Hey there everybody, welcome to season 6 episode
3 of the Mark Mo Show, titled Useful Idiots.
So, yep, Mark Mo Show. Here we are. Season six.
We're into it. Having fun. All podcast platforms
and YouTube. And I'm here along with my co -host
and producer, Aidan Maloney. What's going on,
dude? I'm feeling fantastic. That's good. It
was my fault. We missed last week. I picked up
a cold from work. Damn it. Got my girlfriend
sick, which she did not appreciate. So the household
has been ill for a while. I naively thought...
that it was going to be one of those colds that
sticks around for three days and kind of goes
away. Not the case. After the third day, I felt
better. And then the fifth day, I was like, oh
no, it's still here. It's still around. So not
ideal, but hopefully my voice isn't too rough
today, but I am feeling better, which is bueno,
as they say down south. That is true. That is
true. That is exactly what they say. I actually
ordered Bueno the other night. Tasty? It was
very tasty. Very, very tasty. One could say it
tastes good. Mm -hmm. Yeah, with a side of Verde.
Delicious. Anyway. It's a callback for those
that are regular listeners. Anyway, yeah, so
Aidan, in addition to being my co -host, producer,
all -around amazing dude, he has a gaming channel
called Aidan Spelled the Right Way. You better
spell it the right way. It's the only way you
can find me. Check yourself before you wreck
yourself. Exactly. You don't want to fall into
a YouTube rabbit hole you can't find your way
out of. Oh, yeah, for sure. There's no doubt
about that. So, um, yeah, so does this gaming?
YouTube -based, GeoGuessr, PolyBridge, Observation
Duty, a ton of different horror games. Horror
games. H -O -R -R -O -R. Get your mind out of
that. That was good spelling. Thank you. Yeah,
get your mind out of the gutter. Anyway, prior
to us coming on with you here today. Aiden was
explaining this game that he just that he just
played Sounds kind of crazy just it just went
live today for anyone listening Saturday today
So that one this one up this morning the video
game title Okay, not not the title of the YouTube
video although I did make the match the title
of the video game is as follows I Woke up in
the house of a fat man. He's over 30 years old
and loves loves beer and games loves beer well
who doesn't exactly I'm like that's so relatable
but it's also like a horror game in air quotes
it's kind of like a me me horror game which is
kind of right up my alley so that was a lot of
fun a lot of editing if anyone has watched it
and you're like wow editing out all those dildos
must have taken a hot minute why yes it did Why,
yes it did. I can imagine so. And then earlier
this week I played a game called Zarvan Power
Plant, where I'm an urban explorer going through
this abandoned Soviet power plant. And who's
to say what really happens inside the building?
Yeah, I would imagine probably some sort of...
Nuclear leak and people glowing in the dark and
I did play a Chernobyl style one earlier, but
this is different in a way It's kind of men in
black aliens armed forces related one of their
other wrecked power plants Exactly classic Russia
classic Russians. You love to see we love you
Russian listeners by God bless God bless. Love
your vodka stuff. Keep it up Yeah, keep it up,
but it's been very fun. I did take a Week and
a half ish off from recording of course due to
the cold and then before that due to work kind
of Stretching me a little thin and I don't want
to I don't want to get on camera and make something
I'm not proud of so I'd rather skip an upload
then Do something and be like if that was just
okay. Oh 100 % you know so there there were 15
ish days maybe a little more than that that I
didn't upload but it's good to be back. Yeah,
it is definitely good to be back and It's funny
you say that because I feel sometimes especially
back when we did radio So before we did podcasting
we got our start on local radio 103 .1 FM and
I always felt whether I was sick Because a lot
of times when I was sick my voice would get super
raspy Morgan Freeman -esque. Morgan Freeman -esque.
Yeah. So I would be sick or starting to get sick
and my voice does this thing. And I was like,
oh my god, Aidan, we got to record. We got to
record today. I sound like Morgan Freeman. This
is going to be great radio. Honestly, like when
I'm feeling shitty or I'm hungover. I feel that
some of my best stuff Yeah, I don't know if I'm
just more dialed in or I don't give a shit So
the creative juices flow because I have nothing
else blocking it because I feel like shit and
and we did talk about this I think it was it
was earlier in season 6 maybe late season 5 but
we did mention that like in those moments of
physical or mental vulnerability. It just becomes
more stream of consciousness and you're just
going with the flow like, ah, let's see where
this leads. It becomes more tangential to what
you may have planned the show to be, but it still
ends up being fun and funny that it's almost
inspirational way. It's like I don't want to
lead into every show being hungover because my
liver would be very unhappy. Yeah. But also,
like, there's something to be said for that.
You know? I think so. Maybe art is best when
the artist is vulnerable and honest and genuine.
I think so. Which I think is a fair thing to
say. Oh, it's definitely a fair thing to say.
But either way, I mean, I don't know. I don't
know. Exactly all of the the reasoning on my
end of it or why I feel like I can do that But
it's just and you you get that nice trait right
of of when you get sick a throat sick You sound
like Morgan Freeman, right? My voice is already
a little bit deeper. So yours is deeper when
I get sick and And my voice goes to shit. I I
don't sound like Morgan Freeman I sound like
someone that smokes 20 packs a day and is on
their deathbed That does not make for good radio
I like I cannot do this because I will lose my
voice and it's it's gonna be a bad time for anyone
with ears That's that's that's a fair comment.
I can Can you can get behind I can get behind
that 100 you know what I'm saying though, right?
I know what you're saying. I know what you're
saying Now Aiden based on his gaming and then
based on my creation of the the Mark Mo show
We kind of did this collab where I'm like we
should do some gaming But we should do it in
a way where we can still you know crack our jokes
do our improv do that kind of stuff So we came
up with A &M gaming. So as I said this collaborative
site where We get together, we do some games.
We don't do games where we're like, we have to
be so screwed in or so dialed in that we're not
really interacting a lot with each other. Because
that's, I mean, that's just two people sitting
playing a game. Right. You know, so it's like,
you know, there's a hundred thousand people on
Twitch and YouTube already doing that. Yeah.
It's like, why do we want to do that? So we want
to do things that are a little bit more casual
and. Little less serious, but where we can get
on and we can joke and we can have fun goof and
gaff goof and gaff indeed and I don't know about
you, but I'm having a great time with it so far
and for those that do follow A &M gaming We've
been doing dream daddy back into Just like that
sounds exactly like that Don't judge us. And
don't fact check us. Please don't. At any rate,
it's been a fun game, storyboard game, this adventure
of a single dad. One Garson McGuinness. Garson
McGuinness, as he is quite the guy, and has a
teenage daughter, and they move to this new town
and hijinks ensue. Yes. Chaos but controlled
controlled chaos. Yeah, but the storyboards are
great and we might be running out of voices to
do Because of the rules we set the rules we set
exactly you have to watch to understand. Yeah.
Yeah for sure Some of the voices are crazy. So
I've actually been racking my brain lately of
like practicing some other voices. Yeah. Well,
we'll see how that goes. Yes. At any rate, we're
having fun with it. I hope you guys are having
fun with it. We've had some some good engagement
lately on it and people making comments. So we
always appreciate that. Yes. But anyway, at any
rate, make sure you hit that up. And yeah. So
on with the show, the Mark Mo show, as it were,
each week. we always open up with a little dialogue
about this that or the other and and this week
I just thought there were some things said by
people quote -unquote in power and they were
just silly and stupid and I thought wow I wonder
if this is just so much this administration and
these people or if crazy stupid shit has been
said by these people for a long time and you
can find it you can definitely find it maybe
not with the frequency for sure but you can definitely
find it so you know and it's one of those things
too where it's so clear Whether you're judging
based on intelligence or education in general
Yeah, it begs the question. How did these people
ever get in power some of them? Yeah, it's disturbing
Mm -hmm. Oh, yeah, and it's amazing Yeah, and
there's no question right that the US has a bad
president I think most of us would agree with
that recent polls indicate. He's probably the
worst of all time I've seen some polls. I've
seen a couple. Couple, two, three. I've seen
the polls. I've seen the polls. Fake news media.
Fake news that we've got 80 % approval. All I
did was blow up hundreds of schoolgirls and start
a Twitter war with the pope. I don't know why
people don't like me. Oopsie. Oops. Yeah. So
there's no doubt right a bad president always
gonna find a way to embarrass himself Heck even
the best presidents find ways to embarrass themselves.
So think about it. So like George W tailed two
presidencies, right? The first part was like,
yeah, I'm great and 9 -eleven happened and yeah
I'm gonna be this great leader and then second
part happened is like Yeah, everybody's gonna
lose their homes. So right is like you started
out pretty good Things got a lot worse. Would
I still want to go to a barbecue and have a beer
with him? Yeah, I think the dude is, is like
crazy and just like, like he should have never
been president. Right. He should have just stayed
a goofball. He should have just stayed a goofball.
Yeah, no doubt about it. So in this, Aiden and
I have said this, this quote of his. Oh, yes.
Numerous times. It's, it's in a Jay Cole song.
Is it really? It's 100 % in a Jay Cole song.
Oh, no. He like cuts away. I'm sorry to interject
now do it. It's it's in a J Cole song, okay?
where he oh Man, what is it? Which sadly we can't
play because we don't want to copy. Yeah, however
No role models. No role model is the name of
the song. Okay, and right in the middle of the
song He cuts away during a bridge I believe and
it it's this quote that George W says that I'm
sure you will perform fantastically. There's
an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas,
probably in Tennessee, says fool me once, shame
on, shame on you. Fool me, can't get fooled again.
Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again. You
can't get fooled again, it's so crazy. It's like
George, brother, that's not it. I love the spirit.
Right, but then you had Daddy Bush. who was also
president, and he had this one, he had a couple
of really good one, thousand points of light,
I mean he always had like that, so he had one,
it was like, for seven and a half years I worked
alongside President Reagan, we had triumphs,
we made some mistakes, we've had some sex setbacks.
Have you now, HW? Hey, I've heard they've both
gone to Bohemian Grove. So that is a possibility.
There's no question. But setbacks, apparently.
Yes. We all knew that. Secondarily, they've had
some setbacks. Yeah. So even ol' slick Willie
Clinton, right? Makes you wonder where W got
it from. Oh, yeah, it's learned behavior for
sure. It just figures like the smartest of all
the Bush people is named Jeb. And even he's a
little cock. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair.
It's like, is he smarter? Yes. Is he bilingual,
which is kind of cool? Yes. Other than that,
nah, same Bush. He's a little Chodester. Still
a little Chodester. But even slick Willie Clinton.
It depends on what the meaning of the word is,
is. What are you talking about, dude? Step out
front, be like, yeah, I slept with that intern.
You proud of me? I mean, just own it. Our current
president is an actual pedophile. Right. So like,
it begs the question, we impeached this dude
for getting a BJ in the Oval Office. By someone
of age. By someone of age, consensually. Yeah.
And then we can't even impeach an actual pedophile.
Isn't that crazy? A commander in chief that is
a pedophile. Where are we at? Where the F are
we at? Now, I could probably do an entire two
hours on the dumb shit that Trump has said. Covfefe.
Covfefe was one of the funniest things. That's
right. And I don't know if somebody has opened
a coffee company called Covfefe, but if you haven't
done it yet, I would do it. It's an idea. It's
an idea for sure. But anyway, you know, I could
easily do two hours on Trump, right? But one
thing is pretty consistent amongst all substandard
presidents is they usually hire a gaggle of dumb
shits or what I like to call Useful idiots right
you need a fall guy. It's like oh, I can't believe
Chodington McChadster Posted this on my social
media. He's now been fired right exactly so Daddy
Bush HW Bush had maybe the worst vice president
of all time. Oh, okay Second worst yeah vice
president of all time. You know Lisa guy didn't
have sex with the couch right? However check
this out Dan Quayle Formerly of the state of
Indiana, that's where we broadcast from. You
didn't have to dig us like that. True. We're
actually in Chicagoland. Yes, exactly. Chicagoland.
Yeah, Lake and Porter, we can just dissolve into
our own part of Chicago. We really can. We're
central time zone. Just accept this as one of
your own, Chicago. I mean, let's be honest. We
all work there anyway. At any rate, Dan Coyle
said this. And I can't do an imitation of Dan
Quayle because he just he sounds like every other
Hoosier What a waste it is to lose one's mind
or not to have a mind is being very wasteful.
How true is that? Wow My man thought he was being
profound and found a way to say nothing while
still wasting oxygen What a skill although I
have noticed that is something that These useful
idiots slash politicians and heavy air quotes
tend to do is to say nothing But take a while
doing it. Yeah. Oh, yeah But still all in all
well, let's let's just let's examine one more
because I had okay He also said the Holocaust
was an obscene period in our nation's history.
I Mean in this century's history, but we all
lived in this century I didn't live in the century.
Dude, if you submitted that paragraph to an English
teacher, you'd get a D minus. Oh, yeah. Because,
yes, what you submitted was in English, but there's
so many marks you can make there. It's not great.
No, it's not great. It's not great. Understatement
of the century. It's not great. Yeah. Um, so
anyway, Trump's useful idiots really take the
cake. So let's hear from some of the dumbest
assholes to ever hold a government job in Washington
D .C. On a Meet the Press, Secretary of State
Marco Rubio said Trump was running Venezuela.
Realizing he was a dumb shit, he tried walking
it back since he meant U .S. foreign policy towards
Venezuela. Oopsie oh Shocks, I think it was a
Freudian slip is what it was. Yeah. Oh for sure.
Oh, yeah, there's no doubt about that Oh, Marky
Mark and the Rubio Bunch. Come on now. Oh, yeah,
what would daddy Trump think? Oh, yeah, and he
had a lot of other ones too, but we're Seeing
as we're not gonna have an eight -hour show which
will keep it sweet and simple and to the point
former Secretary of State and dog -killer Kristi
Noem said habeas corpus is a constitutional right
the president has to deport people jesus fuck
wow straight up she's running homeland and that's
what she's saying was running home i'm sorry
was i believe homeland yeah so she wasn't secretary
of state she was running homeland yeah she was
doing um yeah so uh -huh Classic, honestly. It
just provides the confidence in the government
that everyone should have. Oh, yeah. You know,
we have really, really competent people. Hey,
I feel like they got this, right? You just see
them get on TV, it's like, ah, they got this.
The best people. Oh, yeah. Speaking of, FBI director
and googly eyes world champion Cash Patel went
on a rant several years about the use of government.
planes for personal use. Once appointed, he had
to use his government planes and resources to
take his girlfriend on dates in Tennessee and
hang out with the Men's Olympic team in Italy.
Very interesting. Uh -huh. Very interesting.
Rules for thee, you know? Uh -huh. The Trump
treasury secretary and dollar store assistant
manager, Scott Massent, mistakenly referred to
the Strait of Hormuz as the Straits of Vermouth.
During a press briefing. Oh, you're telling me
blood's got booze on the mind? Oh, yeah. Oh my
god. Well, speaking of that FBI director, they
had to break into his office because he was too
drunk to get out. Right. That's enough said.
Jesus Christ. So yeah, the straights of, I want
to go to the straights of her move. How do we
get there? Yes, please. During a press briefing
Wednesday, leading to memes mocking the gaff
as another cabinet member accused of excessive
dreaming. Jesus Christ, another one. Another
one. Another, add Pete Keg's breath to that.
And Cash Patel. I mean, if like one of the prerequisites
for these jobs are you got to be able to pound
it. Hire me. Let's go. You've got all these fucking
40 and 50 year old frat boys who peaked in middle
school running the government Mm -hmm and just
like getting shwaisted as fuck with the US Olympic
hockey team. What are we doing guys? Oh, yeah
I mean if really all you have to do is be drunk
I'd just be like hello everybody I'm secretary
of something I just want to know I like I have
an iPad and iPhone so did Apple create Iran can
we just reboot it can we just reboot the country
someone get me Tim Apple right now is say hey
buddy Let's yeah Apple boy on the audio orchard
and still like reboot Iran look Iraq We understand
Iraq is just like it needs an update We gots
to do that Thank you to mapple. Thank you. Thank
you to mapple But I mean Jesus Christ and also
the president of the United States accidentally
calling it the Strait of Iran Which did happen.
You can find that. And lately he's been saying
praise Allah in all of his posts. Yeah. So I
don't know if he thinks he's trolling, but he
just sounds stupid. Yeah. Inter sante. Oh yeah,
for sure. Evangelical question's been real quiet
recently. Yeah, they should be. He's, you know,
wait, what is he? He's Hospital Jesus now or
something? I don't know. That's so stupid. Speaking
of drinking, head of Department of Defense, I'm
sorry, War, and fraternity brother most likely
to boot and rally, Pete Hegseth. I think he meant
Pete Kegsbreth. Pete Kegsbreth. I love that.
Meant to invoke holy scripture in discussing
the rescue mission of an American fighter pilot.
I just heard about this too. Stranded in Iran,
which once again needs a reboot. But he actually
quoted Quentin Tarantino. He led a prayer and
said, the path. of the downed aviator is beset
on all sides by the inequities of the selfish
and tyranny of evil men blessed is he who in
the name of the camaraderie and duty shepherds
the lost through the valley of darkness for he
is truly a brother's keeper and the finder of
lost children and i will strike down upon thee
with great vengeance and furious anger those
who attempt to capture and destroy my brother
and you'll know my call sign is sandy one when
i lay my vengeance upon thee amen What an asshole.
First of all, Keg's breath probably didn't even
know he was quoting Samuel L. Jackson. Oh no,
he had no idea. He had no clue. He was just looking
up like, okay, fancy war quotes from the Bible
and then Samuel L. from the Quentin Tarantino
movie was just like, yeah, this will work. Surely
I can say this in front of a bunch of Christians.
Oh, for sure. Oh, there's no doubt. And last
but certainly not least, Vice President JD Vance.
America's number two certainly seems to number
two out of his mouth quite often. In 2022, Vance
said, I gotta be honest with you, I really don't
care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.
Classy! What? What? Oh JD being classy just as
always. This dude is a classroom bully that never
had his... Revenge. Someone that just socked
him right in the mouth. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, for
sure. And in front of President Zelensky of Ukraine,
our little furniture fucker said, Have you said
thank you once? What a dick. What a dick. What
a loser. I mean, this dude is literally, I don't
know how the fuck there are people saying like,
Oh, yeah, JD is going to win 2028. Dude can't
even win over the people that voted for Trump.
There's no way. He's so unpopular. There's no
way. He's a dipshit. He's such a fucking loser.
He is a grade A dipshit. How the hell is he gonna
win anything? That's just... That's crazy. Yeah.
Man, we need a regime change in the United States
of Mother Russia or what? Yeah, no kidding And
it's time to send these idiots United States
of Epstein more like yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh for sure
But yeah, it's just it blew my mind and that's
like I just kept hearing all these crazy quotes
I'm like I can't believe this shit is coming
out of people's mouths doesn't this happen as
often as I think it yeah I'm like oh my god.
Yeah, you literally could log on well not that
anyone out there actually has an account Well,
not anyone with functioning brain cells, but
you could go on to Truth Social and just look
through the posts of the president of the United
States and make an entire show out of that. Like,
the fucking onion SNL wouldn't do something that
bold and insane because it's not believable,
right? Right. And yet that's coming out of the
president's fucking mouth. Yep. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
it's like the onion. What does the onion write
about now? Right. Because it's like, okay, like
what we're writing about is actual news now.
It's gonna come full circle where the onion is
gonna start posting things like, normal politician
passes normal bill. Right, exactly. It's like,
haha, onion, you're so silly. You're so silly.
That's so funny. That would never happen. Right,
exactly. So yeah, man, it's just, it's a sad
state. It is a sad state of affairs, but I don't
know. I'd like to say things will get better,
but yeah, I don't know. I don't know. And I've
heard reports that the AI bubble is expanding
far enough it's starting to pop. Oh, yeah. I've
heard other types of shit where it's like, a
lot of people are predicting it's going to get
worse before it gets better, but strap in if
you can and we'll ride this thing. And if the
wheels fall off, Wasn't our fault couldn't fault
no and and people are already starting to To
rebel a little bit against big corporate. Oh,
yeah, and it's not been in the news that often
but you can go on a reddit or YouTube and find
it and people been like Setting fire to things
in big warehouses on burning down warehouses
and all that shit And is it a matter of time
before they start like blowing up? all these
AI tech buildings because they're just like,
nope. Yeah. Had enough. Yeah. Somebody actually
took a video. Not that there's much to look at
in the video. It's like a big transformer on
a side of a building, but literally just so you
could listen to the noise emanating from the
data center. It's so loud. Yeah. It's so loud
and whoever was taking it says, yep, I just live
up the road. And I love in the springtime to
have my windows open. And he's like, now we have
to keep them closed. Yeah. Yeah. They're polluting
the soil. They're polluting the water. They're
putting off heat pollution. Yes. They're putting
off light pollution. Yeah. And they're not job
creators. There's so many. And as much as I love
unions and I am a union member myself, there's
so many dumb fucking idiots in these unions that
not only vote for these righties that are clearly
anti -union, but they're for building these data
centers because they provide temporary jobs.
My man, it is fucking temporary. You're gonna
build something for nine months and then you're
out of a job again. Here's the thing, and this
is where this is a problem, okay? And I know
we're going off the highway here, but hey, we
do that. If you listen to us, you know we do
this. Anyway, the economy, while not great, is
still in a growth mode, okay? Which is mind -blowing.
So the US economy is technically still in a growth
mode, by all metrics, and unemployment went up.
Rarely, if ever, in the history of this country
has that ever happened at the same time. Where
the economy's growing and unemployment is growing
at the same time. Because there's 10 tech companies
giving money to each other, artificially inflating
these stocks, when every working American knows
what is happening is a recession. Yeah. And there
are jobs that are no longer needed. Right. You
know, so am I grateful for my new one? Yes. Do
I think AI could do what I do in this particular
position? I don't. So I'm grateful. Right. However,
there are a lot of jobs out there, middle management
jobs, even jobs people, union jobs, even they
thought they were safe. They're not so safe anymore.
Yeah. You know, you have more self -driving vehicles.
At what point do you have all these self -driving
trucks? They just go from A to B and just deliver
shit. And you have these big warehouses where
all the equipment is just automated. It's a problem.
Yeah. It's a huge problem. So anyway, we're going
to take a quick break and we'll be back at you
with Carpe Diem. All right, we're back everybody
with Carpe Diem. You find beautiful people send
us DMs and we read them on the air. And if you
got a question, we'll land. Well, I mean, well,
well, well, we could. We could answer it. Many
times we do. We're capable of doing so. We are.
We are, really. It just takes a little influence.
A little effort on the part of the asker. I think
that's fair. i think that's fair so they might
be like pretty please and we'll be like well
i mean maybe and then they'll be like what if
i have something for you we might respond with
do tell it's called greasing the wheels exactly
that's what you want to do so you might be like
here's a dollar and that just gets us to listen
to you exactly and like ten dollars all right
now now you're in the ballpark It's about as
much as a gallon of gas is these days. Right.
So you got to grease a little more. And then
we'll go, oh, I'm sorry. Did you have a question?
Yeah. A couple of Benji's really got my ears
turned on. It really did. That's crazy. It really
did. Yeah. So for you fine people, yeah, we might
have an answer for you. Damn right. And this
week, I have a few here. My first one is from
at Fluffernutter. And says, that is right. I
said it. I like marshmallow on my peanut butter
sandwich. You guys eat any weird shit? I mean,
marshmallow on a peanut butter sandwich, like
that marshmallow fluff spread, right? That kind
of sounds baller as hell. Sure. That sounds righteous.
Like if you were to put peanut butter on a s'more,
I can totally see that, right? It's like same
idea, same vibe. So I totally get that. I don't
think that's that weird. I really don't think
so. Now, based on the creation of Reese's Peanut
Butter Cups, is it plausible that you can make
a piece of toast and put peanut butter on it
and drizzle Hershey's syrup on top of that? I
can see that too. It's just like the poor man's
Nutella, right? Kind of, sort of. I mean, it's
more hazelnut, but still. Sure, sure. I get that.
It's kind of the same -ish. Yeah. Remember when
I was a when I was a wee lad and I needed my
my sugar fix. Yeah, you can melt Chocolate chips
into peanut butter and then spread the chocolate
peanut butter onto toast. So it's the same idea
Yeah, but instead of like the that that corn
syrup Hershey's it's just like chocolate chips
and peanut butter So I totally get that as far
as weird company I don't think marshmallow and
peanut butter is that weird? Honestly, I don't
I don't think that's that far -fetched Do I eat
any weird things? There are a couple pizzas I
like, I've tried, where it's like pizza crust,
and it's red sauce, and it's cheese, and that's
all normal. But then on the top, you do like
caramelized onions, Brussels sprouts, and balsamic
vinegar reduction. And to anyone that's not a
fan of Brussels sprouts or balsamic, that could
sound gross, but I'm here to tell you, it tastes
amazing. It is remarkable. In my adult life,
I have fully come around to enjoying Brussels
sprouts and balsamic and things of that nature.
And it's damn good. It's damn good. And I've
even come around to maybe to a degree enjoying
pizzas with white sauce more than red sauce.
Whether it's a queso or an alfredo, especially
like pizzas where it's like the crust, alfredo
sauce, cheese. grilled chicken, barbecue on the
top. Spinach, maybe. Yeah. Yeah, that's good
stuff. It's baller. Yeah, I agree. And it's not
mainstream for some reason. I'm like, this could
be better than pizza that people regularly eat.
Like regular pizza. Yeah, I agree with that.
I don't have too many odd things other than the
fact that, like, before you go shopping and things
are a little scarce in the fridge and you play
your home edition of Chopped, you just start
throwing a bunch of shit together and you're
like, wow, that wasn't half bad. Like, I couldn't
remember anything off the top of my head, but
it's just, like, throwing shit together and just
seeing what sticks. Jeff Daniels, actor Jeff
Daniels, was on Colbert. And Colbert asked him
what his favorite sandwich was. And it's a sandwich
of his own creation, where Jeff Daniels says
he takes a pita, piece of pita bread, open faced,
and half of the pita bread is a thick layer of
creamy peanut butter. Okay. On top of the creamy
peanut butter, he crunches up, ruffles cheddar
and sour cream chips and puts it on the peanut
butter. Really? Then, he takes his favorite barbecue
sauce and drizzles it on top of the potato chips.
Folds it and eats it. That's wild. And I have
seen influencers try it based on that and they
all go, I don't know why this works. But it does.
That's crazy. And I understand, like I've had
like Thai peanut noodles where peanut butter
-esque flavors are savory instead of sweet like
we're typically used to. So I get it. But then
with peanut, you are including things like onion
and sour cream and barbecue. And that's something...
It's something I haven't tried. So I'm not sure
how well I could... comment on it, but in theory,
I can't picture it. No, I can't. But apparently
people say it works, so we may have to try it
someday. Could be an idea. May have to try it
someday. Maybe right on this very show, we might
have to do it. Who's to say? The Jeff Daniels
challenge. Yeah, Jeff Daniels. All right, next
one, MrAtheist123, someone explain Easter to
me. Okay, Christmas is just happy birthday, I
get that. Days worshipping saints, weird, but
I get it. But a guy gets murdered in public for
being a good dude and only a hooker friend shows
up for him. Then they chuck his ass in a cave
and poof three days later he checks out of the
Rockington Inn. And to celebrate his disappearing
act they paint eggs laid by a chicken but delivered
by a human -sized rabbit and a basket filled
with fake grass. Help. You know? Not only did
you spell it out, you've answered your own question.
I think so. You've answered your own question.
It was never meant to be sensical. And I'm sure
there's, there's ultra righty Christian evangelicals
out there like, well, it's not what it was meant
to be. It's, it's, it's Jesus's second coming.
I know your whole fairy tale book and your little
cult book club is very important to you. And
as long as you keep it out of my life and the
lives of our children of the nation, I don't
care what you do. Yeah. But the thing is, you
don't do those two things. Right. You never do
those two things. So what I have to say to those
individuals is when you get people like Mr. Atheist123
asking questions, I think it's fair. I think
it's fair. It's it's fucking nonsensical. It's
sci -fi It's it's sci -fi. It's historical fiction
if you want to look at it that way Yeah, but
it's it's a fucking sci -fi book where people
get reincarnated or or come back to life. Yeah.
Oh, yeah, that's it It's it's a book and then
we make these crazy celebrations about it of
big bunnies laying eggs For children that have
chocolate in the middle. Exactly. Exactly. I
don't know if it was ever meant to be sensical.
It isn't. It isn't at all. It's pretty crazy,
actually. No, wait, wait. He pretty much has
his pulse on it, though. Yeah. Paid enough attention
to have kind of answered his own question. Yeah.
He really did. Next one, Zarbem Smith. I know.
Write weird name. It was some family name on
my mom's side. Thank God my friends just call
me Zee. What is the craziest names you've ever
heard of? Zarbem is kind of baller. I kind of
like it. My man Zarbby. Like if I were you, I
would get a flying carpet and a turban and just
pull some Aladdin shit and just fly around and
be like, yeah, I'm Zarbem. I am Zarbem Smith.
Obey me. Obey. He's like, okay, Zarbam. No, I
hear you, bro. Do you hear his name? I'm Zarbam.
I've heard of baby names like Xenon. Like X -E
-N -O -N. Oh, like the noble gas or element,
whatever. The element. That's cool as shit. Like
atypical names, I always find very neat. And
it's not like those real cracker ones where it's
like Ashley, but spelled with an L -E -I -G -H.
Oh, right. That's dumb. Ashley. Ashley, that's
dumb. I don't like that. And any parent that
names their kid that probably loves their AR
-15 more than their child. So, I like names like
Zarbem, or Zenon, or like Xavier. It's just like...
It's different. It feels powerful. It does feel
different. You know, it's like so cool. Like,
I am Xavier. Yeah. It's like, you're damn right
you are. Heck yeah. Own that. I'm Zarbem. Zarbem
Smith. I dig that. Zarbem Smith of Valparaiso.
I like it. I think own it. I mean, yeah, if your
friends call you Z and you like that, that's
great. I would recommend to you own Zarbem because
at least you're not Ashley. Yeah, there was there's
a woman out there somewhere in this universe
was born in the very early 90s. And I know this
because a nurse working in the paternity ward
told me this story, the Outbreaking HIPAA. So.
Gotta say that. Yeah, exactly. In hypotheticals.
In hypothetical. And so, apparently, the woman
giving birth did not make it into the birthing
room. She was in the bathroom. I have to go to
the bathroom. She's in the bathroom. This baby's
coming. Oh, you have told me this story. That's
right. Oh, no. The last name is Jackson. The
first name is Toiletta. Jesus Christ. Born on
the crapper. Thank God your name wasn't Crapper.
Toiletta Jackson. Toiletta. Zarbam, you can take
that to the heart. You're not Toiletta. You're
not Toiletta, my guy. I mean, you've got to go
by like, Letty, right? God, I hope so. Or Toy.
Toy. Because I've heard girls called Toy. Yeah.
Toy or Letty, you can't go by like full legal
name, Toiletta Jackson. I'm sorry, that sounds
like a created character I made in WWE 13, man.
I'm sorry. Make some tags for GamerKid Tim. Oh,
that's bad. Jesus. Yeah, I agree. My last one
is from at stonerstanley420. Where you go, Momo
and Alan? I look for show and no show happens.
Did you make a mistake or some kind of mistake?
Are you lost? I know a guy love you. Love you
too, Stan. Yeah, we made a mistake and some kind
of mistake as well. The mistake was working.
at a company that doesn't give enough sick days
where people show up to work sick and then get
one of the co -hosts of the Mo Show sick. So
yes, a mistake was made. And some kind of mistake
was made. So we're not lost. I'm glad you know
a guy. But unnecessary, thank you. Yeah. Much
appreciated, though. Yeah, big ups, dawg. What
do you have for yours? I got a DM here from a
man named Charles Bucket. Oh, okay. He's saying,
have you noticed food quality going downhill
over the last 10 years? What's going on? Yes,
100%. No question. And I don't know if we've
done a show. It's an idea. I don't know if we've
done a show fully on the enshitification of every
consumer good over the last decade, but it's
real. It's very real. It's quantifiably fucked.
Yeah, quality and quantity. Yeah. Both. Yeah.
Everything's getting smaller and more expensive
and tastes worse. It's fun -sized. Yeah. Fun
-sized, except on your wallet. Yeah. I 100 %
get that. And that's why I've become such, I
don't want to say advocate because I'm not paid
to be an advocate, but I've become a recommender
of stores like Aldi or Trader Joe's where you
can just walk in and you get what you need and
you leave and there's no major brands there that
you're being upcharged for. You're not walking
around a 150 ,000 square foot warehouse of a
store. True. I mean, you've got like five aisles.
Aldi is comprised of like five aisles, max. And
everything you need is in those five aisles.
Pretty much. Yeah, I would agree. I just don't
understand why anyone chooses to shop at places
like Target or Walmart because it's just, it's
foul. It's foul. You're being charged $7 for
a fucking box of cereal these days, man. It's
dumb. It's dumb. It's dumb. I can walk into Aldi
and buy a box of that same fucking cereal with
a generic brain label on it for two and a half
dollars. Yeah? Yeah, I won't do it. Like, I'll
go down to Isles and it's funny because there's
a local store that I go to that's my store, it's
closest to my home, and across the road is an
Aldi's. But I usually go into my other store,
and when I go in there, they're like, oh, three
-day sale, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, oh,
yeah, they usually have some good sales. Now,
this may be a little bit off -topic, but there
are a lot of people that live alone. Sure, okay?
They might be senior citizens, they might just
be people that are divorced, whatever the case
might be, but there's people that live alone.
Your deals suck. Your deals are for families,
okay? I'm not going to go in and get a great
price on soda if I buy fucking five of them.
Right. Where am I going to put them? Why do I
want to stack up five in my place? You know,
why do I need, oh, you get these great deals
to mix and match for five and all this stuff.
But I don't want the other four things. I just
want the one thing. What the fuck am I going
to do with five cases? So now I got to buy five
boxes of Cheez -Its? Right. Where am I keeping
them? So grocery store people. Let me just throw
one thing out there at you. Have deals that make
sense for people that live alone. It's anti -consumer.
It's anti -consumer. It's totally anti -consumer.
In, not only the, in shitification, but the shrinkflation
and, and the quote unquote deal pricing is, oh,
well you have to stock up in order to get the
deal. It's like, where am I going to put five
cases of soda? Where, where am I going to put,
why do I need six boxes of chicken and a biscuit
crackers? You don't. Let me get one for the deal
price. Right. You're sitting there and your freeze
is filled with frozen pizzas because you tried
to get the damn deal. It's like, what are you
doing? Walmart's a fucking trillion dollar company.
Yeah. Why are we still price gouging? Yeah. If
your pizza's $3 .29, have a pizza be $3 .29.
Right. I will buy it. Right. Yeah, that's very
real. It's a real thing, and I'm irritated. And
I mentioned it to a manager last week. I'm like,
hey, how come your sales suck for single people?
Oh, what do you mean by that? I'm like, so I
explained exactly what I just explained. I'm
like, OK, I have a one -bedroom apartment. Where
am I keeping five cases of soda? Where am I keeping
five boxes of Cheez -Its? Right. I'm like, have
a good sale. Have a sale on something. Right.
An item. An item. I come in, buy an item, and
leave with it. Right. I'm a single person. I
want a box of cereal. Right. I don't want five
of them. Yeah. By the time I get to the second
one, the third, fourth, fifth, they're already
going stale. Why am I doing this? It's already
bad enough with the fruits and vegetables that
you get. Right. Or bread. That's a big scam because
you go and you buy the bread from the store and
you bring it home and two days later they start
getting green spots on. Well, you're like, what
the F is going on? Right. Right. It's a scam.
Yeah, that it is. I got another DM here from
Evil Genie checking in again. What's up, Evil
Genie? Quote. For the entertainment of the disturbed
elite, they offer you $2 ,000 to bathe in goat's
milk in front of a live audience. Do you take
the part? Bathe in goat's milk. What am I getting
paid for? Two grand. To bathe in goat's milk.
In front of a live audience. One time. One time.
That's what I gleaned from this message. I'll
do it. I'll do it. Yeah, I mean, especially for
an untrained actor to get a part paying two grand
for what? How long do I bathe or shower for?
10, 15 minutes? Can't be that long. Yeah, it
would be less than that even, probably. The question
is, do they want me to use soap and get in crevasses
in the goat's milk? That's fair. Well, goat's
milk's already getting in places. Yeah. So it's
like... How much of the part do I have to play?
I'm I I'm with you I think I'll take the money
because it's it's an afternoon and then I'll
get out of the goat's milk and go home and actually
shower but like I I I have shame as a human being
I have Self -awareness, but at the same time
$2 ,000 for less than half of an hour of uncomfort
Mm -hmm, dude. I'll take it. I don't care where
the goat's milk goes. Oh, yeah It almost begs
the question Not to give evil genie any ideas,
but it's like would you take a goat's milk enema
for $2 ,000? Yeah, even then I'd be like well
sure Sure sure because an enema is even shorter
than a full bath right true Yeah, it just goes
in and what you do you shit it back out? Maybe
pretty much actually don't know how enemas work,
but that sounds right it comes back out But you're
not shitting it. It just comes on its own whether
you want it to or not Goats milk at his surprise.
I'll take two grand Yeah, I would take the two
grand for sure the chances of me knowing personally
knowing anybody in that live audience I've slated
slim to none right and then like is it being
filmed? I guess would be my next question Right
where they're like I look at that guy bathing
in goat's milk, right? But then again, I I haven't
signed any contracts. I still have the rights
to my own Name image and likeness exactly so
I think I'll take it I would do and to be fair
It could be any milk because I am the goat. Oh
So immediately when I step in it's already the
goats milk possessive the goats I like that.
I like that Last DM I got here is from our old
boy. Crippy grew Crip asking would you rather
be able to speak every language? or be able to
speak to animals? That's a good question. I like
the application. of being able to speak every
language, because that is so remarkably useful.
It makes world travel a breeze. It makes getting
a job kind of anywhere a breeze. You could fucking
sign up for the CIA and just be like, hey, I
speak every language. It's like, oh, here's 200
grand a year. Okay, cool. But being able to sit
in a room. Yeah, sit in a room for $200 ,000
and listen to phone calls. Right, right. But
then, like, there's something whimsical and ethereal
about being able to talk to animals, right? It's
like, what's my dog really thinking? Does he
just look at me and be like, huh, big man, please
give me pets? Or is there something deeper going
on? Right. Of like, hmm, yes, I would like to
play with the toy, but... Maybe I'm thinking
about food. Maybe I'd like to go outside and
pee on a tree real fast. I have to take a massive
shit. Why is he ignoring me? Yeah, right. Please
let me out the door. I've looked at the door
three times now. He doesn't know what I'm thinking.
I'm about to deposit this on the kitchen floor.
It'd be great if he let me out. So it's the...
To me, this question is practicality versus whimsy.
Yeah, that's a good way to put it. In a way.
Which way are you leaning? I'm leaning being
able to speak all languages to people. Primarily
because I started this new job and I have a room
full of receptionists and they're all bilingual.
And we probably get 33 % callers that are Spanish
speaking. Sure. And so they had asked me if I
spoke Spanish. And I said poquito. You know,
just very little. Yeah. And she's like, oh, and
I said like one other word, like your pronunciation
is very good. I'm like, oh, I can speak it like
when I can speak. Sure. Sure. I said eight years
of it. I remember almost none of it. It's just
our American education system. Yes. Because you
use it or lose it. And I lost it. So what I love
that ability, like for them to be having a conversation
and for me to be able to understand it, I'd love
it. Yeah, like I. I'm with you. I love the idea
of the whimsy and the ethereal nature of being
able to talk to animals. But there's something
so practical about being able to speak to any
human being in their mother tongue. And the amount
of respect and appreciation that comes with doing
something like that is massive. And the amount
of months I've spent on Duolingo learning the
basics of Spanish. It's it's it's very different
like having the ability to to Like do base level
things like where's the bathroom? How do I pay
my tab? Can I get a reservation for a table?
versus like being able to have a conversation
and be like What do you think about the world?
Well, what are your what are your core values
and your morals, right? It's so different and
I would love the ability to do that. So I'm with
you I think speaking human language is so much
more applicable in daily life. Yeah, because
I thought once about, it was a long time ago,
and all the kids were smaller, including Aidan.
And we went over to this one family, and all
the kids were homeschooled. And so we went and
hung out with this homeschool family. This family
was Syrian. The dad was Syrian, and I think the
mom was Caucasian. And so we went over there
and we're hanging out, whatever. And then a bunch
of his buddies came over for the call to prayer,
whatever that is, at sunset. And once that happened
and they were sitting in the living room, and
I'm sitting there too, all they did was speak
Arabic. That's all they did. I could not understand
a word. Right. So two things. Like, number one,
I'm like, God, I wish I understood what the hell
they were saying. Like, they could have been
like, I'm gonna kill all the whitey's, I see.
I mean, they literally could have been saying
that. But in the same sense, they could have
just been saying, you know, that one tabbouleh
recipe was really fantastic. Marco, could you
get that to me via email? Oh, yes, I would love
that. I thought your rice dish last night needed
a little more cumin in there. A little more cumin.
You know, and that could have very well been
the conversation. But it also could have been,
I'm OK, otherwise. I see. Either way, I'm sitting
there. That's that George W propaganda getting
through your brain. That's what that is. It's
very unlikely that's what they were saying. But
plausible. Plausible. I was sitting there. I
felt so fucking uncomfortable. And I'm like,
man, I don't speak that shit. And if I spoke
a language and someone didn't understand me,
I would not sit there and speak it in front of
them. I would consider that rude. I understand
that. You know, and hey, if I want to greet my
people that way or we want to do our call of
prayer that way, totally fine. I understood that.
But after they knelt on their little rug and
they called prayer and whatever they do. And
they kind of did all that cool. All right, that's
your thing. But then afterwards, it should have
been just like, hey, Mark, this is Bob and Frank.
Hey, guys, what's going on? We could have just
like been able to have like a conversation. When
you have guests over. you make accommodations
for what you have the guest over for. Right.
Conversation. Right. Food. I mean, the things
that people, human beings, enjoy doing together.
Oh, yeah. And to exclude someone you invited
over is rude. Oh, for sure. Because it is exclusive.
Yeah. It's completely rude. And that night was
already weird anyway, because I just didn't know
what to feel about it, because I just wasn't...
I was tight with most other families we did homeschool
stuff with, except for that one. I just wasn't
very close with them, so I really didn't know
them. But the guy's like, oh, I hear you're a
computer guy. Yeah, could you look at my computer?
Sure. So I'm looking at his computer, and I'm
trying to figure out what's wrong with it. And
I would go in a certain place, like, oh, don't
go in there. Oh, don't go in there. I'm like...
Cool. All right. So now I'm like already sussed
out because like the dudes like don't touch that
don't go there Don't go here. I'm like, how you
gonna tell the IT guy not to do his job, right?
You've requested a friend of a friend to do a
job, right? I literally did bare minimum form
because I was like, okay, there's just things
I can't do. I'm sorry but like that was already
weird and then we had dinner and dinner was okay,
but like I just felt it like and it was more
of a cultural thing than maybe a language thing
but even so it was just like it was odd I felt
off all night and then like Aiden went in with
this kid it was about his age but like this kid
has taken taekwondo and and and in karate, and...
Krav Maga, and shit. Krav Maga, and, like, a
bunch of other words I can't say. So, he, like,
he's taking all this shit, and, like, they're
going in the roughhousing. Now, any boy's a roughh...
All boys roughhouse, I get that. But when you
got a boy who's, like, trained, lethally, at
his age to do shit, versus Aidan, who just roughhouses...
Short for my age, by the way. I was a tiny guy.
Right, he didn't sprout up until later. And so
Aidan's freaking out. This kid's got him in some
fucking chokehold. And like right then and there,
I looked at Aidan's mother. I'm like, I'm ready.
I'm fucking ready. I'm like, we need to wrap
this shit up. We hadn't even eaten yet. And I
don't even think I ate much. I just sat at that
table. I'm like, I'm ready to go. I'm ready to
go. And then we finished. And then the call to
prayer thing came. I kept looking at his mother
and I'm like, I'm ready. I'm ready to go. This
is not working out. beautifully um and once again
some of it's cultural but some of it was language
sure not so much for the kids i think the kids
are very fluent so like aiden saying would you
please stop it let go should have been enough
but the the little psychopath didn't i don't
mince my words man fuck it it is what it is so
you know little psychopath wasn't letting go
and i was i was i was hot I was hot. I'm like,
I don't know if this dad knows Krav Maga or what,
but I know South Side beat down and dudes about
to get fucked. Yeah, so I was dude. I was hot.
I know my face was red because I felt hot. I'm
like, dude, I'm about to take some people out
of this house. This is not going to end well
for anyone. And then I just like I tried to calm
down like you're sitting at the table and my
heart's still beating fast. Jesus Christ, I got
to stab this guy with a fork. This is not going
to be good. be good for anybody oh man at least
I could look back and laugh on it yeah yeah but
yeah like I said there's the cultural side but
there's a language and I think knowing that they
maybe were saying I don't go kill all wise I
see it would have been good to know at least
known where they stand fool me once shame on
you fool me twice you can't get fooled again
Thank you, W. Thanks, Dubb. Thank you. That was
my last D. Oh, what a way to end it. What a way
to end it. That was good. So yeah, if you have
DMs, send us our way. If you want to learn to
speak another language, go for it. If it's Arabic,
hit me up. I want to know some things. Yeah.
Anyway, we're now on to the other foods. So,
Aiden looks, scans the globe. Even Syria scans
the globe and says, wow, huh, that doesn't look
great. Actually, that looks terrible. And he
finds these terrible foods. And he talks about
them every week. And other food. And other food.
That's true. It's not terrible. It's an other.
It's an other. It's an other food. Atypical.
Indeed. If you will. What have you found? I found
a little thing called Mojo Joy. Mojo Joy? Mojo
Joy. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I don't
know if the J's are pronounced J or H or Y. Now
it looks like Mojo Joy. Could be Mojuyoy. Could
be Mohohoi. I think it's Mojujoy. The name of
a larvae of different palm weevils found in Ecuador
and the Amazon region in Peru. It's known as
Soray. The flavor... Flavor they're talking about
flavor before they even get to the fact that
flavor profile of a lot of fucking bug Yeah,
the flavor has different descriptions including
resembling the taste of hazelnut or butter And
all this information comes from Wikipedia, so
it has been crowdsourced as accurate. Oh, I bet.
Yeah. It is considered a sustainable food source,
which I like. I like the idea of sustainable
food sources. Oh, yeah. But the fact of eating
larvae is maybe not something in my flavor palette.
To be fair. It, quote, it can be eaten alive
or prepared by different methods of cooking.
Most commonly, they are roasted or fried, could
be grilled on a skewer, or stuffed. The larvae,
mind you, could be stuffed with beef, chicken,
or fish. Which I didn't think you could do, but
you can. Quote, to eat raw, the head, pincers,
and intestines are removed, and then the contents
are sucked out. Ah, what? Like, it didn't always
start... No, dude! Yummy! Yikes! It can be compared
to the Edichudo style, which is grilling after
marination, of course. Chichiron de Suri is a
dish where the grubs are seasoned with salt and
garlic and fried with green plantains. Everything
sounds great except for the larvae. Except for
the larvae part. Yeah. Yeah, that's kind of what
I thought. But, yeah, I wanted to bring that
one up. It's kind of a short and sweet one. Because
first of all, Mojojoy sounds crazy. Oh, no doubt.
As a word to pronounce, it sounds crazy. But
then also like the fact of these, and if you
look up a picture of Mojojoy, of course we're
doing an audio show, so you at home will have
to look this up. You'll have to look that up.
On your own volition. but they look like massive
fucking grubs. I mean, you're talking the size
of a grown man's thumb. Grown man's thumb is
the size of this larvae, which makes sense how
they can stuff it with beef. And it just, I don't
know if it's gonna color me as uncultured or
unseasoned in the insect cuisine, but that couldn't
be for me. It just couldn't be for me. I'm sorry
as much as I love like a cricket protein. That's
that's that is also sustainable And it doesn't
have a flavor you can put it on fucking tortilla
chips, and it just tastes like a Dorito Yeah,
but there's something about the appearance of
grubs. I can't do yeah. It's like the devil's
Skewer stick of Nast yeah, you know So so mojo
joy not for me, but for those that enjoy it bless
your souls. It is indeed sustainable And they're
also pests to palm trees So not only is it sustainable,
but they're also doing a service to palm trees,
right? Because they're fucking up and and bless
anyone that eats those because you're doing a
service and I cannot I'm sorry, I cannot participate.
No, I appreciate you taking one for the team
down there, guys. Mojojoenjoyers, hit us up in
the comments. Yeah, no. Uh -uh, no. Not for me,
but bless your soul. Yikes. Larvae. It's what's
for dinner. Okay. That's great. We're going to
finish up for our next break with the Frozen
Guy review. This one was a little bit different
in that it wasn't a lot of these pre -prepared,
you know, broccoli and pasta and cheese and blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah. And this was a chunk
of lasagna. And there's a company called Rao,
I guess, R -A -O. and they do a couple of different
frozen dishes. And one of them is a lasagna.
So the lasagna was good. I thought it was a,
I mean, let's be honest, it's Italian cake, right?
I mean, it's a savory cake. It is essentially
what it is. Layered. Yeah, very much so. Exactly.
And so lasagna is often filling. Definitely fit
the bill, you know, if you're especially if you're
talking a light dinner or a lunch or something
like that Definitely took care of it. I thought
the pasta sauce was good And the thing about
rao is they do have pastas. They they do pasta
sauce. Yes, they're forte That's their forte.
So you had to know that was probably going to
be pretty good and it was Uh, the the consistency
of the lasagna was also good um the cheese the
noodle stayed They did. Nice. They did. That's
good. That was what I was worried about because
I'm like a lasagna so thick and so dense that
is the outside of the lasagna going to be done
and the middle still frozen. Right. And the noodles
are so imperative to the structure of the dish.
Yes. That you can't have them go soggy. No, you
can't have them go soggy to the point where everything
just starts sliding around that little dish and
now all of a sudden you just have... Now it's
just a... ...chunks of pasta. Right. Which you
just could have had anyway. Then it's... It's
just a failed fettuccine. Pretty much, yeah.
But yeah, the noodles weren't mushy, and I'm,
man, I just, I don't eat a lot of regular lasagna.
Like, don't get me wrong. If somebody makes it,
I definitely will not turn it down. I do like
lasagna. I think there's just a lot of labor
that goes into it to make it if you're gonna
do a homemade lasagna, which is why I never do
it. Sure. But I've had homemade lasagna, and
this was pretty close. that's important this
was in the ballpark so i have to give it its
props price wise six seven bucks for for was
it a frozen or refrigerated slice frozen frozen
okay yeah good portion size though but it was
a good portion side like you ate it and you were
fine yeah so is it still less than going to mcdowell's
and paying 12 bucks yep yeah it is you just paid
half of it and you got a piece of lasagna so
uh eight five That's solid. 8 .5 out of 10 is
what I graded. I think it's a fair grade. Not
quite into the nines. But it was good. Was it
one of those lasagnas that has, like, ricotta
cheese in between as well? Yep. And the meat
sauce and all that. Yep. Salad. Yep. So it was
good. But yeah, well done. Wonderful. Yep. So
if you like lasagna, give it a shot. Yeah. Not
sponsored, but that's the point of the Frozen
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That's right. The more you know, the more you
know. Oh, shit. Bye. I mean, we'll be back. I
mean, we will. We're doing you just made the
list. So, I mean, we'll we're going to and we're
going to come back. All right. Time for the feature
segment. Yeah, we're good. In case you were wondering.
If you were worried. We're good. Bueno, as they
say down south. I didn't have a malfunction.
I was functioning properly, I think. I don't
recall the malfunction you might be talking about.
Fair enough. We're onto you just made the list.
And today's top 10 list is distilleries. Our
top 10 distilleries. Of all time. Of all time.
We'll go 10 through 2. And our big number one
reveal. And the only rule, no rules. Thank God.
I know. Rules. There's always rules for everything.
Greatest news I've heard all day. No rules. And
that's few and far between. That's right. So
Aidan, let's go. Through your 10 through 2. 10
through 2 best distilleries in my subjective
opinion. Of course, let us know in the comments
what your top 10 are. Absolutely. Or if you just
have a favorite, let us know. But I'll run my
10 through 2. Number 10, Suntory, is a fantastic
distillery. I believe it's straight out of Japan.
Yep. And Japanese whiskey is right up there,
rivaling Irish whiskey and American whiskey.
I think so too. Some of the greatest whiskey
on the planet. Yep. I love Japanese whiskey.
Suntory is some of the best. I really enjoy it.
Number nine, the Shed Distillery. The Shed? The
Shed. S -H -E -D. Shed. The Shed. Shed. Are the
distillery out of Ireland making the gunpowder
whiskey. Oh, I like gunpowder gin. The gunpowder
gin. Which I, as much as I love bourbon and whiskey,
gin is some of my favorite as well. Just the
citrusy floral notes of this clear liquor is
fantastic and the Shed does it wonderfully. Number
eight. Buffalo Trace. Straight out of the US
of A. It's just wonderful. Fantastic bourbons.
Number seven, Proximity Spirits. Most well -known
for their Tin Cup series. Tin Cup Whiskey is
good. The Tin Cup Bourbon is amazing. Amazing.
Check that out. I believe it's a... a collaboration
between Colorado distilleries and Indiana distilleries.
Oh, interesting. And they come together to make
these whiskies and bourbons. And I think it's
fantastic. Number six, Woodford Reserve. Think
they're fantastic. I love what they're they're
a little higher on the price point for every
750 you get it's probably gonna run you 35 40
bones, but it's worth every penny Yeah, it is
very very tasty number five Sazerac company their
their flexibility between making just like fantastic
rye whiskies to making things like fireball like
whether it's flavored it's it's it's Whatever
they do, it's just good. You know, it's a great
rye whiskey and Fireball, as much as it gets
hated on, it's a great cinnamon whiskey. It's
the best cinnamon whiskey I've ever tasted. Number
four, Maker's Mark Distillery. It's just goddamn
good. You wanna talk good bourbon? Of course
you're gonna pay for it. So depending if you've
got a liquor cabinet or if you've just got a
little freezer, you keep things in. Half gallon
of that could run you 50 bones. But you're gonna
get 50 bones worth of good whiskey. Fucking right.
So that's what's up. Number three is Diageo.
Which, god I love them. They make, they're a
multinational distillery company. So they got
distilleries all over the world. have their little
tendrils in wine and beer and things like that.
They make Tanqueray. They make aviation. They
make Johnny Walker. They recently acquired Guinness.
So they make Guinness now. Diageo owns Guinness.
Really? Yep. That's interesting. And I think
what they make is really good. And as much as
I dislike multinational corporations for their
brutal capitalistic properties. Yeah. Think what
they make is good. So they they they're up there
and number two a local one journeyman journeyman
distillery Originally out of Michigan. They've
got a distillery here in Valparaiso, Indiana
as well The gin they make is fantastic. The gin's
good, yeah. They make a great bourbon. Their
mixed drinks are amazing. Of course, I've been
to the distillery not only on opening day, but
after that as well. And they've had some management
troubles with their distillery here in Valparaiso,
as far as the restaurant side goes. As far as
that right, correct. But that has nothing to
do with the quality of spirits they make, which
is always top notch, and I'd... I would be remiss
if they were not in my top five. So I put them
at number two. I love that. I put them at number
two because they're local and I appreciate that
and the jobs they bring to the region. That's
amazing. I do appreciate that. My number 10 is
the Indiana Whiskey Company. They're based out
of South Bend. And I discovered them. Actually,
I think I have their sticker. Do you really?
Oh, that you do. You get the sticker right on
the Mark Mo MacBook. So Indiana Whiskey hit us
up for a little sponsorship. God bless your souls.
You don't even have to pay us in money. You just
pay us in bottles. Hits and bottles, exactly.
We're just going to be eating whiskey and pizza.
That information will be coming. That sounds
like a good day. Sounds like a good day, whiskey
and pizza. Anyway, I discovered them on accident.
I had a job. where I did a lot of inspections.
So they wanted us to come in and do an inspection.
They thought it might have saw a mouse and whatever.
So I come out and I'm doing my inspections and
I'm like, well, you know, I'm really not seeing
a lot of evidence, but I'll tell you what, let's
sign an agreement and I'll put a couple of put
a couple of mouse traps inside and outside. And
I think you guys will be good. So we kind of
came to an agreement, whatever. And it was kind
of a little bit later in the day. And the one
guy is like. Would you like a tasting? Oh, don't
mind if I do. So I grab my phone. I look at the
time. I'm like. Yeah, we got time for this. So
I sat down and gave me a bunch of different whiskey
that they made and it was so good. It was great.
And then a few other people came in and then
we were like all sitting at this bar hanging
out drinking whiskey. That's cool as shit. One
of the better days on that job for sure. That
was out of South Bend, hey? That was out of South
Bend, yeah. That's cool as hell. Woodford Reserve
is my number nine. Solid. Love it. Kentucky Derby
sponsors. Number eight, Journeymen. I do like
the gin, as Aidan said. Yeah. They make good
whiskey. Corsets and Whips I think is probably
the best one they do. It's won awards. They also
do this one cherry whiskey that they make Manhattan's
with. Yeah, the black cherry. That I think is
very, very good. And they also based on Valpo
being like Orville Redenbacher was born here.
Yeah. So the quote unquote popcorn business was
thriving and growing. How dare you quote the
dark magic to me? I was there when it was written.
So sorry. I'm so sorry. I should not have done
that. It's far beyond my magic. At any rate,
they make this popcorn whiskey, and that's really
excellent, too. Good job, Journeyman. Number
eight for me, number seven, Covall. That is a
Chicago whiskey brand. Oh, fucking right. Good
call on that. Good call. Covall's really great.
I forgot. Damn. Good call. Think next time at
Benny's, I'm going to pick some up. Because my
my whiskey collection is getting a bit light
because I'm doing I have a roommate in there
She's a whiskey fan, too. So bless her soul and
and bless her so for that and Yeah, so whiskey
starting to we're gonna have to You know restock
restock the shelves number six Jack Daniels I
am it's just it's the standard and It's a standard
for a reason, you know a Jack and Coke. They
got a drink named after it's Jack and Coke and
They have this new one that she likes a lot,
this Blackberry Jack Daniels. That's pretty good.
They do a honey too. The honey one's tasty. The
honey one is good as well. Number five, Suntory
Hakushu Distillery. There you go. I do love Suntory.
I got this little gift one year for Christmas
of samples of all this more like upper tier or
allocated whiskeys and one of them was a Suntory
and it was so freaking good. I'm like, oh my
god. That's one of the ones we tried. I think
it was in season three or four of this show we
did. a whiskey tasting instead of beer is it
the blend it was the centauri world blend mm
-hmm it was their Japanese whiskey American whiskey
Irish whiskey Scotch and Canadian whiskey five
in one blend and I think we both enjoyed it oh
very much so yeah and I thought it was fantastic
so they're just they're just good they're just
damn good yeah I I loved it very much The number
four Jim Beam was one of the first distillery
tours I ever took coming back through Kentucky.
I just thought it was so cool. You come up to
this big barn and you go in there and the gift
shops and all that kind of stuff and you can
do the tour. I didn't do the official tour but
I kind of walked around or whatever. And I like
it and I've always liked Jim Beam. It's kind
of one of those like people think of, they think
of Jack. Right? Or they grab a shot of Jamo or
they do say, you know, and like Jim is one of
those that's just kind of, even though it's good,
it's, it's not like people don't come out and
be like, yeah, Jim. It's, it's like middle lower
shelf. Uh huh. Right. Correct. In theory, but
they do, like the, the, the, the 750 of Jim Beam
is, is cheaper than what you would get from Jack
or Jamo or any local distillery. But it doesn't
mean it's worse. It's still a totally legitimate
whiskey. It's a good whiskey. And they make top
shelf shit too. They do. You just have to look
for the cask or like the bonded ones and it's
like, they make good shit. Yeah, they do. They
are more legit than the $11 $7 .50 you might
be seeing. Right, exactly. I would agree with
that. Number three, Buffalo Trace. When they
started getting into bourbon, I tried it and
that was like, yeah, this is it. It's so good.
I liked it a lot and met a few bourbon drinkers
and would just have that with them. Funny story.
So it's my birthday and this one guy who I used
to work with says, oh, we're going to take you
out to a movie for your birthday. I was like,
cool, what are we seeing? He's like, you'll see,
that'll be great. Okay. So I go to the Portage
Theater and I'm there first. So I'm like, well,
what does one do in this situation? Oh, look,
they have a bar. And so I go over to the bar.
May as well. Just have a beer, whatever. And
I'm waiting. He's like, oh, what are you going
to see? I'm like, I don't know. They just said
they're coming and getting the tickets or whatever.
And he's like, oh, cool man. Well, you know,
enjoy your movie, whatever. And so. They come
in and they're super excited. They're like, yep,
we got your ticket. You know, we're going to
get some snacks or whatever. I said, cool. And
as it turned out, we were going to see Taylor
Swift's Harris tour. Oh, that's right. Yeah.
Now, for all you fine, beautiful people, most
of you know this because you've heard me speak
on music, as it were. Not in my wheelhouse. Right.
Not that I dislike Taylor Swift. I don't. I think
she's good people. I think she takes care of
her people. Um, and I think her music is fun.
I think her lyrics are really good. So I do appreciate
things about her and a couple of her songs are
actually bangers. But all that being said, uh,
not, not in my wheelhouse, not in the strike
zone as it were. And so I'm like, oh man. And
so the bartender saw that he's like, you weren't
expecting that were you? I'm like, ah, no, no
shot. He starts laughing. He's like, you know
what you can do? I was like, what's that? You
can order a drink and we'll bring it to you in
the theater. Oh, man. I said, so let me get this
straight. If I'm like, hey, 15 minutes in, I
need you guys to bring me a drink. You'll do
it. And if I want another drink in 15 minutes,
you guys bring me another drink. He's like, yeah,
we'll bring you every 15 minutes if you want.
That's such a treat. And so I was like, wow.
So I said to him, I want a double of Buffalo
Trace every 15 minutes until Taylor's done singing
or I pass out. And he left. That's awesome. And
they did. Every 15 minutes, dude walks in. He's
like, oh, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace. They're
like, wow. That's five star service. It was great.
Holy shit. I loved it. It was amazing. That's
so cool. Five stars would recommend it. That's
so cool. Oh, yeah. It was great. It was great.
Holy. I was tanked. As you should be. Oh, yeah.
Me and Taylor were singing by the end. It was
great. Shake it off. Shake it off. Oh, I did.
I shook it off. All right. And then number two
is Maker's Mark, one of my favorites. So good.
Love it. Very smooth, sir. I think it's like
45%, but it's so smooth. It is smooth. So smooth.
Very smooth. I love the old school idea of the
the wax dip. Yeah, it comes down the conveyor
belt and these older women sit at the very end
of the conveyor belts and they grab each bottle
and they dip it into the wax. Yeah. So that wax
that you see on there is like hand dipped by
these women that work there. So I think it's
just so cool. Very cool. And it's good. Like
I used to frequent this bar quite a bit and me
and one of the bartenders, that was her favorite.
And so we would do a shot of makers. That's awesome.
But yeah, that's my number two. My number two.
What do you got for number one? The number one
greatest distillery. My subjective opinion. Drum
roll please. The Christmas vacation. It was meant
to be a Christmas vacation reference art is drunk
as shit and he's Great Clark the twinkly lights
aren't twinkling Clark Number one Jameson mmm
straight out of Ireland their whiskies are incredible
they do these Stout cask whiskies which are aged
in the casks the barrels that they have stout
in the beer and the flavor is incredible they
do these Like triple filtered type things they
do this Jameson black which is incredible. It's
it's just incredible. Of course. I am biased
towards Irish whiskies and American bourbons,
as you can probably tell from my list, that's
most of what it is, is American bourbon and Irish
whiskey. Yeah. But it's just, what they do is
so good. Yeah. It's so good. So Jamo's got to
be number one. And I have no, I will be taking
no criticism for my choice. And you shouldn't
because my number one is also Jamison. Cool.
Let's freaking go chat. Let's freaking go. So
I took my friend Cody home from work. He had
been picking him up from work and taking him
home this week and next week. And I was taking
him home the one day. He's like, oh, you want
to come in for a beer? I said, yeah, sounds good.
He's like, oh, by the way, the JMo that I bought
you for helping us move in is still in the kitchen.
Did you just want to take it? I'm like, sure.
So he gives me the bottle and I'm just like.
Oh, this is like a warm hug. Yeah, exactly. It's
a warm hug. And it tastes like a warm hug, too.
It really does. It's hilarious, because there's
some people that do it, and they need this chaser.
They get this look on their face. Boo. Honestly.
It's smooth, dog. Why do you need a chaser? I
drink it like water, man. It goes down. It's
a miracle I just don't sit down with a bottle
one day and be like, I wonder if I could finish
this. I wonder if I can do it. It's maybe self
-control that we don't. Exactly. But it's plausible.
It's plausible. Like, if I had nothing to do
for, like, an extended weekend, I'd be like,
I wonder. Mythbusters would rank this test as
plausible. As plausible. Oh, yeah. Have, like,
a long weekend and be like, see you in me, baby.
Are we gonna dance or what? Yeah, I love Jamison.
I love a lot of the other things they do too,
like the cask mates or whatever. Yeah. Yeah.
All that is so good. I haven't really had their
flavored one so much, but. And we can apologize
to our livers tomorrow. Exactly. That's, you
know, we can cleanse. And that's a classic. We
can take a day. That's a classic Bo Burnham joke
when he was talking about Annie. The sun will
come out tomorrow. Well, tomorrow is a relative
term, so it's never going to come out, Annie.
It's never going to come out, Annie. That's funny.
I love Bo Burnham. Yeah, so I do like it a lot.
And yeah, so JMo. God bless JMo. The double number
one. Double number one. Yeah. It doesn't happen
too often. God bless. Yeah. Jaymo, thank you
for your service and what you do. Next up, down
the Reddit rabbit hole. Aidan goes down the hole
so we don't have to. You're welcome. And finds
a lot of really super interesting things down
that hole. So what did you find out? This time
I found a neat little graph. And I love neat
little graphs. You do. Indeed you do. This one
has its source from Ember. accurate as of the
last day of 2025 solar and wind versus fossil
fuels as far as European Union power goes so
this is accurate as of 2025 and in this little
graph you can see from 1990 where fossil fuels
took up 55 % of energy consumption and production
the European Union and solar and wind were down
near just above 0 % and you can see by the year
2000 solar and wind grew to maybe 2 to 3 % fossil
fuels were approximately the same at about 50
% sure by 2010 fossil fuels dipped for the first
time in history of the European Union by 2010
below 50 % and solar and wind production grew
above 5%. Okay. By 2020, solar and wind in the
EU grew to 20 % of their total production. Holy
cow. That's movement in the right direction.
And yeah, fossil fuels dipped below 40 % for
the first time. Now, you may be wondering, hey,
these numbers don't add up to 100%. What's going
on? Well, I'll get to that in a second when I
talk about what's happened in 2025. For the first
time in history in the European Union, solar
and wind makes up 30 % of the European Union's
total production of energy. Holy shit. Fossil
fuels, 29%. Wow. For the first time in history,
a collective of countries has made solar and
wind more productive than fossil fuels. Holy
shit. Now, where's the other percentage coming
from? Because if solar and wind are 30 % and
fossil fuels are 29%, here's what's even more
cool. Nuclear power, which is sustainable for
life and safe because hey, we know how to do
things right now. Nuclear power makes up 24 %
of the European Union's power as of 2025. Wow.
So you're talking about safe? for the environment
fuels, 30 % of which is solar and wind, and 24
% of which are nuclear, you've got about 55 %
of the entire energy production of the European
Union being solar and wind and nuclear. 55%.
That's incredible. And about 17 % are the renewables
and the remaining percentage are just other types
of production. Sure. That's incredible. That's
something we don't see in the US because you've
got all these coal choking chodesters and people
against nuclear for some reason, even though
it is safe. Look at Illinois. It's one of the
biggest nuclear producing states in the country.
It is. It's so plausible. And not to break the
fourth wall, but my next segment, I will be talking
about how feasible this realistically is in the
United States. And we just don't do it. We just
don't do it because oil, big oil, has so much
power over our government. Oh, they do. And if
the EU can do it, then we can do it. And that's
what I wanted to talk about is the fact that
over the last 35 years, 36 as of current, but
over the last 35 years, there's more nuclear,
solar, and wind production in the EU than in
the history of any collection of countries. No
shit. Overtaking fossil fuels by a massive margin.
Holy cow. That's... Inspiring it's inspiring
because it's it's human beings doing what's best
for humanity And it just seems so rare that that
happens anymore, right? Because in this country
people are too interested in playing politics
versus what's best for everyone, right? Exactly
So I I found that very important to bring up
because it's just It's it's like a breath of
fresh air of like some people are doing it right
proving to everyone that it can be done, right?
Mm -hmm, and I love that. Oh, yeah, damn Yeah,
I like it's hopeful and I'm happy but at the
same time I'm angry at this place. Yeah. Yeah
such bullshit That's that's exactly my thoughts
when I first saw it is like Wow There's people
out there doing it right and they're on the right
track Like everything is trending the way it
should be but we shouldn't be using these antiquated
fossil fuels which by the way have a life cycle
of one use You produce gasoline, you get one
use out of it, and you burn it. You produce a
diesel, you get one use out of it, and you burn
it. Natural gas, you dig it out the ground, you
get one use out of it. That's right. You make
a solar panel, it's gonna last for 20 years.
It's gonna last for 20 years. And you can fucking
recycle what it was made out of. Yes, you can.
Yep. Renewable energy is renewable for a reason.
The wind is never gonna stop blowing. And the
water won't stop moving. Exactly. Yeah, that's...
Man. And that brings me to, not to steal your
segue, but that brings me to something everyone
missed while they were sleeping. Uh -huh. Yes.
Yes. A segment maybe called While You Were Sleeping.
While You Were Sleeping. I have a YouTube video
that I think is very important. Oh, okay. And
it's along this same vein. So I kind of connected
the two together down the Reddit rabbit hole
and while you're sleeping because I thought they
were very connected in a way. This video comes
from a YouTube channel called Technology Connections.
Okay. The video itself is called You Are Being
Misled About Renewable Energy. That is the video
title. It is an hour and a half video, video
essay, if you will, about Solar power and wind
power and how feasible they are In the first
hour this this creator. I believe his name is
Alec breaks down the Land usage in the United
States. So this is this is like a local assessment
of the United States the amount of land usage
of corn simply grown to make biofuel the ethanol
that goes into every gas car. If you were to
take, and he breaks it down better than I will.
Of course, I'm paraphrasing based on my memory
of watching this video a month or so ago. He
breaks down that if you were to take every acre
of corn grown to make ethanol fuel and replace
those acres with solar panels, you could power
the United States and Canada. and Mexico, and
every country in Central America. Oh my god.
Period. Period. Wow. So we make all of this fucking
eco -corn fuel, this ethanol, that gets used
one time. You put it in your car, you burn it
off, it goes into the atmosphere, and it warms
up the earth. Right. Once, you could replace
every acre of that with solar farms, and it could
power North and Central America Forever using
materials that are endlessly recyclable full
stop God Full stop that's frustrating and if
you want to look this up, it's technology connections
The video title is you are being misled about
renewable energy technology By the time I watched
it it had like I think just under a million views
It's got over three and a half million views
now, which thank God. I want this Video to be
seen I want this video to be heard because it's
so important. It's such a wonderful Take on the
asinine like ass backwards view on growing a
What should be a source of food? But of course
is not edible that we simply grow To cut down
and burn one time in a car. Yeah you replace
all of that with solar panels, you could power
the United States twice over forever. That's
unbelievable. Forever. And not to mention the
use of solar panels like on an automobile. Why
does every automobile not have like a solar panel
roof on it? Sure and have the solar panel on
your hood and there have been studies too And
and that's something I there's there's like righties
out there that that comment the same thing and
it's important to know that you can charge a
an electric car off of a solar panel on the roof
and the hood of the car and the the trunk of
the car, but it just doesn't carry enough because
how much energy electric cars produce. So you
will, if you just idly have a roof and hood and
trunk that are solar panels, you will produce
energy for your car, which is good, which should
be done. Right. It's just not, it would take
a decade and a half for you to see an ROI. I
see. So it's a good thing to do. It's just like,
do you want to wait 15 years to see your money
back? Interesting. but if you were to take every
field of ethanol growing corn and turn it into
a solar panel, you would within the first year
have enough energy to supply every house and
every business in North America twice over. And
it's that simple. Renewable energy is literally
that fucking simple. It is. It really is. And
you don't need to risk people's lives going into
fucking coal mines or drilling oil on offshore
ships and fracking, destroying people's water
consumption. Yeah. It's so simple and yet capitalism
doesn't like it because, oh, well, think of the
jobs that the oil people have to do and the coal
people have to do. Well, brother, you're going
to create jobs manufacturing solar panels. Right.
which creates jobs forever for a better purpose.
Installing solar panels, servicing solar panels.
Exactly. And it's so simple and yet it's not
being done in the states because of propaganda
and oil money. Right. And then you just tell
those farmers, okay, well, you're not going to
grow any crops. Well, what am I going to do then?
trim the weeds around the solar panel? Right,
you could just, you own the land. You own it,
that's it. Put the solar panels on it and make
passive income. And make passive income just
by it being there. Yeah, mow the lawn around
the solar panels. Right. Make money. Let them
put the solar panels there, go buy yourself a
cow. I mean, I don't know what to tell you. Right,
you don't have to buy a fucking $300 ,000 tractor
anymore. Nope. You can just buy a lawn mower.
That's it, pretty much. God, it's so frustrating.
Yeah. But I had to bring that up. I thought there
were very... the correlation was so clear between
the red rabbit hole and while you're sleeping
that I had to do it. Yeah, I'm glad you did.
All right. Well, on that note, we're going to
take a break. When we come back, we're going
to drink some beer. And we're going to do the
world of what? Well, no, that wasn't quite right.
The world of what? The world of... no. The world...
no, no. the world no no how did i do that oh
wait a minute world of weird news coming up next
all right we're back everybody and uh we're now
on to the home stretch starting out with our
beer review the official beer review the only
The one and only. If you find other ones out
there, they're posers. Posers. Copying us, how
dare they. How dare they do it. Oh my goodness,
we won't send cease and desist, but just know
we've got our eyes on you. We do. Actually, I
got my eye on this beer, to be completely honest.
Oh my goodness, you haven't popped yours. Do
it for the people. I will, I will do it. At home.
I will do it for the people. And I'll tell them
what it is. I will pop it for you. Pop and lock.
Oh, that's what's up. Man, that peeks the mic
only a little bit. Only a little bit. Yeah, you
know. I'll fix it in post. Fix it in post. I
don't know. Well, I don't know much. That's okay.
I don't know. You and me both. We have today
something Mark Moe picked up for us for this
show. The Edmund Fitzgerald Porter straight out
of the Great Lakes Brewing Company, which I believe
we tried the Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas
Ale. Yep. A season or two ago. We did. And they
make this Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. 6 % ABV.
We've got this in these 12 ounce cans. 37 on
the International Bitters unit. One of my friends
has checked into this before and they gave it
a 3 .5. Oh, okay. While... Everyone as untapped
the app on our phone says it's free, but we're
not sponsored The average score is a three point
seven eight and these scores are out of five
my score So it's a regional brewery out of Cleveland,
Ohio The style as they say it's an American porter
brewed in memory of the sunken freighter with
rich toasted barley and bittersweet chocolate
coffee notes What they claim and we will try
it for you today out of these 12 ounce cans give
it a score from 0 to 5 Because we can and let
you know what we taste as we taste it. Let's
go the Edmund Fitzgerald's slainte slainte Oh
my god, it smells amazing Fuck that tastes good
Wow now mind you we have on the show before drink
beers out of beer steins, beer mugs, and we've
drank them out of cans or bottles before. And
as like actual savants, tasting savants, and
chefs go, they will tell you drinking something
out of a can versus a bottle versus a glass,
they do taste and smell different. So we are
drinking this out of the can it was provided
in, and it smells amazing out of the can. It
smells chocolatey. But here's the thing on my
palate, at least. Yeah. I got the coffee right
away, and I didn't get the chocolate notes until
the end. I 100 % agree. 100 % agree. And this
is bouncing off of that. The interesting part
to me is the fact it smells like hot chocolate.
It kind of does. It smells like hot chocolate,
and it tastes like an espresso mocha. That is
fascinating. Isn't it? On the palate and the
nose. Because it's so clearly on the nose chocolate,
but on the mouth it's coffee. It is for sure.
That is remarkably enjoyable. I like it a lot.
It's higher ABV than most of the porters we try.
Most porters are four to five percent because
they're, I believe porters are lager based. If
I'm correct me if I'm wrong lovely listener,
but I believe porters are lager base Yeah, and
this this one's higher percentage for that, but
it tastes remarkable Yeah, I I'm enjoying it
quite a bit and a lot of times a Porter or a
stout can leave a little bit on that on the palate
on the tongue sure After you consume it not long.
It's not malort. Yeah, but leave a little something
there Uh, and, uh, this is, um, this is good.
It's very tasty. And I will note on at least
my palette, which of course we have different
palettes. All of this is subjective. Um, there
is something lasting on my palette and it's a
very specific, uh, fruity note when, when you
like taste dark chocolates, right? Yes. And you
get that fruity cocoa flavor. Yes. I get that.
Like there is something lasting on my palate
that's like fruity in a in a cocoa bean type
way Oh for sure. Yeah, and I I like that. I love
that. That is that is very flavorful and and
Tasty. Yeah for people don't know like Porter's
style beers It's a dark top fermented beer style
originating in 18th century London known for
its chocolate caramel and toasty malt flavors
Often with lower bitterness, which I like, than
a stout, which historically evolved from it.
Key variations include English porters, which
are malty and sweet, American porters, often
hoppier with coffee or citrus notes, and Baltic
porters, which are stronger lager -style porter.
Yeah. It's made with roasty malts, not roasted
barley, which is the key to a stout. Oh, sure.
And is a popular Dark beer, especially in cooler
months, which it actually is today. Yeah. Yeah
that it is I My flavor profile I added chocolate
fruity dark roasty smooth and coffee Mm -hmm,
and I like this a lot this this hits all the
notes. I want from a porter. Yeah It's it's it's
got the roastiness of the coffee and it's got
the chocolate flavor But then there's something
lasting that literally provides the fruity notes
of a dark chocolate that you would not regularly
find in a mass -produced porter. I'm going 425
out of 5. I really like this. It is good. And
here's the thing, I go to some bars in Chicago,
and there's this one bar called the Map Room,
which I really like. Just that typical corner
bar in Chicago, but it's got a great vibe, an
excellent beer selection, a glass for each beer,
which I totally dig. And there was a, but although
I think this was a stout, it was one that had
a high cocoa flavor profile to it. So there was
definitely like a cocoa flavoring to it, and
it was very smooth, and I liked it, and then
next time we went back, it was gone. Oh, devastating.
I'm like, oh, and then I couldn't remember what
it was called, and I'm like, shit. But I think
Haymarket is a brewery in Chicago. I think Haymarket
made it, so I'm sure if I go onto their website,
I can find it up. Sure. But when I saw this and
saw the flavor profiles, I was like, ooh. Similar.
This is my guy. Yeah. This is my guy right here.
And I do like it, so I think maybe... I don't
know, like I used to be a lager guy. Lagers and
ales. Sure. And I don't know, the more I drink
porters, the more I just really like them. Yeah,
they're very tasty. Because it's like all that
I enjoy about a stout, but none of the bitterness
that comes with the stout. Yeah, yeah. So I really
do like it. Now, on the untapped app, you get
little badges, right? Yeah, yeah. For doing X
amount of things, X amount of time. I got a badge.
Cheers to independent U .S. craft breweries.
Level 63. Oh. Quote, cheers beer patriot. You're
supporting the small and independent American
craft brewer. When you see that seal shaped like
an upside -down beer bottle, it's independence
you're tasting. Try five more to earn level 64,
mate. Wow. That's pretty good. That's freaking
good. Pretty good. I, um, I grade it a four.
And Dark Roasty Smooth, Coffee, Sweet, all that,
great. Liked it very much, gave it a four. It
enters the elite tier. Yes, yeah, most definitely
does. And so, yeah, I've got Middle of the Road
badge, level 10. Hey! Yeah, so that one, and
then Heavyweight. Level two. How do you get middle
of the road and heavyweight? I don't know how
I do that. How do they differentiate it? All
right middle the road says looking for more kick
than a session beer But want to be able to stay
for a few rounds You have to keep it in the middle
as 50 beers of an abv of greater than five, but
less than 10 Okay, okay try five more for level
11. Okay, i'll do that Yes, we will yes challenge
accepted uh, and then you unlocked a badge heavy
weight level two porters and stouts are rich
with both history and flavor Roasty dark and
delicious these two styles help start That's
ten different beers with a style of Porter or
stop. Try five more for level three. Righteous
Yeah, let's do that add that to the list To the
list as well But yeah, that was very good and
that leads us to the final segment of the show
the world of weird news here on the Mark Mo show
By the way, I haven't said it in a hot minute.
I'm Mark Maloney. That's a Maloney. We're you're
hosting co -host and producer and Yeah, all that
kind of stuff. All the good stuff. All that kind
of good stuff. We don't fuck couches though.
Exactly. There's no vice president in this house.
At least not anymore. look I misinterpreted loveseat
okay an easy mistake to me easy mistake I get
it someone has to put the love in love couch
indeed indeed they do all right president a my
world of weird news from Cincinnati, Ohio. Oh,
the greatest place in Cincinnati. In Cincinnati.
WKRP is finally coming home to Cincinnati. DP
McIntyre of Raleigh, North Carolina runs a media
nonprofit that has been the proud owner of the
call sign WKRP since 2014. McIntyre 56 recalled
watching the first episode of the 1978 CBS sitcom
WKRP in Cincinnati. I got up and I proclaimed
I'm going to be in radio. Whoa. And it was an
influence for me, too. That's funny. Sure. And
if I ever have the opportunity, I'm going to
run a station called WTRP. According to the Associated
Press, McIntyre's local broadcast WKRP LP 101
.9 FM went live on the air November 30th 2015
and boasted irreverent offerings such as a show
called Weird Al and Friends. That's so cool.
And even an annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway
where McIntyre's team gives out gift certificates
to a local grocery store. nod to the sitcom's
famous Turkey Day episode. That's cool. It's
so awesome. When McIntyre sought bids on the
call letters, Cincinnati answered, I cannot,
by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you
who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera,
WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati.
McIntyre said, it has a special place in the
hearts of an awful lot of people and we have
been very, very, very proud to have been a steward
of that legacy. That's so cool. Isn't that amazing?
I love it. I love it so much. Holy hell. North
Carolina and Ohio finally get that smooch of
life. They do. They really do. Which is weird
because on the license plates of North Carolina,
one of them says first in flight because of the
brothers. Correct. And then the other one I think
it's Ohio says like the birth of flight. Dayton,
Ohio. Yeah. Where they were born. Yes. So Ohio
and North Carolina have always had this thing
of like, well, we own the Wright brothers. No,
we own the Wright brothers. Right. And they come
together in radio. They come together in radio.
God bless. They got their chocolate and the other
one's peanut butter and they finally came together.
Thank God. Someone had to do it and bless DP
McIntyre. DP McIntyre. What a dude. God bless.
Guy of the day. My man. All right, what you got,
man? I have a little story here that kind of
ties in a little bit to our opening segment,
The Useful Idiots. Yeah. This comes from Irish
Star US. Oh, okay. Which I believe is an Irish
publication, but this is the United States publication
of that. Of that. Irish Star. R .F .K. Jr. cut
off dead raccoon's penis on family vacation,
quote, to study later. This is a real story.
from a real publication in the real United States.
An all -new book revealed private journals that
detail a series of unusual and personal incidents
in R .F .K. Jr.'s life, including an absurd scenario
involving raccoon genitalia. Quote, a biography
of R .F. Kay Jr. is shedding light on a series
of personal and unusual moments from his past,
including an incident in which he documented
cutting off a dead raccoon's penis during a family
outing. Oh. Oh. As most people do. The book,
R .F .K. Jr., The Fall and Rise, written by investigative
journalist Isabel Vincent, draws from dozens
of sources, including private journals of said
Kennedy, kept in New York between 1999 and 2001.
These journals, which are updated daily, were
later shared with Vincent. following the 2012
death of his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy.
According to the book, the journals were held
by Mary as leverage during their divorce. Oh
no. Which had not been finalized at the time
of her death, age 52, quite young by the way.
She died by suicide. Mind you, May 16, 2012,
at her home in Westchester County, New York,
the new biography comes as RFK Jr.'s podcast
launch was ridicules as critics said, quote,
their ears will bleed. Vincent's reporting uses
the journals to paint a detailed pictures of
Kennedy's personal struggles, family tensions,
and long standing quote, interest in wildlife.
One entry dated November 11th, 2001 describes
Kennedy pulling over on the highway while driving
with his family after spotting a dead raccoon.
Quote, from Kennedy, I was standing in front
of my parked car on I -684, cutting the penis
out of a road killed raccoon. Think about how
some of my family members were weird as they
turned out to be. Reportedly refracting on strained
relationships between his brother Douglas and
his cousin Bobby Quote my kids patiently wait
in the car as I did this So, uh, yeah if all
those stories about RFK you know, dumping dead
bodies of bears in Central Park and going on
coke binges weren't enough. Yeah, he just sliced
the dick off a dead raccoon. God. You know, the
old health and safety guy of the United States.
Because, of course. Because, of course. I wish
I could do his voice. Don't know if anyone It's
it's it is it's just this grab no like I don't
I gotta penis Yeah, who does that? I cut the
penis off of a raccoon Joe Rogan. Are you proud
of me? And then what was the slightly unrelated
but it's it's it's him So whatever but like there
were there were like images of him Working out.
Shirtless and jeans. With fucking Kid Rock. Kid
Rock. The least in shape person of all time.
And I know, I know a guy who works at a bar and
he's a homosexual. Now here's a guy. And he's
looked at that photo and he looked at me and
he goes, so gay. I just, I lost it. I started
cracking up. I mean, I know it's morbid and maybe
uncouth, but maybe that's why Mary checked out.
Maybe Mary checked out because Robert was fucking
dudes. Right? Gosh, I can't wait to get in the
pants of Kid Rock. Wow. Rock is not what I thought
it really was. He puts the kid in Kid Rock. That's
why Donald and I get along. Oh, no. Pedo jokes.
Oh, boy. Very cool, RFK. What a dude. What a
something. Whatever. I don't know. Robert Sr.
would surely be proud. Oh, God. Anyway. All right.
Note to people. Leave raccoons alone. Their penises
are not for your consumption. Yeah. What is for
your consumption is Edmund Fitzgerald Porter.
By Great Lakes Brewing. Not sponsored, but golly
recommended. Golly recommend it indeed. You got
a 425 from me and a 4 .0 from Mark Morrow. That's
high praise. It is high praise. And we are going
to close the show on that good note. And hey,
make sure you listen to Aid and Spell the Right
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And once again, this has been the Mark Mo Show
Season 6. Let's keep it going. Let's keep it
going. Leave Raccoon Penis alone. Oh, yeah. What
the fuck?