September 17, 2023 • 59 mins
Ever wondered why Hollywood royalty would cross a picket line during a Writer’s Guild strike? Get ready to explore the controversial decision made by Drew Barrymore in our enlightening discussion. We'll delve into the ramifications of her choice not only for her but for countless others affected by the strike who are going without salaries. Brace yourself for a spirited talk about the creative ways other shows are supporting their staff and our sheer disappointment over Barrymore's potentially damaging decision.
Let's pivot to lighter topics. Discover the nostalgia triggered by '90s boy bands (or not), and the debate surrounding the merits of the latest iPhone. Unearth the distinctive mindsets between Android and Apple users as we reflect on the concept of desiring something exclusive. We’ll also touch upon the everyday issues we all face - from the challenges of shopping to navigating the world of online customer feedback and taking surveys!
Finally, hear about our newly launched website, our forthcoming plans for charity-centric merchandise, and the unexpected success of our show clips. Sit back and enjoy the comedic skits, as we share the joy of being creative and the overwhelming support from our beloved listeners. Even as we touch on lighter topics, we keep our focus on the ongoing Writers Guild strike, analyzing its ripple effect on the entertainment industry. So tune in for an episode brimming with diverse discussions – we promise you won't be disappointed!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, hi everyone.
Hi everyone, welcome to AllAbout the Joy.
So I sent you all the newsitems that I wanted to talk
about, but I wanted to start offwith the Drew Barrymore thing
and then we'll get to the thing.
A couple of questions I had, soI just want to let people know.
So many people love DrewBarrymore.
I don't know if everyone knowswhat's going on.
(00:20):
Do you guys know what's goingon with the Drew Barrymore
situation?
Cynthia's looking at me likemaybe.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I heard about it.
I know who she is.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I was actually watching Santa Clarita Diet her
show that I love when I was onmy phone and I was like aww, it
turned it off.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Is she being what's called a scab?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
She is being what's called a scab and, for those of
you who may not know, and alsofor our podcast listeners, I'm
so excited.
Our numbers are crazy, awesome,so.
I had to throw that in there.
Thank you for listening to thepodcast and watching the show.
I appreciate all of you.
Shout out to LinkedIn my people.
So no, nothing happened to DrewBarrymore.
(01:12):
She is fine.
Well, you know, sort of, butshe's fine.
I've been saying it over andover and over again SAG AFTRA
and the Writers Guild are onstrike.
She uses writers on her showwho are part of the Writers
Guild.
Her show is contracted with theWriters Guild, so she is not
supposed to be airing any newshows starting on Monday.
(01:34):
Now she has made the choice towalk through that picket line
anyway and that's why you'recalled a scab, because you're
not in unity with the unionyou're a part of.
So people are saying, well, whycan the view be on right, the
show, the view, and why is theshow Sherry being on?
So I wanted to explain that tothe best of my ability.
(01:58):
Again, I want to stress I amnot part of the Writers Guild.
I am part of SAG AFTRA andthat's the Actors Guild.
But we are in solidarity withour union sisters and brothers
always.
So I support the Writers Guild150%.
So here's the thing the view.
(02:20):
If you remember how the viewwas established, you all know
why the view became a show.
Right, you guys remember whostarted the view, barbara
Walters.
The view is a broadcastjournalism contract.
It is not the same as beingcontracted with the Writers
Guild, which is why the view isstill airing and why the show
(02:41):
Sherry Shepherd show is going tostart on Monday.
If you have writers on yourshow who are part of the guild,
you cannot produce your show.
That's the deal.
And she's decided to cross thepicket line.
Unfortunately and here's myissue with it, which I haven't
heard a lot of people talk aboutit.
Maybe this is my personal bitchand I'm just going to say it
(03:04):
straight up like this I'm a hugefan of Steven Spielberg.
Everybody knows this, right,andrea.
So because I'm going to talkabout Andrea's favorite movie,
et.
So you've never seen it, butthat's where Drew Barrymore we
first saw her as a little kid.
You know what I mean.
She's just adorable, whatever.
(03:26):
Now, the reason why I bringthis up is most people don't
understand that the Barrymorename.
Drew Barrymore is Hollywoodroyalty, not because she was in
ET when she was a kid.
Her great grandfather, hergrandfather, her father, her
mother, even, I believe all ofthe Barrymores have been in
Hollywood since like thebeginning of time, and she grew
(03:49):
up in the union system, andthat's what I'm pissed about.
She has benefited from everyunion privilege possibility, so
she knows exactly what she'sdoing.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
So she knows better, basically.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
She knows better.
But I'm angry about it becauseif she really cared about her
crew like that's her argumentshe wants to show to go on so
she can pay them.
Go into your little trust fundand pay them.
Do you know what I mean?
Go into all the other ways thatcreative people are trying.
I mean, you see, all the latenight show hosts are doing the
podcast and all the money thatthey're raising from that.
(04:27):
They're using it to pay theirstaff and they're also paying
out of their own pocket.
You know there are creativeways to do it and still it
doesn't matter, even if theywent without pay.
There's a bigger picture we'reall going without pay.
I'm going to lose a couple ofmy jobs.
I've already been, you know,kind of downsized in some of the
work that I do, which hasnothing to do with my SAG after
(04:49):
union job.
It has everything to do withthe fact that I work for post
production houses, you know,because we're not getting any
work.
So we're all suffering.
So I just wanted to give peoplean update on that.
I don't know if any of you haveany questions, but you can see
how angry I am.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I mean, yeah, it's like it's not like she's new,
Like you said, her whole family,from generations you know, have
been in this and it's like aslap in the face, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I just didn't.
I mean, I get that she saysshe's doing you know what.
I don't even know what sheactually said, but I
theoretically it's like I don'twant my people to be out of work
, right, my team, my crew,whatever.
But like neither does anybodyelse, right, I was just helping
with their writing for, yeah,like long term, how is it?
(05:38):
And just like it's kind ofshocking to me.
Honestly, it really is like,yeah, how is this ultimately
going to benefit her long run,like people are pissed.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
They're so mad.
And also people like MatthewMcConaughey, tina Fey, people
who are booked on her show havenow canceled.
They're not going to be on theshow because they could have
gone on the show.
You know what I mean If she wasa struck it's called a struck
show.
So they've canceled for futureengagements.
And yeah, I think the weirdthing about it is and I'm going
(06:14):
to say this and then we're goingto move on.
I don't want to hear nothingbad about Keanu Reeves.
Okay, so, because she was kindof like the girl of Keanu Reeves
you know what I mean Like wejust loved her bubbly, smart,
cool, fun, whatever.
She seemed to have no bigissues.
She had that one playboy thing.
That happened back in the daywhen she was younger, and I
(06:36):
don't know what that was about.
But you know, we all makemistakes when we're young.
I mean, some mistakes are worsethan others.
I don't have a playboy spreadanywhere, so bad, but I just
really was.
I wish it was not on my bingocard is what I'm saying?
Drew Barrymore becomes the scab.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
I'm telling you, I was literally watching her show
Like a rewatch, because I thinkit's funny.
Yeah, I was on my phone and Iread it and I was like oh shit,
and I turned off the show.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I was like I can't believe this.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
This is crazy yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
It isn't going to hurt for future too.
Like who's going to want to puther in a movie now.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I mean, and anybody who goes on the show, who's an
actor or a writer or whatever,there also be scabs too, so
they're not going to go on ourshow, right?
You know, I personally thinkand I hate thinking this way but
now that I feel this way abouther, it kind of makes sense.
She was probably worried thatshe was going to lose a lot of
ratings because Sherry's showand, I think, jennifer Hudson
shows are the only two showsthat are going to be airing
(07:41):
because they're under broadcastjournalist shows, and I think
that's her competition, not theview, because the view is a
different kind of show.
You know what I mean.
So I that is also just like.
That's pathetic, because if youwant to take care of your
people, by the way, the writerswere all picketing her show,
like people from her own showwere picketing her show.
(08:03):
So I don't know.
Anyways, I just wanted toexplain the difference because
some people didn't know that Iwrote some stuff on people's
streams on Facebook and it waskind of nice because people were
writing like a lot of stuff andthey were like, you know,
because people love DrewBarrymore, so they were like
sticking up for her, and I waslike, look at, this isn't about
that, and I explained this andthen it was kind of interesting
(08:26):
to have people be like oh, thankyou, we didn't know that part,
we didn't know the differencesin the contracts, you know
whatever, and like so that's theother part I want to say.
if you don't know what you'retalking about, maybe there's a
thing called Google, and youknow why don't we kind of think
(08:47):
about the most positive thingsin people, not always assume
that everyone is trying to fightand argue for no reason?
You know this idea that somehowanybody would hate her and just
have to go after her because wehate her.
That's not what's happening,you know.
So I thought that was weird too, like people were like hating
on SAG.
It's so weird like and I'msorry the writer's guilt she's
(09:12):
actually not violating anythingregarding SAG after because
she's not working as an actor.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
But still, I think that's part.
That's like people you know,like you said, people love her,
so it's like reallydisappointing.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I'm telling you, put Keanu Reeves and bubble wrap,
keep them away from anything.
I don't want to hear nothingabout him.
I don't, I'm never going to doanything.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Let's have a moment of break.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We love Keanu.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We need somebody to be the wholesome awesome.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
I loved him even more when I found out he's part
Portuguese I was like yes, he'snot even related.
He never know 23 of me.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Maybe he's done it.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
Never know.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Never know, all right .
So I set you all kind of littlelist of things that we might
talk about.
This was my what story in thenews, in your personal life or
work life that gave you pause.
Good or bad, that really wasmine this past week that really
bumped me out.
I didn't know if any of you hadsomething you wanted to share.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I was like oh, I'm going to be a great grandson.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I was born, yay, congrats Wait a minute.
Which child Xavier had a boy,and what did we name him?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Xavion.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Wow, are we going to call him X.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Probably I kind of like Kyro.
I might call him Kyro.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah, I like that better.
Let's not call him X, becausethat just reminds me of Elon.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
now, so what did that happen?
Congratulations, how long ago.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Tuesday, so two days ago, oh my.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
God, yes, did you go?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
see him.
We did, he's so cute.
Lot of hair.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Curly hair.
Wait, did you post the pictureson Facebook?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
No, no, no, Didn't post any pictures yet.
Oh, not posting pictures yet.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Oh, okay, okay, I just want to make sure.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Wow Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I can't believe you're a grandmother.
That don't even make no sense.
Yeah, whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
That's hard to say, rick.
I don't really have anythingsuper exciting.
I will say just not to liketurn it all towards work, but I
was prepared for a pretty roughweek here and it turned out
pretty good.
So I feel I'm tired as hell,but I feel a lot better than I
(12:00):
did a week ago.
So that's when you come home.
I leave tomorrow at 5.20 amCentral time.
So, okay, no, no, I'm gettingup early.
Yes, yes, last impact, last, no, it was two months ago when I
couldn't be on the show becauseof the whole flight situation.
(12:20):
Uh-huh, I missed the flight.
I was late and I missed theflight and I had to stay in the
airport for like six hours tocatch the next flight.
Anyway, so I will be therereally freaking early tomorrow.
The one thing you don't want todo is miss your flight out of
Cedar Rapids.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah Well, you don't want to go to Cedar Rapids.
If you don't have to, it'sprobably.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
It's actually a really nice here right now.
The weather is totally perfect.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I've been to Iowa twice.
I don't think I'm having, Ihaven't need to go again and
again I asked you did you go seeField of Dreams, Right, Did you
go?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
see it.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
And you did it.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I don't know what that I mean.
I know there's the movie, but Idon't know what the thing is.
Okay, I wouldn't even know.
My daughter sent me a list ofthe biggest truck stop in the
United States.
I was like requested that I goand get her like a key chain.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
I was like you can get it at the airport.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah, you can get me a Cedar Rapids t-shirt that I
will never wear.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
That reminds me I did end up with last time we talked
about Field of Dreams andAndrea was here.
You guys said that you like.
Andrea said she liked the moviewhere he was like a government
thing and it has like a twistending.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
No way out, no way out.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
I did watch that.
I was like, oh yeah, that wasgood.
I didn't expect that ending atall.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
That's a great movie, right, yeah, but you should.
That's one of those.
If I come across it, I willalways stop and read it.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
The movie is no way out.
It's one of Kevin Costner'sfirst films.
It's really great, in case youdon't know what it is, but it's
so weird because you won't seeField of Dreams because of Kevin
Costner.
I love you.
I love you.
You're so crazy.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I guess Bodyguard is out too, then I guess.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Oh, did you see the Bodyguard?
I've seen Bodyguard.
Yeah, I mean it's pretty howcan you not?
Speaker 3 (14:25):
There has to be something to balance him out and
I got nothing.
I mean, the last time you werelike it's about Father's and
Son's.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
I said James Earl Jones, that's all I said, and
you were like, no, no, no.
I said James Earl Jones, andyou had a little pause.
You didn't know he was in it.
I decided that's not enough.
Oh my God, you know what I'mgoing to do.
I'm going to get Andrea.
I'm going to call her and belike, oh my God, I'm not feeling
good.
Could you come over for themovie and then have her sit down
and tie her down and make hersee ET Field of Dreams.
(14:55):
You know what I mean.
I'm going to make her watch it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I know her well enough that, even if she's like
feeding me, like potato chips inthe wine, so I have a positive
connotation.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I really believe if you watch the.
I know you're never gonna, butif you did watch them you would
actually like them.
That's the weird thing.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
I know what.
I'll be honest with you.
I think I probably would.
I'm just being like a totalcontrary.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Pain in the ass about it.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Best friend.
Remember last week people werehaving that conversation, best
friend.
Andrea, you didn't see thefunny clips man, but we'll talk
about that in a minute.
I want to see what Rick's thingis for his news of the week, if
he got something.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
So this will be personal experience.
It's going to be weird, but Iwas going to tell you about this
dream I had.
It was so weird.
Oh, okay, calm down, okay,anyway, no, and I'm like and I
totally blame Carmen and allthese actors have been watching
on podcasts and stuff for thisdream.
So in this dream my friend gotme a part in something and so
(16:06):
I'm at the side over here likereading my lines, trying to
learn everything and I'm not upyet at all, but my friend and
some other guy they'repracticing, basically, and I
guess the directors with them,and I'm like flipping the pages,
and all of a sudden thedirector goes do I hear flipping
pages?
We're trying to work over here.
What are you doing?
I was like, and my friend waslike let's go away, go away to
(16:26):
the bathroom today.
I was like what the heck?
And then it switched intowalking down the street and some
guy his nose was running and hekept bothering me and he's like
do you know where there'stissues?
I'm like find a pharmacy, Idon't know.
Then I'm crossing the streetand like a Winnebago thing is
like coming down and I'mcrossing the street he was going
so fast he almost hit me andthen me I turn around and go hey
(16:48):
, we're walking here like in anew accent and I'm like, okay,
rick is officially crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I think, I think you know, I think I know why you had
that dream.
Actually, because we've beenanalyzing a couple of shows over
and over again on Instagram andwe've been talking about their
acting abilities back and forthand we were really analyzing it
was sci-fi, stargate, I don'tknow what but we've been really
(17:22):
going back and forth watchingdifferent clips.
So I think that's stuck in theback of your head, but do you
secretly want to be an actor?
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Maybe I don't know.
He's never tried it.
He's never tried it.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
It's a really easy thing to get into, so just yeah,
no, it's not.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
And now is the best time to get into it Apparently.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
No, I mean you could scab if you want.
I mean that's kind of one ofthe hard things that's happening
right now.
It's interesting to watchpeople on TikTok because a lot
of the influencers and a lot ofthe people that want to be
actors who are non-union, arebeing approached by producers,
by movie studios or whatever,and they're you know they're
like they could.
They're getting what they thinkis a lot of money to help
(18:13):
promote or do certain things forthese studios.
And then you see other peoplewho are not even part of the
studio system, like some of thefilm critics on there.
On TikTok there are some prettyamazing young people who have
been doing film criticism,television criticism, and they
have stopped.
They were making income doingit and they've stopped doing
(18:35):
their TikToks in solidarity withan industry that they're not
even really a part.
They are because they do thecritical.
You don't even mean like it'sjust an amazing thing to watch.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yeah, I've seen because I watch a lot of Marvel
related YouTubers, whatever.
And there's some that they doreview everything that comes out
, but they're like, you knowwhat we're going to follow the
rules.
We're not going to talk aboutthis yeah they're like wow and
they're not part of.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
DGA they're not part of.
Yeah, I mean, I feel like thatkind of integrity is what we're
missing in our world right now,and to see it happening,
especially on TikTok with allthese people, is pretty amazing.
And of course, then there arethe idiots who are being scabs.
But you know, people got to dowhat they got to do.
I don't care if you're not partof the union or part of the
industry and you making somechoices.
(19:20):
I care because I will neversupport you, but at least that's
a little bit more understanding, because you don't understand
what you're doing.
You know what I mean, butpeople were in the industry into
making that choice.
No, okay, let's have this fight.
This is actually.
Ted sent me a text about iPhone.
I guess iPhone has come outagain with a new phone that you
(19:43):
all have to buy.
So who has an iPhone?
I know Andrea has an iPhone.
Oh, in the house, the rest ofus all Android.
So are you getting the latestiPhone?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
No, the way I do it is well.
I wouldn't say this is regular.
I mean, I use my phones foryears and then when I it's time
for me to buy, I will buy liketwo or three generations.
You know old, right Number oneI don't want to get the new
(20:18):
phone because I don't know whatthe hell's wrong with it.
Right, you always find outlater, so I'm not going to be
all like huh first and why,really, is that true with
iPhones?
I think with anything I do thatwith anything.
I don't want any device ofanything, the what, what's,
cynthia?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
That's any device.
Anything that comes out brandnew.
There's always going to be someglitches with it because it's
brand new.
They're still figuring it out,okay.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
I like that, with all you know, any, like you said,
any kind of device, gadget,whatever, like I don't want to
be the tester, just somebodyelse.
Work out all the kinks and thenI'll come by.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
How would you spend thousands of dollars on a new
phone and be a tester is whyI've never had a problem with
any new phone I bought.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
People just like to, you know, have the new thing.
I mean, they have those, thoselike packages where you just, or
whatever, like subscriptions.
I guess it would be where youjust constantly, forever pay
like $200 a month or somethinglike that.
You know, the same way that youwould if you were like
financing your phone through the, through the, you know, like
(21:20):
Verizon or T-Mobile, and thenyou will automatically get the
new one every time.
I'm like that's whatever.
Oh yeah, no I don't know thesecars, I just don't get it.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
So Melanie just had.
I currently have an iPhoneeight plus and a 12 mini.
I don't even know what thatmeans.
This new iPhone 15 may cause meto go back to Android.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Come on, come on back .
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Look at here.
Here's what I wanted to say.
So I've never owned an Apple,anything or iPhone, and I am
someone and I think Andrea andCynthia both know this I really
never want anything everybodyelse has.
That's my thing.
I always think it's weird, likeI remember people waiting in
line for phones and I was likeit's just not that important to
(22:05):
me, I'm just going to be likeI'm better, whatever, I'm just
lazy.
I don't want to wait in linefor tickets for to see concerts.
I don't want to wait.
I don't this, the bougie part,the bougie part that is coming
out.
I just don't have the tolerancefor it.
And also I always get worriedwhen masses of people are doing
(22:25):
something together, like I wantto wait and see what happens and
then I'll decide.
You know what I mean.
So I'm stuck with my rotaryphone, I know, but here's what I
wanted to tell people, becausepeople are really I'm not going
to say, confused, but I don'tthink people understand this.
So I pulled this today off ofstat counter and this is a web
(22:48):
analytics platform that you cango and they analyze everything.
70% of the world uses androids,android base phones.
It's only in the United Stateswhere the market share is 56%
for iPhones here in the UnitedStates.
So I always find that so weirdthat iPhone people tend to be so
(23:12):
weirdly snooty about everythingregarding iPhone.
And now I just read thismorning iPhone is going back to
the.
I thought this was a stupidthing, but they're going back to
the regular jack that everybodyelse uses.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
All their phones the USB-C yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Yeah, they didn't even know they didn't have that.
I had no idea.
So you're saying Andreacouldn't come to my house and
use my jack to power her phone?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
No, no, well, like so .
I learned how to use a computeron an Apple computer and then I
had to use, you know, whateverwindows or whatever they're
called.
Windows would be correct.
I went back to Apple after that.
So I'm just an Apple person, Ijust like it, I'm comfortable
with it.
(23:58):
You know, I have all Appledevices, whatever.
But, for example, I was outhere at this event and I had
some slides on my computer.
I can't plug it into the thingto show my slides on the,
because it's all the jacks arenot compatible.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Even your computer has a different jack.
Oh, that's just stupid.
Are you serious?
I did not know.
Okay, you're saying you have aspecial computer and but their
regular Mac computer would fitany.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Oh no, no, you have to have.
If you have a Mac generally,you yourself have to probably
bring a special adapter.
You know like what is it?
Speaker 1 (24:44):
HDMI?
There's no.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
HDMI, wow.
So you have to have an adapterthat you bring with you and
maybe it works, maybe it doesn't.
If you forget it, like I do,then you're screwed.
You got to have somebody elseput the slides up.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
I think Steve Jobs was a genius I do and I think
Apple has propelled us.
There's no denying thecontribution Apple has made to
our world.
I'm not denying that.
I just have always found itthis weird thing it reminds me
of and I know this is like aweird analogy it's always
reminded me of like frat, youknow, like fraternities on
(25:22):
campus, like if you're not, orsororities if you're not in with
the cool people, then you can'tbe.
And I've always felt that wayabout people obsessed with their
iPhones and their Macs.
You know, like their Appleproducts.
It's a weird, weird, glitchything, you know.
And here's the other thing, I'mlate to the game.
I had no idea that when youhave an Apple phone, an iPhone,
(25:46):
that when somebody texts youfrom another iPhone you can see
them like you're on WhatsApp.
I did not know that.
I like that.
If Cynthia sends me a textmessage, she don't know if I'm
answering her or not.
Just the wait till it comes.
You can do that speech or onand off.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah, mine is off.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
You get the dots right, it's like three dots.
That means that they're textingand then you'll be waiting and
then the dots will go away.
That would give me anxiety.
It does, I know it does.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
It's a whole thing, like on WhatsApp that does that
too.
Like on what you know what Imean, but I don't you know.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Even DMing on Instagram.
It does that.
You can see.
Oh, they're getting ready totype something.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Right, yeah.
Anyway, I just thought it wasan interesting statistic that
you know iPhones.
I think it's the.
I just hate the kind ofweirdness when it comes to Macs
and iPhones and my clients alluse Macs and I, you know that's
the other thing too.
Like I use Word on a Mac, it'snot really any different than a
Word.
You know Word program on.
(26:52):
The only thing I don't like isthat you know it says you just
kind of change some thingsaround when you're trying to
move files around and stuff, butit's not a big deal.
Melanie said a flip phone isstill on the table.
She also said I recently foundout that Apple and Android text
messages are different colors,are they?
(27:13):
Yeah, yeah, so if I send you amessage, it's different than if
somebody who?
Speaker 3 (27:20):
comes out green.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
So those are the jokes.
Those are the jokes.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
This is.
Can you see that?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Nope, we just see white.
What?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
do you call it An Apple message?
So it's blue with someone elsewho has an iPhone and it comes
out.
The message is green If it'sAndroid.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
You can't change the colors, like, for example, if
Cynthia is, I have.
Cynthia is like a magentapurple, so when she responds,
you know what I mean, and then Ihave like yellow, for like my
clients, I have.
You can't do it that way.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
I don't think so.
I mean, if you can, I don'tknow how to do that Okay, my
kids are like yeah, please, yes,you can, but I don't know how
to do it, can I?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
change the subject a little bit, though.
Here's the other thing I can'tstand about customer service.
Just because I went and boughtsomething doesn't mean I want to
give you a motherfucking survey.
You know what I mean.
Like, have you guys noticedthat I'm really sick and tired
of like?
I go into a store, I buysomething, like I bought socks.
Okay, I'm going to tell youwhat I bought.
I bought socks, but they'recompression socks for running
(28:26):
and because I'm walking hardernowadays, I don't know.
But I bought compression socksbecause my, ever since my
surgery, my right calf bothersme a lot and the compression
socks help when I'm trying to goup the stairs and running and
not running walking when I'mworking out.
And I got a survey, can youplease take two minutes to fill
up the surveys and let us know?
(28:46):
And I was like there's socks,like I got two pairs of socks.
I haven't even worn them yet,so annoying I don't feel them
out.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
I get that I work with a company I call, which I
kind of call.
I have to call them often, butthey're always like oh, would
you mind?
There's a survey at the end,can you just do this?
So it rates me, rate me, blah,blah, blah, blah.
So I'm like all right, one, ifit's bad five, it's really good.
And I'm like five, five, five,are we?
Speaker 1 (29:15):
done.
I don't do the money anymore.
I don't do the money.
Speaker 4 (29:17):
But my thing is time is money.
You want me to take my time tostop what I'm doing, to do
something for you.
What am I getting?
Speaker 1 (29:24):
What they're doing.
They've gone the other extreme.
But, cynthia, you were gonnasay something.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Oh no, even pharmacies.
And now just starting to do it.
My pharmacy sent me a surveytoday that I just picked up my
medication.
Oh, it tells how my service was.
I'm like really, you call mefive million times during the
week to remind me myprescription's ready, and now
you want me to do a survey.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
I think they've gone from one extreme to the other,
but it's annoying, you know whatI mean.
Like before, you could never,ever talk to anybody without
jumping hoops.
You know what I mean.
And now they've gone the otherextreme where they're just doing
this statistical stuff.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
That's a new way to measure so that they can hire
fire.
Whatever you know, I got onepaying a bill.
I was like I don't wanna behere any longer than I need to.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I'm wondering what everybody's gonna say but I will
tell you I don't wanna pay thisanymore.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
I don't wanna pay this anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
But the Cinnas are a utility company and they have
these constant surveys abouttheir new website.
You paid your bill today.
Would you like to?
Could you do a survey?
I'm like, are you out of yourmind?
Speaker 3 (30:33):
I literally don't give a single crap about your
website.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I don't give a slide, I mean it used to be like you
get a receipt and like do thesurvey and you get a free
sandwich or whatever, like thefood place, and I'm like, hey,
if it's free, it's for me, I'mgonna do that one, but that's
what I'm saying.
What do I get?
Speaker 2 (30:48):
out of it.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
What do I get out of?
Speaker 2 (30:49):
it.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
I'm doing this work for you.
You're not even your employee.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
So I'm cracking up with Rick.
Rick is like, if it's free,I'll do it, that's awesome.
Yeah, no, I look at, I thinkthey're trying, but I think it's
the wrong way to do it.
And the other thing is too like.
Today I called pavilions.
Okay, I'll tell you whathappened.
I went to pavilions, which is agrocery store here in
California, and I wanted delimeats because I was craving a
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sandwich.
So I got how do you say,mortadella, mortadella, right,
okay, whatever, it's likebaloney, but not Okay, so that's
what it is.
So I got mortadella and I camehome and when I went to make my
little sandwich, the wrappingwas still, so they sliced it
without the wrapping taken down.
(31:39):
And this is like the third timethis has happened.
And here's this is gonna soundbougie, I threw it out.
I can't eat it.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I can't do it.
I was just closing my head.
I was like she did not eat that.
No, I did not.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I was just like no, no, and if I had had time I
would have gone back and broughtit back.
You know what I mean.
But yeah, so I called them.
I tried to go online to do justthe thing to let them know what
was going on, and then itwouldn't submit, it, wouldn't
let me send it.
So I was like you know what I'ma call, so I cause I thought
it'd be like five minutes.
I just wanted to let them knowI don't need to refund nothing.
(32:15):
It's just that's dangerous, andwhat I was trying to say to them
is one of the things that theydo that I can't stand is there's
not enough people there, sothey're always rushing and
they're not paying attention.
So like, if you get cheese,they don't put wax between the
cheese, and so then you get homeand I live five minutes from
the grocery store Okay, and it'smold, it's all like a glob of
(32:38):
cheese when you get home.
You know what I mean.
So I was like you know what I'mdone.
This is like the third orfourth time I've come home from
the deli place.
I'm going to complain, blah,blah, blah, blah.
And then the woman wanted totalk for so long, and you know
how I say that that's bad causeI talk a lot.
You know what I mean.
I was just like, let's just dothat.
She's like would you mind doinga survey after I just tell me
(32:58):
how I did I was like oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I was like I even do.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
All I wanted was a sandwich.
It was a sandwich, yeah,anyways.
Yeah, all right.
Well, whatever, what can you do?
You know what I mean.
And Sink is getting backtogether.
I know you're all big fans.
I'm sure Andrea will be goingto see that show.
Is anyone a fan here of NSink?
(33:27):
It used to be.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
I don't know which ones they are.
Speaker 4 (33:32):
I get them confused too.
I'm like Backstreet Boys.
That's the buy, buy buy, buy.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Right, that's them.
The buy, buy, buy people.
They're the.
What's the lead singer's name?
You know, he's the one thatwith Janet.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
Jackson Justin.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Timberlake, justin.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Timberlake.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
Oh, yeah, yeah yeah, janet Jackson Boobie.
Okay, yeah, he's the leadsinger.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
That's how we remembered the Boobie incident.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
I'm not an NSink person and I'm not a Backstreet
Boys, but NSink are the dancingones.
Backstreet Boys are the onesthat actually, I guess, can sing
, and then New Kids on the Block.
I have to like because we allknow why.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
What about Manudo?
Just kidding, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Manudo, I'm just kidding.
Oh cool Wow.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Just kidding.
They're older than we are.
I think I'm just kidding.
No, but I think those were thethree.
My apologies for saying it thisway.
Those were like the three whiteboy bands of the?
Speaker 3 (34:24):
What was it?
Nsink, Backstreet Boys and whatelse?
New Kids on the Block.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Oh right, okay, yeah and yeah.
So New Kids on the Block arefrom Boston.
It's all over TikTok.
I can't imagine how many peopleare like they're all every.
I was like I'm in the wrongTikTok area.
It's just all about NSink.
Yeah, all right.
Signs are getting older.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
I told him training about surveys.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
So I was reading this awesome story about Cheryl B
Routh, actress, and I'm likethis is such a good article,
it's so good, she's amazing,she's great.
I'm like what is this magazineI'm reading?
It's my subscription to AAR.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
That's funny.
Speaker 4 (35:24):
That is funny.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
It was assholes.
I started to get like mail fromthem, I don't know, maybe like
five, 10 years, and I was likeno.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Yeah, but you know, but we all signed up when that
young kid on TikTok.
Of course I did, we all did.
Okay, no, no.
Speaker 4 (35:44):
Listen every time I stand up what I said.
Every time I stand up and Ihear a snap crackle pop.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
I know I'm old, I'm just saying Now I'm critical, oh
, because your bones or whatever, no-transcript.
But that young man on TikTok hewas I don't know.
He was like in his 20s orsomething, I think maybe early
30s, but he was talking aboutall the savings he's been having
.
Because AARP is actually, youcan't discriminate, so there
(36:11):
actually is no age level.
So now all of the Gen Z peopleall have AARP cards because, yes
, and they're going torestaurants and they can't be
denied Because it's not an agething Wow, kind of saved that
money, but it's smart.
I have saved so much.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
I don't blame them.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
I'm doing it, so it's $16 a year or something $12,.
Did you get a free gift withyour subscription?
You know what?
I did not, but I got a wholebunch of points and every time
you walk or you can put yourFitbit to it and you exercise,
you get points to it.
And, like, I send flowers topeople a lot Well, some people
because I realized no one herehas gotten flowers for you.
(36:55):
I'm sorry.
It's a work related thing, workrelated thing, and you get so
many savings.
And then there are restaurantsyou can go to and you get
savings.
I'm all in it now.
I'm all in it.
That's like my favorite app onhere AARP.
We've been thinking about theirphone.
They got a phone, aarp, which Ilike I just put that on right.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Everyone's like hey.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
My mom.
I got her from ConsumerCellular.
She got a phone for her fromthere and it automatically came
with the AARP app.
I was like, oh, let me checkthis out.
And I signed it with my.
Ms and so yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
You should sign up for it.
Rick is always blaming his mamafor everything he's doing
personally.
He's like it was for my mom.
I'm like it's for my mom.
Ok, Other things that make youfeel old, good or bad.
I don't think it's a bad thing.
By the way, I thought that wasa good thing, I will tell you.
Speaker 3 (37:49):
So I took one of my daughters to the doctor just a
regular thing, and they wantedme to do all the paperwork and
all of that stuff on their app.
Oh yeah, now let me tell youI'm not downloading another app
for the rest of my life,literally.
Pardon me, but fuck you.
(38:10):
If you want me to downloadanother app, I'm not doing it.
I am not doing it.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
You are going to do it one other place.
I'm going to guarantee you'regoing to do it.
Speaker 3 (38:20):
Until I was walking in and I told her.
I was like I know I sound likean old Karen, but I am not.
I'm owning another goddamn app,did you really?
Oh, my god, mama, and I didn't.
I was like, and I was at thedesk and I was like I'm not.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
OK.
When I recently went to get mylatest Botox right, I went to
this new place and they handedme an iPad, which I don't use,
and they were like, could youjust fill out the documents on
here?
And I was like OK.
And then I was like how do I do?
I just use my finger.
And they're like, yeah, justuse it, because I'm used to a
(38:55):
stylus, you know what I mean.
But they're like you just useyour finger.
I'm like that's weird.
And then the keyboard's not akeyboard.
It's like I'm like, yeah, no, Idon't even feel old.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
I just think that's stupid, what I don't even know
really how to use one.
They're different.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Yeah, because it's just the pad, Like they give you
just this.
There's no stylus, but you knowwhatever.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
I'm at my job.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
You use them at your job.
Speaker 4 (39:22):
My mom has the hardest time signing those,
because when we had peoplecoming in for physical therapy,
they're like oh, just sign here.
You want me to do it, I coulddo it.
Ok, you're going to be here forfive minutes doing over and
over again.
Speaker 2 (39:33):
Do you hear what you hear?
No, you know what it is.
You know what it is.
You're mom, all right.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
So my co-worker has the same problem.
She's an older woman and now wehave to like this touch screen
where we clock in.
And she's the only one that hasa problem with it.
And apparently, as you getolder, the skin on your fingers
gets very soft so it's harderfor you to use any type of touch
(40:03):
screen.
So a lot of the older peoplehave problems.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Maybe you guys can clean your touch screen and
it'll be easier.
Oh, we clean it every time Forevery new person.
That's what you mean Really,that's a problem with your
finger.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
Yeah, so they have trouble using the touch screen.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
You know what I mean.
Look it.
I have trouble using it becauseI just don't like it.
So I just don't.
I like something more tactile.
I still use People make fun ofme.
I have my laptop and I still.
I have a travel mouse with me.
I do not use that screen thingat the bottom.
Never have I.
You know what I mean.
You know how people use thetracking thing.
I've never.
(40:42):
I always use a mouse.
So I just think it's just notsomething I'm used to.
Yeah, I don't know if it'sbeing old, but yeah, I guess so.
So now my fingers get.
So what's happening to myfingers?
Again, I'm confused.
When I get older, it getssofter, softer, so then I can't
touch a screen.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Yeah, it's almost like you're like.
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 3 (41:03):
It's just, if your fingers are too soft, the screen
will, I'm like you know what Ijust like I try to get that you
don't have the moisture for itto be as like.
I'm not sure, dang, it's toomoist?
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Yes, like I don't know what it is.
Have you ever touched, like avery old person's hand, how it's
very soft, mine, mine, is verysoft, hey, hey.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
if that's one of the things of being old, I'm all for
that.
Speaker 3 (41:33):
So my fingers getting softer.
I'll do that After all this.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
After all.
So getting older you get softerscared.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
Can you sign on this thing?
No, I got old people fingers.
I can't.
Speaker 1 (41:46):
I know my hands are too.
I'm not going to say like thatmy hands are really, really soft
.
I can't touch that screen.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
I'm using that.
That's what I'm using.
My hands are so soft I'm goingto need a small boujee.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
It's just too soft.
It's not going to work on thescreen.
Speaker 4 (42:07):
Trust me, after all, I'm going to be like my cousin.
My cousin got COVID last time.
He did that.
I don't trust that.
No, I ain't doing that.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
Yeah, no, I mean I like that we're getting away
from paper, I guess in thatsense, but I really hate those
things too.
Any other signs of you gettingold?
Speaker 4 (42:28):
I can't see on my I have to get one of these.
What's that?
Oh, blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
Oh Wait, what is it?
You have to take your bloodpressure, yeah.
Speaker 2 (42:38):
Just to monitor it.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
But is that because you're getting older?
Yeah, ok, but I've never had tomonitor my blood pressure.
Well, I'm asking you, should Ibe?
I'm like, could you?
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Well, no, because my blood pressure is a little high,
so I just want to keep track ofit.
So you have to keep track of it.
Speaker 1 (42:59):
So what are the things that they do that they
tag you?
That's not blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
No, that's diabetes.
That's diabetes.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
There's commercials all the time when they put the
thing like that All right.
Well, that sucks.
That was a downer thing, Not agood thing.
How is your blood pressuretoday?
That was a good, it's good, ok,good oh.
Speaker 4 (43:22):
I like it.
I'm on Facebook, I'm onInstagram.
For some reason, I keep gettingthese things.
You know you're old.
If you know what this is I'mlike.
Oh see, I know what that is,I'm old man.
This sucks.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
Melanie, I'm so sorry .
With all the walking I do atwork, I should subscribe to.
You know what you shouldsubscribe because there's a lot
of things based on where youlive.
So I live in California andbased in Los Angeles.
There's a lot of restaurants ora lot of different places, but
then there's also things acrossthe country you can get.
So if you order flowers orwhatever from 1-800-Flowers or
(43:54):
whatever it is, you get allthese discounts and it's free.
And yeah, you should definitelydo it.
I have no affiliation to AARP,but I just learned something.
I think we all have that stigmain our head that AARP is for
old people but they justadvocate for older citizens.
We're at the one hour mark Wowtime.
(44:15):
We don't have to stop.
But do you guys have anythingelse you want to share?
Andrea missed a really funnyepisode last week when we were
talking about friends.
Her name was brought up like 1million times.
Speaker 4 (44:28):
Uh-oh, best best friend.
Speaker 1 (44:31):
Best best friend.
I was saying that you are mybest friend, and I guess one of
the clips I put up which wasreally funny was Cynthia asked
this question like but do ourbest friends think that there
are best friends too?
Right, cynthia?
That's what you asked, thatyou're there, best friend.
That you're there there, bestfriend, and I said, even if I'm
(44:52):
not I'm going to make you be I'mgoing to ask you.
You know what I mean.
You have to see the clip.
It's very funny, but it wasvery funny.
But I also mentioned that Iknew that Leslie was your best
friend and that I'm nothing I'mnot really, I'm like below her,
and then I was crying on theshow.
It was really sad.
Speaker 2 (45:18):
We're not On the inside.
Speaker 1 (45:26):
Carmen, do you and Andrea sing?
Speaker 3 (45:33):
Every time we hang up we say, we sing ourselves out.
Speaker 1 (45:39):
Right, I don't think I could do that.
Rick, sing it ring.
Speaker 4 (45:44):
You're the singer here, but I like, I like when
that's especially on tiktok theytake that one, that one guy
Extra, mimicking him, likethat's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Oh, that is my foot and then he takes off his wig
and you know what we're talkingabout, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (46:09):
yeah.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
We'll sing it and then we'll have Rick do the the
other parts.
I can't so funny, oh my god.
So, all right, we're at the onehour four minute mark and I
have to tell you it, as much asI enjoy doing those clips I'm up
all day and all night on theweekend doing it so until I can
(46:33):
afford Once I start.
Oh wait, let me just say a fewthings.
You know what the website is upnew, I think, rick, you've seen
it.
Cynthia, you said you're gonnasee it, but you did it, rick,
you liked it right.
Speaker 4 (46:43):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
The website is finalized and up.
Please go check out all aboutthe joycom and was forgot the
name of my own show.
There's a blog post, there's apodcast, there are clips up
there.
I'm going to have swag in thenext couple weeks.
I just got the okay from ourlawyer and we're gonna
definitely have mugs andt-shirts to start, a, maybe a
(47:05):
tote bag and Thank you.
Yeah, please go check out thewebsite.
I could really use the clicks.
Just go check it out, look atit.
There's a a small blog.
I'm just gonna do a blog thereonce a month, just like a
paragraph or whatever.
Yeah, what?
Speaker 4 (47:18):
could you do the thing at the bottom with the
website so people could rememberif I could find it, I would
have.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
But it's all about the joy calm.
Everybody knows that, right,babies?
I don't know what it is on myscreen at the moment, but listen
, I'm really excited about doingthis and I'm really excited
that so many people are being sosupportive.
I didn't think it was gonna belike this.
I didn't.
I thought it was gonna takemuch longer, but I'm really
really happy and we'll have swagin the next couple weeks and I
(47:43):
hope you'll all Bear with me asI walk through this.
But what I'm gonna offer is I'mgonna offer shirts and cups, and
$5 of every purchase item isgoing to go to a charity of my
choice, and I've discussed witha few people what the first
charity is, but I'm not ready toannounce it yet and I don't
(48:03):
think I want to make big bucks,but I want all about the joy to
be an avenue where we help otherpeople and where we spread joy
as much as possible.
So anything we sell here is notnecessarily for profit, but
it's for helping other people aswell.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm gonna need some money, butyou know, I really, really,
(48:24):
really want to do some cool swagso that you guys will enjoy
wearing it.
You know, carmen is sending outswag for visiting your website.
While under armor shirts, what?
Speaker 4 (48:34):
is he?
He's just trying to be funny.
Speaker 1 (48:37):
Did I miss this?
I don't get jokes a lot.
Speaker 4 (48:42):
That's why you don't love Lucy.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
Okay, we gotta talk about this for a moment.
Do you know how many people atMeasley M's no.
I'm not even kidding, because Ilove.
Lucy.
Speaker 4 (48:54):
Wow, we're by Andrea.
Speaker 3 (48:56):
Carmen, carmen, all of the shit you give me for all
of these movies.
Have you ever seen I Love Lucy,not a full episode?
No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (49:11):
I've never seen a full episode.
It's not my thing.
Speaker 2 (49:15):
We talked about it a lot, and now you can strap her
down to a chair.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
Wait a minute.
Speaker 3 (49:21):
Watched.
I Love Lucy.
I will say I didn't really loveit, I totally get that?
How do you not have watched it?
Speaker 1 (49:30):
Because it wasn't my thing.
Okay, the other thing I gotyelled at before was one of my
clients back in the day I'mgonna say her name, Kim Dower,
Because she's on my Facebookpage and she got mad at me not
mad, but she was totallysurprised because I couldn't
name all the Beatles.
She was like Shocked and I waslike I know one died.
(49:51):
I was like he's just letting itright, but it was just so weird
that she got so upset with meabout it.
But that's how this was.
Speaker 3 (49:59):
People were not upset , they were shocked and like I'm
shocked just because, like it'sentertainment, it's classic
television.
Even like she's a woman in theentertainment industry, it seems
to go together.
So that's what's shocking aboutit.
Like the Beatles, I understand.
I don't.
You know, that seems to not belike I get that.
Speaker 1 (50:19):
You're gonna get mail .
Be careful, be careful.
Let me guess probably hasn'twatched the Honeymoon, she
hasn't.
It's the Beatles.
Let me start.
This was part of theconversation last week.
It was actually.
It was a good.
Last week was good too.
It was a good.
Speaker 4 (50:34):
If it wasn't for Desi Lu Productions, one of my
favorite sci-fi shows wouldnever have existed.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
I know Star Trek, I know, I know, I know, I know the
connection.
That's what it's like.
And here's what you're missing.
I don't like and I know you'regonna.
The minute I say this, andrea,it's gonna hit you in the head.
Oh, I don't like slapstickcomedy.
It's not my thing.
I don't like kind of that.
You know cheeky, I don't lovethat.
(51:01):
So it actually makes more sensethat I wouldn't watch it, you
know.
Speaker 4 (51:06):
I like I take three stooges as slapstick.
I don't take Lucy as slapstick.
It can be, but not always.
Speaker 1 (51:14):
So all of that is in the same genre.
Like Jim Carrey, steve Martin,like I can respect all these
people.
It's just not something I'mgonna watch because of that.
Speaker 3 (51:24):
I don't like that stuff either.
But I just think of like theonly reason probably really that
I watched I Love Lucy isbecause when I was a kid there
was like seven channels.
Yes back and I thought Lucy wason the other side of the screen
and I said it was kind of mean.
Speaker 1 (51:39):
I guess what I said last week was what I was at
rehearsal.
I wasn't always watching TV, Iwasn't always, and I don't mean
that in a bad way, it's just,it's one show, dudes, I don't
get one show I didn't watch.
I mean, look it.
I also don't.
The shows that we talked aboutlast week that I was into were
later on, when I was actuallyalive.
Speaker 2 (52:02):
I'm not trying to be rude, but those are the shows I
watched.
I don't go back and watch showsbut I wasn't around.
Speaker 1 (52:10):
You know what I mean.
So, tony, did you remember yougot me for not watching 2001 A
Space Odyssey Because you're asci-fi fan?
If you're a sci-fi fan andyou've never seen 2001 A Space
Odyssey, then you can't sayyou're really a sci-fi fan.
I've never said I'm a slapstickcomedy or I've never said I'm
(52:32):
aficionado of all things oldschool television never, not
once, never, not once.
You guys can try this on me,but it's not gonna work.
Because it's not gonna work, Iwill watch it, though, unlike
some people, I'm open-mindedenough to be like okay,
everybody's telling me I shouldwatch it.
I'm gonna try to watch it.
I'm not as hard-headed as somepeople.
Speaker 3 (52:57):
That's the thing.
You should watch it.
I'm just surprised that youhaven't.
That's all it takes.
Speaker 1 (53:02):
I'm surprised you haven't seen ET and that you
won't.
I'm just saying You'resurprised that I won't.
I'm not surprised that youwon't, but I want you to watch
it, like before I die.
If I die before you, that willbe my.
I'm gonna put it in my will.
Oh shit, it's going to get inhere my money.
Speaker 2 (53:21):
She's gonna have it playing at her service.
I'm gonna have it playing at myservice All the music from John
Williams.
Speaker 3 (53:36):
You were like, yeah, you didn't get invited to the
party, but here's ET bitch.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (53:47):
Lord Jesus.
Speaker 2 (53:48):
That's gonna hurt me.
Oh, we're gonna hear the party.
You're gonna think it's a wholeremembrance of Carmen and it's
really the movie.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
I'm gonna trick her.
I am, I'm gonna trick her andmake her watch it.
Look at, I know, but there's apart of me that there was
something I tried to watch inthe day, rick, that you asked me
.
Oh, because you were watchingthe continuation of our favorite
show.
And I said I'm gonna watch it.
And then what did I do?
I was like, nope, I'm done,because I hate that one
character.
I'm like I can't watch no moreof it, I'm done, I'm done, done,
(54:20):
done, I was just thinking younever watched, or you probably
didn't like Threes Company theneither.
Speaker 4 (54:25):
Huh.
Speaker 1 (54:26):
I respect and love John Ritter with a passion, but
I didn't really watch the show.
I remember that was on when Iwas alive.
I don't mean that in a bad waybut, like, these shows that
you're all talking about areshows that I didn't.
They weren't on when I was homeand you guys watched it.
You watched reruns of it afterthe fact.
(54:46):
So we were older.
I don't know why.
I mean I'm gonna say somethingbut it would bring down the
conversation, so I'm not gonna.
But I'm like I think the reasonwhy is because I wasn't in a
stable place to be watching.
Old school television is whatI'm trying to say.
So when I talk about the thingsI watch, is because I watched
them while they were on.
What about the Furlies?
(55:07):
I don't even know what that is.
Speaker 4 (55:09):
Is that the spin-off of Threes Company?
Speaker 3 (55:12):
The Furlies right.
Speaker 4 (55:13):
They were one of the Landlords, yeah.
Speaker 1 (55:16):
The Furlies.
I don't even know what that is.
The digital show is comedy.
How do you not like slapstickcomedy?
What digital show he?
Speaker 4 (55:24):
said this, this digital show Is this a slapstick
comedy?
Speaker 1 (55:29):
Is this a slapstick comedy?
I don't know.
Well, maybe if I'm doing it,it's funny.
I put a laugh track in it isWe'll have that availability
somewhere, but I don't know howto do it.
Yeah, oh, yes, it's been offfrom Threes Company.
Yeah, all I remember was theblonde woman doing an exercise
(55:49):
video, or she had a thing whereyou put in your thighs.
Speaker 4 (55:53):
Oh my gosh, the dance summers.
Speaker 1 (55:55):
Right, she had a thing that you would, I remember
being like I should buy that towork with and I did it, but I
remember being like, oh, then mythighs would be beautiful.
I can't remember that?
Speaker 4 (56:05):
Didn't they have like three different women?
Be like the blonde on the show.
Speaker 3 (56:10):
Yeah, there were multiple blonde roommates.
Oh see, I don't even know allthat I mean.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
I remember I liked John Ritter.
I don't know why I liked him,but I liked him a lot.
Speaker 4 (56:20):
Hi master, he remembers the name.
He secretly has one.
Speaker 2 (56:27):
He's so cute, hi master.
He's like he's gonna get itright now hey.
Speaker 4 (56:30):
Brian.
Speaker 1 (56:31):
Hi Brian, everyone say hi to Brian.
Speaker 4 (56:34):
What happened to Joyce DeWitt?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (56:36):
What do you mean?
What happened to Joyce DeWitt?
Speaker 4 (56:39):
She was on Threes Company.
She was the brunette.
Speaker 3 (56:41):
I think she's still at it.
I mean not regularly, butAren't these people gone already
?
Speaker 1 (56:46):
No, they're still alive, john.
Speaker 4 (56:47):
Ritter passed it.
John is because he was sick.
Yeah, yeah, and I love hisstuff and then he got cancer and
got over it though.
Speaker 1 (56:53):
I use it for my arms.
Okay, can I also say something?
I didn't do this because Ididn't want to embarrass Charlie
when he was talking on the showthe other day, but as I was
editing because I heard it whenhe said it and I let myself go
because I didn't want toembarrass him.
And then I saw when I wasediting and I was gonna I'm just
gonna do it now when Charliewas explaining that he had his
office next door to JamesCameron and he was the model for
(57:16):
the clothing member they wereand he said, and I quote you
know I had a regularmiddle-sized man's body.
I just want to say I'm callingbullshit.
Charlie is the.
He was like the most.
I don't know what he looks likenow, but he looks the same.
But he was like oh, muscle tone, like six pack abs.
(57:39):
He was like perfect, perfectbody.
So I'm just calling bullshit onthat.
Charlie, that was cute though Ilove how you slid that in there
, like I didn't want toembarrass you, but gotta do it
now.
So, yeah, I thought that was sofunny.
I was like middle-sized guy.
Speaker 4 (58:00):
Before marriage Marriage will do that to you,
that's true, okay, fair enough,fair enough.
Speaker 1 (58:05):
But that was during that time, right?
That's when you were kind ofthe model for all of the Titanic
, crapola or whatever.
That's so funny, so I just wantto call bullshit on that.
I'm gonna call it a day.
Here we go.
It gets fun later on, I feellike we should.
I should plan to do a two-hourshow, take out the first 30
(58:26):
minutes or something, but I haveto go through it all.
So are we all gonna do homeworkfor next week?
Andrea, watch ET.
Yeah, charlie, I was in thebest shape of my life, I know
right, when I knew you baby.
Hey, you wanna watch ET.
(58:47):
Cynthia, what's your homework?
Speaker 3 (58:51):
Entertainment tonight .
Rick's homework.
Speaker 4 (58:58):
I'm gonna tell you what I'm not gonna watch.
Speaker 3 (59:00):
What.
Speaker 1 (59:00):
Drew Barrymore oh dude Bring it on On that note
yeah, not watch Drew Barrymoreand look at SAG is not saying
that at all, but morally we'resaying it.
I never really watched itbefore, by the way, so I'm at
(59:21):
work.
Speaker 3 (59:24):
I wouldn't even know where to find it if I had to.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
But I was watching her TikToks.
You know what I mean, so Ideleted those.
You know I took her off of mything.
I'm just sad about it.
Protect Keanu Reeves at allcosts.
Good night, thank you forstopping by.
I appreciate you all.
Check out the website.
We'll have swag next week andhave a great one.
Bye.
Okay, hi everyone.
Hi everyone, welcome to AllAbout the Joy.
So I sent you all the newsitems that I wanted to talk
about, but I wanted to start offwith the Drew Barrymore thing
and then we'll get to the thing.
A couple of questions I had, soI just want to let people know.
So many people love DrewBarrymore.
I don't know if everyone knowswhat's going on.
(00:20):
Do you guys know what's goingon with the Drew Barrymore
situation?
Cynthia's looking at me likemaybe.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I heard about it.
I know who she is.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I was actually watching Santa Clarita Diet her
show that I love when I was onmy phone and I was like aww, it
turned it off.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Is she being what's called a scab?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
She is being what's called a scab and, for those of
you who may not know, and alsofor our podcast listeners, I'm
so excited.
Our numbers are crazy, awesome,so.
I had to throw that in there.
Thank you for listening to thepodcast and watching the show.
I appreciate all of you.
Shout out to LinkedIn my people.
So no, nothing happened to DrewBarrymore.
(01:12):
She is fine.
Well, you know, sort of, butshe's fine.
I've been saying it over andover and over again SAG AFTRA
and the Writers Guild are onstrike.
She uses writers on her showwho are part of the Writers
Guild.
Her show is contracted with theWriters Guild, so she is not
supposed to be airing any newshows starting on Monday.
(01:34):
Now she has made the choice towalk through that picket line
anyway and that's why you'recalled a scab, because you're
not in unity with the unionyou're a part of.
So people are saying, well, whycan the view be on right, the
show, the view, and why is theshow Sherry being on?
So I wanted to explain that tothe best of my ability.
(01:58):
Again, I want to stress I amnot part of the Writers Guild.
I am part of SAG AFTRA andthat's the Actors Guild.
But we are in solidarity withour union sisters and brothers
always.
So I support the Writers Guild150%.
So here's the thing the view.
(02:20):
If you remember how the viewwas established, you all know
why the view became a show.
Right, you guys remember whostarted the view, barbara
Walters.
The view is a broadcastjournalism contract.
It is not the same as beingcontracted with the Writers
Guild, which is why the view isstill airing and why the show
(02:41):
Sherry Shepherd show is going tostart on Monday.
If you have writers on yourshow who are part of the guild,
you cannot produce your show.
That's the deal.
And she's decided to cross thepicket line.
Unfortunately and here's myissue with it, which I haven't
heard a lot of people talk aboutit.
Maybe this is my personal bitchand I'm just going to say it
(03:04):
straight up like this I'm a hugefan of Steven Spielberg.
Everybody knows this, right,andrea.
So because I'm going to talkabout Andrea's favorite movie,
et.
So you've never seen it, butthat's where Drew Barrymore we
first saw her as a little kid.
You know what I mean.
She's just adorable, whatever.
(03:26):
Now, the reason why I bringthis up is most people don't
understand that the Barrymorename.
Drew Barrymore is Hollywoodroyalty, not because she was in
ET when she was a kid.
Her great grandfather, hergrandfather, her father, her
mother, even, I believe all ofthe Barrymores have been in
Hollywood since like thebeginning of time, and she grew
(03:49):
up in the union system, andthat's what I'm pissed about.
She has benefited from everyunion privilege possibility, so
she knows exactly what she'sdoing.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
So she knows better, basically.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
She knows better.
But I'm angry about it becauseif she really cared about her
crew like that's her argumentshe wants to show to go on so
she can pay them.
Go into your little trust fundand pay them.
Do you know what I mean?
Go into all the other ways thatcreative people are trying.
I mean, you see, all the latenight show hosts are doing the
podcast and all the money thatthey're raising from that.
(04:27):
They're using it to pay theirstaff and they're also paying
out of their own pocket.
You know there are creativeways to do it and still it
doesn't matter, even if theywent without pay.
There's a bigger picture we'reall going without pay.
I'm going to lose a couple ofmy jobs.
I've already been, you know,kind of downsized in some of the
work that I do, which hasnothing to do with my SAG after
(04:49):
union job.
It has everything to do withthe fact that I work for post
production houses, you know,because we're not getting any
work.
So we're all suffering.
So I just wanted to give peoplean update on that.
I don't know if any of you haveany questions, but you can see
how angry I am.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I mean, yeah, it's like it's not like she's new,
Like you said, her whole family,from generations you know, have
been in this and it's like aslap in the face, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I just didn't.
I mean, I get that she saysshe's doing you know what.
I don't even know what sheactually said, but I
theoretically it's like I don'twant my people to be out of work
, right, my team, my crew,whatever.
But like neither does anybodyelse, right, I was just helping
with their writing for, yeah,like long term, how is it?
(05:38):
And just like it's kind ofshocking to me.
Honestly, it really is like,yeah, how is this ultimately
going to benefit her long run,like people are pissed.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
They're so mad.
And also people like MatthewMcConaughey, tina Fey, people
who are booked on her show havenow canceled.
They're not going to be on theshow because they could have
gone on the show.
You know what I mean If she wasa struck it's called a struck
show.
So they've canceled for futureengagements.
And yeah, I think the weirdthing about it is and I'm going
(06:14):
to say this and then we're goingto move on.
I don't want to hear nothingbad about Keanu Reeves.
Okay, so, because she was kindof like the girl of Keanu Reeves
you know what I mean Like wejust loved her bubbly, smart,
cool, fun, whatever.
She seemed to have no bigissues.
She had that one playboy thing.
That happened back in the daywhen she was younger, and I
(06:36):
don't know what that was about.
But you know, we all makemistakes when we're young.
I mean, some mistakes are worsethan others.
I don't have a playboy spreadanywhere, so bad, but I just
really was.
I wish it was not on my bingocard is what I'm saying?
Drew Barrymore becomes the scab.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
I'm telling you, I was literally watching her show
Like a rewatch, because I thinkit's funny.
Yeah, I was on my phone and Iread it and I was like oh shit,
and I turned off the show.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I was like I can't believe this.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
This is crazy yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
It isn't going to hurt for future too.
Like who's going to want to puther in a movie now.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I mean, and anybody who goes on the show, who's an
actor or a writer or whatever,there also be scabs too, so
they're not going to go on ourshow, right?
You know, I personally thinkand I hate thinking this way but
now that I feel this way abouther, it kind of makes sense.
She was probably worried thatshe was going to lose a lot of
ratings because Sherry's showand, I think, jennifer Hudson
shows are the only two showsthat are going to be airing
(07:41):
because they're under broadcastjournalist shows, and I think
that's her competition, not theview, because the view is a
different kind of show.
You know what I mean.
So I that is also just like.
That's pathetic, because if youwant to take care of your
people, by the way, the writerswere all picketing her show,
like people from her own showwere picketing her show.
(08:03):
So I don't know.
Anyways, I just wanted toexplain the difference because
some people didn't know that Iwrote some stuff on people's
streams on Facebook and it waskind of nice because people were
writing like a lot of stuff andthey were like, you know,
because people love DrewBarrymore, so they were like
sticking up for her, and I waslike, look at, this isn't about
that, and I explained this andthen it was kind of interesting
(08:26):
to have people be like oh, thankyou, we didn't know that part,
we didn't know the differencesin the contracts, you know
whatever, and like so that's theother part I want to say.
if you don't know what you'retalking about, maybe there's a
thing called Google, and youknow why don't we kind of think
(08:47):
about the most positive thingsin people, not always assume
that everyone is trying to fightand argue for no reason?
You know this idea that somehowanybody would hate her and just
have to go after her because wehate her.
That's not what's happening,you know.
So I thought that was weird too, like people were like hating
on SAG.
It's so weird like and I'msorry the writer's guilt she's
(09:12):
actually not violating anythingregarding SAG after because
she's not working as an actor.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
But still, I think that's part.
That's like people you know,like you said, people love her,
so it's like reallydisappointing.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I'm telling you, put Keanu Reeves and bubble wrap,
keep them away from anything.
I don't want to hear nothingabout him.
I don't, I'm never going to doanything.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Let's have a moment of break.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We love Keanu.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We need somebody to be the wholesome awesome.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
I loved him even more when I found out he's part
Portuguese I was like yes, he'snot even related.
He never know 23 of me.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Maybe he's done it.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
Never know.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Never know, all right .
So I set you all kind of littlelist of things that we might
talk about.
This was my what story in thenews, in your personal life or
work life that gave you pause.
Good or bad, that really wasmine this past week that really
bumped me out.
I didn't know if any of you hadsomething you wanted to share.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I was like oh, I'm going to be a great grandson.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I was born, yay, congrats Wait a minute.
Which child Xavier had a boy,and what did we name him?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Xavion.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Wow, are we going to call him X.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Probably I kind of like Kyro.
I might call him Kyro.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Yeah, I like that better.
Let's not call him X, becausethat just reminds me of Elon.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
now, so what did that happen?
Congratulations, how long ago.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Tuesday, so two days ago, oh my.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
God, yes, did you go?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
see him.
We did, he's so cute.
Lot of hair.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Curly hair.
Wait, did you post the pictureson Facebook?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
No, no, no, Didn't post any pictures yet.
Oh, not posting pictures yet.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Oh, okay, okay, I just want to make sure.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Wow Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I can't believe you're a grandmother.
That don't even make no sense.
Yeah, whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
That's hard to say, rick.
I don't really have anythingsuper exciting.
I will say just not to liketurn it all towards work, but I
was prepared for a pretty roughweek here and it turned out
pretty good.
So I feel I'm tired as hell,but I feel a lot better than I
(12:00):
did a week ago.
So that's when you come home.
I leave tomorrow at 5.20 amCentral time.
So, okay, no, no, I'm gettingup early.
Yes, yes, last impact, last, no, it was two months ago when I
couldn't be on the show becauseof the whole flight situation.
(12:20):
Uh-huh, I missed the flight.
I was late and I missed theflight and I had to stay in the
airport for like six hours tocatch the next flight.
Anyway, so I will be therereally freaking early tomorrow.
The one thing you don't want todo is miss your flight out of
Cedar Rapids.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah Well, you don't want to go to Cedar Rapids.
If you don't have to, it'sprobably.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
It's actually a really nice here right now.
The weather is totally perfect.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I've been to Iowa twice.
I don't think I'm having, Ihaven't need to go again and
again I asked you did you go seeField of Dreams, Right, Did you
go?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
see it.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
And you did it.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I don't know what that I mean.
I know there's the movie, but Idon't know what the thing is.
Okay, I wouldn't even know.
My daughter sent me a list ofthe biggest truck stop in the
United States.
I was like requested that I goand get her like a key chain.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
I was like you can get it at the airport.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah, you can get me a Cedar Rapids t-shirt that I
will never wear.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
That reminds me I did end up with last time we talked
about Field of Dreams andAndrea was here.
You guys said that you like.
Andrea said she liked the moviewhere he was like a government
thing and it has like a twistending.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
No way out, no way out.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
I did watch that.
I was like, oh yeah, that wasgood.
I didn't expect that ending atall.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
That's a great movie, right, yeah, but you should.
That's one of those.
If I come across it, I willalways stop and read it.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
The movie is no way out.
It's one of Kevin Costner'sfirst films.
It's really great, in case youdon't know what it is, but it's
so weird because you won't seeField of Dreams because of Kevin
Costner.
I love you.
I love you.
You're so crazy.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I guess Bodyguard is out too, then I guess.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Oh, did you see the Bodyguard?
I've seen Bodyguard.
Yeah, I mean it's pretty howcan you not?
Speaker 3 (14:25):
There has to be something to balance him out and
I got nothing.
I mean, the last time you werelike it's about Father's and
Son's.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
I said James Earl Jones, that's all I said, and
you were like, no, no, no.
I said James Earl Jones, andyou had a little pause.
You didn't know he was in it.
I decided that's not enough.
Oh my God, you know what I'mgoing to do.
I'm going to get Andrea.
I'm going to call her and belike, oh my God, I'm not feeling
good.
Could you come over for themovie and then have her sit down
and tie her down and make hersee ET Field of Dreams.
(14:55):
You know what I mean.
I'm going to make her watch it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I know her well enough that, even if she's like
feeding me, like potato chips inthe wine, so I have a positive
connotation.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I really believe if you watch the.
I know you're never gonna, butif you did watch them you would
actually like them.
That's the weird thing.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
I know what.
I'll be honest with you.
I think I probably would.
I'm just being like a totalcontrary.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Pain in the ass about it.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Best friend.
Remember last week people werehaving that conversation, best
friend.
Andrea, you didn't see thefunny clips man, but we'll talk
about that in a minute.
I want to see what Rick's thingis for his news of the week, if
he got something.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
So this will be personal experience.
It's going to be weird, but Iwas going to tell you about this
dream I had.
It was so weird.
Oh, okay, calm down, okay,anyway, no, and I'm like and I
totally blame Carmen and allthese actors have been watching
on podcasts and stuff for thisdream.
So in this dream my friend gotme a part in something and so
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I'm at the side over here likereading my lines, trying to
learn everything and I'm not upyet at all, but my friend and
some other guy they'repracticing, basically, and I
guess the directors with them,and I'm like flipping the pages,
and all of a sudden thedirector goes do I hear flipping
pages?
We're trying to work over here.
What are you doing?
I was like, and my friend waslike let's go away, go away to
(16:26):
the bathroom today.
I was like what the heck?
And then it switched intowalking down the street and some
guy his nose was running and hekept bothering me and he's like
do you know where there'stissues?
I'm like find a pharmacy, Idon't know.
Then I'm crossing the streetand like a Winnebago thing is
like coming down and I'mcrossing the street he was going
so fast he almost hit me andthen me I turn around and go hey
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, we're walking here like in anew accent and I'm like, okay,
rick is officially crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I think, I think you know, I think I know why you had
that dream.
Actually, because we've beenanalyzing a couple of shows over
and over again on Instagram andwe've been talking about their
acting abilities back and forthand we were really analyzing it
was sci-fi, stargate, I don'tknow what but we've been really
(17:22):
going back and forth watchingdifferent clips.
So I think that's stuck in theback of your head, but do you
secretly want to be an actor?
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Maybe I don't know.
He's never tried it.
He's never tried it.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
It's a really easy thing to get into, so just yeah,
no, it's not.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
And now is the best time to get into it Apparently.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
No, I mean you could scab if you want.
I mean that's kind of one ofthe hard things that's happening
right now.
It's interesting to watchpeople on TikTok because a lot
of the influencers and a lot ofthe people that want to be
actors who are non-union, arebeing approached by producers,
by movie studios or whatever,and they're you know they're
like they could.
They're getting what they thinkis a lot of money to help
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promote or do certain things forthese studios.
And then you see other peoplewho are not even part of the
studio system, like some of thefilm critics on there.
On TikTok there are some prettyamazing young people who have
been doing film criticism,television criticism, and they
have stopped.
They were making income doingit and they've stopped doing
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their TikToks in solidarity withan industry that they're not
even really a part.
They are because they do thecritical.
You don't even mean like it'sjust an amazing thing to watch.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yeah, I've seen because I watch a lot of Marvel
related YouTubers, whatever.
And there's some that they doreview everything that comes out
, but they're like, you knowwhat we're going to follow the
rules.
We're not going to talk aboutthis yeah they're like wow and
they're not part of.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
DGA they're not part of.
Yeah, I mean, I feel like thatkind of integrity is what we're
missing in our world right now,and to see it happening,
especially on TikTok with allthese people, is pretty amazing.
And of course, then there arethe idiots who are being scabs.
But you know, people got to dowhat they got to do.
I don't care if you're not partof the union or part of the
industry and you making somechoices.
(19:20):
I care because I will neversupport you, but at least that's
a little bit more understanding, because you don't understand
what you're doing.
You know what I mean, butpeople were in the industry into
making that choice.
No, okay, let's have this fight.
This is actually.
Ted sent me a text about iPhone.
I guess iPhone has come outagain with a new phone that you
(19:43):
all have to buy.
So who has an iPhone?
I know Andrea has an iPhone.
Oh, in the house, the rest ofus all Android.
So are you getting the latestiPhone?
Speaker 3 (19:56):
No, the way I do it is well.
I wouldn't say this is regular.
I mean, I use my phones foryears and then when I it's time
for me to buy, I will buy liketwo or three generations.
You know old, right Number oneI don't want to get the new
(20:18):
phone because I don't know whatthe hell's wrong with it.
Right, you always find outlater, so I'm not going to be
all like huh first and why,really, is that true with
iPhones?
I think with anything I do thatwith anything.
I don't want any device ofanything, the what, what's,
cynthia?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
That's any device.
Anything that comes out brandnew.
There's always going to be someglitches with it because it's
brand new.
They're still figuring it out,okay.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
I like that, with all you know, any, like you said,
any kind of device, gadget,whatever, like I don't want to
be the tester, just somebodyelse.
Work out all the kinks and thenI'll come by.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
How would you spend thousands of dollars on a new
phone and be a tester is whyI've never had a problem with
any new phone I bought.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
People just like to, you know, have the new thing.
I mean, they have those, thoselike packages where you just, or
whatever, like subscriptions.
I guess it would be where youjust constantly, forever pay
like $200 a month or somethinglike that.
You know, the same way that youwould if you were like
financing your phone through the, through the, you know, like
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Verizon or T-Mobile, and thenyou will automatically get the
new one every time.
I'm like that's whatever.
Oh yeah, no I don't know thesecars, I just don't get it.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
So Melanie just had.
I currently have an iPhoneeight plus and a 12 mini.
I don't even know what thatmeans.
This new iPhone 15 may cause meto go back to Android.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Come on, come on back .
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Look at here.
Here's what I wanted to say.
So I've never owned an Apple,anything or iPhone, and I am
someone and I think Andrea andCynthia both know this I really
never want anything everybodyelse has.
That's my thing.
I always think it's weird, likeI remember people waiting in
line for phones and I was likeit's just not that important to
(22:05):
me, I'm just going to be likeI'm better, whatever, I'm just
lazy.
I don't want to wait in linefor tickets for to see concerts.
I don't want to wait.
I don't this, the bougie part,the bougie part that is coming
out.
I just don't have the tolerancefor it.
And also I always get worriedwhen masses of people are doing
(22:25):
something together, like I wantto wait and see what happens and
then I'll decide.
You know what I mean.
So I'm stuck with my rotaryphone, I know, but here's what I
wanted to tell people, becausepeople are really I'm not going
to say, confused, but I don'tthink people understand this.
So I pulled this today off ofstat counter and this is a web
(22:48):
analytics platform that you cango and they analyze everything.
70% of the world uses androids,android base phones.
It's only in the United Stateswhere the market share is 56%
for iPhones here in the UnitedStates.
So I always find that so weirdthat iPhone people tend to be so
(23:12):
weirdly snooty about everythingregarding iPhone.
And now I just read thismorning iPhone is going back to
the.
I thought this was a stupidthing, but they're going back to
the regular jack that everybodyelse uses.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
All their phones the USB-C yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Yeah, they didn't even know they didn't have that.
I had no idea.
So you're saying Andreacouldn't come to my house and
use my jack to power her phone?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
No, no, well, like so .
I learned how to use a computeron an Apple computer and then I
had to use, you know, whateverwindows or whatever they're
called.
Windows would be correct.
I went back to Apple after that.
So I'm just an Apple person, Ijust like it, I'm comfortable
with it.
(23:58):
You know, I have all Appledevices, whatever.
But, for example, I was outhere at this event and I had
some slides on my computer.
I can't plug it into the thingto show my slides on the,
because it's all the jacks arenot compatible.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Even your computer has a different jack.
Oh, that's just stupid.
Are you serious?
I did not know.
Okay, you're saying you have aspecial computer and but their
regular Mac computer would fitany.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Oh no, no, you have to have.
If you have a Mac generally,you yourself have to probably
bring a special adapter.
You know like what is it?
Speaker 1 (24:44):
HDMI?
There's no.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
HDMI, wow.
So you have to have an adapterthat you bring with you and
maybe it works, maybe it doesn't.
If you forget it, like I do,then you're screwed.
You got to have somebody elseput the slides up.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
I think Steve Jobs was a genius I do and I think
Apple has propelled us.
There's no denying thecontribution Apple has made to
our world.
I'm not denying that.
I just have always found itthis weird thing it reminds me
of and I know this is like aweird analogy it's always
reminded me of like frat, youknow, like fraternities on
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campus, like if you're not, orsororities if you're not in with
the cool people, then you can'tbe.
And I've always felt that wayabout people obsessed with their
iPhones and their Macs.
You know, like their Appleproducts.
It's a weird, weird, glitchything, you know.
And here's the other thing, I'mlate to the game.
I had no idea that when youhave an Apple phone, an iPhone,
(25:46):
that when somebody texts youfrom another iPhone you can see
them like you're on WhatsApp.
I did not know that.
I like that.
If Cynthia sends me a textmessage, she don't know if I'm
answering her or not.
Just the wait till it comes.
You can do that speech or onand off.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah, mine is off.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
You get the dots right, it's like three dots.
That means that they're textingand then you'll be waiting and
then the dots will go away.
That would give me anxiety.
It does, I know it does.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
It's a whole thing, like on WhatsApp that does that
too.
Like on what you know what Imean, but I don't you know.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Even DMing on Instagram.
It does that.
You can see.
Oh, they're getting ready totype something.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Right, yeah.
Anyway, I just thought it wasan interesting statistic that
you know iPhones.
I think it's the.
I just hate the kind ofweirdness when it comes to Macs
and iPhones and my clients alluse Macs and I, you know that's
the other thing too.
Like I use Word on a Mac, it'snot really any different than a
Word.
You know Word program on.
(26:52):
The only thing I don't like isthat you know it says you just
kind of change some thingsaround when you're trying to
move files around and stuff, butit's not a big deal.
Melanie said a flip phone isstill on the table.
She also said I recently foundout that Apple and Android text
messages are different colors,are they?
(27:13):
Yeah, yeah, so if I send you amessage, it's different than if
somebody who?
Speaker 3 (27:20):
comes out green.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
So those are the jokes.
Those are the jokes.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
This is.
Can you see that?
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Nope, we just see white.
What?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
do you call it An Apple message?
So it's blue with someone elsewho has an iPhone and it comes
out.
The message is green If it'sAndroid.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
You can't change the colors, like, for example, if
Cynthia is, I have.
Cynthia is like a magentapurple, so when she responds,
you know what I mean, and then Ihave like yellow, for like my
clients, I have.
You can't do it that way.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
I don't think so.
I mean, if you can, I don'tknow how to do that Okay, my
kids are like yeah, please, yes,you can, but I don't know how
to do it, can I?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
change the subject a little bit, though.
Here's the other thing I can'tstand about customer service.
Just because I went and boughtsomething doesn't mean I want to
give you a motherfucking survey.
You know what I mean.
Like, have you guys noticedthat I'm really sick and tired
of like?
I go into a store, I buysomething, like I bought socks.
Okay, I'm going to tell youwhat I bought.
I bought socks, but they'recompression socks for running
(28:26):
and because I'm walking hardernowadays, I don't know.
But I bought compression socksbecause my, ever since my
surgery, my right calf bothersme a lot and the compression
socks help when I'm trying to goup the stairs and running and
not running walking when I'mworking out.
And I got a survey, can youplease take two minutes to fill
up the surveys and let us know?
(28:46):
And I was like there's socks,like I got two pairs of socks.
I haven't even worn them yet,so annoying I don't feel them
out.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
I get that I work with a company I call, which I
kind of call.
I have to call them often, butthey're always like oh, would
you mind?
There's a survey at the end,can you just do this?
So it rates me, rate me, blah,blah, blah, blah.
So I'm like all right, one, ifit's bad five, it's really good.
And I'm like five, five, five,are we?
Speaker 1 (29:15):
done.
I don't do the money anymore.
I don't do the money.
Speaker 4 (29:17):
But my thing is time is money.
You want me to take my time tostop what I'm doing, to do
something for you.
What am I getting?
Speaker 1 (29:24):
What they're doing.
They've gone the other extreme.
But, cynthia, you were gonnasay something.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Oh no, even pharmacies.
And now just starting to do it.
My pharmacy sent me a surveytoday that I just picked up my
medication.
Oh, it tells how my service was.
I'm like really, you call mefive million times during the
week to remind me myprescription's ready, and now
you want me to do a survey.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
I think they've gone from one extreme to the other,
but it's annoying, you know whatI mean.
Like before, you could never,ever talk to anybody without
jumping hoops.
You know what I mean.
And now they've gone the otherextreme where they're just doing
this statistical stuff.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
That's a new way to measure so that they can hire
fire.
Whatever you know, I got onepaying a bill.
I was like I don't wanna behere any longer than I need to.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I'm wondering what everybody's gonna say but I will
tell you I don't wanna pay thisanymore.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
I don't wanna pay this anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
But the Cinnas are a utility company and they have
these constant surveys abouttheir new website.
You paid your bill today.
Would you like to?
Could you do a survey?
I'm like, are you out of yourmind?
Speaker 3 (30:33):
I literally don't give a single crap about your
website.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I don't give a slide, I mean it used to be like you
get a receipt and like do thesurvey and you get a free
sandwich or whatever, like thefood place, and I'm like, hey,
if it's free, it's for me, I'mgonna do that one, but that's
what I'm saying.
What do I get?
Speaker 2 (30:48):
out of it.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
What do I get out of?
Speaker 2 (30:49):
it.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
I'm doing this work for you.
You're not even your employee.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
So I'm cracking up with Rick.
Rick is like, if it's free,I'll do it, that's awesome.
Yeah, no, I look at, I thinkthey're trying, but I think it's
the wrong way to do it.
And the other thing is too like.
Today I called pavilions.
Okay, I'll tell you whathappened.
I went to pavilions, which is agrocery store here in
California, and I wanted delimeats because I was craving a
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sandwich.
So I got how do you say,mortadella, mortadella, right,
okay, whatever, it's likebaloney, but not Okay, so that's
what it is.
So I got mortadella and I camehome and when I went to make my
little sandwich, the wrappingwas still, so they sliced it
without the wrapping taken down.
(31:39):
And this is like the third timethis has happened.
And here's this is gonna soundbougie, I threw it out.
I can't eat it.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I can't do it.
I was just closing my head.
I was like she did not eat that.
No, I did not.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I was just like no, no, and if I had had time I
would have gone back and broughtit back.
You know what I mean.
But yeah, so I called them.
I tried to go online to do justthe thing to let them know what
was going on, and then itwouldn't submit, it, wouldn't
let me send it.
So I was like you know what I'ma call, so I cause I thought
it'd be like five minutes.
I just wanted to let them knowI don't need to refund nothing.
(32:15):
It's just that's dangerous, andwhat I was trying to say to them
is one of the things that theydo that I can't stand is there's
not enough people there, sothey're always rushing and
they're not paying attention.
So like, if you get cheese,they don't put wax between the
cheese, and so then you get homeand I live five minutes from
the grocery store Okay, and it'smold, it's all like a glob of
(32:38):
cheese when you get home.
You know what I mean.
So I was like you know what I'mdone.
This is like the third orfourth time I've come home from
the deli place.
I'm going to complain, blah,blah, blah, blah.
And then the woman wanted totalk for so long, and you know
how I say that that's bad causeI talk a lot.
You know what I mean.
I was just like, let's just dothat.
She's like would you mind doinga survey after I just tell me
(32:58):
how I did I was like oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I was like I even do.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
All I wanted was a sandwich.
It was a sandwich, yeah,anyways.
Yeah, all right.
Well, whatever, what can you do?
You know what I mean.
And Sink is getting backtogether.
I know you're all big fans.
I'm sure Andrea will be goingto see that show.
Is anyone a fan here of NSink?
(33:27):
It used to be.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
I don't know which ones they are.
Speaker 4 (33:32):
I get them confused too.
I'm like Backstreet Boys.
That's the buy, buy buy, buy.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Right, that's them.
The buy, buy, buy people.
They're the.
What's the lead singer's name?
You know, he's the one thatwith Janet.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
Jackson Justin.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Timberlake, justin.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Timberlake.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
Oh, yeah, yeah yeah, janet Jackson Boobie.
Okay, yeah, he's the leadsinger.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
That's how we remembered the Boobie incident.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
I'm not an NSink person and I'm not a Backstreet
Boys, but NSink are the dancingones.
Backstreet Boys are the onesthat actually, I guess, can sing
, and then New Kids on the Block.
I have to like because we allknow why.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
What about Manudo?
Just kidding, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
Manudo, I'm just kidding.
Oh cool Wow.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Just kidding.
They're older than we are.
I think I'm just kidding.
No, but I think those were thethree.
My apologies for saying it thisway.
Those were like the three whiteboy bands of the?
Speaker 3 (34:24):
What was it?
Nsink, Backstreet Boys and whatelse?
New Kids on the Block.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Oh right, okay, yeah and yeah.
So New Kids on the Block arefrom Boston.
It's all over TikTok.
I can't imagine how many peopleare like they're all every.
I was like I'm in the wrongTikTok area.
It's just all about NSink.
Yeah, all right.
Signs are getting older.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
I told him training about surveys.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
So I was reading this awesome story about Cheryl B
Routh, actress, and I'm likethis is such a good article,
it's so good, she's amazing,she's great.
I'm like what is this magazineI'm reading?
It's my subscription to AAR.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
That's funny.
Speaker 4 (35:24):
That is funny.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
It was assholes.
I started to get like mail fromthem, I don't know, maybe like
five, 10 years, and I was likeno.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Yeah, but you know, but we all signed up when that
young kid on TikTok.
Of course I did, we all did.
Okay, no, no.
Speaker 4 (35:44):
Listen every time I stand up what I said.
Every time I stand up and Ihear a snap crackle pop.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
I know I'm old, I'm just saying Now I'm critical, oh
, because your bones or whatever, no-transcript.
But that young man on TikTok hewas I don't know.
He was like in his 20s orsomething, I think maybe early
30s, but he was talking aboutall the savings he's been having
.
Because AARP is actually, youcan't discriminate, so there
(36:11):
actually is no age level.
So now all of the Gen Z peopleall have AARP cards because, yes
, and they're going torestaurants and they can't be
denied Because it's not an agething Wow, kind of saved that
money, but it's smart.
I have saved so much.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
I don't blame them.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
I'm doing it, so it's $16 a year or something $12,.
Did you get a free gift withyour subscription?
You know what?
I did not, but I got a wholebunch of points and every time
you walk or you can put yourFitbit to it and you exercise,
you get points to it.
And, like, I send flowers topeople a lot Well, some people
because I realized no one herehas gotten flowers for you.
(36:55):
I'm sorry.
It's a work related thing, workrelated thing, and you get so
many savings.
And then there are restaurantsyou can go to and you get
savings.
I'm all in it now.
I'm all in it.
That's like my favorite app onhere AARP.
We've been thinking about theirphone.
They got a phone, aarp, which Ilike I just put that on right.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Everyone's like hey.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
My mom.
I got her from ConsumerCellular.
She got a phone for her fromthere and it automatically came
with the AARP app.
I was like, oh, let me checkthis out.
And I signed it with my.
Ms and so yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
You should sign up for it.
Rick is always blaming his mamafor everything he's doing
personally.
He's like it was for my mom.
I'm like it's for my mom.
Ok, Other things that make youfeel old, good or bad.
I don't think it's a bad thing.
By the way, I thought that wasa good thing, I will tell you.
Speaker 3 (37:49):
So I took one of my daughters to the doctor just a
regular thing, and they wantedme to do all the paperwork and
all of that stuff on their app.
Oh yeah, now let me tell youI'm not downloading another app
for the rest of my life,literally.
Pardon me, but fuck you.
(38:10):
If you want me to downloadanother app, I'm not doing it.
I am not doing it.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
You are going to do it one other place.
I'm going to guarantee you'regoing to do it.
Speaker 3 (38:20):
Until I was walking in and I told her.
I was like I know I sound likean old Karen, but I am not.
I'm owning another goddamn app,did you really?
Oh, my god, mama, and I didn't.
I was like, and I was at thedesk and I was like I'm not.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
OK.
When I recently went to get mylatest Botox right, I went to
this new place and they handedme an iPad, which I don't use,
and they were like, could youjust fill out the documents on
here?
And I was like OK.
And then I was like how do I do?
I just use my finger.
And they're like, yeah, justuse it, because I'm used to a
(38:55):
stylus, you know what I mean.
But they're like you just useyour finger.
I'm like that's weird.
And then the keyboard's not akeyboard.
It's like I'm like, yeah, no, Idon't even feel old.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
I just think that's stupid, what I don't even know
really how to use one.
They're different.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Yeah, because it's just the pad, Like they give you
just this.
There's no stylus, but you knowwhatever.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
I'm at my job.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
You use them at your job.
Speaker 4 (39:22):
My mom has the hardest time signing those,
because when we had peoplecoming in for physical therapy,
they're like oh, just sign here.
You want me to do it, I coulddo it.
Ok, you're going to be here forfive minutes doing over and
over again.
Speaker 2 (39:33):
Do you hear what you hear?
No, you know what it is.
You know what it is.
You're mom, all right.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
So my co-worker has the same problem.
She's an older woman and now wehave to like this touch screen
where we clock in.
And she's the only one that hasa problem with it.
And apparently, as you getolder, the skin on your fingers
gets very soft so it's harderfor you to use any type of touch
(40:03):
screen.
So a lot of the older peoplehave problems.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Maybe you guys can clean your touch screen and
it'll be easier.
Oh, we clean it every time Forevery new person.
That's what you mean Really,that's a problem with your
finger.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
Yeah, so they have trouble using the touch screen.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
You know what I mean.
Look it.
I have trouble using it becauseI just don't like it.
So I just don't.
I like something more tactile.
I still use People make fun ofme.
I have my laptop and I still.
I have a travel mouse with me.
I do not use that screen thingat the bottom.
Never have I.
You know what I mean.
You know how people use thetracking thing.
I've never.
(40:42):
I always use a mouse.
So I just think it's just notsomething I'm used to.
Yeah, I don't know if it'sbeing old, but yeah, I guess so.
So now my fingers get.
So what's happening to myfingers?
Again, I'm confused.
When I get older, it getssofter, softer, so then I can't
touch a screen.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Yeah, it's almost like you're like.
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 3 (41:03):
It's just, if your fingers are too soft, the screen
will, I'm like you know what Ijust like I try to get that you
don't have the moisture for itto be as like.
I'm not sure, dang, it's toomoist?
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Yes, like I don't know what it is.
Have you ever touched, like avery old person's hand, how it's
very soft, mine, mine, is verysoft, hey, hey.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
if that's one of the things of being old, I'm all for
that.
Speaker 3 (41:33):
So my fingers getting softer.
I'll do that After all this.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
After all.
So getting older you get softerscared.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
Can you sign on this thing?
No, I got old people fingers.
I can't.
Speaker 1 (41:46):
I know my hands are too.
I'm not going to say like thatmy hands are really, really soft
.
I can't touch that screen.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
I'm using that.
That's what I'm using.
My hands are so soft I'm goingto need a small boujee.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
It's just too soft.
It's not going to work on thescreen.
Speaker 4 (42:07):
Trust me, after all, I'm going to be like my cousin.
My cousin got COVID last time.
He did that.
I don't trust that.
No, I ain't doing that.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
Yeah, no, I mean I like that we're getting away
from paper, I guess in thatsense, but I really hate those
things too.
Any other signs of you gettingold?
Speaker 4 (42:28):
I can't see on my I have to get one of these.
What's that?
Oh, blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
Oh Wait, what is it?
You have to take your bloodpressure, yeah.
Speaker 2 (42:38):
Just to monitor it.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
But is that because you're getting older?
Yeah, ok, but I've never had tomonitor my blood pressure.
Well, I'm asking you, should Ibe?
I'm like, could you?
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Well, no, because my blood pressure is a little high,
so I just want to keep track ofit.
So you have to keep track of it.
Speaker 1 (42:59):
So what are the things that they do that they
tag you?
That's not blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
No, that's diabetes.
That's diabetes.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
There's commercials all the time when they put the
thing like that All right.
Well, that sucks.
That was a downer thing, Not agood thing.
How is your blood pressuretoday?
That was a good, it's good, ok,good oh.
Speaker 4 (43:22):
I like it.
I'm on Facebook, I'm onInstagram.
For some reason, I keep gettingthese things.
You know you're old.
If you know what this is I'mlike.
Oh see, I know what that is,I'm old man.
This sucks.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
Melanie, I'm so sorry .
With all the walking I do atwork, I should subscribe to.
You know what you shouldsubscribe because there's a lot
of things based on where youlive.
So I live in California andbased in Los Angeles.
There's a lot of restaurants ora lot of different places, but
then there's also things acrossthe country you can get.
So if you order flowers orwhatever from 1-800-Flowers or
(43:54):
whatever it is, you get allthese discounts and it's free.
And yeah, you should definitelydo it.
I have no affiliation to AARP,but I just learned something.
I think we all have that stigmain our head that AARP is for
old people but they justadvocate for older citizens.
We're at the one hour mark Wowtime.
(44:15):
We don't have to stop.
But do you guys have anythingelse you want to share?
Andrea missed a really funnyepisode last week when we were
talking about friends.
Her name was brought up like 1million times.
Speaker 4 (44:28):
Uh-oh, best best friend.
Speaker 1 (44:31):
Best best friend.
I was saying that you are mybest friend, and I guess one of
the clips I put up which wasreally funny was Cynthia asked
this question like but do ourbest friends think that there
are best friends too?
Right, cynthia?
That's what you asked, thatyou're there, best friend.
That you're there there, bestfriend, and I said, even if I'm
(44:52):
not I'm going to make you be I'mgoing to ask you.
You know what I mean.
You have to see the clip.
It's very funny, but it wasvery funny.
But I also mentioned that Iknew that Leslie was your best
friend and that I'm nothing I'mnot really, I'm like below her,
and then I was crying on theshow.
It was really sad.
Speaker 2 (45:18):
We're not On the inside.
Speaker 1 (45:26):
Carmen, do you and Andrea sing?
Speaker 3 (45:33):
Every time we hang up we say, we sing ourselves out.
Speaker 1 (45:39):
Right, I don't think I could do that.
Rick, sing it ring.
Speaker 4 (45:44):
You're the singer here, but I like, I like when
that's especially on tiktok theytake that one, that one guy
Extra, mimicking him, likethat's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Oh, that is my foot and then he takes off his wig
and you know what we're talkingabout, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (46:09):
yeah.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
We'll sing it and then we'll have Rick do the the
other parts.
I can't so funny, oh my god.
So, all right, we're at the onehour four minute mark and I
have to tell you it, as much asI enjoy doing those clips I'm up
all day and all night on theweekend doing it so until I can
(46:33):
afford Once I start.
Oh wait, let me just say a fewthings.
You know what the website is upnew, I think, rick, you've seen
it.
Cynthia, you said you're gonnasee it, but you did it, rick,
you liked it right.
Speaker 4 (46:43):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
The website is finalized and up.
Please go check out all aboutthe joycom and was forgot the
name of my own show.
There's a blog post, there's apodcast, there are clips up
there.
I'm going to have swag in thenext couple weeks.
I just got the okay from ourlawyer and we're gonna
definitely have mugs andt-shirts to start, a, maybe a
(47:05):
tote bag and Thank you.
Yeah, please go check out thewebsite.
I could really use the clicks.
Just go check it out, look atit.
There's a a small blog.
I'm just gonna do a blog thereonce a month, just like a
paragraph or whatever.
Yeah, what?
Speaker 4 (47:18):
could you do the thing at the bottom with the
website so people could rememberif I could find it, I would
have.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
But it's all about the joy calm.
Everybody knows that, right,babies?
I don't know what it is on myscreen at the moment, but listen
, I'm really excited about doingthis and I'm really excited
that so many people are being sosupportive.
I didn't think it was gonna belike this.
I didn't.
I thought it was gonna takemuch longer, but I'm really
really happy and we'll have swagin the next couple weeks and I
(47:43):
hope you'll all Bear with me asI walk through this.
But what I'm gonna offer is I'mgonna offer shirts and cups, and
$5 of every purchase item isgoing to go to a charity of my
choice, and I've discussed witha few people what the first
charity is, but I'm not ready toannounce it yet and I don't
(48:03):
think I want to make big bucks,but I want all about the joy to
be an avenue where we help otherpeople and where we spread joy
as much as possible.
So anything we sell here is notnecessarily for profit, but
it's for helping other people aswell.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm gonna need some money, butyou know, I really, really,
(48:24):
really want to do some cool swagso that you guys will enjoy
wearing it.
You know, carmen is sending outswag for visiting your website.
While under armor shirts, what?
Speaker 4 (48:34):
is he?
He's just trying to be funny.
Speaker 1 (48:37):
Did I miss this?
I don't get jokes a lot.
Speaker 4 (48:42):
That's why you don't love Lucy.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
Okay, we gotta talk about this for a moment.
Do you know how many people atMeasley M's no.
I'm not even kidding, because Ilove.
Lucy.
Speaker 4 (48:54):
Wow, we're by Andrea.
Speaker 3 (48:56):
Carmen, carmen, all of the shit you give me for all
of these movies.
Have you ever seen I Love Lucy,not a full episode?
No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (49:11):
I've never seen a full episode.
It's not my thing.
Speaker 2 (49:15):
We talked about it a lot, and now you can strap her
down to a chair.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
Wait a minute.
Speaker 3 (49:21):
Watched.
I Love Lucy.
I will say I didn't really loveit, I totally get that?
How do you not have watched it?
Speaker 1 (49:30):
Because it wasn't my thing.
Okay, the other thing I gotyelled at before was one of my
clients back in the day I'mgonna say her name, Kim Dower,
Because she's on my Facebookpage and she got mad at me not
mad, but she was totallysurprised because I couldn't
name all the Beatles.
She was like Shocked and I waslike I know one died.
(49:51):
I was like he's just letting itright, but it was just so weird
that she got so upset with meabout it.
But that's how this was.
Speaker 3 (49:59):
People were not upset , they were shocked and like I'm
shocked just because, like it'sentertainment, it's classic
television.
Even like she's a woman in theentertainment industry, it seems
to go together.
So that's what's shocking aboutit.
Like the Beatles, I understand.
I don't.
You know, that seems to not belike I get that.
Speaker 1 (50:19):
You're gonna get mail .
Be careful, be careful.
Let me guess probably hasn'twatched the Honeymoon, she
hasn't.
It's the Beatles.
Let me start.
This was part of theconversation last week.
It was actually.
It was a good.
Last week was good too.
It was a good.
Speaker 4 (50:34):
If it wasn't for Desi Lu Productions, one of my
favorite sci-fi shows wouldnever have existed.
Speaker 1 (50:41):
I know Star Trek, I know, I know, I know, I know the
connection.
That's what it's like.
And here's what you're missing.
I don't like and I know you'regonna.
The minute I say this, andrea,it's gonna hit you in the head.
Oh, I don't like slapstickcomedy.
It's not my thing.
I don't like kind of that.
You know cheeky, I don't lovethat.
(51:01):
So it actually makes more sensethat I wouldn't watch it, you
know.
Speaker 4 (51:06):
I like I take three stooges as slapstick.
I don't take Lucy as slapstick.
It can be, but not always.
Speaker 1 (51:14):
So all of that is in the same genre.
Like Jim Carrey, steve Martin,like I can respect all these
people.
It's just not something I'mgonna watch because of that.
Speaker 3 (51:24):
I don't like that stuff either.
But I just think of like theonly reason probably really that
I watched I Love Lucy isbecause when I was a kid there
was like seven channels.
Yes back and I thought Lucy wason the other side of the screen
and I said it was kind of mean.
Speaker 1 (51:39):
I guess what I said last week was what I was at
rehearsal.
I wasn't always watching TV, Iwasn't always, and I don't mean
that in a bad way, it's just,it's one show, dudes, I don't
get one show I didn't watch.
I mean, look it.
I also don't.
The shows that we talked aboutlast week that I was into were
later on, when I was actuallyalive.
Speaker 2 (52:02):
I'm not trying to be rude, but those are the shows I
watched.
I don't go back and watch showsbut I wasn't around.
Speaker 1 (52:10):
You know what I mean.
So, tony, did you remember yougot me for not watching 2001 A
Space Odyssey Because you're asci-fi fan?
If you're a sci-fi fan andyou've never seen 2001 A Space
Odyssey, then you can't sayyou're really a sci-fi fan.
I've never said I'm a slapstickcomedy or I've never said I'm
(52:32):
aficionado of all things oldschool television never, not
once, never, not once.
You guys can try this on me,but it's not gonna work.
Because it's not gonna work, Iwill watch it, though, unlike
some people, I'm open-mindedenough to be like okay,
everybody's telling me I shouldwatch it.
I'm gonna try to watch it.
I'm not as hard-headed as somepeople.
Speaker 3 (52:57):
That's the thing.
You should watch it.
I'm just surprised that youhaven't.
That's all it takes.
Speaker 1 (53:02):
I'm surprised you haven't seen ET and that you
won't.
I'm just saying You'resurprised that I won't.
I'm not surprised that youwon't, but I want you to watch
it, like before I die.
If I die before you, that willbe my.
I'm gonna put it in my will.
Oh shit, it's going to get inhere my money.
Speaker 2 (53:21):
She's gonna have it playing at her service.
I'm gonna have it playing at myservice All the music from John
Williams.
Speaker 3 (53:36):
You were like, yeah, you didn't get invited to the
party, but here's ET bitch.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (53:47):
Lord Jesus.
Speaker 2 (53:48):
That's gonna hurt me.
Oh, we're gonna hear the party.
You're gonna think it's a wholeremembrance of Carmen and it's
really the movie.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
I'm gonna trick her.
I am, I'm gonna trick her andmake her watch it.
Look at, I know, but there's apart of me that there was
something I tried to watch inthe day, rick, that you asked me
.
Oh, because you were watchingthe continuation of our favorite
show.
And I said I'm gonna watch it.
And then what did I do?
I was like, nope, I'm done,because I hate that one
character.
I'm like I can't watch no moreof it, I'm done, I'm done, done,
(54:20):
done, I was just thinking younever watched, or you probably
didn't like Threes Company theneither.
Speaker 4 (54:25):
Huh.
Speaker 1 (54:26):
I respect and love John Ritter with a passion, but
I didn't really watch the show.
I remember that was on when Iwas alive.
I don't mean that in a bad waybut, like, these shows that
you're all talking about areshows that I didn't.
They weren't on when I was homeand you guys watched it.
You watched reruns of it afterthe fact.
(54:46):
So we were older.
I don't know why.
I mean I'm gonna say somethingbut it would bring down the
conversation, so I'm not gonna.
But I'm like I think the reasonwhy is because I wasn't in a
stable place to be watching.
Old school television is whatI'm trying to say.
So when I talk about the thingsI watch, is because I watched
them while they were on.
What about the Furlies?
(55:07):
I don't even know what that is.
Speaker 4 (55:09):
Is that the spin-off of Threes Company?
Speaker 3 (55:12):
The Furlies right.
Speaker 4 (55:13):
They were one of the Landlords, yeah.
Speaker 1 (55:16):
The Furlies.
I don't even know what that is.
The digital show is comedy.
How do you not like slapstickcomedy?
What digital show he?
Speaker 4 (55:24):
said this, this digital show Is this a slapstick
comedy?
Speaker 1 (55:29):
Is this a slapstick comedy?
I don't know.
Well, maybe if I'm doing it,it's funny.
I put a laugh track in it isWe'll have that availability
somewhere, but I don't know howto do it.
Yeah, oh, yes, it's been offfrom Threes Company.
Yeah, all I remember was theblonde woman doing an exercise
(55:49):
video, or she had a thing whereyou put in your thighs.
Speaker 4 (55:53):
Oh my gosh, the dance summers.
Speaker 1 (55:55):
Right, she had a thing that you would, I remember
being like I should buy that towork with and I did it, but I
remember being like, oh, then mythighs would be beautiful.
I can't remember that?
Speaker 4 (56:05):
Didn't they have like three different women?
Be like the blonde on the show.
Speaker 3 (56:10):
Yeah, there were multiple blonde roommates.
Oh see, I don't even know allthat I mean.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
I remember I liked John Ritter.
I don't know why I liked him,but I liked him a lot.
Speaker 4 (56:20):
Hi master, he remembers the name.
He secretly has one.
Speaker 2 (56:27):
He's so cute, hi master.
He's like he's gonna get itright now hey.
Speaker 4 (56:30):
Brian.
Speaker 1 (56:31):
Hi Brian, everyone say hi to Brian.
Speaker 4 (56:34):
What happened to Joyce DeWitt?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (56:36):
What do you mean?
What happened to Joyce DeWitt?
Speaker 4 (56:39):
She was on Threes Company.
She was the brunette.
Speaker 3 (56:41):
I think she's still at it.
I mean not regularly, butAren't these people gone already
?
Speaker 1 (56:46):
No, they're still alive, john.
Speaker 4 (56:47):
Ritter passed it.
John is because he was sick.
Yeah, yeah, and I love hisstuff and then he got cancer and
got over it though.
Speaker 1 (56:53):
I use it for my arms.
Okay, can I also say something?
I didn't do this because Ididn't want to embarrass Charlie
when he was talking on the showthe other day, but as I was
editing because I heard it whenhe said it and I let myself go
because I didn't want toembarrass him.
And then I saw when I wasediting and I was gonna I'm just
gonna do it now when Charliewas explaining that he had his
office next door to JamesCameron and he was the model for
(57:16):
the clothing member they wereand he said, and I quote you
know I had a regularmiddle-sized man's body.
I just want to say I'm callingbullshit.
Charlie is the.
He was like the most.
I don't know what he looks likenow, but he looks the same.
But he was like oh, muscle tone, like six pack abs.
(57:39):
He was like perfect, perfectbody.
So I'm just calling bullshit onthat.
Charlie, that was cute though Ilove how you slid that in there
, like I didn't want toembarrass you, but gotta do it
now.
So, yeah, I thought that was sofunny.
I was like middle-sized guy.
Speaker 4 (58:00):
Before marriage Marriage will do that to you,
that's true, okay, fair enough,fair enough.
Speaker 1 (58:05):
But that was during that time, right?
That's when you were kind ofthe model for all of the Titanic
, crapola or whatever.
That's so funny, so I just wantto call bullshit on that.
I'm gonna call it a day.
Here we go.
It gets fun later on, I feellike we should.
I should plan to do a two-hourshow, take out the first 30
(58:26):
minutes or something, but I haveto go through it all.
So are we all gonna do homeworkfor next week?
Andrea, watch ET.
Yeah, charlie, I was in thebest shape of my life, I know
right, when I knew you baby.
Hey, you wanna watch ET.
(58:47):
Cynthia, what's your homework?
Speaker 3 (58:51):
Entertainment tonight .
Rick's homework.
Speaker 4 (58:58):
I'm gonna tell you what I'm not gonna watch.
Speaker 3 (59:00):
What.
Speaker 1 (59:00):
Drew Barrymore oh dude Bring it on On that note
yeah, not watch Drew Barrymoreand look at SAG is not saying
that at all, but morally we'resaying it.
I never really watched itbefore, by the way, so I'm at
(59:21):
work.
Speaker 3 (59:24):
I wouldn't even know where to find it if I had to.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
But I was watching her TikToks.
You know what I mean, so Ideleted those.
You know I took her off of mything.
I'm just sad about it.
Protect Keanu Reeves at allcosts.
Good night, thank you forstopping by.
I appreciate you all.
Check out the website.
We'll have swag next week andhave a great one.
Bye.
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