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- Cody: Hey everyone, welcome back to another edition of AGT time. This is the season eighteen version of Cody that has come back on the pod to do another pod, even though I did a pod already, along with Jay Bock: Ha ha ha. Ha ha. Along with I'm gonna surprise the heck out of y'all, Jay Bach. Cody: Good seeing you, Jay. Jay Bock: Good to see you, Cody. I got I see you got your Bucky's shirt on. Cody: Got my bucky shirt on, getting ready for the fourth. ⁓ celebrating fourth and ⁓ United States men's national team doing well in the World Cup. So Jay Bock: That is a ⁓ Yeah. It's it's a very American kind of establishment, Bucky's. There's Cody: Yes, yes. It's ⁓ it's a lot of fun seeing the ⁓ the Europeans and the Japanese and the you know, all of them coming over for the World Cup, enjoying what we have here, going to Bucky's, going to Waffle House. ⁓ I think they've even ventured up Tim Hortons. ⁓ so it's a lot of fun seeing that these last couple of weeks. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean I've been all over the US camping these ⁓ last few summers. I I have dreams of expanding, you know, into the rest of the world and and ⁓ making making use of it. It's you know, i the world's a big beautiful place. Go experience it, you know. There there's no sense in in just staying staying close to home. Cody: Yes. No, we have a lot to we have a lot here, but there's also a whole nother a whole nother world out there. And a lot to be proud of, right. Jay Bock: Yeah, and and a lot to be proud of. And let's let's be proud of some of our excesses and let the let the rest of the world come along and enjoy it too. Cody: That's right. So speaking of excesses, Jay, ⁓ I think we have an excess of acts that are returning to AGT. Jay Bock: ⁓ yeah, I was gonna say like this is an old school episode, but like not not in the way that I usually say that. Cody: Right. It's ⁓ it it feels old school, but it's also old school in that we've got acts coming back from season seventeen, season eighteen, some that were on old versions of X Factor from from our br ⁓ the British version of X Factor. So Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ and also some like classic sob stories. ⁓ what's your wife say? America's got feels? We're we are leaning into the feels this episode a little bit too. So ⁓ Cody, if somebody wants to reach out to the podcast, how how would they go about doing that? Cody: Absolutely. America's got feels, that's right. Yes, yes. Of course, you can find us on our socials at AGT Time Pod. You can email us AGT TimePod at Gmail dot com. You can go check out our website, AGT Time Pod dot com. And I'll Jay as of last week, AGT Time Pod is now on Reddit. So Jay Bock: Had no idea. Cody: Yeah, so I decided to put the ⁓ the the podcast on on Reddit, so yeah. Jay Bock: Okay, let's let's build a community over there, why not? The AGT Reddit is surprisingly sparse. Cody: Why not? So Yes. You think so? Jay Bock: Yeah. It it's you know, like this is we get millions of viewers a week. It's probably not ten million anymore, but you know, like people tune in. It's a you know, the biggest show of the summer and there's, you know, a couple of people who have their thoughts every week and it's it's like it's it's not a thriving community like some of the other places. So ⁓ yeah, I'm I was surprised at how Cody: Yeah. Huh? Sure. Jay Bock: How small it was when I joined a few years ago anyhow. But Cody: Yeah, yeah. ⁓ what were your general thoughts of auditions for? Jay Bock: yeah, old school comes to mind. ⁓ there are there are good acts here. There are some that ⁓ d there were a handful of novelty acts that all got buzzed and maybe one that we could call another novelty act that didn't get buzzed. But for the most part, like they they right down the middle if ⁓ no no big surprises. Cody: Right. It it f it feels like we're back to to having ⁓ some different types of acts. We've had singing, we had a parkour, ⁓ our mentalists are back, ⁓ animal acts are here, so I felt like this episode had a good mix of our different types of acts that we like. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah, I think that's fair. ⁓ but let's ⁓ i I mean we'll get into all the thoughts and and maybe after we kind of chew it all over once I might have different thoughts or you know, my thinking may have evolved. but yeah, I'd say let's go ahead and jump in here. First act of the night is a young seventeen year old Olivia, gonna be joined on stage by three and a half year old Zeke. ⁓ that's her dog. Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay Bock: ⁓ and I'm I d I don't know a lot of dog breeds. ⁓ this is a a little little dog with big like the the her ears stick up but it's got droopy long long hairs on ⁓ I'm not sure what what the the breed is. Are you familiar? Cody: dog person, but I think this dog ⁓ does it actually say? I'm not sure if it actually says, but it's it looks like it's some sort of ⁓ maybe like span ⁓ spaniel spaniel maybe some sort of cocker spaniel. Yeah. Yeah. Jay Bock: Cocker spaniel? It's I thought it was sm smaller than that. Maybe kind of that that look, that coloring, but ⁓ she tells the judges she's had dogs over the years and guinea pigs and birds and bearded dragons and all sorts of animals. so ⁓ she's going to perform with Zeke. We have the stage hands bring on a bed and a dresser and ⁓ what looks like probably a basket of dog toys ⁓ for her to use in her act. And they're gonna have a little act out a little scene. ⁓ it starts by giving Zeke a high five, and ⁓ she sits down on the bed and like kicks her legs up and Zeke jumps over them as as she's writing in her journal, and then ⁓ Zeke jumps up on the bed and whispers in her ear, says that he wants to dance. So they ⁓ dance their way over to the record player and it plays the song Everybody and they do a handful of ⁓ dance moves, and Zeke balances on top of her feet. It's a a Scooby move. Cody: Yes. Christ Christian and Scooby. Jay Bock: Well she Yeah. ⁓ Christian Stoinov. So Olivia's gonna lay on her back like that with her feet straight up and Zeke balances on her feet and it's cute. And then ⁓ Zeke is gonna ⁓ run off the stage and she's joined by a second dog. ⁓ we're gonna learn is named Phoenix. And ⁓ Phoenix is like a ⁓ whippet collie mix and like a small greyhound looking looking dog. ⁓ It does some higher jumps, ⁓ does jump up on her shoulders, jumps through her arms and on her back, and ⁓ you know, we've seen a lot of these kinds of acts before. ⁓ we've seen it done better before, but it's I mean, she's cute. The dogs are likable. It I'm fully expecting her to get yeses from the judges. Cody: It was an enjoyable act. I did like it. I think they their their tricks are really good. There are a lot of tricks we've seen before, Jay, and I think they're tricks that we've seen done better. ⁓ from like Saren Hero and Ronian Rhythm. ⁓ it's not quite up to ⁓ Adrian and Hurricane. It's definitely not at that level. No, no. Yeah, it seemed like she did give ⁓ Jay Bock: No, no we're we're a long way from there. Cody: Zeke a come in like go get a record and Zeke did. And that was about as close to Adrian and Hurricane as we got. Other than that, it was pretty much a Ronian rhythm, Sarah and Hero type act. ⁓ the dogs are cute. She's cute. I like the little set dressing that she did. ⁓ I I don't know if she's quite there yet. I think we'll we may see her in the next round, but I it's it's not snappy enough. It's not it's just not Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah. Cody: Clean enough yet. It's good. It is good. It's just not great yet. Jay Bock: We've seen this kind of act done so much better that I don't see this being a winning act. Cody: Yes. No, I think it's a live show act, but I agree it's not a winning act. Yeah. Jay Bock: But ⁓ yeah, lots of fun. ⁓ Sophia asks if she taught herself and Olivia says yes, mostly from watching the show. Cody: Yeah. So that that begged the question of like what who is she who is she modeling after? Is it Rony and Rhythm and Saren Hero and just trying to figure out how far about Joku Joku the chicken? ⁓ yeah. There you go. ⁓ I wanna see is it the bearded dragon? Is that what she said she had? Yeah, I wanna see that. Maybe. The goldfish? Jay Bock: ⁓ yeah, all of Little of this, a little of that, a little what works out. Yeah. Maybe some pork chop review in there. That's Yeah. You think that does tricks? ⁓ Yeah, I'm Cody: Yeah. Jay Bock: That'd be something. no, I I mean it's it's fine. Howie says that he likes that she was inspired and now she is inspiring others. Cody: Okay. Sure. Yeah. Jay Bock: Alright. Mel says she likes that it's clear that the dogs are enjoying themselves, that melts her heart. Simon asks about Phoenix. She says it's a b border collie whip it mix. And ⁓ he says, Ooh, that's a hard dog to train. Cody: Do you think do you think Simon's a d I I I know Simon likes dogs? I wonder if like I wonder how many dogs Simon has. Like is it let's see? Jay Bock: I I cannot imagine him training the dogs. Cody: ⁓ no, he's definitely got people that train the dogs. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. Wha however many dogs he has, like he just i you know, is on the the back end of enjoying them being good good dogs, but not on the front end of having to deal with all the Cody: Sure. Jay Bock: repetitive nature of w working through new tricks and getting them to Yeah. Yeah. Cody: Yes. I don't feel like Simon has that level of patience. Jay Bock: Yeah, he's he's you s reach a certain l I don't know if it's effluency or stature or whatever it is, and like you expect things to be frictionless for you. And he doesn't like to have a lot of friction and training dogs is nothing but friction. Cody: Yes, yes, yes. Right. Jay Bock: So that's that's kinda how I imagine hi ⁓ how he's set up his his life to be. Cody: I agreed, a hundred percent. Jay Bock: So ⁓ alright, let's move on to the next act of the night here. We've got James and Mariana and ⁓ Marina, I'm sorry. ⁓ Marina, like I'm gonna go drop my boat off at the marina. Cody: Marina. Marina, yes. That's right, yes. Jay Bock: I'm gonna go with James down to the marina. Cody: Yes. Jay Bock: So we've got James and Marina and ⁓ you well, I I won't introduce them. We'll let them introduce themselves. Cody: When when I watched this Tuesday night, Jay, I was like, This is exactly the Clairvoyants. Jay Bock: I thought y that was audio from the Clairvoyants I thought you were playing the wrong thing, Cody. Cody: It felt that's right, it felt beat for beat like the Clairvoyants. Jay Bock: It's Tommy and Amelie. ⁓ yeah. I mean it instant connection, something supernatural. The closer they were, the more they could communicate without words. Like it's just beat for beat, exactly we were introduced to the Clairvoyants. ⁓ ⁓ said they realized this could be something special. It also be a trick. Cody: Yeah. Kirk sir. Jay Bock: But we can't find out right away. We gotta go to a break before we actually see them do their act. Cody: Yes. Yeah, one thing I've been wanting to talk about, Jay, when they've gone to break, and I yeah, we noticed this like in auditions one. When they go to break, I like what they're doing with the AGT logo. Like they're sticking it on the side of a camera, or they'll put it like in a monitor, or they'll like superimpose it on something as they're going to break. I just think it's a really cool effect of what they're doing with the logo. Jay Bock: ⁓ okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and ⁓ I mean, while we're talking kind of in this world, before we we're this is our commercial break here. ⁓ the intro of this episode was like black and white stills like flashing up as they were, you know, like introducing Howie Mandel. It was like one of him back at the back of the theater, you know, coming through the door, one halfway down, one up closer to the judges' table, just these shots of ⁓ shots of the audience. It was kind of an interesting Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Correct, yes. Jay Bock: fun to watch intro. It wasn't the same thing that we've seen, you know, for twenty one seasons. So I I kinda liked that. That that did catch my attention. Cody: Mm-hmm. Right. Anyway, yeah. They're they're trying some different things this season and it's kinda working. Yeah. Jay Bock: All right. well, we're gonna come back from commercial break. James says that Mel B is gonna be their chief skeptic. Cody: Yes, that is a hundred percent factual. Jay Bock: sh was Melby the best choice for this job? Cody: No. Jay Bock: Who would have been better? Cody: Always always the right choice when it comes to inv when it comes to doing something with an act. Jay Bock: I think you're right, yeah. First choose Howie. Yep. I I he he will elevate it. He'll zhuz it up a little bit for ya. Yep. ⁓ all right. Well she's gonna be their chief skeptic. She's gonna confirm nothing in Mary in Marina's ears. Cody: He He will, yes. Jay Bock: Nothing, no listening devices, no way, no possible way that she could be communicated with. ⁓ gonna cover her eyes with her hand, and he's gonna ⁓ James is gonna go out in the audience and take things from from the audience's hands. The first one is a parking ticket, and she says, it's a parking ticket, and she says there's numbers on it four, nine, eight, three, seven, and wouldn't you know it? It matches. ⁓ the next thing is some poop bags, a roll of poop bags. Somebody's being a good pet owner, picking up after their after their dog. Maybe picking up after other people's dogs. That would be a nice community service. Could have been could have been. Or Phoenix. Yeah. ⁓ and then there's gonna be a hotel key card. no hotel name or room number or anything, but yeah, it's a hotel key card. So Cody: Could have been for Zeke. Or Phoenix, yes. Jay Bock: Well done. ⁓ Terry's gonna come out and he's got a a big clear box. He's gonna collect things from the audience. and ⁓ while he's doing that, James has Simon shuffle some cards, ⁓ flips over the first card. Mariana says it's a nine of hearts, and it is. And then the next one's a nine of clubs. And then Sy he says, Simon, I'm gonna deal cards, you tell me when to stop, and he deals cards until he says stop. On a random card, she says it's a Queen of Diamonds, and sure enough it's a Queen of Diamonds. Cody: Awesome. Yeah. Jay Bock: Okay, right. ⁓ moving on, ⁓ James ⁓ gonna go up on stage where that box is covered with a sheet. ⁓ he uncovers it, he starts to rifle through it. There's a wallet, there's a phone, there's some eye drops. She names all these things at before they come out or as they come out, whatever. An orange, a hat, a cookie, and a dollar bill with a specific serial number. L six one seven zero zero one four F. Cody: Mm-hmm. Nice. Good job. Jay Bock: Okay, alright. ⁓ whatever the trick is, like they pull it off pretty well. I don't really know how they do it, but there's some something's forced or there's you know, ⁓ some something gets communicated, however it is. ⁓ doesn't hurt. They're two very attractive people. ⁓ always always nice to see attractive people on the screen. Like that that sells well. ⁓ Cody: Yes. Sure, sir. Jay Bock: I don't what do you think? What do you think of the trick? What do you think of the ⁓ of the presentation, the performance? Cody: So I I'm well known to be the sucker for them for a mentalist act. Like y y'all know how much there you go. You know how much I love the Clairvoyants. I I am a hundred percent on record for being the Clairvoyants number one fan. ⁓ friends twice Friends of the Pod. The Clairvoyants. So whether it's The Clairvoyants, Colin Cloud, the Sentimentalists, whatever it may be. Jay Bock: All right. I'm well known to be the chief skeptic. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I smell a butt coming. Ha ha ha. Cody: Love a good mentalist act. I Jay Bock: Who was the guy that ⁓ wandered around the room and kicked the boxes a few times? ⁓ man, that one got long. Peter Antoniou Yeah. Cody: Ooh. Not Peter Antoniou? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I them. I do like them. I think that they they they are they are a good they're much better than like the the The Sentimentalists. They are not the clairvoyants. I will say that. They're they're above the Sentimentalists. They they are not the clair. The clairvoyants are the gold standard of AGT mentalism. Absolutely. Hall of Famer, AGT Hall of Famer is the the clairvoyants. Jay Bock: Okay. Okay. Sure. Yep. All right. Cody: What I need for ⁓ James and Marina, who, by the way, were on season seventeen, so this is the second time we've now seen them, they need to slow down. They're too fast. Jay Bock: Ha ha ha. Okay. Okay. Cody: Their their act is too quick. They they need to do fewer things or just do it slower. They need to add more mystery to it. It feels like they're just kind of rattling things off. Jay Bock: Yeah, it you know, if there's a way for him to force these objects, right? ⁓ it wouldn't be so hard for like, okay, let's see if we can get, you know, twenty things named, right? You're you're just gonna list off these twenty things in the order that I you know, pull them out and bada boom, bada bing. Aren't you impressed? We did twenty acts of Clairvoyants of mental communication. ⁓ Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay Bock: Or is it better to be like, we're gonna do three things and we're gonna, you know, obscure them seventeen different ways. We're gonna make it so it looks absolutely impossible and we get three big three big wow moments instead of Cody: Mm-hmm. That's yeah. What I think the clairvoyants do very well is they make it sound like like Amelie's in her little swing. She's got her blindfold on, and she's like, I'm sensing something in your hand. Is it is it something along these lines? Or maybe it's this. ⁓ I actually think it's and then there's like a pause. It's this. And I and that's what I think they do. Whereas Marina is just like, you got this, you got this, you got this, you got this. And I'm like, whoa, where's the kind of the where's the suspense? I need a little suspense in this. ⁓ And and I think that's what they're missing. It's it's it's too fast. That's kind of my Jay Bock: Sure. All right. It doesn't it doesn't feel like he's he's mentally sending the the juju to her brain. Okay. ⁓ Cody: Correct. Correct. There needs to it may needs to feel like she's struggling a moment to kinda get it. Jay Bock: Okay. Cody: Almost like okay, I it's it's like it's a fuzzy picture and she's waiting for kind of the picture to come into clarity. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah. I mean in my in my chief skeptic mind, it wearing my chief skeptic boots over here, ⁓ Cody: Yeah. Sure. You're ⁓ your your chief ⁓ flat cap skeptic skeptic flat cap, right? Jay Bock: That's right, my chief ⁓ it like the time that it takes Tommy and Amelie to com t communicate, I'm putting that in air quotes, whatever the thing is, ⁓ like that's the time of him like, you know, tapping Morris coat on his foot or something, or you know, him him you know, giving the the signal, ⁓ it's you know, object A five Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Jay Bock: ⁓ yeah, I know that's that one's the hotel key card, right? Like w ⁓ whatever way he you know there's something happening with that swing. Otherwise, why is it always the same swing, right? Like so my my chief skeptic says their the time that they take is the time that he's, you know, tapping out the the the clues that she needs to figure it out. Cody: Yeah. Jay Bock: Whereas, you know, this they don't have time to do that. They couldn't possibly So this this must be actual mentalism. Cody: Sure. ⁓ you know, like any type of magic, like any type of magic, it's not about the magic. It's about the presentation and the show. And so the way that Amelie, Tommy and Amelie do their presentation and show, and even Colin Cloud, it's all wrapped around that presentation and show. And I think in addition to the with the way that they do it, and also with Colin Cloud, is how they dress. Jay Bock: Mm-hmm. Yes, yeah. Cody: It's how they talk, it's the environment that they set up on the stage, it's all that stuff that makes it a show and not just coming out and doing a bunch of tricks. So Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah. ⁓ I will say, like, kind of a a tangent here. Let's talk a little bit about America's Got Talent. And we've definitely moved away from this in the last decade, but you know, there used to be this whole like one ⁓ one part of winning the show is a show on the Vegas strip or a chance to perform on the Vegas strip. And so like all these acts get filtered through this like Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay Bock: Can I sit and watch this for an hour and a half? Or would that you know it can it is is it a stage show? And like I don't I never liked that filter of you know, like, no, you get three minutes to perform on the stage. That's what I'm gonna bake base this on. Not do I think that you can turn this into a ninety minute show. ⁓ so it like it It it does free acts up, you know, without that hanging over it to perform in the best way for them, right? In the way that that they want to perform or the day the way that they think is gonna gonna sell the best. Cody: Can I can definitely see that. And you're right, we've made this shift now, particularly with hey, we gotta get our clicks, we gotta get our views, we gotta make sure everything fits within a a TikTok video. ⁓ we're in tick in Vegas. We're not you're right, you're not we're not in the hour long show world anymore. We're in, hey, how many clicks can we get on our ninety second, two minute video? ⁓ so Jay Bock: Yeah, we're in a TikTok world, not not a not a Vega show world. And you put it out there as a golden buzzer, boom, extra clicks. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. So. That's that's my thoughts. That's my dissertation on ⁓ James and Rena. Yeah. Jay Bock: All right, okay. Well that's good. I think ⁓ we have not yet talked about Judge's comments. Mel B said it's one of her favorite acts of the season. One of her favorites of the season by far. Cody: Yes. With a button. Yes. Jay Bock: Bar none, one of the best. ⁓ Howie asked the question on everybody's mind What dating app did they use? I I thought that was really well done because I was like, how did they do it? No, that was that was totally the wrong question. ⁓ he calls it amazing, well done. ⁓ Simon says everybody will be asking how they did it. It's magic and it's brilliant. So it's gonna be four yeses for ⁓ poor man's Tommy Anomaly, James and Marina. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The the wish version of ⁓ the clairvoy the Clairvoyants wish version. ⁓ yeah, and we'll talk again more about it later on, but again, they're acting like they've never seen this before when we literally have the legendary Clairvoyants and same act was just on four y ⁓ four ago. Yes. So it's like ⁓ Jay Bock: The the C W version. That's Literally them. Yeah. Okay. Cody: It'd be nice for them to say, you know, we used to have this act on called the clairvoyants, and they're one of the legends of AGT. Now, do you think that you can live up to that legacy? You know, something along those lines. So Yeah. Jay Bock: Sure, yeah, that feels appropriate. ⁓ all right, let's let's move on to the third act of the night. We're dragging our feet through this tonight. I d I hope that's why people tune in here, Cody, but third act of the night here. No sleep Brook Lynn You familiar with the song? No? Alright. Never mind then. this alright Cody: I'm not familiar with the song, no. Okay. I don't think that one's on the playlist. Jay Bock: ⁓ this is Brooke Lynn. She's twenty three years old from the Netherlands. this is we're we're doing the America's Got Feels here, Cody. She's ⁓ she's always loved singing. Anxiety has stopped her from ever ⁓ performing publicly, but her dad overheard her and ⁓ encouraged her to pursue singing. after she performs, we're gonna learn, of course, that ⁓ her father passed away a couple years ago. So, you know, just gotta gotta twist that knife a little bit. And I I I'm I'm walking a fine line here of like, yes, that's tragic and that's awful, and anxiety is real and You know, nobody should lose their parents at twenty three and all the all the things, but golly, they sell it pretty hard. Cody: Yeah. Yep. It just it felt like another foot in mouth situation where ha Simon was like, So, is your dad around? And she's like, Mm, yeah, he passed a couple of years ago. So it's like Jay Bock: Okay. And so it begs the question, did he know that? Like was he was he prompting her to share the sob story or was he like actually oblivious? Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, right. Jay Bock: Sure he knew, right? Okay. ⁓ Cody: Absolutely. ⁓ he's got it written there on his little sheet. The producers handed him a nice little card that said, Hey, ask this question. Jay Bock: Right, yeah. So ⁓ her mom is with her and she's out in the audience and she is just a dear lovely lady, just dotin' her daughter and as proud as any any parent could be. And ⁓ she's gonna get to hear ⁓ Brooke Lynn sing Billy Eilish's The Greatest, and you as a listener to this podcast are also gonna get to hear that. Cody: ⁓ absolutely. Proud little mama. Yeah. What are your thoughts? It started rough. She started off really rough, and a lot of people are thinking it was maybe nerves. It's possible, but the the beginning was not very good. I thought it got better. I'm I'm not a Billy Eilish listener, so I'm not sure what the original sounds like. She's got some reins, she's got some volume, she's got some power. Jay Bock: It was very fine. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cody: I I thought I thought it was a good I thought it was a good performance. I mean I'm it's not a great performance, it's still a solo singer, but I thought I thought it was a good performance. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah. My notes, very fine. It felt like an AGT audition. Cody: Okay. Jay Bock: Like yeah, this is this is good solo fodder for the grist. Like just ⁓ d she's got her sob story. Like y if you hop on the AGT Reddit or the AGT Facebook fade, somebody's ⁓ Facebook, somebody's gonna be like, you know, something something sob stories, tired of all these solo singers. Right? Like it's it's the coldest hot take there is. Cody: Yep. Yes. Yes. It's colder than pea soup, right? Jay Bock: Yeah, it it's yeah. D that and none of the judges are American. Cody: Yes. And and Melby Mel Melby needs to go. Jay Bock: Yeah, there has been a little bit of that lately. Cody: Yeah, so anyway. Jay Bock: Mel's gonna stand up for this audition, which is fine. Sophia says she loved it. It's a beautiful voice. She could feel her nerves, but she shouldn't be nervous because she has it all. Mel says she was in her happy place, her voice sounded beautiful, and then you've got ⁓ Howie's audio for us. Let's hear what Howie had to say. Cody: Good job. Jay Bock: Yeah, and meaningful coming from Howie, somebody who's ⁓ has been public with his mental health struggles too. So ⁓ that's you know, the a a nice moment. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yep. I liked her look. She's kinda got like a punk rocker type look. Maybe like a like a ⁓ Jay Bock: Yeah, like some kids do like the the the big shaved up the side and she doesn't do it shaved, it's just like close braids up the side, but it kinda gives that same effect. Cody: Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's kinda like a skater type look ⁓ what's her name? ⁓ the did skater boy what I can't remember her name. Jay Bock: Ever Levine Cody: Shoot. Yes, thank you. She's got an Avril Levine type look. Thank you. Jay Bock: Yeah, I I'm totally into pop music. I I know things. ⁓ yeah, the fingerless gloves and the hurt No. Cody: Okay. You got you got you got sk you got skaterbo you got skater boy on the repeat, Jay? Jay Bock: ⁓ it's just one that I don't know, it's a bop. I like it. ⁓ I'm I'm noticing in her picture, she's got the vest, ⁓ which is like a shirt with no sleeves, and then she's got the mittens, ⁓ but the or the gloves that have no fingertips on ⁓ It's like like a vest for her hands. Cody: Yeah, sure. Yes. Good. Yes. That's correct. Yes. Yes. Short shorts for her fingers. Jay Bock: Yeah. It's does she have shorts? No, she had long pants on, but it's okay. But yeah. Cody: No, no, she got long pants on, yeah. But I'm saying they're you know, the the the ⁓ the fingerless gloves are like shorts for her fingers. Yeah. Ch Yes. Jay Bock: Yeah. It's like a vest for her torso. It's She's yeah, doesn't doesn't like it to go all the way. Just, you know three fourths, that's enough. ⁓ and then s said he could hear the nerves at the beginning, has great stage presence and range. ⁓ then he asks about her dad. She says her dad passed away, but Simon says, Well, he would have been proud. ⁓ and there's ⁓ gonna be four yeses for Brook Lynn. Cody: Yes. Do you think that name was on purpose? Jay Bock: I think that's a stage name. Yeah. If we check the wiki I I feel like it says that's her it's ⁓ something something and she goes by Brook Lynn. Cody: Okay. ⁓ Lynn Bootenhoose. Jay Bock: Okay. All right. So Bootin Booten who's comma lin shortened to Brook Lynn, yeah. Cody: I probably just but I I just yeah, I just I'd probably just butchered ⁓ boot and hoose. It's so Jay Bock: there you go. That's that's Brook Lynn. It's a it that is the like that's what I mean when I talk about old school AGT. Like this is it, right? I'm I'm an actual amateur, you've never heard of me. I'm gonna do a a s pop song, I'm gonna do it well enough, and there's a sob story along with it, and you'd be silly not to not to give me a yes. Cody: Check, check, check, check, check. Jay Bock: Yeah. Just Yeah, okay, alright. ⁓ let's move on to the next act here. ⁓ gentleman named Kyle Johnson. He is fifty eight years old and he's not nervous at all. No, he's gonna surprise the heck out of y'all. Cody: No, he's ready to go. W what is this type of act called? I've never really known what it's called. Jay Bock: And ⁓ what do you call it? A puppet act? Cody: Is it? I don't know. I don't know what it's called. Jay Bock: ⁓ I would so I'll describe it. Cody: It it's gotta be a sp it's gotta sp be a specific type of puppet. Okay. Jay Bock: Yeah, I I ⁓ I wrote he comes out with two puppets, one in front and one behind, right? And so like I think puppet is the right word to use. They're human sized and they're on poles that run ⁓ horizontally. So every move that ⁓ that Kyle Johnson makes, the puppets in front and behind him make. So he puts his arms out, the puppets put their arms out in sync, right? He steps forward with his right foot, they step forward with their right foot, you know, and and he does a Cody: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Jay Bock: He does a dance. ⁓ we've seen this dance done ⁓ to the YMCA in the past, if I recall. Cody: Yeah, that's correct. Yes. Jay Bock: And ⁓ he's gonna do September. Cody: Yeah. Is this like a one man dancer? Jay Bock: Y yeah, one man dance group. Cody: Dan one man dance group, there you go. Okay. Jay Bock: Yeah. Like a one man band, but it's a one man dance group. ⁓ he's gonna be three characters instead of just the one. ⁓ and like it's fun, it's novel, it's cute. ⁓ Simon buzzes it, and then Sophia, and then Howie in pretty short order. Mel lets him go on, ⁓ to to finish his performance. ⁓ so like we're already kind of telegraphing. This isn't this isn't gonna go well, but Cody: Okay. Jay Bock: I mean, like, I kind of enjoyed it. Cody: It's fun one time. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, and I mean that's what the judges say, right? Sophia says she loves surprises, but not this one. ⁓ Mel says it was really original, and then Simon says it was funny for about 30 seconds. And that's yeah, you know, it's like okay, I've I've done about all the moves that I can do in thirty seconds. ⁓ there's no no cartwheels, like no real big Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jay Bock: Kinda fun to watch. Cody: Yep. Jay Bock: And that's all I have to say for Kyle Johnson too. Alright. Let's move on to another novelty act here. ⁓ gentleman named Grant Parsons. Cody, I love the novelty acts. Like this is this is actually what I tune in for. Cody: Sure. Yeah. Jay Bock: ⁓ show me something new, show me something fun, show me something that I could try to do on my own. Yeah, like this this is fun. so Grant, he's 32 years old, he's from Seattle, Washington. ⁓ he's never been on AGT before. Cody: One of the very few that's not been on AGT before, yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ this he says this kind of performance has never been on AGT before. It's completely new. Cody: ⁓ that that might be a true statement. Jay Bock: Yeah, it's not ⁓ it's not something that I recall seeing, and I think I would recall seeing this. ⁓ but he's going to well the song A Thousand Miles plays by Vanessa Carlton. And after the intro the music stops and he continues playing the melody by slapping his neck and changing the shape of his mouth to make the melody of the song. Is this something that you ever did as a kid, like just like making noise? Cody: Yes. Yes, yes. Not with my neck, but I've done the like the like my cheeks. Yeah, I've done the cheeks. I haven't done the top of the head. I've mainly done the cheeks. Yeah. Yep. Jay Bock: Or the cheeks, yeah. Or the top of the head, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's that thing. So yeah, he he plays along pretty well. ⁓ he's gonna get three buzzes, but he's still able to perform through the buzzes. I don't know that I would have Cody: I guess it's I guess it's I guess it's loud enough that he can overpower the buzzes. Jay Bock: Yeah, I don't know that I would have been able to ⁓ to maintain my composure. ⁓ you can see that his neck is pretty red by the end of the performance. But yeah, Howie, then Mel, then Sophia, they all buzz. ⁓ when he finishes, Simon ⁓ does a Simon. He says, Did you prepare prepare a second slap for us? Which Like, hey, good job, Simon. Like, that's a good joke. Cody: Ha To go along with Simonisms, one thing I realized during this episode has Simon abandoned the I don't like it, I love it? Jay Bock: He might have. He might have gotten the the memo. Like, that's it's kind of been done. Yeah. ⁓ no, but in this season it's all about the like, ⁓ maybe, you know, like brush it up a little bit and try again. You know, well maybe if you if you come back, like so you you he's leaning into the the second chances. ⁓ did you prepare a second slap for us? Cody: Cause I don't think we've heard that yet. Yes. Yeah. Yep. With the with with ⁓ Brooke Lynn when she started, my initial thought was, ⁓ this is gonna be a second song type of performance. Jay Bock: No, he he let her finish. He could see that it was it was trending up. So good good on ⁓ good on them for letting her finish. Get her get her four yeses. ⁓ not Grant though, he's not gonna get four yeses. Which is gonna bring on another ⁓ i it Grant was thirty-two. Micah Bean, he's twenty-three. We're gonna flip flop the numbers there. You know? So another young white dude. ⁓ Micah Bean from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Cody, you're from Tennessee. Have you run into Micah Bean? Cody: Okay, look at that. That's right. Love Chattanooga. I have not I don't live in Chattanooga, so I don't think we we would cross paths. I've been I I visit Chattanooga frequently, but ⁓ I don't think we've Yeah, that's right. ⁓ no no Chattanooga's where my my mom lives, so I go visit her. We have we have our own city here. With the with a Walmart and everything. Jay Bock: All right. That's like when you're going to the city. Chattanooga's the city you go to? Okay. Different okay. ⁓ wow. Yeah. ⁓ you know, I'm working on a a theory that like a town can have one Walmart. But once you have two Walmarts, you're a city. Cody: Yes. Yeah, we have two Walmarts. And a Sam's Club. That's it, yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ okay. All right. So you're ⁓ ch metropolis. So I don't know. I I don't know if that's a good differentiation. Diff what's what am I looking for there? We differentiate a town. Cody: Okay. Yes. I think that's a yeah. That's ⁓ i if you were to create a yeah, if you were to create a video game that's like a city building video game, yes. You're if you have one Walmart you're a town. If you have two, you're a city. If you have the Sam's Club, then you're a metropolis. Yes. Jay Bock: Yeah. A metropolis, yeah. Alright. judges ask him, Is it good? they're they're talking to themselves before he starts. Is this good? Is this good? Is it gonna be good? I hope it's good. Yeah. So he's he's likable at least, right? And he's he's got like the the belt buckle and the cowboy hat and the you know, just good Cody: They do that a lot. I hope he's good. He better be good. I hope he's good. He's gotta be good. Yes. Yeah. Button his his ⁓ his shirt's unbuttoned about halfway and Jay Bock: Good old boy Chattanooga, Tennessee. And I mean, there he's gonna do a a song that they weren't expecting. It's Toxic by Britney Spears. And then he's gonna do it in a in a style they weren't expecting, which is Screamo? ⁓ yell, growl, scream. Cody: Yes. Yes. That's what I heard, yes. That that sounds right. Jay Bock: Rough and tough. Cody: Do you put do you ⁓ do you listen to the Screamo, Jay? Jay Bock: ⁓ how he gets it. No! Cody: I figured with your ⁓ Mongolian throat singing that might be kind of up there. Jay Bock: Many kinds of music, I have a appreciation that people appreciate it. But it doesn't mean it's for me. Cody: Haha. Jay Bock: And like I can appreciate that this is a style of music that there is a market for and there are people who appreciate it. Cody: Yep. Sure. Jay Bock: But it's not for me. Cody: No, ⁓ th and that's fair, yes. Jay Bock: Okay. He's gonna get buzzes from Sophia and Mel and Simon. Howie he's like he he gets it. He understands like this is an art form. You don't interrupt an artist. ⁓ this is also where one of the audience members passes out? Cody: That was really weird. Yeah. Jay Bock: Like was she just overcome with S I'm not sure what. Cody: She's so she's so into screvo that it was just so much she couldn't handle it and she Jay Bock: Like, it's Mike Apee. Cody: That's yes, that's that's what it is. Jay Bock: Anybody who's anybody who is into the Screamo scene in Chattanooga knows Micah Bean. But I think I can pretty definitively say that. so maybe she was just so excited to see the Micah Bean of Chattanooga that ⁓ that it it literally knocked her out of her seat. Cody: That's right. That's right. Chat Nugget. Yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ no, she's she passes out. Apparently she's okay. I don't know. It was weird. Yeah I don't know. Maybe a plant? I don't know. Cody: It's weird that it was the front row too. She wasn't she wasn't she was yeah, she wasn't like up in the balcony. No, she was literally on the front row. Jay Bock: ⁓ Simon says it's like a nightmare. Sophia says he's a sweet country boy and then the devil came out of his mouth. we get three no's from them. We don't get to hear how he's vote, but it doesn't matter. ⁓ Micah Bean has been eliminated. Alright, that's enough. ⁓ let's move on to ⁓ some more acts that aren't gonna be eliminated here for a moment. We got Erwan Legayard from France. Cody: Yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ last name looks to me like Legaylard. But Legayar Cody: Yes. Legolard. Leggayar. Jay Bock: France. he's you know what? It like it felt familiar. I ⁓ clicked on the link on the wiki and it's like ⁓ yeah returnee. Cody: Did did you remember Erwan? Yeah. This is a turn returnee that I can get behind. Jay Bock: Okay. All right. What season was he on? Cody: eighteen eighteen. Yeah. So remember Jay, we've talked about these people before. You and I. You and I have talked about these people. Jay Bock: Eighteen. Yep. And ⁓ he We we maybe should pull some old audio and ⁓ hear what we said the last time. Okay. You got some work to do between now and then, but that's ⁓ Cody: ⁓ tee tee tee teaser alert for maybe next week, Jay? Teaser alert for maybe next week, so So ⁓ also you won't be here, so we will have a guest. Yes. So ⁓ yeah, no, so Erwan from season eighteen. I had forgotten that he's the lightsaber swallower. Jay Bock: yeah. I might still get to hear my my sweet, dulcet tones though. Yes. ⁓ huh. Cody: Yes. And when I found that I was like, ⁓ yes, I love this guy. I mean, I love this act. I thought this act was great. Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ well In season eighteen he swallowed lightsabers. In ⁓ season twenty-one, he's going to swallow swords. He's also going to incorporate some aerialism. So he's got ⁓ two silks. He's gonna wrap those around his legs to stabilize himself. and ⁓ then he's gonna put sort four throads down his throat. ⁓ gonna remove them one by one. flip upside down. Cody: Yes. Yes. Yes. Jay Bock: back up and down and a new apparatus comes from the ceiling. He's got one sword with him this time. He does this balancing trick before removing the sword and then coming back down to this platform that he's on top of. And ⁓ this big platform that he's on top of, it turns out it's actually a water tank. Cody: Yes. I was curious what if this was going to come into play. Jay Bock: Yeah, ⁓ it was be a weird prop to put on the stage if it if it didn't. So he's gonna he's gonna jump down in this water tank. He's gonna Cody: True very very true. Yeah. Jay Bock: Swallow another sword, stay underwater for a moment, pull it back out. He's gonna come out of the water, ⁓ on the rope like it's you know, it's gonna pull him back out. And ⁓ so now he's he's soaking wet and ⁓ we get shades of of who is the the little person who who did the ⁓ aerialism in the water. ⁓ Cody: ⁓ Silver. Al Alan Joe Silver. Yeah. Yes. Jay Bock: Yes. Alan Silva. ⁓ i i shades of that, right? He's he's spinning around the stage and and splashing water all over and you know, it looks Fantastic, and he has a big landing in the front of the stage and a you know pose and about for the judges. ⁓ it's you know, it shows well. It's this this translates well, probably live and to the TV. I thought this was this was fun to watch. I I couldn't look away. ⁓ you know, the fact that he's swallowing swords on the ropes, like he's literally bringing it to. Cody: Yes. Yeah. Yes. And underwater. Jay Bock: A new level, a new high and a new low, right? Cody: Yes, yes, yes, yes. ⁓ great Vegas act, Jay. Yeah. This would play in Vegas, yes. ⁓ 'cause as I was watching I'm like, I don't think we've ever seen a guy do ⁓ sword swallowing on silks. And then when I found that out, I was like, ⁓ yeah, I think he actually did that in season eighteen too. And I loved it then. ⁓ so this guy's great. And I and I love his attitude, you know, being French and kind of the way he dresses, the way he talks, and the way he interacts. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah, this would this would play in Vegas. Ha ha. Cody: He's a great dude. He's a great act. He's very entertaining. ⁓ we'll we'll probably talk a little bit more about him ⁓ next week, ⁓ Jay. ⁓ with our special guest. So ⁓ 'cause ⁓ you know, we he was drafted and then he got sent home, which was ⁓ i it was a crime against humanity for him to go home ⁓ in season eighteen. I'm hoping we can he can stick around a little bit longer this time, because he's he's fantastic. Jay Bock: Okay. All right. Okay. Alright. Well the the the legend of Air One Legar is going to be told. in the meantime, Simon says that it was unexpected. Maybe not a great comment, knowing what we know. ⁓ Mel Mel says we've seen bits and pieces before, but never like this, yeah. Cody: Ha ha ha. Yes. Again, you just saw this guy. Jay Bock: ⁓ Sophia ⁓ pulls out her favorite word, says it's spectacular, makes it look easy and she couldn't look away. Simon says it made him nervous, and then ⁓ he goes on to say, I usually ask people to make things look more dangerous, but he wants Erwan to make it look less scary next time. Yeah, I not good advice. Cody: No no. That's not how this works. No, terrible advice. Jay Bock: So ⁓ it's gonna be four yeses for Erwan and ⁓ he's going to at least make it to judge's deliberations. Which Cody: ⁓ judges ⁓ not deliberations. Whatever it's called now. The new the new thing. It's what you sh sure, yes. Jay Bock: Judges' choices. They will deliberate. I don't know if all right. Okay. Let's move on here. We've got Madeline Talent. Cody: They will deliberate, yes. So With two L's. Jay Bock: Which yeah, ⁓ it Howie does notice that her last name matches the show's name. So he's Cody: Yes Yes. The name of the show, yes. Hey hey, Jay, they connected so they connected dots on something. Look at them Jay Bock: Yeah. Look at that. and ⁓ Malachi Martin. They say, Are you guys ⁓ a a couple? He says, No, Malachi's got a wife and a two month old son at home. So they're not a couple. ⁓ they're just from a small town and make music together. ⁓ town of fifteen hundred people of Benton, Tennessee. ⁓ Cody, you're from Tennessee. Do you know Madeline and Malachi? Cody: Yes. I I I don't but I looked up where Benton was. Benton near Chattanooga. Jay Bock: No, not a surprise. ⁓ she says it's fifteen hundred people, only dollars, generals and churches. Cody: Yeah. Let's let's listen a bit on their intro. Jay Bock: Yeah. Cody: How how big do you think big Tom's got this week, Jay? Jay Bock: ⁓ not gonna hurt. ⁓ I I fully expected her to say that she worked at a dollar general and he works at a church. ⁓ but apparently there's a little bit more than just Dollar Generals and churches there. And and a beryllium copper company. Cody: Yeah, yes. Yeah, there's there's big toms. Let's let's see let's see if we can figure out does Big Tom's let's see Big Tom's Benton Tennessee. Does Big Tom's have a menu? Ooh, ⁓ three and a half stars on Yelp. Jay Bock: Good enough for me. Cody: ⁓ Big Tom's Backyard Grill and Bar. Our menu. Let's see what they got. Some barbecue tacos, pork and chicken. Some Philly tacos, steaker chicken. Let's see. Sammy's ra sammy's and wraps. ⁓ see an angle Angus Prime Burger, big Big Tom's porker? Jay Bock: Okay. See, that's if you're going to Big Tom's, I'm thinking the Big Tom's Porker is probably the direction that I'm heading. Cody: Big toss for it. There you go. a catfish sandwich. Jay Bock: Well, all right. I'm I'm I'm not I'm not a freshwater fish guy much, but Cody: Not so sure about that, but Yeah, yeah. ⁓ let's see, what else we got? Tommy's Zip Chip Chicken? Jay Bock: I'm I'm still going with the porker. Cody: I think so too. That seems like it's the winner. ⁓ the big ⁓ what is it? Let's see. ⁓ pulled pork, smoked bologna, chicken fried bacon on Texas toast with your choice of slaw and sauce. Jay Bock: Is that like a a ⁓ so it's it's a sandwich? ⁓ nice. All right. Cody: Yes Yeah. ⁓ what was the other thing I saw? ⁓ the big wiener? Half pound foot half pound foot long with chili, cheese, onion, relish, and slaw. Jay Bock: I mean Okay, alright. I d I I like a good chili cheese dog. I I usually, you know, as an elementary teacher, avoid the word wiener. It just you know, it doesn't play well. Cody: Yeah. There you go. Yes. Yeah. ⁓ right below that there was the ⁓ where'd you go? ⁓ the Whittle Wiener. Jay Bock: Aha The Big Wiener and the Whittle Wiener? Yeah, I I I have a sense of the kind of place that Big Tom's is. Cody: The Whittle wiener, yes. Yes. I I may I may have to go check out Big Tom's next time I go to go to Chattanooga. Yep. I will. I might have the porker, we'll see. Jay Bock: Alright, check it out. You can report back. I'd I'd love to see a picture of ⁓ of the big Tom. Alright. ⁓ and like So I I stepped all over their intro and you know, feel free to edit that out because ⁓ like I don't have nearly the personality that that Madeline Talent has, right? Like she she knows how to how to talk like she she's got that good waitress, you know, like you know, make a make a little sideways joke, you know, just a little wink in the eye, a little bit of cuteness. Like she she knows how to sell it. And she she's got she's got the a wonderful personality for the stage here. Cody: Yes. Yeah, absolutely. Sh w after watching this, I mean, ⁓ Malachi's good. I love the banjo. But she's the star. Sh Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ absolutely. she doesn't need him, but like it doesn't hurt. Cody: I mean she doesn't need him, but he definitely with the banjo, it definitely adds to the the act. Like I don't think it'd be the same type of act without the banjo. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. But he doesn't sing, he doesn't dance, he just plays a banjo along. So it's ⁓ it's fine. let's ⁓ let's hear a little bit. They're gonna do the song Counting Stars by One Republic. Cody: Plays the banjo. Yeah. So, Jay, I'm gonna ask you this 'cause I know how much you like Steve Ray Ladsen. Did you like this or back in my truck? Jay Bock: Yeah. Ooh, ⁓ I think I like back of my truck better. I I like old Steve Ray Ladsen. ⁓ this was you know, he was leaning a little bit more rock country and this is a little more country country. Chattanooga country. I don't there's there's a different a million different flavors of country and and like this is this is nice. I like this. This is something that, you know, I'm not gonna like be reaching for the dial when it comes on the radio. Yeah, this is Cody: Okay. Yeah. Country country, yes. Yeah. Yes. Yes, I did too. Jay Bock: perfectly perfectly pleasant. Cody: Yeah. I I I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much without the banjo though. For me, the banjo really adds quite a bit to it. Jay Bock: Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah. I think her banter with the judges is like that's that adds a lot more to it than than just about anything else, right? she's just got a a fun personality and ⁓ and and that's great. ⁓ Simon says they're authentic and real, says she has a fantastic voice and they have great chemistry. ⁓ let's hear what Howie has to say about it. Cody: It Yes, yes, that's correct, yes. Not sure about how he's take because we've seen quite a few acts and we talked about this last week. They've never performed on stage, they've never done this act together. Hey, we've been we've never practiced together and we never practiced together. This is the first time we're performing together, and it's it's still been great. I thought she and and Malachi were great. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ it you know, that's a Every act you get to decide what filter you wanna you wanna judge them through. Like there there is no agreed upon rubric that we're all working from. And ⁓ that's you know a a strength and a weakness of the show. Probably more of a strength than a weakness, I should I would say, but ⁓ like you know, he says, Is this show ready? ⁓ not yet. I'm gonna I'm gonna say no. And Simon says, it doesn't matter if they're show ready, they've got potential. Like the talent is there. We can work with it. So, yeah, it's both sides of the coin. And Mel, she kind of agrees with them both. They're fresh, but they're also talented. Could have done better, but it was really good. And so she kind of splits the difference. So when we get down to judges voting, how he says, Come back next season when you're more palaced, it's a no from him. Cody: Yes Yes Yes Yes. Jay Bock: more polished. Sorry, I got a little excited. Sophia and Simon, they're gonna both say yes, which leaves Mel. Is she gonna lean Howie and say come back when you're more polished? Or is she gonna agree with Sophia and Simon talents, talent? And she does ⁓ agree with Sophia and Simon talents talent. It's a third yes. They have made it to considerations. Cody: ⁓ You know, we even heard in the intro, like, how he was concerned about how new they are. He's like, ⁓ new So it's like he's it's like he was almost it was still in his brain even throughout the performance. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah. no, I it it's I I would not be sad to see them again. I I'd be curious what what song they would do. You know, I'd love to hear her chat with the judges a little bit more. That's that's fun. Cody: No, I wouldn't Yeah, I didn't even see this as a one republic song. I didn't know this was a one republic song. I thought it was an original. Jay Bock: ⁓ no, it's yeah, I've I've heard it, but yeah. ⁓ all right, anything else from Madeline and Malachi? Alright, let's move on to Rubén Rodan from ⁓ from Spain. And he's got this classic ⁓ stereotypical Spanish S R T H ⁓ lisp from Malaga, Spain, and he is Benti Tres Años. Cody: Okay. Okay. How how many is that? Jay Bock: That's twenty three. Twenty Cody: There you go. Hey, you learned something from your ⁓ four thousand days of Duolingo. Jay Bock: Come on, that that's way too much credit. It's two thousand. I I've I hit ⁓ six years recently, so I'm ⁓ doing I I should be better at Spanish than I am, Cody. That's Cody: Okay. Good job. Yeah. So my wife is also doing the Duolingo and she's doing Japanese. I think we've we've talked about this before. She's doing Japanese and I caught her not really caught her. That's kinda not true to say. I walked in and she had like Japanese music playing on like on her Spotify that she was s singing along to that she was to to help her learn some more. So yeah. Jay Bock: ⁓ fun. Alright. Yeah, I'm I am certainly better than I was, and like exposure to the language goes a long way, you know, and like it used to be that I would hear Spanish and it's just like it is I I can't tell where one word ends and the next word begins. You know, like it's it's all just a a mumble of, you know, continuation of sounds. And now it's like, okay, I can at least like Cody: Right. Jay Bock: Tell what the each word is. Do I remember what it is? No, probably not. Cody: Ha ha ha. So were you able to follow along with Ruben as he was talking to the judges? Okay. Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: But I would say more or less, yes. Yeah. I I I did okay. So, ⁓ Ruben, he's a young muscular dude. ⁓ he he's you know, he is likable, right? Even ⁓ just that that Spanish lisp and ⁓ fun to hear Sophia chat with him and you know, it's like she'll she'll ask him a question in Spanish and then repeat it to us in English so that we all kinda get it. Cody: What what do we need the translator for? We have Sophia. Jay Bock: Yeah. Cody: I love seeing a good translator on the stage. But we had Sophia, so Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah. ⁓ which is which is fine. The transleader doesn't need to do do much work today. ⁓ but he's he's going to exit the stage, exit the building, go clear out to the front of the Pasadivina Civic Center. ⁓ I recognized it as I'd I'd been there once, so that's it's also like they they highlighted it every chance they get, every commercial break, it's the same front of the building. Cody: I think they just keep a camera out there at all times. Jay Bock: They might. They might. ⁓ all right. ⁓ or Cody: ⁓ we don't get the ⁓ we don't get any more get the any more of them running out the door and like cheering and exclam you know. We don't get that stuff anymore. W I like that. Yeah. Jay Bock: ⁓ yeah. Yeah. Yeah, true, true. ⁓ all right. So he's gonna go to the front of the Pasadena Civic Center and ⁓ he's gonna Cody: ⁓ wait sorry. Is that that's the front door? I see it feels like a side door for some reason. I don't know why. Jay Bock: That's the front doors, yep. No, there's there's kind of this this promenade that that comes down the block, ⁓ kind of a a walkway that leads up to the beautiful Pasadena Civic Center. And there's, you know, some swanky shops and restaurants along that way that Cody: Okay. Okay. Okay. I yeah, I I don't know if it's the way it's angled or the way they film it, but it feels like it's a side door. I don't know. Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: No, that's that's front and center. And then you've got like some ⁓ like conference centers on either side of this kind of main stage building here in the center. So but ⁓ yeah, so ⁓ he's going to climb up on one of the ⁓ the handrails, the the big brick handrails, ⁓ and once he reaches the top, he's going to reveal that he is missing one leg. Cody: Okay. Okay. Yes! Musumoto! All over again. Team Team Cody Musamoto. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, except ⁓ he's gonna do parkour instead of ⁓ instead of dance. And ⁓ so he he you know, hands his ⁓ leg down to his translator, assistant, I don't remember who it was. ⁓ it I don't need this thing, he says to us. Cody: Except dance with a crutch, yes. I guess. Yeah. Jay Bock: And ⁓ he's going to then jump across the handrails, like a six foot jump maybe between each of the handrails. ⁓ just landing on on one foot each time, because that's all he's got to land on. I was like, wow, that's impressive feat of strength and balance. All right. Yeah. Cody: Yes Yes I'm on board I've you've got my attention Jay Bock: Okay, he's gonna ⁓ jump on a bike. I think just to like save time. jump on a bike and and ride kind of around the side of the building. ⁓ he's gonna, you know, parkour across the side of the building, across this thing, over that thing, swing on this, end up at a on a forklift that's gonna raise him up and he's gonna jump off of that and ⁓ swing and tumble onto the stage where he does some more jumping and swinging and balancing around the stage. ⁓ a lot of really cool feats of strength and balance all the way through. And then it was sort of this like odd stop at the end. And there was silence. Silence from us and silence from the crowd. And then when they're like, ⁓ that's actually it, everyone cheers. Yay! Cody: Yeah. Yay. I like this. I was tuned in on it. Jay Bock: Okay. Cody: I mean it w wasn't just standard parkour, he was doing parkour with one leg and I'm I'm impressed by that. Jay Bock: I absolutely am impressed by that too. And it it wa he wasn't like, you know, a a two legged person who just like chose not to use one leg. ⁓ he just doesn't have the other leg. So it you know, we couldn't even be like, ⁓ yeah, but he's still got the extra balance or the weight, you know, whatever. And it was like, no, like that's that's pretty awesome. Cody: Didn't he say he lost it in s an an accident with a tractor? Jay Bock: ⁓ yes. Yep, the ⁓ in judge's comments ⁓ they asked what happened. He said he lived in the countryside, had an accident with a tractor as a child. but no yeah, I agree with you. This was fun. who was our ⁓ wrestler a few seasons ago? ⁓ was missing both of his legs. Cody: Yes. Yeah. ⁓ yeah, okay. Yep. Jay Bock: ⁓ Z Zion? Cody: Sounds right. I don't know I don't know, he didn't come back this season, so I don't Jay Bock: Let's go with that. ⁓ kind of the same. And I I wonder if like as people who are normally around full bodied people, like it Whatever balance or swinging like it it it's a little bit off because ⁓ you know, his his you know ratios are off. He swings a little bit different than what we expect to see because he is missing that you know, that counterweight or whatever. ⁓ I wonder if that's kind of perks up our our ears a little bit without us really realizing it. Cody: Yeah, I think there's I think there's something to that, 'cause y again, you're not using you don't have the way you don't have the balance of both legs, you don't have the strength of both legs, ⁓ to propel you or or keep you balanced. ⁓ so you gotta do it all kind of on that that one Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. So yeah, I yeah, I think it it's fun. ⁓ I I wanna point out one production choice here that they really need to do more. ⁓ as he was parkouring down the side of the building, we got an inset of Mel B, like in the bottom corner of the screen, of her reacting. And it they didn't cut away from him doing his parkour to show Mel B reacting to him. It was us watching him parkour and a little inset of her on the side giving us the reaction. It's like I I like that a lot. And if they could give us that more, I would I would love it. Cody: ⁓ okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, let's bring that back. Yeah, I could I could get on board with that. Jay Bock: Okay, so that that's a thing that I noticed that I I definitely want to see more. And if we have to have more Rubin rolled on to see more of it, let's have more Rubin rolled on. I have no problem with that. Cody: Yeah. I know who you're talking about, ⁓ but I can't seem to find him. Jay Bock: our our one legged wrestler. Or the I'm sorry. Yeah, it was like at his belly button. Cody: Yeah, no the well he he had no he had no torso, right? Yeah. I know who you're talking about. We'll figure it out. I've gone back to season seventeen, I can't Jay Bock: ⁓ Zion Clark. Cody: Yeah, okay. Jay Bock: Season eighteen. What do you believe it? Season eighteen. Cody: Okay. Look at that. Jay Bock: ⁓ all right. Well that is that's his performance. ⁓ Sophia, we already talked about she asked how he lost his leg, talked about the tractor, and then ⁓ we've got Simon's comments here. Cody: I'm okay with golden buzzer. Jay Bock: That is a that has to be an atypical Simon Golden Buzzer, right? Cody: Yes. He maybe he thought it was dance. Jay Bock: Ha ha ha ha. Alright, yeah. yeah, I I I'm okay with that. I I'm happy to see this again. I think that he ⁓ will make a great live show. ⁓ you know doing this live, like with that extra you know, amount of ⁓ vulnerability of doing it live, like, yeah, I'm all for it. Let's see let's do it again. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah. I I liked where Mel B was trying to explain parkour to Howie and Howie's like, I know what parkour is. Like I watch parkour. So it's like He's like He is really hit. Jay Bock: He's he's really hip. W Hello, fellow children Like gr yeah. Greetings, fellow teenagers. What's the Yeah. Cody: He is the youngest seventy year old I think I've ever seen. He's seventy, Jay. Jay Bock: Is he 70? Wow. Yeah, he looks healthy. Cody: Yeah, he looks great. Yes. Jay Bock: not much of a hairline to speak of. Cody: No, no, that's that's been long gone, so Jay Bock: ⁓ all right, Cody, let's spend just a moment here on the hissy kits. ⁓ called a novelty act or a a musical act. ⁓ it's all throughout the episode. Like we get these two sitting on a box watching the ⁓ performances happen, getting a little little comments here and there, you know, after the dog act and whatever. It's it's the hissy kits. ⁓ they look these cat masks are are completely weird. Cody: It's creepy, actually. Jay Bock: Okay. Some some would say creepy, I guess. ⁓ they're gonna i I mean you're proving my point. one of them, ⁓ in the orange cat mask is gonna play the keyboard. The cat in the ⁓ or the human in the black and white cat mask ⁓ is going to ⁓ play the theremin. Are you familiar with the theramin, Cody? Cody: Sure. I'm saying creepy. Am I some? Okay. I love the theremin, yes. Yeah. Jay Bock: Okay, all right. ⁓ well they yeah, we're Theremin for those uninitiated is an instrument that you play by not touching it. And you change the pitch by going up and down, and you change the ⁓ volume by going left and right, or vice versa, I forget exactly. but yeah, it's ⁓ it's a fun instrument. My brother-in-law Tim ⁓ was gifted a theremin by his wife a couple Christmases ago, and the first thing I said to myself was this really lowers my chances of ever owning a theremon myself. Cody: Maybe he'll let you borrow it. Okay. Jay Bock: He has let me borrow it. and which I I promptly like set it next to the speaker and then didn't touch it for weeks and weeks and then I gave it back to him. So it like i it I I I probably shouldn't own a therabin for for lots of reasons, but I that's my ⁓ you know, if if if I ever need one, I I've got access and that that feels okay. Cody: Yeah. Okay. I think the original Star Trek theme song they used to theremin. Jay Bock: So ⁓ that yeah, it could be, yeah. ⁓ it's incredibly difficult instrument to play. you gotta you gotta really have your your ears on and like the whatever energy waves in the room affect the the instrument. So you have to like, you know, retune every time. You gotta really be, you know, really like literally tuned in ⁓ to play it well. Cody: ⁓ I'm sure. And I'm sure in the Pasadena Civic Center there's a lot of a lot of stuff. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, all the different lights and microphones and you know, it's lot a lot going on there. So ⁓ we see less than two seconds of the Hissy Kits performing. So I don't know if she's a good thermonist or not. But it we we see a Mel buzz and that's all that we get to see of the Hissy Kits. Cody: Sound systems and cell phones and yeah. Yeah. Yep. ⁓ Howie Mandel, he and I are November birth both November birthdays. Yeah. So he turned seventy last November. Jay Bock: Okay. Alright. what what day in November did he turn seventy? Alright. Can I ask what day you turned your most recent age? The eleventh. Alright. My my son was born November thirtieth. He's one day off. Cody: The twenty ninth. The eleventh. Yes. The eleventh, yes. Okay. So see he's closer to Howie than than I am. Jay Bock: ⁓ in some ways, yes. Cody: Yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ all right. Let's move on to the next act of the night here. ⁓ they call themselves Bird and Byron. they're like when they were kids, they were quiet dudes. ⁓ they are not brothers, but people ask them if they are. ⁓ they're just friends and they write songs together. And ⁓ they've been making music together now for seven years, and they live in Columbus, Ohio. ⁓ Bird, he's the ⁓ the singer. ⁓ got like like three days growth facial hair. but Byron is the other one. He wears a mustache and a soul patch. But one time ⁓ during their their chat here, ⁓ he calls Bird Nick. ⁓ so that's weird. Cody: This is Jay Bock: Mick and Byron, Bird and Byron, I don't know what's going on. Bird's day job is ⁓ at a burger restaurant. Cody: Bird the bird the bird at the burger restaurant. Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ probably not big toms. Cody: Probably not. But could maybe fix the parker, maybe. Jay Bock: Well. ⁓ and then ⁓ Byron he doesn't tell us his day job, but he does like to restore jukeboxes in his free time. Cody: Would you enjoy something like that? Jay Bock: Yeah. Like I Cody: Okay. I think that'd be very tedious for me. Jay Bock: Moving parts and the you know, seeing how it all works and how it all goes together. Like that's fun. That's fun. Cody: F finding the parts Yeah. Okay. The tedious part for me would be finding the parts. For yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah, I get that. ⁓ yeah, j like I don't know, what a different world where like if you wanted to listen to a song, like even pre radio or like, you know, whatever early radio, like you could go to a jukebox and put money in like actual coins, and then select the song and then a physical Cody: Yes. Money. Money in it, yes. Jay Bock: copy of that song would get put on the platter and spun and you'd get to hear that song that you wanted to hear. What a ⁓ just just different than it is now. You know. Cody: Yeah, now they can they can order music like if you're at a location you can order music on your phone that will then play in the establishment. Jay Bock: Yeah, but why wouldn't you just listen to it in your headphones? ⁓ yeah. ⁓ no, I was I was telling my my kids, like, you know, when I was their age, if I wanted to listen to, you know, the entire Phil Collins catalog, like, it would be hundreds of dollars and and and months of effort to to celebrate the entire Phil Collins catalog. Yeah. And Cody: That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Yes. Yes. And so much space. It's like a bookshelf. Yeah. Jay Bock: Like with Alexa, they can, you know, in one focused afternoon like okay, I've heard everything that Phil Collins has put out. Cody: Speaking of Phil Collins, I think Bird kind of looks like Phil Collins. Doesn't he? I think it's the shirt. Jay Bock: Yeah. It's the the the the hair that s yeah, yeah. Cody: The hairline, yes. The hairline and the undershirt with the rolled up like short sleeve Yeah. Jay Bock: I can feel it. Cody: Is it in the air? Jay Bock: I in the air between you and I tonight. Yeah. can't dance. I can't sing. Unlike Bird, he ⁓ he can sing. ⁓ so let's let's get to the actor. They they do say that they're joined by Bird's mom, Stephanie, in the audience and she's gonna just ⁓ she loves watching them perform and Stephanie is gonna ⁓ have ⁓ Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay Bock: I guess Byron's mom on the on video call while they while they perform and you can tell they're both just just loving it as mothers. Cody: Yeah. Jay, so you're our resident ⁓ attendee of an AGT f ⁓ show. You're you're the expert. You're the expert on the pod that's been to an AGT show. Okay. There's gotta be some sort of like FaceTime policy that you can't record or FaceTime a performance. Jay Bock: The I did do that once. I seem to think there was a like don't have your phone out rule, but they didn't enforce it. But like I was there for the live shows too. It wasn't you know, and yeah, and and if you're Stephanie and you're like, hey, I'm gonna I could could I please have special dispensation so that I can have Byron's mom on the phone with me while they perform? Yeah, you can. Cody: Yes. Okay. Y sure. It wasn't a pre taped audition, right. Yeah. I just thought it I don't know. I don't know. I thought it was weird to like have the mom on FaceTime. I'm like, can she not just wait for the per like the show to air? Like, come on. Jay Bock: You don't know that they're gonna make it on TV. And and it's a night like, you know, this this old school AGT, like let's let's give them their thing, right? It Cody: Yeah, if this if this were old school AGT there was no FaceTime back then. So ⁓ Bianca Ryan Bianca Ryan didn't have FaceTime when she did AGT. Jay Bock: Well yeah, but no, this ⁓ yeah, these are the ones whose That's very true. But these are the ones whose moms FaceTime, right? The doting moms that love ⁓ so much that wanna Yeah, th yeah, th they've got their hook now. So ⁓ Byron's gonna play guitar, he's got his electric guitar, Bird's gonna sing. Let's hear a little bit of Bird and Byron performing together here. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Jay Bock: ⁓ Cody: I like the performance. ⁓ Jay Bock: Yeah, what we hear is is Bird. He's got like this sweet tenor voice. He's got like some real emotion behind it. ⁓ the guitar has like this real hollow tone to it. Like it's providing just enough background to really highlight Bird. Right, like it it it he he knows how to just play just enough. It's it's not about the guitar and the song itself has this kinda like simple fifties kinda groove sound to it. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah, I I enjoyed it quite a bit too. It's it's it is kind of an interesting sound. I was trying to place the sound, but I I I couldn't really place it. I was hoping that you maybe it sounded familiar to you, or if this is just their original sound. Jay Bock: Yeah, i it it's a f ⁓ like I said, a fifties sort of like early rock and roll doo op sort of groove to it, but different than not fifties at all either. Cody: Yeah. Jay Bock: So yeah, I I I I I liked it. I I like their sound, I like their style, I like these guys, I like their moms. ⁓ it's yeah, it's wonderful, wonderful performance. I'm so happy they got their four yeses. Let's hear a little bit of Judge's comments here. ⁓ first we've got hopefully Mel's comments. Cody: thought was interesting that he's trying to get like all emotional, like, ⁓ you sound like you're crying and but she's like and he had perfect pitch. Jay Bock: ⁓ he he was at a loss for words, and she rescued him. Cody: Yeah, but it it it didn't feel quite right. Like he's just trying to all be emotional and like a little sensitive to it and then he's she's just like perfect pitch It's like Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah, it it's not mushy. Yeah. And a hammer. Yeah. Sophia says it was the most perfect audition of the season. Of this season, yeah. And then s Simon says, How have we never heard of them? His voice is sensational. So it's gonna be four yeses for Bird and Byron. Cody: Of this season. Okay, yeah. I I enjoyed this. Jay Bock: Alright. ⁓ it ⁓ yeah. I'm I really hope we see them again. You know, as as singing acts go, as musical acts go, this is right up my alley. This is something that I I want to listen to. I like the characters, ⁓ it's ⁓ it feels good, ⁓ in a lot of ways. Cody: Yeah, agree. Yes. Jay Bock: Let's ⁓ let's move on. Another blast from the past, Cody. back from season eighteen, gentlemen, Mohammed Kamrinovic ⁓ goes by Mr. Hammerhand. Cody: Yes. I love the name. Jay Bock: yeah, I mean, like what what do you think Mr. Hammer Hand does? Hammers stuff with his hand. ⁓ back in season 18 he attempted to break the world record of 148 coconuts, ⁓ smashed with his bare hand, and ⁓ he came up just short. Cody: Yeah He hammers things with his hand. Yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ he had just twenty-three. ⁓ he was he was shooting for a hundred forty nine. Cody: When it like twenty th twenty three? Yeah. Ha ha ha. Jay Bock: So coconuts, we're not doing that. ⁓ he but ⁓ he is gonna he's gonna hammer with his hand again. He's gonna hulk smash. This time it's gonna be baseball bats. if you've been paying attention this season, I think just about every cut to commercial, every this season on AGT, ⁓ we've got shots of Mr. Hammerhand busting bats. Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ and I gotta say though, Mr. Cherry it might be time for a name change. Cody: Okay, yes. Why's that? Jay Bock: Well mister Hammerham doesn't leave a lot to the imagination. Mr Cherry, I have no idea what he does. Right? Yeah, could ⁓ Mr Hammer behind? Cody: Okay. Fair, okay. You think he needs a rebranding? Hammer butt. Jay Bock: Hammer butt? Hammer back? I don't know. Alright, Mr. Mr. Hammerhand. ⁓ well he can't do this alone. Let's bring out the Adjudicator. It's and ⁓ when he's backstage we hear him say, quote, there are no shows I love coming to as much as this. I I one hundred percent believe that. Cody: Yeah. Michael, the adjudicator, he's here. Yes. Yes. And I love when he comes out and Simon's like the adjudicator. And it's like I love that we're like calling him that, like he's got a superpower, but like it'd be nice if you just said, Hey Michael, how you doing? It's like, It's good seeing ya. Jay Bock: Yeah. I don't know. I'd I'd be alright with the adjudicator. Like it sounds like ⁓ what was ⁓ The Rock, I think he did a movie called The Pacifier. Right? Like kinda that same vein of like Cody: The adjudicator. Yes, yes. And I love that it's Michael every season. I'm glad they haven't brought anyone new. It's always Michael. So Jay Bock: Absolutely. Yep. We yep. It's it's Michael's job to come to AGT. And ⁓ all right, so we've got a bunch of bats set up horizontally on these racks. Mr. Hammerhand, ⁓ 67 years old, proud grandpa, and retiree. ⁓ gotta break more than 25 bats in 30 seconds. Cody: Yeah. Yes. Okay. Jay Bock: ⁓ I am very confident that I could I c I could do zero. Cody: Well that's not fair, Jay. Cause obviously you could do zero, you could just not put any effort into it. Jay Bock: Okay, I'll I'll be more specific. I I'm very confident I could not get to one. Cody: Okay. Jay Bock: ⁓ I like real baseball bats, man. Like and I know, like I I wanna say like the instances of bats breaking has gone up as they've, you know, tried to find better bats, but you know, is it ash or elm or oak or whatever it is that they use, but I I gall, it just seems so like impossible. It seems impossible. Cody: Yes. This also looked expensive. I mean baseball bats are not cheap. Jay Bock: Yeah. I think that's why the record was twenty-five. They're like I i I don't I I I yeah. I I I can break the record. I can't break the bank. Cody: afford to do twenty six. It's like The trap. Jay Bock: So ⁓ on Michael's go, like Mr. Hammerhand, he's gonna attack these bats. Wham, wham, wham, wham. ⁓ got kinda through the first sack, and then it looked like maybe the next set of bats were longer. Cody: They should have all been the same. I'm is there like a sweet spot in the bats that are like weaker than okay. Jay Bock: They should have been. It looked like they weren't. But I don't know. Well he he got to the middle there and there was this one that he punched, I don't know, ten times. He I it shouldn't say punched. I didn't c like he he he chops it. He hammers it ⁓ a bunch of times and then he then he picks it up and throws it to the side and he moves on ⁓ and he busts some more and there's some some that don't break and it's like golly that's gotta that's gotta be bad on the hand. ⁓ all right, stop, time's up, your 30 seconds is up. Cody: Yeah. Chopped? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, yeah. Jay Bock: Take a breath. Michael's gotta count the broken bats. They have to be broken all the way in two pieces. And Okay. Cody: Okay, here's my beef. I'm I got I got some I got some beef here real quick. Cause he has to count the broken bats, yet there's literally broken bats on the ground. How do you keep track? Okay. The easiest way to do it is how many bats did you start with? How many are left not broken? And how many did he throw away? That's how many were broken. Jay Bock: Okay. What's Cody: So you you take start say you started with 40 bats. Say say there's still 10 bats left on the platform. Well now you're down to 30. And he threw one away. You you got 29. I'm just making the numbers up. But that that's the easiest way to count. I don't know how Michael looked at this pile of broken bats and was able to count all of that. Jay Bock: Okay, yeah. Okay, yep. Sure, yeah. Okay, what I suspect they they did what you said. They used the power of math. But like they also made it clear like it has to be broken in two for it to count. So if there was one that still had fibers like holding it together, like let's let's look at all the bats that we believe to be broken and calculate those when we when we use the power of math to come up with our answer. Cody: Okay. ⁓ okay. Or do they or do they just pick up handles? Like how many like handles do we have? With no with no like big end? Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. Barrel. Yeah, that you know, Cody, you I mean, you you might have Cody: One, two, three. Jay Bock: Yeah, yeah. ⁓ it would that have been a better show, right? As a as a stage performance, right? Like, time's up, like we all lost count. It was so exciting, wood was flying everywhere, like, all right, ⁓ everybody count with me. Here's one, two, twenty-four Cody: Yes, yes, yes. And and and they put ⁓ they they they put the number up on the screen, like big flashy numbers. Yep. Jay Bock: Yeah. That that would be a little bit better stage presence. That's yeah. All right. ⁓ Cody: Yeah, yeah. Like ⁓ like was it ⁓ what was her name? The Hula Hooper. ⁓ what that she did. Was that her name? Jay Bock: ⁓ a Amanda Amanda Ashley Ashley it i is something like that. Cody: Yeah, 'cause they they counted her down like when she got close to the out was it the hour, whatever the time limit was. They counted her down. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. ⁓ yeah, I I think I think you're right. Let's let's have the audience count up, right? Like you're a part of this record too. You were here. ⁓ and you helped. You ⁓ counted. Cody: Yes. All of them. That's right. I have a have a question, Jay. Do you do you think it would be possible for us to get into the Guinness World Records, the Guinness Book of World Records for most pods created for the show America's Got Talent? Jay Bock: Okay. ⁓ that feels oddly specific. Cody: That's what that's what that's what world records are, right? Aren't they oddly specific? Okay. Jay Bock: A lot of times, yeah, yeah. let's see, I wanna say like there's a there's a qual ⁓ like you can't have more than two qualifiers or something, right? Like the the you know, longest and fastest or the you know I I ⁓ it's escaping me. But the Cody: Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: Yeah. I I I believe that you and I w hold the record for most podcasts on America's Got Talent ⁓ on the topic of America's Got Talent together. Cody: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah, see, I was thinking about it though, because we'd have to have that third qualifier because someone could just come along and create five hundred one minute podcasts on AGT. So it'd have to be like hour long podcasts of America's Got Talent. Jay Bock: Yeah. That that afternoon that I'm busining busy listening to all of Phil Collins, ⁓ somebody else could swoop in and and pass us up. Cody: That's right. That's right, so let's ⁓ let's try this. Please, someone, can we make that happen? Come on. Jay Bock: What's what's the process? Somebody reach out to Michael. Let's get our adjudicator on this. ⁓ he's he is specific to the AGT world, so I think that's probably a good place to start. ⁓ it I I think the biggest hurdle here, Cody, like to be officially recognized, is ⁓ the dollars and the paperwork. I I think if we're willing to pay the dollars and to fill out the paperwork, we could we could own that world record. Cody: Yeah. Yes. That is right. Yeah. Okay. It's like the ⁓ It's like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: Absolutely. Yeah. ⁓ alright. Well he he breaks thirty one bats in thirty seconds. That is ⁓ he s smashed the old world record. Terry comes out, he's gonna present the world record certificate, ⁓ in very Cody: There you go. There you go. Say say say say that again. Say that again, Jake. Jay Bock: He smashed the old world record. He gets his certificate from Terry, which they conveniently already have made up for him, and ⁓ Howie says he completely redeemed himself. Cody: Okay. Jay Bock: Next round Coconuts Cody: Does he try to do coconuts again? I don't know. I mean, if he had come close, so if he he needed what, a hundred, what do you say, 124 is what he needed? Jay Bock: A hundred forty nine for the new record. Cody: Yeah, if we'd gotten like a hundred and forty, I'd say maybe give it a shot. Jay Bock: Well, maybe he's better than he was. Cody: Is he is he six ti seven times better? Jay Bock: Maybe they were hard coconuts. It was a it was a bad batch. Cody: They were hard coconuts, okay. Did people did people put limes in ⁓ Limes in their coconut? Jay Bock: Poorly prepared. I I tell you what, if if I had busted 31 bats, ⁓ I would not mind having a a tropical drink afterwards. You gotta have something to dole some pain, man. That's Cody: Yeah. That's right. Jay Bock: ⁓ his hand looked red and puffy already. Like I I would be surprised if there weren't some kind of damage there, but it ⁓ I don't know. The guy's a professional, so what do I know? He's a retired professional. Whew. Alright. That is ⁓ that's Mr. Hammer Hand. we love a good ol' record attempt here on the show. And ⁓ if it has to be the same person coming back to do it Cody: Yes. Sure. We love record breaking. Yep. Jay Bock: I guess so be it. Alright, let's move on to Mr. Mackenzie Soul. I don't know any males named Mackenzie. Cody: ⁓ the ⁓ the the Budweiser dog. Spuds McKinsey. Spuds McKinsey, yes. Jay Bock: ⁓ Spuds Mackenzie. Alright. Is that his last name? Or is is Spuds like the nickname? I don't know. Cody: ⁓ good good point. Good point. That might might mean his last name. Yeah. Jay Bock: ⁓ well Mr. Mackenzie's soul, he's twenty-five years old. ⁓ he says he sings at local clubs and pubs, but the wiki says he's also currently residing in Vegas. So whatever clubs and pubs in Vegas that he's singing at. Cody: Okay. Yeah. So he's not he's not he's not performing at Big Tom's. Okay Okay. Jay Bock: No, that's Chattanooga. But ⁓ he is from the UK, the north of UK, near where ⁓ Mel B's from. ⁓ and Cody: She did not seem impressed she did not seem impressed by that. He's like, I'm from Newcastle, and she's like, okay, Newcastle. Whereas Sophia's like, You're from Argentina? I'm from South America. It's like Jay Bock: ⁓ neat. Yeah. Like I I claim any Iowan as my own and most of the Midwest really. Like I'm I'm happy, like Illinois, that's a neighboring state. Nebraska, I spent enough time there. Minnesota, Wisconsin, like they're they're all neighboring states. Kansas, you you're close to neighboring. ⁓ like all of Missouri, like we're a long ways away from the cities, but yeah. Cody: That's right, there you go. Yes. Ha ha. Jay Bock: Come on in. Be Iowin with me. Midwest with me. no, that's fine. ⁓ let's hear a little bit of ⁓ Mackenzie's story. He's got some some ⁓ truth bombs to share with ⁓ with Simon. Cody: There you go. Two things. One, I thought the X Factor had age limits. Okay. Jay Bock: ⁓ it does. ⁓ I'm I'm pretty sure it's a minimum of sixteen and the clip that they showed was them saying yes to him in twelve years. And so what what he as a four year old heard was yes and he skips off the stage saying, Woohoo, I did it but like in all reality he's it was just no's. Cody: Yeah. Okay. So how did they even let a four year old on there in the first place? Jay Bock: Well, sometimes, Cody, talent shows are actually TV shows. And they're really just making a TV show under the premise of a talent show. Like let's whatever, let's let's bring ⁓ on. It'll it'll make good TV. Cody: Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And there is a zero percent chance that Simon remembers anybody. Jay Bock: Absolutely! We didn't remember like how many of these acts from yeah. Cody: It's like Like four ac four four four acts that were in there in this episode. From like Yes. Jay Bock: Tonight. Yeah. Erwan? Erwan? The the sword swallower? Cody: From three years prior. It's like Yes. The record breaker? Jay Bock: No, they recognized him, didn't they? Yeah, but whatever. It yeah. I I swear I was about to say I recognized you. Like Cody: I guess so. I guess so. Jay Bock: I ⁓ when we get to the live shows, Cody, it's like we've spent so much time talking about all these acts. And we're like, okay, ⁓ you know, it's it's time to draft, who wants Olivia Smith? And I'm like, Olivia Smith? I have no like, who is that? You gotta feel the same way, right? Like, I'm not I'm not in my boat alone. Cody: I guess so. I I will admit, 'cause I think commenter messaged me one time and asked me a question about somebody. I'm like, are you seriously asking me about someone from three years ago? It's like I d I didn't remember Erwan from three years ago. So and I loved him. So Jay Bock: Yeah. ⁓ boy. There is going to be some egg on our faces when you pull some audio clips. That's ⁓ boy. Alright. Well let's ⁓ his his wiki also says that he was a top twenty finalist on the twenty-second season of American Idol. Cody: Okay. So he's been around the block. Jay Bock: He's i yeah, he's a known commodity. But let's ⁓ let's hear a little bit of him singing ⁓ the song Back to Friends by Somber. Cody: Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: Yep. Cody: Solo singer. Yes, fine. Jay Bock: It was fine. like maybe it was just getting late. Maybe it I was bored. I I was like, it's fine. It's I don't there was nothing about this that was like absolutely gotta hear it again. Cody: No. No. Nothing nothing spectacular stuck out at me. Jay Bock: Alright. Well Mel B liked it. Let's hear what Mel B had to say about it. Wa Cody: I think both of her golden buzzers, Jay, she got so excited that she got to talk first 'cause she so she could press the golden buzzer and the other three judges are just like, Okay. It's like you you go girl, you do your thing. That's fine. You can have It's like Jay Bock: It like she's a far more accomplished singer than I'll ever be. She's listened to more pop music than I'll ever listen to. If she says there's something there, who am I to say otherwise? Cody: We're just two middle aged guys that don't know a lot about music but know what we appreciate. Jay Bock: Yeah. I I'd I'd like to think I know a little bit, but like I yeah. I just don't really appreciate it. That's that's what it really comes down to. Like it's yeah, it's this style of music doesn't doesn't speak to me, doesn't do anything for me. Cody: That's what it comes down to, yes. What was the name of the band? Somber? Jay Bock: S-O-M-B-R somber. Cody: They they left the E out? Jay Bock: Well, it's you know, they probably ⁓ there's some other band that took the name Somber before them and they're like, ⁓ well we'll just change the name, right? Like yeah. It now now we can Somber dot com and y you know, it's it's like Uber and all the other, you know, tech companies like, ⁓ you just ⁓ change the spelling and now you've got the word that you want. It's yeah. Cody: Okay. Just drop the E. Ha ha. Yep. Lift. Jay Bock: That's it's a it's a thing. So somber. ⁓ I was not familiar with the song. Cody: No. No, we're we're ⁓ we're not doing well on the playlist tonight, Jay. Jay Bock: No, it like not I hope you I hope you weren't tuning in to listen to Jay plays guess the number of plays on Cody Patterson's playlist. Cody: The only one that could possibly have been on the playlist was Toxic. Jay Bock: Not the Screamo version. Cody: Not the Screamo version, right. Jay Bock: well let's let's ⁓ let's take a quick detour hero. I think we're done celebrating Mackenzie's soul, right? Okay, so toxic, is it on the playlist? see you're a few years older than me. Like Britney Spears like had kind of a a certain age range. Like you were probably out of high school Cody: ⁓ sure. Jay Bock: when she landed or or just at the end of high school. ⁓ So like, would she have made it onto your like yeah, let's let's go ahead. Let's say that Toxic is on the playlist, but I'm not gonna give it a lot of plays. Let's let's call it five. Cody: Yeah, you're real close. One play. Look at you. ⁓ Britney Spears, forty four years old. Jay Bock: ⁓ all right. Yeah? I'm forty three. Right, like I'm I'm right there in that target demographic. Cody: There you go. Jay Bock: So Yeah. she's been in the news sometimes since then the you know, twenty five years and Cody: Yeah. Yeah. think she's turned her life around though. Jay Bock: I I hope she's I hope she's well. That's that's Cody: Yes, I think she is. I think she's turned things around. Jay Bock: ⁓ alright. Cody, we got ⁓ we got two more acts. ⁓ gotta spend a minute here with Hagino Lizardman. I'm pretty sure that's a stage name. And we don't get to see much of his act. ⁓ it's a a comedy something act, I'm not sure. and ⁓ all we really get to see is him Cody: Let's wrap this up. Let's Jay Bock: Act like he's the last bit of toothpaste coming out of a toothpaste tube. So as he rolls up this giant toothpaste tube, the the giant cap of it like goes down over his bald head and and the last bit of toothpaste comes out of the end of the toothpaste tube. ⁓ it's a buzz from Mel, and that's all we know. He's not gonna be considered. Cody: Was he trying to be Yumbo dumped? Jay Bock: Well maybe just dump. I don't know. Like it's like classic Japanese novelty act, right? It's like some of these weird ones, like they land and some of them they don't. And this one this one didn't land. Alright, well that's that's Mr Lizardman. Cody: Ha ha. I gonna is it is it is it Lazardman? Jay Bock: Lizardman Lizardman. ⁓ there's my favorite podcast, ⁓ one of them Cody: ⁓ this is supposed to be your favorite podcast, Jay. Okay, thank you. Jay Bock: My second favorite podcast. they it it's sports and more is what they talk about. I don't really care for the sports part, but it's the more that I tune in for. Yeah. And and like I love their personalities. I love these guys. ⁓ and one of them very intentionally mispronounces some of the words sometimes. Like he's, you know, a a professional broadcaster, but ⁓ like he'll instead of Spider Man, he'll say Spiderman. Like ⁓ it's Cody: Just want you just want them more. Mm-hmm. Yep. Jay Bock: And it just it makes me happy. So I feel like Lizardman is a ⁓ appropriate pronunciation for this character. Cody: Yeah. Like like Buckies like Buckies would be Busies? Jay Bock: All right. Let's ⁓ could be, yeah. That'd be fun. You might also call it buckies. ⁓ 'cause you know, you gotta keep people guessing, keep ⁓ on their toes. Cody: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jay Bock: last act of the night, ⁓ gentleman from Germany, he's thirty-six years old, ⁓ has been a dancer for twenty years, and he's going to his name's Patrocks P A T R O X Cody: That's right. Could be c could be Patrocks or Jay Bock: Patrocks? Cody: We could mispronounce it any which way. Jay Bock: Yeah, there's a lot of ways to mispronounce this. So he ⁓ gonna Cody: Could could could be like pet like pet rocks, like pet rocks. Like pet rocks. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah, sure, why not? ⁓ i either way, he says he wants to ⁓ if he wins the million dollars, buy a house on the beach for his father. So that's that's nice. Alright, so what's he gonna do, you ask? He's gonna be he's it's a freestyle dance routine, ⁓ to a song called Don't Let Me Down, ⁓ by Chainsmokers featuring Deia. Cody: Okay. Never really been a chain smokers listener. Jay Bock: N Not on the playlist, I'm gonna guess. Cody: Yeah, I've I've not really been a chain smokers listener, no. Jay Bock: Okay. N I'm I'm guessing not a chain smoker either. Cody: I've not never been a James Booker either, no. Jay Bock: Okay, alright. ⁓ all right. What's he gonna do? Something we've never seen before. ⁓ and Simon calls him the most eager contestant we've ever seen. He's he he does look excited to be there. Like he's just a big, just smiley grain, big just you can see it just emanating out. He's he's excited. Cody: He looks very excited, yes. Yes. Jay Bock: And so the music comes on and like it's backwards and it's weird. And he does some crazy flips and he rips his shirt open and at the end of it the music fades out. And ⁓ like the all throughout the act, it's like Mel says, What's wrong with the music? What's going on? And there's the audience being like, This is weird, and everybody's so confused. And then at the end of his act, he says, ⁓ no, I messed up. ⁓ we're gonna have to see it in reverse. And so they play His dance in reverse. And ⁓ I was really impressed that they didn't have too many ⁓ cuts to the audience reacting to this playing in reverse. That was that was pretty well done by the audience. But you know, the big screen with his performance that he had just done played in reverse, and so like. i it's like him doing impossible stunts now, right? He's laying flat on the ground and then he, you know, does this weird looking flip and ⁓ like i he's he's interacting with gravity in ways that aren't possible. ⁓ and it you know, his jacket at the end flies into his hand and he puts it on and the flat hat comes back on his head from the ground and it's like, hey, that was cool. I really enjoyed that. What did you think of his performance? Cody: So I when the music's like immediately when the music started I clocked that this was gonna be a backwards performance. A and I was immediately out. Jay Bock: Okay. Whoa! Cody: Yes. I was like, ⁓ a backward performance. See where this is going. So basically it's a solo dancer where the performance the talent is they play the video backwards. It's like Jay Bock: Hi. But he does it in a way that's really engaging. Okay. It could be more engaging. I wrote some ideas down. I I wrote some ideas down. Ribbons. Cody: ⁓ is it? Yeah, could it. Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: Confetti. Cody: Where the confetti goes up and comes back into his hand? Okay. Jay Bock: Yeah. Yeah. It it it reverse explodes. water balloons. d I don't know. There's more stuff that he could do with gravity. ⁓ I don't know, some some kind of ⁓ smoke machines maybe. I don't know, there's there's ⁓ popping balloons. ⁓ sprinklers, ⁓ yeah, like maybe Cody: Correct, yes. Okay. Jump off jump off a platform onto a mat. Okay. Jay Bock: I'm not Cody: But the act the the talent, Jay, is that they play the video backwards. Jay Bock: The talent is that it's fun to watch them play the video backwards. He makes it fun to watch them play the video backwards. I think that he can do better. Like, I I think that he if he incorporates some of these props, some of these ideas, right? Like he's he's playing with gravity in a fun way, right? Or is is there some sort of like ⁓ you know the Cody: Okay. But does he? That's the question. Okay. Okay? Okay. Jay Bock: he he destroys a room that we see like come put back together, right? Like could he make it even more engaging or could there be like, you know, if if it's going from from chaos to order and a song that, you know, appropriately talks about things going from chaos to order? Cody: might have to see it. I'm not sure I can visualize it 'cause right now I'm kind of struggling with it because again, the act is that they play a video backwards. Jay Bock: Yes. Cody: And I'm already like out that it's a solo dancer. So he would really need to do something cool as the solo dancer to keep me engaged for the minute and a half while they record the video. And then I would need to be even more engaged to watch the video of him that was just recorded. Jay Bock: Okay. I I've got another idea. This just came to me. Since since we're all about bringing back previous acts, I I'm not gonna come up with the name, but there was a gentleman a couple seasons ago that sang backwards. Cody: Okay. Okay. Okay. Jay Bock: Could we could we bring the backwards singer on with Patrocks to do the backwards dancing? Cody: ⁓ Maybe. I'd have to I'd have to review my the tape to see how I thought about the backwards singer first. Because I don't want to contradict myself. Jay Bock: Okay. All right. I all right. I I think Cody, if there's one thing that I am, it's inconsistent. I I like Cody: I don't remember it, so I don't know. Fair enough. ⁓ I've I am absolutely inconsistent, but for this I actually want to be consistent. If I'm gonna hate it, I wanna make sure I'm consistently gonna hate it. So Jay Bock: Okay, all right. for it. I like Cody: Okay. And that's fine. I'm happy for ya. Jay Bock: I think there's a lot of potential here. You know, I I think that if we if we incorporate some props, some storytelling, ⁓ you know, get the right song, you know, really just play with all the things that you can do in reverse, like there's some really cool stuff we could do. Cody: Okay. Is it are you will would you be willing? I'm gonna ask this. He makes the live shows. Would you be willing to take a flyer on him in like the ninth round? Jay Bock: I wish I could show you my notes, because right here under where it says I'm here for it, I wrote, can it win? It'll be hard. Like, this this doesn't feel like a winning act. But am I not entertained? Like, I'm I'm entertained. Cody: Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah, okay. There's lots of things that I'm entertained with that I know aren't gonna win. Yeah. Jay Bock: Yeah. So like yeah and that's you know the the drafting acts f to to score points is a different game than come on here and talk about what's fun to watch. No None of us did Cody: Yeah. Did you think Chris Turner was gonna win? Jay Bock: But he made a gosh darn good effort at it. Cody: Yeah. Okay. ⁓ we need to wrap this up. ⁓ so anything else on Patrocks? Yeah, go ahead. Jay Bock: Alright. Mel says Mel says we've never seen it before. had us ⁓ she was scared but it was exciting. Sophia says dancing is her favorite and that was special. Simon says it was original and genius. Howie calls it the most viral moment of the season. Cody: I don't know about that. Jay Bock: Well, it wasn't a golden buzzer, so Cody: Okay. That's true. Jay Bock: It's it is gonna be four yeses. Maybe like this is a non-Golden Buzzer thing that's been pushed into my feed? I better watch that. Like something unique. I don't know. ⁓ it I enjoyed this well enough. I if you're gonna be a solo dancer, bring something. And he brought something. So Alright, okay. Cody: Okay. Yeah. Well sure. Okay. Okay. Fair enough. I'm glad you like it. ⁓ that's everything for the axe? Jay Bock: That's all of the axe, Cody. Cody: Okay. ⁓ we do have some listener mail. Yeah. So ⁓ Groot found us again on our socials. ⁓ thoughts on the amount of acts from seasons ago getting another chance this year and acts that have previously appeared on other shows, countries got talent iterations. Jay Bock: ⁓ good. Hi group. i is it entertaining? Is it good for them to be on the show? Is it you know yeah, I'm here for it. Like whatever makes good TV. ⁓ let's let's make good TV. unfortunately we all have a different definition of what makes good TV, but ⁓ I I have no problem with Axe coming back as they have refined their talents, as they've improved their you know, as as they've improved and changed. If you've been on a different show, if this is good for you to be on AGT, come on. Mm this is different show, different competition, bring it on. Cody: I I'm with you on that aspect, because all the time I mean, these acts will go in. Christy Sellers just did Spain. She's done what, Australia, she's done many different got talent. A lot of these acts have done many different types of got talent. I think it's perfectly fine. This is I think the top tier of the got talent. Like this one and and BGT are like the top tiers of the got talent. And I'm okay if Jay Bock: Yeah. Yep. Cody: they want to come on and do different got talent. It's it's fine. They're doing the circuit, basically what they're doing. They're doing the got talent circuit. Go for it. If you can audition and you get moved through and you get moved up and people are voting for you, whatever it may be, however the system works, then that's fine. I still am not sure yet about returnees. Once what one argument is we always say, hey, work on it. Jay Bock: Yeah? Cody: Come back next year, you're not quite ready, come back and let's try it again. And we've said that ourselves to do that. Now, I think where I kind of personally struggle with it is if you've gotten like to the semifinals, you're a finalist and you've had your opportunity on there to come back and then try again. I don't know. I think I'm kind of ready for something fresh at that point. If you were a audition judge cut. Jay Bock: Mm-hmm. Okay. Cody: Whatever it may be, you're early, you're you're an early out, and you've yes, you've now worked on your t talent, you've worked on your skill, and you're ready for another opportunity. That I'm okay with. I think if you got to the semis, you got to the finals, look, you had your shot. People already like voted you out. Let's let's let others kind of have an opportunity at at that point. That's kind of where that's kind of where I stand. Jay Bock: Yeah. maybe that's where those, you know, mid season ⁓ champions seasons. Cody: Yes. Jay Bock: You know, come come back for those. ⁓ it I I can see that. I think that, you know, if you are i if you've made it to the lives and you know, some couple few years later you're even more refined, even better, what ⁓ like Cody: Yes. Yep. Jay Bock: If people are are gonna i I think there's a lot of people who feel like you do. We've seen it, we voted you out once, I'm not gonna vote you through. You've already you've had your chance. So be it. Then then vote ⁓ out and you know, let somebody else win. ⁓ but if you are enough better, then go for it. I have no problem with it. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Sure, fair enough. ⁓ yeah, and that's it. So thanks, Groot. That's it. Jay Bock: That's it. Alright. Yeah, thank you, Groot. ⁓ fun to have ⁓ a little bit more interaction. ⁓ you should join us, Groot, at the AGT time Reddit ⁓ community. Cody: Yes. Well, it's not the AG time Reddit. We just have an account on Reddit that I use to post. It's not a sub we don't have an AG time subreddit, no. Yeah, we're not that cool. Yeah. Do you think I want to manage an AGT time subreddit? You know how much work that is? Jay Bock: ⁓ it's not a s it Okay, alright. I I I misunderstood. Well it's It it would take about two minutes to create it. Cody: It would but I'm saying, do you know how much it would take to like manage it? Like, do you think I wanna moderate an A G T time Reddit? Jay Bock: I I don't know. If it if it gets as much traffic as the AGT ⁓ subreddit, I think it would be fine. But ⁓ that's Cody: Yeah, I don't wanna I don't wanna deal with any of that. So no, we're just we're on Reddit. Yes. Jay Bock: Okay. All right. Okay. Lo look for at AGT TimePod on Reddit and all the other platforms. At AGT TimePod and AGT Timepod at gmail.com. Cody: Yes, yes. Yes. And what else? Jay Bock: Is this where I tell everybody to stay safe? ⁓ yeah, our website. Sorry. ⁓ and on our website, you can visit the Hall of Fame. You can see Mass Singer Homies blog posts and ATT Commenters blog posts, and ⁓ that's a great place to download all of our podcasts. Cody: No, N H E T Time Pod dot com, our website. There you go. Blog posts. There you go. Yep. ⁓ Brand new this week. ⁓ AGT commenters all time leaderboard is now on the website. So it has been published. So we're still it there's still some things like some like filtering and searching that we're working out, but the leaderboard is out there. So Jay Bock: ⁓ it's been published. All right. I ⁓ Mm. Is that gonna tip his hand when it comes to ⁓ drafting season? Cody: I don't think so I don't think so. Jay Bock: All right. Well, it like I just said a moment ago, like just because I enjoy it doesn't mean that it sh should win or just because it's a winning act doesn't mean I enjoy it. So that's yeah, I'm I'm here for the entertainment, Cody. Cody: Yeah. Yep. Yep. Well that's auditions four. Thank you everyone. ⁓ next week is a fourth of July special that they're gonna be doing. ⁓ I think they're calling it Fourth of July party, something like that. Something along those lines. Jay Bock: Yeah, it looked like a lot of red, white, and blue on the stage. Any particularly patriotic acts that we've had over the twenty years are gonna get another ⁓ another chance to be on our screens. Cody: Right. It's It's probably gonna be very similar to the ⁓ the Christmas special, the holiday special that I covered twice and didn't know it. Jay Bock: Might be. I I me too. Cody: Did you cover you cut you didn't cover it? No, I covered it once with Cody Mims and then I covered it again with you. Yeah. I was like, this seems very familiar. ⁓ yeah. I've already covered it once. ⁓ joining me next week will be the Leaderboard man himself, HD Commenter. ⁓ he'd be here to to talk about his mid season com ⁓ thoughts on the first four auditions. Might talk a little bit about that ⁓ Fourth of July special. Jay Bock: Okay, yeah. I was like, yeah, this feels really familiar, doesn't it? Yeah. All right. Cody: And then we may ⁓ we may listen to some clips. ⁓ so so join us for that next week. You're gonna you're heading out on vacation. You're heading to Jamaica. ⁓ yep. ⁓ so the for auditions five will be joined currently. So the plan is to have Minnesota Ryan on for auditions five. ⁓ so we'll probably cover that. Maybe see if we can give him do a little Ryanalytics. We'll we'll see. Jay Bock: All right. I am. I'll be gone for two weeks. All right. Okay. Cody: ⁓ but that'll be auditions five, and then you'll be back for audition six. Yes. Jay Bock: Yeah, and ⁓ I think there's one other week that I'm gonna be gone with ⁓ on vacation with my brother. And then ⁓ once the school year starts up, it's ⁓ I'll I should be here through the end of the AGT season. Cody: Sweet. Okay. ⁓ the draft, fancy draft will be around the corner. We got some new things coming up that we'll be talking about, so stay tuned for all that. Other than that, everyone, have a great night. Jay Bock: Yeah, make healthy choices, stay safe.