Hey there everybody welcome to the Mark Mo show
it is season 5 episode 9 communication breakdown
What's going on everybody? It it's your host
with the most I don't know about all that It's
Mark Maloney along with my co -host Aidan Maloney
co -host producer all -around Frickin amazing
dude. How are you man? I'll live in that beautiful
American dream, you know. Oh, yeah, you know
you wake up one day Presidents doing stuff to
kids you wake up the next day doing the same
bombing bombing country countries, right? It's
it's it's good times. Yeah Not really not at
all no not these days like oh man, why is why
is Gen Z and You know, why are the Millennials,
they're so angsty and jaded all the time. Boy,
I wonder. Gee, I wonder why. Boy, I wonder. Who
is to say, regardless of macro socioeconomic
breakdowns. Yep. It's chilling. I'm chilling.
It's starting to feel more like spring out there,
which I'm excited about. That's good, yeah. But
yeah, I've got a question for you now. Ooh, yes.
What is a windmill's favorite music genre? A
windmill's favorite music genre. Yeah. I'm not
sure if this is still a music genre. Uh -huh.
I think it was in the mid -16th century, but
I'm kind of thinking Deadbird. Close. It's a
big metal fan. Uh -huh. Hey, right? Wow. Now
he's a dog dad, folks, but that was a deadest
joke I ever heard. Holy shit. Oh man, we like
to kick it off with humor around here. Well done.
Big metal fan. Yeah, that's that's good. Yeah.
Well, Neva is one of one of our listeners and
someone who often gives me dad jokes. This is
true. I think she would appreciate that. Yeah.
She would. You can take that one. That one's
on the house. That one's on the house. No extra
charge. We'll charge you for something later
on. Yeah, exactly. Foreshadowing. Yeah. Don't
worry about it. It's all good. But Aidan, in
addition to this show, podcast, whatever you
want to call it. just an all -around good time.
He has his own YouTube gaming channel. It's called
Aiden Spelled the Right Way. He has new content
all the time, GeoGuessr PolyBridge Observation
Duty, lots of horror movie games, so much fun,
each and every week. Now, I know what people
can expect because you showed it to me. I haven't
seen it yet, but the artwork, the cover work
for it... It's something. It's pretty great.
I have fun making thumbnails and titles. I have
fun editing, as much fun as I do making the content
itself. And the one you're referencing is an
episode I had come out Thursday, so just a couple
of days ago for us. The game was called Cursed
Meal, or Cursed Meal, however you want to pronounce
that word. I won't give away too much, because,
you know, spoilers. But it's this game where
you get a humble job. as a church assistant,
pastor's assistant, and there's something not
quite right about this church. Can't put your
finger on it. There's not something quite right
about most churches. This is true. To be fair.
But yeah, you can't quite put your finger on
it, but as you go through, you learn it's like,
oh no, there's stuff going on here. Uh -oh. And
yeah, it's probably one of... the most fun episodes
I've made in a while. Not that the other ones
aren't fun, but I had a lot of fun with this
one. Just doing silly voices and just like the
bits I was able to conjure. Oh, I love it. I
was just on. That's amazing. Like in editing,
I was cracking my own self up. I'm like, that's
a good sign. Oh, that is definitely a good sign.
And based on your gaming and you've been doing
gaming for a while and it's been successful,
it's been fun, all that kind of good stuff. We
decided to come together and do a kind of a collab.
So it's some of the ad lib improv stuff that
we do on this show, but we do it while we're
gaming. So we always try to pick games where
we're able to kind of interact with our audience
as opposed to like some games where you really
got to kind of be screwed in. But yeah, so it's
called the A &M Gaming that is also on YouTube.
And it's a lot of fun. It's a good time. We've
been doing this daddy dating simulator game.
Yep, Dream Daddy. Dream Daddy. That's how the
song goes. Pretty much. Yeah, it's a work of
art. But yeah, we've been doing that. But we
do a lot of other different kinds of games and
stuff, too. So definitely. check out that channel
like and subscribe and all that kind of all that
kind of good stuff yeah as well so before we
get cooking here uh i want to talk for a hot
second as much as i can i'm going to leave some
things out because i probably should but uh yours
truly after recording last week's show uh was
struck by a vehicle now It's funny when I tell
people as well, nothing was funny about it. But
I mean, I guess maybe it is now, because I'm
alive. The further you get away from a tragedy,
the more humor you can find in it. Yeah. You
know? L -O -L, the pain. 9 -11, right? 9 -11.
In this economy. The inflation's so bad, 7 -11
is now 9 -11. Yeah, pretty much. My man. Pretty
much. Yikers. So, anyway, this dude hits me,
and it's funny because every time I tell a story,
they say, oh, you got hit by a car, and the first
thing out of people's mouths are, oh, my God,
how's your car? F my car, man. That's what insurance
is for. I don't give a shit about my car. You
as a pedestrian. How am I doing? Yeah. People
say you got hit by a car, and they're thinking,
oh, you got in an accident. No, no, no. As a
pedestrian, Mark Mo. Got hit by a car. Right.
Um, so yeah, it was it was pretty crazy Uh, you
know dude hits me and i'm up on his trunk inside
of his car hanging out for dear life smacking
his car with my hand yelling and then when he
makes that turn I go flying off the car eight
to ten feet in the air land on my head and my
neck and uh, so it was a thing. Yeah, and uh
He pulls up and i've thought okay. Well this
jerk at least stopped Well, then he gets out
of the car, and he goes up to this bar. And I'm
like, what are you doing? And he comes out of
the bar with two friends. I'm like, you just
hit me with a car. Why are you going to rough
me up with your homies? I'm like, what is going
on right now? But no, they just get in the car,
acknowledge me, like I was like, holding my hand
out like, hey. He looks at me like, hmm, kind
of, who are those people in Minecraft? Are they
villagers? Villagers, hmm. And gets his car,
they back up really fast again, and he bounces
right over a curb, out of the street, gone. But,
yours truly, in his weakened condition, thought
enough to grab the make and model and tag. Smart.
Yeah, big brain. Ultimately they got him, which
is great. They nabbed the guy. Yeah. So, I guess
a funny thing that they can laugh about now.
There's cameras, security cameras all over, so
they're like, yeah, we probably have it. so the
cop is looking and when he views the footage
he he has to watch on a big screen tv at the
front of the bar they're playing it back like
super bowl they're like oh check out this play
oh we did him dirty boy that left tackle really
missed his block he got the jukes and he's out
of there he's out of there he's sacked So he's
watching on this big screen. Now I'm sitting
at the bar rail. I've got a massive ice pack
on my head and I'm sipping on some water, hating
life. And this cop is watching and someone's
tapping my left shoulder. And so I look over
and the guy's like, dude, dude, check that shit
out. That guy gets nailed by a car. And and I
just turned to him kind of slowly and I'm like,
um, I know. I was there. All right, whatever.
It didn't click. It didn't click. It didn't click
with old boy. It didn't click. That he was looking
at the star of the show. I was. I was the star
of that movie. You were on TV. I could have signed
an autograph for him. But yeah, so we'll see
how I perform today. As my brain is still scrambled,
it has been all week. I've been very nocturnal.
I try to sleep through most of the day if I can.
But I'm always having to run a few errands here
and there. So, you know, I'm out and like a vampire.
I'm like, my son. But yeah, so we'll we'll see
how that goes. But concussion, whiplash, bruises,
battered, all that shit. But. As a public service
announcement, let me just say getting hit by
a car sucks. Don't do it. I do not recommend
it. Yeah, if you do it on purpose, they might
get you for a crime. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Exactly.
So don't get hit by a car on purpose. On purpose,
accident. Yeah, it doesn't matter. It's just
a bad time. And yeah, on a deeper level, though,
I just keep thinking about it. Mind you. like
my dreams have been wacky as shit this past week.
But like, I don't know, it's just like, I can't
believe like I'm here. And not because the guy's
going like 80 miles an hour or anything like
that, that wasn't the case. But the fact that
like I was airborne and came down on my head
on concrete, my head bounced like a freaking
basketball, and on my head and my neck, the fact...
I'm not paralyzed that my head didn't get split
open because that that happened to me really
fast. Like I immediately I put my hand on the
back of my head, but there was snow on the ground.
So I was already like I was wet. Sure. But I
put my hand on the back of my head and I'm like,
oh man, when I when I pull my hand away and look
at it, it's just going to be covered with blood.
Like I just was 100 percent sure of it. And then
I pull my hand away and I look and there's no
blood. I'm like clean. How? How? Right. I don't
know. I don't know. I'm not someone that subscribes
to miracles, but I'll take whatever stroke of
luck that was. Right. Because that was a thing.
And hey, I'm not saying I'm out of the woods.
I mean, there could be some shit going on upstairs
that I don't know about. Sure. Or in my body
or whatever. Stuff x -rays doesn't typically
pick up. But at least for today I'm here and
I can walk. And I can think. So it's pretty amazing.
Right. Yeah. This is true. It's pretty amazing.
So I did have someone else at the hospital actually
say something funny because I let her know like,
you know, it was late. I was out. I have a lot
of industry friends, so they get off work at
like midnight. So when I'm able to meet with
them, it's usually pretty late. And it's not
like we were out getting rip roaring drunk. It
was just like it was literally like had a Miller
Lite shared some wings. Talking about the day
and then heading home kind of thing, you know
But doesn't mean other people in said establishment
weren't rip run, right? Because the driver definitely
was yeah is what we've been told is what we've
been told. Yeah, correct So, you know, we'll
we'll see how all that plays out. But nonetheless
still Still pretty amazing, but I think the the
one thing that i was trying to mention see my
brain can't keep track of you can't keep track
of shit but the um uh what was i going to say
about her she had a funny comment and i lost
it in the ether oh the person in the hospital
right she she made a oh i remember now so i i
was telling her the story a little bit and uh
she's like you know Nothing good happens after
2 a .m. I'm like, yeah, it's like gremlins after
midnight. You can't water him. You can't feed
him. So we're laughing about that. She's like,
yeah, nothing good happens. I'm like, that might
be true. Yeah. I said that might actually be
true. But anyway, I'm still here and we're going
to try to get through this show. And if my brain
fails, I know this guy to my left will pick it
up. Yeah. So or your right stage left camera
right right up above you. Where are you at? I
don't know Yeah, if they're in Australia, then
it'd be down under you'd be down into me can
For sure. All right, so Communication breakdown.
It's always the same. I'm having a nervous breakdown
Drive me insane. Now, Led Zeppelin here is talking
about a girl, but the breakdown and communications
between... I mean, can we just say it's lazy
to rhyme breakdown with breakdown? Come on, Led
Zeppelin. Yeah, that's true. You could have rhymed
it with ass clown. They could have. You could
have rhymed it with downtown. Yeah. Having a
nervous breakdown downtown downtown with an ass
clown bars Wow, there's definite bars. So just
wanted to call that out. They rhymed breakdown
with breakdown and My lyric right now. So it's
like uh -uh. Oh, we can do better We can we can
do better than that. That's not very lead of
you zeppelin now, but Still a good song Sorry,
go ahead. It really is. You know, don't swerve
me today. It's not good. I mean, imagine having
a vehicle and you're on like a sixteenth of a
tank of gas, you know, and you're trying to gun
it and your car just looks at you like, nah.
We sure about this? 16 of a tank of gas. You're
overdue for an oil change. Tires are almost bald,
and you're like, now it's racist, guy. Your fuel's
no longer measured in gallons. It's measured
in ounces. Pretty much. Pretty much. Yeah. That's
me right now. But we're going to bite through
it a little fighter. Power through. Power through.
We got to. Now, oh yeah, take two. Led Zeppelin
here is talking about a girl, but the breakdown
in communications between two people is no different
than the breakdown between co -workers, management
to workers, outside vendors to other companies.
Whether it's directives that come from the top
that just aren't clear or objectives that are
constantly changing, miscommunication greatly
affects the success of any organization. Additionally,
how you communicate with your vendors or corporate
partners is also crucial. If they make a proposal
or attempt to sell you a product or a service
and you ghost them, this is a terrible way to
conduct business. Be clear and concise always.
Be genuine, be honest. How hard is that? Shouldn't
be hard at all. It should not be hard at all.
You'd imagine. But yeah, I mean, they still struggle
with it. At any rate... So when it comes to major
communication issues, number one is like a lack
of unity. So a unified organization emphasizes
teamwork and meaningful relationships among all
employees, just not ones who work in like the
same department. Togetherness enables coworkers
to work toward a common goal. When employees
feel distant from their counterparts that don't
work in the same vicinity, the quality of their
communication decreases. Right. There may be
confusion on how the functions of one team complement
the output that another team delivers, and staff
members may not know their colleagues, although
they share an employer. It can be helpful for
companies to promote their objectives and coordinate.
group exercises that encourage a deeper connection.
So another one would be like surplus of information.
So another instance of communication failure
is delivering too much information about a topic.
So employees may find it challenging to concentrate
on the core message and prioritize tasks when
there's a surplus of materials. If a new project
is extensive, then it may be beneficial to provide
summaries at the end of the instruction to remind
your staff members of the important parts you
want them to apply. You can also dedicate communication
channels to certain types of details. For example,
like in -person meetings can be for urgent tasks,
emails can represent private conversations, and
electronic chats can invite casual interact.
Right. That's the whole meme about this meeting
could have been an email. Correct. If it could
have been an email, make it an email. Make it
an email. Because otherwise, why are you wasting
people's time? Right. That's immediately what
people are going to think. Slow response to emergencies
is another one. So emergency situations often
require immediate responses. Representatives
can explain the circumstances and provide a plan
for the future, which can calm consumers and
keep them informed. Delayed address to the public
can cause misinformation to spread and affect
the reputation of your company. Consumers typically
pay attention to how long it takes you to make
a statement and how transparent you are when
acknowledging your mistakes. Consider developing
a crisis communication plan to answer diligently
to emergencies and keep the perception of your
brand intact. Two more here. So this one. like
little interaction with telecommuters, remote
employees operate in a virtual work environment
where they use the internet to submit assignments,
receive instructions from their supervisors.
Their absence from the physical headquarters
can influence their relationship with co -workers
who work face -to -face. They may find it challenging
to receive prompt answers to their questions,
and they often rely on technology to learn about
the company's activities that traditional employees
may already know. If you hire telecommuters in
addition to the staff who work at the office,
then consider hosting video conferences to help
all employees hear and see each other. And the
last one is insufficient delivery. When you represent
a company publicly, the delivery of your message
can influence how consumers respond. They may
base their interpretations on your tone, nonverbal
cues, and word selection to determine if you're
meeting their needs. A communication failure
can occur when they perceive the brand representation
differently than what you intended. Pay attention
to your verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
when addressing the public. For example, if you
want to excite the audience about an upcoming
release of a new product, then you might add
cheerfulness to your voice and use more expressive
mannerisms. So those are just some ideas and
thoughts on how companies miscommunicate and
it affects everybody. It affects coworkers, affects
management, it affects the public, it affects
vendor relationships, it affects everything.
And the interesting thing when it comes to communication
is that whether it is professional, if it's in
the workplace, or if it's personal, very similar.
very similar in how the missteps in communication
can not only affect your business, but affects
your relationships, your friendships and your
relationships. So it really just benefits people.
And I think for the most part, I've always been
a very good communicator. Now, whether that's
just me having a liberal arts, loyal education
that helped me do that or a childhood. where
we sat down and had dinner and had honest frank
discussions every night while eating food, that
probably helped. But also, like, 12 years at
a public relations agency also didn't hurt. But
I always try to communicate clearly so that people
understand, no matter what. Being genuine, I
think, is so important, because there are a lot
of disingenuous people out there. And so I think
that is, and then just details, man, just...
Don't inundate your coworker or your friend or
someone you may be seeing. Don't inundate them
with various amounts of details and all these
different types of things. Be transparent, be
genuine, but then just give pertinent details.
Right. So that you are giving them the information
they need to respond. Right. It's important to
be not only thorough, but to be concise as well.
True. where I'm from, we call that a form of
efficiency. And there's a lot of big corpos out
there, a lot of chodes on LinkedIn that are like,
oh, you got to be efficient and frictionless
in this economy. And yet, who practices what
they preach? In my experience, I wouldn't know
what that's like with the companies I have worked
for. When you started this segment, you opened
up with a lack of unity, and that struck a chord
with me because not only is it troubling to have
this lack of unity in between companies, but
within companies, I would say it's even more
pertinent and important to not have this lack
of unity, but sometimes it's on purpose because
the company would rather have you as, say, a
delivery person, a delivery vendor who delivers
and labors in other companies' buildings. Sure.
They'd rather have you mad at a sales rep. Oh
man, this order is shitty. Were they even thinking?
Or a merchandiser. Man, they didn't do anything.
I've got to cover up for everything. They'd rather
have you mad at them. Sure, rather than mad at
the company who's telling the sales rep Oh just
sent shit in sent you just your numbers numbers
send things in because it's easier. Oh, yeah,
it's easier then you're jaded towards Perhaps
a salesman you don't even know rather than this
whole hierarchical Volume equals profit profit
over people type corporate mindset that is all
too common Right in this fucking country. It
is. Yeah, that's true. So the lack of unity is
not only not only problematic in between companies,
but it could be purposefully implemented and
problematic within individual companies. That's
true. And then it makes communication difficult
because then who are you going to talk to, right?
You're going to talk to the... the merchandisers
or sales rep, is the sales rep going to talk
to you? Like, oh, well, you didn't build this
display how I thought it would. I didn't have
any direction. Exactly. Exactly. It's just, it's
inefficient for the purpose of shifting blame.
Correct. Yep. Oh, why are the things the way
they are? Well, in one's experience, oh, it's
that dastardly sales rep. Of course. Those lazy
merchandisers. Right. It's the stupid delivery
guy. Yep. well maybe we have to look higher than
that boys hmm oh yeah interesting very interesting
which i know is only one fifth of what you talked
about but that really struck a chord with me
no i can wow this is so for real yeah oh yeah
it uh it definitely is and and that's that's
why when i did work in public relations i felt
like like I feel like in general it gets a bad
rap because people think of PR and they're like,
oh, that's just like when these corpo guys want
to like release a new like Bitcoin and so they
get like all their stuff out onto media and that's
usually done through a PR team and that sort
of stuff. And yeah, they do a lot of that or
like crisis communications like, oh yeah, you
know, that drunk garbage man ran over an entire
group of Girl Scouts selling cookies, you know.
Tuesday. You know, and then they get that out
there and it's like, well Sue, you know, then
they just, they, they'll get their PR team out
there and it's like, yes, you know, what happened
is really tragic, but you know, it's just, it
strikes a chord that it's just so important to
tell your Girl Scouts how to cross the street.
You know, right. You know, so like, I understand
how like they get a bad rap for that. But yeah.
And also jaywalking is only a crime because the
automotive industry wanted it to be. Started
to throw that out there. I love that. I love
that. But yeah, but I mean, in doing that, I
really looked at communication and how to communicate
with that. Like I've really learned a lot that
way. And it was, it's very helpful. You know,
it's super, it's super helpful to be able to
do that. And not just in business, but of course,
as we said, in your personal life, but you can
apply many of these different things to your
personal life. So it's not two or three or four
years later and like, Hey, we were here and now
we're here. How the hell did we get there? And
it's like, well, If you had the way back machine
and you could see how many times you guys miscommunicated
with one another, that builds up animosity and
it builds up other stuff where now you can't
get back. to where you were, because you were
there, and now you're here, and it's like, shit.
So it's super important to just put a lot of
these different things to practice and not over
-communicating, being honest, being transparent,
being genuine. All that is super important. Being
timely. I don't think that was really... Being
timely with information is super important, and
you have to communicate that. You can't sit there
and have something happen and be like, That's
not a big deal and like three weeks later. It's
like oh shit. That was a bigger deal than I thought.
And now people are pissed off and it's all that
kind of stuff when you could have just communicated
right from the get -go and it never would have
maybe turned into what it turned into. I know
I've brought this up before at least once or
twice on the Mo Show. There's a great book out
there called Nonviolent Communication. It's totally
worth the read. And I know a majority of Americans
haven't read a book in the last 365 days, so
here's what I'm recommending. Homework. Homework.
You come to this show, you leave with homework.
You leave with homework. If you're interested
in - You do your homework. In reading further
about this, and it's such a good moral to have
is just to communicate concisely and thoroughly
without being accusatory or - Yeah. violent for
lack of a better adjective. Sure. Fantastic book.
Go borrow it from the library. Give it a read.
All right. Yeah. Good rec. Good recommendation.
All right. Well, as always, we open things up
and encourage you guys to make comments, suggestions,
whatever. So, you know, feel free to do it on
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and then either Aidan Maloney, Mark Maloney.
and a lot of the other socials. We also have
a page for the Mark Mo show on Facebook. So check
us out anywhere and drop us a line. Be cool.
Yeah. All right. We're going to take a quick
break. When we come back, car pay DM. All right,
we are back everybody for Carpe Diem as you wonderful
people sending us your DMS and then we read them
on The show and if it's in the form of a question,
you know, well, well, well Well, I mean we could
we could answer it we definitely could but Being
that we are influencers. We sometimes need to
be influencer. I hardly know her But anyway,
we can be influenced is what I'm saying. Certainly.
So what might be some ways we could be influenced?
Oh, that's a good question. Let's say one kilogram
of silver, pure silver. Sure. Could be, it's
an idea. Tonight, it's a nice idea. I like it.
I would say maybe the title to, I don't know,
brand new Corvette signed over to us is a thought.
Yep. I mean, we could let you know what our Venmo's
and Paypal's are. Sure. If you're more of a liquid
asset enthusiast. Anyway, we're taking bribes.
I think that's basically what we're saying. Yeah.
Ultimately. So, yeah. So, you know, if you throw
us a Benji, then it's like, you know, if you
don't, hey, that's fine, too, man. You can still
submit a question. You can submit a question.
We'll go, wow, that's a... Next? Yeah. Look,
this person gave a Benji. wonder what they have
to say. Wow, that's an amazing question. I think
we need to put this in the show. I love that
when we're talking about receiving bribes, the
inner Dora the Explorer comes out of you. I can
just hear Mark Moe becoming Dora the Explorer
like, wow, you really gave us the Benji. I wonder
what you have a question of. No swiper swiping
or swiping swipe. Fuck, I don't remember. What
do they call the monkey in the boots? Oh, right.
Oh, do they just call them boots? Boots, I think.
I think they just call them boots. Yeah, because
there's a new series out now, and I think someone's
doing it as a joke or Dora's older. Oh, really?
And she still has her monkey friend and Swipe
Swiper keeps screwing with her. But it's like
real things like I'm an alcoholic. Can you say
alcoholic? It's like it. So she's doing all these
things where it's like she's an adult and she's
a mess. She's an absolute mess. Like this latest
one, she was like standing up as a maid of honor,
deciding which guy she was going to hook up with.
Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. I would love
if they just changed Swiper to just become really
concerned. And instead of swiping, he's like
handing her Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlets. Get
the fuck out of here, Swiper. Get out of here,
Swiper. Oh my god. Can you say swiper is un puto?
Un puto. If you don't have a shooter swiper,
just keep on going. Oh man. It's funny. So just
check it out. It lives. It's out there. I want
to do cocaine, but don't want to get caught.
Can you say donde es el baño? That's amazing.
Dora, her good rep has just been sullied. Oh,
man. You'll love to see it. We didn't do it.
We're just reporting the news. Exactly. Yeah,
we're journalists. That's exactly right. We're
communicating with you, letting you know this
wonderful thing exists. In concise ways. In concise
ways. So here we go. We got a little of some
DMs here. This was one late to the show, but
I thought I'd put it in here because I thought
it was brilliant. This is from at David. David
the Stella. Nobody has ordered olives at Olive
Garden. I'm opening a place... I'm opening a
place called Burger Barn that only sells chimichangas.
Fuck it, nothing matters anymore. Oh, man. That's
good. Isn't that good? Yeah, why is it called
Olive Garden? Is it just like, oh, we want to
sound Italiano. Hey! Oh, I'm not serving olives
to you. You want you want some breadsticks. Oh
limited salad and breadsticks. It's like what
about the olives? Yeah, olive garden, right?
You got olives here come on. It's kind of like
the same argument with Burger King Selling the
most dogshit Slop of a burger and yet people
still go who the fuck goes who eats Burger King
if you're out there And you eat Burger King.
What's wrong with you? Yeah, have your tastebugs?
Examined it's a problem. It's a problem Do you
know there's a town in Illinois, and I want to
say, I want to say it's Effingham, maybe. It's
a small town, but they have a restaurant before
the chain came out called Burger King. Interesante.
And the Big Corpo Burger King is is not allowed
to open in that town or around that town. Good.
So there was - Good. So it's a story about how
the little guy won. That's awesome. Isn't that
great? I think that happened in Oz, didn't it?
Like there was already a Burger King chain in
Australia, and Burger King had to like call themselves
like Happy Jacks or Hungry Jacks or whatever
the fuck. Some shit like that, yeah. Oh yeah.
Fuck you Burger King. That's right. Olive Garden,
you're almost on the shit list. But I'm not sure
yet. Almost. I know, right? I don't care enough
about olives to put them on the shit list. I
really don't. Like, olives are there. If they're
on a pizza, I'm like, oh, OK. No. And trust me,
I love that you care about me so deeply that
you just want to keep shoving bread products
down my throat. True. For free, they say. Thank
you. For free, yeah. But where's the olives?
Yeah. Pasta Garden? Did it not roll off the tongue
the same? Maybe not. Yeah. Hmm. Beepity bopity.
Oh! We're at a pasta garden here! The frickin'
ziti! Ugh. Olive Garden. Anyway. Italians are
funny. They're funny. Funny people. Uh, at Larry
not the cable guy. Oh no. Hi guys, I'm currently
on a break in my relationship and her roommate
was flirting with me big time the other night
Do I go for it depends what the rules of the
break are was what was established? Are you guys
still exclusive and just taking some time apart,
right? Or is this a break as in a breakup with
the thought of getting back together? Because
that should have been, we were just talking about
communication, Larry. We were just talking about
that. Was it clear and thorough and concise?
Seemingly not. I was about to say, if he's asking,
they didn't discuss it. Right. Because how do
you, well first of all, how do you discuss that?
Like if you're like, if things are just kind
of funky and it's not really working, it's like,
hey, let's take a few weeks, maybe a month, just
kind of do our own stuff and whatever, and then
we'll sit down. for coffee or whatever and we'll
just, we'll talk about stuff. If you're in that
world, I think you have to be realistic and say,
okay, what if in that month's time, I'm at a
bar with my friends and there's this girl and
she flirts and we hook up. But it's just a hookup.
It's not, I'm not trying to date her. What are
the rules? What are the rules? What are the rules?
Yeah. Do you remain exclusive or do you not?
Or do you just hook up and keep your damn mouth
shut? Now in this case, I say probably not because
it's a roommate. Right. Yeah, I would say that's
a no bueno. But if it's some rando that you're
never going to see again, with both of you having
an understanding, yet we're just going to hook
up, I don't know. I still lean towards no, because
unless it was established that the relationship,
the previous relationship is over, if it's not
established, you have to assume... Should you
go down this path and it comes up later? Right
now. You're the asshole. Yep. That's true So
I lean towards the not but Larry. Okay, think
about the communication man. We're just yapping
about this bro. Yeah, definitely Yeah, I wouldn't
necessarily reveal to her who might be interested
in you just Just approach her with hey, so I'm
curious Right, we never clarified. We never clarified
this. If by chance one of us has the opportunity
to hook up, just to hook up, while we're on break,
is that cool? And just talk about it and define
it. You're both adults. You're both adults. And
if you asking the question is enough to have
the relationship end, well, you got an answer
early. You got an answer early. You have your
answer. And then also look at it from the reverse
as well. Like, okay. So you're interested, maybe
this roommate's very attractive and you're turned
on and you're like, yep, I'd love to hit that.
But then reverse it and think, what if a dude
hits on her and she decides to hook up, how do
you feel about that? Are you golden with that?
Are you fine? Do you not even want to know? I
mean, that's just the discussion. Or would it
bother you? Yeah, right. Because if it bothers
you, chances are it probably bothers her. Right.
So just don't do it then. Right, use your human
empathy to understand what it would be like to
be in their shoes. Yep. Yeah. Yep, that's fair.
Larry. Larry. Larry! Larry! At enough is enough.
Man, I'm ready to get off the hamster wheel.
What amount of money would make you pack it in
and disappear? Uh, define disappear. Does it
mean disappear from friends and family? Right.
Because, I don't know if you'd... be able to
put a price on that. The price would have to
be pretty fucking high. But if it just means
disappear from the life I'm currently in. Just
getting off that hamster. Getting off the grid.
Right. Right. Ah, man. Well, it'd have to be
enough to retire on, I'll say, five milli. Yeah.
Five milli. That way I don't have to work again.
I can actually pursue things I'm interested in.
Gardening and... content creation without the
stress of slaving away for corporations that
don't care about me. Correct. Five million. Yeah,
I was honestly thinking I could probably, I could,
but see here's the thing, Hayden's younger than
I am, so my three and a half to his five is about
equal when you think about it. Sure. because
I have a lot less in front of me than he does.
So he has to have that. I have a lot more inflation
to live through. Yeah, that's true. Have fun
with that. So I was thinking three and a half
to four. So we're kind of in that same ballpark.
Yeah. But if I could just have that money and
throw in an account, you get two and a half,
three percent on it and just, you know, pay yourself
a quote unquote salary every year. Right. Just
pay yourself monthly and make it last. Right.
Yeah. Damn right. Yeah, I like it. I like it
a lot at Sinister Samuel. Oh, no. Yeah, you have
to pick one. Okay 100 straight days of snow 100
straight days of rain 100 straight days of sun
and heat yikes big dog yikes I'm not doing snow
because then you get into Humanitarian crisis
zone where people can't leave there depending
on how much snow people can't leave their house
How are you gonna eat or have clean water roads
are hazardous? I mean if the electrical grid
goes down, it's constantly snowing who's getting
it back up. Mm -hmm. That's a problem Rain could
also be a problem with flooding sure sun and
heat is just unbearable Depending what level
of heat if you're talking 100 degrees plus every
day. Hmm Fuck, the electrical grid would suffer
anyway. From all the AC. Because everybody's
got AC cooking. Everyone's got AC cooking. I
think I'd take rain. I'd take rain and just hope
it's not torrential. Right. I'm going rain. Sinister
Sam, you sick freak. I'll take the rain and hope
the the old crawlspace doesn't flood. Yeah, I
I just once again rain isn't isn't defined You
know if you're talking two or three inches of
rain a day. Yeah, that's a problem That's a huge
problem, and you translate that to snow because
one inch of rain is ten inches of snow Fuck yeah,
that's bad Yeah. That's very bad. But yeah, I'd
probably say rain. Because number one, I don't
mind it being overcast. I don't need to see the
sun a lot. A little bit once in a while, but
I don't mind it being overcast. If it's raining,
I'm kind of okay with that. You know, the grass
would be happy. Flowers would be happy. Crops
would grow. Depending how much clays in the soil,
you could have unhappy crops as well. Very unhappy
crops. And your lawn would probably be mush.
Oh, yeah. You'd have landslide problems where
it's susceptible to do so. You could just have
layers of sods sloughing off into the streets.
Hills and mountains. Yeah. Oh yeah. I'd probably
take the rain. Yeah. I think the least torrential,
if the grid can handle it, is probably sun and
heat. But I despise that, so I have to say rain
also. Sure. Now that makes sense. Because when
you think of 100 straight days of sun and heat,
well, that's Las Vegas. During the summer every
day every day Sunday and that's a fucking desert,
right? You're saying would you live in a desert
and the answer is no? Okay, my last one at stoner
Stanley 420 Oh, man Momo and Alan did I see you
in the dollar place the other day? Oh Maybe not.
I don't know where I'm at. Do you need anything
in the place? That's a very kind offer. Uh, no,
you didn't see me there. Um, not much of a dollar
store fishing out of myself. I'm more of an oldie
boy. There you go. Big oldie fan. Um, if, if
you want to, while you're there, uh, pick up
some, some chili and some cheese. Ooh, there
you go. And if you want to drop on by, we'll
make chili cheese dogs. Ooh. Although I don't
necessarily want to give Stan my address. I don't
think I would give, I don't think I would give
any fan. my address that's if they wanted to
ship something I just open up a PO box or something
but that's smart yeah maybe we'll just meet in
a public park like 10 miles from my house and
we'll just do chili cheese dogs there and then
that'll be that yep I think it's yeah I think
that's right yeah anything from the dollar were
you at the dollar store I don't know what he's
referencing now being there is he who Hallucinating?
He might be. It could be a combination of living
in the shelving units, which I think he's doing.
He's been there three weeks, right? He's been
there going on three weeks. So it could be just
the chemicals that he's taking in along with
the chemicals that he's voluntarily putting in.
Shit, I'd lose it if I was in a dollar store
for more than like two days. Oh, yeah, I would
too. Especially if he's still in the tight detergent
aisle. Can you imagine what he's huffing in there,
bro? Oh, no. Yeah, that's no good. Assuming he's
still there. Right. Yeah, I mean he could, like
you said, he could just be hallucinating. That's
a rough go. That is a rough go. That's a rough
go. We already told him go towards the light.
He must have just gone towards the fluorescent
ones on the ceiling. I think so. Yeah, that's
rough. Yeah. He's probably on the top shelf.
Yeah, right. I'm closer to the light now. I went
to the light, man. Now, now, now what? What's
step two? Oh, damn it. That's good times. Yep.
I got some DMs myself. All right. What you got?
I got a DM here from Dr. Human. Oh, Dr. Human.
Okay. Would you rather feel fully rested no matter
how much sleep you got or look and feel healthy
no matter what you consume? Those would both
be pretty nice perks, to be honest. Yeah. What
are you thinking? Oh, man. I'm kind of leaning
towards look and feel healthy, no matter what
I consume. Because I don't typically eat or consume
the healthiest food and drinks. Even though,
like, my job is pretty laborious, it keeps me
in decent shape, which is kind of a blessing.
But, I mean, honestly, I have worked on my sleep
schedule for the last two years trying to...
Perfect it and make sure I get a decent amount
of sleep and I have it's it's paid dividends
I would say I from because my my watch on my
wrist keeps track of like my sleep cycles and
all that. Yeah And from in 2025 I averaged like
seven hour 40 of sleep every night Okay, this
year 2026 it's only been two months of this year,
but thus So far I've averaged seven hour 50 Sleep
every night. Okay, so I'm I'm doing good and
granted sometimes I don't feel very rested and
I need to dip into that caffeine Well a little
heavy. Yeah, but I gotta go look and feel healthy
no matter what I consume because that's just
that's an Unbelievable buff right there. That
is and I kind of like that too. That's kind of
one I'm leaning towards You know if you can feel
really good and as you say consume whatever you
want. Right. You know, you're eating pizza and
beer every night. And you're fine. That's kind
of epic. That is pretty epic. I agree. I like
that one. If I could slam modellos and Taco Bell
every night. Get real. Let's go. Oh yeah, I'm
all for it. Next DM I got from Reginald67. Hmm.
Very timely. I thought we were past that meme.
Oh God. What's a risk you took when you were
younger that paid off? Oh God. It's a fair question.
Wow, that is a... yeah. Holy cow. Now, I'm not
super old. I'm in my mid -20s, of course. But
when I... God, I was early 20s. I want to say
21 years old. Okay. Was I 21? No, I was 22 years
old. I was 22 years old. And a friend... Yeah.
A friend of a friend's uncle worked at this company.
and got the former friend a job there. And that
former friend got me a job there at said company.
And so of course I've worked there for going
on five years, just shy of five years now. And
I've gotten two promotions and I'm kind of chilling.
And the company I worked for before that was
fairly stable. It didn't... pay worth of shit
but it was fairly stable and I guess there was
some room to move up should positions change
but I took the risk to just go to a new company
because I did hate that previous company and
I just went and it's I just kind of cooked and
showed my work ethic and showed up every day
now granted this is not to say like oh you'll
do fine in capitalism if your work ethic can
show up every day that's propaganda that's not
true right um I got lucky twice I got lucky once
that a friend of a friend's uncle worked at this
company, and I got lucky the second time they
decided to bring me on. So I got lucky twice,
actually thrice, because they then promoted me
two times. Yeah, that's good. But yeah, I took
the shot working for a company I had previously
not heard of before, and it's paid off. That's
good. I'd say that's the biggest risk I've taken
in recent memory. Yeah, yeah, that's good. I
honestly can't think of anything. Yeah. Yeah,
I got nothing. Education related or? No. Not
education. Played it pretty cool throughout.
Yeah, I'm really trying. I mean, first of all,
you have to, I suppose you have to define risk
because that can that can be different for everybody.
Oh, sure. For me, I don't. Yeah, I risk is assuming
that it's a gamble. Risk is assuming it could
go bad or it could go good. Sure. Sure. This
is true. And I'm trying to think of something
like that that went well. Yeah. Not that I'm
averse to risk or taking a chance, but I'm like,
I'm trying to think of one where it went well
and I can't. Ah, okay. I gotcha. So I got nothing.
Dang. I got nothing. Dang, Reginald stumped ya.
He did. I got nothing, man. The final DM, then.
that I received comes from Craig from Dream Daddy.
Oh, no. Craig checking in. Dream Daddy. Hey,
it's me, Craig. Craig. All right. Craig from
Dream Daddy says, $250 appears in your hand,
but in order to keep it, you have to piss yourself
in front of someone you really like. Do you take
it? Now, that's assuming that they know that
you've just pissed yourself. How do you hide
that you're pissing yourself? Well, it depends.
Like, if you're wearing... Depends? Get it? Anyway.
No. So, no. I mean, think about it. Like, if
you're wearing... If you're in a dark bar, and
it's not lit very well, and you're wearing blue
jeans. Or just black pants. Or black pants, and
you piss yourself. Other than the waft of asparagus?
I mean, sure. How are they gonna know? Does it
smell like piss, or can you see the glean of
wet on them? Right. You know? Right. Granted,
this doesn't... Like if I pissed myself in front
of my girlfriend, my partner, right? She would
probably be like, why did you just piss yourself?
The bathroom's right there. Yeah. But then if
I show her like... I don't know how I got this
$250, but I just had to piss myself right now.
Yeah. She would probably then assume I'm insane
and then leave me. So. So maybe I won't. But
she might be the girl for you, but she might
be the girl for you if she goes, how much do
you get for shitting yourself? Right. Yeah. 10
grand. 10 grand? Dump away, buddy. But then again,
$250, $250. And I own a washing machine. So.
Right. I think I say yes. Yeah, because it also
hear me out. I got you now Craig What if I use
the restroom? Five ten minutes before the two
hundred fifty dollars appears in my hand I don't
have much piss to piss myself, but I still pissed
myself even if it's a few dribbles It's more
of a pedal right than I piss, but it's still
pissing my drawers correct. You know boom outsmarted
It's marted. I will time my urination in the
restroom So that the piss is then disguised by
its lack of volume. Right. Yep. And I will take
the 250. Yeah. Because what if you're all sitting
at a table and I piss myself, but then we're
sitting there for two more hours. Shit's gonna
start to dry up. Sure. This is true. Because
you're not gonna have to stand up to go piss.
You've already done that in your chair. I've
done it. I've done it. I've taken care of business.
Now we're playing the long game. We are we are
playing long game. I'm trying to make this work
Yeah, exactly exactly. So I think yeah, I think
we could definitely make that work. We'll both
take you up on that Craig Yeah, I think I think
we're definitely yeah We definitely take you
up on a small price to pay to just have to wash
your drawers, you know Yeah, exactly. It's a
washing machines or four. Yeah. Oh Well, that's
good. Hey, if you have any DMS hit us up with
them and the comments You know, if you want to
email, carry your pigeon, however you want to
get him to us. Smoke signal. Smoke signal. Horse
code. Or we could just smoke. Not me. No, not
you. I'm not allowed. That's a no bueno for you.
I'm not allowed. Me, I have nothing. So yeah,
I'll smoke. So at any rate, where was that going
with that? Yeah, send us your DMs. Yeah, please
do. That's pretty much it. We're now onto the
Frozen Guy review. And that's what I do because,
you know, I'm a single guy. And it doesn't always
make sense, especially when you have a small
freezer, to go and get all kinds of fresh meat
because it's just like, okay, great, I'm gonna
cook six pieces of chicken for me. Yeah. It's
like, okay. But, you know, at least with a frozen
meal, I just throw it in the microwave, it's
done, and I can have my meal for the day. So
this one this week was a healthy choice, Simply
Steamer's Beef and Broccoli. Ooh, okay. Beef
and broccoli, that could smack. Yeah. And so
these steamers are interesting because they're
in a plastic container, and the broccoli and
the beef are in this plastic bowl. And underneath
that plastic bowl is another container, and that
has the sauce. So whatever sauce, they keep them
separate when they cook. And once you're finished,
you remove the film. and then you take that little
bowl out and you put your contents of the bowl,
which in this case would be beef and broccoli,
into the lower bowl. Which has a sauce. Which
has a sauce and then you mix it up. Oh, so then
the, because the microwave would heat the sauce
that then steams the... Broccoli and beef is
the idea. Okay. Okay. I follow. Yeah. So in terms
of it being a healthy meal. Yep. Definitely was
a healthy, a healthy choice. Okay. Was there
a, uh, cause you've got protein and vegetables.
Was there a carb or was it just beef and broccoli?
Beef and broccoli. Okay. Yep. Simple. Beef and
broccoli. Simple. And so you put it in there
and it was good. Whatever sauce was there was
tasty, but not overwhelming. Just enough flavor.
The broccoli is actually cooked very well. It's
probably just because it was steamed that way.
Steamed broccoli is great. Yeah, it was good.
And the beef is good, but just very small in
comparison to the amount of broccoli. Like morsels
compared to like a chunk of beef. Right. Like
a chunk would be different. Was the chunk of
beef small or was the quantity of beef small?
Both. Oh, really? Devastating news. Beef is good,
just not a lot of it. Proteinless. Yep. So I
would, like I said, the taste was good in terms
of a meal that fills you up. I would say it comes
closer to filling me up than not, just because
of the amount of broccoli that was in there.
Were you satiated for... Handful of hours. Yeah,
that's that's not so much. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not
sure Because we always do yeah, we always do
like like what you're paying for it versus the
amount You know the quantity and then the quality
and right we look at a couple of different things.
I think it was 379 so it's not terrible. Okay,
sure But if you have to have two of them to have
a meal talking seven bones, you're talking seven
or eight bucks Yeah, yeah, that's that's a little
bit tougher but Altogether, it was, like I said,
it was tasty, healthy. Yeah. So I gave it a 7
-7. Okay. Split the difference. Gave it a 7 -7.
Now, I, you know, I'm trying to remember now
if there was rice. Because yeah, that was my
biggest... Grape so far is like if it's just
beef and broccoli, first of all, that's fine
as a meal. I'm down with that. Right. But typically
those frozen meals do have like noodles or rice
or some kind of carbohydrate. Yeah, I don't know.
I'm trying to remember what... It's beef and
broccoli. That would that goes well with rice.
Yeah, I'm trying to remember because I know there's
I've had some in the past that have had rice
in them, but I can't... god for the life of me
actually now that i look at it because i pulled
up a picture okay healthy choice simply steamers
beef and broccoli 16 grams of protein 270 calories
uh and it has beef broccoli and rice okay so
it does have the rice in there yeah gotcha it
does So yeah. It's a good protein to calorie
ratio. It is. It really is. So, but 7 -7. Like
I said, I would get it again. Yeah. You know,
I thought it was tasty. Fair score. Yeah, most
definitely. So now that brings us to the other
foods. That's Aidan looks at foods from around
the globe. Really, he's just got a little globe
at his desk and he just kind of stares at it
for a while. Yeah. Sometimes I just dissociate.
Stare at it for several hours at a time. Yeah,
why not? Yeah wishing you were it's the closest
I can get to actually traveling Just like looking
at it be like oh I could be there I could be
in the Maldives huh actually I couldn't Curacao
yeah, right God bless Curacao. What's up Curacao?
So what do you have for us this week? This week
I've got a short and sweet one because I did
a little bit I actually dove into this a handful
of weeks ago I think sometime in January looking
at the worst candy cane flavors of all time and
I found more strange and gross sounding candy
flavors in general just different candies that
have yucky sounding flavors and a certain candy
cane I did not get to Last month by the same
company Archie McPhee. They offer a pickle and
bacon candy cane Because bacon on its on its
own wasn't bad enough There is sour cream and
onion flavored hard candies. No Which begs the
question then because candy is like 90 like hard
candies. Yeah, like 95 % sugar Yeah, right sour
cream and onion and sugar. No, no It can go good
on a Pringle, but a hard candy? No way. I don't
know about that. There's a candy cane flavor
of Pho, P -H -O, the Vietnamese soup. Vietnamese,
yeah. Why? Why? Why? No reason. I don't get savory
candy cane flavors. And then there's also hard
candies that are meant to taste and smell like
durian. Oh god. Like that one spiky fruit that's
like banned on airplanes or whatever. Yeah, right.
Because it smells so bad. Yeah. And then there's
the quote -unquote novelty candies, like the
Jelly Belly, like the Jelly Bean Bean Boozled,
if you've heard of those, where they purposefully
make shitty tasting candy cane or Jelly Bean
flavors, one of which is barf. Yeah, why? Another
one is booger, which how do you get the taste
of booger unless you've tasted a booger? We've
all tasted barf because we've all thrown up before.
Right. How do you know what a booger tastes like,
Jelly Belly? They've got flavors like Rotten
Egg, Stink Bug, and Earwax. Now, in my personal
experience, I have played the game Bean Boozled
before and tried some of them. They have a flavor
called Stinky Socks, which in my opinion is far
and away the worst flavor in there. Because it
literally tastes like a Jim Locker dick cheese
sweaty sock in your mouth and nose. That's gross.
And it sticks. Does it? It sticks around. It's
foul. Yeah, some of those are straight up nasty.
And then there's the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor.
jelly beans, which is like the Harry Potter one,
you get like the Disney World or whatever the
fuck. And they've got ones flavored like dirt,
earthworm, soap, and sausage are four of their
flavors. Oh, okay. And then of course you've
got like the body part shaped candy, which is
like bulging eyeballs or like you hand someone
a bag of dicks and it's just dick shaped candy.
That's just the shape. They don't make it taste
like penis, from what I know. Yeah, I just...
Not that I would know. But that's, I just wanted
to bring that up that once I did the candy cane
segment, I was like, I know there's more. I played
a game where I tasted some nasty jelly beans.
So I had to bring that up. I would recommend
not playing that game. Because in theory, it's
like, it sounds fun. Like, oh, I'm gonna get
together with my friends, and you're just gonna
be like, ee -wee. No, you're gonna get together
with your friends and suffer. Right is what you're
gonna do and then it's gonna become not a fun
time. Yeah, that'd be a bad time Yeah Wow big
yuck. That is a that's a big yuck God booger.
Yeah and stinky feet's the worst one There's
a barf one that tastes like barf the acid the
scent the flavor tastes like barf stinky feet
was worse than barf Wow, not even close not even
why why? Who makes that as a game to play it
has no replayability, right? Why would you play
it more than once? I do better question. Why
would you play it once now? I certainly wouldn't
bugger foul Yeah, okay. We're gonna we're gonna
I need some time All right, we are back and it
is time for our feature segment here on the Mark
Mo Show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney with Aidan
Maloney. And it is, you just made the list. So
it's a top 10 list. We do 10 through two. They're
big number one reveal. Various topics, many,
many, many topics. And this week, I think we
have a fun one. Oh, you know, so silly of me.
I should probably talk about the rules. Oh, sure.
Rules are important. So let's see. Look in here.
Oh, look at that. One rule. Yeah, whoo, let's
freaking go chat. How about that? How about that?
That's amazing. And the crowd goes wild. I meant
mild. It's like the movie Major League where
it's like, all right, let's go. Yeah. And they're
like acting as the crowd because there's like
eight people in the stands. Good times. And the
crowd goes home. Oh. Shucks. The crowd goes home.
Into the bottom of the third. Current score is
11 to 0. Wow. Seems like foreshadowing, at least
as it applies to the White Sox. The Southsiders,
yeah. Yeah, anyway, we haven't heard from White
Sox here in a while. Yeah, hopefully he's still
around. Yeah. He's with us in spirit always.
I think I've met the actual Jimmy bag of donuts.
This is true. Yeah, you were telling me about
that. He was a G. He's pretty good. Yeah. Anyway,
bless his soul bless his soul. It's weird meeting
fans in real life It really is and not that the
fans are always weird, but it's just like the
power dynamic is strange It's like they're a
fan of me, but I don't know you so it's like
right high I guess For sure and and in this case
he exceeded my expectations. So that was good
bless his soul bless his soul all right this
This particular category Most underrated films
of all time. This could just be some films that
you love that just didn't get kind of the broad
attention at the time. Maybe later on they became
cult classics, but it's just kind of like, they
just didn't kind of get that general love. So
what do you got in? All right, I'll run my 10
through two and save my big number one reveal,
of course. Best underrated movies, in my opinion.
Number 10, Pet Sematary, the 2019 remake. Oh.
underrated because, not because I think it was
a beautiful work of art, but I think the retelling
and the tweaks to the storyline, I thought the
acting was good, but the tweaks to the storyline
caught me off guard because my girlfriend and
I, we watched the original Pet Sematary, then
we watched the remake, then we watched the remake
sequel, which I think was called Bloodlines.
And I liked the, I mean the original is fantastic.
Of course. But I liked the remake because of
the story tweaks, because it wasn't just like
barfing out the same shit we've already seen.
Like they took the story and they made it something
new in their own way, which I really enjoyed.
And it got panned. It got slaughtered by the
critics. But as a fan of the original movie,
I liked it. I really liked it. I think it's underappreciated,
so that's number 10. Number 9, Baby Driver 2017.
Oh, yeah. As far as action movies go, it doesn't
really have the same acclaim that, like, the
Fast and the Furious, or the Die Hard movies,
or all the John Wicks. It's not in the same kind
of, like, mass -loved franchise type. Movie,
but I think it deserves to be I need to it's
kind of tough watching Kevin Spacey on the screen
with how much of a it is But we've also had the
conversation Can you separate the art from the
race and sometimes? Because you have to and the
fact of the matter is he's a tremendous actor
And he's in like a dozen movies that I really
like right so that that's that is a challenge
Yeah, it's the same thing like if I'm listening
to old Kanye songs. It's like right Kanye is
kind of a shithead but the music's great, so.
Right, but like he wasn't always, like some of
his older stuff is. Some of his older stuff's
great. It's great. It's great. One of the best
rappers to come out of Chicago. Yeah, 100%. Number
eight, horror movie, Barbarian, from 2022. Oh,
interesting. Fantastic horror movie. I don't
think it really. did much in the box office.
Yeah, I remember it. Yeah, we saw it on streaming
and I was like, that's a really good horror movie.
Like I thought I thought the plot was fantastic.
I thought the characters, Justin Long's in that
movie, I believe. Oh, of course. And he just
plays the least likable shithead you've ever
known. And he just plays it so well. I just thought
it was fantastic. Number seven had to throw this
in there because Ben Stiller gets a lot of flack,
but I remember really really enjoying this movie
that Pardon me night at the museum 2006. Oh,
yeah, I feel like it's just a fantastic movie
The sequels were kind of ass, but that movie
the concept of is so cool. Yeah. Oh, yeah, so
so cool I really liked it number six. I brought
this up in a previous While you were sleeping
iron lung 2026. Yeah, which How could it be underrated
if it just came out? Well, most indie horror
movies, indie movies in general, are underrated
and underappreciated. So I had to bring it up
again at number six, Iron Lung. So good. So good.
It's been loved on by, what is it, Bruce Campbell?
Oh, yeah. Who we know as the star of indie horror
film Evil Dead. Army of Darkness. Oh, yeah. So
it's just so good. Think it had a budget of only
like two or three million dollars. It's made
50 worldwide huh, how about that yeah and Granted
I it should be more than that it is it kind of
got pained by critics at first like They didn't
like the pacing or the length of the movie and
things like that, but it's an isolation horror
movie It's you're meant to feel stuck with the
main character Yeah in this and I really like
it and I think everyone else will as well number
five long legs from 2024 Yeah, nick cage is in
my opinion one of the most underrated actors
of all time And I loved it. I loved it. It's
it's the way that the paranormal plays into the
real life Serial killer aspect I thought was
really interesting Number four on my list is
Talk to Me. Oh, the Australian horror movie.
Yep. Really good. The only reason it's not higher
on my list is because it did get really good
reviews and it did well on the box office. Yeah.
But it's still an indie horror film, technically.
Yeah. It just happened to be picked up by A24
and distributed in the U .S. and all that. It's
so good. One of the best, easily top... Probably
top five horror movies I've ever seen number
three Renfield from 2023 I've brought that up
on while you were sleeping as well. It's so good
I love Nick Cage and who's it Nicholas Holt?
I think yeah movie. It's so good. It's so good
It's it's comical. It's not scary, but there's
moments in there where you're like, oh no Yeah,
it's it's just good. Yeah. Oh, yeah, and number
two on my list red from 2010. Oh, so good. Excellent
movie. I mean, you got Bruce Willis. You've got
Morgan Freeman. You've got who? John Malkovich.
Get the pig. Yeah. Malkovich is great. So good.
And it's it's I don't hear people talk about
it. Yeah. But it was really, really good. So
I liked it. That's why it's number two on my
list. I love that. I love it. All right. Was
trying to think if we had any that were the same
and we did not yeah, so that's pretty amazing
Okay, so number ten. It's a movie called the
last Boy Scout. It's with Bruce Willis and Damon
Wayans and It's it's just it's a Bruce vehicle
man. It's so it's so Bruce and then Damon Wayans
is funny. Well, they're both funny and Halle
Berry's in it for a hot minute that was at the
beginning of her career It's it's a really good
movie. It's a really good movie centers on gambling
and football and you know kind of prophetic in
some ways, but right in a way, but in a way Accents
the movie in such a way number nine time cop
Jean -Claude Van Damme time cop and it's about
time travel and as a time have heard about that
Yeah, and so in theory kind of very cool because
when time travel becomes a thing They have to
police it because they don't want people. The
TVA. Right. They don't want people going back
and fucking shit up. And I get that. And so,
yeah, so I really, I really dig it. Number eight,
a horror movie called The Skeleton Key. Oh, yeah.
Nice call. Is good. It is with, oh, gosh, what's
her name? Oh, God, I can't think of what her
name is right now. Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn's
daughter. She was in the movie how to lose a
guy in ten days Kate Hudson, I knew I'd eventually
get there I do that I mentioned I've had a traumatic
brain injury. Anyway, I don't know people's names.
I just yeah, it's some things click some things
don't But there's a really really good movie,
very creepy. And the creepiness just kind of
draws out over the course of the movie because
you're not like 100 % sure how this thing's going
to end, but it was very good. This is a little
bit older, number seven, Escape from New York
with Kurt Russell. Great movie, just this dystopian
thing where the island of Manhattan has literally
just become a prison and it's just... up for
grabs on this island and he plays this guy snake
and he's trying to escape from the eye it's it's
really good it's really good uh number six tommy
boy oh there you go that's true gotta go tommy
boy it's it's slapstick comedy but you have you
have farley you have spade you have acroid uh
you have um oh gosh uh he was in wayne's world
too Not Mike Myers. No, no, no, no, the handsome
dude. He's in a lot of the movies of the guys.
He knows them all. Not sure. Rob Lowe. Oh, oh,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's kind of the
foil a lot of times in these movies. So he's...
I know Rob Lowe more from Parks and Rec than
I do from other movies. Right, yeah. Yeah, no,
he's really good. And this movie's got a lot
of heart, but it's also very, very funny. So
I enjoyed that one. This movie... is definitely
underrated. It's a sleeper. And I was thrifting
with my friend Cass the other day. And I try
to get out of the habit of buying DVDs because
a lot of times when you get them from thrift
stores there's scratches and shit. Oh sure. And
I don't think to look all the time and then sometimes
I don't and I get it home and it's like oh god.
Yeah it's kind of cooked. And it's kind of cooked
and you know can I get some sort of rag or whatever
and maybe try to buff it out a little bit I can
but in this particular case I saw it and I'm
like oh my god I remember that movie and I grabbed
it. I want to say early to mid 90s and I grabbed
it and I was like leaving and getting ready to
go up to the register. I'm like, oh fuck, I should
look at it. So I opened it up, looked like it
was brand new. I'm like, oh good. So I went and
I got it and the boiler room is great because
it's basically, if you know the Wolf of Wall
Street movie. It was the Wolf of Wall Street
before the Wolf of Wall Street. OK. Just kind
of talked about people taking advantage of people
selling these shitty stocks and just taking all
their money. And it was it's really impactful.
And it has a young Vin Diesel in it, a young
Giovanni Robisi, a young Ben Affleck. I'm trying
to think who else is in it. there's quite a few
actors in it and it's it's really it's really
good like it's intense because they're just trying
to just bilk people out of their money and then
in some cases like you in some cases you you
get a look into the other side like the people
that are being taken advantage and this guy like
loses his family he's losing his home and he's
freaking out and then they they literally don't
like they just hang up the phone, you know, and
it's, it's, it's, it's cold and it's like, you
look at that and, uh, and then, uh, yeah, so
it's just, it's a really good film. You should
check that out. Uh, number four, a movie called
City Hall with John Cusack, uh, Al Pacino, Bridget
Fonda, Danny Aiello. I'm trying to think who
else is in it. It's kind of a baller cast. Yeah,
it is definitely a baller cast and basically
Pacino plays the mayor Cusack is is kind of like
his assistant and there is the the premise for
the story is that there's a shooting in broad
daylight and Two people die. So well, no three
one was a cop one was the mobster And another
one is an eight -year -old black kid. Oh, damn.
And they all get gunned down just in crossfire.
And so it's kind of an intense story. And so,
mind you, there's all this other stuff going
on as you're looking at the day in life of a
very popular mayor. And this story kind of runs
underneath it and just starts to slowly build,
slowly build, slowly build to something they
can no longer ignore. And then... you know, they
find out that this gangster that caused a shooting
was given parole for a serious crime. Oh, I see.
Or probation, I'm sorry. He got probation for
a serious crime because it was kind of like,
you know, a handshake deal and this sort of stuff.
And now he's got to come to terms with that.
And the fact that the judge that did it was a
personal friend of his. And so now it's affecting
the mayor's office and his building and building.
And Cusack, he's just he's the guy out there
trying to do the right thing. And as he really
starts getting into this, he's getting into corruption
with the judge and the police department and
everything and all this cover up, you know, to
try to kind of distance everything from it. But
the only guy that's trying to get justice for
this poor black kid that got killed is him. Right.
But you have Pacino and Pacino's Pacino. So he
has three or four scenes where he's He's just
like he's in a speech these monologues and this
whole thing and that alone is worth that movie
Cinema it really is. Yeah, it really is Definitely
a lost art but it's just fantastic and this whole
big speech with Cusack when Cusack is coming
down hard on him and it's hard for Cusack because
Pacino Pacino's character is like a god to him
and it's like just someone that he looks so highly
upon and then to just to see how this political
bullshit is taking him down is really just it's
tearing him up and then Pacino just gets in this
long speech where he's talking about Menschkeit
and he's trying to explain like how these things
happen. He's like Menschkeit! It's a space between
a handshake, you know, and just trying to say
it's things among men and like all this other
stuff. But like he just gives this whole speech.
And then Cusek has to be like Menchkite is bullshit.
You know, and he's just like trying to do that.
And Pacino, who had kind of his eyes on the White
House and everything, too, is just watching his
dreams crumble. Right, right. It's an intense
film. It's an intense film. But I used to have
it. I think I had it on VHS. I thought I had
it on DVD, but it was it's a really good movie.
Number three, The Right. Oh, good call. Yeah.
Horror movie with Anthony Hopkins based on a
true story. Priest on the southwest side of Chicago
and just has like this question of faith as he's
getting into the priesthood where he's just kind
of like, I don't think I got it. I don't think
this is. But with the Catholics, those are the
types of priests that they want in their exorcism
program. And so they send him to Rome and they
set him up. I forget what his name is in the
movie but Anthony Hopkins plays his priest and
he's kind of one of the better exorcists and
he sets up this young priest with him and it's
really a very very interesting story and scary
and creepy so it's good it's very good. Number
two a movie called Brooklyn so it's a movie about
Irish immigrants. Sirsha Ronan is the main actress
in it and she comes to America. She leaves Ireland
and there's various reasons for that. Her family
was almost more aristocracy. They were kind of
more upper class but she just knew that being
there was no longer going to work for her and
so she leaves. and comes to America, which is
vastly different, because she's coming to working
class Brooklyn, and she meets an Italian guy,
and so it's a whole thing. But the story is really
interesting and very genuine. And then, if I
remember correctly, just due to things that were
happening in Ireland and England, they came down
on her family. Her family ends up coming to join
her. Damn. Eventually. But, yeah. But it was,
it was a good movie. It's a really good tale.
That's fantastic. Yeah. While you were, while
you were speaking, when you brought up The Right,
it made me think of another movie I feel like
is underrated. The Pope's Exorcist from 2023.
Okay. Similar, I don't want to say exact premise,
but similar premise, but of course it's However,
many decades newer than the right couple decades
newer. Uh, I really enjoyed the pope's exorcist.
I thought it was great stars russo crow, uh,
and then we talking about, uh al pacino's just
Ability to monologue and just captivate an audience.
It made me think I think I brought this up to
you on the show Last year sometime in 2025 is
the horror movie pearl from 2022. Yep. I remember
with mia goth and Her ability, it's near the
end of the movie. But I got that same feeling.
Not only just like how the movie progresses and
just how you can see this person who's clearly
got psychopathic tendencies. Just trying to lead
this normal life. And yet they're doing things
that aren't quite normal. And the people around
them are like, oh, this seems like a cool person.
And then slowly but slowly they start withdrawing
or noticing her behavior. And then near the end
of the movie, she goes on this easily like three
or four or five minute just monologue oh just
like a still camera on her monologuing as her
hurt not her character but the character she
tries to play as the character okay the face
she tries to puts on yeah just is deteriorating
oh boy And just like the coming a part of it
all and I was just like that's just cinema. That's
so cool So it made me think of those so those
those are now my honorable mentions. I just wanted
to mention those My number one the other guys
2010 we literally referenced that movie Every
show time all the time on or off the microphone
It's so good and like I think it did well in
the box office and people generally like it But
it's not like people don't quote it like they
did all the time when the Anchorman movies came
out. I feel like it doesn't have that same cult
following. When people are talking about comedy
movies. Right, comedy movies. But when you bring
it up, then people are like, oh my god, I love
that movie. Yeah, so that's why it's number one.
It's just like, it's so good. Great cast. It
deserves a re -watch. I like to hate on Mark
Wahlberg because I think he deserves it. He's
a problematic person, and I think he's kind of
cringe as a human being. But as a character in
the movie, so good. So good. And Will Ferrell's
just chemistry. They're a good team. They're
a good team. So, so good. And I love it. I love
it. That's why it's my number one. Oh, yeah,
because those two team up for another movie,
too. It's like daddy, big daddy, daddy's home.
Something some shit like that, but they do that
too there was and there was also the Will Ferrell
Kevin Hart movie ah Reason prison or he's going
to prison get hard. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's
a fun movie, too That is a fun movie. Yeah, there's
worth an honorable mention. No doubt. No doubt
about it I picked a movie. This was from God.
I want to say 88 or 89. It's a movie called Jacob's
Ladder. It's a horror movie with Tim Robbins
and it's so, it's so amazing. It is, it's a horror
movie and this guy is just tormented. So he went
to the Vietnam War and so you see him back in
New York and he's trying to make sense of things
and things aren't adding up to his life and what
he's doing. And you're just following along in
this tale. And as you get into the movie, you
start questioning like what you're watching is
actually real. OK, don't you don't even know.
And like you flashback to like him in the war,
like he's injured, like there's just craziness
going on or whatever. And so there's this woman
that plays his. I don't know if she's a wife
or like a serious girlfriend or whatever, but.
She kind of pulls him slightly into the darkness,
although she kind of portrays someone that's
loving and caring, but then doesn't at certain
times. And so you start questioning her motives
or who she is or what she is. And Danny Aiello,
who, again, great actor. Portrays this chiropractor
like his back is messed up and he's a postal
worker, but he doesn't remember being a postal
worker But he is and so because he's a postal
worker. He's on his feet all day So his back's
jacked up. So Danielle kind of works on his back,
but every time he's working with him He's talking
to him as if he's some some sort of Person that
is like above him and like trying to guide him
and you later learn kind of who he is or what
he represents and that what you're discovering
in this whole existence in Brooklyn isn't real,
but you learn and you find out what's going on
through all of this. And I'm not gonna spoil
it because I think you should see it. I think
you would really love this movie. It's just,
it's so interesting. And then when you get to
the end, it's kind of shocking. you're just like,
wow, I did not see that coming. Right. And then
you learn who that chiropractor really is. Interesting.
It's so interesting. And then you find out what's
happening to him during this whole movie. So
it's one of those movies where everything doesn't
seem to be what it is. Right. I remember seeing
it, and it's just so, so impactful. Like I said,
it is a horror movie because it's scary in a
lot of ways And you're trying to figure out what
is going on with this guy because you're trying
to figure it out but then you learn you learn
and you figure it out and and you and it's it's
like at the end you can't help but be super sad
because you're just like I didn't know this is
really what was going right and right really
hits you damn But it's like you're sad for him
and like what he's going through but then you're
also like you're also happy because ultimately
he finds his way. Gotcha. I see. Highly, highly,
highly recommend Jacob's Ladder. Very good. Very,
very good. I might actually go rent it from the
library. Yeah. I think that's a really good movie.
That's cool as hell. Yeah. So highly recommend
it. But at any rate, send us your aid. What did
we miss? Yeah. Other guys in Jacob's Ladder.
So what you should do is run out and go see it.
Or find it if it's streaming. While you're at
the library picking up non -violent communication,
go borrow Jacob's Ladder and see if you can borrow
the other guys and Brooklyn and Long Legs. They're
probably there. They're probably there. So...
Basically, what we're doing is we're setting
you up for a nice chill weekend. You're welcome.
An excellent weekend. Yeah, for sure. For the
cost of free. For the cost of free. Yeah. You're
welcome. Which is the only thing affordable these
days. Let's go. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Trust me on that.
So now we move on to a little thing we call the
Reddit rabbit hole. Hayden goes down that Reddit
rabbit hole. Sometimes you gotta look for him.
It's like, oh my God, where'd Dave go? What if
I got lost? Right down the hole. Oops. I mean,
it's not like you're a spelunker. No, quite.
Quite. So when you went down the Reddit rabbit
hole, what did you encounter this week? When
I down went into the Reddit rabbit hole, I decided
to look, rather than stumble upon, I decided
to look for something that was thematic to what
we were talking about. And I found this interesting
guide of a composite score across Metacritic
and Rotten Tomatoes and Letterboxd. of the top
25 movies of all time based on those three scores.
Oh, okay. Now, if I were to have you guess maybe
what the top five were, you'd probably nail some
of them. Okay. So go ahead, guess what the top
five are of all time. Top five all time. Yes.
Okay, Godfather. Yep, that's on there. Titanic?
Nope. Okay. There was room for two on that, by
the way. Godfather 2? No, Rose, just like Jack
Die. Oh, yeah. There's room for two. There's
room for two. There's room for two. There's room
for two. That's all she had to do. Like, she's
like, scoot aside a little bit. Scoot aside.
It's still buoyant. Right. You know, all he wanted
to do was draw her like one of his French girls.
A small ask. A small ask. And he's nothing but
a good friend to you. And then you're all in
the freezing water. You're on a big bed frame
or door or some shit. And you're all of a buck
20. He's maybe a buck 25. Plenty of room. Plenty
of room. Plenty of room. He's a little dude.
It's like, come on, get up. Get real. Get up
on the door. Yeah. Yeah. F that one. Unbelievable.
No, that one is not on here. Okay, so let's get
back to other highly rated movie, Oppenheimer.
That one is not. Ah, interesting. Not in the
top five, at least. Okay, I'll take a couple
more guesses here. Sure. I will say... Oh, my
God. Top 25 ranked... I would say... Is Roots
up there? Nope. No? Oh, that's more of a TV movie,
I guess. I... God almighty. Um... You'll probably
be a little disappointed after hearing some of
them. Really? You'll be like, oh, I should have
thought of that. Yeah. Did I mention I have brain
damage? Godfather is number one though. Least
they got that. Yes, Godfather is the highest
rated movie of all time based on these, based
on this composite score. Number two is 12 Angry
Men from the 50s. Oh right, okay. Number three
is Seven Samurai. Number four, Schindler's List.
Oh yeah. Yeah. Number five, Casablanca. Oh, Home
Free Bogart. Is on there. Number six, Rear Window,
another movie from the 50s. Oh, that's Hitchcock,
Jimmy Stewart. Damn. Number seven, Spirited Away.
Yeah, I don't know. Which surprised me, it's
an animated movie. I think an anime movie. Is
that the one with the horse? I have no idea.
Okay. I have no clue. I've seen snippets of it
and I'm like, it's one of the highest rated movies
of all time and I know people that love it. I'm
like, I'll take their word for it. Here I am
going, is that the one with the horse? Number
8, Singing in the Rain. Oh yeah, that was Gene
Kelly. Number 9, Godfather Part 2. Number 10,
Grave of the Fireflies from the 80s. Oh, I don't
even know what the fuck that is. Me neither.
Number 11 though, Pulp Fiction. Well for sure
11th greatest movie of all time for sure number
12 parasite Oh, you know I haven't seen it, but
I know it's so critically acclaimed. I've heard
amazing Korean movie Yeah, but I don't know it's
about like I look at it. I'm like what's going
on? He's got his backyard, and I don't know why
he did Number 13 is good fellas good fella great.
Yeah number 14 is Sunset Boulevard from the 1950s
Fade, Dunaway, and Warren Baby, I think. Damn.
Number 15, greatest of all time, Psycho from
the 1960s. Psycho. Psycho's good. Number 16,
North by Northwest. Oh, that's another Hitchcock.
Number 17, believe it or not, Lord of the Rings,
Fellowship of the Ring. Nah, screw that. From
2001. I don't like any of those Ring movies.
Not a big Ring guy? Not a big Ring guy, not a
big Harry Potter guy. Either one. 18, Apocalypse
Now. from the late 70s. Oh yeah, that's a great
movie. Number 19, which is a movie I love. It's
just, it's a watch. Whiplash from 2014. Oh, 100%.
Amazing movie. Great movie. Gosh, what's his
name? The bald guy? Yeah. Yeah, because the drummer
kid is the guy from Fantastic Four. Correct.
Bald guy, what's his name? Oh yeah. Damn it.
Yeah, he plays, and he's in Spider -Man, too.
He plays Jonah Jameson. Yeah, that's right. But
I can't think of what his name is. What's his
damn name? He's a really good character actor.
I want pictures of Spider -Man! Yeah, exactly.
Now he's so good in that movie, and he's kind
of won it. Miles Teller. Miles Teller. Is the
drummer. Yeah. J .K. Simmons. J .K. Simmons.
J .K. Simmons is great. Now that's the thing
about, and I think he won an award for it. He
should. It's amazing. The thing about that movie
is like you understand his intensity and he is
trying to make great, he's trying to make good
musicians great. Yes. And I respect that. But
to the extent that he goes. Like even beyond
it's brutal even beyond like athletic coaches
do like he just really pushes and to the point
of abuse But you yeah, and you kind of find out
why and then you know and then when the drummer
just has an epic performance Oh, yeah, he kind
of has this evil smile like told you yeah exactly
he when he starts he's like he's telling the
Because when he starts and he's just about to
get kicked off stage, and he comebacks and he
just starts drumming, he looks at the, I know,
spoilers. It came out in 2014, you should've
watched it. You should've watched it by now.
Spoilers. But he starts playing. And he won't
stop. And the bassist is like, what are you doing?
He's like, whiplash, on me, two, three, four.
And then it's just like, they just go. Yeah.
So cool. And then he does that epic solo, and
it's like. Right. Because when he starts, he
comes back on stage. and he starts playing, and
then J .K. Simmons comes over and he's like,
I will kill you. And then he does the epic solo,
and then J .K. Simmons gets a smile on his face
like, I was fucking right. I was right. I was
right, yeah. Amazing movie. Number 20, The 400
Blows, another 1950s movie. Number 21, Toy Story.
I mean, I get it. It's... It's the tanks and
Alan in their Dave's yeah, yeah number 22 the
Shawshank Redemption That's just a classic. That's
my friend Andy. I can't really do it. I don't
have a cold right now He's not slap your chin
slap your chin Number 23 another one Lord of
the Rings return of the king. Oh god number 20
wish they returned the king Number 24, another
one. Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers. Oh, come
on. Long drawn out shit. Number 25, The Dark
Knight from 2008. I agree with that one. Are
the top 25 movies of all time according to a
mixed, an aggregate score from Rotten Tomatoes,
Metacritic, and Letterboxd. That's awesome. Yeah.
I found that kind of fun. That is fun. That's
amazing. Yeah, you know, I... The only thing
I don't get are those Lord of the Rings movies,
because they're all like 18 hours long, and you
gotta sit there. And it's like, oh, King and
Red, we're looking for this, and ah, my precious,
and blah, blah, blah. And it's like all this
stuff. And the whole time, I'm trying not to
fall asleep. Right. You want to talk about movies
whose runtime is too long. Oh, god, those movies.
It's ridiculous. And it's just like. It's like
if the seven dwarfs were normal sized and British
and boring. That's like, I mean, that's like
what is going on. And they're just going through
this adventure that I generally don't care about.
Right. I really don't. And then you do doze off
and you doze off for 15 minutes. You wake up
and you're like, oh my God. Yeah. You're done.
You're lost. You're cooked. And it's I don't.
I don't care. And the Harry Potter ones I don't
care for either, but like if they're on, I'll
deal with it. I cannot deal with Lord of the
Rings. Yeah. I will watch, I will watch like
a Yacht Rock infomercial before I watch a Lord
of the Rings movie. I cannot do it. In my heart.
Drives me crazy. Right. Yup. absolutely drives
me crazy. But hey, you guys think it's top tribe
moody. See, they mention I brain damage. So yeah,
that's just not for me, though. Yeah, I get that.
Yep. Anyway, clearly mentioning sleeping, which
I clearly have not had enough of. Besides the
fact that I have brain injury. So, sometimes
we're sleeping and we miss things. So it could
be a YouTuber, it could be a movie, it could
be a book, it could be a TV show, it could be
anything. But Aidan dives in each and every week
to find out what we missed while we were sleeping.
So Aidan, why don't you tell us, what did we
miss? While you were sleeping, you missed a movie.
Now here's the thing. I purposefully omitted
this movie from my underrated movies list, specifically
so I could bring it up in this segment while
you're sleeping, because we just rewatched this
movie a couple days ago, and it reminded me how
fantastic it was, and how no one kind of talks
about it anymore in the realm of horror movies,
although I think the story is fantastic. Oculus,
from 2013. Supernatural psychological horror
film. starring Karen Gillan and Britton Thwaites.
It's fantastic. I don't know who they had on
the storyboard. They must have had some geniuses
there. But the story follows these adult siblings
as they try to prove that this haunted mirror
is responsible for the deaths of their parents
using a setup with cameras and other devices
to document its evil powers and this all -important
a safety device, safety in air quotes, device,
which is an anchor on an egg timer that will
come and swing and destroy the mirror should
it, quote unquote, not behave itself. Uh, yeah.
Yup. And yeah, the mirror, the laser glass is
what it's called in the movie, that manipulates
the reality and its victims, causing them to
see illusions and turn on each other and make
them question what is real and what is not. It
is it's directed in a remarkable way where It
seamlessly cuts from their childhood watching
their parents deteriorate in front of their eyes
due to this haunted mirror Yeah Directly into
the modern day where they're being manipulated
by the mirror sure it is an amazing horror movie.
I really really like it and it's I don't know
if it's top, it might creep into the top 10 horror
movies of all time. Definitely top 20. But I
think it's fantastic. And I think it deserves
a rewatch if you lovely listeners out there haven't
seen it. Oculus. Oculus. Very good. Very good.
Yeah, I do remember that movie. That was a good
movie. So yeah, definitely get out there and
well, I don't know about out there. You can stay
home. I'm not saying you have to. While you're
at the library, you could borrow it. There you
go. Yeah. Yep. So put that one on the list. Put
it on the list. Put it on the list. Okay, we
are going to take a break and we've got the beer
review and world of weird news coming up, but
I'm going to pass out first. All right, everybody,
we're back home stretch here and we're going
to kick everything off with our beer review,
the beer review. the only the official beer review
i like that yeah that's good it sticks it does
stick yeah i get makes the people think or not
well if you can make some drink if you've had
enough of them then probably not probably not
right exactly All right, we have a lovely selection
here today. Hayden, why don't you tell these
fine, beautiful, wonderful people all about it.
A very fun looking can. Agreed. On this one.
It's called Smooth Rider. It is a session IPA
from Southern Tier Brewing Company, a regional
brewery out of Lakewood, New York. Ooh, okay.
US of A. Session IPAs are typically lower...
ABV, typically kettle hopped or dry hopped. But
I think I like I read up on the history of like
session beers. Yeah. And apparently it's a lower
ABV beer, like sub 5%, I believe is typically
what makes it a session. Yeah. But I guess back
in the heyday of everyone drinking alcohol all
the time before prohibition, they would make
session beers to pack in like work lunches. So
you'd, like, have a session beer at lunch during
work, and then you'd get home and start drinking
regular beer. Yeah, so that's, I believe, fact
check me if I'm incorrect, lovely listeners,
but I believe that's the history of what a session
beer is, and this is a session IPA. 4 .8 % ABV
and 30 on the international bidders unit. We
will be ranking it on a scale from zero to five
using the untapped app on our cellular devices.
Lovely. Not sponsored, but it's free and that's
why we use it. As Southern Tier defines this,
citrusy hops and subtle sweet malts finish dry
and smooth so you can shift gears into easy drinking
and all day sipping. All right. All right. and
we'll be trying this smooth rider for you. Let's
crack it. Oh yeah. Was it good for you? Cracker
open and a sluncha. Sluncha. And let us know
what you are enjoying there, lovely listeners.
Okay. That is pretty smooth. You're not overly
happy at all. No. You know what? I have to go
back in. It's on the nose. It smells very nice.
But on the first sip I will say... Kind of one
note kind of one note. I'll go back in but it's
kind of one note for me Yeah, light -bodied Which
I guess you would expect from a session sure
we have light -bodied kind of just one note of
like slight bitter kind of Earthy piney floral
which I guess then makes it more than one note.
So I just proved myself wrong, but Yeah, it's
just kind of it's on the palette and then it's
gone kind of thing which yeah, typically IPAs
don't do which I guess makes this kind of crushable
because it doesn't stick around for a while.
This, that's objectively what my taste buds are
tasting, but subjectively, this is not my type
of IPA. Yeah. But I totally understand why people
would enjoy this. This is super easy going. I'm
just, I'm flavor hungry. I'm looking for a little
more, but that doesn't mean I dislike it. Right.
What are your first thoughts and second thoughts?
Because I kind of rambled. I know I appreciate
your viewpoint, especially when it comes to the
topic of beers. I get more of like a little bit
of a citrusy note to it than piney, but it's
very smooth. I don't like things that are overly
hoppy and I think this is just fine. Like it
doesn't linger on your tongue. You know, it's
not going to build a pine forest on my tongue.
So that's a good thing. And it's just smooth,
like with a lot of IPAs. Like I find it tough
to get through them sometimes. Sure. Just because
it's not my thing. Hoppy things are not my things.
But like this one is like the perfect amount,
I feel. Kind of like hop down almost. Yeah, I
get that. Yeah, so I rather enjoy this one. Yeah.
Yeah, I get that. At my flavor profile, I just
added light bodied and bitter. Not because it's
bitter like an IPA bitter, but because the bitters
themselves are kind of one of the few flavor
notes I get. So that's the reason why I added
that, not because it is bitter like you'd imagine
an IPA to be. I'm giving it a 225. Oh, okay.
I think it's not quite middle of the road for
me. I'm not sure I would go out and buy a six
pack of this myself. And that's not to say people
out there won't enjoy it. It's just not for me.
And I think that's fine. Yeah, that's fine. Yeah,
I went with a 3 .75. 3 .75? That's strong. Yep.
That's strong. Like I said, IPAs like this I
prefer. Ones that are stronger to hoppy or whatever.
Those are kind of the lower threes, upper twos
to me. Because it's just not my flavor profile.
Sure. But like this is very smooth. Like if it...
If I were out working in the yard, come in, I'm
kind of hot and sweaty, I would definitely grab
that. Yeah. I would definitely grab it. I totally
see that. And I pick citrusy because I thought
I got like some citrus in there. When you mentioned
that, I because I noticed I think that's one
of the first things I said is like it's nice
on the nose. There are like grape fruity notes.
That's what I thought. On the nose. And we are
drinking this out of a can. We have not poured
this out. Right. And if you drink it out of a
cup. or mug, it does affect the flavor and scent.
Yes. So take that with a grain of salt. Like
if you have this on draft or poured out in a
pub, you'll probably get a different experience
than us today. I would agree. Yeah. 100%. Yeah,
very good, though. Interasante Southern Tier
Brewing. I think we've tried things from them
before. I want to say we have. Yeah. I can't
remember. What? But I'm sure we have. Ooh, I
got badges. Yeah, I did too. I got a 150k, whatever
that means. Our little untapped community has
grown far beyond our wireless streams. Words,
words, words. Helping us reach 150 ,000 followers
on Instagram. Oh, there you go. Oh, good for
them. And then the brewery pioneer. Hey. Level
11. You're probably like 811. I actually didn't
get brewing. There's bears in our hills. You're
sitting off on journey through the world of beer,
but be sure to take a little time to get to know
each brewery as you go. That's a beer from 55
different breweries. Nice. Try five more for
level 12. No kidding. Yeah, I got a special.
I got Session Life, level 2. Keep the party rolling
all day long with your favorite low ABV session
IPAs. That's 10 different beers with the style
IPA session. And then I got Riding Steady, level
28. Want to enjoy a day of brews but need to
keep your wits sharp? There's plenty of delicious
brews under 5 % for you to sip on. It's 140 with
an ABV sub 5%. Damn. Yeah. That's good. All right,
yeah. Now that brings us to the final segment,
world of weird news, right here on the Mark Mo
Show. And, you know, it's been too long. So we're
gonna visit the state of Florida. It's been a
while. It's been a while. Anthony Sapienza. Oh,
I'm Floridian here. Yeah, get out of my way,
63. was charged with two counts of felony battery
on February 8th in Port Orange, Florida after
a brawl broke out during a pickleball game. Pickleball,
don't bless. At the Spruce Creek Country Club.
Sapienza's wife, Julianne Sapienza, 51, was charged
with a single count of felony battery. Jesus!
The Sapienzas were playing against another couple
when an argument began about a rule. Words were
exchanged between the men before the accused
hit his opponent with his paddle. Oh my god!
then punched him on the ground. Before it was
all over, about 20 players became involved in
the fight. Oh my god. The victim was over age
65. Oh, come on. Dude, you guys are in your 50s
and 60s. You can't be brawling on the pickleball
courts. Can't be doing that. Can't do it. So
Florida. Can't do it. Oh my god. Can't do it.
yeah over a pickleball rule over a pickleball
dude it's table tennis but you're standing on
the table what's with the fucking rule problems
right wow wowie yeah that's funny ah it's always
pickleball you know we love pickleball around
here oh yeah for sure it's uh it's an american
institution damn right it's about to be god bless
pickleball it's been facts now oh yeah Oh, what
do you got to close us out, Aiden? I got a bit
of a disturbing story, but you know, it is what
it is. Yeah. Kentucky man, covered in fur, arrested
after allegedly being caught having sex with
deer. Oh no. And believe it or not, this is a
story from February 2026. Oh no. So this just
happened. Henderson, Kentucky. A Kentucky man
was arrested after he allegedly engaged in sexual
activity with a deceased animal. Ugh. That changes
things. That does. According to WEHT, Alan Osborne
was taken into custody after he allegedly engaged
in sexual relations with a dead deer. When speaking
with the outlet, the Central City Police Department
said the man was driving through the area, said
a man was driving through the area in Mullenburg
County when he noticed a man allegedly engaging
in sexual intercourse with a dead deer on the
side of the road. Oh my god. The witness then
promptly called 911. When law enforcement arrived
on the scene, they found the reportedly found
Osborne covered in deer fur and blood. Oh no.
He was immediately taken into custody and charged.
Oh my guy. Brother. Brother, what are we doing?
You know, there's lots of other things you could
do. To get you there. That's just a dead deer.
What possesses someone to do that? I don't know.
And honestly, I'd prefer not to know. I would
prefer not to know. For real? Prefer not to know.
Yeah, I really, wow. Mr. Osborne might have a
couple screws loose. That was the Bambi story
we never got. Yeah, right. Bambi's mother got
shot. And then Mr. Osborne came along and is
like, oh, for me? Man, Bambi's mom's got kind
of an ass on her. Don't mind if I do. Oh, god.
That's brutal. That's rough. Yeah, I decided
to stray from Florida. And of course, Kentucky
is the Florida of the Midwest. So yeah, I would
say so. I would say so. Well, that concludes
this week's show, episode nine. We got an interview
coming up. In the next week. It'll be really
good very talented singer songwriter and And
then we'll probably wrap it just before st. Patty's
day because we're not going to be in any state
of mind to To record a show that weekend sure
but yeah, but good stuff coming So I just want
to say like subscribe share all that kind of
good stuff It's been the mark mo show. Make sure
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on there as well. And I think that's all I got
for you. Yeah, if you find a dead deer on the
side of the road, it's better to call on animal
control than it is to call on your stash of condoms.
Yeah, that'd be the best idea. Yeah, oh boy.