Hey everyone, welcome back to The Main Mic. I'm
your host, Harper, and today I am kind of joined
with Zach. Yeah, I'm kind of here. Zach is currently
recovering from sickness, so he won't be doing
much talking, but it is fun to have company,
especially since there isn't much going on for
the first week of March. We've been doing some
digging. We honestly really have, and we don't
want to sound like a broken record. We don't
want to keep repeating the same thing we've been
repeating for at least a week and a week and
a half. depending on when you have listened to
our podcasts. But by the time you hear this,
Saturday, the day after this will be posted,
is the start of March. We are in our third month
of the year. It's crazy. It's kind of disgusting
if you ask me. But, I mean, so much has happened
that I'm already excited for the next year. But
again, it is the first day of March starting
Saturday, which also means March Madness, Ramadan,
and Mardi Gras. Oh, and not to forget, this month
also has St. Patrick's Day. And St. Patrick's
Day. I'm part Irish, so I mean. Are you really?
I am, yeah. I don't know if I have any Irish,
but I do have. German, possibly. I think I'm
also kind of German. I just know I like potatoes,
which has nothing to do with being Irish, but
it's just... No, that's the entire... It's the
entire point of being Irish is that you like
potatoes. That is completely it. So in addition
to Ramadan and March Madness, KC Live is hosting
a Mardi Gras party at Power and Enlight March
1st. We did some digging and we went to the website.
There was no talk or any mention about it being
a 21 plus event. So we're assuming all students
regarding age are able to attend. But it might
be a fun event for people to go down and hang
out with people and celebrate the celebration
of Mardi Gras. But I believe Mardi Gras, I asked
Siri. I didn't do too much digging. She, as in
Siri, said that Mardi Gras was actually on March
4th. So maybe people don't want to celebrate
on a Tuesday. Well, all I remember is Mardi Gras
has some banger food. Oh, 100%. Crawfish boils?
Just anything and everything. Hush puppies. You
said something about crepes and I didn't know
that it was part of like Mardi Gras. I think
it is. I could be wrong. Because is Mardi Gras...
Mardi Gras is like the mask and the baby and
the cake. I know. Is it Hispanic or is it French?
It is... It is French. Yeah, so I'm right. Okay.
So yeah, crepes. I took two years of French in
high school. I think two years, two or three.
And I remember my freshman year before COVID
hit. Actually, no, that was... I don't remember.
Jesus, it's been so long. But my French teacher
had... celebrated Mardi Gras with the entire
class because it was the day of, I think, and
she made us crepes in the classroom, which was
just amazing because crepes are delicious. No,
I agree. Crepes are my favorite. Speaking of
crepes, I like to go to this place called La
Fresca. It's off of Old Highway 59. They have
really good, really good crepes. Yeah, have you
been, I think it's still there, in the Oak Park
Mall? They had or have a crepe stand, and it's
actually really good. I know what you're talking
about. I do think they got rid of it. I think
they actually moved it. I think they moved it
into a different, like, shop thing area in the
mall, but I could be wrong. I haven't been there
in a while. I really remember that because I
also remember, you know those, like, Yeah, it
was right next to that. I know. Same with the
Auntie Anne's. Yeah, there was like three right
there. But I don't think the dragon breath ball
thing has made it. I think that's also gone.
I think that's gone. I don't think it lasted.
Plus, it raised a bunch of health concerns at
the time. A lot of people were like, this is
like making my kids sick. It made my kids sick
because he ate too many. And I was like, yeah,
you'll get sick eating too many. But, I mean,
that's just. Too many of anything, but that's
just my own opinion. And also, who knows, there
might have been actual health risks if you ate
too many. Probably. Anyone who did report saying,
ugh, it made my kids sick and it's valid, then
yeah. I don't know. But I remember when that
did get shut down. It was raising a lot of health
risks. I was really excited for the crepe shop
because I think it was like, I don't know, it
was getting a lot more attention because of the
lack of stands nearby. Yeah. I do think it actually,
there is a store outside of Oak Park Mall, which
I believe has a crepe, like it's a crepe shop.
But I don't, don't quote me on that and I don't
know what it's called. But if you're thinking
about it, Being moved, I think it might be that.
Maybe, yeah. Because I never got crepes from
the mall. I'm not a huge go -to -the -mall person.
However, I should totally go to the mall sometime.
You should. I feel like it would be really fun.
I haven't been to the mall in such a long time.
It's a fun place. It's, like, I go there quite
often, I'd say. Um, my friends just like, we
just like to browse. Um, you know, the Lego store
is there too. We all like Legos. Uh, there's
a really cool candy stop, uh, shop, uh, where
you can fill up your own bag of candy and it's,
it's like weight, it's based on like weight.
Um, so that was cool. Um, you know, there's just
a bunch of like fun. Nerdy stores in there, too.
I mean, I've gotten a lot of pop figures from
there, so. I remember one time I went into the
Lego store just to build myself as a Lego person,
and then I left. Yeah. Because it's like, what,
$17 for a tiny Lego person? Well, you get them
in packs of three. Oh. I just did that literally,
like, a few weeks ago. If that. With a couple,
with two of my friends. So we all, like I made
one of them, the other made the other person,
and then the other person made me. So it like
just kind of went around in a circle. So we all
like made each other. And then we kept the one
that the person created for us. So that was kind
of fun. And I think it was only like, I could
be wrong. I think it was only like 10 bucks for
three Legos. Honestly, it probably is. I mean,
I don't go there often, so I just pulled a number
from the depths of my brain. I don't remember
the number because all I remember is going, oh,
okay, hold on, let me pull up my card. And then
he was like, do you have a reward program with
us? I was like, oh, yeah. And then he looked
at my phone number, and I got it for free because
I had. points built up from a large purchase
I made like two years ago. So that was awesome.
Oh, that's so fun. I mean, yeah, that's an activity
that people can do. It just gets you out of the
house. It does. Don't get sick like me, though.
I didn't get sick from the mall, but, you know,
take precautions when needed. Since the weather,
oh my gosh, weather is finally warming up. allowed
to go on those oh it's so nice out what do people
call them hot girl walks yeah they they put hot
girl in front of anything they do now yeah um
but because it was like what hot girl summer
or like brat summer or something um but i mean
maybe it's just like an algorithm thing but anything
on social media is just talking about how it's
warmed up and everyone can go on their hot girl
walks and um I completely agree. I laid out in
the sun for like an hour because I was like,
oh, finally. It was so warm. It was so warm.
Warm as in it's like 45, 50 degrees, but it's
not windy or cloudy and there's no snow on the
ground and everything's melted. We can finally
be in the studio to record. And I mean, it's
wonderful. I love the warm weather. I'm like,
what's the, what's a proper, I'm at. Caterpillar
coming out of the cocoon and now I'm a butterfly
because of the warm weather. The cocoon was the
winter. The cocoon was the winter. The cocoon
was me being in my apartment, never wanting to
leave my house, and now all I want to do is go
outside. And fly like a butterfly. Literally,
that's all. I would love to in this warm weather.
But, I mean, I don't know. All the activities
that I think about doing is just, like, go outside
and do, like, anything. Walk, sit, read a book
outside. Just be on your phone outside. Chill
with your friends outside. Eat food outside.
It's warm weather. Like, there's, like, my brother
and all of them, it's the first of March, so
they're probably doing their March Madness, what
do they call it, catalog or, like, bracket. They'll
be doing that, but, I mean, I don't know. Yeah,
I only remember doing, like, the March Madness
brackets for school. And, like, if you guessed
it right, you would get, like, a $10 prize or
something. I don't remember. Do we do it for
Johnson County? I'm sure if you, like, looked
into it, we might. There's probably a club that
has a March Madness event going on. Probably.
Well, besides everything going on in March, like
Ramadan, March Madness, what's... Oh, yeah. Mardi
Gras and then St. Patrick's Day. And there's
so many other events going on. I mean, at Johnson
County throughout the entire month of March,
we have a waterway car wash fundraiser. So it
will you can buy a ticket at the Com 305 room.
communications 305 room and it's from 8 a .m
to 4 p .m like the entire month you can go and
you get a discounted pass for waterway so it's
throughout the whole month of march and the money
goes to help student veterans of america so it's
pretty cool And you can shop, like you can buy
your ticket through Johnson County Community
College, or I'm sure you can go to one of the
selected waterways, which I'm not aware of which
waterways, and you can go mention it and I think
purchase your ticket through them as well. But
again, Zach and I looked through a lot of what's
happening at Johnson County Community College.
The first week of March. Not much. Not much.
I mean, if you do, we already talked about this
last week's episode and probably briefly on the
week before as well. Go to the Nerman. Yeah.
The Nerman Museum has so many great exhibits
going on right now. Yeah, just multiple exhibits
now at a time. So just go check them out. And
I'm sure they'll be adding more and more to it
as we progress the podcast. Zach, are there any
theater productions going on? Yeah, the same
Lieutenant of Inishmore. The day that this is
posted, February 28th, is the start of that showing
at 7 .30. Or you can go the Saturday at 2 p .m.
or 7 .30. And you can go to the Sunday at 2 p
.m. And it's free for everybody. And it's in
the Bodker Black Box in the MTC. And that's free,
right? Yep, free for anybody. There is very limited
seating. I have seen on social media that it
is not intended for kids. And so, yeah, get there
early. Seats fill out pretty quickly. But, yeah,
go support the theater. And, you know, there's
a couple other productions happening later that
we'll mention because, you know, they're kind
of in production right now. But, you know, there's
a little show called V -Day and then Rhinoceros.
We'll get into those later on a different episode.
But, you know, kind of just check out the theater
program here at JCCC. It's a really cool place.
Yeah. So if you don't know, Johnson County is
very supportive of all hobbies. or careers careers
um so go check out the nerman to support artists
and then go check out our theater to support
support even more artists more artists i was
gonna say like actors and there are also like
the production people as well set designers costume
designer prop designer there's go support talent
yeah Pure talent. Pure talent. And, I mean, while
we're just talking about what you can support,
again, throughout March, there's the Waterway
Drive. But there's also, for the same Student
Veterans of America, on March 4th, we have a
donut sale. So there's a lot of Student Veterans
of America, like, activities and organization,
like, going on. So just constantly be checking
out what's. relevant on the Johnson County website
because new things are always added. By the time
this is posted, okay, we're recording like two
days in advance. We're on Wednesday and this
is posted Friday. Things can be rearranged and
posted and added. There could be new things that
we haven't talked about and that are posted.
let's say thursday or friday morning and they're
within the week event after it's posted so it'll
be like friday the 28th to the what fourth fourth
of the month yeah because yeah we're recording
the fifth is the next wednesday so i mean oh
even then we can go past it would be like the
like sixth or something seventh because we can
talk about things leading up to that friday as
well yeah so things are always constantly added
new club meetings there's always dropping yoga
or gyms exercise like gym exercises um and i
know it's probably pretty boring to hear us talk
about it but i mean those that's what's going
on at johnson county right now and that's That
is what is being repeated every week. So it's
just a constant join this club, go to this yoga
in the morning, and you'll have fun at Johnson
County. So with the warm weather as well, I can
finally go outside and play Pokemon Go again.
Oh, my gosh. I miss my Pokemon. Did you see that
there's going to be, and I know we've already
talked about Comic -Con, but there is a Pokemon.
They're putting a Pokemon gym on Comic -Con,
but there's an event specific for Pokemon Go.
Really? I did not see that. I probably should
have by now, though. It's on their website. I
skimmed over it just because I'm not a part of
Pokemon Go. But they did mention about how if
you do have Pokemon Go and play it, that they
will be hosting something special for the app.
I wonder what it is. I didn't do much research
on it, but it sounds like so much fun. So hosted
at the Johnson County Community College Olathe
Health Education Center. It's off of OMC Parkway
and 152nd Street. There is a shrink your stress
shrink. your stressors away, and create your
own keychain workshop. It's Wednesday, March
5th, and it starts at 11 a .m. and ends at 1
p .m., but it's really going to boost your creativity
for this March. March season. Yeah, for the spring.
Yeah. Winter has already ended, right? I hope
so. I did a little digging on the Pokemon for
Comic -Con because I was curious. So it's not
actually Pokemon Go. It's the Pokemon Scarlet
or Violet on the Switch. Okay. And so from what
I've read is there's going to be four different
gyms around the facility and you have to, you
know, beat them. And if you beat them, you collect
stamps. And when you get all four stamps, you
get like a limited edition PGL qualifier badge.
Ooh. So maybe I'll bring my Switch to Comic -Con.
You might as well get those four stamps. I think
that's kind of it for news, though. I mean, the...
We also have at the Fieldhouse, the gym, Thursday,
March 6th at 10 a .m., and it lasts until noon,
there is a basketball high -energy action -packed
game, the Intermurals Basketball. It looks like
it's something that you get to sign up for. I
don't know if that means tickets or team. Either
one. Check it out. Oh. you sign up for it and
you are a part of it. So if you go to the Johnson
County website, it would be jccc .campuslabs
.com. You can scroll down to March 6th. It's
Thursday. And you'll be able to enter your own
name, ID, email address, you know, basic information.
And you can sign up to be solo or a team to be
in the... March 2025 basketball co -ed intramurals.
I'm no sports fanatic, so I don't know the details
about what a intramurals thing is. I don't know
if it's competition or... Yeah, I have no idea.
Basketball? It's basketball. It's probably not
linked to March Madness, but it may be. It might
be. I have no idea. It might be something so
fun. I used to play basketball in... Elementary
school. Well, I mean, I think it used to be a...
But like as a team, we were undefeated. Ooh.
Yeah. Go you guys. It was like a competition
thing. It wasn't like a school affiliated thing.
I don't think. I might just be getting in my
own head though. I just remember that we were
undefeated and I've never let that down. Honestly,
unfortunately, there isn't much going on in...
The Johnson County, KC Metro area or at Johnson
County within the first week of March. Yeah.
Everything's happening late March or mid -March.
Yeah, mid -March. But that just means that we
have more content for you guys to listen to later.
Yeah. Longer episodes, hopefully. And, I mean,
hopefully by then we have – I mean, Zach, I love
having you as a co -host. I bet you do. But –
We do need a permanent, yeah. So if you're still
interested, email us at the email in the description.
And if you guys have any student stories you
want to share or if you're unsure about being
a co -host, please email us at themessengerjccc
at gmail .com. Because we would love to hear
your stories. And maybe it'll give you a little
inspiration to be our co -host. Yeah. Hey, Zach
will be in our studio while recording. So you'll
still get to record with him. Yeah, I'll be here
in the flesh. Yelling at us, correcting our every
second. Yep. Saying, you can't say that. We have
to cut that. That's how it is every time. Kind
of. Not really. Not really. No. I was going to
say, I was like trying to agree with you the
best of, yeah, totally. Yeah, he yells at me,
help. Mostly you're just like, yeah, say it like
this instead. Yeah. Yeah. Because, I mean, you
stumble over your words a lot, Harper. Yeah.
That is one of my issues. I'm trying to work
on it, how I do jumble my words up because of
how much I talk. I like to think of it as my
brain talks faster than my mouth. ADHD? Hey,
I'm not - ADHD? Not diagnosed yet, but my doctors
do say it's about - I'm kidding. But yeah. And
also, I have been trying to talk a lot slower
just to really stretch out the episode length.
However, it is difficult to, and it's - kind
of hard to really make sure I focus on what words
I want to say she just has so much she wants
to talk about oh I wish I mean yeah yes I do
there are things I mean yes I would love to talk
for hours on end and create a valuable podcast
episode but We'll get there. We'll get there.
Hopefully one day. We're back in the studio now.
So that'll change things. No more snow days.
Knock on wood. I hope it picks that up on the
mic. I do too. Especially since yours is the
only one that has wood on it. Mine's plastic.
I know. Mine's the wood table. So ha ha. Just
to talk about something. And I know. I don't
know if we've talked about it on this podcast
or not, but we both play Phasmophobia, or at
least know what it is. Yep. Have you seen the
roadmap that they posted of all their updates
for this year? I have not. Okay. Is it posted
on Instagram? I think it's on Instagram. It's
on their Discord. Basically, and it's on their
TikTok too, it's showcasing everything that's
coming in this year. So they're finally doing...
like new character customization. Ooh. They're
adding a new map. That's so fun. They're adding
a new piece of equipment. They are revamping
the way the media works. So like they're changing
the tab to be called media. So you're able to
actually, like if you catch the ghost on a camera,
like a video camera, it actually counts as evidence
now. Really? Yeah. That's so exciting. They're
changing just a bunch of that stuff, so that's
going to be fun. The equipment they're adding
is like a sound recorder or something like that,
I think. So they're bringing more of the paranormal
investigator real -life equipment into the game.
Yeah, kind of. They're also... And along with
adding a new map, they're changing both of the
farmhouses. Like they're revamping them, it looks
like. I'm so sorry. You talk and then... So yeah,
they're like revamping both of the farmhouses.
And they're also... I don't think they're completely
changing it. I think they just might be adding
a little bit to Tanglewood. Ooh, okay. So we'll
see. That's going to be really fun watching all
the new YouTube streams about it. I mean, the
reason why I got into Phasmophobia, I'm not going
to lie, and people are going to hate me that
I'm picking him, but Markiplier is the one who
got me into Phasmophobia. And there are so many
other YouTubers who have done Phasmophobia content.
But, I mean, I don't know. I think we did talk
about this. I think it was on our intro episode
with you. Oh, yeah, we totally did. We've talked
about this so many times in so many different
episodes of podcasts. It's going to be brought
up regardless. We are nerds. And we like the
paranormal. Oh, yeah. We are huge paranormal
investigator fans. And maybe one day we can take
this podcast. to a haunted on the road oh wait
that would be so fun but so scary imagine new
segment imagine stories yeah a new segment called
ghost stories would be so funny imagine us taking
this podcast to a haunted location in Kansas.
Let's just start recording a podcast. See if
we pick up anything while we record. We'll get
the third mic and we'll put up like a... A spirit
box? A spirit box. And just, if the ghost ever
talks, it'll just be a guest on the podcast.
Featuring unknown ghosts. Featuring, what's your
name? An entity? Maybe a demon? Maybe, you never
know. Johnson County Community College students
caught demon on audio recording. Real, not fake,
not clickbait. Not edited at all. Raw footage.
Surviving 24 hours at Johnson County Community
College. In the dark. In the dark. Flashlights
only. And we do not have access. No gear. We
do not have access. Just flashlight. Yeah. We
do not have access to the, and we don't have
access to the cafeteria. I imagine surviving
24 hours in Johnson County Community College
and we can't access the cafes or the Pizza Hut.
What would we eat? Would we have to bring our
own food? Hmm. Because you can't just, I mean,
you can not eat for 24 hours, but it's not suggested.
I mean, thinking about it, I would break into
the sushi place that we have in here. I would
too. What's it called? Oh, what is it called?
I go there so often. At least I used to. No,
I go there so often too. It's this guy. It's
a name. Yeah, it's his name. I just don't remember
it and I feel so bad, but it's so good. If you
haven't gone, try it. I will for sure 100 % mention
it next episode because I will get it for lunch
next Wednesday. Yeah. But no, I would totally
break into that or Pizza Hut or... I mean, my
third favorite there is probably the, what is
it, the sub sandwiches that we have? I don't
know. I always get the sushi. Yeah. That would
be so real. I haven't tried, like, anything else.
I get, I mean, whatever from Pizza Hut, I get
the pasta, the chicken alfredo, or the... I hate
Pizza Hut. With a burning passion. I... I don't
necessarily hate Pizza Hut, but I am biased to
Pizza Hut because I usually get free stuff because
my brother works at a Pizza Hut. That's fair.
So I've grown to like Pizza Hut is what I'm trying
to say. I get that. No. I've had it so many times,
and it's just – at least the one where I live,
it's just progressively gotten worse. What's
your favorite pizza place? Okay, there's different
– Casey's. Casey's Pizza? Yeah. Okay, so I'm
going to – okay. There are two types of pizza
places in Kansas. An actual pizza joint. Actually,
Mod Pizza is really good too. What's it called?
Mod Pizza. Oh, I know it. It's like Subway of
Pizza. No, literally. I know what you're talking
about. No. I do like Mod Pizza. I remember in
Overland Park – what was it? Park Place. There
used to be California Pizza Kitchen. I don't
think I ever went there, but it sounds familiar,
yeah. So California Pizza Kitchen was my brother's
birthday spot. We would go every year for his
birthday because it was his favorite place. And
so I'm also biased because of my brother having
a favorite to pizza. But, I mean, if we're talking
about fast food, like you said your favorite
is Casey's. Mine's probably Papa John's. Yeah,
I like Papa John's. Have you tried Old Chicago?
It's near the AMC. Which AMC? It's the one off
of, it's by like the GameStop and the Target,
like that little strip. Oh, yes. I know what
you're talking about. I literally have no idea
what it is in my brain. I have no idea what the
road's called, but there's that AMC area. There's
a, so in that little strip with the AMC and stuff,
Old Chicago, I had gone there with my cousin
when we went to go see Wicked when that came
out. It's literally like across the street. It's
right next to the Texas Roadhouse too. Oh, right.
Yeah. I probably should have just said that.
No, yeah. Now my brain clicked. I know what you're
talking about. So Old Chicago, as somebody who's
from the Chicago area and has had actual Chicago
pizza, it's pretty good. I think they have deep
dish pizza on the menu, but I don't think we
got it. I think we just got regular pizza. And
it was good. I mean, we had to speed eat it because
we were trying to make it on time to the movie.
And my cousin, she was very adamant that the
previews were shorter than they are. I'm like,
no, previews are usually like 30 minutes. She's
like, no, dude, they're like 15. I'm like, no,
they're not. I was right, obviously. Always.
Because previews are like literally 30 minutes.
So when the movie starts at 7, it doesn't actually
start at 7. That's when the previews start. It
starts at 7 .30. Did you remember that one new
law that's trying to be implemented where it's
illegal to say that if a movie starts at 7, if
there's 30 minutes of previews? That's a law
coming? That is. I don't know if it's in Kansas,
but I 100%, I swear. That's funny. Swear. I mean,
I wouldn't be mad at it. No, but the fact that
it's saying that's illegal, I think it should
just post in, like, parentheses right next to
it. Movie starts at this time. Parentheses, like,
it starts at 7. Parentheses, 735. But if they
did that, though, the entire point of saying
that the movie starts at 7, though, is for people
to get there at 7, so then they watch the previews.
I know. Because companies want money. So that—
It's probably not going to get passed because
that's kind of how the— the movie industry works.
Yeah. And how you know what the next and upcoming
movies are. I feel like I get like a lot of fun
trailers that I only see in movie theaters. Oh,
100%. I think, okay. Correct me if I'm wrong,
but movie theater trailers are way different
than what you see on YouTube or Netflix. Like
those trailers are always so different. Yeah,
usually. They're usually more extended than the
one that you see on YouTube. I remember the Minecraft
trailer. We saw that one. Obviously, I saw it
on YouTube when it came out. But when we went
to go see Wicked, we saw the Minecraft trailer.
And it added a few clips in there that were not
seen. I was like, oh, that's cool. Honestly,
this is going to sound so rough, but I would
love to go sit in a movie theater just to watch
previews. I need to know what movies are up and
coming. I want to be. I want to be one of those
people who gets to go out and see movies. I haven't
been to the movie theater in so long. Actually,
no. The last time I was in the movie theater
was for Wicked. My grandma wanted to see it for
Christmas. Yeah. I think the last time I went,
because I saw two movies with my cousin. We saw
Wicked and then we saw Moana 2. We saw Moana
2 at B &B theaters, though, because they had.
A special collector's edition of a Moana popcorn
bucket. And I love Moana. Like my favorite Disney
movie is Moana. So I got the bucket. Yeah. It
was like the best $30 I've ever spent. It was
$30? Yeah. But it's a Moana 2 popcorn bucket.
She has like the heart of Te Fiti in her hand,
I think. And the seas like coming out and like
greeting her like it does in the movie. It was
awesome. Is it true that if you buy those popcorn
buckets, you can take them back to the movie
theater and they will refill them for free? I
don't know. I've never tried that. I probably
should, though. I have two popcorn buckets. We
totally need to look up the policies for B &B
Theater, AMC, and Cinemark. Because I know all
three of them are different, but all three of
them have roughly the same. It's either a discount
or you take your popcorn bucket back and they
will refill it for free. I'd assume it's probably
just a discount now. I mean, free would be freaking
awesome. Yeah. Movie theaters are really reaching
for a lot of money nowadays because a lot of
people do watch. Everything's just streaming.
Yeah, everyone's streaming. But they did do that
one Amazon discount. Like if you have Amazon
Prime, I think at AMC Theaters, because I think
AMC and Amazon are linked together. But if you
go to AMC Theaters, you get a discount on certain
movie tickets or you get free movie tickets if
you have Amazon Prime video. For, like, I don't
know. I can't remember which movies they were.
But for certain movies, you can go watch them
for free or at a discounted price. Yeah. I mean,
it also helps, you know, they have, like, rewards
programs, like AMC Stub or A -List. I don't even
know what it's called now. A -List, I think.
I think they might be two different things. I
don't know. But I know a couple of my friends
used to have it. They may still, but. They would
go see movies, like, every weekend. Back when
movies were, like, cheap. That's why I like going
to Cinemark. Movies are, like, $5 to $8 a ticket.
I like B &B Theater. They have really good seats.
And it's never usually, like, full, like, at
all. And their seats are, you can get heated
seats. Ooh, I think I've only been, I've been
to B &B Theaters, like, a handful amount of times.
For a birthday. Some first dates. Ignore that.
Yeah, no, keep that in. I'm gonna. To show how
much I care about you going to B &B Theater.
No. Yeah, you're right. I probably shouldn't
ramble on. I wasn't going to. But just, we'll
let it slide because you're sick. I wanted my
tea. We'll get you more. Don't worry. Yeah, I
know. It's empty now. I have not touched my water
since I've gotten in here. Actually, maybe once.
I can't really remember. But, I mean, yeah. Favorite
pizza shop is Chicago Pizza. Favorite place to
watch is B &B Theaters. Well, Chicago's not my
favorite. It was just good. I just wanted to
mention that. Oh. My favorite is probably, well.
Favorite fast food pizza is Casey's because it's
like right next to where I live. It's also just
good. I don't get why people hate it. Just because
it has a gas station under the name doesn't mean
it's bad. But probably like my favorite like
I guess fancy, fancier pizza is Mod Pizza because
you can just create your own. And my pizza taste
is very specific. Like I like weird stuff on
my pizza. Are there any pizza places that you
hate? Pizza Hut. Is that it? I despise Pizza
Hut. I don't really like Minsky's. Yeah. Ooh,
have you ever tried Emu's Pizza? E -M -U? I think
so, yeah. I don't think so. I don't even think
I've ever heard of it. I don't know where it
is. My stepdad, that's like his favorite thing,
like his favorite pizza place. It's in Kansas,
though? Yeah. You can get it delivered. I'm looking
it up as you speak. Yeah, go ahead. It's, I think,
at least the one we always get is like thin crust.
And I think that's what their specialty is, is
thin crust. That is really good pizza too. They
have really good cheese. But yeah, I have no
idea like where it is. I just know it's relatively
local. It might be Overland Park, Olathe. You
said like EMU. Yeah. It's not popping up. I think
you're lying. No, but it does show a Gambino's
pizza if you look up Emu. But I'm looking at
Apple Maps. It's I -M -O. Ooh. Let me look that
up. I -M. Yeah. Overland Park. Yeah. There's
one in Overland Park and one right across state
line in Missouri. Yeah. So they're both looks
like relatively on College Boulevard if you just.
Keep going straight from Johnson County Community
College. But, I mean, either way, I understand
why you don't like Pizza Hut. It's just not good.
Like, their crust is terrible. It's so... I don't
like their flat crust. I don't like thick crust
pizza regardless. And the way that Pizza Hut
does it is, like, extra thick. And it's also,
their sauce just isn't that good. It's, like,
really... Their sauce is just not... It just
tastes like tomato paste. Are you sure you're
not thinking of Minsky's Pizza? No, I'm thinking
of Pizza Hut. Trust. To me, Minsky's Pizza is
exactly what you're saying. I haven't had Minsky's
in a while, so I can't comment on that. Minsky's
Pizza has too thick of crust for me, and the
tomato paste is like tomato sauce. Papa John's.
Papa John's is a good middle ground. I literally
just said that. Papa John's is my favorite pizza
place. Honestly, I think the only thing I do
like getting from Minsky's is their Thai chicken
pizza. Honestly, it's so good. You know what's
the best pizza I've genuinely ever had, though?
Yeah, I want to know. In Des Moines when I went
for the theater trip that I've mentioned once
or maybe twice. I think it might be the first
episode because it was around January, right?
Yeah, it was mid -January is when I went. So
there's this local. place called Fong's Pizza
and it is oh my god like they have um this honey
garlic pizza oh my gosh that has changed my life
sounds so good the first time I had it two years
ago because this this trip this year was the
second time I went so the first year I went um
which I guess was technically last year um January
2024 Literally, it was so good. And like it was
good cold. It was good reheated. I love cold
pizza. Yeah, it was just, it was, their cheese
was fantastic. Honey on a pizza was something
I didn't know I ever needed. So now I put honey
on my pizza. You know, my dad, we, we stopped
by. Places everywhere. I need to know the exact
place where we got this pizza. So give me one
second while I look it up. So the pizza place
that my dad and I go to, which introduced me
to Honey on Pizza, it's not somewhere that we
go regularly because it is a bit pricey. It's
called The Wise Guy. It is downtown Kansas City.
I've heard of that. I've never been, but I've
heard of it. Yeah, I think it's on Main Street.
and like 26th and main street but um the first
time i ever had hot pizza like hot honey on pizza
was at the wise guys and i i agree putting honey
on so good so so good was yours regular honey
or was it also considered hot honey because mine
was like a spicy honey um i think it was just
regular honey it might have been hot honey though
I mean, regardless, hot honey to me isn't like
hot. It just tastes good. So I wouldn't mind
either way. I mean, we got like a pepperoni pizza
and it did like the scoop pepperoni. The ones
that are like a little tiny cup. Yeah. I'm so
sorry. You should be. I know. But yeah, no, it
was. Probably taking out the trash. There's a
lot of background noise. Yeah, sorry. I was just
checking to see if it was like picking up that
because I don't know. It might be picking. If
you hear any background noise, I apologize. There
was somebody vacuuming in here earlier. I mean,
we paused our recording. We did, but there's
just a lot. Getting later in the afternoon for
custodians. Johnson County Community College
is shutting down for the night. So we're here
a bit after hours. Yeah. It's okay. I don't like
that accent I just did on accident. Well, I'm
keeping it in, so. Ew. But, I mean, yeah. I'm
really happy that I discovered hot honey on pizza.
It is literally, if you guys have to, like. find
a place i would suggest wise guys um i mean that's
the place that i discovered honey on pizza i
have no idea where else um i did go to trader
joe's to buy hot honey in case i ever wanted
to get like cheap to go pizza like papa john's
pizza hut you know casey's pizza and just trying
to make it a little fancier by putting hot honey
on it um honey Mustard on pizza is also really
good. Really? Yeah. It sounds weird, but, like,
trust. I mean, I can totally understand, like,
honey mustard I would always do on a pretzel.
Yeah. So I get the bread mustard combo. I like
just pretzels and cheese, like soft pretzels
and cheese. Honestly, I agree. I used to go downtown
with my family. There was this bar that had a
bunch of cornhole in the back. And one of their
appetizers was actually pretzels served with
honey, cheese, and mustard with... Is that the
mustard that you're talking about? That's like
grainy kind of mustard. No, that's Dijon mustard,
I think. Possibly. Okay. Yeah, I get what you're
saying. I don't know what the mustards are. I'm
so sorry. I like mustard. I just read an article
about mustard for class. Really? So it's so funny
that I'm not knowledgeable about different types
of mustard and different brands, but the actual
article was about Dijon mustard. Yeah, I think
Dijon mustard's the one that's like... Grainy
in a sense. It has like the black specks and
stuff. It's usually like a lighter color. Yeah.
I'm pretty sure that's Dijon mustard. But I mean,
dude, bread with pretzels with anything is so
good. Bread with anything is good. Yeah. Anything
wheat related. I love bread. I'm sorry if you
guys are going through. I buy honey bread. Honey
bread? Like honey wheat bread. Oh. So good. That
was like my sick day food. It was soup and that
bread. Bread with honey in it, on it? I don't
know. It's like infused, I guess. Like it's like
the bread itself is like honey wheat bread. Oh,
no, I know what you're talking about. Is it kind
of like those cinnamon spiral breads? No. It's
just like bread. But I guess they infuse honey.
I don't know. It's just honey wheat bread. It
sounds so good. It is. I'm getting hungry. Yeah,
well, it is dinner almost. It is almost dinner.
Go get food, guys, if you haven't ate. Well,
it really just depends on when they're listening
to this. That's what I'm saying. No matter what,
make sure you've eaten today. And drink water.
And drink water. Unless you're fasting for Ramadan.
Yeah, I guess, yeah. Then wait till... Wait till
you can. Wait till dusk. I don't know when the
rules are. I think it is when the sun's down.
Dusk till dawn is when they can. Yeah. Do your
thing. Yeah. Go you for being your purest self
during Ramadan. But, I mean, yeah. Yeah, we'll
get more news. What were we talking about? I
don't know. Were we really? We were talking about
movie theaters. We were talking about pizza for
a long time. Why did we? I don't know. Are you
going to cut any of that? I don't know. Probably
not. Perfect. Keep this in, too. Yeah. You know,
we're just vibing. We're looking for things to
talk about. And I really appreciate you trying
to match my energy. I know you feel like crap
right now. I stepped in. I was not going to be
a part of this episode. It was just going to
be Harper. She needs somebody to talk to, so
I stepped in. You make me sound so lonely. She
needs someone to talk to. She doesn't have any
friends. Gosh, I'm not that big of a loser. That
doesn't mean that anyone else is a loser. I'm
just saying. You make me sound sad. Well. No!
Don't! I stepped in, though. I promise I do have
friends. Yeah, no, you mention your friends a
lot. You're okay. Yeah. I just, you know, but
nobody else is available to record. So I stepped
in. Hopefully I don't have to do this again.
Not because I don't want to be, but because I
need to edit these podcasts. Yeah. I need to
edit them and I need to, yeah. Yeah, we're really
putting Zach to work here. But I mean. I guess
you can look at it as a positive and you know
when, I guess, certain timings you need to cut
out and edit. Yeah, I guess. If you're in the
episode itself. I'm going to get a bell, though.
Remember? We clap every single time. I'm going
to get a bell every time you do something wrong.
Oh, right. I remember. Zach said that if we,
as in me and my future co -host. ever do stumble
or mix up or say the wrong information, he's
going to have a bell that he rings. You're going
to accidentally Pavlov condition us into something.
I'm going to give you PTSD from bell sounds.
Every single time I hear a bell in the future,
I will know. I'll bring a gong, actually. Anytime
I hear whatever you choose, I will be... very
disappointed in myself and be like, oh no, I
messed up. What did I do wrong? And then I won't
tell you. I'll just ring it and then not explain
why. I can already imagine how evil you'll be
with it. You'll ring it and we'll look at you
and be like, what did we do wrong? What do we
have to fix? And then it's like, I know you'll
act like nothing happened. Like you didn't ring
the bell. Zach is... An evil person. I am, truly.
A menace. The embodiment. Pretty much. Yeah.
That's why you are one of the people who will
bring their Switch to Comic -Con. Yeah, I'm not
going to do that. Really? Well, I don't know.
You totally should. That sounds interesting.
Like, I want that badge thing, but, like, at
the same time, I want to do other things at Comic
-Con. You should, just in case. There is going
to be a time at Comic -Con where you'll just
be... I wonder how it works, though. Like, is
it... I don't know. I'll have to look into it
more. I mean, I think, like I said earlier, I
think it's just going to be they have four gyms
that aren't, like, I know there's one gym there
all the time because it's the... Well, yeah,
it's Pokemon Go, though. It's Overland Park Convention
Center. I mean... Well, because I think you just
probably connect to, like, an online or local
battle. With like a trainer or with like probably
somebody set up at a stand or something. Oh,
you know what? It would be so fun. And I mean
so fun if they put Comic -Con characters there.
Like imagine you're fighting. Yeah, the trainer
is like Goku. Or like, the third trainer is David
Tennant. David, oh my gosh, that'd be so funny.
He's one of the gym leaders. Matthew Lillard.
Matthew Lillard's a gym leader. No, it's not
even Matthew Lillard. It's someone of his, Scooby
-Doo. Shaggy. It's the Scooby -Doo version of
Matthew Lillard. That would be so funny. That
would be funny. Be so honest. And that would
bring together so many communities. I doubt it,
though. Nintendo's pretty strict with what's
in their game. Darn. That's okay, though. I'll
check it out. I'll look more into it. I got a
month. You do have a month because it is March
21st, 22nd, and 23rd. I am going on the 22nd.
I did confirm that. I think I'm going with a
friend now, too. Oh, you were going by yourself
before? No, I was going with my family, but now
I think we're bringing along one of my friends.
I think we're going to try to cosplay together.
What are you guys cosplaying? Well... We're thinking
of doing something from Arcane because we both
love Arcane. I'll leave it at that. I'll tell
you after. I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Okay, okay. I'll say it on the podcast when or
if it happens. Well, I will also be at Comic
-Con the 22nd. This is true. I'll see you and
then I'll just walk right by you. That's so,
like, you're not even going to act like we're
friends in public? Nope. I don't know you. That's
fine. I don't know you either. We are only co
-hosts. Yep. This is a purely business transaction.
We get nothing else out of this. No. I was going
to say I could have introduced you to my friends
and my boyfriend, but no. Nope. Nope. Not anymore.
Well, I keep telling my friends, boyfriend, whatever,
because I'm always like, hey, like. Can't hang
out on Wednesday. I have to record. Gotta do
this thing, I guess. Gotta record with my friend,
Zach. Yeah, well, you can't say that anymore.
No, my... It's your boss. My manager, Zach. My
producer. Boss. Well, I know. Well, yeah. Yeah,
boss. But, like, technically speaking, you are
the... Editor. Editor. But I'm your editor, which
means I'm your boss. Yeah. that's okay you'll
get used to it eventually all right well Zach
and I are getting a bit tired and we don't really
want to strain Zach's voice as much as already
been strained and I really do appreciate you
talking because I know your throat hurts yeah
well yeah it's just I've lost my voice you can
probably hear it on the podcast so yeah I'd say
I apologize but I don't Yeah, and I also appreciate
you for trying to match my energy. I try. I'm
a people person, so I usually try to match the
energy of whoever I'm with. That's why last episode
we were both so tired. We were just gone. That's
because it was online and it was terrible. It
was really weird weather. It was like sunny and
then foggy. Such a short episode. I had to cut
so much from that episode. I literally cut like
25 minutes. Oh, don't tell them that. They'll
know we suck. I'm kidding. I'm telling them that.
They got to know. They got to know the truth.
Okay. Well, that is all we have for today's episode
of Maine Mike. I'm your host, Harper, and I was
joined with Zach. Yes. But you guys have a good
rest of your day. Or night. Or afternoon. What's
the Truman Show? Good evening, good morning,
and good night. And if I don't see you. Have
a good morning. Yeah. I haven't watched that.
We'll come up with our own kind of version of
that. But until then, until next episode, I guess,
have a good rest of your day, evening, night.
Goodbye. Bye.