All right, hey everybody, it is the Mark Mo Show,
the season five premiere. Yeah, we're still here,
how about that shit? This is episode one, Light
That Gas. So yeah, hi, welcome to the show. For
all of you regulars, hey, thanks for coming back.
You're welcome, come on in. And for all you newbies,
Well, you got to check in with the bouncer at
the door. I don't know. I don't know if you're
21. I don't know if you have weapons. Part of
the process. It's part of the process. So, you
know, just bear with us. But hey, you can find
us on all podcast platforms and YouTube and all
that good stuff. So I'd like to introduce my
co -host and producer all around. G, if you will,
Aidan Maloney. Good morning, dude. How are you?
Morning. I'm doing OK. Little sleepy still. Oh,
yeah. Bit of a weird end to the week, but it's
the weekend now, which means we forget about
all that. It's yeah, you have to just for sanity
sake alone man. You have to forget about that
crap But uh, yeah a little chilly outside. Don't
like it that much. But hey, at least it's not
the the wind chills of last week Negative three
degree right we went for anyone not in the Midwest.
I'm not sure if you guys had the same phenomenon
But in the Midwest us we had a day about three
four inches of rain Almost 70 degrees. Yeah,
55, 60 degrees. And the next morning, negative
three degree windchill. Yeah, so all that rain
froze. Yeah, perceived 65 degree difference in
felt temperature overnight. Overnight, yeah.
What a nightmare! Yeah, that was a thing. Believe
it or not, that's the second time so far this
winter that's happened. And we're supposed to
get a warm -up again this coming week. back up
into the upper 40s into the 50s, and we're probably
gonna have another similar day, and then the
temps are gonna crash. Another cold snap, yeah.
I just feel this is becoming what winter is now.
The new normal. Yep. Yeah, not that it's good,
but it's here. Yeah. We can't control it. Climate
change weird climate patterns. It's all it's
all happening right in front of our eyes good
times Yeah, oil companies been real quiet Yep,
real quiet. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they can frack off
Hey, hey, how about that? Anyway, Aidan also
has a YouTube gaming channel called Aidan spelled
the right way and just like this show we kind
of do a holiday break every year and so he's
gonna be up and going playing games like guesser
and Polly Bridge and Observation Duty and a lot
of other stuff so what can people expect coming
out of this break? Coming out of this break usually
I take about a two -week break for the holidays
on Aiden's Bow the Right Way and AK -209 but
this year was a three -week break stress of the
holidays kind of got to me so I'll be coming
back full force gonna have some excellent returning
series like Polly Bridge and Observation Duty
and then a handful of new games I've got cooking
up I love it. That's great. Very exciting. It's
really interesting stuff. It's fun. Aiden plays
a lot of interesting PC games that I don't think...
you know, a lot of you regular, maybe PlayStation
gamers or Xbox or anything might recognize, but
it's really cool stuff and you should check it
out. And sometimes he does these beta games too,
where he gets on there and kicks the tires like
the fires and it's good stuff. So definitely
check out Aidan's gaming page. And if you enjoy
gaming, check out AK209GuysBeingDudes on YouTube.
We resurrected this popular podcast and changed
it into a collaborative gaming channel. All the
gaming fun from Aidan Swell, The Right Way, along
with the improv craziness from The Mo Show. And
I think, I don't know, we've had pretty good
response so far. Yeah. People are are definitely
enjoying it. Vibing with it. Yeah, no doubt.
And I'm loving it because, I mean, I'm an old
school gamer, so I'm kind of new to some of these
games. And Aidan and I have pretty much been
playing two games in particular. But I'm pretty
sure will at some point will will expand that
a little bit to include some other things because
the whole idea Is not only to play a game? But
to play a game where we can interact and we can
use those improvisational skills right and just
I mean if you followed us so far You know, there
was a space bear thing, and that was absolutely
amazing. Top 10 moments of 2025 for me right
there. Absolutely. To the point where I paused
the show and I'm like, hang on, I grabbed my
phone, looked at Aidan, I'm like, yeah, you keep
playing the game. I need to figure this shit
out. My God, I was right. And you were right.
You were right. I'm like, this guy's all over
with whatever he's... I have to figure this out.
It's a live reset. while he's playing a game.
It was crazy. But it was also a lot of fun. And
then also when we did the GeoGuessr, that's always
a lot of fun because you never know what's going
to pop up on your screen where you're at, who
you're going to see, a sign you might see, a
sign that may say ask. I mean, you just never
know. So we've had a blast with that. I've had
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if I can resurrect that. work it into ye olde
budget at some point. But so it's gone for now,
not gone forever. Right. That's kind of what
I'm telling people. So because I love doing it,
I love playing music. You and I are both very,
very, very much music files. I mean, we just
we love this stuff in so many different genres
in that country. Yeah. Sorry. With one caveat.
With one caveat, like if you're Johnny Cash and
like guys from that area, you kind of get a pass.
Uh, everything after like 1985. Yeah, it just
became Christian nationalism with an acoustic
guitar. Right. And then it's like, oh, well,
let's make it pop music with a twang. Right.
Wow, that's original. Yeah. So yeah. So we're
obviously we're not country music fans. We just
don't like it very much. But it's not to say
we don't appreciate people. Like some of the
stuff Post Malone's done is pretty neat. You
know, some stuff Jelly Roll's done. But they're
atypical. They're not typical. Those guys are
not typical. country. Those guys are different.
So yeah, for the most part, that's a no -go.
It's a no -go. Non -starter. But just about everything
else. Love it. Jazz, blues, whatever. It's all
good stuff. But anyway, as I say, I'm with the
show. And what we're talking about this week
is from the title of the show, Like That Gas.
So you can flip that around and put a wordplay.
Yeah, wordplay. And my brain stopped. OK, I'm
back. You need a quick reload. I did need it.
I did. I needed a reboot. And I mean, it's not
like a modern computer. You know, plug it and
plug it back. I've got Windows 95, man. It's
loading bars on Windows XP. Oh, exactly. Come
on. And then it's like you're waiting and you're
waiting. Twelve minutes pass. Still staring at
the logo. You're like, come on, man. You know?
Oh, don't forget about Clippy. Little paperclip
guy. He used to be like, haha. I can help you
understand your PC. I can help you understand
your PC. And then you ask him any question and
it's like, well, I don't know. Couldn't tell
you. He just keeps popping up, hey, that's not
a sentence. Just fuck off, Clippy. Hey, are you
a fucking moron? Clippy, I'm gonna jump in this
PC, I swear to God. Oh my God. But anyway, it
is... it's undeniably difficult to watch someone
you love struggle with the effects of alcohol
and drug use. And even when you can clearly see
that they've got a problem, your friend or family
member may insist that, ah, everything's fine.
You know, everything's okay. You know, the dog
in the burning house with the cup of coffee.
Right. You know, and I've seen friends deal with
this, whether they have the disorder or... or
they are the significant other, and they're on
the receiving end of all of that. So I did a
little bit of research, and according to Waypoint
Recovery Center, gaslighting is a tactic used
to deceive and manipulate others by making them
doubt their own perceptions. Memories, insanity,
the term gaslighting, believe it or not, and
I... I was kind of diving into this and I found
this explanation I thought was really interesting.
The term gaslighting originated from a 1938 play
called Gaslight written by a British novelist
and playwright Patrick Hamilton. The play features
a husband in the 1880s London who is trying to
drive his wife insane so he can steal from their
wealthy upstairs neighbor. The ultimate goal
of gaslighting is to undermine the victims confidence
and self -esteem to make them easier to control
It can occur in many different types of relationships
including personal relationships professional
settings. I know that one with co -workers or
managers People with alcohol or drug use disorders
may employ gaslighting to deflect attention from
their drinking or drug problem or to maintain
the upper hand in their relationships. Knowing
how to identify this behavior and what you can
do to manage the situation can help you protect
your own mental health while you continue to
encourage your friend or family member to get
the care that they need. Now, how alcohol or
drug use disorders can lead to gaslighting. It's
really a form of emotional abuse that can have
severe psychological and emotional effects on
the victim. Here are a few ways, once again according
to Waypoint, here are a few ways that gaslighting
may be used by individuals with alcohol or drug
disorders. Denying or minimizing the extent of
a drinking or drug problem. People with alcohol
use disorders may dismiss concerns raised by
others by making statements like, I don't have
a drinking or drug problem or you're exaggerating
or I can stop anytime I want, but I just choose
not to. Blaming others. for their addiction -related
behavior. Individuals with alcohol or drug use
blame their drinking and drug use on external
factors or other people, making statements such
as, if you didn't stress me out so much, I wouldn't
need to drink or do drugs, or I only drink or
do drugs because of you and your behavior. Another
one is distorting events to make them seem less
troublesome. Individuals with these types of
disorders say things like, You're remembering
it wrong, or I didn't act that way, or you must
have misunderstood what happened. Familiar with
that one too? Yeah, yep. Invalidating your feelings
is another thing. So people with alcohol or drug
disorders may invalidate the concerns of those
around them, making statements such as, you're
being too sensitive, it's not a big deal, or
you're overreacting, everyone drinks or does
drugs. Okay, sure. Now, how... possibly to stop
gaslighting and encourage your loved one to seek
addiction treatment. Gaslighting can exacerbate
the emotional harm caused by an alcohol or drug
disorder and further strain relationships. Here
are some tips to help you protect your own mental
health while still continuing to encourage that
person that's important to you to seek addiction
treatment. Number one, you have to trust your
instincts. And trust me, It's a long story, so
I won't give it to you. Maybe not today. Maybe
another day. But I have a very heightened sense
of instincts. Like, I have this gut feeling it
is right 95 % of the time. And when I don't listen
to it, I regret it because it was right. And
some of us don't have that, which is why there's
a problem. But gaslighting often makes you doubt
yourself and your reality. Trust your instincts
and acknowledge your concern about your loved
one's drinking or drug use as valid. Super important.
Use I statements when you speak about the addiction.
So express your concerns using I statements to
avoid sounding accusatory. For example, say,
I feel worried about your drinking or drug use
and its effect on your health and relationship
instead of your drinking too much and your causing
problems. Right. So I think that is a very helpful
one using the I one because it's so easy for
us to go the other route. It's very in line with
nonviolent communication as well. Yeah. Where
there are great books out there and videos on
nonviolent communication and that is very much
in line with that type of... Communication. Yeah.
Oh, for sure. You can also focus on observable
behaviors and consequences. Discuss specific
instances or behaviors related to their drinking
or drug use that you have personally witnessed
or experienced. Point out the negative consequences
that have resulted from their alcohol or drug
use, such as strained relationships, declining
health, or work -related issues. You can express
empathy and support. Let your friend or family
member know that you care about their well -being
and you want to help them get care that they
need to manage their condition. Emphasize that
you're coming from a place of concern and offer
your support in their journey towards recovery.
Avoid arguments and defensiveness and this one
should have an asterisk and bolded and everything
because It's so easy for someone that gaslights
you for you to just blow up and write an argument.
Right. Right. So I, man, do I get this one. Stay
calm. Avoid getting into arguments, which the
other night I did stay calm in a certain situation.
And I give myself a gold star for that because
if anyone knows me, staying calm isn't always
a strong suit for me. Sometimes I have to walk
away, bite my tongue. Yeah. Punch a brick wall.
Whatever I have to do. But it's not always one
of my strong suits. I did it the other night.
I'm really happy I did. But yeah, stay calm.
Avoid getting into arguments or engaging in circular
conversations. Keep your focus on the need for
treatment. Encourage them to evaluate their own
behavior. Ask open -ended questions that encourage
self -reflection such as, how do you feel alcohol
or drugs is affecting your life? Or what are
some changes you would like to see? in your life.
And I think that is a super important one, too,
because when you ask those open -ended questions,
you're forcing them to talk and communicate.
And not just, yes, no, I don't know, because
those aren't acceptable in those types of questions.
It forces the hand to be introspective, whether
or not they communicate about it. Those questions
are going to be in their head. Oh, for sure.
That's important. Yeah, there's no doubt about
that. Offer to assist in seeking treatment. Let
them know that you're willing to help them find
treatment options, accompany them to appointments
or provide support during the recovery journey.
Assure them that they won't be alone in the process.
Another one that I think is important, set boundaries
and expectations that protect your mental health.
Clearly communicate your boundaries and expectations.
Reinforce that you will support the recovery
but not enable their destructive behavior patterns.
Um, and then the last one here, uh, seek support
from others, reach out to trusted friends or
support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and
so many other, um, you know, alcohol and drug
based support groups. Uh, so you have a safe
space to discuss how your loved one's gas lighting
is affecting your mental health. Right. So I
think that's, uh, that's super important. So
got any thoughts on any of that? Yeah, it's important
to note, too, that there are other things that
can drive someone down this path with one notable
one being gambling. Yes, for sure. Because it
is incredibly similar to alcohol and drug use
in how people get addicted to it, the rush they
feel, the same type of gaslighting, and avoidance
in... Taking responsibility or even seeing the
harm in what they're doing so that's another
thing to note And then I think the last two points
you made are of the utmost importance Don't destroy
your own mental health Trying trying to help
someone that's that that cannot ever be The right
thing to do is now you have two damaged individuals
right right right? Yeah, very very tough, but
it's it's important just to be aware of your
own mental state And setting boundaries and expectations,
like you mentioned, is of utmost importance.
You have to. It's really important that when
it's happening, a lot of times there's a certain
amount of maybe denial where you don't see it.
I know some people that I know, they have a type.
Okay, so, and this is more interpersonal relationships,
but they have a type of person they're attracted
to. And sometimes those types of people have
those personalities or have the addictive personalities
as it pertains to... Drinking or drug use or
gambling as you mentioned, that's a good one
Where you know, they're addicted to that type
of person and then if they've had enough of that
person They move on to the next one and that
next one is kind of the same way and the next
one's kind of the same way And it's it's hard
to break that But at some point once again when
it comes to your own personal mental health you
have to do it you have to do it. Yeah, and you
It might even be a good idea for people in that
realm to seek support in that, okay, why am I
always being attracted to people like this? And
because there may be things, maybe deep down,
maybe from childhood, who knows, because you
have to kind of drill. You have to drill deep
sometimes. And you have to figure out. Why am
I doing this? Why is this repetitive for me?
And then just kind of go through that journey
and have a therapist help you go down that path
to, you know, you're maybe attracted to these
types of people because of this, this and this
from what you've told me, so on and so forth.
Here are some things that might be helpful for
you. Right. You know, maybe this is why you're
attracted to people like that. So I think that's
a super important journey as well. Right. And
there's reasons why mental health professionals
and therapists go to school for 8 to 10 to 12
years to learn about all this stuff. Right. It's
because they know what they're doing and they're
good at it. And we're, I would say, healthily
past the point of stigmatizing mental health
prioritization. Yeah. And just get out and do
it. Even if you've... Feel fine, feel normal.
If you're privileged enough to have access to
mental health care, go anyway. Go anyway. I mean,
there could be shit deep down that you didn't
even know was bothering you. And it could relieve
you of stresses or anxieties, and especially
related to the topic we're speaking on now, if
you're dealing with someone who's dealing with
these types of disorders. It's it's better not
to do it alone correct if possible yeah, there's
no doubt about that and and there's also an important
point too if you're the friend Okay, if you're
the friend and you're witnessing this and it's
whether you're the friend of the person that
has The addiction or whether even more importantly
the friend of the person on the other side of
that Do your job. Be that friend, even to the
point where they might be like, oh, they're not
going to listen to me, or I'm scared of ruining
our friendship. Well, you're not a good friend
if you're worried about losing the friendship
because you're going to be telling them the truth
about things you're observing, or because you're
going to be like, hey, I'm seeing this. I want
you to know I'm here for you. you know friends
do have a certain responsibility to letting them
know to those people that they care for them
but that they're also there and that they'll
listen like that's a super important thing right
to realize that in that journey of of healing
Yeah, you know, getting a therapist, those sorts
of things are important steps or, you know, that
other person doing like Alcoholics Anonymous
or, you know, for drugs or gambling or anything
like all of that is part of that journey, too.
But as a friend, you do have some responsibility
in that, even if it costs you the friendship
or anything like that, because at the end of
the day, you can be like, you know, I think I
did the right thing. Right. I did the right thing
and I did it because I care. Yeah. Yeah, it's
hard to make choices like that. It's much easier
to simply be a bystander and maybe look the other
way instead of confrontation, which is always
quite terrifying. But yeah, a good friend will
tell you the truth, even if it's painful, even
if you need to hear it, you know? Sure. And if
they get combative or, oh, no, you're wrong or
whatever, it's a lot of what we just said, right?
Right. And if they come at you that way... You
have to remember the don't get in the argument
part and just let them let them tucker themselves
out. Yeah, let them fire away or whatever and
just don't get mad and just let them do that.
And whatever point is best, just be like, OK,
well, thank you for voicing your concerns and
blah, blah, blah. Or thank you for making your
points. Right. And then just leave it and walk
away. Yeah. You know, because that's you're there
for them and you want them to seek help and you
want them to be better. You want the person with
the addiction to be better. But more importantly,
the friend part. Or not just necessarily friends.
You could be a sibling. You could be a cousin.
You could be anything. Right. Just realizing
that if you truly care for them, you have a part.
You have a part. Take your role. And if it doesn't
work, it doesn't work. But you did your part.
Right. And that's what you need to know. Yeah.
All righty. Well. That was probably kind of deep
for a lot of you. Right, kicking off the new
year with a little bit of advice and deep conval.
Right, exactly. But I think it's important. See,
in like 10 minutes we're going to be goofing
and gaffing and laughing and all that and take
you on an emotional rollercoaster today. You're
welcome. But I think it's important. And we started
out this show. where we were kind of heavily
political. But in the United States, they give
you content every, not even every week, every
day, it's something new. Where you're like, oh
man, we can break bad on this. We can definitely
make some fun of this. More in the John Stewart
or Trevor Noah kind of way. We're just not gonna
sit down here and be like, rawr, even though
we can. But we swore it was like, oh man, we
don't want to be a political podcast. We don't
want to do any of that. And sure shit, we're
like 10 episodes in. I'm like, man, all we do
is bitch about that orangutan in the fucking
White House. I'm like, we need to do something
different. And so I think we've been doing that
recently. We've been doing things a little bit
more lighthearted, sometimes a little deep like
this. But I think it's important. Yeah. You can
do both. And we do. We're versatile. Yes. We're
incredibly versatile. At any rate, we're going
to take a break. We come back. We have a little
Carpe Diem for you. All right, we are back from
our break, everybody, and it's time for a little
Carpe Diem. That is you, fine, beautiful folks,
sending us your DMs. And then, of course, we
read them on the air. If there are any form of
a question, we might answer them. We could. We
could. We are very capable of doing such things.
Season five, you'd hope we are. You would think
we'd be good at this by now. You know, but sometimes
it takes a little bit. It takes a greasing of
the wheels, perhaps. Sure. Like, perhaps having
a certain rectangular green piece of paper in
my hand might make me go, oh my god. It's even
better if it's got a little blue strip on it.
If it has blue strip, that's great. Wow. And,
you know, we might say, wow, what a great question.
I think we need to answer that. Yeah. Now that...
the aforementioned wheels have been greased now
that they've been greased we're ready to go we're
ready to go we are ready to go for sure or we
could be lying um at any rate carpe diem so here
we go uh my first one is from at gibby gibson
fan club Hi, Mark Mo Show. I am the world's biggest
iCarly fan and I am certain you guys are too.
Who is your favorite character? Mine is Gibby
in case you couldn't tell. You know, fair point.
Yep. Gibby's kind of a G. He's a G and he's...
He's maybe my top two or three for sure. Yeah,
but I gotta go Sam Puckett. I think yeah, she
made the show Sam was fricking hilarious. I love
Spencer That dude's funny Spencer's funny as
hell like I look at Spencer and I'd be like,
oh, I definitely want to go Oh, yeah, dude. That
is a fun night right there Spencer and then the
one dude that's got the tacos on the stick all
the time Oh forget his name, right? What is his
name? Yeah, I can't think of it live research
live research. I love it. But yeah Like I pick
Sam Puckett because you look at her and be like
she's gonna get older and be the most awesome
girlfriend to some dude I mean she just has that
attitude and She will she she can take it. She
will give it. I mean, it's hilarious And she
has a great sense of humor. Yes, so she's just
a great character and I think keeps Carly on
her toes Yeah, which I think is important. Yep.
I guess no one's favorite character would be
Freddie Oh, God. That little simp. Yeah, a least
favorite, for sure. Although, towards the end,
I think the final couple seasons of iCarly before
they rebooted it, there was character progression.
You know, there was character growth in all of
them. Tebow, by the way. is a taco stick guy.
Our boy Teebo. Teebo, that's hilarious. But no,
even as an adult, because I was growing when
you guys were watching it, as an adult, there
are certain... Shows aimed to kids that that
adults can watch to and be amused or like it
that was like one of them for yeah Like I like
that show. I thought it was good But anyway,
yeah, I go Sam Puckett, but they get big Gibby's
up there man Gibby's up there. He's the he's
a dude Yeah, definitely gotta have Spencer in
the top three in Spencer. There you go. I think
we have our top three. Yeah right there All right
at private Anthony Rodriguez. Hello guys. Thank
you for making us laugh. Enjoy the show with
my friends. What's your take on things? in Iran,
Venezuela, and Ukraine. Some of us here are pretty
worried World War III is coming. Yeah, well,
think about how much money Lockheed, Harton,
and Boeing could make off of millions of deaths.
Oh sure, why not? I think private Anthony Rodriguez,
maybe you're just not thinking about the shareholder
value of war, you know? Right. Why are we so
afraid of World War III? We're gonna make billionaires
a lot richer. going to war absolutely and and
you also have to think with all the things going
on right now from the epstein stuff mind you
epstein was a member of the idf was a member
of israeli intelligence is that the massage Whatever
that is. Yeah, he was a member of that. So whether
he was a spy in here or what he was doing But
that thing's global dude, right? So first of
all that thing's global. It's gonna take down
a lot of people if They are actually allowed
to Look at everything and everything is released
which I still haven't done which is a violation
of the law who gives a shit Nobody pays a crime
is legal. Yeah crime is legal in Washington right
now and Also with the the Jack Smith stuff which
is coming out which you know Trump sold secrets
to Russia Wow Like we didn't know that like no
shit, right? Like we didn't know that the guys
are grifter, right? But all this shit's going
on people can be taken down easily if people
in Washington would love to do their jobs And
so what better way? Wow, we need something to
divert everyone's attention Fuck it. We'll just
blow up this country in South America and take
their leader. Whether the leader there is an
asshole or not is irrelevant. You just don't
do what you just did. Right. There is no declaration
of war by Congress that I recall hearing. Nope.
Which then would make that an illegal act, I
believe. Well, they bombed an African country
recently, too. They're like, oh, yeah, they're
doing crimes against Christians. It's like, what?
What are you talking about? What are we doing?
What is going on right now? So, yeah. My conspiracy
theory side, not that it comes out very often,
but there's a part of me that's wondering if
there's a World War III or even just some regional
war that our dogshit government starts, if they're
going to use some type of wartime law that will
allow them to bypass the midterms to remain in
power. That's my worry. That's what they're going
to do. It's going to be this fucking declaration
of emergency or some shit. And Congress will
be invalid and won't matter because they don't
do shit anyway. And it's just going to be a dictatorship,
which is, I think, what they've been trying to
do. Right. Right. That's just kind of where we're
at, Anthony. If you are an actual private and
you're in the military, I'm sorry shit's gonna
get really shitty for you guys real soon But
hey, just always remember if you are in the military
and you get an order and you go Wow, that order
is fucked Don't do it. Don't do it. That's your
right. That is your right. Don't do it If you
are a general sitting there on your little throne
there in the Pentagon or whatever, and you get
some order from the White House, hey, I want
that done. And you go, wow, that's kind of fucked.
Don't do it. Don't put your servicemen in that
fucking position. It's so stupid. But anyway,
hey, happy new year. So the next one is from
at, and this is a callback to an old sports show
we used to have. Jimmy bag of donuts. Oh, wow.
Been a while since I've heard that name. Been
a while. Jimmy. Hey there, guys. I miss your
sports show. And I'm actually reading it like
him. Yeah. He's definitely a Chicago guy. Thick
on that south side. Hey there, guys. I miss your
sports show. Do you think the Bears have a chance
to get that a Super Bowl? I think they're only
missing a mini Ditka. You might be right. You
might be right, Joey. Insane showing between
them and the 49ers would have been nice to get
the dub, but... But it's about as good as you
can feel with a loss. Yes. Because you're sitting
there with an elite team, and you're like, wow,
we absolutely had every chance to win that game.
Yeah. Yeah, if they can just tighten those screws
up and win those types of games, I would say
yes. I think this year might not be the end all
be all. That might be the Super Bowl championship
year, but it's very important that as sports
fans, we have patience and we take a good year
as a good year. Right. And we're taking a step,
a step in the right direction. We take these
dubs. You take them, you know, and if you get
to the playoffs and you actually win a playoff
game. your season was a success. Right. Because
most people thought we wouldn't even be here
right now. I think a lot of people are like,
hey, seven or eight wins is the right direction,
you know, and here we are. Well, we're good.
They're going to be potentially 12 and five.
Right. First winning season in almost a decade.
Yeah. So that's that's. First playoff game in
almost a decade. Right. You know, and if more
than likely they're going to face Green Bay in
the first round of the playoffs and if they beat
them. Caleb Williams is three and one against
Green Bay. That is also a dub. That's what we
love to see. Guys, you know, this is a step.
It's a step in the right direction. Obviously,
you'd love to win the Super Bowl. But if you
come up short, which they could, because Frisco,
I mean, all the good teams are NFC, man. Right.
Not to take anything away from Denver, New England.
They're really good. But San Francisco, Seattle,
Philly, they're all really good. Right. They're
all really good teams. So, you know, if the Bears
run that table, I'm going to say this. Bears
fans, it's OK. It's OK to be excited. It's OK
to be over the moon. Let people give you shit.
You know, Green Bay's not all that. For as many
division championships as they've had and as
many wins as they've had in the last 20 years,
they still only won two Super Bowls. Right. That's
all. So so don't worry, because the Bears are
good. They're young. If they come out of this
with a Super Bowl dub, oh man, world's your oyster
the next five or six years. Are you kidding me?
Right. It all goes through you now. Yeah. And
that's exciting shit. That is. So get pumped
up. Get pumped up, Jimmy. Come on, James. It's
fine. We'll see you over there by 67th Street.
We'll get that cheesy beef with you, my friend.
Last one here from Stoner Stanley for 20. Momo
and Alan time. Did a year happen? It's gone and
I was not done. What to do? Where is the time
when I need time to do things? That is the statement
of the year right there. I was just thinking.
Thank God bless you for that, sir. Oh, no doubt.
And in whatever product it was that you used
to do that thinking. Yeah, right. Yeah, that
OG Kush really makes the passage of time feel
a little strange. I've been told. Indeed. Yes.
I'm just going to say yes. But yeah, we're looking
out for you. And amen. The passage of time just
happens. Just enjoy it. Right. Yeah. I mean,
that's what do they always say? It's a one thing
you can't get back when it's gone. Right. You
know, and that's true. Trust me. You blink your
eyes and you're 21. You blink your eyes, you're
30. You blink your eyes, you're 40. You blink
your eyes, now you're more than half your life's
over, and you're like, holy shit. Right. So all
I'm telling you, do whatever the fuck you want
to do, stoner and everybody else. This life's
too short. There's a whole bunch of shit we can't
control. A lot of shit's fucked. So you know
what? I'm going to tell you right now. Go take
that trip. Get in your car, drive somewhere.
Have a good time. Tell someone you love them.
All that good shit. Just do it. Yeah. Just don't
give a fuck. Because I don't know about you,
I'm almost out of fucks. Yeah. To give. I'm really
super close. I'm in the same boat. Yeah, yeah.
Now we have Aidan's DMs. What do you got, man?
Got some DMs here. I have one from at Mr. Mouth.
You lose the ability to say and use a letter
for $10 ,000 per letter. you take away do you
take any or no i'm not sure i understand so for
10 grand yeah per letter you use the ability
to say like pronounce and say that letter meaning
like if i didn't want to ever say the letter
z again i could take z away get 10 grand for
it but then like the those the stripey animals
would just be ebras oh i see yeah Could change
your whole vocabulary. I'm thinking I could get
rid of the letter Q. You could probably do Q
Because it's like if somebody's like, hey, let's
do a quiz. You'd be like, hey, let's do a test
Yeah, there you go. There's always words for
another word So you just have to really become
like Joe thesaurus, right? Right, like I'm not
I'm not in the queue to get somewhere. I'm in
the line Right, so Q is a good one Z is a good
one Q Z Or is that if you're in Canada, we write
you Canada, right? Couldn't take away any vowels.
That would be devastating. Vowel would be devastating.
Hilarious. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Devastating. Q and
Z is 20 grand. And that's pretty nice. That's
pretty nice right there. Could get rid of the
letter X. Well, well, well. You wouldn't want
to be made an example of. Or an apple. You could.
You could get rid of X and just replace it. So
be like ck. Hey, baby. Let's have sags Selling
an idiot, but you'll get what you're trying to
say And maybe I'll just stick with q &z q &z.
I'll just take 20 grand. That's fair because
someday you might want to learn to play the xylophone
You just never know just kind of a runaround
because it sounds like a z, but it's an axe.
It's an axe That's right Crippy grew chicken
in. Crip, what up dog? You black out for three
days and find yourself on a beach with blood
on your hands and a briefcase full of cash. What
do you do? On a beach, not a deserted island.
A beach. That's fair. Okay. Hmm. I would probably
first of all wonder how I blacked out. Yeah.
And try never to let that happen again. You black
out for three days, that's... That's something
else. Like something happened there. Sure, yeah,
I mean because you've You've you've you've lost
you've lost three days. You know you wake up,
and you're like what's happened blood on your
hands and a briefcase full of cash I Like I guess
I would try to piece together what may have happened
But that's also dangerous if I committed a crime
of some sort right, maybe I just take the cash
and wash my hands and Well, and it depends how
much cash. We're talking millions. Very easy
to just charter a boat to South America and start
a whole new life. That money is going to go really
far. Yeah. So that is definitely a possibility.
That's what I'm thinking I'm doing. I'm chartering
a boat. See you later. Yeah. I like that idea.
Yep. Yep, because you can charter that boat.
Oh, yeah, what's your name? You hand the couple
of guy a couple couple saw bucks Yeah, be like
my name is Franklin Franklin it is where we go.
It is. Yeah. Oh, yeah Yeah, I like that. Just
get the hell out of there. Yeah, clearly. I wasn't
conscious It have I committed this crime sure
so I shouldn't feel guilty about it. I Agree.
Yeah, I'm totally down with that. Yeah, I wasn't
there for it Final DM I received here, Hugo69.
Hugo, what up, dude? In a world of autocorrect,
what words do you still have trouble spelling?
Wow, that's a good question. I've always had
trouble, and I like to think of myself as someone
that knows how to spell decently. Yeah, but I
have always had trouble with those words that
have like consecutive C's and S's in different
places like the word conscience Has always been
tough for me. Yeah, like I don't know which one
which letter goes next Half the time autocorrect
doesn't even help me out. Yeah conscience is
a tough one when I was a teenager I'd trouble
spelling definitely. I would always exit. Yes,
so I agree with that one defiantly and I'm like,
that's not the right word I'm looking for So
those two definitely got me. Anything cross your
mind? Boy, oh boy. Definitely is definitely one.
Yeah. Oh, boy. I know there are a couple. And
I can't think of them off the top of my head.
I had trouble spelling Australia for the longest
time. Really? Yeah. Like the last few letters,
like A -U -S -T -R. okay so i always had trouble
with that one as well yeah i can't i really can't
think of any words off the top of my head autocorrect
does do a good job though maybe that's why it's
i just don't like when autocorrect correct stuff
that like you want to say yeah yeah yeah you
know but then it sits there and it's like oh
you meant that nope no i didn't honestly i did
i did not right like it changes a word that's
actually a word into a different word It's like,
no, the word that was actually a word that I
typed is the word I wanted to type. That was
the one. Yep, exactly. Yeah, that is a man. Yeah,
I don't know. I can't think of any words off
the top of my head. I'll just I'll go with definitely
also. I can't I can't think of can't think of
anything. Shucks at the time. I cannot. That
was a tough one. But yeah, anyway, if you got
a DM. Feel free to send them our way. And once
again, grease that wheel, baby. Yep. We're now
on to the other foods. This is a segment where
Aidan scours the globe. And I mean scours. And
he looks for foods that, well, they're not really
great. Right. Actually, they're pretty freaking
terrible. Foul. Foul. Smelling tasting everything
and I'm interested to see what you got this week
this week. I've got a Trio, okay of the same
genre It's something the 50s. They got a little
wacky with. Oh, okay mayonnaise People got fucking
crazy what mayonnaise putting it everywhere.
It shouldn't go. I See where you're going because
once you said that I'm like I kind of like mayo.
Yeah. Yeah, I like it on your average sandwich.
I like dipping fries in it. That's a cheat code.
Is that your fry guy pro tip? That's my, yeah,
I used to do the fry guy. My fry guy pro tip.
Gravy's good. The Brits do the gravy. The gravy
is good. Gravy's good. Gravy's good. Ketchup's
okay. Although, like, I'm over ketchup. Yeah.
Really, just for everything, I'm just over it.
So I'm not as much of a ketchup guy. Ranch is
a pro tip. Ranch is good. Ranch is good for fries.
But mayo? You might not turn back. I'm just gonna,
I'm gonna be honest with you. But they did get
a little crazy with it, as far as recipes go.
Alright, yeah, let's hear what you got, man.
From the 40s and 50s, and we start off with one.
This all comes from a HuffPost article, by the
way. I'm sure any of you lovely listeners could
find it and see everything that I didn't, I'm
not gonna mention here today. The first one here,
Skippy and Hellman's. A sandwich. Oh. With peanut
butter and mayonnaise. No, no. Oh God. Dude.
Oh, man. Yeah, they all combine the peanut butter
with mayonnaise. There's the double crunch, which
is peanut butter, bacon, pickles, and mayonnaise.
Uh -huh. There's the pineapple topper, which
is peanut butter, mayonnaise, and pineapple.
And the lunchbox special. Which is just double
double peanut butter, but why the fuck would
you put mayonnaise on there? Oh god? Oh, that's
awful skippy and Hellman's. That's that's your
first recipe. You could probably avoid yeah the
Hellman's treasure chest salad Here's what that
kind of looks like It's a dude. Oh, it's a box
built out of pineapple Filled with various fruits
and Hellman's mayonnaise Dude You could have
just made a fruit salad Put fucking the Hellman's
mayonnaise on all this if I don't want I'm gonna
bring up today is the Cranberry surprise oh Which
is a quote -unquote souffle salad because I guess
they called everything a salad back then So it's
a leaf of lettuce okay with a gelatinized cranberry
and nut and fruit jello mold topped with mayonnaise.
Because if it wasn't mayonnaise, it was a jello
mold in the 50s. And sometimes they did both.
Yeah. And this time they did both. Oh, God. Oh,
yeah. That's... God. You can just keep mayonnaise
for sandwiches and fries, maybe. Yeah. Sandwiches,
fries. You don't need to go overboard and just
be like... Don't mix it with peanut butter. Right.
Don't do an episode of Chopped. By the way, I
would be an amazing contestant because I can
open the fridge and be like, holy hell, and come
away with an awesome meal. Right. I have that
ability. But that doesn't mean the first ingredient
I'm looking for is mayonnaise. Right. It doesn't
work that way. Uh -uh. At all. No, that's really
good though. I appreciate you bringing that to
the table and I swear to God if I see anyone
out there eating a peanut butter and mayonnaise
We're gonna have we're gonna have problem. Yeah,
I'm not gonna want to go within like ten yards
of those people I can only imagine how foul that
breath would smell. Oh, yeah peanut butter and
mayo mixed Yep, that is that's that was gonna
be a problem something that was a problem sidebar
We are watching The Bears 49ers game at Beat
Ups. There was a table of us. And there was this
49ers guy behind us at this other table. And
the first time the 49ers did something real good.
Yeah, woo! And he's doing all this shit. And
I'm sitting at the table, and I looked at everybody.
I'm like, well, that's going to be a problem.
Yeah. They just knew it. They started laughing.
I'm like, oh, yeah. He needs to go. Right. And
I'm happy to take one for the team. Yeah. All
right, on to our frozen guy review. You know,
us single bachelor dudes, we do a lot of frozen
meals just because you can toss them in the freezer,
forget about them. Weeks later, be like, oh yeah,
I'm fricking hungry. Yeah, that'll work. And
just throw that in there. It's easy peasy and
cheap. And so I tried one. I did a Swedish meatball
one recently, and it wasn't super. I had some
issues. Yeah. I think it was Stouffer's. I can't
remember off the top of my head. But once again,
in my evaluations, you consider quality with
quantity and affordability. Right. That's the
secret sauce to coming up with this. And so I
tried Marie Callender's Swedish meatballs. Much
better. Like the And if it was Stouffer's, it
may not be Stouffer's, but I'm almost sure it
was Stouffer's, because I get Stouffer's a lot.
The Stouffer's won little tiny baby testicles,
man. That's what those little... That's not a
meatball. You hate to see that. It's not a meatball.
The Swedes would be offended. Some rabbit had
a big shit. I mean, that's the size of this fucking
ball. Right. And taste -wise, it was mediocre.
This, however, the Murray calendar, was like
twice the size. It was a human testicle. It was
a good size ball, you know? When you put those
balls in your... Ball of meat. This conversation's
not going the right way. When you put those balls
in your mouth, it's pretty good. Anyway, they
were tasty and meaty. The noodles in the gravy,
once again... Something is just super watered
down which can happen with the frozen stuff not
a fan But if there's a little bit of thickness
to that gravy or sauce on a frozen meal That's
a plus right so I got that with this like the
gravy was good the noodles for the time you you
cook it Perfect done perfectly so this about
as good of a Swedish meatball Kind of deal that
you're gonna get in the frozen meal right world
right so It was it was definitely good I would
highly recommend it for the price and the quantity.
I didn't have to have two of them. Yeah. You
know, one was enough. I was like, oh, okay. You
know, it's like, I'm not stuffed, but I'm good
till the next meal. Right. That was great. I
give it an eight, nine. Nice. Very close. That's
good. Very close to the elite level. But what
can I say? I enjoy some Swedish meatballs, man.
Yeah. Damn right. Some good shit. Eight, nine's
a pretty damn good score. It is. It is. All right.
Let's do this. Let's take a break and we're going
to get started with our feature segment. You
just made the list. All right, everybody, we
are back here on the Mark Mo Show. I'm your host,
Mark Maloney, along with Aidan Maloney. And we're
now onto you just made the list here on the Mark
Mo Show. We do this every week. It's our feature
segment, top 10 list, 10 through two, and our
big number one reveal. And let's see rules. I
always got to check that rule book just in case.
Oh, yep. There's the rule. No rules. Good. Good
rule. That's good. I like it. I wish the FCC
would adopt that. Anyway, yeah, so this week,
I thought it was kind of interesting. This week's
top 10, top 10 college campuses. That's fun.
It is fun. Because there are some amazingly wonderful,
beautiful campuses, some campuses that are just
incredibly functional, and you can grade it almost
any way you want to. So I'm interested to hear
what Aidan has to say. Alrighty, I'll run my
10 through 2. Start off number 10 here. Purdue
University. There you go. Very fun campus, very
neat. Number nine, I've got Duke on there. Duke,
yep. Haven't been there myself, but I did enough
research to know what's good. Yeah. Number eight,
Loyola University of Chicago. Skull Ramblers.
Number seven, I got Vanderbilt on there. I love
that. Gotta have Vandy. Number six, I went with
Yale. Yale. Where the big brain people go. Some
of the big, great people. Some of them, yeah.
Now, once again, sidebar. I used to do a lot
of business with colleges, and I actually had
an appointment at Yale University, which was
kind of amazing to be on campus. And when I go
to these campuses, I have a big thing for either
hats or hoodies. I want a hat or hoodie from
where I go. kind of like a, I don't know, just
a collection or whatever it is, just a like I
was there kind of thing. And so I'm like, man,
I really want like a Yale hoodie or like a cool
looking hat or whatever, which I ended up not
getting, but there was a reason. So I asked where
a bookstore was and this guy kind of pointed
me in the direction. Now, for people in the United
States, you know that sometimes these big colleges
are not always located in the best places. You
have to be kind of careful where you walk or
where you go. Had no idea. Did not do my homework.
Right. Literally was walking down the street.
Seemed pretty normal. Seemed pretty average.
And I was like, oh, I think I have to go over
one more block. I turned the corner. It was like
I was in a completely different city. I was like,
oh, this looks a little gamey. This looks a little
interesting. Things have been well used here.
Like, okay. So I'm walking and I had a suit on,
and this guy literally darted across the street,
and this certain individual tried to hold me
up. He said, give me your wallet. And Maloney's
have this quick wit ability. It's in our DNA,
my friends. So I immediately said, I laughed
at him. I laughed and I said, ha, that's great,
you're holding up an FBI agent. Let me get that
wallet for you. And as soon as I reached my pocket,
Guy ran away. And I just start going, then my
laughter turned to nervous laughter. I'm like,
I can't believe that shit worked. I'm gonna go
back where I came from. And I immediately left
and did not get that hoodie or hat. But yeah,
university, there you go. God bless. God bless.
Number five, USC. Gotta get Southern Cal on there.
Number four on Washington State University. Go
Cougs. Go the Cougs are. Everything's uphill
by the way. Everything's uphill, yeah. Kick you
into good shape though. Good God. Number three.
Died. Yeah right. UC Santa Barbara. They just
put the university right on the ocean. Why not?
Beautiful. And number two on my list is UCLA.
Yep. Gorgeous city campus, I've been there. But
now you know why UCLA has to drive 45 minutes
to play in the Rose Bowl, because they're city
-bound and there's just nowhere to put a stadium.
Yeah, that's true. Which is unfortunate, but
it is a beautiful campus. Was that number two
you said? Yep. All right. I'm gonna go with mine.
No honorable mentions this week, but number 10,
Indiana University down in Bloomington. Very
attractive campus. They have this like these
limestone gate thing where you kind of go in.
It's really neat and a big road that goes in
the middle and just very nice. Number nine, San
Diego State University. A lot of these mission
style buildings with white stucco facades and
red tile roofs, which actually blend really well
with like the city's architecture. And then every
path has palm trees and flowers. That's cool.
It's beautiful. We both had the same number 8,
Loyola University Chicago, right on Lake Michigan.
Beautiful campus. They do a fantastic job. And
they got bunnies! There's bunnies all over the
place and they put bunnies out there. What do
bunnies do bunnies like to fuck each other? And
so bunnies made more bunnies. So when you're
walking around campus It's these well -maintained
lawns and these these old turn -of -the -century
buildings and very cool stuff along with some
modern buildings It's a really kind of an interesting
blend right on the lake and bunnies Yeah, so
you gotta gotta love it a little bit of everything
out there Oh, no doubt number seven Harvard University
in Cambridge. I was there kind of this combination
of romanesque and colonial revival federal victorian
gothic greek revival all these old cool looking
buildings um and not far from boston which is
awesome uh number six barry college a small college
in georgia this quote unquote small college actually
sits on 27 000 acres and has its own mountain
wow Check out Berry College. It is very neat
looking. Number five, Duke University. Beautifully
landscaped, classic architecture, and they have
their own forest. Duke Forest. So they got their
own forest on campus. That's cool. And I must
have been getting kind of tired when I made my
notes because I didn't talk about autocorrect.
I didn't put Duke Forest. It actually says...
Duck Forced. Duck Forced. Duck Forced. Duke University,
well known for its Duck Forced. One of those
bad AI videos. Those shitty synapses of like...
So bad. Duke University brought to you by ChatGBT.
ChatGBT. Famous for its duck forest. Duck forest.
Oh my god, that was punchy. Okay, let's see what
else I totally wrecked here. Number four, Pepperdine
University in California. It's set right on a
cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Buildings
were designed to complement the ocean side setting
using a modern interpretation of Mediterranean
revival style. That's neat. Very, very, very
beautiful. And then we've got Princeton and New
Jersey, a combo of gothic and neo -gothic architecture.
They designed everything to mimic Oxford and
Cambridge University. That's neat. And they have
this amazingly beautiful garden called the Class
of 1936 Garden. Which is also there which is
also another word that I messed up. I didn't
put beautiful. I put beautiful Beauty foo. Yeah,
I forgot the L beauty foo because we don't take
no else. Damn it. We don't take no else We got
rid of else. Yeah, that's right in a world with
no else dollars for it. Yeah. Oh, yeah and number
two University of Colorado Boulder It's a place
we both went to the architecture the way all
of the buildings seem to blend right into each
other and kind of blend into the mountainside
Absolutely beautiful. It's gorgeous. Just very
nice. And kind of a sprawling campus. So there's
a lot of green and stuff too. So very cool. Yeah.
Well, U number two was my number one. Colorado
University. Yeah. Yeah, it's wonderful. Very
cool. I was not privy to the weather patterns
of Colorado. You were not. Which made visiting
the campus a little colder than I was expecting.
But yeah, it was gorgeous. Yeah. Yeah, Aidan
basically like, wait a minute, these 60 degree
days turn into 30 degree nights? Yes, in or near
the mountains. That is exactly, exactly what
happened. We went to a football game, and I was
prepared in terms of my dress. Aidan was not.
Yeah. Had a very cool leather jacket on, and
not a lot else. Yeah. Halftime, Aidan shivering,
so I'm like here, take my glove, take my hat.
Yeah. Yeah, but it was a great game. It was good.
Beautiful campus. My number one, Stanford University
in California. A magazine cited its grand entryway
as one of the most beautiful things on the campus.
They have this big memorial church collection
of over 170 bronze statues on an 8 ,180 acre
campus. Damn. That's wild. It is wild. So there
you go. Colorado and Stanford, your reigning
campus champions, for sure. That takes us to
down the Reddit rabbit hole. And I'm amazed we
get Aiden back every once in a while from that
rabbit hole. Yeah. Because you can get lost.
You can get lost. Yeah. You can get lost. It's
like that, what is it in the Marvel universe
where Ant -Man goes into the whatever it is.
Oh, yeah. atomic subatomic world whatever that
world is and then it's like oh you can never
come back and you continue to get smaller and
smaller and and uh yeah so that's they even did
that i'm glad he's back yeah i came back and
it's like five years had passed and half of everyone
was dead we're bombing venezuela what the hell's
going on wow this is nuts uh right a rabbit hole
i found a neat little article 15 body parts You
didn't know had names. Ooh. Or didn't know what
the names of them are. Some of these I am aware
of, but it could be fun regardless for the lovely
listeners out there. The philtrum. Okay. Is the
dip above your upper lip. Oh. Little dip there.
That has a name. The philtrum. The philtrum.
Yeah. My goodness, my philtrum is awfully itchy.
Check, please. Yeah, right. And then there's
the lunula, which is that little half moon, that
little lighter half moon. Oh, under your nail.
On your nail, yeah. Which is kind of fun because
it sounds similar to lunar, lunula. I just assumed
that was the glue that holds my nail on. Yeah,
well, it's got a name. It's got a name. The glabella
is the space between your eyebrows, unless you're...
What's his name? Anthony Davidson? And then there's
no space between your eyebrows? Oh, right. You
just have a unibrow. Yeah. A really good look
for him. Oh, it's a solid look. It's unique.
Good for him. The Hallux? The Hallux. That's
true. I broke my Hallux once. Yeah. Big toe.
Yep. That's what I did. Yeah. Broke the Hallux.
Broke the Hallux. And you hate to see that. Oh,
you do. Doesn't sound very pleasant. It is not.
The Pina? What about my penis? The penis is the
outer shell of your ear. Oh. Yeah, that's your
penis. Okay. Not to be confused with the weenus,
which is of course that little bit of your elbow.
The little bit of your elbow. Yeah. The next
one I've got here is the canthus. It's where
your eyelids meet, you know? What? Yeah. That's
a thing? That's a thing. Wow. And it's got a
name. The collumella. It's the strip between
your nostrils. Oh. Right above the philtrum.
Right above the philtrum. Yeah. Huh. Uh, the
perlicue is the gap between your thumb and finger.
Oh. A perlicue. Perlicue. How about that? Very
funny. A perlicue? Uh, tragus is the tiny flap
near your ear hole. Oh, that dude. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. That's a thing. Tragus. Wow. Okay. All
of these are real. You can look these up. I'm
not fucking around. Half of them sound like fake
names, but this is real. Uh, uvula, I'm sure
we're all familiar with that. Yeah, we know that
one. Little funny punching bag in the throat.
Uh, Nathan, Nathion, is the lowest part of your
chin. The little Nathion. Oh. Hmm. Okay. Uh,
you've got the nasion, which is the dip between
your eyes. The dip between my - Oh, that thing.
Right there. You're - you're - you're - you're
- you're - you're - you're - you're - you're
- you're - you Just fire on his ass. You're welcome
for that idea, Hollywood. Run with it. Go for
it. We'll just take 10%. Sternum is that bone
in the middle of your chest, of course. It's
the thing that flippy -flops around whenever
you get the hiccups. And then the number 15 on
this list of 15 is the zygoma, which is the actual
name for your cheekbone. What is it, zygoma?
Zygoma. Zygoma. Sounds like a sounds like a bad
guy and like Street Fighter or something. It
does. Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, no, it's I Goma Run
That's awesome. Yeah, so fun names. They will
be on the test. They will be on the test awesome.
Damn it Yeah I'll have you know. I take the test
every week giraffe men woman TV I've passed it
four times in a row. Why are you taking it four
times? You're racing it homie Don't you think
a doctor be like that? He's fine. Yeah, he's
acing this test. We keep making him take it cuz
we're just bored right Good lord Well Everyone's
while we sleep we put our heads down and we get
all snuggie and we sleep snoozing But while we
were sleeping we missed something like bombing
Venezuela. Oh, no. Yeah, you know It's just like
we wake up in the mornings like wait, we we blew
up what? Why the fuck we do that? But perhaps
we missed other things. Missed a TV show. Missed
a YouTuber. Missed a book. Missed a whatever.
Aidan's gonna find out. He's gonna be like, yo
guys, you missed this, you better check them
out. So who did we miss? We missed another YouTuber.
Ooh, okay. That I think everyone was sleeping
on and should wake the freak up. Okay. A channel
called Stuff Made Here. Stuff Made Here. Stuff
Made Here. And believe it or not. The dude makes
stuff there. Okay. All right. Yeah, that would
disappoint otherwise. I don't he's got some kind
of engineering and technology background. And
some huge warehouse and garage where he does
all this crazy stuff. The stuff he makes there,
of course. Okay. And the videos are just so cool.
Yeah, for for Even if you're not a huge fan of
science or if it's not your favorite subject,
you're not being taught anything necessarily.
You can learn from it, but it's more so edutainment,
entertainment kind of deal. Some of his most
recent videos, he made auto aim for mini golf.
So he essentially turned the club into this mini
robot that knows where the hole is, knows which
angle you're pointing at. While you're swinging
it'll adjust the clubface for like a hundred
percent accuracy That's that that's it right?
Yes, my guy He made this video where he took
like days and days to machine the perfect brownie
pan The perfect brownie perfect brownie pan for
anyone that doesn't like the edges of brownies
that guy's doing the Lord's work, right? Yeah
He means the world's smallest yet functional
bike And it's like, I don't know, it's no more
than like a foot tall. But he took like 50 hours
to try and figure out how to ride it. Did he
do it? Yeah. No way. Yeah, the wheels are like,
I don't know, no larger than like a can, you
know. And some of his most popular videos, he
built this entire wall that has a basketball
hoop on it and all these pulleys and machines
and stuff. Right. meaning you can never miss.
You shoot the basketball anywhere near the wall,
the hoop will move to get the ball in the net.
And like change the angle of the backboard so
no matter the velocity or angle you threw it
at, it still goes in the hoop. Super fascinating.
That's awesome. Similar to the mini golf one,
he made a pool stick that auto -aims for you,
which is very cool. An auto -aiming bow. So like
they like the little skeet targets that like
fly up in the air You made a bow that you just
pull back. It'll auto aim you release it It'll
hit the target like it'll plot where the targets
moving. Mm -hmm How much like how quick the air
is gonna reach it and it'll like 100 % hit Wow,
so very very fun and cool videos imagine if Imagine
if they, you know, he's created that and then
he creates like 10 ,000 of them and then creates
a time machine and goes back to the Native Americans
and be like, use these guys. You're going to
be just fine. Check this shit out. Check that
out. Yeah, that thing's going to do a UE and
smack that kernel right there. So very, very
cool stuff made here. worth a watch. I love it.
That's amazing. So check that out. And hey, let's
take a break and we'll move on to the final couple
of couple of segments we got going on. We're
going to do our beer review and then of course
finish up with the world of weird news. All right,
we are back and we're in the homestretch here
on the Mark Mo show we are now on to our beer
review and We have a little something from like
what neat us damn, right? What do we got man
during the official beer review? He login eat
us brewing company makes a return. We have tried
some of their brews before but not this one in
particular They are of course out of Petaluma,
California Has a kiss of Maximus. Whoo. Awesome
is the name of this one? I think he invaded France.
God bless him for that. It is an Imperial Hazy
IPA, 9 % ABV, damn near jet fuel in the beer
world, 65 % on the IBU scale, so definitely by
their standard has some bitters to it. As far
as Lagunitas has anything to say, quote, this
colossally hazy IPA has big juicy grapefruit
bursts with hints of orange sherbet and ripe
stone fruit flavors all balanced by a touch of
resinous turps from our pals at abstracts. Ooh,
all balanced as things should be. Perfectly balanced.
Perfectly balanced. So we'll rate this on a scale
from zero to five on how much we like it. We're
drinking it out of a can today. And we'll give
you some flavor notes. As we do. Ah, that's good
for you, baby. Oh man, you get the citrus right
away. That smacks you right in the face. Quite
aromatic. All right, let's go. Solange. Solange.
Okay. God, that's wonderful. I like it. Citrusy.
Doesn't punch the throat. Does not. With any
hop bitterness. That's probably the haziness
to it. Right. Yeah, definitely a bit of grapefruit.
It is good. I kind of get what they're saying
with sherbert. I get some creaminess in there.
Yeah, absolutely That's wonderful. Yeah, I don't
mind it. It is not bad at all. That's really
nice. Makes me happy. Yeah Smells good Very easy
on the palate. Yeah Probably something you don't
want to have like three or four of with how strong
it is Like it a little tanky. I have three or
four. Yeah or ten Or 10, 12. But look, see, I
can handle us and an alcoholist. I can, no matter,
it's a can or a bottle. I just do it. No, it's
good. Right you are. Right you are. Yeah, that
is quite damn good. Yeah, I like it. I think
on a scale to five, ooh, that's tough. It is
tough. That's tough. I'm going high. I'm not
sure. I don't think I'm going to put it in the
elite tier. I don't think I'm going in the fours,
but I will go three, seven, five. I was going
to put it three and a half. Yeah. Now, for me,
that's a pretty good score for an IPA because
I'm not an IPA guy, really. Yeah. So as long
as I don't get that lingering on the tongue after
you've had the sip, which sometimes you get from
that IPA, Whether it's that hoppiness or whatever
it is. Yeah Like I enjoy it You know, it's like
though the one thing that comes to mind is Malort
because like Malort is a shot you take and the
shot itself is fine But then it just your tongue
feels like you just licked pine soles asshole.
Yeah For like the next ten minutes and it won't
go away. Yeah in some IPAs I get that like you
take that drink and then it just sits there for
a while Did not get that with this. No Definitely
got the citrus. And overall, pretty smooth, pretty
enjoyable. Very smooth. 9 % hot. Yeah. Three
and a half. Three and a half. Solid for someone
whose first choice is not IPAs. Correct. Absolutely.
Let us know in the comments what you're enjoying
today. For sure. And by the way, flavor profiles
for this, I did hazy, grapefruity, and citrus.
Yeah. That's about right. Yeah, that is definitely
what that is. Yeah, and by all means, like Aidan
said, if there's certain things you enjoy, maybe
a beverage we have yet to try, share that with
us on the socials. Aidan Maloney, Mark Maloney,
Maloney Media, our shows, of course, you can
find us. So send us your comments or DMs. If
there's a beer you want us to try, we're happy
to do it. Damn right. Yeah, that was definitely
some good stuff, though. That brings us to the
finale, which is the World of Weird News. And
mine is very, mine's very brief, succinct. It
is, it is, but I think, I think it's fun. And
it brought back some memories for me. World of
Weird News from Key West, Florida. In the 1930s,
a ship captain gifted Ernest Hemingway a six
-toed kitten named Snow White, sparking a feline
dynasty. Her polydactyl trait extra toes on the
front paws were passed down through generations,
creating a living legacy still present in Hemingway's
Key West home. Today, roughly 50 cats roam the
property, because just like bunnies, you know
cats do. Roughly 50 cats roam the property, many
carrying the rare six -toed gene. Each is named
after a famous figure, and they freely explore
the garden's sunlight corners and rooms where
American literary history was written. That's
cool. Polydictal cats, valued by sailors for
balance and instincts, became closely associated
with Hemingway. Key West Colony preserves this
unique mutation and serves as a living reminder
of literary history and the special bond between
humans and their pets. That's neat. How about
that? That's super cool. Did you ever see any
of those cats when you were down there? Not only
did I see those cats when I was down there, we
had one of those cats. Me and my buddy Andy,
when we lived in Wrigleyville, he had a cat.
And his cat was named Thumbs. Because he had
plenty. And he was a mutant. He was a mutant,
but he was a dog cat. It was a cat that was excited
when you got home, jumped around, played fetch.
It was just a dog cat. Those are great. Oh, yeah,
and we like to do catfishing. Just tie a little
catnip toy on a string, and he used to hang out
in the bottom of his bed, which if you left my
bedroom door open, which I kept two doors, and
then his bedroom was the next bedroom when you
leave his door open, you could... you could see
into the bedroom and see his bed. So what we'd
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Bus company's most unusual lost and found items
include a dino suit. Someone just lost on the
bus. Someone lost a dino suit. Yep. Story from
the 2nd of January. A British bus company revealed
that the most unusual items to wind up in its
lost and found last year included a box of fortune
cookies and an inflatable dinosaur costume. The
Oxford Bus Company said its customer service
department logged a total of 4 ,387 lost and
found items in 2025. And just over a thousand
of those, about 23%, were indeed returned to
their original owners. The Transit Company said
the most unusual items to cross the customer
service desk included a bag of rubber ducks,
a box of fortune cookies, and an inflatable dinosaur
costume. They also noted they had a baby bonsai
tree, a potato with googly eyes, a jar of pickled
onions, a whole bicycle tire, a 22 -pound bag
of rice, several Nerf guns, and a yoga mat covered
with inspirational quotes. Quote essentials such
as keys mobile phones umbrellas purses and wallets
are among the most common items found But there's
also several unexpected ones too says Andy Morrison
head of digital and customer experience at the
Oxford bus company Misplacing a personal item
can be a stressful experience We use technology
to help make it easier for people to get their
belongings back We use the end of the year to
highlight the unconventional ones and remind
people that we keep these lost items Morris said
any items on Oxford buses can be claimed or sent
to their owners in the mail, encouraging people
to use their not -lost service to help find things.
Some of the more bizarre finds in 2024 included
a suitcase full of retro adult magazines, a jar
of raw chicken, and in previous years they found
a bar stool. Someone lost a whole bar stool.
on the bus, a roll of Donald Trump toilet paper,
a guitar, skis, and a wet floor sign. Holy shit.
I don't know how the hell you lose a wet floor
sign on a bus, but that's pretty awesome. How
do you lose 22 pounds of rice? 22 pounds of rice?
That's a big ass bag of rice, man. That's a lot
of rice. That's like, that's like... Like, restaurant
-grade bag of rice, man. That's a lot of frickin'
rice. That's a lot of rice. Holy shit. Wow. Barstool.
Yeah. The inflatable dinosaur costume got me.
I was like, that's so fucking funny and unique.
It really is. How do you lose that on the bus?
I have no idea. Hey Peter, what's the matter?
Why you look so sad? I just, I had, I left the
pub and I had a bar stool. I know I had it. Where,
when? When did they go? Yeah, I don't know. How
do you do that? Can you be shameless enough to
be like, yeah, that was my bar stool. I'm coming
to get it. Hi guys, yep, I'm the American. Do
you have my bar stool? I was gonna take it back
home with me on my flight. Yeah, hello mate.
Yeah, that checks out. Here you go. It's my carry
on. Oh, that's crazy. All right, back to the
world of weird news. Good stuff. And that concludes
our first Mark Mo Show, fifth season, number
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We appreciate you listening in. Please like and
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So keep an eye out for our latest of that. I
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you've asked for a radio shut nope wasn't me.
Yep wasn't me. Bye Palantir is gonna send you
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