November 23, 2024 • 15 mins
Ever had your mom invite you over for Thanksgiving, only to hand you a spatula and an apron? That's just one of the hilarious stories I’m sharing in this episode of Come On You Know. As I return from a brief hiatus, I’m diving headfirst into the art of Thanksgiving hosting, peppered with my personal misadventures and newfound insights from my rise to fame. With the holiday just around the corner, I’ll give you the inside scoop on avoiding chaotic last-minute grocery runs and making sure everyone leaves with a full belly and a happy heart.
But that's not all—let's face it, Thanksgiving is as much about navigating social dynamics as it is about turkey and stuffing. This episode also unpacks the delicate dance of maintaining friendship balance during the holidays and steering clear of those cringe-worthy family conversations. From mismatched table settings to dodging unsolicited remarks, I’m here to guide you through these festive challenges with humor and practical tips. Join me for a rollercoaster of anecdotes and advice that promises to leave you both informed and entertained, so your Thanksgiving is a joyous celebration of friendship, family, and food.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Get ready.
It's the Come On you Knowpodcast, where your host Des
takes you on a rollercoasterride of a lifetime.
He's had adventures to don yourcrash helmets and buckle up.
It's not just a journey, it'sDes' life.
Come on, you know you want to.
What is up?
Your boy is back.
(00:20):
Yes, I'm back.
I know it's been a long time acouple of months but you know,
life gets in the way.
Welcome back to the Come On youKnow podcast.
I almost forgot to intro us.
So the last couple of monthspeople started recognizing me, I
gained a lot of subscribers.
(00:41):
I had to hire security when Ileft my place of residence and
all of that, and it's just beencrazy.
So I've been living on thatcelebrity high and I've been
taking my time getting back inthe booth.
But I'm back.
This feels comfortable and allof that it does, and let's make
(01:02):
the best of it.
So my grandmother came to visitme and I converted my studio
into an extra room.
So that's what happened, andthen other stuff.
I got to work.
So you caught me in a lie.
Anyway, welcome back to theCome On you Know podcast.
I'm back in the booth clearingmy throat, I'm back in front of
(01:30):
the mic and we're going to talkabout some things, but first I
got to read Check this out.
I got to read a little thingfrom our sponsor yeah, welcome
to the Come On, you Know,podcast.
This episode is sponsored byDumb.
If you're in a jam, do somedumb.
Bored at work, do some dumbboard at work.
Do some dumb, they get a freeday home.
Is school not your thing?
(01:50):
Sneak and do some dump in thebathroom.
You won't have to worry aboutschool anymore.
Is your spouse getting on yournerves?
Good old, reliable dumb, it'llhelp you with that.
No more spouse.
So, hey, do dumb, it's free.
(02:11):
So sorry, folks, I had to getthat out of the way.
You know we have bills to pay,so Just a little admin note.
I'm going to do a podcastoverhaul.
(02:32):
I changed the podcast art, ifyou noticed, or if you didn't
notice.
I may change the intro, but I'mgetting back in it.
Your boy is back and we'regoing to have some fun.
So we are in the holiday season.
I think last holiday season Idid a show about favorite
(02:52):
Christmas songs, but that's gone.
So this holiday season beingthat Thanksgiving is a couple of
days away, which is generally ahuge, huge holiday.
I want to dive into the do's anddon'ts of Thanksgiving hosted.
(03:18):
So check this out.
First of all, let's get intowhat hosting Thanksgiving means,
because apparently it has twodifferent meanings, and let's
look out for Thanksgivingscammers.
What I mean by that is I wasThanksgiving scammed by my mom.
(03:39):
What that means is hey.
She's like hey, you want tocome to my house for
Thanksgiving.
I'm like yeah, you know, sure,take the drive out there, it's a
couple of hours, but knock itout.
And then you know yeah, come tomy house, I want you to cook
the turkey.
It's like okay, I want you tomake collard greens.
(04:01):
I go okay, I want you to make,you know, stuffing and any other
side you want to make.
So, basically, you want me tocook.
I'm like, yeah.
He's like well, then, what areyou doing?
I'm like well, I'm opening thedoor for you.
He's like are you serious?
So be mindful of theseThanksgiving scammers.
So be mindful of theseThanksgiving scammers.
(04:25):
Don't get Thanksgiving scammedby people saying they're hosting
but you're doing the cooking.
If you're bringing food andthey say, hey, come over, I got
you.
I'm hosting thanksgiving, but Igot 17 people bringing 17
dishes.
That's called the potluck.
And uh, thanks to my co-worker,needy wilson, because she was a
(04:49):
victim.
She, she is a victim of thethanksgiving scammers.
So, hey, her brother did thesame thing.
Hey, come.
But like you know, bring thesesides.
Bring that, that's not hosted,that's a Thanksgiving scam.
You got scammed.
My mom Thanksgiving scannerScanner Scammer.
Nene, wilson's brotherThanksgiving scammer.
(05:13):
Let's put them all on blast.
Let them know, hey, if I'mbringing stuff to your house
you're not hosting.
It's a potluck anyway.
Do's and don'ts huh, let me see,I gotta think, think of this.
So if you're hosting like, planahead you know what I mean.
(05:34):
Don't cook things that takeforever on the same day, because
, one, you may jack it up, younever know, uh, and.
And two, I mean, although it'sgenerally the right thing to
cook right before you eat, it'slike you don't cook a
(05:55):
thanksgiving meal every.
You don't want to have to makea last minute grocery store run.
Just don't do it.
Don't do it Like, if you likethe thrill of last minute
grocery store chaos, you know,bump it into Karens who forget
cranberry sauce and go rightahead, but just please plan
(06:15):
ahead.
Two and forgive me if I forgetwhat number I'm on, I'm old Make
enough food if you're hostingLike straight up and down.
This also goes with the planahead thingy.
Like hey, you got to know howmany people are coming or not
coming.
But like Thanksgiving, likedon't make it.
(06:38):
Like you know you could neverhave too much food because
people could still takeleftovers and all of that.
But you know people will judgeyou if they don't get an
adequate portion.
They don't need to take homeplates that are like appetizer
size.
You know what I'm saying.
Like Just be smart, make enoughfood.
(07:03):
Get help If you have multiplepeople in your house.
Or just invite some guests overearly and say, hey, help me
with this.
You know, uncle Chuck couldhelp with the drinks or whatever
, I don't know, aunt Carol couldhelp with the marshmallow salad
, if you do that type of thing.
But just do get help, becausecooking for a large amount of
(07:31):
people, a large crowd, can gettedious and you can forget
things and it can beoverwhelming to one person.
I've done it for not as manypeople and it can get
overwhelming.
So like just be careful withthat.
Um, so don't.
(07:52):
Those are the do's.
I want to get to some of thedon'ts.
Like don't experiment on thebig day, you know what I mean,
like, don't let this be yourfirst time making turducken,
don't be an idiot.
Don't be an idiot, don't be anidiot.
You know what I mean.
Like hey, I want to make pigknuckle, fried pig knuckle soup
(08:14):
with, I don't know, italianwedding soup broth.
Like don't be stupid.
You would think that's commonsense.
But sometimes holidays likethat, people lose all common
sense.
And I don't know, nobody wantsthat, because you will have a
(08:37):
whole bunch of guests that willthink you're an idiot.
What else?
Don't invite too many people,especially if you don't have
enough food.
Right, if you have one turkey.
Don't invite like 20 people.
One turkey is not enough for 20people, and don't, you know, go
(09:00):
over, invite crazy.
Some people do that.
Like, some people don't havecommon sense, and that's why I
started this show.
It's called come on.
You know, like, hey, come on.
You know, don't invite 25people and you only have one
turkey, and they all love turkey.
So I'm here to help you, I'mhere to guide you through the
(09:22):
mysteries of life and, you know,unlock my own mysteries of my
own life.
I don't know what I'm saying,but anyway, just don't do that.
So just saying, and don't solike this may be.
This may be.
(09:44):
Eh, maybe you know you shouldlisten, maybe you don't have to,
but do have some alcoholavailable.
Like, don't skimp on thealcohol.
So I'm not a Thanksgivingalcohol drinking person or
whatever, but some people are.
Sometimes you just want to chillout, watch the game, have a
(10:06):
beer, whatever.
The guys in the living room,the ladies in the kitchen or den
or whatever you call that room,the little cubby room, talking
about the guys not doing nothingwhatevs.
But don't skip on it.
Sometimes wine can bring peopletogether and, um, you want to
(10:31):
have people together.
You know what I mean.
So, yeah, don't do that, andthen that.
That just.
Sometimes it helps with peoplerelaxing, especially after you
ate.
(10:51):
You know you just want to chillout and have a glass of wine or
some beer or whatever.
But yeah, that Another don't,what's another don't, what's
another don't.
And if you have some don'ts youcould throw them in the comments
so I could judge them and ifyou don't agree with me I could
(11:16):
I don't know fight you in thecomments or whatever.
Oh, don't have like awkwardconversations and it's always
going to be somebody'sgrandmother.
You know what I mean.
Talking about calling yourgirlfriend or boyfriend a wrong
name or or I don't know Mentionit, mentioning that you look a
(11:40):
little heavy or something likethat.
Like it's like yo grandma, justa big mama or whatever you call
her.
Just tuck it away.
Tuck it away.
Let's talk about this nextTuesday or something.
But I get it, I got it.
I'm not married and I look fatand you're still in my house
(12:03):
eating my food, gotcha.
As far as cooking, thinkingabout the don'ts, like don't.
Like mismatched dishes, likedon't do that, like don't.
Like I mentioned themarshmallow salad earlier.
Like don't have marshmallowsalad with shredded carrots and
(12:26):
all that, and raisins in thewrong dish.
Like just please don't, justdon't.
This is this whack.
So, anyway, those are the do'sand don'ts, or a few do's and
don'ts.
Helping you out forthanksgiving, which is in a
couple days.
(12:47):
Um, it's good advice, my advice, my advice is always the best,
and you know, come on, justdon't do anything stupid.
Uh Well, I can't say thatbecause that's how I'm sponsored
for this episode, oh boy,anyway.
(13:10):
So, thanksgiving do's anddon'ts, and check this out Also,
because I was thinking aboutfriendship and hosting and
bringing people over.
This is something that's nearand dear to me and I just wanted
to mention it before we punchout here on our welcome back
(13:35):
episode.
It's about sharing friends.
So don't share friends, andwhat I mean by that is if you
have a friend at work and youtalk to them and all that or
(13:55):
whatever at school, and thensomeone else tries to monopolize
the friendship and take themaway.
Don't like, don Like, don't doit Like, don't allow them to
Like straight up, establish afriendship and establish
friendship dominance.
That's what I'm going to callit Friendship dominance.
(14:15):
Don't let them sway.
It's happening to me and theyknow who they are.
One somebody's trying to take myfriend and it's hurting me,
it's killing me.
But don't, don't let them do itlike.
Do every little petty thingthat you can do to not allow
(14:38):
your friends to get stolen orshared and let them know every
time that you make them choose,say, hey, choose me or them, and
then just do better than theother friends.
But anyway, that's my partingguidance or parting motto Don't
(15:00):
share friends.
And hey, I'm going to keep themcoming.
I'm going to keep these showscoming from today.
This was just a little welcomeback deal.
I'm a little rusty, but I willput some wd-40 on the rust to
get going.
So that's all I got.
Get ready.
It's the Come On you Knowpodcast, where your host Des
takes you on a rollercoasterride of a lifetime.
He's had adventures to don yourcrash helmets and buckle up.
It's not just a journey, it'sDes' life.
Come on, you know you want to.
What is up?
Your boy is back.
(00:20):
Yes, I'm back.
I know it's been a long time acouple of months but you know,
life gets in the way.
Welcome back to the Come On youKnow podcast.
I almost forgot to intro us.
So the last couple of monthspeople started recognizing me, I
gained a lot of subscribers.
(00:41):
I had to hire security when Ileft my place of residence and
all of that, and it's just beencrazy.
So I've been living on thatcelebrity high and I've been
taking my time getting back inthe booth.
But I'm back.
This feels comfortable and allof that it does, and let's make
(01:02):
the best of it.
So my grandmother came to visitme and I converted my studio
into an extra room.
So that's what happened, andthen other stuff.
I got to work.
So you caught me in a lie.
Anyway, welcome back to theCome On you Know podcast.
I'm back in the booth clearingmy throat, I'm back in front of
(01:30):
the mic and we're going to talkabout some things, but first I
got to read Check this out.
I got to read a little thingfrom our sponsor yeah, welcome
to the Come On, you Know,podcast.
This episode is sponsored byDumb.
If you're in a jam, do somedumb.
Bored at work, do some dumbboard at work.
Do some dumb, they get a freeday home.
Is school not your thing?
(01:50):
Sneak and do some dump in thebathroom.
You won't have to worry aboutschool anymore.
Is your spouse getting on yournerves?
Good old, reliable dumb, it'llhelp you with that.
No more spouse.
So, hey, do dumb, it's free.
(02:11):
So sorry, folks, I had to getthat out of the way.
You know we have bills to pay,so Just a little admin note.
I'm going to do a podcastoverhaul.
(02:32):
I changed the podcast art, ifyou noticed, or if you didn't
notice.
I may change the intro, but I'mgetting back in it.
Your boy is back and we'regoing to have some fun.
So we are in the holiday season.
I think last holiday season Idid a show about favorite
(02:52):
Christmas songs, but that's gone.
So this holiday season beingthat Thanksgiving is a couple of
days away, which is generally ahuge, huge holiday.
I want to dive into the do's anddon'ts of Thanksgiving hosted.
(03:18):
So check this out.
First of all, let's get intowhat hosting Thanksgiving means,
because apparently it has twodifferent meanings, and let's
look out for Thanksgivingscammers.
What I mean by that is I wasThanksgiving scammed by my mom.
(03:39):
What that means is hey.
She's like hey, you want tocome to my house for
Thanksgiving.
I'm like yeah, you know, sure,take the drive out there, it's a
couple of hours, but knock itout.
And then you know yeah, come tomy house, I want you to cook
the turkey.
It's like okay, I want you tomake collard greens.
(04:01):
I go okay, I want you to make,you know, stuffing and any other
side you want to make.
So, basically, you want me tocook.
I'm like, yeah.
He's like well, then, what areyou doing?
I'm like well, I'm opening thedoor for you.
He's like are you serious?
So be mindful of theseThanksgiving scammers.
So be mindful of theseThanksgiving scammers.
(04:25):
Don't get Thanksgiving scammedby people saying they're hosting
but you're doing the cooking.
If you're bringing food andthey say, hey, come over, I got
you.
I'm hosting thanksgiving, but Igot 17 people bringing 17
dishes.
That's called the potluck.
And uh, thanks to my co-worker,needy wilson, because she was a
(04:49):
victim.
She, she is a victim of thethanksgiving scammers.
So, hey, her brother did thesame thing.
Hey, come.
But like you know, bring thesesides.
Bring that, that's not hosted,that's a Thanksgiving scam.
You got scammed.
My mom Thanksgiving scannerScanner Scammer.
Nene, wilson's brotherThanksgiving scammer.
(05:13):
Let's put them all on blast.
Let them know, hey, if I'mbringing stuff to your house
you're not hosting.
It's a potluck anyway.
Do's and don'ts huh, let me see,I gotta think, think of this.
So if you're hosting like, planahead you know what I mean.
(05:34):
Don't cook things that takeforever on the same day, because
, one, you may jack it up, younever know, uh, and.
And two, I mean, although it'sgenerally the right thing to
cook right before you eat, it'slike you don't cook a
(05:55):
thanksgiving meal every.
You don't want to have to makea last minute grocery store run.
Just don't do it.
Don't do it Like, if you likethe thrill of last minute
grocery store chaos, you know,bump it into Karens who forget
cranberry sauce and go rightahead, but just please plan
(06:15):
ahead.
Two and forgive me if I forgetwhat number I'm on, I'm old Make
enough food if you're hostingLike straight up and down.
This also goes with the planahead thingy.
Like hey, you got to know howmany people are coming or not
coming.
But like Thanksgiving, likedon't make it.
(06:38):
Like you know you could neverhave too much food because
people could still takeleftovers and all of that.
But you know people will judgeyou if they don't get an
adequate portion.
They don't need to take homeplates that are like appetizer
size.
You know what I'm saying.
Like Just be smart, make enoughfood.
(07:03):
Get help If you have multiplepeople in your house.
Or just invite some guests overearly and say, hey, help me
with this.
You know, uncle Chuck couldhelp with the drinks or whatever
, I don't know, aunt Carol couldhelp with the marshmallow salad
, if you do that type of thing.
But just do get help, becausecooking for a large amount of
(07:31):
people, a large crowd, can gettedious and you can forget
things and it can beoverwhelming to one person.
I've done it for not as manypeople and it can get
overwhelming.
So like just be careful withthat.
Um, so don't.
(07:52):
Those are the do's.
I want to get to some of thedon'ts.
Like don't experiment on thebig day, you know what I mean,
like, don't let this be yourfirst time making turducken,
don't be an idiot.
Don't be an idiot, don't be anidiot.
You know what I mean.
Like hey, I want to make pigknuckle, fried pig knuckle soup
(08:14):
with, I don't know, italianwedding soup broth.
Like don't be stupid.
You would think that's commonsense.
But sometimes holidays likethat, people lose all common
sense.
And I don't know, nobody wantsthat, because you will have a
(08:37):
whole bunch of guests that willthink you're an idiot.
What else?
Don't invite too many people,especially if you don't have
enough food.
Right, if you have one turkey.
Don't invite like 20 people.
One turkey is not enough for 20people, and don't, you know, go
(09:00):
over, invite crazy.
Some people do that.
Like, some people don't havecommon sense, and that's why I
started this show.
It's called come on.
You know, like, hey, come on.
You know, don't invite 25people and you only have one
turkey, and they all love turkey.
So I'm here to help you, I'mhere to guide you through the
(09:22):
mysteries of life and, you know,unlock my own mysteries of my
own life.
I don't know what I'm saying,but anyway, just don't do that.
So just saying, and don't solike this may be.
This may be.
(09:44):
Eh, maybe you know you shouldlisten, maybe you don't have to,
but do have some alcoholavailable.
Like, don't skimp on thealcohol.
So I'm not a Thanksgivingalcohol drinking person or
whatever, but some people are.
Sometimes you just want to chillout, watch the game, have a
(10:06):
beer, whatever.
The guys in the living room,the ladies in the kitchen or den
or whatever you call that room,the little cubby room, talking
about the guys not doing nothingwhatevs.
But don't skip on it.
Sometimes wine can bring peopletogether and, um, you want to
(10:31):
have people together.
You know what I mean.
So, yeah, don't do that, andthen that.
That just.
Sometimes it helps with peoplerelaxing, especially after you
ate.
(10:51):
You know you just want to chillout and have a glass of wine or
some beer or whatever.
But yeah, that Another don't,what's another don't, what's
another don't.
And if you have some don'ts youcould throw them in the comments
so I could judge them and ifyou don't agree with me I could
(11:16):
I don't know fight you in thecomments or whatever.
Oh, don't have like awkwardconversations and it's always
going to be somebody'sgrandmother.
You know what I mean.
Talking about calling yourgirlfriend or boyfriend a wrong
name or or I don't know Mentionit, mentioning that you look a
(11:40):
little heavy or something likethat.
Like it's like yo grandma, justa big mama or whatever you call
her.
Just tuck it away.
Tuck it away.
Let's talk about this nextTuesday or something.
But I get it, I got it.
I'm not married and I look fatand you're still in my house
(12:03):
eating my food, gotcha.
As far as cooking, thinkingabout the don'ts, like don't.
Like mismatched dishes, likedon't do that, like don't.
Like I mentioned themarshmallow salad earlier.
Like don't have marshmallowsalad with shredded carrots and
(12:26):
all that, and raisins in thewrong dish.
Like just please don't, justdon't.
This is this whack.
So, anyway, those are the do'sand don'ts, or a few do's and
don'ts.
Helping you out forthanksgiving, which is in a
couple days.
(12:47):
Um, it's good advice, my advice, my advice is always the best,
and you know, come on, justdon't do anything stupid.
Uh Well, I can't say thatbecause that's how I'm sponsored
for this episode, oh boy,anyway.
(13:10):
So, thanksgiving do's anddon'ts, and check this out Also,
because I was thinking aboutfriendship and hosting and
bringing people over.
This is something that's nearand dear to me and I just wanted
to mention it before we punchout here on our welcome back
(13:35):
episode.
It's about sharing friends.
So don't share friends, andwhat I mean by that is if you
have a friend at work and youtalk to them and all that or
(13:55):
whatever at school, and thensomeone else tries to monopolize
the friendship and take themaway.
Don't like, don Like, don't doit Like, don't allow them to
Like straight up, establish afriendship and establish
friendship dominance.
That's what I'm going to callit Friendship dominance.
(14:15):
Don't let them sway.
It's happening to me and theyknow who they are.
One somebody's trying to take myfriend and it's hurting me,
it's killing me.
But don't, don't let them do itlike.
Do every little petty thingthat you can do to not allow
(14:38):
your friends to get stolen orshared and let them know every
time that you make them choose,say, hey, choose me or them, and
then just do better than theother friends.
But anyway, that's my partingguidance or parting motto Don't
(15:00):
share friends.
And hey, I'm going to keep themcoming.
I'm going to keep these showscoming from today.
This was just a little welcomeback deal.
I'm a little rusty, but I willput some wd-40 on the rust to
get going.
So that's all I got.
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