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- 0:10At least can't see the wet spot. Good thing we're live.
- 0:14that was you starting it? no. Yes, I spilt my beer.
- 0:17I I I dropped Dolly. Dolly. Today's a sad day.
- 0:20Today's a you know what? Today's a really sad day.
- 0:23Yeah. I mean we're back. It's Monday, but like Mon Monday, Monday hats
- 0:28all day. If you haven't got your Monday hats, it's the company out
- 0:32of Toronto and trust me. You need to get a Monday hat, especially
- 0:36when you can wear it on a Monday.
- 0:39It's just fitting. It is fitting. It is fitting.
- 0:42Like now I kind of want like brands to come out with Tuesday,
- 0:46Wednesday, so I can just have a collection and then I'll just know
- 0:50every single day what I'm wearing. So you'll be a cartoon character?
- 0:54This is my Monday outfit. Like I actually dress the exact same every
- 0:59single day. Hey, look pay attention to like this though.
- 1:02Steve Jobs did that. The turtleneck. He had the same turtleneck on every
- 1:07single day. So basically He didn't have to make that decision in the
- 1:11morning so he could focus on other things.
- 1:14Same with Barack Obama. He had one suit, right?
- 1:17Yeah. Every single day. So he when he woke up, he didn't have
- 1:21to worry about what he's wearing today. It's the exact same thing.
- 1:25So taking that responsibility out so you can focus on other things.
- 1:30So if I had a Monday hat, I don't know what had I'm
- 1:33wearing Monday. Tuesday ha Tuesday hat. I mean, Eco, we kinda have that
- 1:38mentality. We have we've given out so much, like so many different eco
- 1:42shirts and whatever to people. Yeah. That instead of thinking about what you're
- 1:47gonna wear to work, you just grab one of your eco shirts and
- 1:51like it's not like it's not a uniform by any means, but it's
- 1:55just they're work shirts. So you're just like, yeah, I'm not you don't
- 2:00have to think about it. I got to the point now where I
- 2:03work from home. I was like, Do I really want to wear more
- 2:07clothing or do I just wanna wear my flight line training sweater?
- 2:11And I just wear whatever and it's like, I'm on camera, I'm always
- 2:15on brand. Right? You know what I mean?
- 2:18So Two things about that. There's two people that come to mind, two
- 2:22other people c that come to mind. Aside from the recess characters from
- 2:27when we were kids. Yes. but I Carbaugh.
- 2:29Okay. He did that and he was the inspiration behind Ted Lasso.
- 2:33the like the khakis and sweater that he always wore.
- 2:37He'd be like, I want a fresh set.
- 2:39Fresh set in my locker.
- 2:40That way if I get wet I can just change it as and
- 2:44then you don't have to think about it at all.
- 2:47Correct, correct, correct. And then I think it was Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter.
- 2:53when people were kept following him around, trying to get pictures of him
- 2:58and do all this, he was like, I'll outsmart them.
- 3:02I'm gonna wear the is exact same outfit for a month straight.
- 3:06So all of their pictures look like they were taken on the same
- 3:11day and they can only use them once.
- 3:14Which is like hilarious. That's a genius move.
- 3:17You're like, you can only sell these one time.
- 3:20That is that's genius. Right? Once we're famous, I'm gonna pick an outfit.
- 3:26Stick to it. Yeah. I feel like we're we're kind of a brand
- 3:30now. It's well we are a We are a brand for sure.
- 3:33For sure. But it's just fun. Like you see that like, man.
- 3:37I really do like that. But okay, so week eight, episode eight of
- 3:42season two, you know, coming at you off the bench, Malcolm the Milkman.
- 3:47Scott the Visionary Hone. we're almost halfway through the season.
- 3:52We're halfway through the season. Just about. So true.
- 3:56There's one thing I wanna do. I wanna start this episode off a
- 4:00little bit different. last week. There was like news that kinda hit a
- 4:05lot of nerds and people who loved movies, people who love, you know,
- 4:10from Star Trek to X-Men, the Marvel Universe.
- 4:13He's like that's getting So just a kind of like a little bit
- 4:18of a tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, who passed away.
- 4:22Man, like They don't make like they used to, man.
- 4:25For sure, for sure. He always You know when you see those actors
- 4:30that are just such great people and like all of the behind the
- 4:34scenes stuff, all you hear is fantastic things about them.
- 4:38So I have this little thing that I'm just gonna read out.
- 4:43It's like for many of us, he was always Captain Jean Luke Picard.
- 4:47The man who taught us leadership isn't about being the loudest person in
- 4:52the room. It's about having integrity, showing compassion, and setting up for what
- 4:58you believe in. For others, he'll he'll forever be.
- 5:02Professor Charles Xavier, a character who reminded us that being different isn't a
- 5:08weakness, and that our greatest strength often comes from bringing people together.
- 5:15But beyond the characters, Patrick Stewart represents something bigger.
- 5:20Dedication to your craft, resiliency, humility, and the ability to inspire people across
- 5:27generations. And that's something that we can appreciate it off the bench, whether
- 5:33it's sports, entertainment, or everyday life. Greatness isn't just measured by trophies, awards,
- 5:41or recognition. It's measured by the impact you have on others.
- 5:46Sir Patrick Stewart has given the audience decades of unforgettable performances, wisdom, laughter,
- 5:53and moments that will stay with us. So today we raise a glass
- 5:58to a true legend of the stage and screen.
- 6:01Just Sir Patrick Stewart. Cheers. Cheers.
- 6:04And as Pat as Captain Picard would say, make it so, be me
- 6:10up. And he had so many great roles.
- 6:13He was an icons. So I was I was looking at it.
- 6:18And he also did a whole bunch of like voice acting stuff.
- 6:23Yes, he did. I I think you're the right age for it.
- 6:28It was just like I vaguely remember it.
- 6:32And I'm gonna say this and you're gonna be like, I rem Do
- 6:37you remember Pagemaster? No. It was a it had Macaulay Culkin in it.
- 6:43Say w Pagemaster? Yeah. Pagemaster. It was McCully Culkin, some kid, scared of
- 6:51lots of things, goes into a library. I was sheltered when I was
- 6:57younger, so I did not see that. Okay, well.
- 7:01Sir Patrick Sewart plays a book. my god.
- 7:05A live at like an animated pirate book.
- 7:09my god. I see that here. Right? my god.
- 7:12Do you vaguely remember that? Not really. man.
- 7:17Okay. Okay. I don't know. It's always interesting when you see I guess
- 7:23we have a few. Yeah. Great movie. Great movie.
- 7:28Okay. I'll I'll add it to my list.
- 7:31Yeah. that's why that's why I was sheltered and they didn't see it.
- 7:37If you if you come to Clubhouse, you understand because you'll be a
- 7:44part of the audience. Yeah. That's where you're there.
- 7:49Okay. Hey, see it's I just assume like, you know, but I always
- 7:55find it interesting not interesting, like it's it's always so sad when I
- 8:02actors or artists When they pass away, like obviously everyone does at some
- 8:09point. It's inevitable. It's inevitable. Yeah. but
- 8:14And we've talked about this a little bit before when when something happens,
- 8:20you can tell how they were thought of by everyone, by how many
- 8:25tributes and everything you see. Yeah. Like I saw so many about him.
- 8:30And it's just it's so nostalgic because all these things you're like, I
- 8:36remember that. I remember that. Like, do you know how long he was
- 8:41playing like Even how long was he Charles Xavier?
- 8:45The first movie came out in two thousand.
- 8:49Yeah, and and his final his final film comes out in December.
- 8:54Yeah. He's gonna that's his last exact die, I think, due to dementia.
- 8:59Yeah, it was like Alzheimer's like like a lot of th like obviously
- 9:05these are incurable diseases. Unfortunately. That
- 9:09That happened. But it's just really cool, all of the things that pe
- 9:14like more and more stories are coming out and man was he hilarious.
- 9:19Like some of the things you like you see him talking, you're like,
- 9:24is that is that AI these days? Like these days you're like my
- 9:29first thought is, is that interview AI? It's him doing this AI.
- 9:33Well, you know, and like no, a lot of it is about the
- 9:38Uncle Phil video? Yeah. only a matter of time until we see a
- 9:42bunch of Charles Xavier or Becard doing some of the same videos because
- 9:48it's like that form or that generation's yeah tribute to that app.
- 9:53And like I get it, it's a tribute to the character, not the
- 9:57person that passed away. Yeah. It's still gray zone, gray zone.
- 10:02But I I think it's amazing how crazy relevant some of those shows
- 10:07still are. Talking about well, let's think about it.
- 10:11Like just the messages in X-Men. The messages in perfect.
- 10:15Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for saying that.
- 10:20Because like X-Men, if you don't really know X-Men like I do, the
- 10:25story about X-Men actually comes down to this.
- 10:28It's literally Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
- 10:32Charles Xavier is Martin Luther King. Magneto is Malcolm X.
- 10:36Right? You When you look at the story, it actually does resonate with
- 10:42like the Black Panthers and so forth and how like, you know, gifted
- 10:47individuals don't get appreciated the same way because they're different.
- 10:52That that story is basically Man, have you like the old X-Men animated
- 10:58series? Yo, it like that Yo for starters, the theme song is incredible.
- 11:03100%, 100%. But and I love that they brought it back.
- 11:07Yeah, that that one's really cool. Yes. I I love that they brought
- 11:12it back. And they brought it back with like the same style animation
- 11:17as it just could XM 94. Yeah. Yeah.
- 11:20It's it's nice. No, it it's it's fitting though, because like the way
- 11:25they they portrayed it, it it makes it it makes it feel like
- 11:30Saturday mornings aft like you're you're you wake up, you turn on your
- 11:35afternoon or your early morning cartoons.
- 11:39Where was like Fox. Fox. And like it was great.
- 11:42You had your Power Rangers. You had X-Men.
- 11:45Beetleboards. look so there's so many like there's so many and then like
- 11:51Yeah. Pokemon. Digimon. Dig Digital Mon or Monster Ranchers.
- 11:55that's a Monster Ranchers was huge. I remember that one.
- 12:00there's so many of those that are like recess.
- 12:03They were really cool concepts and then they just like died.
- 12:08Recess had shockingly few seasons. But it's like But it was on every
- 12:13day. True, true. It it kept going and going and going.
- 12:17Yeah. You could probably watch all of Recess, the entire entirety of it,
- 12:23in like four hours. maybe maybe a little bit longer.
- 12:27I don't know. Well, we'll have to fact check that after.
- 12:31But like, man. They're like when you talk about nostalgia, and I I
- 12:36feel like it hits us different in our generation.
- 12:40Cause like Well, they always had such good messages.
- 12:44Like the end of the day, it was like good, like they were
- 12:48trying to have these different characters be positive role models.
- 12:53Whereas sometimes the shows you see now, it's like I mean, I I
- 12:58realize the things we watch now are a lot more adult oriented.
- 13:03Yes and no. But Sometimes you're you look at the main character like
- 13:08that's a terrible role model. Okay, okay. So what I'll say with this,
- 13:13because we're talking about nostalgic.
- 13:16A lot of the topics that were said there weren't hitting a agenda.
- 13:21They were just teaching life lessons. Yes. Or in today's society, they're pushing
- 13:27something. They're pushing an agenda because maybe that will reach a different target
- 13:33audience to then get merch or sell that, you know, Balenciaga sweater or
- 13:39whatever. Like everything's product placing where back then it was like it was
- 13:45still product placing, but like. Let's focus on dynamics and back in the
- 13:50day a lot of it was unless it was like sitcom.
- 13:53If it was like a cartoon of anything like cool, the goal was
- 13:58always sell toys. Well sell toys and get in McDonald's so then the
- 14:03happy meal deal. Yeah. So then it's like, yo, mom, I wanna go
- 14:07to like McDonald's so I can get that Rugrack character or or that
- 14:12Spider Man that it's only out of like this McDonald's or like you
- 14:17know It's funny now thinking about how we're older than the rug rat
- 14:22parents. It's so true. You're like true. No, like nostalgic is hit us
- 14:27w in different ways 'cause like right now with the way the economy
- 14:32and how the world kinda is, the only thing we can really gravitate
- 14:37is nostalgic aspects. Yeah. Unfortunately now we see it as an investment pro
- 14:43process because people people try to monetize everything.
- 14:47And it's it's not always about as we're over here talking on the
- 14:52internet to hopefully maybe get s some sponsors some more sponsors one day.
- 14:57Over here. Just saying. Just saying. Yeah. but no.
- 15:01But even like what are we saying? Like holidays and everything, it's not
- 15:06the same as it used to be. So obviously this episode's recorded after
- 15:12Halloween. Yeah. I work in the bar industry downtown and For you and
- 15:17I, Halloween's not the same. But like for me, it's really not the
- 15:22same. And I can even say, like, yeah, for like for my buddy
- 15:26from Pest Case, it's not the same. Because when we were in our
- 15:3120s, we were working in nightclubs for Halloween.
- 15:34I was at Tap House one Halloween wearing gigantic, they're probably like three
- 15:40foot wide feathery angel wings. my gosh.
- 15:43Wearing like all white with a halo and I had I had white
- 15:47heelys that I was trying to use. Okay.
- 15:49Do not recommend doing that after a few drinks.
- 15:52And eventually I just got frustrated because like you can't like the bouncers
- 15:57are looking at you 'cause you're slipping all over the place and you're
- 16:02like, I have wheels in my heels. Yeah, 'cause I'm just like I
- 16:06don't use these things ever, so I just don't know how to walk.
- 16:10But like I Halloween for a lot of people, it's like one of
- 16:14their greatest holidays. Yeah. For me, it's an it's another day, but I've
- 16:19seen a lot of the same costumes and the same things happen.
- 16:23People like working, I work at tasting room, obviously.
- 16:26Yeah. We all know this. And at 11 o'clock, when I'm getting ready
- 16:31to close, obviously we'll close at midnight, but I start pre-closing and getting
- 16:36things ready. Yeah. But on Halloween at 11 o'clock, I get a huge,
- 16:40massive rush. Due to the fact that everyone who couldn't get into like
- 16:45Lost Love or Jack's or Poacher's Arms cold wants to go inside.
- 16:49Or are cold and come into tasting room.
- 16:52Yeah. And it's like Did you get that this year?
- 16:55my God. It was typical crowd. Yeah. And then one costume comes in.
- 16:59And then next thing you know, I was flooded.
- 17:02I was by myself at this time because there was nobody.
- 17:05I'm telling you, there was nobody. It's like okay.
- 17:09So before I'm ready to close, flood of people.
- 17:12Can I get a water? Can I use your washroom?
- 17:15And then that's the worst. Like and then finally they were like a
- 17:19point where it was just like people were getting drinks, and I kind
- 17:23of stayed a little bit open for them, but it was daunting.
- 17:27If you're gonna go in there somewhere late, at least get something.
- 17:32Like if you're gonna hold someone up. Yeah.
- 17:34Yeah. A hundred percent. I will stay open if you make it worth
- 17:38it. Yeah. A hundred percent. But if you're only there because you're waiting
- 17:43for for the nightclub to let you in, it's just like, come on,
- 17:48don't use me like that. Yeah. But it is what it is.
- 17:51Like at the end of the day, the company still has to make
- 17:55money and it's open. So I may have a fit internally, but I'm
- 17:59not gonna show it. Well, exactly. I may have just said it.
- 18:02So if if you came in, you know how I really felt about
- 18:06y'all, but that
- 18:07I that's between me and you on a different different timeline.
- 18:12But Halloween is not that fun because it's the same thing.
- 18:16People dress up early in the day, get drunk, take a nap, go
- 18:21back out, get drunk again, make a fool of themselves, don't remember anything
- 18:27on November first. Tell your truth. And you get it and you get
- 18:31an hour you get an extra hour of sleep.
- 18:34That's true. It doesn't always fall that way.
- 18:38You get an extra hour and like you're man.
- 18:41Like working in a nightclub when that hour time goes back is the
- 18:46worst because everyone takes advantage of it. You know who does it?
- 18:51The staff don't get to take advantage of it.
- 18:54the funniest part is when you're like, Yeah, because you're like, I worked
- 19:00a thirteen hour like a nine hour shift instead of an eight hour
- 19:05shift. But it's not like I'm getting paid overtime.
- 19:09The one thing I hate with it is Because everything is automatic now,
- 19:14at 130, you're like, is this the first one thirty or the second
- 19:19one thirty? Because you don't know. And yeah, the next thing you know,
- 19:24you look at the clock, it's like, this is deja vu.
- 19:28Like home. You're like, how long has this yeah.
- 19:31Like it's funny because like theoretically, like times change while you're sleeping.
- 19:38Yeah. Well like I said, I'll sleep when I'm dead.
- 19:42It doesn't seem like time is changing. Yeah.
- 19:45It's it's so funny. But what I when I was saying holidays aren't
- 19:50the same as they used to be, like I feel like growing up,
- 19:54I you'd you'd trick-or-treating and stuff. You'd get all dressed, go in your
- 20:00group with your either your friends, your siblings, or whatever.
- 20:05Go like run around the whole neighborhood, swing by home, drop your pillowcase
- 20:11off. Get another one. Get another one. Go the opposite way.
- 20:15Or I just remember one year it was what was I?
- 20:18I was Jason. Okay. So I had the the masks.
- 20:21So then I went around, filled the pillowcase, swung back home.
- 20:26It was starting to get dark. So you know what I did?
- 20:30Well, you shouldn't wear a mask when it's dark.
- 20:33I took it off and now all of a sudden I'm a plumber.
- 20:37So now I can hit the same houses again.
- 20:40Fair, fair. I remember doing that. Like it was so much fun.
- 20:44And I don't know. I feel like just even talking to my parents
- 20:48year over year, like they've had consistently less and less kids every year.
- 20:54Yeah. Like It used to be like, yeah, we had seventy five kids
- 20:58this year, and then the next year it was like, we had sixty,
- 21:02we had forty, there was only like twenty kids.
- 21:06Like it's just kinda like maybe it's just aging neighborhoods.
- 21:10It's fair. Actually, on on that note, 'cause like we're talking about how
- 21:16the holidays are not the same. Especially Halloween.
- 21:19But there is one guy Who I know every holiday he gives out
- 21:24free hot dogs to the neighborhood. Interesting. And he used to own JD's.
- 21:29Okay. So in his neighborhood, like hot dogs.
- 21:32He he gives out free hot dogs. He'll literally buy a whole bunch,
- 21:37has like a a party in front of his house.
- 21:40So people from the community and from like the restaurant industry go and
- 21:45hang out there, and people just walk by.
- 21:48He's like, Want a free hot dog? And like he has like a
- 21:52sound pack like system. Unfortunately, I work every single Halloween.
- 21:57He's kind of like a random street hot like Halloween, like he's street
- 22:02party. I don't want to give his location away because if you don't
- 22:07know, but like he's getting to the point where he started it one
- 22:11year. Yeah. And every year it's got bigger and bigger to like the
- 22:16point where like people look forward to him hosting this.
- 22:20And like they they left the neighborhood and will come back into the
- 22:25neighborhood. That's so much fun. Just for the for the hot dog.
- 22:30And it's just like
- 22:31It's like a cool party and it's just giving back to the community.
- 22:36See, I think like the world what the world needs more of that.
- 22:40The the giving mentality instead of the cause a lot of people like
- 22:45you'd go up and you'd see someone giving out hot dogs on the
- 22:49side of the road and think, Well, for one, that sounds crazy.
- 22:54It sounds crazy. But also like, what's the catch?
- 22:57Right? But like I I saw someone out in front of the the
- 23:01dog park the other day. They were setting up a stand to to
- 23:05sell like dog treats. And you're like, yeah, okay.
- 23:09It was a kid doing it. A kid doing it.
- 23:12You know what mean? Yeah. You you see like the it's like a
- 23:16kid that has a lemonade stand but it's run like a professional business
- 23:21and you're like, hang on a second. Who's the real who's the operation?
- 23:26Like you're the face, aren't you? You're getting paid five dollars to do
- 23:31this while the rest goes to operational costs.
- 23:35Operational costs, hundred percent. No, yeah, but Jim, he's been doing it for
- 23:40a few years now. And it keeps getting bigger and bigger.
- 23:44And it's like, you're right. Cause people try to pay him.
- 23:48It's like, no, I I'm just trying to like get back to community,
- 23:53have a good time. He does out of his driveway.
- 23:56People make their way to his house and have a party out like
- 24:00aspect of it. And it's like that's what holidays are about.
- 24:05It's about just the giving and just like having community support you.
- 24:10But see, when people do stuff like that, it makes you want to
- 24:14be creative in a way of doing something for them.
- 24:18Honestly, like you know what I mean? You're like, you're right, you're 100%
- 24:23correct. Jim Jim reminds me of a person that It's that old school.
- 24:28He's it's that old school mentality where it's just like, I'm not asking
- 24:33for anything. I just want to give back in a great aspect.
- 24:37And I wish more people learnt.
- 24:39Instead of always trying to either and I know 'cause I am an
- 24:43entrepreneur in some aspects where it's like you want to give back, but
- 24:48you also want to like make money. Make money.
- 24:50Yeah. Like you can only give so much.
- 24:53I can only do so much and I need the extra help.
- 24:56Yeah. I don't have the facilities to make things like I want to
- 25:00give back as much as I can. That's why I coach.
- 25:03That's why I volunteer. That's why I do so much.
- 25:06But that also takes away from other things.
- 25:08So I th well, yeah, you're like at the end of the day,
- 25:12you're like you still have like a family and a mortgage to support.
- 25:16So like you kinda gotta focus on that a little bit.
- 25:19So I look at that and so that's why I still have the
- 25:22Milky Way apparel. That's why we have off the bench.
- 25:26That's why we have like all these other avenues so we can, you
- 25:29know, shine light on communities that don't have those opportunities.
- 25:34We can speak for them. Yeah. Jim doesn't care.
- 25:37He's just doing it for the sake of I just want to give
- 25:40hot dogs. Love of the game, baby. That's love of the game.
- 25:44A hundred percent. Hot dogs slinging the love of the for the love
- 25:48of the game. Halloween I should fall next year on a Sunday.
- 25:51Which means I can finally go. Unless it's a leap year this year.
- 25:55No, I I looked this up the other day for some bizarre reason.
- 25:59I I think twenty twenty eight is a leap year.
- 26:02Okay. So Halloween should fall on a Sunday next year.
- 26:05Which means I can go support Jim. There you go.
- 26:08On Halloween. And that would be sweet, because I would love to go.
- 26:12It's just a great aspect. And that's what I mean.
- 26:15Like you gotta find like a like a weird way of supporting him.
- 26:19Like like make him a custom apron or something.
- 26:22A custom Okuway shirt for hot dog day.
- 26:25Yeah. Hot dog day. With j with his face on it.
- 26:28Yeah. Every holiday is hot dog day. Every true.
- 26:30I like that. Slap that on like an apron for like his cooking.
- 26:34true, true. I do like that idea. I really do like that idea.
- 26:38But yeah, I definitely had a shadow gym.
- 26:41I wish I could have gone, but I had to work.
- 26:43But you know, I appreciate people who are going out in the community
- 26:48and making a difference and not always trying to make a difference for
- 26:52them personal gains. Like, yeah, it must feel good to give back, but
- 26:56he's not gaining from it. You know what I mean?
- 26:59Like that's the thing that's like the concept of
- 27:02When you give a dollar to a person in the homelessness and you're
- 27:06thinking, Well, w I wonder what he's gonna do with that money, that's
- 27:11the wrong intentions. If it is I just gave a dollar because I
- 27:15had an extra dollar, which right now no one really has an extraordinary.
- 27:20Yeah, well, that's yeah. But you give it not expecting what they're gonna
- 27:25do with it, is the concept that we need to get back to.
- 27:28Yeah. But it it's one of those When you you just want to
- 27:32put good things out in the out into the universe.
- 27:35Yeah. Cause that's what you never know what's gonna happen.
- 27:39Like, maybe you're giving out some hot dogs and I don't know, some
- 27:44real influential people happen to swing by and they're like, damn, we should
- 27:49make this a big initiative. And then all of a sudden every holiday
- 27:53is National Hol Hot Dog Day. It's true.
- 27:56It's true. But does he seriously do it for every holiday?
- 28:00Every h no, every Halloween. Every Halloween. Okay.
- 28:03Every Halloween. That makes a little bit more sense.
- 28:06Yeah. Every Halloween. It was like every holiday.
- 28:10There's so many. Like the the man spends his whole life grilling hot
- 28:14dogs. But like honestly, I'm gonna be a random plug.
- 28:18JD's, when it was around, had the best French onion soup in the
- 28:22city. That is the original keg's recipe, the original one that he knew
- 28:27how to make. And he brought that over to JD's.
- 28:30And it was the only location that I could find in London that
- 28:34had like a real French onion soup. I would honestly go and be
- 28:38like, I'll tell my wife, yo, we're going for French onion soup, and
- 28:42we'll go to JD's. Interesting. Like it was that good.
- 28:46Like When I was talking to you about like what restaurants in the
- 28:50city have you been to? Yo, I can tell you about some restaurants
- 28:54that you need to go to because there's certain things that are to
- 28:59die for. Yeah. The JD's JD's, honestly, it's it's gone now.
- 29:03But the French Yeah, I know. Thanks for telling now.
- 29:06French onion soup to die for. To die for.
- 29:09There is not another, not another place that can make it as good
- 29:13as Jim. And I'm saying that now.
- 29:15I'll send this video to him so he knows how much I appreciate
- 29:21his French onion soup. Maybe he'll invite me over for French onions.
- 29:27But French onion soup and hot dogs. There you go.
- 29:31Yo, that sounds like an amazing meal. Like a French onion and hot
- 29:37dog? Yo it's like the hot dog with like sauteed onions and the
- 29:43cheese and with like an au jus to dip it in.
- 29:47okay, okay, okay. Now we're extra cheesy. Yeah.
- 29:51My mouth is watering right now. Yeah. I don't know if I can
- 29:56handle it. I know I know talking about hot dogs makes sure our
- 30:02mouth waters. I get it. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- 30:06That's pause. Pause. Okay. Okay. I think it's just a great time to
- 30:12segue to paying some bills. Yeah. Let's do that.
- 30:16I think that's a good idea. We gotta pump up.
- 30:20I know we're in this current week, but at Clubhouse.
- 30:25ooh, ooh. you're next week. Yeah. Next week's gonna be wild here.
- 30:30Okay, so. Fun fact next week it's the Bills versus the Vikings.
- 30:36Monday night. That's gonna be a that's actually gonna be a really good
- 30:42game too. Both are six and one. Yeah.
- 30:46But it's also it's sweet because it's two powerhouses coming together.
- 30:51Cause obviously Kansas City won lost again, so they're not a powerhouse.
- 30:56I'm sorry, was that out out I guess that wasn't out loud, that
- 31:00was just visually. I feel so bad. So we're gonna be busy next
- 31:04week. Cause it's not just us next week.
- 31:07Yeah, we got bringing the gang all together.
- 31:10So before before we talk about it. Clubhouse started with a different podcast
- 31:16on Monday nights. Yep. Going for two. It's like they're trippy right now.
- 31:21They set the ton of the tone. They did a podcast for five
- 31:25years. They were on Rogers TV. They posted out of their basement for
- 31:30a bit. Then they came to Clubhouse and set the tone.
- 31:33And then after the five years, they decided to disband because life got
- 31:38busy and that's how the doors open for us to come in and
- 31:42fill that spot. And obviously we we'll never fill their shoes.
- 31:47We're gonna only make our own. But this Monday, going for two.
- 31:51Jordans. Just Jordans. Going for going for two and off the bench are
- 31:56teaming up for the Bills versus the Vikings.
- 31:59so we'll obviously have our podcast. Yeah. And then we'll do live videos
- 32:04with going for two. so excited. And we are talking about there's a
- 32:09bunch of giveaways like A bunch of giveaways that it's going down.
- 32:13Yeah. So it's not just gonna be a jersey.
- 32:16This is like the biggest Monday night football we're gonna probably gonna do.
- 32:22it's gonna be it's gonna be exciting. So so if you like the
- 32:26Bills, if you like the Vikings, I know that both of them have
- 32:30big fan bases in in London. Come on out.
- 32:33There's tons of space, there's gonna be tons of prizes, mostly Bills related,
- 32:39I think. At 100 Kellogg, trust me, you this is the one Monday.
- 32:43You need to come to. Yeah. Like you need to come to this
- 32:47is the one. If you like the London Knights, you might want to
- 32:51come that Monday. I can tell you, there might be there's gonna be
- 32:56some giveaways. You know, there might be some coolers with another brand that
- 33:01you might be able to win. I'm just saying, I'm not telling y'all,
- 33:06I'm just saying there might be opportunities. You gotta, yeah, you gotta come
- 33:11here and find out.
- 33:12Monet money Monday. Yes. There's gonna be a monster truck.
- 33:17I'm just kidding. A BMW. Yeah. Probably at least one.
- 33:21Maybe two. Like, let's be honest. but yeah, honestly, it's gonna be a
- 33:26great night. so if you're this episode will be released soon.
- 33:31This clip will be released on Reels. Share with everybody.
- 33:35If you have co-workers that you know are fans of the Bills or
- 33:39the Vikings or just like to support local, come to the clubhouse next
- 33:45Monday. Or if you don't like either team and just wanna see some
- 33:49good football and watch maybe watch the team you don't like lose.
- 33:54It's true. Maybe you're a Pats fan and you're a little salty and
- 33:59you're like, the Vikings might beat the Bills.
- 34:02I want to watch the Vikings beat the Bills.
- 34:06It's true, it's true. November ninth. I'm saying that now.
- 34:10November ninth is the one night you want to come to the clubhouse.
- 34:15Yeah. Right? Tons of giveaways. Great game. Bills versus Vikings.
- 34:20Tons of giveaways. I just can't say tons of giveaways.
- 34:24I'm not gonna tell you what it is.
- 34:26You have to be here to win it.
- 34:29And maybe there might be another giveaway, but who knows?
- 34:33Be here or be don't you can't say not here.
- 34:36Well, I wasn't gonna say that. All right.
- 34:39Let's stock sports. Well, yeah, before we we got best case scenario in
- 34:44the house. Pest case is the best case is the best case.
- 34:49Shut up, you gotta work. You know what?
- 34:51I hope he listens to our podcast. Like I really hope he actually
- 34:56listens to our podcast. Cause like I was expecting to be gifted this
- 35:01week a printout of the magazine cover that we talked about last week.
- 35:07Right. But like poster for above my bed or poster, like like a
- 35:11big poster that's like in the background of here, it was just like
- 35:16the award of like best handsome like frame here in Ontario.
- 35:21Like I think it was handsomest. Handsomest, it was definitely handsomest.
- 35:26Yeah. But like honestly, if you have any situations going on in your
- 35:31house, whether it's bats, bugs, whatever, as long as it's not snakes, call
- 35:37past case, because it's in your best case.
- 35:40scenario to call. I am saying that now.
- 35:43Yes. But also our other sponsor supplies me with lovely apparel.
- 35:47I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah.
- 35:50Sick guy. I think we need to get a poster with him.
- 35:54It makes a good infamous apparel. I know a guy, I know a
- 35:58guy with the prompt. We can get that we can get that work
- 36:02on. yeah, no, Milky Way apparel. It's it's a project my of mine.
- 36:07Basically, it was like my attempt to give it back to the community.
- 36:12and obviously like I only make so much.
- 36:15I mean, I it can only do so much.
- 36:17I have a mortgage, I have a life.
- 36:19Like you but At the end of the day, it was like finding
- 36:23a ways to bring awareness to Huddenhouse. And that was the biggest thing
- 36:29of just showing support to other nonprofit organizations in the city.
- 36:34Yeah. Just so they didn't always have to rely on the government.
- 36:38The community can also help out. And that's what Milky Way apparently really
- 36:44stands for. So we're all about helping out helping out where we can.
- 36:49It's true. It's true. And that's why making everyone look pretty while you
- 36:54do it. That's so true. It's so true.
- 36:57And it I think there's some new stuff on there too.
- 37:00Pun some new stuff. I think you put some new stuff out.
- 37:04Yeah. Sorry. The Milky Way Apparel, the anonymous stranger.
- 37:08Anonymous, very Anonymous. Yeah. Very anonymous. Put some new stuff out.
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- 37:43it gets us to certain target numbers that we can start monetization, which
- 37:48then can help our podcast grow. Hey, the more we get, the more
- 37:53we can give away. That's
- 37:54That's what it comes down to. We're already giving away these sweet jerseys,
- 38:00thanks to Clubhouse. So shout out to Clubhouse.
- 38:03Honestly, if it wasn't for Clubhouse, we wouldn't be here.
- 38:07And we get to give away a great jersey.
- 38:09I still think it's wild that like these are like the legit, really
- 38:14nice, like the like actual legit jerseys. Yeah, they are, man.
- 38:18And we give away one every single week.
- 38:20Next week is gonna be a different case because we're gonna be getting
- 38:25there's gonna be lots of stuff. that it's hey next week's the is
- 38:29the like i said if you're not here this week it's fine next
- 38:33week is the week you need to be here so i'll make we'll
- 38:37make sure that both our communities are aware we're good and yeah all
- 38:42right let's talk let's talk let's talk sports but we can't talk football
- 38:47yet i gotta do a huge shout out to october 30th in the
- 38:50nba i'll i have to say i'll talk Because on on Sportsnet, it's
- 38:54like it's like A Fools or something. Where it's like double Saturday.
- 38:59Yeah, there were two Saturdays. I don't know.
- 39:02My app was glitching and I was like, boy, no, Saturday.
- 39:06We're like, wait a second, there's two Saturdays.
- 39:09Anyway. October 30th was huge. October 30th. First was even better.
- 39:14I'm gonna start with the 31st before I go back to the 30th.
- 39:18All right. Tell me about it. WNBA Game 7.
- 39:20man. man, Golden State versus Landed Dream. Please tell me you watched that
- 39:25game. I did actually. Yo, I yo, even Draymond Green was quartzai.
- 39:30Like, I wanted to be like Draymond Green.
- 39:32No, I was watching it. Yo. So I was like, where were you?
- 39:36Honestly. Where were you when Angel Reese got mad?
- 39:40Mad that no one would pass her the ball when she was not
- 39:43doing anything at all. You gotta say it like this though.
- 39:47Cause like game six. Man. Game six game six was so rigged.
- 39:51It was insane. We know why it was rigged though.
- 39:54Because they didn't want it to end on a Thursday at twelve thirty.
- 39:59Because of all the controversy moving the games around.
- 40:03Smart. Smart. If you're gonna rig a game, at least rig it in
- 40:07a way that benefits everybody. I'm okay with rigging it in game six.
- 40:11And this just proves that some sports are rigged.
- 40:14Yeah, but that one just sucked for for the athletes.
- 40:18Well, it sucked for the Valkyries because like they're putting in all this
- 40:24effort and the refs are just giving the game away.
- 40:28To the point where Angel Reese got a big head and she called
- 40:32them a little small. Like a little a little a little small.
- 40:37She drives me nuts. And then in game seven, when I'm sorry, the
- 40:42dreamer up. The dream were up. I was watching that game at work.
- 40:47that was That was the first game all season that they had they
- 40:52lost the game when she hit a three.
- 40:54Yes, I saw that stat. Also the fact that she's only hit a
- 40:59three in sixteen games, including the playoffs, is also a crazy stat.
- 41:04But I don't know, her form just does not look like we're not
- 41:09exactly the judge. All I'm gonna say is that was gonna make just
- 41:14a little bit. Just the little but like that was an amazing game
- 41:19to watch. Honestly, that was a great representation of the WNBA.
- 41:24just the resiliency, the back and forth, the pace.
- 41:28Yes, saying words like this for later on.
- 41:31but it also it shut up Angel Reese.
- 41:34She's gonna have a big vengeance next year.
- 41:37Maybe she'll learn how to to shoot better and not always get her
- 41:42own rebounds. So what I thought was interesting, I don't know if you
- 41:47followed the Caitlyn Clark golfing stuff. No. So she got a fat Nike
- 41:52contract for golfing. Okay. Cause they did it she did a tournament and
- 41:58they paired her up with like one of the number one female golfers.
- 42:03I can't can't remember who it is off the top of my head.
- 42:07But I don't watch a ton of golf.
- 42:10But I just saw this controversy of like she goes somewhere else and
- 42:15they're She gets all this and then all basically all of her fans
- 42:20just followed her and stopped paying attention to the WNBA, even though WNBA
- 42:26has just been
- 42:27Pooping on her parade the entire time and making it as difficult as
- 42:32possible for her, like and all the like so many players have so
- 42:37much contempt for her, even though she's brought so many like so much
- 42:43money to this sport and they've like changed the game.
- 42:47Like you see interviews of all these different players going, yeah, we used
- 42:53to have to fly commercial to the games and now we don't.
- 42:57Like, yeah. That's why. Why are you punching her in the face during
- 43:02games? You should you know what mean? It's damage if you do, damn
- 43:07it if you don't. Yeah. You had a you had a person come
- 43:12into the league, finally elevate the league, and it's just like why But
- 43:17everyone hates it 'cause they're like, Why not me?
- 43:21Why weren't all these people watching me? So they're all it's a jealousy
- 43:27thing. It's i it's a bit of jealousy.
- 43:30It's also like pride in your craft is just like I shouldn't It
- 43:34shouldn't have come down to the fact that she had to come to
- 43:39the league to bring this attention. But unfortunately Regardless, that's the remote social
- 43:46media era and Caitlin Clark revolutionized the N Tou A basketball programs.
- 43:52Yeah. To the point we all watch. And it was between and it's
- 43:57I don't like to admit it, but it was Caitlin Clark and Angel
- 44:01Reese that really did elevate college ball. Well, I mean I said college
- 44:07ball. I didn't I think it was more Caitlin Clark and then Angel
- 44:12Reese's attitude. Yes. She is very she's very charismatic in that sense.
- 44:17So like that it's just a bad version of Magic Johnson and Larry
- 44:22Bird. Yeah, speaking of NBA vets Old heads.
- 44:26Okay, okay, okay. Let's let's transition into that.
- 44:30October thirtieth. Yeah, take me back in time.
- 44:33Honestly, I feel bad for anyone who's under the age of 30.
- 44:38Because their knees work perfectly. Honestly, in the NBA, it seemed like the
- 44:44top the clock stopped ticking for all the old heads.
- 44:48Yeah. Because I am telling you, Steph Curry went off.
- 44:52Clay Thompson, yes. Clay F and Thompson went off.
- 44:56Kevin Durant has been having nothing but an amazing season so far.
- 45:01LeBron has been LeBroning, which is crazy to see.
- 45:05But like every single person who was over the age of 30 went
- 45:09off. Steph Curry made Luka Doncic, not once, but twice, escape.
- 45:14yeah, I saw that. man. Honestly, now the second time he he recovered
- 45:19quickly and then try to put a hand up on front of Steph
- 45:24and it didn't matter. Like it was like the moment that they were
- 45:29talking about the NBA Cup, all the old heads were like, I want
- 45:33that one. Yeah, they're like, LeBron has one, I want one.
- 45:38It's like, man, I've never seen yeah, it's kind of cool.
- 45:42But I think November, November, December is gonna be talk your truth.
- 45:47The months. for the for the old NBA players because all of the
- 45:52younger all the younger ones are just getting all injured.
- 45:57Sorry, injured. Injured for a week or maybe a month.
- 46:01Yeah. my god. But the old guys, like they probab they I don't
- 46:06know, they might not want to take some time off to go play
- 46:10GTA. I don't know. What day does that come out?
- 46:14November I can't remember. It's in November somewhere.
- 46:18I think some of them like like even football players.
- 46:22I think we might have to postpone our podcast that week.
- 46:26So you can play the GTA. I'm sick.
- 46:29Maybe it's the week that we give away a free copy of GTA
- 46:33six to somebody. Like we could get our hands on that.
- 46:37Hey, all we all we have to do is buy a copy and
- 46:41then we can just give it up to whoever.
- 46:44I don't know. See, maybe I'm out of touch.
- 46:47I stopped playing video games a while ago because like I just didn't
- 46:53have time and then it started getting so complicated that it unless you're
- 46:58putting it like we've talked about this before unless you're putting in a
- 47:04lot of time. Yeah. All the online stuff is just frustrating because you're
- 47:10just like, man, some like nine-year-old kid who plays 30 hours a week
- 47:15is just destroying me. And I'm like
- 47:18I can't figure out how to jump. talking about jumping, man, in in
- 47:23Destiny Two, when I used when I play that, 'cause I still play
- 47:27that. Yeah. One of the hardest things that we you know when there's
- 47:32a newbie when they can't jump on platforms.
- 47:35Because it's basically a a maze. Yeah. You have to keep jumping and
- 47:41each character has a different jump. And if someone keeps dying and I've
- 47:46I've been guilty, I've been one of those people who would die a
- 47:51lot 'cause I I'd stop playing for a w a while.
- 47:54And you forget you cause And I forget how to jump properly and
- 47:59have to reteach myself. Yes, I've been one of those.
- 48:03But you're not wrong. But here's the thing about video games that most
- 48:08people don't realize. It is an amazing opportunity to train your brain on
- 48:13how to think. Because it's all puzzle like problem problem solving, organization.
- 48:20Exactly. Exactly. Instead of doom scrolling on social media, you know, sometimes picking
- 48:26up that console. Like I play a lot of NCAA football because I
- 48:31like watching how plays change. Yeah. Fix my online, fixing my DBs, like
- 48:36figuring out You learn a lot. It's there's so much things that I
- 48:41that's going on that I'm using my brain in different aspects where I'm
- 48:46just not just scrolling and seeing AI videos this and AI video that.
- 48:51Well especially now that like they're the games are becoming fair like more
- 48:57epic. Yeah, there's it's so complicated. But but I saw okay.
- 49:02Just to cut you off real quick for kids, I know a lot
- 49:06of people who Elevated their reading levels because of playing video games.
- 49:11Back in the day when we were playing games, a lot of them
- 49:15you had to read everything. Yes. So when it was games with complicated
- 49:21lore and all that, you'd have kids that became really good readers just
- 49:26because they were playing video games all the time.
- 49:30So true. So true.
- 49:31A concept that I saw from somebody. I they were playing a video
- 49:36game in Spanish. And everyone's like, Why is it why is everything in
- 49:41Spanish? That's how they were learning a new language.
- 49:45Because they've played this game through a whole bunch of times in English,
- 49:50so they know what everything is in English, so they don't actually need
- 49:56the English words. So this is how they're learning Spanish.
- 50:00That's actually pretty genius. Like if you have everything memorized, watch it in
- 50:06s like if like let's say you have a favorite movie.
- 50:10You can learn the dialect through Spanish because you know what it's supposed
- 50:15to say in English. Now you're seeing it in Spanish.
- 50:19be interesting. Interesting. Now, as someone who's terrible with languages, I don't know
- 50:25if that would work for me, but fair for it could work for
- 50:30a lot of other people. I'm gonna be honest.
- 50:33I used to play a lot of FIFA.
- 50:35I still do from time to time. It's now called EAFC.
- 50:39Is it called EAFC? It's called EAFC because they dropped the FIFA.
- 50:44So they don't have to pay FIFA anymore.
- 50:46That's so funny to me. The one thing, and shout out to my
- 50:51buddy Henry, Hendog. You're you're a gem for this one.
- 50:55I learned very quickly that I stopped playing the game in English and
- 51:00played it in Spanish because the announcers, anytime you scored a goal, they
- 51:05passed Like it went crazy. The fun the amount of times that I
- 51:10like it was like entertaining, like you're in the game 'cause it's in
- 51:15Spanish. Because obviously if you watch soccer or yeah football Thank you for
- 51:21throwing in an accent. If you watch it, it's very monotone.
- 51:25It's very like a gentleman's game. Yeah. But the Spanish version, it's like
- 51:30watching the NFL. It's like Yeah, it's just they're going crazy.
- 51:35Yeah. So yeah. But so you can understand the concept of you listen
- 51:40to it in Spanish and you're like It was so much better.
- 51:44And then you hear something? Yeah. Yeah. But but if you played it
- 51:49in English a whole bunch of times and knew what everything what all
- 51:54they said, and if it translated exactly, it could help.
- 51:58Yeah, yeah. But
- 51:59All right, football, man. Week eight, what happened?
- 52:03We what happened? What what legit happened? Well, the Eagles didn't win, but
- 52:08that's happening that was gonna happen. I could have told you.
- 52:13That's happened the last six weeks in a row, so we don't really
- 52:17need to worry about that one. So I'm gonna say this.
- 52:21A bird team won. The right bird team won.
- 52:24And the other the other bird team's playing behind us.
- 52:28yeah. The right bird team lost. I'm glad the Ravens lost.
- 52:32I am sad about the injuries they've had though.
- 52:35Cause like, I don't know. It's the same thing with like like does
- 52:40it feel good beating someone when even like so like it's like you're
- 52:44poking them with a steak. Do something. Yeah, it's like cheering now for
- 52:50the e like You're cheering the people that are cheering against the Eagles
- 52:55now, you're like, Why? Why just kick a winner down?
- 52:59Yeah. Like they're not gonna be good. Like you're I like how you
- 53:03say that. Because it's it's true. 'Cause it's it's no it's no fun
- 53:08shitting on a team that sucks. Except for the Cowboys.
- 53:12Yeah, but the thing is the Cowboys are supposed to be good.
- 53:16You know? They every year they're gonna win the championship.
- 53:20No, but like the Cowboys actually put together a really good team this
- 53:25year. They just cannot string things together. And they had no business losing
- 53:31to the Arizona Cardinals. No. But the hey, but let's be honest, Cardinals
- 53:36deserve that win. They did. It's just an overtime.
- 53:40You know who is so Brissett got benched.
- 53:43Yep. Gardner Minshew. He has become a journeyman.
- 53:46He took over. He's he got the win for Arizona.
- 53:50Did you even know he was on Arizona?
- 53:54I didn't. No, what? He was an Eagle at one point.
- 53:58Yes, he was. He was a chief at one point.
- 54:02Yes he was. He's been where else does he play?
- 54:06He's been all over the place. Washington. What he was on Washington?
- 54:13No, no, Tampa. Tampa was he in Tampa?
- 54:16I don't know. But he's been he's been literally all over the place.
- 54:23Like he was on the was he on the Jags, I wanna say.
- 54:27But anyway, he's just fun. But speaking of Tampa, them winning without connecting
- 54:35a pass, without completing a pass. That's the first time that's happened in
- 54:42like fifty two years, which is completely insane.
- 54:46for sure. Like I realized they were playing in ridiculous weather.
- 54:53But that's crazy. Like Bucky I think they ran for like 300 yards.
- 54:59Okay. We're gonna backtrack. Gardner Minshew played for Joxy Full Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles,
- 55:08Indianapolis Colts. Colts, that's what I was talking Vegas Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs,
- 55:16and now Arizona Cardinals. That's six six teams.
- 55:20How long has he been in league? Seven years.
- 55:24How old do you think he is? a journeyman who's Been in on
- 55:30six different teams. I bet he's what eight years younger than us.
- 55:36So maybe like twenty eight. He's thirty. Got drafted by the Jags in
- 55:42twenty nineteen. He got drafted late.
- 55:46Wow. So he's one of those weird ones.
- 55:50Like you see all these so the the stories about him and he
- 55:57is like In my mind, he is like if a kicker was a
- 56:04quarterback. He's just he's just a weird. And if and the the crazy
- 56:12thing about him is if football didn't work, he has a better industry
- 56:20out there for him. Just because of the mustache.
- 56:26Yeah. All aboard. God. I don't think we're allowed to talk about trains
- 56:35on this podcast. man, but where do we start?
- 56:41How did we get here? boy. Yes, yes, continue.
- 56:47Whew, that was a good one, that was a good one.
- 56:52But no the the Bucks not throwing the ball is crazy.
- 56:57Bad weather. I kinda get it. You get it, but at the same
- 57:02time you'd think like they'd be able to stop at some point.
- 57:08True, true, true, true. Like you know they're not gonna throw the ball.
- 57:14Like it's the same thing with the Bengals offense.
- 57:19It blows my mind. Like, I don't know.
- 57:22Well do we wanna do we want to get into that game yet?
- 57:27Speaking truth. They're going to give me an aneurysm.
- 57:32Well, yes. We know this. Like, I don't understand how a team can
- 57:38actually pretend they have it all together and then all of a sudden
- 57:44just be like, nah, we'll just let score every drive.
- 57:49But we'll also score every other drive. Like, the fact that one thing
- 57:55that I also find insane is Joe Burrow put up some of the
- 58:00best numbers. a quarterback can put up. He there was only ten incompl
- 58:06he only had ten incompletions that entire game.
- 58:11Got three were intercepted by the same guy.
- 58:15Yep.
- 58:15And I think another three at least were drops.
- 58:19That's crazy. That's ridiculous. So like but people look at that and go,
- 58:24pff it's just the Titans. Like it's still an NFL team.
- 58:29Well, y'all okay, let's be honest. Y'all try to lose that gate.
- 58:34I know. Like come back and l come back and win?
- 58:38No. No. We we gave them a head start and then we caught
- 58:42up and Like literally every time I looked at the TV, someone was
- 58:47scoring. So it's funny because I was actually at Costco doing work.
- 58:53So I I took a moment off and at Costco doing work.
- 58:57You work everywhere. So I was at Costco getting some errands and and
- 59:02picking up some beers and whatever. X, Y, and Z, whatever.
- 59:07And on my way back, my wife goes, It's tied.
- 59:11It's like, what's tied? The Bengals game was like, How in the hell
- 59:16is the Titans Tied with the Bengals. This should have been a watch.
- 59:21This should have been. Wait, at what point did she say it's tied?
- 59:27When it was twenty-two, twenty-two, or whatever, or no thirty thirty-six.
- 59:32That was honestly just insane. They the the Titans got two two-point conversions
- 59:39on them. The Bengals got a safety. But yeah, I I think like
- 59:44just the sheer the sheer numbers are insane.
- 59:47The thing that drives me the most nuts about the Bengals though, their
- 59:53defense it it feels like their defense is constantly on the field because
- 59:59whether it's a turnover, a punt, or a score, the Bengals offense gets
- 1:00:04off the field quickly. So they didn't like their clock management is like
- 1:00:10they can score really fast. They're super dangerous.
- 1:00:14True, true. But they need to have the ball last.
- 1:00:18Like that's why I was so I was so scared in overtime when
- 1:00:23they marched down and scored. I was like, here we go.
- 1:00:27Their Titans are gonna march down, score, and then they're gonna go for
- 1:00:33two because they weren't expecting the even this game to even be close.
- 1:00:39They've already gotten two of these this game.
- 1:00:42And then they'll get it and we'll lose.
- 1:00:45Chris. Thank you. It But it's scary because like that just keeps happening.
- 1:00:50The fact that Des Dexter Lawrence got that sack that pushed them out
- 1:00:55of field goal range. Okay, so that's how you feel about the bang.
- 1:01:00Anything else you want to say about the Bangladesh?
- 1:01:03Try being an Eagles fan this year. Try being an Eagles fan this
- 1:01:08year. Yeah. When and I'm gonna I'm gonna break this down very easy
- 1:01:12for you. Okay. The Eagles have a bye week week 10.
- 1:01:16I have one more game, I hope, with Nick Sirianni as the coach.
- 1:01:20Because after week nine, they have to fire his ass.
- 1:01:23Right? Because let's be honest, with Saquon Barkley being a shell of himself,
- 1:01:29when no wide receiver except for Mikhail Lemon, who decides now that he
- 1:01:34wants to catch the ball. Yeah. Right. He has to keep who I'm
- 1:01:38not trying to discourage him as a quarterback.
- 1:01:41But you're not dynamic in any right way.
- 1:01:44And then you still have Nick Siriani sitting there with his Italian mafia,
- 1:01:49and you're not producing anything better where you're encouraging those guys to be
- 1:01:55better. Our defense looks silly, our offense looks unencouraged.
- 1:01:59They all need to go. Okay, so here's where I'm gonna tell you.
- 1:02:04don't wrong. What do you got saying? I'm not wrong.
- 1:02:07Trust me, I'm an Eagles fan. Not wrong.
- 1:02:10No, I mean you're you're not wrong. Like, obviously he needs to get
- 1:02:15fired. Nick Sirion needs to go, but continue.
- 1:02:18But what I mean is at least your team is like a complete
- 1:02:22dumpster fire. When your team is like supposed to be good and they're
- 1:02:26they're stressing you out. We were supposed to be good this year.
- 1:02:31Well, yeah, but that ship has sailed. That ship is long gone.
- 1:02:35Okay. Continue. At this point, you're in the running for the number one
- 1:02:40pick. Which we probably will get. Yeah. So you it's fine.
- 1:02:44At this point, you're like they're the team is literally playing with house
- 1:02:49money. Fair. Fair. Fair. Wins wins no longer matter.
- 1:02:53It just matters if they can get their culture back.
- 1:02:56Which let's be honest, they're not. Yeah. They're it's gone.
- 1:03:01It's absolutely gone.
- 1:03:02and here's the other thing that I'll say.
- 1:03:05Like I'd like it'd be harder to be a Cowboys fan right now
- 1:03:10because the Cowboys should be doing better and nobody like they've had a
- 1:03:16couple injuries, but like Alright, so we talked about the Eagles because we
- 1:03:22know with the Eagles right now, there's hope for them next year.
- 1:03:27Yeah. Right? We talk about the Cowboys. Every year's their year, they're gonna
- 1:03:33win it. Yeah. Right? Commanders, injuries are killing them, they show promise.
- 1:03:40It's hard because you want to also cheer for them, but you can't.
- 1:03:45It's it's hard. Yeah. And then there's the giants.
- 1:03:49Where we were kind of talking about it earlier and it's so it's
- 1:03:54so weird. Out of all the teams in the NFC East, there's one
- 1:03:59team that I think should go all in.
- 1:04:01And I hate to say it. It's the Giants.
- 1:04:05Yeah. Like I know they're up there in the Jonathan Taylor, sweepstakes.
- 1:04:10Mm-hmm. Okay. So my question to you is, do you think the Giants
- 1:04:15should go all in this year? See, that's the thing.
- 1:04:19And take what we talked about earlier and before we went on there.
- 1:04:25I want your truth, not I don't know if If they should why?
- 1:04:29Like
- 1:04:30I think this year is is just a weird year.
- 1:04:33It just it really depends who they want as their quarterback.
- 1:04:38Okay. Like if JJ is gonna be their quarterback, like do you think
- 1:04:43JJ McCarthy, be realistic, can hold it together long enough to win a
- 1:04:48playoff game? Yes. Cause you're putting like that's what you're going all in
- 1:04:54on. Yes. When when you think about a team if if a team
- 1:04:58is good or they're sunk. A lot of that has to do with
- 1:05:02whether their quarterback is still in play. Okay.
- 1:05:06Because as soon as a co team's all star quarterback goes down, whether
- 1:05:12they're a rookie or not. You start to look at it differently on
- 1:05:17whether it's gonna be a big year or not.
- 1:05:20Like the Ravens. Ravens, Lamar Jackson is out, they're done.
- 1:05:25Okay. Like the Bengals. If Joe Burrow is down, you look at it
- 1:05:29and you're like, well, it doesn't even matter.
- 1:05:33Like even if we make the playoffs, we're not going that far.
- 1:05:38Fair. Fair. Like when you have that player that elevates everything that much.
- 1:05:44Okay. so it just depends on who you want to go on all
- 1:05:48in with. Like I understand wanting to get like if you can get
- 1:05:53it, let's be honest. If you can get Jonathan Taylor, you get Jonathan
- 1:05:58Taylor.
- 1:05:59Okay. Especially with their contracts. because they do have a lot of rookies.
- 1:06:04Eventually they're gonna pay every be have to pay everybody.
- 1:06:09Yep. But And then Jonathan Taylor can go on his way.
- 1:06:13Yeah. Because you know, running backs have expiration dates.
- 1:06:18Okay. Still going? But I don't know. I feel like it's interesting and
- 1:06:23it's definitely their year to win the division.
- 1:06:26This is what I'm gonna say. The Giants should go all in this
- 1:06:31year. I just don't know if they can beat a lot of these
- 1:06:35other big playoff teams. What I will say is if they can get
- 1:06:40Jonathan Taylor, great. If they can get some other pieces, whether it's on
- 1:06:45defense, whether it's another wide receiver, great. This is probably the best opportunity
- 1:06:52for them to go all in for one reason and one reason only.
- 1:06:56The leadership from your veteran players. Onto rookies, if they get a taste
- 1:07:02of a championship, that mentality moves forward so much more than you think.
- 1:07:08Yeah, here's a great example. I'm gonna switch sports.
- 1:07:12When Kawhi Leonard came to Toronto the first time, and what he did
- 1:07:17to that culture, and then left Toronto basketball was never the same, it
- 1:07:22was never looked as an underdog, they were always a potential because.
- 1:07:28The leadership, even though he took quick games off.
- 1:07:32That's another thing. That work work ethic changed the way Toronto coached, communicated,
- 1:07:38and the presentation on the floor. To the point now, tickets are $400
- 1:07:44because they can actually be at a powerhouse.
- 1:07:47Not just a one-op. They were actually, they have that culture.
- 1:07:52You bring in a veteran like Jonathan Taylor, another wide receiver, maybe you
- 1:07:57get another quarterback. Who knows? That instills that type of work ethic to
- 1:08:03the youth. It elevates them to the point where boom, that that veteran
- 1:08:09leaves, they still remember how hard they need to work to get to
- 1:08:13that level. And could you imagine the one-two of Scatteroo and Jonathan Taylor?
- 1:08:19Jonathan Taylor. That would be that's Sonic and Knuckles again.
- 1:08:24Just the what just like black and white version.
- 1:08:28Yeah.
- 1:08:28You know I mean I guess the the Giants are blue and red.
- 1:08:32The yin and the yin. Yeah. But like honestly, that would be fantastic.
- 1:08:37It would be almost almost like Detroit Lions when they had Sonic and
- 1:08:42Knuckles. Yeah. But yeah, if they could get Jonathan Taylor, s the running
- 1:08:47back situation gets solved, right? You whatever happened to him anyway, Montgomery.
- 1:08:53Houston? yeah, it is Houston. I forgot about that.
- 1:08:56just kind of Well, yeah, that's what happens.
- 1:08:59but w if he goes if Jonathan Taylor cause he's from New Jersey,
- 1:09:04we figured that out. Yeah. He's from New Jersey, so it's either the
- 1:09:09Jets or the Giants. So it's probably gonna be It's not gonna be
- 1:09:13the Jets. So it's probably gonna be the Giants.
- 1:09:16If you go there Bengals are a dark horse.
- 1:09:19That'd be interesting. You go there, boom, you have your one two punch.
- 1:09:24You get a few other weapons. The one thing and you were asking
- 1:09:28if if the ball comes down to JJ's hands, can he get the
- 1:09:32job done? And it's like, I don't care because all you become is
- 1:09:37a facilitator. Yeah. The Eagles won with the facilitator.
- 1:09:41Yeah, it becomes less about him and more about the team.
- 1:09:45you have you have all these weapons now.
- 1:09:47Yeah. Right? The moment you focus on building a team around a team
- 1:09:52and not off of an individual, changes the dynamic.
- 1:09:55Which then can elevate JJ because if he wants to do too much,
- 1:10:00you can control him so he doesn't. Or if he pops off and
- 1:10:04finally figures it out, boom. Well, Ann Harbaugh's a good coach for that
- 1:10:09too. Exactly. Like let's be honest. It's almost trade deadline.
- 1:10:13Justin Herbert could be traded. Justin Herbert? I don't know.
- 1:10:17I feel like I'm just saying there's a chance Justin Herbert could come
- 1:10:22like feel like Mike McDaniels will get fired before there he gets traded.
- 1:10:27Fair. I'm just saying, look at the Chargers.
- 1:10:30Chargers have some weapons there too that could also come to the Giants
- 1:10:35if they decide to go all in. Yeah.
- 1:10:37Right? Right now. Can you imagine they randomly are like, all right, we're
- 1:10:42picking up Justin Herbert and Jonathan Taylor. Like, where did this come from?
- 1:10:47It's possible though. Like, there's a lot of things that are happening.
- 1:10:52Ravens. I'm sorry. No, I feel like a lot of those like big
- 1:10:55quarters, like you're not. No team is trading their number one quarterback.
- 1:11:00No, no, no. But like the Ravens have some pieces they could trade
- 1:11:04now. Right? Eagles have some pieces that they can trade.
- 1:11:08I think the Ravens are gonna get to a point where they need
- 1:11:12to move off Lamar Jackson. Because all of the allegations of Joe Burrow
- 1:11:16being made of glass, Lamar Jackson's actually missed more games.
- 1:11:21This year is not a good year for Baltimore.
- 1:11:23And I think this is gonna be the year that Baltimore like this
- 1:11:27offseason is gonna be the year that we're done with Lamar, and Lamar
- 1:11:32is gonna have a change of scenery. Yeah, I really interesting.
- 1:11:36So and we'll see what his mother has to say about that.
- 1:11:39There's So for those who don't know, his mom is his agent.
- 1:11:43Yes.
- 1:11:44Yeah. Huh. But here here's the here's the crazy thing, and I'm gonna
- 1:11:53put this out there. Is it crazy? Yes it is.
- 1:11:58Justin Herbert comes to Baltimore and Lamar goes to the Chargers.
- 1:12:07That would be crazy. He's from California. Interesting.
- 1:12:13I feel like that one I don't know.
- 1:12:16I don't know what like that could be an interesting trade.
- 1:12:22Sorry, I lied. He's from Florida. So he'd have to go to Miami.
- 1:12:29My apologies. I don't know if he'd go to Miami.
- 1:12:34You'd you wouldn't go to Miami. And Jacksonville doesn't need him.
- 1:12:41Yeah. Tampa. Tampa doesn't need But look sorry.
- 1:12:46Kendrick La or Lamar Jackson goes over to the Chargers.
- 1:12:52Yeah. That like that would almost be like a kind of a close
- 1:12:56one for one trade. It's actually a really good one for one trade.
- 1:13:01Yeah. Change of scenery. Different type of coaching.
- 1:13:05Sorry, I was just like distracted because Sam Darnold got clocked.
- 1:13:10All I'm s all I'm saying realistically comes down to Lamar Jackson might
- 1:13:15need a change of scenery. Justin Herbert might need should get a change
- 1:13:21of scenery. It's always interesting talking about trades.
- 1:13:25'Cause it's never the ones that you expect that end up happening.
- 1:13:30I know, I know. And like all everyone's speculating this, speculating this.
- 1:13:36We're all couch quarterbacking, couch GMing, coming up with all these crazy ideas,
- 1:13:42and then like a trade comes out and you're like, didn't see that
- 1:13:47one coming. It's true. It's not like, let's be honest.
- 1:13:51The real ones move in the shadows. The real trade that needs to
- 1:13:55happen is Dak Prescott needs to leave the Cowboys.
- 1:13:59I thought you'd like him being there. I do like him being there,
- 1:14:04but like For them he needs to go.
- 1:14:06Yeah. Right? He's not holding the team. The team's kind of holding him
- 1:14:12back. They should trade him to Arizona. That team's really good.
- 1:14:16my god. But with GTA six coming out, Vikings might need a quarterback.
- 1:14:22Yeah, his handy's starting to all tighten up.
- 1:14:25The amount hey, okay. Another week and a half, and he's gonna be
- 1:14:30injured for sure. So, all right. We got all that out of the
- 1:14:34way. We can talk about GTA six, we can bring it back up.
- 1:14:39Cause I feel like the NBA is planning for GTA six.
- 1:14:42Who was it that said that? I think was it Joker that said
- 1:14:47that? That said everyone's gonna be injured when as soon as GTA comes
- 1:14:52out.
- 1:14:52And I I realize some of these injuries are like crazy injuries or
- 1:14:58like some are requiring surgeries and everyone's getting injured.
- 1:15:03But like the thunder have been decimated. Yeah, I think But I also
- 1:15:09like I I understand I've said this before in fantasy sports, especially basketball.
- 1:15:16Fantasy basketball or basketball in general, it's so long that if you're gonna
- 1:15:22get injured Do it early. You're not wrong.
- 1:15:26Because as long as your team can hold it together good enough to
- 1:15:31make it into the playoffs, it's all about whose team is healthiest come
- 1:15:37playoff time. If you have the healthiest team come playoff time, let's say
- 1:15:43you just squeaked into the playoffs, but it's because your top three guys
- 1:15:49were each spent 10 weeks off. They're more refreshed.
- 1:15:54They're more refreshed. They've only played Forty games instead of eighty two.
- 1:16:00So getting it out early, it's like I don't know, like Anthony Edwards.
- 1:16:05When he like he got injured, he's having he had surgery immediately, and
- 1:16:10they're like, he's out for what was like two months or something.
- 1:16:15Two months, two months. He's out for two months.
- 1:16:18But that brings him back two months, he'll be back in January.
- 1:16:23Which would be perfect for a playoff push.
- 1:16:26Here's the thing with NBA, and it's funny.
- 1:16:29It's so long. Well, no, the NBA Right now we're technically in three
- 1:16:34season. Yeah, it's like the beginning. Because the NBA doesn't start until December.
- 1:16:39Like Christmas Day is really when the NBA pops off.
- 1:16:43And it's ridiculous. Once Christmas Day hits, that's when the real NBA starts.
- 1:16:49Yeah. Because that's when like the numbers actually matter.
- 1:16:53And people are coming back from injuries. Like But that's why I find
- 1:16:58football so exciting, because it's like every game matters.
- 1:17:02Yes. Because there's so few of them. You're not wrong.
- 1:17:06But that's what Also the biggest piss off when The league starts doing
- 1:17:11screwy things and refs make random calls and you're like, that's that definitely
- 1:17:16not right. I did enjoy that the the Chiefs lost on because of
- 1:17:21a penalty that was called. And they were all mad about it, and
- 1:17:25you're like, No, he clearly like that's I like they just actually called
- 1:17:30it this time. This is a thing that you guys do all the
- 1:17:34time, and they just actually called it this time.
- 1:17:38It's so nice. It's so nice. And now I I'm I'm sorry I
- 1:17:41to Kansas City Cheese fans out there, because they are out there.
- 1:17:46I'm not. I apologize to y'all for being Bay Wagger fans of a
- 1:17:50sport that a lot of us have appreciated.
- 1:17:53I only wanted you to win one because Andy Reed was there.
- 1:17:57And then y'all got carried away with your refs cheating the system.
- 1:18:02Yeah.
- 1:18:02It is so nice to watch them lose right now.
- 1:18:06When they when the the fans all get mad about it, when Mahomes'
- 1:18:11wife is whining online about it, saying it's the worst play, worst penalty
- 1:18:18she's ever seen in her life. You know what?
- 1:18:21The only thing you can say to them is the same response that
- 1:18:27they would give everyone else. Cry about it.
- 1:18:30All right, all right, all right. Anyway, people are gonna call me a
- 1:18:36Chiefs hater and online and whatever it's fun.
- 1:18:40Alright. Obviously near the end of the episode, I always like to bring
- 1:18:46him back to like a few different things.
- 1:18:50Are you watching anything?
- 1:18:52I'm mostly caught up on dancing with the stars right now, currently.
- 1:18:57so you one of these episodes you're gonna show us your dance moves.
- 1:19:02I I can't dance. once we get a little bit more famous, maybe
- 1:19:06I'll Okay be on the show. That'd be that that'd be crazy.
- 1:19:11Okay, okay. If we can get up to a million followers.
- 1:19:15Yo, so it's on y'all, it's on y'all.
- 1:19:17Yeah, if it guys like and subscribe, like and subscribe.
- 1:19:22And maybe one day you'll see us on Dancing with the Stars.
- 1:19:26That would be sweet though. Okay, that would be sweet.
- 1:19:30Who would you wish to be your partner if you were on Dancing
- 1:19:35with the Stars? If anyone, like any celebrity.
- 1:19:38That's not how it works. I'm not the professional dancer.
- 1:19:42They pair a celebrity up with a professional dancer.
- 1:19:46I would have to be the celebrity. There's no way.
- 1:19:50But like if I'm just saying, if there was a world where you
- 1:19:54could pick your partner, celebrity or not, who would you pick?
- 1:19:59Male or female, I don't judge.
- 1:20:01I don't know. The trick is finding someone who's a good dancer that
- 1:20:08also has a lot of fans.
- 1:20:10And I don't know a lot of dances.
- 1:20:13Here's a better question. Okay, so say you were on dance dancing with
- 1:20:18the stars, but it was like crew edition.
- 1:20:21You could get like a dance crew. Who would you pick?
- 1:20:25I know who would I pick. Why would it be Shaq?
- 1:20:28No, for me it's no, it's not Shaq.
- 1:20:30It's the Jabba Walkies. Yeah. Jabba Walkies would be for ridiculous.
- 1:20:35So you can cosplay Shaq. for sure. For sure.
- 1:20:38I'm almost as tall as him. I'm almost as well, I've lost way
- 1:20:43too much weight, so I'm not as as big as you're like, I'm
- 1:20:47almost as tall as him. He'd be like a head taller than you
- 1:20:51at least. They don't know that. They don't know that.
- 1:20:55His foot is literally twice the size of yours.
- 1:20:58They don't know that. They can't see my feet right now.
- 1:21:02well. I don't know. I don't know who I'd want as a a
- 1:21:06dance partner. Be interesting. Do my research. You should.
- 1:21:10You should. Alright, so you're just watching that right now, Yeah.
- 1:21:15Well, I mean I'm all caught up on that, but My Plex is
- 1:21:19back up. I'm just slowly building it. How's how is Vision?
- 1:21:23The new vision Vision's really, really Jane Spader.
- 1:21:27Vision Quest. Vision Quest. Absolutely amazing. But I took a break.
- 1:21:32Took a break? Yeah. Because I got hooked on another show.
- 1:21:36god. What's the other show? Man on Fire.
- 1:21:39Man on Fire. Yeah. Interesting. That TV show?
- 1:21:42Tulsa King is back. true. Tolster King's sick.
- 1:21:46I'll have to add that. But no, honestly.
- 1:21:48Right now it is the only time to watch TV, so I'm trying
- 1:21:52to find time again. Yeah. But I'm trying to sleep to catch up
- 1:21:57when when I wasn't sleeping. So at least we got our extra hour
- 1:22:01last weekend. That was pretty sweet. I was working.
- 1:22:05Well, at least theoretically we got an extra hour last weekend.
- 1:22:10Theoretically. But honestly, it's that time of the year where it's like festives.
- 1:22:16Yeah, don't get me wrong. Remembrance day hasn't happened.
- 1:22:20So people better not have their Christmas decoration up.
- 1:22:24Yeah, things happen, you know. I'm just poking bears right now.
- 1:22:29Yeah. So if you listen to this podcast, all I'm gonna say is
- 1:22:33Remembrance Day hasn't happened. Please take down your Christmas decorations now and put
- 1:22:40them up after Remembrance Day. That's all I'm asking for.
- 1:22:45We've already put the box away. I mean what?
- 1:22:48All right. Well, I'm Malcolm the Milkman. Scott the Visionary Hone.
- 1:22:53Week eight of Off the Bench. Yeah. Season two.
- 1:22:56Two. And make sure you're here next week.
- 1:22:59Make sure you're here next week. Tell your friends.
- 1:23:03Tell your family. Tell whoever you need. Tell your grandma.
- 1:23:08Tell your neighbor. Tell your I don't know.
- 1:23:11Tell your neighbor cousin neighbors, cousins, whatever. Whatever.
- 1:23:16Call tell anyone with a pulse. Yeah. Tell to pull up.
- 1:23:20Pull up. You got stuff to give away.
- 1:23:22Tons of stuff to give away. Hundred percent.
- 1:23:26Even tell your sister who doesn't even like football to come out.
- 1:23:31Cause like I said, if there's a chance for a night's tickets, that
- 1:23:36might happen next week. There you go. Well yeah.
- 1:23:39All right. Well, cheers. Cheers. And hey, a few days.
- 1:23:43And it's N sevenday. If you know, you know.
- 1:23:46If you know you know.
- 1:23:48What what the fuck is