Join master of menacery Mark Maloney and the OG guy being dude Aidan Maloney as they
explore movies, music, food, and nightlife on the Mark Mo Show.
Segments like You Just Made the List, Carpe DM, and the 15 each episode is loaded with
shenanigans, tomfoolery, and chaos.
We hope you enjoy the show.
What's up everyone?
Welcome to episode 6 in our first season of the Mark Mo Show.
My name is Mark Maloney and I am your host along with AK219's very own Aidan Maloney.
How are you doing today?
Doing pretty good.
A little sleepy, kind of a sleepy kind of week.
The weather's been weird in the region, the Chicago land region.
But yeah it's looking up, looking fantastic, and it's the weekend.
I know I keep saying that, but every day that is a weekend or leading up to a weekend is
a good day.
It is a good day.
It is definitely a good day because working sucks.
That's pretty much it.
I really had nothing to...
That isn't a thought.
That's a thought.
I didn't really need to expand on that thought.
Nor elaborate really.
Really don't have to.
My goal in life is to find a big pile of money and then make my living, I don't know, sitting
on a beach and drinking and then drinking and sitting on a beach.
In that order.
It's kind of the vibe of the working class, I feel.
It really is for the pennies that we work for.
Right.
And others, we could go off the rails.
We could really go off the rails here.
I prefer...
Do we move forward?
Yeah.
It's pretty optimistic.
Unlike many things in this country.
Yeah.
We'll move forward.
Got him.
Yeah.
Indeed.
Indeed I did.
Got him.
Well, we produce new content weekly on all podcast platforms on YouTube.
And we even have some more off interviews.
We have a great interview with the YMCA on there now.
So check that out.
It's pretty great stuff.
And if you like the Mark Moe show, check out my radio show After Hours on WVLP.org for
the tune and app.
On hand out of the vice.
Two hours of uninterrupted Celtic, Punk and Alt Rock every Tuesday night at 9pm central
and Friday 4pm central.
If you live somewhere else in the world, just do the math.
Do the math, right.
Do the math.
I can't.
We're all plus or minus on that Grinwich Weirdo time.
Right.
And the military guys do it completely different.
Right.
No, I'm not doing it.
It airs at 1600.
Right.
Okay.
It's whatever you say.
I can't really talk.
I started doing military time 24 hour time a while ago.
Yeah.
I still have it.
I don't even know why.
No one else I know does and there's no reason for me to keep it.
I've just been too lazy to switch it back, I think.
Sure.
It's also helped me with the realization of like, oh, I know what 1900 means.
It means 7pm.
So pros and cons, I guess.
It kind of a kind of an aside.
But yeah.
But just watch it.
Don't watch it.
Watch it.
Don't watch it.
If you watch it, you're not going to see anything.
If you stare into the abyss too long, it may start looking back at you.
That is correct.
It could also cause eye tumors and possibly spleen issues you might want to consult your
doctor.
Exactly.
But anyway, this is, I mean, ladies and gentlemen, we're already in this mood.
You wanted an intro.
You're getting an intro.
I'm just going to tell you to strap in.
Just strap.
Or strap on.
I mean, whatever works for you.
I'm not going to judge you.
If you're in the mood, it is the weekend kind of mood, you know.
Right.
Your name might be Peggy.
I don't know.
Anyway, you should also check out the guys being dudes, AK219 podcast with Aiden Maloney.
And let me see if I got this name right.
Kevon Boulonde.
That sounds French.
It sounds about right.
I think he is French.
He is French.
You know how we feel about the French.
Yeah.
He's a spelunker.
I've heard.
That much I know.
Spends time in that cave.
Oh, indeed he does.
Indeed he does.
But definitely check out their content.
And you know, in previous episode, I had mentioned that the Mark Moe show is largely apolitical,
right?
We try not to go down that road too often.
You know, we steer clear things like politics and religion because it's what's best for
business.
You know, steer towards entertainment, having a laugh.
But the United States of America right now, it's bad reality TV.
Right.
It's like a traffic accident that you can't turn away from.
It's a traffic accident you try and turn away from and there's just another one behind
you.
Right.
You know.
Every day.
Every time.
Every day it's something different.
And look, let me just put it this way.
We all know it's never a good idea to sleep with your ex, right?
It really is sloppy seconds.
You run it back on one crazy night, probably alcohol, maybe other party favors involved.
You know, and you know, it's poor decision making.
It's not the best.
Bad judgment call.
It's a bad judgment call.
And you know, granted look, it's probably hot and it's intense and then it's over.
And you're looking up at a ceiling fan, your heart's beating kind of fast.
You're doing your best not to make eye contact or speak to the other person.
That was really great.
We should do it again is not the thought that runs through your head.
It's more like, well, if I were able to sneak out the second floor window when she gets
up to pee, will I break my ankles and is it worth it?
Well, that's how most Americans feel right now.
And we can't kick the guy out of our house.
He's a freeloader and he's here for the next three and a half years.
He's not going to pay rent.
He's going to leave his dirty socks and undies all around and probably steal your money.
So what has our unwanted roomie been up to lately?
Good question.
Well, he's pissed off Canada and Mexico.
Canada and fucking Mexico.
How the fuck does that even happen?
And by pissing them off, he's fucked all the American companies that do business with
our neighbors and that's a lot of business.
Oh, and he's cozying up to the Turkish president, Vladimir Putin, our NATO allies feel betrayed
and now Germany is beginning to rearm itself all over again to the joy of the European
neighbors.
Germany, arming itself to the overzealous joy of the European.
What kind of black mirror bullshit is this?
I mean, seriously.
I mean, when was the last time France was pumped about Germany becoming a military powerhouse?
That can't feel good.
It's like, well, we need it.
But do we?
Oh, should we?
Should we?
It just, it feels dirty.
It feels bad.
And honestly, I just feel like we're all being punked.
Where's Ashton Kutcher?
I mean, jump out of my garbage can, tell me that I'm being punked.
Unfortunately, we all know that's not going to happen and a recession's on the way.
You know what happens when that happens?
Millions of people lose their jobs.
Millions lose their homes.
Millions file bankruptcy.
In desperation, thousands and thousands of people will take their own life.
These are fucked up time, sir.
What do you have to say about that?
I mean, it's not, I don't know, I've put a lot of thought into this because when I was
a younger lad, a teenager, I was very much into politics as a whole.
Kind of the overall fascination of politics and business as something to learn.
And the more time that has passed since then, the more I've become disinterested in such
because in my eyes and in my experience, this to me was inevitable.
This was inevitable because capitalism in crisis breeds fascism.
Yep.
Period.
Every time.
So without a full system overhaul, this was going to happen.
This major downfall end of an empire type scenario was going to happen.
And it's not necessarily apathy or nihilism, but there's just a, well, I knew this would
happen kind of feeling to it, you know?
Yep.
Like an individual from the bottom up doesn't have the power to change it.
But I recently, I've been getting into watching this guy on YouTube, Adam Conover, from, you
might know him from like Adam Ruins Everything.
Really fantastic activist was on the front lines when, you know, SAG was on strike and
the writers killed.
Her skilled guy.
And he posts on his YouTube channel a lot about the state of the country.
And he had a really fantastic video recently of the last, I think week or two talking about
this scenario we're covering right now about like, sure, an individual can feel powerless
and helpless in times like this where you've got all three branches of government essentially
saying, Hey, the law doesn't apply to rich people and everyone else is just going to
have to live with that.
But he, the way he phrased it was groups of people, whether union or not unionized or
not, the groups of people have always had the power.
You know, there's 330 million of us and there's what a couple thousand of them, maybe, maybe
we always have the power.
You know, so that that at least gives me optimism that that thought.
But realistically, it in my mind, it always just comes back to the fact of like, I knew
this had happened.
It was just a matter of when.
Oh, for sure.
So yeah, that's kind of my takeaway.
Yeah, it's depressing.
And I try to be lighthearted about it because what else can you do?
It's a total shit show.
Every day is something different.
And I just like, I don't get it many times, depending on whether you're the right or left.
I don't give a shit.
Like you, you have an idea.
Well, I think we should do it this way because of this and the other side, I think we should
do it this way because of this.
And then they go and they do some, some whiskey lunches and hang out and they make some deals
and they don't always, it's like the Rolling Stones song.
You can't always get what you want, but sometimes you might just find you get what you need.
That's politics.
That used to be American politics for over 200 years and nothing would ever be perfect,
but you would always continue to move the ball down the field.
That was the idea.
And now it's like, well, I've got the power, absolute power.
Right.
I'm just going to do what I am.
I am going to shit in the Oval Office.
Well, he probably does that anyway, but that's also true.
Yeah.
I'm certain he does that, but it doesn't matter.
Nothing will happen to him.
Right.
That's very true.
And we've already seen, we've already seen some activism.
Of course, there are, there are always protests going on nationwide and that's, that's obviously
something I support, but I heard this put online one way that you can scream as loud
as you want, but the, the protests that always made a difference were the ones that obstructed
the system as it's running.
And I've seen that there was a Tesla showroom in Oregon that got like all the cars in there
got shot up.
Oh, damn.
There was a Tesla dealership in France that got burnt to the ground.
So people are already kind of taking their own unique actions against President Musk,
which I don't know if it's legal to say I support, but I'm just going to say, I don't
not support that.
So I would encourage everybody to live within the law, wink, wink and whatever that means.
Right.
Yeah.
But then again, the law applies to us since we're not multi-billionaires.
I would just say, keep it up.
These little bits of activism I'm seeing are keeping, keeping my hopes high, putting a
smile on my face.
Yeah.
It can't hurt.
And just remember that your fellow working man is not the enemy.
Right?
That's all I say.
Nope.
I think that you said it very well, sir.
And we'll get back on the highway now and we'll move forward and we're going to take
a quick break.
When we come back, we've got a little carpe diem for all you fine, beautiful folks.
All right.
We are back and it is time for carpe diem.
It's the DMs that all you fine, beautiful folks send us and then we read them live here
on the Mark Moe show.
And if you have questions, we'll answer them.
Maybe.
For the most part.
For the reason.
We're not obligated to do it.
That's true.
Legally, we didn't sign a contract with you.
No.
But for the most part, we got you.
Indeed.
Aiden.
Yes.
I would love to hear your DMs.
Certainly.
Another one.
Another gumbo.
Hmm.
Gumbo Charles asks, what are some cars you like that aren't super pricey?
We had a similar question like this, I believe on the Mark Moe radio show before we hit
podcasting, I think it was akin to like what are your favorite cars.
But this is a little more constrained.
So that aren't super pricey.
I'm imagining means under 50k maybe.
Okay.
Give or take.
I would say I really like the Kia Stinger.
It's like their newer sporty car.
Oh, okay.
I think it's really cool.
Down super neat.
I love the Mustang Mach E. I think it got panned when it first came out because people didn't
like the fact that there was a Mustang badge on like a crossover SUV.
But I kind of like crossover SUVs.
You know, they're just like hatchbacks, but a little bit bigger.
And I kind of like both hatchbacks and crossovers.
I like the Mach E. I think Mazda cars are pretty cool too.
And another one I like, Sleeper, Toyota makes a Corolla hatchback and it looks super slick.
Yeah.
That's interesting.
Yeah.
So I would say those would be mine.
All right.
I would probably say what's that Subaru one that everybody seems to buy?
Everybody around here, the Subaru Outback?
Is it the Forester or Outback?
Sure.
Yeah.
I think that's under 50k.
Subaru makes good cars too.
I would say the Outback could be pretty good.
And I own a Ford Escape.
The old Ford Escape.
Now we've had a 2012.
I currently have a 2017.
Another couple of years I'll probably get another one.
Yeah.
They're just solid.
They are.
They just look slick even throughout all their redesigns.
I've always liked how they looked.
And yeah, they run well.
The only reason mine died is because I hit a deer.
And that, what are you going to do?
That just happens.
That deer was flying.
You were in the car with me.
I was.
And that fucker came out of nowhere, man, because I was looking at the road.
And then it was like, oh, bang.
What the shit?
Within a split second.
I think I still have that dash cam video somewhere.
You obliterated that fucker.
That dude went flying.
Yeah.
Yeah, he went flying.
There was not much left of him.
He was literally pate.
Yeah.
We definitely ended his life quickly.
I think the magical part was with how damaged my car was.
My car was fucked.
It still drove for miles.
Miles.
Like, let's do this.
The only reason I stopped driving and took the risk turning it off, which of course it
never turned back on.
But the only reason I stopped driving is because I lost brakes.
I was like, OK, I'm not touching the accelerator again because I no longer have brakes.
But yeah, the radiator was pushed up into the engine block.
Everything was all kind of wonky.
I don't even think the headlights worked very well.
Nope.
But yeah, it still drove for a couple of miles.
Really did.
Homegirl did not want to die.
Yep.
It was amazing.
Yeah.
I would say those two, maybe the Jeep Wrangler, I think that's under 50K.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
The original one, the old school one, the one you could take the doors and the top off.
Right.
I kind of like the Ford Bronco, the new Ford Bronco, but I think that's over budget just
because it's new and Jeep-esque.
So of course they charge a shit ton for it.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
So I'm going to ask a carpe diem here from Booty Crumbs.
They ask, would you rather be able to breathe underwater or be able to fly at the speed
of run?
Which is kind of specific because I feel like everyone has a different speed of run, but
it's all kind of within reason that that's not a very fast flight.
Yeah.
But that's two very different abilities.
Like they both have different applications.
Yeah.
Like breathing underwater would definitely remove my fear of drowning, I would say, and
also make the need for scuba gear unnecessary if I were to ever go scuba diving, which
I don't because of that aforementioned fear of drowning.
But like, how fast do I really run?
Like sure, it's a cool magic trick and maybe you could monetize, hey, I'm the only human
that can fly.
Right.
But what practical application does that have?
None.
Do I have to flat my arms to do it?
I think just breathe underwater makes a little more sense as like kind of crosses off one
of the ways I could die.
Sure.
But also, ooh, you could also say if I had the ability to fly at the speed of run, that
also means like if I'm pushed off a tall building or something, I could recover and
not die before hitting the ground.
That's true.
Oh, okay.
I've changed my own mind.
I'm going to fly at the speed of run.
Okay.
I'm going underwater.
Yeah.
Not that I would go in the Gulf or the Atlantic or the Pacific or any other major ocean.
You got the shark's thing.
I got the shark thing, man.
And it's just like, hey, I have the ability to breathe underwater while that's great.
But I don't have the GTA cheat code.
I can't sit there and be like, oh, a shark's coming.
Let me go up, up, up, down, down, A, B, C, D, and do all that shit to make sure I'm invincible.
So when he comes by and bites me, I can bitch slap him.
It doesn't work that way.
So like I'd be like, yay, I'm underwater.
Oh, is that a great white shark?
You know, and I'm lunch.
Yeah.
I'm plump.
You know, I have that marble, that marble that is shark.
That wagyu.
The A5.
Definitely.
That a shark would just find delectable.
So I would just have to be selective of where I'm going underwater.
Sure.
You know, like Michigan, a river, a bathtub, something like that.
Fresh water.
Yeah, for sure.
And Craig asks, would you leave your current life as you know it for $10 million?
That's kind of tough.
What does that mean?
Right, because if that means you bounce on your friends and family, you can't really
put a price on that, you know.
But if that just means like you got to skip town, oh, sure.
I'm gone.
Yeah, right.
But yeah, it just depends whether or not you lose the friends and family along the way.
Right.
That's a little tougher.
So if it just means you bounce, absolutely sign me up.
Yeah.
I'll go anywhere else for $10 million.
Well, I'll go just about anywhere else for $10 million.
But yeah, no, leaving my whole life behind?
Nah.
I don't think I could do it.
Yeah, I'm on the fence.
I mean, there's like, there's reasons not to, but then there's definitely reasons to.
Sure, yeah.
So it's kind of those scales of justice where you have to kind of figure it out.
Right.
And it's not like, oh, $50,000, because I, no.
Right.
$100,000, no.
But you're talking $10 million.
You can make that work for you the rest of your life.
Yeah.
So I don't know, I'll just put myself on the fence.
I'm not sure.
I'm undecided.
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, Craig was the last fellow I heard from.
Oh, all righty.
Well, I've got a few here.
And I'm going to start with at rain drop swelling on my head.
What the hell's going on?
Not rain.
Did some space rocket thing just blow up over my head?
Does this happen a lot here?
Well, you know, they did say like over the next decade or so that there's like a, what
was it, like a 4% chance or something that an asteroid hits us.
So maybe you're not far off in terms of that.
You're just a decade off.
But yeah, it's just, the weather's been so weird.
I think we touched on that in the intro, the opening dialogue, rather.
But yeah, it's been so strange.
And to be fair, he may be referring also to the SpaceX rocket that just blew up.
Oh, you're so right.
And then the one that blew up before that.
And then the other, yeah, the other one, right.
Oh my God.
I already miss NASA and they're not completely gone yet.
I know.
You know, we've, we've got a guy running the business of the country who's had what,
seven bankruptcies.
And then we got another guy who, who wants to be NASA, who can't keep a rocket in the
air.
Is this word?
It's too, too busy with his ketamine.
Don't you get it?
Oh, I know.
Hashtag winning.
I get it.
All right, we're on to the next one.
Oh, at burger slut 69.
Awesome.
Count me in.
Nice.
Who has your favorite burger?
I live in New York and KO burger gets me hot.
Ooh, I've never, well, I've never been to New York, so I'm not familiar with KO burger,
but I do love a good burger.
I'm going to say, and I know this is a cliche answer, but first and foremost, a home, a homemade
home cooked burger, 10 times out of 10 wins.
I just, it's fantastic.
You can put the seasoning on yourself to your perfection, your level of perfection.
You can dress it up to your level of perfection, which it appeals to me.
So homemade burger all the way.
I do love a good five guys burger, even though they're like $20.
They're stupid expensive.
Yeah.
But I love a good five guys burger.
What else is there?
I anytime I get Wendy's, I get the Dave's triple, which is an absurd amount of calories
and meat and protein, but I've never not finished a Dave's triple.
I was about to say the baconator.
That's a good choice too.
That baconator sauce is great, which is, it's so tight.
It's so good.
But you also mentioned the home thing and that's true because a home burger is really
good.
Not only is a home burger really good, but when that home burger is made by a chef, Cody
Mang, I'm talking to you, dude, that shit fucked hard.
And I just like, I ate that burger and I'm just like, I'm full.
And I'm like, you got another one?
Yeah.
Another one hiding back there.
I'll eat that shit too.
It was really good.
So yeah, there's something to be said about a home burger.
Yeah, I completely agree.
So a burger slot.
Sorry, we couldn't be of more help, but maybe burger slot needs to get into some homemade
burgers.
Just need to start cooking.
That's the idea.
I think so.
At my socks have holes.
Oh, no.
Is this Stoner Stanley's Alta Cat?
It might be.
I watched my favorite team play spring ball the other night.
Oh, no.
And I've never been so sure that we're going to go zero and one 62 go socks.
So now I see which socks he's talking about.
I understand as well.
I get it.
If they have back to back record breaking seasons, that is an anomaly in the baseball
world of sorts.
We have not seen maybe, maybe ever.
But I think back to back record seasons would be kind of funny.
It would be as a bit.
It's super funny.
But I don't know that the white socks always have a way of being annoying.
So I bet there's a way they win like 30 games and at least.
Yeah, I could see them winning 30 just to spite the socks fans that want to see them
lose more just to have like, Hey, we're a record winning team.
And like, they're the record for being the worst, but at least it did something.
I think those socks find a way to fail at doing that something.
You're probably right.
That's my prediction.
Although I am rooting for them to get that that record, that aforementioned record.
I agree.
I definitely agree.
And here's the thing.
Am I a socks fan?
No.
Do I hate them?
I really don't.
It's like, why would you kick the, why would you kick the injured puppy when it's down?
I'm not going to do that.
And I have a lot of friends that are socks fans.
And I know they chirp big when they're good, but you know, only peppered farm remembers
that.
So it's, it's been, it's been a hot, it's been a hot minute.
And you always love to see a Chicago team win, even if it's not the team you like.
Or at least be competitive.
Right.
And it's just unique in the fact that in one of the major sports, Chicago has two teams
there.
Yeah.
Where not a lot of cities can say that one is, is good.
And the other one is there.
The other one has Rico Benes.
Correct.
Yeah.
And I love that you put it that way.
Yeah.
That is true.
It's got Rico Benes and right.
So that's about it.
Oh, it's got that campfire shake thing.
Oh, true.
I don't even know if they're bringing that back.
I don't know.
They all do.
But that thing, that thing is a masterpiece.
With an attendance of 14 people, we've sold 405 campfire shakes today.
That's about it.
It's like most ballparks, you worry about people getting drunk there.
You just worry about people going into a diet.
Right.
Yeah.
Count me in.
The next one at Vladdy Daddy.
Oh, no.
Hello, Mark Moe Show.
I love your show.
And you have my guarantee.
When I take over your country next year, you'll be allowed to live.
First of all, thank you, Vlad.
Secondly, I think your timeline is a little too conservative.
I think you can do it this year.
It might be able to do it this year.
I think you can do it this year.
Don't sell yourself short.
Yeah.
I think you got it.
I'm not rooting for you, but I think you got it.
I think so too.
In the bag.
Oh, for sure.
Yeah.
The last one I have is at Stoner Stanley.
Hey, our guy.
We finally hear from him again.
That time, hey.
Here's what he has to say.
Hey, Alan and Mark Moe Show.
Okay.
When is the time Kevin is going to play?
I not hear him.
Did you finally throw him in that hole?
Ha, that's funny.
Thanks, Stan.
Thank you, Stanley.
Oh, he really is the backbone of this show, that Stanley.
Yes, he is.
Porter since day one.
I really wish him well.
Such an odd relationship with Kevin.
Yeah, he's, and it seems like it's improved since Kev left the Moe Show all those months
back, but yeah, I don't know.
It's very awkward between them.
Sure.
But yeah, as far as the time, I don't know.
I don't know, man.
What time he play?
Unless you guys are going to play, in which case I'm not going to stop you, but I don't
have to hear about it.
Yeah, I'm not sure what playing he's talking about, but I get filming.
Make some money, dude.
Go ahead.
Really?
Maybe Stanley's got that OF going.
That's true.
He could always be posting on AK219's Patreon too.
That's true.
He definitely can.
I know Kevin's got the feet pictures, you know, the feet photos working for him.
Feet.
Oh, I always forget about the feet.
You think I spent enough time looking at them to edit, you know?
Yeah, no doubt.
I mean, it's one thing to get an OF and make thousands and thousands of dollars and do
really well.
It's another thing to put yourself out there for two people.
Right, and really make a difference.
And really make a difference in the lives of two individuals.
Very, very special individuals.
Yes, indeed.
But hey, man, you do you.
God bless your souls.
Yes, God bless you.
And you do you.
Before we get to our next break, we are going to talk about the other foods with Aiden Maloney.
And Aiden does a lot of research in this, and he finds foods all over the globe.
Well, food, that term is relative.
And he just finds these things that, well, what's the best way to put it?
Make a Billy Goat puke.
Sure, certainly.
Aiden, what do you have this week?
Today I have two for you because I saw they were related in some way, and I figured I'd
bring them both up.
I appreciate that.
The first one I saw is called I saw or I saw.
I don't know.
But I saw is a popular street food from the Philippines.
Now you know me, I love street food.
Them street tacos that get fucking real, brother.
But this one, maybe not so much.
It's made from barbecued pig or chicken intestines.
Oh, the intestines are cleaned several times and then boiled, which that's not enough for
me, brother.
No.
And then grilled on sticks, either boiled or grilled on sticks.
You can only have it one way.
For presentability, because your intestines have to be presented well before you eat them.
The intestines are usually applied with orange food dye.
Ah, why?
Maybe they'd be too ugly without.
Once cooked, it's usually dipped in vinegar.
They are sold by vendors on street corners during the afternoon.
Here's the lovely listeners can't see it, but I'm showing a photo of it to Mark Moe
himself of the orange food dye covered pig intestines.
That looks awful.
Can you imagine the flavor?
I sure as fuck can't.
No, I cannot.
The one I saw that was similar that kind of made me think like, oh God, this goes further
beyond the Philippines is a little thing called chitterlings, sometimes called chitlins, are
a food most commonly made from the small intestines of pigs, although cow, lamb, and goose and
goat may also be used.
They may be filled with a force meat to make sausage, of course.
The preparation of it is very specific because disease, of course, can be spread by chitterlings
not being cleaned properly or undercooked.
Pathogens include E. coli and salmonella, which we could have guessed.
They are often soaked and rinsed in several cycles of cool water and then repeatedly picked
clean by hand.
The intestines are picked clean by hand.
No.
They may be turned inside out and boiled, sometimes in baking soda or salt.
The water, of course, discarded.
My question is, what are the alternatives?
Maybe instead of doing that, you could maybe just compost the intestines and eat a different
part of the animal.
Just have a pork chop.
Or maybe go eat a salad.
After risking E. coli and salmonella to eat intestines, is it worth it?
Is it worth it?
I'm not going to try.
I'm going to say no.
I'm usually of the mindset, I'll try almost anything once to make a decision whether or
not I like it.
I think that's only fair.
I can't see myself ever trying intestine.
No, that's a no for me.
I just don't see a reason to.
No, there's no reason.
That is the tube that takes the processed food that the animal has eaten.
Correct.
And turn it into shit and make that shit go out of the poop hole.
Who in the scope of food history is like, I'm not throwing that away.
A delicacy.
I think that is good.
That's got potential.
That dude needs to be.
That's a no for me dog.
Yeah, that's a no.
There's no way.
I'm going to go back in history and bitch slap that guy.
What are you doing?
Just allow the intestines to do their work and then be rid of them without eating them.
In my opinion.
Sure.
I think it's a good opinion.
Yeah, thank you.
Well, that's it for the other foods.
Whoo, baby.
Doesn't that make you want one of those burgers we were talking about?
Yes, it does.
I will take a burger.
I will take Cody.
Get working.
Get busy.
Anyway, we're going to take a break and we'll be right back with you.
Our feature segment, our top 10 list coming up.
All right, we are back and it is time for our feature segment.
You just made the list.
It's our top 10 list of well hell, just about anything.
And it's 10 through 2 and then our big number one reveal.
And let me see rules, rules, rules.
Shit, one rule.
There's no rules.
Good, good.
I like that one rule.
I do too.
I definitely like that.
Probably my favorite.
It's my favorite rule.
Yeah, it's definitely my favorite.
Maybe that should be a future top 10 list.
Top 10 list rules.
That could be.
That's an idea.
That's compelling.
I already have in mind what my number one would be.
I think I do too.
You want to say it on three?
Three, two, one.
There are no rules.
Yeah, that's pretty good.
I'd see we're just on the same page, man.
All right, next segment.
Anyway, next segment.
What am I wearing?
No, that's not really.
It's for the Patreon.
It's my O.F.
Anyway, this week's top 10.
Humans at the moment.
It's broad.
Hey, very broad.
Very broad.
Sometimes we do that because it allows for creativity, allows you to go a lot of different
directions.
Certainly.
And by saying this, you shit.
World's your oyster.
That it is.
Although an oyster wouldn't qualify.
Oysters have personality, right?
That shit, I'm not going to disqualify that.
Yeah, that's also true.
Fuck it.
If you got an oyster, it's an oyster, man.
Number three, oyster.
Oyster.
Which one?
I don't know.
I didn't get that far ahead.
Frank.
Frank the oyster.
Now on PBS Kids.
I wouldn't doubt it because clearly, if you watch PBS Kids or Nickelodeon, they're running
out of ideas.
Clean out.
Yeah.
It's scary.
Everyone been quiet since SpongeBob hit and they're like, huh, I don't think we have anything
better.
Yeah, flip that shit on.
Right.
And you want to be like, oh, what is wrong with kids?
Flip that shit on.
And then you'll go, oh my God.
Look, I don't mean to get on Caillou, but we went down this road and so now we're here.
I, I love kids.
Kids are great.
This guy next to me was one of my kids.
He can attest.
I was a good dad.
I love my kids.
I love other people's kids.
Not that way.
Freaks.
I coached.
I did other shit.
It was great.
Here's the thing.
If I could drop kick Caillou without anyone seeing, I would do it.
Furthermore, if there were people looking, I'd still drop kick that fucker.
That's true.
They would understand.
If it were on pay per view on a UFC and we were the undercard, Mark drop kicks Caillou,
I would boot that kid to the fucking upper decks.
Yes.
Easily.
Without a doubt.
What a fucking bitch.
Unbelievable.
And and his parents are part of the problem.
They're enablers.
Clearly.
I can't stand that kid.
Unbelievable.
And just to think that that little cartoon kid's going to be a cartoon adult.
That freaks me out.
I just hope, I hope not.
I hope he doesn't make it.
Let's hope he doesn't.
We don't advocate.
We don't need that show.
But Caillou, the later years, no.
He's still a whiny bastard.
I hope he ends up at Graceland's cemetery.
Anyway, that's just me.
Is it cold?
Is it wrong?
Is it too soon?
I say no.
Absolutely not.
Anyway, not soon enough.
Not soon enough.
All right.
Here we go.
Top 10 humans at the moment.
I don't know how the hell we got on Caillou, but that was.
Frank the oyster.
Frank the.
Yeah.
That's he.
We trace back our steps.
Frank the oyster brought us.
That's true.
To Caillou.
We're fucked in the head.
We end up in the badlands, but occasionally you find your own tire tracks of how you got
the circle back.
Right.
You're able to circle back.
Yeah.
Sometimes.
Well, I'd say most times we circle back.
I would agree.
Sometimes we get deep in the woods and we're like, oh, fuck it.
Let's just keep going.
You get a little lost in the sauce.
And that's okay.
Yeah.
That makes good.
Mr. TV.
Yeah, it really does.
It makes for good TV.
Indeed.
Makes for good OF content.
All right.
Here we go.
Top 10 humans at the moment.
Number 10.
Taylor Swift.
I.
Now you don't have to like our music.
I like some of it.
I like Ivy.
I think Ivy is an amazing song.
Yeah.
I can get down with that.
I like it better.
Yeah.
Oh, lavender hay is a great tune.
I love it.
I like the fact that she's out there humping it, working her ass off and taking care of
her people.
Like literally the money she's making, she's giving to her truck drivers and her crew and
her dancers and everything else.
Yeah.
I saw reports that a lot of like the stage hands got six figure bonuses or something
along those lines.
She took care of everybody.
So I have a lot of respect.
And I had quote unquote friends drag me out on my birthday to go see a movie.
Hey, let's go see the Ares tour on the movie screen.
On the big screen.
The silver screen.
On the silver screen.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you have a movie theater that has a bar like ours does here
in Portage, Indiana, first off, yay.
Very good.
Secondly, I show up.
I'm early.
I'm the first one.
And so I go up to the bar and he's like, Hey, man, how you doing?
I'm like, I'm not sure.
He's like, what do you mean?
He's like, well, I got talked to in this Taylor Swift Ares thing tour.
He's like, Oh, dude, you need a shot.
And I'm like, that was what I was thinking.
So I got shot a Buffalo trace, which normally is sipping whiskey.
I get it.
Some of you whiskey freaks are going to be like, yeah, don't shoot that right before
the Ares tour.
You shoot that.
So I shot that shit.
And then I just had a beer and I'm sipping a beer and my group starts to show up and
the guy's like, you know, you can order your drinks ahead of time.
And I said, what?
He's like, yeah.
So if you want us to bring you Buffalo trace every 30 minutes, we're going to come in and
bring you a drink.
And I said, I can do that.
What an amazing offer.
So I was like, okay, let's pay for two of those 30 minutes and then another 30 minutes.
That's so genius.
It was amazing.
I was so appreciative of him.
What a treat.
And he did make it enjoyable.
Now look, once again, most of her music, not my bag.
She's an amazing performer and the movie thing was actually kind of fun.
No question.
Did I end up at the front of the theater with all the 13 year old kids dancing?
I'm not going to say that.
Yes.
But I mean, if I were the buffalo trace, the same medical, the buffalo trace.
Definitely helped me get there.
Sure.
For sure.
But anyway, Taylor, you're at number 10.
Number nine, Kendrick Lamar.
There you go.
I really don't need to even expand on it when we talked a lot about it in the 40 acres
of meal episode.
Yes, we did.
All I have to say is not only does he make really great socks, well written.
I love his sampling, great beats, stuff you can like dance to, stuff lyrically that you're
just like, damn, that was some deep shit.
Right.
But the fact that this Canadian de grassy piece of shit wanted to step up to him and
he's like, oh, oh, okay.
All right.
Hang on.
Let me show you how I do this.
Right.
He even, he even just fired a warning shot.
Euphoria was the warning shot of like, hey.
One of the bars in there is like, this is a friendly fade.
Let's keep it that way.
He gave him the warning shot.
So for everyone like, oh, he's just a, he's bully a train.
First of all, get your head out of your ass.
Yeah.
Secondly, he gave him fair warning.
He did.
And I thought the Super Bowl, the Super Bowl was the Mike Tyson video game knockout.
Yes.
That was it.
Like after that happened, and I know you and I were watching the game together and we
were more excited about the halftime show.
And I feel like we watched that and after it was over, we looked at each other's like,
he won.
Yeah.
That was awesome.
Game over indeed.
Oh, it was so good.
It was so great.
So your number nine, my guy, number eight, Tony Robbins.
Now I know he can be irritating and he's got teeth bigger than the wall down in Mexico
that they're going to pay for, although they're not going to pay for it.
Oh, that's falling down.
It's not really fully built, but it's kind of built, but it looks like big teeth.
That's Tony Robbins.
But to his credit, he's helped a lot of people, helped a lot of business people, all that
kind of stuff.
So, and he's been doing a long time.
So I'm throwing homie on there.
Number seven, Bernie Sanders, because the homie is like, I think he's older than Joe
Biden, but he doesn't, he doesn't mumble incoherently.
He has had a phenomenal brain in his skull.
What a run forever.
Yeah.
A remarkable man.
Yeah.
He's incredible.
Number six, Mark Cuban, one of the few billionaires in this world that I like, because even though
he has money, it doesn't, it doesn't mean anything.
He basically still looks at things in this world with common sense.
And he's very philanthropic and he helps a lot of people.
So he's, he's a G. I like him.
Number five, the best in the world, CMP.
Oh, there you go.
See him pump.
There he is.
Yeah.
That's what, without a doubt.
Some of the mic work that he has done lately is the best shit he's done.
And here's the thing, like, and I know he does it this way because I kind of do it this
way is I prep shows.
And when I start going on my rants, let me tell you something people.
I might plan like a couple of key words.
I go.
And I know he's pretty much the same way.
It's the improvisation skills.
The improvisation skills are huge.
And I just, he's amazing.
And to me, like, I feel this dude could do anything.
And he's just, it's exciting.
He's a local guy.
He's a Chicago guy.
And whether in the wrestling business, if you're a heel, which means you're a bad guy,
or you're a face, which means you're a good guy, right?
Or he's anywhere in between.
He is who he is.
Right.
He doesn't change that.
Even when he was heel leaning.
I loved him.
People still cheered like crazy for him.
Yeah.
We're like, we don't care that you're a dick now.
You're our dick.
Yep.
And that's just the way people look at it, especially in Chicago.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, he could do anything.
He'd be like, oh, yeah.
I just kind of ran my car into a school bus.
I said they could kill three kids.
Yeah, I'm pumped.
See you.
I'm pumped.
I mean, it's just, people are just crazy about that, dude.
So yeah, he's on my list.
Number four, Justin Trudeau, I wish we had him.
Maybe they can just split America in half and Mexico can take the South and then like
Canada can take the North.
Right.
We just eliminate all this other shit.
Yeah.
Justin Trudeau's a G and I know the right gives him a lot of shit, but I don't know if there
is still running shit.
Right.
So I put him up there.
Number three, Keanu Reeves.
My man.
This guy, I mean, not only is he John Wick, not only on my zombie apocalypse team, is
he definitely on my team.
Oh, for sure.
He does all the training in real life.
He does it.
That's why the movies look so good.
Yeah.
You're just like, oh man, he must have a lot of stuff.
No, that's him.
Nah.
Nah, nah, nah.
That's him.
And not just that, but like he is a good dude.
Yes, absolutely.
Like he takes the New York City subway places and like it gets crowded and he gives a
seat up for women and he like, he's just, he doesn't give a shit that like who Keanu
Reeves is in the public zeitgeist.
Right.
It's amazing.
Yeah.
He's just, he's a dude.
He's a guy being a dude in the best of ways.
My number two, one of the smartest people on the planet and she's young.
So I hope she's ready to do bigger things.
Greta Thunberg.
Oh, there you go.
Yeah.
I know what that, so there you go.
That's my 10 to two.
The 10 to two.
I like that.
I kind of, I kind of went a similar route as you.
I do have some honorable mentions.
Great.
I got to throw out there.
Hold on, hold on judges.
Oh, rules.
Oh, no rules.
Oh, we talked, yeah, we did mention that.
We talked about that.
Yeah, no rules.
Yeah.
Fuck those rules.
It's my favorite rule.
No rules.
My honorable mentions, Tony Hawk.
Oh, he's just a G. He's just a regular guy.
Yep.
He's got famous for skateboarding.
What a guy.
What an excellent G. Kendrick Lamar, of course.
Yeah.
We talked about him.
Weird Al Yankovic.
I love Weird Al.
Yeah.
Weird Al's the best.
Any Hollywood-esque or music industry-esque superstars that are just good human beings
are few and far between.
And he's one of the best.
Nicole Kidman, super philanthropic, very charitable, and Denzel Washington as well.
Oh, boo on me.
Girl Denzel Washington.
Love that, dude.
Now, my 10 through 2, reserving my number one.
Number 10, Brendan Frazier.
The comeback of all comebacks.
I love it.
After Hollywood blacklisted him for outing an abuser, he came back and everyone cheered
for it.
That's right.
There's videos out there of him getting like several minute standing ovations at award
ceremonies and he earned every second of it.
Number nine on my list, Conan O'Brien.
The best in late night.
Everything I've heard about him on and off stage, he seems like an excellent human being.
Super funny guy.
Tied for seventh.
Two YouTubers, Mark Fishbach, Markiplier, and Sean McLaughlin, Jacksepticeye.
Both super kind and charitable people.
Most recently with the LA and Palisade Fires, Markiplier was out there with a chainsaw,
like helping people remove fucked up trees and everything like that, raising money for
charities.
And then Jacksepticeye every year does this charity event called Thankmas where he raises
money for specific charities.
So in 2024, this most recent one, he raised money for the, I believe it was the crisis
text line and like 988 type services in the US and UK, which I think he raised like three
plus million dollars for these charities in like a one day event.
So I think that's just amazing work.
Number six on my list, another superstar, remarkably charitable, has her own foundation,
Serena Williams, an excellent human being.
And she can Crip-R.
That's true.
That is so true.
We got to see that live.
That is awesome.
Number five on my list for similar reasons, Emma Watson.
Number four, like you mentioned, Bernie Sanders, dude is just the G.
Number three on my list, Keanu Reeves, of course.
And number two on my list, Dolly Parton.
She's just everywhere doing everything good all the time.
All the time.
Somehow all the time.
And she's working nine to five.
What a way to make a living.
That's why we're the best of what we do.
That's what we call an alley-oop.
That is an alley-oop.
That is definitely an alley-oop.
That's my 10th or two.
All right.
I love it.
My number one, be interested to see if we have the same one.
Sure.
Was a guy that got treated like dog shit in the Oval Office.
It was unbelievable.
I had never seen anything like it.
And the vice president sitting there like a high school bully.
Right.
I'm like, I punched fuckers like this in the face.
Yeah.
Yup.
I'm like, you know Zelinsky wanted to.
He's Ukrainian.
Oh, yeah.
I'm sure he just wanted to jack him in the face.
I'm sure.
Man, the balls that the vice president has knowing that Zelinsky knows Klitschko and
that Klitschko could end his life.
Yeah.
I, man, the balls, set of balls on that.
Right.
He's an idiot, but the set of balls to do that.
Crazy.
Zelinsky's a stud.
Matching up against a formidable power.
Right.
The top three powers in the world and just giving them the chub at every turn.
True.
And using drones and striking Russia deep, deep into Russia.
Right.
Like, oh no, we can play that game.
Yeah.
We will play that game.
Very true.
I respect this dude.
He's just doing it for survival.
They just want Russia to get the fuck out.
And look, I know we got people from the Russian Federation that listen because stats, we know.
We're white.
We used to 305.
Yeah.
And so I know we have people from the Russian Federation that listen.
I have nothing against the Russian people.
You guys are fucking awesome.
Got some people running your shit.
Trust me, we're very familiar with this.
We're in the same boat.
Strangely enough, we're in the same boat.
Same boat.
So I have nothing against you, but your leadership, they can go fuck a rhino.
I'm done with them.
So Zelinsky's my number one.
That's a really good pick.
I honestly, he was going to be in my top 10 list, but besides Bernie Sanders, I really
didn't want to add any other political or government figures.
That's fair.
So in honor, I will add Zelinsky to my honorable mentions list.
Love that.
Because there are no rules.
My number one was my family and friends.
Oh, dude.
Yeah.
Because especially in times like this where it feels like not only the world, but your
country specifically is oppressing you, and of course, this isn't a new thing for black
Americans and Indian Americans, Asian Americans, for every minority or marginal group.
It's always felt like that.
It's not only, it's only been the last couple of decades where the entirety of the working
class, which now of course includes the poor white Americans, have started to feel that
way and it is fucking god awful.
So especially in times like this, it is best to focus on the good human beings in your
family and friends.
That's right.
Absolutely.
I agree 100%.
And I've got four great kids.
They're amazing and then a slew of friends old and new.
And I've always said friends of the family you choose, it's true.
And just keep them and hold on to them and fuck all this other stuff because it's just
it'll, number one, it's going to drive you crazy.
And number two, you have very low control over how a lot of this stuff is going to end.
But we just hope for the best and be with our people.
And that's about it.
Very true.
Fantastic facts.
But that concludes the you just made the list for this week.
I always say this here, you're welcome on our socials to drop your lists our way.
We'll definitely listen to them.
We'll definitely read them to ourselves in the bathroom.
Very true.
I mean, it's great bathroom material.
It is good bathroom material.
Yeah, I like it.
No doubt.
That takes us to review preview and review preview, I review a movie, I preview a movie.
Sometimes we do a few different things with it, but it's pretty much what we're doing
today.
And I want to talk about a movie that I saw recently.
And I was not expecting to love it because like, it wasn't really a movie I was dying
to see.
I was just like, well, shit, I talk about this stuff on my podcast.
I write movie review articles, I better start seeing some shit.
So I got out to the movie theaters and I saw this movie and it's called Last Breath.
Now it's a movie that it's interesting because we had that run of deep space movies, people
getting lost in space, going into the future, going here, going like we had just such a
string of them in recent times.
And it just seemed like every time somebody wanted to do a movie in the water, like there's
always some sort of shark or like some sort of, you know, octopus meets killer whale thing.
And it's just like, there's a crack in, like there's always some like thing like that,
some sort of horror or whatever.
This is different.
It was based on a true story.
So I really dig that a lot.
But this movie, it really got me because I think any movie that can take, especially
a true story, they can take the event.
And of course the event being why you're there.
I mean, that's the movie, right?
So like that's super important.
But to be able to really kind of humanize these characters, especially like the main
character that has this thing happen to them and do just enough backstory that gets you
super interested.
And not just that, but having this tragedy happen, deep sea, where you lose your light,
that's it.
Right, right.
You are in the ocean and you can't see, like if I were at a top 10 list of fears, that's
on it.
Yeah.
To be in the ocean and not see shit.
I've had a similar thought too because I saw the, like people describe the buoyancy of
human beings and like how it's something like 20 or 30 meters.
If you go beneath that, the natural buoyancy of a human being doesn't counteract the water
pressure.
No, you will sink like a rock.
You can try and swim up.
You will sink.
Yeah.
Like a rock.
Disturbing.
Yeah.
Doesn't matter how much air is in your lungs.
You will sink.
Yeah.
If you are at that point and you're sitting there and you're moving your arms and your
legs and you're like, why does it look like I'm still going down?
Right.
You are.
Yeah.
Disturbing.
It is.
But the synopsis is that it's a hard pounding film, follows seasoned deep sea divers as they
battle, raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean surface.
It's based on a true story.
What happens is it's unreal.
Absolutely unreal.
None of it makes sense, but it's all true.
Right.
You see a movie like a sci-fi or whatever and you're like, oh, that's crazy.
This, you're just like, there's no shot, but it's like it happened.
Right.
Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, and Cliff Curtis, they're all in it.
Really just a strong, strong cast, intense, like literally like on the edge of my seat
stuff.
And love the ending and just that backstory that gets you emotionally involved with that
character.
And I think when movies are able to kind of do that without like super focusing on it,
like if you look at the Pearl Harbor movie, right?
It's like too much like fluffy relationship, I'm with this guy and now I'm with Bat Flak
and now I'm with this guy and now I'm with him and oh, there's a baby.
And it's like, like that was overkill to me.
But this was art.
The way they were able to kind of just show just enough of this guy and his relationship
with his wife and the importance of that and the importance of relationship and family and
what was happening to him.
It was art.
Absolute art.
It was beautiful.
I really didn't have any negative thoughts of the movie.
I didn't think it was too long.
I thought the cinematography was good.
Like that, that struggle was real and you're like right with those guys.
I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it very much.
And so I did great it.
I gave it a very solid 7.9 out of 10.
That's great.
It was kind of that 7.9, 8.1.
Kind of like where I was going to put it.
But once you're into the 8s, that's some elite stuff.
So 7.9 is where we went.
That's very good.
That's solid.
Yeah, definitely.
But it was good.
I highly recommend it.
It's a very good movie.
Little bit of a tear-jerker too.
So if you're feeling a certain way and you go see this movie, your eyeballs are going
to squirt.
I mean, if you normally squirt, squirt away.
But I'm just, okay, this isn't going the right way.
But what I'm trying to say is-
Still talking about eyeballs, right?
We're still- I don't know, are we?
We were talking about Deep Sea a second ago.
I'm so lost.
You're going to cry.
Let's just end it there.
If you don't, we'll find you.
We'll find you.
And you will cry.
You will cry.
The next movie, and this is a preview.
Coming out soon, I think it's the next week.
It's a movie called Novocaine.
It's with an actor named Jack Quaid.
I believe, Joby Harrell, Betty Gabriel, Ray Nicholson, Matt Walsh, Tori Tunnel, Dan Burke,
whole bunch of other folks.
And the concept of this is really super cool.
So this is just a dude.
Just an average guy who falls in love with the chick at the bank.
And so they hit it off, and he's like, oh man, that's great.
So then he's going to go see her.
All of a sudden there's this major bank robbery that goes down.
And to be able to get away because the cops show up, great response time.
You could tell that was a movie.
Great response time.
And so they're like, shit.
They grab her as a hostage so they can get away.
Well, that's his chick.
Right.
Here's the thing about this character.
He can't feel anything.
Oh, OK.
You stab him in the hand.
He can't feel it.
You punch him in the face.
He can't feel it.
Right.
Now, does that mean he can't die?
No, I think he can die.
Yeah.
He just can't feel it.
So he ends up becoming like this superhero trying to save the girl that he likes.
And people are doing all of these crazy things to him.
And he's just like, there's one guy, there's a scene in the previews where they have him
strapped to a chair.
And the guys are all threatening him.
And he's like, oh, I'm scared.
And it's so funny.
Yeah.
Because the dude's like, whatever you do, it's something I've got to hurt.
And the guy stabs him in the hand.
He's like, ouch.
It's just, to me, it just seems like it's really super funny, too.
So I would say go see it.
Yeah.
I will probably see it.
It's funny and action packed and I'm down.
Righteous.
That sounds excellent.
No doubt.
No doubt about it.
Now that takes us to while you were sleeping.
Now what Aiden does, similar-ish, is that he'll take a movie or a TV show or YouTube or a
game or whatever.
And it might be something that's kind of under the radar.
Maybe it's older, kind of falling out of favor.
Or maybe it's new and just hasn't caught on.
Whatever the case might be, Aiden will find it and he will come to your home.
Very true.
And he will hold your eyelids open.
They won't squirt, but he'll make you watch it.
As deserved.
Because you were sleeping.
And while you were sleeping, a little game called Shinkansen Zero came out.
So it's made by this indie developer called Chilla's Art.
I believe they are out of Japan.
Japan makes some great video games anyway and they make some good indie games.
And Shinkansen Zero, the premise when you first load in is kind of vague.
You're just dropped onto a train.
I believe Shinkansen is a train line or like a bullet train.
Oh sure.
And you just dropped onto this train.
Your only goal that you're given is like, hey, I need to get to the front of the train and
figure out what's going on.
The only way you can make it to the front of the train is by spotting anomalies.
Which I love anomaly type games.
They're right up my alley.
Kind of Observation Duty started the whole trend of these types of games.
But the creativity of expanding on that idea has been phenomenal over the last couple years.
And this game is remarkably good at it.
Because Chilla's Art has made some absolutely banger games in the past and of course more
recently than this one as well.
But this one stood out to me as a fantastic mix of the art style.
There's a really specific art style that Chilla's Art has that is so endearing and yet creepy
and unsettling.
So it's that type of art style but you also, the story develops and the lore develops as
you play the game in most of their games.
Which I just think is a fantastic way of storytelling.
Because the gameplay is directly integrated with it.
So you're dropped on this train.
You're going through all these cabs trying to spot these anomalies to make it to what
you hope is an answer.
And you meet some people along the way who also seem to be stuck in this loop.
Some of them don't seem to be necessarily tangible.
Like they're not all there.
But some of them are.
And you can talk to them and kind of figure out what their deal is.
And as you go along all of a sudden ghosts and demons start showing up being like, hey,
you're not really supposed to be here.
You better not fail these tests of anomaly seeking.
Which is pretty cool because the game premise itself is spooky and scary anyway.
Because that's just how those anomaly horror type games go.
And without giving away any spoilers, let's just say there's multiple endings and everything
makes sense in the end of why you're there and how you got there.
And I think that that really speaks to me from a gameplay standpoint of like you're
dropped in somewhere with an objective without much knowledge behind how you got there or
why.
And then by the end everything makes sense and you're like, holy shit, like this came
out perfectly.
So this game really spoke to me and it's not, I don't think it's an expensive game.
I think it's under $10.
Like most indie games are, they're absolute gems and they don't cost a lot for the hours
of entertainment you get out of it.
So Shinkansen Zero, if you're into playing horror games, indie games, that has got to
be right up your alley.
That's awesome.
And how can people play that?
They played on Steam on your PC.
I think Steam or HIO, I believe you can find it.
But yeah, highly recommended.
Not sponsored, but highly recommended.
That's awesome.
Well, that is definitely something I want to play.
And we'll be doing that soon.
Hopefully you guys do that.
If you've checked it out, you like it, let us know.
Oh yeah, like and subscribe.
Why not?
Go ahead.
Go ahead, I dare you.
Double dog.
Double dog dare you.
I'll make you put that tongue on the pole.
There's a lot of innuendo in this show.
Just way too much.
Way too much.
Where am I going?
I don't know.
My throat hurts.
We're going to take a break and we come back.
We're going to do something from the guys being dudes universe and then wrap things up.
So we'll be right back.
All right, we are back and it is time for a guys being dudes special.
This is something called tier listing.
And they'll take, oh gosh.
Once again, like the top 10 list, anything and we'll tier list it.
We'll go item by item and we'll decide, hey, it's superior.
It's A level, it's B level or all the way at the bottom.
It's dog shit.
Very true.
So what are you playing for us today?
Well, I had a fun one planned for us usually with tier listing and AK-219 special.
We of course, as you were saying, right things from F being the worst of the worst, of the
worst, D being bad, C being mid, B being good, A being great and S of course being the best
of the best of the best.
But before we get there, we have a little segment we introduced a couple weeks back
called the official beer review.
That's right.
Of the Mark Moe show.
Only this time, whoop, swerve.
We swerved.
This is why we told you to buckle in early.
Remember that?
That's right.
Remember that?
Hold on to your seat.
Buckle in.
We did tell you that.
We switched it up.
We have a whiskey to sample today.
Lovely.
A Centauri World Whiskey.
Japanese crafted blend of Irish, Scotch, American, Canadian and Japanese whiskeys.
Not sponsored, but it is what we're trying today.
It claims to have a nose of profound vanilla, pineapple like fruitness.
Will be the judge of that.
He will be the judge of that.
Because we are the official beer, I guess, and now whiskey reviewers.
I love that.
So, whatever you're drinking at home, sloncha.
Enjoy.
Sloncha.
Very smooth.
It is smooth.
Smooth, buttery.
You may have caught, if you are a whiskey enthusiast, you may have caught a drink.
I said the word Scotch.
Scotch whiskey is known for being remarkably overpowering.
Yes.
Very overpowering, smoky, earthy.
This is very balanced.
I think so.
Very balanced.
The Scotch comes in at the end and says hello.
That's right.
It kindly introduces itself as opposed to the regular Scotch experience of being slapped
in the face with a lit cigar.
That's about right.
I enjoy this.
I give this a 4-2-5 on the beer rating scale, which I guess now includes hard liquor, but
there was no rules here either, I believe.
No, I actually looked for the rules for a second and I couldn't find them.
None taken.
That's a 4-2-5 out of 5.
It's a solid 4-2-5.
I'm right there with you.
I enjoyed it very much.
You do get some of all of that on your palate.
Yes, like the mellowness of the Canadian whiskey comes in.
Yes.
Yes, very enjoyable.
Yes, I enjoyed it.
I definitely enjoyed it.
It's smooth.
You can shoot it.
I think you can have it over rocks if you wanted it.
It's a very good sipping for sure.
No doubt.
Yes.
I would recommend, not sponsored, but would recommend.
No doubt.
Cheers.
Good stuff.
Let's go.
We are doing the inaugural tier listing of the Mark Moe show.
Any AK-219 fans will, of course, recognize we have done this before and may do again
in the future, but you can have this one right here.
We are tier listing fast food and pizzerias today because they evoke strong emotions.
Okay.
Indeed, they do.
Out of everyone.
So, feel free to tier list along at home.
Of course, we mentioned the scales earlier, so you should already know how this goes.
I pulled kind of everything I could think of that we have here.
In the States, of course, if you're overseas, shout out Ireland and UK and all of our European,
South American, and Asian and African listeners.
I think we also have Oceana in there.
Australia.
Australia, for sure.
Eventually, New Zealand.
We'll get you guys.
We'll get you.
We'll get you guys.
Some of these names will sound familiar, maybe not all of them, but we don't have things
like Tim Hortons or any others.
Well, I think we do have Jolly Bees.
That's like Philippines, but I think there's a couple in Chicago.
But this is, I mean, most of these are national.
A handful of these are international.
Some of them I didn't include, like, crystals.
Right?
Of the anti-white castle, yeah.
But we don't really have those, and unfortunately, we don't have many waffle houses around here,
so I did not put them on.
So alphabetically, the ones I could think of, we're going to start off with Arby's.
Arby's is a challenge because like, yeah, there's times that I get stuff from there,
and it's cold.
This is not real great.
Right.
Sometimes you're like waiting for 10 minutes at the way you're like, we killing the cow.
Right.
And then there's other times you get it.
It's like, man, that was awesome.
So it's like very hit or miss.
It's very hit or miss.
So I'd probably, for me, I'd have to put it in like a C plus.
I can see that, yeah.
And Arby's is not something I frequent.
Not very much.
Not necessarily.
Like, if I'm out and about and I'm like, oh man, I really need a bite, it's never the
first thing that comes to mind.
In fact, I drive past it and I'm like, oh, every time I drive past on Arby's, I think
to myself like, oh shit, I haven't had that in years.
Yeah.
And yet it's always there.
And you keep driving.
Yeah.
Just as an option.
So yeah, I was thinking C. I get like C minus C. So I'm right there with you.
Okay.
And usually when Kevin, I did it on AK-219, we always had to find a middle ground.
I think C is the middle ground.
So I think C is indeed the middle ground.
Arby's gets a C. This next one, because I had to do this alphabetically, Burger King.
Now, we know, if you're an AK-219 fan, we know how I feel about Burger King.
I think it is the most dog slop foul shit that any human being has the displeasure of
putting within their mouth or disgracing with their sense of scent.
It is the nastiest shit to disgrace the country.
And there's a lot going on wrong with this country.
You heard the opening dialogue.
Yes.
Yeah.
Burger King's an F minus.
In my opinion, there's nothing worse than Burger King in the fast food world.
100% stand by that.
I'm not as radical as Aiden is on this review.
It's one of my strongest opinions I hold.
We did this segment in the past.
Tell us a story where you get a group of people and you go around and you start a story.
It's a very fun segment.
It's a great segment.
Obviously, I have Kevin there and he decides to end it with, and it was all a dream.
He needs to go to improv school.
He's in a hole.
So we did one on the Burger King that I think is one of the funniest things that maybe we've
ever done in the race.
I agree.
It's hilarious.
And that alone keeps that out of the F for me because it was enough to create that story.
An nostalgic memory.
Sure.
An nostalgic memory.
Also, I'm a huge fan of the long torpedo chicken sandwich.
I love that sandwich.
I don't really get anything else when I go there.
If I pull into a Burger King, it's with express purpose of getting that sandwich.
But how dog shit is an establishment to have Burger in the name and the best thing on the
menu is a Tyson chicken patty?
You make a compelling argument, sir.
I'm going to give it a D.
A D?
Okay.
I'm going to give it a D.
A plus or D minus maybe.
F plus if you want.
Okay.
You're so strong.
We'll keep it there.
We'll keep it cordial.
Next one up on the list is Carl's Jr.
Slash Hardee's.
I love Hardee's.
I think the portions make me happy because you don't like, you're paying as much as you'd
pay for most other fast food places, but I feel like you're getting food.
It's like a good amount.
It's a big ass burger or it's a big ass chicken sandwich.
You get those chicken tenders which are fire.
Salad B.
Yeah.
I can agree.
I think the last time I went to a Hardee's, because I think we have Hardee's here.
Carl's Jr. is somewhere else in the country, but I think I got a Frisco melt.
It was fantastic.
Those are good.
It's a great burger, crispy toast, melty everything.
Very tasty.
I think the fries could use some work.
Hello, work.
But yeah, the burgers themselves, if that's what you're there for, I would concur.
I would give that a BB plus, yeah, for sure.
I can get down with that.
Next one up, Chick-fil-A.
Well here's the thing.
You have the product.
Right.
And you have the company.
Right.
That's the tough part.
Company has some questionable beliefs.
Very questionable.
And they say and believe some things that I do not.
Right.
Now, all of that being said, the chicken sandwich fucks.
It's good.
Is it the best chicken sandwich?
No, it is not.
I would agree.
Yep.
But it's good.
And their menu isn't vast.
That is true.
They don't have a lot to offer, but the waffle fries are really good.
I heard the waffle fries changed in quality recently.
Really?
I heard they went down in quality recently.
But I cannot attest to that because like you were mentioning, I don't really frequent
there.
I would, yeah, you know, it's like, gosh, maybe like once a quarter.
I'll go there.
Yeah.
Don't go there on a Sunday.
Anyway, that's funny.
C plus.
Yeah.
I was thinking C plus, B minus.
Now, the business practice not had questionable views or whatever probably leeches into the
B to be completely honest, but C plus is where it's at.
I can 100% concur with that.
Next up, we've got Chipotle.
I have some views on Chipotle too because the original idea with Chipotle is you're
paying like 10 bones for a burrito, but the thing is massive.
It's massive.
It's a massive burrito.
But it's massive filled with rice and beans and cheese and lettuce and a minimal amount
of protein.
Yeah.
They take the subway route.
They do.
It's like tiny amounts of cheese and meat and it's just rice.
And if you're adding extra meat, now number one, they're trying to wrap this thing and
it's tearing and it's getting all messy.
And number two, you're paying 15 bucks now.
Right.
See, it's like I said, I find it tasty, but I just, I don't go there.
Because I'm like, yep, I'm going to be out 15 bucks and I'm just going to have an okay
dinner.
I completely agree.
I was thinking like D plus, maybe C minus territory.
Yeah.
It's exactly that.
And like God forbid you want guacamole.
You're going to have to empty out your savings.
Oh my God.
Yeah.
Unbelievable.
So yeah, I'm thinking C plus maybe we could or C minus.
Yeah.
Maybe we could go.
We could do that.
We can compromise on that.
I think we can go there.
Next up on the list, Dairy Queen, the arbiters of the ice cream world.
And honestly, their chicken products are pretty tasty.
I'm going to go out on a limb here.
Not too far, my big eye will fall.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say they're underrated in the scheme of all of these places.
Oh, I agree.
I'm on boat.
The chicken tenders are good.
Now here's the key.
Like people, they get barbecue sauce, they get ranch, they get honey mustard.
Dairy Queen, you can get gravy.
It's such a key maneuver.
It's so fricking good.
You dip the fries in there?
You dip the fries in there too.
Dude.
Yeah, it's so good.
So, solid B for Dairy Queen.
Ice cream too.
I like a good blizzard.
Just a straight up Sunday.
I agree.
It's kind of good stuff, so it kind of gives you that, you know, am I hungry for lunch or
do I just kind of want a snack?
Right.
That blizzard looks awesome.
Let's do that.
Yeah, I completely agree.
I was even, I could go A on this, honestly.
Yeah.
I think the food options they've got are fantastic.
Underrated as you said.
Yeah.
So, and it's good ice cream too.
Can't complain.
I think we're looking at a B plus.
Looking at a B plus indeed.
Of course, one that is regional here that failed to make my list, but anyone in the Midwest
is familiar with is Culver's.
Yeah.
And honestly, I would put Culver's above a Dairy Queen.
I would too.
Yeah.
I would too.
Culver's even though it failed to make my list, I think we could arguably give an A.
An A.
Yeah.
It's definitely an A.
Next up on the official list though, Domino's.
Domino's.
The first of the pizzerias.
The first of pizzerias.
I like Domino's.
I think as far as casual fast food pizza in that realm, I think it's probably the best.
I do like it.
I think the sausage, like I'm a sausage pizza guy.
Sure.
So, I think the sausage has a lot of flavor to it.
The pizzas themselves, I think for what you get for the price, I think is really great.
I like the bread bowl pasta things.
Those are really, really good.
You get like the chicken, Alfredo pasta thing.
That's really good.
I like it.
I like it a lot.
I would probably go solid B on Domino's.
I can agree.
I think one thing that disappoints me about Domino's is their recent price increases.
That is something that across the board in fast food and quick service, like prices have
gone up.
But theirs have gone up a little too substantially for my taste.
I think what would have been a B plus for me, I think is a B minus.
But I think we still compromise at that B you were talking about.
Yeah, I think so.
That's fair.
I think so.
I think we'll hit a couple more here and then my list is kind of long so maybe we could
do a two-parter.
I think we'll have to do a two-parter.
We'll do a two-parter.
We'll hit these last couple for this week, Dunkin.
Formerly Dunkin Donuts.
Yeah, their marketing department should get fired.
Yeah, I don't.
Let's lean into our coffee.
You're not Starbucks, you're not a lot of other great local coffee places.
Coffee is not.
I'll go on a limb.
I don't like Dunkin Donuts coffee.
It's not really good.
It always tastes burnt.
The iced coffee always tastes more like water than coffee.
The donuts are fine and the breakfast items are always small and overpriced.
The best donut they ever had was the buttermilk donut and they got rid of it.
Yep, they killed it.
And so when they had the buttermilk donut, I went there probably conservative maybe once
every two weeks because I would just Jones for the buttermilk donut.
Maybe twice a year now.
Yeah, maybe for the French crooner, but...
Maybe.
No, I'm thinking C-minus, maybe into D-territory.
I could go C-minus.
C-minus.
I could go C-minus for sure.
All right, last one we'll hit for this week and we'll save the rest of the alphabet for
next week.
Five guys, burgers and fries.
Five guys.
Sounds like I'm Friday night.
Yes, please.
Here we go.
Yeah, five guys.
I really like five guys.
The burgers are excellent.
I agree.
They're really, really good.
You can get them made your way or whatever.
They've got like this hotdog.
It's a big-ass hotdog.
Yeah.
So they do have a hotdog.
They have a couple other things, but they pretty much have a small menu too.
But you're going there for the burger.
Right.
That's what you're going for.
I love the fact that it's like, oh, I have a large fry and they put the fries in there
and they just dump a shitload of fries in the bag.
I'm like, this is fantastic.
It's a treat.
The Cajun fries are great from there.
Yeah.
They are.
And I believe, unless they've changed, if you're in store and you're waiting, there's
like peanuts everywhere.
Yeah.
You just eat peanuts.
Just chop up some peanuts.
Yeah.
I think they still have that.
I dig that flex for sure.
Yes.
I like it.
I like the burgers.
I've never had a bad burger from there.
True.
I feel it's almost too much burger unless I'm really hungry.
Right.
But even that's more of a blessing than a curse.
I would agree.
Yeah.
More is always better.
You do pay the price.
It's a pricier quick service restaurant, but you definitely get the money's worth, in
my opinion.
Yeah.
I would agree with that.
I think the price is probably the only thing keeping it out of the S for me.
Sure.
So I'll just give it an A.
I'll give it an A as well.
I was thinking A plus, but I think an A is a fair point.
I think that's our highest rated today.
I think it is.
And we'll save the rest of the alphabet for next week.
This has been tier listing and you'll get your second part of fast food and pizzas next
week.
That's awesome.
I love it.
We changed it up, folks.
So we've had World of Weird News.
Let's do it right.
World of Weird News.
So we do that from time to time.
We do the 15.
Yes.
From time to time.
We'll circle back to those.
We do this.
We do something called rapid fire, which is fun.
So there's a lot of different segments we've had over the years.
I've been doing this stuff for seven and a half years now, almost as long.
And so there's a lot of segments that we do and have done that are just kind of sitting
in the vault.
And so from time to time, we'll pluck them out and we'll do them.
So we hope you enjoy it.
We hope you enjoy us kind of switching things up from time to time, kind of keeping it lively
and fun.
Keep it fresh.
For breeze brothers.
Fresh start.
It's the last one.
It's the last one, Alan.
Shut up, Alan.
Accents the water.
Such a way.
Anyway, thank you so much for listening to this sixth episode.
We're having a great time doing this.
So we hope you guys are having a great time listening.
And maybe we'll get off this political thing soon.
and as long as it's a shit show and these things are happening,
we're gonna have some fun at their expense.
Hey, if you look at late night,
most of the opening monologues are a little political.
So, I think it's only fitting, maybe we touch on it.
I think that's fair.
I think it is fair. Yeah, no doubt.
So I hope you enjoyed it.
I wanna kick it over here.
To Aiden Maloney, why don't you tell everybody
a little bit about AK219?
Definitely, AK219 is a podcast I do with Kevin Boland.
Well, more of an entertainment conglomerate
I do with Kevin Boland.
We've got podcasts every Friday,
and of course we do a bunch of YouTube content,
and then my own personal channel,
Aiden Spell the Right Way,
I do a bunch of gaming content for YouTube,
and it's a lot of fun.
So if you wanna check that out,
just look it up, Aiden Spell the Right Way and AK219.
Now, Aiden Spell the Right Way.
Yes.
We did something once,
which was the towns that time forgot.
That's so true.
And it was funny, it was fun.
Some technical issues involving wind, what can you do?
But I thought it was really good,
and we had really strong response from it.
I think sometime this spring we'll get back to that.
That'd be fun.
On his channel.
And we went to West Central, Indiana.
I think we talked about Southwestern Michigan.
We've talked about North Eastern Indiana.
So we're-
Gilman, Illinois.
Our favorite town.
The megalopolis of rural Illinois towns, known as Gilman.
Best known for its bus stop.
And wind.
Yeah.
Very windy place, very windy.
The windy city.
So we will, yeah, we will get back there.
Again, I'm certain of it.
Make sure you tune in once again to After Hours,
Tuesday nights at nine, Monday at four,
that's Central Standard Time.
If you're somewhere else in the world, you'll find it.
And other than that, thank you so much for listening.
Please like and subscribe.
Reach out on socials if you have something to say.
And that's it.
Have a great week guys, thanks.
See ya.
I'll see you next time.