[00:00:23] And welcome to episode 600 of the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. I'm Sean. I'm Ian and this is the only podcast that says... I am you raw! I am nobody's bitch! You are mine! Thanks. On Twitter, they always have these things like, you know, post a scene that people will be dissecting for years and somebody posted that scene with just crack.
[00:00:53] Yeah. Sabine rubbing you? Yeah.
[00:01:02] Wait, that door cracks open? She's like... Bilbo Bag is in The Hobbit. I'm going on an adventure!
[00:01:12] Yeah. Once they get the taste. Yeah. Well, she's had to... I mean, she's always had to... She's always had a problem. Been a problem, like, keeping her in. A little bit.
[00:01:21] Yeah. Because she was a stray, so she's from the outside. Yeah. So she always wants to go hunt. Yeah.
[00:01:28] I guess the thing is she wants to go hunt to provide for me. Like, you know, that's like... You're telling yourself that. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:01:38] But, like, what she loves to do is, like, she loves to, like, sit in, like, her bathroom window.
[00:01:43] Which is the only window that faces the backyard.
[00:01:46] Right. So she can see all the birds.
[00:01:47] So she can watch... Because the neighbors have bird feeders.
[00:01:50] Yeah.
[00:01:51] So, like, you'll see her. Like, she'll be in the window and she'll, like, jump back and then she'll, like, jump... Like, she's hunting.
[00:01:58] You know what I mean? And I know we talked about this, but I talked about, like, you know, the day she went on her little adventure because the door wasn't closed all the way.
[00:02:09] And I think she just wants to go out and just, you know, do a little bit and come back in.
[00:02:17] Maybe.
[00:02:18] But I... With how busy my... The front street is.
[00:02:23] Yeah.
[00:02:24] I... You know.
[00:02:25] Yeah.
[00:02:26] Plus, there's so many, like, there's raccoons. I've seen... Not coyotes.
[00:02:35] Possums?
[00:02:36] No.
[00:02:39] Not wolves. Not coyotes. Like, something in between, like, a wolf and a coyote.
[00:02:42] A dog?
[00:02:44] No. It was, like, a... I can't remember.
[00:02:48] I don't know what creature you're looking at.
[00:02:50] I don't know. It was, like... It was so...
[00:02:51] It was something that, like, you know... You're like, oh, you don't want to be out when that's out there.
[00:02:58] You know.
[00:02:58] I don't know.
[00:02:59] Chupacop?
[00:02:59] Yeah.
[00:03:00] Yeah.
[00:03:02] No, I mean, I wish I could...
[00:03:05] I want to say coyote, but I know coyote's wrong.
[00:03:08] And dingo stole my baby?
[00:03:10] Yeah, kind of. Like, it was, like, a...
[00:03:13] It was a little thing, but it was, like, one of those, like... But it was, like, kind of, like, dog-ish looking.
[00:03:17] Like, if you looked at it, you could say, like, oh, that's a dog.
[00:03:21] But they got closer to it, like, oh, that's not a dog.
[00:03:23] I think that's a coyote.
[00:03:25] I don't know if we have coyotes in this area.
[00:03:32] Anyway, I...
[00:03:33] There are a lot of natural predators that I feel Sabine would be, like...
[00:03:41] It's a coyote, brother.
[00:03:42] Okay.
[00:03:43] Yeah, I'm surprised you saw a coyote.
[00:03:46] Yeah.
[00:03:48] Like, it was...
[00:03:50] Yeah.
[00:03:51] It was kind of like that, like...
[00:03:53] Fuck!
[00:03:53] There was a fox.
[00:03:55] Oh.
[00:03:55] Fox, that's what it was.
[00:03:59] And...
[00:03:59] Fuck her.
[00:04:00] Yeah.
[00:04:01] Yeah.
[00:04:02] But still, don't want to fuck her on a fox.
[00:04:05] You know?
[00:04:05] Yeah.
[00:04:06] There's plenty of raccoons and whatnot in the area, too.
[00:04:10] Yeah.
[00:04:11] So, I mean, snacks.
[00:04:13] Yeah.
[00:04:14] And Sabine is snack size.
[00:04:15] Yeah.
[00:04:16] She's my little thickaroni and cheese.
[00:04:17] Yeah.
[00:04:19] So.
[00:04:22] Alright.
[00:04:22] So, how are you, sir?
[00:04:23] Sick.
[00:04:24] Well, I'm getting over it.
[00:04:25] Yeah.
[00:04:26] I can hear it.
[00:04:27] Mm.
[00:04:27] It was horrible.
[00:04:29] Must have been.
[00:04:31] It kicked you in the ass.
[00:04:32] You know, I got sick the...
[00:04:34] On, like, the 16th of December with that stomach flu.
[00:04:37] Yeah, I remember.
[00:04:38] And I think that just knocked me down.
[00:04:40] Yeah.
[00:04:41] And...
[00:04:42] And my...
[00:04:42] You know, working at Presby, I fucking...
[00:04:45] Everyone was sick there with it.
[00:04:47] Yeah.
[00:04:47] I tried.
[00:04:49] But...
[00:04:49] To no avail.
[00:04:51] Yeah.
[00:04:51] I get it.
[00:04:53] So, yeah.
[00:04:54] Everyone got sick.
[00:04:55] Ellie got sick.
[00:04:56] Lisa got sick.
[00:04:57] Yeah.
[00:04:58] Got sick.
[00:04:59] Like, listen, her kid got sick.
[00:05:01] Everyone was sick.
[00:05:02] Yeah.
[00:05:03] So...
[00:05:04] Anyway.
[00:05:05] So, yeah, that's about it.
[00:05:06] I mean, as far as sickness goes.
[00:05:08] Yeah.
[00:05:09] I mean, I'm feeling better.
[00:05:10] It just gets worse at night.
[00:05:11] Yeah.
[00:05:12] And, uh...
[00:05:13] We bought one of those mist humidifiers, you know?
[00:05:16] Yeah.
[00:05:17] I think it's a piece of shit.
[00:05:18] I...
[00:05:19] I don't know.
[00:05:21] I don't know.
[00:05:22] I don't know, man.
[00:05:23] I...
[00:05:23] Yeah.
[00:05:24] Like, I don't think there's enough minerals in our water.
[00:05:30] Our water's so pure.
[00:05:32] Yeah.
[00:05:33] Not to sound like a dick or anything.
[00:05:34] It's just...
[00:05:35] Yeah.
[00:05:35] It's good water.
[00:05:36] It's good water because it gets processed again.
[00:05:38] Yeah.
[00:05:39] It's clean water to begin with, and then it gets processed again.
[00:05:43] Yeah.
[00:05:43] In the house.
[00:05:45] It just filters out everything.
[00:05:47] Yeah.
[00:05:47] And, uh...
[00:05:50] We just...
[00:05:52] I think you need more mineral base for that thing to get active, so we had to add some
[00:05:56] salt to it.
[00:05:56] Yeah.
[00:05:57] But I can remember cool...
[00:05:59] This wasn't a cool mist.
[00:06:00] This was a humidifier.
[00:06:02] I can remember them things when I was younger, man.
[00:06:07] You know what I mean?
[00:06:08] Like...
[00:06:08] Yeah.
[00:06:08] Blown.
[00:06:09] This is like...
[00:06:12] I'm like...
[00:06:13] Is this for a child?
[00:06:14] A light spit.
[00:06:16] Yeah.
[00:06:16] It's not even like, you know...
[00:06:18] Put the little VIX packet in there.
[00:06:21] Yeah.
[00:06:21] Nothing.
[00:06:22] It's just...
[00:06:23] It's just not very good, I don't think.
[00:06:25] But...
[00:06:26] Anyway...
[00:06:27] Trying to...
[00:06:29] Try everything.
[00:06:31] Just...
[00:06:32] Cough won't go away.
[00:06:33] Yeah.
[00:06:37] And, um...
[00:06:39] So, anyway.
[00:06:40] That's about it.
[00:06:40] Yeah.
[00:06:42] And, um...
[00:06:44] Yeah.
[00:06:46] Episode 600.
[00:06:47] It is.
[00:06:48] It's episode 600.
[00:06:49] 100.
[00:06:51] The, uh...
[00:06:52] The continued march of mediocrity that we have.
[00:06:55] Exactly.
[00:06:57] The, uh...
[00:06:58] I have watched some shit.
[00:06:59] Have you?
[00:07:00] Good.
[00:07:00] Yeah.
[00:07:01] I finished, uh...
[00:07:02] The Star Wars...
[00:07:04] Thing.
[00:07:07] Um...
[00:07:09] Skeleton Crew?
[00:07:09] Yeah.
[00:07:10] Like you caught up with that?
[00:07:11] Yeah.
[00:07:11] Um...
[00:07:12] I liked it and I didn't like it.
[00:07:13] There were parts of it that I loved.
[00:07:15] Yeah.
[00:07:15] And there were parts of it that were like, man, stop fucking whining.
[00:07:18] Yeah.
[00:07:18] Like, I got tired of the...
[00:07:20] I got tired of the kid.
[00:07:21] I got tired of the, like, nine-year-old mentality.
[00:07:27] Yeah.
[00:07:27] I don't know.
[00:07:28] I just...
[00:07:28] I got sick of it.
[00:07:29] But I love Jude Law.
[00:07:32] Yeah.
[00:07:32] Jude Law's been fantastic.
[00:07:33] He takes the series.
[00:07:34] Yeah.
[00:07:35] Like, that's what I'm focusing on.
[00:07:37] Yeah.
[00:07:37] As far as, you know, from what I've seen.
[00:07:40] I love Jude Law in this.
[00:07:42] I do.
[00:07:43] Yeah.
[00:07:44] I like Neil.
[00:07:46] Neil.
[00:07:47] He's the one with the trunk.
[00:07:48] Yeah.
[00:07:48] I don't.
[00:07:49] I like...
[00:07:51] Fuck Neil.
[00:07:52] I don't.
[00:07:52] I don't like any of the kids, really, except the girl with the...
[00:07:55] The hot KT?
[00:07:57] Yeah.
[00:07:57] I like her a lot.
[00:08:00] But I really don't like the other kids either.
[00:08:03] The other girl reminds me of someone I've...
[00:08:05] The oldest girl reminds me of someone I've seen in a...
[00:08:08] Yeah.
[00:08:09] ...movie or something.
[00:08:09] I just can't place it.
[00:08:11] She almost looks like the girl from My Girl.
[00:08:13] Yeah.
[00:08:14] A little bit.
[00:08:14] Yeah.
[00:08:15] Yeah.
[00:08:15] Maybe that's just what's reminding me.
[00:08:17] The little kid I can't stand.
[00:08:21] The other kid.
[00:08:22] Yeah.
[00:08:23] I just can't stand him.
[00:08:25] I don't know why.
[00:08:26] I think...
[00:08:26] I finished out Lord of the Rings, too.
[00:08:28] And I think they're...
[00:08:29] I am having problems.
[00:08:31] Okay.
[00:08:32] Do you know what I mean?
[00:08:32] Yeah.
[00:08:33] Like...
[00:08:34] I don't know.
[00:08:35] I understand that they were all protected and they grew up normally as children.
[00:08:40] Yeah.
[00:08:40] Do you know what I'm saying?
[00:08:41] I...
[00:08:42] Even more sheltered than a normal child because, like, they don't even know, like, the empire
[00:08:46] happened.
[00:08:46] Right.
[00:08:47] They don't have any idea what's going on.
[00:08:49] Yeah.
[00:08:50] Um...
[00:08:52] So...
[00:08:52] Yeah.
[00:08:53] There's parts of it I like and there's parts of it I don't like.
[00:08:56] I like the adult-based stuff.
[00:08:59] And then...
[00:09:00] Because there's a lot of adult things in it.
[00:09:03] There are.
[00:09:03] There's enough.
[00:09:04] Right.
[00:09:04] You know, like, when he filled up the whole thing with acid and killed all this.
[00:09:09] Yeah.
[00:09:09] Yeah.
[00:09:10] Yeah.
[00:09:12] That wasn't very Jedi.
[00:09:13] No.
[00:09:14] Right?
[00:09:15] Yeah.
[00:09:15] But he does show some Jedi traits if he is a Jedi or if he's a Force user.
[00:09:20] I haven't really come to that fact.
[00:09:23] He's doing a lot of Jedi stuff.
[00:09:27] Like...
[00:09:27] Well, I...
[00:09:28] Force push.
[00:09:29] I mean, like, there's a lot of stuff that he's doing that is very Jedi.
[00:09:32] Well, I think he's a Force user.
[00:09:34] Yeah.
[00:09:34] I think he's probably somebody that, you know, he probably grew up during the Empire.
[00:09:42] He probably told to hide away his abilities.
[00:09:45] He probably used them to the best of his ability as a pirate.
[00:09:48] Yeah.
[00:09:50] Until that dried up on him.
[00:09:52] Yeah, yeah.
[00:09:53] You know?
[00:09:53] But he's had...
[00:09:55] He's somebody who has the ability but was never trained properly.
[00:09:58] Yeah.
[00:09:58] He's kind of like a cross between Skywalker and Solo.
[00:10:01] Yeah.
[00:10:02] Do you know what I mean?
[00:10:03] Yeah, exactly.
[00:10:04] Yeah.
[00:10:04] So, I kind of like it.
[00:10:06] I like that act.
[00:10:07] I like the character.
[00:10:08] I really like the character.
[00:10:09] Yeah.
[00:10:11] And I'm not a big fan of Jude Law.
[00:10:13] Yeah.
[00:10:13] He's good in this, though.
[00:10:14] He is.
[00:10:15] Yeah.
[00:10:15] I mean...
[00:10:17] I think he was good as Dumbledore, too.
[00:10:20] Yeah.
[00:10:21] Yeah.
[00:10:21] Yeah.
[00:10:22] Yeah.
[00:10:23] But I like him in this.
[00:10:25] Yeah.
[00:10:26] So, yeah.
[00:10:27] That was pretty impressive.
[00:10:29] I just think it's a fun show.
[00:10:31] Yeah.
[00:10:31] I think it's fun.
[00:10:33] I get past it.
[00:10:34] The kids stuff that is driving you nuts.
[00:10:37] Just because I'm picturing it as it's Star Wars Goonies.
[00:10:40] Yeah.
[00:10:40] It is Goonies.
[00:10:41] I mean, I agree with you 100%.
[00:10:43] I just...
[00:10:45] It's just driving me a little bit crazy.
[00:10:47] Yeah.
[00:10:48] Like...
[00:10:49] I'm like, I don't want to hear that in Star Wars, man.
[00:10:51] Yeah.
[00:10:51] I get it.
[00:10:52] But...
[00:10:52] Go fucking climb a cliff.
[00:10:54] Yeah.
[00:10:54] You know, shut the fuck up.
[00:10:55] But at the same time, I'm just...
[00:10:56] I mean, I'm just having fun with it.
[00:10:59] Like, it's like...
[00:11:00] It's that thing where I'm just like...
[00:11:01] You got...
[00:11:02] Well, that's the whole thing.
[00:11:03] You know, they were like, well, you got to climb the...
[00:11:05] You know, you got to climb the cliff.
[00:11:06] And you're going to fall to your death.
[00:11:08] Nah, just let Neil go.
[00:11:10] Yeah.
[00:11:10] You know, he's fucking...
[00:11:11] Yeah.
[00:11:12] Doesn't have anything.
[00:11:14] Yeah.
[00:11:14] There was...
[00:11:15] Like, that moment, I was just like...
[00:11:17] Mmm.
[00:11:18] Yeah.
[00:11:18] Yeah.
[00:11:18] Oh, Neil's going to go?
[00:11:20] Yeah.
[00:11:20] But you're not going to climb it?
[00:11:21] Yeah.
[00:11:22] Chop.
[00:11:22] Your best buddy.
[00:11:24] Yeah.
[00:11:25] Chop, please.
[00:11:28] So, anyway.
[00:11:30] So, it was good.
[00:11:31] But you had to break up the Scooby gang at the same time.
[00:11:33] Correct.
[00:11:33] Yeah.
[00:11:33] And I liked what I saw.
[00:11:35] Yeah.
[00:11:35] So, I mean, it was good.
[00:11:37] So, that part was good.
[00:11:41] I watched...
[00:11:42] I finished Rings.
[00:11:44] Okay.
[00:11:45] It was amazing.
[00:11:45] Yeah.
[00:11:46] Did you finish it at all?
[00:11:47] I haven't even started it.
[00:11:49] I got to sit down and watch it.
[00:11:50] Oh, is it good?
[00:11:53] Like, really good.
[00:11:54] Give your thoughts.
[00:11:54] I mean, don't...
[00:11:55] I mean, time to spoil it, but give thoughts on it.
[00:11:59] There are a lot of surprises.
[00:12:01] Yeah.
[00:12:01] It's completely in the world.
[00:12:03] Yeah.
[00:12:04] Do you know what I mean?
[00:12:04] Right.
[00:12:05] Like, there's no...
[00:12:07] I think...
[00:12:08] There are parts of this that I think are better than Return of the King.
[00:12:12] Yeah.
[00:12:16] Yeah.
[00:12:16] It's really good.
[00:12:18] I mean, there...
[00:12:19] It's in depth.
[00:12:23] Of course, visually, it's amazing.
[00:12:26] Yeah.
[00:12:28] I really got into the elves.
[00:12:33] Yeah.
[00:12:33] I really got into the guy that killed Sauron.
[00:12:39] Yeah.
[00:12:40] You know who I'm talking about.
[00:12:41] Yeah.
[00:12:42] Yeah.
[00:12:42] The leader of the orcs.
[00:12:43] His children.
[00:12:44] Yeah.
[00:12:45] I really got into that character.
[00:12:46] Yeah.
[00:12:49] Because, all in all, they're all out for the same purpose.
[00:12:53] Yeah.
[00:12:53] They're all trying to kill him.
[00:12:55] Right.
[00:12:56] Do you know what I mean?
[00:12:57] Yeah.
[00:12:57] Like, that's the point.
[00:12:59] Right.
[00:12:59] And so, finally, they realize that.
[00:13:01] Right.
[00:13:02] You know, and it goes on from there.
[00:13:04] Right.
[00:13:05] Especially with Galadriel.
[00:13:07] I like her character.
[00:13:09] Yeah.
[00:13:09] I like the elf.
[00:13:10] Yeah.
[00:13:13] Yeah.
[00:13:14] All of it.
[00:13:14] All of it's good.
[00:13:17] There's...
[00:13:18] It drags in certain moments, but then...
[00:13:21] You know, and then I'm like, why did they have to...
[00:13:24] Why does he want nine rings?
[00:13:25] And so, like, I'm trying to think and reference and...
[00:13:29] You know what I mean?
[00:13:30] Right.
[00:13:30] Like, why did they make five rings?
[00:13:32] And then they made nine rings.
[00:13:34] Yeah.
[00:13:34] And then, I know he wants his ring to rule them all.
[00:13:38] Right.
[00:13:38] You know what I mean?
[00:13:39] Yeah.
[00:13:39] It all makes sense.
[00:13:40] So, I thought the show as a whole was actually absolutely fantastic.
[00:13:47] And I also started Shogun.
[00:13:50] Okay.
[00:13:51] Finally.
[00:13:52] Yeah.
[00:13:53] That's amazing.
[00:13:54] Yeah.
[00:13:54] I watched one episode and I was completely in love.
[00:13:57] Yeah.
[00:13:58] Yeah, because it's just...
[00:13:59] It's badass.
[00:14:00] Set in the 1600s.
[00:14:02] I mean...
[00:14:02] Yeah.
[00:14:03] You know, there's pirates and...
[00:14:05] Yeah.
[00:14:06] You know, that whole thing is going on outside of Japan.
[00:14:09] Right.
[00:14:09] So, anyway.
[00:14:12] The ship gets washed up on shore in Japan.
[00:14:16] Yeah.
[00:14:17] So, it's really good.
[00:14:19] Really good.
[00:14:20] Yeah.
[00:14:21] Yeah.
[00:14:21] So, I'm into that.
[00:14:23] I mean, like, one of the first deaths you've seen...
[00:14:25] I'm just going to say...
[00:14:27] I mean, the ship has...
[00:14:28] Everybody has scurvy on the ship.
[00:14:30] Right.
[00:14:30] They're dying and they wash up a shore on Japan and they put them down in the pit with the...
[00:14:36] Yeah.
[00:14:36] ...bamboo cover and the guards and stuff like that, you know?
[00:14:43] And he wanted to kill one of them.
[00:14:46] They wanted to kill one of them to show, you know what I mean?
[00:14:48] Yeah.
[00:14:49] But they didn't want to kill the main guy, which was...
[00:14:51] I think his name's Blackthorn.
[00:14:52] Mm-hmm.
[00:14:53] They didn't want to kill him.
[00:14:55] But, like, there's a whole religious thing, too.
[00:14:57] Like...
[00:14:58] Yeah.
[00:14:58] Because Catholicism has entered Japan.
[00:15:00] Right.
[00:15:01] And some are Catholic and some refer to the old ways.
[00:15:03] Right.
[00:15:04] And, uh...
[00:15:05] Well, he's not Catholic.
[00:15:07] Yeah.
[00:15:07] He's English.
[00:15:09] Yeah.
[00:15:09] Or something like that.
[00:15:11] So...
[00:15:12] The...
[00:15:13] Not Pope, but...
[00:15:15] The clergy.
[00:15:16] He's the translator.
[00:15:18] Yeah.
[00:15:18] And, uh...
[00:15:20] He doesn't trust them.
[00:15:21] And he's saying their pirates kill them.
[00:15:24] He's saying all this in Japanese.
[00:15:26] Yeah.
[00:15:27] And the guy...
[00:15:28] Blackthorn figures out that he's not doing that.
[00:15:31] You know what I mean?
[00:15:32] And so he takes off his...
[00:15:34] Takes off the...
[00:15:35] Guy's cross and starts hitting it with his feet.
[00:15:39] Yeah.
[00:15:39] Just to show...
[00:15:40] Because there's language barrier, right?
[00:15:41] Right.
[00:15:41] Nobody knows what anybody's talking about.
[00:15:43] Right.
[00:15:44] And so it shows that...
[00:15:46] You know, he's not...
[00:15:47] He's not religious.
[00:15:49] He doesn't believe in this.
[00:15:50] You know?
[00:15:51] They kind of saved him.
[00:15:52] But then...
[00:15:53] Before his insolence...
[00:15:55] They didn't kill him.
[00:15:56] But they had to kill one of his crew.
[00:15:58] And the first death, they bowled him to death.
[00:16:00] Ooh!
[00:16:01] Literally.
[00:16:01] Yeah.
[00:16:02] They put him in a cauldron.
[00:16:03] Yeah.
[00:16:03] And it took a while.
[00:16:05] Oh!
[00:16:05] And the leader of that section...
[00:16:08] Of that village...
[00:16:11] Sat there and listened.
[00:16:13] Yeah.
[00:16:13] Because he...
[00:16:13] They said that, you know, he likes...
[00:16:15] He likes to hear to the moment of death.
[00:16:19] If there's anything...
[00:16:20] Like, there's some kind of psychological thing.
[00:16:22] Yeah.
[00:16:23] Yeah.
[00:16:24] So...
[00:16:25] I thought that was actually pretty cool.
[00:16:27] Yeah.
[00:16:27] That's crazy.
[00:16:28] He bowled him to death.
[00:16:29] Yeah.
[00:16:29] And they showed it.
[00:16:30] Yeah.
[00:16:30] Yeah.
[00:16:32] So...
[00:16:32] Yeah.
[00:16:33] I'm pretty excited about that series.
[00:16:35] I can't wait to watch another episode.
[00:16:38] Other than that...
[00:16:40] I think that's all I watched.
[00:16:44] Which took up some time.
[00:16:46] Yeah.
[00:16:46] When we were six, so...
[00:16:47] Yeah.
[00:16:47] I mean, like...
[00:16:48] Time for...
[00:16:49] Time to catch up.
[00:16:50] Exactly.
[00:16:50] Yeah.
[00:16:52] I watched...
[00:16:55] Season 7 of The Dragon Prince.
[00:16:57] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:58] Which is an animated show on Netflix.
[00:17:01] Mm-hmm.
[00:17:01] And I enjoyed it.
[00:17:05] But it...
[00:17:07] The ending was very, very odd.
[00:17:11] Yeah.
[00:17:13] Because I...
[00:17:13] Like, it was like...
[00:17:15] It was like one of those shows...
[00:17:16] I don't know if they're...
[00:17:19] Like, I remember, I think after season 3...
[00:17:23] Netflix told them you can have four more seasons.
[00:17:27] Okay.
[00:17:29] And it's been very popular on Netflix.
[00:17:32] Okay.
[00:17:35] And...
[00:17:36] But it's one of those things that as...
[00:17:39] Like...
[00:17:40] You reach season 7, I'm like, okay, well this is it.
[00:17:42] And they didn't, like, kind of promote it as the final season.
[00:17:46] It was just kind of like, here's a new season.
[00:17:48] I'm like, okay, that's odd.
[00:17:50] That's odd, you know, how you promoted it.
[00:17:53] And you get to the end of the season.
[00:17:55] You get to that last episode.
[00:17:58] And it kind of left it open for more.
[00:18:01] Okay.
[00:18:02] So I don't know if it's going to come back.
[00:18:05] Like, it gave you an ending, but the ending was an incomplete ending.
[00:18:09] Right.
[00:18:09] In a very strange way.
[00:18:12] And I don't want to ruin it for anybody who hasn't watched it, but I was just like, so does this mean they're going to do more?
[00:18:18] Which would be highly unusual for Netflix.
[00:18:21] Like, even to go to season 7 was kind of surprising.
[00:18:24] Right.
[00:18:24] But, you know, they were trying to tell the story, and they told the story, and it was very interesting.
[00:18:32] But it's still kind of open, and I don't know if, like, they're planning on doing more, or they're going to talk to Netflix about doing more, or now are they going to, you know, if you want to see what happens next, you have to read this book.
[00:18:44] Yeah.
[00:18:44] You know, I don't know.
[00:18:46] But I still enjoyed it.
[00:18:47] Like, I hope, based upon the ending, I hope they do another season, because it would be interesting to see, you know, where that goes.
[00:19:00] But that was very good, and I highly recommend that.
[00:19:02] If you haven't watched it at all, all seven seasons are available.
[00:19:07] It's half-hour episodes.
[00:19:08] It's animated.
[00:19:10] It's very, very good.
[00:19:11] It's not for small kids.
[00:19:14] I mean, I say this is like a tween to teen type of series, if you're looking at what age should my children be to watch this.
[00:19:21] Yeah, yeah.
[00:19:22] Older kids would probably be better, because there is some death.
[00:19:29] You know, there's nothing majorly gory, but, you know, shit goes down.
[00:19:36] Yeah, yeah.
[00:19:37] You know?
[00:19:39] But it's very good.
[00:19:40] I enjoyed the heck out of it.
[00:19:41] Cool.
[00:19:42] And I got caught up on Silo, which is on Apple.
[00:19:50] I'm enjoying the shit out of that.
[00:19:52] Yeah.
[00:19:53] Like, to the point, like, I might, like, it's based off of a series of three books.
[00:19:57] I might actually end up buying the books so I can read these, because I'm like, that's how interested I am in the show.
[00:20:02] Mm-hmm.
[00:20:03] And then I've been catching up on Dune, the prophecy.
[00:20:10] Dune, the prophecy.
[00:20:12] Okay.
[00:20:12] Yeah.
[00:20:13] Is that good?
[00:20:15] It's good, but it's, like, it's a thing where, like, people will always say, like, but especially now, like, what would you compare Dune to?
[00:20:25] Well, it's like Game of Thrones in space.
[00:20:27] Okay.
[00:20:27] Because you're dealing with all these different houses and, but, like, in Dune, you're really only dealing with three.
[00:20:33] You're dealing with the Atreides, you're dealing with the Emperor, and you're dealing with the Harkonnens.
[00:20:43] Okay.
[00:20:43] That's really the only three you're really dealing with in the movie.
[00:20:47] It gets a little bit more in-depth in the later books, but in the first movie, you know, the first book, it's really only those three houses.
[00:20:57] Uh-huh.
[00:20:58] This is dealing with multiple houses.
[00:21:00] This is dealing with, you know, the beginnings of the Bene Gesserit, the beginnings of, you know, we're still, like, only maybe a hundred or so years away from the AI war.
[00:21:15] Yeah.
[00:21:16] Like, there's all sorts of stuff that's kind of like, and so it is more like Game of Thrones where, like, if you were to ask me, like, okay, well, what's this character's name?
[00:21:24] I'm like, that's just, that's Mark Strong.
[00:21:26] He's the Emperor.
[00:21:27] Mm-hmm.
[00:21:29] That's the head Bene Gesserit.
[00:21:32] That's, like, I don't have, like, their real names in the show down yet.
[00:21:37] Yeah.
[00:21:37] I just have nicknames for everybody when they come on screen so I know who they are.
[00:21:40] Yeah, yeah.
[00:21:41] You know what I mean?
[00:21:43] And, but I've enjoyed it from the standpoint of, I mean, it takes place, like, 10,000 years before Paul Atreides.
[00:21:50] Okay.
[00:21:50] Okay.
[00:21:51] So, like, the Atreides' name is a house name.
[00:21:55] It's one of the grand houses.
[00:21:57] There's a lot of, like, the Harkonnens accused the Atreides of stealing their thunder from the war.
[00:22:04] Mm-hmm.
[00:22:04] Like, you know, because of that, the Harkonnens are a lesser house, not a greater house.
[00:22:10] And, like, there's all sorts of stuff that takes place.
[00:22:13] It's, like, taking place, like, ooh, this is very Game of Thrones-ish.
[00:22:17] Yeah.
[00:22:18] You know?
[00:22:18] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:22:18] But in space.
[00:22:20] Yeah, yeah.
[00:22:20] But, so it's interesting.
[00:22:22] I've enjoyed it because, one, I like Dune, and two, I like that aspect of, like, Game of Thrones, like, the political machinations and, you know, that type of stuff.
[00:22:35] So that's been very interesting to me.
[00:22:41] And that's it.
[00:22:42] Oh, I forgot about it.
[00:22:43] I did binge one series, that three body count.
[00:22:47] Okay.
[00:22:49] It is fantastic.
[00:22:51] It's fantastic.
[00:22:54] That's the one by...
[00:22:56] Three body problem, not...
[00:22:57] Yeah, the three body problem.
[00:22:58] Yeah.
[00:22:58] That's by, that's on Netflix, and that's by the, uh, the Russo brothers, right?
[00:23:04] Yeah, it's fantastic.
[00:23:06] I've heard it's very, very good.
[00:23:08] I want to watch it.
[00:23:09] And it had crazy reviews.
[00:23:11] Yeah.
[00:23:11] Like, there's Emmys with it and all kinds of shit.
[00:23:14] Yeah.
[00:23:15] I mean, it's like, I think you got, like, a 99% on tomatoes or something.
[00:23:19] Yeah.
[00:23:19] It's something crazy.
[00:23:21] Um, it's, it's phenomenal.
[00:23:23] It's some of the best science fiction I've watched in a while.
[00:23:26] That's what my dad said.
[00:23:27] My dad highly recommended it to me.
[00:23:28] And I just haven't gotten around to watch it for some reason.
[00:23:30] Yeah, it's really good.
[00:23:31] Like, really good.
[00:23:32] Yeah.
[00:23:33] Flashbacks, but they're pertaining and things start adding up and...
[00:23:37] Yeah.
[00:23:37] You know what I mean?
[00:23:38] Like, it keeps your mind moving.
[00:23:39] Yeah.
[00:23:40] You know?
[00:23:42] Um...
[00:23:43] And it's, the basis is it's based on an alien invasion that is, like, 400 light years away.
[00:23:50] So, or something like that.
[00:23:52] Yeah.
[00:23:52] It's weird.
[00:23:53] They're not going to be here for another 400 years.
[00:23:55] Yeah.
[00:23:56] But they're communicating through.
[00:23:58] There's, like, a cult.
[00:23:59] Yeah.
[00:23:59] All kinds.
[00:24:00] It's crazy.
[00:24:00] Yeah.
[00:24:01] And not just a cult, but it's a connective type of thing.
[00:24:03] I mean, it's...
[00:24:04] Yeah.
[00:24:04] It's nuts.
[00:24:06] Um...
[00:24:06] But it's based around these students when they were younger, and now that they're older,
[00:24:12] you know, like, making their way in the world.
[00:24:15] Um...
[00:24:16] It's really good.
[00:24:17] Yeah.
[00:24:17] Piggy's in it from Game of Thrones.
[00:24:19] Yeah.
[00:24:20] Um...
[00:24:21] I don't know the two female leads, and there's another English actor, but it's...
[00:24:28] It kind of jumps into China, and there's all kinds of shit.
[00:24:31] I mean, I think it's fantastic, so...
[00:24:33] I highly, highly recommend it.
[00:24:36] Because it's that good.
[00:24:38] Yeah.
[00:24:39] At least I thought it was.
[00:24:42] But, yeah, I binged a hell out of that.
[00:24:45] It's good science fiction, though.
[00:24:48] I mean...
[00:24:50] Sort of.
[00:24:50] I mean, it is.
[00:24:51] Yeah.
[00:24:52] But you're not seeing aliens, per se.
[00:24:55] Does that make sense?
[00:24:56] Right.
[00:24:57] No, it does.
[00:24:57] Yeah.
[00:24:59] So...
[00:24:59] But it's really good.
[00:25:00] Yeah.
[00:25:01] Liam Cunningham's in it.
[00:25:02] He was, uh...
[00:25:03] Davos.
[00:25:04] He was in Game of Thrones.
[00:25:07] Mm-hmm.
[00:25:09] Benedict Wong, who, you know...
[00:25:10] Well, yeah.
[00:25:11] Yeah.
[00:25:11] We know him from Avengers and whatever.
[00:25:14] Yeah.
[00:25:14] No, no.
[00:25:15] It was, um...
[00:25:16] David Bettenhoff, who, uh...
[00:25:18] Yeah.
[00:25:19] They did Game of Thrones.
[00:25:21] Yeah.
[00:25:21] Yeah.
[00:25:22] It's fantastic.
[00:25:22] Yeah.
[00:25:23] Yeah.
[00:25:23] It's really good.
[00:25:26] It's very well done.
[00:25:28] I have to say.
[00:25:30] Acting's superb.
[00:25:34] Um...
[00:25:34] Yeah, so, I mean...
[00:25:35] My dad gave it, like...
[00:25:36] My dad talked to me about it.
[00:25:38] He's like, it's like...
[00:25:38] It's hard science fiction.
[00:25:40] Yeah.
[00:25:40] You'll like that.
[00:25:41] Oh, my God.
[00:25:42] It's like...
[00:25:43] It's just been one of those things where it's like...
[00:25:44] I just haven't gotten to it.
[00:25:46] Yeah.
[00:25:46] It's really good.
[00:25:47] Yeah.
[00:25:50] Oh, Davos.
[00:25:51] Yeah.
[00:25:51] He was also in...
[00:25:52] He was also in, um...
[00:25:56] He's been around forever.
[00:25:58] Yeah.
[00:25:58] The guy you're talking about?
[00:26:00] Yeah.
[00:26:00] But he was also in, uh...
[00:26:02] Freaking, uh...
[00:26:03] First time I ever saw him was in Jumping Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg.
[00:26:07] Yeah.
[00:26:07] He was the voice...
[00:26:08] Yeah, he's been around...
[00:26:09] Like, you're right.
[00:26:10] He's been around forever.
[00:26:11] I mean, he was in Game of Thrones...
[00:26:12] Or on Game of Thrones, um...
[00:26:14] He was in, uh...
[00:26:16] The remake of, uh...
[00:26:21] Just saw it.
[00:26:25] Um...
[00:26:25] So, I think he was in there.
[00:26:26] I was like, look...
[00:26:27] Rewatch that.
[00:26:28] Um...
[00:26:29] I can't think of the name of it.
[00:26:32] Now I gotta find it.
[00:26:33] Clash of the Titans.
[00:26:33] The remake of Clash of the Titans.
[00:26:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:26:37] Um...
[00:26:38] Anyway, he's been around.
[00:26:39] Yeah.
[00:26:39] He's a good actor.
[00:26:41] Yeah, a long time, like...
[00:26:43] English actor.
[00:26:44] He's been in a ton of shit.
[00:26:45] Yeah.
[00:26:46] He's a that guy.
[00:26:47] In all honesty.
[00:26:48] Like, if you...
[00:26:48] Especially if you watch, like, British stuff.
[00:26:52] Um...
[00:26:54] Yeah, so it's good.
[00:26:55] Yeah.
[00:26:56] I think that in Silo, the guy who played, uh...
[00:27:05] The guy who was like...
[00:27:06] He was in love with the Nares, but he was like her hand for a long time.
[00:27:11] Oh, yeah.
[00:27:12] Yeah, I know him.
[00:27:13] Yeah.
[00:27:14] He's in Silo.
[00:27:15] He shows up in shit all the time.
[00:27:16] I'm always like, you're that guy.
[00:27:18] You had Grayscale.
[00:27:19] Who's that guy that was in...
[00:27:24] The best, though, was when he shows up in Titans as Bruce Wayne.
[00:27:28] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:27:29] Because I can't imagine him as Batman.
[00:27:30] Who is this?
[00:27:31] Um...
[00:27:32] Oh.
[00:27:32] Oh, yeah.
[00:27:32] I know who you're talking about.
[00:27:33] Yeah.
[00:27:36] Yeah, he shows up in Titans as Bruce Wayne.
[00:27:39] I'm like, do not put the suit on.
[00:27:41] Please.
[00:27:42] Don't put the suit on this guy.
[00:27:44] Right.
[00:27:44] You know.
[00:27:46] Because I like him as an actor.
[00:27:48] And I thought he played a very good Bruce Wayne.
[00:27:49] But I don't want to see him as Batman.
[00:27:53] Yeah, my favorite is the...
[00:28:02] Anyway.
[00:28:04] It's just really good.
[00:28:05] It's in depth and...
[00:28:09] Yeah.
[00:28:12] Jesus.
[00:28:15] No reason.
[00:28:24] Oh, that Davos.
[00:28:26] Yeah.
[00:28:26] Sorry, I thought you were talking about someone else.
[00:28:28] No.
[00:28:29] Davos.
[00:28:29] He was not in Jumping Joe Flash.
[00:28:31] He is...
[00:28:32] He is one...
[00:28:33] He's my favorite person in this.
[00:28:35] Yeah.
[00:28:36] Because he's so fucking badass.
[00:28:38] Yeah.
[00:28:39] He's like above...
[00:28:41] He's like on that.
[00:28:43] Above the president.
[00:28:44] Okay, yeah.
[00:28:45] Does that make sense?
[00:28:46] That makes sense, yeah.
[00:28:47] Like...
[00:28:48] He's like unbelievable.
[00:28:49] Not because of his money or anything like that.
[00:28:52] Just because of his...
[00:28:53] I think because of his knowledge.
[00:28:55] Yeah.
[00:28:56] Yeah, he's a...
[00:28:57] He's a super high secretive...
[00:28:59] Yeah, he's a power...
[00:29:01] Like MI5 or whatever.
[00:29:02] Yeah, like one of those guys.
[00:29:05] But the guy I was talking about was also in Game of Thrones.
[00:29:11] And...
[00:29:13] Do you remember...
[00:29:14] I'm pretty sure...
[00:29:15] Do you remember when...
[00:29:18] When Cersei...
[00:29:20] Got...
[00:29:20] Into that cult...
[00:29:22] And they stripped over stuff.
[00:29:24] Yeah.
[00:29:24] That old man...
[00:29:26] Oh, yeah.
[00:29:27] That guy.
[00:29:28] Was in Jumping Jack Flash.
[00:29:29] Yeah, yeah.
[00:29:30] He's also in this...
[00:29:31] Yeah.
[00:29:32] You know what I'm talking about?
[00:29:33] I know what you're talking about.
[00:29:34] Yeah.
[00:29:34] Yeah, yeah.
[00:29:34] I know that guy.
[00:29:35] Yeah.
[00:29:38] Yeah.
[00:29:38] That guy's been around.
[00:29:39] Yeah.
[00:29:40] Yeah.
[00:29:40] That's what I mean.
[00:29:41] Like he's been in all kinds of shit.
[00:29:42] Yeah.
[00:29:43] But uh...
[00:29:45] Which I...
[00:29:46] I like the character, but not as much as I like.
[00:29:48] And he always plays like that sinister guy who starts off not so sinister.
[00:29:52] Yeah.
[00:29:53] Like you're like...
[00:29:54] Oh, yeah.
[00:29:54] Sophomore.
[00:29:55] And at the end of it, he's like he's a motherfucker.
[00:29:57] You're like, oh shit.
[00:29:58] Eating children.
[00:29:59] Yeah.
[00:29:59] But uh...
[00:30:00] No, Davos.
[00:30:01] The guy that...
[00:30:02] Cunningham.
[00:30:02] The guy that plays Davos.
[00:30:03] Oh.
[00:30:04] Yeah.
[00:30:05] He is fucking...
[00:30:07] This show, he is...
[00:30:09] Yeah.
[00:30:10] He's unreal.
[00:30:11] Like he is...
[00:30:12] Like his wits like really good.
[00:30:14] Yeah.
[00:30:14] Yeah.
[00:30:14] It's like...
[00:30:15] Kind of like, fuck you.
[00:30:17] Yeah.
[00:30:17] This is what we're gonna do.
[00:30:19] Yeah.
[00:30:19] You know?
[00:30:20] Like...
[00:30:20] And he's very like...
[00:30:22] The way he's acted it.
[00:30:24] His mind.
[00:30:25] Yeah.
[00:30:26] He plays on people.
[00:30:27] Right.
[00:30:28] You know?
[00:30:28] It's really good.
[00:30:30] Really, really, really good.
[00:30:31] I'm about to check it out.
[00:30:31] Yeah.
[00:30:32] It's really good science fiction.
[00:30:35] Just the way...
[00:30:36] The way it develops.
[00:30:38] Yeah.
[00:30:39] You're kind of like...
[00:30:40] What is happening?
[00:30:42] And then as the show goes on, things start to come out and play.
[00:30:46] And then you realize, oh, that's her mom.
[00:30:48] Oh, that's what happened.
[00:30:50] Yeah.
[00:30:50] Oh, that's what's going on.
[00:30:52] The pieces of puzzle fall into place.
[00:30:53] It all starts fitting together.
[00:30:55] Yeah.
[00:30:55] And at the end of it, you're like...
[00:30:57] Holy fuck.
[00:30:59] Yeah.
[00:30:59] You know what I mean?
[00:31:00] Like...
[00:31:00] Holy shit.
[00:31:02] Yeah.
[00:31:03] Yeah.
[00:31:03] It's good, dude.
[00:31:04] Yeah.
[00:31:05] I love it.
[00:31:06] Looking forward to another season of it.
[00:31:08] Yeah.
[00:31:09] Hopefully.
[00:31:11] Yeah.
[00:31:11] You know, that was next.
[00:31:12] Yeah.
[00:31:13] They kill everything.
[00:31:16] They'll kill Shogun, too, I'm sure.
[00:31:19] That's Hulu, though.
[00:31:21] I guess you're right.
[00:31:21] FX.
[00:31:22] Hulu, yeah.
[00:31:22] FX, yeah.
[00:31:23] That's good, Joe.
[00:31:25] Yeah, but I don't think that...
[00:31:26] I mean, there's only the one book, I thought.
[00:31:30] Well, we know how that goes.
[00:31:32] Yeah.
[00:31:34] Yeah.
[00:31:36] I mean, for really what they've shown in this series is probably 10 pages.
[00:31:44] You know what I mean?
[00:31:45] Yeah.
[00:31:45] Like, it all depends on how it flows to the screen.
[00:31:49] You know?
[00:31:50] Right.
[00:31:51] Yeah.
[00:31:51] It's not...
[00:31:52] It's not...
[00:31:52] I mean, literally, they were shipwrecked and then...
[00:31:56] You know.
[00:31:57] No, I...
[00:31:57] He's in the village and then...
[00:31:59] And I mean, there's no Shogun.
[00:32:00] Like, my dad has the book and it's a fucking tome.
[00:32:05] Yeah.
[00:32:05] You know, it's a thousand or so pages.
[00:32:08] And then, like, they...
[00:32:09] He just...
[00:32:10] Blackthorn just got shipped to Osaka.
[00:32:12] Yeah.
[00:32:12] So, I mean, like...
[00:32:14] Yeah.
[00:32:15] It's not...
[00:32:15] It hasn't gone too far.
[00:32:17] Yeah.
[00:32:17] It's probably the first five chapters.
[00:32:18] It's a 10,000 chapter book.
[00:32:21] Yeah.
[00:32:21] But it's good.
[00:32:23] I'm into it.
[00:32:25] I'm into the players.
[00:32:26] Yeah.
[00:32:27] I'm curious to see where that goes.
[00:32:30] 1600s Japan.
[00:32:33] Anyway.
[00:32:37] So, what else you got, son?
[00:32:39] So, I guess we should tip our hat to our fantasy football champ, Beaver.
[00:32:46] Yeah.
[00:32:46] Yeah.
[00:32:46] She won in a dramatic fashion.
[00:32:50] Yeah.
[00:32:50] Yeah.
[00:32:51] So, how'd you do in your third place game?
[00:32:56] Not bad.
[00:32:57] I came back.
[00:32:58] I needed St. Brown to have a day.
[00:33:01] Yeah.
[00:33:01] And he did.
[00:33:02] Yeah.
[00:33:02] Thank God.
[00:33:03] Because he hasn't been.
[00:33:04] Yeah.
[00:33:05] And, you know...
[00:33:07] And then, the playoff before that, none of my guys showed up.
[00:33:12] Yeah.
[00:33:12] And then, like, my running back got injured.
[00:33:15] And he didn't...
[00:33:16] I mean, it was just a whole...
[00:33:18] It was like, what am I playing the first...
[00:33:20] Is this the first...
[00:33:21] Yeah.
[00:33:22] First, the start of the season?
[00:33:23] Because that's how my players went.
[00:33:26] And then I was like...
[00:33:27] When you...
[00:33:27] You get into the playoffs when you need everybody to show up.
[00:33:30] And they didn't.
[00:33:30] Yeah.
[00:33:31] That sucks.
[00:33:31] But some of them showed up, you know, for the second one.
[00:33:35] Yeah.
[00:33:35] I mean, Mahomes had a high game.
[00:33:37] I think he had 20.
[00:33:38] I don't know what he had, but he kept me in it.
[00:33:41] I didn't even draft a QB because...
[00:33:43] Mahomes had a nice game against the Steelers.
[00:33:46] Yeah.
[00:33:47] I hope the NFL never does that again.
[00:33:51] What's that?
[00:33:52] Three games in 11 days.
[00:33:54] Yeah.
[00:33:54] That's a little much.
[00:33:56] Like, it was.
[00:33:57] Like, I appreciate, like, you want to be like, you know, yeah, we're taking over Christmas.
[00:34:04] Like, no, let's leave Christmas to the NBA.
[00:34:07] Yeah.
[00:34:08] Like, it was just...
[00:34:09] It was too...
[00:34:11] I mean, it's easy to say.
[00:34:13] Kansas City blows out the Steelers.
[00:34:17] The Ravens go down to Houston and blow out the Texans.
[00:34:21] And you kind of say, like, well, you know, but...
[00:34:25] It's that thing of just, like, from...
[00:34:27] For me, from a fan standpoint, like, I felt bad for the players.
[00:34:36] Yeah.
[00:34:36] Like, I...
[00:34:38] Like, I hate Thursday night games.
[00:34:40] I think Thursday night games shouldn't happen.
[00:34:44] Right.
[00:34:45] Like, if you want to play games on Friday, I would almost say, okay.
[00:34:49] Like, that makes more sense.
[00:34:50] Right.
[00:34:51] But for it to be Thursday night after a Sunday game is too tight of a turnaround, in my opinion.
[00:34:57] Yeah.
[00:34:58] And I...
[00:35:00] So it was, like, the same thing.
[00:35:02] Like, but, like...
[00:35:04] It was, like, weird.
[00:35:05] Like, the Steelers are, like, installing their game plan on Monday.
[00:35:10] And there are still, like, games being played from that weekend.
[00:35:13] Right.
[00:35:14] You know?
[00:35:14] Like, it was still a Monday night game to play.
[00:35:16] So it was, like, a very odd week.
[00:35:19] I didn't...
[00:35:20] I just didn't like the quick turnaround myself.
[00:35:22] And I just, I hope...
[00:35:23] Like, I'm sure next year, I think Christmas will be on a Thursday.
[00:35:26] So they'll probably have, you know, three games.
[00:35:31] Right.
[00:35:31] You know, which I understand.
[00:35:34] And probably the next year on Friday.
[00:35:37] You know, which, again, makes sense.
[00:35:38] But...
[00:35:39] Right.
[00:35:40] Like, it just...
[00:35:40] It's, like, doing it, like, a Wednesday is just too tight of a turnaround.
[00:35:45] Okay.
[00:35:46] In my opinion.
[00:35:48] I agree with you.
[00:35:51] I mean, there was that year, the COVID year, where I think the Steelers played a game.
[00:35:54] They had...
[00:35:54] Because of COVID, they had to play a game on a Tuesday and then turn around and play again
[00:36:00] on Sunday.
[00:36:00] It was, like, one of those odd things.
[00:36:03] Like, they were supposed to play on Saturday, I think.
[00:36:07] Right.
[00:36:07] And the game got postponed because of COVID.
[00:36:10] Yeah.
[00:36:11] Like, the Ravens had too many players with COVID.
[00:36:13] So they had to postpone the game until Tuesday when they had enough players to play.
[00:36:18] It was something ridiculous.
[00:36:20] It was, like, just one of those things where it was, like, man, that's...
[00:36:23] Those are tight turnarounds and...
[00:36:25] Yeah.
[00:36:26] I think, like, a game as physical as football is, those tight turnarounds just don't make
[00:36:34] sense.
[00:36:35] Right.
[00:36:36] I agree with you.
[00:36:38] I had...
[00:36:40] Yeah, it was just too much.
[00:36:43] I mean...
[00:36:44] I actually hope we lose.
[00:36:46] Like, if we lose, we'll face Houston, right?
[00:36:49] Yeah.
[00:36:49] I want to face Houston.
[00:36:51] Yeah.
[00:36:51] I want to get the wheels turning on Houston before I have to face fucking Baltimore.
[00:36:56] Well, they should have buys, right?
[00:37:00] No, there's only one buy now.
[00:37:02] So Kansas City will get the buy.
[00:37:04] Okay.
[00:37:04] So then we'll have to face the Ravens at Baltimore if we win against Cincinnati.
[00:37:13] Is that right?
[00:37:14] I don't know.
[00:37:15] If we lose to Cincinnati, then we get Houston, I think.
[00:37:21] I don't know.
[00:37:21] I want to play Houston first.
[00:37:23] Yeah.
[00:37:23] Yeah.
[00:37:23] I want to play Houston first just because that should be the playoff win we've been waiting
[00:37:30] for for seven years.
[00:37:31] Yeah.
[00:37:31] And let's get that playoff win and maybe that'll give us a little bit of momentum going on.
[00:37:36] Because they just came off, what, three-game losing streak, right?
[00:37:39] Yeah.
[00:37:40] If they lose to Cincinnati, it'll be four straight they've lost.
[00:37:43] Yeah.
[00:37:45] Like, it is that thing, like, teams better be hoping and praying, like, the Kansas City
[00:37:52] Chiefs, like, tank it this weekend.
[00:37:58] Yeah.
[00:37:58] I know they're not playing Mahomes.
[00:38:00] I don't think they're going to be playing Kelsey.
[00:38:02] Like, they better hope, like, they call, like, a local boys and girls club to, like, fill
[00:38:08] their team.
[00:38:09] Yeah.
[00:38:09] Because Denver has to, if Denver wins, they're in and Cincinnati's out no matter what.
[00:38:17] But if Denver loses and Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh, Cincinnati's in the playoffs.
[00:38:22] Yeah.
[00:38:22] And in my opinion, the team nobody wants to see is the Bengals.
[00:38:28] Yeah.
[00:38:28] If you ask me right now if I had a vote for MVP, my MVP vote is for Joe Burrow.
[00:38:35] Okay.
[00:38:36] Like, beyond a shadow of a doubt, like, you can talk about Lamar Jackson and how well
[00:38:40] he's played.
[00:38:41] Yeah.
[00:38:41] And you can talk about Josh Allen and how well he's played.
[00:38:44] You can throw in Saquon.
[00:38:46] You can even throw in Travis Henry.
[00:38:51] Like, to me, Lamar Jackson's success this year is based upon the fact that they have
[00:38:57] Henry at running back.
[00:38:59] Oh, for sure.
[00:39:01] They are a powerhouse.
[00:39:03] He's a better player because they have the best running back in football or the second
[00:39:07] best running back in football in that backfield with him.
[00:39:11] Philadelphia is better because they have Saquon.
[00:39:15] I mean, a shadow of a doubt.
[00:39:16] But nobody, and I mean nobody, is carrying a team on their back like Joe Burrow is.
[00:39:23] Yeah.
[00:39:24] Joe Burrow has willed this team to 8-8 at this point.
[00:39:28] Yeah.
[00:39:28] The only reason they are at 8-8, they are on a four-game win streak, is because Joe Burrow
[00:39:34] has just put this team on his back and carried them.
[00:39:37] Yeah.
[00:39:38] Like, I have said it before.
[00:39:39] I will say it again.
[00:39:41] Joe Burrow is the second-best quarterback in the NFL behind only Patrick Mahomes.
[00:39:44] Yeah.
[00:39:45] And if they get into the playoffs, they could get hot and knock out a couple of teams that
[00:39:54] are going to be like, what the fuck just happened?
[00:39:56] Yeah.
[00:39:58] Like, that's how hot Joe Burrow is right now.
[00:40:01] It pains me that he's in Cincinnati.
[00:40:03] Right.
[00:40:03] It pains me.
[00:40:04] Because as long as he's there, they're going to be relevant.
[00:40:07] Yeah.
[00:40:07] I think.
[00:40:07] You know, and it's just like, fuck.
[00:40:10] But he, like, just watching him these past four weeks, he has just been, just ride with
[00:40:18] me.
[00:40:18] I'll get us to the problem.
[00:40:19] And that defense stinks.
[00:40:20] They are winning shootouts.
[00:40:23] Yeah.
[00:40:23] Because they have to.
[00:40:24] Because the defense is so fucking bad.
[00:40:26] Mm-hmm.
[00:40:27] But they just need that defense to make like two, maybe three plays, get maybe that one
[00:40:32] turnover late in the game that you need, and Joe Burrow will ride you to victory.
[00:40:37] Finish the job.
[00:40:38] Yeah.
[00:40:39] It's killing me.
[00:40:40] It is absolutely killing me.
[00:40:42] There's not a doubt in my mind he's going to come in to Accu-shirt him up tonight, and
[00:40:47] he is just going to light this defense the fuck up.
[00:40:50] Yeah.
[00:40:53] See that Notre Dame game?
[00:40:55] I did not know.
[00:40:56] I saw the highlights of it.
[00:40:59] Yeah.
[00:40:59] Holy shit.
[00:41:00] I'm stunned.
[00:41:02] I'm stunned that they've knocked him like that.
[00:41:04] They just beat the number two team in the country.
[00:41:08] Team?
[00:41:09] That was it, right?
[00:41:10] I think so.
[00:41:11] And Oregon lost to Ohio State.
[00:41:14] Rushed.
[00:41:14] Ohio State got dog-walked Oregon.
[00:41:18] Yeah.
[00:41:18] And then Penn State dog-walked Boise State.
[00:41:22] Yeah.
[00:41:23] But I was surprised over that Notre Dame-Georgia game.
[00:41:26] The Notre Dame-Georgia game.
[00:41:27] The only reason I say I'm surprised is because Notre Dame is notoriously overranked every year.
[00:41:33] Yeah.
[00:41:33] Because they're Notre Dame.
[00:41:34] They look good this year.
[00:41:35] Yeah.
[00:41:35] Well, I mean.
[00:41:37] I don't like Notre Dame, but I mean like.
[00:41:41] Like it's.
[00:41:42] They were dominant.
[00:41:43] You're right.
[00:41:44] It's that thing like my worst nightmare is like it's Penn State and Notre Dame, you know,
[00:41:50] in the final four against each other.
[00:41:52] And Thad's like, well, you're going to root for Penn State because you hate Notre Dame.
[00:41:56] And I'm like, I can't root for either.
[00:41:58] Yeah.
[00:41:59] And I don't care who.
[00:42:00] I will say this.
[00:42:02] Whoever wins that game is going to face the best team in the country, which is either Ohio State or Texas.
[00:42:09] Yeah.
[00:42:09] Like I don't see whoever wins that game beating Ohio State or Texas.
[00:42:16] Because those two teams.
[00:42:17] Especially if Penn State gets to the final game and they've got to play Ohio State, they're shitting their pants.
[00:42:23] Yeah.
[00:42:24] James Franklin.
[00:42:25] And I mean, I'm sure somebody will be like, well, not this year.
[00:42:29] But like James Franklin against top 25 teams is garbage.
[00:42:34] He is the Mike Tallman of college football coaches.
[00:42:37] Right.
[00:42:38] You put him in a big game situation and he shits his pants every single fucking time.
[00:42:42] Mm-hmm.
[00:42:43] Every time.
[00:42:44] Like you put him up against Ohio State.
[00:42:46] You put him up against Michigan.
[00:42:47] You put him up against, you know, I've watched that motherfucker drop games against Wisconsin because they were ranked.
[00:42:52] Like, you know, it's like one of those things where it's just like he's a very good coach.
[00:42:58] But he'll never be a great coach.
[00:43:00] Yeah.
[00:43:00] You know what I mean?
[00:43:01] And if they get to the final game, like if they somehow don't shit the bed against Notre Dame and they get to the final game and they got to play Ohio State.
[00:43:11] I mean, I'll take the over.
[00:43:13] I'll take Penn State with the points.
[00:43:15] Like, or Ohio State with the points.
[00:43:16] I mean, like, I don't see how they could win.
[00:43:19] And if it's Texas, I mean, you know.
[00:43:25] I mean, that's just one of those things where it's just like.
[00:43:26] Like, that Notre Dame coach is like 38 years old.
[00:43:31] He's young.
[00:43:33] Yeah, he is.
[00:43:34] He's young.
[00:43:35] Like, when they hired him, everybody was very surprised.
[00:43:37] Yeah.
[00:43:38] Because it was like, wow, they went for a young guy.
[00:43:41] Yeah.
[00:43:43] And, I mean, he has turned them around.
[00:43:49] Because, like, again, like, this is a, Notre Dame was a team, like, they're great until they face somebody worth playing.
[00:43:58] Yeah.
[00:44:00] You know, how many times did you see Notre Dame go to a bowl game and get throttled?
[00:44:03] Yeah, man.
[00:44:03] He just took them out.
[00:44:05] Yeah.
[00:44:06] I mean, defensively, too.
[00:44:07] I mean, like, all around.
[00:44:10] Yeah.
[00:44:11] And just took them out.
[00:44:13] It was great.
[00:44:15] Yeah, it was surprising.
[00:44:16] I mean, I was shocked that Georgia looked that bad.
[00:44:20] Yeah.
[00:44:21] It's like they were out of their element or something.
[00:44:24] And, I mean, like, I'm going to say this.
[00:44:28] This is going to be controversial.
[00:44:29] People are going to be like, oh.
[00:44:31] The 12-team playoff is too much.
[00:44:33] Yeah.
[00:44:35] It should be eight teams.
[00:44:36] Yeah.
[00:44:37] I honestly believe that.
[00:44:38] I believe it should be eight teams.
[00:44:40] You know, the four big conferences, the ACC, the SEC, Big Ten, and the Big 12, they get automatic bids unless.
[00:44:55] Unless.
[00:44:57] And I was like, you would get an automatic bid unless there is a group of five ranked higher than you.
[00:45:04] Right.
[00:45:08] Like, I'll use this as an example.
[00:45:10] There was that year, Pitt.
[00:45:12] I think it was 2003 or 2004.
[00:45:14] Pitt wins the Big East with a 7-4 record.
[00:45:18] Yeah.
[00:45:19] And they went and they played Utah in the Fiesta Bowl and just got their brakes beat off of them.
[00:45:28] Pitt had no right being in that game, even against Utah.
[00:45:33] Like, so if you had a situation like that where you had a team that clearly, like, Pitt wasn't even ranked in the top 25.
[00:45:38] Like, they had the rank of, like, 24, like, because they won the Big East and get through a little bowl game.
[00:45:46] You know?
[00:45:47] It was like Pitt had no right being there.
[00:45:50] Right.
[00:45:50] And got the shit beat out of them because of it.
[00:45:54] Mm-hmm.
[00:45:56] In that situation, you should have sent another, like, group of five team.
[00:46:02] Yeah, yeah.
[00:46:02] You know what I mean?
[00:46:03] Like, that should have been, like, so, like, if you had, like, in that situation, if you had, like, those four conferences and, like, you had, boom, Clemson was ranked 16th.
[00:46:15] But yet Boise State was ranked 12th.
[00:46:19] Well, Boise gets the automatic bid, not Clemson.
[00:46:22] Mm-hmm.
[00:46:52] But, like, to me, like, you eliminate the buys.
[00:46:54] You eliminate that first round that was dog shit.
[00:46:59] Mm-hmm.
[00:47:00] You know, there was no good games in that first round.
[00:47:03] Right.
[00:47:04] Then you go, so now you go into the second round.
[00:47:06] Nobody's had a buy, so there's no unfair advantage or disadvantage because all four teams had to buy this year lost.
[00:47:15] Yeah.
[00:47:15] Why?
[00:47:16] Because the team that they played had already played a game and was in rhythm.
[00:47:20] Right.
[00:47:21] Right.
[00:47:22] I get it.
[00:47:22] You know what I mean?
[00:47:22] Like, so now there's no buys.
[00:47:24] There's no advantage or disadvantage.
[00:47:26] You play the first round at stadiums.
[00:47:32] Mm-hmm.
[00:47:32] You know, so it's – you still keep that what you want.
[00:47:35] So you have the first – the first four games are at the higher seeds stadium.
[00:47:44] Mm-hmm.
[00:47:45] And then the second round is – rotates between the six major bowls.
[00:47:51] Right.
[00:47:52] And the national championship game is wherever.
[00:47:55] You know, like, that's how you do it.
[00:47:59] And are you going to be more competitive?
[00:48:01] I mean, like, you could talk about, like, all the time, like, well, that ninth team that should have been in.
[00:48:08] Well, I mean, you're talking about it now.
[00:48:09] You talk about it this year.
[00:48:11] You had Miami, Alabama, and Southern Miss, you all said that should have been in instead of Indiana and whatnot.
[00:48:20] Right.
[00:48:21] Well, you're probably right.
[00:48:21] There's always going to be a team that, like, they should have gotten in.
[00:48:24] They should have gotten in.
[00:48:25] Well, they didn't.
[00:48:27] Right.
[00:48:27] Yeah.
[00:48:28] You have the same thing with, like, 68 teams in the NCAA basketball tournament.
[00:48:34] Right.
[00:48:35] I can tell you last year, Pitt should have been in the NCAA tournament.
[00:48:38] Well, they didn't make it.
[00:48:39] They were a bubble team, and they didn't make it.
[00:48:41] Yeah.
[00:48:41] You know.
[00:48:43] Don't tell you.
[00:48:44] You know.
[00:48:45] Right.
[00:48:46] But that's just how these things play out.
[00:48:49] Like, you can't constantly keep thinking about, well, what about that ninth team?
[00:48:55] What about the, well, no, that ninth team is just going to have to boo-hoo and go to the Sugar Bowl or wherever.
[00:49:01] And, you know, that's that.
[00:49:04] Right.
[00:49:05] You know, so that's just my opinion.
[00:49:09] Like, they're not going to do it because the money's too good.
[00:49:13] Right.
[00:49:13] If anything, they want to, they're talking about expanding it.
[00:49:16] Like, you know, I'm like, why are you expanding it?
[00:49:18] Like.
[00:49:19] Right.
[00:49:20] No.
[00:49:20] 12 teams is too many.
[00:49:22] Like, I've always wanted it to be eight.
[00:49:23] An eight-team tournament is perfect for this.
[00:49:27] Right.
[00:49:27] You know, and you don't.
[00:49:30] And the other thing is, like, we were discussing, like, in our group chat.
[00:49:35] And, you know, Thad was like, yeah, well, you know, the 12 teams is what the NFL puts in.
[00:49:41] Well, I mean, you get some dog shit games in the NFL in the first round, too.
[00:49:45] Yeah.
[00:49:48] Plus, I'll tell you, college football is different from the NFL in this aspect.
[00:49:52] There are great teams every year.
[00:49:55] Like, there are three or four teams where you sit there and you say, well, those are the best teams in college football.
[00:50:00] Then there's a second group of teams where you're like, well, these are really, really good teams.
[00:50:05] And then there's, like, everybody else.
[00:50:07] Right.
[00:50:07] You know, and, like, that top tier is always, like, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia.
[00:50:18] In years past, it's been Clemson.
[00:50:20] This year, it's probably Oregon.
[00:50:22] Like, there's, like, this level of great teams where you're just like, man, it's going to take a great team to beat a great team.
[00:50:28] You know, and that second level are teams like Penn State, like Boise State, like, you know, like these second tier teams where you're just like, man, I need everything to go right to beat the great team.
[00:50:46] You know, like, and it doesn't happen.
[00:50:49] Like, you would see it, like, in the four-team playoff.
[00:50:53] Like, let that extra team, like, Notre Dame got in one year.
[00:50:57] Notre Dame was very good.
[00:50:58] Like, and they played Georgia and got dog-walked.
[00:51:01] Like, it was embarrassing.
[00:51:02] I was embarrassed for Notre Dame because they just got the shit smacked out of them.
[00:51:08] But they weren't that top tier team.
[00:51:12] And it's like that every fucking year.
[00:51:14] And it's going to get even worse with NIL, with the transfer portal, with, you know, teams are going to be capped with how many players they can have.
[00:51:25] I think it's supposed to be, like, 85.
[00:51:27] They're talking about, like, you know, teams having a salary cap, like how much money they can spend.
[00:51:34] And so, like, so where do you spend your money?
[00:51:35] Like, that's why you're seeing, like, Stanford hired Andrew Luck to be their general manager for a football team.
[00:51:43] Because they need somebody to manage, like, the salaries.
[00:51:49] Yeah.
[00:51:50] The same thing with North Carolina.
[00:51:52] North Carolina hired Bill Belichick.
[00:51:56] Boom!
[00:51:57] The University of North Carolina hired Bill Belichick to be their head coach.
[00:52:00] He hires Michael Lombardi, a known NFL general manager.
[00:52:05] Why are you hiring Michael Lombardi as the general manager of the North Carolina football team?
[00:52:09] Because he's managing salary caps now.
[00:52:11] Yeah.
[00:52:12] Like, you need somebody who can do that.
[00:52:15] Right.
[00:52:15] And at some point, like, Penn State will always be very, very good.
[00:52:29] Because they have a high donor base.
[00:52:31] They can somehow convince players to come out to the middle of nowhere and play football for them.
[00:52:37] And honestly, that's what it is.
[00:52:38] You're convincing somebody to come to the middle of nowhere and come play football for you.
[00:52:41] You know, you talk about the other schools that, you know, they don't have that problem.
[00:52:45] Right.
[00:52:46] You know.
[00:52:49] But you're never going to out-recruit Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma.
[00:53:03] They may have a down year.
[00:53:04] Alabama had a down year.
[00:53:06] They will be back.
[00:53:07] Yeah.
[00:53:07] You know.
[00:53:09] Oklahoma, same thing.
[00:53:10] They will be back.
[00:53:11] Like, they will reload.
[00:53:13] They will find a way.
[00:53:14] Right.
[00:53:15] You know, so.
[00:53:17] I hear all this, like, Thad was talking about, all these players are coming back next year.
[00:53:21] They're going to be even better.
[00:53:22] Like, well.
[00:53:24] So is Ohio State.
[00:53:25] Yeah.
[00:53:25] You know.
[00:53:27] And more importantly, other schools that have, like, maybe sleeping giants.
[00:53:32] Like North Carolina.
[00:53:34] You know.
[00:53:35] They can strengthen the ACC.
[00:53:37] Clemson's going to rebound at some point.
[00:53:40] The scariest thing in the world is fucking Florida.
[00:53:43] Yeah.
[00:53:43] So, you're talking Florida State and the University of Florida.
[00:53:49] Those two teams right there, they are sleeping giants just waiting to wake up.
[00:53:53] And when they do, college football is fucking doomed.
[00:53:57] Yeah.
[00:53:57] And then you throw in Miami, who's already on the rebound.
[00:54:00] Like, it's just, it's going to be a point where, man, the rich are going to get richer.
[00:54:05] Yeah.
[00:54:06] You know.
[00:54:08] And you better settle for what you are.
[00:54:10] Yeah.
[00:54:10] I've already settled in.
[00:54:12] Pitt's a mediocre football team.
[00:54:13] You give me eight to ten wins, I'm excited.
[00:54:15] Yeah.
[00:54:15] You know.
[00:54:23] Yeah.
[00:54:25] Yeah.
[00:54:25] That's what episode 600 is.
[00:54:27] It's all about college football today.
[00:54:28] Right.
[00:54:29] So let's delve in the old mailbag here.
[00:54:32] Okay.
[00:54:34] We got a couple of emails here.
[00:54:39] Our good friend Luther.
[00:54:41] Okay.
[00:54:41] Okay.
[00:54:41] Has written us.
[00:54:43] He said, hey, nerds.
[00:54:44] Just write, one of the right in and say congrats on 600 episodes.
[00:54:48] Thanks.
[00:54:48] Thank you.
[00:54:50] Haven't been here from the beginning, but I have been listening for a few years now and
[00:54:53] have listened to every episode available on the old iTunes.
[00:54:56] Well, you are a masochist, my friend.
[00:55:01] God bless you.
[00:55:02] And may God have mercy on your soul.
[00:55:06] Thanks for the show.
[00:55:09] Jeez.
[00:55:10] Excuse me.
[00:55:12] Thanks for the show.
[00:55:13] I always enjoy listening.
[00:55:14] And since I'm only an hour away and wheeling, hopefully I get an invite to meet up in the future.
[00:55:20] Yeah.
[00:55:20] Wheeling.
[00:55:21] Good God.
[00:55:28] On a side note, to pull a fad and tell you, I'm about to pull a fad and tell you about
[00:55:32] what I've been up to.
[00:55:33] Oh, God.
[00:55:35] I went to the last deal of CityCon.
[00:55:37] Pretty solid convention this time.
[00:55:40] Organization is getting better, but do kind of miss having the double tree to spread out
[00:55:44] into.
[00:55:45] Yeah.
[00:55:45] I think that's being remodeled or something.
[00:55:50] This past weekend, we went to the Moon Township High School.
[00:55:54] It was a special to watch B.E.
[00:55:55] B.C.
[00:55:56] Taylor and his crew do the Christmas show that B.E.
[00:55:59] Taylor started years ago.
[00:56:01] It was really entertaining.
[00:56:02] And those guys, old Rick Wittoski, Jim Jimerson, and Hermie Graniti especially, really keep
[00:56:09] the spirit alive.
[00:56:10] And of course, they still performed Vitamin L because the crowd demanded it.
[00:56:15] As they should.
[00:56:16] Yeah.
[00:56:16] If it's a B.E.
[00:56:17] Taylor Christmas show, even though B.E.
[00:56:21] Taylor died, then yes, you have to play Vitamin L.
[00:56:25] I've seen B.E.
[00:56:26] Taylor perform Vitamin L live.
[00:56:27] Yeah.
[00:56:28] Yeah.
[00:56:28] I went to a, it was a D.V.E.
[00:56:30] Christmas show.
[00:56:33] And the end of it, it was like three or four local bands.
[00:56:37] And at the end of it, it was the Pittsburgh All-Stars.
[00:56:40] And it was like B.E.
[00:56:41] Taylor.
[00:56:42] It was Jogershacki, Donnie Iris.
[00:56:46] And they did Beatles songs.
[00:56:48] Okay.
[00:56:48] Along with like, B.E.
[00:56:55] Taylor did Vitamin L.
[00:56:56] Donnie Iris did Aaliyah.
[00:56:58] And I think Jogershacki did Pumpin' Iron, Sweatin' Steel.
[00:57:04] If I recall correctly.
[00:57:06] Right.
[00:57:06] But it was an old Iron City House Rocker song.
[00:57:11] The next day, we went to Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling to watch a Christmas story on the big screen,
[00:57:17] followed by a Q&A with Ralphie himself, Peter Billingsley.
[00:57:20] That's cool.
[00:57:21] If you ever get a chance, I highly recommend it.
[00:57:24] Take care, guys.
[00:57:25] Keep putting out shows.
[00:57:26] I'll keep listening.
[00:57:27] Thank you for the writing.
[00:57:28] Thank you for the congratulations.
[00:57:30] We greatly appreciate it.
[00:57:36] Jimmy Paolovovich, friend of the show, also wrote in,
[00:57:39] Congrats on Episode 600.
[00:57:41] That's quite an achievement.
[00:57:42] Well, it's a testament to our dedication to mediocrity.
[00:57:45] Correct.
[00:57:46] Yes.
[00:57:48] And, of course, we get some writing to our good friend, Superfan Thad.
[00:57:52] Okay.
[00:57:57] Episode 600.
[00:57:59] No one is afraid to travel like you, Mr. Monk.
[00:58:02] That's actually a nice reference.
[00:58:05] You can have your celebration anywhere and we will come.
[00:58:07] We are not afraid to drive for one day to hang out.
[00:58:13] The only one that seems afraid to leave White Oak is you.
[00:58:16] You are not afraid to drive to Ian's.
[00:58:19] You are old and as bad as my parents.
[00:58:23] They don't like leaving the port.
[00:58:24] Well, first off, let me say this.
[00:58:26] While I will drive to Ian's house, I hate driving to Ian's house.
[00:58:31] And there is a bridge I have to cross every time that scares the shit out of me.
[00:58:37] Okay.
[00:58:37] But I do it because I have to.
[00:58:41] But it's just that you go on 70, you're heading, you know, and you know the bridge I'm talking about.
[00:58:48] I have never looked out my window to see what's out there.
[00:58:51] Like, I am looking straight ahead.
[00:58:53] Yeah.
[00:58:53] Every time.
[00:58:56] I am scared shitless of that bridge and I don't know why.
[00:59:02] But I am afraid to drive to Ian's house.
[00:59:05] It scares the shit out of me every time.
[00:59:07] Every time.
[00:59:09] Plus, unless I'm stopping in Belvernon, there's nowhere really to eat.
[00:59:15] Like, I need that get-go or that sheets I can stop at.
[00:59:19] You know, otherwise, I'm going to be stopping at Long Drawn Silvers.
[00:59:24] And then that could lead to some problems during the podcast.
[00:59:27] Correct.
[00:59:27] All right.
[00:59:27] We don't want that.
[00:59:32] That continues.
[00:59:33] I agree with Sean.
[00:59:34] I love the Voltron Lions.
[00:59:36] No, that's all we're going to say with that.
[00:59:39] That's just horrible.
[00:59:43] Sean is wrong again.
[00:59:45] As a Godzilla fan, Godzilla 1998 is the best representation of Godzilla ever.
[00:59:54] He's just doing that.
[00:59:55] He is.
[00:59:55] He's just doing it to, like, you know, poke the bear.
[00:59:58] This is how Godzilla should look in every film.
[01:00:01] The acting was superb.
[01:00:03] The CG effect was some of the finest I had ever seen.
[01:00:08] I will say this.
[01:00:09] Like, for 1998, the CG was very good.
[01:00:14] Okay.
[01:00:15] Yeah.
[01:00:15] I mean, like, I'm not complaining about that.
[01:00:17] I'm just saying that wasn't Godzilla.
[01:00:19] Right.
[01:00:24] That's all we're going to go into there.
[01:00:25] Everything else is a bit of malarkey.
[01:00:27] Okay.
[01:00:27] Um, then there's a write-in for this year.
[01:00:33] Um, no.
[01:00:40] Yeah, I watched the Guardians on Prime.
[01:00:42] It was the Russian version of Avengers.
[01:00:44] It was not that bad.
[01:00:48] Sean, any New Year's resolutions?
[01:00:50] Like, stop being a grump?
[01:00:53] How about hugging superfan Thad every chance you get?
[01:00:57] Well, no, I don't believe in New Year's resolutions.
[01:01:00] And, um, I enjoy being grumpy.
[01:01:05] So, uh, that ain't gonna end anytime soon.
[01:01:06] I don't, I'm not a fan of hugging.
[01:01:09] I am not a hugger.
[01:01:11] Yeah.
[01:01:11] You know.
[01:01:13] The first time I met Lisa, she, I think she wanted, she wanted a hug at the end there
[01:01:17] and I gave her the handshake.
[01:01:20] Nice.
[01:01:20] I think she gave a little indication of a hug was common.
[01:01:23] I'm like, no, no, we're going with the handshake.
[01:01:24] There you go.
[01:01:25] How do you do?
[01:01:32] Um, need to be congrats Beaver on winning the fantasy football.
[01:01:37] Um, and that's it.
[01:01:39] So.
[01:01:39] Cool.
[01:01:41] The dar you go.
[01:01:45] Anything to add to the proceedings there, sir?
[01:01:47] I'm good, man.
[01:01:48] All right.
[01:01:48] Well, remember there are a number of different ways you can reach out and touch us.
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[01:02:21] And lastly, I always want to thank you, dear listener, for checking us out each and every week.
[01:02:26] Especially over these 600 episodes, it's been a joy to quote-unquote entertain you as often as we have.
[01:02:34] And we hope you'll continue with the journey as we continue just trudging along, doing our best.
[01:02:39] We do.
[01:02:41] And on that note, the Dreamer has awakened.
[01:02:46] Peace.
[01:02:46] Peace.
[01:02:47] Peace.