Which Riddle Riddle?

#410: Babu Friks & Geeks

00:00:01

Erin

This is a HeadGum Podcast. So I'm just filling out this survey. It'll only take a second of your time. On a scale of 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with Hey Riddle Riddle? 1 being, ugh, this place stinks. 10 being, oh my gosh, I'm having the best time.

JPC

I'm sorry. I guess I'm not truly understanding the scale. Could you give me an example of what like a 4 would be?

Erin

A 4 would be like, I mean, we're recording today and like, it should be pretty good. It should be, but no, I'm really not in the mood to do riddles. Okay.

00:01:12

JPC

Yeah, that's not my experience. What about a seven? Because maybe I'm like splitting the difference on the wrong side of the scale.

Erin

Right, right. Of course. A seven is like, I bet, like, it looks like these guys have had their coffee today. I feel like we're gonna have an okay time. Oh, fuck. I forgot we have to do riddles.

JPC

Okay, yeah, I'm truly not getting it. Just give me 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9, and then I'll be good.

Erin

How about just one-syllable sounds? Does that work for both of you?

Adal

Dad, is mom at the door?

JPC

Is that mom? Uh, maybe new mom. I'm playing my cards exactly right. Uno reverse!

Erin

You just threw an UNO card right between my eyes. That hurt.

JPC

Mon cherie.

Erin

Two is ugh. Three is ugh. Four is, oh no, I already did four. Five is huh. Six is eh. Eight is oh.

JPC

Nine is better than huh.

Erin

Yeah, of course. Are you insane? First day on earth?

JPC

I'm not insane. I'm UNO Gambit.

00:02:13

Erin

Nine is oh.

???

What number can I put down? Your phone number?

JPC

I guess I... Holy shit. Son, she's hitting on me. It did work. Mon ami. Forget it.

Erin

Forget it guys. We're just gonna record an episode. I'm tired of knocking on doors.

JPC

Yeah. I'm tired of knocking on doors too and the person who said that is named JPC.

Erin

The person who played the son in the scene, you're not going to believe this, it was a grown-up. That's Adal Rifai.

Adal

Whoa, and then, of course, Una Gambit. Adapted for the screen by Jay Bisley.

JPC

Adapted for the screen. And that's kind of what we're doing. We're adapting this for your screen. I'm assuming that everybody's watching or listening to podcasts the way that I watch it on YouTube, even though it's not a video feed. So you're just watching like a blank YouTube screen while the podcast is playing.

00:03:20

Erin

Yes.

JPC

Yeah. Yeah. That's how our fans engage.

Erin

I wouldn't even know how to do that.

???

I wouldn't even know.

JPC

I do think that there's probably a way, right? Because YouTube has, like, YouTube Music, right? Or something? Whoa. Did they dip their toes in the music game? Look, I know that when I upload podcast feeds, sometimes I get things from YouTube that says, your podcast has successfully been uploaded to YouTube, even though I have never done a video podcast in my entire life. So, somehow, I think you can listen to this show on YouTube.

Adal

So obviously podcasts started off as an audio medium. They are now very popular for them to be a visual medium. I'd say now it's more like an audio small. Uh oh, another episode of audio small. Where do we think this is headed? Back to audio?

Erin

Yeah, I mean there's podcasts on Netflix now, so we've sort of, podcasts are just TV again. Like we keep doing like the evolution from radio to TV over and over again.

00:04:26

Adal

Yeah, yes. I feel like we should, every medium shouldn't advance to TV. Because hey, some of those, what are those, the Fable games? With the Wolf Detective, those popular games. I forget the name of them, but it's like video games have now turned into TV where it's like all cut screens. The Wolf Among Us, thank you Casey. Very fun game, but at the same time, you have very little autonomy. It's just become a TV episode. Everything's becoming TV. How do we?

JPC

I would love it if our show signed a deal with Netflix, you know, whatever, we go exclusive on Netflix and people are like scrolling through Netflix and they find our show and they're like, what the fuck? Like, I agree. That's not Pete Davidson. We should be devaluing everything. We should be making everyone's experiences worse.

Erin

Hey Riddle Riddle specifically should be devaluing the medium.

JPC

The people who are scrolling through Netflix podcasts to be like, I want to watch a podcast on Netflix. Today we're

00:05:40

???

And I'll say something, I think this is the part where we say something, right? We have to say something like nice or something? The window is closing on them.

Adal

Don't worry about it. Chew a cat.

Erin

That's exactly what I was testing you for. So you have to take care of this now. And you passed the test. Well, that is not a cat. That is a very sick something, but not a cat. Well, possums are cats, famously.

JPC

I make myself pretty for you, Erin. You're not.

Erin

Yeah, you look, I mean, you look gorgeous this morning.

JPC

You're so pretty for me.

Erin

But, like, video killed the radio star. In order to be a big podcaster, now you have to be hot again?

Adal

Excuse me. Yeah, I don't like this. I like the music days back where, like, someone's like, hello, baby. And you're like, that guy could look like anything.

JPC

Sounds like one guy.

Adal

Well, the Big Bopper, of course.

JPC

Sounds like the Big Bopper. Chet Bopper.

Adal

Chet Bopper. Tom Hanks' son, Chet Bopper. But I like the days where you put on a song and you're like, I don't know what this person looks like. They could be anything. And now it's like, I have to look at a guy eating hot wings for two hours.

00:06:48

Erin

Yeah, you have to.

JPC

And you were telling me that you think we should all put on suits when we go on airplanes again too, right?

Adal

I feel like we've become real relaxed as a country. Just put on your Sunday best. When you fly, act like you're going to church.

JPC

We used to put on suits to fly on an airplane, and now we're all putting on suits to watch on an airplane. Now, this is a joke. This will only work seven years ago.

Adal

Okay, so... But, if it's ever seven years ago again... Time traveling stand up.

JPC

Okay. Okay, new character. All right, let's do it. Let's play time traveling stand up. Okay, great.

Adal

I like the idea of going... We're Ford's more of a challenge, but you could— Ford is just how stand-ups have to write their stand-up right now.

00:08:01

Erin

Like, if they have a set tomorrow night, it's forward, isn't it?

Adal

Erin, all stand-up is in the future. That's what I'm saying. Holy shit. So yeah, you walk on stage and you're like, can you believe? We're at Walmart, and people are like, Walmart just went under, and we're like, oh, shit.

Erin

Shit, I'm ruined.

Adal

Shuffles through my cards.

JPC

Oh, God. My whole stand-up bit was about how successful Walmart is. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. I'm good stand-up. Okay. So time-traveling stand-up. Yeah. Let's see. Do you want... Erin, do you want to go first?

Adal

Send me to a year. Or Erin, we're going to send you to a year.

Erin

Great, I'm ready.

JPC

Okay, Erin, time-traveling stand-up. Let's send you to Summer of Love, what is that, 68? 69, baby. 69 or 68? I can't remember which one it is. But either way, Erin.

???

68.

JPC

68, Summer of Love.

Adal

Okay, so let me just crack this possum in half and just drink from the bottom half, Erin, and this will send you back in time.

JPC

Oh, that's what you thought the bottom half of a possum was. I would have said the other half.

00:09:06

Adal

Interesting. Oh, Erin's gone.

Erin

Hey everybody, thanks so much for coming over here.

???

Yeah man, thanks for being here.

Erin

I got a couple questions for the group. These are just two things that are of equal importance in my mind right now. Number one, how many more Kennedys do you think we're going to lose to assassination? What? Number two. When do we think deodorant's gonna sort of have a big boom, huh? That's my time.

???

That's all our time, man. This is all our time, man.

Erin

Appreciate Diane Keaton while you've got her. That's my time.

Adal

What? We probably got another 45 years, man.

Erin

That's what I'm saying, but appreciate it. Try not to go to the Vietnam War if you can. That shit sounds awful.

???

Are there any celebrities that are going to die earlier than Diane Keaton in 45 years? Don't tell me Woody Allen dies, man.

00:10:11

Erin

You wish. I don't even think he's famous yet. Oh, oh, oh, oh. The Beatles.

???

He's the writer for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows.

Erin

I didn't drink enough of the possum. I'm out of here. I was going to tell you to maybe save the Beatles, but...

JPC

Oh, that's the worst when you- Have you guys been to the moon yet? Anyways. You don't drink enough of the bossom.

Erin

You guys, I'm back and I crushed. And there's no way for you to check.

Adal

Whoa, Erin, that's funny because JBC and I already went back in time and did ours.

Erin

Oh, well, how'd it go?

Adal

Great. JBC was in the Wild West. He did get shot in the stomach. Cool.

JPC

Just the stomach, though. Missed everything important.

Adal

And I went back to 2023.

Erin

Oh, that doesn't feel like far enough to really make a difference.

JPC

If you ever go into the Wild Wild West era and you're doing stand-up, they really do not... You know what, maybe it makes sense, but they really did not like my white people drive like this, black people drive like this, because they were like... Horse random. It would have been smart to do horses.

00:11:18

Erin

You just pretended to ride horses two different ways.

JPC

I had to explain cars to them, which... Did they get scared? No. If I and Taylor made it to their thing, oh God, well... For that to be a soundbite from not too long ago and then for all the soundbites we have now, boy oh boy.

Erin

I know. What a world, but this is a world of riddles.

JPC

Which I love. What a segue. A world of riddles. Can you imagine? The Disney ride? Can I ask you guys a question? Now I don't even remember what it was that I saw, but sometimes I guess you'll just be like watching TV or a movie or something and someone will bring up riddles in the show or in the universe of the thing. Do you ever get like a little, I don't know what it would be, maybe like a spike of anxiety?

00:12:20

Erin

It's like seeing an ex.

JPC

Yeah, it's like seeing an ex.

Adal

That's what I feel like when I see a Sudoku, because I'm like, I haven't been touching crosswords or Sudokus. Up and clean. Yes, I've only been on lateral thinking puzzles.

JPC

Clean from Sudokus. It always trips me up when that happens where I'm like, oh Riddle, my work life and my home life, they're blending.

Erin

You also like, I feel an intense pressure to get it right if I'm ever crossing a riddle or doing like a puzzle in real life because people are like, isn't that your whole brand? I'm like, no, no, no. If you listen to the show, you'd know that being bad at it. is the brand. This past Saturday, I went to a birthday party and the birthday boy wanted like a riddle or a fun fact as a gift. And so I brought a riddle book.

Adal

Who is this kid?

Erin

His name's John Marr. He's really nice. He's a good guy. Don't, don't, don't knock it till you try it. But I hung out with some people who were going to the party before. And so I was just reading them some of the riddles. And it was very validating how immediately they flipped into a rage. Okay, and they were like it's not that's a joke. That's not a riddle. I'm like yeah guys. This is what? Why do you think I'm so mad all the time?

00:13:43

Adal

That's my secret cap I've done that before where people are like well Give me a because they hear what I do and they're like give me a riddle I'm like I guess my favorites like it's the cabin in the woods thing It's like there's a you know and people are like well. You didn't say it's a movie You made it sound like an airplane, but he didn't direct or sorry It's the cabin of airplane and people are like you made it sound like a cabin in the woods, and I'm like Oh, that's the thing. That's what a riddle is. But they're like, you made us believe it was like a house. And it's an airplane. And I'm like, well, that's... I would start to choke that person.

Erin

There's the rub.

JPC

The thing that you don't like is the thing that a riddle is. And I agree. I don't like it either. But that's what it is.

???

You haven't seen what I've seen. You don't know pain like I know pain.

JPC

It's like eating at a Boston market. You sit down, you go, huh, so it's like a... It's like a Thanksgiving dinner and it's like a normal restaurant meal and you're like, that's what it is?

Adal

Thanksgiving baked beans. And Erin is just like... Was that like Liza Minnelli as like a Sith Lord?

???

You don't know pain like I know pain? Okay, hold on.

00:14:46

Adal

Witch, everything's coming. I guess that's Ethel Merman.

JPC

Witch, Mandalorian, and Grogu, huh? How do we feel, guys? Are we watching it? Is it out yet? It's probably out. By the time this comes out, it's probably out.

Erin

I don't know.

Adal

The one thing that I would see the movie for, I'll probably see it eventually when it comes to streaming. Yeah. The one thing I would see it in theaters for is the trailer made it seem like there is a whole community of Babu Friks. I thought Babu Frik was one of a kind.

JPC

Is that what it's called? Like a murder of crows? A community of Babu Friks? Hold on. I love that.

Adal

It's a Chianti of Friks. Because Babu Friks is Italian, right? That's an Italian alien.

Erin

Well, okay guys, I don't know.

JPC

No, let's do it. Let's do what the nationalities of all of the aliens from Star Wars are. Let's start. Wado. Who wants to go?

Erin

Do you think Cassian Andor is going to be in this new Star Wars TV show? If not, I'm not interested.

JPC

Is there a new Star Wars TV show? I've only heard about Betelgeuse and Grograms. The news I'm on is still like the current news. What's the future news with Star Wars?

00:15:55

Erin

No, I'm saying that the thing that you're talking about.

JPC

It's a movie.

Erin

Oh, that movie. Do you think that Cassian Andor is in it?

Adal

Yeah, but it'll be like he goes into a bar and somebody bumps him and he's like, oh, excuse me, and it'll be him. Like, it'll be that kind of like a little Easter egg where people go eeee versus a scene or anything. Right.

JPC

But it's his character from Y Tu Mama Ten Bien.

Erin

It's not even... It's his character from Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. I... JPC, can I say something and you have to promise to not get mad?

JPC

Erin, you have my solid vow.

Erin

I'm looking at pictures of Babu Frik.

JPC

Okay. Hey, so far, not even close to mad. I ain't mad at that. I ain't mad at you looking at pictures of Babu Frik.

Erin

And I'm thinking that if I were to cast you to voice a Star Wars type alien, I think I would have it be one that looks like this.

JPC

But, okay, that's Erin, that's one of the more kind things that you've ever said to me and I don't deserve that. The Babu Friks voice, though, I just don't think is in my- you think that- I don't know what Babu Friks sounds like, so I'm coming in completely blind. Erin, is this possible? Did you never see Star Wars 9? Was it episode 9 where they introduced Babu Friks?

00:17:14

Adal

Erin, darling, one of the great joys in life. Chocolate. Chocolate. Cider. What other hot drinks?

Erin

I think I saw that movie and I have no memory of what that was.

Adal

Did you say chocolate already? Chocolate's good. Chocolate. Cider too. Cider as well. Erin, there's a little, I want to say a little mechanic who lives in, I want to say the walls. And who sounds like... I want to say Babu Freak. I want to say Babu Freak. It's the Babu Freaking Weekend. Erin, you gotta listen to a little clip of that.

JPC

I'm looking it up. Here we go. Do you... I can't believe, Erin, that you have no... Because if... I don't remember anything from episode 9. Right? Was it episode 9 that he was in?

Adal

I think... I believe so.

JPC

But the thing that I do remember is Babu Freak. Like, that's the one thing I remember.

Erin

I remember seeing this character, but I don't remember the voice. I'm listening to it now.

JPC

Okay. Okay. Erin live listening to Babu Frik. He was in the one with the casino planet, right?

Erin

It does sound pretty Italian.

00:18:17

JPC

Let's see, let me go on to Babu Frik's IMDb and see. Oh my god, Babu Frik does not have an IMDb. That means the only movie he was ever in was the Star Wars movie? That's sad for him.

Adal

Well, I mean. There's not a lot else. You can't see him in like beef or something.

JPC

Beef with Babu Frik? Oscar Isaac?

Adal

Why not? Opposite. Well, I guess Oscar Isaac was in Star Wars.

JPC

Babu Frik is on season five of The Bear. They're going to do another like Thanksgiving episode or whatever. Ah, behind.

Adal

Who voices Babu Frik? It's got to be someone.

JPC

It's played by Shirley Henderson in Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, which I believe is the last one. Episode 9.

Adal

Is that the lady who does the minions?

JPC

Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress.

Erin

She's moaning Myrtle. She's in Bridget Jones's diary.

Adal

The lady who sounds 12. That's her real voice, right? It's like a Yeardley-Smith situation.

00:19:21

JPC

Yeah, I guess so.

Erin

Adal, what Star Wars alien would you want a voice?

Adal

I think one of the Jawas.

Erin

Oh, that would be good.

Adal

Yeah. Because they're like, they always have very explosive one-word responses where they're like,

JPC

Oh God, I would love a Wootini right now. I know it's been like two years since I've had a drink.

Erin

You two both being Jawas, you guys being Jawas who are fighting and shoving each other would be very funny. Wootini! And I'm your little porg friend.

Adal

Yeah, Erin, what alien would you be voicing?

Erin

I mean, I know that porgs don't talk, but the level of anxiety in their eyes are, is like, it speaks to me.

JPC

They might not talk, Erin, but one can imagine that they groan and grunt when they make love.

Erin

Oh my God.

Adal

Oh my God, I hate you so much.

JPC

Casey, can you hit play on that? That'll be in the soundboard.

Adal

It's Claire DeLune while some borgs get down.

00:20:27

Erin

JPC, I think I'm jinxing this. I feel like I haven't been giving you much fodder for the end of your soundboard this year, and I'm really proud of that. I've been pretty careful.

JPC

Oh, that's what you feel? That's something that you think.

Adal

Ooh, pretty Italian.

Erin

I can't believe they did that. Do you think that they, we've talked, we talked this to death.

JPC

We don't need to talk about the voice. What George Lucas did to those movies. I know there's a lot of Star Wars discourse, especially with Mandalorian popping off, but it is so funny to think that all those prequel movies, 1, 2, and 3 came out, and people were so disillusioned with George Lucas' choices, and George Lucas was so disillusioned that he sold everything off to Disney, and then Disney made three worse movies. It's such a crazy chain of events that we're like, oh yeah, these

00:21:39

Adal

It's like, give us the keys to the Cadillac, Grandpa. You can't drive anymore. And then they immediately ram into the back of the semi.

Erin

They pull out of the driveway and hit a tree.

Adal

It's so, so fucking funny to me.

???

And then they're walking out dazed and they're like, Grandpa, please, get back in the driver's seat.

Erin

Grandpa, come back. The absolute arrogance that they revved the engine, they put on sunglasses, they put the top down on the car, and went, see you, you fuck.

Adal

I've been watching you drive this car since I was a kid. I think I know how it handles.

???

Slam.

JPC

I got it. You taking your grandpa's Cadillac and then three people trying to drive it different directions at the same time.

Erin

J.J. Abrams is like, I've been thinking about this for 20 years. I think I'm gonna nail it. Slam!

???

Oh my god, it hurts!

Adal

Meanwhile, Andor hums by in an electric version of a Cadillac. Yeah. Being like, hey suckers.

JPC

They're driving one of those Chinese electrics and they're like, oh. Oh man, I guess that's the future, right going back. See you at the ball, losers. $20,000, huh? Okay, cool. Well, fuck me.

00:22:43

Erin

Let's do some riddles. You know what, JPC? I never fucking thought of that. That is so funny. Oh man, that really tickled me. I'm ready for riddles. See, now I'm at— I'm going to answer my own survey. I am at a 9.

JPC

If we could just start every episode with a little bit of time travel and a little Babu Frik.

Adal

Chocolate or cider?

JPC

With a little hope and some Babu Friks.

Adal

I wanna talk about me, wanna talk about my, wanna talk about Babu Friks. Can you imagine Toby Keith and Babu Friks just fishing?

Erin

Tobu Keith and Keith Bu Friks.

Adal

Can you imagine Tobu Keith and Keith Bu Friks? Oh God, okay. Country-fied, deep-fried Babu Friks. Nah, I'm hungry. People almost don't deserve how good...

00:23:43

Erin

Now I'm hungry. This is a Riddles and Puzzles podcast.

Adal

Riddles and Puzzles podcast. Babu Frik podcast. Here we go. What three-letter word can you put every other letter into? What three-letter word can you put every other letter into?

Erin

Envelope.

JPC

Oh, ass. Okay. You can put anything up your ass if you practice.

Erin

If you live close enough to a hospital.

Adal

How do you get to ass Carnegie Hall?

Erin

Practice.

Adal

10,000 hours. 10,000 hours. Malcolm Gladwell. What three-letter word can you put every other letter into? Now, Erin, you are on the right track with envelope in that it's Maybe we weren't talking about letters. We're not talking about the alphabet. Maybe we're talking about physical mail. Yeah. What three-letter word can you put every other letter into?

???

I can't believe it's not ass. I can't believe it's not butter.

Adal

I want to see a commercial for JPC's version.

00:24:46

JPC

Hey Riddle Riddle. Can I share a brief anecdote from my life? My kid recognizes letters, and they recognize words as the ABCs, but they don't know which letters are which yet. They're, you know, two and a half. But the other day we were doing a puzzle. It was a stitch puzzle, and there was writing on the stitch puzzle, and my kid saw the writing on the puzzle, and they were like, my name! And I was like, no. No, Stitch does not know your name. Oh, that's so cute. This is not a custom puzzle. Your name has letters.

Erin

You could have let that one go. You could have let that one go.

Adal

Now, wait a minute. Is Babu Frick just Stitch?

00:25:46

???

I'm from the same planet.

JPC

Stitch walked so Babu Frik could run and neither one of them could really do that so good. Stitch could probably run. Stitch has six legs, I think. The thing about Stitch is he was never... He? They? Doesn't matter. They were never a puppet. But Babu Frik is a puppet, like exclusively. And running as a puppet is like a much harder thing to do, right? Like that's... Oh yeah.

Adal

Kermit on a bicycle?

JPC

Yeah, that's why like Jim Henson is a magician because like... Jim Henson could make the puppets run. I don't know anything. Erin, is that correct?

Erin

Is Jim Henson the man who could make the puppets run? I'm checking my notes and Jim Henson is the man that can make the puppets run.

Adal

That makes it sound like he was like keeping them in a warehouse and they had the pissing bottles and stuff. Jim Henson loading a crossbow.

JPC

Yeah.

Adal

Fair shake here. Tapping his watch like, guys, the comedy has to be done by midnight.

Erin

Time to pay the piper. Back to work.

Adal

Back to work, everyone. No breaks. What three letter word can you put into every other?

00:26:46

Erin

And this is about physical mail.

Adal

Yes, this is along the lines of envelope or where physical mail would go. What three-letter word can you put every other letter into? So even with the word mail, think of a three-letter word that would pair, be a nice pairing with mail.

JPC

Okay, fuck me. Letter. No, that's too many. It's not ass, man. Box? Box? Box. B-O-X. Like a mailbox. Mailbox. So wait, I said ass and I was so close. Honestly, I was just a couple inches off.

???

Nature's box. The ass.

Erin

I'd like to see a scene. Adal, you are a mailman and you are about to deliver mail to JPC's house and you're trying to do it quickly because he has something to complain to you about every day about his mail.

JPC

Okay here you go Todd just throw it on the porch let me just excuse me excuse me no no no no no no don't throw it on the porch I checked with my city councilor that is a regulation mailbox okay and there is no rules that says that you can't design your own real synthetic ass Today we're Get legally, okay? I'm not mailing letters to myself. Those are, you can check all the names on, those are real names and real return addresses. With putting my mail in my fake rubber ass mailbox? It's anatomically correct.

00:28:30

Adal

It's, it's, listen. It's disgusting, okay? And also, all your mail, let me go through your mail here.

JPC

I think your shorts and hats are disgusting. Excuse me? These are... I think your shorts and hats are disgusting.

Adal

Wow. That is unbelievable. These are our pride. These are our livelihood. These are customized with our safety in mind. Look, let me see if I try and climb this fence. Do my shorts get caught on this chain link? No.

JPC

No, no, no. Actually, hold on. Actually, hold on. Help. Help. Oh, okay. You want my help now. Shit.

Erin

Honey, do you think you're convincing him that this ass is a fake ass and not my ass? Is he buying it? Is he buying it?

JPC

Well, now he's not, Rebecca. Well, now he's not. You just have a blanket on the front of you. Of course he can hear through the blanket, okay? It's not a sound blanket.

Erin

Which was your idea?

00:29:31

JPC

A bee's going in your mailbox.

Erin

Let it.

JPC

Okay, one ticket to Panama, please. I'm out of here.

Adal

See? He's going in your mailbox. Wait, your mailbox was your wife's ass, right?

Erin

Whoa! Am I crazy? Oh my God, you can't just say a mailbox is a wife's ass. Yeah, no, you're not crazy.

JPC

Yeah, you're not crazy, but the mailbox was my wife's ass.

Erin

Big time, big time, big time.

JPC

The mailbox was my wife's ass. Yeah, that does feel weird.

Adal

This is more of a pun than a riddle. What is the best day to move forward?

JPC

Best day to move forward. Okay, let's think about it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. None of these are puns. Thursday, Friday, moving forward, no. Saturday, Sunday, no.

Erin

Are there any more days of the week besides that? Are we forgetting any?

JPC

Now that is the Roman days of the week, but we could do the... And just one other culture, JPC. And just one other culture.

00:30:38

Erin

Any country.

JPC

The best day. Today. Today.

Adal

Actually, I mean, that's almost like good therapy.

JPC

Right, yeah.

Adal

Here's, what is it, they say the best day to plant a tree was 30 years ago, the second best day is today, and I'm like, isn't the second best day 29 years, 363 days ago?

JPC

Wouldn't today be like the next to worst day? Right? Because tomorrow is obviously the worst. So today has to be like, it can't be the best if 30 years ago was the best.

Adal

I was always very confused by that adage.

JPC

Yeah, whenever someone cracks that adage out, I get fucking furious and people love that because basically what they're just saying is like, plant a tree, it's good for the environment.

Adal

Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime, my wife's a vegetarian. And you can't teach a wife anything, so I've been told. What is the best day to move forward? And take a page out of the Star Wars book, the aforementioned Star Wars.

00:31:42

JPC

May the 4th be with you.

Adal

But it's not May the 4th, that's taken. If you want to move forward, May 4th is taken. But there's other 4ths on the board.

Erin

March 4th.

Adal

I do want to see one quick scene before we go to break. Erin, you are, I want to say conductor? Who leads a band in like a marching band? Conductor. But they have a baton instead of a little baton.

JPC

Erin, you have a little baton as a treat.

Erin

Thank you.

Adal

Erin, you're about to lead a parade for a city's bicentennial celebration. Great. But as you sort of get excited and get ready to time the march, you turn around and realize it's just JPC in the parade.

Erin

Whistle sound. Whistle sound. Whistle. Whistle. One. Two. Three. And I'm hearing a sad tuba. What is that sad tuba? I'm turning around. I'm turning around.

00:32:51

JPC

I'm sorry. Did I miss my... Did I miss my... I should have... Should I have... I'm so sorry. Should I have started or... Where the hell is everybody? I'm sorry? Where is everybody? It's just me.

Erin

What? Where? There's 80 people in this band. One tuba?

JPC

No, they reformed. Well, so I guess what happened was like the city, I don't understand how it works, like the city broke up the band, and then they had to reform it, then they had like, they could only do 79 people.

Erin

You have lying eyes. Where are they? Did they quit?

JPC

Today we're They reformed another band that I was the only one that said I wouldn't leave this band without you. And they said, that's fine. We don't like you enough, Mike, to put up with Rachel for another day. So they started another band, but I'm still here. And I still think we could do like, you know, great things together. I think we could.

00:34:04

Erin

Yeah, it's my dream to open the parade. Absolutely no problem. Here we go. I'm just gonna start over.

Adal

Hey, sorry, we're all just going to start walking. You guys stay still. No, no, we're ready.

Erin

We're ready.

Adal

We're just going to inverse it. We're going to invert it. You stay still, and we're going to walk by you.

Erin

See, that doesn't make much sense. That actually is not how a parade works. That's a reverse parade, and we don't have the permits as a city to do that. Here we go. Whistle sound. Whistle sound. Whistle, whistle. Let's just let him do the reverse parade thing. No, please, please. March with your big tuba. Come on. Mike, do not abandon me. This is my dream. And yes, I went on that crazy rant last night at rehearsal that everyone was a fucking loser and wasn't giving their best. And that people are also letting themselves go physically. Everyone looks kind of ugly. I said, Carrie, would it kill you to get Botox? Would it kill you to get Botox? And she went, actually, my mom got botched Botox. That's how my mom died. And I go, well, If the shoe fits. So I get why people are annoyed, but come on, let's go.

JPC

People didn't truly even really understand what in the shoe fits means in that context.

00:35:06

Erin

That was an awesome comeback. It made a lot of sense in the context.

JPC

March. Okay, look, I'll march, but just so you know, just so you know, this isn't a tuba, it's a cardboard tuba. They took the instruments as well. The tubas are like super expensive.

Erin

What was making that noise when we first were marching?

JPC

I'm sorry. I stepped on a bird.

Erin

Oh, that bird is not even dead yet. Kill that bird.

JPC

It's an ee-boo. It's an ee-boo, so it's fine.

Adal

If any bird in nature sounds like a tuba, it's an ee-boo. Folks, we're going to march to break, and we'll be right back with candy.

Erin

Whistle sound.

Adal

Whistle sound. One, two, three, four. Hey Riddle Riddle.

JPC

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00:37:24

Erin

999, 1000. Ready or not, here I come. Oh, hey everybody. I'm just playing a quick game of hide and seek with Adal and JPC, so you keep an eye out for them while I talk to you about quints. This past weekend, I was out and about with my new Italian suede slouchy midnight blue bag. And I kid you not, several of the most beautiful, cool-looking women asked me where I got it. And I got to go, Quince, it's super affordable. I want my everyday items to be classic and timeless and comfortable and easy and affordable. And that's why I shop at Quince. Quince has all the wardrobe staples for spring. Think 100% European linen shorts and shirts from $34. Lightweight, breathable, and comfortable. But we're still going to look put together. And clean! 100% prima cotton tees with a softness that has to be felt. Everything is priced 50-80% less than what you'll find at similar brands. Quince works directly with ethical factories and cuts out the middlemen, so you're getting premium materials without the markup. I love everything I have from Quince. I recently got sandals from them. I'm obsessed with their home stuff. If you're looking for basics like rugs or curtains, truly just the most timeless, classic, well-made items are over there at Quince. So check it out. Still not seeing Adler GPC. Starting to worry that they went to the movies or something. No, they're around. I'll find them. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to quince.com slash riddle for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada too. That's quince, Q-U-I-N-C-E dot com slash riddle, R-I-D-D-L-E, for free shipping and 365-day returns. That's a full year. It's a full year. You can decide if you like it. You're going to like it. quince.com slash riddle. I found you. Oh, no. Sorry. False alarm. Those are just two scarecrows eating dessert waffles. Onward and upward. Hello, everybody. It's me, Erin Keif, here to talk about my dog, Lou. I bet you've heard me talk about Lou hundreds, if not thousands of times on the show because I am obsessed with her. Fun fact about Lou, this past weekend in Palm Springs, she ran face first into a cactus and I did not handle it well. And if anyone gets being dog obsessed, it's Ollie. I love Ollie's dog food. They're relentless about delivering the best food and experience to your dog. And they give you a way to check in on their health over and over and over again. All these fresh recipes are developed by real chefs and backed by vet nutritionists. They're obsessed with making the best meals and the highest quality ingredients. From the moment you start your subscription, everything is tailored to your dog. The meals are perfectly portioned and you get a pup-tainer, cute, and a scoop for easy storing and serving. With Ollie, you don't just get food. Through their app, you can actually check on your dog's health with real vets. Just by uploading a picture, their team can check in on your dog's weight, digestion, teeth, and coat. Because they're obsessed with making sure your pup is as healthy as can be. Lou's getting old, and I just want her to be healthy and have the best life she can. Since switching to Ollie, Lou gets even more excited to eat. She clearly loves the food. And also, I just noticed she's got a little bit more energy. She's acting like a puppy again, and she's running into cactuses. Cacti? And she's running into cacti full speed in the middle of the desert. Well, get ready for both you and your pup to be obsessed. Head to ollie.com slash riddle. Tell them all about your dog and use code RIDDLE to get 70% off your welcome kit when you subscribe today. Plus, they offer an obsession guarantee. If you're not completely obsessed, you'll get your money back. That's ollie, O-L-L-I-E dot com slash riddle. And enter code RIDDLE, R-I-D-D-L-E, to get 70% off your first box. Isn't that right, Lou? I thought she would bark on cue. That would have been so awesome if she had barked. She didn't though. You didn't though, Lou.

00:41:50

JPC

Hey everybody, JPC here, and I want to talk to you about rocket money, but I couldn't do it without my two friends. Adal, what's up Adal? And Erin, what's going on Erin? Ew. Classic. Classic you guys. Anyway, Rocket Money. Let's talk about it. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that is going to help you get your life together. Rocket Money can track subscriptions and has the ability to cancel unwanted ones within the app with just a few taps, saving users over $880 million in cancelled subscriptions. Erin, how does that sound? You guys don't speak Erin's language, but to me, I know that means very good. Plus, they have automatic transaction categorization across accounts, plus customizable categories and tags to reveal spending patterns. If you are saving for something big like a wedding, which I have saved for before, it can help set budgets and goals. Plus, you get personalized insights and regular reports and receive real-time alerts for large transactions, upcoming bills, refunds, and low balances. Plus, users who create a financial goal with Rocket Money save over $70 on average within the first 30 days. Wow, Adal, $70. That sounds like a lot of money, huh? Wow. Well, you can also use their automated savings features that grow towards goals with adjustable amounts and frequencies. It's a set-it-and-forget-it approach. But don't take my word for it. You gotta try it out yourself. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join rocketmoney.com slash riddle. That's rocketmoney.com slash riddle. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

00:43:46

Adal

And we're back, and let's get right into another riddle here. I can charge, but I don't need a power cord. I have horns, but they don't honk. You can drive me, but I don't have wheels. Cattle.

JPC

Yeah, like a bowl, right?

Adal

Yeah, it says here a bowl slash cattle.

Erin

I'd like to see a scene. JPC, you're an Australian Shepherd, and you were trying to herd me and Adal, and we're not totally a huge fan of what you're trying to do.

???

Lies are blind. Lies are blind. Lies are blind.

Erin

I was like saying that like, yeah, it is so frustrating to communicate as well as communicating and then to have someone like, no, you're right. Thank you.

Adal

Honestly, she is lucky to have you in her life. And if she doesn't, she doesn't realize that that I think you need to set boundaries and just kind of walk away.

Erin

I really appreciate you saying that because I feel like your relationship so healthy and we all like, I obviously don't want to put your relationship on a pedestal, but you've been married years.

Adal

Yeah, thank you. I appreciate it.

Erin

And so it just means a lot hearing that come from you. I just feel so crazy.

00:44:48

JPC

You're not crazy. That's not a crazy. What the fuck? Sorry, I was waiting for one of you to say knife or something like it so I could say it. Knife? This is a crazy. Can we help you?

???

Sorry.

JPC

This is a crazy. I work for the festival and you're not allowed to be where you are. Okay.

Erin

We made a reservation to eat this grass, and we're actually not even done eating the grass, so... Yeah, we have the... we have this field until 545.

JPC

Oh, uh, my mistake. Um, keep, you know, keep on doing what you're doing. I'm sorry, my boss is... he's really pointing at the two of you and says... God? Um, yes, the shepherd, Todd. I work for him.

???

Oh, Todd.

JPC

Todd? Yeah.

Erin

Where are you from? So anyways... It's not clear. Like, obviously, you give a lot of advice to other people, and I don't want to... That's not advice!

00:45:50

JPC

That's not advice!

Erin

Sorry, I'm really trying to talk to my... This isn't advice!

JPC

Please move! You know what? I've got to admit, that one actually worked a little bit, right?

Adal

You, hey, you take this acre, we're gonna, we'll move over to the next plot. We'll go this way. We'll go this way.

JPC

That one's long, fellow, so I can't let you, unfortunately, um, no, it's not... Stop, stop blocking us!

Erin

Can you move? Hello?

JPC

I'm gonna ram him. Yes. I'm gonna ram him. No, please don't ram me.

Erin

Ow, he's biting my ankle. Ow, don't bite at my ankles.

JPC

Hey, leave her alone. I'd love to leave her alone, but I won't do that.

Adal

Okay, I'm taking out my sheep phone. Do it. And I'm recording you. Do it. Alright, bitch.

Erin

You're being recorded, bitch. What now, bitch?

Adal

You're being recorded, bitch. What now?

Erin

What now, bitch? Wow, say what you were saying right before we started recording you.

Adal

This is going to every corner of sheep internet.

00:46:50

Erin

Yeah, Sheepbook is going to love this. You're going to be on the news. I hope you like it.

Adal

You're going to be on Sheepbook. You're going to be on Tweep. You're going to be on... Instagram.

Erin

TikTok, but it's tics because sometimes sheep get tics.

Adal

Thanks for watching.

JPC

Sheep, but it's Yelp. What are we doing? Seed. I guess, wait, what would that be called? That'd be called, like, bleat? No, bleeding is more like goats. We all bleat.

Adal

Every man bleats. Every man bleats.

Erin

Has anyone ever made a video of a sheep singing Bleeding Love? And it's a sheep going, I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding in love. Erin, has anyone ever made that video?

00:47:57

JPC

Looking through my phone, don't believe that video's been made.

Adal

What's funny is as you started to sing that, I was like, oh no, Erin's singing, I Keep Falling In and Out of Love. Which I think starts with the exact same... I can't help... ah!

Erin

GPC, you weren't actually looking at your phone? You sent me therapist recommendations. Okay, heard. Heard, heard, heard.

JPC

Ah, those are just recommendations, Erin. You could go to any therapist you like. With and reason.

Erin

Okay, all of these are you in different wigs and mustaches. Never mind, everyone, back to Riddles. I'm ready.

???

It's expensive. That's professional wigs. Expensive to buy those professional wigs.

Erin

Thanks for tuning in.

00:48:58

JPC

Therapy is not like a massage. You do not need to disrobe and get under a blanket.

Erin

Fuck you, scene.

JPC

Well, hold on. Let's see. Well, I mean, Erin, in my defense, why did you do that?

Erin

I didn't do that. You just used the power of improv to say that I did that. You can't be using improv powers for bad.

Adal

Erin, have you tried hot stone therapy? Ugh. Ugh. It's so good. Swedish therapy is so good. So in right now.

???

They walk on your back.

Adal

I'm a type of plant, but I don't need water. I can hurt people, but I'm not poisonous. I'm almost always found on the ground when you least expect it. What am I?

Erin

A spy.

Adal

Acorn. Spy and acorn? No. Although, I do like the idea of that spy being a type of plant. I think that's along the right lines of thinking.

JPC

Okay, so you liked my screenplay. So just say that. I don't understand.

00:50:01

Erin

He read it. He didn't like it.

Adal

I do want to see a scene. GPC, you are a spy. You're an undercover agent. Erin, you and I are houseplants, and GPC's trying to infiltrate us. So I was talking to Dave and he was saying that you, um, that you told him just to break up with Margaret, which I think is, I feel like you have really healthy relationships and I feel like you give really good advice.

JPC

That is like, I like wasn't saying to break up, but I was like saying, pardon, does anyone know what the good light is? Whoa.

Erin

Oh, you look sick.

JPC

No, just another plant here. No, I'm not a... No, just another plant trying to find the good light.

Erin

Hey man, I really can't get sick. I was sick last week. I got kind of brought back to life after a vacation. I don't know if I can stand... I'm just like you.

Adal

Yeah, you've got bags under your buds. Listen, you're... something's wrong.

JPC

Your stems... You know, I think maybe I'm just a different type of plant than you are.

Erin

Oh, you look bad.

00:51:02

Adal

You look bad. Your soil is rotten.

Erin

Hey man, you're standing in my sunlight. Can you give us some space please?

JPC

It's the sun. It's the sunlight. It's not really yours.

Adal

Maybe it goes everywhere, so you don't need to be right here, buddy. Okay, move along.

JPC

Well, by the window. It doesn't go through walls.

Adal

Okay, I'm taking out my plant phone. Recording this all. No, please.

Erin

Wow, get him. Get him. This is going on plant Facebook, and everyone's gonna see. And now I'm gonna think of more puns for other... It's going on plitter.

Adal

It's going on... Do as many as you can. Instagrow.

Erin

Instagrow. It's going on Instagrow.

JPC

Three... Three more and I'm leaving. Length trim. I'll leave on that one. I can't think of any. Plants and social media.

00:52:13

Adal

Actually, that might be the answer. I'm a type of plant, but I don't need water. I can hurt people, but I'm not poisonous. I'm almost always found on the ground when you least expect it. So think about plants and social media, but drop the the.

JPC

Um, okay. It's a type of plant that is part of the media?

Adal

Well, it's not part of the... I'm just trying to get you to the word.

JPC

Uh, okay.

Adal

It's more of a breadcrumb trail than like a literal thing.

JPC

Book? A book? Face? Facebook? No. Face? A face? Uh, yeah?

Adal

And then add the one word that you mentioned earlier? A book? No. Faceplant. Yes, it's a faceplant. A faceplant.

Erin

It's a type of plant that doesn't need water.

Adal

It can hurt people, but not poisonous. And almost always found on the ground.

Erin

It can hurt people. Since when has anyone faceplanted and it didn't hurt? That sounds like something a kid would say after they faceplanted in front of their whole soccer team.

Adal

I do want to take a seat.

JPC

I'm okay.

Erin

Okay.

Adal

Erin, you're at a new high school. This is the first day for you at the school of class and JPC and I are talking in the hall and you come in and have a little bit of a slip-see.

00:53:25

JPC

Yeah, so I don't know. I mean like it's just like They're always on my case. Yeah. I don't think my homework is any worse than anyone else's homework.

???

No, no, no, no. I feel like you study. You study.

Erin

Hiya fellas. I just moved here from Florida. My dad got a job. Also, I'm burying the lead. My parents got a divorce. He encouraged me to come up to the two coolest guys I could find on the hallway and... Whoa!

JPC

Holy shit! Shit! Oh, she's dead. That chick started talking to us from down the hallway. and was walking over and took a locker directly to the face. I mean, that locker was open the whole time she was walking.

Adal

Locker to the face. She did a backwards, I want to say a 980 and landed on her feet, but then another locker opened.

Erin

Dad, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up.

Adal

Oh, she's calling someone.

Erin

Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up.

00:54:27

Adal

Hey, go for Dan. Just kidding. I'm at work right now. Leave a message after the beep.

Erin

Dad, please quit your job. We have to move again. Oh God, Dad, please quit your job. We gotta move again. I'm gonna call your boss. I'm gonna get you fired. We're gonna move. Oh God, I blew it. It happened again. Third school in a row, it happened again.

Adal

We get to the principal's office. Madeline, I feel like you're not making friends fast in school. It seems like already I've had to take you out of three classes for bullying.

Erin

Why is the locker here in the meeting with me?

Adal

Well, the locker says that you ran into it.

Erin

Oh, the locker said I ran into it. Great.

Adal

You've been saying that we sent the locker home because you said the locker slammed into you.

Erin

Yeah.

Adal

And the locker's dad is here actually. We tried to call your dad, but we got a very funny answering machine. So the locker's dad is just going to dress you down for a minute.

00:55:30

Erin

Um, sir, I did not run into you.

JPC

Combination.

Adal

Combination.

JPC

Please! And wash your hands before you start typing with your little dirty kid fingers all over my digits.

Erin

I don't have dirty kid fingers. Your kid's dirty.

JPC

I was at the fucking plant, minding my own business, doing my job, when I got a call to come pick up my son who was heartbroken because this is the first school he's ever been in that he fit in to the space where they put the lockers. And I had to come all the way down here because you lied?

Erin

Yeah, being a single parent is hard. My dad goes through some of the same struggles.

JPC

Oh yeah?

Erin

Maybe you guys should get a drink or something.

JPC

I'd love to. I'd love to.

Adal

Okay, we also found drugs in your son, so we do have to... Me or him? Her or me? Me or... Scene. Scene.

Erin

Only in my ass, I live close to a hospital and I practice. I got my 10,000 hours.

00:56:32

Adal

Only in my ass, the flag was up.

JPC

And Erin, you were just saying that you haven't given me any sound bites this year, right? That's something you said?

Adal

Whoa, Erin.

JPC

I can put only in my ass right next to you saying that you've been so good all year long.

Erin

I knew I was fucking jinxing it.

JPC

We gotta move to video so people can see the face that Erin makes when she realizes she's sick.

Adal

28, 36, 24, only if it's in my ass.

JPC

Wow. Erin, we're talking about ass and Erin's talking about worn out spaces.

Erin

Oh, God.

JPC

Get a clue.

Erin

Get a clue. Okay, here's some soundbites for you. My ass is a worn out space. Are you happy? Merry Christmas, everyone. Christmas is coming up because it's the end of the year soundboard episode.

???

Wide open spaces.

Erin

Fuck this. Don't sing the chick's wide open spaces. You can't use this clip. Now it's too long. You'll never use it because then we'll have to hear it a bunch and then Adal will pick this clip. Adal will pick this clip. Now we have to listen to this 16 times at the end of the episode and it won't be funny. So that is how I'm buffering it as I'm making this clip too long so you won't use it.

00:57:42

JPC

Erin, that's just simply, my darling, it's simply not how clips work.

Adal

Yes it is, bitch! Erin, speaking of, how did your audition go to join the chicks?

Erin

Um, they said I was too interested in George Bush and I was too pro-George Bush to join them.

Adal

Erin. You just think he's funny though, right?

Erin

Yeah, Adal and I have been sending each other. George, whimsical George Bush clips back and forth. And I've been finding it quite soothing.

JPC

Is it clips of him being whimsical or you being whimsical about George Bush clips?

Erin

Clips of him being whimsical because he's such a joke. Yeah. And I don't know, I just, some of these clips of him, it makes me think of Adal because I just feel like he thinks they're, he'll think they're funny.

Adal

Very funny. Also, I've been thoroughly enjoying Widow's Bay.

Erin

Oh my god, good.

Adal

Which I think was something also that you guys talked about.

Erin

It's so scary.

Adal

It's incredible.

Erin

They mentioned Hingham in the most recent episode.

Adal

I heard.

Erin

I was so excited. And then that episode, I went in alone for that one. I watched it alone and I got so scared in that episode and couldn't find my remote and was just screaming no while I was like digging through my couch. I was like, no, no, no, no, no.

00:58:55

Adal

The reveal is, uh, bonkers.

Erin

Oh, so scary.

Adal

Let's do... Let's do another riddle here. I love another riddle.

Erin

I'm scared. I'm scared for another riddle.

Adal

I open and close, but I don't have a lid. You can see me and hear me, but you can never taste me. My butt.

Erin

My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. My butt. And my butt. It's my butt. It's a butt.

JPC

The gift, the gift that keeps on giving. A national treasure. For whatever nation you happen to live in.

Adal

Erin, I love your gift of the Magi, which is, I sold my watch to buy you a comb, and you're like, my butt, my butt, my butt. The gift of the Magi.

JPC

So, was there more to the Riddle?

Adal

Yes, I open and close, but I don't have a lid. You can see me and hear me, but you can never taste me. I'm something you can feel, but I can't be touched. I'm long, but cannot be measured in inches. I'm really light. What am I?

00:59:58

JPC

Okay, so this is like a stand-up comedian set. It's gotta be like a really long set, but also light, so it's like a Jerry Seinfeld set. Although he never opens. Who would Seinfeld open for?

Adal

Here's the thing. Larry David. I don't have this on full authority, but I think Seinfeld actually opens quite a bit. Uh, which is, which frustrates a lot of stand-ups. Cause he'll go, he'll pop into like the comedy cellar.

JPC

Oh, doing like a pep talk.

Adal

And they'll be like, Jerry's doing a pop-in. And they're like, that's amazing. So I'll get seen. And they're like, well, hold on. He's opening. Cause then he can leave.

JPC

So does that, but, oh, oh, get seen by Seinfeld. I'm, I'm so stupid. I couldn't, I was like, you'll still get to go, but no, that's not what that means either. So nevermind.

Adal

Yeah. I open and close, but I don't have a lid. You can see me and hear me, but you can never taste me. I'm something you can feel, but I can't be touched. I'm long, but cannot be measured in inches. I'm really light. And I'm really light has a double entendre.

Erin

It's like stars. It's something that emits light.

01:00:59

Adal

Erin? It involves stars and JPC stand-up set was actually adjacent.

Erin

Adjacent?

Adal

Or Seinfeld. You're in the right, you're walking in the right pasture. Movie stars.

JPC

Movie theater? Okay, what the fuck noise was that, Erin?

Erin

My butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt. And back to you.

Adal

I mean, you basically got it.

JPC

Okay, uh, uh, camera. A camera or a light flash from a camera, no?

Adal

A projector. Yes, but a projector plays... Movies.

JPC

Yeah. Films.

Adal

Movies. I open and close, but I don't have a lid. You can see me and hear me, but you can never taste me. I'm something you can feel, but I can't be touched.

Erin

Well, if 5DX works, then yes, you can taste it.

Adal

But cannot be measured in inches. And I'm really light, I think, as, you know, both a reel of film is going to be lighter on a flash drive, and the projector, it's just light.

01:02:01

JPC

And a movie can be like light, like light fare, you know?

Adal

Yeah, something like it hot.

JPC

Something like it hot.

Erin

End of list.

Adal

Just nice casual comedies about infidelity.

Erin

Adal, that actually is a pretty good riddle.

JPC

Yeah, I like that one. I like it. It doesn't work for 40X, which is the only way that I see movies, because with 40X you can taste the movies.

Adal

We come to the theater to taste. I do want to see this.

JPC

Some people do. Hot dogs? Hot dogs! No, the episode's not over. Come on.

Erin

No, no, no, no.

Adal

I do want to see a scene very quickly. Also, Erin, can I just say...

Erin

Yes. Hi Adam.

Adal

One of the worst. Hello. Hi. How are you? I'm good. I wish this episode was more about Babu Frik. Me too. But Erin, I was going to say something I miss not having you at 40X is a stupid thing that I do among among the many stupid things I do is a lot of times when I go to see 40X I get the hot pretzel with Scalding cheese, and then the minute I sit down, and then I meet Casey and JPC in the 40X theater, and the minute I sit down I go, oh no, because the seats, the seats are a bucking bronco, and now I have to eat, I have to lean forward and try and scarf down a piping hot pretzel that's 350 degrees as fast as possible before the seat kills me.

01:03:24

Erin

Speaking of guys, I just had a cartoon accident and I inked my pants. Oh no.

JPC

Oh no. That is so sweet of you guys to respond in that way. That's a friend who genuinely shows concern for you.

Erin

You ruined me.

Adal

I do want to see a quick scene. This will be our final scene. Erin. Of the day. Of the day. Ever? JBC, you are in a theater about to watch a film.

JPC

Okay.

Adal

You think you're the only other person in the theater, so you're pretty happy about that. But then, Erin, you are actually a few rows behind JPC, and you are Jerry Seinfeld.

???

Oh, this is pretty nice. God!

Adal

We now present our feature presentation. Oh my god. There's no one else in here.

01:04:26

Erin

They just said! They just said you don't make noise! They did a whole little movie at the beginning of the movie about not making noise! And what are you doing? You're making noise!

JPC

Me? Who said... Oh my... I thought that was the movie for a second. Is a cartoon squirrel talking to me? Hello? Who's there?

Erin

I'm back here. You think you're one of the boobies and you talk and you talk and you talk.

JPC

Oh, I'm so sorry sir. I did not realize there was a human man in here. It's me.

Erin

I'm a human man.

JPC

I thought maybe a cartoon bee was in the theater. I did not realize.

Erin

Oh, is that a joke? I can't even believe it. Really? You're making fun of my bee movie. Larry David won't return my phone calls.

JPC

Oh, Larry David. Oh my god. Are you Larry David?

Erin

No.

JPC

I've only ever heard the show.

???

I can't believe we fell in love. Me a Mama Tambien and you an E.T. E.T.? Mama Tambien?

Erin

It's Star Wars! It's Star Wars! They can't make it work!

01:05:28

JPC

I hope Babu Frik has said this one.

Erin

That is not a Jerry Seinfeld impression. That was not sitting right in my body.

Adal

Well, it was Jerry Seinfeld in a cagle.

Erin

You do it. You do it. You do it. You do him in a movie theater.

???

Hey, someone left goobers on the floor. Those are supposed to go in your mouth.

JPC

These are floor goobers. There's a little bit of bane in there, which I don't hate.

???

Oh, yeah, I was born in the darkness. Erin, my apologies.

Adal

Tougher than I thought. JPC, you do one.

Erin

Seinfeld in a movie theater.

JPC

Why are the floors always so sticky? Oh, that's right. I'm jerking off in here.

Adal

Okay, a little bit of cyberquiz in there. He sounded like The Count. What? Yeah, one, two, three. And that almost sounded like James Brown, like, hmm, hmm, hmm.

01:06:33

Erin

Yeah, fuck Jerry Seinfeld.

Adal

Anyways, hot dogs. Hold on.

Erin

Can't I?

Adal

Erin, we're about to bite into a hot dog, but before we do that, Erin, do you have anything to plug or promote?

JPC

What if you had something to plug or promote, Erin, and you had just hot-dogged out of here and you forgot to plug or promote something?

Erin

Great point. Check out Quality Time, my LA show that I'm very proud of. I love it. It's a variety show. I'm also on the most recent season of Rotating Heroes with some of my favorite guys, other than you guys, of course. We're having a lot of fun. Okay, you are demons. And I think I would also like to plug Hello for the Magic Tavern, not just because I've been recording stuff over there lately, but it's also a great show. Hot dogs.

JPC

No, hold on, hold on. Ow, Erin, just do your play here. Yeah, just my plug.

Adal

Okay. I want to plug and promote Gum, Shoes, and Dragons, a podcast the three of us do with our friend Anthony Burch. It's a raw looking good time. Had some very fun episodes recently on there. And also, Widow's Bay. Check out Widow's Bay. It's so dark and weird and funny and well done and well written and acted. It's incredible. JP, is there anything to plug or promote?

01:07:50

JPC

I'll just add that if you're ever at Red Lobster, check out their crossover promotion, the Widow's Bay Biscuits. They are to die for. I love those biscuits. And it's English shrimp going on at Red Lobster. English shrimp? I don't know. It could very well be. Oh, one thing that I will actually plug, this weekend, this Saturday night, is the last World News Tonight show at I.O. That is at 7.30 on Saturday. And if there's still tickets left, you should get a ticket and go see that show. It's very fun. It's at I.O. Saturday at 7.30. I also want to read a review. This is a five-star review submitted by Dustmote. Dustmote writes, five stars really helps. I was recovering from a Mumford & Sons overdose, and this really helped. Huh? Wow. So hey, it doesn't matter. We help somebody. And that is special. Thank you, Dustbowl.

Erin

Oh, that does make sense. I remember that joke. It took me a second, but now I remember.

JPC

Okay, so one of us.

Erin

And hot dogs.

01:08:55

???

Are there any parrots in the music?

Erin

I feel like I haven't been giving you much fodder for the end of your soundboard this year, and I'm really proud of that. My butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt, my butt

JPC

Hey there, TSNAs. If you like that, you're going to love this week's Patreon. It's scenes from an airport. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at patreon.com. Hey Riddle Riddle by joining the clue crew for $5 a month or start your seven day free trial or the review crew for $8 a month. Plus you get those ad free episodes. See you there.

Erin

That was a hate gun podcast.

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01:09:56

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