Hey there everybody! Welcome to Season 2, Episode
5 of the Mark Mo Show. This episode is titled,
Check Please! And uh... By the way, did I say
my name's Mark Maloney? Yep, I'm your host, and
I am here along with the co -host. He also has
AK219. He has Aidan spelled the right way. Aidan
Maloney, how are you, dude? Feeling beautiful
on this lovely holiday weekend we've got in front
of us. Got some sparkling water. We've got a
fun, a fun show planned. I have nothing to complain
about. Ah, that's awesome. Yeah, it'll be a good
show. And, you know, for a lot of folks out there...
When this airs at least in America it is Memorial
Day weekend very true And so hopefully if you've
got that extra day off by chance Hope you get
out there and have yourself a good time. Absolutely
weather should be temperate Yes, at least in
the Midwest I would just very local minded as
far as weather goes, right? Exactly. So I you
know, I'm not sure how it is where you are But
I just hope it's a great weekend for you. Absolutely.
If you're out there in Curaçao, shout out Curaçao.
Absolutely. I'm sure your weather is beautiful.
The weather is beautiful. I think it'll be important
here within the next few seasons to maybe do
a little bit of research on all the fine, beautiful
people that listen to our show. Absolutely. And
maybe hop over there and, you know, say hey and
have some of that lovely... Blue Curaçao. Blue
Curaçao and triple sec, whatever else they make.
On that island, I would love to try. Yes, I am
in the same boat. Awesome. And we would probably
be in a boat. Probably be in a boat, right. Probably
be in a boat, to be fair. But at any rate, that's
what I love, is this thing kind of grows, matures,
whatever, that we are able. at some point to
be able to kind of hop around to the countries
that listen to us most and be able to pop over
there and be like, hey, we'll be at this pub,
we'll be here, we'll be there, and be able to
meet with some of our listeners, because I think
that would be super cool. That'd be very fun.
But anyway, hey, we produce new content weekly
on all podcast platforms and YouTube. We also
have some one -off interviews coming your way
in the very near future. Just kind of... putting
a few ideas together so they should be coming
up pretty soon. They're fun, they're informative,
all kinds of good stuff. Mostly local people
that I interview, but I'm open to interviewing
people nationally or internationally for that
matter. True. So we'll see how that goes. It's
local people, big ideas though. I think so. Because
I think no matter where you're at, a lot of the
things that local people go through, whether
it's personally or professionally, whatever,
I think at some point people just, they go through
that in general. We're just all human, right?
So we go through these things. So people tend
to have more in common with each other than not.
I think so. I think so. It's usually pretty compelling
conversation. So hopefully everybody will like
them. We've got a few coming up here soon -ish.
But once again, if you like the Mark Mo Show,
you know the drill. Like, subscribe, share. stuff
with your friends all that kind of good stuff
uh but also check out my radio show which is
called after hours it's on tuesday nights at
9 p .m central standard time and Fridays at 4
p .m. Central Standard Time. That is a music
show, a lot of alt -rock, some Celtic punk, stuff
like that. If you like any or some of that music,
give it a listen, and I hope you like it. It's
at wvlp .org, that's where the stream's at, and
it is also on the TuneIn app on your handheld
device, as well as Alexa. I hear you can yell
at her and say, hey, play after hours and...
You probably have to be more specific than just
After Hours with probably a thousand things named
After Hours. A thousand imposters. A thousand
imposters and one, only one original. Yes, because
you did invade, you invented that. I did. I was
there when it happened. That's very true. There's
a lot of things we invented and there are imposters
out there. Too many to count. That's right, exactly.
So check it out if you can. I think you guys
will definitely like it. And once again, Aidan's
stuff, Guys Being Dudes, AK -219, Aidan Spelled
the Right Way, podcast, YouTube, all that kind
of good stuff. Anything you want to share with
the folks? Definitely. There's a fun episode
that came out today as this podcast released
on my channel, Aidan Spelled the Right Way, on
YouTube. A little fun horror game called Para
Eyes, which I believe we've talked about in...
the while you were sleeping segment before, which
is very fun. And it's one that I'm playing and
sharing on YouTube. So if you're interested in
content like that, check me out. I'd appreciate
it. Awesome. Well, I certainly check his content
out. It's excellent. The gaming content, superb.
And yeah, definitely check it out, interact,
engage, all that kind of good stuff, and play
along. If you like any of these games, you can
download them. Yes, absolutely. Most of them
are either free or below $10, so... Yeah, so
give them a shot. Now, I'll tell you, for considering
some of them graphically and just overall gameplay
for as cheap as it goes for, it's impressive.
It's good stuff. It's good stuff. Yeah, indie
gaming is that it's... I think all time high
over the last decade or so. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah,
definitely check it out for sure. Especially
GeoGuessr is kind of one of my favorites. That's
fun. Yeah. That he does. And check out the latest
one because it's freaking hysterical. It's grand,
yeah. It's really good. I just kind of enjoy.
And here's the thing. This is kind of where I
like where it's almost kind of interactive is
that you know, he'll kind of take a right or
he'll take a left, and then he'll be looking
at things, trying to decipher where the hell
he's at, because that's the whole point of the
game. And I'll be like, oh, there was a sign.
I'm like, no, go back to your left. Go back to
your right. And I'm sitting there, and I'm like,
he can't fucking hear me. What am I doing? But
that's what makes that game so much fun. Yes,
I agree. You're sitting there, and you're like...
Can't hear why am I talking half the time you're
on a time crunch, too So like I even got a comment
on that GeoGuessr episode. I posted recently
someone was like, oh it was a guess I think I
guessed Southern Pakistan and the answer was
Thailand and I zoomed in on a sign and I was
like looking at the script I'm like, I can't
I don't recognize that script But it looks like
South Asian and they pointed out like right below
that in English. It said Thai massage Oh, no.
And I missed it because I was trying to move
fast and I'm like, holy shit, they're right.
I just completely fumbled the bag. I had the
perfect answer. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, man. That's it
exactly. And you just have to sometimes they
throw you those little nuggets and you just got
to look out for them. But like that one where
they put you in the alley or wherever. Oh, yeah.
Like, how the hell is he supposed to tell where
he's fricking at and he's stuck? And now that's
now there's a part of the game. And GeoGuessr,
you can move about. And like you can in the Google
Map program or whatever, kind of moving through
the streets and things like that. So that's kind
of the point of it. And you get a timer and you
kind of make your way around and try to figure
out where you're at. But like in some of the
games, you plop in a spot and that's your spot.
And you've got to figure out where the hell you're
at. But they plopped him in this alley. I'm like,
Jesus, dude. I'm like, how the hell are you going
to tell where you're at? Right. Because it looked
like an alley and maybe. Anywhere in like three
-quarters of the planet. Yeah, that was a tough
one. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt about that But
yeah, check his stuff out man. This is this very
entertaining Now moving on to we're gonna talk
about this week It's okay. So it's I think it's
fair to say that despite being a low -level menace
Which I claim to be whether that's fair or not.
I don't know this guy might know I'd say fair.
Fair. Gets the fair approval. Low level menace.
Maybe a little shit on occasion. Just as a treat.
Exactly. But I think it's also fair to say that
like I'm a good person. I'm a good human being,
right? And I'm a friendly person. Like I can
go to any restaurant, any bar, any event. I'll
go by myself. I don't care if I got people to
go with. Cool. If I don't... Also cool, because
guess what? I'm going to make a new friend. I'm
just kind of confident that way. But, you know,
I greet people with a smile, and then, like,
if I see someone that kind of looks down, or
something's going on up in their brain, you know,
I'll take the time to listen to them, talk to
them, maybe get a smile out of them if I can.
And I suppose I got that from my dad, who was
that way with everyone he met. And when I was
young, I sussed that out. Like, I picked it out.
And I could kind of, I think I was a little bit
more advanced than a lot of kids my age growing
up, especially in public schools. I just, cause
I, my parents treated me differently. They talked
to me more like an adult from a young age. Probably
being the last of five kids, maybe they just
like, they were so used to communicating with
older kids and teenage kids that like they were
just, they just communicated differently with
me. I'm not sure. But I always felt like I handled
adult conversation better. And I think to be
fair, which, you know, Aidan and his three sisters,
I always felt you guys were similar in that fashion,
in that maybe the way you were raised or your
homeschooling or some sort of combination of
it where you almost felt more comfortable with
more mature conversations as opposed to sure
goofy adolescent. communication yeah and I would
agree with that I don't think necessarily like
I'm sure I had my moments I I don't I was not
a perfect child I was an asshole at times if
not maybe a majority of the time but I do agree
I do agree with that like I never felt I never
felt I was being talked down to yeah because
of my youth or anything and I think that that's
huge not only in confidence but in perspective
that like, hey, you can have mature conversations
with anybody. And it should be mutually respected
that that's not only plausible, but doable. Yeah.
Oh, for sure. And so in being this way and in
viewing how my father handled himself in certain
social situations and things of that nature,
I was young. I was like fourth grade. And there's
this career day at school. And I'm sure Aidan's
heard this story before, but most kids in the
career, they give the regular answers. I'm gonna
be a firefighter, I'm gonna be a police officer,
I'm gonna be a doctor, I'm gonna be a center
fielder for the White Sox. Yuck. Why would you
want that? God, I don't know. Likes pain. Just
for the paycheck, maybe. I don't know, you know?
Maybe it would just be easier if someone convinced
that person, you know? You probably save yourself
a lot of trouble if you just hire... a female
with a whip, a ball gag, have her beat the shit
out of you. Be easier than sitting through three
hours of baseball. Right, right. If you're a
masochist, there are better ways. There are better
ways than cheering for that team on the South
Side. There's no question. But I stood up in
front of the class and I said that I wanted to
be my dad. And it got a few giggles, and the
teacher looked at me almost like I didn't quite
understand the assignment. And she's like, oh,
you want to do what your dad does? And I said,
no, no, that's not what I meant. I said, I want
to be a good man, and I want to be a good dad
to my kids when I have them, so I want to be
my dad. Right. So now, kids are kids, and they're
giggling like, this kid's a dope. Yeah. And the
teacher couldn't have looked at me more adoringly.
She was just like, oh my god, that's the greatest
answer maybe ever. And then of course, throughout
the rest of the class day, I'm embarrassed as
shit because she's going to all these other teachers,
oh my god, Mark, come here. Tell them what you
told me. I'm like, oh my god, I gotta go through
this again. And then I'm just like, whatever.
I changed my answer. I wanna work in construction.
But it was heartfelt and it was honest. At any
rate, that's just kind of, I suppose, in the
earlier stages of how I developed who I am. And
I think everybody gets that realization as they
go from like grade, school, age, into high school,
eventually to college or a career. as you mature
and as you grow, there's that point where you're
like, oh, this is who I'm becoming. And at a
young age, I kind of figured out who I was and
who I was becoming and the kind of person that
I wanted to be. Sure. So anyway, massive fast
forward to this past year. So my personal life's
been just this roller coaster, you know, just
these, the highs weren't so high, but like there
were good moments for sure. Sure. even when you've
had a year like I've had, you have to, you know,
and for anybody out there that has had rough
times, depression, you're going through some
shit, even if the highs aren't that high, take
it, grab it, run with it, feel good about it,
because sometimes it's all you got, man. Right.
You know, and - You gotta live in the moment
and appreciate that. You really have to, and
while the dips in that roller coaster, I'm certainly
to blame for some of it, and - I'm not one for
making excuses anxiety and depression play into
how you react and those sorts of things it does
Doesn't always mean other people are sensitive
to that and what you're going through And so
that at times causes problems without without
a question but You know, I'm not perfect none
of us are but the treatment I've received from
some individuals that I've cared for a lot. It's
just insane and I used to say pretty regularly
that friends are the family you choose. Well,
perhaps now, a year and change later, perhaps
I've chose poorly with a few. Maybe it's possible.
I don't know. And so you kind of reach a point
where you're like, am I just gonna continue repeating
this process? Like going out making a new friend
having some weird -ass shit happen and then it's
like start over start over start over and you're
just like I'm on this. I'm I don't even know
if roller coasters, right? Maybe that's more
like a merry -go -round, right? We're just going
around around around you're like, oh my god.
I got to get off this fucking ride, but You know,
I've come to the conclusion lately that Maybe
I should close myself off completely now. I did
this shortly after my divorce It wasn't her fault
or my fault. It was probably one of the easier
divorces in the history of divorce because We
still liked each other. It just didn't work Sure
anymore. Yeah, and and you know, we realized
that and we get on fine now and support each
other and more importantly support our kids so
that's like a super important thing but But as
it pertains to like friendships and stuff like
this, it's just it makes you scratch your head
I thought too as this is I was thinking about
this getting ready for this show. There's a guy,
Stone Cold Steve Austin. If you're a wrestling
fan, you know exactly who I'm talking about.
Anytime you hear glass break, it's just you immediately
expect like, yeah, for him to come down. Hell
yeah. You have to kind of do his whole thing.
But one of the things he always used to say is
like, DTA, don't trust anyone. And you hate to
be that way. But after some things happen, you
kind of you start sinking back into this mode.
where I was for a while, where you kind of close
yourself off, right? You build the moat, you
build the wall, and you're like, you know, we're
just going to do this for a while, and we're
just going to kind of be that non -player character
that just kind of moves around, because if that's
the way I'm going to be treated anyway, might
as well just operate that way. So I've kind of
checked out, hence the title of our lovely episode
today. I'm not going to give myself so easily
anymore to people because I really do and And
I'm not from a financial sense because that's
kind of been part of this stupid crazy roller
coaster too over the years but I'm talking more
of like giving of yourself which has an immense
value in my opinion and so Maybe maybe I just
I bring this on myself and I just set myself
up for letdown again and again and again and
I'm starting to think maybe it might be a better
idea to just I don't know be more of a self -serving
dick for a while and I and it's funny because
I always said this to my kids not when they were
young of course when they were like older kids
and could understand where I was coming from
but I would threaten that sometimes where I was
just like I'd have a rough week and my kids are
like hey fuck you old man and you know me and
the wife would say that in your head in your
head oh sure that's how you receive yeah and
so the assholedness of your children there you
go And so, but I did it to mine. So it's just,
it's part of being a kid and grown up. I get
that. And I don't harbor any of you for that.
But it's just, it's life. And so it's like one
of those weeks, your kids are like, ah, fuck
off. And you're just like, you know, you and
the wife might be not hitting it off and it works
a pain in the nuts. And you seriously, you just
think like, I'm too fucking nice. I am just too
nice of a person. I'm done. I am done being that
dude. And so it's like being a self -serving
dick is on the table. It is, the dick is on the
table. Sure. As it should be. That's grand. It
really is. So I don't know, perhaps if I just
care more about me and not give a shit about
the rest, maybe that's the way to go. But it's
hard for me to say, by the way, because it's
completely against my nature and who I am to
operate that way. Like, I think it would be really
disingenuous if all of a sudden I just became
kind of quiet around people and I was just kind
of like, meh, whatever. And I was just kind of
like a dick or whatever. It would just be disingenuous
because I'd be acting. Sure. I don't think I'm
changing who I am because I think anything's
habitual, right? So it's like, I would have to
act and be that way for like a super long time
to be like, oh, that's the new me. Sure. You
know, I mean, because otherwise it's like, why
would you, why would you do it unless you're
like, okay, I'm committing to this. I'm committing
to changing who I am. And I think during your
life, that probably happens to people one time
or another. They have an event or whatever that
changes people. Geographical relocations on the
table. I've been thinking about this. Well, I
did it once for a year, but my kids were young
and being away from them sucked. I mean, wake
up every morning and smash yourself on the face
with a hammer. That was me for a year. And I
lived in fricking paradise. I lived in paradise.
I was 15 minutes away from the Gulf of Mexico.
Like, every day after work is a vacation. And
I was miserable every fricking day. So that geographical
location is a poor example and did not work.
Sure. However... I tested the waters. But I tested
the waters. It's probably just bad timing on
testing those waters. But, I think now it's on
the table, because even though I have a job,
and it's a good job, they seem to like me, and
I'm doing a good job, so whatever, it's there.
But I still think, why not? Why not throw resumes
to places I might like to go, and if you throw
that line out there and a fish bites, why not
think about it? What is stopping me? Yeah, it's
a fair point. So, I really find it interesting.
and this has been more of a monologue today.
Aidan and I usually interact a little bit more
but he's going to jump in now. Number one, have
you ever felt this way? Like there's a period
in time where like things aren't going great
at work or personal life things just like a bunch
of stuff are coming up and you're like f it and
you just maybe think because I know there's there's
a lot of ways in which you and I are alike. And
I think that kind of wearing our heart on our
sleeves, big heart kind of like, I think you
got that. So I apologize for that. None taken.
But like, have you ever felt that way? And when
you feel that way, do you brush it off? Do you
be like, oh, it's a bad day. It's a bad week,
whatever. Things will rebound. Things will come
around. Or do you be like, man, I got to make
some changes. I got to do that. Like what what
occurred? What goes on for you in that sort of
a situation? I. Well, to answer the first question,
have I ever felt that way, I would say yes. I
think after my previous relationship, which was
god -awful, I mean, I was mentally and emotionally
manipulated for a year and change, and that was
just a terrible time. And I know that negatively
affected... my family members, my sisters, my
mom, you, I mean, that was just a really terrible
time. And I think after that, I definitely had
a phase, kind of how you were mentioning of just
like, eh, no more Mr. Nice Guy, like I'm done,
like I have to not allow myself to be manipulated
like that. And I naively thought that the best
way to do that is just to not, to not really...
put myself out there as much but that kind of
changed because shortly after that I met my girlfriend
or no we had known each other but we we shortly
a couple months after I broke up with my ex we'd
started dating and that's kind of when I realized
like yeah that the whole closing myself off thing
wasn't really panning out it wouldn't have gotten
me anywhere yeah So that that a couple month
period maybe closer to a half year that was probably
the closest I've been to to where your You've
mentioned you're at of just like I'm not I'm
not gonna be that guy again I'm not gonna allow
this to to happen to myself for my own well -being
as well as those around me, but it's it's That's
too simple. That's too simplistic that doesn't
pan out in my opinion and experience because
I feel whenever I get in a mood like that where
I'm feeling very negative and negative things
are happening around me I find myself going back
to that same mode of like closing myself off
just not talking as much to to anyone around
me and it's it's just not helpful to do that
Right, you know, it's not helpful to do that
because The only people you hurting are those
who are around you which are most commonly your
loved ones the people you care about and that's
that's not you You can't call that like being
a self -serving dick because you're not serving
yourself and you're clearly not serving those
around you it's more so a coping mechanism I
found that just simply doesn't pan out because
I found when I get in real negative moods, especially
ones that last a while, it's a coping mechanism
in the fact that I don't want to... I don't want
to explode on someone, right? I don't want to
unjustly take my anger out on someone that doesn't
deserve it or... perhaps doesn't even know I'm
upset with them because I simply haven't communicated
that fact. And that's my own wrongdoing, right?
Is not communicating well enough. So coming to
that realization and realizing that your actions
are 100 % under your control, what happens around
you isn't. It's important to realize that. So...
That's kind of how I deal with it is like I have
to compartmentalize the happenings that I do
not control versus my reactions and coping mechanisms
that I 100 % control and find a healthy balance
on how to deal with it. Like what to compartmentalize
and safer later versus what to communicate now.
without reaching a point of emotional break where
you may say something that you will later regret.
So I absolutely know where you're coming from,
but I think, I feel as if I've reached a point
where I can determine when I am and am not okay
and how to deal with it in those certain situations.
And I'm not great at it, but I at least have
the knowledge to know like, okay, I... I've been
laying low for too long. I got it. I have to
not do this not cocoon myself Sure, because that's
that's not going to be good for me So it's it's
finding a healthy middle and like most things
in life, you know, blah blah blah moderation
You just have to find that healthy middle. Yeah.
Yeah, that's wow that was really good and and
a very sincere answer and I appreciate that and
then I was going to kind of follow that up with,
so you have these moments, things are sideways,
they're not going great for one reason or another.
Do you feel young people, younger generation,
let's just Gen Zers or whatever. Sure. Millennials
versus, you know, Gen Xers. Do you feel that
when situations come up today, that you guys
handle them better? than older people handle
them? Or do you think that age maybe isn't as
much of a factor that maybe it's just more circumstantial?
It just depends on the circumstance. I 100 %
think it's circumstantial. And I know there are
legitimately historical medical issues with certain
generations like Gen X and Boomers. have, literally
have more lead in their bodies than is, you know,
healthy. And lead can cause things like emotional
instability, fits of rage, things like that,
because it just does that. So I don't want to
put that on boomers or Gen X of like, oh, as
an excuse, you know, I have higher lead content,
so I'm going to be more emotional. I think that's
not fair. to do, but it is important to recognize
that. We ate everything out of a Teflon pan.
Right, right. So we have all sorts of shit. Yeah.
So, you know, Gen X and Boomers definitely have
more lead. And of course, Gen Z and Gen A are
going to have more microplastics in their bodies.
We have no idea how that affects people just
yet, because it's so such a new discovery. But
that can play a role. That can play a role, because
I've seen graphs where you can see like the quantity
of lead tested in the air closely resembles the
quantity of violence in schools. I know correlation
versus causation, but the graphs are so eerily
similar. The peaks happen at identical times.
The fall off happens at identical times. It's
too accurate to simply be correlation. So there
is that point, and I think that's important to
make, but every individual treats wrongdoing
and stress and depression and anxiety differently.
Everyone has their own different coping mechanisms
or outlets, if you will. So I don't think it's
an age thing. No. I really don't. I think...
Coping mechanisms are different. Yeah, I'll give
I'll give you that for sure that that is definitely
coping mechanisms are different by age because
One of our generations grew up mostly online,
you know I remember having access to YouTube
from the time I was like 10 onward, right? Yeah,
so Social media does play a part in terms of
coping mechanisms and in terms of stress being
stressed from social media but I don't think
it's strict enough to say an age purely pays
a part, you know? And then there's another part,
like a part B of this too, whereas when you think
about your age and going through things like
this, so it's some difficult friendships or relationship
or just things got you down, family, home, whatever,
and you're younger, I feel like... minimum you
have a peer group like you have a group of people
your own age you're all dealing whether it's
environmental it's home whatever it is you're
all kind of dealing with the same shit so when
you're dealing with it you feel like you have
two or three or four or five or ten people you
can be like oh man blah blah and everybody's
gonna be like oh my god I totally like and they
can relate to you and those sorts of things right
where is like where I kind of go back to maybe
a little bit of this age thing where is like
I'm a Gen Xer. So Gen Xers were the first latchkey
kids, really. You know, we grew up fast. And
we kind of had to. And that's okay. But we're
also kind of that rub dirt on it generation,
where it's just kind of like, oh, oh, well, whatever.
And you move forward, you move forward, you move
forward. So self -care just wasn't a priority.
Sure. For us. You know, so I think now that you
grow up and you encounter some things and you
feel like if you're unloading on a friend or
you're like, oh man, I'm dealing with A, B, C
and D, you feel like shit because you're like,
man, just unloaded all this stuff on this person.
They were probably having a fine day. Now they're
probably not having a fine day because of me.
Right. And so then you're like, maybe I should
just shut up and deal with this stuff on my own.
So I feel like once again, from the age thing,
that maybe that part of it is a little bit different.
Sure, I can believe that and I know that as far
as the I don't want to speak for Gen Z as a whole
and I know I've brought up generations as a whole
and I don't necessarily mean to group everyone
into that by generalizing. That's not very fair.
But from the Gen Z -ers I know, my colleagues,
girlfriend, sisters, friends, friends of friends,
etc. That type of communication of venting is
Pretty common. Fairly common. I mean, you ask,
like, how's your day going? You'll probably get
a fairly sincere answer. Sure. Unless it's a
colleague or an acquaintance, then you'll probably
get the traditional, ah, fine, how are you? But
I mean, you ask a question like that to one of
the homies, you're going to get a pretty sincere
answer, you know? Right. You're like, oh, you
know, things have not been going great x, y,
and z. And I just... Of course, I don't want
to bring up the generational thing, but to piggyback
off of what you were saying, that is a difference
of what you've experienced versus what I have,
where if something's bothering you, you got to
unload, you can just do that. You can typically
assume your friend or homie, whoever else, girlfriend,
partner, they'll hear you out, they might vent
back, they might be empathetic, they might just
hear you out and leave it at that. But that type
of, I guess it is coping in a way of venting
it, getting off your chest. It's more acceptable,
socially acceptable, you might say. So that definitely
could be an age difference, generational gap
difference. For sure. Yeah, that's just kind
of one thing that I noticed and had really given
some thought to, is that there's just certain
styles of communication within your peer group,
within your age group, that are just different
than ours. And the fact that... That you guys
are much closer in age in time Sure to you're
growing up and you're developing then then I
certainly am but that's kind of why I kind of
brought up the whole situation of like how we
were brought up and how we lived when we were
younger and how that kind of applies to being
older and having these things come up in your
life where We can't I don't think we can necessarily
always communicate with our peer group the same
way you guys can sure and that's just age, that's
just like, you're sitting there and you got a
friend, it's like, oh man, I really value this
friend and I value their opinion and I'm going
through something. And then you think, they got
three kids and then one girl's gotta play tonight.
So then that sort of thing goes to your head
and then you're like, nah, I'm not gonna load
on them, but it's still in you. It's still in
you and you're still trying to process shit.
So it's definitely a challenge. Which is why,
rolling back, you know, maybe, Being that self
-serving asshole and just closing yourself off
is just something that you prevent the pain and
the hurt from everyday bullshit and you just
kind of move through life as that that NPC and
and maybe that's just Maybe that's the way to
I don't know. Yeah, you just search for answers
with all this sure that is true You don't want
to be a hermit though No, not necessarily Although
that lifestyle does seem fun. Cabin in the middle
of nowhere. Just be like, oh, what am I going
to do today? Chop down a tree, make some logs,
go fishing. That's it. Fuck, dude. OK. Count
me in. That's it exactly. And I mean, there's
enough remote jobs today where it's like, OK,
all I need to know is I can be someplace with
an internet connection. Right. And then once
I know that and I can work from whatever location,
Why do I give a shit man right I mean right just
go and do my own frickin thing buy a dog Yeah,
and just sit there. Maybe be like get a fishing
pole You know that's something that's quiet and
you know fish isn't gonna piss me off, right?
Well, they might they might jump off the hook
But you know you little shit little shit, but
I like if that's your bad day, right? I'll take
a thousand of those great bad day. That's a great
bad day But at any rate, I mean that's this is
a really great conversation, maybe one that we
pick up again later on. But I think, I think
this just speaks to a lot of people and a lot
of things that we go through. And, you know,
maybe there's a lot of situations where even,
you know, and this is much grander, where situations
where like violence ends up occurring, not that,
you know, it's going to happen with me or what
happened with you, but where if things just continue
to build up for some people. That's why there's
domestic violence. That's why someone brings
a gun and shoots people and other things like
that happen. Because maybe it's just time goes
on and on and on and stuff just building up in
these people. And they just don't, maybe they
find they don't have that outlet. Right. And
mental health care is a huge issue in the United
States. Because we don't spend any money on it.
And the government doesn't give a shit. Yeah.
Mental health care is a huge issue. Gun ownership.
Mixed with mental health care is a real lack
of mental health care is a real issue So it is
a problem and and having a good peer group is
not a privilege that everyone gets to have Correct,
you know so that that also plays into it. And
of course you simply have mental disorders psychopathy
sociopathy that That just happens and it's unfortunate
and you just hope that there are people around
you that catch it early enough that you can get
treatment and that That doesn't happen all the
time, which is why we get these these devastating
these devastating news stories, especially in
the US it happens every fucking day, but yeah,
I would just Not that I'm a guy you want to take
advice from but if if you need to hear it Go
out and seek help. There are people that are
more than willing to help you And if you can't
afford therapy because, hey, it's the United
States and, you know, fuck the common people,
fuck the common people, talk to anybody. I hear
the suicide hotline's Canadian now, but, you
know, whatever, call them. What are you going
to do? Right. I'm sure they will take your call
and they'll help in any way they can. Yes. Yeah,
there are people that care. Definitely. But I
thought that was a great conversation. I thank
you very much for your heartfelt answers. Certainly.
And once again, we always tell people, you know,
engage, interact with us, drop a line. Let us
know your thoughts. Yeah, let us know your thoughts.
If you're feeling a certain way, let us know.
I'm not in my dick phase yet. Yeah, right. You've
caught us just in time, really. You've caught
me just in time, really. Exactly. Reach out to
us. And we're happy to help or help point you
in a direction, at the very least. But at any
rate, I thought that was great. Thank you. Yeah,
certainly. And we'll be right back. We got a
little Carpe Diem coming up in just a second.
Welcome back everybody. This is the Mark Mo show
I'm your host Mark Maloney along with Aidan Maloney
and it is now time for Carpe Diem and you lovely
folks send us your DMS and we read them on air
and It could really be anything could be a question
and maybe we'll answer it. We don't have to Maybe
we won't we might It's likely that we will. Right.
Plausible. We may. But we are under no obligation.
It's not in the contract we signed. Nope. Nope.
I've looked at the... Page. Well thought out
contract. Well thought out contract. It's written
in crayon, but it's still, it's okay. It's fine.
Drafted by Mitchell Trubisky. It really was.
It shouldn't have been drafted. It really was.
I mean, he graduated from doing Connect the Dots.
Right. We have DMs, is my point. And, Aidan,
what do you got for us this week? Got some DMs
here, our old boy, at Hambone. Hambone. My man.
If you could pick your last words, what would
they be? Oh, man. It's a tough one. That's a
tough one. It's like, do you want them to be
profound or do you want them to be silly? And
I walk a fine line. I walk a fine line in life
where I pride myself on being pretty much 50
% silly and 50 % profound. Sure. So I'm torn.
But I think I would lean towards silly and my
last words if I'm feeling if I'm feeling a little
vitriol I would just want my last words to be
like fuck you To like whatever caused me to die,
you know if I was murdered shout out America
Then yeah, my last words be like fuck you but
I don't know if I'm if I'm sat in my deathbed
surrounded by my loved ones I just maybe crack
a little silly joke, you know It's like, what's
the difference between garbanzo beans and chickpeas?
What would that be? I wouldn't pay a hundred
dollars to have a garbanzo bean on my face. Eh?
Eh? Okay. Okay. And then I would croak. And then
just check out. Yeah, pee! That's excellent.
See, and I agree with that fuck you thing, but
like it depends... who's in front of me when
I'm dying. Like if it's my kids, I'm not going
to be like, fuck you. Although that would be
funny. It would be funny. And they'd at least
get a kick out of it. Right. They'd be like,
fuck you too, you're dead now. My man. But like,
I mean, that's just us and how we work with each
other. But then I go, so like if something more
playful, I do like the idea of being like, hey,
hey, hey, okay. So I have this box. Right. Buried
treasure. I have this box and inside is and then
just check out Check out and leave everybody
like what box where is it like tearing my shit
apart buried my millions under the Under the
No Yep, that that's so I like that part of it.
Yes, I agree Next question I received is from
deaf not a fed Asking what's something illegal
that you regularly do? Well, not a fed Speeding
I would say sure speed it within reason, you
know in in the US anyone that does kilometers
per hour They're gonna feel a little different
about this, but usually in the US you can get
away with about seven over the speed limit typically
and my job, my career, allows me, it's still
illegal, but they allow me, without docking points,
to go nine over. So I always go nine over. Like,
you're not gonna dock me, and typically cops
don't fuck with us because we're local delivery.
So I go nine over, I don't full stop at stop
signs. Oh, what else is there? That's kind of
it. The only other thing - Usually just traffic
violations. Not full stopping, going over the
speed limit. That's kind of my illegality. Yeah.
Hypothetically, that I might do. In a hypothetical
world. In a hypothetical world. Sure. I would
say, in the past, nudge nudge wink wink, I might
have partaken in some herbal supplements. Oh
sure, oh yeah. And we happen to be in a very...
Non -friendly herbal state where is all the other
states around us are it's still called the devil's
lettuce here. Yes Yeah, so in the past that was
not you're not drinking Hypothetically if I were
to do that that we you us we would partake hypothetically
partook in that would Definitely be one You know
did did I punch a guy in the face for abusing
his girlfriend that was within the law? The law
let me go. So I figured I was that was within
the law. I was clean. So that was self -defense
That's that's legal. He did take the first one.
Yep, to be fair. Yeah, I gave him a chance I
gave him a get out of getting your asshole by
Maloney card He chose those are rare to come
by those are rare to come by yeah Had I been
more amped up like somebody was attacking me.
It would have been a different situation But
in this particular case you know dude dude well
okay so he i'm not going to go into details i'll
just say i stepped in just to support this girl
who's much smaller than this big fat ass and
so when i stepped in between i was trying to
help her i was facing away from the guy kicks
me in the hip like who kicks someone in the hip
is like a starter and I thought to myself the
hell and lucky I've had training in a few different
disciplines one is wrestling and so I did this
little kind of kneel down pivot thing where you're
able to like step like pop back up yeah and I
did that and I faced him like what are you doing
and like I gave him that chance yep I gave him
that chance to be like think about what you're
doing back up Let me check this girl. You just
clocked right and maybe just walk away That would
have been great for him because he could have
walked away I could have helped her out and right
EMTs could have come whatever which they did
But he took a massive roundhouse like it took
a day to get anywhere near my face and i'm like
Well, you clocked that up from a mile away I
did and I just waited and I I did a I did a duck
and when I popped back up Jacked him once to
the nose again to the face dropped like a big
tree. Oh yeah. Like a big tree on the ground.
My wrist still hurts today. This happened last
summer. Yeah. And my wrist still hurts. I'm sure
I broke bones in it. I think we covered that
story on an AK -219 After Dark. I think we may
have. I think we did. That was, that was, that
was a story. That was shortly after that happened.
That was like the next day or something. I think
it was. Yeah. I think it was. Yeah, so bad. Yeah,
your wrist was rough. So hard And plus I hadn't
hit anything or any bag or anything in a while.
So that was something but yeah, man, so Quote
-unquote illegal thing. No, that's illegal. That's
legal. It's legal. You take a swing of me. Damn
right. Fair game. Fair game. Final question I
received today. Twilightfan1000 asks would you
take one million United States dollars but every
full moon you turn into a genuine werewolf. That's
tough. That's tough because becoming a millionaire
would ease about damn near every problem I have.
Same. In life. But then you're talking every
28 days I turn into a murderous forgetful animal.
Right? That's, uh, that's something that would
take a while to learn to cope with or contain.
You know, you'd really have to, like, Hollywood
movie style, like, hey, it's, you know, full
moon tonight, honey, you're gonna have to chain
me down and lock me away. But, I mean, a little
bit of suffering once every 28 days to become
a millionaire? I might be into it. I might be
into it. Count me down as a likely. As a likely?
As a likely. I would not hesitate. Oh, you'd
be in? As long... You could always move to the
Wyoming wilderness. In the wilderness, and when
I turn into it, I eat a bear or a deer or something
like that. A couple badgers. A couple badgers.
I don't know. Squirrel. Whatever. I mean, I'll
eat it. I'll tear it up. But then part of me
thinks... I don't know. I mean, when you turn
into the werewolf, how much of your cognitive
ability remains in your head when you're doing
this? Because if you can, and you think about
all the people that did you wrong, or people
that are jerks, or people that are that, well,
now I got target. I got an outlet for my werewolf
-ness. Sure. Does your cognitive brain and resentment
towards people mix with the animalistic instincts
and power. True. Or do they not communicate at
all? Yeah, because you could just sit there and
take out all your enemies, all the people that
have done you wrong, take them out, because at
some point you're not going to be the werewolf,
you're going to turn back into yourself and then
like you see a cop and just shrug his shoulders
and be like, yeah, I don't know. Wasn't me. Wasn't
me. I was home chained up in a bedroom. Looks
like a dog attack maybe. I don't know. That's
right. He has wild animals. Getting bad around
here. They're terrible around here. Yeah. Valparaiso,
these deer. Yeah, check me out as a yes. Oh,
yeah, I'm in. I'm in. You go out. Yeah, yeah,
this is the last DM I got. The last DM? Yep.
All right, I'm going to read mine. This is from
at Gum -Boggery. Gum what? Oh, no, Gumbo -Garry.
Gumbo -Garry. It's for my boy Gumbo -Garry. Gumbo
-Garry. And Gumbo Gary says, my guys, do you
like New Orleans cuisine? What's your favorite?
I love New Orleans cuisine. I am a Gumbo fan
myself. I'm not a huge seafood man. But if someone
says there's a seafood boil, I might give you
a shot, you know? Oh, yeah. I've been open to
more. In fact, my... Have you ever tried crawfish?
I don't know. I don't believe so. OK. No, I might.
My mindset is I'll try just about anything once
Mm -hmm, and I think that's fair to do because
how do you know you dislike something if you
haven't tried it yet? So I'll try just about
anything once and that mindset is how I found
out I love sushi Because at first I'm like raw
fish. What the fuck who does? I tried it. I'm
like, oh my god. I love this. Yeah, so I'll try
just about anything once sign me up for a seafood
boil I'll give it a shot. I love gumbo. I'm not
a big soup guy, but gumbo is not necessarily
a soup. More of stew, stewish. Yeah, stewish,
for sure. So I love that. And then... Red beans
and rice, dude. I will tear up some red beans
and rice. Dude, Cajun seasoning is a godsend
in the United States of America. I mean, it's
not a... a super complex flavor profile but it's
got the spice damn near sweetness if you will
yeah the spice it's a oh man you put that on
fries anything fried with cajun seasoning yep
is a yes from me i agree i i definitely agree
uh Po boys are good. I love it. So true whether
you eat it with fried shrimp or you have chicken
whatever the the po boys are money phenomenal
beignets basically just big powdered donut fantastic
It's got a fun French name, but it does beignet.
It really did and it sounds like that thing You
said on that is squirts water up your ass. Oh,
yeah the beignet the yeah the beignet Is it a
powdered donut? Does it squirt water up your
ass? I don't know. I think the English call it
a bidet. A bidet, but whatever. Yeah, whatever.
It's close. It's close. Same diff. One of them
I sit on and the other one is a bidet, so. Good
point. My man. My man. I like the way you roll.
At pterodactyl, if I offered you a million dollars
to complete a maze filled with hungry, angry
dogs, snakes and spiders, would you do it? Hundred
mil how long is the final one million? Oh one
mil one million dollars to do a maze you got
to get to the end of the maze and Traverse the
territory with anger dogs and snakes and spiders
spiders I'm not worried about because unless
it's Australia the spiders around here aren't
necessarily deadly Snakes around here aren't
necessarily deadly, you just get garden snakes
and such. The hungry dogs is what I'm worried
about, because dogs are vicious when wild and
hungry. Feral, if you will. It depends how long
the maze is, because I, in my current form, can't
outrun probably half of the dog breeds that exist.
Sure, oh yeah. You know, especially big dogs,
I can't outrun. And if I'm in a maze, dude, they're
hunting me down and I'm trying to make sure I
don't hit a dead end. So the dead end will be
a problem. The dead end to be a problem. And
if I'm going in unarmed and it's a long maze,
I would quicker perish than become a millionaire.
I think my self -preservation is telling me I'll
pass. Yeah. Yeah. Fair question, but I think
I'll pass. I'm tempted, once again. It's almost
Squid Games -esque, right? It is. Yeah. That
is a challenging question. And once again, the
spiders and snakes, just like you, I think I
could do it. However, it depends on the snake.
If you're talking, there's cobras in there. There's
boa constrictors. Sure. That is a... Yeah, I
went regional. I don't want any part of a nope
rope. I don't want any part of those whatsoever.
Especially like black widows or redbacks? If
they could just climb up your boot, into your
leg, be a little tiny bite, oh you're dead. Little
recluse and you're just like, you check out,
you're done. Yeah, you're cooked. And once again,
the dogs is like the reverse. It's like, if it's
a pit bull, holy hell. If it's a chihuahua, I'm
punting it. Yeah, but by yip yip yip yip yip.
But once again, I love dogs, so I'd do it and
I'd feel terrible. Yeah, exactly. But it's either
my ankles or your life, so. So maybe, maybe it's
a no. I'm leaning no heavy. I'm leaning no, because
I have a hard enough time with mazes as it is.
Oh sure. Like with that added pressure. Right,
and like, there's a way to escape a maze flawlessly,
is you just hug one wall, and you never let that
wall go. Because that wall will eventually trace
to the end of the maze. But you will hit several
dead ends on the way. Sure. So unless you have
an eidetic memory or you can map where you are
visually in your brain, you literally just hug
one wall, eventually you'll make it out. That's
not gonna work if I'm being chased! No, no. It
will not. If there's a German Shepherd gnawing
at your ankle, you've got other problems. If
I see one Doberman, holy shit, nah. No. Pass.
Hard pass. Good question though. At 6244422335
Great name. Memorable. Definitely memorable.
You are placed in a pit with Vladimir Putin and
you are going to fight him to the death. I'll
do it. You get to pick your weapon of choice,
but note he will be using the same weapon. Ooh.
Ooh, that's good. Okay, well. Vladimir Putin
is a feeble old man. But a former spy, KGB, sold
like, he has some set of skills. Sure. But, he's
a feeble old man. And looks sexy as fuck on a
horse without his shirt. I'm just gonna say.
Or a bear. Not that I would do him. Not that
I wouldn't do him, but I would pick a heavy melee
weapon. So I'm talking a mace, baseball bat with
barbed wire on it. There you go. Something hefty,
where I know he's gonna be slower than I am.
Good point. So I'm thinking melee weapon, I'm
thinking heavy, not sharp, because sharp I'm
not skilled with. Heavy, I know brutality. I
can do brutality. And I will move quicker than
him, I will be more efficient than him, and I
will win. I like it. So I am picking a heavy,
blunt melee weapon. I love it. I'm gonna go the
other route. I'm gonna pick a spoon. Because
he's not gonna kill me with a spoon. Oh, that's
smart. And now I can just box him because I know
I can box. That's smart, and he's feeble and
old. And he's feeble and old. That's so good.
So I'm gonna get a few jabs. I'm gonna give him
a right cross. He's like, hey, what about that
spoon? Hey, put the spoon up your ass, dude.
You're about to get your ass beat. Honestly,
that's like my line of thought, but even more
genius. Because here's the thing. You give him
a bat with a barbed wire. Hey, it's people my
kids still get lucky. There's still a chance.
They'll hurt you, right? Right if he hits you
in a certain spot That's gonna render you helpless.
Yeah was oh, but yeah, I'll give him a spoon
and he'll just about okay Now what now we box?
That's smart. That's smart. I'll give you that
points for you. Thank you I will take this I
will take whatever points I get last one for
the day at stoner stanley 420 man Momo and Alan
is a happy day damn, right? I found out what
that noise was in the trunk Oh God Kevin was
in there dude. We called that for why I don't
know He probably needs to find some clothes That's
why I haven't heard from him in weeks. He's been
naked and stoner Stan Lee's been in the trunk.
Holy in the trunk if anyone's been wondering
for a while why akin 209 is on hiatus well it's
because kevin was abducted putting yeah putting
stan's trunk without clothes so so we'll have
to see where this story goes we may contact the
authorities we may just see how darwinism survival
of the fittest plays out definitely yeah anyway
best of luck to you stan good yeah best luck
to you stan kevin good luck here's a little naked
midget hockey guy running around my man good
luck with you take her easy take her easy and
before we hit up our next break we have this
little segment we we call the other foods which
is just that it's not you're not gonna pull in
McDonald's and find any this shit at all you're
you're not going to be able to You know, roll
into your finest dining establishment. You can't
door -dash these. You cannot door -dash this
whatsoever. This is stuff that will make a Billy
Goop puke. What do you have, Aiden? I've got
this little fun idea. I'm calling it mid -century
madness. Oh, boy. So, the 1900s were a weird
time in American history because we had the big
war, the Second World War, And then everyone
got back, had a bunch of babies, and then all
of a sudden we're turning all foods into Jell
-O. So 1950s food, mid -century America, is what
I want to talk about today. Because I have some
really weird and disturbing food I want to talk
about. Love it. First of all, the tuna and Jell
-O pie. What? Also known as the summer salad
pie which by the way made it into Betty Crocker's
dinner in a dish cookbook from the 60s Calling
it quote pretty as can be To remind all the listeners
that may have missed a part of that. This is
tuna and jello on a pie crust I'm gonna show
Mark Mo an image Oh, that looks vile. It looks
vile. You may have to do your own research at
home, lovely listeners. But that's the tuna and
jello pie. This list, by the way, I will mention
is from BuzzFeed. So if anyone wants to see the
full list, I believe you can just look up like
1950s food BuzzFeed. You'll find it. The tuna
and jello pie. It is exactly what you think it
is. Next up on this list is ham and bananas hollandaise.
Ham? Oh, yeah. To recap, ham and bananas. Hollandaise.
That's the only ingredients. That's it? It's
bananas with ham on top with Hollandaise sauce
on top of the ham. That's on the bananas. No,
no. Ham and bananas hollandaise. Oh god, no 1950s
America you yeah, I mean granted I will say this
is probably all like white people recipes because
at least at least Like white Americans have such
a track record of not having good culture crew
true and I don't want to pin this on on black
Americans at all or away I like this. This is
clearly a white people thing Next up on this
list is the perfection salad. This is a quote.
I am not calling it perfection salad perfection
salad Which is a tall jello mold filled with
unflavored gelatin lettuce leeks tomatoes and
other salad ingredients It's simply a salad suspended
in unflavored gelatin That's nasty. Yeah, just
fucking eat a salad! Just eat the salad! Eat
the salad, have a little dish on the side with
a piece of jello in it, and you're good. That's
it! That's it, you don't need to combine it!
No, no, no, not everything is a Reese's. No!
Next up is the Frosted Ribbon Loaf, because if
it wasn't a jello mode, it was a loaf. It's a
cream cheese frosting filled with layers of ham
and egg filling. with a lovely tomato on the
top. That just looks, I mean, on the surface
I would be like, what is that? That looks interesting.
But I think upon more, more intense inspection.
Right, right, right. And possibly things through
taste. Taste and things going up your nostrils
would probably just be just so gross. In theory
and practice is bad. Next up is the lobster relish.
Oh, God. Which is a jello mold with shrimp, lobster,
and other accoutrement. No way. But it's all
frozen in gelatin. All in jello. It's all in
gelatin. We've got the lime cheese salad. Oh.
Which is lime jello. Lime jello. Lime jello plus
dairy plus seafood. Oh, God. Yep. Yep. And then
penultimate is the lever. sausage pineapple.
Liver sausage pineapple. Yes, which is a jello
mold made to look like a pineapple. That's a
jello mold? That's a jello mold. I'm showing
images to Mark Moe here. You'll have to look
them up at home. It is a jello mold made out
of liverwurst, mayonnaise, Worcester, but it's
made to look like a pineapple. Now why would
you make a fantastic tasty looking fruit? out
of nasty ingredients. Now, see, SpongeBob would
see that shit, and he would just rather scrub
your dirty pans, man. I'm moving out. I'm moving
out. Dry me up, I will scrub your pans. Keep
your damn pineapple. Oh, that's gross. The final
one I have is a simple two -ingredient recipe.
Oh. Called Spam and Limas. Okay. Which is roasted
spam and lima beans. beautifully arranged in
a pot to make it look like dog vomit. That's
like, I would never eat that, ever. Spam and
limas. I wouldn't eat either one on their own.
Let alone together. Spam and limas. No way. This
has been mid -century madness. Not now, not never.
Johnny Hemistix. Yeah, it's not good. It's not
looking good for you 1950s people. Not to call
out boomers, but I'm calling you out. Guys, Jesus,
what were you thinking? Yeah. That's bad stuff,
but thank you for enlightening us. Oh, it's been
my pleasure. When we do develop the time machine,
that will not be a time I will be going back
to, I don't believe. Absolutely not. Oh, God,
that's awful. Well, we're going to take a quick
break. We come back. We're on to our feature
segment. You just made the list. All right, we
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now we are here with you just made the list,
our top 10 list, and it goes from 10 to 2. We
do our big number one reveal. And let's see,
let's look in our big book of rules. Yep, that's
right, one rule. No rules. No rules? That's a
great rule to have. It's not a great rule. Paradoxical,
but I like it. Yeah, I'm okay with that. Yeah.
But it's not against the rules. It is not against
the rules. And today's, you just made the list,
Whiskeys of the World. Oh, my man. Our top ten.
Top ten whiskeys. The beverage that is near and
dear to my heart and yours as well. And we have
a beverage with us here this evening. And Aiden,
why don't you tell the fine folks about what
we're consuming while we do our list here. We
have, in the past, for our official beer review,
swerved... and tried a whiskey before. We did.
This one we are simply going to be sampling as
we talk about the beverage itself. This is the
Evan Williams 100 proof bonded American bourbon.
We're simply going to be sipping it along as
we talk about its brethren or sisters, however
you want to look at it. However. It's sibling
drinks. And we'll be talking about our favorite
whiskies as we sip. Indeed a whiskey that I don't
think either of us have tried before I have not
which will be fun now as soon as you said Evan
Williams I was so happy because I'm like oh that
is like there aren't many haven't tried there
are definitely some top shelf like Super expensive
ones. I haven't tried sure But you know most
of your mid -range down I have and Evan Williams
has happened to be one I hadn't well this this
I think is the higher brow Evan Williams. There
is a base Evan Williams, and I think this is
a step or two above it, being the Bonded 100.
So we will be sipping that as we talk about our
list. And of course, if you have a list at home
of your favorite whiskies, send it to us. Absolutely,
through the socials. Sluncha. Sluncha. Oh, that's
nice. Oh, she fiery. In a fun way. Yeah. You
know? I really enjoy the flavor a lot. Yes. Yeah,
this one... This is one of those unique whiskeys,
in my opinion, where it's an interesting in -between.
Could you shoot it? Sure. Could you sip it? Sure.
Is there an in -between? No. There is not. I
mean, if you take anything more than a sip of
this, you're going to have wished you shot it.
That hundred proof is pretty tough. But, flavor
notes. The flavor notes are great. Oh, they're
excellent. On the nose, it's fantastic. The palate,
it's sweet, vanilla, peanut, pit fruit, and then
it just, it just bites you. It bites you back
with that 50%. It does, but in the same sense,
I feel unlike, and I know this is, this is extreme
because this is, you're going from a mid to upper
mid level bourbon to just dog water, but. The
point I'm trying to make is that I don't think
it lingers on the palate too long. Sure, I agree.
Like a Malort does. Ah, yes. Where I can drink
almost anything. How dare you compare this Evan
Williams dog shit to the beauty that is Malort.
To the beauty that is Malort. How dare you, I
know. But Malort happens to be one of those liquors
that... People be like, oh my god, it's the worst
thing ever, and this and that. But I don't see
that. No, I think it's technically a liqueur.
Yes, correct. But it's not as bad as people make
it out. And it could be like, oh, you just like
it because you're Chicago. Well, I like it because
it's the closest I can get to drinking pine soul
without drinking a dangerous chemical. Agreed.
It tastes like pine soul smells. Yes, it does.
As a... As an ingredient in a cocktail, it makes
sense. Because if you want something with pine,
if you want something with bite, put m 'lord
in there. Absolutely. If you want to prank your
friends, give them a glass full of m 'lord. Yeah.
If you want a shot for funsie, you drink m 'lord.
There's no... There's no reason not to drink
m 'lord. And I'm not sponsored by m 'lord, but
I just go out and drink m 'lord right now. I
agree. Buy a handle of it. I don't even think
they make those. No. I don't think so. Find one.
Find one indeed. I love how you said find one.
Find one. You have been directed by Aidan Maloney
to find one. B -Y -O -M. Bring your own Malort.
Bring your own Malort. And if you're going to
do the proper Chicago handshake, make sure you
got Spoltz style on you. My man. OK. I'll kick
mine off this week. Top 10, I have a couple of
honorable mentions. Slain, which is an Irish
whiskey. Two Gingers. Might be that might I don't
know if that's an Irish whiskey or if it's a
blend it is But I do enjoy two ginzers quite
a bit And then Toki Suntory, so that is a Japanese
whiskey. They do whiskey. They do very well fantastically.
They do it very well And by having those three
is honorable mentions. You got me. Holy shit.
What are your top ten? I mean, so it's it's significant
and there's there's some that are just favorites
It's just the way your top ten works, but number
ten proper twelve Number nine, The Fighting 69th,
is a really good Irish whiskey. It's also a tribute
to the Irish Civil War regiment that fought at
Antietam and some other places, Gettysburg. And
so it has a historical context to it, but also
is just a damn good Irish whiskey. Number eight,
Journeyman Corsets Whips and Whiskey. it's probably
my local one it's a local one uh three oaks michigan
and valparaiso indiana uh it is as good of a
whiskey as you're gonna find. It's really excellent.
Number seven, Woodford. Classy. It's a classic.
It's like, I don't know, if I'm watching a horse
race, it's like I want two fingers of Woodford.
It's just, I don't know. Yeah, there you go.
The marketing is just slamming me in the face.
They've hit ya. Number six, Weller. Now, I've
only had that a couple of times. It is an upper
tier allocated, but it's phenomenal. It's that
sounds wonderful. I I have a friend of mine Austin
used to run a bar and He one night He was like
hey, you know blah blah, and he gave it to me
like oh my god That's that's amazing cuz I knew
came from the top shelf like thank you so much
And it was it's I don't know I'm not sure 100
% what sex in your mouth tastes like it's pretty
close gotta be close right close to well Yeah,
sure number five Colonel E Taylor bourbon Well,
I like it kind of like this kind of like the
Evan Williams very similar We got that little
bit of bite, but it's still it's still clean
And it's it's very good bourbon number four is
one. It's kind of a mid -level, but I enjoy it
very much blade and bow It's an excellent one.
It's kind of the fun one that comes with the
key on it And it's it's really an excellent bourbon
number three buffalo trace. That's class now
buffalo trace I know is kind of one of them popular
ones another allocated one that people come into
liquor stores like oh you got you know you got
Buffalo Trace we're like no yeah you know you
pretty much have to go to your more bougie bars
to if you want your your Buffalo Trace to get
that although fun story they do have it or did
have it at my movie theater so they got a full
bar at the movie theater yeah so my friends were
gonna surprise me for my birthday one day was
like oh we're gonna take in the movies and this
and that well lo and behold they want to take
me to the uh to the eris uh tour uh taylor swift
yeah so i'm sitting there going oh now i got
there first i was just having a drink anyway
but then i kind of found out what we were doing
and they were giggling and they were having fun
and they're huge taylor fans and i'm kind of
like respect her but not a fan necessarily sure
sure and so i'm like Oh, man, I think I need
another one of those. So then he says, you know,
you can pre -order your whiskey, right? I said,
what? Yeah, you can order it and we'll bring
it to you. I'm like, well, this night just got
a whole lot. I said, I want Buffalo Trace every
30 minutes. And sure as shit. 30 minutes would
come and dude comes in and be like, yes sir,
did you have the buffalo? I felt so bougie. Did
you have the buffalo trace? I'm like, yes I did.
Monsoir. Indeed. Quite indubitably. It was for
me. I was so buzzed when I got out of that show.
And it did enhance the quality of the show for
sure. Certainly. And number two, the old standard.
comes in many flavors and oak barrels and things,
but is Jameson. There you go. There you go. That's
the standard. So there are a couple bartenders
in town. And when I sit down, it's like, hey,
do you want a shot? Because that's kind of what
you do. Not only do you tip a good bartender
well, but you kind of offer at some point in
the night to do a shot with them. And mine's
always Jameson. That's just the standard. Yep,
the old Jameson. Unless I'm doing a shot with
my friend Taylor, and that might be my number
one, so I can't say it. Foreshadowing. Curious.
Curious, hmm. Now, I like the fact that you mentioned
at the beginning of your list that there may
be some favorites mentioned. Yes. So there are
biases implied here. I don't want the first couple
I mentioned to be an indication of my immaturity.
I would never judge. But! Oh, I'm sure some people
will. Oh, there's gonna be people judging me.
Because my number 10 is red stag. My number 10
is Red Stag. I'm not judging. That's, that is
a, I think it's Jim Beam, if I'm not mistaken.
It's a Jim Beam Black Cherry Whiskey. And it's
pretty low on the shelf, to be honest. That's
okay. But it's just enjoyable. Yeah, it's just
enjoyable. And that's why it makes my list, you
know, it doesn't always have to be that that
$50 bottle that $50 750 mil that you get. Yeah,
it's enjoyable. And it's inexpensive. And that's
red stag and it's number 10. And sometimes those
ones on the lower shelf. That's the one you mix
with stuff. Exactly. Exactly. Number nine on
my list. Hear me out. Number nine on my list.
Jamison. Wow, I'll get to why okay number nine
on my list is Jameson number eight on my list
Hear me out fireball Something I thought really
hard I really did because I can do shots fireball
and people will get them and like I've been at
local bars and People like a fireball like I'll
do it. Oh, yeah, I'm like I don't drink that
all day cinnamon whiskey it is fantastic. Yeah.
And it's weird, right? I'm not a fan of red hots.
I'm not a fan of like that, that spicy cinnamon
gum you get, but fireball is just different in
a great way. I think so. Yes. I wonder if there's
a way where you could make cinnamon rolls and
infuse it with fireball. Or if you put the fireball
in like the icing, uh -huh. Holy Well, I know
you can take fireball and put it with apple juice
and that's great Apple pie or cider even. Yep.
Yep Number seven on my list is slain You mentioned
that Irish whiskey is fantastic. Number six on
my list is the Suntory World Blend. Oh, that's
really good. We have tried on the show before.
It is a blend of Irish, American, Canadian, Japanese
and I think one other Scotch. Some of the blendeds
are actually really good. Yes, so they blend
those five types of whiskies including their
Suntory Japanese whiskey. Fantastic. I mean the
calmness of the Canadian and Irish whiskies with
the American whiskey really toned down the powerful
Scotch flavor that's just... Earthy and smoky.
Yeah, and then the Japanese whiskey all the character
and there is fantastic number five the not which
is an Irish whiskey Not I left that off my list.
That's a good one a Phenomenal Irish whiskey
I believe that one's a hunter proof too, but
you would never know you would never know smooth
number four I separated these on purpose. Number
four is the Jameson Stout Edition. I see. I see
what you did there. Yes. The Jameson Stout Edition
whiskey is phenomenal. It's so good. You get
the flavor nuts of stout, of Irish stout in your
whiskey. Dude. Dude, get real. Yeah. It is fantastic.
Number three, Maker's Mark. You want to talk
about American bourbon. There is nothing smoother.
more charming than Maker's Mark. You get that
dipped red wax on the top. It feels like I'm
royal every time I open a bottle. I'm like, dude,
this is it. Number two on my list is something
I just discovered this year. It's called Tin
Cup. It is an American whiskey and bourbon company.
It's so smooth. I would hazard to say it might
be the smoothest whiskey on my list. Interesting.
At number two. Tin Cup is phenomenal as a whiskey,
even in its bourbon form. It's fantastic. I think
you're going to be charred. I think it's 30 to
40 bucks for a 750 mil of it. But it's just,
it's fantastic. And that was your number two?
That is my number two. All right. That brings
us to the big number one. The number one reveal.
And my number one is the shot that I do with
my friend Taylor. His maker is Mark. There you
go. There you go. Now here's funny quick story
I had a friend in college his name was Carl now
Carl like when you have a group of friends There's
always that one friend and he's not I'm not talking
about that friend. That's your asshole because
you're just like oh Yeah, that guy's a real asshole,
but he's my asshole sure sure he was not an asshole
He's just kind of a weird eccentric kind of guy
funky dude where it's just like kind of on the
surface if I'd see him I might Just kind of stay
away from him. Sure, but because he kind of got
swallowed up in our group of friends It's our
guy. Yeah, so he would always drink makers and
I'd be like what a weird dude drinking made the
top of the thing Looks like a candle. What is
he doing? Right? Right? Like I never thought
of it and then one night He's like, oh you want
a shot of my makers? I'm like a sure Carl. Yeah,
I'll have a shot. I have shot. I'm like I've
been missing so much. What am I doing? My man
Carl knew all along. He knew. He should have
told me. He should have told me. My man Carl
totally knew. And I've been a Makers fan ever
since. It's really, really smooth. When one of
my bartenders was like, want to do a shot? You
want Makers? I'm like... Yes. Yes, I do. Yes,
I do. Yeah. And that's our shot. I think it's
94 proof, too. I think so. I think it's an overproof
bourbon. It is. Yeah. Yeah, most definitely.
I enjoy it very much. It is really, really smooth.
Makers is good. So when that was near the top
of yours, I was like, OK, my man. Yeah, absolutely.
The number one on my list is the Jameson Black
Barrel. Oh, I've had that. That is excellent.
It is fantastic. That's why I have three different
Jamesons on my list is because I wanted to separate
them and put them where I believe they should
be in my opinion. Yeah. All these lists are subjective.
So for sure. If you think differently, let us
know. That's totally fine. But that Jameson black
barrel. It's got to go above the tin cup. It's
got to go above the makers for me. It's so flavorful.
Yeah. And smooth. Of course it's the, I believe
it's one of the pricer ones you can get from
Jameson. I think so. But it's so worth it. Yeah,
it's very good. It's very smooth. Yeah, so that
one definitely tops my list. They do a, Jameson
has like a Jameson 22. I think it's a 22 year
old. And it's like 300 bucks. So that is kind
of their top of the line. But the black barrel
is like mid. mid -upper tier for that. And it's
Black Barrel's excellent. It's fantastic, yeah.
So that's my definite number one. That's awesome.
I love that. Well, yeah, that was our top 10
list. Hopefully you guys enjoyed that. Once again,
we always tell you, we love engagement, we love
talking to you guys. So if you have a whiskey
that we missed... Please share it with us and
if we have not tried it, number one, we may jump
around like 12 year old girls getting super excited
and then we're gonna go out and get some. Sure,
certainly. That is likely going to happen. So
please share some of your favorites with us.
And we now move on to another segment. We've
been doing this for a while as well. Review preview,
a review movie preview on last week I didn't
see one. So I told you about a lot of Italian
mob movies And some good ones at that. So hopefully
if you hadn't seen a couple of those maybe you
put those on your list This week, um, I actually
saw a movie. Hey, and it was excellent. It's
called fighter flight So if you're a fan of like
train to Busan or snakes on a plane This was
like those two movies in a blender utter That's
grand So a mercenary takes on the job of tracking
a high -value asset known as the Ghost on an
international flight. Realizing the plane is
filled with assassins assigned to kill them both,
the pair must work together in a fight for their
lives. Stars Josh Hartnett, Katharic Chondron,
and Katie Sakoff. It was fast -paced, it was
fun, it was incredibly over -the -top, like those
old -school karate movies. I enjoyed the hell
out of this movie. I give it a very, very solid
7 .8 out of 10. Nice. It's just from minute one,
like you're just into the life of this guy and
he's a hot mess. He's kind of a spy on the outside
of his career and just like drinking a lot and
whatever. And all of a sudden just gets himself
wrapped into this job. Right, right. And it's
just chaos. feet above the Pacific Ocean. Good.
It's so good. It was so good. So I highly recommend
it. I think you guys will definitely enjoy it.
And a preview and a movie hopefully I might see
this weekend is Ballerina. Now Ballerina is an
upcoming action thriller film that is the fifth
film in the John Wick franchise. So it's serving
as a spinoff set between John Wick 3 Parabellum
and John Wick Chapter 4. It stars Anna de Armas,
Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus. Ooh,
nice. Is an addition. Very good. That's a really
solid addition. Laurenzo Izzo and Ian McShane.
The film opens Friday, May 23rd. And that is,
well, if you're listening to this Saturday morning.
It's open. It's here. It's out. Go see it. I'm
excited. John Wick could do a million films.
Oh, sure. I'm in. I'm completely in. And I think
they're going to do some of these spin -offs
based on the last one and what happened. I think
there'll be some spin -offs. And this one I'm
kind of excited for. Yeah. I'm kind of excited
for it, so I'm definitely looking forward. Before
we hit some music and move on to our final segments,
we sleep. Some of us more than others sometimes
we snore sometimes we're snoozing and sometimes
it rains that's That's okay. That's that's a
quote. That's a quote from First of all if you're
out there, and I just said that and you know
that quote Feel free, throw it in the comments.
That was from Boulderm. Oh, nice. That was from
Boulderm. Very good, very good. So if you've
never seen that, check it out. It's a great baseball
movie. Anyway, a lot of times we sleep on stuff.
And in pop culture, it could be a game, it could
be a movie, it could be a TV show, it could be
something on YouTube, whatever the case might
be. This guy susses it out week after week, doing
the work. Putting the work in. Putting the work
in. Putting the time. Every day. In the mines.
The coal mines. The coal mines. Breathing in
all those, okay. The coal dust. The canary's
already dead. How am I alive still? It's probably
all those microplastics you were talking about
earlier. Oh, that's right, yeah. I bet that's
it. It's preserving me. I'm pretty sure. It's
also because I wasn't sleeping on this thing.
That's right. You were awake, my guy. Y 'all
were sleeping. We've got this little game. Yes.
Some of us have been sleeping a while. Maybe
30 some odd years. God, I wish I could sleep.
This game out about 30 some odd years ago. Okay
little game called Sim City 2000. Let's fucking
go. Oh my god City 2000 a city building simulation
video game Developed by Maxis and a couple other
individuals released for Apple Macintosh and
MS -DOS Yes, those who remember and came out
in 93 So you're talking over 30 years ago at
this point. Released on other platforms following
Sega Saturn, the SNES, came out on PlayStation
1. Wow. They're talking old consoles. Yeah. It
is so fun. It's difficult. It is a difficult
game to get good at because it's unforgiving.
It's unforgiving in a way that like actually
building a city and... like from the ground up,
managing all the finances. It's difficult, but
it's difficult in kind of a fair way. Sure. You
know, you literally have to do the budgeting
after every year. You have to zone out. Where
do I want the commercial, the industrial, the
residential? Is it high density, low density?
Where's my police, fire, hospitals? Where's this
school's gonna be? You literally have to think
out every portion of this city. Because it's
very easy to miss something. Yes. Very easy.
Yeah, it's like, oh my gosh, why is this part
of the city dying? It's like, well, okay, your
nearest fire station's 10 miles away, so... Or
you forget to connect the water pipes. Right,
right. It's like, why? I just zoned this. Why
isn't anything building? Yeah, your coal power
plant is polluting the houses right next to it.
I should have thought about that. For sure. It
is... It's fantastic. And of course, it still
runs on modern PCs. It just opens up a DOSBox
to run the game in. Oh, that's interesting. Yeah,
so it literally opens up an application called
DOSBox, which runs Microsoft DOS. on your 64
-bit Windows 11. No way. Yeah. That's amazing.
So it's running DOS in the background to open
up the game. I think it's still $20 or so, which
for a 30, 40 -year -old game, that's kind of
steep, but you can sync so many hours. into that
game and they're like little cheats and hacks
you can get if you want to if you want to squander
away millions of dollars you can make it happen
through some little cheats which of course i've
dwelled dwelled on put some time in yeah so it's
it's just fun it's just fun and of course looking
back on those types of it's not even really pixel
eight bit graphics that's just how graphics looked
DOS that's right. You know so that's you want
you want 8 -bit pixel type graphics. That's about
as genuine as it gets That's about rights SimCity
2000 if you're in this city building or simulation
games at all and you've got a Windows machine
and 20 bones to spare that's that's the history
of what all Most simulation games are on that's
that's it so it's it's very fun, and this is
what happened while you were sleeping Love that.
I love that you brought that up because that
that is a game that I used to play quite a bit
and I played it before you guys were like really
like gamers and Then I was able to kind of share
that with you guys and it's just it's so fun
So they're like there's you could start from
scratch like not a lot of money And you were
like frontier shit and we're trying to get a
city going and it is hard. Yes, it is But you
can go the other way and just be like, OK, start
me with like 10 million dollars or whatever they
start you with. And then you're kind of at least
able to get like a core part of the city going
and start building out and and do that sort of
thing. But it's fun. And if you play like live,
like you can have these massive fires. And before
you're like, oh, my God, there's a fire like
three quarters of your town is on fire. And you're
like, well, yeah, that's that's that. And if
you want to play God, you can spawn in disasters.
You can spawn in alien monsters to come destroy
your shit. You can. If your citizens get too
upset with how you're running the city, they
will riot and burn your city down. Yeah, they
get angry and they're like... Burn down city
hall. When you're building things... Okay, so
maybe you can answer this question. So sometimes
when they're building things, there's this female
voice. And so you're sitting there, and you're
putting pipes, or you're putting electric lines,
or whatever. And she's like, but I'm not trying
for a sponge. She says something like, what did
she just say? When the game spawns up, the Maxis
logo shows, and you click on it, and she's like,
articulating splines. That's it. That's it. What
does that mean? What does it mean? What are you
telling me? What is an articulating spline? Exactly.
Yeah, it's crazy, but great game. Yes, I agree.
Excellent game. We're going to take a quick break
and we come back or drink some beer and we're
going to finish our tier list from last week.
Part two American sports franchise. All right,
everybody, we are in the home stretch of the
Mark Mo Show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along
with Aidan Maloney, and it is time for our beer
review, post -whiskey review. The official beer
review. Which, you know, it's good times. Yeah.
It's good times, for sure. As deserved. For anyone
wondering, no, this is not Saturday morning for
us. This is a Friday evening, so worry not. Don't
judge us, please. Worry not. But at any rate,
why don't you tell the fine folks about the beer
we're reviewing this week? The beer we are reviewing
is the Slow Melt Pale Ale by Half Acre Beer Company,
which I believe is a regional company out of
Chicago, Illinois. God bless their souls. This
is an American Pale Ale, 5 .8 % ABV, respectable.
Their quote from the Half Acre Beer Company.
we're not sponsored by the way we're introducing
a new pale ale to our everyday lineup for 2025
that pushes forward a contemporary hot profile
for the west coast style now we will be the judge
of that today because we are the official beer
reviewers indeed so this half acre slow melt
american pale ale sloncho sloncho trying for
you today let us know in the comments What are
you sampling today? Ooh, definitely got the citrus
notes like right away. Oh yeah, that's lime.
Yeah, that's a grapefruit, I would give it. Okay.
Grapefruit for sure. Here's the deal. I'm not
the biggest IPA guy. However, because a lot of
times you get those bitter notes, get a little
bit on the palate afterwards. Yeah. I'm not getting
it from this one. This is not an India pale ale,
this is an American pale ale. But it still has
that like hoppy, grapefruity notes. But you're
right, it does not, it does not sit on the palate.
Not as strong, no way. No. That is enjoyable.
Yeah. It's not, it's not light as a light beer
goes because it is still full flavor. Yeah. But
I get why it's called a Pale Ale, American Pale
Ale, but it is, it's lighter than an IPA, right?
Like the hops are toned down. It's really, it's
grapefruit juicy, in my opinion. I enjoy it.
I do too. That's an excellent beer. That is a
crushable summertime, like get in from the house
after mowing the lawn, like grab you one of these,
right? Oh yeah, this is now, as many people know
me, as a beverage connoisseur, so to speak, I
am a fan of the Shandy. No, not so much. I mean,
Sam Adams makes a good one. There's a couple
other good ones out there. I'm talking about
making your own. You know, with the fizzy lemonade
and a lager, putting them together, whatever.
Like, this is a good replacement. Like, if you
don't have the stuff to make your own shandy,
but you have this in the fridge, this will do.
This will definitely do. Yes, I agree. Yeah,
this is... and it doesn't advertise as a, like,
grapefruit shandy or anything. It's just an American
pale ale, but I think low -key... You could call
it grapefruit shandy. I think it's I don't know
if it's the hops or if they add grapefruit peel
or something. Yeah, but yeah that that is that
is a I don't want to call it sweet, but semi
sweet grapefruit juicy Ale. And I'm kind of a
fan of the design on the can. It's very neat.
I like looking at a lot of these, especially
when you're talking about micro brews or your
local breweries, anything like that, when they
come up with some of this design. So Half Acre
is based out of Chicago, I believe. And this
slow melt, like if I'm having some gummies right
now, this. This design's gonna, it's gonna trip
me out a little bit. The can art is like psychedelic
candle melting butterfly eyeballs. No doubt.
And the fun part is a lot of times with these
micro breweries, they will find a local artist
to make these can designs for them. Okay. And
that's super fun. It really is. I love the design
on this. Like, ultimately, it makes no sense
to me. Other than it says slow melt, then there's
this melting candle. Right. And these butterflies,
apparently, that have these eyeballs look like
an eye of Horus thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I dig
it. It's really cool. Very neat. I enjoy it.
I like its citrus, grapefruit -y background.
Definitely. I like the fact that it's full -bodied,
but it's not overwhelming. Yep. It's hoppy, but
not overly hoppy. No, there's not much bitterness
at all. I'm giving that a 3 .5 out of 5. I'm
going to surprise you. I went with a 3 .75. 3
.75, nice. Which I don't have a lot of beers
in the fours. So this was something to get me
to this point. I was almost at that point like,
is it a four? And I was like, it was close. Yes.
It was definitely close. That definitely says
something. Well, outstanding selection. This
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it, which then brings us to our final bit for
the for the show. We did American sports franchises.
So we did a part one and we are now on to a part
two. And sometimes there are. I don't know some
of these like the list can just get too big.
Sure. So you break them up a little bit. And
I think this was fair to break this one up. American
sports franchises. And I made it clear it's American
because... To be fair, you have like German soccer
leagues, bare Munich, and Italiano, and Spain,
and you have Premier League, and you have a lot
of other stuff out there. So we wanted to be
fair because we included all that, oh lord. You've
got the Australian rugby, you've got Australian
football, you've got Irish rugby. Oh yeah, I
mean it would be too much. At some point maybe
we'll do a tier list that includes... other more
international. We could even do sports as a tier
listing. We could. We could do that. That could
be fun. That could definitely be fun. Because
by the way, Australian football looks really
cool. It looks awesome. It looks amazing. And
so the tier listing we've been doing, just as
a break because like these last segments, normally
World of Weird News... Wait, let me do that properly.
World of Weird News! That usually occupies the
final spot. Sure. But sometimes we switch it
out and we do some different stuff. Keep it fresh.
Keep it fresh. For Breeze Brothers. Fresh start.
Fresh start. It's the last one. Last one, Alan.
So we're now into part two. So here we go. We
have just enough time. We'll do a little back
and forth on this and we'll grade it out and
maybe... time allowing. We will kind of just
refresh our grades from last week. Yes. And then
this. Absolutely. And I have this format where
I put it on the socials. I have the last one
that we did, the last tier listing. I already
have that broken down in a graphic. So I'm going
to start posting these online because I just
think they're fun. Yes, absolutely. So here we
go. This is American Sports Franchises Part 2.
Yes, this is tier listing. Tier listing. Which
is kind of an AK -209 we did years, well, not
years ago, but about a year ago we started it.
And it goes from F being the worst of the worst.
Fail. Of the worst tier. D being bad. C being
mid. Mid. B being good. A being great. S being
the best of the best. Of the best. And that's
how we rank them. That's how we rank them. So
we're going to start right away. The New York
Giants football club. Oh, New York Giants. I
love me some Eli Manning. I love that they beat
Tom Brady's bitch ass. But as a franchise, they're
not fantastic. I would give them a B minus just
because I'm biased. I'm going to say they're
kind of m -m -m -mid. I would say C plus. Could
go c -plus with you go c -plus. Yeah, I mean
how the hell Do you trade Saquon Barkley? That's
so true. Oh my gosh fumbled Saquon as a fumble.
That's a major fumble and that's a great analogy
by You should use that sports out the Carolina
hurricane currently in the playoffs, you know,
you know, are they but the individuals who killed
The Hartford Whalers? They're the guys. I love
the whale. Yeah, I'm a big Hartford Whalers guy.
I've always supported them. I know whaling is
bad, okay? You don't have to tell me that. I
know whaling is bad, but the Hartford - But I
don't think that's what they're promoting. No,
the Hartford Whalers as a team, the color scheme,
the vibe - That's so good. Being out of Hartford,
bro - Right. Is so much better than, I don't
know, where are the Carolina Hurricanes? Yeah,
what do hurricanes do? They - kill and displace
people, so fuck you. Hartford whalers, I'd give
an A. The Carolina Hurricanes, C. So you're splitting
the difference? C, you wanna? Split the difference,
I mean the whalers were A, they're C, do we say
B? Do we say B even? I think we do. Perhaps we
could go B even. I think it's fair. On the Hurricanes.
That's fair. The Atlanta Braves, the Bravos.
The ol' Bravos, Atlanta. Atlanta doesn't really
win a lot of things. I think the best Georgia
sports are college athletics. But the Braves
have always been a strong... Boys been they've
always had a strong team good and of course they
were stupid left Freddie Freeman go How the hell
do that was dumb that was done? I was dumb But
for somehow for some reason all the good players
go to fucking Los Angeles right la is like yeah
money Yeah, like mr. Krabs running a baseball
team money. Did you open up a second Krusty Krab
money? You know, I like the Braves as a franchise.
I think they've always been strong. I think they're,
except for the Freeman trade, I think they're
quite level -headed. Maddox, Smoltz, and Glavin.
Dude. I mean, I can't remember any other rotations
that have had three aces in it before. That's
nuts. That's insane. That's nuts. Yep. A for
Atlanta? I think it's an A. It's an A for Atlanta.
I think it's an A. Congrats, bros. You've earned
it. You definitely earned it. This is one that's
tough. Chicago Bulls. Oh, fuck, dude. Because
what are their team three peets twice? Right.
And had he not stepped away from the game, that's
eight. Yeah. That's eight in a row. Right. That's
Boston Celtic shit. Yeah. That just doesn't happen.
That just doesn't happen. I mean, you've got
the All -Stars. You've got Pippen. You've got
Jordan. You've got everyone that surrounded them.
then they just fall off a cliff. Right. The last
25 years, you've had like three good seasons.
Who owns them? Oh, that's right. The Chicago
White Sox guy. Yep. Yep. And they fucking suck.
So should you take the past into consideration?
Grade on the overall... Right. I think absolutely
you do. And I think that era of the Bulls is
S -tier. I think that decade... Oh, for sure.
That decade of the Bulls is S -tier. They own
the decade. And I think everything around that
has been arguably C. Arguably C. C may be C minus.
Yeah. And I think, granted, their logo, their
color scheme is wonderful. It's excellent. So
you split the difference. You're talking somewhere
between B and A. I think their style alone gets
them somewhere A tier. I could go A minus. Due
to... Lack of playoff success? I'd probably say
B+. B+. That's fine. Yeah, yeah. I think their
recent failures have earned them not A tier.
Right. Although, to be fair, they have these
young guys now and they really picked up steam
at the end of the year. I have a feeling they're
making a turn. Like, I think something good's
coming. Right. But I thought that once before.
That's true. Where they had what they had, they
had Ben... Was it Ben Johnson? It was... Yoki,
Noah it was Kirk Heinrich like that team Derek
Rose like it looked like that team was gonna
win something right right like oh, that's what
we were waiting for and then they were really
good and they got to like an Easter Eastern conference
final and then yeah, nothing like holy shit that
side with most of these franchises as our fruits
or vegetables You become rotten from the top
down. Yes, correct. You become rotten from the
top down. So Mean as as bias as I want to be
to give you a it's got to be B plus Denver Broncos
ah you'll Broncos You've got the Elway era you've
got a manning. Yes, you do and you've got all
the weird things that happened in between But
we don't talk about it, but we got good stuff
have now is copayton. So man I I My bias is saying
a plus my heart is saying a Because they've been
fantastic. They've gotten their rings, right?
They've had their successes. I Just what negative
things can you say about the Broncos? Not too
many. I mean, you've got that weird Russell Wilson
thing that happened In the right ears, but yeah
Russ just has that weird thing about him. Yeah,
he does indeed So a I I want to go a plus. I
feel like they're close to s level But just due
to a couple of wonky periods in there It's enough
to just grade that down, but I like I'd go a
plus. I'm thinking a plus I can agree with that
for sure awesome. I love that We're now on to
the Milwaukee Brewers all the Brewers. I have
nothing against Milwaukee. I know Regionally
speaking, they should be our rivals, being the
Chicago Cubs fans we are. But they're really
not our rivals. When I grew up, they were in
the American League. They used to be against
the White Sox. I used to love them. Right, right.
Storman Gorman Thomas, and Harvey's wall bangers,
and Paul Molitor, Robin Young. I love those dudes.
They were great and came so close. Yes. And then
like some of these like... Craig Council who's
now the Cubs manager haha he was he was the Milwaukee
guy. I have nothing against Milwaukee. No, I
really don't. I love them as a team. I love that
they turned the M into a mitt for their logo.
It's so cool. I think that's fun and it's cute.
And when they hit a home run, the little Milwaukee
brewer guy sits at the top and he comes out of
a beer can and slides down this slide. The whole
thing is so cool. It's good. It's good. I want
an A. I'll give you the A. I really will give
you the A. Yes. Yeah, I am a Brewer fan. Toronto
Maple Blue Leaves. Oh, the Maple Blue Leaves.
If you're Canadian fans of our show, we love
you guys. We really love your country. But...
I envy your national health care. Oh, for sure.
No shit. Uh, yeah, your blue leaves are not good.
No, no, no. I can't remember a time in my life
when they've been good. I can't remember a time
in my father's life when he's conveyed to me
that they've been good. Nope. Back in my day,
they had Ty Domey. He used to fuck with my New
Jersey Devils all the time. The Joy -Z Devils.
And Scott Stephens was in the penalty box, and
he boarded Niedermeyer so bad, and Scott Stephens
grabs his stick and starts pounding the glass
with his stick and looking at Domey like I'm
going - kill you and you can read them like this
is why I like oh yeah it's why I like hockey
right here it's where people can fight legally
right exactly I that they're not good now they've
never been good I'm thinking C - you could argue
D and I would take it I'll I'll give it C - just
based on the fact they're in Canada it's a goddamn
Canadian sport that's true so I'll give them
the C - and they got kind of a cool logo that's
true that's true Baltimore Orioles. I like the
Orioles. They've had... Cool logo. Yes, cool
logo, cool vibe. Baltimore as a sports city is
admirable. I think they've struggled. In my lifetime,
they've struggled. For sure. Recently, they've
been kind of hot and cold, which I can appreciate.
Some teams get like that. I don't know much about
their ownership or management specifically, but...
Kind of like I would say like B for Baltimore
B for Baltimore. I agree with that. I was thinking
BB minus. I'll go B Yeah, absolutely Chicago
White Sox s plus the only reason they get the
plus is like we won the fucking tears in oh five
Okay, cool great. How long ago was that are you
counting? Yeah, I give me a plus cuz they're
on the South Side over by Rico Benny's my friend
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That's hot. And they serve beer, too. Whew. They
do. New Orleans Saints. The New Orleans Saints.
Here's the thing. OK. You've got the Breeze era.
That's true. You've got the Breeze era. And that's
fantastic. Drew Brees, fantastic quarterback.
Really short cry. But here's the thing. The New
Orleans Saints. and the Chicago Bears are not
direct rivals. They are not. But they have some
of the most chippy, dirty battles I've ever seen
in the NFL. Second only. to Chicago versus Green
Bay. I would agree. The New Orleans Saints are
just, and you could blame this on Sean Payton,
because there is the whole... Oh, that whole
thing. That whole thing. But the New Orleans
Saints, you sons of bitches, I like you, but
I really hate you. Uh -huh. So I'm, granted,
they've just been good. They always find a way
to be okay. At least decent, yeah. So maybe they're
ma -ma -ma -mid. I'm thinking maybe C+. C +,
I'll do that. I'm totally good doing that. Pittsburgh
Penguins. Penguins? Just let Sib and Crosby retire.
So much talent to just be mid. It's crazy. How
do you have all of this talent and all of the
talent goes otherwise and does better? Yes. How
can you manage that? Granted, what do they have?
Three and six years? That's it. All of that talent,
you should have had five and six years. You should
have been that dynasty. You should have been
that dynasty. You found a way to fumble it every
time. As far as a sports city goes, Pittsburgh
is phenomenal for having such a low population.
Oh, for sure. Oh, yeah, love it. They are. I
like the Penguins. I root for the Penguins. I
have nothing against them. I just, they're just,
they don't click. They don't click. B minus maybe?
I'll go C+. C+. C+. is fair. Pittsburgh Penguins.
Yep. Maybe get some more dubs, then we'll talk.
Absolutely. Jacksonville Jaguars. Oh, the Jags.
They... I always root for underdogs because I
love seeing upsets. It just kind of warms my
heart seeing the big guy fail. Maybe that's my
own hatred against capitalism seeping in, but
the Jags have just never been good and they've
got these weird issues with the owner and the
owner owns other... AEW wrestling and all sorts
of crazy shit. What are you doing? That just
ain't it. That just ain't it, brother. And of
course Trev, right? Trev Lor. My man. I know.
What's he doing? I don't know. Apparently not
succeeding. Nope. That's a D. That's a D. I love
that. Down the middle. I'm glad you did that.
I thought you were gonna be in the C area and
I would have to talk you down. I love that. You
don't have to talk me down to shit. Pittsburgh
Steelers. Well, the thing is... See, I love Coach
Tomlin. AKA Foreman, if you're a house fan. Yeah,
exactly. M .D. House. House M .D., rather. But
I like the Steelers because the Steelers have
never been in competition with the Bears or Broncos
directly. Correct. And I like the Steelers. As
a third team, I like the Steelers. They had the
whole Bradshaw era. Then they had the Ben Roethlisberg
era. The Ben Roethlisberger era kind of got...
Tainted yeah, because of his dog shittery. Yes
But they've always been good you want to talk
Mike Tomlin era they Mike Tomlin's never been
under 500 Nope, you want to talk about a good
sports fan franchise. It's the Pittsburgh Steel
It's an iron curtain, right? It is. Yeah, this
is a territory for me I'll let you determine
what to do with a solid a solid a solid. I love
it Chicago Bears I Great history. Yeah, great
history. Most Hall of Famers. Yeah, most Hall
of Famers, detailed history, nine NFL championships,
if I remember right. More than that, 11 if you're
counting championships versus Super Bowl. Sure.
I think it's 11. Yeah, so you got that plus the
one 1985 Super Bowl. Yep. And then you just have
the... dogshit era. Yeah, 2006 with Erlacher
and Briggs and Brown and all those guys. Great
team, like, I feel like they should have won
three Super Bowls with that team. Yes, they should
have. And because they had a shit quarterback,
they never did it. You've got Rex Grossman, you've
got Kyle Orton, you've got these shows. Mid -ass
fucking quarterbacks. Oh my god. And then all
the GMs that never drafted anyone good. I mean,
I'm... I'm talking C+. Yep. I'm fine with that.
I'm fine with that. Their history is great. Recent
history not great. New England Patriots, that's
a great franchise. A +, I mean... You can hate
them if you want, but... Right. Tom Brady was
a complainer, but they just won. Yeah. They just
won. Now you got Zappy and those homies, and
they still fighting away. Yeah, oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Last one. San Diego Padres. I like the Padres.
I love the Padres. I like the Padres. They're
like, they're fantastic. But sometimes they just
miss something and they're in a good division
too. It's like, I like the Padres. They've been
fantastic. I'm thinking that's either B +, you're
talking A territory. I would say B +, just because
there's no World Series there. Okay, fair. They
lost to Detroit, god, 84? And they might have
lost one other one there too, but other than
that, I mean, like, they've been competitive
lately. I feel like they're gonna be good this
year. Of course, they're gonna fall short to
the Cubs, but that being the case, I love their
stadium. I love their logo. I love their vibe.
I think they have a good team. B+. B +, I can
agree with. B plus. All right, that concludes
this week's tier listing. Giants C plus. Carolina
Hurricane B. Atlanta Braves A. Chicago Bulls
B plus. Denver Broncos A plus. Milwaukee Brewers
A. Toronto Maple Leafs C minus. Baltimore Orioles
B. Chicago White Sox F plus. You were lucky to
get that. New Orleans Saints C plus. Pittsburgh
Penguins, C +, Jacksonville Jaguars, D, Pittsburgh
Steelers, A, Chicago Bears, C +, New England
Patriots, A +, and San Diego Padres, B +, to
be added to last week's list, Cowboys, D +, Cubs,
A +, Lakers, C, that's your fault, New York Jets,
F, Philadelphia Eagles, B-, New York Giants,
D +, LA Dodgers, A, New York Rangers C, Detroit
Red Wings B +, San Francisco 49ers B +, Houston
Astros F, St. Louis Blues F, has a bad report
card, Celtics S, the only S, the Celtics, Seattle
Seahawks A, Boston Red Sox a beautiful us and
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