Listener Eric's Crazy Costume Idea

Melissa Forman talks with listener Eric about crazy costume ideas. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's get to the phone.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Good morning.

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Who's this? Good morning?

Speaker 2 (00:02):
It is your bff.

Speaker 3 (00:06):
Eric. I'm just like wondering where you were and what
happened to you. I'm just sitting here in this box.
Every day I'm in this box. You know. It's Jim,
and I'm like, where's Eric? What's going on with his life?
I'm still here in this box, and he's somewhere.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Well, I have been very busy, and that's the reason
for my call. I've been really thinking about what I'm
going to be for Halloween.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Don't tell me. Let's guess this is great. Wait.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
First of all, though, I have to ask you do
you like candy corn? Because you know I'd been asking
people and you weren't around load.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I love candy corn?

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Oh okay, and then you love Halloween? But do you
like Halloween? Thanksgiving or Christmas? The best? And then we'll
get to your Halloween things?

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Oh my god, Halloween, christ Thanksgiving?

Speaker 1 (00:50):
What would you pay? Well, because we're.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Voting, okay, okay, maybe Thanksgiving because of the eating and
the excuse to do that for one day.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Okay, Oh well I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, all right, okay, all right, we'll put you down
for that, all right, right.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
So what are you going to be for Halloween? Do
you want me to guess?

Speaker 2 (01:10):
All right, well, you'll never guess. Do you remember? This
is going back in time, decades back in time, and
I think we're around the same age. I think, yeah, remember.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
George Washington and your class are gyms? I can't remember. Okay, anyway,
go ahead, okay.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Do you remember the man in the yellow hat and
Curious George?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Oh yeah, uh huh.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
My co workers say, I look exactly like the man
in the yellow hat, like my supicality.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Really, yes, the man in the yellow hat.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
You know what I like about that? Every generation knows
curious George.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
That's something I yeah, I'm looking him up because I
don't totally Yeah, this is.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
You, Yeah, this is me. It is me. So I
got the consume on a major retailers with Amazon.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
Oh that's gonna be big. Yeah I heard of them. Yeah,
I think they're gonna finally break.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Okay, yeah, I got it last night, and I was
wondering and hoping if you would considers being curious George.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Tell you I know exactly who could be curious George.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
At first, I was gonna say, are you gonna have
one of your coworkers.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Be curious George? And then I was like, Eric, I
could be curious George. I could totally be curious George
the munket. Wait, now that I look at him, I
look like him.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
You do this.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
All right?

Speaker 3 (02:38):
What do I have to like show up at work?
And are you gonna carry me around? That might be
a little creepy, But am I gonna be on your back?
Maybe I need to lose weight for this? How much
can you carry?

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Oh no, we'll for it. Okay, because he used to
carry Curious George everywhere? But okay, fine, Oh I know,
I know.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Oh and you could have your coworkers guess who I am?
Like the masked singer, you know, like who's in there?

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Oh? I like this.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Let's work out the details. Okay, you hold on it
and I'm gonna get it.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
I love this so much, And I'll get the dates
where I need to be at your work.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Okay, good hold on. I'm so glad I found you again.
I missed you too, I missed you so much.