The Mail Is Here! #08 - Simpsons Hit & Run sequel news, Milhouse's need for Bart, the best-looking Simpsons season and more!

<v Speaker 1>To Bail to Bail is here fool four finger Discounted.
<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the four Finger Discount mail bag here for
<v Speaker 2>April twenty twenty six. We're gonna be covering a lot
<v Speaker 2>of Simpsons news and answering all of your questions.
<v Speaker 1>I am and and I'm guy. Yes, it is the
<v Speaker 1>first of April. Who's the record this April fool shit?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm gonna do my annual April Fol's praying on
<v Speaker 2>the Facebook page before we are.
<v Speaker 1>Oh shit, okay, well, well people are not going to
<v Speaker 1>listen to this on April first. I haven't blown it.
<v Speaker 1>I am not the fool well done me.
<v Speaker 2>Every year I do a thing on Facebook link and
<v Speaker 2>it's and it always links to the Flanner say, now,
<v Speaker 2>who's laughing?
<v Speaker 1>Do you think people appreciate it? I think people appreciate
<v Speaker 1>being fulled on April Fool's Day. I think in the
<v Speaker 1>year of Our Lord twenty twenty six.
<v Speaker 2>It always works for us because we live in the
<v Speaker 2>future and on the stags is.
<v Speaker 1>Like, actually you profool you guys, you fucked it up,
<v Speaker 1>and everyone's like they're in an Australian page. We don't care.
<v Speaker 2>We rend the world go by our time, please, But
<v Speaker 2>everyone always it always gets the Americans and those in
<v Speaker 2>the UK because we are ahead as so we.
<v Speaker 1>Fooled them, We fol them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Australians, we're
<v Speaker 1>just better at it than then pretty much everyone. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>the best way to be in April Fuller is to
<v Speaker 1>be in the future. I'm glad you've got a strategy
<v Speaker 1>for it. But yeah, so welcome to the April mail Bag.
<v Speaker 1>We have looped up our hands and dove run into
<v Speaker 1>that bag and rummages around and pulled out a few messages.
<v Speaker 1>But water based lubricant, that's correct. Yeah. Well we're friends
<v Speaker 1>of the environment here at four finger discount. Yeah, but
<v Speaker 1>we've got some questions to answer, We've got some news
<v Speaker 1>topics to discuss, and basically we just got some banter
<v Speaker 1>to have. Yeah, some good old fashioned forefinger discount chin wags. Correct, yes,
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, what's up? What do you want to start with?
<v Speaker 2>Let's art with the news story. So I did send
<v Speaker 2>you a link and basically I saw that, No, no,
<v Speaker 2>of course I saw that. Our man Bill Oakley. He's
<v Speaker 2>going to be doing something this month, isn't he.
<v Speaker 1>He is doing well. Two events on the same day,
<v Speaker 1>two hours apart, in Albany, Matt Nay and early evening.
<v Speaker 1>Later in the evening, I think one six pm and
<v Speaker 1>one is eight pm. One gets one gets a little blue.
<v Speaker 1>That's we're going to raunchy after dark, our power, our paler. Bill.
<v Speaker 1>It's not like a Steamed Hams event. One might say.
<v Speaker 1>He's talking about his career, his many many side hustles,
<v Speaker 1>He's got a.
<v Speaker 2>Couple and well, the thing is, as we discussed during
<v Speaker 2>our chat with Bill, is that he owns the rights
<v Speaker 2>now to Steamed Hams. Fox didn't do it and Disney
<v Speaker 2>haven't done it, so I'm going to do it now.
<v Speaker 2>He has the steam ham Society. But in the gay
<v Speaker 2>Steamed Hams he says it's an Albany expression, correct, So
<v Speaker 2>now in Albany he is going to be hosting an event.
<v Speaker 2>Now tried to just open the link and our Times
<v Speaker 2>Union is saying you need to pay us for digital access.
<v Speaker 1>The best thing you keep going back to and was
<v Speaker 1>like we could probably squeeze a quarter of two out
<v Speaker 1>of dando here.
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to google again, Bill Oakley, not Times you
<v Speaker 2>would you Albany event. Let's see, let me promote this
<v Speaker 2>thing for in April fourteen thirty years ago event bright
<v Speaker 2>they won't take my money. So April fourteen in America,
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty six, two shows is that the Druthers Brewing
<v Speaker 2>Company in Alban, New York. So it's, as it says
<v Speaker 2>the overview, it's another in the expression A one not
<v Speaker 2>only live show with Bill Oakley, writer of the iconic
<v Speaker 2>Simpsons scene. A one night live event in Alban is
<v Speaker 2>celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the iconic steamed Ham segment.
<v Speaker 2>So that being my favorite Simpsons episode, I feel like
<v Speaker 2>we need to find a guest.
<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking.
<v Speaker 2>I was thinking we could maybe maybe this is just
<v Speaker 2>on the fly, get Bill and Josh both on because
<v Speaker 2>I was show Runs at the time, and say, hey,
<v Speaker 2>do you go on go on to another double head
<v Speaker 2>to come back quickly and we'll do a thirtieth anniversary
<v Speaker 2>special of twenty two short films.
<v Speaker 1>That's very ambitious of you, and I applaud the effort.
<v Speaker 1>They will say no, thank you. Yeah, they will say
<v Speaker 1>new phone, who this? Yeah? Who's the other? Whos another guest?
<v Speaker 1>We'll find a guest. I personally was thinking, Look, as
<v Speaker 1>I said, it's the first of April. This event takes
<v Speaker 1>place on the fourteenth of Abel. That's exactly two weeks
<v Speaker 1>from now. We have got a fortnight to raise the
<v Speaker 1>money to get damn no over there, Let's kick started.
<v Speaker 1>Let's fly down, not over economy. Let's not go wild here.
<v Speaker 1>We're not putting him in business. But let's get into Wolbney.
<v Speaker 1>Let's get in the hangar, in the room where it happens.
<v Speaker 1>There's two words that again to prevent me from doing that.
<v Speaker 1>School school, mine, school, holidays, two kids. She will not
<v Speaker 1>think it's very nice for me to not a great success.
<v Speaker 1>This has become a borat podcast. Let's get cracking, but it.
<v Speaker 2>Says Bill Oakley, author of steam Hands, present's a sixty
<v Speaker 2>minute live show featuring the inside story. I love the
<v Speaker 2>inside story, not the behind the scenes, the inside story
<v Speaker 2>of how the scene was created and how it became
<v Speaker 2>one of the most wildly shared and enduring moments in television.
<v Speaker 2>For those of you that have never listened to a
<v Speaker 2>Simpson's podcast ever, you get to find out brand new
<v Speaker 2>information at this live event.
<v Speaker 1>I'm just loving This is a fully live in p
<v Speaker 1>as an event with stories, clips and audience interaction. I'm like, God,
<v Speaker 1>there's always death. They have real conversations. Oh okay, not
<v Speaker 1>those other live events boom, I get them.
<v Speaker 2>But oh yeah, that's happening Alban, who plays a central
<v Speaker 2>role in the scene itself with the line it's an
<v Speaker 2>Albany expression of becoming one of the most quoted and
<v Speaker 2>recognizable lines from the segment. This event brings that moment
<v Speaker 2>back to the place of it famously named checks. It's
<v Speaker 2>a fully live yet in person event with stories, clips
<v Speaker 2>and audience interaction.
<v Speaker 1>Or crowd work. Everybody loves it. I love it. He's
<v Speaker 1>just backing it up.
<v Speaker 2>So it's a one hour show, six to eight, six
<v Speaker 2>and eight, So six to seven, he's like, everyone, get
<v Speaker 2>the fuck.
<v Speaker 1>Out of here.
<v Speaker 2>There's no there's no like sort of no show hanging out, hanging.
<v Speaker 1>Around, you know, I mean you yeah, no, I mean look,
<v Speaker 1>we've had our share of interactions with Bill lovely Fellow.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm sure he's not going to be like,
<v Speaker 1>get the gfo ah.
<v Speaker 2>So if you go to the it's only for the
<v Speaker 2>eight pm show. I was going to say, how's he doing
<v Speaker 2>the meet and greet? So for a standard ticket fifty
<v Speaker 2>dollars for a show and a steamed Hans Burger, when
<v Speaker 2>you even from the steamed hams burger.
<v Speaker 1>It's prepared by the drop. It's just a hamburger, right,
<v Speaker 1>It's a burger. It's just there. It can be anything.
<v Speaker 2>And then the VP add on is an extra thirty
<v Speaker 2>five dollars for a post show meet and greet, including
<v Speaker 2>a photo op and a signed item. It's not only
<v Speaker 2>stuff short there bill.
<v Speaker 1>But I don't know I get that paper bill if
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, suddenly somef short thirty five bucks, judge more
<v Speaker 1>than that, I suppose who knows what I would What I.
<v Speaker 2>Would do is I tried my marketing brain, is I
<v Speaker 2>would make the prices, adjust them to be an even hundred.
<v Speaker 2>So it's like one hundred bucks gets me entry meat, bill,
<v Speaker 2>gets up and signed, and get a steam taper. There's
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and ten, one hundred ten. This seems like
<v Speaker 2>so much more than a hundred.
<v Speaker 1>Well that's corell. We all know about the philosophy of
<v Speaker 1>like what does this cost ninety nine ninety nine ninety bucks?
<v Speaker 1>What a bag? Then?
<v Speaker 2>So what anyway, so one hundred and ten bucks you
<v Speaker 2>can get. The lot of seating is limited limited for
<v Speaker 2>each show. Food orders are taken prior to the show.
<v Speaker 2>Service during The show is limited to drinks. Guests are
<v Speaker 2>welcome to a arrivee early or stay after to enjoy
<v Speaker 2>additional food and drinks. This is a special one night
<v Speaker 2>anniversary event in Albany, built around one of the most
<v Speaker 2>famous and frequently quoted moments in television. Advanced ticket purchase
<v Speaker 2>is strongly recommended. So yes, I'll put the link for
<v Speaker 2>that in the description of this podcast to just give
<v Speaker 2>a bit of a boost and ticket sales, because you know,
<v Speaker 2>we're the most downloaded listen to Simpsons podcast in the world,
<v Speaker 2>the highest read of Simpsons podcast on Apple, the highest
<v Speaker 2>read Simpsons podcast on Spotify.
<v Speaker 1>This is news to me. Can I get a raise? No,
<v Speaker 1>but I just got April fool.
<v Speaker 2>But this is Yes, this is gonna be on April fourteenth.
<v Speaker 2>So if you're in the area of Albany, or.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if you're on the East coast, if you're in
<v Speaker 1>New York State, yeah, Bill means check it out, check
<v Speaker 1>it out. Indeed, indeed or and as I said, let's
<v Speaker 1>try and get dander there and some other news that
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't really interest you. I saw that you sent a
<v Speaker 1>link to this, and I was like, I'm not clicking
<v Speaker 1>on that.
<v Speaker 2>You're clicking on it. It was a real So the
<v Speaker 2>headline is a real sort of what do you call it?
<v Speaker 2>Bait the Simpson.
<v Speaker 1>That's what headlines are designed for. Man.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Simpsons boss gives update on heavily rumored Project Revival.
<v Speaker 2>That's what's the project revival?
<v Speaker 1>Revival? What is it?
<v Speaker 2>And it turns out that it's going to be Simpsons
<v Speaker 2>Hit and Run. So they haven't officially announced it. I
<v Speaker 2>think this is one of those things where the Simpsons
<v Speaker 2>creators or careers, but the people who work in the show,
<v Speaker 2>they know, if we want to get in the news,
<v Speaker 2>just drop some sort of like nugget of he could
<v Speaker 2>hear me, and then everyone's like, oh shit, it could
<v Speaker 2>happen because the Simpsons Hit and Run, as you would
<v Speaker 2>be aware, I've made you well aware obviously, is the
<v Speaker 2>most beloved Simpsons game of all time. In my opinion,
<v Speaker 2>everyone loves it. It's still my favorite game of all time.
<v Speaker 2>I just I love going back to it. Elliot Love
<v Speaker 2>was playing it because he's walk around Springfield kicking people.
<v Speaker 2>Greatest day of He's love when he first discovered that
<v Speaker 2>that little thing your child sounds like a psychopath. He
<v Speaker 2>is a psychopath. Yes, that's why it loves us so much.
<v Speaker 2>But the Simpsons Hit and Run could possibly be getting
<v Speaker 2>a remake or a sequel, who knows, but it's.
<v Speaker 1>What would you want out of Hit and Run twenty
<v Speaker 1>twenty six.
<v Speaker 2>I would want a remake but also a sequel. I
<v Speaker 2>know it would require double the work, but if you
<v Speaker 2>can do the remake first and then with the remake,
<v Speaker 2>say at the end of it all, have it like
<v Speaker 2>think saying, by the way, there's a sequel coming up,
<v Speaker 2>Think people would be super pumped, So you'd.
<v Speaker 1>Want to force awakens it kind of thing you'd want
<v Speaker 1>to Yeah, you'd want more of the same and then more.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah and yeah, because I think the first game is
<v Speaker 2>just so good, it'd be great to be able to
<v Speaker 2>just I think a younger audience would be would find
<v Speaker 2>it great to discover the original game. I think a
<v Speaker 2>lot of older viewers and older fans like myself older
<v Speaker 2>game I'm not a game, but older fans like myself
<v Speaker 2>would love to be able to just put the game
<v Speaker 2>in and play it with their kids. That's what were
<v Speaker 2>was Crash Bandicoop. Where they did was they released a
<v Speaker 2>new Crash bandicoot, but before they released that they did
<v Speaker 2>a remake of the original trilogy of the Crash Bandicoot
<v Speaker 2>game is one, two, and three, and my kids loved that.
<v Speaker 2>Because they love that, They're like, can we play the
<v Speaker 2>new one? So I think if they can remake this one,
<v Speaker 2>people will by Oh my god, it's that game I
<v Speaker 2>love when I was like when I was younger. They
<v Speaker 2>play it with their kids, their kids fall in love
<v Speaker 2>with it, they fall in love with the Simpsons, and
<v Speaker 2>they go, I can't wait for the next one.
<v Speaker 1>So basically, you got sucked in by capitalism. Yeah. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>that's all of us. And the amazing writing of Matt
<v Speaker 1>Salmon for the Simpsons game. He wrote the game, primarily
<v Speaker 1>the amazing running.
<v Speaker 2>I think it's just funny how people like Matt Salmon,
<v Speaker 2>you know, twenties two thousand and three, So twenty three
<v Speaker 2>years ago, like write this Simpsons game. He's like, fuck,
<v Speaker 2>do I have to I'm already write in the show. Okay, sure,
<v Speaker 2>he's writing this video game. This is before video games
<v Speaker 2>were sort of really what they are today, right fully.
<v Speaker 1>Immersive spirit experence.
<v Speaker 2>So he's just writing this Simpsons game, and twenty three
<v Speaker 2>years later, everyone's.
<v Speaker 1>Like, it's the greatest given. It must be sort of
<v Speaker 1>because at the.
<v Speaker 2>Time, there's no way he wrote this game thing and
<v Speaker 2>this is going to be twenties from now one of
<v Speaker 2>those blove of games of all time.
<v Speaker 1>No, he probably not that he would dash it off
<v Speaker 1>or anything like that, but yeah, there are some things
<v Speaker 1>you think, oh, this is what I'll be remembered for.
<v Speaker 1>This is my legacy. Something is like, well, good ching,
<v Speaker 1>I'm getting paid and that's that.
<v Speaker 2>And it's sort of depressing as a fan because you've
<v Speaker 2>put so much love and you admire this piece of
<v Speaker 2>work that when the person who created it doesn't No,
<v Speaker 2>they don't care about that.
<v Speaker 1>It's like it was just the thing I did. You're like, oh, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>but it means so much to me. Oh of course, yeah.
<v Speaker 1>I think we've all had that. I mean, you and
<v Speaker 1>I have both spoken to our share of creative people
<v Speaker 1>over time. Hey, you know what really means a lot
<v Speaker 1>to me is that and they'll be like that's all right. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>well it reminds me.
<v Speaker 2>We recently spoke with Jake Cogan, former Simpsons writer, for
<v Speaker 2>our review of Last Exit the Springfield, which will be
<v Speaker 2>available in your feeds next week, but he is numerous
<v Speaker 2>times rate the podcast. I would bring up to him saying,
<v Speaker 2>how this gag it's so memorable, like the plane, this
<v Speaker 2>needs braces or something something else like that, and he'd go, yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I think I wrote it. He maybe someone else wrote.
<v Speaker 1>I was like, no, big, take credit, take credit. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>just lie to us and say, you know, it was
<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night to come up with the
<v Speaker 1>best gag ever. Phila really, Philly really felt the tension
<v Speaker 1>as soon as I felt the pen hit the pages, like, yes,
<v Speaker 1>I've done it, another triumph. I needed something of what
<v Speaker 1>was it was? Pencil in the butt crack, That's what
<v Speaker 1>I needed. But it goes yeah, yeah, I think we
<v Speaker 1>wrote it. Maybe someone else too. Sure, Yeah, So I
<v Speaker 1>guess what we're trying to say is you disappointed, but
<v Speaker 1>you certainly did not serve. It was a great interview.
<v Speaker 1>It was a great interview, and it's being a great interview.
<v Speaker 1>He recently.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and coming up not long after that one in
<v Speaker 2>your feeds, one that shall be recorded after we record
<v Speaker 2>this one is with the man himself, al Jean, which
<v Speaker 2>is very exciting.
<v Speaker 1>You pronounce an al Jean and I pronouncing a French
<v Speaker 1>style like like an idiot.
<v Speaker 2>Crandall yeah, but it's just this is this is one
<v Speaker 2>of the guys who when you think of Simpsons Mount Rushmore's,
<v Speaker 2>he's sort of the ones, one of the ones there
<v Speaker 2>for sure. Like you come, you've got probably Matt Groening,
<v Speaker 2>if you can Jim Brooks.
<v Speaker 1>We're going to have to add a few more heads
<v Speaker 1>to rout mush Route mush More Mount Rushmore. It traditionally
<v Speaker 1>has four.
<v Speaker 2>Heads because because Jim Brooks, he he sort of he's
<v Speaker 2>an icon of Hollywood, not necessarily just the Simpson. I
<v Speaker 2>would love to get him more obviously to talk about
<v Speaker 2>Simpsons on the podcast. But I think al Jean, Matt Groening,
<v Speaker 2>I think David Silverman's on there for me, and yeah,
<v Speaker 2>there is you have to add more Gonaart, Dan Cassonever,
<v Speaker 2>then you gonna add Harshier, and then you can add
<v Speaker 2>Julie Cavan.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah you do.
<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of famous people on the Simpsons, a
<v Speaker 2>lot of iconic people. But when we're talking to alg
<v Speaker 2>and I cannot wait. I'm excited for it.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, I'm very much looking forward to that. So
<v Speaker 1>we're doing that shortly. You'll be able to hear it soon.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, And if you're a support of ours on Patreon.
<v Speaker 2>You can get it earlier than everybody else.
<v Speaker 1>You use your incredible powers of persuasion and persistence, one
<v Speaker 1>might say, being a piest to get James L. Brooks
<v Speaker 1>on do it? Well, I do it. I'm trying to
<v Speaker 1>think of Yeah. I feel like if we can impress
<v Speaker 1>Al oh okay, oh sure we got impress him. I know.
<v Speaker 2>So the thing is I'm doing the best. Once we've impressed,
<v Speaker 2>I would put it out there. We've shared it and
<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. I've like, hey, do you have Matt's email?
<v Speaker 2>And then if we're gonna press Mat, way, we've had Matt,
<v Speaker 2>We've had al Jean, You're next, buddy.
<v Speaker 1>The like they say, I got to catch him. Oh,
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to shift.
<v Speaker 2>Throw a shout out to Matt's I won't say her
<v Speaker 2>name cause she's want a name of it, but Matt
<v Speaker 2>Salmon's assistant. Because I was like, do you know if
<v Speaker 2>I can get the best way to contact al Jane?
<v Speaker 2>And she's like, here's his email and I was like, oh, oh,
<v Speaker 2>thank you. And then I waited about two or three weeks.
<v Speaker 2>Do you want to a former assistant down?
<v Speaker 1>Now? You probably a fire?
<v Speaker 2>And then I waited two or three weeks and I
<v Speaker 2>was like, do I email and do I knock? This
<v Speaker 2>seems like a private email. I just went for him, like, hey, West,
<v Speaker 2>you can ignore it or just say no. I was like,
<v Speaker 2>I said, I got this from so and so, and
<v Speaker 2>he's like, yeah, sure, sounds great, let's do it.
<v Speaker 1>I was like, it's that easy. You just gotta ask.
<v Speaker 1>There is a philosophy that I have started to embrace.
<v Speaker 1>Dan has been clearly doing this for a while, even
<v Speaker 1>if he's not using the name, but something called What
<v Speaker 1>the Hell Wednesdays or if you want to be a
<v Speaker 1>little crew at WTF Wednesdays, where it's just like it's
<v Speaker 1>shoot your shot day. You know, you put together you
<v Speaker 1>locate the email or contact details for someone that you
<v Speaker 1>want to be associated with, somebody you want to be
<v Speaker 1>in business with, someone you want to talk to, someone
<v Speaker 1>you want to write for, et cetera, et cetera. Put
<v Speaker 1>together a terrific email and you just send it out
<v Speaker 1>into the ether. It's like, what happens.
<v Speaker 2>It happens, and a ten never get back to you,
<v Speaker 2>but two do, yeah, guaranteed. One leads to money, one
<v Speaker 2>leads to a fun time, one leads to who you
<v Speaker 2>be emailing.
<v Speaker 1>But what then't you anyway?
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, interviews coming up, Yeah, would have been one
<v Speaker 2>of something more entertaining episodes with reviews so far since
<v Speaker 2>the last Male Bag, What mean some of your favorite
<v Speaker 2>podcasts we've done. I was very happy with some of
<v Speaker 2>the South Parks we've talked about. Yeah, because we've just Yes,
<v Speaker 2>we've wrapped.
<v Speaker 1>Up season nine. Now we're moving into season ten times,
<v Speaker 1>which is where Chef was killed off the show. The
<v Speaker 1>character we did smuggle like thanks, which is a lot
<v Speaker 1>of fun as well. That wasn't good, But yeah, wrapping
<v Speaker 1>up season nine. I mean, even if I think the
<v Speaker 1>last episodes of season nine wasn't that great, Bloody Mary,
<v Speaker 1>it was fine. It was fine. I think we had
<v Speaker 1>some interesting things that we could talk about with in
<v Speaker 1>that probably more controversial than sure, but it was good
<v Speaker 1>spirited conversation between the two of us. Yeah, So I
<v Speaker 1>know I've enjoyed our South Park chats. I've really enjoyed
<v Speaker 1>some of the interviews we've done. I mean we've been
<v Speaker 1>very very fortunate and speaking with some very interesting creative
<v Speaker 1>people who have been very generous with their time, given
<v Speaker 1>us a two powers, a bit of a peek behind
<v Speaker 1>the curtain, and you know, I've got some terrific anecdotes,
<v Speaker 1>some unexpected anecdotes. Yeah, no, it's it's been good times
<v Speaker 1>all around. I mean, I'm not that I'm I should
<v Speaker 1>be playing favorites here, but listen to all of these interviews.
<v Speaker 1>I mean it's good banter between us and them, and
<v Speaker 1>you'll you'll have fun and you'll learn a little something too.
<v Speaker 2>As I like to say, we said we're going to
<v Speaker 2>answer some questions, didn't we Hey, we did say that. Yes,
<v Speaker 2>all right, So let's get the first one up here
<v Speaker 2>from the mail bag. The email it is mail bag
<v Speaker 2>at four finger discount dot com dot au Kelsey Cratic, Hey,
<v Speaker 2>Daniel and guy, my name, my name is Kelsey. I've
<v Speaker 2>been a long time listener from Sweden. I love that
<v Speaker 2>from Sweden.
<v Speaker 1>What's up, Kelsey? Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Firstly, I just want to thank you for the hours
<v Speaker 2>of entertainment you've given me. It's been like hanging out
<v Speaker 2>with friends on my commute to and from work. A
<v Speaker 2>lot of people seem to listen to the show to.
<v Speaker 1>And from work.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, get some, get some ready for work, or it's
<v Speaker 2>like their final bit of paradise before they enter the office.
<v Speaker 1>A little bit of pleasure before the grind. Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Speaking of friends, my question is do you think Milhouse's
<v Speaker 2>life would be better had he not become friends with Bart?
<v Speaker 2>Whilst he seems to be the Robin Twees Batman, I've
<v Speaker 2>always seeing them as both needing each other.
<v Speaker 1>Your thoughts, well, yeah, that's a very It's an interesting thought, Kelsey.
<v Speaker 1>I don't think Millhouse will be better off without but
<v Speaker 1>I was thinking about this. Some people are just better
<v Speaker 1>or better. You know, they're not alphas. They and they
<v Speaker 1>need to be directed by someone who's a little more
<v Speaker 1>forcible and charismatics. They're Butters. Yeah, the Butter's Millhouse was
<v Speaker 1>Butters before Butters was Butters. Correct. I get the feeling
<v Speaker 1>if Millhouse did not have someone like Bart in his life,
<v Speaker 1>he would be very sort of lonely, lonely and insular.
<v Speaker 2>He'd be I feel like he'd be part of the
<v Speaker 2>I can't remember the name of that of their group
<v Speaker 2>but where the nerds like that Database and Martin all that.
<v Speaker 2>He'd be in there, but he'd be almost like the
<v Speaker 2>nerdy one of them. He'd just be there because he's
<v Speaker 2>no one else likes man is going to join these
<v Speaker 2>guys correct.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so Millhouse needs to touch grass as the as
<v Speaker 1>the kids say these days, and bart enables that, even
<v Speaker 1>if the outcome isn't always great. I get the feeling
<v Speaker 1>that when the time comes, you know, Millhou's got a
<v Speaker 1>few more miles in the meter, he looks back at
<v Speaker 1>his child and he goes, hmmm, bart was the best
<v Speaker 1>for to have. But he'll look back at the experiences
<v Speaker 1>he had being a night watchman at a factory or
<v Speaker 1>something like that, and he'll go, you know what, some
<v Speaker 1>of those things were fun. The Cholbyville visit exactly right.
<v Speaker 1>I get the vinam he will look back and go, hmm,
<v Speaker 1>they made me who I am today, for better or worse.
<v Speaker 2>It's interesting because I feel like the perception of bart
<v Speaker 2>In particularly evolved as the show went on in the
<v Speaker 2>first ten years. At the start, he kind of felt like,
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't say the cool kid, but he was the
<v Speaker 2>popular kid, I think, but because he was like the
<v Speaker 2>bad boy, and as the show evolved, it was almost
<v Speaker 2>like they were. I wouldn't say bart was the popular kid.
<v Speaker 2>Hen't one of the others, but I think out of
<v Speaker 2>all the kids at Springfet, he shd' to be the
<v Speaker 2>one that would stand up for himself, and Millhouse needed
<v Speaker 2>someone there to back him up because Millhouse is a
<v Speaker 2>character who's an easy target for bullies.
<v Speaker 1>And every school's got them.
<v Speaker 2>You look at and you're like Holly at school now, Al,
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I see their friends and I'm like, oh,
<v Speaker 2>and thankfully that school doesn't seem to have many bullies,
<v Speaker 2>if at all. Right, But I don't know, man, nine
<v Speaker 2>ninety five, Man, you'd be getting picked on because it
<v Speaker 2>just they just look like easy targets.
<v Speaker 1>This is this looks like a Millhouse. This is a
<v Speaker 1>sad fact of life. I mean, yeah, they just they
<v Speaker 1>just perceptively just weak. You know. Some kids have got
<v Speaker 1>the prey jeene. Yeah, sorry about that. And this is
<v Speaker 1>not This is not to say that predators should take
<v Speaker 1>advantage of that, don't do it.
<v Speaker 2>A person like Bart might not be able to defend
<v Speaker 2>him physically against someone like Nelson, but he can out
<v Speaker 2>outwit the bullies a lot of the time. And maybe,
<v Speaker 2>just maybe, because barn is sometimes friends with Nelson and whatnot,
<v Speaker 2>that little bit of cred and been associated with Bart
<v Speaker 2>means that Millhouse isn't being picked on as much as
<v Speaker 2>he sauld unless he says, guess who likes you? And
<v Speaker 2>Nelson just beats a share of him. So one of
<v Speaker 2>my favorite mill House members of all time. Guess who
<v Speaker 2>likes you? Custom Millhouse.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, kid with those eyebrows, he's being destined for trouble.
<v Speaker 2>But he also does a bit of a bit of
<v Speaker 2>a heel esk vibe to him as mel Millhouse when
<v Speaker 2>when he's thinking, when things are going his way, he
<v Speaker 2>can be an absolute dog.
<v Speaker 1>Well that's the way with all of you, a little
<v Speaker 1>bit of a taste of parent of course he's going
<v Speaker 1>to exploit it. Yes, well, thank you for the question, Kelsey.
<v Speaker 2>Thanks Kelsey all the way from Sweden. Yeah, justin Posner.
<v Speaker 2>This guy's from Peterborough in the UK, which is not
<v Speaker 2>far from Nicholas House. Oh yeah, she's in Boston, which
<v Speaker 2>is yeah, all part of I think Peterborough is in Lincolnshire,
<v Speaker 2>I think, but it's like a thirty to forty minute
<v Speaker 2>drive from Nicholas House.
<v Speaker 1>You might as well be talking about Middle earth Man. Yeah, okay, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I think I'm pretty sure.
<v Speaker 2>When we went to London, we got on the train
<v Speaker 2>at Peterborough, which it felt like a half an hour
<v Speaker 2>drive from her mum's house. Okay, yeah, it's not far away. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of like Peterborough is the worrib to adjalong.
<v Speaker 2>Thank you for putting it in terms that I understand.
<v Speaker 2>He says, get a mates. Justin here from Peterborough in
<v Speaker 2>the UK.
<v Speaker 1>I stolen valor Justin. You can't say get a mate,
<v Speaker 1>of course you can actually Justin.
<v Speaker 2>And I only recently discovered your show early last year,
<v Speaker 2>but I've powered it all the way through to season fourteen,
<v Speaker 2>whilst also listening to current episodes as they come out.
<v Speaker 1>Love it. Oh thanks.
<v Speaker 2>I'm wondering if you think the Simpsons would ever do
<v Speaker 2>a crossover with the Muppets. They once had a cameo
<v Speaker 2>on Sesame Street, but I think with the Muppets looking
<v Speaker 2>like they'll be revived, could we get a crossover short
<v Speaker 2>in some way? I think I'll discussed this on Talking
<v Speaker 2>Muppets with Jaden. We're talking about potential guests and he
<v Speaker 2>was saying how having the Simpsons drawn into the Muppet
<v Speaker 2>studio would be a fun visual. I think it would be,
<v Speaker 2>but it had to be a short though. It couldn't
<v Speaker 2>be an episode.
<v Speaker 1>Couldn't be an episode. I am personally not feeling this,
<v Speaker 1>I like where your head's at, man, but sometimes chocolate
<v Speaker 1>and peanut but are better separated. I can understand the
<v Speaker 1>crossover with the Muppets and Sesame Street. They're all are
<v Speaker 1>they all from the Henson sort of? Yeah? Well spring yep, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>So they're the same, same but different. The Simpsons and
<v Speaker 1>the Muppets, they've got sort of different comic sensibilities, different
<v Speaker 1>comic rhythms. I get the feeling we'd hard to make
<v Speaker 1>those two coalne you can give it a red hot
<v Speaker 1>go by all means. I don't think it's going to,
<v Speaker 1>you know, in the world if anything, if anything sort
<v Speaker 1>of went wrong.
<v Speaker 2>But I feel like the Simpsons of the early nineties
<v Speaker 2>would fit better because when the kids were more rascals
<v Speaker 2>and then just sort of being rascals in the Muppet
<v Speaker 2>theater would be a better vibe. But I don't know,
<v Speaker 2>because there was episode where, I think it was only
<v Speaker 2>a short part of the episod where Katie Perry was
<v Speaker 2>a guest star on The Simpsons and they had puppet
<v Speaker 2>versions of the Simpsons. Okay, it could be a fun
<v Speaker 2>way too, sort of if you had those puppets. They
<v Speaker 2>start as drawn in and then sort of like a
<v Speaker 2>Watch the Rabbit thing, and then they become puppets because
<v Speaker 2>maybe Bunsen and Beaker creates some device that turns them
<v Speaker 2>into puppets or whatever, and rich.
<v Speaker 1>And boundless imagination you have.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm coming around to your work because uppet episodes,
<v Speaker 2>the way they work is they have various acts and
<v Speaker 2>songs whatnot, but there's a through line of a story.
<v Speaker 2>Something's going on backstage or whatever. So maybe the story
<v Speaker 2>could be that they're trying to turn the Simpsons back
<v Speaker 2>into animated again.
<v Speaker 1>There you go. Oh, he's just solved.
<v Speaker 2>It could work anyway, because I think it would be
<v Speaker 2>interesting to see Homer with Waldoff and Statler just hanging
<v Speaker 2>shit on Fozzy and whatnot.
<v Speaker 1>Well mistaken them for mister Burns.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, Mark Nelson, Hi, Guy and Dando love the show
<v Speaker 2>and always listen on the way to and to and
<v Speaker 2>from work.
<v Speaker 1>We've found our audience, we found our people.
<v Speaker 2>You might comfort listening after dropping the kids off at
<v Speaker 2>school and helped calm my nerves before arriving at the office.
<v Speaker 2>I'm also a big fan of going down to South Park.
<v Speaker 2>I was hoping you could set.
<v Speaker 1>A lot a job if you got Mark that you're
<v Speaker 1>nervous where you're going to work. I might be near trafficing.
<v Speaker 2>He's I've got a reputation to live up to, Mark
<v Speaker 2>Nelson mal Jiggli. I was hoping you could settle this
<v Speaker 2>dilemma for me. Which season of the Simpsons do you
<v Speaker 2>think looks the best? I've always thought Season eight, but
<v Speaker 2>my brother loves Season five, which I call the big
<v Speaker 2>Eye era, as the character's eyeballs and pupils were huge.
<v Speaker 2>Please tell me you agree, so that I may finally
<v Speaker 2>explain to my brother why he has been wrong all
<v Speaker 2>these years. It's personal preferencing, it really is.
<v Speaker 1>I personally like a little exaggeration in my animation. So Mark,
<v Speaker 1>your brother is correct and you are one hundred percent wrong.
<v Speaker 1>You like Season five? Okay? Yeah?
<v Speaker 2>Necessarily Season four has more of the big eyes I
<v Speaker 2>think than season five, and season five was more natural.
<v Speaker 2>But I do for me personally, I'm not a huge
<v Speaker 2>fan of the look of the Season four s big
<v Speaker 2>eyes characters, but it's again personal preference. I think I'm
<v Speaker 2>more like a season seven ish Season eight. Maybe it's
<v Speaker 2>because they're the episodes that were coming out when I
<v Speaker 2>started watching the Simpsons, and it's what I associate the
<v Speaker 2>most part, of course with when I'm being a fan
<v Speaker 2>of the show. They're my favorite episodes as well, which
<v Speaker 2>also helps. But I just think episodes like Summer of
<v Speaker 2>four foot two, that's the end of season seven. I
<v Speaker 2>just think that year of the show, when it's the
<v Speaker 2>Simpsons at night. I remember to put a post on
<v Speaker 2>the Facebook page once where it was just screencaps of
<v Speaker 2>the Simpsons at Springfield at night. You know, it's just
<v Speaker 2>the Quickie mine at two am in the morning and
<v Speaker 2>the lights of the neon lights are on, but it's
<v Speaker 2>peaceful in the street and stuff like that. I just
<v Speaker 2>think the Simpsons visually. For me personally, I think season seven,
<v Speaker 2>season eight is my favorite era. But again the probably
<v Speaker 2>some people like season three, season two, maybe yeah, they're
<v Speaker 2>weirdose the weirdos, No, but the season four, season five.
<v Speaker 2>Do you think season five is your fan.
<v Speaker 1>I would say around that era, yeah, when things are
<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit more heightened. You look at the
<v Speaker 1>first couple of seasons, it's like, this looks pretty rough.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is sort of bleed over from Tracy
<v Speaker 1>Ormond shorts and that kind of thing. It's not unattractive
<v Speaker 1>to look at but it's like it looks so different
<v Speaker 1>to what they became. Yeah, let's really take advantage of
<v Speaker 1>the of the medium that we're working or the format
<v Speaker 1>that we're working in here, and yeah, giving the heads
<v Speaker 1>a little bit more size, eyes a little bit more size.
<v Speaker 1>Just as I said, exaggeration of features and things like that.
<v Speaker 1>You'll notice that when they bring another new carriacters or
<v Speaker 1>guest characters look a little more sort of I won't
<v Speaker 1>say photo realistic, but look more human or whatever. It's
<v Speaker 1>kind of like, this is kind of disconcerting. No, I
<v Speaker 1>like that. I like the exaggeration. So I'm going to
<v Speaker 1>go with Mark's brother.
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure younger people would say the Hahdi era probably.
<v Speaker 2>I mean the Haiti era looks visually, it looks lovely,
<v Speaker 2>but it almost looks too clean, too clean, especially the
<v Speaker 2>new episodes. Now I'm looking at going as too it's
<v Speaker 2>too perfect. You need a bit of scruff and people
<v Speaker 2>like they front on Simpson. You ever seen front on Simpsons? Yes,
<v Speaker 2>where it's terrifying, very much so. But you know they
<v Speaker 2>back then they didn't expect you to be able to
<v Speaker 2>freeze frame something, but they had to have the character
<v Speaker 2>move their head of course, but I do like the
<v Speaker 2>I like the idea of it just being hand drawn,
<v Speaker 2>just as that feel of.
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I like a little rough around the edges,
<v Speaker 1>a little dirt under the fingernails.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right, Okay, let's go to the Patreon mail
<v Speaker 2>bay us for some questions here. So this one's from
<v Speaker 2>Pete Anderson. I run a small seasonal burger wagon on
<v Speaker 2>an island in Maine, USA. This sounds dope and run
<v Speaker 2>weekly special was alout bobs Burgers after it by the bay.
<v Speaker 2>Check out Bob's pods if you're a fan of bobs Burgers,
<v Speaker 2>ave aable exclusively on our Patreon. After a few seasons,
<v Speaker 2>I'm running out of ideas. Are there any Aussie specific
<v Speaker 2>burger combos that I should try to replicate for my customers?
<v Speaker 2>What are your favorite flavor combinations on a burger related
<v Speaker 2>chicken sandwich combos, French fry combos if I'm next door
<v Speaker 2>to the land of Proutine, or other grabbing go foods.
<v Speaker 2>I spent almost a decade as a public school dining
<v Speaker 2>director and have introduced the kids in the community to
<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun foreign items. My first foray into
<v Speaker 2>Assie food was chicken salt and it's been a huge
<v Speaker 2>hit so far. That blows my mind that I have
<v Speaker 2>chicken salt overseas. It's like, if you want to win
<v Speaker 2>the heart of someone who isn't from Australia, give them
<v Speaker 2>some chicken salt.
<v Speaker 1>That's true. Keep up the good work boys. Thank you
<v Speaker 1>from Pete Anderson. Hey, no worries, Pete. Look, congratulations on
<v Speaker 1>this burger van. This sounds kind of like my dream.
<v Speaker 2>What if it's weird because I'm not a fan of it,
<v Speaker 2>but I feel like in Australia, whenever you see macas
<v Speaker 2>going we're doing the Aussie burger right, all that does
<v Speaker 2>they slap a sluice.
<v Speaker 1>Beet on beetroo? Yeah, I don't like it. I like
<v Speaker 1>beetroo on a salad roll, but on a hot burger
<v Speaker 1>I don't like it. Yeah, I must admit it's not
<v Speaker 1>really my go to No. Yeah, So I don't know
<v Speaker 1>how that's become the yes s anonymous with Australia.
<v Speaker 2>Like did someone at a Fish and Chips or Acces
<v Speaker 2>put beetree on a burger once?
<v Speaker 1>Tonight? This is the doing He's one with the lot. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>because this has really got everything on. It's like we
<v Speaker 1>got some beetree. We'd probably throw that in there as well.
<v Speaker 2>I wonder if that's a term overseas a burger with
<v Speaker 2>the lot, one with the lot. It would be some
<v Speaker 2>variation of that. But we say burger with the lot.
<v Speaker 1>Don't have friends in the Sound on the East Coast
<v Speaker 1>have like the everything bagel okay, yeah, which I think
<v Speaker 1>is fairly sort of loaded bagel. But one with the
<v Speaker 1>lot sounds very Australian, doesn't it.
<v Speaker 2>But I feel like if I'm ordering a burger with
<v Speaker 2>a lot, it's getting beech, it's getting pineapple, it's getting
<v Speaker 2>all this shit.
<v Speaker 1>That I don't want on my Hamberg. That's true. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I mean back in the glory days of Texas Burgers
<v Speaker 1>when it was still open here in Geelong, you know
<v Speaker 1>you could get well, you could tailor it the lot
<v Speaker 1>to You could do that with just about any place.
<v Speaker 1>Of course, it's like you want the lot, but you
<v Speaker 1>don't want the lot. Give me some tomato, give me
<v Speaker 1>some onion, give me some lettuce, bit of cheese in there.
<v Speaker 2>The staples when you go to like a Souperlaker or
<v Speaker 2>a burger place, the staples usually get you usually pay
<v Speaker 2>for cheese now extra, but it's always tomato onion. They're
<v Speaker 2>the ones that they're the basics, lettuce, lettuce, tomato onion, lettuce,
<v Speaker 2>and then you add for cheese, and you add the
<v Speaker 2>extras as well. Yeah, but what what sauce you putting on?
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking I'm a garlic Aolie kind of guy. Now
<v Speaker 2>are you talking about like for a sublaki or burger
<v Speaker 2>for a chicken, a fried chicken burger for it?
<v Speaker 1>Oh? No, more like a sort of a hot sauce,
<v Speaker 1>you kind of hot sauce.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, I'm the opposite. I'm like a huge fan
<v Speaker 2>of hot sauce, but I'm more an Aoli guy.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I went to the supermarket last night and Franks,
<v Speaker 1>the hot sauce people have brought out like a creamy
<v Speaker 1>sort of fried chicken sauce, and I'm like, who I'm special,
<v Speaker 1>better snap that up. Of course it's like ten cents
<v Speaker 1>off or whatever. It's like, no, I still got to
<v Speaker 1>get it. Yeah, No, it does the trick. A bit
<v Speaker 1>of Mayo in there as well. It's some QP mayo.
<v Speaker 1>They can be quite nice.
<v Speaker 2>When I think Ozzie Burger, I think I wouldn't but
<v Speaker 2>I would not recommend it.
<v Speaker 1>No, I mean it's not something we necessarily want to
<v Speaker 1>push on the rest of the world. I mean, give
<v Speaker 1>it a try, But I mean, PiZZ sounds like an
<v Speaker 1>adventurous guy. But with these various sides, maybe there's a combination.
<v Speaker 1>You can mackles pickles. You gotta put pickles in a burger.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, see, I'm not. I've only just sort of grown
<v Speaker 2>accustomed to pickles. I've never really liked I was.
<v Speaker 1>I was the kidd took the pickles off the cheeseburger
<v Speaker 1>at Macas. I always did it at maccas, and I
<v Speaker 1>still do it at Macas. I don't. I don't really. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>for some reason, my taste Budge has just been accustomed to. Like, no,
<v Speaker 1>Maca's burger should taste like this, and I should not
<v Speaker 1>get the taste of pickle in there. Maybe in a
<v Speaker 1>big Mac, but I don't have a big mak. See
<v Speaker 1>my might be my uncle coming.
<v Speaker 2>Somebody said to me when I was I took the
<v Speaker 2>pickles off a Big Mac once, and they said to me,
<v Speaker 2>they make it with all these ingredients for a reason,
<v Speaker 2>create it the way they make it.
<v Speaker 1>And I was like fine, I was like, you're right, No,
<v Speaker 1>that's actually it. That's pretty smart. I mean, I can
<v Speaker 1>understand taken out of a quarter pounder.
<v Speaker 2>Those people are being paid millions to create accombination of
<v Speaker 2>ingredients that it's going to be delicious.
<v Speaker 1>You think you're smart. But if you're making your own
<v Speaker 1>bespoke burger at home, yeah, I think slapping a few
<v Speaker 1>little bread and butter pickles in there fantastic. Likewise, of
<v Speaker 1>the chicken burger works a treat.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, just try it with Just try your burgers
<v Speaker 2>with a slice of beetrip pick one and say that's
<v Speaker 2>the ossy versions, the ossy variant.
<v Speaker 1>Indeed, I'm wondering what other sort of ossy things you
<v Speaker 1>could put in I've been trying to think of. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>when you put pineapple in it, there's usually that. Oh
<v Speaker 1>that's that Hawaiian burger joint. Yeah. Do I have hamburger
<v Speaker 1>and batters overseas? Oh that sounds like a steamed ham,
<v Speaker 1>doesn't it. Yeah?
<v Speaker 2>And a fish and chip shop staple here is hamburgers
<v Speaker 2>in batter and it's just literally just.
<v Speaker 1>A big thick hamburger. I wouldn't I wouldn't put it
<v Speaker 1>past our American friends. I think they tend to deep
<v Speaker 1>forry a lot of stuff. When I was in the
<v Speaker 1>States a few years ago and went to a state
<v Speaker 1>fair or a county fair or something that was amazed
<v Speaker 1>by all the sort of food variants in a lot.
<v Speaker 1>It's like deep frying the hell out of that thing.
<v Speaker 2>Deep frying the deep fryer. Hell yeah, all right, next
<v Speaker 2>question here, Andrew Swan, are you prepared to see John
<v Speaker 2>Lithgower in a new light once you get around to
<v Speaker 2>watching Dexter with Nicholas So I messaged in the other day. Ah,
<v Speaker 2>and we're talking about Ricochet. He's like speaking of John
<v Speaker 2>with a villain. He's great in Dexter, and he's like,
<v Speaker 2>you watched Dexter, knows that you have to watch Dexter
<v Speaker 2>season four with John Gower.
<v Speaker 1>He's very very good.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I'm looking forward to that, Sweanny, Thank you.
<v Speaker 2>Andrew Kelly got tagged by a back today that being
<v Speaker 2>got shipped on.
<v Speaker 1>I guess, so just a lot of that got tagged.
<v Speaker 1>I've never heard that.
<v Speaker 2>Got any interesting run ins with animals, Andrew Kelly, any
<v Speaker 2>interesting run ins with animals?
<v Speaker 1>Gosh, I hand feather giraffe at the zoo. Once got
<v Speaker 1>a scar above my right eye because a dog attacked
<v Speaker 1>me as I was riding my bike home drunk and
<v Speaker 1>hit my head on the corner of the gutter and
<v Speaker 1>had to walk in and say, man, I fell in
<v Speaker 1>my back. I was only I think I was seventeen.
<v Speaker 1>At the Diamond, I had a couple of beers, a
<v Speaker 1>couple of small beers, and yeah, a dog came out
<v Speaker 1>of nowhere and snagged my pants and I fell off
<v Speaker 1>my bike. Oh yeah, that's an interesting. That's an interesting
<v Speaker 1>that dog tagged me. So I've had a funny story.
<v Speaker 1>We're driving this American and it was a friend of mine.
<v Speaker 1>So I had a friend over from America who was
<v Speaker 1>an aussy and he brought his American friend. He rean
<v Speaker 1>driving sort of out in the bushway and we're driving
<v Speaker 1>down the highway in the middle of the night and
<v Speaker 1>it was like pitch black, and an Emmy ran in
<v Speaker 1>front of the car and he had never seen an
<v Speaker 1>Amy before, and this American guy in the fact of
<v Speaker 1>the car. He goes, what the fuck was that?
<v Speaker 2>Oh God, oh shit, I thought these things weren't real.
<v Speaker 2>And he was like, what the fuck was that? I
<v Speaker 2>was like, I don't think the things were really These
<v Speaker 2>things like from back in like like years and years ago,
<v Speaker 2>but we thought are extinct.
<v Speaker 1>He was like, shit, go bad. We've got to get
<v Speaker 1>footage of it. We've got to get footage of it.
<v Speaker 1>What pranks.
<v Speaker 2>But just that initial what the fuck was that? Because
<v Speaker 2>think about it, you've never heard of an emu. You've
<v Speaker 2>never seen an emu. This giant, fucking fluffy thing on
<v Speaker 2>two long legs with a long neck just runs.
<v Speaker 1>Across the car. They're a weird looking beast.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it was just like shoom straight in front
<v Speaker 2>of the cargo blow, kind of like alien when it goes,
<v Speaker 2>and it's just what the fuck was that? I thought,
<v Speaker 2>I've got to use this bit and.
<v Speaker 1>Any The other running I had with an animal was
<v Speaker 1>when I was at boarding school. A timber top, which
<v Speaker 1>is you know, in the mountains sort of it's not
<v Speaker 1>necessarily in the bush, but it's bush adjacent. It's walking
<v Speaker 1>between classes one day and what comes out of the scrub.
<v Speaker 1>But a one bat, you know what a one bat is?
<v Speaker 1>International lesson is hopefully know what a one mat is.
<v Speaker 1>Like a cute little marsupial, a little tank on four leggs. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>they're pretty solid. They're pretty solid. I'm like, oh, that's
<v Speaker 1>a door. Yeah, then it saw me and it started
<v Speaker 1>charging towards me. And I mean, I'm like your American friend.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm like, I'm unfamiliar with a lot of
<v Speaker 1>Australian fauna.
<v Speaker 2>I was like, holy shit, just ran away because you
<v Speaker 2>don't see these things in the wild very often. There's
<v Speaker 2>always underground hiding in their dad.
<v Speaker 1>And they look very cute, but they're chunky, chunky little monsters. Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Indeed, this one's on an anonymous anonymous member eight three.
<v Speaker 2>I'm turning thirty this year. What life advice wisdom do
<v Speaker 2>you wish each of you knew? Which life advice wisdom
<v Speaker 2>do you wish each of you knew at thirty? My
<v Speaker 2>advice is, I'm gitting that point in my life now.
<v Speaker 2>I'm giving me thirty eight this year where my mortality
<v Speaker 2>is starting to sort of hit me and it's going
<v Speaker 2>don't second guess or put things off. If you have
<v Speaker 2>the ability to go and go on an adventure or
<v Speaker 2>an experience, don't push it off. Just go and do it,
<v Speaker 2>because eventually you know you'll have it might be a
<v Speaker 2>job that prevents you from go and do something.
<v Speaker 1>Kids.
<v Speaker 2>You know, when you have kids, it's prevents you've been
<v Speaker 2>able to just get up and go and do something.
<v Speaker 2>If you have the freedom to do something right now,
<v Speaker 2>go and do it.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, I agree with that. I'll hardly do it now.
<v Speaker 1>Don't delay.
<v Speaker 2>And if you're a drinker, cut back on your drinking
<v Speaker 2>at an earlier age because it gets harder and harder
<v Speaker 2>to get old. I mean, I've never really been much
<v Speaker 2>of a drink we I've got a couple of friends
<v Speaker 2>who just sort of come to me recently. They're like, Man,
<v Speaker 2>I need to come back on my drinking. It's just
<v Speaker 2>just hard.
<v Speaker 1>I'm just so used to.
<v Speaker 2>I've said a mention. One of my mates has a
<v Speaker 2>couple of beers at dinner every night. He's trying not to.
<v Speaker 2>It's like, it's just difficult.
<v Speaker 1>It's just bad habits. The longer you let them go, Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>routines get programmed into you. Practical advice, go for a run,
<v Speaker 1>keep yourself, keep yourself, floss, floss your teeth. Invest a
<v Speaker 1>small amount of money in like an index fund or
<v Speaker 1>something like that. Every week, just put a couple of
<v Speaker 1>bucks in compound. Interest is your friend.
<v Speaker 2>And buy three books and try and read them this year.
<v Speaker 2>Read books. Reading is just great for the brain, yep, body,
<v Speaker 2>mind and soul. Just you know, find something for each
<v Speaker 2>of those and do it on the regular. And one
<v Speaker 2>final one here This is from James Tolstrup. He says
<v Speaker 2>more of a comment than a question. No need to
<v Speaker 2>read this one out if you feel it's too deep.
<v Speaker 2>Just wanted to make you guys aware of the profound
<v Speaker 2>impact you've had in my life. You've never met me,
<v Speaker 2>but you guys were there during some pretty big events
<v Speaker 2>for me. I was actually listening to forfing a discount
<v Speaker 2>when I got ran over and dragged under a van
<v Speaker 2>that plowed through a pedestrian crossing whilst I was on
<v Speaker 2>a run. But more importantly, you guys kept me company
<v Speaker 2>during lon recuperation, when I was teaching myself to hear
<v Speaker 2>and feel pain again. See if you can guess my
<v Speaker 2>favorite Sisters episode. I'm now pleased to share that I'm
<v Speaker 2>two days from successfully completing a bi clip of Taiwan
<v Speaker 2>and you guys are keeping me motivated during this insane headwinds.
<v Speaker 2>Keep up the good content and thanks for.
<v Speaker 1>The last while, and navigate life's highs and lows. Cheers James, James,
<v Speaker 1>you are and I make this joke a lot but
<v Speaker 1>we don't use the word hero very often. But holy moly,
<v Speaker 1>that's great, man. I mean, I'm glad that you are
<v Speaker 1>fully recovered. We're glad you're on the bike.
<v Speaker 2>I love to know what episode I'm not making light
<v Speaker 2>of the situation. What episode were you listening to when
<v Speaker 2>you got run over? And like, so you're under the
<v Speaker 2>bus and you're just hearing us speak bullshit.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, imagine if my voice was the last thing in
<v Speaker 1>her Sorry, no, no, but well, look, we're glad you're well.
<v Speaker 1>It sounds like you're more than on the men. Sounds
<v Speaker 1>like you are men dead. But yeah, more power to you.
<v Speaker 1>This is congratulations. Keep navigating life highs and lows.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, now this one here also finally, quickly, this is
<v Speaker 2>from our power. This is Dan who was an artist, right,
<v Speaker 2>and he's Dann Moraccan pronounced moroken, so damn moroken. Long
<v Speaker 2>time listener since twenty sixteen. First time emailer, that's not
<v Speaker 2>that long. I disclaimer in my past. Send an email
<v Speaker 2>to you late twenty twenty four and he realized it
<v Speaker 2>was the wrong address, and now we're sending it. He
<v Speaker 2>basically he put together a Homer art print for a
<v Speaker 2>bone called bone Storm at the Honeybones Gallery in Brunswick.
<v Speaker 2>We would have loved it, apparently, and he wants you
<v Speaker 2>all want to copy, and I said, we sure do
<v Speaker 2>with that. Yeah, yes, he says. Because I've been listening
<v Speaker 2>to your podcast for nearly ten years, I feel like
<v Speaker 2>I am indebted towards all the free hours of entertainment
<v Speaker 2>you've created for my drawing sessions, commute to work and
<v Speaker 2>house chores. Well work commutes one to all of you
<v Speaker 2>of the artwork my practice has developed for many years.
<v Speaker 2>I'm continuously on to go sketching something, and your podcast
<v Speaker 2>has generally brought a new sensibility in my creative process.
<v Speaker 2>I know the world is a pretty rough and uncertain
<v Speaker 2>spot at the moment. This is my way of sending
<v Speaker 2>much deserve good calma back to you guys who have
<v Speaker 2>managed to brighten up my day. Having your podcast on
<v Speaker 2>reminds me of a simpler days where my brother and
<v Speaker 2>I would plant ourselves in front of TV at six
<v Speaker 2>pm week nice to catch the show on Channel ten
<v Speaker 2>and enjoy the half hour of joy this animated family
<v Speaker 2>brought us. This artwork was intended to be a celebration
<v Speaker 2>of the Simpsons as a cultural Juggernau upheld by fans
<v Speaker 2>and proof that human made art is too strong to
<v Speaker 2>be devalued by AI AI slot cannot replace the human
<v Speaker 2>spark o. I've attached a low raise version which I
<v Speaker 2>will show you.
<v Speaker 1>Right now, right here. Check that out. I hate it. No,
<v Speaker 1>it's the solid gold Homer. It's very very good. He's
<v Speaker 1>got the roffled potato chips.
<v Speaker 2>It's got the fox Johnny Cash voice, it's got duff beer,
<v Speaker 2>it's got the paintings at the Homer bowling ball, got
<v Speaker 2>the blink of the three our fish. Yeah, it's awesome,
<v Speaker 2>isn't it marvelous? It is very very good. Indeed, we're
<v Speaker 2>very happy to have one. I can't wait to have
<v Speaker 2>one here in the podcast studio. So yeah, thank you
<v Speaker 2>Dan for sending that through. And I will post a
<v Speaker 2>link to your stuff in the description of this podcast.
<v Speaker 2>You want to check out damn stuff, you can find
<v Speaker 2>that in the description of this podcast. But this has
<v Speaker 2>been our mail bag sure April twenty twenty six.
<v Speaker 1>So you're getting in May hopefully. Oh yeah, if they
<v Speaker 1>still want to listen to the show, they will, because
<v Speaker 1>right now we're going to pushtop because we're about to
<v Speaker 1>go chat to Aljae Al John. Can you believe it?
<v Speaker 1>I can. You wouldn't like it? It is April fourth,
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, damn you imagine? Can you imagine? Holding? All? Right?
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