Hey everybody, what's up? Welcome to season 2
episode 3 of the mark mo show My name is Mark
Maloney, and I'm your host along with AK219
and Aidan Spelled the right way host Aidan Maloney.
How are you? It is beautiful. I am feeling beautiful
and it's just Every day is a blessing, you know,
it is every day is a damn blessing and there
are people There are people out there that don't
quite get that. True. And of course I'm being
half facetious, right? I get it. Because every
time I clock into work and like, oh, every day's
a blessing, of course I'm lying to myself. But
hey, that's... You're trying to start out the
right way. Exactly, exactly. You know, get out
of bed on the right side of the bed, metaphorically.
But it is kind of true in a way that... every
day's a blessing, not in the spiritual way, but
in the factual way of like, hey, you only get
so many. So that's kind of where I've been at
recently of just like, hey, go out and have fun,
or stay in and have fun. Just have fun, right?
You know, it's too, and I know it's easier said
than done to break out of bad mindsets or stresses,
but sometimes take a step back, avoid the big
picture for a moment, give yourself that. and
just realize, hey, I'm a human being. I'm going
to have a little fun. Absolutely. That's where
my mind's at, and I'm going to have a little
fun. I love it. I love where you're at with that.
I'm trying really hard with that right now. Yeah,
I was going to say, it's a bit topical for you.
It is, and I promise all of you will get to that.
You know, just to say a few things before we
really kind of get into the weeds here. Meat
and potatoes. The meat and potatoes of this show.
We'll be producing new content weekly on all
podcast platforms and YouTube. We will also have
some one -off interviews coming your way. I've
got one locked up here in the next couple of
weeks. Exciting. It's gonna be fun. Somebody
I've talked to when I was on the radio side of
things for a bit. And he's a really great interview
and a super great guy. I can't wait to get going
with him. And then there's a few others. So we've
got them lined up. We've got them lined up. There's
definite interest and I'm super excited to have
a few interviews in the pipeline. But anyway,
I mean, they're going to be fun and they're going
to be informative. So stay tuned. It is the Mark
Mo Show, but it's like an offshoot a little bit.
So it's the Mark Mo Show Fireside Chats. Yes.
Is what that one is called. So if you're on YouTube,
you'll see a little bit of a different design.
That's the Fireside Chat. I'm not sure if they
see it on the podcast side or not. Yes, they
do. But yeah, so it'll look just a little bit
different. That's the interview stuff. And that
stuff's pretty cool too, so give that a listen.
It's local. It's friendly. It's conversational.
Yeah, but I think we talk enough generalized
topics that I think no matter where you're at
in this country, around the world, I think it'd
be a good listen for you. Absolutely. Yeah, no
doubt. But at any rate, if you like The Mark
Mo Show, check out my radio show After Hours.
It's on WVLP .org or the TuneIn app on your handheld
device. It's two hours of uninterrupted Celtic
punk. I'll rock every Tuesday night at 9 p .m.
Central Standard Time, Friday at 4 p .m. Central
Standard Time. You should also check out Guys
Being Dudes, AK219 on podcast and YouTube, and
also Aidan spelled the right way on podcast and
YouTube some of the most entertaining gaming
content on the web. Well, I appreciate that.
Thank you. Most definitely. So, you know, I'm
not to throw out any spoilers, although you can.
It's your show. If you want to let people know
what's coming on that. Absolutely. Today, as
this episode drops, I played a game called Para
Eyes, which I believe is short for Paranormal
Eyes, Paranormal Eyesight. It's like Observation
Duty -esque, like... Anomaly hunting horror style
game. And this is not my while you were sleeping
for this week, which we will get to, but perhaps
it will be in the future. But if you want a little
sneak peek, you can see me play it on Aiden's
Belt the Right Way on YouTube. Awesome. I love
that. I love that. That's great stuff. And, you
know, I don't know about you, Aiden. This has
been a chaotic week. Sure. I've got a lot to
share. But I figured, you know what? I'm gonna
let Aidan start. And Aidan used to do this a
little bit on one of his other shows. It was
like a vibe of the week. A vibe of the week.
And just kind of sharing some things like that.
But at any rate, I thought I would just let you
start. Maybe your week has been semi -chaotic,
maybe it hasn't. But I thought I would let you
go first. Yeah, well I appreciate that. And I
know you've been through a lot. This, of course,
is my father Mark Moe himself, so of course he
and I speak outside of this show quite often,
so not to spoil anything, but I've heard some
of these spoilers. But... Vibe of the Week, something
fun, funny, wholesome, or real was... Is. Was.
Okay. An AK -209 bit where we kind of start off
the show with something fun, funny, wholesome,
or real. It's happened in the last seven days.
So I figured with how we chatted on the phone
planning this show and everything, it was fitting
that it kind of got that title in a way. Side
title. Sure. If you will. Yep. And... My week
I would say compared to yours has not been quite
as chaotic Yeah, but more so falls under that
real section. We're like You know certain relationship
turmoils or financial stresses have definitely
been on my mind Weighing me down in a way, which
is kind of why I opened the show with a little
optimism sure because Life's too short to get
caught up in nitpicky things or little stresses
like that, but that's not to say they don't matter
or you're invalid for feeling those things when
you do, because they are valid. And it's kind
of been tough on and off at AK219 Studios for
the last, I want to say couple months, where...
things just aren't going as swimmingly and it's
not so much like It's not so much an issue of
a lack of communication or a lack of Income in
a literal sense. Yeah, it's more so just like
One of those big -picture issues I was talking
about earlier where it's like hey the the country
and the world is kind of fucked Right? Sure.
Kind of seems against, well, not seems, it is
against the working class people. And hey, that's
me. That's you. That's us. So it's, it's just
tough. And sometimes when things get tough, you
just got to take a step back and be like, okay,
realistically, what do I have? You know, I've,
I've got a mother, a father and three sisters
that are all wonderful people. I've got a really
tight -knit friend group. You know, I've got
a roof over my head and a car that goes places.
I have nothing to complain about. In the entire
scheme of things? Yeah. In the big picture, I'm
bueno. So that's kind of my... It's not very
chaotic. It's kind of anti -chaotic in a way
of just like recognizing like I'm really well
off having what I do. And I'm happy for that.
That's good. And sometimes you have to look at
that in that way instead of at what you don't
have. Because I forget what the full quote is,
but it's something like comparison is the antithesis
of progress or something like that. Where if
you're comparing yourself to what you don't have
or what you haven't achieved yet, you'll always
be unhappy. take note of what you got. You know?
Yeah, because I'm never happy. I look out in
front of my place, and I see my car parked there,
and I'm like, well, it's still not that Lamborghini.
Yeah, right. You open that fridge, and it's like,
ah, damn. I don't have my 15 T -bones. Exactly.
But yeah, I get what you're saying, though. Makes
sense, for sure. Yeah, so that's just kind of
where my head's been at recently. It's a good
and a bad thing. It's introspective and of course
sharing introspective thoughts can give other
people perspective Which is why I feel comfortable
doing that but yeah, you know And I know you've
you've taken some big strides in that in the
past on a K -219 after dark and other things
like that. Mm -hmm But yeah, just that mindset
of being like hey what I have is good Yeah. You
know, and sure, you are absolutely in the right
to be angry at your country, at the world, at
certain economic processes or, you know, systems,
if you will. But hey, it could be worse. Yeah,
it could be worse. So, I'm the subject of worse.
Yeah. A segue. That was perfect. Thank you for
that. Paul Blart. I appreciate it. Way to Paul
Blart that one. My week's been insane. If there
is a roller coaster named Chaos somewhere on
this earth, I've been on it this week. And I
guess you could say it all started with a bar
fight a week ago. Now, now. Before you take any
accusations or assumptions. Right, exactly. To
be clear, I didn't start the fight and no one
picked a fight with me. Okay. So, um, you know,
that would be... Gosh. Let me be clear. No, uh,
let me be clear. Let me be clear. Michelle...
In terms of picking a fight with me, it would
be unwise for most combatants. now short of the
other person like being a Navy SEAL or MMA or
experiencing Krav Maga or what I can certainly
hold my own my father who was a Golden Glove
boxer box for the army taught me to box from
a very very young age and I wrestled some and
I've taken a little bit of martial arts so you
know I I know enough. I'll just, I'll put it
that way. I know enough to hold my own in most
cases. At any rate, these two behemoths were
at the other end of the bar. And whatever set
off the one guy, it made its way down the bar
in a tsunami of man meat. Ah, man meat. Man meat.
Not as exciting as you might think. Oh. I know,
sorry. Sadly, I didn't see it coming until the
last second. It didn't help. The bouncer that
night wasn't the regular guy. The regular guy's
a good bouncer. Military experience, everything.
He can assess a room. He can defuse things a
lot of times where it starts. We like this dude.
Right. The dude that was there, I'm not a fan.
This dude's like off the C team. Oh no. Okay.
He's like, as far as a bar back, he does fine,
but he gets too... Into the vibe of the night
and is more interested in having fun than protecting
the patrons in my person Not what you want in
a bouncer, right? You you want you want a dude?
He doesn't necessarily have to be surly He has
to be serious. But he has to be why. They have
to be serious. So serious, right? Gotta be a
little serious, right? Society. To at least be
that guy that people like and respect, but the
second you make that switch and you get that
look in your eye, and they've turned your smile
upside down, everybody's a go -damn. Yeah. So
I think if you have that ability, that's the
guy you want. You done goofed it. You done messed
up, AA Ron. Well, I got knocked off my stool
because I was on my stool. The man meets coming
my way. I threw my right forearm and shoulder
into the dude coming at me. But I mean, just
imagine standing on the train tracks. It's coming
through. Right. It's coming through and you're
on a stool. You have no leverage. No. Zero leverage.
All the power is in the legs anyway. That's it.
So, yeah, if I had braced myself, yeah, I would
have wrecked this dude's lower back for sure.
But I got knocked off my stool. I flew across
the bar. And that says something, because I'm
not a tiny dude either. Anyway, I knocked my
head on a table. Shit. Landed on the floor. My
side gets jammed into the metal leg of the bar
stool that someone's sitting on. And before I
even know what the fuck is going on, I'm on the
floor. And I see these two assholes wrestling
across from me. grab my stool with my feet because
it's it's like in between whatever they're doing
and myself and I grab it like with my feet right
because I'm on the ground right so I grab with
my feet and I jam the stool into them I just
go bam and I jam it with my legs my legs are
pretty strong At that time, this dude grabs my
left arm and it tends to pull me up. Now, the
left side of me is what went on the floor and
into that. Oh, no. He doesn't know. He's doing
a good deed for the day. He's doing the Lord's
work. Doing the Lord's work. So he grabs my left
arm and he attempts to pull me up. Well, he moves
me about five inches. I shriek. He's like, oh,
fuck. And so at that point, I at least had enough
room now where I just like... like a break dance
move i just spun on my back and towards them
and put my feet on the ground i reached both
arms up one dude grabbed one one dude grabbed
the other and i was able to just bounce up yeah
so that's that's the proper way if you're going
to pick someone up that is the proper way to
do it not with them laying on the ground and
you're behind them behind their head yeah yank
on the arm that happens to be injured uh so anyway
um Like I said, I don't blame him. He's just
he's trying to do a good thing. That's true But
when I turn around right I get up I turn around
I can front these two idiots on the floor because
my adrenaline's flowing as I say even from when
I was young and my dad taught me how to box he
did it with purpose kind of like With great power
comes great responsibility, right? Oh, yeah,
so, you know, he said hey uncle Ben. Well uncle
Ben action He'd always said you know if you ever
become a bully you're picking on people blah
blah you're gonna spar some rounds with me right
that was enough to say i will not do that right
that is not a problem and i've always just always
used it as a defense mechanism or if you know
i had a friend in need you know that's kind of
sure you know how i did it um but at any rate
i pop up dudes help me i spin around i'm ready
yeah i'm ready to go uh and and i'll tell you
what I'm also a master of fighting dirty. I learned
that a long time ago. It does not matter. You're
not in a boxing ring. You're not following a
set of rules when it comes to a brawl or fight
whether you're on the street or in a bar. If
you're talking street fights, you're talking
survival. I will wear my steel toe and right
in the jaw. I mean, I don't care. And it shouldn't
matter to you either. Like, oh, well, yeah, say,
we're going to fight like Jack Dempsey. Yeah.
Mock us at Greensbury rules. Now, screw that.
Let him fight that way. Who's the referee, huh?
Nah, who's the referee? Hey, low blow. Yeah,
low blow is right. I'm going to knock your nuts
up into your... lungs man yeah so at any rate
the two dudes are gone they when I got helped
up they must have just they fucking bounced they
beeline they they did not they did not want any
other extra curricular activity and the thing
that meant that really made me mad my friend
who is a bartender is like oh my god are you
okay and at that point so much adrenaline I didn't
feel the pain right so I'm like sure I'm fine
I'll be fine and So the guy who is acting bouncer,
C -Team bouncer, he basically was just like,
ah, I really hurt my wrist. And I felt like Sean
Michaeling him right to the jaw, man. I just
wanted to super kick this dude so bad. I'm like,
you, dude, I'm about to end you. Why would you?
Dude, you're a bouncer. Yep. It's your job not
to show weakness. You're surrounded by people
intoxicated. Right. Who are prone to fight. Yes.
I hurt my wrist. Oh, okay. Oh dude, I was hot.
Oh yeah. When he said that, like I was looking
at the bartender and we were talking and he was
like coming in the area where you go from the
bar area to behind the bar. Yeah. He's walking
down this path and he's just like kind of, I
really hurt my wrist and he's like moving his
hand around. I'm like... Do you really want your
wrist to hurt? I can make that happen for you.
That adrenaline's still flowing in you. Oh, it
is. And I'm hot. I'm hot. So the magic disappeared.
Literally, the bartender closed the bar like
45 minutes early. She was like, I'm done. We're
closing. I'm like, whoo, OK. Like, she was over
it. And I don't blame her. So I stayed at the
bar a little bit longer, left. Next day, woke
up bad. Like, wow. Why does my entire side right?
That's that's not that's not great. And then
the next day and then Monday came and I'm like
Yeah, I can't even get out of bed. So we're we're
gonna yeah work. No, we're gonna take a day.
We're gonna stay here Maloney needs besides very
Maloney needs a drink see the song. Yeah, Maloney
just needs to chill in bed And that's what I
was doing. So a couple of cracked ribs separated
shoulder. They've made it for a very painful
week Lack of sleep. So it's like every time you
turn or shift, it's like boink, sharp pain, ow,
okay, I'm awake, I'm awake, I'm awake. So like
10 minutes of sleep, 20 minutes of sleep, and
it's just, it's not enough. Right. It's just
not enough. And then it's like, you know, sometimes
you are just, you find that spot and you fall
asleep and you make that shift. Oh, right. And
now I'm shrieking like a 14 year old girl sitting
Taylor Swift for the first time. Anytime I sneeze
or cough. Like I'm at work and I'm like, uh,
chew, ow. Yeah. And then the girls at work are
kind of giggling. I'm like, no. Yeah. Okay, I
get it. It's funny, but it's not. Not helping
my bruised ribs, but I do understand. Not helping
my cracked up ribs, but that's okay. So, yeah,
so other than needing that Monday and the whole
lack of rest for the week and whatever, be in
a bad shape. Yeah, just kept moving moving on
and obviously that means going to work but and
being as productive as I can because at like
some point you're like, okay I can either just
sit at home and be sore and Get like a doctor's
note and be like, yep. I'm not coming in this
week, but then it's like well What's the difference
between being sore here being sore there, right?
Right. I might as well not waste my days and
be productive and all that kind of stuff. So
that's exactly what I did but then like I'm already
out so I'm like okay it's part of my medication
I'm gonna have some alcohol because I definitely
need that for sure so I kind of did that and
I guess once again being in that chaotic roller
coaster Now I'm going out and I'm meeting fans
of this very show. That's exciting. Which is
great, because sometimes you meet them online,
they'll leave a comment, which is cool, they've
been doing that, a little bit of... Shout out
Curaçao, shout out Germany. Absolutely, shout
out to all these... Shout out Cambodia, I think.
Cambodia? Yeah. Cambodia, you just made the list?
My man. Yep, I like that. Well, that's probably
too early for that segue, but foreshadowing.
Yeah, well, yeah foreshadowing for sure But anyway,
there's some Mark Mo show fans and one guy lives
in a town called Portage another guy hometown
here in Valparaiso, Indiana There's about them
and they kind of dug it and as one guy from Valpo
is just like yeah I've been listening to your
show on this and that and they so I kind of like
this dialogue that we had had and I think it
was the show titled Oh gosh Not for sale. Oh,
yeah, and so He had said something about that
and I answered his question and all of a sudden
now he's like, okay, I have to sit down. We had
like a half an hour talk about that dialogue
and I'm like, this is what I want. That's great.
So whether you're at home and you want to hit
us up on the socials and you've got questions
or comments, whatever, you like what we said,
you didn't like what, we don't care, just interact
with us, we're cool. Feedback, yeah. Yeah, we're
cool, we'll interact with you, but at any rate.
It was just cool to kind of have that interaction.
So I guess that was the upswing on that roller
coaster for for a moment. But I also met a very
attractive woman. So this happens. I wasn't really
like talking to her most of that night. She was
kind of doing her own thing. And she's having
drinks. So she'd obviously had a day, too. So
that wasn't a bugger. But she had moved seats
and came over and sat on my side of the bar to
my right and then on her other side. Were these
these couple of fuckboys see last week's episode?
And they were trying every move in line in the
millennial guys playbook and let me just say
it was kind of weak mostly comical But once again,
I'm letting her do her thing. She can handle
herself. I'm just gonna you know, nothing Borderline
illegal is going on or physical so I'm just gonna
keep it my classic dude bro behavior for sure
do your behavior absolutely So I just observed
their feeble attempt to pick her up Feeble is
feeble weak very weak once again, you know still
licking my physical wounds and not looking to
pick anyone up by any stretch At any rate, she
starts glancing in my direction. I recognize
the look it kind of had Okay, so I have this
go -to move It's physical communication as opposed
to verbal communication because a lot of times
your face or your eyes can say enough. Body language.
Body language, baby. And so it's kind of like
a side smile, a gentle nod. So if you've seen
that, for example, if you've seen that. That
Robert Redford where he's the frontiersman, he's
got the beard and that's that meme where he just
kind of smiles and does that little nod. It's
kind of like that and I add like a little side
smile and a wink. It works like a charm. Yeah.
Works like a charm. It says everything I needed
to say without me having to hear it. Without
a word. Open my mouth. So I executed said move
and so she grabbed my arm and said let's move
over here. Away from... Dude bros dude bros Noted
so as we move down the bar from dumb and dumber
They looked at me like WTF right and so to be
honest. I absolutely loved this moment. Just
loved it I won't go into too much detail as it
pertains to her, but we talked for the next two
hours We got very close. I I pulled I pulled
the reins back when it looked like She was ready
to jump my bones like she was ready to go So
I pulled in the reins. But however, I did pull
digits, which always feels good. Sure. You know?
And so, okay, one more thing worth mentioning.
The guys had closed out their tab. In defeat,
tail between legs. I get how it works, boys.
I've had to take that walk a few times myself.
I'm not infallible. I am not the pope. I'm sorry.
Da pope. Da pope. The guys that closed out their
tab, I thought they left. I went up to use the
washroom and they're coming out. So they gave
me kind of this mouth open look, kind of astonishment
maybe, I don't know. And they're like, how did
this dude sweep in last second and smoke us?
How? So I smirked and I said, it's always the
guys you least expect underestimated from day
one boys. And I just went in the bathroom. And
it was great. It was fantastic. It felt good.
Clean. It was clean. It really was. And I guess,
besides being a low -level menace, I do have
some quick wit. And in that particular case,
it came in... They may go hand -in -hand. They
may go hand -in -hand. For sure. Yeah. So I suppose
that was not bad. Chaotic. Definitely fits in
the chaos. Certainly. For sure. Chaotic. Good.
Or chaotic neutral, maybe. Chaotic neutral, maybe?
Yeah, I would say. We'll see how the girl with
the digits works out. God bless her soul. Yeah,
and there was another night. I met one of my
friends there, and she was there, and I met a
lot of people there that night, just on and off
throughout the night, and sometimes it's great
to be kind of a regular at a spot, because I
don't have to go here to meet that person, here
to meet that person, here to... I can just go
to my spot and people know where I'm at. Sure.
And so if I encounter them, it's like, great.
I don't have to go all over town to meet all
my favorite people. I can just go here. And if
they come in, great. And if they don't, I know
the people at the bar. Right. And I can just
hang out and talk with them, have a couple of
beers, watch the game and go home. And that's
a good night, too. Right. So my one friend was
there and my one of my other friends from Crown
Point, she happened to come to Franklin House
that night. Not sponsored, soon to be sponsored,
hopefully. And so she pops in. So it's the girl
from Crown Point and the girl here in Valpo.
And they both have that certain level of crazy.
Not bad crazy, just chaos. They fit into the...
Chaotic neutral. Chaotic neutral. They fit into
it. They had never met each other. And then they
did. And I thought, oh boy. Oh, did they click?
I... had to turn away, because I was about to
bust laughing. I had no idea it was going to
happen this way. It's like the fucking gatekeeper
and the key master. It really was. We have to
get these two together. Oh, I did. And I did.
It was so great. There's a few people we have
to do that with. This happened. I had no idea
this would ever happen. Like, this is amazing.
Had to do with like tying a scarf around a neck
in a lap dance and it was craziness and like
this Might be the greatest 30 seconds of my life.
This is fantastic so that that once again not
bad chaos, but chaos nonetheless or and You know,
I have to say like Work roller coaster good day
bad day weird day like it's it's almost just
like the universe is like oh we're picking up
what you're dropping. I'm like, no, I didn't
drop shit. Stop this. I want to get off the roller
coaster. I would settle for a couple of plain
ordinary days at this point. But no, that wasn't
what it had in store for me at any rate. And
then I had these friends of mine that... that
broke up so they went like through a breakup
so it was over the weekend it's like oh this
happened like a friend came in it was like oh
this happened i was like what and so like that
happened but then 48 hours later they're back
together again so i'm like oh boy that's always
a sign of a good relationship i'm like i'm like
wow okay that's that's one of the quickest turnarounds
in history this is rather interesting and the
toughest part and i've had this happen a couple
times in my life where you're like You're friends
of both of them. Sure. And something like that
happens. And you're just like, I have to be Switzerland.
But then there was enough things that happened
before the breakup where I was like, well, I'm
kind of supporting one more than the other, at
least right now. Right. And it just it was messy.
And I'm like, oh, man, this sucks. And so then
I heard, well, they're back again. And it's like,
well, good luck. But like part of me is like,
you know, maybe. Just a half step removed. Sure.
From this situation. Because it's like, I don't
know what's going on. And it's like, I'm just
going to kind of take that half step out. Right.
Don't entwine yourself in someone else's crazy.
If it means potential detriment to your own mental
state. There's no point. And the thing is too,
it's like when you genuinely enjoy both of those
people. And whether it's together or individually.
And then something like that happens. I think
you have to do that. Right. I think you have
to do that. So other than like a couple of text
messages and like I saw one of them last night
for like an hour, hour and a half or whatever,
that was it. And I think I, you know, besides
having the vibe like, hey, my ribs are really
sore. And like I try to convince people, oh,
are you mad at me? Are you upset about something?
I'm like, no, I'm in immense amount of pain.
This is, I'm in a lot of pain face. Yeah. And
it's hard to let people know that, be like, oh,
is he really mad about something? It's like,
yeah, he's mad because he's hurt. Right. He's
mad about being hurt. But in the same sense,
I'm sure I kind of had that face and that vibe
last night, but it was kind of like, look, I
just, you know, I'm in a lot of pain. I'm out
here. I'm still trying to be somewhat social
just to not sit at home and be miserable, be
out and about and be miserable, I guess. But
so, yeah, that was just part of Part of the chaos.
You know, that was really part of it, too. And,
you know, I'm sure things in that realm will
probably calm down at some point. And whether
it returns to some assemblance of normalcy, who
knows? You didn't ever know. That's true. You
never know with that kind of stuff. But, you
know, anyway, kind of being on the outside right
now a little bit is fine with me. Yeah, yeah.
Just because I don't, you know, I just don't.
Want in that right? I don't want in that it's
it's a to a point to or either of them want to
talk about it be like I am NOT talking right
find someone else to talk about yeah I'm gonna
talk about fun stuff. You won't play darts. Yeah,
don't drink beer. I'm good. Otherwise, I'm not
your guy Nope, no, not anymore. No, it's it just
can't you know, it just can't but that was a
week that was utter chaos cast walking Anyway
Quick break, I guess. Yeah, right. Carpe diem.
Coming up next on the Mark Mo Show. All right,
everybody, we are back and it is time for Carpe
diem. Carpe diem. Carpe diem. Carpe diem. Carpe
diem. When the carpe is diem. Now, if somebody
copyrights me, yeah. If you take that exact jingle,
I will see you in small claims court because
I have no money for big claims court. No, we
don't. We don't. What do they even call? Oh,
regular court. Regular court. Regular court.
Let's see. How much do I have in my pocket? Yeah.
We might just be taking this into the alley.
I mean there's just Frontier justice. Yeah, the
smoke claims court I know is a lead pipe and
your knee broken behind the CBS. There you go.
I win that simple. Well, Carpe Diem, that's you
fine folks. Send us your DMs and reread them
on air. And you know, it doesn't matter. It could
be naughty. It could be... It could be nice.
Could be a question. Yeah. We might answer it.
We don't have to. No, we really don't. But we
may. We might. Perhaps. Mayhaps. Mayhaps. But
at any rate, we get them every week and then
we decide which ones we're going to talk about.
So Aidan, what do you got this week? This week,
our old boy. Chiming in every week though so
far in season two. Oh, let's yeah ham bone ham
bone. What up? What do you use? social media
for most That's a good question Well, I'll answer
first. Yeah, social media. I would say 75 % give
or take is promotion of this show talking about
this show, answering your questions, all that
kind of stuff. I would put about 75 % on that.
The other 25 % truly is miscellaneous. It is,
like me, the one thing I think Facebook's good
for. is reminding me that a friend has a birthday.
Sure. I'm like, oh, thank you, Facebook. I forgot
it was so -and -so's birthday today. Like that
part, I do appreciate. And then, of course, keeping
up on local events and things like that, that's
very helpful. So there's some tools in there
that are very helpful. So the other 25 % is a
lot of that stuff. I don't post a ton of photos,
a lot of graphics as it pertains to our shows
and stuff like that. but not too many photos
unless we're out and it's an event and I'm with
a few friends we snap a few photos uh then I'll
do that but um yeah so that's about it for me
yeah I I'm kind of in a similar boat it depends
whether or not you include YouTube as a form
of social media very true because most people
may consider that a form of social media I consider
it a form of entertainment Sure, where it's kind
of along the same lines Netflix as yeah like
a Netflix or network TV or something Yeah, so
if you include YouTube 90 % of my time on social
media would be that YouTube because that's most
of what I watch I'm not a big TV or movie guy
as much anymore but if you don't a Majority of
it is spent on reddit prepping for shows or keeping
up with news or memes or entertainment like that.
I rarely use Facebook. I rarely use Instagram.
I don't even use Snap anymore. I find it very
helpful that I use social media apps less. because
I feel when I use them more I find myself more
stressed out or you know you get more FOMO you
know fear of missing out yeah everything like
that like oh I'm not doing enough look at what
X Y & Z are doing that's it's just not healthy
to put yourself in a situation like that so I
literally just don't go on them anymore where
besides YouTube and Reddit I cannot Named the
last time I posted or interacted on a different
social media app besides that so Entertainment
news on reddit Then YouTube that's that yeah,
that's kind of all I'm not and the only other
thing for me, too But it's not technically social
media is like AI stuff cuz like I'll use chat
GPT a couple times or something Especially like
if I'm writing about something and I'm having
a brain fart I throw stuff up there to chat GPT
and I look and I'm like up and I get my answer
and It's pretty great. So like it'll comprise
your thoughts kind of thing, right? Cuz I'm like,
okay Sometimes I get writers block cuz I do some
writing sure and I'm like, okay and then and
I just kind of spew my thoughts into ChatGPT,
and ChatGPT comes back with something, and I'm
like, yep, that's what I want to do, and it helps,
it's very helpful in that way. I suppose social
media could be harmful as well, but in that case,
very helpful. Yeah, I would agree. Got a question
here from our boy Ozzy Austin. I love Ozzy's.
I'll try, I'll try. Do it. How you going, mate?
If you were a wrestler, what would your name
and gimmick be? That's a good question there,
Austin. I would say it's not necessarily anything
Australian, because you just heard my attempt
at an accent, and it is very stereotypical. So,
you know, when I was a wee lad, I watched a lot
more wrestling than I do these days. And I kind
of had this idea because I was a big fan of Randy
Orton, the Viper, you know. Yeah. So I had this
in my brain that I would be like the Cobra, you
know, because I figured like it's not the same
thing. It's more of a interpolation maybe or
not so much an offshoot, but like an appreciation
of that that style of. Wrestling where you're
like sly and smart about things so I was gonna
be like the Cobra and like this edgy style and
not that I would like Who was the Italian guy
that had the Cobra finishing move? Santino Marella
John Chana John Chana Not the Cobra as in Santino
Marella, but the Cobra as in like The same way
Randy Orton took you know DDP made his finishing
move his own, I would take the Cobra and make
that kind of style and appearance my own. That
is what I would strive to do. Not that I'm nearly
as muscular or as athletic as Randy Orton, but
that would kind of be my idealistic. Yeah, if
I were to be a wrestler, that's what I would
want to be. I love that I think mine would be
a representation of where I grew up So that was
the south side of Chicago. I think it would be
kind of a brawler alley brawler Union jacket
blue jeans boots so somewhere along the lines
of Kevin Owens, John Moxley, Arne Anderson, Ronnie
Garvin, those kind of guys that just went in
and punched you in the face. Right. Like those
would be the kind of guys... that I would have
that that would just kind of be my gimmick. It
wouldn't be flashy at all. You know, I'd come
down to some like hard rock or metal type of
music and I would just come down and just want
to punch people in the face, you know, put chains
around my fist and punch you right in the face
barbed wire match. I think that's fantastic.
Like that. That would be that would be kind of
my vibe because that that kind of fits how I
would fight, I think. Sure. Sure. And you've
got to have entrance music to match, right? You
do. If you're an offshoot of Randy Orton, like
I would be the Cobra, right? It would have to
be that edgy, grungy rock entrance music. Whereas
yours, would it be more aligned with the Mick
Foley style entrance music? It could. It could
be something from early Sabbath. I could contract
Tesla to make my own song just because they're
just a bluesy hard rock band. Yeah. So yeah,
something like that I think would be stellar.
That'd be righteous. Lemmy would be great, but
Lemmy unfortunately is no longer with us. Rest
in peace, brother. No doubt. Final question I
received this week on Carpe Diem's. Digit Dude
asks, I'm buying Digits $100 ,000 for any finger
or toe. What are you gonna sell to me? How much
are you doing per digit? 100k. 100k USD. For
any finger or toe, what are you gonna sell? Now,
DigiDude, that's very, I would say generous.
I never realized my digits would be worth $100
,000. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I'm
gonna be a little conservative as to what I'd
give you. I don't want to lose any fingers. I
feel like they all have their place. But I've
never really known what purpose the fourth toe
on either foot provides. Because I know both
the big toe and pinky toe are necessary for stability.
But the fourth toe? The ring finger toe? You
could take both. Take both fourth toes on either
foot both feet. I only have two $200 ,000 in
my pocket Yeah, that is a really really nice
amount of money sure and I just lose both fourth
toes. I Think I would lock that down like yesterday
Hmm interesting. That's I wouldn't give up any
fingers $200 ,000 is plenty for me to feel comfortable
for a while and it's just gonna cost me a couple
of fourth toes. Yeah, I can see that. That's
my take. No fingers. See, here's the thing. Like,
I would do both pinky toes, but then I think
to myself, all right, are the pinky toes too
important for balance? Right. So I do have concerns
about that. Then I think about a football player
that used to play for the Miami Dolphins. His
name is Timmy Two Toes Bowens, and he literally
had two toes on one foot and played professional
football. So I'm thinking, okay, if this dude
can get by and play professional football, maybe
I could go without a pinky toe or two. Maybe
you could get rid of the three middle and just
have the balance toes. Man, that'd look whack.
It'd look whack, but you'd have 600k if you got
rid of three middle toes on either foot. True.
I was being conservative just giving away one
toe on each foot. I see that, yeah. You've got
potential. He's got potential. He's got potential.
I'm going to get rid of both pinky toes. We'll
just see how we can get by. See how you get on?
Hey, I'm not a spring chick anymore. I rarely
do anything athletic, aside from what may be
going on a hike or working out. Sure. I'm pretty
sure I could do that with eight toes, so I think
we'll go without two. and uh yeah take that 200k
also yeah interesting we picked different sets
of toes we did yeah yeah i just figured the fourth
toe doesn't provide as much that the pinky toe
should but here's what i think i at least from
my perspective what is one thing even if it's
just for a moment that causes you immense pain
And that is jamming your pinky toe on a dresser,
on a bed, on a chair, and it's just like, ah,
and then that sets the day for failure. That's
true, yeah. You start your day slamming your
toe and then everything just goes downhill from
there. Immediately in a seller mood. I'm eliminating
the toe. And I get money. Yeah. Let's do it.
Hey man, I can't blame you. I can't blame you.
I like your logic there. That's something. That's
the last DM I got, but I figure you've got a
handful yourself. I do. Indeed I do. The first
one comes from Don't Fret About Me. Hey guys,
musician from a small town in central Illinois,
having a hard time making a living at what I
love. Any suggestions? Oh brother, you know what?
I would say continue your passion. Don't let
capitalism be the downfall. of what you enjoy
doing. But life's a bitch, man. Yeah. What you
enjoy doing may not be what you make money doing
for a living. And that's it's pros and cons there,
right? Because there's a lot of people that say
if you make your hobbies your job, you will no
longer enjoy your hobbies. And I know that's
not true for everyone. Right. But it is true
enough for some people that perhaps it may just
continue being a passion for you, and that's
okay. Of course it'd be nice to get paid for
what you enjoy doing. That's what I want to do.
That's why I do YouTube, that's why we do this
podcast, because it's what we enjoy doing and
it would be really nice the prospect of eventually
making money on it. Being monetized, doing what
you enjoy doing. But the reality is, is you either
need to get very lucky, you need nepotism, see
Hollywood for an example, or you just need to
do it for long enough that you just break the
system, which is also uncommon, thus falls back
under being lucky. So I would just say never
give up your passions. But you got to make a
dollar somehow in this in this fucking world.
And I would I would say this, too. You know,
if you're not, quote unquote, married to where
you live, I don't know what town in central Illinois
could be. Gilman wouldn't be awesome. Gilman,
my man. Be amazing. Blessed be. So, you know,
if you're from a town of five thousand people,
if you're a town from a thousand people, if it's
just not a very big town, I don't know what your
profession is. Maybe you work at a gas station.
Maybe you work at a factory. Sure. Maybe you're
in an office somewhere doing something. But if
you do something there that you can do anywhere,
just move to a bigger town that gives you a better
opportunity to play your music, play local shows,
local bars and things like that. So it just gives
you a better opportunity. So I'd say maybe that's
what you have to do. I know there was a local
girl here. Her name is Kaia Bryce and She used
to perform local shows here in Valparaiso. We're
about 38 ish thousand people here in North Central,
Indiana and She is now in Nashville. So she's
taking her skill and she's very skilled. She
was great She came on my radio show and sang
and she was awesome She definitely has skills.
So when she made that move, I was just like You
get it. It's like, this is what I want to do.
And you just go to a bigger market and give yourself
a shot. And so that was awesome. So I would just
suggest the same thing. If you love what you
do, whether it's just you play guitar, or you
play guitar and sing, or whatever it is that
you do, and you're good at it, you can even use
YouTube. Put some of your stuff on YouTube and
get it out there. And give it a shot. But I would
say, you're in central Illinois. Champagne a
college town might be a good spot for you To
play your music local bars and stuff or get to
know some fraternities play some of their parties
and stuff perhaps like Springfield or maybe down
near st. Louis or something, you know, you definitely
have options. So just think about it Yeah, if
you can grow a local following you've got the
potential to grow regional following Yes, you
can see how this can become exponential just
go at it, you know, absolutely. Absolutely Give
yourself a shot, man. At Golden Goose is on the
loose. Hi, guys. I'm a pretty successful investor.
I've been doing it since I was a kid. Pretty
much self -taught. Trump and his bullshit are
messing up my shit. Well, welcome to America.
Yeah. That's unfortunately where the fuck we
are. Now, I love the fact that this dude's been
doing it since he was, I don't know how young,
but... that he learned enough on his own to become
successful, whatever amount of success that is.
I don't know what it is. But apparently he likes
doing it, he's good at doing it, and he's made
his money, and now you have external forces that
are messing with your plan. Right. And that sucks.
Yeah. No matter what level you're at, whether
you're a billionaire level. Whether it's just
a 401k. Right. You know? Yeah, and you've got
some other dude who's just being an ass messing
with your state. It sucks. Yeah, and it's unfortunate
that an individual has that type of power to
negatively affect the net worth or retirement
potential of 100 million people. Yes. So I would
just say Ah, violent uprising looks pretty good
today, huh? Yeah. Hypothetically. Hypothetically,
we're not telling you to take, well, no, I am
telling you to take to the streets. Sure, sure,
sure, sure. Go to the streets, but a very good
friend of mine, very smart, and she is involved
in local politics, things like that. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. We had a great conversation one night and
that conversation basically was you know talking
about Protesting going out and being heard and
chanting and getting your point across and all
that which is your constitutional, right? You
should do it But the question I posed is one
that she kind of agreed with it's like what's
next, right? That's a part of it, but what's
next? Yeah, so that's that's an important thing
to figure out and I think we're at the what's
next stage I agree whatever that might be not
Not that we're advocating for a violent uprising.
No. All I'm trying to say is it's a beautiful
day for a violent uprising. Hypothetically. Hypothetically.
I mean, if you were to do such things in a game
like Minecraft. Exactly. You know? Right. You
hiss at me, we got a problem, is what I'm saying.
Get a little violent. You're not going to blow
up in my face. Hypothetically. Hypothetically.
Creeper. Aw, man. My man. At Hairless Kitty Cat.
My man. Hi guys, in Chicago in my late 20s and
I love older men. What should I look for and
how should I approach them? I would say you look
for older men and approach them as you are. Let's
talk to them. I have no other advice for you.
Just talk to them and if they pick up your vibe,
you go for it. This is something a lot of people
don't take into consideration. when looking to
start a conversation or perhaps something beyond
a conversation is so many people have amazing
stories. Yep. And are excited to share them.
Yes, for sure. Now, they may not want to share
those stories with a complete stranger, but if
you're an acquaintance, if you become an acquaintance
through small talk or chit chat, a couple drinks,
whatever, people love telling their stories.
Oh, sure. You know? So, get out there and have
people tell their stories to you. Tell your own
stories. I think that is fantastic advice. Yep.
I would agree. I would also say, if you're in
Chicago, Valpo's not far away. You can go to
Franklin House. There might be older guys there.
I don't know who. There might be older guys there
that if you drop it, they'll pick it up. That's
all I'm going to say. To be more serious, if
you ever find yourself in a bit, no. All we're
trying to say is drop it low shorty, get low.
That's what we're saying here on the Mark Mo
Show. The White Guys podcast. Oh my god. I'm
sorry. One comment ruins the show. I was just
going to say, you have to be self -aware. Oh,
for sure. No doubt if I felt that coming out
of my mouth Yeah saying the word shoddy and I'm
like, oh no No, I have to lean in the fact that
I am in fact really pale incredibly Caucasian
Yeah, remarkably Caucasian now that's that's
that's quite all right But at any rate, you just
be yourself just be yourself and talk and I don't
know what works for me a lot of times is Even
though I'm a great talker and a communicator.
I'm a storyteller. I I will I don't mind being
the life of the party, but I also don't mind
being in the corner and observing things and
picking my spots. Sure. So maybe that's more
of your vibe where you kind of just go to a place,
take everything in, kind of observe some things.
And if there's a guy and you find him attractive
enough, put yourself in. Put me in, coach. Yep.
Put yourself in. Just say hello, whatever. You
have a conversation. If it goes somewhere, great.
If it doesn't and you've had it for your drinks,
you had a good night out. True. That's the way
you gotta look at it. Win -win. It's a win -win,
no doubt. Last one I've got here is at stonerstanley420.
Oh, my man, Stan. Oh, boy. I am the DM man for
Momo and Alan. That you are. That you are, Stanley.
Happy day. Yeah, it is. I am in the Buffalo,
Michigan. oh no oh i'm sorry let me let me rephrase
this yeah i am in the buffalo michigan place
and it is christmas i cry i am so happy i cry
everywhere you look i smoke it how are you oh
my man stan it's it's not christmas but i imagine
there's a lot of tree up there definitely definitely
I'm glad you found your happy place, a place
where it's legal, Cough Cough, Indiana. Not that
place. You know, God bless your soul, man. I
mean, you're really out there doing the Lord's
work, smoking that gun. He may never come back.
I wouldn't blame him. He may never come back.
I really wouldn't blame him. You know, living
in a van. Down by the river. Down by the river.
Yeah. Doesn't matter which river. But he found
one where green is legal so indeed. Yeah, that's
that's pretty great my dog my guy I was wondering
I was wondering if you would ever find a buffalo,
but it's actually new Buffalo folks Yeah, he
was in the Buffalo. He was in the Buffalo according
to him. He might be in a Buffalo. I don't With
Stanley you never ever know. It's good not to
know sometimes it is really It really is. A blessing.
Indeed. But that concludes our DMs. Hey, reach
out, socials, all you guys. If you have questions,
you have comments, whatever, hit us up and we
are happy to read those on the air. Or maybe
we won't, but more than likely we will. Yeah,
absolutely. So anyway, before we hit up another
break, we have a little segment called The Other
Foods with Aidan Maloney. So he finds the most
bizarre foods from around the world. that a billy
goat would probably turn down. Certainly. Would
like go up to it and be like, no way in hell.
Not for me. And Aidan finds them. And so what
do you got this week? This week, I went to the
good old disgusting food museum. No, no. The
legends that have done the amount of research,
the amount of research I did, because we've had
the other foods since before the podcast days
when we were on radio. And every week I would
put in maybe 30 to 60 minutes of research finding
a specifically disturbing food and not knowing
they already did it for me. Which is why I shut
them out because I have found at least the last
handful of other foods on the disgustingfoodmuseum
.com not sponsored but I will shut them out because
they did the research. Frog juice. Frog juice.
Okay. This is not a food, but a drink. Drink.
From Peru. Beautiful Peru. Jugo de Harana. Mmm.
Or frog juice. Hopefully I pronounced that right.
A frog smoothie. The frog is killed, usually
by banging its head against the counter. What?
Are you kidding me right now? It's head against
the counter. The frog is then skinned and cleaned.
I feel like there's, call me crazy, I feel like
there's more humane ways to kill a frog. Skinned
and cleaned, put in a blender with water and
other ingredients such as quail eggs, honey,
spices, and local plants. Hmm. The quote continues,
the blended frothy green goo is then strained
to remove any bone fragments. Oh, you're kidding
me. It's just a smoothie. Keep an open mind.
Ah. Street vendors tote the drink as a healthy
aphrodisiac energy drink. It's considered...
Oh! Hey, it's their claim, not mine. Giggity.
It's considered almost a spiritual beverage,
the recipes having been passed down through the
generations. Let's see here. The Titicaca frog,
I swear to God... Ooh, Lake Titicaca! That's
how it is. The Titicaca frog it's made from is
critically endangered. Uh -huh. So hey guys perhaps
stop making that so that we don't lose another
endangered species I want to button for two seconds.
Yeah, there is a There's a vial of said frog
juice. Yes It says frog juice one ounce ingredients
bullfrog So they just they forgot to add the
extra shit that is like well, it's just frog
frog. It's just frog Wow So they took frog juice
and were like, how about we make it pure? That's
it. Pure frog juice. They said no local plants,
quail eggs, honey, or spices. But apparently,
on Disgusting Food Museum, they claim it's commonly
given to children and adults alike as a health
boost, claimed to cure anemia, bronchitis, asthma,
impotence, osteoporosis, and other ailments,
and of course is an aphrodisiac. That is, that
is a crazy cure -all. That is. Holy shit. That's
unbelievable. Think of how strong those frogs
must be. No doubt. The strongest part of the
taste is that of maca, a native root from the
Andes in Peru. Okay. Which I guess must be the
local plants they add. because I can't imagine
a frog tasting earthy or malty. Right. You can't,
they claim you cannot really taste the frog,
but the color of the juice distinctly blended
frog -like color. Not fully smooth, but closer
to a thick shake. Oh no. What? Oh man. Oh man,
oh man. That's frog juice, baby. Frog juice indeed.
Holy cow Just makes you feel alive. It makes
you feel something Fear fear running to the bathroom.
I don't know. That's that's fight -or -flight
response just by the thought of frog juice frog
juice No doubt. Yeah hundred percent. Hmm Wow.
Well, thank you for that. Oh, it's my pleasure
for that little bit of information there I think
we can never forget that one. At any rate, hey,
why don't we take a break while we think on frog
juice? And we will be back in just a few with
our feature segment, You Just Made the List,
my friends. All right, we're back from the break
and it is time for You Just Made the List. We
make a top 10 list, 10 to two, number one big
reveal. And let me get the... Look at that rule
book. Gotta look at the rule book. Let's see,
page one, there are no rules. Oh, good. That's
great. I love rule books that have that exact
wording. I do too. No fine print. Technically,
there probably is one rule though. That there
is no rules. Oh, kind of paradoxical in nature,
but I'm not going to question it. Nope. It's
easier for us. Right, exactly. Then we become
a Doctor Who episode and we don't want to do
that. Everybody was like, what the fuck is wrong
with these guys? Well, if you see white Converse
in a nice blue suit, you know it's a David Tennant
episode. That's right. And if you are encountering
a Fez because, well, Fez's are cool. Or Stetson.
Stetson's are cool. That's right. My man. My
man. Good old Matt Smith. Where are your eyebrows,
brother? No doubt. No doubt about that. Well,
the list this week is... your favorite ethnic
food now to be clear we are americans is the
united states so i think america fuck yeah so
my man anything ethnic would be of course outside
of america so we're not gonna put meatloaf we're
not gonna put pork chops and steak we're not
going hot dogs and burgers although there is
no rules so let's say hypothetically i may have
you may and be like well hamburger There's hamburger
and burger and blind so it's it's brought worst
and blind Exactly. So here here we're gonna we're
gonna do our ten through two and our number one
of ethnic foods So I'll get things started. I
do have a few Honorable mentions as it were honorable
Honorable mentions cool whip cool whip. Why do
you say it like that whip? Say cool Cool. Say
whip. Whip. Cool. Whip. Love it. You're welcome,
ladies and gentlemen. Idiots on this side. Pre
-recited. Not recited at all. Not at all. So
we have the option, because there are no rules,
to do honorable mentions. So I do have a few
honorable mentions. Word. Big ziti is on there.
Oh, my man. Oh, is that why the bacon is ziti?
Like that ziti. I'm a big fan of cashew chicken.
Oh, I love it. I don't think they cook with cashews
near enough. Nuts in general are so avoided in
savory food for some reason. Yeah, I love nuts.
Yeah, me too. Man meat. What? Weren't we just
talking about that? You know. Let's not go back
to last week where I said how much I enjoyed
having meat in my mouth. Oh sure, but you do
but I According to urban legend according to
recording every legend. I enjoy meat in my mouth
and now I do enjoy nuts I mean while in there
while in the neighborhood um so Yeah, hey Cashew
chicken awesome. I love orange chicken as well
I like Pad Thai. I don't have Thai food near
enough. So true. But I do enjoy Pad Thai quite
a bit. Pot stickers, I love pot stickers and
I could just get like so good 12 of them and
just eat them could be a meal It could be a meal
just give me a bunch of hot stickers for me.
It is man. Why not? Chinese sponge cake. I love
Chinese sponge cake you walk around like in Chicago.
For example, you got Chinatown You have little
Vietnam which is up by like Argyle Avenue You
can get the sponge cake at either place. You
just get a little bakery as you walk in there
And they have all sorts of really cool things
that are different from your standard bakery
true and Chinese sponge cake is good Last honorable
mention spring rolls. I do enjoy spring rolls
They're just they're very light, but they're
crunchy and they're a little bit of soy sauce
for that salty Yeah, beautiful Now we're on to
the top ten number ten. It's a tie With heroes.
Oh my man And you meant a euro and forget about
it and then pierogies. Oh, dude Dude, a lot of
pierogies. You went Greek and Polish. Greek and
Polish. Holy. Greek and Polish. I know they love
each other. Sounds like this girl I want now.
Never mind. Number nine. What about the man meat?
Who says you can't have both, Aidan? My man.
Number nine, lasagna. Huge lasagna, or as I like
to call it, pasta cake. I always call it Garfield's
favorite. Oh, it is. Why not? Garfield knows
what's up. Where's the lasagna, John? Love some
lasagna. Number eight, Mongolian beef. Love me
some Mongolian beef. Good stuff. Number seven,
shepherd's pie. Oh, my man. Shepherd's pie or
you could go the English version cottage pie
differences ground beef versus lamb lamb I like
them both prefer the lamb, but I'll eat either
one absolutely number six chicken parmigiana
Fucking cooking here Every Italian is insulted
unless they're big fans of the Sopranos and they're
probably kids. Number five, sweet and sour chicken.
Probably my favorite Chinese dish. I just love
it because it's not like any chicken nugget.
Like you go to a fast food place or anything,
chicken nuggets are all pretty similar. And then
like what you get with sweet and sour chicken,
it's like, how did they? It's not a sauce, it's
a hug. It hugs your taste buds. It really does.
It really makes them taste friends. You get these
salty little chicken puffs and then you have
this sweet yet sour sauce. This is wonderful.
And sometimes they put the fruit in there. Sometimes
there's chunks of pineapple and chunks of other
things in there. Sometimes they put peppers in
there too, which is nice. It accents the meat
in such a way. In such a way. No. Call me Noam
Chomsky the way I'm eating that shit. Yeah, you.
My man. Number four, poutine. That is French
-Canadian. A Canadian classic. Technically, it
is a Canadian classic. Fuck the French. and god
bless you france but for listening yes uh but
anyway number three burritos love me a good burro
man oh yeah uh no matter where it comes from
especially if it's like two in the morning i
used to do that a lot when i was younger you're
out you're drinking it was like you had a couple
of options one of those was always a burrito
from elfamous man oh it was so good And number
two, tacos. Oh, yeah. Get me some tacos. Street
tacos. Just beautiful. Street tacos. We got a
couple taco trucks in town here that are really
great. Get that Mexicano style, you know, with
the onions and cilantro. Dude. Dude! If I had
a taco truck... Right. I know that sometimes
there's rules. We can't park close to another
restaurant if you have a food truck But if you're
close enough to the area where the bars are do
people are coming out at 2 in the morning Look,
we crave we work great We've just had a bunch
of beer imbibed if you will right and we just
like we need to soak it up man And we're like,
what do we need if you got a taco truck need
tacos? We're coming. Oh, yeah, we're coming for
sure Anyway, I was going to leave that silence
for you. I'm like, this has to go somewhere.
Can't leave that moment of silence in there for
sure. I'm going to leave my number one, Aidan.
Please tag in. I went by region. I went by region
slash country because I knew I know what I like.
but usually I crave dishes spontaneously, you
know? And that's like a biological thing, like
you crave dishes based on your nutritional needs,
but I crave these regions and these countries
in this order from 10 to 2, saving my number
1. Number 10 is Korean. Korean food is wonderful.
Specifically, in my opinion, Korean barbecue
is... Oh, good. Oh, it's killer. You fucking
with that kimchi? I fuck with the kimchi, too.
You know, I'm not huge on fermented food. Fermented
beverages count me in. Fermented foods, I'm usually
a little more reserved, but kimchi is very tasty,
especially when involved in other dishes. Number
nine, Cuban. Cubano food. Oh. Yeah. It's so special.
on the taste buds the taste friends yes it's
so special number eight mediterranean which would
include that grecian euro sure mentioned it includes
that shawarma falafel dude dude that's good stuff
you put it on a pita i'm gonna like it Anything
just throw just throw all sorts of throw garbage
juice on a PDA. I would be like, thank you. Here's
$30 No question number seven. Here's why I went
a little different American Midwestern Because
it is a region to foreigners. It would be ethnic
in a way. Mm -hmm I'm stretching the rules, but
that's okay American Midwestern specifically
the Chicago style you're talking Tavern style
pizza. Oh Italian shut the fuck up. It's Chicago
Tavern style pizza you're talking that the big
foot long of bread just Filled with Italian beef
and I know I just said the word Italian, but
hey, it's a Chicago invention Chicago invention
American Midwestern number seven. Okay easily
Number six Chinese food. Yeah, dude. Yeah, baby
crab rangoons count me in You're talking any
type of roll, any type of roll. Same thing with
the pita, you could put anything in that roll,
I'm gonna like it. You put motor oil in there.
Thank you. Spring roll, egg roll, cinnamon roll,
whatever you, whatever, whatever. Alright, maybe
not that last one, but I mean, they're good at
rolls. The Cinnabon special, very Chinese. Number
five on my list is Indian food. I... Love Indian
food the combination. I didn't think about Indian.
Yeah the combination of spices curry I mean dude
cumin as a spice is so Underrated in American
cuisine chicken curry is really good butter chicken
is amazing. Yeah that too. Yep Unbelievable number
five on my list. I went there again American
Southern You're talking comfort food. You're
talking biscuits and gravy It's chicken fried
steak country fried steak. I mean, it's just
it's not ethnic in the sense that we as Americans
know it But if somebody from Japan's coming here,
it's like to them. That's right That was my that
was my interpretation and that's why it's number
four because I really like southern food Number
three on my list is Italian There is so much
Italian food and of course with immigration there
are a lot of Italians and Irish in our part of
America so we we are blessed with wonderful Italian
food oh for sure kind of everywhere you're talking
any type of noodle dish any type of pizza dish
we have it which is a blessing Number two on
my list. I don't know if you'll agree, but it's
number two because I enjoy it. Japanese and sushi.
Go hand in hand. And I, I mean, Japanese do noodles
well. Beef udon, man. Beef udon. That's good
stuff. Japanese and Italians do noodles fantastically.
Noodles of noodles. Noodles of noodles, fantastically.
And I am a huge sushi guy. You're talking raw,
cooked, any of it. It is one of the only fish
dishes I really enjoy. I'm not a big seafood
guy, but if it's in a roll, if it's in a, what
are they, that seaweed roll, that's just, that's
right up my alley. You like it, huh? I love Japanese
food. That's number two on my list. Okay. That
brings us to number one. And number one, May
or may not be controversial, but I said pizza.
And the reason I say pizza is because it came
from Italy. Even though the Italian pizza, or
how they perceive pizza to be there currently,
is different than New York style pizza, is different
than New Haven style, is different than Detroit
style, is different than Chicago, both deep dish
and ore tavern style. It's just... Different
it's it's more like the crust in Italy is more
like if you're familiar with like a naan bread
It's more like that more focaccia or something
more something like that It's just different
how they make margarita style. Yeah. Yep in a
way. Yeah so it's the Italian style is different
but pizza's pizza and I love it in all its forms.
I do have my favorites. I think Chicago Tavern
style is by far the best. There's some that do
better than others, but in general, it's the
best. I do enjoy a deep dish, but for anybody
that... Especially if you live someplace where
you can eat it every day number one, you're not
gonna want to write every day Because you're
gonna have one slice and that's your meal. That's
literally that's that's it It's worth your dollar
because a whole pizza is eight meals. Yeah, you
literally take it home freeze it You're gonna
have lunch and dinner for a week. Yeah, there's
a lot to it but you know, and even in New Haven
or Detroit. Detroit's pretty good. There's so
many different styles, so many different ways
to make it, so many different ingredients. I
just love All of the different options. Yes,
I would agree. And that's kind of the reason
Italian made number three on my list is because
of that love for pizza that we share. Indeed.
Number one on my list is Mexican food, though.
As a whole, I know it's very encompassing, but
you mentioned tacos, you mentioned burritos.
Both of those would be within that realm. And
it's just, it's so good. Yeah, it's good. It's
so good. Nachos, dude? Holy. Well, see, that's
the thing. And once again, especially if you
get an ethnic food that I guess you can eat so
much of it on a budget too. Sure. Like, dude,
just go and get your favorite tortilla chips
and get some salsa, get some cheese, maybe a
little sour cream. And for just a few bucks,
you've got a meal. Yeah. You definitely have
a meal. It's pretty great. And sometimes we used
to do chips and cheese. That's that's kind of
I don't know if it's a hack per se But it's like
if you just don't have a lot in the fridge or
whatever If you got a bag of chips throw them
on a pan And if you've got some cheese a couple
of different types of cheeses sprinkle it on
top throw it in the oven cheese man Yeah, I love
cheese and beans. Yeah. Yeah, perfect. I love
that, dude Now we're on to review preview and
last week this was a preview and I'm going to
give the official review. The Thunderbolts, the
unconventional team of anti -heroes, and they
find themselves ensnared in a lethal trap orchestrated
by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. So it has Bucky,
it has John Walker and the Red Guardian and Ghost
and Taskmaster, and Yelena Bello... Excuse me.
Oh man, bring that up again. That's a mouthful.
That was a mouthful. Yelena Belova, who is the
original Black Widow's sister. Really good stuff,
and so I really love the fact that like it's
just these these heroes, well not heroes, people
with... exceptional abilities yeah and they have
not always been on the side of good quite frankly
they've they've been they've been villains a
time mixed yeah definitely definitely in this
case though anti -heroes and out of necessity
they form a team The entire plot, the way they
set it up from beginning to end, I thought was
exceptional. I think this is the kind of movie
that Marvel's been looking to make for quite
some time. Like you got out of there, you're
just like, that was a Marvel movie. Like you
just felt really... good you felt cleansed it
felt pure like you just like you're like okay
i think we're back it's like a holy experience
oh my god you're just like after it was over
you're just like okay i think we're back we are
so back boys we are so back uh directed by jake
schreier and featuring an ensemble cast um it's
thrilling it's exciting like i said the plot
was good And there is this guy who's kind of
the villain. But once again, he just ends up
being a complicated guy like everybody else.
And so that takes an interesting turn as well.
So I really enjoyed it. This was maybe the best
Marvel movie since the three Spider -Men one.
Yeah. No Way Home. No Way Home. That was probably
the best one since that. I gave it an 8 .5 out
of 10. Pretty strong. Which is strong. Yeah.
Probably. Someday we'll have to kind of go back
and do like a Marvel recap in the review preview.
Sure. Honestly, I would probably... It's definitely
in the top 10 if not the top five. That's really
cool. It's strong. It's very strong. It's a strong
outing and it's entertaining and does a great
job of setting up what's coming. and it's pretty
exciting. That's excellent. It's pretty exciting.
That is very exciting. Yep, I'm excited for it.
My preview this week is a movie called Hurry
Up Tomorrow. A musician plagued by insomnia is
pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins
to unravel the very core of his existence. It's
directed by Trey Edward Schultz, features Abel
Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keegan, and
it is in theaters May 16th. Excellent. So I think
it'll be good. I kind of like movies about musicians
where they're either searching for a song or
they're searching for a riff or they're searching
for something. Right. And it's just kind of these
stories, these backstories, and it just shows
kind of how it shapes their music or answers
questions that they've had. It's kind of deep,
sometimes even a little introspective, but I
really enjoy movies like that. I kind of agree,
and I think the last musical movie like that
that really got me was the Disney movie Soul,
which kind of got kind of got panned when it
came out. It was like it was during that. I think
it was during the the covid era of movies, but
I really liked it because it was one of the first
like musical jazz. Disney movies that I can remember.
That one really got to me. And then Whiplash,
which I just thought was amazing. Whiplash is
a great movie. Whiplash is fantastic. So I really
I adore movies like that that aren't musicals,
but they are music related. Yes, correct. You
know, that that's that's really neat to me. Yeah,
same. Absolutely. So, yeah, that's it for review
preview for this week. Definitely. If you like
the comic movies, go out and see the Thunderbolts.
as it's called the Thunderbolts, maybe, still.
You have to go and see it and find out why I
said it that way. Interesante. Very interesting
stuff. But that brings us to a segment called
While You Were Sleeping. This is where Aidan
examines a TV show, a movie, a game, something
along those lines that along the way we might
have missed. So what have we missed, man? While
you were sleeping, you guys slept on something
Kind of hinted at last week. No the mortuary
assistant. Oh There we go. Yes the video game
that I kind of brought up in passing last week.
I Love it. Okay. It's one of the pricier indie
developer horror games it I think I paid $20
for it where you know most indie dev horror games
you're talking between one and fifteen dollars
this one was twenty which is fine because as
far as quality goes it's it's double a quality
i'm looking at some images terrific it's awesome
wow awesome it it encapsulates a you know as
the title says a mortuary assistant's job sure
pretty accurately as far as I am aware, it's
not like, you're not doing autopsies, you're
just, you're embalming bodies, but here's the
overview, according to Google. The Mortuary Assistant
2022 horror game that blends a mortician simulation
with demonic encounters. Players take on the
role of Rebecca, a recent mortuary school graduate
and apprentice at river fields mortuary in the
late 1990s the uh one late night as she's called
into work to embalm bodies they seem different
as she soon learns she's trapped in that mortuary
with a demon oh trying to possess her oh damn
That's the nightly goal. So you go into this
mortuary. There's a fair bit of backstory. The
graphics look fantastic. There's full cutscenes
where you learn the story before, during, and
after your playthrough. And you traverse this
mortuary and all of these hallucinations as they
appear during your shift. and you try and figure
out what's really going on, who Rebecca is really,
her background, the owner of the mortuary himself,
what's his background, what's going on downstairs,
what's beneath the mortuary, that's a big mystery
too. Oh. It is... fantastic. Okay. I mean, you're
putting 20 bones in, you're expecting a good
game, especially even from an indie dev, you
put 20 bones in, you hope for a good game. If
you were to play the game perfectly, there's
six endings that I know of. Every run takes about
two hours. So you're talking a dozen hours of
action if you were to play the game perfectly,
which you won't. So you're talking a couple dozen
hours of action. Yeah. For 20 bones, that's not
bad. Not bad at all. That's not bad. It is really
fun. It is horrific in a fantastic way. I would
say if you've got the graphics card to run it,
it's 20 bones well spent. Wow, that sounds awesome.
Yes. While you were talking about it, I was looking
at some of the images on my phone. Looks horrific.
Horrific in the best way. Yeah, like some of
these demon things that you're talking about.
Wow. It's really good. For sure. Really, really
good. Yeah, that is something. Holy cow. Now,
I have to say there's one picture. It looked
like there was this girl and this older dude.
The older dude kind of looks like Duff Lundgren.
In a way, yeah. I'm not going to lie. He's the
mortuary owner. Yeah, he's that guy. That's amazing.
He's like an elderly Duff Lundgren. You're right.
Yeah, that is awesome. Well, very cool. Well,
good report on that. So we're gonna have to,
gonna have to check that out for sure. That brings
us to our next break and then we're gonna wrap
up this show. So hang on one second and we'll
be right back. Right, we are back everybody for
the homestretch of the third episode, second
season, The Mark Mo Show. I am your host, Mark
Maloney, along with Aidan Maloney. And this is
where we review beer because, well, we love it.
It's what we do best. And just for all of you
lovely listeners that are wondering about our
mental states, if we're okay, we're recording.
Not to get too behind the scenes, we're recording
on a Friday night. True. Okay, so this is not
getting sloshed on a Saturday morning. We're
not like that, sometimes. This is, I don't, look,
everyone and people, hey, it's not what it sounded
about in this drinking beer. No, we are enjoying
our Friday night for your Saturday morning, Saturday
midday, any day of the week, because that's how
podcasts go. That's what we do. And if you are
enjoying a beverage right now, hey, let us know
what you got and how you think it tastes. Yeah,
and if you love it and we haven't reviewed it,
maybe we will. Damn right. So, Aidan, why don't
you tell these fine, beautiful, wonderful folks
from all over the globe what we're trying tonight.
We are trying the Corona Sun Brew Citrus Cerveza.
La Cerveza Mas Fina. as they say which i believe
means a good beer or the the good beer la cerveza
the the mighty fine beer mighty fine beer that
sounds good to me how that translates this i
believe is new for this summer corona just came
out with this not sponsored of course but it
is new for this summer it is their take on a
citrus beer. Yes. And on the can they have both
limes and oranges, which I suppose is what we
should expect from this brew. Indeed. Now Corona
is a macro brewery out of the wonderful country
of Mexico. Indeed. But we should still give them
a try. I think we should. We've tried a lot of
micro brew. Craft breweries, if you will. Oh,
yeah. So it's time we try one of the big ones
with one of their new brews for this year. Well,
it's not our first because if you remember, we
did the PBR Reserve or whatever that was. PBR
Extra. Extra. That is true. And we actually liked
it a lot. That is true. Yeah. So Corona Sun Brew,
your time to shine. It is definitely your time
to shine. And as Aidan said, this is this is
from Mexico. And it means that I only paid $105
for it. Yeah, right. Thanks, tariffs. Thanks,
tariffs. And this better be a damn good beer.
On a scale from one to five, slancha. Slancha,
here we go. Interesting. Definitely get the citrus
flavor for sure. Yeah. Sweeter than I thought.
It's almost orange juice -esque, I would say.
For sure. This is very interesting. Yeah, definitely
leaning on the orange juice side for sure. Yes.
I would agree. I don't get a lot of lime. No,
it's almost there as a background. Like, I get
the lime acidity, I would say. Because orange
juice is not very acidic, whereas the lime is.
Yeah. I get the acidity from the lime, but that
orange is right up front. Oh, big time. Like,
if you were to tell me, like, if you were to
ask me, hey, what's a good beer after, like,
a day out there lawn mowing and weed whacking?
This is it. This is it. This is the refreshing
get -back -in -the -house -after -loan -mowing
beer. Or, I was about to say as well, if you
have that huge plate of nachos... Oh, dude. I
think this would pair super nice with that. Because
the acidity would cut right through all the fat
from, like, the cheese and... And the spiciness.
Oh, yeah. Yep. You know what? You know what,
Corona? You done good. I get it. Yeah. I get
it. You done good, boy. I hear ya. Yeah, very
very good on the tapped an app Untapped I should
say Their profiles are pretty much dead on they
have citrus. They have sweet. They have orange
peel Light -bodied it says lemony. I don't buy
that. I would I would put in lime. I would add
light lime, but I don't think the untapped app,
which we're not sponsored by, but I do recommend.
Yeah. It is free and there's not a lot of ads
or anything. I put in lime, because I do get
the lime on the back end with that acidity. So
I've got sweet citrus lime and orange. Okay.
That's good. I'm giving that a three and a quarter.
That that is a very respectable three and a quarter.
I enjoy that. Oh for sure Yeah, I enjoyed it
quite a bit. I went with my rating of three and
a half three and a half Yeah, I have I really
like it. It's very light on the palette. So off
air actually wasn't off well It was technically
on air. We've been drinking. It's Friday night,
baby. It's Friday night when we're recording.
What do you want from us? So we actually had
an IPA. So as you know, most IPAs are very hoppy,
so it's a little tiny. It's a little tougher
on the tongue. But this is not that. Like, this
is very clean. Very, very refreshing. Yeah. So
good job, guys. Yes, absolutely. I usually don't
give a lot of props to macro breweries because
I know I mean, you're supplying millions of beers
per year, if not tens of millions. So I know
quality control, you know, blah, blah, blah,
but I'll give it to you, Corona. This is very
tasty. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Good job. I would have
never assumed that because like even regular
Corona, not a huge fan of. Sure. Like if I'm
drinking Mexican beer. I enjoy Tecate. I enjoy
that, what is that, that Negra Modelo? Negra
Modelo is very good. That amber. I do enjoy that.
I enjoy Estrella. Sure, yeah. God, what is it
called? It's like that's part of the name, but
I know that's not the entire name And I'm trying
to I used to work at a liquor store and I used
to move these damn heavy boxes full of bottles
But I know that one is really good, too. So yeah,
they they've got good beers and like sir or Corona
Like just regular it's kind of mid for me on
the Mexican beers Even if you throw the lime
in there, but like this is a very good job. Yes,
very good job Absolutely. And I'm kind of excited
because you get a lot of badges on the untapped
thing. And I've unlocked the beer of the world
level three. Ooh. Yeah. You have had a beer from
at least 15 different regions around the world.
No shit. A worldly gentleman. I am a worldly.
Quite. Indeed. Exquisite. Oh man, but yeah, so
that I mean that leaves us with our final segment
and it's not world of weird news. I'm sure we'll
get back to that soon. But sometimes we throw
a little tier listing in there. A little tier
listing. Last week we did, we tier listed American
cities, but we had so many. This is kind of part
deux, if you will. Part deux. Part deux. So let's
just jump right into it. Yes. So we have a top
40. We have the... 30 most populous American
cities plus 10 additional sports cities to provide
for you. And this week, we're gonna do a little
tier listing rapid fire, meaning I will provide
the city to Mark Mo himself and we're gonna get
a rapid fire answer. I love it. And I won't interject
unless I absolutely have to. So what are the
tier list categories? Tier list. F being the
worst of the worst. Sure. Of the worst. D being
bad. C being mid. Mid. B being good. A being
great. S, superior. The best of the best. Of
the best. My man, so here we go. Starting off
with, by the way, we have 24 remaining cities.
So you're gonna get the 14 additional most populous
cities after the top 16, plus the 10 spore cities.
We got this. San Francisco, baby. San Francisco,
I give it an A. Golden Gate Bridge, Giardelli,
the Bay, it's amazing. I love it. It's a great
city. Give it a solid A. Solid A, San Francisco.
Leave it to California cities to just be great.
Seattle. Seattle. Ooh, I'm right in between A
and S. I'm probably gonna go A. Probably gonna
go A on that too. The layout's a little wonky
if you haven't been there. True. Not your typical
grid system. It's kind of all over, a little
difficult to get around. But the city itself
is amazing. The Puget Sound, the whole, like
it's just, it's really great and the people are
a good vibe. I dig it. It's an A. Absolutely.
I, this might be one I interject on. I was thinking
S. So if I could bring you up to a plus maybe
in a plus plus Denver Another great town. We've
been to Denver. It's beautiful. It's great. You've
got the mountains Even though I'm a lowlander
Right. Yes, it's for we could have used some
oxygen hiking there But it's absolutely gorgeous
once again, I like the people there the bars
the restaurants So basketball game that was really
cool saw Buffalo's game Colorado Buffs game.
That was a super cool stadium Once again, another
A, man. I love that town. Absolutely. Next up
on the population list, Oklahoma City. Oklahoma
City. That's a tough one because like you think
of Oklahoma City and like nothing jumps out at
me, good or bad. Sure. So I just... If you're
talking mid... Nothing good or bad means me it
means mad. It's it's a it's a it's a cow town
and it's I go a solid see I'll give it a see
down the middle Nashville Nashville. Good ol'
Tennessee. I love Nashville, or as some people
call it, Nash Vegas. It is kind of that. It's
a fun town. I'd leave the country music, but
you can keep the fun. Right. I'm not a big country
music guy, but it's a fun town. Vanderbilt University's
there. Tennessee's not super far away. Sure.
You can get to Knoxville rather easily. It's
just a good time. I like it. I go B+. B +, I
can get down with that. Next up... DC, the District
of Columbia, Washington. Another one I've been
to. I do like Washington DC quite a bit. It's
a lot to get around. Like if you're like, oh
yeah, I'll just kind of cruise around, do DC
in a day. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You can't
really hoof that. No, it's a job. But there's
a lot to see. There's a lot to do. Take your
time. Amazingly efficient and clean transit system.
Thumbs up on that one. I like it. Solid B. Yeah.
I would even push it to B plus because of the
monuments, the history, the sightseeing. You
know, it's not necessarily tourist trappy because
you're not being trapped into spending money.
You can just go and walk around and see stuff.
Yeah, agreed. So if B plus is fair, B plus is
fair. Next up on that list, El Paso. El Paso,
same as Oklahoma City, just like not great, not
bad. Cowtown. I'm sure there's things there to
do. I'm sure the food's great. C. C. C's fair.
I might even give it C +, because hey, think
of the Mexicano food we were talking about. Tex
-Max, yeah. Tex -Max. Little C +, maybe? If I
could argue. Let's give it to him. Let's give
it to him. That's fair. Little C +, for El Paso.
Next up, your Haven. Las Vegas. Oh, S. I did
not, and not even in delay. I've been there.
I can't wait to take this guy out there someday.
I've not been. The great thing about Vegas, you
don't, once again, you don't have to spend a
ton of cash if you're not a huge gambler. There's
shows, you can get cop things. There's just a
lot to do. You can have people watch for an afternoon
and it's just, it's hilarious. And there's clubs,
bars, like so much. You can leave the strip,
you can go, you can go rent four -wheelers and
cruise through the desert. You can go to Lake
Mead. I mean, there's so many things to do. I
love Vegas. That's one of the tops of my list.
If I were to relocate from the Midwest, I'd go
to Vegas or outlying Vegas and hang out there.
It's just so much fun. My man. That's an S. No
notes. Next up, the Massachusetts metropolis
of Boston. S. S. Another one I've been to. If
you're talking about a city with history, holy
cow. They've got a ton of it. They've got the
JFK Presidential Library, which I highly, highly,
highly recommend. It is one of the most amazing
places I've seen. The USS Constitution is there.
You can go to that. Bunker Hill, you name it,
they've got it. They've got amazing sports teams,
so you can catch a lot of sports there as well.
The people are amusing. They're very amusing.
Ass all the way. My man. Next up, as the French
would say, detoi. as we say Detroit. Not as bad
as you would think. It's a bad rap that is just
kind of rundown and dirty and this and that.
And like any major city, you've got those parts.
But when you're downtown, Comerica Park is cool.
I think they have the Greectown Casino. They've
got Hockey Town. They've got a lot of things
down there that are really cool. Music is huge
there, so a lot of great music venues, good pubs
and bars. I you know I'm gonna surprise people
solid be a solid be for me in Detroit in the
dry style pizza Could I argue a b -plus? Because
of because of the district the Detroit style
pizza you mentioned on top of the fact that as
a sports town There it's hard to find more dedicated
fans than Detroit fans asses those teams waiting
for so long I agree. That's a great point. Yeah,
I'd be plus B plus your pizza is worth it Portland,
Oregon. My heart goes out to you. Yeah, the Pacific
Northwest. I'm a fan of Portland, Oregon. I love
Portland. Portland is not Seattle, although it's
great. Sure. I would put that at a B plus maybe.
B plus A minus maybe? Yeah, what's your argument
besides Voodoo Donuts? Besides Voodoo Donuts,
the only reason I would say A - is because I
have specific positive memories there, and that's
very subjective. So you could say B +, and I'd
be fine with it. Okay, no, I'll go A - with you.
That's fine. A - perfectly fine. Do that for
Damien Lillard alone. My man. Damien Lillard.
That was such a great game. Such a good game.
Yeah. We saw Portland versus Denver. When they
were both young and Damien Lillard was just so
great. Amazing. Louisville. Louisville. Louisville.
Oh boy. I'm going to go C plus once again. It's
a Midwestern town. Kind of neat. Little bit of
history. They've got some decent food, but once
again it's just nothing spectacular to me. So
a C+. C+. It's just better than okay. Yeah. Next
up... Memphis the I think one of the top cities
as far as property crime goes. Oh my god Yeah,
yeah might want to consider that one statistics
for you. Yeah, you know, they've got Elvis. It's
a good music town and You know, you got that
hot chicken. It's national hot but it's it's
a Tennessee thing Tasty nonetheless Tasty and
hot. Yeah Mmm, C+. I can't go any higher than
that. That is completely fair. No notes. Next
up, Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland, another interesting
town. A lot of issues in terms of civil rights
issues and stuff like that. There's a little
dark history there in Baltimore. Yeah, a lot
of dark history there. But it's near DC, so there's
a lot of history in Baltimore as well. We went
to a battlefield just a little bit away from
Baltimore called Antietam. That was really neat
when we went there. So like I said, a lot of
history. That's kind of cool. Go to an Orioles
game or Ravens game, I'm sure, because they got
good sports there. I will give that a B minus.
A B minus for Baltimore minus Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh.
We are on to the sports cities. Yeah. Pittsburgh,
also known as Pissburg. There you go. For how
piss poor their teams are. That is what it is.
But now Pittsburgh, they've got a good sports
history, I guess you could at least say. PNC
Park is constantly rated one of the top baseball
parks. I'd love to check that out. And then it's
the Alleghenies and like there's the valleys
and the mountains and the whole thing. And so
it's pretty. It gets... Maybe gets a bad rap.
Sure. Sometimes for that. And then there's some
good food there, Primanti Brothers Sandwich.
Oh my god. My man. Steel City Beer. Oh yeah.
So you got some pluses there. I think I'll give
it a solid B. I could go B, absolutely. Next
up, one you've been to, I believe I have not,
Miami. Miami Superior. Flo Rida. An international
city, so a lot of people think Cubano, they think
Puerto Rican, you know, and they do. Awesome
club vibe. Awesome food. Great stuff. The culture.
The culture is amazing, but it is an international
city. I've met people there from France. I've
met people there from Russia. Just really an
international city. Gorgeous beaches. Unbelievable.
I've never had a bad time there. It's just fantastic,
and everybody is so super cool. And if there
are people there that got their Lamborghinis,
they're the least pretentious rich people you're
ever going to meet, at least to my experience.
I love it. Easy S. Easy S. Easy S. Next up, Atlanta,
Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia. I have good in...
We've been. We've been. And the food was awesome.
The food is amazing. The food keeps it up near
the top for sure. I don't like the traffic there.
The traffic sucks. Dog shit. Every road is named
fucking Peachtree. Peachtree Lane, Peachtree
Road, Peachtree Street, Peachtree High. Peachtree
up your ass, man. I just, I cannot... You've
got to figure it out. One running peach tree,
separate it, figure something else out. Your
traffic and your traffic patterns, it dings you
on this for sure. You get nothing greater than
a B, and it's too bad because your sports, your
food, and so many other things go past that.
Buckhead, I think it's called. Great place to
go and party. Just to be sorry your traffic sucks.
I was bigger that shit out the way you phrased
that reminded me of Willy Wonka and You get nothing
Atlanta you gonna be you're gonna be dealing
it next up st. Louis st. Louis D st. Louis is
a boring city. Sorry if you're a fan from st.
Louis, we still love you but The Cardinals can
go suck a D, and the St. Louis Blues, they were
just in the playoffs, the most boring playoff
team. M -m -m -mid. M -m -m -mid, for sure. You
know, the arch. Hey, we've got an arch. Yeah,
so does McDonald's. They got two. Yeah, right.
So, you know, it's really not that impressive.
Hey, but let's check out this river. It gets
muddy and gross. Great. D is what it is. Can
I argue a D minus? You you could and I would
accept it. Okay granted. I didn't even need to
say anything. Yeah next up Cincinnati Cincinnati
is city of sin sin. I don't know. Do they aspire
to be st. Louis? I mean, I'm trying to fucking
don't aspire to be anything it seems like This
you had Joe burrow and you fucked it every year
every year now They're known for their chili
great. I like chili. Chili's great. Chili's great
on a dog but their downtown is mid their teams
are mid so it deserves a c probably a c maybe
a c minus two because you can't win with fucking
joe burrow that's fair next up the wonderful
haven land of a what is it 10 000 lakes that's
what i've here yeah 10 000 lakes i think it's
closer to 11 000 so you're underselling yourself
minneapolis minnesota Once again, figure your
traffic shit out. They've got a bunch of bridges
going over the river and the lake. Just figure
that shit out, man. It's kind of a cool downtown.
I don't mind that so much. Their football stadium
looks cool as hell. I wouldn't mind checking
that out. And you can do that to Packer fans.
That is worth the price of admission right there.
I love that. No, but good bars, good restaurants.
I think it's a good solid town. I'll give it
a B. B? Maybe B+. Non -stick on B. Be even. Next
up, Orlando, Florida. Orlando, I'm, besides certain
factors I'm not a fan of Florida of, there are
cities I do like. Like I said, Miami, I give
you a high grade. Orlando is just, it's very
plain. It's just very plain. It's got parks,
but I'm not a park guy. So like if I was big
into Disney and Universe and all that, I'd probably
give it a higher grade. I'm really not. Like
attractions. Right. Church Street Station is
a great place to go and have bars and drinks
and restaurants or whatever. C+. I'll give it
a little extra plus. Little C plus on this one.
The final three. Rapid fire mode. Green Bay.
Green Bay, D, it's a cow town. I think their
biggest building's a silo. Can I R -U -F? You
could, but I like New Glarus, Spotted Cow, and
I like cheese. I'll stick with a D. What does
that have to do with Green Bay? You can get that
anywhere in Wisconsin. Good point. It's an F.
It's an F. Okay, grand. Buffalo. Buffalo, I have
a very dear friend from Buffalo, and they have
Buffalo wings. I think a Bill's game would be
awesome. I think a Sabre's game would be awesome.
Matt Goldman, what's up if you're listening?
Brother. I get Buffalo B+. A B plus for Buffalo?
I do. Plus, this last edition of Cleveland. Cleveland.
My man in Cleveland. Look, I know a lot of people
bag on Cleveland. Every time I've gone to Cleveland,
I've had fun. I like the flats. There's a lot
of great bars there. There's good food. They
actually have pretty good pizza. I like Cleveland.
What I don't like is the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, but how can you have all these disco and
R &B acts and all this other shit and not have
Iron Maiden, which is one of the greatest heavy
metal bands in history, and they're still on
the outside looking in. I was gonna give, I was
gonna give Cleveland a B. You got a C because
of that stupid pyramid -shaped building you call
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is really a
music hall of fame. End of that story. Boom!
Cleveland gets a C, which is somehow still higher
than Cincinnati at a C -. This is a fantastic
tier listing to recap! New York City got an A.
LA got a B+. Chicago, S. Houston, C. Phoenix,
C. Philadelphia, B +, surprisingly. San Antonio,
C +, San Diego, A. Dallas B-, Jacksonville C-,
Austin B +, Fort Worth D +, San Jose C +, Columbus
C +, Charlotte B, Indianapolis C +, San Francisco
A, Seattle A +, Denver A, OK City got a C, Nashville
B +, District of Columbia B +, El Paso C +, Las
Vegas S, Boston S, Detroit B +, Portland A-,
a Louisville C +, Memphis C +, Baltimore B-,
Pittsburgh B, Miami S, Atlanta B-, B, St. Louis
D minus, Cincinnati C minus, Minneapolis got
a B, Orlando C plus, Green Bay F, the only F
on the list. Fuck you. Buffalo got a B plus,
Cleveland with a C. And there you go. That's
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