"Rock the Cradle" Recap Season 4, Episode 26

Can you believe it?! We're recapping the season 4 finale and Jesse & Becky, who we are now calling "Jecky", have come so far! But, what do we think about the big pregnancy announcement and the Tanner's inability to EVER keep a secret? The tides are turning as we transition into season 5 and it's all right here on How Rude, Tanneritos!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:20):
I haven't recorded from my office in a hot minute
because we did the live show last week. I was
at your house two weeks ago, so it's true I
haven't been I'm like, oh, it's my microphone.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Still, although to be fair, I also didn't record in
my normal spot the week you were here either, So
you're just finally getting back to our normal rotation here.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
What is normal that nothing is normal?

Speaker 3 (00:45):
I don't even go there.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah, but yeah, this is why like bird update, big Bird,
big episode, lated bird, betted in my brain, big Bert,
it's big bird.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
No.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
But the bald eagles they've fledged they fledged the nest.
I'm so emotional about it. So does that mean they're
never coming back? No? No, they come back. They fortunately,
thank goodness, there was one night nobody was in the nest,
Like I was so sad about it. It's I shouldn't
admit that. But they came back the next night. The

(01:21):
babies have been sleeping in the nest and then they
leave during the day to go fly around and learn
how to cut. But they all come back for like
an early dinner around four o'clock, Like these are my birds,
Like I am so like this.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Literally, wait, now we know where Early Birds Special comes
from four pm.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
They eat dinner at like four o'clock. I'm like, this
is fantastic. They go to sleep when the sun goes down.
I'm like, yes, I feel you've found your people birds. Yes,
so it's very, very exciting. Although Gizmo had like an
accidental fledge. I don't think she meant to fledge. She
was just hovering and then missed the branch on the
way down. It's like, oh, well here you go.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
No better time to learn then right now?

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yes, trial by Fire. Yeah, yes, so that's what I've
been watching on TV twenty four hours a day is
my little baby, my little baby Fledglings. It's really been
a great, wonderful, positive distraction that so many people feel
similarly and we can all bond together.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
In right, Like I just need to look at some
birds right now, even if they're not in the nest.
I just need to look at an empty bird nest
and feel better about life.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yes, I get it.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, it's very calming, and yeah, it's much more calming
than what's on the other channels twenty four hours a.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Day, right, that's why it's all birds all the time.
At the barber outs here.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, you have sad nature news. I also have sad
nature news. What so my neighbor next door, you know,
they had moved that she had rented the house forever.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
I loved her and her roommate and they were amazing,
Like had lived there for like twenty some odd years
since the girl was wow, like nine. Anyway, beautiful little
house but like original to the neighborhood, so has not
ever been remodeled since like nineteen fifty.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
Five, you know.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
But beautiful backyard trees, Like there's a giant, like one
hundred foot tree that I love, and it came and
cut the trees down. Why not the big giant one.
But they sold the house a few months.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
Ago, and the new owners wanted to.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
And there it's gonna be that kind of developer crap,
and they're going to come in and they're going to raise,
not lyft raised, but raise, demolish, demolish the house and
the entire lot, and then build some gigantic, gargantuan, ugly
white box at the house.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
That's so sad.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
I can't tell you.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
I like I heard them like trimming the trees in
front of the house, and I was like, Okay, they
ripped off a bush that's like in between our two houses,
but it was on her side of the fence, you know,
So just out there there's a hole in my fence.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
The trees are gone. I can see two houses away,
the neighbors two story like all of the lush green
I stood out in my backyard and I cried. It
made me really sad. Also probical feel for a long
just beady and nice and yaller. Yeah, kept it a
little cooler.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
And also the birds and the squirrels were just very upset,
and that always that always makes me upset because I
can they're like chirping around and stressed. And and now
I know that someday soon there's going to be the
beat beat beep of construction directly next door.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
So the next season of How Tito's.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah, one one problem at a time, and that's I'll
deal with that when we get there.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
But now it's just the bummer.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
I just you know, I always hate losing the nature,
Like when they trimmed them, when they cut all the
trees down to build this sports thing down by my house.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
Oh yeah, I took all the all the trees out.
I cried, I'm very connected to the trees.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Well as you should be. Yes, it's very natree. You
do look brighter like, is it? So it's the neighbors
you can see from where your podcast? It's okay, so yeah,
you look brighter like I can.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Tell there's not a there's a tree in the spot.
It's going to be so hot in here.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Oh no, it does get hot.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
It's just get it gets.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
Hot in here, and now that there's no green there,
it's just gonna reflect off every Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
Yeah, you're gonna have to podcast with sunglasses on.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
Oh my god, for real, I'm gonna have to pull
the curtains and do it in the dark.

Speaker 2 (05:42):
Oh yeah, well these are anyway, these are problems first
four problem.

Speaker 3 (05:48):
But sad nature news really is just the you know, well.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
If you notice an uptick in like rodents trying to
get into your house or bright droppings, you'll know why.
I know they're displaced.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yeah, you know it's a shame anyway.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
Anyways, Okay, other than that, and until we have to
deal with the construction noise, everything is fine.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Everything is everything is awesome.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
That I usually only sing that facetiously, like when things
are really.

Speaker 3 (06:16):
Going to hell. I'm just like everything else up.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, you've never used it, like honestly, you know, it's
just you.

Speaker 2 (06:24):
Know, that's I think that's the same song of this year.
So far, everything is awesome.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
I haven't seen you in person. It's been a week
now since I've seen you since the live show, and
since i've seen you in person. I'm kind of going two.

Speaker 3 (06:37):
Weeks where we got to, right, we had two weeks.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
In a row, but seeing each other in person it
was so great. Now we're back to this real stuff.
But I know it was fun. Well it lasted.

Speaker 3 (06:47):
I'm doing a show pretty soon. You could come up with, oh.

Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yeah, okay, but there they're coming to the July one, okay,
So I'm going to come to the July the July one, okay,
but invite me to the June one anyway, Okay.

Speaker 3 (06:59):
God is uh yeah, it's my new comedy pageant show
that I'm doing here in La Uh. It's uh, it's fun.
It's we put three comedians through a beauty pageant. Uh.

Speaker 2 (07:10):
And it's a beauty pageant that is absolutely unlike one
you've ever seen before. So yeah, it's uh, it's a
lot of fun and we had a great time. So
but yeah, you have to come. I will, I will,
but it was it was so nice to see.

Speaker 3 (07:21):
You in person for a couple of weeks.

Speaker 2 (07:22):
And people will have to listen to our miniso to
hear how the show went.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
Oh, yes, we're going to do We're gonna do a review.
We're gonna like, yeah, just we're gonna break down, show breakdown,
how did it go.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
I've got charter maps data yeah, yeah, yep. Because I'm
always prepared, that's what we know about me.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
We'll be like, if we can remember what happened. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (07:46):
If there's two things I love, it's being prepared in math.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
So amazing. Well, shall we get into today's episode.

Speaker 3 (07:55):
Let's do it because this is the end of season four, Like,
where did the This has been a super sized season
season four.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
When you think back to the first episode, they were
just getting engaged in the first episode with the Greek
relatives and the walk around the table and oh that's right,
still this season and I'm like, god, how is this
much lived?

Speaker 3 (08:18):
So much life? It's wow.

Speaker 1 (08:22):
Yeah, so but here we go. It's like full full circle.
We started with an engagement and with a pregnancy. I
mean spoiler alert.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
Wow, ruin it? Everyone knows Jesse and Becky are gonna
have a baby.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yeah, well that's okay. Jesse will still be the last
person to figure it out. So this was.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
The whole time I watched this episode, I was like,
only in a sitcom. Only in a sitcom do people
avoid telling each other something so hard you know.

Speaker 1 (08:50):
Oh yes, and then mistaking one conversation for another, Like
it was just every sitcom moment.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, it was great. It was It was like, I'll like,
thing was like, imagine if people really operated in life.
That's how frustrating that would be.

Speaker 1 (09:05):
It's just same what dollar communication. Yes, well, welcome back
to How Rude tan Ritos. I'm Andrea Barber and I'm
Jody Sweeten, and today we're discussing season four, episode twenty six,
Rock the Cradle. It originally aired May third, nineteen ninety one,
and it goes a little something like this. Becky discovers

(09:27):
that she is pregnant, but she has trouble breaking the
news to Jesse, who's just on another playing field completely boy.
It was directed by joel's Wick. I feel like he
did every episode.

Speaker 3 (09:40):
This was one of the seasons. Is my microphone really loud?
All of a sudden. Yes, didn't touch it.

Speaker 1 (09:44):
You didn't.

Speaker 3 (09:45):
It's very guys, but that's why.

Speaker 1 (09:49):
But now you're gonna mute yourself. Yep, you muted it.
You muted yourself.

Speaker 3 (09:52):
See is that that? Now? It's guys.

Speaker 1 (09:56):
I didn't you saw you didn't touch Right now we
have these cool.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
Oh he said, you're fine on my end.

Speaker 1 (10:04):
Oh okay, and I'm I'm dismantling my mic Okay, well
do you think it's these new cute microphone covers that
we thought was from a fan but it was really
from my Heart radio and we're very excited.

Speaker 3 (10:14):
So great.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
I almost announced the name online or on the show.

Speaker 4 (10:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
No, we have really cute little microphone covers with our
show logo on them now. And they arrived at my
house or I think at my house or maybe my
Rachel's office.

Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, and she had brought them over whatever. But I
opened them and I was like, oh my god, these
are so cute. I thought it was just some fan
named Ellen Love right in North Carolina who was sending
us really cute gifts. And then I walked in and
Maddie goes, oh, you got them, and I was like, wait,
what these are from you? No? These are from Ellen
Love and she was like, no, no, no, my heart. I

(10:52):
mean it was kind of obvious, the big name, you
know what I mean, I should have.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
Yeah, she changed her name for I Heart. Yeah, that's
so funny. But they are really cute and adorable.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
I love them. Thank you, Thank you whoever you are,
wherever you are.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
I don't know who you are, but you were a
part of the story. You are now, whether you want
it to be or not. Anyways, how did we get
on this?

Speaker 3 (11:19):
Ghost Mike? Yeah, ghost Mike.

Speaker 1 (11:21):
Okay, we've got that fixed. Yes, And Joel's Wick did
direct every single episode of season four, which is great
for like for actors, it's great to have one continuous
director for the whole so much easier. And Joel was
so efficient and quick again, like he kept things speedy.
So I'm really glad that he got to direct.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
Oh yeah, I think it was because Joel moves at
one point five speed through life, like he's constantly on
a fast forward.

Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yes, yes, that's a great description.

Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yes, one point five.

Speaker 3 (11:51):
We maybe even one point you know.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
Double double time. You know, if you haven't listened to
our interview with him from a couple of years ago. Now, uh,
it's it's the same, like he just he's a motormouth
through the entire episode. I don't think I spoke once.
Gotta love Joel.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
This episode was written by Boyd Hale and Boyd so
Much and we have one guest star, Keith Farley as
Max Dobson. He's a big voice actor. He voice directed
the animated series Rugrats and dozens of video games. Yes,
a big video game guy. He directed a Call of
Duty Black Ops three, which is the highest grossing video

(12:31):
game of all times.

Speaker 3 (12:32):
Wow yeah, feather and a huge game, yeah yeah.

Speaker 1 (12:34):
And he co authored bat Boy, the musical Broadway.

Speaker 3 (12:39):
I had a weird obsession with bat Boy, because of
course I did, because it's just so weird.

Speaker 2 (12:43):
I remember because I remembered as a kid, you'd see
this bat Boy on the cover of like World.

Speaker 1 (12:48):
News and you're like, oh yeah, National Inquirer.

Speaker 3 (12:50):
Even as a six year old like World News, it
was a step further. It was like I married an
alien kind of crap, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (12:58):
And it would have like a picture of bat Boy
and I was like, I was like six or seven.

Speaker 3 (13:02):
I was like, that can't be real.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
Y fixating, and I love to meet the people who
thought it was maybe not actually maybe.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
I know, maybe it's best left best left in the
past there, But thank.

Speaker 2 (13:13):
You Max for creating a musical out of that incredibly
important time in our in our lives.

Speaker 1 (13:18):
Yes, I'm bummed that we missed it. I really wish
we had seen that. You know why, we can bring
it back along with the Full House Musical, which I
never saw.

Speaker 3 (13:26):
Those are our next touring shows.

Speaker 1 (13:30):
What a combination.

Speaker 3 (13:31):
What a crossover boy and Full House the musical.

Speaker 2 (13:35):
The really inappropriate one, and I think we should telling
you there's.

Speaker 3 (13:39):
Money to be made on this.

Speaker 1 (13:40):
We got to see everyone's like, how did you come
up with the idea for the live show? We don't know,
Like stuff just comes into its shattered. Yes, it's just
things organically just come up. Okay, So onto the recap
there's no teaser like talk. It was straight into well, yeah,
it's a room.

Speaker 5 (14:00):
A teaser because we have to have this song which
has the weirdest name ever.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
Yes, a flesh tone love affair. What does that mean?

Speaker 1 (14:10):
That that's I don't want to know.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
I want to cover my ears, you know, I wanted
to say something else.

Speaker 1 (14:16):
But hey, we talked about flashlight love Affairs.

Speaker 3 (14:20):
But I saw that because that's some more approprience. I mean,
what tone, what your tones? What happens? I don't know
what this means.

Speaker 2 (14:38):
I thought when I was listening to the song, I
was like, there's no way I'm mishearing this. There is
no way that to be flesh tone love affair.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
There has to be some inside that has to be
some joke with the writers or John or something, because.

Speaker 3 (14:54):
I don't know all they.

Speaker 1 (14:56):
Sang it, seriously, I don't with the full brass or
like it was a fever dream.

Speaker 3 (15:02):
Oh yes, no time for teasers.

Speaker 1 (15:03):
Nope, we opened straight away in the basement, Jesse and
the Rippers are going all out singing fleshtone love Affair
with a full band, saxophones, trumpet players, like they have
Huggle Griffin.

Speaker 3 (15:16):
Everybody's there, everyone's there, Rippers.

Speaker 1 (15:18):
We've seen rippers. We haven't seen that cute girl that
wasn't credited with like the red Hair the singer. Yeah, yeah,
she was fantastic. Yeah, there's a lot happening. And you
and the family, You and the family are like dancing
on the side.

Speaker 3 (15:31):
Yeah, we were so cute.

Speaker 1 (15:34):
Yes, so steph A DJ and Becky and a man
with a ponytail. No judgment there watch them from the backtail.
But a ponytail, a ponytail, not a mullet ponytail.

Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (15:46):
After they finished the song, everyone gives them a huge
round of applause. Becky taps the ponytailed man whose name
is Max, and says, in a rehearsed manner, you're the
recording executive, but in my objective opinion, that's the best
song in the history of music.

Speaker 3 (16:03):
Wow. We need to get Backy out more.

Speaker 1 (16:06):
It always the doting, supportive wife.

Speaker 3 (16:09):
You know, it's much. I love my husband. If he
came out, I'd be like, man, you can't know. You
can't do big.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
A different song, not flesh tones.

Speaker 3 (16:18):
That's something else.

Speaker 2 (16:19):
That's two syllables, you know, Yeah, dial done. Love affairs
better than flesh shones. Yes, Seth, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (16:29):
That would that that would have been a much better song,
is flesh Shones. Maybe Maddie can look this up for us.
Was it a real song or is this a created
song just for this episode? I gotta know anyways. But
moving on, Steph chimes in just as robotically. I hope
Jesse and the Rippers have an album out by Christmas.
What a great stocking stuff for for my thousands of friends.

(16:52):
Then it's DJ Stern, Hey, Steph, why don't we go
out and get jobs so we have money to spend
on concert tickets, posters and T shirts and stuff? Adds.
I want my Jesse and the Rippers lunch box.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
Look, they know how to get to a record exactly right.
There's money and merch to be made.

Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah, and I'm sure that Jesse and the Rippers lunch
Box exists and I would buy it.

Speaker 3 (17:14):
On a side, I want all the Rippers on it,
though every Ripper has ever appeared. I want it to
look like Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Band. I want just
a massive Rippers.

Speaker 1 (17:25):
You know, on the back, on the front, on the side.

Speaker 3 (17:27):
Oh my god, it was a real song. Oh my gosh,
a real song by the bell Air Bandits wow.

Speaker 1 (17:35):
Okay, well okay, I still want to know why they
chose it, but it was just that is a.

Speaker 3 (17:41):
Choice for the bell Air Bandits we do.

Speaker 1 (17:45):
Let's get them on the podcast, Okay, Moving along, Jess
tells the kids to run along before admitting to Max,
I don't know where they learned to kiss up like that.
But and then he looks down and admires, gosh, I
love those shoes. Max tells Jesse they were great, but
unfortunately his opinion means nothing. However, he's going to give

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their demo tape to his boss, and if he likes
them as much as Max does, big things could happen.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
Does this guy often go into people's basements to hear
their band?

Speaker 1 (18:17):
It kind of creeped me out, and I'm trying to
figure out to be.

Speaker 3 (18:20):
Like, coming to my basement hear my band? Like, excuse me?

Speaker 1 (18:23):
Sorry?

Speaker 3 (18:23):
Is it the location?

Speaker 1 (18:24):
Is it the ponytail?

Speaker 6 (18:26):
Like?

Speaker 1 (18:26):
Why did this feel weird? I don't know. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (18:30):
I think we have a long list, but it's not just.

Speaker 1 (18:33):
The title of the song. I don't know who it is,
but yeah, it just felt I don't know. If I
was Max, I don't know if I would go down
to a basement to.

Speaker 3 (18:40):
Listen right full of twelve marats, who knows what could happen?

Speaker 1 (18:44):
Mullets and rippers and brass instruments. There was a lot happening.
So Max and Jesse shake hands. Max wishes them good luck,
and as he's walking away, Jesse continues to shower him
with compliments, emphasizing how much he loved those shoes. Then,
as soon as he's out of sight, Jesse tells everyone
his true feelings about those ugly shoes. I never even

(19:07):
noticed the shoes.

Speaker 3 (19:08):
I was gonna say, I don't even I can't couldn't
tell you what they look like.

Speaker 2 (19:10):
They're probably like some weird little pointy toad sort of
early nineties like a suit suit kind of knock off
wing tippy thing that's kind of like they were pointing
and had a buckle on the side.

Speaker 3 (19:21):
That's just what I'm imagining.

Speaker 4 (19:23):
Oh, like a like a not like a Pilgrim Shoes
sho I don't know, like, well, maybe a little bit actually, maybe.

Speaker 3 (19:34):
Do you remember I wore do you?

Speaker 1 (19:36):
I don't know if you remember this in Fuller in
Club Euphoria, one of the Club Euphoria scenes, I was
wearing like Pilgrim shoes and we had to wear them
for the dance rehearsal and the actual show, and.

Speaker 3 (19:46):
You were they were like high healed Mary Jane's. Well,
they were adorable, but they were Pilgrim shoes.

Speaker 1 (19:52):
Me wearing them like just with my sweats for rehearsal
from dance rehearsal looked a little bit weird. Yeah, my
little high heeled pilgrim shoes.

Speaker 3 (20:00):
They were adorable.

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in the kitchen. Joey serves the girls and Kimmy some lunch,
but when Michelle receives her sandwich, she asks, could you
please make a sandwich for Glenn. Joey shrugs, sure, who's Glenn?

(21:01):
Michelle says that that's her invisible friend, and in fact,
he's sitting in the chair right next to her. You know,
I'm glad she has an invisible friend to keep her company.

Speaker 2 (21:10):
I was gonna say that everyone's wondering why she has
an invisible friend in this episode, it's cause.

Speaker 3 (21:14):
She's alone all the time. Guys, that's wid This is
how tragic it's gotten. She's like, I got to make
up people someone to hang out with me.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
You know, I don't blame her, And I love that
his name is Glenn, Like, this is just such a great.

Speaker 3 (21:26):
It's the name of Kansas's tutor on Zet. I'm yeah,
that's right.

Speaker 1 (21:30):
I forgot about that. I don't know many people named Glenn,
but now here Now I know too, the imaginary friend
in Kansas too.

Speaker 2 (21:37):
That's really like one point five, you know, the imaginary
counts the whole person.

Speaker 3 (21:42):
So on cue.

Speaker 1 (21:43):
Danny brings everyone some napkins and plops a seat right
next to Michelle. She frantically shouts, get up, get up,
get up, and Danny does this he's told, but asks
what's the matter. Michelle responds, you sat on, Glenn, please
be careful. Joey agrees with her, telling Danny that's no
way to treat Michelle's invisible friend. Then Joey puts an

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arm around Glenn and offers to straighten his tie and
adjust his sombrero. Michelle watches with confusion, telling Joey that
Glenn moved to a different chair. Uh, and he's not
wearing a sambarro.

Speaker 3 (22:16):
So cute.

Speaker 1 (22:17):
So Danny sits down next to Michelle and waves to Glenn,
who is supposedly in the chair beside him. He holds
out his arm and pretends to shake Glenn's invisible hand,
admitting he has quite the grip. I love that the
family's playing along. You know, this is right up Joey's alley,
and it's cute.

Speaker 2 (22:34):
You know, when people start hearing the you don't want
to confront them. You want to just gently agree until
you can get them proper help.

Speaker 3 (22:42):
Yes, yes, Grandma, let's get you back to bed. Oh yeah,
high Glenn. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (22:51):
So Kimmy's face is etched with concern, so she gives
her two cents. Speaking of grips, you boys better get one,
Danny argues, But this is perfectly normal. In fact, when
dj was a kid, she had an imaginary duck named Norton.
Gimme and Steff laugh at the thought. A rare moment
of bonding between us. Right where we're like is where

(23:13):
it starts. This is where it starts. DJ defends herself.
Norton was just a phase. I grew out of it.
Danny narrows his eyes. Yeah, she forgot all about Norton
when she made friends with Kimmy. Man, I missed that, duck. Gimme, confidently, responds,
You'll be sorry when I'm gone, mister t and Danny smiles.
How would I know? You never leave? And the tide

(23:37):
has turned? Now it's getting meaner.

Speaker 3 (23:41):
Now, you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (23:43):
This is this is a child who is coming here
to have a family and safety, and here we are
just being mean to her.

Speaker 1 (23:50):
I know, I know it makes me a little bit
sad because I lunch. It's true, she's getting a meal.

Speaker 2 (23:58):
Signal, you know, here, here's lunch. God, you're always here. Wait,
I'm sorry. Was I not supposed to eat?

Speaker 3 (24:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (24:04):
Further, the abuse of Kimmy Gibby mixed signals now too.
Now I prefer the more subtle digs that are like readier,
you know, but this just felt like not very funny
but just mean. So what ebbs, I'm gonna feel that
way a lot for many many more episodes.

Speaker 3 (24:20):
Yeah, buckle up, because yeah.

Speaker 1 (24:22):
Gimme frowns, but the phone rings and puts this conversation
to an end. Stephanie answers the phone and tells DJ
that Norton the Duck is on the other line. Stuff
bursts intil after at her own joke, admitting she quacks
herself up. I mean, these jokes strike themselves, classic stuff.

Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, she's just like, heyde, your imaginary ducks on the phone,
you like, just totally ripping into.

Speaker 1 (24:49):
Lay it on thick. That's that's the younger siblings. That's
the whole purpose of a younger So.

Speaker 2 (24:54):
I knew they ever forget an imaginary duck, I would
definitely still make fun of you about it.

Speaker 1 (24:58):
For sure. So meanwhile, Becky rushes down the stairs and
asks if the phone call is for her. Steph responds, Yeah,
it's doctor Crane's office. Becky sighs with relief. Oh great,
it's about time. She takes the phone from Steph, and
her eyes go wide as she listens to the doctor
on the other end. All she can say is you're kidding,

(25:20):
You're kidding, You're kidding. And when Becky realizes that everyone
is staring at her, she lets out a nervous laugh
and tells them he's kidding. Then she thanks the doctor
over and over again before hanging up. It's obvious Becky
is in utter disbelief. She walks away from the phone,
saying to herself, oh boy, oh boy, and then she

(25:41):
glances towards the family, who is still staring at her,
and she quickly pivots, oh, beef jerky anyone, Danny always.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Due when I feel awkward. Beef hey, good icebreaker.

Speaker 1 (25:54):
It's a good little protein snack, you know, why not.
Danny asks to talk to Becky for second and walks
her to the living room. Becky nervously agrees, telling Danny
she also has ranch flavored beef jerky if he would
like that. Joey shouts I want to come too, and
quickly follows after them, and then DJ looks around and whispers,
what are we waiting for? Let's eavesdrop, and all the

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girls rush towards the living room in agreement. In the
living room, Danny goes over Becky's recent events. You went
to the doctor, he called you right back. You said
thank you, thank you, thank you, And you've been living
on beef jerky for the last three days. Danny admits.
It doesn't take a genius to realize what's going on here.

(26:37):
Joey nods in agreement. Yeah, she's obviously iron deficient.

Speaker 3 (26:42):
Makes sense.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
I left that was a great joke. Yeah, Danny is
baffled and you're obviously brain deficient. He breaks the news
Becky is pregnant, and Joey shouts pregnant. Becky shushes him,
but it's too late. The girls already heard. They burst
into the room and shout pregnant. Steph demands who's pregnant,

(27:04):
very very forcefully.

Speaker 3 (27:07):
Yes, right. I was like, I don't know that I
would have played it that angry that I've thought about you.
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (27:16):
Well, you're just like great someone else to upstage me, Like, yeah, God,
now children, we have enough children in this house. We
don't need more. So Joey pushes out his stomach and
begins to rub it, saying uh, I am, and Michelle
grins and pumps her fist in the air way to
go Joey, but Becky comes clean. She tells the girls

(27:37):
that she's going to have a baby. They all run
up to her with excitement, and she begs them to
be quiet. Jesse's upstairs and he still doesn't know Joey
raises his hand and offers, I'll tell him. Come on, girls,
let's go, and they start up the stairs, but Becky
stops them. That's just it's just the Tanner's in a nutshell.

Speaker 3 (27:58):
Not of boundary to be found. Yeah, now, sure, this
is our news in each other's business, right right?

Speaker 1 (28:06):
Meddlers that's what they are, middlers, professional meddlers.

Speaker 3 (28:11):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (28:11):
So Becky sternly tells Joey that no one will be
saying a word about her being pregnant. Danny taps her
on the shoulder and reminds her eventually Jesse will find out.
Becky smiles, I'm gonna tell him tonight over a romantic
candlelight dinner. So promise me you won't say a word. Okay,
they all promise, and then Michelle pipes up. Glenn wants

(28:33):
to know where babies come from. Joey responds, uh, Cleveland,
Dave's just crushing the jokes in this secret. Yes, great jokes.
Danny grabs his daughter's hand and says, we talked about
how babies come from mommy's tummies. Michelle clarifies Glenn wants
to know where the babies sleep in there. Danny describes

(28:56):
it as a cozy little water bed, and Michelle responds, oh.
And then Denny says, you tell Glenn. If he has
any more questions, he should ask his invisible parents. Okay.
He tells the girls it's time they go finish lunch,
and they all file back into the kitchen. Joey's about
to walk away too, but he notices Becky's slumped in

(29:16):
the chair. He asks if something is wrong, and she admits,
I'm just a little nervous about how Jesse's going to
take the news. We've talked about having a baby, but
not for a couple more years. Joey assures her that
Jesse's gonna be thrilled. Becky gives him a week smile
and says she hopes so. Joey admits, it's too bad
you're not an elephant. Elephants are pregnant for two years

(29:39):
by the time little Dumbo pops out, You're right on schedule, Becky.
Becky stares at him, baffled, and then Joey follows this
up by giving his best elephant impression. He's just gonna
double and triple down on that joke, right, just keep going.
So Jesse runs down the stairs. Next, we're in the
kitchen and he asks the family where Becky and Joey are.

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Danny points to the living room, and Jesse waves them
into the kitchen. He has some big news and he
wants everyone to hear. He announces the president of the
record company heard my demo and wants to meet me.
Everyone stands up and congratulates him. Danny walks toward his
brother in law, grinning from ear to ear. He tells Jesse,
we all just want you to know we're really, really

(30:23):
happy for you. They all give Jesse a big group
hug and they're over the top. Excitement throws him a
little bit. He asks what's going on. That's when Becky
butts in and tries to pull him away so he's
not late for his big meeting. But Michelle has for
some reason attached herself to Jesse's leg. Becky reminds her
that she needs to stay here. Michelle asks, but don't

(30:44):
you want to tell him? Becky nervously asks goodbye. Uh, yes,
I do. She tells her husband goodbye, and then Joey
wishes him good luck, calling him a manly man. They're
not subtle, you know. They're not known for their subtle reason.

Speaker 3 (30:59):
This family is the worst secret keepers ever, right.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
They are, like they give Stephanie a hard time for this,
but they're just as bad.

Speaker 3 (31:08):
I also think like they they got it there. Some
people in these house aren't very quick on the uptake,
you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
None of them, none of them are really Michelle maybe
but yeah, well.

Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yeah that's the thing, yeah, Michelle sometimes Steph maybe you know,
the kids usually figure it out first, right they do?

Speaker 3 (31:26):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (31:27):
Oh, this family so uh. Becky and Jesse just stare
at Joey in confusion, and once again, Becky pushes Jesse
out the door. She lets out a huge sigh once
he's gone, and Steph boasts, boy, can we keep a
secret or what? And Becky winces in response, not great.
I expect nothing less from the Tanners. They're just not

(31:48):
over involved in everything.

Speaker 3 (31:50):
Oh god, they weren't all at the doctor's appointment.

Speaker 1 (31:54):
They're like surprised they didn't get the test results first, right,
And I'm telling Becky exactly.

Speaker 3 (32:01):
So.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
Next in the attic, Becky is adding the finishing touches
for her romantic dinner. When Jesse comes running in, he exclaims,
You'll never guess what happened. She quickly cuts him off
and shouts, wait, I'm not ready yet. She turns her
back to him and then does a seductive turn, saying, oh, darling,
you're home at last. Jesse blushes and asks you did

(32:23):
all this for me, and Becky admits, well, I have
some really great news for you, But before she can
say anything, Jesse continues with his great news. The record
company said, our band has this retro punk hip hop,
euro trash garage beat. I don't know what the hell
it means, but it must be good because.

Speaker 3 (32:42):
They signed us.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
He picks up Becky and twirls her around as she
voices her excitement. She tells him she can't wait to
hear all about it. Over dinner. Jesse sits down and
asks what are they having? Becky takes the lid off
of his plate to reveal baby shrimp, baby corn, and
baby back ribs. Jesse smirks it admits good because baby,

(33:06):
I'm starved. Becky asks do you see some sort of
theme running through this meal? Jesse wonders, oh, there's a theme.
How fun?

Speaker 3 (33:15):
All right?

Speaker 1 (33:16):
Let me guess. Realization hits and he gasps, honey fingerfoods,
it's beautiful. I love it, very very clever. She sarcastically responds, Yeah,
nothing gets by you at that moment.

Speaker 2 (33:31):
I'd be like, oh no, I hope he doesn't get
his smirks, you know.

Speaker 3 (33:35):
I hope intelligence goes through the mom's side.

Speaker 1 (33:41):
You hope the kid gets Jesse's hair and Becky his
hair and Becky's.

Speaker 3 (33:47):
Sense.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Yes, absolutely so. Although Becky looks disappointed, Jesse doesn't seem
to notice. He silver does. It's the Jesse Show. He
tells Becky how excited he is. Jesse and the Rippers
are going to go on tour this summer for two months,
and the best part. Their first stop is opening for Aerosmith.

(34:09):
Becky gasps and disbelief. You're opening for Aerosmith? And Jesse
comes clean. Well, technically we're opening a few days before
Aerosmith gets there. But why nitpick I thought that.

Speaker 2 (34:21):
I was like, that would actually be a plausible statement
in the Tanner Household.

Speaker 3 (34:27):
Yeah, yeah, actually that was happening, and that was actually
wound up.

Speaker 1 (34:30):
You know.

Speaker 3 (34:31):
I don't know how it happened, but it's like, here
we are weirder things.

Speaker 1 (34:34):
Have happened, right, So Becky asks, so you're going away
and Jesse says, yes. It reminds her that she'll be
coming with She has vacation time coming up, so the
timing is perfect.

Speaker 3 (34:48):
Yeah, two months you're taking to you.

Speaker 1 (34:51):
Ten months off? Sure, wake up. San Francisco doesn't need it.

Speaker 3 (34:55):
Yeah. You know, Americans are known for that six to
eight week you know day break.

Speaker 1 (35:00):
That we get so generous, so generous. Uh So, Becky
asks what do you mean, and Jesse explains, think about it.
We're both young, we have nothing tying us down, no responsibilities.
It's party time. He stands up and tells her he's
too excited to eat. He gives her a kiss before
going downstairs to tell everyone the amazing news. But he

(35:23):
stops at the stairs and asks, oh, what was the
good news you had? By the way, Becky stumbles, oh.

Speaker 3 (35:31):
It can wait.

Speaker 1 (35:32):
He nods and heads out, and once he's out of earshot,
she says, we're just having a baby. Poor Becky, sad
like she's just wanting to make this special.

Speaker 3 (35:45):
And Jesse's just Jesse it all over.

Speaker 1 (35:47):
Jesse.

Speaker 3 (35:48):
It's a verb. It's a verb. It's a verb. He's
jesse ing, yeah, love it.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
So in the living room, the family is playing picture charades,
and it's Stepf's turned to draw. She draws a circle
with a tiny circle in the middle of it.

Speaker 2 (36:03):
Was this because we couldn't say pictionary, so we had
to say picture charades.

Speaker 1 (36:07):
Oh, I bet you're right.

Speaker 3 (36:08):
Yeah, because it was like sure charades.

Speaker 1 (36:11):
Picture Aunt probably didn't get the clearance for that name. Yeah,
that makes sense. So Danny, Joey, and DJ make good
guesses based off of the shape, and Michelle keeps guessing
big bird. So DJ guesses a donut and that's correct.
So Steph draws her next clue, which looked like the
utters of a cow. Michelle guesses big bird once again,

(36:35):
and the entire family says in unison, it's not big bird.
Michelle frowns, don't have a cow, and Steph says that's it.

Speaker 3 (36:43):
She got it.

Speaker 1 (36:44):
She explains her two drawings, donut and half a cow. Donut,
half a cow. Michelle excitedly announced, I win my turn.
I mean that's that was clever, like you, Yeah, that
was a clever way to draw that phrase.

Speaker 3 (37:00):
That was clever.

Speaker 1 (37:02):
Meanwhile, DJ asks her dad if he thinks Becky broke
the news to Jesse. Yet Danny admits, I don't think so.
We haven't heard him, scream. Man, he's on a roll today.
He's having a baby, he might have a record deal,
and he's having a great hair day. The trifecta doesn't
get better than that. Baby. No, no, Michelle announces, I'm done.

(37:23):
You'll never guess. She shows off her drawing, which looks
like a bald head, a long neck, and a pair
of eyes that are too big for the person's face.
They all guess in unison, big bird, and Michelle is surprised.
You guys are good at this. Then Jesse comes running
down the stairs. He tells everyone that he has the
greatest news in the world. They all approach him, saying

(37:47):
they know already, but Jesse reminds them that he hasn't
told them yet, and then he realizes they can probably
tell by his face, which is beaming. Joey Grin's we
sure can. Congratulations on your miracle, Jesse hesitates, I wouldn't
exactly call it a miracle. I mean it took a
lot of hard work. Everyone just stares at him blankly,

(38:08):
so he continues, at the risk of being vain, some
natural raw talent too, and Danny scrunches his face in confusion.

Speaker 3 (38:16):
Oh No, one actually say the thing. Don't say the way,
don't say the thing.

Speaker 1 (38:21):
This is such a sitcom trope.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
You know, one character talking about we're just saying like, wait,
what do you mean?

Speaker 2 (38:27):
Usually that's like like two questions in You're like, I
don't think we're talking about the same thing.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
What are you talking about?

Speaker 3 (38:32):
What?

Speaker 1 (38:32):
What are you talking about? No, no, no, that we
have to prolong this this bit because it's just so
I love it. It's just such a sick com Jesse
goes on, I've been practicing for years. Joey and Danny
look at each other.

Speaker 3 (38:45):
In in the living room.

Speaker 1 (38:46):
We saw four seasons of making out.

Speaker 2 (38:50):
Both making out and playing bands in the living You
can talk. This applies to either either situation.

Speaker 3 (38:55):
It does. Yeah, we know, we saw Jesse.

Speaker 2 (38:58):
It was always in the living room.

Speaker 1 (39:01):
Jesse doesn't stop there. He says, friends, garages, basements. Danny
plugs his daughter's ears so they can't hear this atrocity.
Then Jesse tells them listen, when the big night comes,
I want you all there with me and Becky screaming
and yelling and holding up lighters, chanting Jesse, Jesse, Jesse,

(39:23):
that's it.

Speaker 2 (39:24):
Also, I think is how exactly how he would want
the birth. You know, he's gonna be like, don't change
a thing, I don't want it. No, no, this is
exactly what he pictured, except he'll be in an Elvis outfit.

Speaker 1 (39:40):
That would be appropriate. Becky comes running out, fleshtone love affairs.
Maybe that's maybe that's the tie in, you know, maybe
that's the tie in. Where do babies come from? So so,
Becky comes running down the stairs. As he's talking, Jesse

(40:03):
finally notices that every family member is staring at him funny.
He asks what, and Danny questions, what are you talking about?
Jesse tells him he's talking about going on tour with
his band, and while he's saying this, Becky is behind him,
motioning that she hasn't told him about the baby yet.
As she's pointing to her stomach, Jesse turns around and

(40:25):
sees her. She quickly comes up with an excuse, boy,
oh boy, am I hungry? She asks Jesse to go
into the kitchen and get her a nice, big chunk
of beef jerky. She pushes him through the kitchen door
and he immediately walks back out and asks if she's
trying to get rid of him. Becky responds, oh, no,
not at all. Now beat it. He obliges, and Becky

(40:46):
turns to face the rest of the family. Dj asks
you didn't tell him about the baby yet, and Becky explains,
I started to, but he was so excited about going
on tour with no responsibilities, so I chickened out. Danny says,
you have to tell him, and Becky agrees. She tries
that confident I'll just look him straight in the eye and.

Speaker 3 (41:07):
Say, Jess.

Speaker 1 (41:08):
He walks through the door and she looks at him,
her eyes widened as she asks, you want to play
picture charade? Jesse says no, but she tries to convince
him otherwise.

Speaker 3 (41:18):
This is the only way I can communicate Jesse is.

Speaker 1 (41:20):
Through picture charade, right through aggressive picture tell you right yeah.
She forces him to sit on the couch and tells
the rest of the family that this game is just
for Jesse. She draws her first picture, which is a
block of cheese, and tells Jesse that it's a movie title. Instead.
Michelle answers teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Stephanie responds, no,

(41:44):
that's cheese. Just takes Stuff's answer and repeats cheese Becky
nods and reminds him it's a movie title, and Jesse responds, oh,
simple dances with cheese.

Speaker 3 (41:56):
Uh huh. She would like to yellow that information, he.

Speaker 1 (42:00):
Said, Legends of the foot, Legends of the cheese, right,
cheese best drop coms every We had a lot going
on that day, and you know I had a momentary
brain fart and I own it.

Speaker 3 (42:17):
Oh, I'm it was great. I loved it. Becky says no.

Speaker 1 (42:22):
Then Jesse guesses again, driving miss Cheesy home prov alone.

Speaker 3 (42:27):
That was a good one. I.

Speaker 1 (42:30):
Becky decides they better move on to the next clue,
which says half. Then she points to the next clue,
which Jesse guesses is either a bottle or a beaker.
She loses her patients and writes ink directly onto the paper,
which helps Jesse guess the clue. Dj looks at her
uncle and sarcastically admits, gee, you're good. Jesse says cheese

(42:52):
half ink allowed a few times and realizes it's she's having.
Becky excitedly tells him there's just one clue. She draws
a long shape with a little head and odd looking
facial features. Jesse guesses she's having a hot dog. It
kind of looked does look like at drawing.

Speaker 3 (43:10):
A hot dog? It was totally a hot dog.

Speaker 1 (43:12):
It looked like a hot dog, didn't look like a baby.
Like maybe it's me. That's the joke.

Speaker 3 (43:16):
The joke's gotta work. You gotta you had to draw
it looking like some sort.

Speaker 1 (43:19):
Of hot dog. You're right, the joke's gotta work. Okay, Well,
did you realize there.

Speaker 3 (43:22):
Was a script right that they knew that it was
gonna look like a hot time? I don't know. I
thought Laurie just lost her mind. For me, that was intentional,
that it looked like a hot dog.

Speaker 1 (43:32):
Becky shouts no, but Jesse argues, it's clearly a bun
with a Wiener stick and a happy face.

Speaker 3 (43:41):
I'm gonna leave that alone. And anyway and anyway.

Speaker 1 (43:47):
Becky finally blurts it out. It's not she's having a
hot dog, it's she's having a baby. And this she
is me, I'm having a baby. Jesse responds, oh, you
hear that. You try his family members and repeats she's
having a baby.

Speaker 3 (44:03):
It's not very bright.

Speaker 1 (44:05):
It takes him a minute then the words register and
he shouts what. He walks towards his wife and asks
how did this happen? And then he slightly admits, well,
I know how it happened. He turns back to Becky
and excitedly asks, really, you know what this means.

Speaker 3 (44:21):
We're having a baby.

Speaker 1 (44:23):
I'm gonna be a father. And immediately after he says
these words, he faints and Danny and Joey catch him.

Speaker 3 (44:31):
There was another great physical comedy by Johnny Yat.

Speaker 1 (44:34):
You know. Of course Jesse faints at this night, he said,
is perfectly appropriate and on brand for him.

Speaker 3 (44:40):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (44:41):
The next scene is in Michelle's room. Danny is reading
Michelle good Night Moon before bed. I remember reading No,
I know, I miss those days. Once he finishes, Michelle
admits that was beautiful. Danny responds, thank you. There will
be another performance tomorrow, same time, same chair. Michelle tells

(45:02):
him me and Glenn will be there. Danny decides they
should have a little talk about Glenn. He tells Michelle
that it's good to have a Glenn or a duck
named Norton, or, in Danny's case, his childhood friend Terry
the talking wash cloth.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
I had a friend of mine whose ex had a
paint brush as a friend.

Speaker 3 (45:23):
As a friend, paint brush or something. Yeah, I think
that's what I named it.

Speaker 2 (45:29):
I would make fun of him for it, and he
actually got quite sensitive about it, I think, but I
continued to and now they've broken up, so I have no.

Speaker 3 (45:36):
Loyalty make fun of the perrysh yeah, And I was like,
that's insane.

Speaker 1 (45:43):
If you dig deeper, you realize the origin of these
imaginary friends. It's just like there's there's something that happened
in the past, and we'll just leave it there. So
Terry the talking wash wash cloth, Yes, yes, But Danny
asks Michelle what does she like about Glenn. Michelle explains,

(46:06):
he's my friend. My other friends are gone.

Speaker 3 (46:09):
Good god, I mean, come on.

Speaker 1 (46:15):
With different like with different music. This could easily be
like a dramatic like a sad horror film.

Speaker 3 (46:23):
My friends are gone. Mille's she's been in the trenches,
you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (46:30):
No one noticed, of course nobody.

Speaker 3 (46:33):
They're like, something's wrong with you.

Speaker 2 (46:34):
You have an imaginary friend, and she's like, I have
no friends, and they're like, yeah, anyway, we're.

Speaker 3 (46:40):
Oh boy.

Speaker 1 (46:41):
So Danny realizes, oh, that's because preschool just ended. Danny
tells her don't worry, because next week she starts. Kitty
camp and she will meet all kinds of new friends.
Thank goodness, she's got more activities out of the house. Hallelujah.
Michelle really and Danny nods and he tells her, if

(47:03):
you want, you can take Glenn with you. So Michelle shrugs.
She's like, that's okay, I don't need Glenn. He talks
too much. She turns around and says, sorry, Glenn. Kenny laughs.
He gives Michelle a big kiss on the cheek before
telling her how much he loves her. She tells her
dad she loves him and gives him a big hug
in return.

Speaker 3 (47:22):
Oh, that was such a cute moment.

Speaker 1 (47:23):
That's such a sweet moment. And Jesse walks in to
witness this sweet moment. He watches them with a big
smile on his face, and Danny sees him and says,
pretty soon it's going to be your kid, saying I
love you, daddy, and Jesse tells him he can't wait.
Danny says he remembers when dj was born. He and
Pam looked down at the innocent baby they brought into

(47:45):
the world, and it felt like this is why they're here.
He asks Jesse if he liked the honors of tucking
Michelle in, and Jesse says yes, admitting and he can
use all the practice he can get. Danny hands Michelle
over to Jay and gives her a big kiss before
leaving them. Jesse places Michelle on her bed and says,

(48:06):
your aunt Becky and I are having a baby. You're
gonna have a new little cousin. Michelle asks if it's
a boy or a girl, but Jesse admits they don't
know yet. Michelle enthusiastically responds, then you can name it
big bird.

Speaker 3 (48:20):
Perfect.

Speaker 1 (48:20):
She's really stuck on this nae, you.

Speaker 3 (48:22):
Know, like she's I mean, it's a.

Speaker 1 (48:24):
Big bird is a classic?

Speaker 3 (48:26):
You know, big bird to me is rather androgynous.

Speaker 1 (48:29):
Anyway, Yeah, that's true. There's nothing saying you can't name
your kid big bird.

Speaker 3 (48:34):
Anything goes, anything goes. Yeah, can you pronounce it? No,
you're in luck. There's anyway.

Speaker 1 (48:40):
Jesse says, I can't believe I'm going to be a daddy.
You think I'm ready to raise a little kid?

Speaker 3 (48:46):
Talking to a toddler. You're talking to a toddler. What
do you mean this question? She's three? She has an
imaginary friend.

Speaker 2 (48:56):
Yes, because everyone puts too many adult responsibilities on her,
and here you are asking her if she thinks you're
mature enough to have a baby.

Speaker 1 (49:05):
Yes, it's we.

Speaker 3 (49:06):
Are long overdue for a therapy session.

Speaker 2 (49:10):
She was like, oh, how cute, Hey, can you scram
I need a session? Yeah, that's something I've got some
really deep life questions I need to ask a toddler.

Speaker 1 (49:18):
This is a lot of pressure on Michelle, A lot
of pressure. Michelle tells him, you're doing a very good
job with me. Jesse thanks her, and then definitively states
I'm gonna be the best darn dad a kid could
ever have, and I'm not going to miss one second
of little big Bird's life starting right now. I'm not
leaving Becky's side.

Speaker 2 (49:39):
Just what she wants, you know, so what every pregnant
woman wants someone just there right.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
God, they touched on this in the next scene, but
yet like, yes.

Speaker 3 (49:51):
No, it's not.

Speaker 1 (49:52):
That is not a romantic gesture. Go away, Like she's
going to be hot, she's going to be hungry because
she needs space and airflow.

Speaker 3 (50:00):
Like yes, a lot of napps.

Speaker 1 (50:06):
Michelle asks, you aren't going away, goody, Jesse. We can
fit seventy more people in this house just getting fuller.
Why would I leave just.

Speaker 3 (50:15):
Because I'm married and having a baby. I want to
live in an attic never stopped him before.

Speaker 1 (50:21):
You know, he's he has his midlife.

Speaker 3 (50:24):
Graces every season. I love it.

Speaker 1 (50:25):
Yeah, Jesse responds, of course, I'm not going away, and
then he realizes what she meant.

Speaker 3 (50:32):
Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (50:36):
He says, it's something I've always wanted to do. I
can't let the guys down. I mean, without me, Jesse
and the Rippers would be and the Rippers. But Jesse
compares this to the alternative, I can't let Becky down.
I mean, she's my wife. How do I choose?

Speaker 3 (50:51):
Michelle suggests another great question for a four year.

Speaker 1 (50:55):
Old, Right, how do I choose my.

Speaker 3 (50:59):
Right?

Speaker 1 (50:59):
Yeah, and Michelle comes up with some very age appropriate advice.
Put out your hand and play the eenie meanie game.

Speaker 3 (51:07):
Oh, I solve all my decisions.

Speaker 1 (51:10):
Jesse reminds her she's talking to an adult.

Speaker 3 (51:13):
Right, Jesse, Right, No, that's the whole problem.

Speaker 1 (51:18):
He needs to be reminded that she's talking to an adult. Yes,
Michelle asked, do you want my help or not?

Speaker 3 (51:29):
Right?

Speaker 2 (51:30):
Right, I'm gonna charge you for an hour regardless, Like,
do you want me to give you some suggestions or not.

Speaker 3 (51:36):
You might as well shut up and take her advice
or not.

Speaker 2 (51:38):
You know, obviously you don't know what you're doing any
Meani's as good as anything else.

Speaker 1 (51:41):
Right, This is what you get for consulting with a
four year old for life advice?

Speaker 3 (51:45):
Life? Right, you get anymore family? Right?

Speaker 2 (51:48):
Yeah, because that's not a huge life decision that everyone
has to sort of.

Speaker 3 (51:51):
Make at some point. Oh.

Speaker 1 (51:54):
Jesse puts his hands in the air and Michelle begins
to chat eenie meanie, while going back and forth between
each hand. Finally, she touches his nose and declares, you
better stay with big bird. Jesse nods, that's exactly what
I was thinking.

Speaker 3 (52:09):
Good, that's you're an adult.

Speaker 1 (52:12):
Well done, Jesse. He picks her up and places her
under the covers, saying, I love our little talks. You
always make things seem so simple. Thanks for the advice, shorty,
and Michelle responds, just doing my job, Like literally.

Speaker 3 (52:27):
She's confirming what we have said. That literally he knows
he's talking.

Speaker 2 (52:32):
He's like, you are a child and talking to an
adult to give me advice. You give me great advice again,
because you're a child, right, And simplified.

Speaker 3 (52:41):
I'm so glad.

Speaker 1 (52:42):
Yeah, she's gonna.

Speaker 3 (52:43):
Start writing his invoice as soon as he leaves the room.
She's super billiing it at this point. You insurance is just.

Speaker 1 (52:50):
Reimbursing him, so he just needs to give her a
retainer at this point, just be like, Oh, just have
a chance tomorrow. We'll pay in advance.

Speaker 3 (52:57):
That's why he's not moving out. He's like, how am
I going to get free therapy on demand? So true.

Speaker 1 (53:04):
But John looks so peaceful in this scene, like this
expression he wears for the remainder of the episode, It's
just he just looks so calm and peaceful and just
very wistful, like he's really accepting this idea of fatherhood.

Speaker 3 (53:16):
And I think that's because John always wanted to be
a dad.

Speaker 1 (53:18):
Yeah, I mean, like this.

Speaker 2 (53:20):
Not necessarily right at that moment, maybe when he was young,
but like he always wanted to have kids in a family.

Speaker 3 (53:25):
He loved the kids on the show and like was
just always so good with them.

Speaker 2 (53:29):
Yeah, so yeah, I think it was it was kind
of neat to see like the look on his face
and then know, you know, like, oh, you're gonna have
a You're gonna have an awesome family and you're gonna
have an awesome little.

Speaker 1 (53:38):
Boy, and yeah, yeah, I was. I was so proud
of Jesse and it was such a redeeming moment for him.
He's been such a wild child for four seasons.

Speaker 3 (53:47):
And I'm sure it's not over. I'm sure we're gonna
there's gonna be some kind of crisis in season.

Speaker 1 (53:51):
For sure, there will be. But I for this episode,
I'm glad that there wasn't hyjinks, like like Jesse's like,
I don't know having a cow and he's afraid and
he's havings he's getting you know, he's nervous about having
right again. That will come right for now, he's accepted
that he's going to be a father and he loves it.

Speaker 2 (54:11):
It was just I mean, minus the passing out part,
well it's true and the need for uh Michelle true
asides from those two, she really tipped him over and
was like, you should be excited about being a dad.

Speaker 3 (54:21):
This is a huge moment in your life.

Speaker 1 (54:23):
You know. That was the tipping point. He was like, Okay,
I can accept this now.

Speaker 3 (54:26):
I am at peace.

Speaker 1 (54:27):
This is my life.

Speaker 3 (54:28):
Michelle has given me permission.

Speaker 1 (54:30):
It's okay. Yeah, everything ends up fine. Next in the attic,
Jackie Jackie, Why did I get that's there?

Speaker 5 (54:39):
Jeschie, why did we never come up with that? It's
better than Bessie, you know, Jackie or Bessie.

Speaker 1 (54:51):
The couple name, although Bessie reminds me of a cow
like the cow in the kitchen comes many, many, many decades.

Speaker 3 (54:58):
Right right, it does sort of?

Speaker 1 (54:59):
See yea, so Jackie, let's go with Jackie.

Speaker 3 (55:02):
Okay, Jackie, okay.

Speaker 1 (55:04):
So Jesse walks in and find Becky. They are Jeckie.
She has a huge belly already. Jesse shouts, whoa, This
baby thing happens a lot faster than I thought. Becky
is holding her tummy and wonders, will you still love
me when I look like this? And Jesse responds, of
course it'll be great too, because then I'll have a

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place for my popcorn when we watch TV, and Becky laughs.
He leads her over to the couch to break the news.
I had some expert advice.

Speaker 3 (55:37):
Thank god, and I've made an important decision.

Speaker 1 (55:42):
He's literally he thinks she's an expert. She's more qualified
than he is at this point, so yeah, he's consulted
within expert he's made an important decision. Yeah, he's canceling
the tour and he's gonna stay with Becky all summer long.
Becky is stunned. She asks who he got this expert
advice from, and Jesse admits Michelle. She used the eeny

(56:04):
meeny miny moe.

Speaker 2 (56:05):
Method that would instill me with great confidence in the
man I'm.

Speaker 3 (56:09):
About to have a child with.

Speaker 1 (56:10):
Like, ah, yes, ah, yes, this is who I've chosen.

Speaker 3 (56:15):
Appropriate fair, No, I'm just goating.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
So Becky tells him that's very sweet, but she can't
help but wonder what he'll miss in the next eight weeks.
Morning sickness, midnight cravings, swollen ankles. But that's it.

Speaker 3 (56:32):
Jesse says he doesn't care.

Speaker 1 (56:34):
No matter what, he's gonna be with her twenty four
hours day, wherever she turns, he'll be there, and Becky
bluntly says, that's really gonna get on my nerves.

Speaker 3 (56:45):
Seriously, preach, preach.

Speaker 1 (56:49):
Jesse grins, is this a mood swing because I'm there
for you?

Speaker 3 (56:52):
You see?

Speaker 1 (56:54):
He grabs her head and rests it on his shoulder, saying,
I'm there for you, babe. She laughs at the sure
but tells him they don't need to stay home. In fact,
it's just like Jesse had said. She can take her
vacation and go on the road with him. But Jesse argues,
you can't travel in your condition. Becky laughs, Yes I can.

Speaker 3 (57:14):
The doctor said, it's perfectly safe for.

Speaker 1 (57:15):
Me to travel.

Speaker 2 (57:17):
Yes, if we were that fragile when we were pregnant,
the humanity would not evade it and we.

Speaker 3 (57:23):
Would have been done a long time ago. Yes, Like,
pregnancy isn't a disability.

Speaker 1 (57:28):
It's just you're just pregnant. You're just stating another human
That's that's it.

Speaker 3 (57:32):
That's all. I'm just growing along, you know, that's it. Right,
did you do today?

Speaker 1 (57:37):
So Jesse admits, well, how would I know? I've never
been pregnant before. They both giggle and Becky starts a
little speech as an acoustic guitar plays in the background.

Speaker 2 (57:48):
Not actually someone playing an acoustic guitar. It was just
the soundtrack.

Speaker 1 (57:57):
That would not surprise me. You know, there's so many people.

Speaker 3 (58:00):
For yeah, wherever, so Becky says, flesh tone should have
been playing in the background.

Speaker 1 (58:07):
Oh right, it's just it all comes right, yep, yep,
so Becky says. Jess, I know how much this tour
means to you, and I don't want you to miss it.
And that's what this marriage is all about, making each
other's dreams come true. But Jesse tells her that she's
already made the best dream of all come true. Becky asks,

(58:29):
so you're really happy about having the baby right now?
He says, well, we didn't plan it, but who cares. Yes,
I am so happy. Thank you for making me a daddy,
and she responds, thanks for making me a mommy. I
love you. Their chemistry is just so so cute, like
they are just the sweetest. I love that moment. And

(58:51):
then they begin to make out, and that's when Michelle
walks in.

Speaker 3 (58:54):
Of course, I mean I wouldn't a child walk in.

Speaker 1 (58:58):
But she's learned, and now she says. She now says, hello,
there's a kid in the room. That's what you have
to do, and you have to do it right.

Speaker 3 (59:06):
She walked into their apartment. You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (59:09):
If this is in the kitchen or the living room
as usual, I would understand.

Speaker 1 (59:13):
True. Yes, this is their private This is the one
space where they can be private and to do their things.
So yes, Michelle explains, Oh no, Jesse asks, what is
she doing awake, and Michelle explains, I didn't say good
night to Big Bird. Becky repeats big Bird, and Jesse smiles,
that's our baby, and Pecky is amused you named our

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baby big Bird. Jesse assures her it's just for now,
until they find out if it's a boy or a
girl or a nine foot yellow muppet. Michelle walks up
to Becky and lightly taps her tummy, saying good night, cousin,
Big Bird, see you soon. Jesse picks her up and
plops her between them as they both tickle her and
give her kisses. And that's our show.

Speaker 3 (59:58):
We're having a big that's season four. Amazing. I can't
believe it made. We're halfway through, more than halfway through.

Speaker 1 (01:00:09):
More than halfway through the series.

Speaker 2 (01:00:12):
Because we've got a season five, season six, seven and eight.

Speaker 3 (01:00:15):
Oh no, yeah, that's true. We are halfway through, just through.

Speaker 1 (01:00:18):
Yeah, that's after the super size season. It is hard
to believe we are at the halfway mark. Amazing. That
was yeah, this was a great way to end the
season though. It's a baby, you know.

Speaker 3 (01:00:29):
We had a wedding.

Speaker 5 (01:00:31):
Yeah, there was Tomato Town, there was Tomato Country, yeah,
and skydiving you got that out of his system, doesn't
have to do that again.

Speaker 3 (01:00:41):
Yeah, and now there's a baby.

Speaker 1 (01:00:43):
Now there's a baby, So that maybe that's why I'm
trying to again. We said at the beginning of the
season that season four is a fan favorite for a
lot of fans. Miles stones, so many milestones and engagement,
a wedding, a baby, or a pregnancy announcement, anyway, a
lot that happened, so many iconic episodes to the shape.

Speaker 3 (01:01:01):
I can't wait for our season four review. Oh yeah,
I usually go back.

Speaker 1 (01:01:06):
And do that.

Speaker 2 (01:01:07):
Yeah, because I have, I have forgotten what we started with.
It feels like it this season has gone for a
very long time, very long time.

Speaker 1 (01:01:15):
Yes, we have, both of us have aged a lot
since we started season four.

Speaker 2 (01:01:19):
But yeah, it definitely, uh, there's this was a There
was a lot of highlights, although there was a lot
of episodes that we were like, yeah, I.

Speaker 1 (01:01:27):
Mean, it's my whole run every but it's a mixed bag.
I still haven't decided if this is my favorite season
or if it's earned the title of fan favorite season.
But when we go back and review episode, I will
compare it to previous seasons and see, Okay, but yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:01:44):
Because there's some I feel like to have always had
some good ones too. Season two, Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:01:49):
I feel like I'm leaning towards two, season two being
my favorite. But again the.

Speaker 3 (01:01:53):
Reviews, Season two did not have flesh tone love affair
that you know, I'm taking a point of waited uh
you know, decision there that holds a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:02:05):
Yeah, I fleshtone kind of the fleshtones kind of ruined
the season, not ruined, but it definitely took a point
or two.

Speaker 2 (01:02:11):
I'm like, is that a is it like a pantone
pantone color?

Speaker 3 (01:02:15):
You know what I mean? Was that's the color of
the year. Fleshtone?

Speaker 2 (01:02:18):
I don't, I don't know who's Yeah, I need again,
I need to go back to the to the bello,
Oh Jesus, the bell Air.

Speaker 1 (01:02:29):
Bandits, Oh the bell Oh, good memory, good memory recall.
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna spotify this song as soon
as we're done. I don't know why, but just because
I want to hear the original version. Did it have saxophones?
You know? Eight hundred singers in a basement?

Speaker 3 (01:02:44):
I don't know, who knows to.

Speaker 2 (01:02:45):
Find out it's Season three was good too, Maddie said
to remind it since we were talking about different seasons,
because that had car driving through the kitchen, thirteen candles,
duck face.

Speaker 1 (01:02:55):
That was very Yeah wow, okay, yeah, yeah, I believe it. Okay,
so maybe season three is my favorite.

Speaker 3 (01:03:01):
Yeah, I don't know, to be honest, I can't remember
anything before the live show, really.

Speaker 1 (01:03:09):
Anything since before the last show that.

Speaker 2 (01:03:12):
I'm like, I don't know what we watched, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:03:15):
Exactly, But we have our our season recap of season
three is coming up because we never did that, and
then we will recap season four and give you all
of our thoughts because you don't have enough of them
yet you need more.

Speaker 3 (01:03:28):
For sure.

Speaker 2 (01:03:28):
Yeah, this was a great This was a great finale
for I'm so excited. We've got Becky pregnant coming out
next season, which is gonna be great and a lot
of fun and high jinks Shall and Sue.

Speaker 1 (01:03:40):
I'm sure all of the hyjinks. There's gonna be a
lot of physical comedy, I imagine with this pregnancy, Oh.

Speaker 3 (01:03:46):
For sure, for it for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:03:47):
And I've been fake pregnant on Fuller, so I know
what Laurie had to go through wearing that thing for.

Speaker 3 (01:03:53):
A whole season, right.

Speaker 1 (01:03:57):
Once you get to like the third trimester, because there's
different side bumps, so great to where the character is
in the pregnancy. By the time you get to third
trimester bump, that thing is hot. Yeah, wardrobe, you got makeup,
you got hot lights, and then you got like a
fake Magan bump that. You're right, it's a lot. It's
a lot of kudos to laur.

Speaker 3 (01:04:14):
Yes, well, we can't wait for season five to start.
We're very excited about that. Yeah, you guys, we made it.

Speaker 2 (01:04:20):
Through another season, fantos, we did it. We did it
another season, season four.

Speaker 3 (01:04:27):
All right, well it was great.

Speaker 1 (01:04:28):
I had no everywhere he looks, so we didn't either.

Speaker 3 (01:04:30):
I had no everywhere he looks in this one either.

Speaker 1 (01:04:33):
It was just kind of only one guest star, no,
you know, not a whole lot of shoes and his ponytail.

Speaker 3 (01:04:40):
Oh yes, very important.

Speaker 1 (01:04:42):
Ponytail really stole that scene.

Speaker 2 (01:04:44):
It really did it, really, which is saying a lot
because there was a lot of ponytails and a lot
of hair and.

Speaker 3 (01:04:47):
A lot of things in that scene.

Speaker 1 (01:04:49):
A lot of molts.

Speaker 4 (01:04:50):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (01:04:50):
Oh, yes, well, thank you guys for listening to another
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Speaker 1 (01:05:31):
Still available or they're still available?

Speaker 3 (01:05:32):
You're still available to.

Speaker 1 (01:05:33):
Special special edition shirt?

Speaker 2 (01:05:35):
Yeah, special edition shirt from the live show that we
did from Jesse and Becky's wedding, which is really fun.

Speaker 3 (01:05:40):
And yeah, we love you guys, so.

Speaker 1 (01:05:43):
Love you guys. This is so fun.

Speaker 2 (01:05:45):
This is so fun, much fun. Do it at you
again for another awesome season. And remember, everybody, the world
is small, the house is full.

Speaker 3 (01:05:56):
A flush tone. I don't know what that means.

Speaker 2 (01:05:59):
That means, and I was gonna say something else, but
I decided not to end the show in that way.

Speaker 3 (01:06:03):
So it's just full of flesh tone.

Speaker 2 (01:06:05):
Yeah, flesh tones this is, you know, but varying shades
because so many different shades of flesh.

Speaker 3 (01:06:12):
Well it's true.

Speaker 1 (01:06:13):
Yeah, no, there was, Yes, we could, we could do
a whole thesis on that exactly, and then is just
full of house yeah, which right, which is ironic.

Speaker 2 (01:06:22):
Anyway, thank you guys for joining us for season five.

Speaker 3 (01:06:25):
We love you.