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- Cody: Everyone, welcome back to another edition of AGT Time. I'm Butter to my grit. Jay: I was gonna is it cake? No, it's J Bach! Cody: There we go. I'm sure you're just as sweet as a good slice of cake, Jay. Jay: Mm, yeah. I it can look like a shoe, raw chicken, y any of those things. yeah, the the i if golden buzzer was a cake, it would be me. That's I don't I don't know think that makes sense, Cody? Thank you. So happy to be back. out of the routine. Two weeks off really really does it to me, man. But Cody: A a buzzer? There you go. welcome back, Jay. Yeah, it happens. It's okay. Jay: I'm I'm I'm back in the hosting seat and man, I'm ready to go. Cody: Okay. well here we're here for season twenty one, auditions six. Jay, we only have one more audition episode. I think I think that that's it. That's all we got. Seven auditions. Nice that's a nice number. Jay: Is that all? What? Do d do golden buzzers somehow like bend space time like to make it shorter? Is it like it felt so fast with so many golden buzzers? Cody: They may Yes, yes. And we're not gonna get one next week. We've got all we've got all now. All ten are out there. and then when we get Jay: Okay. No surprise audience golden buzzers or group golden buzzers or okay. Cody: Sure. Yep. Nope. Not that I'm aware of. I think all ten of them are done. So yep, season twenty-one, episode audition six. welcome back. we've we're gonna recap the episode here in just a moment. I'm gonna go ahead and give the business and then we had a little kind of news since last week. So you can find us on our socials at AGT TimePod. You can email us AGT timepod at gmail.com. Jay: Yeah. Cody: Go out, check out our new website, AGT timepod.com with the with Commenters Leaderboard, the Hall of Fame. There's some blogging that's being done. We're kind of hoping to grow it a little bit more throughout the season. So we'll get there. Jates, since last week, no, you weren't here last week, and last week we no and we Ryan and I talked about the Jesse White tumbling team, who was also in season four. I don't know if you remember that. Jay: I was not. it it like they they fall into that category of like a tumbling team that I saw. Cody: Yes. Yes. They're they're a they're a very arrow one season four tumbling team. we did get some heartbreaking news that one of the the acrobats from that team passed away. look like it's in a motorcycle crash on july eighth. so so terrible thing. Just right after the episode aired it it it it happened. So I guess when the episode aired, 'cause that would have been you know, right on the the seventh, that happened. So Jay: Absolutely. Yeah, very much fits that era. Cody: terrible, terrible news from the A G T world and I'm sure if if the Jesse Tumblr's make it to the live shows we'll hear a little more about that. So Jay: Absolutely. That's definitely a a story that they would I I'm you know, to to be able to perform live in his honor, in his memory would be would be something pretty special for them. So that's yeah, heartbreaking, heartbreaking. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay: man. Well Cody, I'm gonna I'm gonna take a sharp right turn here. maybe a left turn. I don't know. That was like that that that's heavy news and you know, like i our our thoughts and and prayers are are with that tumbling team and everybody else who's affected by that. you know, and and before I take the the turn here, like, you know, I I end every podcast saying, you know, be safe and Cody: Okay. Yes. Yeah. Jay: You know, Cody: Right. Jay: d wear those helmets and do those things to protect yourself. And you know, you and I we're both, you know, Gen Xers, millennial, you know, ex ennioles in there. And when I was growing up, like only the nerdiest nerds wore helmets on their bicycles. And but my kids a hundred percent of the time they wear their helmets when they're on their bikes, you know, and it's I was riding my my moped across town and I was like, I don't really want to put my helmet on. But then I you know, like those curbs are really hard. And, you know, even if it's not my fault, not my mistake, bashing my head into one would not do me or my kids any good. So you know, you you take those take those extra seconds to do the safe thing and you know make sure that make make sure that you're you're staying healthy. Cody: Uh-huh. Yep. Thank you for saying that, Jay. Jay: But with that, Cody, I noticed what I'm assuming is you got a new hat on, and I kinda love it. Cody: I do. you haven't seen my new hat, have you? I wore this I wore this in the off season. I got I got it back in the spring. This is my Robin Hood hat. and I wore it back in the spring and I love this hat. It's it's it fits very comfortably. I like the way that it looks. Robin Hood's one of my favorite. it's the it's the Fox Robin Hood from from Disney. it's one of my favorite characters from from Disney, one of my favorite movies. So the wife got it for me and the world the world Jay: No Great. Was that down on a on a trip to Disney? Cody: No, we found it on a website. It's a website that sells Disney merch. So saw it on there and and she got it for me for for my aniv for our anniversary. So yep. thanks. The World Cup's coming to an end, so I decided to put the team USA hat to the side for right now. we may get it back out, you know, when the Olympics or something USA related rolls back around. So Jay: Okay. All right, well I love it. All right. Okay. Well good. Well you've you you look good, you sport it well, and Roger Miller did the the music. He was the the rooster in in the the Robin Hood movies and like that just that that like good, just kind of folksy, easy to listen to, fun music. It it really is one of my favorite Disney movies too. So Golly, what a day Cody: Thanks. Thanks. Yes. Yep. Oodal alley. Jay: All right, with that, Cody, I am ready to talk about season twenty-one, auditions number six, from when was it? July thirteenth. July fourteenth. July fourteenth. Here we go. This is first act of the night is a novelty act from Japan. Yukuta from Hiroshima. Cody: Fourteenth, yes. Yes. Jay: His day job, he's a garbage collector. Which like w we watch some World Cup. We know that those Japanese they clean up after themselves. Like it is it a hard job to be a garbage collector in Japan? Or is it like they just sort of like do it for you? Is it Cody: Yes they do. Yeah, I I would think in Japan that they're so they're so technology driven that there's probably a lot of it that's just he's in the truck, but a lot of it is probably automated. Yep. I I should ask my wife that. She's very into the Japanese culture. So that's a good question I may ask her. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. Yeah, I'd imagine it all right. Yeah. What what's the garbage collection like in Japan? Cody: Yes. But they're you're right, they are very tidy people 'cause they'll clean up it that the World Cup, boy, they cleaned up those stands after the event. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. And and and I love that. I love that that's a part of their culture that they bring with them, the the respect and the just general, like good vibes. Absolutely. If we could all do the same, wouldn't that be so nice? all right. But Yakuta, he is gonna come out, he's got a giant cartoon head of Simon. Cody: Leave things better than the way you found them. Yep. Yep. Jay: that hangs upside down behind his legs. So he has to do a headstand and uses then his legs as arms, or to pretend that they're Simon's arms. And then he's gonna proceed to show us Simon's morning routine. He's gonna use his feet to accomplish these tasks of putting the sunglasses on, of shaving his face, of eating an orange. That's it. And Mel, she's not impressed. Cody: Yeah. think he kinda nailed it. 'Cause he's putting on those glasses that Simon wears, the kind of I I say rose colored with the the red the red glasses. Yes, the rose colored glasses. we know Simon loves to eat tangerines between acts. He'll throw them he'll hand them out I throw them out. He'll hand them out to audience members. So we know he loves doing that. So it's it's like Jay: Those rose colored glasses, yep. Yep. Well, no. We also know that he loves to see Simon up on the stage. Any any representation of Simon that we can get up there, he's for it. Yep. Cody: He loves Simon loves him some Simon, right? I I think he nailed it. He did the Simon research. He looked he watched everything on this show before he came on and just nailed all the Simonisms that we know and love. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. Mel's gonna say no. Howie, Sophia, Simon, they're all gonna say yes. Mel's out. this is not a winning act. i I'm I'm not sorry that we got to see it, but this should not be in the live shows. Cody: I I you know, I could kind of see this in the live show and then we've talked about these types of acts before where they come out and do something related to the judges, and I think if he came back in either judges the next round, the judges round. not judge cuts, but the callbacks. If he comes back in the callbacks and then does like a Mel B or Howie or Sophia and then maybe in a life Mel Mel B loves herself Mel B. So Jay: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Would Mel B love it if it was a Melbee? Cody: She'd probably be like, I don't get it. Is that supposed to be me? I don't understand. Like, I don't does that that didn't look like me. but if he came back and did another judge or if he did Terry, I I think this would there'd there'd be enough there'd be enough rounds for him to do everybody on the show. Yeah. Jay: I don't know. Terry, yeah, Terry's always good. Okay, all right. Well, if if he happens to make it that far, wouldn't that be something to see? I can I cannot imagine this I can't imagine them putting this in the live shows. I cannot imagine this making it past the first round of live shows. Cody: Okay. think America would vote this out, yes. Yeah. Jay: Okay. All right. but yeah, thank you for gracing us with your presence, Yukuta. second act of the night, we're going to gentleman from just down the road from me, Omaha, Nebraska. Cameron Logsden. Scott lives in a suburb of Nebraska. And sorry I looked it up. Cameron Logsden teaches at the Cody: Okay. okay. Jay: University of Nebraska in Omaha. So it's not he's not a corn husker, but a a different state state college. So teaches public speaking and what's not to love, right? He's he's a good old Midwest dad and he's going to do some impressions. He's gonna set it up like hey judges Cody: Okay. Not not not cornhuskers, okay. Jay: If you needed to hire a new judge, here's some resumes for you. And he gives them to Simon so that Simon can tell him what resume he wants to hear or who he wants to hear from. So he says Jason Statham, and then he gives a a Jason Statham styled response as to why he would be a good judge. And he does Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Coolidge and Dwayne the Rock Johnson. The genius thing he did here was he didn't tell us who he was doing. He had somebody else tell us who he was doing, right? Cody: Yeah. Sure, yes. Jay: But what did you think of Cameron Logsden? Cody: like that twist a little bit where he he had a list and then from that list Simon had to pick some out. Now we don't know how many others were on the list. but I did kinda like that there was a list and he had to then do whatever it was that Simon picked out. He didn't already have them I mean he knew what he was gonna do kinda like Tom Cotter did with the with the die back in in his season. so he knew all of but he didn't know which one was coming next. So he had kind of he had to kind of then get mentally ready for him. I think his Jennifer Coolidge was like his best one. I thought it was really good. It was spot on Jennifer Coolidge. the others were okay. Jason Statham was pretty good. Matt Dam was it Matt Damon? I think the second one was Mark Mark Wahlberg was was was pretty good. The others, I didn't feel like they they kind of hit. The Jennifer Coolidge one, the Jennifer Coolidge one was pretty much spot on. Jay: It wasn't very good, yeah. Mark Wahlberg. Yeah, I think Duane Yeah, Dwayne Johnson was probably his worst of the of the ones that we saw, but I don't know. Like I could tell like if he hadn't said Mark Wahlberg, I think I would have gotten it. Like, you know, there's some caricature, you know, whatever the things that he does to to make it work. Cody: Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And then he took the personality of those people and then applied it to kind of being an AD AGT judge. Which which which was very nice as well. So that kind of that added the comedy to it. It showed his chops in the impressionist era area. I'm not sure where he can go from here on it. Yep. Jay: Yes. That's a good question. Absolutely. So you've gotten your your three yeses. we'll talk about it. It's a no from Mel B, but whatever. he he's, you know, in through two considerations, like Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay: More does he have? You know, being an impressionist is a hard it's a hard act to r really do well in AGT, I think. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah, 'cause it's not like stand up comedy where you can do some various ones. You're basically just coming out and just doing impressions again. Jay: Yeah. Now, could he do stand up comedy as one of the characters? Like, you know, if if d Dwayne the Rock Johnson did stand up comedy, this is what you would see, right? If Jennifer Coolidge did stand up comedy, I don't know, maybe. All right. Judge's comments Yeah, yeah. I we've seen impressionists before. They don't tend to go far. Cody: Maybe so? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, okay, okay. I'm intrigued I'm in I'm intrigued a little bit, Jay. Yeah, okay. yeah, I think I the one I c always come back to is Melissa Villassenior. And I think she was a maybe she was just a quarter finalist. Yeah. Jay: Yeah, yeah. yeah, she didn't go deep. She did get a little shout out on the July fourth party episode. So Cody: She did, she did. she went to semifinals. So she made it to the semifinals. Yeah. Jay: Okay. All right. Sophia says he's brilliant. She's glad he's here. Mel says she wants him to make it a story not involving Simon. Howie says he's great and he loved it. And then Simon called it original and a great idea and it worked. So it's gonna be those yeses from the three and Mel B is gonna gonna give us a split decision. Cody, I looked at before we get into all of it, like y your Mr. Give Me Those Split Decisions. We had seven Cody: Yes. Jay: people go through with a split decision. Three were unanimous yeses. Cody: Yeah. And how many of were Mel B saying no? Jay: a few, but also Howie was not just just going along with the team. He had a few that he was the the odd man out. Cody: Okay. yeah, I I'm always in favor of this a little bit. Especially if there's a if it's the it changes between the judges, different judges do it. I I'm I'm okay with it 'cause it just gets real tiring when it's the same when all four of are just yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. with this though, I don't think it was particular that's just that Simon had did it. Jay: Yep, yep, yep. I I hear that. Cody: Any of the judges could have done it. It just happened to be that he picked Simon to do it. Jay: Okay. Cody: So I don't I think Mel B's contention that Simon was part of the act, I think it could have been any of It's not like yeah. Jay: Sure. Do you think that he has impressions of the judges? Cody: I would hope so. Jay: Because you know that's the judges love them some judges. That might be a good direction to go here, Cameron, if you if you make it through. Alright, let's move on. Third act of the night, mister Carolina Mike. And Carolina Mike, he's going well, his his day job is in IT or something, right? Cody: Judges love them some judges, yes. Yeah. Ye yes. my biggest comment on him, I mean he has got the IT uniform. That was my one comment was like the only thing missing from his uniform is the cell phone strapped to his belt. That's exactly it. But he has got the shorts, he's got the polo tucked in tight, he's got let's see me I'm pulling him back up. he's got hold on Jay: I I don't see a phone strapped to his belt. He he's got his props stuffed into his belt, for later on in his song here. Yeah, the cargo shorts, the total dad vibe. A little bit of a little bit of a belly, some thick rimmed glasses. Yeah, he's he's got it all Cody: Right. he's got like knee like knee high socks. Yes. Yes. Yep. a a Carolina Panthers polo. so yeah. Definitely this guy is it i i i I I'm sure Scott's probably worn this outfit a time or two in in the IT world. but yeah, cell phone. Cell phone on the belt is the only thing he's missing. I guess I guess yeah. Jay: He he had to move it to put his put his dollars in there. let's hear a little bit about what Carolina Mike would do with a million dollars, would we? Cody: If you had a million dollars, what would you do? Jay: Well, he says I'd spend a million on a yacht, wait, that's not enough. Maybe I'd buy an iced out watch. Wait, I don't wear a watch. maybe a big screen T V in every room, except I only have five rooms. maybe a pony for my baby girl. So that's th it's it's auto tuned rapping with Carolina Mike. Cody: Ha ha ha. And you know, IT Carolina Mike, he probably created his own auto tuner. Be my guess. Yeah. Jay: I he might have, yeah. Or i i whether he made it himself or plays with one, you know, that's somehow off the shelf. Like I don't hate the character. I don't hate the the you know, it's it's a little bit of fun, it's a little bit like it's not a serious rap song, it's just it's fun. Let's have some fun with Carolina Mike. Cody: want more Parmesan, right? Yes. Jay: It's very much in that same vein of more Parmesan. Or last week we had Cuckoo Kangaroo, which Neil Neil and Brian, you guys obviously are not elementary teachers, because when the those elementary students need a shake break, it is not uncommon for cuckoo kangaroo to find itself in the in the rotation. Cody: Yes. Yes. No, Yeah, I I thought those guys were very much like local public access type TV, but okay. Jay: I mean, yeah, that's fair. Like no, they they're actually like a pretty big presence on on YouTube with your elementary crowd. It's so yeah, I mean Carolina Mike, he's he's kinda in that same vein of like, don't take us too seriously. We're we're we're having some fun. We're trying a little you know, did I put a smile on your face? Yeah. Cody: okay. Okay. Got it. Okay. A and and I love that on the wiki it's Mike I C, not I K E. Jay: Well yeah, I'm sure that's a you know, it's his it's his rapper name. Cody: Right, right. Jay: If Florida went as Florida, it's it doesn't really have the same you know, it's Carolina Mike. Cody: Yes. Yeah. Jay: judge's comments, Simon says twenty seconds was enough. Mel B says she's identified with him, so it's a yes from her, but everybody else says a no. So it's a split decision, but Mel is the odd one out saying yes. Cody: I thought that was so odd that she was the one that actually liked this. I think she also is like, sh I can relate to you. Like all of these these three, they have too many million dollars. I can relate to you. And I'm like, Really, really? Really? Jay: I'm just a everyman. Cody: That's right. That's right. Jay: Melby everyman. This Joe Plummer. IT Mike. yeah. So I don't know. It's it's fun. I'm not sorry that we saw it. I'm not sorry that we're not gonna see it again. Cody: We're kind of at the point in the show where we're gonna get this type of stuff. I mean this is commenters gonna did some great tweeting the other night that like where winners or top four finalists have come from and they don't come from these episodes. So he's teaser, look for a blog about that. So Jay: Okay, all right. I hope you didn't you know steal steal all his thunder there. Okay, all right. Next act of the night here we've got Viola, Panic, and Mr. Punch from Caracas, Venezuela, which I think Sophia was pretty excited about that. Cody: No, he posted he tweeted all this out, so yeah. Yeah, Colombia, Venezuela, I mean it's all South America. Jay: All right. Yeah. Okay. she she Cody: It's it's like saying it's like saying someone's from Toronto, Canada. Well, I mean it's North America to us, so Yeah. Yay North America. Yep. Jay: Yeah. All right. Yay, North America. All right. So they are going to do a comedy burlesque show. Mr. Punch starts hiding behind her. He's got a couple of bird puppets that pop out behind the feathers that she's wearing. as they perform, the birds get a little bit intimate with Viola. Cody: Sure. Jay: Yes. Cody: yeah, gets a little a little weird, yes. Jay: A little little weird and and that's that's about it. It was not great. Cody: No, was not great. Their outfits are very colorful. Yes. Jay: Yes, they are they're very colorful. Sophia, I think, sums it up well. She says one of the weirdest things they've seen on the show, which is really saying something. Because we've seen some really weird stuff. Cody: Yes. anytime I see some of these types acts it always reminds me of and I can never remember her name, the dancer from I guess the fifties and sixties that would have the bowl of fruit on her head. Yes. Exact yes, yep. Jay: like Chiquita Banana Yeah. Yeah. Alright. yeah, i it feels like that style of dance, or you know, sort of a a weird cousin to that kind of dancing. Simon says it feels like a kid's show from the seventies, except it got weird. Mel says that she likes burlesque, and Sophia is gonna be the one yes, for Veal on Mr. Punch. Cody: You know it was kind of at this point, maybe in maybe act or two later, where I was thinking, I've been a Mel B defender like all season. I'm like I was excited about her coming back last season, shake this up a little bit, bring a little more contention, a little little something different into the judges panel. But as we're kinda getting through this episode, I was just like, you know, I can kinda see what other people are, you know, upset about. Yeah. Jay: Okay. you know I don't need to judge the judges. Well i they each bring what they bring and you know, like w Cody: Sure. Jay: There's things that they all do that rub me a little bit wrong at times, but you're like let's It is what it is. And there's not much of my complaining is gonna change anything, so it like Simon tends to have his like go to lines or his go to moves that he, you know, is sort of known for. Howie is all about like imitating the act in his responses to them somehow, if it's in his movements or in his words or, you know, how he says things. Sophia's gonna call everything spectacular. And Melby's a little bit, you know, in the dark. So like Cody: Peace. Okay. Jay: Like the they all have their their things that can get on your nerves and just roll with it. It's it's not it's not really their show. It's our show. We're the voters eventually. Cody: Sure. That's why the show's that's why the show's so good, right? Yeah. That's true. That's true. Jay: all right, so that's that's Viola and Mr. Punch. you can join Carolina Mike backstage because you're not going through. next act of the night though is Daniela and Naimana from Italy. And Daniela tells us that when he heard Naimana's voice, hi he melted. His n he went weak in the knees. And so there obviously gonna be a a singing duo. turns out not just singing though, it is a ventriloquist singing duo. And when this when when I realized that's what was happening, like I was like pretty excited. Like I I love me some ventriloquism, I love some singing, but unfortunately this didn't really do it for me, Cody. Cody: No, I think it was a little bit of a miss, but we get our obligatory Nessun Dorma of the season. We I We had to get it somewhere in there because production was like, Hey, we haven't done Nessun Dorma yet. Hey, can you can you just sing that? That'd be great. we gotta get it in there. and then and then the puppets. My only thought is she needs to dump him and just sing sing just sing his opera. Be a Barbara Padilla. Jay: We needed it had to get shoehorned in there somewhere. So Cody: Be a Jackie Ivanko. Jay: Okay, all right. So it lets let's describe these costumes a little bit. He comes out and and like the the head at the top of the costume is the puppet and the it's holding a baby and the baby's head is his head with his, you know, beards double and all. So like it's a little bit funny and the you know, cartoon head is is silly and whatever. and then she comes out and she's it it's one of these like optical illusions of riding a horse. Cody: Yeah, okay. Jay: But you can't see her legs. It's got little fake legs that dangle over the sides, and she then is able to control the horse's mouth as a as a puppet. So we've got his head, his puppet's head, her and the horse, and eventually also a a parrot or a bird that comes out that she controls as well. And like my my biggest complaint is we didn't know where to look. Cody: Yeah. Jay: To see like, you know, I'm doing the voice of of the horse now. Like we all need to look at the horse, not move around, and like only the horse's head moves. And then when she's singing, we're all looking at her, and obviously it's her mouth that's moving. And like it it felt like there was there was too much like jittering bouncing around. I couldn't really tell whose voice was supposed to be whose or where I was supposed to look. And and it really lost some of that magic for me. Because the ventrilo like the the not moving their mouth was pretty good, but the puppetry was bad. Cody: Yes. Yeah, no, I I'm with you. When I was watching it, I was like I don't I don't know where to focus. I can't tell who's singing what. Jay: Yeah, so I was a little disappointed in that. If they fix that, this could be fun. Like I'm I'm willing to to see this again. Absolutely. Like this this is totally like a a J Bach kind of kind of kind of act. Cody: Okay. Yeah, sure. Jay: But it didn't it wasn't a home run with me this time. It was Cody: Yeah, yeah. Jay: A a safe a a a safe just a blooper to the outfield, get to first, see if see if we can round the bases. Cody: Avant. I I I was kinda then I'm kind of you know, I have some misgivings on it then. I think I just prefer that she just sing opera. Like just be a standard opera singer. I wanna I wanna I I want I wanna hear her actually like I want to see what she can do as an opera singer. I feel like I was also too distracted by everything that was going on to really get the opera part. Jay: you gotta bring a gimmick anymore. Yeah, yeah. All right. Howie says we've never seen this before, he doesn't know what it is, but he loved it. And then you've got Mel B's audio for us. Cody: So I want to kind of break apart those two comments. One, Mel B, English, first language. comment and I have talked about this. It's our first language. I know, I know ventriloquism can be somewhat of a difficult word. I get it. Still, it's a standard English word. Jay: It's yeah, it's one that we're all exposed to that she should absolutely have master over. But I I don't know that it came through on the audio. She like turns to Howie and is like, How do I say that word? And he, being the comedian, says, Don't ask me, ask Sophia. So she turns to Sophia, who famously stinks at saying that word. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Do you do you know why Howie asked told her well other than she can't say the word historically Sophia wanted to be a ventriloquist. Yes. So it's great to know to know that Howie I I'm hoping Howie recognized that and that's why he did that. We get the joke. I'm not sure your average AGT watcher remembers that. But we and we remember that. Jay: No, but in the i in the quest to make good TV, he's like No no no no. This is totally w let's let's go to the Columbian and she'll tell you how to say ventriloquism. Yeah. Cody: Yes. Yes. Ask the Columbian. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Right, right. and then Simon, great that he mentioned Terry, but Darcy Lynn out there is like, Wait, where it's like so it's like Jay: Well, it she did famously like pivot from ventriloquism to rockin' with the guitar last in the champions. Cody: I guess so that is true. That is true. And and she didn't have a big residency in Vegas. Now she is touring. So she's doing well in her tour and still doing her ventriloquist ventriloquism. so she still she's doing it, but but yes, she didn't have the big residency in Vegas that Terry had. But still, two winning singing ventriloquists that are legendary, actually h Hall of Famer. Jay: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Cody: A G T Hall of Famers, so Jay: Ugh, all right. Sophia goes on. She says she's a little bit skeptical to say yes, but she does say yes. So it's gonna be a yes from everybody except for Mel. So there you go, that is Daniela and Naimana. And I I do hope we see them again and I hope that they they clean up some of the s some of the puppetry. Cody: Yeah, there's there's there's things they can do. There's growth, there's there's variety there. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. And it I don't know, like how do you thread that needle of like showing that growth? Like I think that we've kind of as a as a podcast said like seeing that growth, seeing that that improvement, like that really does help your chances of winning the show. Cody: Uh-huh. Jay: But you also have to make it to the lives, you know. Like you you have to be you you can't be you can't be bad. Cody: Yes. Jay: You have to be very good and then get to very, very, very good. So whatever that is. all right. that's enough for Daniela and Naimana, our singing ventriloquists. Next act of the night is Nicole Tissington and Cody, I gotta tell ya like sh I I thought we were in for Cody: Yes. Ha ha ha. Jay: some more competitive eating or, you know, some some Eric Badlands Booker kind of content here. I I j I was totally what's the word? convinced that's what was happening. Cody: Yes. Should should she get the FU trophy? Did she fool us? Yes. Jay: I I was fooled. I was fooled. until the shoe came out. And then I I mean she cut it with a knife and it was obviously cake. So she's she's going to show the judges that she eats weird things and she pulls out a tray of raw chicken and takes a bite of the raw chicken and then the styrofoam plate that the raw chicken is on and then comes up to the judge's table and pulls a shoe out and she cuts into the shoe to reveal that it is in fact cake. And so is Howie's microphone and so is Mel's buzzer and Sophia's cup. It's all cake. Cody: Are the judges cake? Is the whole show just one big piece of cake? One big cake? There you go. Jay: That's it Cake all the way down. i is it cake? Yes, is the answer. Did the judges know that Howie's Mike and Mel's buzzer and Sophia's cup were swapped out? A hundred percent yes. Like there Cody: Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 'Cause I mean they had to I'm I'm guessing the judges also wear some sort of lapel mic as well. Yeah. Jay: Like most likely, yeah. S like Was the reveal already ruined on the judges and probably the audience too? I like probably, yeah. Like I I I don't know how else they would have gone around that. Like O'Mel, one moment, we're just gonna unplug your buzzer and put this one in here. never mind that it's not plugged in. Like I But she wasn't going to because it was she knew that it was a Cody: Ha ha ha. Yeah. What if she had tried to hit it? Smash. Jay: Prop for the next act. Cody: Right. let's let's give the benefit of the doubt for the production here for a moment. So the judges go on break. They swap everything out while the judges are on break. The judges come back. Howie doesn't notice or smell that his microphone smells like cake. Sophia doesn't notice that her cup smells like cake. she comes on the stage, does her little thing, eats raw chicken and Melby hits her cake buzzer. Jay: She doesn't take a drink of her I mean that would have been something. That would have been one way for this act to go, which might have been better. You know, that that could be fun. but also like Cody: Yeah. Yes. Jay: The fact that what she makes these things out of is cake, is edible, like d hardly feels like it she's an artist. Like not necessarily a cake maker. Right? Yeah, the the fondant and the you know, it's whatever, the tools that she uses like Cody: Yes. sure, it's the it's the icing and all that stuff that's making it yes. Right. Jay: Once it's built to make it look that real is the is the magic, but I don't know. It the fact that it's cake, like, could it have been I don't know, barbecue? Like, sure, okay. Like it's it's barbecue covered in fondant, it's you know, chocolate, whate like it doesn't really matter. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah. But I think that's the whole thing of like, is it cake or not? Like that's the whole like there's a show about that. There's that whole thing that people just make things out of cake that look real. now, this is not an AGT act because she's not doing it on the stage. She makes it and then she just brings it in and sets it down. So it's like Ta da Jay: No, not at all. What if she took the Kinetic King style and like the day before? set up kitchen. Cody: An oven, an oven and kitchen, it's okay. Okay. On the stage. Okay. Jay: And and did it on the stage and then revealed Look, it's cake. Cody: Yeah, I'd get on board with it. Jay: Okay. It just has to be on the stage. All right. Okay. Cody: That has to be on the stage. Yeah. And they have to film it and time lapse it. Yes, all that stuff. Jay: Okay, all right. What if it's drones that make the shape of a cake, but it's not on the stage? Cody: If it's a drone made out of cake, that's even better. That can actually fly. Jay: Yeah, wouldn't that be? Alright. Okay, alright. That's she's not going through, thanks, but it's it's not not right for us. next act of the night, we've got a duo known as Butter and Grit. Cody: And they tell us 'cause it's on their hats. Jay: Yes. i I mean th th they're both plus sized peop people, but the the gentleman goes by butter and the lady goes is grit. we've got butter and grit. Cody: In case you were confused by which one was which. Yes, yes. Have you are you a are you a connoisseur of the grits, Jay? Okay. Jay: Connoisseur, no. have I eaten? Yes. like I'm I'm too far north to be a a grits i in the grits world. absolutely in corn country. but like I do oatmeal which like tends towards sweet, right? You do fruit and honey and Cody: But you're in corn country. Yes. Yeah. Jay: brown sugar and you know that's cinnamon, like, you know, y you do sweet oatmeal things. And grits, I understand, are a little bit more of a, you know, grits and butter kind of a a flavor. A little bit more what's the right word? Umami, maybe. I don't know. more savory would be be a better word. and that's kind of weird to me. Like, you know, if I'm if I'm I'm Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay: Taking a a spoonful of the thing that feels like oatmeal and it's it's savory instead, it's like, right. Weird. but I suspect, Cody, that you're a little bit more in Grits country down there. Cody: I am and I I will eat the grits. It's not one of the things that I will go and seek out. Like I'll go, man, I love some grits right now. But if they're serving grits, I'll I'll eat the grits. Yeah. Jay: All right, okay, okay. all right. Well Grit is gonna play the guitar while Butter sings. They've got a backup bass and a drummer there. And let's hear a little bit about what they got in their veins, Cody. Cody: So this this season, Jay, I think we didn't mention but they're from Nashville, right? Jay: Yeah, I usually ask if you know them because you're also from Tennessee. Cody: No, I I do not know butter and grit. I know I like butter and I like grits, but I don't know butter and grit. but they're from Nashville, and I think we've gotten quite a few acts this season from Nashville. And I'll just say they've got that Nashville sound. Just that typical Nashville I'm not saying it's good or bad, but I'm saying there's a Nashville sound, and they have it. So it's not Jay: Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Cody: country and it's not rock, it's kind of its own special kind of mixture of it. And they ri they they kind of just have it. Jay: That is okay. Alright. I don't listen to a lot of the the Nashville sound. But yeah, I c I can I can understand that. Yeah. definitely Cody: Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So that was my biggest thing that I took away from them was just that that sound they have. Jay: Yeah, it like it feels clean. It feels you know, like like they've been practicing. They they've honed that sound. They didn't just you know, fall into it, I guess. so yeah, I I I can get behind what you're saying. Cody: There there's nothing about them that kind of really stuck out. They're they seem to be fun to watch. They have good stage presence. I like the band. As far as their sound though, there's just not really much that kind of stuck out at me. Jay: yeah, like the name Butter and Grit is probably the best thing that they got going for Because when it comes time to do our our draft, you know, if they're in the draft, they'll be like, yeah, that that you know, down south country duo, butter and grit, right? As opposed to, you know, some of these other ones that are like, you know, first name and first name, like I don't remember who Brett and Jerry are. Like Cody: Sure, yes. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Ha ha ha. Jay: So, you know, like and that's good that that's naming a band is something that bands spend a lot of energy on. So like I think going with butter and grit that that works for them. Cody: Yes. Yeah, I later on we're gonna get just Jesse Joe. Jay: Mm. Yep. all right, so that's they got that sweet, sweet south in their veins. Mel says she wants to be friends with them. says they're nice down to earth people, they brought the fun. Howie says they're good and the music is real Americana. And then let's hear what what Simon has to say. Cody: back in our season ten rewatch, we had Vicky Barbalak. No. Season thirteen rewatch. We had Vicky Barballack. And couple of the things that brought to Simon's attention was Denny's and Hooters. Jay: Okay. Cody: And now he's interested Jay: Right. Cody: in Cracker Barrel. So Jay: famously American eateries, yes. and like I feel like the the production did us wrong there, right? He's like it felt like a popular restaurant commercial, like record scratch? Like he didn't like it, but then he goes on to be like, and that's why I liked it. And it's like what wait, what? Like they they they they they didn't do that right. Cody: Yes, yes. Yeah. Yeah. No, this is th that sound, that jingle sound is not what we want on A G T. Jay: I guess. But Cody: Yeah. No it's not what we want, right? We don't want the jing like commercial jingle sound, right? Okay. Okay. Jay: I I don't know, I like a good jingle. Think jingles are hard to write well. Cody: You're right. Kur to write well, you're correct about that. Yes. Jay: But what's the there's the Applebees country song that like I I feel like it it wasn't a collaboration with Applebee's, but then like it became famous and Applebees is like, Well let's use this in our commercials then like Cody: Do we anticipate hearing Butter and Grit doing cracker barrel commercials sometime in the near future? Jay: I you know, they would be stupid to not have them on the phone like first thing after that aired. Like let's my agent calling your agent, like let's let's get this cracker barrel thing going. Cody: That is true. Yep. That's right. Jay: This is this is their chance. Sophia says they're likable. Sound it does sound like a commercial, but it's fun. So it's gonna be actually four yeses for butter and grit. Can you believe it? Cody: Okay. To see. Jay: Okay. Cody: Do we see them in the live show? Jay: I don't know. I don't know. It it's it's a vocalists is a deep category and I I cannot ever tell where the judges are gonna go with this. It it is always difficult. Cody: Yeah. I and we've got quite a few bands this season, so it's gonna be hard to kind of whittle down those bands. Jay: Yeah, yeah. And it's weird that it's butter and grit, but also a bass player and a drummer. Like it's not just butter and grit. Cody: Could this be the house ban? Are you think no, you think that's their ban? Okay. Jay: I don't know. I yeah. I think it's there, guys. What do I know? I don't know. All right. Cody: I'm glad we're I'm glad we're good podcasters, Jay. Jay: It's just I you know, I I am I I will be honest and if I don't know I will tell you and if I'm making it up on the spot I will tell you. Cody: Fair enough. If we don't have our integrity, what do we have, right? Jay: What else do I have if not my integrity? Alright, let's move on to next act of the night, Veronika Gorishkova. she's a Ukrainian aerial pole performer. Cody: I think I saw a commenter say that we haven't had this before, but I I haven't had a chance to look it up, but I feel we've had this before. Jay: I yeah, aerial pull is not a common aerial apparatus. Cody: It's not. It's silks and ropes and rings. Jay: Yeah. But this is like literally just what'd you say? Like a eight, ten foot long pole that's hanging from a rope. And like my first thought was this has gotta be one of the hardest aerial apparatuses to use, right? Cody: Mm? Yeah, dangling from a s rope. Yeah. Mm-hmm. 'Cause you gotta hold on to it. You can't really wrap yourself around it. Yeah. Right? Jay: Right, and there's not really a break and like if if you lose grip, like you're falling on the judge's table. Cody: Hmm? Yes. Jay: yeah, so she's gonna come out to the platform like right behind the judge's table. They clear the judges off, you sit on the sides, look up at her. And she's gonna do aerial pole dancing moves up on the aerial pole. she spends time with just one hand on the pole, does things with her feet on the pole, like does the splits and like holds the pole between her her. thigh and her torso, I guess. does the what's that? Like the the dead man's drop where she slides down the pole using only that crease between her thigh and her torso to control that descent. Fun to watch. She's a beautiful lady. She's obviously like super strong, super athletic, super grip. I enjoyed this plenty. Like Of all the aerialists we've seen, is she among the best? Like top half, sure, maybe, but I like I don't know. Like I I by the end of it I was a little bit like, okay, like I'm ready for the next act. Cody: Really? Okay. Did did you feel it went on too long? Did you feel it went on too long? Cause she kinda had a break, she like stopped and then she went back up and did it again. Jay: But tell me your thoughts. Maybe, yeah, like Yeah, yeah. And I I feel like maybe just do it in in one hit and then be done. Cody: Okay. I like this and I was really impressed by her strength. You talked about holding it by one hand. She would be basically horizontal as well. She was there was some tremendous amount of strength and flexibility in this routine. Super, super impressed. The core strength, the arm strength, whatever it may be. Just whatever what she could do by holding herself outward almost horizontal in a lot of the the the tricks was just incredible. Jay: Absolutely. Cody: I kind of f feel the same way, like when she stopped, I was like, okay, that was that was really cool. And then she decided to go back up. Like she just needed a breather to go to go finish off. I kinda could have done without the second part. I think the first part did everything that it needed to do. I don't think the second part diminished it. It just felt like it would just continue to go on. I'm not sure what to think about having the her platform behind the judges table. It's it's different. Something we haven't seen before. I'm not sure what it added to the performance. What what do you think? Jay: Yeah, it it was a interesting choice, right? To it does right, if if you're trying to differentiate yourself from everybody else, right? And maybe like it just requires that extra room. Maybe up on the stage with the X's up above the stage, when you've got a a ten foot tall aerialist apparatus, like you just you just need more room. So that might be what's happening there. Cody: yeah. Sure, yeah. Yeah, that's a good good point. It also puts her right above the audience. So it puts her closer to the audience and they can now see a little bit better kind of where she's at. Some of those people that are a little further back, they can they can see her a little bit better too. So interesting choice or maybe a logistical one for all we know. Jay: I I feel like if I were better versed in aerialist arts, I could really appreciate this more. Like it felt like she was just kind of like up and down and flopping around and spinning around and you know, now I'm touching it with my foot and now I'm not. And now like and and I didn't full I I can't without without knowing what I don't know fully appreciate what she does. Cody: Ha ha ha. Yes. Is is this similar to what a Christy Sellers would do? Except she's except the pole's not grounded to the ground. It's kind of just flapping around. Jay: I I wonder if it's if the skills are translatable. Yeah, I I wouldn't be surprised. But like, you know, she does this performance this time, if she did this exact same performance next time, or if she totally changes it up, but does another performance on the aerialist poles, I don't know that I could tell the difference. Right? Like it's because I I don't know, right? I I don't know what I d I don't know what to look for. Cody: Okay. Sure. No. It looks extremely hard, yes. Jay: It looks really hard. Yeah. but I will I'll tell you, when we went to Silver Dollar City when Christy Sellers had her her length of performances there, she had a a a friend that she brought along with her that did a routine in the middle that gave Christy a a break. and it was this this ring on a pole above a chair, whatever. And We went to watch Christy's show a couple times and in you know, the second time that I saw her friend do the exact same routine on the same apparatus, I was like, that's really impressive that it's exactly the same. Like it's not just like making it up on the spot and flopping around and grabbing her, you know, just like i i it was very specific moves that she did every time that were exactly the same, and that's more impressive. So again. But I didn't know that. So I you know, I I just I don't know, a lack of knowledge about these things is you know, i it it looked it looked hard. And that's that's all I can say. Cody: Yes. Jay: So judge's comments here. Simon says it felt like a gold medal performance, showmanship difficulty, he could see how hard and dangerous it is, and then he calls it perfection. And then you've got some audio of what Sophia says here. Cody: Sophia, the orator that she is. Jay: That was that's gotta be the weirdest golden buzzer moment, right? That was bad. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Our our angle now let's see, what do I want to do? Yeah. Yeah. Jay: I was into it, but record scratch again. Like, that was weird and we've seen it before, and I don't know. Except I do know it's the golden buzzer moment. Like, what? I I d it was just Did it surprise Sophia to hit the golden buzzer? Is that what happened? Was she was was she like was she talking and then like Cody: Maybe so. Jay: no, I lost my train of thought. How am I gonna how am I gonna land this plane? Uh-oh. golden buzzer. Cody: Yes. Ha. Jay: I don't know. Cody: You know, to be honest, Jay, I'm fine with it. It's not another singer. It's not another dancer. I'm okay with it. Jay: Okay. All right. We're gonna see her at the live shows. Cody: Yes. Jay: good. And I I'm I will look forward to seeing her again. I I wonder if she'll do the same apparatus or if she'll switch it up. So Cody, I gotta point out, in the picture that they use in the AGT fandom wiki, like you can see her abs through her costume. It's like she's just so stinking fit. Like it's Cody: Yeah. Yeah. We'll see. Yep. yeah? I bet. Jay: It it's wild. So Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay: just just need to point out like she is something special. all right. Let's move on to the next act here. We've got Elsie. She's a 32-year-old mom who's sh she's chasing her dream, Cody. Gonna sing an original song and I'll I'll let you play it for us. It's a a really cool like blues rock, just kinda real fun. real easy to listen to music. Let's let's he hear what Elsie has to do for us. Cody: Yep. Yeah. Okay. Jay: Yeah. I I like Elsie. And I like her I like her song. I like her her style. I feel like what I was talking about earlier, threading that needle of like having room to improve, but being good enough to get to the lives, like she might be right there. Like this this felt like she's likable. she's got these original songs, she's got this re this this rock blues sound. It draws me in. I like if she can, you know, take some coaching, take some production and improve what she's already doing, th she could be she could be great. It would be fun to watch her improve. Cody: Yep. Okay. I had her down as just kind of a mid singer. If there was nothing there that really stuck out at me. I you I mean, you may be right that she's kind of just enough to get moved on and then over the next couple of months she might figure something out. But didn't feel like there was anything there that just was like, Hey now that's really cool. Jay: Yeah. like Trying to give her benefit of the doubt. Like if if if if that was her full swing, she's got nothing left in the tank. That was her best song, sung as good as she can. That's you know, she's not gonna get any higher. Like this is this is you know the end of the road for you. I I feel like there's enough talent there for her to improve, and if she brings more of this style, I think America loves, you know, good. Cody: Sure, no, agree yeah, with you on that. Jay: Country rock blues, like it it could work. Cody: Yeah. No, you're you're all about finding acts that are just good enough and then finds ways to jump to second place. So Jay: That's d better lucky than dumb, Cody. It's better lucky than good. I don't know. That's it's why did I say better lucky than dumb? Better lucky th better lucky than good is how the phrase goes. Better dumb luck I don't know. Whatever. Nelby asks if it's an original. Yes it is. she says she's an amazing singer, believes she can go bigger and better. Cody: I don't know. Yes. Jay: Better than what she showed us. Simon says she's a star. It's clear that she's a star. Got lost a little bit in the backing track. So bring bring down the the rest. Bring you up. Sophia loves her but didn't care for the song. Simon goes on. He says that she has everything it takes to do well. She overprepared. She needs to let go and be a little more raw. Cody: That's gonna be a standard theme for her. Yeah. Yeah. Jay: And goes on to say she has potential and glow about her. So and then let's hear what Howie has to say. Cody: Tough. Jay: Well she didn't get the five minute backstory like everybody like you you know, you didn't send the camera crew to her town to record her doing her daily tasks. I don't know. Cody: Where's she from? Mississippi. Jay: Mississippi yeah. You're from the south. Do you do you don't know Elsie? Okay. All right. okay. All right. have you visited your mom since we last spoke? Do you have a chance to visit b Big Jim's Big Tom's? Cody: I don't know LC now. I've driven through Mississippi but I don't know L C no Big Tom's? No, but I looked but I looked it up. Big Tom's is right off the inner it's like a five minute drive off the interstate as I'm driving to mom's house. So you better believe next time I go to mom's house I am stopping either I'm gonna stop at Big Tom's or I'm gonna it's not far from mom's house as well. I may have I'm gonna have to take a trip to to Big Tom's. So Jay: All right. Alright, maybe you can bring your mom to Big Tom's with ya. All right, okay. Well I'm I'm looking forward to that report when you do go visit her, so Cody: Maybe so. That's right. I will report. I will I will have the was it the big the big Parker? Yeah. Jay: Sounds right. Feel like there was some hot dog jokes in there too that maybe we Cody: There was a hot dog joke there yes. Yeah. Jay: Okay. All right. okay, let's move on. Speaking of hot dogs, Joel our magician. He's a twenty eight year old from Northern Ireland, and he's going to do some magic for us, Cody. How you feelin magic this season? Cody: I'm a little indifferent. There's been some good, there've been some bad. Yeah. Jay: Okay, well, he's hoping to to do some good magic for us here. He's gonna hand Simon a wallet and a key's going to jump into that wallet. he makes Howie's glasses flip over on the table. He's gonna borrow Howie's phone, leaves the auditorium, goes up to the judge's dressing rooms, shuffles around Sophia's room, gets a picture and bracelet from Mel's dressing room. And then he's gonna proceed to put all these th items into a bag and smash them with a hammer. Commercial break. he proceeds to put all these items into a bag and smash them with a hammer. Cody: Yeah. Yep, okay. Yeah. Jay: Okay, all right. And then he's gonna throw that trash bag into the trash and come back on stage and using the key that was in Simon's wallet, he's going to unlock a box that's been hanging over the stage the entire time. And what's inside that box? Howie's phone. And there's a message on Howie's phone that says Sophia should stand up, and wouldn't you know it, when you take the cushion off her seat and rip it open, there's her picture. And Mel's bracelet is found inside of her red buzzer that he smashed open with a hammer. how did he do it? I don't know. was it decent magic? Sure. Was it slow? Yes. Did you put a clock on this one, Cody? Cody: Yes. You know I did, Jay. so you just talked about everything that he did in a seven minute and fourteen second performance. Jay: Woo. Does that include the commercial break? Okay. Cody: It does kind of include the well, not the whole commercial, but just the yeah, hey, the A G T logo, a black screen, and then yes, another AGT logo. Yeah. Jay: All right. Okay. Wow. So that doesn't include the five minutes of commercials in between. It's was Cody: It it it does not. No. That's it's probably a little over seven minute act, yes. Yeah. Jay: Wow. well back in season that you and AGT Commenter talked about, they'd kick you off the show for going ten seconds over. Cody: Yes. That's you you go over ninety seconds and you're you're off to jail. Yes. Jay: Yeah. Bring bring out the fuzz, put the cuffs on him. Cody: Peter Antonio would have gotten the death sentence. Jay: Yeah. yeah. he he's trying to to build suspense and like, you know, taking these precious things from the judges, their pictures of their dogs and their bracelet that they got for their 50th birthday from the Spice Girls and their cell phones. Like I guess maybe raises the stakes for the judges, but all of us are like yawn, kind of over it. by the time he got to the end, I was Like, boy, let's let's cut the Peter Antonio business of it and get to the trick. Cody: Yeah. The biggest shock for me throughout the whole performance, Jay, was that Howie did not have a case on his phone. Jay: yeah, it's an aesthetics thing. You spend a lot of money to be able to show off that Apple logo. Cody: You think so? I guess so. Do you are you are you a case guy? Hundred percent, yes. Jay: Hundred per cent. It makes me really nervous when I take it off. Like, no. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. I don't have the millions as as as as Mel B would say, we don't have the millions that those other judges have. So Jay: Yeah. If I had a million dollars I would still keep a case on my phone. It's Cody: Yes. You know, for me it's not just hey, I want to protect the phone. For some reason it just doesn't feel right in my hands to not have a case on it. Like it it feels s better grip, right. Jay: Sure. Yeah. Better better grip. I can show you on the back of my phone here, I've got this this ribbon and I I spent like like thirteen bucks on this thing, but like it very does a very good job of keeping my phone in my hand and I don't drop it and I I really like having this ribbon on the back of my phone. So for what it's worth, like I I took my case and then I improved it even more to Cody: Yeah. You got you got the handle thing, yes? Yes. There you go. Jay: Have the case do its job. but enough about our phones. I again, I don't know how he does it. He he forces it somehow to to have those things where he needed them to be, and it's and it's fine. Mel says she loved it. Sophia says the magic's impressive. It was very exciting at some moments. Howie says it was too long and didn't hold his attention, and Simon says it took too long, and he can't do that on the lives. Cody: Antonio did it on the lives. Jay: Yeah. but it's gonna be a yes from everybody except for Howie. We get a split decision again. Cody: Okay. Yep. Jay: we're gonna spend a couple minutes with our next act here, Lachlan Patterson. Cody: Yeah, is this my long lost brother, Jay? Jay: as in like you guys look alike, no. Cody: no, but we have the same last name. And we wrote or and and all his jokes were about passwords and IT. Jay: Is is the L of Cody L Patterson Laughlin? It could be Lachlan. That's Cody: Could be Lachlan. Good good call. Could be. Jay: yeah, and he does get a call from somebody called Scam Likely, and turns out one time it was his brother, and he didn't even know he had a brother. So yeah, there you go. no, he had a a good little set. I I would have loved to have heard the whole thing. he seems like a a really fun personality, and I'm I'm hoping that we get to hear more than just what they kind of cherry picked for us. Cody: Yes. Could have been me. Yeah, it it felt like it was going to be like a much shorter montaged performance. I was pleased that we got more than I really expected. But I I would like to hear more. Jay: he does talk about when the internet browser or whatever like suggests a password for you and he's like, Well, I'm I'm never gonna use that again. Like I I can't do a capital bracket E squiggly thing that goes over an N like Cody: Yeah. wa washing machine symbol. Jay: Yeah. Touble dry low. Cody: Yeah. Do you think do you think Carolina Mike does the password resets for Lochlin? Jay: I let's hope he does. I I would trust him to be able to reset a password. Cody: Yes. Jay: man, Cody, when I worked at a at at a freight company, we had a a couple IT guys and like I would call them with a problem and in less than five minutes they'd have it fixed every time. And it just like was so awesome having such a good IT team. And man, having guys that can do that for you is whatever they paid them, I don't think it was enough. It was it it was wonderful. Cody: Okay. Well, now you're in a school district, so that luxury's over. Jay: Okay, our our IT team is great. They do they do very good work. If you but if you are a great IT person, you're probably not attracted to working for a school district. Right? Like you can do a lot better than what a school is gonna is gonna pay ya. So Cody: Okay. Good for them. Good. I'm happy to hear that. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Unless they've got a million dollars already and that's just what they choose to do. So Jay: I I guess, yeah. That's may you might need a few million to to choose that. And you gotta get those summers off. The Cody: That is true. no, those guys were working during the summer. Jay: I know, they've got all those new Chromebooks to update and all the the It's a whole thing, yeah. Cody: They gotta they they gotta clean up the books that the kids destroyed and then they gotta re image the new ones and set up the printers in the office. Yep. Jay: Yep, I'm I am not jealous of the work they do over the summers. but you know, like i if you can get that job and have the summers off with everybody, with all the teachers, like okay, all right, maybe you'd take the pay cut. But I think if you're great at IT, that's probably not not gonna be my school district, of course, is the exception. We have wonderful, wonderful IT here. That's Cody: Mm-hmm. Okay. Happy to hear that. Jay: all right. Simon's happy, Mel wishes it went on longer, we get four yeses for Lachlan Patterson. next act of the night, we're just gonna go by the lead singer's name, Jesse Joe. Cody: Yeah, I thought this was gonna be an actual I think it's a full band, but for some reason they just go by his name. Yep. Yes. yes. And he works in the oil fields. Is that what like they all work in the oil fields? Okay. So this is the second week in a row and I didn't get a chance to do this joke with Ryan last week. So he says he's from West Texas. Now is that West Texas or is that West Texas? Jay: Yep, he's he's the he's the face. And he's got his car heart bibs on. Yep. Yep. good. is that a like a a local vernacular thing that we're supposed to be able to tell the difference? Cody: Yes. So the people from Texas get that joke. There's a town called West Texas. Right, there's a town called West, but it's not in West Texas. It's in Central Texas. But then there's the geogra geographical region of West Texas. So my my question is w West Texas like El Paso and Abilene and Lubbock and all those areas. So is he from West Texas or is he from West Texas? Jay: West Texas. Right. I suspect he's from West Texas. I mean when I hear West Texas, the only thing I can think of is out in the West Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a beautiful girl. And that's about it. So it like West Texas is way larger than like it it deserves a lot more space in my brain than just that one song, but that's all it gets. That's Cody: Okay. Yeah. Okay, there you go. Yes. Yeah. And and more people are familiar with the region of West Texas than the town of West Texas. Yes. Jay: I I would imagine so, yes. as as evidenced by my blank look on my face when you told your joke, I I am only familiar with the region. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Do you have anything like that in Iowa? Like is there any weirdisms like that? Jay: I I mean we've got a a town it looks like Nevada, but we call it Nevada. we've got it looks like Madrid, but it's called Madrid. we've got a place up the road from me. W H A T space C H E E R, but it's not what cheer, it's what cheer. like Iowa's a weird place. So like we just kind of embrace Cody: Okay. Okay. Okay. Jay: It. yeah. It the the county that I grew up in that I went to elementary school in is not Buena Vista, it's Buna Vista. Like we we really had to had to northern that one up. Cody: Yes. Jay: And that's just the way it is. We so I mean that's that's a little bit a little bit different. We don't have a as far as I recall, a West Iowa. but if we did, I bet it would be in Western Iowa. So Cody: There you go. Okay. Jay: all right, let's hear a little bit about the song that they wrote in honor of blue collar workers here, Cody. Cody: I like his sound. I like their sound. I like the band's sound. I don't think he's a great singer, but he's also like a real singer. Like his voice doesn't sound great, but it's got a lot of that grit, not not like buttern grit, but like there's it's his voice is a little gritty and it feels real and like he's singing about his real life experience. And so I get that. That electric guitar is amazing. Jay: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Cody: The the drummer's really good. I think the band itself is a really good ensemble band. I think he needs to work a little bit on his singing, but it it does feel real. Yeah. Jay: Yeah, so judges are gonna talk about how he was a little out of tune and this and that and the other thing and I'm like, you know Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay: autotune and like music production like when I don't know the De Beatles would put out an album, it was like, you know, we performed the song and what we sang is what you get. Like we don't go into a post production and and fix this and fix that and take out the breaths and you know like, let's let's redo that guitar solo. Let's, you know, have you sit in and try it again. Like no, like it's just Cody: Yeah. Jay: It's a performance and you get what you get. And like I was not at all bothered by any, you know, little foibles or intonations or whatever. I I thought it was a really nice song. I will say, when they introduced it, I thought they said it it was called rhinestone, like rhinestone cowboy, but it's grindstone, which makes a whole lot more sense. Cody: Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. 'Cause they're grinding out the day. Yeah. Yep. Jay: Like, p yeah, yeah. Back to the back to the grindstone. Nope. Not not like ooh, Saturday night, gonna put on my rhinestones Which again with his you know, Carhart overalls makes a lot more sense. Cody: Yeah, that's right. Yeah. do you think it sounds a lot like back in my truck? Jay: little less bluegrassy, but kinda that same same vein, same feel. Cody: Okay. Yeah, 'cause there's no banjo in it, you're right. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. I I don't know. I I think America would would really enjoy this. This feels like it could very much be played on country radio. So Cody: Yes. Mm. Yep. I like this better than butter and grit. Yeah. Jay: Okay. All right. Let me let me let me think that out for a second here. Yeah, butter and gray like he only sang. she did the backup vocals. We got some backup vocals here for Jesse Joe as well. but it's you know, like their whole band. Two guitars, bass drummer, and Jesse himself. boy, that's that's close. That's close. I'm not sure who I like more. Cody: Yeah. Yeah, the only de you know, Jesse Joe doesn't have you know, there's no harmonies there, it's just him singing. It's like a chorus. Okay, yeah, yeah. But it's not a duet. Jay: I think there was one one who sang some background yeah. But no. Hmm. I like the name Butter and Grit better. That was a good one. Cody: I do like butter and grit better, yes, I do like that. Should he come up should he name his band like the grindstone or like the oil riggers or Yeah. Jay: Rigors. I d but you can't go wrong with with like a a food illusion. I don't know, the the pound cakes or the pecan Cody: what's West Texas? So like like the enchiladas? Jay: Pecan pies, enchilada yeah, maybe go Mexican. yeah. The the mole sauce. Cody: There we go. Jay: Jesse Joe and the mole sauce. Cody: Chi chips and salsa? Jay: Yeah, I mean I I like some good yeah. Cody: I guess I'd have to be two two of but it's just him, but Okay. Jay: Some yeah. All right. let's hear some judges' comments. You've got what what Howie had to say for us. Cody: I love it when Howie gets excited about a rock band. Jay: Yeah, yeah. And he he does get excited about They're they they were speaking his language. Mel, on the other hand, says they're out of tune and says they're grungy and dirty and but that's a good thing. Cody: Yes. Yes. Yes. That's what gives them character. Jay: It's yeah. Sophia says they look and sound authentic and the song was catchy. And Simon says he also likes the song, but there were issues with the lead vocals. I again like I didn't have a problem hi his lead vocals were good enough that it wasn't a problem for me. Cody: Right. Yep. Yeah, I think the imperfections there is kind of what drew me to it little bit. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. And like again, like the way that music is produced now, where everything is is, you know, fixed to you know just you you don't hear music. You don't hear music being played. You hear music produced for you. And and i i I feel like it takes the soul out of it. So, you know, d good job, Jesse Joe. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yes. Yes. Yes. Jay: all right, let's move on to Well, we get a real quick visit with Alsaney Silla, who does a tumbling routine for us. Did you catch much of this, Cody? Cody: yeah, it was fine. It's okay. Yeah. Jay: All right. He he tumbles around the stage. Cody: Yep. I think you used a lot of the theater. Jay: Yeah, yeah, I mhm. Okay. We didn't get any judges' comments. Cody: He took his shirt off. They'll be like that. Jay: Yeah, she does tend to like that. and it was fine. And let's move on from Alcini. I d can't imagine we're gonna see more of him, but they've surprised us before. I don't know. To a next group called the Electrodads. Cody: You mean the tapping dads? Jay: yes, I I very much do mean the Tapping Dads. Like this is it just it's it's all tapping dads energy, right? I think my first podcast that I came on, I was like, I've I I need to talk about this. I've I've been looking for a place to talk about Tapping Dad syndrome. And like this is the embodiment. So For all you newcomers or people who need the refresher, right. There there's a ceiling for this kind of act that I call tapping dad syndrome, right? It's fun and it's cute and it's heartwarming, but they're not that good. And the fun and the cute and the heartwarming of dads dancing together. Cody: Yes. We gotta give the season update on the tapping dads, yes. Jay: it its ceiling is somewhere below the top ten. Like it is just not good enough. The the talent isn't good enough. You can't just ride the tote coattails of the heartwarming dads dancing together to to really make it to to the finals. Cody: So just as a reminder, Tapping Dads from season three went all the way to the semifinals. So Yes. And it was a season it it's a season three three. Yes. 'Cause I went 'cause we're gonna play Howie's comments in a moment. I went back and l I couldn't remember exactly what season they were in. I'm like, were they in a Howie season? 'Cause I was interested to see if he commented on the tapping dads, but no, it was two seasons before Howie got there. Jay: But that was their ceiling. And also, it was season three. Shoot. Okay. so these four gentlemen are from Gilbert, Arizona. they've been dancing together since high school, or maybe they started dancing together in high school, but took a break over the last twenty years. between the four of them, they have ten kids. That's a lot of kids. Cody: Okay. Mm two and a half per two and a half two the the the the average of two and a half kids per So Jay: Yeah. yeah. Okay. I'm I'm Yeah, alright. Well, it two two is all that I can handle, so you know, when it when it compounds like that, especially if they all get together. Ten kids is plenty. but alright. they're all in real estate together in Gilbert there, and like are they good dancers? They're good enough. Are they better than me and my three best friends can do? Absolutely. but it wasn't that good. It was It was Dad's dancing. Cody: Yes. Jay: what are what are your thoughts? I I feel like I've I've expounded quite a bit here on th the world of dancing dads, but Cody: Yes. I I think you you hit a lot of it and I'm I'm on the same page as you are. It's fun to watch. When they came on, my I immediately thought, tapping dads. it was fun to watch in this I'm I'll be interested to see if they we may see them in the callbacks. 'Cause again, it's dads and they can dance and you know how much AGT likes dancers. So it wouldn't surpr they love a good fool's Jay: They they love a feel good story and they love a dancer. Cody: Yep, and we could we're gonna get some some some intro packages with the kids and how much they love their dad and all that type stuff. So it wouldn't surprise me if we see them in a live show, but it it's I I think that's their ceiling. Yeah. Jay: Yeah, yeah, I I think that we we agree there. Mel says it was surprising and really good and cute. Howie says they're likable and their kids will love it, but there was no wow moment. It's not a million dollar dance. Sophia thinks everyone is gonna love them, they're like brothers. Simon says it made him laugh at first, and then it got better and better, and he doesn't want to judge them on their technique only. That's boring. But people relate to them. So it's gonna be I didn't get down. Was it three yeses and a no from Howie? Cody: correct. Three three yeses and a no from how. Jay: Okay. So there you go. That's electrodads. every time I look at the word electrodads, I always want to read electro toads for some reason. I don't know. It's so in my brain they're the electro toads. yeah, like so Simon again bringing up like throw the rubric out the window. I'm using this rubric. Did it make me smile? Cody: Okay. Jay: Yeah, then it's a yes. Cody: Is it good? No, but does it make me smile? Yes. From this angle, we were in a different angle watching this this time, and I'm I'm not sure what to think of it. Jay: Yeah, like whatever. So Golden Buzzer Alright, last act of the night, we get Mr. Ashford Sanders from Canton, Mississippi. Cody, you've been through Mississippi. Cody: Yeah. I have been through Mississippi, but I haven't met Ashford. Jay: All right. in Canton he owns owns a soul food restaurant. Cody: Yeah, so I looked up this restaurant just like I did Big Tom's in he I think he said it's in Atlanta, so I'm pretty sure I have the right one. Jay, I am I'm saddened to report that Ashford's kitchen is temporarily closed. Jay: Okay, good. Yep. no. Find some bugs or mice or something. Cody: I don't know. his Facebook I think he had a f I looked on Facebook as well. There are some reviews. He's he had four point six stars on Google Maps. So great reviews. there's some posts about it from twenty twenty four, I believe. And I could not find his Facebook page. So I'm not sure what the latest is on Ashford's kitchen. Jay: Okay. Well, if the kitchen was cut shut down for health reasons, like he he does literally say it's not healthy, but it's good. So like maybe he's like so it's not that healthy. Like so Cody: Yes. Okay. It's just interesting he would have just talked about it when he did his audition in what? March? April? So Jay: Yeah Well maybe maybe his his rocket has taken off, he's already a star and he's like, I don't need this cooking food stuff. Cody: Ha ha Jay: so not healthy food maker Ashford Sanders is gonna sing song by Billy Eilish from the Barbie movie called What Was I Made For? And let's hear a little bit of of of what Ashford can can do for us. That is very easy to listen to. Like I I would call that easy listening. so easy that I might fall asleep. Cody: Fair, yeah. Like a Barry White type thing. Jay: Like like like is is is there a a very easy listening? Extremely easy listening? yeah, like absolutely nothing wrong. Like just a and he's a big black guy. Like, you know, he he that voice does not sound it it doesn't match what we see, right? Which is always kind of fun to see, you know, what people put out there when Cody: Yes. Yeah. Jay: You you you see them and you think one thing and then you hear them and you're like, that was not what I expected at all. Right? It's it's Jackie Ivanko all over again, except Cody: Yeah. Well it's like Isaac Isaac Atkins, right? The goal yeah. Jay: Sure, yeah. yeah, same same same idea. So yeah. I I have no complaints. He's gonna have to do something more exciting to make it deep in the competition. But I'm I'm not I'm not sad to listen to it. I like it. Cody: Is he the easy listening version of Richard Goodall? Jay: Yeah, th like there's a lot of parallels between the two, right? not particularly in shape looking gentlemen who have golden tones. yeah. could could very well be. Like I I don't feel like this has Richard Goodall ceiling, Richard Goodall placement ultimately. Cody: No. Right. Yeah. Jay: But he might surprise us. He might come out next time with with a a bop in his next song that just captures America's hearts. I dunno. Cody: Yep. I don't know if you saw Richard Goodall. He few weeks ago retired from his custodial position. Jay: And his story is picked up for like a movie option, yes? So i things are coming up Richard these days. Cody: I'd heard that as well, yes. Yep. If they need do you think that they will need someone in the movie to play the podcaster v version of us? Jay: yes, yes, I do think that we play an important role in the Richard Goodall story, and they will need to cast somebody to play us. Cody: If you all wanna use our recordings in your movie, please reach out. We'd be more than happy to license that to you all. So Jay: Yeah, yeah. also I've been told that I kind of look like George Clooney. So if you want to bring on George Clooney to play my role, that would also work be just be fine. Okay. All right. Our obvious celebrity lookalikes. I mean like I it's mostly like from from above my my Cody: There you go. Yeah, Matt Damon can play Matt Roll. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Jay: Eyelids to right below my forehead is the part that looks the most like George Clooney. just that that particularly fuzzy spot there in the middle. But that's neither here nor there. you hide it behind a microphone and you could totally confuse us two. Cody: Okay, okay. Yeah. Yeah. You look like what's it from home improvement. Al? Not Al but not Al. Yeah. Yeah. Jay: It's Al, yeah. who's over the fence? Neighbor Gah Cody: Yeah, it's on the both of our tongues. Yeah. You look like the neighbor from Home Improvement, yes. Behind your microphone. Jay: I don't It's not coming to me. Yeah. All right. Let's man, that was that was appointment TV back in the day. Cody: Yes. Jay: Shoot. All right. Let's let's hear Judge's comments. We've got Mel B. let's let's hear what Melby has to say about about Asphred's performance. Cody: know if you could have given that justice or not. Jay: No, absolutely not. I my notes say she was giving lots of soul singers. Cody: Yes. I I mean Luther Van Jos, I mean we know who that is. Tony Tony Tone, we know who that is. Jay: Yeah, except we say we say van Dross and she says Van Dross and Cody: Well, but she also can't save ventriloquism, so Jay: We we say Tony Tony Tone and she says Tony Tony Tone. That's y you would be Cody Patterson. Cody: Yes. Fair. Jay: So just I don't know, whatever. Trills and frills. Yep. I love that. Howie says his voice is like a warm blanket. I love that. Like I Man, I love a a warm blanket. Like, ugh. That that feels like a a really nice analogy there. Cody: Yeah. Interesting. Are there cold blankets? Okay. Jay: Sure, yeah. d I don't want one. but there's like they they make a thing for your bed. The chili pad that like circulates cool water underneath you to keep you cool while you sleep, which sounds like d my personal hell. Like I'm I I last thing I want in my bed is for it to be cold. Yuck. Cody: okay. Yeah. D what do you keep what do you keep your house at in the at night? Jay: Too cold. Cody: Yes. Too cold is perfect. Because then you get because then you get under those nice warm blankets. Yeah. Jay: I keep Yeah. Like my wife and my kids, they've all got these fans pointed at and I'm like, No no way I I just want a warm blanket. I I want to snuggle up to Asphred Sanders and just mm. Cody: Yes. There you go. Jay: Give me all your trills and frills. Sophia says she could listen to him forever. Simon says he's gifted, brilliant singer, has beautiful tone. There's lots of songs that he could reinterpret his own way. So we're gonna get four yeses for Ashford. you know, with with those Richard Goodall vibes, like I could see putting him on my team. Cody: okay. Yeah. Shouldn't have put sh should not have put that bug in your ear. Jay: Right. I could imagine him getting points even if his ceiling is not winner. like America likes this kind of act, right? Like Cody: You're gonna have check with your your teammate and see what he thinks. Jay: that's true. That's true. We'll we'll have a conversation when the day comes, but yeah, I guess with all that, like we we made it to the end of the episode, Cody. Cody: Yes we did. Yes we did. so yeah, that's auditions six. Next week will be audition seven. so it's just the wiki just says following the completion of the episode, the judges together together to begin deliberations. So and then we'll get into judges' callbacks after that. Now, are you gonna be back are you back next week? Okay. Jay: Liberation I am back next week. next week s Scott's son is gonna be visiting with us for a week of theater camp. And then the following week we're gonna be gone. we've got a Cody: Yes. Jay: Airbnb rented at a lake in Wisconsin. So we're gonna gonna go up there with Scott's family and our folks and and have a have a little lake time together and then after that it's like state fair and school season, man. Cody: Ooh. That's cancel. There you go. Can see Bandalone. Jay: I sure hope so. I see if he remembers me again or not. It's always a It's like, yeah, I did that podcast. The last time I I saw him, like I was chatting with him a little bit and somebody else came up and he says, Hey, this is Jay. He's with America's Got Talent and I was like, you're like okay. Like I don't need to r actually explain that I'm not, but it's So Cody: Yeah, yeah. Okay. So that's what's coming up. Jay, you'll be back next week. W the week you're gone, commenters could be here. and we'll talk a little bit more about what's going on with the coming up. Then we'll have Judges' callbacks and then we'll be in you better be getting with Scott 'cause it'll be ready for the draft at that point. So Jay: Yeah. So like when we when we do the draft, like Scott and I are gonna have to have conversations about what we wanna do, but not really reveal to you guys you all of our thoughts so things don't get stolen out from underneath like it's gonna be a little bit of a of a of a hard thing. Maybe we'll have to have a separate text thread going or something, I don't know. Cody: Yes. Yes. No. That's right. yeah, yeah. You guys you're brothers. You got your own thing going on. You'll figure it out. Yeah. So just let everyone know, and Commenter talked a little bit about this. So for the draft this year, we're gonna be in teams. Scott and Jay, the Bach brothers will be together, Commenter and I will be together, and then and then Ryan gets Steven. So that's gonna be interesting and I can't wait to see to see this, how that's gonna work out. 'cause that's gonna be a lot of fun. One thing we did not wanna do is we did not want to put Commenter and Ryan on the same team together. That would have been disastrous for all of us. Jay: Yeah. Cody: so we worked it out where we we figured these teams out and we think it's gonna be a lot of fun. Jay: Together they're pretty you know, every year I think Steven like I see his his draft board and I'm like, What are you thinking? And then like he still scores points, like he still knows something. So so like I what do I actually know? Not a whole lot. Cody: He He does better than I do. Yes. So it's like Yeah. So that's what's gonna be coming up for the draft. as well. So I'm excited for this new this new twist that we're doing with the teams. It'll be a lot of fun. we'll kinda talk more about that as we get a little bit closer. anything else kinda we want to talk about, Jay? Jay: it I I feel like yes, yes, let's Cody: we had listener mail. We gotta do listener mail. Yes. Yes, thank you. Forgot about that. we'd had one listener mail that we need to do. And we've kind of touched on it a little bit, but we'll a we'll we'll read the question and then we'll go over it a bit more. Do you have it there in front of you, Jay? Jay: Yes, it says, Have y'all noticed that this season AGT has dialed back some of the gimmicks that people hate compared to past ones? Like Simon's I didn't like it, I loved it, and giving mainly singers second chances, and most of all spending five minutes on backstories. have we noticed? Cody: I think I talked a little bit about it a few weeks ago where I did notice that he hasn't done the I don't like it, I love it type thing. It seems like he's given maybe I'm wrong. I figured he'd given someone a second chance, maybe not. But yes, it does feel a lot less than it has been in the befe before. Jay: Yeah, yeah. And the backstories we've seen some and i I feel like there was one this episode that just felt like th they sh put that in there. Weird. Like I thought they were gonna save those for the lives, but yeah, like so yeah, it does feel a little more like auditions are not all predetermined. i in that way. some of those gimmicks, yeah. I I think we're not seeing them, we're not noticing them as much, and I think that's probably a a positive direction for the show to move. Like Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah. No, I I agree. 'Cause especially with the I didn't like it c I didn't like it and then the the audience boos and he kind of just sits there and goes, I loved it So yeah. It they're being a little more straightforward. Maybe so. Yeah. Jay: Right. Is that what Sophia was trying to do? Was that what was that a I didn't like it? I it was i she it was like she she started with I didn't like it and then she like had to justify herself and she's like, shoot, I wasn't supposed to justify it, I was supposed to turn I loved it. It's Cody: Coldbuzzer. Jay: man. Okay. Alright. Cody, I have I I I got to talk about tapping dads. I've already given my thoughts on staying safe and making good choices. we are an hour and forty eight minutes into this thing, which is longer than the episode ran in the first place. I think I'm ready to call it a night. Cody: Yes. Yes, Yeah, we can call it a night. I'll just say it's not as long as it was that I did with Ryan last week. Jay: If you would like to go three hours, I can Cody: Yeah. Ryan and I did you wanna do some rye analytics? We did two and a half hours last week. So if you want to do some rye analytics, we can Jay: I I I don't have I don't have anything prepared, but that's never stopped me before. It's Cody: That's fine. No. No, that's okay. We'll go ahead and call it a night. so yeah, just a reminder, you can reach out to us on our socials at AGT Time Pod. You can email us AGT timepod at gmail.com. Go check out our website, agt timepod.com. Jay's back next week, then Commoner will be back or be here the week after. I'm here the rest of season. if you need anything, hit us up. See you in audition seven. Everyone have a great night. Jay: Stay safe.