What's up, everyone? Welcome to season two, episode
nine of the Mark Mo Show. My name is Mark Maloney
and I am your host along with AK219's very own
Aidan Maloney. More importantly, Aidan spelled
the right way. That is his gaming channel. Make
sure you check that out. How you doing, Aidan?
Doing pretty fantastic. Little... a little tired,
a little sleepy, but you know, there's nothing
wrong with that. You know, you gotta listen to
your body when you're feeling fatigued or tired,
you know? Oh, for sure. Yeah, there's no doubt
about that. Gotten too comfortable of a habit
of not doing that, and then I'm like, oh, why
do I feel like garbage all the time? It's like,
well. You gotta get a little bit of sleep. Yeah,
remember when you were feeling sleepy two hours
before you went to bed? That's probably why.
Oh, for sure. Yeah. Yeah, there's no doubt. But
at any rate, we produce new content every week
on all podcast platforms and YouTube. And then
we also have some one off interviews coming your
way. And we just had a few recently. I got one
coming up. I don't know if it's going to be the
tail end of this season or the beginning of the
next. But that one is going to be pretty tight.
And I actually have kind of a waiting list building.
So that's a good thing. But we only do two or
three interviews a season. So folks got to wait.
Got to wait they turn. Got to wait. Demand is
high, but supply is steady. Supply is steady.
And you get your free sweat pills on top of that.
At any rate, if you like the Mark Mo Show, check
out my radio. show. It's called After Hours.
You can find the stream at WVLP .org or on your
TuneIn app on the handheld device. Two hours
of Celtic punk and alt rock. Tuesday nights 9
p .m. Central Standard Time and Friday at 4 p
.m. Central Standard Time. You should also check
out the guys being dudes as we talked about and
Aidan spelled the right way on YouTube and it
is very, very entertaining gaming content. I
just recently watched The one At the school that
was just like he played just like the five minute
version of it or the ten minute demo Yeah, demo.
Yeah that like I think that was Fear Academy,
right? Fear Academy. Yeah. I couldn't remember
the name. That was frightening. That was very
scary. There was more noises and things you couldn't
see. Right. Yeah, I was not a fan of that. Yeah,
it's like that looming dread. It's like, oh no,
when's a bad thing gonna happen? Oh yeah, for
sure. So check it out. He plays a lot of games.
He plays some fun games, some scary games. A
lot of really cool PC kind of stuff. Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, so definitely check that out. Now... Before
I get into some serious bus talk Father's Day
with my co -host was a really good time. No question
great food great fun cold beer but Aside from
that day last few weeks been kind up and down
and we've had this talk before on previous episodes
How that roller coaster goes in my life highs
aren't super high the lows are like almost in
hell and so basically like this and I won't go
into details but like starting like this past
weekend even into last night is just like the
seventh level of hell and you just kind of get
to that point where you just kind of you just
kind of say you're done you know because it's
just like and as I said I it's very easy to get
off the highway right now and I'm like I'm so
amped up to do it, and I'm going to calm myself
here and not do it. But I'm just gonna say this.
When you're a good human, when you're a good
friend, and no one's perfect, right? Absolutely
no one is perfect. People fuck up. Whether they're
big fuck ups or little fuck ups or all sorts
of fuck ups in between, right? That doesn't mean
you're automatically a bad person. You're still
that same good person. You just messed up, right?
So... To me, not that I've recently had any mess
ups, I haven't. It's just kind of like doing
time for like shit that was done in the past
and it was shit that wasn't even that bad. And
you're just like, are people that fricking petty
in this lifetime to be able to treat someone
so shittily that they used to hold in high esteem
and actually call the friend. I don't get it.
I don't get it. It upsets me a lot. And it's
to the point where we're not a very big part
of the world. We're not Chicago or LA or New
York. We're considered Chicagoland, but our little
metro area in Valparaiso is like 37 ,000 people,
give or take. It's not very big. So it's hard
not to run into people or situations, and it
sucks. You can mess up in Chicago, who gives
a shit? You got two dozen other friends, you
can go to the other side of the city. It doesn't
matter. And most times, I find people in big
cities, they just got thicker skin, too, because
you live in the big city. And I think it's just
kind of one of those things. I just find it's
water under the bridge a hell of a lot more.
And maybe I'm wrong in that concept. about big
city versus kind of this tiny little town bullshit.
But I'm just really over it. Yeah. And I kind
of thought I was about a year ago. And that feeling
just hasn't changed. So it's just going to get
to the point like when I actually pull the trigger,
when I get to the point to do it. Because, yeah,
it's a small town Midwest. You know, some people
probably love it. I'm not a fan. any longer.
Yeah. I'm really not. And it makes it tough.
It really makes it tough. Sometimes you feel
like you're Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl. Right.
You know, and you just, you have to... Ski -daddle.
You have to, you have to, you have to move on.
You just have to realize that, you know, there
are probably people there that you still care
about, and that you wish them well. But sadly,
there are probably just as many that you'd be
happy to tell the fuck off. Sure. and just be
on your way, you know? So it's tough. It's really
tough. Especially based on what I'm about to
talk about, because it's super happy and good.
But I suppose, and this is maybe the yin and
yang of life, right? When you have such a great
day and you meet good people, it somehow amplifies
the bad in a way, and it's hard to explain. But
like you have such a great day like that and
then you realize that all this other shit is
so much worse. And that it could be so much better
because you just experienced that. Sure, yeah.
It's a very strange duality to that. It's really
odd. But yeah, I think I'm gonna pull the trigger
on something soon. I just don't know how and
when. But in this life, you guys, and I mean
just not me, but all of you, don't settle. Don't
settle, don't get too comfortable in one thing.
Don't take abuse in any form, in any fucking
form. Don't do it. Just have enough love for
yourself to flip those double birds and just
move on your way. Right. Because you do not need
it. There are better people in this world. So
yeah, I think I'll leave it at that. Fair points,
absolutely. I think I'll leave it at that, because
the rest is just too tough to talk about. Sure.
And we really have a fun show planned. But getting
a little bit off of my chest is cathartic at
times. And it's really... It's really weighed
me down this week to the point where, you know,
I almost had a panic attack today. Like I was
like at my desk and I'm like, holy shit, and
could not concentrate, could not get work done.
And I'm like, this is not worth it. Right. This
is absolutely not worth it. And, you know, God,
I'm trying to think of the movie. I think it's
Denzel Washington. It might be the equalizer,
the first one. And he's talking to that young
girl in the coffee shop. where he goes and has
his tea and reads his books and she kind of is
trying to tell him like he's trying to be encouraging
to her and she was like I'm trying to think of
the line but it's something along the lines of
trying to tell him like he's like you can be
anything you want to be blah blah and her response
to that was not in my world and then his response
to her was change your world Fair points, good
lines. And I watched that movie the other night,
and when he said that, I was just like, I've
heard that line, I've heard that line plenty,
but it's never hit like it just hit. Right. But
yeah, at any rate, that's my shit. All right,
well, let's continue on. There's really no perfect
segue to move forward on that. At any rate, once
again, it was a great father's day. This guy's
amazing. It was definitely a highlight, for sure.
We had a fantastic day. Aidan just has to stop
headbutting things. Yeah, that's my bad. And
that just kind of, that was shocking. Yeah. To
say the least. The game comes back, he's got
blood on his nose, and we're like, um, what?
You're like, you just, you looked, you're like,
I don't know. You're like, shit. You know, so
you're like, okay, time to end the day. But at
any rate, it was, it's good that that wasn't
like a serious thing. But at any rate, this past
Saturday, I rode the Magic Bus throughout Northwest
Indiana. And it was truly magical. Magic Bus,
Magic Bus, thank you driver for getting me there.
What? Magic what? No, no, no. Magic bus. But
can I buy your magic bus? What is this? No. I
want it. I want it. Well, you can't have it.
I can't have the bus? No, man. It's a magic bus.
The who? Roger Dawson. I was on the bus. I was
on the bus. It was magical. Ah, F it. It is magical.
If it's anything like your song, it has to be
wonderfully magical. It has to be wonderfully
magical. And by the way, Magic Bus is a Who song,
and I did less than seven seconds in each little
bit, so no copyright claim for you, Mr. Pete
Townsend and Roger Daltrey. That's all I got.
You hear that, YouTube? You hear that, YouTube?
Get lost. Get lost. Anyway, I rode on this magical
bus on a dive bar crawl. It was organized by
Tasty219 Podcast and Lakedale Ale in Lowell,
Indiana. It was approximately six hours long.
Started and finished at Lakedale, covered five
other regional dive bars. Those bars were Bugaboos
in Cedar Lake, Willows in Griffith, Taphouse
1233 in Lake Station, Rusty Nail Sports Bar and
Portage and Track Lounge in Crown Point. I do
have to say, full disclosure, sustained day drinking
is exhausting. Put your head to sleep. Oh my
god. As a newbie on this bus tour, I understood
why so many people brought coolers and bags and
stuff like that with them. They were like stocked
up with water and caffeine and snacks. Smart.
I looked, I'm like, next time, yep, definitely
got to remember that. I will certainly bring
those types of things. I met quite a few people
on this trip, and a few people that I knew, but
didn't know I knew. Oh, you had to play the great
game of discovery. Right. Where do I know your
face? As I've always told people. I never forget
a face. I never forget a place. I don't always
remember the name. Yeah. And I definitely remembered
the face. I just didn't know. I didn't know where.
I had no idea. But at any rate, the vibe was
fantastic. Party atmosphere beginning to end.
People were certainly inebriated by the time
we got to last couple of stops, but like nobody
was like gone to the point of. like they're a
problem. Yeah. Like none of that existed. Just
singing, dancing, drinking, eating, all that
kind of, there was food at every stop, free food
at every stop. Some had shots and drinks and
things like that, jello shots, whatever. It was
so much fun and we were able to bring some extra
business to some dive bars. So they probably
won't see big crowds like that in the middle
of the day on a Saturday. So it was just kind
of win, win, win for everyone. And it was a lot
of fun. I want to thank Larry and Greg from the
Tasty 219 podcast for being amazing hosts and
putting this crawl together. It was their third
one. And then Lakedale Ale for being the home
base and also being part of this as well. Giving
us that free pizza at the end was key. And I
want to give a shout out to that person that
I knew that I didn't know that I knew. That was
my bus buddy Don. Bus buddy! Bus buddy Don. She...
Okay, so... We're talking knowing that we know
each other but didn't know and so we're talking
and I mentioned my friend Melissa Who's a bartender
in Crown Point? at this at this bar Zombie Club
man whoo So at this bar Zombie Club and she's
like, I know Melissa. She's great. I work over
at Tavern. I'm like Okay. All right building
blocks here. We're figuring this out." And I
knew I didn't meet her in Zombie. So I'm like,
all right, must have been a tavern. I've only
been to tavern a couple of times. So we're working
on this thing. And I'm like, well, I went to
the St. Patty's Day crawl thing with my friend
Cody. And we were doing, and she's like, no,
no, I wasn't at that. I was off that day. I didn't
go. I was like, okay. So I was eliminated. So
I was like, well recently it was Melissa's birthday
and Melissa and Dustin and I and a bunch of her
other friends that live in Crown Point, we went
to the Pride Crawl and we had this table back
in the corner and the light went out in her head
and she said, my friend Chase, you guys were
like... Playfully flirting all day and having
fun and like he was like trying to squeeze him
But he was kind of half giving you a lap dance
and you were like, hey, I forgot my singles or
whatever like totally having fun with it She's
like I was the blonde on the other side of the
table. I'm like, oh my god Like so that was it
discovery discovery was like oh Like it all made
sense, right? So yeah, so we had we had a really
good time and It was a great day I got a new
bus buddy, and I will definitely be going. October
18th is the next one. Keep an eye on Tasty 219
Podcasts for sure. And their socials, they're
gonna release all that information soon. I guess
they have four of the five bars lined up already,
so. Nice. That's pretty solid. So definitely
looking forward to it. And I was a guest on their
podcast last night, and we talked about this
very magical bus crawl. Magic class. The only
magic Bus, I know, is the Magic School Bus. No,
no, no, no. No Miss Frizzle shit. Miss Frizzle
out there hammering down some highlifes. That's
exactly what she was doing, man. I mean, she
was doing the Chicago handshake. She was, she
was, uh, she was digging that malort, man. Yeah,
Miss Frizzle's a freak. Fucking Arnold or whatever
his name is. Oh, I knew I should've stayed home
today. Shut up, here's your malort. Ah, we had
that homie doing keg stands. It was, it was all
good. Uh, no. It was it was magic bus. It was
it was a lot of fun. And yeah, it was great.
So I highly recommend it. Had a blast. And so
this guy here to my left, it's interesting because
there's a tie in for him, too. And that tie in
is that he works for a company here in northwest
Indiana. And he is a truck driver and delivers
beer to many of the finest establishments across
northwest Indiana. I certainly have. so as i'm
like hey man i'm here this is cool blah blah
and he's like oh yeah it's kind of shitty to
deliver so it's funny getting his take because
his take was more business and work like oh man
that place is not good to deliver to right it's
like oh man taking kegs up and down stairs at
like certain locations like ah different insights.
You know, you get that front end, how's the experience?
I get the back end of like, oh no. Oh yeah, for
sure. Delivering to this place in the winter
is terrible. Oh yeah. Well, one of the easiest
deliveries that he had was when I was working
with this liquor store, Kennan Liquors, and basically
you pull up in the alley, you open the door,
straighten the door, straighten the cooler, about
as easy as it gets. Yeah, not bad. Not bad. Yeah,
sometimes the cooler's a little tight maneuvering
around, especially if people don't prep it for
the delivery first, which I always tried to do,
but I wasn't always there for every delivery.
And so, I think he probably knew the day I wasn't
working. Yeah. Yeah, and it's tough too, especially
with stores like any store, but specifically
in my line of work, like liquor stores that are
in strip malls, because they have such limited
space, it's like... You want to carry what we're
delivering 200 different skews into your store,
which multiple of each you're talking several
hundred cases of beer, and you don't have the
room, it's like, oh no. That's tough. Oh no,
like I don't want to leave a mess for the employees,
but at the same time, I can't be here for three
hours. Well you can't. I have other stuff to
do. Right. You know, at that point, it was always
like me, and then Andy was pretty good at it
too, just like, greeting the guys, bringing the
stuff in, and once it looks like it's getting
tight, it's just like, all right, put that there,
put that there, we'll figure it out, so you can
get on your way, and then we can start figuring
out what the hell we're doing, because a lot
of times, for example, a lot of the micro -brews,
craft -bears, that kind of stuff that were in
the cooler, are all the way in the back, and
if they're... If they're unloading Miller Lite,
and they're unloading a bunch of other stuff,
and it's piling up, you don't really have a thoroughfare
to get to the back anymore. Right, right. And
so it becomes a bit problematic, and they got
to shift things around, and it became a pain
in the ass. Yeah, logistics. Logistics is huge.
Yeah, that logistics definitely huge. But Magic
Bus, if we, I'm gonna be doing this all episode.
I'm just, anytime you say Magic Bus, I picture
the big yellow Magic School Bus. And then the
theme song starts playing in my head, which is
not the song you're singing. It's a completely
different song. It is not. It is not. As a matter
of fact, funny story. Apparently, it is Pete
Townsend. that hates playing that live. And the
Simpsons made fun of it one time when they had
the cartoon Who on one episode. And people are
like, hey! And then Homer's like, play Magic
Boss! So it's so great so great But anyway, it's
like I just went on this thing by myself and
by the way just made it We had to record that
morning, so I felt like dog crap on the day before
so we recorded that Saturday morning I got out
here early and like we finished the show and
I'm like gotta go Yep, and I like ran out to
my car literally put I literally like just whipped
it into the parking lot Park my car, it was like
10 people left to get on the bus. I was like,
holy shit. I like run up and they see me, they're
like, oh my God. I'm like, oh dude, I made it.
And he didn't know that I was recording the podcast.
I'm like, you did a podcast first? I'm like,
yes I did. So that's crazy. We run a tight ship
around here. We definitely run a tight ship.
But all I'm trying to say is, you know, whether
it's going on an excursion like this or a movie
or out to dinner or whatever, it's like, you
know, if you're feeling stuck in that rut, sick
of the grind. jump out of your comfort zone,
do something you haven't done before, do something
you enjoy to do, take some time off, do something
with someone you love or family or group of friends
or like I said, hell, go by yourself and just
have a good time. That's what I did in this case
and I'm so super happy that I did on the Magic
Bus. Oh man. It is magical. The Magic Bus? Magic
Bus. It's great. I loved it. It's like one of
those things, you know, like the staples button,
you push it, and then it's like, that was easy.
That was easy. It's like the same thing. You
just say the words magic bus, and then you are
forced. It's a magic bus. Magic bus. Might hear
that one more time today. We'll see. One more.
One more. Ted, we'll see where it's appropriate.
Right. Or inappropriate. Anyway, we got a quick
break coming up. Thanks so much for being here
on the show. Thanks for my little bit of rant
there at the beginning. But hell. That's what
these podcasts are for, right? We're gonna come
back. We're gonna do some Carpe Diem for you
here on the Mark Mo Show. All right, we are back
and it is time for Carpe Diem. That is you find
folks sending us your DMs and then we read them
on the the old podcast here and uh statements
quotes well obviously they'd be quotes quotes
of you but you could have quotes of other people
i don't care i don't make the rules damn it whose
quote is it if you're quoted quoting someone
else oh man that's a it's a tasty vortex right
there i know right what do you do with that almost
paradoxical it really is it's almost magical
All day, all day, people. All day. Anyway, Aidan,
oh, by the way, yeah, sometimes it's questions.
Oh, sure. We'll get questions, and then we read
it, and then we go, should we answer it? Maybe.
Maybe. See when we get there. We'll burn that
bridge when we approach it. Yeah, we're going
to burn the damn bridge anyway. I will burn every
bridge I can. Aidan, what do you got, man? Got
some DMs here. I got one here from Magic Man
asking, would you rather have $100 ,000? Deposited
in your bank account tax -free or Always get
the perfect amount of restful sleep for the rest
of your life It's a tough one in my opinion.
I think a hundred thousand dollars is a life
-changing quantity of money absolutely life -changing
Well for us poor folks. Yeah, exactly exactly
for Bezos. It's probably what he's got in his
pocket right oh Boy, that's That's tough, because
one of them will permanently have an effect on
your life, right? Always feeling rested when
you wake up would be wonderful. Sure. But so
would $100 ,000. That'd be great. I mean, a lot
of things would be fixed with $100 ,000. I think
so. Oh, that's tough. Yeah. That's really tough.
But then again, okay, hear me out. I'll take
the $100 ,000. Yep. I will forgo the perfect
sleep, but... Having the $100 ,000 will lift
a lot of stress off of me, which will likely
improve my sleep anyway. Boom. Wow. Boom. I'm
taking the 100k. I like what you did there. Yeah.
I like what you did there. I'm probably going
to take the 100k too. Yeah. Because based on
the earlier portion of this podcast, it will
allow me to just drop everything and ski daddle.
Yeah. Uh, which would be lovely. So if you're
out there and just want to throw a hundred K
at me, let's go. Yeah. I love it. You could put,
you will rename the podcast after you. How about
that? That sounds amazing. If you want to be
that person. Yeah. Let's send, let's call magic
bus. Magic. Next DM I received. Not Thanos six
nine six nine asks if I I mean Thanos snapped
away all eight billion people and then they came
back in five years How do you think the earth
would be different? Whoo? That's a fun. So everyone's
gone. Everyone's gone for five years five years
are back. Yep, I We kind of got a little hint
a little hint of what that might be like during
covid when most of the world was kind of you
know put on lockdown essential work only well
except in the us essential work kind of meant
everything anyway um but yeah we kind of got
a little hint like waters cleared up air pollution
was down yeah you know people got into the arts
people learned how to bake and do all that kind
of stuff but the earth itself like water pollution
was down air pollution was down and that was
just like what we were locked up for a couple
months maybe yeah maybe you talk five years i
think there would be a lot of overgrowth yeah
in kind of everywhere right because no one would
maintain lawns or golf courses or stadiums but
Five years, is five years enough time for weather
patterns and climate change to start reversing?
Or do you think it would take longer than that?
No? No. Yeah, the air would improve probably
within months. Right. So I would imagine you'd
probably have more birds. Bees would flourish
again. Yeah. So you'd have a lot of real positives
there. However, you're... Roads will be done.
Everything will be overgrown. Yep kudzu and ivy
and all kinds of stuff like that there was a
show uh god i discovery i can't remember what
channel was on yeah it's called life after people
that's right yeah and maybe like after 10 days
after two weeks right after a month and like
just different things and like when it's to the
point where like houses and and buildings start
to fail and and dams would break and like all
this other stuff and i think in five years time
it'd be a real problem like people people come
back and Like, their homes would be overgrown,
and there would probably be families of raccoons
and rats and all those things. Oh, I'm sure cockroaches
would take over. Oh, they would. They'd be everywhere.
They'd be everywhere. I'm sure the electrical
grids would be fried. I think the two main points,
now that you've brought up what you've brought
up, the two main points that kind of hit with
me is like, first of all, I would wonder which
animal would kind of take over. as the apex predator
during that time, you know, because deers are
already overpopulated, they're everywhere. Oh,
they're getting eaten. Would they continue to
grow or whatever is eating them would be the
apex predator? Yeah, I think you're looking at
cougars, you're looking at black bears, brown
bears. Yeah, I think it's, you know, you're gonna
have the ice reform. On the north, too. So I
think polar bear numbers would probably go up
as well. And they're definitely an apex predator.
That's true. I think the second point would be
how devastating it would be for house pets. Oh,
they'd all be dead. Yeah. I mean, well, five
years, it depends. Like if you have a 10 year
old dog, it's probably going to die. But I think
there are dogs and breeds that probably would
flourish and figure it out. And so, for example,
you're gone, and you've got a dog, and he's three
years old, and he's an Australian shepherd, or
he's a German shepherd, well, they're gonna figure
shit out real fast, and you're never gonna see
that dog again, because they're gonna be running
in packs, and they're gonna be killing the deer,
and they're gonna kill beavers and raccoons and
possum and everything else just to survive. So
you'd have a lot of packs of dogs, I think. Interesting.
Cats would still probably be assholes and sit
in people's broken windows. Yeah. I think cats
would be mostly unbothered. They would. They
would, for sure. Quite. Quite. The house has
been quiet for a while. Where's my owner? It's
been pleasant. Yeah, right. The final question
I received from our boy Hambone. Hambone. Asking,
how would you describe your age to someone if
you couldn't tell them the number? It's a fair
question. You can't actually say the age. Yeah.
But you can describe it in any other way. Yep.
Half century. Oh, there you go. Yeah. That's
fair. I was thinking way more complicated. I'm
like, okay, too young to enjoy MySpace, too old
to care about TikTok. Right. What else is there?
I saw the beginning of YouTube, but I was still
a wee lad. Yeah. I remember printing out Google
Maps papers because we didn't have smartphones.
My first album was a Christmas gift from my brother,
and it was Van Halen's 1984. Oh, there you go.
Fair point. You get an idea there, I guess. That's
pretty good, Hamo. Yeah, absolutely. I guess,
alternatively, I could just say quarter century.
Quarter century, yeah. That's also fair. You're
a quarter, I'm half. We're not getting the full
It's not in our blood new, you know, it is magic
bus magic bus and beer Yeah, I've got one First
one is from at five fingers and Freddy. Oh, no,
what? Oh Freddy Freddy ow, I love scary horror
games. I love Aidan's YouTube channel. Oh my
man What is your favorite horror game? Put you
on the spot. That's a good question. That's a
really good question. It's tough because there
are a lot of genres of horror I like. I really
like the anomaly hunting games. I'm not great
at them, but I really like them. I think Observation
Duty would probably be in the top five. Okay.
I think one of the first like explorative exploration
horror games I played was called Trans Memory.
Yeah. And that one would probably be on the list
just because it was one of the first ones that
really scared the shit out of me. Yep. So that
would be on the list. Oh, man. I think Para Eyes
would, which is similar to Observation Duty.
It just functions a little differently. Those
would probably be all in the top five. I think
a couple of games I haven't played yet, but have
the potential to be. Yeah. I think there's one
called Look Away, which is like a horror RPG.
that looks really fantastic. And then I'm trying
to remember of the one, you remember the game
I played where I was driving the car and I had
to like follow the zebras? And there was like
the dancing devil man on the mountain. I was
like, oh shit, I can't go towards the zebras.
I forget what that was called. Oh, I know which
one you're talking about. Oh, something night.
Night. Oh, man. I got to look it up. Okay. I
got to live research this one. Yeah, you can
definitely do that. I know that, like I said,
the one with the school, the most recent one,
that was a demo. Fear Academy. That demo, and
that was pretty sweet. Knight Drive is the game
I was thinking of. Knight Drive, that's it. Yes.
Yeah, Knight Drive would also be in the top five,
I think. That one was fantastic. Interesting.
Inter -sante. Very much so. I like that. Well,
hopefully five fingers you enjoyed that I guess
also he probably would have enjoyed if I said
FNAF five nights at Freddy's Yeah, because it
seems like that's right up his alley. I would
think so based on his ass That could very well
be magic bus magic bus at JJ king of gold Hey
guys, not sure how into business you are, but
I have a bad feeling about things. Get in line.
Welcome to the club. I am thinking about pulling
my money out of my 401k and liquidating my stocks.
Any thoughts? Oh, man. I would just completely
get out of the United States. That would help.
Get off of the United States dollar entirely.
And then what's something that's always going
to be valuable? The gold? Silver? Uh, geez, what
else? Yeah, I was about to say precious metals
is a good thing to get into, for sure. Not that
we're giving financial advice. Don't take this
as financial advice. We're just hypothesizing.
We know based on history that when the dollar
and the economy take a shit, that precious metals
usually go the other way. Right. Exactly. If
that's where we're heading... It's an idea. It's
an idea. And you can squirrel those things away
and... piggy banks and fake book banks and all
sorts of things like that and use it on a rainy
day. Right. Exactly. It's an idea. It's going
to rain a lot. Yeah. Seemingly. Seemingly. Seemingly.
Indeed. Quite. At Suzy Snowflake, I would like
to know what parts of the United States are your
favorite. I currently live in Indiana and I hate
this place. I think it's time to go. Wow, Suzy,
we should get together. We should really get
together. Wow. Well, considering how absolutely,
disastrously hot it's been outside over the last
week or so, I honestly wouldn't mind seeing a
snowflake. Just give me a break from the heat.
Just a little bit. I've always said, anywhere
between 30 degrees and 80 degrees, I'm fine.
I'm chilling. Not higher, not lower. Exactly.
Is that too much to ask for? Seems fair. Is that
too much to ask for? It's really not. There's
gotta be a climate somewhere like that. Yeah.
God, I hope. I wanna be there. But, to answer
the question, Mrs. Snowflake, if plausible. If
there's a snowman at home. Magic Bust. Favorite
places in the U .S. I love the Pacific Northwest.
I think that it's just beautiful out there. The
weather's nicer than it is out here anyway. Yeah.
Pacific Northwest is fantastic. I'm sure I would
love New England area. I think I would like Vermont.
The falls are awesome. I think I would love Maine.
I would say that's probably my top places. Yeah.
I think Minnesota's pretty nice as well, even
though their winters are kind of whack. Right.
So. in their football team wears purple and goes,
oh. Shut up, Vikings. But aside from that. Yeah,
exactly. Now, if I had a top two in Pacific Northwest
or New England. Yeah, I'm right there with you.
Minnesota's not terrible. I'm just not a fan
of the snow and I know they get a lot. Yeah.
So that would be the deal breaker there. But
like summers, I'm sure are great up there. I
also like South Beach a lot. It's an international
city. There's a lot of people from everywhere
else which makes the city a lot of fun and Even
though it's hot. It's it's different because
you're right on the Atlantic Ocean So it's like
it's never like hot hot Yeah, you're getting
that breeze if you're close enough. It keeps
that temp down a little bit and I don't know.
I just I like it. Yeah cool spot uh last one
here at stoner stanley 420 my man our guy been
with us forever alan and momo show hey where
where the magic bus go I swear to God he reads
your mind. He really does. Hey, where the magic
bus go? I was waiting on the road and it is not
here. Oh no. He tried to go with you. He heard
and he just waited on the side of the road for
a bus that was never coming. We don't even know
if he lives nearby. I don't know where he lives.
He could have been waiting for any bus. Right.
God forbid he gets on the wrong one. No, he probably
just walked up from the river to the road. To
the road. The bus will get me. It's a bus saying
coming. And it did not. Sorry, Stanley. Catch
us on the next one, Stan. Absolutely. You're
going to have to do it. Well, thank you for the
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We'll read them on the air. or we won't. But
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Also, please like and subscribe. If you're having
fun with us, definitely do that. This is the
time where we talk about other foods with Aidan
Maloney. He finds foods that, well, you're not
going to find in McDonald's or Burger King or
Wendy's or anything like that. They're usually
foreign, not always, but usually foreign and
usually quite disgusting. Disturbing. Disturbing,
yes. What do you got for us? Well, today I went
to, you know, took a little tangent of my own.
We're talking about other drank today. Drank.
Other drank. This is snake wine. Snake wine?
Snake wine. Okay. Out of places like Japan, Vietnam,
and China. So, distilled rice wine is mixed with
honey and herbs and a snake. And a snake. And
a snake. The snake is chilled until it passes
out. It is then gutted and sewn back together.
Oh, no. It's then inserted into this bottle of
distilled rice wine. When thawed, when the snake
is thawed, it briefly awakens before dying in
an aggressive pose. The alcohol neutralizes the
venom of the snake, making the liquor of course
safe to drink. The Habu snakes are believed to
have medicinal properties, and this is considered
an aphrodisiac. Oh, wow. They did make sure to
note if the intestines are not removed, the drink
has a very pungent smell, which makes sense.
You wouldn't want snake shit in your beverage.
It's called... I don't want to mispronounce this.
I'm trying. Awamori? I believe, a liquor made
from long -grained indica rice, which is, of
course, distilled rather than brewed. Okay. It's
different because it has a snake inside of it.
Yes. The snake, the habu saki, or snake wine,
the snake itself is poisonous, a pit viper, closely
related to the rattlesnake and copperhead. A
bite from the snake can cause vomiting, hypo,
tension, and possibly death. Good God. Some bitten
patients report losing mobility in their arms
and legs. But don't worry, safe to drink, they
say. The snake is of course local to Southeast
Asia and Japan. There are plenty of other snake
wine versions throughout Southeast Asia. All
use venomous snakes. And the more venomous, the
better. Oh no. Not my quote. Not my quote. I'm
just reading it. It's said to treat rheumatism
and other health problems and pain. The snake
wine is thought to originate from China around
1000 BC. China? It's believed to be reinvigorating.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, snake
wine is rumored to cure everything from farsightedness
to hair loss, as well as to increase sexual performance.
It's sold in China, India, Vietnam, and many
other parts of Southeast Asia. Many of the snakes
used for snake wine are endangered and thus cannot
be imported into most countries. So, a little
snake wine for you today. I have a funny feeling
that when I get to the pub tonight, they probably
won't have that. No, worth asking though. Yeah,
you guys got the snake wine and then he walks
over to the cooler, presses the button, the cooler
opens up to the stairs and it goes down to this
dark club. You're gonna want to come with me.
You're gonna want to come with me. You wanted
a snake one with the deer testicles? No, just
the snake one please. Just straight please, just
straight. Just straight, yes. Oh man, that's...
Did you mean to say sake? No, snake. No, snake.
Snake wine. Oh, come with me. Yeah, yikes. Now
that you've tried it, look at this. It's like
the men in black. Boing! You forget the clubs
down there. They put you back at the bar. Huh?
What? Oh, I've been meaning to ask you guys,
do you have snake wine? Yeah, do you guys have
snake wine? Nah man, this is crazy. Oh man, that's
good. Well, we're gonna test drive a new segment
here, and it's not particularly long, but I've
been wanting to do reviews of something, and
I get very passionate about pizza. There's currently
a very famous guy doing that, so I'll leave that
to him. I'm very much into Italian beef sandwiches.
However, where we live, we're kind of limited
on the amount. We've got a couple. We've got,
yeah, I mean, there are some good ones around,
but it's like not, it's not Al's as well. We
do have pops now. We do have pops. Chicago's
creeping in slowly. Creeping in, baby. And you
know what? I'm fine with it. I'm fine with it.
Keep it coming. Keep creeping. Keep bringing
it. Got a creep. Got a creep. Creep. So you're
quoting TLC. I don't know what you're talking
about. I don't know what you're talking about.
Just don't go chasing waterfalls. I don't want
no scrubs. I don't want no scrubs. I'm at the
bar Monday night and I'm hanging out with my
friends Melissa and Dustin and we're just shooting
this shit and the other guy's quote came up and
they're like oh my god I love that movie and
I'm like what? Finally. I'm like yes. They're
like, that movie is so funny. I'm like, yes,
it is. It's amazing. Oh, we've been searching
for more Other Guys fans forever. If you're an
Other Guys fan, drop it. Drop it in the comments,
man. We've been harping on the hilarity of that
movie for years. Oh, it's a gem. It is a gem.
It really is a gem. I was talking about the fight
they got at the funeral, the quiet fight. Oh,
yeah. That is so funny. Then shooting Jeter.
He's a biracial angel. It is so good. So yeah
drop in the comments and just remember that the
cucumber Accents the water in such a way That's
some funny shit. Is he still chasing us? You
come back here and fuck my wife. Her name is
Christineith! So good. Dirty Mike and the boys.
Is that deer piss? Does your car come with a
dental dam? So okay, we're doing the fry guys,
fry guy fry review. And I settle on fries. I'm
a fry connoisseur. I've loved them forever. And
so I'm not gonna do like frozen fries or things
like that. We do that with some of our food stuffs.
I'm gonna stick to restaurants. And what I get,
I get and I grade. So like for example, When
I do McDonald's, because that is a no -brainer.
Right. When I do McDonald's, I will grade it
on the fries that I get. So most people be like,
oh, 9 .5, they're S tier, blah, blah, blah. Yes,
but I will still grade them on what I get. Exactly.
Just like Wendy's fries. If I get Wendy's fries
and they're hot, they're very good. If I get
Wendy's fries and they're kind of cold, they
are very mid. They're terrible. They're not good.
So, I went to King Zero's and this prompted me
to do this. Now, King Zero's is a restaurant
in Valparaiso, Indiana. And I would say they
have diner kind of food. They have beef sandwiches,
they have burgers, they have hot dogs, they have
stuff like that. And their food is good. Yeah,
like Greek -inspired American diner. It's just
solid. Yeah. It's like I wouldn't put their food
as S tier, but like it is right down the middle
every time. Very good. Yeah, I've never had a
bad meal there. But the fries, I've enjoyed,
but sometimes every once in a while, I'll get
a bag that's A, been sitting a little bit, so
they're not hot, hot, they're just kind of warm,
or they were in the fryer. About a minute too
long. So they're a little too crispy a little
too crispy Dude, I got these fries They were
maybe one of the best fries I've ever had. They're
kind of the fast -food style fries I love that
they give you a big sack of them. Yeah, like
a large fry and they just throw a big sack at
you It's not like these fast food places where
it's a little cardboard container and it's just
like a Scoop of fries. It's like this. Here's
13 french fries, right? That's the large. That's
the large. Oh boy This isn't very magic bus of
you They were so good. They were kind of that
in between, which is the perfect fry. In between,
what I mean is like they're a little bit soft
or slightly floppy, but they're also a little
crispy on the outside. Like they're just done
perfectly. And there's also a way to salt them
if you are an establishment. So it's like, if
you don't put enough salt, I'm not going to ding
it too badly because I can add it. Sure. So I
won't. But if you salt them too much, I can't
unsalt that. I can't do that. So keep that in
mind, restaurants and bars and whatever, the
surf fries. They were perfect. Like perfectly
salted, the texture, everything was right on.
King Zero's, I got a grade on what I got. Yeah.
And it was a 9 -1. It was a 9 -1 fry. It's up
there. It was up there. So very well done. Hopefully,
when you go there and get a meal, and you get
some fries, you can do this if you want. I've
done this a few times, especially at places where
sometimes I don't get hot fries. I'll ask for
hot fries. Yeah. And, you know, sometimes they'll
be like, okay, you'll just have to pull up and
wait. I'll wait. I'll wait for the hot fries.
It's worth it. It's worth it. Yeah. It's such
a difference. Yep. So yeah, 9 -1. That is solid.
9 -1. Way no start. No doubt. Very good fry.
To the Fry Guy Fry review. Fry Guy Fry, baby.
That's how it's done. Uh, yeah. That is, uh,
that's it. And we are going to take a bit of
a break and hit our feature segment, You Just
Made the List. Okay, we're back everybody. You
are, by the way, you are listening to the Mark
Mo Show podcast on all podcast platforms and
YouTubes. Make sure you like and subscribe. We'd
greatly appreciate it. Feel free to drop comments.
We love comments. And my co -host right here,
Aidan Maloney, does stuff on the backend. He
is my co -host and he also has a show of his
own, Aidan, spelled the right way. Absolutely.
Now, this segment is called You Just Made the
List. It is a top 10 list. It goes from 10 to
2. We do the big number 1 reveal. And let's see.
Rules, rules, and you flip through. Oh, one rule.
No rules. Oh, thank God. Yeah, there you go.
Worried for a moment. Just when you thought you
were going to have a lot of paperwork and fine
print and, you know. Red tape. Oh, my God. Having
to get an actuary. You know, who knows? But at
any rate, yeah. So, that's it. And this week,
it is favorite action actors. So, not a role,
per se, but just your favorite actors. Because
some actors have done many action roles. So,
I'll start off with mine. Number 10, I got a
tie, because there's no rules. True. Denzel Washington
and Harrison Ford. Ah, nice. both classic, I
know Denzel still does stuff, he does Equalizer,
Harrison Ford, most of this stuff is in the past
in terms of his action, but you can't look past
Indiana Jones and Star Wars. It's true, it's
great. Number nine, Angelina Jolie, I think she
was Tomb Raider, there were a bunch of other
roles that she played. That were action type
role true. She's she's very good at those. Mr.
Mrs Yeah, I think what Brad Pitt that was right
an action role Number eight and maybe surprised
people think I might have him higher, but I've
got Keanu Reeves at number eight He's John wick.
He's great. And I know you could probably What's
the take the matrix the matrix? Yeah, that's
what I couldn't think I technically that's probably
an action role so I just don't see his resume
with a ton of action on it like some actors That's
why I just grade him down a little but sure if
you're looking at John wick, I mean, that's that's
s -tier, right? I mean, that's great stuff number
seven Chris Evans. He's Captain America. It's
very true. Yeah How can you deny him that and
I know he's had a few other action roles as well
number six Scarlett Johansson nice once again
MCU helped her out with that and but then she
also had God, there's a couple of other roles
that she's had where she's had some action. I
think she's doing this Jurassic thing. I think
it's a new movie out now. Oh, okay. Yeah, so
she definitely has some action roles. Number
five, Liam Neeson. Nice. I will find you and
I will ride your magic bus. I remember that Liam
Neeson quote. Absolutely. Yeah, when he's like,
I will ride your magic bus, I'm like, oh my god.
Bad guys are shaking in their boots. Yeah, Miss
Frizzle, too. Number four, Chris Hemsworth. Tons
of action roles, but you look like Chris Hemsworth.
You're going to have action roles. It's a fair
point. That's kind of how it works out. Yeah.
Number three is Angus Schwarzenegger. Uh, it's
not a tumor, although that wasn't an action movie
as Kim. Deleon! Deleon! Deleon, you son of a
bitch! Son of a bitch! Country pushing too many
pencils! Get into the chopper! Uh, Arnold. There's
a funny story with that. The first time I quoted
that. Deleon! Yeah, yeah. We were just sitting
down playing Call of Duty. This was years ago.
And I just quoted that. I'm like, Deleon! You
son of a bitch And you just looked over at me
and you're like what are you talking about? Like
it's Arnold Schwarzenegger, and you're like it
is not I'm like yes, it is I was like no way
I've seen every minute of every one of his movies
and like there's no shot looked up the scene
It's when they do the epic like handshake handshake.
Yeah Son of a bitch you're like holy fuck yeah,
I couldn't believe it I could not believe it
Didn't think it was true. Oh, man. And number
two. God, wish he still had his mental faculties
about him. Bruce Willis. Yeah. Die Hard movies
and... The first action Christmas movie. Right.
Yeah. That's exactly what that is. Die Hard.
Yeah. Old Brucey boy. Yeah, no doubt. He's my
number two. And then I got my number one coming
up. Saving the number one. Yeah, yeah. Saving
Private Ryan. Honorable mentions. Okay. I just
got a few. Okay. I added Tom Cruise Arnold Schwarzenegger
Wesley Snipes Jason Statham. Oh Statham. God
damn it. Yeah, man and Scarlett Johansson Now
those are some good honorable mentions. Sure
number ten you had him as well Bruce Willis Number
nine. I had Samuel L Jackson You just got to
you just go and I know as soon as you said that
name I know the one I missed god damn it. Oh,
no Yeah, I know number eight a tie for eighth
place. I I kind of want a different route with
mine I kind of went for like you were saying
the quality instead of the the resume the rap
sheet Oh sure, so this is just specifically for
their chemistry in in a very specific body of
work tied for eighth place is Christian Bale
and Heath Ledger Oh, yeah, how do you how do
you beat that on -screen chemistry man that movie
was phenomenal? That's true Phenomenal that energy
alone gets him in the top ten who want to see
his potential disappear? Oh So good number seven
on my list I have Charlize Theron Numbers yeah,
damn it. That's a good. Yeah number six on my
list tied once again. They weren't In air quotes,
technically in a movie together, but they did
work together on movie sets. Tied for sixth is
Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Ooh, very good. Yeah,
very good. Number five on my list, my main man,
Will Smith. Oh, fuck me. Yeah, yeah, that's a
tough one to miss. Independence Day, it's a classic.
Yep, it is a classic. Then you got all the men
in black, technically. Oh, I might be, yep. Damn
it! Yeah, too focused on the fresh prints over
here, huh? Hey, no doubt. No doubt. Number four
on my list is Liam Neeson. Number three, I keep
doing it, tied for third place, Hugh Jackman
and Ryan Reynolds. Tied for third place. Yeah,
both of their individual movies and their movie
together, which was just awesome. Yeah. Number
two on my list is Denzel Washington. Yeah. Equalizer.
Yeah, man. Absolutely. He was equalizer. He was
in the recent gladiator movie. Yeah, he was in
The God that Civil War movie. I can't remember
Morgan Freeman's in it Matthew Broderick. Jesus.
Oh, yeah glory. Yep. Yep. Glory. Yeah, that's
a good one, dude Yeah, we don't know our number
ones under the number ones a tie for number one.
No Yes Magic Magic bus tied Tom Cruise somebody
actually on their radio show this morning on
my way to work and they were talking about Tom
Cruise resume and they like were listing his
movies and they're going on and on and on and
they were just like Mike This dude's gotta be
worth a billion dollars by now. I mean just banger
after banger. I mean You can say what you want
about his life choices, or his religion, or whatever,
but the dude makes some movies, man. Yeah, so
I got Tommy Boy up there, and then, not Tommy
Boy, it's not, I mean, although Farley had survived,
I'm sure he'd be on this list. Sylvester Stallone.
Nice, yeah. He's Rocky. Expendables. Rambo. Rambo,
I mean, it just goes on and on. Dude is just
a master. That's fair. It's a good point. He
was going to be on my list, but I really wanted
to limit my honorable mentions. I had to make
some tough cuts. Yeah. Oh, you have to. You only
have a top 10. Yep. Number one on my list, of
course, Keanu Reeves. I essentially took your,
took your, the way you were theorizing about
the list and just flipped it on its head. Like
John Wick and The Matrix is enough. So you just
take the quality of that role, of the roles rather.
Yes. And even though somebody else might have
done eight or nine or ten movies, you're just
like, you know, the two he did were professions.
Right, right. I respect that. Yeah. I definitely
respect that. That's good stuff. Good lists.
Good lists. Like we always say, throw your lists
at us if you want. Put them on the old socials.
We'll definitely check them out. Good lord. Good,
okay. This is like a running joke. I keep happening.
It keeps happening. I don't know why. Because
I've used different documents, so I'm haunted.
No, it's on my side, too. In our show notes,
in our documents, the show prep, we do. A review
preview has a glitch. It does. Ever since you
talked about The Accountant 2, it doesn't go
away. It doesn't go away. There's always The
Accountant 2. It's bold letters. The Accountant
2 and then bold large letters. It says The Accountant
2 a second time. And it's just always there.
It makes no sense. Like, oh, we're talking about
it for the eighth week in a row? Damn. Like,
I swear. I swear that it's not on there when
I'm prepping because I haven't seen it. There's
a ghost. There's a ghost in the machine. And
it loves the accountant, too. Obviously, it loves
the accountant, too. That is crazy town. But
it's also hilarious. So this week, I have not
been to the movies in a while. I'm going to have
to get back. It's been a while. It's been a while.
Magic bus. Magic bus. It's a very musical show.
It's a very musical show today. You're welcome,
by the way. So instead of doing that, I thought
I'd do a bit of a Marvel review because some
big movies are coming up. And right now, there
was one that was just at the theater, one that
is on the Disney app, so it's like a mini -series,
and then there's a big movie coming up soon.
So, the Thunderbolts was just at the theater,
and sneered to deathtrap the unconventional team
of anti -heroes, Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes,
Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, John Walker.
They embark on a dangerous mission. that forces
them to confront their dark corners of their
past and also get closer together. So it was
a very interesting movie. And I like the way
it was independent from things of the past. Sure.
However, still being within the universe, the
end of the movie starts tying things together
like, oh, shit's coming. Ruh -roh. Yeah. So that
was very interesting. Ironheart, a snare to deathtrap
and unconventional... What the fuck? I can't,
I can't. What happened? Is that what it says
on yours too? Oh yeah. The ghost in the system
got really bad. Holy shit, really, I'm floored.
I'm floored. I have no idea why that's there.
Anyway, Ironheart... I got an overview, it's
just a short one, though. Go for it, because
I'm a frickin' moron. Dude. Okay, so, ensnared
in a deathtrap, an unconventional team of ant
- I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Dude. A genius -
I'm gonna run you over with the magic bus. Magic
bus. A genius teenage inventor, Riri Williams,
creates the most advanced suit of arter armor
since Iron Man. Yep, a mini series on of course
the did knee plus app Which so far three episodes
I believe it looks like yep, so that's that's
what you have look forward to with iron hearts
Yeah, and that's that's interesting from the
standpoint obviously we've lost iron man So the
text still exists she's smart, and it takes place
in Chicago, so that's kind of fun But I've heard
like And this goes for a lot of their series
too. It's like kind of good and bad And I don't
know I haven't started watching it yet. So I'm
not gonna form my opinion until I do right however,
I I hope they somehow tied into something because
I mean, that's the Iron Man universe I mean,
you can't just drop that you got it. You got
to figure it out. Yeah figure it out fast That's
true. So hopefully hopefully they will And the
last one, of course, is The Accountant 2. No,
I'm joking. The Accountant 2. The Accountant
2 is a great Marvel movie. In Snared and in Death
Trap, an unconventional team of anti -heroes.
You know, The Accountant 2. Just, I told you,
today was not good. I'm just gonna make that
the description of this episode. In Snared and
in Death Trap. Your host have to battle the ghost
in the machine while driving the magic bus. Oh
My god, okay, and then the movie coming out is
called fantastic for mr. Fantastic invisible
woman human torch and the thing face their most
daunting challenge yet as they defend earth from
Galactus and silver surfer Looks to be pretty
good. I've seen reviews reviews look really good
but as comic book fans know many casual fans
don't there's a multiverse so there are many
other universes and there are many other earths
right and so they are from an earth that is not
the Avengers so they they're completely separated
right that however from what I hear it's not
gonna stay that way interesting so we're gonna
see how the multiverse starts screwing with things
get a little TVA out here It's definitely going
to get some TVA, which basically means we're
going to get Loki maybe. Right. That'd be fun.
And maybe some Owen Wilson. Wow. Wow. You guys
are fantastic. Wow. So yeah, so that's it. A
little Marvel review, what's coming up. And then,
of course, that's going to lead to next year
and the year after with the Avengers movies.
Coming up, Avengers Doom with Doctor Doom. Very
fun. Now played by Robert Downey Jr. Interesting.
Good guy now, bad guy. But the Russo brothers
have said there is, in fact, a connection between
Iron Man and Doctor Doom. Curious. So I'm very
curious. That's fun. And we're now moving on
to While You Were Sleeping. So, indeed, While
You Were Sleeping... Aiden had his eye on the
ball guys. I mean he just he figured this shit
out And there's a lot of stuff we missed whether
it was games or TV shows or youtubers or movies
or whatever And he's got his eye on the ball,
so I'm very interested to learn what we actually
missed this It's a video game is a video game
that you guys slept on For over a decade. Oh
my and you know I'm willing to be humble when
it's fair to do so I, too, slept on... Be humble.
That's all you get. That's all you get on that
one, especially. We sing any more of that, we'll
be in trouble. We'll be in big trouble. Not gonna
do it. This game came out April of 20... Okay,
maybe it's not a decade old. Maybe I read that
wrong. There's a ghost of my machine, too. Oh,
no. Regardless, you guys slept on it. I found
it. I played a lot of it. Maybe some of it's
on my YouTube channel. Aiden spelled the right
way. There you go. If you want to suss it out.
Or you could just buy it and play it. Which I
do recommend but not sponsored by AV Assembly.
AV Assembly, a very fun game. Okay. Made by a
developer. Hopefully I pronounced this right.
Jelly Boyge, I believe. What did you say? Jelly
Roll? Magic bus Jelly Boyd's a V assembly build
and fly your own airplane complete missions to
earn money upgrade your plane discover new locations
in an open world What's it called a V a V assembly?
He's a via a well kind of like aviation assembly
assembly Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is so fun There's
an entire career mode that I haven't gotten to
yet because there's a sandbox mode where you
get to build your own airplane, however you like,
they give you all the parts, all the bits, and
you get to go wild. It's so fun. It's so fun,
and usually like... With with those types of
games where you know, there's a sandbox mode
It's it's easy to put a couple hours into it
and you're like, okay, that's you know, that's
enough exploration with the sandbox mode Yeah,
I've put so many hours into building silly looking
airplanes because the physics engine on it is
pretty decent, you know You know, you need you
need to do like at least the simple mathematics
of like, okay I need more. I need more lift than
I have drag and weight and you know you Bad angle
of attack on the wheels you won't get up in the
air you crash all that kind of fun stuff You
have to weigh the thrust versus the drag and
all that fun stuff to make the plane fly But
when you're given everything yeah unlimited amount
of fuselages every type of wing and cockpit and
engine you can imagine It is very easy to get
a little lost in the sauce and make some silly
-looking planes. So I have made a lot of silly
-looking planes, and it's just fun. It's just
fun. So AV Assembly gets a lot of recommendation
from me. That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah, I took a
peek at that, and it was rather entertaining
seeing some of the machines you were putting
together. Yeah. And that one... That if you got
young children, earmuffs, they're one that look
like anal beads. Oh, yeah. It's a cat man. The
caterpillar. The caterpillar. It's like caterpillar.
I'm like, that doesn't look like a caterpillar.
I know what that looks like. I didn't even mean
to. I'm trying to make a caterpillar. Yeah, the
first iteration of that did not perform as planned.
No, it didn't get off the ground, really. It
really didn't. No. You're like, oh, probably
need some bigger wings. Yeah. But yeah, that
was good. That was fun. I get the appeal. Yes,
absolutely. Very easy to get lost in the sauce.
Oh, no doubt. Well, we're going to take a quick
break and come back and we're going to drink
some beer and finish up our tier listing with
pizza. Next. All right, we're back, everybody,
and we're now on to our beer review. And we're
going to, we're going to zig -zag, usually zag
with this particular, you like that? That's good.
That's good. Yeah, I just made that up. Magic
plus. So, yeah, we are not technically doing
a beer. During the official beer review? Per
se, I know, I know. Goodness. But it won't disappoint
people. I mean, we probably disappoint them in
many other ways, but... Oh, that's just what
we're known for. That's just what we're known
for. We do deliver. And you will get your Swap
Pills. So, no, we are going to try something
a little bit different. What do we got for the
fine folks this week? A little different. Instead
of a malt beer, we have a ready -to -drink cocktail.
And I'm sure everyone out there is pretty familiar
with these, at least especially in the U .S.
They have been popping off. remarkably popular.
They're kind of everywhere now. They're taking
up a bunch of market space where, you know, your
White Claws and Trulies used to be. I mean, they
still are, but these are really popping off.
The one we have in front of us is called Surfside
Lemonade Plus Vodka. It is made with stateside
vodka, which makes sense. It's called Surfside.
Lemonade, natural flavors, and artificial sweetener.
So... From what I understand, it is zero sugar,
which lends to the fact that, hey, probably not
gonna get like a headache or anything. Usually
when I have like sugary alcoholic beverages,
I get a headache because it's like too much sugar.
It's too much. Too much sugar and then the alcohol
dehydrates you anyway. That could have been my
issue. The one night I went out and I had three
vodka Red Bulls. Ooh, that's a lot. And I had
them in like an hour. Yeah. And I didn't, I mean...
I'm built for this game, ladies and gentlemen,
so it usually is not an issue. And it wasn't
then, you know, because I managed to go to another
bar and have a couple more beers and I was fine.
But when I got home and then that next day, it
was like there was an elephant with a jackhammer
on my head. I was like, what the hell is going
on? So that might have been it. Yeah, sugar plus
booze is not, in my experience, not a good way
to go. So this doesn't seem to have that issue.
But we will be the judge on its flavor. We'll
rank it from zero to five stars at our discretion.
Okay. And we'll let you guys know this is not
usually we go into the untapped app and like
give it ratings and flavor notes through there.
This is not in there because it's a cocktail
and not a beer. Correct. So we're just raw dogging
it. Sláinte. Sláinte. And cheers to you at home
whatever you're enjoying. Oh boy. Ooh. Boy it
is impossible to tell that this is not simply
lemonade this Ladies and gentlemen this is a
dangerous tree is dangerous. Holy crap. I will
note it is four point five percent ABV So it's
nine proof, so it is just less than your white
claws or trulies would be But man, you can't
tell it all no you can't it tastes like lemonade.
That's really good. That's really tasty And I'm
a huge fan of lemonade. I wish this is just my
personal taste buds. I wish it was a little more
tart, you know, a touch more lemon to it. Sure.
But even as is, I mean, if you're talking a hot
day outside, you just got in from mowing the
lawn. Refreshing as hell. Yo, sit next to the
pool. Get real. This is fantastic. I'll give
this a three seven five out of five simply because
I want a little more tart. That's fair. I'm going
4 to 5. I like alcoholic drinks that don't taste
like alcohol. Yes. Fair point. Not that that
bothers me a whole heck of a lot, but like this,
I would thoroughly enjoy like all day. Oh, yeah.
It makes me remember a time where I went to Canada
and we made our own shandies with lemonade that
had carbonation in it because that is the proper
shandy. True. And we had our proportions right,
so like 50 -50, that and half of a logger. Yep.
And at one sitting, and mind you, we're prepping,
we're getting ready to go to a concert. A little
pregame. So we're pregaming. And I must have
had about seven or eight. Oh my. And I finally,
my bladder was like, hello. Yeah. Knock, knock.
We got work to do now. I was like, oh man, I
better get up. And I got up and I was like, whoa.
I'm like, that's different. Right. I just had
a little bit of a buzz. I'm like, did not expect
that. Right. So drinks like this, it's the bit
of a surprise. Yeah. Because you normally don't
realize that you're getting tipsy with drinks
that - Oh, this would sneak up on you. Oh, it
does for sure. My friend, Andy and I - when we
had an apartment near Wrigley Field, we used
to host parties. Obviously, if you live near
Wrigley Field, you're hosting parties. We had
this Christmas party and he's like, we should
do some jungle juice. I'm like, okay. So I went
and bought a big five gallon tub and we got it.
And he's like, yeah, pick up a bag of ice too.
Yep, I'll do that. So we had the ice and then
we just had liquor, so much liquor. It was like
151 Everclear. What else did we have? I think
we had... God, what's that rum with the jackasses'
foot up? Captain Morgan. We had Captain Morgan,
we had... That guy is not Magic Bus. He is not
Magic Bus. That dude is waiting at the bus stop
with his leg up and we're driving right by. I
think we had some vodka. I think it was like
well vodka. Nothing spectacular, but we literally
just dumped it all in. We dumped it all in, put
the ice in first, then dumped in all the liquor.
And then we had gallons of high C and then threw
in a bunch of fruit. Yeah. And we kind of mixed
it with a big spoon and let it sit for a minute.
And then we tried some. I'm like, oh, my God,
people are going to die at this party because
we could not taste the alcohol. But we knew there
was a boatload in there. Right. And it did. I
got sick. I did. I got sick. Oh yeah, that's
right. Because then when the party was winding
down, my buddy Andy was a bouncer at a bar called
Hangups in Chicago. And then we took the train
down there, and we got a bunch of free shots
in these little vials there. And then we were
heading back on the train, and the guys had to
get me... Oh, my glasses broke too. Some guy
in big Viking boots jumped on me. I think he
was trying to get me to like hold his legs and
he ride me, but he was bigger than me. So I was
like physics ass. Right. And so I go to the ground
and like there's just like a fracas and like
people fracas and people are moving about and
I'm seeing feet and I look down this this alleyway
and this Viking guy is taking these big steps
and these running steps away from me and like
my buddy frank who is pretty much like physically
the only guy who was going to be able to contain
me and i popped back up and i just like was ready
to kill his guys like nope not tonight like all
right so but we got back on the l and the guys
had to pull me off the l because this girl was
hitting on me we were going to go up to her place
off of wilson so i was just like where are we
going and i was like game on like i was in prime
condition Well, I wasn't, but I was game -wise,
Riz -wise, I guess. Sure. They had to pull me
off the bus. But then I woke up the next morning,
and then next to me was something unpleasant.
I'm like, oh, damn it. But there were a lot of
people that dealt with that. And then when I
went out into the kitchen, Andy was spread eagle
on his back in the kitchen floor with an ironing
board on him. Because of course. Yep. And I think
Carl was upside down on a chair. Yeah, it was
chaos. It was chaos. Utter chaos. And we knew
it was going to happen. Right. A bunch of people
slept. They just passed out on the floors and
wherever. But it was chaos. Power of jungle juice.
And I had to get up and function and go on a
date the next day. So it was not ideal. Oh, no.
It was not ideal. But yeah, that is very similar
to this. I will say that. It is. It's a lovely
beverage. Yes, absolutely. To recap, a good beverage.
To recap, good beverage, for sure. I will definitely
be bringing some of these on the Magic Bus next
time, for sure. But yeah, so that's our beer,
non -beer review. Yeah. Very good, very tasty.
And we are now going to wrap things up with tier
listing part two with pizza. Pizza, the continuation.
The continuation. Pizza 2, the sequel. Pizza
2, the seduction is coming up and alright, what
do we got? Do we have a theme or is it a surprise?
It is a theme because we did national pizzas
and then we did local za. This time... It's what
you find in the frozen aisle. Ooh, okay. Because
it's just what you do when you don't have the
money for a local pie. Or you just don't want
to cook. Right, right. If you come home, it's
like 10 minutes later, I can have a pizza and
let's do that. Yeah, yeah. That's the option.
So, we have several of the frozen aisle favorites
brands to choose from and rank... on a scale
from F being the worst of the worst, D being
bad, C being mid, B being good, A being great,
S being the best of the best. Of the best. Of
the best. Starting out on this frozen pizza tour
we're doing in our own brains, we're gonna start
off with Totino's. Ooh Totino's. They got the
personal pizzas and they've got the pizza rolls.
They do. And see if we're going through the aggregate
here or if we're just grading one or the other.
Pizza rolls are probably an A. I mean, they're
awesome. Perfect for buddies who are coming over
watching sports. Throw a bunch in the oven, put
them in a big bowl. People love that shit. I
like it too. And then when it comes to their
actual pizza, it's kind of mid. But if you like
stuff like bar pizza, Sure. That's kind of what
it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So if you're a fan,
my only recommendation on any kind of bar pizza
or cheap pizza like that, cook it a little bit
longer. Get that crisp going and it's better.
If it's a little bit of flop to it, it's going
to suck. Yeah. So if I have to give an overall
grade, I'd say B. A B for two Tino's. Next up
is one I know we've had plenty of, Tombstone.
Tombstone is solid. It's that quality and cost
combo. So it's not the cheapest, but it's in
the cheaper tier. Yeah. But it's also really
good. And the classic crust is always solid.
The classic cracker crust, yeah. It's really
good. Good little mini sausages, too. I do. I
really do like their sausage, and I'm not a huge
pepperoni guy, but their pepperoni's pretty decent,
because I've had the one that has both, the pepperoni
and the sausage on it. It's pretty good. I don't
know what the rest of the list looks like, and
I'm slightly hesitant to give it the S tier,
so I'm going to go A+. An A plus for Tombstone.
Yeah. It's very fantastic. I'm sure the sausage
itself gave it the extra plus. It really did.
I wouldn't doubt it. I'd really like the sausage,
no doubt. Next on the list, which I did predict
last week, would be on both that list and this
one, Home Run In. Home Run In, right, because
it's not the restaurant fresh made, it's the
frozen. This is an interesting one because it
definitely has S tier crust. The crust is awesome.
Flaky, buttery. Oh, it's so good. And then the
sauce sometimes gives me heartburn, and I don't
know why it does that. I'm not sure what's in
it. Maybe a combination of onion powder. I don't
know. I really don't know what's in it. Is it
too high in acid or something like that? Maybe.
Maybe that's it. But not every time. But most
times that'll do that. But I really do enjoy
it. I enjoy the crust. Their sausage, their meat
on the pizza is pretty good. If you get the meat
lovers... Home run in they put the meat on there.
You getting protein per bite. Yeah, I really
do You're getting the bang for your buck on that.
I Once again hesitant to go s -tier on it just
simply because I get heartburn with it. Yeah
times But uh to me, it's a solid a solid a a
for home run in next up Roma Roma Roma's good
I gotta be drunk. I gotta be yeah Yeah, it's
cheaper than tombstone and you can feel it. You
can feel it. Yeah, definitely It's the quality
is not there. But once again if it's two in the
morning You're getting home from the bar and
you throw it in there. It'll do what it needs
to do, right? You know exactly well, yeah but
Being honest being real you're you're looking
at a c -tier pizza. You're looking at a mid pizza.
Yeah, that's a C straight across for Roma Yes,
interesting point is to is like you can usually
get Roma pizzas for two two and a half dollars
true Here's the thing a home run in pizza is
usually per pizza is like a pound in eight ounces
to a pound in 12 ounces Every Roma pizza is like
10 ounces 11. That's a really good point. So
you're literally getting less product. Of course.
It's cheaper by ounce regardless But you are
getting less. You're getting less pizza. Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good point. An interesting point
to make. Next on the list is DiGiorno. I like
DiGiorno. I'm not as big of a fan of the bready
pizza, but it is very tasty. The sauce is good.
The sausage is really good. Right. So the problem
with with things that are too bready for me is
I'll max out. True. At two slices. Yeah. Look
at honestly, and I'm being completely honest
not that I've done this very much I think I've
only done it a couple of times. I can kill a
tombstone pizza. Oh, yeah Absolutely kill a tombstone
pizza if it's cooked perfectly get out of my
way. Yep Realistically, I do stop myself because
I'll eat like half of it and be like that is
gonna be great lunch tomorrow And I just I leave
it for that smart idea. Yeah But yeah, like DiGiorno
that is two pieces tops because it's very bready
I would probably go B. A B for DiGiorno. A B,
yeah. Word. Next one up. Red Baron. Red Baron.
I have a love -hate relationship with Red Baron.
And maybe it's just because I got something against
Red Baron's, but I really don't. It's red hats.
So for me, it's more, I don't know, I used to
love it as a kid. We'd get it once in a while.
I mean, when we were younger, my parents didn't
get a ton of frozen pizza. But when they did,
it was usually Tombstone. And once in a blue
moon, Red Baron go on sale. And that's what we'd
get. And it'd be like, oh, ghetto Tombstone.
And so I was just like, whatever. But it's not
bad. It's better than Roma. Yeah. I think they've
got like the cornmeal or something with the crust.
They do. I'll probably go B minus. A B minus,
okay. I was thinking C plus B minus, but I'll
go B minus. Yeah. Next one up I've not personally
tried, so I'm really hoping you have. California
Pizza Kitchen. I have. Their Chicken Alfredo
Pizza is pretty good. That sounds great. They
also have a restaurant. They don't have very
many left anymore. They used to have them down
in Florida when I was there on a gig. But...
The California Pizza Kitchen has more kind of
exotic flavors to them. But they're pretty good
overall. Just a little different. Like if you
just want that classic Chicago sausage pizza
or pepperoni pizza, that's not what this is.
Sure. But I do like it a lot. I give it a B+.
B+. That's a fair grade. Totally fair grade.
Next one up is Amy's Pizza. Now Amy's products.
I like I like their frozen meals a lot like yeah,
he's got a ravioli and a pesto Tortellini thing
and like I like they're expensive, so I don't
get them a lot Yeah, but everyone so I'll pick
up one or two because it's a decent meal. Yeah,
either way. It's like healthy ingredients I think
it's all organic right if I'm buying that for
six bucks, and I'm going McDonald's for 12 right
right still more affordable than that true You
have to look at it that way, but the pizza is
good She should stick to the frozen meals though.
Ah, okay. Um, C+. C +, that's fair. That's fair
to do. Next one up, Fraschetta. Fraschetta, um,
right there with the other bread -y one that
we did, DiGiorno. Oh, the DiGiorno, yeah. Very
similar type of situation, very similar kind
of pizza. What grade did I give DiGiorno? You
gave DiGiorno a B. I will give this a B. Give
this one a B, Fraschetta. Stay right in the family,
yep. Screamin' Sicilian. That's almost too much
like they got these massive chunks of mozzarella
in there and whatever and like I get it It's
expensive, right? But it is good pizza good sauce
on there. The sauce is good I'll go I think it'd
be minus I'll give it a B though because I mean
that's some fresh ingredients and you got at
least getting that Yeah, that's a fair point.
Next up is Jack's Jax. Good God. You'll find
it right next to the Roma. We're Jax. We make
Roma look good. That's not fair. That's not nice.
That wasn't nice at all. The Jax C -suite listening
in like, fuck them. We'll never sponsor these
guys. Fuck these guys. You're about to get that
Jax pizza money. Which means we give you $2 .50.
$2 .50 towards a Jax pizza. And if you undercook
it, it is a floppy bitch, man. It really is.
However, I'll give it a C -. Yeah. If you cook
it right, it's okay. Yeah, I can agree with that.
It's okay. I can agree with that. The penultimate
pizza. Gotta love alliteration. Classico. Classico.
Known for their sauces. Yeah, their sauces are
good. Ah, fuck it. We'll make a pizza. We already
have the sauce. I already have the sauce. We'll
make the pizza. Yeah, it's pretty good. It's
just a C right down the middle. I've had it a
couple of times. Not great, but it's not terrible.
It's okay. Yeah, a C for Classico. Indeed. The
final pizza. Oh. Tonys. Tonys. Ooh. Mmm. Nothing
like Tony's. Yeah. I've done so good, not really
given any bad grades here. You'll find it next
to the Jacks. You'll find it next to, between
the Jacks and the... And the Roma. And the Roma.
I'm gonna do it. D plus. Ooh. D plus. The lowest
grade of the day. Just no taste. Just... Yeah.
Just tasteless. I would like to, since it's one
that I get a lot, I want to submit Eduardo's.
Oh, okay. I get that pizza weekly. Eduardo's
has a restaurant in Northwest Indiana. They might
have one in Chicago area too. And they use fresh
ingredients. Everything is fresh. And so I had
their pizza at the restaurant, blew my nuts off.
I was like, wow, this is awesome pizza. And saw
it in the case one time. I'm like, oh, I wonder
if their frozen pizza holds up. It holds up.
It holds up. Ooh, okay. It's an excellent pizza.
It's my favorite frozen pizza. That's notable.
It is an S tier. The S tier. Frozen pizza. Puts
the S in Eduardo's. Indeed it does. Indubitably.
Oh man. That's good. Yeah. So I was waiting to
hear it and then I didn't hear it. I'm like,
oh man, it's my pizza. I have to. Yeah. I mainly
went just off of memory of what I remember seeing
in the store shelves. Oh, you hit everything
else. Yeah. You definitely hit everything else.
To recap. Totino's got a B, Tombstone A +, Home
Run in A, Roma got a C, DiGiorno B, Red Baron
B-, California Pizza Kitchen B +, Amy's C +,
Freschetta B, Screamin' Sicilian B, Jax C-, C
for Classico, Tony's got the dastardly D +, Sorry
guys. Eduardo's with the S. I think that's fair.
It's a good list. It's a good list, we did good.
And we will submit these online for your enjoyment,
let us know. Absolutely. how you would have ranked
them. No doubt, no doubt. And that does it. I
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