Oh boys, it's so nice to have all you guys here. We haven't spent the Thanksgiving all
together in such a long time. Now, Jace, are you still talking to that girl Miranda?
Mom, that was like three years ago. I don't even know what you're talking about. And you
know, what's stupid is it's I'm always having to sit at this table. I don't even understand
like I why can't you just get a normal sized table for everybody?
Well, I'll tell you what's not what's crazy. What's not normally is is the inflation in
this country. I'll tell you that president Biden, he's just going off the charts. I tell
you, this country going to hell in a handbass.
There ain't nothing wrong with Joseph A. Biden. Okay. He is the leader of this free
world and you should respect him, Uncle Joe.
Mom, mom, seriously, where the roles I'm starving here last time. Timmy took the last role. That's
messed up. Timmy, you always taking stuff with your fat fingers.
Who invited Uncle Big? I don't even know. I don't even know what this guy's name is.
All I know is there's nobody in this family from New York. So I don't even know where
he came from.
Why in the world did we go from screw Joe Biden to now we're over to this area? See,
this is what makes Thanksgiving so interesting. But you know what? You're all wrong.
I'm Michael and I'm Chris and this is Donabox podcast.
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful and you know what? I'm thankful for the fact that
we can do whatever we want because it's our show. Yes, we can. Yeah. Even if the intros
are goofy and whatever. But hey, welcome to our Thanksgiving special. Gobble, gobble,
mother trucker. Yeah. I guess it really doesn't apply to all
the people that are listening internationally. I had one person ask, I think one time was
like, so what do other countries do for Thanksgiving? And it was like, bro, they don't celebrate
Thanksgiving. It's an American holiday. So, well, I don't know how much longer it's going
to be American holiday because everyone just wants to blow right past Thanksgiving and
then just get to Christmas. But whatever, this isn't what fries my nuts.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. And I'll tell you why. It's a time to eat. It's a time
to be merry. It's a time to not do anything. And I'll just say it's a time to eat and you
know, you don't have to feel guilty and nobody should make you feel guilty. If anybody is,
you're not with good company and you should spend Thanksgiving next to you with somebody
else. Just say that. Yeah. Well, we want to thank all of our listeners,
those that are listening internationally and nationally. We want to shout out all you
guys. We're thankful for you. But since it is Thanksgiving, are you ready to get into
our first segment? Which is our old fashioned donut. We're going
to be talking about our trashy Thanksgiving experiences now. I will say this, I was thinking
about this earlier, Chris. We really haven't spent like too many Thanksgiving together.
Like we've had a few like where we've had the meal together and whatnot, but really
like in childhood, I don't, did we have a Thanksgiving where like maybe like church events,
but never like on Thanksgiving the day, right? No, I never really remember spending Thanksgiving
with you at all. Again, we started this podcast on Thanksgiving. So that's a good memory.
And I remember watching Jerry Springer and eating pot roast. I think the year before
that, which we've talked about in other episodes. Yeah. Heck yeah. So, but other than that,
as in childhood, yeah, didn't didn't really spend Thanksgiving too much, but did with
family and I'll say this, a lot of time it was dinner and a show or, you know, Thanksgiving
lunch or whatever you want to call it and a show. That's for sure. So, Chris, do you
want to start off with your story or do you want me to start off with mine? You can start
off with yours. Okay. So mine in particular, you got, you got to think some of my family
members are very, very interesting characters as we've already heard. But this particular
Thanksgiving is one where, you know, it's typical. Everybody piles into a really small
space. So Chris, you remember my house when we lived in Georgia and we had one guest bedroom,
right? And I remember this year, my grandparents came into town and two of my uncles came into
town. Now, why was this so significant? Well, because I was kicked out of my room and I
remember I had to sleep in the living room on the couch with like a bunch of the other
kids in there, which listen, slumber parties are all well and good, but until it gets to
like day four or five, like, yeah, it gets big, it gets pretty old and pretty tiring,
especially when you're the oldest one of the group. But all I, here's what I remember
about that. We were teasing about the, the fighting that happened, you know, during Thanksgiving
and the intro, but yeah, that's exactly what happened. So all like, so my father and my
two uncles all got to a big tiff like the whole entire time. And it was over, it was
over something like really, really dumb. And I just remember like two of them are in the
army and one was in the Navy and they were just like, that's why the Navy sucks. And
they're going on this whole thing. And it was just like, Oh, yeah, that's a great point.
I don't know. Maybe this sounds bad, but there was something quite entertaining about eating,
eating dinner, watching football and watching these idiots go back and forth about something
that doesn't really matter.
I will tell you, man, sometimes it's fun just to stir up the pie and just to, you know,
like I said, stir, stir it up and just watch them go at it. It's fun.
Oh yeah. And let me, that's a great precursor to exactly what I did. So I had an uncle who
he didn't want to talk about it, but pretty much at one point he was a fan of a different
football team, like a rival football team to the Dallas Cowboys because the quarterback
had the same name as him pretty much at the time. And so, but then he like switched back
to being Cowboys fan and like, you know, didn't want to talk about, Oh, I used to be a fan
of this for a while. The best way to stir up the pot is I would just, you know, act
like that in this kid and be like, Oh, uncle, you know, whatever. My dad told me that you
used to be an Eagles fan and just watch it go. That was just like a fuse. I just like,
I don't know that I would always start to fight. You'd be like, why are you telling
them that I would never be Eagles fan?
So what I'm hearing is, is that we've always been pot stirs ever from a young age. That's
what I'm hearing. Listen, we were bored children that needed entertainment and we knew how
to get it. Hey, that's what you got to do, man. I know that my brother likes to do that
with my extended family, but it's mostly about politics, you know,
Yeah, that's, that's the biggest thing that does come up on holidays. My, my other side
of the family is like really bad about that. And it's like always centered around politics.
And it's just like, you know, can we, can we eat in peace? But to finish up my trashy
occasion for Thanksgiving, the other thing that I remember was at this point, if you
remember, my folks had phases, we'll call them phases, right? Buying phases, they would
just buy different things. At this point, they were really into going to like the flea
market and buying like random stuff. So I remember like they bought this random, you
know, those like AV carts, like the plastic like audio video cards, it's kind of, you
know, to kind of transport stuff, maybe from one area to another. It was that. But I remember
it weirdly was kind of deep like a sink in the middle of it and it had like a drain in
there. And for whatever reason, my folks were like, Oh, this is perfect. We're going to
fill it with ice. And this is where we're going to serve all of our cold items on like
on Thanksgiving, not to mention it had been sitting in our backyard for a bit. You remember
that thing? You remember that thing? I remember that. Yes. And like that thing had been sitting
in our backyard. And I just remember it was like the day of they like they were like,
go out there with this like scrub brush and like scrub it out. And then we filled it with
ice and put like English pea salad and like cold pasta and some like other stuff on ice
in this, in this thing. And I'm sitting here going, you know, like, it was, it was jank.
It was really jank. Yeah. That's, that's crazy. Yeah. I definitely
do remember those phase phases. I'm going to try to be really good and be positive on
this podcast and not say what I want to say. Yeah. Cause we're giving thanks. We're giving
thanks. Giving nevermind. I'm not going to say. So my trashy Thanksgiving, it really
wasn't a trashy Thanksgiving, but it's probably one of the worst Thanksgiving's that I've
ever had in my life. So this was probably, I don't know, I had to be like 19 or 20 or
maybe I was even 21, but I didn't have a girlfriend. My girlfriend had broken up with me. I couldn't
go home for the holidays because I worked in retail. And so I had to spend Thanksgiving
by myself. I didn't have anybody that I could go over to their house, like nothing at all.
So you know where I went? I went to the, the cracker barrel on Thanksgiving day. And then
I went to the movies by myself and I went to go watch Creed, the new Creed movie that
just came out. And I remember calling my parents and now looking back on it, like I'm, I'm
pretty okay about like going to the movies by myself and like going to dinner by myself.
But I was like, man, it's Thanksgiving. I was like, I didn't have no family around.
I didn't have nobody around. It was pretty depressing. And for Christmas, I couldn't
go home either. So the following Christmas, I had to go to Buffalo Wild Wings. Bdubs has
definitely saved me on a Thanksgiving and a holiday. So yeah, it was not fun at all.
It was sad to Bdubs or some wings. Hey, no, I get you, man. It sucks. Sound like you had
a Mr. Clark occasion a couple of years in a row. And that's, that's no fun.
Hey, it's okay. But like, like I said, I guess the girl that I was dating at the time, we
were like off and on. And so I think that was one of the times that we were off, I guess.
But yeah, I just remember having to like spend it by myself and I lived in my apartment all
by myself. And so it was a, it was not a great time. Definitely the worst Thanksgiving that
I've ever had. But I'm very thankful that now I get to spend Thanksgiving with people
that I love and I enjoy. And so it's a good thing.
Yeah. Hey, yeah. And remember, folks, it's always a choice. You can, you can make waves
and go see somebody else for Thanksgiving. It's okay. It can, it can happen.
Thanksgiving with people that you love and your friends, it may not be like your extended
family, but those are always the best man. Anytime you can hang out with your people,
family is more than blood. I say that all the time.
Now I will want one other thing though, that I will say, you know, this friendsgiving is
really picking up steam. Now there's a given and take on this because how many friendsgivings
have we been a part of or seen where it's like you don't necessarily like everybody,
but you're going to go for the collective group. So it's just like, be mindful of who,
who you around because still it's Thanksgiving, at least for me, it's my favorite holiday.
And you want to make sure you have a good time, not be around bums.
Yeah. For sure, man. For sure. Yeah, friendsgiving. I feel like friendsgiving is like so, what's
the word? Fake? Man, I don't know if it's like fake, but like in my mind, when I hear
friendsgiving, I just think of a whole bunch of people that aren't really friends that
just have to gather around the table and be nice to each other for like two hours. Like
there may be work acquaintances or like they really don't get along. But I feel like if
you have to call your get together friendsgiving, then you're not really friends. That's just
my opinion. I mean, I'm popular opinion. I'm not a, I'm not a big person on that. Now here's
the thing. Now maybe it's all about wordplay, right? Because if, if it still was a small
potluck, oh, I'm in, I'm in like Flynn. Don't say no more, but call it friendsgiving. I'm
a liry of it. But anyways, I'm going to move on if you are men. Yeah, let's do it, man.
We are going to move into our next segment, which is the jelly donut. And I think you
have something different. Yeah, right? It's a Thanksgiving special of, ooh, you brought
what? And it's talking about people on Reddit or people on Reddit talking about things that
were brought to a Thanksgiving meal. And we're going to talk about some of it and see, I'll
just ask you on some of the things, would you try it or does that sound disgusting or
what you think of that? Before we dive into it, has there been anything weird that somebody's
brought to a Thanksgiving that you were just like, oh, you brought that to Thanksgiving?
I'm trying to remember. Oh, oh yeah. So we spent a Thanksgiving. Now you got to think
this was overseas because I had family in the military. So we were overseas and I remember
we went to the north part of Germany and somebody served. It's not Ludifisk, but it's literally
the same thing where you put Jell-O. It's like a fish and Jell-O pretty much. Oh, the
Ludifisk always makes me think of the king of the hill. Episode with Bobby. Yeah, it
does. And I still don't understand how, why Bobby thought that was so great and had to
eat the whole entire thing. But anyways, no, it was literally like that. I just remember
bringing that out and I remember like the lady was real nice and basically she was like,
what can I make it? I was like macaroni and cheese. Somebody had to explain to her what
macaroni and cheese was and she was like, oh, okay. And she made macaroni and cheese.
So that was cool. But it was funny because all the other adults had to endure the gelatinous
fish there, which I'm not sure if it was good or bad, but just the idea of cold fish in
Jell-O is just not my bag. Here's the thing and then I'll get off of this. Anything in
Jell-O is nasty. Jell-O by itself is fine, but you put anything, chunks, anything, I'm
done. Okay. With the exception of like peaches in Jell-O. That's probably the only thing
I would tolerate. But yeah, sorry. Go ahead. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hijack the second
thing. Still though, it's got to be, it's, my thing
is it's don't make it big peaches neither. It's got to be like decent size anyways. There's
a whole thing about that. All right. So the very first one. So this, this gal says, I
was dating this guy, was invited to his parents house for Thanksgiving and it was a surreal
experience. First off, his mom only served us black coffee to accompany the meal. No
water, no other drinks, just black coffee. The most horrifying part of the deal was her
famous stuffing, which was called the wet stuffing. And what it was called, what it,
why it was called that it was literally wet bread dressing, seizing with only salt and
celery seed and like not cooked. So basically it was just watery bread with salt and celery
seed around there. And they say that it was very hard to stomach. So what do you think
about that wet stuffing and only serving black coffee for the meal?
Yeah, that sounds like not a great time. And I'm not crazy about regular dressing as it
is, but like the fact that it's not cooked in it's wet. Yeah, not about that, bro. Not about
it. Yeah. And you know, I've read through some of these and I'll say this. I feel like a lot
of people, that's where the variations come in. It seems like the stuffing is what a lot
of people be trying to, trying to finagle and just be getting it wrong. All right. So this next one,
it was the first Thanksgiving with the husband's family and apparently there's a lot of red flags.
The family raved about the sister-in-law's cooking and about her famous stuffing once again.
So of course, naturally she was excited to try it out. Turns out her secret stuffing ingredient
was pineapple. Wait, wait, wait. So she put pineapple in the stuffing? Correct. Yeah. And so
the person says they weren't a huge fan of mixing sweet and savory, but not just that. The pineapple
made it even more mushy than normal and in between there it just was absolutely disgusting. So yeah,
put pineapple in the stuffing. Well, here's the thing. I'm not saying that it would be horrible,
but I could see where it might could be good. I don't know. I feel like that could go either way.
There might be potential for it to go good. All right. Yeah. I mean, I can, I think so. I think
the consistency is really what matters because they're talking about it being mushy. I don't know,
man. But if it's like, if it's like pretty firm, so for me, I guess that's kind of the thing with
me and stuffing. The first one where it was talking about being watery, I am absolutely out. I like
mine a little bit more firm, like almost like a casserole, if that makes sense. Like kind of firm,
but then when you like take it, it breaks apart a little bit. I don't know. Pineapple, it seems
like it would kind of break that up a tad, but who knows? I'd be willing to try it, but yeah.
Yeah. Who knows, man? All right. Next one. So this person's workplace used to do a potluck,
which I love potlucks. And people were encouraged to bring their favorite dishes. And so apparently,
there were a lot of people from other countries as well. And so it was a good chance to have them
showcase their culture and all that good jazz. So a person from another department
brought what they thought were rumb balls covered in coconut. So they popped one in
the mouth. Turns out it was a quail egg covered in a meat jelly paste and rolled in minced onion.
Who thought that was a good idea? Who invited that person? That's what I want to know. That person
needs to be banned from bringing anything from the potluck ever again. The person says that's
one of the worst things they've ever eaten. So apparently too, it left just that onion meat flavor
jelly taste for the rest of the day. They couldn't get it out of their mouth. Apparently it was popular
in this person's home country, but it was like, you know, they were just like, thanks for sharing,
but for the love of God, tell us what it is first. Yeah, dude. That's probably the weirdest thing
I've heard of. Like, no, don't don't do that. Don't do that. All right. So here's, here's this one.
So one year there was a company Christmas party and as a joke, one of the gifts that was given out
was a Twinkie cookbook. And so next Thanksgiving rolls around and again, company potluck happens
and guess what was served to them? A Twinkie stuffed turkey, courtesy of the courtesy of the
Twinkie cookbook. And so here's, here's what it is. You take the Twinkies and apparently there's
a certain number of them. You take the Twinkies, you cut them in half lengthwise, scoop out the
cream to save for later. You cut the Twinkie pieces into chunks and mix them into the regular
stuffing. Then you stuff the turkey roast. And then the last half hour you baste the bird with the
cream from the Twinkies. Okay. So like, I feel like the cream from the Twinkies, like in small
doses, like it might be okay with the turkey, but no, bam, like that's no, no, no, no, that should
never, never, not. Yeah, that's a bit much, man. I don't get it wrong. I like Twinkies,
but not with my turkey and not in the stuffing and not with not no. I'm, you know, I kind of agree
with one of the other people from up here and ready. I'm not really big on like mixing my sweet,
my savory. There are some things that are okay with it, like chicken and waffles. Like I like kind
of like syrupy waffles with some chicken. That's a good combo. But Twinkies and turkey, I'm good,
and I'm good. Here's the next one. So she had a bad boyfriend, apparently we'll just leave it there.
And, you know, they invited them over, or the boyfriend invited her over for dinner over there.
So she goes over there and there was him and the three roommates, when she gets there, and mind
you, this was at two o'clock in the afternoon, there was no cooking that had started. And the
kitchen and dining room were absolutely trashed. So pretty much what had had to start first of all
was they had to scrub the kitchen and also the dishes for about three hours. That way they
can actually start cooking, which apparently she did most of the work. Because the guys said that
they were prepping quote unquote, and pretty much what in the happening after they cleaned and
everything, they only serve two things, a smoked turkey that one of their parents had sent in the
mail. And it was in a from a box. And it was ice cold. And pretty much it was dry and smoky as
well. So it was cold, dry and smoky and too salty. Then the second thing that was served was a green
bean casserole. That was nothing but four cans of French green beans and a block of velvita and a
ton of salt. Here's the thing, bro. If you get there at two o'clock, and you're cleaning by
five o'clock, bro, you better just get some pizza at that point. You better skip the traditional
Thanksgiving meal. You better just make you some sandwiches. We'll try again tomorrow. Well,
she seemed like she should have known. She seemed like she went over to the frat house. I was
wondering why Thanksgiving didn't go well. It's a frat house, bro. It's a frat house. Do you think
that four frat dudes are going to know how to cook a Thanksgiving thing? And you think they're
going to keep their apartment clean? No chance, man. So yeah. Now, I would have just said, you
know what? Now, I'm going to do my own Thanksgiving. Sorry. Peace out. All right. Last one. This person's
stepdad's elderly mother brought sweet potato casserole Thanksgiving. Now this person said they
love sweet potato casserole. So she was really looking forward to it. When the miller served,
I took a bike and was shocked because it tasted really, really off, almost like some chemicals
of some kind was in it. Her mom was sitting nearby. I also had a strange reaction when she tasted it.
Somehow the two of us managed to get into the kitchen alone. They talked about it. And they
wondered if she actually put household cleaner into it. They went back to the dining room and asked
her what was in the casserole. She named off the usual and then black walnut. And then apparently
they were like, oh my God. Apparently black walnuts taste really, really bad. Did you know that?
No, I did not know that. Apparently that's what they were saying. She put in black walnuts and
taking them to be like pecans. And apparently black walnuts will make you think that you're
getting poisoned almost crazy. Yeah, some people should just not be allowed to bring stuff to the
Thanksgiving. Some people should be allowed to do that. And then some people shouldn't be allowed
to drive to the Thanksgiving meal. All I'm saying is this ain't what fries my donuts, but there
should be a legal age. I think when you should get it, when you can get on AARP, every five years,
they should be checking you ass as far as driving around, making sure you anyway, so that's a
different subject for a different day. Well, let's go ahead and move to the donut. All right, man.
So keeping with the Thanksgiving theme, and we skipped doing a quiz last week. So we got to
pick it up this week, right? So we have a Thanksgiving quiz. So are you ready for the
Thanksgiving quiz? Yeah, I'm ready. Let's do it. Okay, so the first one, and it's kind of have a
hodgepodge of questions. I included a movie question here because, you know, you might as well. So
believe it or not, Thanksgiving is a big time for movies to be released, especially children's
movies. What was very true? What was the number one Thanksgiving release of all time? Was it a Moana
B Toy Story 2, C Ralph Brace, the internet or D Frozen? Oh, it was definitely frozen, man. Yeah,
it was frozen. Yeah, you're correct. Yeah, frozen broke the charts. Yes, it did. I thought, yeah,
I do remember it being released from Thanksgiving. Yep, Thanksgiving is definitely a big time to
release kids movies. All right, so the next question, how long did the first Thanksgiving last?
So like the first Thanksgiving that ever happened, was it a one day, b two days,
C three days or D four days? I want to say I think it lasted three days. You're correct. Yeah, the
first Thanksgiving actually lasted three days total. Well, what did they eat on the third day?
Same stuff? Leftovers? Yeah, they just left, they just ate leftovers. You know how it is.
Which US President declared the first national Thanksgiving? Was it A, George Washington, B,
John Adams, C Thomas Jefferson or D James Madison? Well, according to your parental's book,
it was actually declared before America was a country. It was actually declared by King George
and they had a green bean casserole with stuffing and cranberry sauce. I'm going to go with
James Madison. Is that right? Actually, it was George Washington, but they actually didn't have
Thanksgiving all the way up until the late eight or early mid to late 1800s. Yeah, because I thought
Lincoln was the one who made it like an official holiday. Yeah, he did. Basically, it was a national
day of Thanksgiving, but it was before national holidays, like people took off or actually did
anything for them at that point. All right, so here's the fourth one. Did you ever watch the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day parade or did anybody? I feel like your mom kind of wanted to watch that. Well,
it depends. It's kind of like a hit or miss. Maybe you'll know this one. Which was the first large
scale balloon that was used in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade? Was it A, Mickey Mouse? Was
it B, Betty Boop? Was it C, Speedy Gonzalez or was it D, Felix the Cat? Man, I feel like it's
Mickey Mouse. Actually, it was Felix the Cat. That was the first large scale balloon that was in
Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Which U.S. state produces the most turkeys in the United States?
Which U.S. state kind of already alluded to that, but A, Montana, B, Wyoming, C, Minnesota or D, Ohio.
Read the choices again. A, Montana, B, Wyoming, C, Minnesota or D, Ohio. Well, I feel like it's like
a weird one. Maybe Minnesota. I feel like Minnesota, maybe. Yeah, you're right. It is Minnesota.
Minnesota produces the most turkeys. Why is that? I have no clue. It doesn't say here. Just says that
that's what it is. I can Google it very quick. It's worth a Google, probably. Yeah, we'll Google it
after. Which famous Christmas song was actually meant to be sung on Thanksgiving Day? Was it A,
a holy night? Was it B, Silent Night? Was it C, Jingle Bells? Or was it D, all I want for Christmas
this year? Silent Night, maybe? No, actually, it was Jingle Bells. I didn't know that. But hey,
that kind of doesn't seem right. Maybe we should Google that one right now. We'll Google it after.
Yeah, for sure. Maybe you'll know this one. How long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade route?
Is it A, half a mile? B, one and a half miles? C, two and a half miles? Or D, three and a half?
Three and a half miles. And it's actually two and a half miles. You're two and a half miles.
That's actually a pretty long parade route. That would suck having to wave and do all sorts of
crap that whole way. Which utensil wasn't used in the original Thanksgiving meal? Was it A,
a knife? B, a fork? C, a spoon? Or D, a plate? Oh, I feel like it's a plate.
It's actually a fork. Apparently a fork was not used in the original Thanksgiving.
What? So they had a spoon but not a fork? They apparently had a spoon and a knife but no fork.
Like I said, last few. What percentage of Americans eat turkey for Thanksgiving? So
A, 66%. B, 76%. C, 86%. Or D, 96%. I feel like it's 86%. I feel like it's gone down.
Yep, it is 86%. You're right. Last and final one. What is the most popular destination to go in the
USA for Thanksgiving? So apparently if you're going to travel to Thanksgiving and stay
away elsewhere, what's the most popular destination? Is A, Los Angeles? B, Orlando?
C, New York City? Or D, New Orleans? I would say New York City because of all the people traveling
with a parade. Or even if not, it's Orlando, Florida. What? People want to go to Disney World
for Thanksgiving? Okay, good to know. Okay, just stay away from it. All right, but yeah,
interesting facts about Thanksgiving. It's a very interesting holiday but I, you know,
I've heard that you have something that fries your donuts and it's not exactly on the Thanksgiving
theme but it's got you fired up. So what's frying your turkey, buddy? Oh, I have to be very careful
with this because this can get me going. People that manipulate and use other people. I just do
not like that at all. And I don't like it because both Micah and I have had people close to us that
have been manipulative, that like to use things against you. And you know what I really hate?
And maybe it's because I've been watching a lot of documentaries about cults but I don't like it
when you have a problem with someone and you call that manipulative person out and they turn it back
on you and say, oh no, you're the problem. Well, I did this because it's your fault. And I just
don't like that, man. I don't like when people manipulate people. I don't like when people
manipulate people for financial gain or for religious purposes. I don't like that at all, man. It
really gets me going. It gets me really fried up. What do you think about that? Yeah, or even just to
control somebody because they're bored with their own life. That happens too. I don't know, man. It's
fries me up because most of the time, all this energy and all this effort that you use to control
people to get what you want, right? You could put the same amount of energy and getting so good at
what you do or work hard to get whatever that is that you're looking to get anyways. And you could
do it by honest means. Like I that's what I don't understand, right? Is there so many people that
don't want to do the work? And what it comes down to is a lot of times, these schemes look like get
rich quick schemes in a way, right? Like, Oh, I can get away with this, I can control somebody.
But really what it comes down to is it's a nasty repetitious pattern that keeps going and going
and going. But it's just, I don't know, man, people, it happens a lot. It happens a lot. I'm
going to call out a certain age group. It's a lot of middle age guys. They're tend to be the worst
and really portray some narcissistic tendencies. I think it was that generation. Well, here's the
thing that I don't, I don't like it all. I don't like when people also use guilt to try to manipulate
you too, man. And that was a big one with the boss at bootcrow and certain other person that we
both know. But, but yeah, they use guilt, right? Like they're like, Oh, yeah, well, Oh, I can't
believe you're going to do this. Oh, you make me feel so bad. You should do this because
da, da, da, da, da, da, da. They use your good nature, your good feelings and your good heart,
and they turn it against you, or they try to shove their own agenda down your throat and
throw it in your face after you clearly, and then when you try to start boundary or set boundaries
with them, they're like, Oh, yeah, I'm going to violate these because you ain't going to do nothing
about it. Or, Oh, I, I can guilt trip you into violating these boundaries. I just don't like
manipulate people, man. It's like, since I've been through it, like, and I'll say this, like, when
you're in it, it's like, it's so easy to get sucked in by it. And like, even though you know what's
right, like it's so easy to get sucked in. But once you get out and on the other side of it and
healed from it, dude, like, I can spot that stuff for a mile away and it dude, it like, lights me up.
I hate when I see other people being manipulated, gaslighted or taking advantage of,
Oh, yeah, it's, it's terrible. Yeah, you're totally right about the, the old boss from
boot corral. There was a lot of stuff like that. I'm just prime example, being a salesman, pretty
much, you know, we would, we would sell on commission. They would, if the customer would go up to the
front and you wouldn't have your card on their, on their merchandise, you wouldn't get credit for
that sale. And all that would go over to house, right? And so nobody would be collecting that
sale. And I remember, I was told, like, we need to get that house number down and we need to be,
like, helping more people and things like that. And I started doing it by like, really legal
means, but at the same time, and what I mean by that is breaking the rules that are in place,
because you think, Oh, and that's what they insinuate, like, do whatever means necessary to get this done.
And then when it comes time, you do things that maybe you're not proud of or don't want to do.
And then they'll be the same ones calling and breathing down your neck and being like, I can't
believe you would do this. And it's like, you're the one that basically told me enforcement to go
into this. It's like, no, I didn't know I didn't. And then I'll put it back on you. Like that was you.
And that you're just a terrible person for even trying to go that direction. And that's the kind
of people that's the kind of person he was. And that's kind of people that Chris talking about.
It's well, cool beans. Well, let's move into our next segment, which is our improv segment. And
they're ready for the coffee shop. Yeah, except this time, it's going to be the Thanksgiving
table. Okay, I'm ready. I got some new voices and new characters I've been wanting to try.
All right, sounds good. So yeah, I'll let you get started then. Okay, do you want to go?
Oh, it's good being here. Oh, I tell you, did any of you guys see the base these Thanksgiving parade?
Did you see the big old SpongeBob float? I love when that guy comes up on the base
he's Thanksgiving parade. I've been watching it since I was five. I'll say this. Your mom's gay.
No, I'm just kidding. It's it's it's your boy, it's your boy Richie G. And I appreciate you.
Yeah. All I'm saying is I've been down here for just a little while and nobody's even said hello
to me. That's that's just just crazy. Am I part of this family or not? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
who invited this guy from Jersey guys, we don't invite people from Jersey. We know that the poor
man's Brooklyn. That's what they are. They're the poor man's Brooklyn. We don't invite no guys from
Jersey. So what are you doing here? You're Jersey Schmuck telling you to get out of from our
Thanksgiving table. We're trying to have a good time. We're trying to eat here. Have a little bit
of cranberry sauce, maybe a nice cannoli at the end for dessert. We don't need your Jersey stuff
stinking up our table. Hell fellas, we don't need no fighting at Thanksgiving table. I'll tell you
this much though. You're both Yankees. So you both suck anyways. So I don't know what the heck you're
fighting about. It's like, you know, it's like the blind leading the blind up there for y'all.
You're liberal. Yep, yep, liberal. Don't you go in the hell of the hand pass. You think Jesus had
Thanksgiving? You think Jesus is the disciples when they had Thanksgiving? You think they were
fighting like this? Nope. They sat down and Jesus said take this turkey and do this and remember
some of it. That's why we have Thanksgiving because Jesus told us that we need to have Thanksgiving.
Eat turkey. You know, I'm not really sure. I'm not sure. That's what Thanksgiving actually was.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, bro. I don't think you should be eating here with your high cholesterol.
Push your throat cancer and now your high cholesterol. I don't think you need to be eating here. I don't
think anyone needs to be celebrating on the land that was taken from my forefathers. Whoa, who invited
this guy? Chief, uh, sad face over there. My name is Daryl. We're in America. Your chief sad face.
All I'm saying is why, why do we keep adding people? There was some Scottish dude a minute ago.
Now we got Native Americans coming here telling us we can't eat and whatnot. I'm part, I'll tell you
that much, three and five hundred and twelve. So I got my card, Cherokee.
Did any of you guys bring the cranberry sauce? I can't help to see it over here. You know that my
favorite part of Thanksgiving is cranberry sauce. When my mom and I used to watch the Thanksgiving
Macy's Day Parade and my dad would come home drunk and pass down on the couch, my mom would make some
cranberry sauce to get him back to health and that was always the great Thanksgiving memory for us.
Who in the heck? Who, who, who was that? That's my question. Who, who was that? Because, you know,
it's starting to get sad. It's starting to get depressing in here. I don't know what's going on.
I really don't need more. It's just, it's just, it's just a little scary. And you know, this is my
family. I don't know who this is. Hey there, guys. Could you guys please pass the butter rolls? I only
see one left. All right, that's it. We're out of here. Everybody's gonna pile out. I'm sick and tired
of this, especially some weird clown shows up. Detective Chuckles. Oh, brother, can I get a Thanksgiving
Macy's Day prayer for this year Thanksgiving meal? Brother Williams, can you join me in the
Thanksgiving prayer as we bless this food so we can eat it? Oh, you know I can. Oh, Lord, we come to
you today with thank you Jesus that you died on the cross so that we can have this turkey,
so that we can have this stuff. So that we can have some of that green bean casserole Jesus.
And I'm praying that Sister Jenkins go come on by and bring the macaroni and cheese.
Thank you, Lord. And it's so Lord, we give you thanks for all this bountiful food and the bountiful
bank accounts that you're gonna give us in 2024 because we believe that all these brothers here
are gonna write a check to further the ministry so we can go out in the house and the byways
and collect more money and let there be significant contributions throughout the house of God.
Can I get an amen? And what I'd like to say, what I'd like to say next Lord is we want to thank you.
We want to thank you for all the Lord and the lady of the house tonight who is here and has
prepared the food to nourish our bodies and our bodies to your service and I'll say this, smell
that macaroni and cheese. I just want to thank you because we know how blessed we are to have Sister
Jenkins back in cheese. I feel the Holy Spirit in here tonight and I'm just thankful. Oh, I'm
thankful. Oh Lord, oh, you gotta take it from me. And we pray on all these things. Amen.
Amen. That was our improv segment. We hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're gonna go
into our last segment which is our positive advice. Our email there. And so for mine,
I don't really want to give positive advice but I just want to say what I'm thankful for.
Oh, the cliche. Let's go around the table and say what we're thankful for. But we really do have a
lot to be thankful for and I have a lot to be thankful for. I'm thankful for my wife. We got
married this year. That was awesome. I'm thankful that I got to celebrate Micah and his wedding,
getting married to his wife. I'm thankful that we've gotten to hang out. I'm thankful for my
co-host, my best friend. He's awesome, man. Just the people that are in my life that love me.
Thankful for my job. Thankful just that I get to do what I love every single day and I'm thankful
that I've gotten to grow and I've got to learn a lot this year. But I've also got to help others
get to where they want to go. So man, I just have so much to be thankful for. And so yeah,
I just wanted to share what I was thinking. Yeah, well, I appreciate that, man. And I do have some
positive advice and that positive advice is, be thankful for what you... No, I'm joking. Kind of
like Chris. What do you really say? It's like, yeah, there's a ton to be thankful for and there's
not a lot to say on Thanksgiving besides like, man, it's a time for reflection and reflecting how far
we've come. Just talking about the podcast for a second. I mean, we hit 100 episodes this year,
right? We hit 100 episodes. We're putting a cap on season two right now. As this episode comes to
a close, we're closing a chapter and we're opening another one. And man, that's something to be
thankful for. That's something that we've been in good health and good spirits this whole entire
time and that we've been able to do this week in a week out. That's amazing. Yeah, I can go on and
on and on about that. But yeah, man, there's so much to be thankful for. But I'm really thankful
for this podcast. Even if it's just... I mean, right now it's a fun side project, right? But it's
always just amazing to be able to come in here every week. It doesn't matter if you're having a good
day, a bad day. Every time you get done with podcasts, you always feel great. So I'm really
thankful for what this podcast has done for me. Yeah, man. And like you said, we are putting a cap
on season two. This is the last episode of season two. And then next week, we'll bring you season
three. So we're excited for that. TVTrashCan.com. TVTrashCan.com. Anything you want to say?
Man, we got so much stuff to be excited for. TrashCan Travel's blowing up. We got all these
projects going on. Check us out all over the place. But other than that, man, I'm ready to close this
season up. It's been a great one. I'm ready to see what season three has in store. And I'm super
excited. So yeah, man, I'm ready to take this DonaBox out to the trash. All right, man. Well,
I'm Chris. And I'm Michael. And this is the DonaBox Podcast, the Thanksgiving sequel. Eat that turkey.