August 6, 2025 • 61 mins
What would drive parents to abandon their 10-year-old child at an airport just to catch a flight? This week, Lawrence and Meryl dive into this shocking story that reads like a twisted version of Home Alone, examining the disturbing decision-making process that led to this potential case of child endangerment.
The conversation shifts to our collective fascination with extraterrestrial life as we discuss Netflix's new documentary about the viral "Storm Area 51" movement from 2019. We contemplate whether humanity is ready for confirmation of alien existence, with Meryl suggesting that after surviving a pandemic and countless other global crises, many would respond with "great, aliens, who cares?" Lawrence raises thought-provoking questions about whether all extraterrestrial visitors would be friendly, drawing parallels to human nature.
Things take a spooky turn as we explore comedian Matt Rife's purchase of Ed and Lorraine Warren's occult museum – complete with the infamous Annabelle doll, which may have claimed another victim during its recent tour. We also unpack Justin Timberlake's revelation about battling Lyme disease while struggling through his concert performances, raising questions about artists' obligations to fans versus their own health.
The most controversial topic might be a Danish zoo's request for people to donate their healthy pets as food for predatory animals. We grapple with the ethics of this practice while acknowledging the realities of the food chain. We round out the episode with lighter fare – the possible romance between Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, and the joyful entertainment provided by the Savannah Bananas baseball team.
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode
of Thirsty Topics.
I'm Lawrence Elrod.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hey Meryl, how are you doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
and I'm Meryl Clemo.
Hey, meryl, how are you doingtoday?
I'm so good, I'm very good.
I'm not ready.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I want it to be summer for like four more months
longer, too soon.
I hear you.
It's hard to believe, but theBears play their first preseason
game next week, so that tellsyou that fall is right around
the corner.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh, it's not fair.
I also am in the post-birthdayblues because my birthday was
last week and I, like you know,when you get so much attention
and then it's like this week,I'm like hello, I'm still here.
Everybody, happy belatedbirthday, thank you.
Thank you, I totally like I getoverwhelmed on my birthday.
So I ended up just, I always dolike small things, you know,
just like with a friend or two,because it gets to be too much,
(01:03):
but but then you know it's a lotof attention for one day and
then the rest of the day, well,I mean, I still get attention
but it's okay, nice, nice.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Well, did you enjoy it though?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I enjoyed it so much.
I enjoyed it so much.
Good, good, good, good.
Well, we definitely have a lotto talk about today.
Yeah, we do Do you want me tostart it off.
Yes, okay, cool.
Also, special thanks to myboyfriend, who is powering this
today.
He bought me an espresso makerfor my birthday, so I am now
caffeinated because of mywonderful boyfriend.
(01:36):
Kudos to him, I know, yep.
So if anyone has any espressotips, I'll gladly take it.
But anyway, this is.
I think this was like a reallife version of Home Alone,
pretty much, but just with aneven crazier twist.
A mom and dad prepped fortakeoff and their kid was left
as a cast off.
So an unnamed thankfullythey're not named mother and
(01:58):
father allegedly abandoned a10-year-old boy at an airport in
Spain after realizing theydidn't pack all of the kids
necessary travel documents, sothey were unwilling to miss
their flight.
They boarded their airbus andthen they left their son in the
airport terminal where,hopefully, a family member could
maybe hopefully retrieve him.
Now I thought this was totallycrazy, where this couple was
(02:19):
going to Spain and pretty muchthe kids didn't have or the kid
did not have his passport, andso they did make some
arrangements for family membersto pick him up, but like I would
never do that, I'm not a parentand you are a parent and I'm
guessing you wouldn't ever, everdo this right.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Absolutely not Right.
That's insane, is what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Isn't it?
Don't you think, isn't that,especially 10 years old, like I
feel like that is?
Isn't it, don't you think,isn't that, especially 10 years
old, like I feel like that iskind of like cruelty or some
type of child abuse or something.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, you know that could be in some places they'll
they'll charge them for childendangerment, you know yeah I
mean, that's just crazy exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
yeah, I said here that, um, his and the kid did
have a passport it expired, anduh, but his and the kid did have
a passport, it expired and theyjust, instead of staying with
him, they allegedly made achoice, you know, to leave him
and then rang up a relative tocome collect him later.
And it's just and if I'm thatkid, I feel like that's
everlasting damage that you'regoing to think about when you're
(03:19):
an adult how your parents justditched you and still went.
If anything, like I would tryto cancel the trip or get an.
You can get a passport for likean express one.
You might miss a day of thetrip, but there's other
solutions.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Oh, absolutely.
And you know the other thingtoo, and I know we don't talk
about it enough you know there'sa thing called.
You know, child labor, sexcrimes.
You know people that areliterally stealing children all
the time.
It's just yeah, yeah, gohorribly wrong.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Oh yeah, trafficking, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
And then the sit there and just leave your child
and go.
Well, you know what I calledso-and-so you know they'll come
get them.
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I'm surprised that the people at the airport, too,
wouldn't't even allow this,because that just seems like I
don't know extra weird.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I don't I mean I could be wrong, but I doubt they
told anyone at the airportbecause I doubt they'd let them
board that plane.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's true, and I think, if, if the kid is 15 or
older and they have their owncell phone, maybe that's the
only time I would say, ok, likeAunt Sheila is going to come get
you, but I need, like everyone,to promise that they're going
to be right here at this time.
And like the kid has its ownway to communicate with the
relative.
You know that would be the onlyway.
But then, but a 10 year old who, like, how do they even know
(04:37):
where their relative is, or howare they going to communicate
with that person?
You know, like they couldwander off and then you're right
, like get on an extra flight oran adult could take them.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Oh, exactly, and you know the reality is.
Is that okay?
Maybe you miss your flight andyou have to rebook it where you
go, like you say a few dayslater, oh well, it's not the end
of the world.
Yeah, but something happens tothat child.
It could be the end of theirworld.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yes, and this is I keep hearing, not this
particular story, of course, butI hear so many stories from
people where their passport theyshow up for this big trip and
it's either expired or I didn'tknow this.
But if you have like stains onyour passport like they might
not let you go there, they canbe really strict about stuff.
So everyone should make sureyour passport is like nice and
clean, cause I've one of myfriends had a coffee to stay on
(05:23):
her passport and then shecouldn't.
She like missed a whole trip,wow, really, yeah, yeah, and it
wasn't even like on anyinformation, it was just really.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
it was like it was big and blotchy, but they were
like, no, you need to have likea clean, nice passport wow, yeah
, here's the crazy thing aboutit when you book your flight,
you can look at your passport tosee when it expires.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, yes, I know, and it sounds like.
Well, we can already tellthey're pretty wrapped up in
themselves, so I bet they justfocused on them and not really
their 10-year-old.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yeah, that's just crazy.
That's crazy.
I hope the 10-year-old is okay,I really do.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I know Me too.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
But I don't know.
I mean, it's almost like whenyou hear people leaving their
kids in the car and I get it.
You know, my son was young.
There's a lot going on and,honestly, meryl, I never me and
Tracy, we never, ever left ourson in the car yeah, that's
smart.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I think that's like so, that's so smart and I just
don't get it.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Maybe I'm looking at something wrong, but how do you
forget your child?
I know days in a car.
I just don't get that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I know I actually appreciate too.
Um, I don't know if this islike with a lot of new of cars,
but the one that I just got whenI closed my door or when I
opened my door, like it givesyou a thing I'm saying like look
in the back seat.
I think that's such a goodreminder.
Yeah, I think most cars shouldhave that.
I know I would never.
I always used to worry aboutthat, even with when I had dogs.
I'd be like where is my dog,did I leave them?
(06:50):
Like.
But I understand if you're likesleep deprived and if the mom
is maybe going through like adepression or something being so
out of it that maybe you wouldforget it at first, but that
just then, then that is aserious like mental disorder
that might need help and youknow which which happens and I
feel so bad about.
But yeah, I can never myparents.
I'm in my 40s, my parents won'teven leave me alone.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
My mom wouldn't even leave me for five minutes well,
like I said, I think it's ashame that those sensors are
there, but it it's a good thingyou know to tell people to look
in the backseat, so that is agood thing.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Exactly, and when you think about this kid too, like
when you look back and you're 10years old, like I feel like I
was a baby, then you know thatseems so young and there's no
way at 10 years old.
If my parents left me in anairport, an international
airport, I would have likeimmediately started crying and
probably gone to the personworking there.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
I would not have stayed stoic and found a
relative.
Oh yeah, and I'm quite surewhen the child gets older
they're probably going to havesome not so nice words for their
parents.
Oh yeah, yeah, Yep, it's goingto come up in the middle of the
argument.
Yeah, remember that time.
You left me in the airportbecause you don't want to miss
your flight.
Exactly it's going to happenwhen the parents are in like a
(08:13):
senior center and the kid islike, oh sorry, I can't get you
in here.
Talk about scenic things Now,back in 2019,.
Do you remember when you knowpeople talked about storming
Area 51?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Yes, yes, I was here for it.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Oh, that's right.
Did you participate or justhear about?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
it.
No, no, but a lot of my friendslike it was almost as if they
wanted to go to Coachella, likepeople were getting outfits for
it, like you know, renting vansand everything- Well, netflix is
doing a documentary.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
It's called Trainwreck Storm Area 51.
And I haven't watched it yet,but I'm definitely going to
watch it because I'm a big UFOfanatic.
You know Area 51, anything withArea 51, I definitely watch.
But what's interesting aboutthat is the idea.
(09:02):
That is the idea.
And in case people haven'theard about this story, back in
2019, this young man decided hewanted to put a post out and
have people storm Area 51.
Because he basically said well,what are they going to do?
They can't stop all of us.
He said it was actually a joke,it wasn't even real, but the
(09:23):
problem is it took on a life ofits own and literally millions
upon millions of people startedsharing this.
Oh my gosh, all of a sudden,there were millions of people
talking about storming Area 51.
And the government actually tookit for real, because they
posted a sign of a bunch ofmilitary people standing in
(09:46):
front of a fighter jet, and youknow I'm paraphrasing, but you
know we're going to protect thisfacility no matter what.
Come on with it.
I mean it was kind of anaggressive statement.
Um, probably so aggressivebecause they took it right down,
but it was to the point wherethe fbi actually went to go
visit this guy and have oh mygosh, that really is like a
(10:08):
scene of like men in black orsomething and he's all freaked
out because he's like it was ajoke.
I wasn't serious about it.
And now he's getting on thereand he's telling people please
don't do this, don't go there.
You know we got a partysomeplace else, don't go to area
51.
But when it happened on the dayum that there was supposed to
storm, there's literally ahandful of people there.
(10:30):
Obviously there was a lot ofsecurity there, a lot of
sheriffs officers and stuff, butI don't know.
There's a few thoughts that cometo mind to this.
Do you think that, uh, that hewas really joking, or do you
think he was real, but he didn'tthink a lot of people was going
to join?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
it's probably one of those things that you say like
we should go do this and thenit's like in theory that would
be amazing and awesome, but inreal life I don't see him taking
off of work.
I feel like all day long that'speople on reddit where they're
just talking, smack and talkingthings and you know, a lot of it
doesn't really come to fruition.
I know I definitely am a UFOperson, like you too, and now I
do feel like they're making itmore of just the mainstream
(11:10):
conversation, like I saw somearticle where JD Vance even said
like I love UFOs and justhaving a vice president or
someone like that say it soopenly where a few years ago
they were really denying us andtrying to gaslight everyone into
thinking like you know, whatyou're seeing is not real.
Um, whether or not that meanslike aliens are about to come
down or whatever, like I I don'tknow, but it just seems like if
(11:32):
something is, like, if there isa possible threat of something
happening, it just seems likethey should probably tell us
like now to slowly calm everyoneand just make everyone like
more used to the fact, ratherthan if there is some type of
extraterrestrial thing thathappens like it's going to
create pandemonium, you knowwhat you actually bring up a
good point.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Do you think that as a world not just United States,
but the world do you think thatwe're mature enough or mentally
strong enough to handle some?
You know a leader saying, hey,all this stuff you've been
hearing about, it's real right,we are not the only universe and
we have been visited.
Do you think we're ready forthat?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
It's funny.
I think Trump would be like themost beautiful, beautiful aliens
, but I it's funny, I thinkwe're so desensitized at this
point of just like between COVIDand fires and all this kind of
stuff that a lot of people Iknow are almost like great
aliens who cares.
So I think it would be way lesslike it might be an uproar at
first, but I think I do think wecan like handle it and get used
(12:38):
to it.
I just would worry that there'dbe crazy people that would want
to like immediately fight anysort of aliens or like conquer
them, that there'd be crazypeople that would want to like
immediately fight any sort ofaliens or like conquer them.
But I think if they said, hey,there is life force on other
planets, you know which, we doknow a little bit, but like
here's what it is, I honestlythink for six months there might
be like a whole big thing andthen, just like everything else,
we would get either tired of itor we would start to laugh at
it, or we would just it wouldjust become like part of our
(13:02):
lifestyle.
I really do.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, I mean, I think , personally, the reason why the
government is now talking aboutit and they're releasing a lot
of videos and stuff because,like you said, years ago it was
taboo, they didn't acknowledgeit and someone wondered that
maybe they're getting us readyfor something big.
It sounds like it, you know,desensitize it, make it part of
(13:27):
a normal conversation.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Yeah, which so much of our culture already has like
aliens in it, but I think we'vemade it Hollywood with like them
looking a certain way andhaving a million eyes.
I also saw that that one likeStephen Hawking's the one in the
wheelchair like I guess hepredicted some type of invasion,
that like, but now they saidthat just might be a comet.
Or they're going back to hisreadings that like say, okay, if
(13:50):
this happens and this happens,then you're going to have, like,
this big alien invasion.
But then now they're like okay,well, that just might be a
comet.
So, yeah, I don't know.
I feel like so much other stuffhas happened in this world that
now a lot of us are just tiredand can't afford eggs, so we're
like bring on the aliens.
Who cares at this point.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's true.
I mean one thing I know StephenHawkins said that you've heard
of SETI right, where theyactually, you know, have these
big satellites and they look fordifferent amount of anonymies
to see if there's maybe a signal, there's something out there.
They're trying to communicatewith us and he's saying that we
(14:28):
shouldn't do that.
Or he said that we shouldn't dothat because, you know, some
aliens may not be as friendlyand if you think about the
people of the world, that'sreally not a far-fetched thing,
because there are probably goodaliens out there, good people,
but there are probably going tobe other types of creatures that
aren't so nice.
(14:49):
I mean, that's just reality, youknow.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
That would just be so weird thinking about, like
other random alien things.
But that does seem, like yousaid, the kind of thing that
they should start to get us usedto, at least now, rather than
being like hey, everyone, I knowit's Monday, you know it's
Wednesday, next, next Friday,there's going to be an invasion,
so you have 48 hours, good luck.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Oh yeah, or it'd be like the movie Independence Day
you just go outside and all of asudden there's this big
spaceship covering this wholecity.
I know.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I know which honestly could happen.
I don't know For me.
I was thinking about this and Ifeel like going out by alien
invasion.
Honestly I would rather thathappen than when it was
threatening war and our ownnuclear missiles and everything.
Alien invasion seems like abetter way to just have I don't
know things happen.
The worst is war withinourselves.
(15:39):
I think that's the most,because it just feels like why
are we doing this?
We're not even advancing, atleast like an alien thing seems
like the next, like step inhumanity or alien manatee that
is so true.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
That is so true, so I'm ready beam me up?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
actually, no, not if you're listening to aliens, so
don't beat me up.
But that's cool.
Yeah, but I've noticed thatit's funny.
They definitely release thingsin pockets to get us like a
little more desensitized.
This month has been way morealien articles dripping out.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yes, definitely I'm ready for it.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Me too.
We're ready.
Could you imagine if on ourshow we had just a third nice
alien that was chiming in about?
Well on this planet, this iswhat Sidney Sweeney does, this.
Well, I would tell you that wewould be very famous at that
point yeah, that'd be so cool tolike the first podcast that has
like a like a full-time alienon it too.
I'm ready for it.
(16:34):
Well, someone that might thatthe aliens might be attracted to
is sydney sweeney, and wetalked last week about her
American Eagle ad flop and justyou know the good genes and kind
of.
We covered that now.
Okay, this, this topic, likeyou and I might have different
viewpoints, and I welcomeeveryone is able to feel how
they want to feel about it.
(16:55):
But I just wanted to bring itup and talk a little bit about
it, where she kind of got notdoxxed, but like I think people
found her voter registrationmaybe, and I think she was
registered as a Republican,which caused like an uproar you
know, I say that with quotesuproar.
Then it said that Donald Trumpappeared delighted when he found
(17:15):
out that she was a Republicanand he said, if that's the truth
, then like her ad is fantastic.
You know, I love her ad, whichis ridiculous because if she was
a very Democrat he would hateit.
But all he has to find out isthat she's Republican All of a
sudden he loves it.
But my thing is that, like andlike I said, if anyone needs to
know.
Like I am not Republican at all, but but I hate when I really
(17:38):
dislike when people like findout, almost uncover you know who
someone voted for, and thenthey immediately hate them or
don't like them.
And I, to me, I think that'spart of the problem of like you
know both sides and why peoplelose and win elections and
everything, and so I understandthat they people can say, oh,
but if you're registered as that, you stand for you know hate.
(18:01):
But there's that the otherthing.
But like I don't think being aRepublican means like it doesn't
have to mean you align withevery single thing that Trump
says or like the bad parts aboutit.
I know this is a hot buttonissue, but I wanted to bring it
up that like it's something tome when, when people uncover
people's voting status, likeit's this big, crazy secret and
(18:22):
then they hate, hate them.
That just almost plays againstwhat, like the stereotypes of
Democrat is, which is Part ofthe reason that we lost.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
So yeah, yeah, I mean , I definitely understand what
you're saying because you know,do I know people who are
Democrats?
Yes, do I know people who areRepublicans?
Yes, I even have some friendsthat are, that are Republicans.
Do we talk politics?
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Absolutely not.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
And you know, the thing is too is and I've always
said this is that just becauseyou voted for Donald Trump don't
mean you're a racist, but itdoes mean you're okay with
supporting one, because DonaldTrump does not hide who he is.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Right, yeah, totally, and I saw that too.
I saw something about a womanleft an Airbnb when she saw like
a Trump flag and everyone wasconfused.
But then another woman broke itdown really eloquently and said
this is why, like a woman byherself, may not she may be
worried about this and that andthe other, and I understand that
point of view, but I just thinkbeing like registered as
(19:29):
Republican doesn't necessarilyeven mean.
You know, it could be a verynuanced thing.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean, are there some reallyright wing hardcore mega
Republicans?
Absolutely, but you know, eventhough they're a dying breed,
there are moderate Republicansout there that don't agree with
Trump.
Yeah, absolutely.
But you know, even thoughthey're a dying breed, there are
moderate Republicans out therethat don't agree with Trump.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Yeah, exactly Like there was Republicans before him
.
You know, like I think the BushRepublicans and everything too.
I'm just surprised, even justfrom like an optic point of view
, that I guess A we're able tofind out these celebrities'
voting status, like I don'tthink it should just be on
display like publicly foreveryone and be like even just
(20:08):
for the optics of it.
I could see, because likehollywood is so liberal, I could
see sydney sweeney's agentsjust being like hey, you know,
whatever do, whatever you'regonna do, but like we can't have
this, but then I don't know,that's just such a weird thing,
that's like very performativeyeah, and the one thing too is
there's no secret that hollywoodis heavily democratic.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
So, yeah, you know, to have someone that's a
republican um, I'm not sayingit's fair or not fair, but you
know that could weigh in some.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
You know some casting director, yeah, users eyes too
I've heard a lot of people aresecretly Republican but they
don't.
They like will hide it, or yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's
people that don't.
And then they said, likeanytime you see someone not
speak out a lot about a lot ofthings, assume that they're
Republican.
But if you got to, but in, in,like, I feel like really, really
(21:00):
liberal is just like.
Or maybe I'm more libertarian,but just letting people like
decide what they want to do andnot canceling them because of it
, but um, not the bad things, Imean just if they have a certain
preference.
But who knows?
I think this is, I think a lotof people have opinions on it
and I would be welcome to hearnice opinions from people on it,
you know, constructive.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
But you know, what's interesting is that, when it's
all said and done, we're allAmericans and it's kind of
amazing that a lot of people whovoted for Trump really aren't
happy with him right now likewho's in Hollywood, like Sydney
(21:45):
Sweeney probably doesn't wanteveryone to get like deported or
like I don't feel like she's ahorrible person at her core, so
and she's from Idaho or you knowsome small town, and so I'm
like, okay, maybe she's justthat's what.
Maybe that her parents wereregistered as, or you know who
knows that is true, that is truebut the fact that we think this
headline has Trump weighing inon Sydney Sweeney's American
(22:05):
Eagle ad I'm like.
This is why I'm like let thealiens just come and grab me.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
There you go.
Talk about a bad thing here InSaudi Arabia a park ride at a
theme park and basically it's acircular ride that goes up, and
down, moves about.
It actually snapped in half.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Oh no.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Some people were injured.
Luckily I don't think anyonelost their life.
I have to do some checking onit, I don't know.
It just seems like lately rideshave, instead of being fun and
exciting, it's like they want toterrorize you by going the
largest roller coaster in theworld, the deepest steep, and
it's like at some point.
(22:50):
To me that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
You know, yeah, yes, like upside down, being like
like a corkscrew inverted.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Right, right, oh no, do you think that that amusement
parks are kind of like takingit to the extreme now?
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Yeah, I saw like the one roller coaster that
literally like the tracks stop,you know there's no tracks and
it basically goes and then it'slike, and then it goes.
Like I know that we're getting,we want more and more, like you
know, loops or quickness orwhatever, but like I do think it
has to be tested times amillion and I always think, like
those local fairs, those arealways the ones too where like
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one screw will come out and allof a sudden people will go
flying and everything.
I saw the video that you knowwhat you sent me and it's just
like, it's horrifying and itdefinitely seems like I don't
know if it's an engineeringthing and it's also a lot of the
times the people running thesafety as well are just kind of
teens sleep at the wheel, youknow, not paying attention.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean, I remember when andthis was really recent, probably
within the last week or twothere was a roller coaster that
stopped at the top, you knowbefore it dips down.
Yes, they couldn't figure outhow to fix it, so everyone had
to get off the roller coasterand they had to walk down.
No, now the problem is is that,obviously, you know, everyone
had to get off the rollercoaster and they had to walk
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down?
No, now the problem is thatobviously, that little walkway
is not very wide.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Everyone's walking down with no harness.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Literally.
You know, you trip, it can befatal and I don't know.
It just seems like it's not funanymore Because I used to ride
rollercoasters years ago and nowit's like nah, I'm good, I
don't want to do norollercoasters now, Cause some
of them is just ridiculous.
I don't want to scare myself toa heart attack.
You know that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
I would be frozen at the top of the rollercoaster.
Someone would have to likehelicopter me and get and you'd
see me as one of the helicopterpeople that would just be
spinning.
Yeah, I don't like, I don'treally go on the for those
reasons like the, the shabbyfair rides.
You know where they come in tofor a week or two or a month and
then they are are there.
But also I don't really anymorego on the like big extreme
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superman, you know this and thattype of rides either.
So so I agree, I think theyhave gotten more out of control,
but the thrill seekers, like.
I just think a normal 1980sroller coaster is not enough for
everyone.
We need to be like.
We need to be like concussed.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
I don't know.
Do you think that at some pointthey're going to slow down, or
do you think this is going toslow down more Really?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, I think it's going to get to that point where
we, like it's like this onechops off your arm and then by
the end of the ride, you getyour arm back on again.
I think it's going to get moreand more, but I do think that
it's almost like flying where,you know, like a plane rides.
We're now more, we're hearingabout more things, but it's like
they're trying to develop thetechnology, but we're also like,
yeah, like every week I feellike I hear about a ride where
someone it either crashes or,like people, fall to the ground
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and yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
I, I, just, I just look at it as hey, show me the
baby.
And you know the crazy thing isthe baby roller coasters back
in my day were regular rollercoasters, you know.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I'll take the baby roller coasters Me too.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
And it's fun too, because I like when you're on a
roller coaster you can actuallysee what's happening too Like I
think that's fun.
I think there's in Disneylandthere's one called Thunder
Mountain and that's like scaryenough for me, but you still get
to look at the surroundings.
I don't like when it's like youcan't even know what's
happening, because you're upsidedown and inside out.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Oh, no, exactly.
And then also too, you know,and I said this before, anything
that has a warning level of apossible heart attack.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I don't want to get off.
Yeah, I always used to watchwhen there'd be videos of people
on the roller coaster and allof a sudden they pass out and
then they're riding it just likelimp.
Yeah, that's not fun.
No, not for me neither.
Well, another scary thing whichI'm a no for is um comedian matt
rife just announced that heofficially purchased ed and
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lorraine warren's home and theoccult museum in monroe,
connecticut.
Uh, this, I think this couplewe may have heard of them before
.
They're the paranormalinvestigators who the Conjuring
movie series is based on andtheir home and museum is an
assortment of paranormalartifacts from their travels.
Matt Reif definitely, like Iknew before that he is a big
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like history buff, he lovesvisiting history and he loves
learning about it.
So this makes sense to me justbecause I know that he's, you
know, was like that.
But I think for people thatcomes out of nowhere why a young
, handsome comedian would justwant to buy like an occult house
.
But I mean to me, if you'rerich and famous like, this is
exactly the kind of weird stuffthat you spend your time on.
(27:40):
No, this is also another one ofmy stories that I was going to
include, which fits perfectly inthis, is the doll, annabelle,
which will now be part of hiscollection, who recently
returned to the home after lastmonth being on tour Devils on
the Run tour and while on thetour a paranormal investigator
who was traveling with the dolldied unexpectedly.
So everyone is telling MattReif like it was good knowing
(28:03):
you.
Bye, bye, you know, be careful,you're, you're dead.
I I saw a video of um whenannabelle landed in new orleans.
I saw a video of like a voodoopriestess woman being like,
doing all these spells, sayinglike annabelle, get out of our
house, you know you're notwelcome here, annabelle.
So I don't know, would you everbuy something like this, like
in a cult house and museum?
Speaker 1 (28:22):
um, I'll look at it, but no, I would not put it.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Bring that thing, no me neither like this seems.
I mean you have to be soconfident or just not scared or
unafraid.
Um, I I think this is cool ofhim because I think that's like
it's very interesting and it's adefinitely a different type of
hobby or interest.
But I would never want to likeown the annabelle doll.
I don't want to.
I wasn't even like I don't wantto even mention it.
Onabelle doll I don't want to.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I wasn't even like I don't want to even mention it on
here no, no, I mean, there'ssome people that you know like
to take it to the extremes.
You know they like getting thevoodoo dolls and all this.
Uh, you know I don't want thatstuff in my house.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
No, yeah, me neither.
I think it's one thing to visitit, but then to actually own it
and be the curator of it, andthe one thing I do think that
matt wright will maintain it.
I don't think he's going towant to change it or make it
like silly or um kind of exposeit yeah, that's true, that's
true.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
And you know there's some people that take it to the
extremes and they want thesetype of things.
There's some people you knowthere's a lot of people who like
going into, you know, the tombsto, you know, look for mummies
and treasure and stuff like thatyeah so I mean I'll read about
it, I'll watch it on tv, butwould I be that person going in
no no.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
So if you would, you even like look at the annabelle
doll.
You know what?
I could look at it on tv,that's fine yeah, yeah see, I
don't know, I would not go to anannabelle movie or anything at
this point really yeah, I'mfreaked out.
They're in um here in burbankthey have a store where there's
like two raggedy ann dolls andthe.
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The story behind them is thatthe raggedy ann dolls like
witness their owner's murder orsomething too, and they said
that like there might they mightbe possessed, and anytime we go
into the store I'm like I wishthem well and I'm like I come in
love.
You know, just know that I, butI just like get freaked out
knowing that they're in there.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Now here's the thing.
You know, I've never done this,but I heard, like you know,
kids and teenagers will havethese little, these little
challenges where they runthrough a cemetery, at night or
whatever.
Do you do something like that?
Speaker 2 (30:27):
No, maybe in my, actually no, maybe not in my 20s
, but no, I wouldn't, would you?
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Absolutely not.
Yeah, I don't even like goingto a cemetery, you know for a
burial, let alone going there atnight.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
I know Sometimes during the day, like I've been
in cemeteries that when it's ifit's during the day and if it's
like sunny out, it actually tome it feels so peaceful, like it
could feel really likebeautiful and peaceful if it's a
nicely kept one and you knowit's like sunny and I'm in the
middle of the day, but yeah, atnight I just wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
No no that.
And then, of course, you knowyou have that one silly person
that wants to, you know, playgames and yeah, yeah, dirt and
scare the daylights out of you.
So, nah, I'm good, that's it.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Yep, but yep, I thought that was very
interesting and um good for mattrife and I look forward to
seeing what happens.
And, like I think it's, I likeit because I think it does come
from a genuine interest in thehistory.
I wouldn't like if it was justsomeone that felt like they were
collecting like an exotic zooanimal for no reason or
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something you know, but thisseems like it's someone that
does have interest in historyand like maintaining it.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
That is true.
That is true.
Well, talking about a littlebit of sad news here, Justin
Timberlake just made a statementand just let the world know
that he does.
He's battling Lyme diseaseright now.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
So you know, we definitely wish him well.
Most people, I think, know whatLyme disease is, but people
don't know know what Lymedisease is, but people don't
know it's when a tick bites youand you know one of the diseases
that you can get from that tick, even though it's like super
tiny, is Lyme disease, which isreally really rough on the body
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if you get that disease.
And then Justin Timberlake youknow he's doing his tour right
now.
You know he's doing differentconcerts all across the country
and they were showing a concertthat he did where most of the
songs, if not maybe all of themthe audience was singing.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
I know.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
And you know what?
I have a dual type feeling onthat.
On the one hand, I feel sorryyou know that he's dealing with
this battle because he's nevergoing to be dealing with a
health issue but as a payingcustomer it really irritates the
living hell out of me.
Now, it's okay if you do a songor two.
Yes, but when you start doingthe whole concert and I'm going
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to pay, you know hundreds ofdollars and you know some of
these't pay.
You know hundreds of dollarsand you know some of these
artists, you pay thousands ofdollars.
I'm gonna be a little bitticked off.
I don't know.
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (33:10):
absolutely you'll be ticked off.
No pun intended.
Bad line line pun.
I couldn't help it.
Yeah, I mean.
My first thing is, likeeveryone's always like why do
celebrities get lyme disease?
You know it usually.
I feel like we take it as it's.
It could be like a code forsomething else.
You know, like like the Hadid'shad Lyme disease and all these
people get it.
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But I think it also may be theydo go to like the Hamptons a
lot and they might be in placeswhere there are like ticks and
so it's not necessarily always acover up, I think, for like
drugs or other things.
I think they needed to saysomething because it was getting
to be a lot on TikTok, wherepeople would make videos and
being like at the JustinTimberlake concert and they
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would like say one thing andthen put their thing down and go
, brush their teeth and, youknow, come back, and I think it
was beginning to be like for hisown brand.
They needed to say what washappening because people were
talking about that.
He wasn't dancing as muchduring the tour, but I agree I
would rather see him do likefive songs all of them than just
like 20 songs and do half ofeach song and I'm the same way.
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I hate, hate, hate when they'llgive the mic to the audience
and have us sing the chorus andit's like that is not what we
wanted.
You know, I just watch.
I think Olivia Rodrigo does areally good job of this where,
for the most part, she'll singher own songs and then every now
and then, for like a phrase,she'll hand it to the crowd and
they'll sing it.
But yeah, that is sad and itdefinitely you would think, like
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a celebrity, all of a suddenthere would be some transfusion
or something that he can get tolike alleviate his symptoms.
But, um, I think it was time.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
His team probably knew it was time to say
something, just because peoplewere talking about it so much
yeah, I think the other thingtoo, and I get it there's a lot
of money at stake with theseconcerts, especially when you're
talking about a-listers.
But I think sometimes it'sbetter to step back and say, hey
, you know what I'm battlingthis disease.
I'm going to postpone thisconcert to a later date.
(35:09):
You know, you can either comeat that date or get a refund,
because he's a big enough startthat even if some people got a
refund, it's not like they'renot gonna sell out right, you
know exactly, they know protectyour brand too, because you know
you don't want people to walkaway from your concert with a
bad taste in their mouth, youknow.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
I know, and everyone I think, like his main fans,
would be understanding if he waslike I'm going to take one year
and like really, really, reallyfocus on my health and then
reassess and see if I can comeback and redo it.
And you know, know, like Iremember sean mendez had to
cancel because he had really badanxiety and mental health
issues and like, for the mostpart people were disappointed
but they understood andeveryone's like.
(35:50):
You know, work on yourself andwe'll get through it.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
So oh yeah, and I'm quite sure people would would
rather him postpone it than givea concert that we know is not
up to the standard, what youwould expect yeah, yeah, totally
boy.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
He's like he doesn't have good luck with it.
I mean, he does it to himself,not lyme disease, but the other
stuff where because remember hehad like the dui um and he got
caught with that.
And then he got caught with oneof his co-stars which, like we
don't know the kind of marriagethat him and jessica beale have.
But it's like he, definitely he.
He fights everything in his ownpower to like ruin his own
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reputation.
You know, like everyone wantsto like him so much.
But I feel like thing afterthing, and I think in Hollywood
like Lyme disease could be useda lot as like kind of a
scapegoat for things.
But in this case I'm sure heprobably does have it and it is
real and he's probably sufferingfrom it.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
So yeah, that's true.
I mean, whatever it is, I thinkhe probably should have came
out a little bit earlier withthat instead of going through it
.
Because you know, before, likeyou said, before he said
anything, you know people werekind of getting a little bit
teed off about his concerts.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Yeah, yeah.
I feel like if I was his person, I would say let's tell
everyone that this is happeningand let's say we're gonna do
like eight songs plus an encoreand that's it.
And then you know, you may besitting for one or two of the
songs and you're gonna have tolike go a little bit slower, so
like explain from the beginning,and then people must.
I think that would like eightmillion times his reputation,
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that people would be supportinghim so much, you know.
I agree, I agree and he'd evenbe able to do more interviews,
and it just would be yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Definitely, definitely, we'll be praying for
him.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Yep, we will.
Okay, to be honest, I don'teven know why I chose this next
story, because it's such abummer.
I'm looking at it now.
I'm like Meryl, what were youthinking?
I thought this was sointeresting, but I'm sorry to
bum everyone out with this.
The Denmark zoo asked people todonate their small pets as food
for captive predators.
So it's just very depressing.
I know so.
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A zoo in Denmark, the Alborg Zoo, is asking for donations.
It's trying to mimic thenatural food chain of the
animals housed there, for boththe sake of the animal welfare
and professional integrity, andoffers assurances that pets that
are brought in will be gentlyeuthanized by trained staff.
They're saying they put in aFacebook post which is kind of
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confusing that quote if you havea healthy animal that needs to
be given away for variousreasons, feel free to donate it
to us.
End quote, which is weird.
So the zoo points to guineapigs, rabbits and chickens as
possible donations and then,after being euthanized, the
animals will be used as fodder.
That way, nothing goes to waste.
But people were saying this isso weird because the pet, the
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donation, the call for donationsthere's a picture of like a
wildcat burying its teeth withits mouth wide open, so not the
kind of thing that you're goingto like want to bring the family
rabbit to.
It said, the facility is alsointerested in receiving horses,
for probably, you know, horsemeat or whatever.
Now, obviously, like you know,animals need to eat and they eat
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other animals, so it's not theworst thing.
Like I know, they need rabbitsfrom somewhere, and I do
understand this, because ifpeople are going to like put
their you know, let their petsoutside, or I understand it that
if you're like, if you have apet that you're going to get rid
of anyway or bring to a shelter, we can use them.
I don't know if this just seemskind of crazy to me, though,
(39:14):
like it seems emotional, eventhough I know what happens.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I think it's kind of morbid.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
personally, I know and like could you imagine just
bringing like a family guineapig there?
It just seems I, I like any ofmy pets, no matter what they
were.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
I just could never, ever, ever do that like because,
literally, you're, you're,you're donating them to be
eating.
Let's just call it what it is Iknow and they don't.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
They said they don't want sick ones, which is like
that's the only one I woulddonate is like if I knew it was
going to die.
Anyway, they want healthy ones.
Speaker 1 (39:45):
Yeah, and here's the reality, Whether they're
euthanized or set free wherethey can be tackled, in Eden.
Yeah, yeah what kind of personare you to donate an animal?
To do that I?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
know so you wouldn't if you were like, oh, I don't
want this guinea pig.
It like it like barks all thetime or, you know, makes guinea
pig noises all the time.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
No, I mean, if I'm going to give away an animal,
I'm going to give it away tosomeone who wants the animal not
to be eaten up.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Not when do I'm sure it's different for every zoo,
but where do they get so manyrabbits?
And I wonder, like if they buythem from pet stores or like I
don't think I want to know, butI'm like, do zoos capture wild
animals?
Like to be?
Speaker 1 (40:25):
sure that there's places they can go to to get
wild game, wild game to eat.
But and I could be wrong Ithink the real reason they're
asking for these animals is theywant to emulate them in the
wild, because a lot of animals,especially wild animals, they're
used to hunting their food down.
Speaker 2 (40:47):
And that's what I don't understand, because it
said like they'll be euthanizedhumanely.
So do they already.
This is so morbid, but I'm like, do they euthanize them and
then put them in the like, or dothey just leave the rabbits
there to be hunted?
Speaker 1 (41:01):
I think they're leaving them there to be hunted.
Oh, how can you do that to yourpet.
If you're not letting them runaround, why even go through all
that trouble?
You just go through the same.
You know sources that you do.
Now for the yeah, yeah.
What would?
Speaker 2 (41:19):
be the difference?
I know, I wonder if they'rejust already like hey, if you do
have a rabbit that you don'twant for whatever reason, like
instead of putting it in ashelter, like we'll gladly take
it, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Yeah, I don't think they're being totally honest.
I think those animals would beset free so they can be hunted
down.
Oh, it's so sad, I could bewrong but I think that's the
real reason what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (41:42):
I was just at an aquarium and I saw they had
crabs there and the crabs weregetting torn apart by like
another big fish and it took meeverything not to like be the
crazy woman that went into thetank and saved everyone.
And I'm like.
I asked my friend like if I Igrabbed this crab, could I take
it home or will it die on itsway home?
And she was like it will dieimmediately.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
But yeah, unfortunately those things
happen in life.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I know, and I know it is the circle of life, and I
guess like, yeah, I just thoughtthis was such a weird thing to
see, but but hey, maybe it'sjust the truth and it's just, it
is what it is yeah, I wouldlike to see the sick people that
donate animals for this, thoughI know well and also like I
would be scared too about peoplethat were roundup pets, like
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you might not, like they mightpurchase rabbits with the
intention of giving it to thezoo.
Like you never know people'sintentions too.
That's why I always worry somuch when people have um their
animals in their front yard justunattended.
Yes, there's a family that haslike a big, giant, beautiful
turtle right by us and I'malways like, please, like no one
touch the turtle.
Or, like you know, hopefully noone would ever take a nice
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turtle in someone's front yard,but I'm always like there are
crazy people out there.
Speaker 1 (42:54):
Yeah, if you have a small animal, to me that animal
should never be left aloneoutside.
I know people take it.
You can have other animals takeit yeah, like a coyote,
exception to the rule, like Idon't know.
If you know what a cane corsois, it's a huge dog, oh yeah
yeah you could probably leavethat outside, and that's
probably not gonna be whatsomeone messes with exactly.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
yeah, there's one on my boyfriend's mail route and
we're always like please don'tlet it get out.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (43:23):
Yes, that is true, Because, wow, that is a huge dog
.
I think the head of that dog isbigger than you have the human
head.
It's gigantic.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Yeah, yeah, so, yeah.
So if you're going to theDenmark Zoo, don't bring your
rabbit to die.
Yes, definitely, that's themoral of the story.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
Now this next topic here.
I am really, really excitedbecause I want to hear your
opinion on this.
Jay Leno was interviewed, Ibelieve, on a podcast or
something, and he says thatcomedians should not talk about
politics.
Now I'm very, very curious tohear from you, being that you
(44:02):
are a comedian.
Speaker 2 (44:03):
Yep, what do you?
think about that I do see whereit's coming from because,
especially like here in LA,anytime people on both sides
they try to do stuff and it'skind of like eh, I even watch
great, great professionallongtime-time comedians try to
do it and it's either geeky orcheesy and people don't like it.
(44:23):
It's funny because I feel likethe people that tend to speak up
right now, at least in LA, whatI see is the people that tend
to talk more about politics, arealmost more of still talking
about COVID and are more of theTrump side of things, and then
that just doesn't play well with, like the very liberal
audiences here.
So it's very awkward to watch.
And then on both sides thenit's like you know, I performed
(44:44):
down in San Diego where some,some areas are a little bit more
conservative and we're told toalso not always talk so much
about like anti Trump stuffthere, because then you have a
bunch of like older people thatare just, you know, like nodding
their head or shaking theirhead at you.
So I do feel like it's good forcomedians to talk about like
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just the general politics, andthat's our way of like seeing
things through a lens.
You know, like George Carlin wehad so many great people that
were able to capture politics asa whole and just speak for
different parts of thegenerations.
But I think it has to be donereally masterfully and you have
to be like so sharp and moreinsightful than just taking like
(45:25):
cheap shots at people.
Speaker 1 (45:27):
Now, do you think you'd ever be as bold as Jimmy
Kimmel?
Jimmy Kimmel does not hold backhis dislike for the president
and he goes in very hard.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, I can see myself doingthat.
I guess if you're going to takea stand, you just do it and you
like, send it the whole way.
I definitely, in my, I think afew years ago, I used to talk
about being like votinglibertarian and how no one even
me, like no one knows what thatmeant.
I just wanted to be that.
But I was more sick of the likedivisiveness.
(45:59):
So I think I made a lot of mymaterial at that time.
I think I told you this beforetoo, but I had a joke about how
I was like available for hireduring Thanksgiving, where I can
go and sit next to anyone'sfamily member, and like I could
sit next to a blue haired womanin Portland, or like an uncle
from Florida, from Florida, andI could, I'll say I would hire
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myself to whatever people wantme to say.
Um, and then I I used to jokethat like Biden was from where
I'm from, in Pennsylvania, butlike he thinks he is and I'm
just kind of taking a little bitof a cheap shot at him.
Um, but I think if I was JimmyKimmel and I had the support of
like a whole network and I wasalready so established.
I'd probably be a little bitmore vocal, but but, but yeah, I
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think it's important for forcomedians not all of us and, you
know, not everyone but forreally smart, astute people to
talk about it.
And I think, like, even thoughit might not be for everyone,
it's still like it's still animportant thing.
Speaker 1 (46:54):
That's true, that's true, and you know there's some
people that are very crass withit and there's some people that
are very crass with and there'ssome people that are like you
say, that are very, verymasterful as far as how they do
it yeah, yeah and I think, Ithink you're right.
I think you you have to have avery strong base that you're
doing it to.
Yeah, very good support staffwhere you know you don't risk
(47:16):
losing your job by, you know,cracking those jokes, you know.
Speaker 2 (47:19):
Exactly, especially like, cause I know where Jay
Leno performed.
Also, side note is he's so niceto like.
One of my friends MCs for him alot and Jay Leno is like so, so
, so nice to comedians and I seehim driving around town and
like all this kind of stuff.
So he's someone that, like Ilove him as a human.
He seems really cool, I don'tyou know.
So, anyway, he's someone that Ithink he comes from the
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perspective too, is likeespecially I know where he
performs a lot, and thoseaudiences are more wanting an
escape from comedy.
You know, it's not like a NewYork seller crowd that wants to
hear about all these things.
It's more people that are likeokay, we're paying $50.
We want to hear funny storiesabout marriage or, you know,
being overweight or you knowbeing like silly stories.
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So I always think it has tolike.
People are kind of fatiguedabout politics and I think
sometimes comedy could be a goodescape.
So, yeah, that's how I feel.
Speaker 1 (48:12):
True, true.
Well, we know that conversationis still going to keep going.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
So, yeah, enjoy watching it and I do feel like
any subject can be made funny,but it just people have to like
I don't know new or amateur orwhatever comedians I've seen
people just try to tacklepolitics and it's like, oh god,
you know, and when it's like 11pm, it's just the last thing I
want to hear.
But I think we still needpeople like George Carlin and
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Joan Rivers and you know thatare so smart and just able to
speak their mind.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Very true, very, very true.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
That was yours, right , I forgot Okay that was yours.
Okay, yay.
My last one, which I think isso cute, is the possible budding
romance between Liam Neeson andPamela Anderson.
So they're having a lot.
I don't know why, but like allthe articles about this is like
Liam Neeson's son weighs in,liam Neeson's cousin weighs in.
(49:08):
I'm like why isn't LiamNeeson's family doing like a
whole press tour on PamelaAnderson?
But basically the main point ofthis is that they're you know
that they're not totallyconfirming it, but they're not
denying it where the Taken starand the Baywatch icon, pamela
Anderson.
They're doing a lot of stuff topromote the Naked Gun movie,
but rumors are swirling thatthere's kind of like a romance
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on set between the two and thatthey're just taking things very
slow.
But they are dating and I thinkI've seen the interviews
between the slow but they aredating and I think I've seen the
interviews between the two andthey're so cute and my thought
is they seem to not be annoyingabout it and they seem to
actually have some type of reallife, whether it's just a nice
friendship or respect for eachother.
They seem to be not in anannoying showmance, but instead
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just more getting along andmaybe keeping some things to
themselves for now.
Speaker 1 (50:00):
Oh yeah, I think that if they are dating or they're
not dating, they're not going tosay either way.
Speaker 2 (50:07):
Because, let's face it, it really does help the film
by having people talk aboutthis yeah, yeah, and let me say
too, like liam neeson was my dadand I was getting pamela
anderson as like a stepmom, orlike I'd be so excited because
she just seems so cool, andthat's exactly.
I mean, I hope my parentsstayed together forever, but if
my dad was to start datingPamela Anderson, that would be
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amazing too If my mom wasn't inthe picture, of course.
But yeah, I think they're greatco-stars and I just think
they're doing it right becausethey're not putting a label on
things correctly.
Maybe they have secretly and wejust don't know, but it seems
like the two of them are beingreally respectful and in all the
interviews I've seen they'veasked, like Liam Neeson, what
was the best thing about thismovie, and he said working with
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Pamela and it's very cute.
So I hope it's real.
Speaker 1 (51:00):
And I hope it's just like out of hollywood and just
the sweet thing.
Yeah, that's true, and andsometimes, and even though it's
incredibly hard to do, you knowa lot of times, if you are
dating someone or seeing someoneand you're a hollywood
celebrity, you really don't wantpeople to know because you want
to see where it goes.
You know once you, once youannounce that you're even
interested in someone, all of asudden, all the paparazzi and
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everything are watching you,they're following you and all
this and it can put a lot ofpressure on a relationship.
Speaker 2 (51:27):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
And I think too, like the pastcouple of years, we've all been
cheering for Pamela Anderson too, because I know she's still
kind of caught up on Tommy Leeand that situation and it seems
like she's definitely worthy oflove and I don't know.
I like how, like natural she'sbeen, and I know Liam Neeson has
had his own sad things in hisown love life, so I think that
would be so cute.
Speaker 1 (51:49):
Yes, that's true, and you know what A lot of people
have gotten together working onprojects, so it's really not a
far-fetched thing.
Speaker 2 (51:59):
I'm a firm believer that love is available at any
age and I know sometimes peoplein their 50s or 60s or 70s, even
80s or 90s.
I think if you want to, you canstill always find partnership
and companionship.
I feel like I've known a lot ofpeople that get divorced later
in life and they never searchfor anyone or they just kind of
think they're over.
But I think it's almost areally good time to have love,
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because you know yourself andyou're not as needy or whatever.
Speaker 1 (52:24):
Yeah, and you know, I've always said this, that to
me, in order to find true love,you shouldn't be looking for it.
You have to love yourself first.
If you love yourself, believeit or not, people see it and
people will be attracted to you.
So I think when you're lookingfor it, sometimes that's when
you find what you reallyshouldn't have.
Speaker 2 (52:47):
Yep, I hear ya.
Speaker 1 (52:49):
So, yes, kudos to them.
Hopefully, you know they are ina good relationship and, if not
, you know they're having funpromoting their movie right?
Speaker 2 (53:02):
I know I'm like like, please don't be pretend I can't
take it.
They're both gonna announcethat they have lyme disease
together.
Speaker 1 (53:05):
I can't do it.
Well, talk about fun.
Have you ever heard of thesavannah bananas?
Speaker 2 (53:12):
yes, I love them.
They're so silly now.
Speaker 1 (53:15):
Now for people watching the Savannah Bananas.
They're a baseball team.
I would probably equate them tothe baseball version of the
Harlem Gold Troubles.
They really do play baseball,they take it serious and
everything, but they just add alot of fun to it.
First of all, their uniformsare bright yellow.
I mean they could probablyblind you, just so yellow.
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And you know they do all thesedifferent tricks and stuff like
that and you know they dodancing and stuff like that and
really it's more entertaining iswhat it is and it kind of makes
it really fun because somepeople feel that baseball is
incredibly boring.
So this is a good way to bringpeople to watch the sport and,
you know, have some fun doing it.
Speaker 2 (53:57):
Yep, now do they play the same people all the time,
like do they play like anotherteam?
That's like, are they alwaysplaying the same team?
Speaker 1 (54:07):
they have different teams that they play.
Um, I don't think that thereare a lot of them.
Speaker 2 (54:12):
I could be wrong, but yeah, they do play different
teams okay, I raised my hand forpeople that are just listening,
because I am indeed one ofthose people that find baseball
so terribly boring, but, likeI'll be trying to watch a game
and then I'll be like my headwill be turned completely to the
side of my boyfriend, will haveto physically move my head and
be like the tv is right there,like, but.
(54:34):
But I do think I think thesemen are so talented and I feel
like I hope they don't get madefun of or made to feel like less
than an actual player Because,as you said, they play baseball,
they play real baseball, butthen they're dancers, they're
gymnasts, you know.
They like are choreographers.
They're just amazing and I loveall the dances they do and they
seem like they're really havingfun, but I feel like they
probably get teased a lot orjust like made to not feel
(54:57):
professional.
Speaker 1 (54:59):
That's true.
I mean even the Holland GoldTroublers.
Some people don't take themseriously, but they really do
know how to play basketball.
They just add a whole lot ofacrobats, tricks and fun and
things to make it fun for peopleto watch, especially youngsters
.
Speaker 2 (55:16):
Exactly.
Yeah, I saw some game on TVwhere it's also I think they
were playing a glow-in-the-darkkind of team and it was super
cool.
At night they were doing theirthings, but it was glowing and
it seems really fun.
Speaker 1 (55:27):
Oh yeah, and you know what?
Anytime you can do somethingthat brings a smile to a
family's face and have them comeout and enjoy it, I think it's
a great thing.
Speaker 2 (55:35):
I do too.
I'm here for the bananas.
Speaker 1 (55:38):
Yes, the phrase is this world is.
We need stuff that puts a smileon our face.
Speaker 2 (55:42):
I know, except on the other spectrum of things, the
only thing that keeps me engagedin like professional, like
Padres, dodgers type baseball isthe drama.
When, like a fight happens orwhen the coaches come out, then
I'm like, oh okay, what'shappening?
Because also as much as, likeyou know, I love men so much but
as much as females get calleddramatic and everything, those
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fights between the players, whenlike one or two people will
have a tiff and then the wholeteam comes out, it's just I'm
like, give me a break, but Ilove watching it.
Yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (56:12):
They get very passionate about those fights.
Speaker 2 (56:14):
Yeah, that is like I feel like that's to me, is like
one of the only interesting partabout it.
Speaker 1 (56:21):
Oh, that means you love hockey.
Then because they fight all?
Speaker 2 (56:22):
the time.
Yeah, yeah, I love hockey andthen I also love in soccer when
if someone gets like hit by aninch, then all of a sudden they
have to go home.
I'm like a stretcher, like Ilove the overdramaticness of it
all.
Speaker 1 (56:34):
Yes, that is true.
That is true.
It makes it very interesting towatch.
Speaker 2 (56:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I love compilations of hockeyor soccer where people are just
like they get tapped and all ofa sudden they fall to the floor
and they can't get up.
I love it Wow.
Speaker 1 (56:51):
You know, this hour went by very fast.
Speaker 2 (56:53):
Oh my gosh, it really did.
Speaker 1 (56:55):
It flew by Great things coming up.
What do you have coming up,Meryl?
Speaker 2 (56:59):
Yeah, so I will be actually one of the venues that
the wonderful Jay Leno performsat.
A lot is called Flappers inBurbank and he's there quite
some time and I have my own showthere that I'm part of on
August 7th and it's a historypodcast, that's live, and then
I'm doing some stand-up comedythere.
It's a history podcast, that'slive, and then I'm doing some
(57:19):
stand-up comedy there.
So it's called HILF H-I-L-F andthen I am one of the comedians
on it.
Speaker 1 (57:24):
Nice.
Well, if you're in the area,definitely go out and support
Meryl.
Speaker 2 (57:29):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (57:30):
Well, everyone, this was a very, very, very busy day.
It was.
We definitely appreciate youwatching.
You know, watch out for thoseUFOs.
Speaker 2 (57:41):
Yep or not, or just get blasted if you want to.
Speaker 1 (57:47):
Well, everyone continue to have a good time,
live life, smile, laugh.
Laughter to me cures a lot ofthings, so make sure that you
enjoy this wonderful day.
I'm Lauren Silver.
Speaker 2 (58:01):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Bye everyone, Bye-bye.
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode
of Thirsty Topics.
I'm Lawrence Elrod.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hey Meryl, how are you doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
and I'm Meryl Clemo.
Hey, meryl, how are you doingtoday?
I'm so good, I'm very good.
I'm not ready.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I want it to be summer for like four more months
longer, too soon.
I hear you.
It's hard to believe, but theBears play their first preseason
game next week, so that tellsyou that fall is right around
the corner.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh, it's not fair.
I also am in the post-birthdayblues because my birthday was
last week and I, like you know,when you get so much attention
and then it's like this week,I'm like hello, I'm still here.
Everybody, happy belatedbirthday, thank you.
Thank you, I totally like I getoverwhelmed on my birthday.
So I ended up just, I always dolike small things, you know,
just like with a friend or two,because it gets to be too much,
(01:03):
but but then you know it's a lotof attention for one day and
then the rest of the day, well,I mean, I still get attention
but it's okay, nice, nice.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Well, did you enjoy it though?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I enjoyed it so much.
I enjoyed it so much.
Good, good, good, good.
Well, we definitely have a lotto talk about today.
Yeah, we do Do you want me tostart it off.
Yes, okay, cool.
Also, special thanks to myboyfriend, who is powering this
today.
He bought me an espresso makerfor my birthday, so I am now
caffeinated because of mywonderful boyfriend.
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Kudos to him, I know, yep.
So if anyone has any espressotips, I'll gladly take it.
But anyway, this is.
I think this was like a reallife version of Home Alone,
pretty much, but just with aneven crazier twist.
A mom and dad prepped fortakeoff and their kid was left
as a cast off.
So an unnamed thankfullythey're not named mother and
(01:58):
father allegedly abandoned a10-year-old boy at an airport in
Spain after realizing theydidn't pack all of the kids
necessary travel documents, sothey were unwilling to miss
their flight.
They boarded their airbus andthen they left their son in the
airport terminal where,hopefully, a family member could
maybe hopefully retrieve him.
Now I thought this was totallycrazy, where this couple was
(02:19):
going to Spain and pretty muchthe kids didn't have or the kid
did not have his passport, andso they did make some
arrangements for family membersto pick him up, but like I would
never do that, I'm not a parentand you are a parent and I'm
guessing you wouldn't ever, everdo this right.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Absolutely not Right.
That's insane, is what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Isn't it?
Don't you think, isn't that,especially 10 years old, like I
feel like that is?
Isn't it, don't you think,isn't that, especially 10 years
old, like I feel like that iskind of like cruelty or some
type of child abuse or something.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, you know that could be in some places they'll
they'll charge them for childendangerment, you know yeah I
mean, that's just crazy exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
yeah, I said here that, um, his and the kid did
have a passport it expired, anduh, but his and the kid did have
a passport, it expired and theyjust, instead of staying with
him, they allegedly made achoice, you know, to leave him
and then rang up a relative tocome collect him later.
And it's just and if I'm thatkid, I feel like that's
everlasting damage that you'regoing to think about when you're
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an adult how your parents justditched you and still went.
If anything, like I would tryto cancel the trip or get an.
You can get a passport for likean express one.
You might miss a day of thetrip, but there's other
solutions.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Oh, absolutely.
And you know the other thingtoo, and I know we don't talk
about it enough you know there'sa thing called.
You know, child labor, sexcrimes.
You know people that areliterally stealing children all
the time.
It's just yeah, yeah, gohorribly wrong.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Oh yeah, trafficking, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
And then the sit there and just leave your child
and go.
Well, you know what I calledso-and-so you know they'll come
get them.
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I'm surprised that the people at the airport, too,
wouldn't't even allow this,because that just seems like I
don't know extra weird.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I don't I mean I could be wrong, but I doubt they
told anyone at the airportbecause I doubt they'd let them
board that plane.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's true, and I think, if, if the kid is 15 or
older and they have their owncell phone, maybe that's the
only time I would say, ok, likeAunt Sheila is going to come get
you, but I need, like everyone,to promise that they're going
to be right here at this time.
And like the kid has its ownway to communicate with the
relative.
You know that would be the onlyway.
But then, but a 10 year old who, like, how do they even know
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where their relative is, or howare they going to communicate
with that person?
You know, like they couldwander off and then you're right
, like get on an extra flight oran adult could take them.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Oh, exactly, and you know the reality is.
Is that okay?
Maybe you miss your flight andyou have to rebook it where you
go, like you say a few dayslater, oh well, it's not the end
of the world.
Yeah, but something happens tothat child.
It could be the end of theirworld.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yes, and this is I keep hearing, not this
particular story, of course, butI hear so many stories from
people where their passport theyshow up for this big trip and
it's either expired or I didn'tknow this.
But if you have like stains onyour passport like they might
not let you go there, they canbe really strict about stuff.
So everyone should make sureyour passport is like nice and
clean, cause I've one of myfriends had a coffee to stay on
(05:23):
her passport and then shecouldn't.
She like missed a whole trip,wow, really, yeah, yeah, and it
wasn't even like on anyinformation, it was just really.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
it was like it was big and blotchy, but they were
like, no, you need to have likea clean, nice passport wow, yeah
, here's the crazy thing aboutit when you book your flight,
you can look at your passport tosee when it expires.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, yes, I know, and it sounds like.
Well, we can already tellthey're pretty wrapped up in
themselves, so I bet they justfocused on them and not really
their 10-year-old.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yeah, that's just crazy.
That's crazy.
I hope the 10-year-old is okay,I really do.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I know Me too.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
But I don't know.
I mean, it's almost like whenyou hear people leaving their
kids in the car and I get it.
You know, my son was young.
There's a lot going on and,honestly, meryl, I never me and
Tracy, we never, ever left ourson in the car yeah, that's
smart.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I think that's like so, that's so smart and I just
don't get it.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Maybe I'm looking at something wrong, but how do you
forget your child?
I know days in a car.
I just don't get that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I know I actually appreciate too.
Um, I don't know if this islike with a lot of new of cars,
but the one that I just got whenI closed my door or when I
opened my door, like it givesyou a thing I'm saying like look
in the back seat.
I think that's such a goodreminder.
Yeah, I think most cars shouldhave that.
I know I would never.
I always used to worry aboutthat, even with when I had dogs.
I'd be like where is my dog,did I leave them?
(06:50):
Like.
But I understand if you're likesleep deprived and if the mom
is maybe going through like adepression or something being so
out of it that maybe you wouldforget it at first, but that
just then, then that is aserious like mental disorder
that might need help and youknow which which happens and I
feel so bad about.
But yeah, I can never myparents.
I'm in my 40s, my parents won'teven leave me alone.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
My mom wouldn't even leave me for five minutes well,
like I said, I think it's ashame that those sensors are
there, but it it's a good thingyou know to tell people to look
in the backseat, so that is agood thing.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Exactly, and when you think about this kid too, like
when you look back and you're 10years old, like I feel like I
was a baby, then you know thatseems so young and there's no
way at 10 years old.
If my parents left me in anairport, an international
airport, I would have likeimmediately started crying and
probably gone to the personworking there.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
I would not have stayed stoic and found a
relative.
Oh yeah, and I'm quite surewhen the child gets older
they're probably going to havesome not so nice words for their
parents.
Oh yeah, yeah, Yep, it's goingto come up in the middle of the
argument.
Yeah, remember that time.
You left me in the airportbecause you don't want to miss
your flight.
Exactly it's going to happenwhen the parents are in like a
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senior center and the kid islike, oh sorry, I can't get you
in here.
Talk about scenic things Now,back in 2019,.
Do you remember when you knowpeople talked about storming
Area 51?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Yes, yes, I was here for it.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Oh, that's right.
Did you participate or justhear about?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
it.
No, no, but a lot of my friendslike it was almost as if they
wanted to go to Coachella, likepeople were getting outfits for
it, like you know, renting vansand everything- Well, netflix is
doing a documentary.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
It's called Trainwreck Storm Area 51.
And I haven't watched it yet,but I'm definitely going to
watch it because I'm a big UFOfanatic.
You know Area 51, anything withArea 51, I definitely watch.
But what's interesting aboutthat is the idea.
(09:02):
That is the idea.
And in case people haven'theard about this story, back in
2019, this young man decided hewanted to put a post out and
have people storm Area 51.
Because he basically said well,what are they going to do?
They can't stop all of us.
He said it was actually a joke,it wasn't even real, but the
(09:23):
problem is it took on a life ofits own and literally millions
upon millions of people startedsharing this.
Oh my gosh, all of a sudden,there were millions of people
talking about storming Area 51.
And the government actually tookit for real, because they
posted a sign of a bunch ofmilitary people standing in
(09:46):
front of a fighter jet, and youknow I'm paraphrasing, but you
know we're going to protect thisfacility no matter what.
Come on with it.
I mean it was kind of anaggressive statement.
Um, probably so aggressivebecause they took it right down,
but it was to the point wherethe fbi actually went to go
visit this guy and have oh mygosh, that really is like a
(10:08):
scene of like men in black orsomething and he's all freaked
out because he's like it was ajoke.
I wasn't serious about it.
And now he's getting on thereand he's telling people please
don't do this, don't go there.
You know we got a partysomeplace else, don't go to area
51.
But when it happened on the dayum that there was supposed to
storm, there's literally ahandful of people there.
(10:30):
Obviously there was a lot ofsecurity there, a lot of
sheriffs officers and stuff, butI don't know.
There's a few thoughts that cometo mind to this.
Do you think that, uh, that hewas really joking, or do you
think he was real, but he didn'tthink a lot of people was going
to join?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
it's probably one of those things that you say like
we should go do this and thenit's like in theory that would
be amazing and awesome, but inreal life I don't see him taking
off of work.
I feel like all day long that'speople on reddit where they're
just talking, smack and talkingthings and you know, a lot of it
doesn't really come to fruition.
I know I definitely am a UFOperson, like you too, and now I
do feel like they're making itmore of just the mainstream
(11:10):
conversation, like I saw somearticle where JD Vance even said
like I love UFOs and justhaving a vice president or
someone like that say it soopenly where a few years ago
they were really denying us andtrying to gaslight everyone into
thinking like you know, whatyou're seeing is not real.
Um, whether or not that meanslike aliens are about to come
down or whatever, like I I don'tknow, but it just seems like if
(11:32):
something is, like, if there isa possible threat of something
happening, it just seems likethey should probably tell us
like now to slowly calm everyoneand just make everyone like
more used to the fact, ratherthan if there is some type of
extraterrestrial thing thathappens like it's going to
create pandemonium, you knowwhat you actually bring up a
good point.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Do you think that as a world not just United States,
but the world do you think thatwe're mature enough or mentally
strong enough to handle some?
You know a leader saying, hey,all this stuff you've been
hearing about, it's real right,we are not the only universe and
we have been visited.
Do you think we're ready forthat?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
It's funny.
I think Trump would be like themost beautiful, beautiful aliens
, but I it's funny, I thinkwe're so desensitized at this
point of just like between COVIDand fires and all this kind of
stuff that a lot of people Iknow are almost like great
aliens who cares.
So I think it would be way lesslike it might be an uproar at
first, but I think I do think wecan like handle it and get used
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to it.
I just would worry that there'dbe crazy people that would want
to like immediately fight anysort of aliens or like conquer
them, that there'd be crazypeople that would want to like
immediately fight any sort ofaliens or like conquer them.
But I think if they said, hey,there is life force on other
planets, you know which, we doknow a little bit, but like
here's what it is, I honestlythink for six months there might
be like a whole big thing andthen, just like everything else,
we would get either tired of itor we would start to laugh at
it, or we would just it wouldjust become like part of our
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lifestyle.
I really do.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, I mean, I think , personally, the reason why the
government is now talking aboutit and they're releasing a lot
of videos and stuff because,like you said, years ago it was
taboo, they didn't acknowledgeit and someone wondered that
maybe they're getting us readyfor something big.
It sounds like it, you know,desensitize it, make it part of
(13:27):
a normal conversation.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Yeah, which so much of our culture already has like
aliens in it, but I think we'vemade it Hollywood with like them
looking a certain way andhaving a million eyes.
I also saw that that one likeStephen Hawking's the one in the
wheelchair like I guess hepredicted some type of invasion,
that like, but now they saidthat just might be a comet.
Or they're going back to hisreadings that like say, okay, if
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this happens and this happens,then you're going to have, like,
this big alien invasion.
But then now they're like okay,well, that just might be a
comet.
So, yeah, I don't know.
I feel like so much other stuffhas happened in this world that
now a lot of us are just tiredand can't afford eggs, so we're
like bring on the aliens.
Who cares at this point.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's true.
I mean one thing I know StephenHawkins said that you've heard
of SETI right, where theyactually, you know, have these
big satellites and they look fordifferent amount of anonymies
to see if there's maybe a signal, there's something out there.
They're trying to communicatewith us and he's saying that we
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shouldn't do that.
Or he said that we shouldn't dothat because, you know, some
aliens may not be as friendlyand if you think about the
people of the world, that'sreally not a far-fetched thing,
because there are probably goodaliens out there, good people,
but there are probably going tobe other types of creatures that
aren't so nice.
(14:49):
I mean, that's just reality, youknow.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
That would just be so weird thinking about, like
other random alien things.
But that does seem, like yousaid, the kind of thing that
they should start to get us usedto, at least now, rather than
being like hey, everyone, I knowit's Monday, you know it's
Wednesday, next, next Friday,there's going to be an invasion,
so you have 48 hours, good luck.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Oh yeah, or it'd be like the movie Independence Day
you just go outside and all of asudden there's this big
spaceship covering this wholecity.
I know.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I know which honestly could happen.
I don't know For me.
I was thinking about this and Ifeel like going out by alien
invasion.
Honestly I would rather thathappen than when it was
threatening war and our ownnuclear missiles and everything.
Alien invasion seems like abetter way to just have I don't
know things happen.
The worst is war withinourselves.
(15:39):
I think that's the most,because it just feels like why
are we doing this?
We're not even advancing, atleast like an alien thing seems
like the next, like step inhumanity or alien manatee that
is so true.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
That is so true, so I'm ready beam me up?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
actually, no, not if you're listening to aliens, so
don't beat me up.
But that's cool.
Yeah, but I've noticed thatit's funny.
They definitely release thingsin pockets to get us like a
little more desensitized.
This month has been way morealien articles dripping out.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yes, definitely I'm ready for it.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Me too.
We're ready.
Could you imagine if on ourshow we had just a third nice
alien that was chiming in about?
Well on this planet, this iswhat Sidney Sweeney does, this.
Well, I would tell you that wewould be very famous at that
point yeah, that'd be so cool tolike the first podcast that has
like a like a full-time alienon it too.
I'm ready for it.
(16:34):
Well, someone that might thatthe aliens might be attracted to
is sydney sweeney, and wetalked last week about her
American Eagle ad flop and justyou know the good genes and kind
of.
We covered that now.
Okay, this, this topic, likeyou and I might have different
viewpoints, and I welcomeeveryone is able to feel how
they want to feel about it.
(16:55):
But I just wanted to bring itup and talk a little bit about
it, where she kind of got notdoxxed, but like I think people
found her voter registrationmaybe, and I think she was
registered as a Republican,which caused like an uproar you
know, I say that with quotesuproar.
Then it said that Donald Trumpappeared delighted when he found
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out that she was a Republicanand he said, if that's the truth
, then like her ad is fantastic.
You know, I love her ad, whichis ridiculous because if she was
a very Democrat he would hateit.
But all he has to find out isthat she's Republican All of a
sudden he loves it.
But my thing is that, like andlike I said, if anyone needs to
know.
Like I am not Republican at all, but but I hate when I really
(17:38):
dislike when people like findout, almost uncover you know who
someone voted for, and thenthey immediately hate them or
don't like them.
And I, to me, I think that'spart of the problem of like you
know both sides and why peoplelose and win elections and
everything, and so I understandthat they people can say, oh,
but if you're registered as that, you stand for you know hate.
(18:01):
But there's that the otherthing.
But like I don't think being aRepublican means like it doesn't
have to mean you align withevery single thing that Trump
says or like the bad parts aboutit.
I know this is a hot buttonissue, but I wanted to bring it
up that like it's something tome when, when people uncover
people's voting status, likeit's this big, crazy secret and
(18:22):
then they hate, hate them.
That just almost plays againstwhat, like the stereotypes of
Democrat is, which is Part ofthe reason that we lost.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
So yeah, yeah, I mean , I definitely understand what
you're saying because you know,do I know people who are
Democrats?
Yes, do I know people who areRepublicans?
Yes, I even have some friendsthat are, that are Republicans.
Do we talk politics?
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Absolutely not.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
And you know, the thing is too is and I've always
said this is that just becauseyou voted for Donald Trump don't
mean you're a racist, but itdoes mean you're okay with
supporting one, because DonaldTrump does not hide who he is.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Right, yeah, totally, and I saw that too.
I saw something about a womanleft an Airbnb when she saw like
a Trump flag and everyone wasconfused.
But then another woman broke itdown really eloquently and said
this is why, like a woman byherself, may not she may be
worried about this and that andthe other, and I understand that
point of view, but I just thinkbeing like registered as
(19:29):
Republican doesn't necessarilyeven mean.
You know, it could be a verynuanced thing.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean, are there some reallyright wing hardcore mega
Republicans?
Absolutely, but you know, eventhough they're a dying breed,
there are moderate Republicansout there that don't agree with
Trump.
Yeah, absolutely.
But you know, even thoughthey're a dying breed, there are
moderate Republicans out therethat don't agree with Trump.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Yeah, exactly Like there was Republicans before him
.
You know, like I think the BushRepublicans and everything too.
I'm just surprised, even justfrom like an optic point of view
, that I guess A we're able tofind out these celebrities'
voting status, like I don'tthink it should just be on
display like publicly foreveryone and be like even just
(20:08):
for the optics of it.
I could see, because likehollywood is so liberal, I could
see sydney sweeney's agentsjust being like hey, you know,
whatever do, whatever you'regonna do, but like we can't have
this, but then I don't know,that's just such a weird thing,
that's like very performativeyeah, and the one thing too is
there's no secret that hollywoodis heavily democratic.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
So, yeah, you know, to have someone that's a
republican um, I'm not sayingit's fair or not fair, but you
know that could weigh in some.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
You know some casting director, yeah, users eyes too
I've heard a lot of people aresecretly Republican but they
don't.
They like will hide it, or yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's
people that don't.
And then they said, likeanytime you see someone not
speak out a lot about a lot ofthings, assume that they're
Republican.
But if you got to, but in, in,like, I feel like really, really
(21:00):
liberal is just like.
Or maybe I'm more libertarian,but just letting people like
decide what they want to do andnot canceling them because of it
, but um, not the bad things, Imean just if they have a certain
preference.
But who knows?
I think this is, I think a lotof people have opinions on it
and I would be welcome to hearnice opinions from people on it,
you know, constructive.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
But you know, what's interesting is that, when it's
all said and done, we're allAmericans and it's kind of
amazing that a lot of people whovoted for Trump really aren't
happy with him right now likewho's in Hollywood, like Sydney
(21:45):
Sweeney probably doesn't wanteveryone to get like deported or
like I don't feel like she's ahorrible person at her core, so
and she's from Idaho or you knowsome small town, and so I'm
like, okay, maybe she's justthat's what.
Maybe that her parents wereregistered as, or you know who
knows that is true, that is truebut the fact that we think this
headline has Trump weighing inon Sydney Sweeney's American
(22:05):
Eagle ad I'm like.
This is why I'm like let thealiens just come and grab me.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
There you go.
Talk about a bad thing here InSaudi Arabia a park ride at a
theme park and basically it's acircular ride that goes up, and
down, moves about.
It actually snapped in half.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Oh no.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Some people were injured.
Luckily I don't think anyonelost their life.
I have to do some checking onit, I don't know.
It just seems like lately rideshave, instead of being fun and
exciting, it's like they want toterrorize you by going the
largest roller coaster in theworld, the deepest steep, and
it's like at some point.
(22:50):
To me that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
You know, yeah, yes, like upside down, being like
like a corkscrew inverted.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Right, right, oh no, do you think that that amusement
parks are kind of like takingit to the extreme now?
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Yeah, I saw like the one roller coaster that
literally like the tracks stop,you know there's no tracks and
it basically goes and then it'slike, and then it goes.
Like I know that we're getting,we want more and more, like you
know, loops or quickness orwhatever, but like I do think it
has to be tested times amillion and I always think, like
those local fairs, those arealways the ones too where like
(23:29):
one screw will come out and allof a sudden people will go
flying and everything.
I saw the video that you knowwhat you sent me and it's just
like, it's horrifying and itdefinitely seems like I don't
know if it's an engineeringthing and it's also a lot of the
times the people running thesafety as well are just kind of
teens sleep at the wheel, youknow, not paying attention.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean, I remember when andthis was really recent, probably
within the last week or twothere was a roller coaster that
stopped at the top, you knowbefore it dips down.
Yes, they couldn't figure outhow to fix it, so everyone had
to get off the roller coasterand they had to walk down.
No, now the problem is is that,obviously, you know, everyone
had to get off the rollercoaster and they had to walk
(24:06):
down?
No, now the problem is thatobviously, that little walkway
is not very wide.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Everyone's walking down with no harness.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Literally.
You know, you trip, it can befatal and I don't know.
It just seems like it's not funanymore Because I used to ride
rollercoasters years ago and nowit's like nah, I'm good, I
don't want to do norollercoasters now, Cause some
of them is just ridiculous.
I don't want to scare myself toa heart attack.
You know that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
I would be frozen at the top of the rollercoaster.
Someone would have to likehelicopter me and get and you'd
see me as one of the helicopterpeople that would just be
spinning.
Yeah, I don't like, I don'treally go on the for those
reasons like the, the shabbyfair rides.
You know where they come in tofor a week or two or a month and
then they are are there.
But also I don't really anymorego on the like big extreme
(25:00):
superman, you know this and thattype of rides either.
So so I agree, I think theyhave gotten more out of control,
but the thrill seekers, like.
I just think a normal 1980sroller coaster is not enough for
everyone.
We need to be like.
We need to be like concussed.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
I don't know.
Do you think that at some pointthey're going to slow down, or
do you think this is going toslow down more Really?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, I think it's going to get to that point where
we, like it's like this onechops off your arm and then by
the end of the ride, you getyour arm back on again.
I think it's going to get moreand more, but I do think that
it's almost like flying where,you know, like a plane rides.
We're now more, we're hearingabout more things, but it's like
they're trying to develop thetechnology, but we're also like,
yeah, like every week I feellike I hear about a ride where
someone it either crashes or,like people, fall to the ground
(25:49):
and yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
I, I, just, I just look at it as hey, show me the
baby.
And you know the crazy thing isthe baby roller coasters back
in my day were regular rollercoasters, you know.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I'll take the baby roller coasters Me too.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
And it's fun too, because I like when you're on a
roller coaster you can actuallysee what's happening too Like I
think that's fun.
I think there's in Disneylandthere's one called Thunder
Mountain and that's like scaryenough for me, but you still get
to look at the surroundings.
I don't like when it's like youcan't even know what's
happening, because you're upsidedown and inside out.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Oh, no, exactly.
And then also too, you know,and I said this before, anything
that has a warning level of apossible heart attack.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I don't want to get off.
Yeah, I always used to watchwhen there'd be videos of people
on the roller coaster and allof a sudden they pass out and
then they're riding it just likelimp.
Yeah, that's not fun.
No, not for me neither.
Well, another scary thing whichI'm a no for is um comedian matt
rife just announced that heofficially purchased ed and
(26:58):
lorraine warren's home and theoccult museum in monroe,
connecticut.
Uh, this, I think this couplewe may have heard of them before
.
They're the paranormalinvestigators who the Conjuring
movie series is based on andtheir home and museum is an
assortment of paranormalartifacts from their travels.
Matt Reif definitely, like Iknew before that he is a big
(27:18):
like history buff, he lovesvisiting history and he loves
learning about it.
So this makes sense to me justbecause I know that he's, you
know, was like that.
But I think for people thatcomes out of nowhere why a young
, handsome comedian would justwant to buy like an occult house
.
But I mean to me, if you'rerich and famous like, this is
exactly the kind of weird stuffthat you spend your time on.
(27:40):
No, this is also another one ofmy stories that I was going to
include, which fits perfectly inthis, is the doll, annabelle,
which will now be part of hiscollection, who recently
returned to the home after lastmonth being on tour Devils on
the Run tour and while on thetour a paranormal investigator
who was traveling with the dolldied unexpectedly.
So everyone is telling MattReif like it was good knowing
(28:03):
you.
Bye, bye, you know, be careful,you're, you're dead.
I I saw a video of um whenannabelle landed in new orleans.
I saw a video of like a voodoopriestess woman being like,
doing all these spells, sayinglike annabelle, get out of our
house, you know you're notwelcome here, annabelle.
So I don't know, would you everbuy something like this, like
in a cult house and museum?
Speaker 1 (28:22):
um, I'll look at it, but no, I would not put it.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Bring that thing, no me neither like this seems.
I mean you have to be soconfident or just not scared or
unafraid.
Um, I I think this is cool ofhim because I think that's like
it's very interesting and it's adefinitely a different type of
hobby or interest.
But I would never want to likeown the annabelle doll.
I don't want to.
I wasn't even like I don't wantto even mention it.
Onabelle doll I don't want to.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
I wasn't even like I don't want to even mention it on
here no, no, I mean, there'ssome people that you know like
to take it to the extremes.
You know they like getting thevoodoo dolls and all this.
Uh, you know I don't want thatstuff in my house.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
No, yeah, me neither.
I think it's one thing to visitit, but then to actually own it
and be the curator of it, andthe one thing I do think that
matt wright will maintain it.
I don't think he's going towant to change it or make it
like silly or um kind of exposeit yeah, that's true, that's
true.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
And you know there's some people that take it to the
extremes and they want thesetype of things.
There's some people you knowthere's a lot of people who like
going into, you know, the tombsto, you know, look for mummies
and treasure and stuff like thatyeah so I mean I'll read about
it, I'll watch it on tv, butwould I be that person going in
no no.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
So if you would, you even like look at the annabelle
doll.
You know what?
I could look at it on tv,that's fine yeah, yeah see, I
don't know, I would not go to anannabelle movie or anything at
this point really yeah, I'mfreaked out.
They're in um here in burbankthey have a store where there's
like two raggedy ann dolls andthe.
(29:58):
The story behind them is thatthe raggedy ann dolls like
witness their owner's murder orsomething too, and they said
that like there might they mightbe possessed, and anytime we go
into the store I'm like I wishthem well and I'm like I come in
love.
You know, just know that I, butI just like get freaked out
knowing that they're in there.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Now here's the thing.
You know, I've never done this,but I heard, like you know,
kids and teenagers will havethese little, these little
challenges where they runthrough a cemetery, at night or
whatever.
Do you do something like that?
Speaker 2 (30:27):
No, maybe in my, actually no, maybe not in my 20s
, but no, I wouldn't, would you?
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Absolutely not.
Yeah, I don't even like goingto a cemetery, you know for a
burial, let alone going there atnight.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
I know Sometimes during the day, like I've been
in cemeteries that when it's ifit's during the day and if it's
like sunny out, it actually tome it feels so peaceful, like it
could feel really likebeautiful and peaceful if it's a
nicely kept one and you knowit's like sunny and I'm in the
middle of the day, but yeah, atnight I just wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
No no that.
And then, of course, you knowyou have that one silly person
that wants to, you know, playgames and yeah, yeah, dirt and
scare the daylights out of you.
So, nah, I'm good, that's it.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Yep, but yep, I thought that was very
interesting and um good for mattrife and I look forward to
seeing what happens.
And, like I think it's, I likeit because I think it does come
from a genuine interest in thehistory.
I wouldn't like if it was justsomeone that felt like they were
collecting like an exotic zooanimal for no reason or
(31:33):
something you know, but thisseems like it's someone that
does have interest in historyand like maintaining it.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
That is true.
That is true.
Well, talking about a littlebit of sad news here, Justin
Timberlake just made a statementand just let the world know
that he does.
He's battling Lyme diseaseright now.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
So you know, we definitely wish him well.
Most people, I think, know whatLyme disease is, but people
don't know know what Lymedisease is, but people don't
know it's when a tick bites youand you know one of the diseases
that you can get from that tick, even though it's like super
tiny, is Lyme disease, which isreally really rough on the body
(32:20):
if you get that disease.
And then Justin Timberlake youknow he's doing his tour right
now.
You know he's doing differentconcerts all across the country
and they were showing a concertthat he did where most of the
songs, if not maybe all of themthe audience was singing.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
I know.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
And you know what?
I have a dual type feeling onthat.
On the one hand, I feel sorryyou know that he's dealing with
this battle because he's nevergoing to be dealing with a
health issue but as a payingcustomer it really irritates the
living hell out of me.
Now, it's okay if you do a songor two.
Yes, but when you start doingthe whole concert and I'm going
(33:03):
to pay, you know hundreds ofdollars and you know some of
these't pay.
You know hundreds of dollarsand you know some of these
artists, you pay thousands ofdollars.
I'm gonna be a little bitticked off.
I don't know.
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (33:10):
absolutely you'll be ticked off.
No pun intended.
Bad line line pun.
I couldn't help it.
Yeah, I mean.
My first thing is, likeeveryone's always like why do
celebrities get lyme disease?
You know it usually.
I feel like we take it as it's.
It could be like a code forsomething else.
You know, like like the Hadid'shad Lyme disease and all these
people get it.
(33:30):
But I think it also may be theydo go to like the Hamptons a
lot and they might be in placeswhere there are like ticks and
so it's not necessarily always acover up, I think, for like
drugs or other things.
I think they needed to saysomething because it was getting
to be a lot on TikTok, wherepeople would make videos and
being like at the JustinTimberlake concert and they
(33:51):
would like say one thing andthen put their thing down and go
, brush their teeth and, youknow, come back, and I think it
was beginning to be like for hisown brand.
They needed to say what washappening because people were
talking about that.
He wasn't dancing as muchduring the tour, but I agree I
would rather see him do likefive songs all of them than just
like 20 songs and do half ofeach song and I'm the same way.
(34:15):
I hate, hate, hate when they'llgive the mic to the audience
and have us sing the chorus andit's like that is not what we
wanted.
You know, I just watch.
I think Olivia Rodrigo does areally good job of this where,
for the most part, she'll singher own songs and then every now
and then, for like a phrase,she'll hand it to the crowd and
they'll sing it.
But yeah, that is sad and itdefinitely you would think, like
(34:37):
a celebrity, all of a suddenthere would be some transfusion
or something that he can get tolike alleviate his symptoms.
But, um, I think it was time.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
His team probably knew it was time to say
something, just because peoplewere talking about it so much
yeah, I think the other thingtoo, and I get it there's a lot
of money at stake with theseconcerts, especially when you're
talking about a-listers.
But I think sometimes it'sbetter to step back and say, hey
, you know what I'm battlingthis disease.
I'm going to postpone thisconcert to a later date.
(35:09):
You know, you can either comeat that date or get a refund,
because he's a big enough startthat even if some people got a
refund, it's not like they'renot gonna sell out right, you
know exactly, they know protectyour brand too, because you know
you don't want people to walkaway from your concert with a
bad taste in their mouth, youknow.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
I know, and everyone I think, like his main fans,
would be understanding if he waslike I'm going to take one year
and like really, really, reallyfocus on my health and then
reassess and see if I can comeback and redo it.
And you know, know, like Iremember sean mendez had to
cancel because he had really badanxiety and mental health
issues and like, for the mostpart people were disappointed
but they understood andeveryone's like.
(35:50):
You know, work on yourself andwe'll get through it.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
So oh yeah, and I'm quite sure people would would
rather him postpone it than givea concert that we know is not
up to the standard, what youwould expect yeah, yeah, totally
boy.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
He's like he doesn't have good luck with it.
I mean, he does it to himself,not lyme disease, but the other
stuff where because remember hehad like the dui um and he got
caught with that.
And then he got caught with oneof his co-stars which, like we
don't know the kind of marriagethat him and jessica beale have.
But it's like he, definitely he.
He fights everything in his ownpower to like ruin his own
(36:27):
reputation.
You know, like everyone wantsto like him so much.
But I feel like thing afterthing, and I think in Hollywood
like Lyme disease could be useda lot as like kind of a
scapegoat for things.
But in this case I'm sure heprobably does have it and it is
real and he's probably sufferingfrom it.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
So yeah, that's true.
I mean, whatever it is, I thinkhe probably should have came
out a little bit earlier withthat instead of going through it
.
Because you know, before, likeyou said, before he said
anything, you know people werekind of getting a little bit
teed off about his concerts.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Yeah, yeah.
I feel like if I was his person, I would say let's tell
everyone that this is happeningand let's say we're gonna do
like eight songs plus an encoreand that's it.
And then you know, you may besitting for one or two of the
songs and you're gonna have tolike go a little bit slower, so
like explain from the beginning,and then people must.
I think that would like eightmillion times his reputation,
(37:18):
that people would be supportinghim so much, you know.
I agree, I agree and he'd evenbe able to do more interviews,
and it just would be yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Definitely, definitely, we'll be praying for
him.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Yep, we will.
Okay, to be honest, I don'teven know why I chose this next
story, because it's such abummer.
I'm looking at it now.
I'm like Meryl, what were youthinking?
I thought this was sointeresting, but I'm sorry to
bum everyone out with this.
The Denmark zoo asked people todonate their small pets as food
for captive predators.
So it's just very depressing.
I know so.
(37:51):
A zoo in Denmark, the Alborg Zoo, is asking for donations.
It's trying to mimic thenatural food chain of the
animals housed there, for boththe sake of the animal welfare
and professional integrity, andoffers assurances that pets that
are brought in will be gentlyeuthanized by trained staff.
They're saying they put in aFacebook post which is kind of
(38:12):
confusing that quote if you havea healthy animal that needs to
be given away for variousreasons, feel free to donate it
to us.
End quote, which is weird.
So the zoo points to guineapigs, rabbits and chickens as
possible donations and then,after being euthanized, the
animals will be used as fodder.
That way, nothing goes to waste.
But people were saying this isso weird because the pet, the
(38:33):
donation, the call for donationsthere's a picture of like a
wildcat burying its teeth withits mouth wide open, so not the
kind of thing that you're goingto like want to bring the family
rabbit to.
It said, the facility is alsointerested in receiving horses,
for probably, you know, horsemeat or whatever.
Now, obviously, like you know,animals need to eat and they eat
(38:53):
other animals, so it's not theworst thing.
Like I know, they need rabbitsfrom somewhere, and I do
understand this, because ifpeople are going to like put
their you know, let their petsoutside, or I understand it that
if you're like, if you have apet that you're going to get rid
of anyway or bring to a shelter, we can use them.
I don't know if this just seemskind of crazy to me, though,
(39:14):
like it seems emotional, eventhough I know what happens.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I think it's kind of morbid.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
personally, I know and like could you imagine just
bringing like a family guineapig there?
It just seems I, I like any ofmy pets, no matter what they
were.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
I just could never, ever, ever do that like because,
literally, you're, you're,you're donating them to be
eating.
Let's just call it what it is Iknow and they don't.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
They said they don't want sick ones, which is like
that's the only one I woulddonate is like if I knew it was
going to die.
Anyway, they want healthy ones.
Speaker 1 (39:45):
Yeah, and here's the reality, Whether they're
euthanized or set free wherethey can be tackled, in Eden.
Yeah, yeah what kind of personare you to donate an animal?
To do that I?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
know so you wouldn't if you were like, oh, I don't
want this guinea pig.
It like it like barks all thetime or, you know, makes guinea
pig noises all the time.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
No, I mean, if I'm going to give away an animal,
I'm going to give it away tosomeone who wants the animal not
to be eaten up.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Not when do I'm sure it's different for every zoo,
but where do they get so manyrabbits?
And I wonder, like if they buythem from pet stores or like I
don't think I want to know, butI'm like, do zoos capture wild
animals?
Like to be?
Speaker 1 (40:25):
sure that there's places they can go to to get
wild game, wild game to eat.
But and I could be wrong Ithink the real reason they're
asking for these animals is theywant to emulate them in the
wild, because a lot of animals,especially wild animals, they're
used to hunting their food down.
Speaker 2 (40:47):
And that's what I don't understand, because it
said like they'll be euthanizedhumanely.
So do they already.
This is so morbid, but I'm like, do they euthanize them and
then put them in the like, or dothey just leave the rabbits
there to be hunted?
Speaker 1 (41:01):
I think they're leaving them there to be hunted.
Oh, how can you do that to yourpet.
If you're not letting them runaround, why even go through all
that trouble?
You just go through the same.
You know sources that you do.
Now for the yeah, yeah.
What would?
Speaker 2 (41:19):
be the difference?
I know, I wonder if they'rejust already like hey, if you do
have a rabbit that you don'twant for whatever reason, like
instead of putting it in ashelter, like we'll gladly take
it, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Yeah, I don't think they're being totally honest.
I think those animals would beset free so they can be hunted
down.
Oh, it's so sad, I could bewrong but I think that's the
real reason what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (41:42):
I was just at an aquarium and I saw they had
crabs there and the crabs weregetting torn apart by like
another big fish and it took meeverything not to like be the
crazy woman that went into thetank and saved everyone.
And I'm like.
I asked my friend like if I Igrabbed this crab, could I take
it home or will it die on itsway home?
And she was like it will dieimmediately.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
But yeah, unfortunately those things
happen in life.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I know, and I know it is the circle of life, and I
guess like, yeah, I just thoughtthis was such a weird thing to
see, but but hey, maybe it'sjust the truth and it's just, it
is what it is yeah, I wouldlike to see the sick people that
donate animals for this, thoughI know well and also like I
would be scared too about peoplethat were roundup pets, like
(42:28):
you might not, like they mightpurchase rabbits with the
intention of giving it to thezoo.
Like you never know people'sintentions too.
That's why I always worry somuch when people have um their
animals in their front yard justunattended.
Yes, there's a family that haslike a big, giant, beautiful
turtle right by us and I'malways like, please, like no one
touch the turtle.
Or, like you know, hopefully noone would ever take a nice
(42:49):
turtle in someone's front yard,but I'm always like there are
crazy people out there.
Speaker 1 (42:54):
Yeah, if you have a small animal, to me that animal
should never be left aloneoutside.
I know people take it.
You can have other animals takeit yeah, like a coyote,
exception to the rule, like Idon't know.
If you know what a cane corsois, it's a huge dog, oh yeah
yeah you could probably leavethat outside, and that's
probably not gonna be whatsomeone messes with exactly.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
yeah, there's one on my boyfriend's mail route and
we're always like please don'tlet it get out.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (43:23):
Yes, that is true, Because, wow, that is a huge dog
.
I think the head of that dog isbigger than you have the human
head.
It's gigantic.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Yeah, yeah, so, yeah.
So if you're going to theDenmark Zoo, don't bring your
rabbit to die.
Yes, definitely, that's themoral of the story.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
Now this next topic here.
I am really, really excitedbecause I want to hear your
opinion on this.
Jay Leno was interviewed, Ibelieve, on a podcast or
something, and he says thatcomedians should not talk about
politics.
Now I'm very, very curious tohear from you, being that you
(44:02):
are a comedian.
Speaker 2 (44:03):
Yep, what do you?
think about that I do see whereit's coming from because,
especially like here in LA,anytime people on both sides
they try to do stuff and it'skind of like eh, I even watch
great, great professionallongtime-time comedians try to
do it and it's either geeky orcheesy and people don't like it.
(44:23):
It's funny because I feel likethe people that tend to speak up
right now, at least in LA, whatI see is the people that tend
to talk more about politics, arealmost more of still talking
about COVID and are more of theTrump side of things, and then
that just doesn't play well with, like the very liberal
audiences here.
So it's very awkward to watch.
And then on both sides thenit's like you know, I performed
(44:44):
down in San Diego where some,some areas are a little bit more
conservative and we're told toalso not always talk so much
about like anti Trump stuffthere, because then you have a
bunch of like older people thatare just, you know, like nodding
their head or shaking theirhead at you.
So I do feel like it's good forcomedians to talk about like
(45:04):
just the general politics, andthat's our way of like seeing
things through a lens.
You know, like George Carlin wehad so many great people that
were able to capture politics asa whole and just speak for
different parts of thegenerations.
But I think it has to be donereally masterfully and you have
to be like so sharp and moreinsightful than just taking like
(45:25):
cheap shots at people.
Speaker 1 (45:27):
Now, do you think you'd ever be as bold as Jimmy
Kimmel?
Jimmy Kimmel does not hold backhis dislike for the president
and he goes in very hard.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, I can see myself doingthat.
I guess if you're going to takea stand, you just do it and you
like, send it the whole way.
I definitely, in my, I think afew years ago, I used to talk
about being like votinglibertarian and how no one even
me, like no one knows what thatmeant.
I just wanted to be that.
But I was more sick of the likedivisiveness.
(45:59):
So I think I made a lot of mymaterial at that time.
I think I told you this beforetoo, but I had a joke about how
I was like available for hireduring Thanksgiving, where I can
go and sit next to anyone'sfamily member, and like I could
sit next to a blue haired womanin Portland, or like an uncle
from Florida, from Florida, andI could, I'll say I would hire
(46:19):
myself to whatever people wantme to say.
Um, and then I I used to jokethat like Biden was from where
I'm from, in Pennsylvania, butlike he thinks he is and I'm
just kind of taking a little bitof a cheap shot at him.
Um, but I think if I was JimmyKimmel and I had the support of
like a whole network and I wasalready so established.
I'd probably be a little bitmore vocal, but but, but yeah, I
(46:39):
think it's important for forcomedians not all of us and, you
know, not everyone but forreally smart, astute people to
talk about it.
And I think, like, even thoughit might not be for everyone,
it's still like it's still animportant thing.
Speaker 1 (46:54):
That's true, that's true, and you know there's some
people that are very crass withit and there's some people that
are very crass with and there'ssome people that are like you
say, that are very, verymasterful as far as how they do
it yeah, yeah and I think, Ithink you're right.
I think you you have to have avery strong base that you're
doing it to.
Yeah, very good support staffwhere you know you don't risk
(47:16):
losing your job by, you know,cracking those jokes, you know.
Speaker 2 (47:19):
Exactly, especially like, cause I know where Jay
Leno performed.
Also, side note is he's so niceto like.
One of my friends MCs for him alot and Jay Leno is like so, so
, so nice to comedians and I seehim driving around town and
like all this kind of stuff.
So he's someone that, like Ilove him as a human.
He seems really cool, I don'tyou know.
So, anyway, he's someone that Ithink he comes from the
(47:40):
perspective too, is likeespecially I know where he
performs a lot, and thoseaudiences are more wanting an
escape from comedy.
You know, it's not like a NewYork seller crowd that wants to
hear about all these things.
It's more people that are likeokay, we're paying $50.
We want to hear funny storiesabout marriage or, you know,
being overweight or you knowbeing like silly stories.
(48:01):
So I always think it has tolike.
People are kind of fatiguedabout politics and I think
sometimes comedy could be a goodescape.
So, yeah, that's how I feel.
Speaker 1 (48:12):
True, true.
Well, we know that conversationis still going to keep going.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
So, yeah, enjoy watching it and I do feel like
any subject can be made funny,but it just people have to like
I don't know new or amateur orwhatever comedians I've seen
people just try to tacklepolitics and it's like, oh god,
you know, and when it's like 11pm, it's just the last thing I
want to hear.
But I think we still needpeople like George Carlin and
(48:38):
Joan Rivers and you know thatare so smart and just able to
speak their mind.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Very true, very, very true.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
That was yours, right , I forgot Okay that was yours.
Okay, yay.
My last one, which I think isso cute, is the possible budding
romance between Liam Neeson andPamela Anderson.
So they're having a lot.
I don't know why, but like allthe articles about this is like
Liam Neeson's son weighs in,liam Neeson's cousin weighs in.
(49:08):
I'm like why isn't LiamNeeson's family doing like a
whole press tour on PamelaAnderson?
But basically the main point ofthis is that they're you know
that they're not totallyconfirming it, but they're not
denying it where the Taken starand the Baywatch icon, pamela
Anderson.
They're doing a lot of stuff topromote the Naked Gun movie,
but rumors are swirling thatthere's kind of like a romance
(49:31):
on set between the two and thatthey're just taking things very
slow.
But they are dating and I thinkI've seen the interviews
between the slow but they aredating and I think I've seen the
interviews between the two andthey're so cute and my thought
is they seem to not be annoyingabout it and they seem to
actually have some type of reallife, whether it's just a nice
friendship or respect for eachother.
They seem to be not in anannoying showmance, but instead
(49:55):
just more getting along andmaybe keeping some things to
themselves for now.
Speaker 1 (50:00):
Oh yeah, I think that if they are dating or they're
not dating, they're not going tosay either way.
Speaker 2 (50:07):
Because, let's face it, it really does help the film
by having people talk aboutthis yeah, yeah, and let me say
too, like liam neeson was my dadand I was getting pamela
anderson as like a stepmom, orlike I'd be so excited because
she just seems so cool, andthat's exactly.
I mean, I hope my parentsstayed together forever, but if
my dad was to start datingPamela Anderson, that would be
(50:28):
amazing too If my mom wasn't inthe picture, of course.
But yeah, I think they're greatco-stars and I just think
they're doing it right becausethey're not putting a label on
things correctly.
Maybe they have secretly and wejust don't know, but it seems
like the two of them are beingreally respectful and in all the
interviews I've seen they'veasked, like Liam Neeson, what
was the best thing about thismovie, and he said working with
(50:50):
Pamela and it's very cute.
So I hope it's real.
Speaker 1 (51:00):
And I hope it's just like out of hollywood and just
the sweet thing.
Yeah, that's true, and andsometimes, and even though it's
incredibly hard to do, you knowa lot of times, if you are
dating someone or seeing someoneand you're a hollywood
celebrity, you really don't wantpeople to know because you want
to see where it goes.
You know once you, once youannounce that you're even
interested in someone, all of asudden, all the paparazzi and
(51:21):
everything are watching you,they're following you and all
this and it can put a lot ofpressure on a relationship.
Speaker 2 (51:27):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
And I think too, like the pastcouple of years, we've all been
cheering for Pamela Anderson too, because I know she's still
kind of caught up on Tommy Leeand that situation and it seems
like she's definitely worthy oflove and I don't know.
I like how, like natural she'sbeen, and I know Liam Neeson has
had his own sad things in hisown love life, so I think that
would be so cute.
Speaker 1 (51:49):
Yes, that's true, and you know what A lot of people
have gotten together working onprojects, so it's really not a
far-fetched thing.
Speaker 2 (51:59):
I'm a firm believer that love is available at any
age and I know sometimes peoplein their 50s or 60s or 70s, even
80s or 90s.
I think if you want to, you canstill always find partnership
and companionship.
I feel like I've known a lot ofpeople that get divorced later
in life and they never searchfor anyone or they just kind of
think they're over.
But I think it's almost areally good time to have love,
(52:23):
because you know yourself andyou're not as needy or whatever.
Speaker 1 (52:24):
Yeah, and you know, I've always said this, that to
me, in order to find true love,you shouldn't be looking for it.
You have to love yourself first.
If you love yourself, believeit or not, people see it and
people will be attracted to you.
So I think when you're lookingfor it, sometimes that's when
you find what you reallyshouldn't have.
Speaker 2 (52:47):
Yep, I hear ya.
Speaker 1 (52:49):
So, yes, kudos to them.
Hopefully, you know they are ina good relationship and, if not
, you know they're having funpromoting their movie right?
Speaker 2 (53:02):
I know I'm like like, please don't be pretend I can't
take it.
They're both gonna announcethat they have lyme disease
together.
Speaker 1 (53:05):
I can't do it.
Well, talk about fun.
Have you ever heard of thesavannah bananas?
Speaker 2 (53:12):
yes, I love them.
They're so silly now.
Speaker 1 (53:15):
Now for people watching the Savannah Bananas.
They're a baseball team.
I would probably equate them tothe baseball version of the
Harlem Gold Troubles.
They really do play baseball,they take it serious and
everything, but they just add alot of fun to it.
First of all, their uniformsare bright yellow.
I mean they could probablyblind you, just so yellow.
(53:36):
And you know they do all thesedifferent tricks and stuff like
that and you know they dodancing and stuff like that and
really it's more entertaining iswhat it is and it kind of makes
it really fun because somepeople feel that baseball is
incredibly boring.
So this is a good way to bringpeople to watch the sport and,
you know, have some fun doing it.
Speaker 2 (53:57):
Yep, now do they play the same people all the time,
like do they play like anotherteam?
That's like, are they alwaysplaying the same team?
Speaker 1 (54:07):
they have different teams that they play.
Um, I don't think that thereare a lot of them.
Speaker 2 (54:12):
I could be wrong, but yeah, they do play different
teams okay, I raised my hand forpeople that are just listening,
because I am indeed one ofthose people that find baseball
so terribly boring, but, likeI'll be trying to watch a game
and then I'll be like my headwill be turned completely to the
side of my boyfriend, will haveto physically move my head and
be like the tv is right there,like, but.
(54:34):
But I do think I think thesemen are so talented and I feel
like I hope they don't get madefun of or made to feel like less
than an actual player Because,as you said, they play baseball,
they play real baseball, butthen they're dancers, they're
gymnasts, you know.
They like are choreographers.
They're just amazing and I loveall the dances they do and they
seem like they're really havingfun, but I feel like they
probably get teased a lot orjust like made to not feel
(54:57):
professional.
Speaker 1 (54:59):
That's true.
I mean even the Holland GoldTroublers.
Some people don't take themseriously, but they really do
know how to play basketball.
They just add a whole lot ofacrobats, tricks and fun and
things to make it fun for peopleto watch, especially youngsters
.
Speaker 2 (55:16):
Exactly.
Yeah, I saw some game on TVwhere it's also I think they
were playing a glow-in-the-darkkind of team and it was super
cool.
At night they were doing theirthings, but it was glowing and
it seems really fun.
Speaker 1 (55:27):
Oh yeah, and you know what?
Anytime you can do somethingthat brings a smile to a
family's face and have them comeout and enjoy it, I think it's
a great thing.
Speaker 2 (55:35):
I do too.
I'm here for the bananas.
Speaker 1 (55:38):
Yes, the phrase is this world is.
We need stuff that puts a smileon our face.
Speaker 2 (55:42):
I know, except on the other spectrum of things, the
only thing that keeps me engagedin like professional, like
Padres, dodgers type baseball isthe drama.
When, like a fight happens orwhen the coaches come out, then
I'm like, oh okay, what'shappening?
Because also as much as, likeyou know, I love men so much but
as much as females get calleddramatic and everything, those
(56:02):
fights between the players, whenlike one or two people will
have a tiff and then the wholeteam comes out, it's just I'm
like, give me a break, but Ilove watching it.
Yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (56:12):
They get very passionate about those fights.
Speaker 2 (56:14):
Yeah, that is like I feel like that's to me, is like
one of the only interesting partabout it.
Speaker 1 (56:21):
Oh, that means you love hockey.
Then because they fight all?
Speaker 2 (56:22):
the time.
Yeah, yeah, I love hockey andthen I also love in soccer when
if someone gets like hit by aninch, then all of a sudden they
have to go home.
I'm like a stretcher, like Ilove the overdramaticness of it
all.
Speaker 1 (56:34):
Yes, that is true.
That is true.
It makes it very interesting towatch.
Speaker 2 (56:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I love compilations of hockeyor soccer where people are just
like they get tapped and all ofa sudden they fall to the floor
and they can't get up.
I love it Wow.
Speaker 1 (56:51):
You know, this hour went by very fast.
Speaker 2 (56:53):
Oh my gosh, it really did.
Speaker 1 (56:55):
It flew by Great things coming up.
What do you have coming up,Meryl?
Speaker 2 (56:59):
Yeah, so I will be actually one of the venues that
the wonderful Jay Leno performsat.
A lot is called Flappers inBurbank and he's there quite
some time and I have my own showthere that I'm part of on
August 7th and it's a historypodcast, that's live, and then
I'm doing some stand-up comedythere.
It's a history podcast, that'slive, and then I'm doing some
(57:19):
stand-up comedy there.
So it's called HILF H-I-L-F andthen I am one of the comedians
on it.
Speaker 1 (57:24):
Nice.
Well, if you're in the area,definitely go out and support
Meryl.
Speaker 2 (57:29):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (57:30):
Well, everyone, this was a very, very, very busy day.
It was.
We definitely appreciate youwatching.
You know, watch out for thoseUFOs.
Speaker 2 (57:41):
Yep or not, or just get blasted if you want to.
Speaker 1 (57:47):
Well, everyone continue to have a good time,
live life, smile, laugh.
Laughter to me cures a lot ofthings, so make sure that you
enjoy this wonderful day.
I'm Lauren Silver.
Speaker 2 (58:01):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Bye everyone, Bye-bye.
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