Okay. Well, that was that fun tree. We can offer. Um, if anyone feed or cold on the show. Two indoors.

Something perverse. Oh, wow. Wow.

“Now, I can't rely on you to notice because I know you're not very observant.”

Is it your hair?

Well, I just washed my hair one second ago.

So it's wet. So you're seeing that. Do you see all my blasts? Don't, don't, don't, don't. And then look at my neck.

God, you did your face. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really win. You tell on your neck.

Yeah, you can't. Oh, wait. Oh, my God. What have you done? What have you done?

What have you done? I really scheduled some time this time. I'm like, you know, and I'm going to take 40 minutes and go over everything with the fine tooth comb. And I did. And this is a zap here.

Is that there's that there? But I will say, I'm not keeping track of wall. I'm doing it. But later that night, I did look in the mirror before going to bed. And I was like, this is the most dex thing I've ever done to myself.

Yeah. Who's got the Apex DAX right here? I hate seeing myself on third person. I feel it's gross. But also, it's so what else would you say, right?

Yeah. And you daxed yourself. So Chris didn't look at it.

And she was like, you got to minimally admit a dermatologist would never do that to you.

And I said, yes, which is my point precisely, a dermatologist doesn't have an extra 45 minutes to go through every square inch of your face and neck to find raised hyperplasia's hyperplasia's. Did anybody suppose to have hyperplasia if you have so much of it? Well, no. Then maybe your body wants it. I know where this story were at ends because my father had the identical skin to me and he just accumulated all these skin tags and I'm not going to do that.

Oh my god. I'm not. I choose. You're going to have black dots all over your body. Oh, no.

This will be off in a day. In fact, we're not. I didn't think we were recording talk tomorrow. So I even said last night yesterday as looking at the mirror is like, okay, there's still bad, but I got a hunch Wednesday you wouldn't know. But here we are.

We'll see. Yeah. We'll see. I don't see it on your face, but I don't have good eyes as you know. So I also can't see from here it on your neck.

When you see this up here, I think I did a triple up there. But I don't know. Is it black up there? Scared. You can't see the scavener in there.

“Well, that's how good my work is. It's already faded.”

It just shows up back my eyes and they really are so bad. Yeah. They've gotten bad. They've gotten worse. I never know.

I was just socked. They just stay shitty or they too degenerate. The way mine are. I don't know. But I started with good.

There's no way for me to know. Okay. I did bond with some folks at Smiley Thai, the Thai restaurant in Montjuolia. Uh-huh. I saw this couple.

And they were both fucking firehows in the menu with. Bright light, right? They both had their phones. Sure. And I just had to stop and say, this is so comforting.

Because I too have to blast my menu with light. Yeah. It's a real marker. The trickiest part for me is when I'm signing the receipt. Because I cannot read.

There's no way I can see. I can see. Yeah. And then I got to ask the server. Oh.

Everyone's generally already balanced. I'm sticking around to pay. I see. And then I have to ask the server. But what's tricky about that?

Oh, this is so tricky. I've already tipped. Uh-huh. And I'm going to add it up. And that's when I realize, oh, I can't read this.

And everyone's gone. Okay. And so I have often have to ask the server. But then I think it's like I've put them in a position where I'm forcing them to see how much it is.

Oh, no. Yeah.

But I'm learning. So now I'm smart enough to ask them what it total is before.

Oh, none of it's comfortable. They also don't want to have to tell you the total.

“You know, because then is it what am I like complaining about?”

How much is this? Anyways. I sure do look forward to science fixing this. Yeah. I'm optimistic.

I like in my mind, this is not. I'm not going to be dealing with this forever. But you have glasses. You just don't do. I do have glasses.

And I don't. I understand. I'm not throwing stones. I have glasses as well. How was your Labor Day?

My Labor Day was lovely. I threw a party at my house. How did that go? Who came? What were the festivities?

A lot of people came. It wasn't in and out. Like people stopped by. Some people stayed. People about.

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No.

“I think it's hard for short people to play kickball.”

Okay. Tell me more. Because, you know, they throw it in it. Sometimes it. It's up high.

Like. You can be using it with dodgeball. No. I hate dodgeball too. No.

But you know, like. Do they throw it? They have to roll it. They. They have to roll it.

Sometimes it bounces. Well, if it's bouncing across the plate, then that's a ball. That doesn't count as a strike. Well, I don't.

I just always try to kick it.

As you should. And then I miss it with my foot. And it's too embarrassing. It's embarrassing. Yeah.

Okay. Well, I bought that for other people. You know, you buy bases and stuff. I'm a little. I don't know that you have enough room for a kickball game.

I don't think our yard has enough room for a kickball game. Of course it does. I don't think so.

Okay.

“Anyways, that's like a hung up like a ball.”

But. So anyway, I had all those things. So I had asked just to come early to set that stuff up for me. Right. He struggled.

But it was okay. Okay. So at least he was going to be there at 130. Yeah. Anyway, people came.

It was great. Tons of fun. I ordered air on catering. But then. Big hack.

And I learned this from a girl's party, I threw recently.

There's an amazing pizza place in LA on the east side called quarter sheets.

I wasn't going to say that because, you know, how I feel about giving. I don't want to gay keep. But I also want to be able to go to my spots. Yeah. Yeah.

And there's already lines. And it's already a thing. But it's a great place. And you can take out pizzas. Okay.

Oh, and cook them at home. Like they're half cooked or cooked. Oh, they're cooked. I picked them up. Well, every pizza place it.

That's not like. No, like. Yeah. You wouldn't order the businesses. Pizza joins her in is.

It's not. It's a restaurant. It's a sit down restaurant. Yeah. But they also did to go.

Yeah. But like John and Vinnie's.

“You wouldn't be able to get like a huge pizza.”

I don't think. Yeah. I mean, yeah.

You can order a John and Vinnie's to go from the restaurant.

You can order to go if you're there, right? No. No. You can call. Some post made.

Some post made. In order a huge one. I don't. I don't like a special one that they don't normally make. It's like a big pizza.

Okay. Box. It's not the one that you're saying. So they offer a pizza to go at wood sheets. That they don't offer on the menu when you're seated.

Is there any seeds? Quarter sheets. Yeah. You can get like a big pizza. So as opposed to when you go to the restaurant,

you get a quarter sheets pizza. Like a party. So. Right. That's great.

So. Okay. That's a pizza place that you can order. Pizza from. Yeah.

So you got. So. I ordered. Order sheets to come at five. 15.

Okay.

“And they have these amazing desserts there.”

And I asked if I could get a cake also. Okay. You're not allowed to get a cake to go really. Oh, you're not. Okay.

Did it for me. And so they brought the cake and we sang to jazz. So we, it was the last part of his birthday. Okay. And it was so fun.

Also, we learned a new game. It's really fun. It's called Imposter. It's an app game. Okay.

It's just how you play. Everyone's sitting together in a circle. And like I, we put everyone's name in the phone. Then I go first, right? I look at the phone.

It says a word. Mm-hmm. And a category normally. It says a word. And then I pass it to the right.

Let's use the word. Let's use the word. Okay. It says. It says blinds.

Mm-hmm. And the category objects. Objects. Okay. Then it says past Erica.

Past Erica. She sees the same thing. She passes. Everyone sees the word in the object. Except one person.

One person sees imposter. Okay. Okay. It's kind of like Mario. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. So then everyone goes, everyone's seen it. Everyone goes around and says one word to describe the word. Mm-hmm.

To describe blinds. Okay. Now. So the imposter has to... Surmise what that word is.

And try to do something. Yes.

The problem is when you do know the word and you're giving your clue.

There's most of the things going on. You want people to know that you're not the imposter. Yeah. But also, if the imposter learns the word, they win. So you want to give a weird enough clue.

That's true. Yeah. It's really fun. The Venetian would you say Venetian? Yeah.

Yeah, you could. But too much. It might be too much. Now, I was the imposter on the ground. Oh, on the blinds round.

Yeah. Okay. And part of it, it's randomized. So I was second. Sure.

That's harder. Really hard. Okay. So Erica went first. And she said sunshine.

Okay. So then I have to go. And all I know is objects. Yes. That was like fuck.

Okay. So I'm going to go with like yellow. Okay. So I had to do. So you now you know it's blinds.

It seems obvious. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But if you didn't know that, he wouldn't have thought this.

So I said banana. Banana. Okay. Uh-oh. But do you think some people are like in their mind.

They're like, I guess they're kind of shaped like banana. So, okay.

So then everyone says their thing.

I don't know what it is. Yeah. Yeah. And then people like, it was like, but I don't know banana. Or like somebody else's they thought could be all same.

Yeah. And very, really someone's going to say something. It makes no sense. Even if they know the word. Exactly.

And so at one point Anthony, one of my best longest friends goes, I think I know Ammonica's doing. And he was like, I don't really, I think she might be. I think I know what she's doing. Because you can't, again, you can't be like, she's doing this.

Because then the imposter would know the word.

“So you have to be kind of careful when you're delivering.”

Uh-huh. Okay. And then I felt so guilty. Uh-huh. Because he was really, really having my bag.

Can you really self-conscious of what your body language is doing and stuff? Yeah. And then at one point, Jess was like, yeah, me too. Oh my God. He too agrees with everything that Anthony said.

Yeah. Okay. Because he just closed. He just wanted to also, yeah, yeah, yeah. But then later he goes, I don't know.

She's such a good actor. I don't think. And I was like, you just said you understood. And he was like, yeah, I didn't it. Okay.

Okay. So then I did get got. You did. Yeah. Okay.

Which was annoying. But I think, okay, everyone agrees. We're going to say it's Monica. And then if what, if you can say what the word is, you're clear.

When. But if you can't say what the word is. So let's say you could figure it out as blind. You say blind, then what happened? I went.

And then what does this scoreboarder? And we'll if you want. Sure. Okay. Please.

Okay.

“Well, you know, where was the villagers that get smaller and smaller?”

You don't kick people out. You just play however many rounds. I mean, you could kick people out if you want it. But that's not fun. Okay.

And then you could have scored. You could have like a scoreboard.

But you can't really, the problem is it's not really fair.

Because it's all randomized. So like, air could got the impossible times. And like, just never got it. Okay. So what don't really be there?

Yeah. But anyway, um, it was a really fun game. I recommend that. Yes. Uh, I know we just had a great time.

I love hosting at my house. I bet. It's really. You love hosting at your apartment. I love hosting.

You're a host. I just love to do it. You're a host. Yeah. It is kind of, you know, it's.

It's rude because like, you know, some people you like get away with things and other people you don't. Okay. Yeah. That's an example. You know, it's like if someone's not tucking in the chair.

I'm like, if it's one person. But if it's another person. I don't care. Right. Yes.

“It's very unfair that we hold everyone a different stand.”

Yeah. But it's also realistic. It is. It's also, it's based on the person and all the things we told ourselves about the person. This person.

You're story about this. So. And consider it. Yeah. Yeah.

There's so unconscious. They are not paying attention to any. Yeah. Yeah. Stay tuned for our share expert.

If you dare. You have to fight it really hard. I have to fight it really hard. As a parent. Mm-hmm.

It's so hard. Or a sibling. You continue to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's like they have forgotten whatever they forgot nine times in a row. And so yeah.

Well, like here's a great example. Well, this isn't even an example. I don't know. This is just funny. Our trip started.

So we went to Nashville. Mm-hmm. And our trip started with me saying, like, okay, everybody the night before. We got to be in the car at 845. Right.

Great. I'm not going to happen. I've already split it back. Good. I was going to say you invested.

Yeah. So, you know, loading up morning of the flight. And sure enough, A45. No way. I'm in the van.

That may be Delta gets in the van at 855. 10 minutes late. Then Kristen gets in. Uh, and then Delta gets out. Oh, this guy.

And then Lincoln gets in. Oh. And then Kristen gets out to find Delta. And then Delta gets in. And so this had cycled through like two or three times.

And my commitment is just to accept that whatever it's going to be. It's gone. I can't. I have no sway over how this is going. So that had cycled through.

And I was just like, oh, my God. If I could ever get all three of them in, I'm just going to fucking floor out of the driveway. And all of a sudden, like 902. I'm in the van completely by myself again.

And I'm like, how is this? How does it happen? Why am I now by my set? Like, I had two at one point.

Never had all three, but I have had all three of them in the van at different times.

And so by the time they all come out at whatever nine or five.

Yeah. Yes. And so this is hard. It's hard. And then, you know, a goal would be the next time we have to go to the airport.

That I don't go into it going.

Well, here's what's going to happen.

They're going to all be in, you know, like, Do you don't do that? You have to do that. You have to do that. Because people are inconsistent in great ways and in bad ways.

And it my stories about them is that they are always late. All of them. Then I'll just be looking for that. And I'll drive myself crazy. Like, I do have to attempt to go into each situation with a clean slate.

But this is hard. Really unrealistic. And you couldn't, like, run a business this way.

“But I think for interpersonal relationships and family relationships.”

You, you, you have to. I know, but this is literally the, up, this goes in complete contradiction with having Expect, the, like, having expectations. So for, I would say, actually, you do have to tell yourself, look, this is what's going to happen. They're going to get in and out of the car million times.

It's going to be past nine and we're going to because then. And I had done that, right, which is why I never. What was really great is we got to the airport and Ryan had had the exact same situation. He has three daughters.

And, um, and then he had met he had yelled, right.

He had, he didn't want to get it. Yeah, very natural. Yeah. I'm not saying that. I would have met the owner of the bus.

No. But I was like, oh, yeah, I didn't because I did. I knew it was coming. But somehow I have to straddle the line between having appropriate expectations. So I'm not frustrated.

Yeah. And also, leaving lots of room for everyone to surprise me and not be this thing. I've said they all are. Because that also is, I think, damage. No, no, but I mean, how do you do both?

I don't know how you do both. And then if you, if you do the expectation one, then if they surprise you. Uh-huh. It's like, you're so happy. That's true.

That's definitely true.

And look, we made it. We flew out on time.

Everything worked out just fine. So I'm sure their story could be like, oh, Dad's neurotic. No. I don't know why he's been out of shape about, yeah. I, you know, often disagree with you.

Uh-huh. About most things. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really, really vehemently agree about being out the door on time. Uh-huh.

When you're supposed to be. Right. And... Well, it's definitely something you can miss. And it fucks up the entire trip.

I think it's, they're, right, like, not all situations are the same. No. They're relatively different. Pressure and impact. Mm-hmm.

And outcome. If you miss your flight, you may have missed a whole day of vacation. Yeah. And you only have four days. I know.

I mean, I feel this on smaller levels too. I just, I just think if everyone's agreed. Mm-hmm. Look, things happen. I'm not saying things don't happen.

But those need to be rareties. Not that can't be the consistent way.

“Do you remember being a teenage daughter, though, were you always on time?”

Yes. You are. My whole, like, there was no tolerance. Yeah. Yeah.

And also because, you know, I had friends picking me up for things. Like, you can't make them wait. Yeah. That was not an option. Yeah.

And I can't make my parents wait. They have to go to work. Like, I just, it wasn't an option. Yeah. And so, I feel very strongly about when everyone agrees to get out the door on time.

Well, it would be great for me as if I could simply repeat my mother's approach. But I can't. Which is just leave. Yeah. You miss the boat in our family.

Mm-hmm. And that, and once you're taught that you, oh, yeah, you really can miss the whole family. You're going to go to bubble. I went without you if you, I think you don't. You only do that once or twice.

So, I would love to be able to do that. Um, it's not on the table for my family situation. It's not. No, it's not. It shouldn't be.

And it probably isn't the best. It's not. But it's what I want to do. I know, so I feel like it's on. I'm just defending you so much.

You're not for the whole kickball situation.

“But I do feel like then you should be able to say, this is what I want to do.”

And I can't do it. And so can you guys meet me halfway and like, let's be on time. Yeah. Now, I have a similar story that sort of happened. Okay.

And I am going to get in trouble for saying this. But I feel like I'm going to say it anyway. Okay. Great. Like, I'm going to get in trouble from friends.

Okay. I know what I'm going to get back to them. Um, I was in the car in two people. My friend.

Okay. I've driven us.

I've driven us to the restaurant.

Okay. We eat and hang. And stuff. We're going home. And we stop at a coffee shop.

I want to get a coffee. So we drive it. The coffee shop is right there. Oh, sorry. It was kind of lunch.

Okay. Okay. It's raining. I'll be a little honest. I think I was a little.

“I think I was a little annoyed in this is on me.”

Okay. This part is definitely on me. I think I was a little annoyed that I had. I was driving. Okay.

Because I had just won the party. Okay. And I think I felt a little bit like, okay. Like, and now I'm doing this. But okay.

Fine. Um, and it was my idea to go to this place. Yeah. But okay. So then we go to the coffee shop.

I look as I'm driving in the person in the back seat.

It's not wearing a seat belt. Okay. And I was like, Oh, they must have forgot. Uh-huh. To wear a seat belt.

Yeah. Like, hey, friend. Um, wear your seat belt. Or put on your seat belt. Or make sure you wear your seat belt or whatever.

And then I park, right? Okay. I get out. I get my coffee. I also like sense.

The response wasn't like, Oh, shit. Right. And I was like, Okay. So maybe that wasn't an accident. Right.

Or maybe that, yeah. I felt more like a threat to her a their autonomy. It was a choice for them. Yeah. Yeah.

And so then I was like, Okay.

“Now these friends are talking about this situation.”

Well, I'm in there getting a coffee. Okay, but okay. I didn't love that. But I, and I didn't know what happened, but I know what happened.

So then, well, you got confirmation.

Smart. Okay. So, okay. No. Well, yeah.

Okay. So then I did, Jay. And my, the other jack thoughts, Jay. Yes. And it was like the whole thing roll.

No, you can. No, I didn't get it. I'm only flying in that one part. I know. That one part is your thing.

Or it's like your convinced everyone talks about you and you're not around. Or that's a fear. How about that? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Okay. So then I get in the car. And I turn on the car. Mm-hmm. I look back.

This person is not putting on their seatbelt. Okay. And I said, Hey, can you put on your seatbelt? Uh-huh. And they go, are you serious?

Uh-huh. And I, I was like, yeah. Uh-huh. You have to wear a seatbelt. Mm-hmm.

“And then the other person was like, I don't know if you have to.”

Mm-hmm. And I was like, you do have to. Well, are we talking legally? Yeah. I looked it up.

Yeah, legally after we're seeing the car. Yeah. I was like, it's illegal. Yeah. And it's on me.

If a cop drives by and sees that someone doesn't wear a seatbelt. Pulls this over. It's on me. I just, I did say that. Is that no way?

And I looked it up and it is true. Even if the passengers over 16, I know that's true if they're under 16. Don't have a license that they could be given a ticket for. Um, according to my Google. Okay.

Let's see. Or adult passengers, maybe we. Let me see. Yes. You must wear a seatbelt in California.

Everyone in the vehicle must wear a seatbelt. The rule applies to both front and back seats. The driver. It's as driver responsibility. The driver must make sure all passengers are buckled up.

Drivers can get a ticket for any unbuckled passenger. Oh, wow. Okay. So you had the law on your side. And it's my car.

Uh-huh. I say you wear a seatbelt. You wear a seatbelt. Like, I feel so clean about it. Yeah.

And like, I also, you know, then yeah, then other stuff of mine starts where I'm like, if you're in the car with DAX and he says put on a seatbelt, you're not going to put on a seatbelt. You're going to say are you serious? Well, then.

If I say put on a seatbelt, that means stunt driving is ahead. If you suspect anything in your car while you're driving, no one is going to say shit. And that's the truth. Well, all, okay.

Besides, maybe your children slow down. So can we, are we sure about that? Yeah. Okay. Well, unless you say to do something illegal,

if you're doing something that's because you're like, I'm driving the car. This is my car. I say don't eat my car. Yeah.

I mean, is it tough for me to know for sure, because as you just pointed out, I'm generally with my children and my family. And yeah, the rules I put down in the bus are completely ignored.

Like, you know, I'm like, no, no, we're just because we're in the bus. I mean, you can make macaroni and cheese. Well, we're going to, you know, whatever. Okay. Your family, your kids are a different situation.

We're trying to think. I definitely think there are groups of my friends that would and wouldn't. And there's an advice for us. Okay.

Well, this person would. Okay. I know for certain. Uh-huh. Both people in this car would.

Okay. Okay. Now that's fine. I'm like. Can I point on one thing?

No, that's tricky. So I want it. Yeah, that's fine. Unless we were getting on like a race. I wouldn't tell someone to put their seat back.

Yeah. That's fine. Other than my children, because they're my children.

But unless we're like,

in the sand dunes off-roading or on a race track.

“I'll be like, no, well, you have to have a helmet and a seat belt on to be in this.”

But I, so that's, I think that's in the mix. I also wouldn't do. If I looked back in the back seat and Aaron weekly didn't have a seat belt on, I wouldn't say a thing. I'd be like, he decided, he's an adult.

He's made a decision that he wants to or doesn't. So is that part of it or no? No. That's your role in your car. Well, I mean, again, apart from the law, which says it must happen,

if you decide your driving, if you decide, like, if I'm not driving, yeah. I might have been like, hey, why aren't you wearing a seat belt? Uh-huh. And then they would have been like, I don't want to wear a seat belt.

And if the driver didn't care, that's fine. Okay. But if it is your car and you are driving, you get to,

Yeah, I agree that you get to fully get to say what happens.

I agree you get to. So if you're not carrying as you, like you don't, I don't know that. That's fine.

“Because really quick, I'm very sensitive to a 40, right?”

So I'm like predicting how I would feel if someone told me to put my seat belt on. That's in my calculation, because I know what that feels like. That real bristle against being told what to do as an adult. But it's being told because of the law. It's not like, but I, but I can't really use that.

Because I'm also going to drive five miles an hour over the speed limit. And I'm like, so I've already, like, you already know that I, it's not like I have a total respect for the law. So it would be very inconsistent if I'm like, well, I don't care about speeding law, but I do care about the seat belt law. Well, you do get to decide that.

You get to decide. You do for sure. But the people I'm talking to, it's well within their right to acknowledge. Well, this is highly inconsistent.

He cares about this, but doesn't care about that.

I'm just painting the picture of like the reaction you get is part of a much bigger story about yourself, which is like, Hey, I generally don't tell people what to do simply because I don't like being told to do, right? That's just my own personal thing. I don't think that's true. You don't think that's true.

Maybe that's true. Maybe that's true. Maybe that's true. Maybe it's true. Maybe it's true.

I can only think of that one right now. Like that specific one. I just know I want to, given that one example. So I do wonder if like say Aaron, who's known me for 30 years knows I'm not the type of person that tell him to do something that if I do, he gives me the benefit of like, well, he's not like,

he's not controlling a authoritarian person.

“He's telling me this, this something must be specifically, you know what I'm saying?”

Mm-hmm. I just like, if it's your house or your car, it's not authoritarian. I mean, okay, well, actually this is helping, this is going to help wrap up my point, which is like, I think that's so childish. Uh-huh.

To be like, don't tell me what to do. It's like, you're in my car. Then you drive. Yeah. Or your house and Nashville, you guys have a rule now.

No shoes. Yeah. I don't like taking off my shoes. I mean, either. And guess what?

I'm going to do it because that's your house and your rules. Absolutely. Like, yeah, yeah. Okay. I might think that's arbitrary because other rules aren't, you know, whatever.

It's not my job to say. Right. And I think that's very childish. So that all happened. And I was like, okay, they did put their seatbelt on.

Okay. And then we're getting on the inner state. And the other person is like, oh, I have to pee. And I was like, I'm... I don't want to be a mom.

Uh-huh. Yeah. There's a reason I don't have children and I too children of my car. And I pull over on the side of the road. Okay.

And like, the person pee. And then the other person is like, that's crazy. And I'm like, well, you're also doing something crazy. So, uh, frustrating for me. Yeah.

Yeah. I understand. Yeah. I understand, um, all, everyone's feelings, probably, in the situation. And I know that you're, you're objectively correct.

It's childish to disregard rules. When you're an adult, you're an adult. Just like, it is childish. Um, it's not preferred. Also, people come with a lot more baggage than other people.

And it might also be relevant. But when you are baggage comes at potential, like, the cost of me. I, that's, that's where I say no. Yeah. Yeah.

That's fair. You don't want to take on their issues. Yeah. If it's going to come out of car, it'll look, if it's on. It's, again, if it's on its own.

I have plenty of my own stuff.

“But if, and again, if I'm not driving, not my car.”

I'm not in charge here. Fine. Well, I, everything in life's trade-offs, right? So I want to drive. I want to be in charge of driving.

And so I, the cost of that is, like, yeah, I have passengers. And they likely aren't behaving the way I would wish they were. My choice is to be a passenger. Yeah. And then that stuff won't bother me in theory.

But like, sound works for me in a passenger. Well, sure. I didn't want to be a driver. You didn't. Yeah.

See, that's where it's very different for you and I. Yeah. Yeah. You should just be a parent. You should just go like, you drive.

But they, it was a pick me up. Okay. So, okay. So, okay. Sure.

I guess I already don't really want to be doing that. Fine. Yeah. I can take one for the team. And then that.

Right. No. Do you want to ride? Here are the rules. Yeah.

Yeah. All right. We should do some fast. Let's do some facts. This is for day Franco.

Oh, what a charmer. Oh, he's so cute. We've since we had a double date with them. We exposed them to Baja California tacos. How did that go?

Well, I think we're like six or six. People we've introduced. No, I've never had them. You've never introduced. What's wrong with this?

What is, what are you waiting for? I don't know. What do you like a heart shell taco?

That's the first and foremost.

I do like a heart shell taco. Okay. Do you prefer to a soft shell taco? It depends on the mood. Okay.

I sometimes do a heart shell taco night. Okay. At the house. Then you make them. Oh, fun.

The shell's in the recipe.

“Do you have the pre-made shells and then put them in the oven?”

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you buy them pre-made, but then you got them in the oven. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You go too far. I've gone too far.

Yeah. And then they powder. You take a bite and the thing just turns to powder. Okay. Is this pope the first American pope?

Yes. Okay. He said working with the professional trainer. He heard makes you work out 60% harder. It does say studies show.

You know, that's general. But it says studies show that 60% to, oh, no, this is different. This is different. Okay. Studies show that 60% to 70% of people who work with a personal trainer stick to their routines long term.

Okay. Yeah. When I talk to people about exercise, what seems to be the hard part is not the exercise. It is committing to going. Yeah.

If you've paid someone, I can see where it could be hugely impactful. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Back to the aforementioned chat about not wanting to be told what to do ever.

Yeah. You don't have to. That does. I had to figure out how to get myself there because I couldn't do it. Yeah.

Oh, our pope's allowed to smile. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I wasn't sure.

Okay. Because he smiled at Dave. And he was a big deal, and I was like, yeah, I don't even know if they're allowed to do that. Yeah. But they are.

Okay. Great. Of course Dave got a smile. How can you not smile back at that cute smile? I know.

Um. That pope's from Chicago too. Yeah. Yes. And a white socks fan.

Oh. Big deal. He was at like the 2005 white socks world series. They have like a thing at the park for him and they've done. Okay.

Yeah. Are you a socks or a cubs? I'm a white socks fan. He's asking. Is it like?

Big cubbies fans are this. Yeah. White socks fans are more hardcore. Or this? Yes.

The white socks fans are tougher. Cubbies fans are softer. Is it called cubbies? Because that doesn't. Doesn't help the cause.

Yeah. But cubbies at term. In the gay community. Bear. A bear in a car.

Yeah. A smaller bear. Boys and men who love bears are cubs. Is it still? What are with the newlingo is?

I'm sure there's newlingo. Yeah. You would hope. Like I wonder what a silent mander is. Oh.

Probably a slippery guy.

“I think a salamander's a guy who is always at the steam room and the the sauna.”

Oh. We're just watching. Oh. And not ever participate. Yeah.

That's a salamander. Oh. Gross. Spectator. Oh.

Okay. Well. I mean, one thing about Dave is he loves cats. Yeah. He really is.

Yeah. How. We talked about flow. The movie flow. Because he said that movie won an Oscar.

And it had the cat is the protagonist. Oh, right. Finally. Yeah.

So flow grossed over 50 million to 57 million worldwide.

Okay. But it only had a production budget of 3.7 million. Yeah. It made a lot of money. It did only grow 4.8 million in the North America.

The international support was large.

Well, no, I think it's like, is it a story about Mexico? Or is that a different one? That's a different. That's anything. The Pixar one.

Oh. Flow is Latvia. So that makes sense. Oh, it's independent. Okay.

Well, obviously, I guess since it was for $3 million.

Independent animated dystopian adventure film. A Latvian French in Belgian co-production. Post-apocalyptic world. Okay. The cat trying to survive along with other animals.

And it's seemingly post-apocalyptic world as a water level dramatically brightening. What is union? Latvia, France, in Belgium. Yeah. Okay.

Well, this make, oh, it released a can. Okay. That makes sense because it's said most. So gross 45 million with strong performances in markets like Mexico, France, and it's native Latvia.

Oh, yeah. Huge in Latvia. That makes sense. I have an embarrassment admission to make. I couldn't point out Latvia on a map.

If it were to save everyone's life. And I know what? They deserve that. They do.

“And I think I can't point out a lot of places.”

I'm getting really nervous about geography.

Okay. Recently. Yeah. Some other country came up and I like, no way. But I'm like, isn't it?

Uh-huh. She won't hurt. And where they put it. Where did I put it? Oh.

Okay. So it's just under Estonia and above Lithuania. It's near Russia. Yes, it is. It's bordering Russia.

Now, Russia is confusing. And what will respect? In that, it's European and Asian. It's like, it like-- Well, it stretches 11 times zones.

And I think under USSR, it's 13 times zones. So more than half the time zones. It stretches. You might live in age. You might be Asian.

Among the only in virtually. Yeah, if you're in Siberia. Right. Yeah. Their ethnography is complex.

Yeah. They're sweet and in Norway, Finland. Uh-huh. All your friends. Friendly.

Neighbors to the north. The north.

“Bendo Estonia and that little chunk of Russia right next to Estonia,”

where St. Petersburg is. Uh-huh. But I did not go south to Latvia. You know, I feel like a fool. Maybe you cross through and just didn't know.

I definitely sailed next to it. Right. Because I had left and marked. Yeah. Left Copenhagen.

You saw it. You've been there. Okay. I'm going to put a pin in my map, my world map. When I was in Spanish class, you know,

I learned obviously the South American and all those maps. Uh-huh. And there was a song. Uh-huh. To remember the capitals.

Yes. These countries. And I think. Thirty times a week. A two lines of that song run through my brain.

Can you do the whole song? No. And then that drives me nuts.

So I'm always trying to get the rest and it's only like two lines.

Uh-huh. That is. So Ecuador, Lima, Peru. I'm not going to look it up though. The song.

And where you learn it. I might be nice.

“I kind of want to ask to see if Callie remembers it.”

Yeah. Yeah. Have her sing it to me on Voice memo. For your birthday. Yeah.

Okay. I'll give her a heads up. That's what you want on your birthday. Okay. But it's just like, you know, some things are in your brain.

You know, they're seared. But they just pop up. Like, I'm in the shower. And I'm always like, "Kito Ecuador." Uh-huh.

That's it. Yeah. You're halfway there, I think. No. There's a lot more.

There's a lot more. Um, anyway. Um, that's it. That's everything. Yeah.

Okay. Wonderful. Yep. Yep. Well, hopefully, well, I want to hear the song at some point.

Yeah. Okay. See you soon for the next fact check. Hopefully, I'll have it by then. Okay.

Love you. [MUSIC]