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VOICEOVER (00:01):
Everybody's got an opinion, Every
Californian and Virginian, It's so hard
to tell who to trust and who to ignore.
Someone's gotta settle the score.
Trey and Chelsey will help you choose, Whose viewswin which ones lose, Online haters are coming
for you, Baby, it's time to Review That Review!
Chelsey Donn (00:30):
Hello,
Trey Gerrald (00:33):
Chelsey.
Well, hello, listeners.
Welcome back to Review That Review.
We are the podcast that is dedicated to reviewing.
Chelsey Donn (00:45):
Reviews!
Trey Gerrald (00:47):
That's Chelsey
Chelsey Donn (00:48):
I'm that Trey Gerrald.
Trey Gerrald (00:50):
And together, we are,
VOICEOVER (00:53):
The Review Queens,
Trey Gerrald (00:58):
is it 50 Ways to Eat Cock?
Or are we Goblin Goblin on afantastic pre Thanksgiving?
Are you Thanksgiving?
Are you Thanksgiving?
Chelsey Donn (01:08):
I'm Thanksgiving,
Trey Gerrald (01:09):
I think I'm Thanksgiving too,
I'm excited, I obviously love pumpkin pie, and
I'm ready to engorge on pumpkin pie tomorrow.
Chelsey Donn (01:17):
okay, I know maybe you're
ready for something else in addition to
pie, something, something to go along with
the pie because every pumpkin pie needs a
little like whipped cream and every episode
of Review That Review needs someone to
VOICEOVER (01:32):
Ledge a Complaint,
Trey Gerrald (01:34):
A little dollop of complaint,
Chelsey Donn (01:36):
dial up a complaint daisy.
Trey Gerrald (01:38):
Yeah, well today, you know, speaking
of engorging yourself with food, I feel like we
talked about this last Thanksgiving, but this
um, theory of tryptophan making you sleepy.
Today I want to lodge a complaint againstgetting all cuddled up in a blanket or
in your bed, under the comforter, and
somehow, when you unfurled the blanket.
It's upside down and that tag is in your face.
Chelsey Donn (02:02):
Oh, yes.
Trey Gerrald (02:03):
I hate nothing more than
feeling the warmth of, say, I don't know,
a down comforter or like a nice fleecy
warm blanket and then you get that scratchy
scratchy scratchy scratchy of the tag.
What?
And what is this whole thing withlike furniture where it's like do not
Chelsey Donn (02:22):
Don't remove?
Trey Gerrald (02:23):
Yo, what is that?
I hate it.
It occurred to me when I had made thebed the other day and I didn't clock that
the tag was where my face was gonna go
instead of where my tootsies are gonna go.
Have you ever been in this conundrum?
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
Chelsey Donn (02:40):
I've definitely
been in this conundrum.
I mean, there's just nothing worse than in anysituation feeling like you're going to be comfy
and then being interrupted by a stiff, pointy tag.
Trey Gerrald (02:52):
Talking about a cock gobbler.
Chelsey Donn (02:56):
Yeah, no, I feel you, Trey.
I mean, I also, I wonder, I think the don'tremove the thing is about the warranty, maybe.
Ooh, you guys, Trey is indulgingin a Thanksgiving cocktail.
Trey Gerrald (03:07):
point it out.
I was trying to be discreet because you look down.
Chelsey Donn (03:10):
Okay, well, it's so decadent.
It's in a, like, martini glass and it's so fancy.
There's even, is that a sliver of lemon?
Like a very thin
Trey Gerrald (03:21):
it's actually an orange peel.
This is the, um, this is theHillstone recipe for a cosmopolitan.
Chelsey Donn (03:28):
Trey, that is so sexual.
Trey Gerrald (03:31):
I know, it feels very adult.
Chelsey Donn (03:33):
I really wish I was
there and I could be cheersing
to a happy Thanksgiving or happy
Trey Gerrald (03:38):
Are you about to
punk me and ring my doorbell?
Chelsey Donn (03:40):
Day of Gratitude.
Ding dong!
Trey Gerrald (03:43):
More like ding dong
dash, because I know you're not here.
Chelsey Donn (03:46):
I'm not, but I have my water.
But anyway, yes, I hear you.
Trey Gerrald (03:50):
you are right about the tag for
a warranty thing, but, so here's the question,
do you cut tags off of, like, your blankets,
your comforters, your, all of that stuff?
Chelsey Donn (03:58):
like with, with abandon,
without abandon, with like just,
yes, without abandon, I think that's,
Trey Gerrald (04:05):
Well, you know, we, we
are like proud proponents of the company
Cozy Earth for all of our bedding.
We've talked about it before
Chelsey Donn (04:13):
yes, we've talked
about it because Trey's, staying in
Trey's guest room is such a treat.
Trey Gerrald (04:18):
Well, that's nice.
Thank you.
We're currently staying in the guest roombecause our primary bathroom is being
redone, which is a whole conversation,
which, oh, that should be a complaint.
Okay, making a note.
Um, but they thankfully, like, they do like,and then, like, it's like a seal, like a, you
know, it's like when you now buy t shirts and
they have the tag printed on the fabric, like,
they have, like, but it's like an embossed,
it makes me think of, like, uh, what are the,
what are the people you pay for to notary?
(04:47):
You know the little notary seals?
Chelsey Donn (04:49):
a notary seal of approval,
Trey Gerrald (04:50):
It's like the logo for The Secret.
Yeah, where they, like, would print it in wax or
Chelsey Donn (04:54):
a stamp, stamp, a wax stamp,
Trey Gerrald (04:57):
Anyway, that's my
Chelsey Donn (04:58):
God, we would
be so good at 100, 000 pyramid
Trey Gerrald (05:02):
You think?
Chelsey Donn (05:03):
is, no,
Trey Gerrald (05:05):
I
Chelsey Donn (05:05):
mean maybe, I
think they should apply for us.
Trey Gerrald (05:08):
Oh, and then
wait quickly before we move on.
What did everyone think oflast week's episode with Joe?
Wasn't it just amazing Joe Kozian?
Chelsey Donn (05:15):
as if I I could fall
more in love with Joe Kinosian I
already loved him just in theory.
I didn't really know Joe thatwell prior to recording and then
he's just such a delight you guys
Trey Gerrald (05:28):
I know
Chelsey Donn (05:29):
Like, A human.
Trey Gerrald (05:31):
A one yes.
Circle back
Chelsey Donn (05:34):
Sorry, go back.
A1 human, you guys.
I hope you enjoyed that.
Trey Gerrald (05:37):
when I was editing it the whole
time, like I kept, I texted him multiple times
to be like, you were so charming on this episode.
Like
Chelsey Donn (05:43):
He's just so charming in general.
I love, love, love Joe Kinosian.
Not, I mean, he created our theme song,but also he's just such a stellar human.
Trey Gerrald (05:54):
That was a
really nice moment of thanks.
Chelsey Donn (05:56):
Yes, you're right.
Thank you, Joe Kinosian.
Trey Gerrald (05:58):
Do you want to pivot into some more?
Thanks?
Perhaps?
I don't know.
I don't know what you brought in.
Chelsey,
Chelsey Donn (06:04):
I want to pivot to more.
Thanks.
Trey Gerrald (06:05):
do it.
Let's jump into an online review.
Chelsey Donn (06:07):
Whoo.
Let's do it
VOICEOVER (06:11):
Review That Review,
Chelsey Donn (06:15):
Alright as you know, we are your
trusty review Queens We bring in reviews from
the internet that we feel need to be inspected
Trey Gerrald (06:24):
We read you the review.
We break it down and rate the impact ofthat review on a scale from zero to five.
Gobble!
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It's a very regal process that we call.
VOICEOVER (06:35):
Assess That
Trey Gerrald (06:37):
And Chelsey, all us turkey gobblers.
Yeah, that's what it is.
Turkey gobblers.
We've moved on from cockgobblers to turkey gobblers.
Chelsey Donn (06:43):
That's
Trey Gerrald (06:44):
What have you got for us this week?
Chelsey Donn (06:46):
Okay.
Well, keeping that gratitude, you know,train going this week, Trey, I have
a special Thanksgiving treat for us.
We have a review that wassent to us via Instagram.
Somebody, James Donegan, AKA James DonnaGraham slid into our DMs and sent us a
very special Thanksgiving themed review.
(07:11):
So James Donna Graham.
Thank you so much for sliding into our DMs.
Guys, slide into our DMs all the time.
We love to hear from you.
We want to hear your reviews.
We want to hear what youwant the queens to review.
So for you, James Donogram, weare going to review this review.
All right.
(07:31):
So, in addition to James Donogram being a queen,he's also sent us, alert, alert, a new source.
What?
I thought we have thought ofeverything, but apparently, we haven't.
So this is one of those sourcesthat there's like multiple layers.
So basically, James Donogram sent us alink to a page called Hungry AF, okay?
(08:00):
Do you guys know the...
Instagram handle, I'm 30 AF,
Trey Gerrald (08:05):
Oh, I think I follow them.
Chelsey Donn (08:06):
yeah, so it's the same, it's
like their sister, Instagram handle, Hungry AF,
that is like all about food posts, so this is,
Trey Gerrald (08:15):
is it a page or
is it an Instagram account?
Chelsey Donn (08:18):
so this is Instagram, I'm
sorry, this is very difficult to explain,
but so on Instagram, James slid into our
DMs, he shared with us, A post from Hungry
AF that was screenshots of a text diatribe
on Twitter aka X from, are we following?
Trey Gerrald (08:40):
many layers.
You're right.
Chelsey Donn (08:41):
I know, it's many layers,
from an account called AtMomOfNoRank.
So this review is written by, at, momof no rank, on, are we calling it X now?
Okay, on X, and it is one of those just like, bop,bop, bop, bop, because you know, X limits you.
(09:04):
So it's like, guys, let's buckle in, becauseit's, it's a long review, and it is for you guys.
I don't even know how this ispossible, that this is a thing, but.
Brock's Turkey Dinner and ApplePie and Coffee, Candy, Corn.
(09:26):
So it is Brock's Turkey Dinner, Candy, Corn.
Trey Gerrald (09:32):
But with also the
flavors of apple pie and coffee.
Is that the
Chelsey Donn (09:35):
it's the whole turkey dinner.
So in this review written on eggs by atmom of no rank, she is going to break down
for us all of the elements, all of the
colors, kind of like how Trey and I did.
That's why James said he thought of us kindof like what Trey and I did in an after show a
while back where we broke down these jelly beans.
(09:59):
Mom of no rank is about to do that for us.
Trey Gerrald (10:01):
Oh, I can't
Chelsey Donn (10:02):
this is very exciting.
In the end, I'm like, I don't knowif I should announce the star amount.
I'm gonna let Mom of No Rank announce thestar amount at the end because they do.
We're just gonna jump right in.
Thank you, James.
Please also send us all the reviewsand here we go at Mom of No Rank.
(10:23):
Here is an example of each flavor.
When you open the bag, you'llsmell only the coffee ones.
This is a transparent and deliberate attemptto lull you into a false sense of security.
Don't be a sucker.
(10:43):
First of all, there is a special placein hell for whoever decided to make
three of the flavors so similar in color.
In a just world, this person would die alone,Surrounded by ugly, pink, floral wallpaper,
After a lifetime of petty disappointments,
With the sound of a super fun and fashionable
party, Absolutely everyone else was
invited to, Drifting across the street.
(11:17):
Top left is Turkey and Gravy.
It is...
Disturbingly, hauntingly, like candyturkey, Wrong on every, top middle is
stuffing, Tastes like hate and sage, So
much sage, it's ironic, Because you'll need
to burn sage to erase it from your psyche.
(11:46):
6 out of 18.
Top right is Caramel Apple Pie.
It's fine.
Most poignant flavor is caramel with asurprisingly natural cinnamon background
and then a crisp finish with just a faint
whisper of, oh, the artificial flavoring
that once spent 15 minutes in a room.
(12:14):
With an apple pie, scented, hashtag,Yankee Candle, with the lid closed, bottom
left is allegedly cranberry sauce, what
should have been a softball in the flavor
development game instead offers nary a
smidge of either cranberry or tartness.
(12:41):
There is, however, the vaguestintimation of alkaloid bitterness,
Trey Gerrald (12:48):
Ew.
Chelsey Donn (12:49):
best guess, cotton
candy cough drop, middle is...
Green beans.
Friends, it is unforgivable.
If you left a cup of green tea on the porchin bad weather for a week, during which
time it attained sentience and promptly
began plotting your demise, and you hate
green tea, that's what this tastes like.
Trey Gerrald (13:19):
Ew.
Ew.
Chelsey Donn (13:21):
some dirt in it.
And, is that a hint of deadleaf or decomposing June Beetle?
Trey Gerrald (13:31):
Ew.
Chelsey Donn (13:32):
You'll have the stabbing pains of
deep regret for company as you work that one out.
Lastly, bottom right is coffee.
It's the best one, and it's terrible.
It's what you hoped coffee would tastelike when you were five, alarmingly
sweet, kind of butterscotchy.
(13:55):
It's second cousin, twice removed, has heardof coffee, The stuffing one is by far the
worst flavor, It is appalling, Pepperidge Farm
has apparently taken up training assassins,
I've met voodoo dolls with less evil intent,
The developer of this flavor deserves
your disdain, and for that, I salute them.
(14:22):
However, I think my personal pickfor most offensive to hashtag
Thanksgiving food is the green bean.
It is not green bean casserole, by the way.
Oh, no.
No umami here.
Raw, unholy, green in flavor as well ascolor with a single one note foghorn taste
like mowing the lawn with your mouth open,
Trey Gerrald (14:50):
What?
Chelsey Donn (14:51):
to paraphrase Douglas
Adams, It is almost, but not
quite, entirely unlike green beans.
It's what you might get if you describedgreen beans to an alien who had been tasked
with reproducing the flavor using only
very inexpensive petroleum based esters.
(15:15):
And, you never actually had green beans,and also, the alien hated its job, Five
Stars, star, star, star, star, star,
Everyone should get a bag, Set them out in
a nice inviting bowl, and don't Say a word.
VOICEOVER (15:39):
Kvetch,
Chelsey Donn (15:40):
And just so we know the at,
um, I'm starving AF, like caption for this
was turkey dinner, candy corn is pure chaos
and absolutely no one asked for this, but
I'm not going to keep an eye out for it.
And then they, they linked tothe Twitter mom of no rank.
Trey Gerrald (15:57):
So wait, so in the
end, is this a five star review?
Chelsey Donn (16:01):
Correct.
That's what I'm saying.
That's why I was like, I don't want to giveit away in the beginning because they do
bring it up even though this is a Twitter
review, which wouldn't normally have a scale,
but they, they assigned this five scales.
Makes me think of what do they think oftheir friends that they would want to torture
Trey Gerrald (16:18):
I mean, I think that's hilarious.
Chelsey Donn (16:20):
Do you think it
Trey Gerrald (16:20):
Well, I think it's funny
because, yeah, I, I love little small pranks.
I think that's very funny.
Wait, okay, so are they candycorns or are they gr gel?
Are they Jelly bellies?
Chelsey Donn (16:31):
They are candy corns.
So they, they look the same as candy corns,except instead of there being just that like
one candy corn color, there's like the green one
for green beans, but we'll have to share this
on the Instagram story the week this comes out
Trey Gerrald (16:46):
So the, so the
candy corns are a single color.
They're not three colors.
Because in my mind, candy corns
Chelsey Donn (16:53):
They are two colors, but it's like,
it's really one color, because it's primary.
Trey Gerrald (16:58):
Here, I'm looking.
Chelsey Donn (16:59):
There's like a little bit of
white at the bottom, you know, it almost
looks like a tooth that's like discolored.
Trey Gerrald (17:05):
it looks like weird teeth.
Chelsey Donn (17:07):
That's what I just
said, yeah, it looks like teeth,
Trey Gerrald (17:09):
These are like either two
colors or the green one is just simply green.
Chelsey Donn (17:13):
The green and the red are
like that eye exam test, when they're
like, How many colors do you see?
Trey Gerrald (17:19):
Okay, so Brocks, obviously, like,
is known for, I guess, oh, I guess I do think
of Brocks as, like, Halloween little pumpkins,
like the candy corn flavor, but they're little
Chelsey Donn (17:30):
And also jelly
Trey Gerrald (17:31):
Yeah, I think of them as jellybeans,
but I guess Brocks is the candy corn company.
Okay, because that was very perplexingto me for the majority of that review.
So, Mommy, you have rank here.
So, the most successful is coffee, because don'tyou ima Even though she goes on about how it's
not successful, But wouldn't you imagine that
coffee probably did exist prior to this marketing
Chelsey Donn (17:53):
Coffee as a candy corn?
Trey Gerrald (17:57):
Oh yeah, you're right.
But probably had a flavor profile.
Chelsey Donn (18:00):
Well, certainly, because
there's like coffee jelly beans.
Yes.
I mean, but
Trey Gerrald (18:04):
wait, that's a good question.
I wonder if they do other thematic candy corns.
Also, it's weird to me thatit's candy corn on Thanksgiving.
Why wouldn't they just go back to jelly beans?
Chelsey Donn (18:15):
corn is I think kind of
Thanksgiving y, like it's like still
the harvest or coming out of Halloween.
Now we're like on to Thanksgiving where I candefinitely imagine there being corn at the table.
So like it makes sense beyond just Halloween.
Trey Gerrald (18:29):
that's a good point.
Well, now looking at this image, I reallydo see that the three orange y, light
brown colors really are very similar.
It really is hard to distinguish.
So that makes a little moresense in Mommy's Review.
Chelsey Donn (18:44):
Yes.
Trey Gerrald (18:45):
Also, I'm obsessed with
the phrase, Petty Disappointments,
Chelsey Donn (18:49):
I thought of, I immediately,
of course, our friends over at, um,
Trey Gerrald (18:53):
Oh, Petty Crime,
Chelsey Donn (18:54):
Petty Crime,
Trey Gerrald (18:55):
Laugh, Larceny.
Chelsey Donn (18:56):
Live, Laugh, Larceny.
Trey Gerrald (18:57):
What do you think that mommy's
job is besides being a mom of no rank?
Cause their vocabulary is pretty impressive to me.
Chelsey Donn (19:04):
Yeah, I almost wonder if
they're, they were like a teacher or a lawyer.
Trey Gerrald (19:11):
least, I think
they were an English major.
At very
Chelsey Donn (19:14):
for sure.
They definitely know how to write.
There wasn't a single spelling error in this.
We gotta get into some of the nitty gritty, Trey.
Like, what, what was like the partthat stood out the most to you?
Trey Gerrald (19:25):
Well, I have like
18 things written down here.
The distinction between green bean and noteven green bean casserole is so funny to
me because I love green bean casserole.
Chelsey Donn (19:37):
It's so amazing to
me when they make these products.
Like, is anyone buying this as not a joke?
Trey Gerrald (19:42):
Well that's my question.
Like what are you aiming forwhen you're conceiving this idea?
It's like when these gourmet ice creamplaces make like mac and cheese ice cream.
It's like these mediums don't go together.
So what is then the intention?
Because do you want to be accurate?
Which is then really disgusting?
Or do you want to be like,playful and reminiscent?
(20:06):
What is the goal, Brocks?
Chelsey Donn (20:08):
What is the goal, Brocs?
Can you tell us, Brocs?
What's the goal, Brocs?
I mean, I don't know, but Ithink that this has to be a joke.
What do we think of, like, the styleof comedy, Mommy's style of comedy?
Trey Gerrald (20:21):
Alright, well, okay, so, I think
because it's a super hybrid thread on X or
Twitter, I think reading it versus hearing it out
loud sort of lands differently, because there's
a context in a way of like, You see how many
people liked this section of it, but to be fair,
in my opinion, I felt like it became a little
redundant of like, my goal is to spell out how
horrible each of the flavor palettes are by going
so far and extreme of like, we ran out of earthly
things and then we start, we end with an alien?
(20:58):
Like,
Chelsey Donn (20:59):
Right.
Right.
Trey Gerrald (21:00):
know so but
Chelsey Donn (21:01):
Yeah, it didn't, it didn't
have, like, necessarily, like, a, a straight
build of, like, hilarity, even more hilarity,
Trey Gerrald (21:09):
it was sort of the same thing
for each flavor which made me laugh i mean i
was laughing and i love it's very much like
the blue mountain review where it's like this
soup looks like glue so i obviously tried
it it's like this is how terrible this is
so go buy it and make your friends eat it
Chelsey Donn (21:27):
yeah,
Trey Gerrald (21:28):
that made me really laugh
too But, I don't know how long it took
Mami to write this, but they have really
funny, hysterical, like, metaphors.
Especially the whole section aboutvoodoo dolls with less ill will.
I mean, that is such a funny thought.
Like, I think that Mami needsto be, like, a sitcom writer.
Chelsey Donn (21:47):
yeah, oh, for sure, I think that
Mommy has like very interesting POV, like, I think
this might have played better as like a sketch,
like I almost wish I could see visuals with it,
Trey Gerrald (21:59):
Some, yeah.
Someone should animate this on
Chelsey Donn (22:02):
yeah, like if this was animated,
maybe this would, if anyone's listening and
they're an animator and they want to animate this.
Trey Gerrald (22:07):
What is alkaloid bitterness?
That makes me think of batteries.
Alkaloid?
Chelsey Donn (22:12):
Yeah, like a battery.
Trey Gerrald (22:13):
Like, who thinks
of those two words together?
Mommy is genius,
Chelsey Donn (22:17):
Mommy is genius.
Trey Gerrald (22:19):
a decomposing beetle,
Chelsey Donn (22:20):
A decomposing fetal sounds gross.
Trey Gerrald (22:22):
petroleum
based asters, what, is that?
Chelsey Donn (22:27):
I, esters, I don't know.
I've never even heard of the word esters
Trey Gerrald (22:31):
What is that?
Esther?
Chelsey Donn (22:32):
I think it's like
a wine thing, like a wine, um,
Trey Gerrald (22:37):
is it like a scent or something?
Chelsey Donn (22:38):
an organic compound
that reacts with water to produce
alcohol and organic or inorganic acids.
This person is
Trey Gerrald (22:46):
So maybe it wasn't
English, maybe they were a
Chelsey Donn (22:48):
Maybe they're a chemist.
Trey Gerrald (22:50):
or both,
Chelsey Donn (22:51):
major, English chemistry.
Trey Gerrald (22:53):
yeah, I mean, I just don't
understand the point, because I don't see how
it would be successful, like, if you're going
for accuracy, it's going to be disgusting, so.
I'm perplexed.
So the useful information here to meis that it's like really appalling.
Chelsey Donn (23:08):
Yes, for sure.
Trey Gerrald (23:09):
That it just like is not enjoyable.
It's not even funny.
Like, don't go for it.
Like, do this to
Chelsey Donn (23:15):
It seems like those,
like, disgusting jelly beans from Harry
Trey Gerrald (23:18):
Exactly.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Spelling grammar seems pretty on
Chelsey Donn (23:23):
really spot on.
Like, honestly, mom of no rank is, like,a lot smarter, I think, than both of us.
Trey Gerrald (23:29):
So do we think So I'm perplexed
on Truthful Shady because I feel like, I feel
like they really didn't like it, I think that's
truthful, but I'm wondering about the shady
factor because they're leaning so hard into the
humor of like, how much are you sending it up?
Like, how shady?
Then they are saying it's five stars.
So they want you to go buy it to trick your
Chelsey Donn (23:49):
like it's, I think it's shady in
the sense that like, if we were talking to a Bronx
representative, well, it's an interesting thought.
If we were talking to a Bronx representative,would they be happy or sad about this review?
Trey Gerrald (24:01):
Well, I don't know.
'cause all press is good press.
Chelsey Donn (24:04):
Right.
I, at first I was going to say bad,but then I was thinking, yeah, but if
this has been shared 15, 000 times,
Trey Gerrald (24:11):
I mean, it almost makes me
wanna buy it just to see how bad, it's like,
it's almost like genius marketing, which
is, I, I wonder if that is part of the goal
for Brocks is like candy, corn, whatever.
Do they make these weird thematic flavors, likeas some sort of spice to en entice you to buy it?
'cause you probably wouldn't think of it.
(24:31):
You know, like I just.
Chelsey Donn (24:33):
percent.
I mean, I feel like that's like literallyTrader Joe's in a nutshell, like every other
month, it's like it's pumpkin season and
there's fricking pumpkin and everything.
And now I need the pumpkin varietyor all of a sudden everything is
coconut, you know, or whatever it is.
Mango.
A lot of people obviously found this very funny.
I mean this as of the time.
This was screenshotted by I am Starving af.
(24:55):
There were 15,700 re-shares and 985 replies.
And it was written in 2021 actually.
Trey Gerrald (25:06):
that's so wild
how long it takes for things
Chelsey Donn (25:09):
in October 2021.
So
Trey Gerrald (25:11):
is quite a dream, like,
for this to have this resurgence,
Chelsey Donn (25:15):
wonder if this was
like Mom of No Ranks, like this
must be because it's still pinned.
This must have been theirlike, this is their home run.
Trey Gerrald (25:23):
I would think,
Chelsey Donn (25:24):
So clearly
we have to give them points
Trey Gerrald (25:27):
and it's gonna resurge
every Thanksgiving, I imagine.
Chelsey Donn (25:30):
Right, which is,
Trey Gerrald (25:31):
have staying power,
Chelsey Donn (25:32):
that's right.
I agree.
I totally agree.
Trey Gerrald (25:35):
but definitely entertained.
Humor, obviously, is good.
And, I mean, I don't know about theimpact deal breaker because it feels
like it's a negative review, but it's a
Chelsey Donn (25:44):
but then in the end it
sort of switcheroo, I mean both of us
are now saying we're kind of curious,
Trey Gerrald (25:50):
I feel, how do I feel about this?
I feel like I could crown it.
Chelsey Donn (25:54):
I think I can crown, oh wait,
and I just want to say quickly, James D.,
if you're listening, we would love it if
you would call in and leave us your ranking,
how many crowns would you give this review
since you handed it in, so call us at 1 850
REVIEW ZERO, now let's go into the crowning,
Trey Gerrald (26:12):
all right, So, Chelsey and I each
have our own set of zero to five crown cards.
In an effort to be fair and not influenced by oneanother, we will simultaneously reveal our rating.
VOICEOVER (26:23):
The Queens are tabulating,
Total Score,
Chelsey Donn (26:31):
Okay, interesting.
I'm holding up four and a half crowns andTrey's holding up three and a half crowns.
Why three and a half crowns?
For mommy or at mom of no rank.
Trey Gerrald (26:40):
Well, I appreciate the
unique take on the medium and like, I
think there's a lot of ingenuity here.
Obviously, I think the intelligence levelis super interesting, not something we come
across very often when we're like, you know,
reviewing a wooden rake from Home Depot, but I
just, I get a little lost in what the point is.
(27:01):
Is it just for humor?
I think maybe, and I like the turn atthe end of like, it's actually five
stars, everyone should get a bag.
Chelsey Donn (27:08):
Right, right, right,
Trey Gerrald (27:09):
I guess I do feel
like I kind of want to taste it now.
So then I start thinking, is this a plant?
Does mommy secretly work for Brock's?
I mean, but then it's like,how do you predict going back?
It's like, and this was written two years ago.
It's like, so I'm saying three and ahalf because I have a lot of questions.
But, ultimately, like, very delightful, veryenjoyable, and I can't tell if they wanted
it to, like, is this a negative review,
is it pos so that's why I'm sort of, like,
somewhere more central rather than extreme
on either side, but very funny, thank you
for bringing this to our attention, James.
(27:42):
Chelsey, why did you say fourand a half nearly a review queen?
Chelsey Donn (27:46):
You know, I went back and forth
on this in my head, but at the end of the
day, I really feel like there was some like
Jedi mind trick action happening with this
review that was like super fascinating to me.
And I think things really turned around for mewhen we talked about, you know, would this be
a good thing or a bad thing for the company?
(28:07):
And I really think that Mom of NoRank put this product on the map.
You know, she delivered in a way that I thinkmaybe even the company could never have imagined.
And clearly we're reading it and, and we see allthese disgusting descriptions and we're still
sort of tickled by like the prank idea of it all.
So then our likelihood to buy the product is.
(28:29):
Dramatically increased from when we read thename of this product and we were both like,
ew, disgusting, like now we're on board.
So for the Jedi mind trick of it all, I feel likethat's a four and a half crown, but I do think
that I wish that the humor would have built a
little bit more, but mostly super interesting
Trey Gerrald (28:48):
yeah, that was
fun, good job, thank you, James.
Chelsey Donn (28:51):
Thank you so
much, James and listeners.
Please continue to slide intoour DMs and send us reviews.
You can also submit a review atany time at ReviewThatReview.
com.
Trey Gerrald (29:01):
Yes,
Chelsey Donn (29:02):
Love that.
Well, I think we've done it, Queen.
I think we've officially reached the mostregal Thanksgiving portion of our show.
Trey, who are you inducting for?
Okay.
VOICEOVER (29:17):
My Royal Highness
Trey Gerrald (29:19):
well, of course, the, um, NSYNC
band bug continues, because, as Mommy stated
in their review, petty disappointments.
Today, I am going to induct this Redditpage, which I don't know anything about
Reddit, I'm not like a person on Reddit, but.
(29:39):
I was scrolling through Instagram as welland someone posted like a Reddit screenshot
about like sticking it to their boss and,
and someone in the comments was like,
Yes, Queen, we love malicious compliance.
So, okay, so then I went on this whole Redditthread, Khole, of I guess you call it like it's
a Reddit thread called malicious compliance.
(30:05):
So it's just people sending in stories of beingeither the boss who had a malicious compliance
story done to them or employees who stick
it to their bosses by following rules to the
detriment to show the stupidity of the rules.
(30:26):
There's just something aboutit that is so delicious.
There are so So many.
I mean, I think it's been a Redditthread for years and years and years.
So there's truly hundreds andhundreds and hundreds of examples.
But like, one of them that I thought wasreally funny that I'll just briefly share
is this employer shares all the soap
dispensers in like this workplace were empty.
(30:48):
And so they went to like the janitorto be like, hey, they're all empty.
You have to fill them.
And the janitor was like,that's not my responsibility.
It's the nighttime janitor's job.
And the person was like, Idon't care whose job it is.
You are gonna go into the supply closet, findwhatever soap there is, and fill them up.
And so what they did, is they took barsoaps, and put bars of soap in all of
the things because it wasn't their job.
(31:13):
So it's just like delicious because there's somany examples of people doing as they're told
Chelsey Donn (31:19):
right like you can't
tell me I didn't do what I was supposed
Trey Gerrald (31:22):
I mean it's just so
delicious and wonderful and I was like
cackling like tears coming out of my eyes.
It's just so great.
So, in honor of Thanksgiving, specifically,celebrating things that deserve five stars, I
just think there's something really fun about
taking your power back and being justified
and also like being a little bit shady.
(31:43):
I love it.
Oh God, I love it.
I encourage all of you to go.
You'll find your own pettydisappointments, as mommy put it.
And for that reason, I am inductingMalicious Compliance as this
Thanksgiving episode's Royal Highness.
Chelsey Donn (31:59):
Wow, I'm definitely
going to have to check that
Trey Gerrald (32:02):
Does that, like, tickle you?
Do you, like, love that sort of shit?
Chelsey Donn (32:05):
That totally, yes, of course.
It's just like any moment where you feellike there's like sweet redemption that
still falls within the realm of like,
you didn't kick someone in the face.
You didn't do something terrible.
And yet you still got that sweet redemption.
Chef's kiss.
Trey Gerrald (32:22):
I have two examples
of where I've done this in life
that I'll share on the after show.
Chelsey Donn (32:26):
Yes.
Trey Gerrald (32:27):
Do you have any examples?
Chelsey Donn (32:28):
I'm sure I do.
I have to think
about one.
But
Trey Gerrald (32:30):
cause, I definitely
want to talk through it.
Chelsey Donn (32:32):
Yeah, for sure.
Trey Gerrald (32:33):
Go check it out, everyone.
Well, my queen, we did it.
The ending of another round on the R U A R Q.
Ferris wheel of voodoo dolls with less ill will.
Chelsey Donn (32:45):
Yes.
Thank you for joining us today.
If you like what you heard, please, youknow, while you're around the Thanksgiving
table, tell a friend, tell a relative.
Trey Gerrald (32:56):
And if you didn't like
it, go fuck yourself and tell an anime.
Chelsey Donn (33:01):
Okay, Trey.
So you guys on this week's After Show Pod, we are,I don't even know if I want to say what it is.
I guess I'll say what it
Trey Gerrald (33:10):
oh, yeah, tease it, tease it.
Chelsey Donn (33:12):
Okay, I'll tease it, I'll tease it.
We are rating and reviewing a YouTube review, you
Trey Gerrald (33:18):
What?
Another new source?
Chelsey Donn (33:19):
Another new, this is like
the Thanksgiving of new sources, truly,
Trey Gerrald (33:25):
and from conception
conversation of this podcast, you mentioned
YouTube reviews, and we've never done it.
Here we are 129 episodes later,
Chelsey Donn (33:35):
know, isn't that crazy?
But we've finally done it and weare reviewing a YouTube review for
New Jones Turkey and Gravy Soda,
Trey Gerrald (33:46):
what, ew, why
Chelsey Donn (33:47):
bleh,
Trey Gerrald (33:48):
are all the, why is everything today
these weird flavors that shouldn't be things?
Chelsey Donn (33:53):
because it's a
holiday and we gotta make money, I
Trey Gerrald (33:56):
Oh, God.
Well, somehow, I can't imagine how, in thisconversation, this gets said, and then I
eventually had to have a meeting and I had
to apologize, which makes my skin crawl
every time I fucking think about that
today, because, are you fucking kidding me?
Chelsey Donn (34:15):
that is crazy.
VOICEOVER (34:17):
subscribing.
Trey Gerrald (34:19):
begin to conceive
of why that was uttered.
Chelsey Donn (34:23):
Me neither.
Trey Gerrald (34:25):
Well, to all of
our royal listeners out there,
Chelsey Donn (34:27):
Ignore the haters, you're a queen!
Trey Gerrald (34:30):
Gender non specific, Turkey and
gravy soda, decomposing June beetle, Queen!
Gender non specific Queen, of course.
Chelsey Donn (34:40):
That's right.
Poor turkeys.
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(35:10):
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Chelsey Donn (35:14):
I feel like we should just take
like a quick moment in this outro to just
say, you know, an extra special Thanksgiving.
Thank you to our listeners, to our Patreonmembers, and most importantly, to every
single person who has written a review that
Trey and I have shared on this podcast.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Trey Gerrald (35:33):
I also say we should give a big
thank you to people that have left reviews for our
Chelsey Donn (35:37):
Oh my God.
The most thanks for you becausethat's how people find our show.
So if you would be so kind as to do a Thanksgivinggift for Trey and I and leave a five star review
on Apple podcasts, that would be much appreciated.
Love you, Queens.
Trey Gerrald (35:54):
Yeah, do that.
Or don't.
Or just do it.
Chelsey Donn (35:57):
Just do it.
Trey Gerrald (35:58):
Okay, I cannot
wait to tell you about some of
Chelsey Donn (36:00):
Oh my God.
Yes.
I'm like trying to think of mineas we speak, but I'll get there.
Trey Gerrald (36:05):
Alright, see you Friday.
Chelsey Donn (36:06):
Bye.