#193: Snaps His Fingers

We start with chaotic life banter, then swap quick movie-night takes on The Bachelor Party and Sandy Wexler before we accidentally create a cozy interactive bedtime story that turns surprisingly sweet. We end by picking favorite 1993 movies, admitting what’s currently “ruining” our lives, and leaving with a simple recipe for a perfect night.

• Cold open jokes about hiding problems and pretending it never happened 
• Weekly recap with bowling, candy-store temptation, buying a TV, mini golf, an amusement park, and horse volunteering 
• Thoughts on The Bachelor Party as a stupid-funny Tom Hanks comedy with standout bits and peak raunch 
• Thoughts on Sandy Wexler with cameos everywhere, Jennifer Hudson, and Weird Al as the highlight 
• Interactive bedtime story with a tiny door, a fox guide, and a cloud bakery full of dreamy desserts 
• “Recipe for a perfect night” built from a safe place, a person to share it with, and a feeling to carry home 
• Favorite movies from 1993 and why Jurassic Park still wins 
• What’s currently ruining our lives: feeling fat, not eating well, procrastination, and laziness

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Transcript

Cold Open Hole Cover-Up Comedy

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Here's the fun intro, Cracky Tenny. Here we go. No one knows what we'll even know. Started with the movie plot. Now it's time where we are not done.

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I have filled holes before.

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Okay, cool.

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I'm not gonna say it turned out great, but I did fill a hole.

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Yeah. Well, it is what it is, I guess.

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Yeah, yeah. Uh the goal is to uh pretend there isn't a hole. Yeah. Make it look like there isn't a hole, even if there is a hole there.

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Yeah. You have to hide the hole.

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Hide the hole. That's right. Yeah. We're all just gonna pretend that there never was a hole there.

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To begin with.

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Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So if someone came in and asked, was there ever a hole there? Be like, nope. Does it look like there was ever a hole there? And be like, I don't know. It kinda no, no, no, no. There was never ever ever a hole right there.

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No, exactly.

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Because there wasn't.

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No. It's not like I covered it or anything.

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No. I didn't fill it up and then cover it up with tape and paint. No.

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No. A sticker.

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And stickers and more tape and paint. And extending foam, you know, like the the you spray it in and it expands. I didn't use any of that.

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Okay. But you know it exists.

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Empty the can into the entire okay.

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You didn't.

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No. Why would I do that? That is ridiculous because that is uh putting a band-aid over a problem.

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Yeah. I mean, that would be like covering a hole or something.

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Exactly. Yeah. And why would you do that? Because there was never a hole.

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No, exactly.

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There's no point in filling a hole that isn't there.

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True.

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Why would I need this spray foam ever because there's no hole?

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Yeah. I don't know.

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You wasted your money. Why would you say?

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Was that what you said at the store? You're like, I don't have a hole to fill or anything, but uh I'm gonna I'm taking this anyway. Yeah.

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Don't ask me why.

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It's for a friend.

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Oh, you Americans, you like to stick your nose in my business. Why are you buying this? You know what? Personal reasons. I have a hole to be filled. And I'm gonna book a room at the hospital in advance. Oh my god. Anyway.

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Yeah.

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Good times. Good times.

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Yeah. Enough talk about your states trip.

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Right, exactly. Because this didn't happen. I'm just gonna drink water for the rest of the hour.

Water-Only Promises And Candy Reality

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Your life. My life. I really should. For the rest of my life. I'm just gonna drink water. That's it. That's the only thing I'm gonna consume. How many times have I said that? I'm never eating ever again. For the next three weeks, I really should just drink water. And then I go to the candy store and like fill it halfway.

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I haven't dared looking at the scales today. No way.

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Nope, nope, nope, nope. I was good and then I was not good. Uh okay.

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Okay.

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Well that was that.

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We all had fun.

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So you're all out of episodes. So that means we're all out of pre-pre-talk.

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Episodes.

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No.

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What number are we at, Matias? Take a wild guess. What do you think? Where are we?

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Oh, 193.

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Ooh, that's my birthday. I don't know what I don't know which one it is. Let's look. Let's not look.

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Okay.

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Let's guess that it's 193. Yeah. Because no one actually knows. So I don't know if I'll ever see you again. So I might die tomorrow in a plane crash.

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You're you're going by plane?

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No.

SPEAKER_00 5:02

Oh, did you say train crash?

SPEAKER_05 5:04

No, I said plane. A plane could crash into the train. Oh yeah. Okay.

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Oh, yeah.

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Anything is possible. And we might still be alive. But not really. You'll find out in the end that I died.

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Oh, okay. Oh.

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Because I'm gonna find a friend who s sees dead people, but I don't realize that I'm dead.

SPEAKER_00 5:26

Okay. You're mixing all the Bruce Willis movies now, aren't you?

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Am I mixing them? Because it seems like it's the same one.

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It's the sixth unbreakable.

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Yeah.

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Unbreakable sixth.

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Yeah, that's my movie. How did he die? Oh, he was murdered, wasn't he? He was shot in Sixth Sense?

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Yeah. Yeah. He was shot in the beginning of the movie.

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Okay, yeah. Huh.

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And uh yeah.

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Unbreakable, he was still alive, but he was invincible.

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Yeah.

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I was pretty sure I had the movie right.

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Oh, okay. Well, both are directed by M. Night Shamalin.

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Yeah, so like it could have been the same movie.

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Yeah.

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Anyway, let's let's do

Episode Number Guessing And Doom Jokes

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this. Let's start.

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Yes.

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Have you been impatiently waiting this whole time?

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Yes. Ugh, fine.

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Well, I'm gonna open this up. That's okay. That's what I'm doing. Did

Welcome To Roasty Toasty Ghosty

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it. Hello. Hello.

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Hello.

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And welcome to Roasty Toasty Ghosty. My name is Lauren.

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And I am Matias.

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And this is the podcast in which you will learn nothing at all. That's it.

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Exactly. We're not gonna have fun today. We're gonna be very educational.

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But you won't learn anything.

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No.

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You'll probably zone out as we tell you things. And before you know it, it'll be over and you will think, What what just happened?

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Was it all a dream?

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I I heard it, but I wasn't listening.

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No. We're gonna have more of a night story.

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Are we telling good night stories?

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Yeah, we can do that.

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Okay. We can do that later.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Uh how are you doing?

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I'm good. Good. How are you?

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I'm good.

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Good.

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The end.

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Yeah.

Week Recap Bowling TV And Horses

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I'm gonna tell you about whatever I did last week.

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Okay.

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I saw you last on Friday.

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Yeah.

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It was Friday.

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It was Friday.

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And I know that I went bowling yesterday with uh my family. And we went to the candy store and I bought a TV.

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Oh, okay.

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Yep. So that's pretty cool. The day before that I went to your place and we had Vika.

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Yeah.

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Because your kne had a birthday.

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Yeah.

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Birthday niece.

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Yeah. Saturday my sister had a birthday.

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Yeah.

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And I had a party, or we had a party.

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You had a party for yourself.

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No. You weren't there, but uh I wasn't invited. No.

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No one asked.

SPEAKER_00 7:55

No. But yeah, we had a party. It was a party. Okay. And then on Sunday I just did some editing. Both podcast and video editing. Then Monday I went to a nearby city to play mini golf with my sister and my niece and her boyfriend. Then on Tuesday, like you said, my niece had a birthday.

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Happy birthday, niece.

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Yes. So we were there for that. You were there too. Yep. With your youngest.

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Yep. It was nice.

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Yeah.

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We had Vika.

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A lot of Vika.

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Yeah.

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And then yesterday, me, my niece, her dad, and uh his life partner, and also my niece's boyfriend went to Groenalund.

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Yeah.

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The amusement park. Amusement park.

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Did you see a concert?

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No. No, we weren't there for that long.

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Okay.

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They just wanted to leave. They're like, uh, we're done here. Okay.

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Basically.

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I thought we were would be there there longer.

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Yeah. But like we usually are.

SPEAKER_00 9:03

Yeah. And but no, they they wanted to go to Mall of Scandinavia instead. So we went there. Yeah. Then we went to Max.

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Mm-hmm. Did you go to Max there?

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Yeah.

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Okay. Yeah. Okay.

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Yeah.

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That's fun.

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Yeah.

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My daughter is helping out with a horse now. She is working, volunteer working really, with a horse to have more horse experience. We have spent the week pretty much getting to know the horse.

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Okay.

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It was fun.

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Cool.

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Yeah.

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You're going there today as well.

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I am going there after this. Anything else?

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No, I don't think so.

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That was basically the week.

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Yeah, I think so.

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I think. And today is Thursday.

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Thursday.

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It is July.

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Yeah, still. 30th.

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The 30th.

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Happy birthday, Arnold.

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Right. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a birthday today.

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Yeah.

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And uh we watched movies.

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We did.

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Not with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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No, we already finished all

Movie Night Tom Hanks Bachelor Party

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those.

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We watched um The Bachelor Party.

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Yeah.

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And the other one. I didn't see the title.

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It was the character's name.

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Sandy.

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Sandy Wexler.

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Okay. Yeah. We saw those.

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Yes.

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And uh we started with The Bachelor Party. It's a movie with Tom Hanks.

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Not Tom Cruise.

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I still want to call him Tom Cruise. I don't know why. But it was Tom Hanks, and he's getting married and he has a bachelor party.

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Yeah.

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And that's what happened.

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Yeah.

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Pretty much explains itself.

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Yeah.

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And one of the guys in the bachelor party looked like a Jonas brother.

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Oh yeah. The guy from uh Greece too.

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Yeah. He could have been a Jonas brother. An old one.

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I'm I'm thinking maybe he he's their father.

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He might be.

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Yeah.

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In secret. But it's not that secret anymore.

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Yeah, we figure it out. Yep. Or you did.

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I did it.

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We should be detectives.

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Yep. Let's do that.

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Yep.

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Yep. What did you think about the movie?

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I think it's really funny. It's really stupid.

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It's right up your alley.

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Yeah, it's really stupid. It's really funny.

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And everyone is naked.

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It's probably Tom Hanks' stupidest movie, I would say.

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I liked his character.

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Yeah.

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He was he was funny.

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Yeah, he was very like sarcastic and uh all over the place.

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Yeah. I loved it. I I liked the scene when he was making dinner. Yeah. That was the best part.

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Yeah, but yes, I I really liked this movie. I I think first time I saw it, I was laughing my head off. It's one of those I started crying laughing.

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Oh, that's not good.

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Well, it is good.

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It's good, but you shouldn't be crying. No. That's sad. Okay.

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So what did you think about this movie?

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I also enjoyed it a lot.

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Good.

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There were a lot of naked people though.

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Yeah. It's a raunchy comedy.

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Yeah. I I thought it was kind of funny how um the porno they were watching was sabotaged to skip all the good parts.

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Yeah.

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That was good.

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Yeah.

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I like that. I I just really liked his character. Yeah. He was funny and everywhere, and it was good.

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I don't know if I have more to add. It feels like I do, but I I can't really think of what I'm trying to say.

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Alright. Next movie.

Adam Sandler Chaos In Sandy Wexler

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Yes. Sandy Wexler. This is a movie with Adam Sandler and everyone else in the world.

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Yeah.

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And like everyone else, basically from his movies.

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SNL and everything.

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Like all comedians ever. It feels like pretty much. Yeah.

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Even Weird Ell was in this movie. Yeah. And that was the best part.

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Yeah. Have you seen this? No.

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Okay, so it was a surprise for you?

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Yeah.

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Or have you ever already seen like clips?

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Uh I have seen some clips, but not Weird El.

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Okay. No. That's good. Yeah. Yeah. It was. I haven't seen this either. I haven't seen any of the movies we watched today.

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Okay.

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So it was it was a really nice surprise.

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Yeah.

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What was the movie about?

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The movie is about a manager. Talent scouts. Kinda. And he's helping this girl who's played by Jennifer Hudson.

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Yeah.

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I didn't know that. No. In Dream Girls.

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Yeah, Dream Girls.

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This one kind of caught me by surprise because I really liked it. It was funny. I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. So I I did like it. What did you think?

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I mean, I liked the movie. It was really funny. It was it was really good. Especially with everyone, everyone ever being in this movie. Yeah. And Adam's character was just the stupid character. Yeah. One of his stupid ones. Yeah.

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I mean, he had that annoying voice that I usually don't like.

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Yeah, from like Waterboy. Yeah. Yeah.

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But it was okay.

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I mean, it was funny when he was like pretty much laughing throughout the entire movie.

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Yeah.

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At like the smallest things he would laugh at. Yeah. It was the stupid laugh.

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Yeah, his weird fake laugh. But yeah, I I did enjoy this one. And like you said, Weird Al was the best part.

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That makes it watchable. Yeah. Yeah. Worth it.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah. I mean, when it starts out with Lauren Michaels being there. Yeah. That's then you you know. Yeah. You can manage to get him on the set. Yeah.

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And I'm like, oh, Conan O'Brien is there too. And I yeah.

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It's like, oh, that guy and that guy and that guy and Rob Schneider.

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Yeah, of course.

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As a foreign guy. Again. Yeah. As always.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It was a good movie.

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It was. I did enjoy it. It was fun. So yeah, that was that.

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I guess so. Because I'm not gonna sit here and list off everyone. Or I'm not no, I said I'm not going to, and I'm not going back on that.

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So you're expecting me to do that.

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No.

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No.

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We we are not going to do that because it's gonna take too long. So instead, maybe we should take a break.

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Yeah, we can do that.

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Alright, we will be right back.

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Yes.

Interactive Bedtime Story Begins

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Hello. Hello, and we're back.

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We're back. And I guess I'm gonna read a bedtime story.

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I guess so.

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That's what you wanted. That's what I will do.

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If you want to, I don't know what else to do.

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Okay. Actually, you know what? I I want to give it a twist.

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Okay.

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Let's have an interactive bedtime story. Yeah. Alright. So this one is called like we just did a mad libs or something. The door beneath the moon.

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Oh, okay.

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Let's just see what happens here. Yeah. Writing an adventure, I think. Maybe. Okay. I don't know how to put this. Because it's it's kind of like this is a story about you. This is what you're doing. Okay?

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Okay.

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Like I'm explaining a movie or something. Okay. So imagine this. You pull your blanket a little higher, just as your room becomes perfectly quiet. Click. Not from the window, not from the hallway, from underneath your bed. You peek over the edge. Instead of dust bunnies, there's a tiny round wooden door, no bigger than a dinner plate. A silver key hangs from its handle.

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Okay.

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A note is pinned to the door. I'm not. It reads, Dear Night Explorer. Explore road.

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Explorer.

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Explore road. Okay. If you open this door, you may visit exactly one magical place before sunrise. Please return before the first bird sings. P.S. Try not to wake the snoring moss. Moss snores, I guess. What moss. Moss. Moss. Moss. Moss. Like moss. Like mossah. Yeah. Okay. I was gonna say mossa, but that's not right. No, that that's a hat.

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Moss. Yeah. That's on rocks and stuff.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh you unlock the door. Warm golden light spills out, carrying the smell of cinnamon, rain, and fresh pages from an old library. I can't say that's very attractive. But anyway, a tiny fox wearing a backpack bows politely. Right on time, the fox says. We have three destinations tonight. He unfolds a tiny map. One, the whispering forest. The trees remember every twerk twerk twerk twerk ever told. Story was the word. The trees remember every time you twerked.

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Yeah. Everyone that twerked in this in the forest.

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The twerking forest. They know your secrets. Uh number two, the cloud bakery. The bakers make edible moonlight, starlight cookies, and cocoa clouds. Okay. Number three, the pocket galaxy. A whole universe small enough to fit inside a marble, but somehow big enough to explore forever. The fox smiles. Choose carefully. Every place has its own adventure. Where shall we go?

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Is it up to me?

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That's up to you.

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I like the clouds.

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Okay, we're going to the cloud bakery.

The Cloud Bakery And Peach Moon Tart

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Chapter 2. The Cloud Bakery. The tiny fox grins. A delicious choice. Of course he would go there. Yeah. He snaps his finger. Fingers.

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He breaks his finger. He broke his finger. That wasn't necessary.

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I guess he likes the pain.

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Oh, the difference is a single letter makes. Okay. He snaps his fingers several of them.

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He breaks his entire hand.

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I don't want to.

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He keeps going. Started with one face.

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Breaks every suddenly becomes very violent with his fingers. His self-hatred is just pouring out. Oh my god.

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Break every bone in his body.

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Fingers in his arms. Shoulders ribs.

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Okay. Okay.

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Holy moly, I am crying.

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I cannot.

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Yeah, this poor fox must have a tough life. Take him to the bed.

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Hospital. Oh my goodness. Okay, okay.

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Take him out of his misery.

SPEAKER_05 20:53

Just kill him off. The poor thing. He's not well. Okay, okay, okay, okay. I have to continue this.

SPEAKER_00 21:04

Oh yeah. Oh yeah, the story.

SPEAKER_05 21:08

Okay. The floor becomes a puppy cloud that lifts both of you gently into the sky. Houses shrink into toy blocks below. Rivers become silver ribbons. And the and the stars seem close enough to tickle. Tickle stars.

SPEAKER_00 21:26

Yeah. Snapping fox and tickle stars.

SPEAKER_05 21:31

Tickle stars.

SPEAKER_00 21:32

Tickling stars.

SPEAKER_05 21:33

Uh soon you arrive at a cozy little bakery floating on a giant cloud. It's a chimney. It's chimney doesn't poke pu puff smoke. Poke smoke.

SPEAKER_03 21:46

Poke smoke.

SPEAKER_05 21:48

It doesn't poke the smoke. It's a chimney chimney.

SPEAKER_00 21:54

Chimini cricket.

SPEAKER_05 21:56

Cricket doesn't puff smoke. He does though. He does smoke.

SPEAKER_00 22:02

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_05 22:03

Which is not good for him.

SPEAKER_00 22:05

No.

SPEAKER_05 22:06

It puffs tiny sparkling stars that drift away, twinkling softly before joining the night sky. What are we talking about right now? A sign above the door reads The Cloud Bakery. Fresh dreams baked every night. Oh they are definitely smoking.

SPEAKER_00 22:26

Smoking and uh edibles, I think.

SPEAKER_05 22:29

I guess so.

SPEAKER_00 22:30

Pot brownies, I guess.

SPEAKER_05 22:32

Inside everything is wonderfully warm. A cheerful badger wearing a flour-dusted apron waves.

SPEAKER_00 22:39

Another animal.

SPEAKER_05 22:40

We know what this badger's up to. He's got flour dusted on his apron. But he waves and says, Welcome. I'm Baker Bramble.

SPEAKER_00 22:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 22:52

Right? We were hoping you'd visit. Shelves are lined with the most unusual treats. No kidding.

SPEAKER_03 23:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 23:00

Moonbeam croissants that glow gently in the dark. Starlight cookies that make you hear your favorite lullaby while you eat them. I thought I was gonna say your own heartbeat, but yeah, okay. A lullaby while you eat them.

SPEAKER_00 23:17

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_05 23:17

I'm still crying, by the way. Cloud puff cakes. So light they float above the plate until you catch them. They've got cakes flying away.

SPEAKER_00 23:27

Okay, yeah, you better catch them fast.

SPEAKER_05 23:30

Yeah, that's not good. Midnight cocoa topped with whipped constellations that s slowly swirl into little shapes like dragons, whales, and sailing ships. Baker Bramble leans in with a smile. Every guest gets to help make one magical dessert. He opens a recipe book with blank pages. The recipe appears only after you choose the main ingredient. He sets three glowing jars on the counter. A spoonful of moonlight. It makes desserts glow and fill people with peaceful dreams. A handful of stardust. It adds tiny surprises. Every bite is a new happy memory.

SPEAKER_00 24:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 24:10

A drop of rainbow mist. It changes flavor with every bite becoming your favorite taste in that moment. The fox snudges you gently. What shall we bake tonight? Choose one. You know what? I'm thinking this is our story. We can make something up.

SPEAKER_00 24:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 24:27

You want to put pot in there? Cannabis. Cannabis is my fourth option. Okay? Just because it feels like it makes sense. Unless you have something else.

SPEAKER_00 24:40

No, no.

SPEAKER_05 24:41

Okay. Should it be flavored?

SPEAKER_00 24:44

Uh peach.

SPEAKER_05 24:45

Peach. Peach cannabis. Alright. Okay. The fox blinks twice.

SPEAKER_00 24:56

Yeah, that's the only thing I can do. Hell yeah. It's a cripple fox now.

SPEAKER_05 25:04

Baker Bramble peers at the recipe book. Peach cannabis? The recipe book lets out a dramatic and gently closes itself. Like, I don't think so. A tiny teacup with little feet screes scries. Squries over. Skrries. Skorries. Skrreeze. Skorries over and whispers, sorry. This bakery is for sleepy, cozy treats only. We don't bake anything that can make our guests unwell or unsafe before bedtime.

SPEAKER_00 25:40

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_05 25:41

The badrant nods and smiles. But peaches? Now those are wonderful. With a flourish, he places a basket of fuzzy golden peaches on the counter. They smell like sunshine saved from the afternoon. Okay. How about a peach moon tart instead? Whatever. He slices a ripe peach, stirs it with a spoonful of shimmering moonlight, and tucks it into a buttery cloud crust. As it bakes, the whole bakery fills with the scent of warm peaches, vanilla, and cinnamon. When the tart is ready, each slice glows with a gentle amber light. You take a bite. It tastes like the happiest summer day you've ever imagined. For a moment, tiny peach-colored fireflies dance around the bakery, spelling out sleepy words. Rest, dream, wonder. The fox catches one of his fingertips. No.

SPEAKER_03 26:40

That's not what it says. Oh my god, that's working.

SPEAKER_00 26:44

It's just hanging there anyway.

SPEAKER_03 26:50

It fell off.

SPEAKER_00 26:52

Oh no. Can someone pick that up for me?

SPEAKER_03 26:57

That's poor guy. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 27:00

Poor fox.

SPEAKER_05 27:04

Oh my god, I'm sorry. Okay. He catches one on his fingertip.

SPEAKER_00 27:12

Oh. Still hurts.

SPEAKER_05 27:18

Stop throwing things at me. I think the bakery likes you. Just then a little brass bell above the door rings. Ding! A sleepy customer has arrived. There's three options, okay, of who arrives.

SPEAKER_00 27:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 27:34

Uh one, a tiny bear who can't find the perfect bedtime dream. Number two, a baby dragon whose sneezes accidentally toast the paint paint pastries.

SPEAKER_00 27:45

Pantries.

SPEAKER_05 27:47

The whole place is on fire. Uh three, a wise old owl looking for a recipe that's been missing for a hundred years. Who walks in?

Writing The Recipe For A Perfect Night

SPEAKER_00 27:57

I'll give you a hint.

SPEAKER_05 27:59

An owl? Yeah. Aww. Okay. The little brass bell gave another cheerful ding. In waddled a snowy owl, wearing a pair of tiny round spectacles. One feather stuck out at a funny angle, as though it had argued with the wind and lost.

SPEAKER_03 28:17

Oh no.

SPEAKER_05 28:18

Why are you arguing with the wind? Good evening, the owl said with a polite bow. I am Professor Professioner.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

Professor.

SPEAKER_05 28:27

Professor. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:30

It's pretending to be educated.

SPEAKER_05 28:33

I'm Professionator. I am the Professionator. Hootsworth. I'll be back. I'll be back. Professor Hootsworth. Oh. Keeper of the old recipe book. Baker Brambles, ears perked up. The missing recipe? The owl sighed. I'm afraid so. He carefully unrolled an ancient recipe card. Most of the writing had faded away. Only the title remained. The recipe for a perfect night. But that's impossible, said the fox. Everyone's perfect night is different. I am experiencing my perfect night right now. In three different pieces.

SPEAKER_00 29:16

Yeah. Do you have some morphine?

SPEAKER_05 29:19

Help. I changed my mind. I don't want to die. Exactly, said the owl with a twinkle. That's why the recipe disappeared long ago. It can only be written, rewritten by someone what?

SPEAKER_00 29:35

Written and rewritten.

SPEAKER_05 29:36

Maybe drafts and such by someone who is here for the very first time. The owl gently slid the blank card towards you. Oh bum bum bum. As soon as your fingertips touched it, not the foxes. So the words uh no words shimmered into view. Ingredient one. A place where you feel safe. The card waited. The fox smiled. It doesn't have to be a real place. It can be a place where anywhere, it can be anywhere. It can be a place anywhere. No, it it doesn't have to be a real place.

SPEAKER_00 30:18

Can you make up your mind? Do you know what you're talking about?

SPEAKER_05 30:21

No. It can be anywhere your imagination wants to rest. So what place would you like to write on your recipe card? Okay, so I You get to make it up.

SPEAKER_00 30:32

I get to make it up.

SPEAKER_05 30:33

What's on your recipe card?

SPEAKER_00 30:35

A place. I need to f uh Happy Place. A happy place.

SPEAKER_05 30:39

Where is your happy place, Matthias?

SPEAKER_00 30:41

In a movie theater.

SPEAKER_05 30:43

Movie theater. Okay. Professor Hootsworth. The Professinator. Yeah. Sorry. Professionator. Hootsworth adjusted his spectacles. A movie theater, he said judgingly. No. Warmly. He said warmly.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

Judgingly.

SPEAKER_05 31:01

An excellent choice.

SPEAKER_00 31:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 31:03

If you say so.

SPEAKER_00 31:05

You're not educated.

SPEAKER_05 31:07

You're not educated enough for this. I'm going to the next guy. The recipe card glowed and elegant silver letters appeared. Ingredient one. One cozy movie theater with soft seats, warm blankets, and just enough light to find the popcorn. Uh sorry. I'm reading. As the words settled onto the page, the cloud bakery began began.

SPEAKER_03 31:37

Begin.

SPEAKER_05 31:38

I I glitched. The cloud bakery began to change. The ceiling stretched into a sky of tiny twinkling lights. Rows of plush seats appeared where tables had been. The oven gave a happy ding and started popping fluffy clouds that looked exactly like popcorn. The fox laughed. Okay. Haha. I've never seen a bakery become a cinema before. A velvet curtain slowly parted. On the giant screen, instead of a movie, there was a glowing message. Welcome, Aunt Guest. Tonight's film has not been made yet. We apologize for any inconveniences.

SPEAKER_00 32:27

We need to shoot it first.

SPEAKER_05 32:29

We have not made this movie. It was just a concept.

SPEAKER_00 32:34

The script is delayed.

SPEAKER_05 32:38

Tonight's film has not been made yet because you are helping create it. A projector word softly.

SPEAKER_00 32:46

That's as far as they come.

SPEAKER_05 32:48

Yep. Click, click, click. The first scene faded into view. A little hedgehog wearing an oversized Usanka hat.

SPEAKER_00 32:56

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_05 32:57

Ushanka. Ushaka. Ushanka.

SPEAKER_00 33:00

Ushaka.

SPEAKER_05 33:00

Ushaka. Uh anyway, he's wearing a hat and he stood on a snowy hill holding a lantern.

SPEAKER_00 33:11

Anyway. Anyway, he's wearing a hat.

SPEAKER_05 33:14

He was waiting for someone. Then the picture paused. Professionator Hootsworth smiled. The story is waiting for its next ingredient. Ingredient two. Someone you'd like to watch the movie with.

SPEAKER_00 33:27

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 33:29

Who's sitting beside you in the theater?

SPEAKER_00 33:31

Ooh, okay. I mean, the there's just the one person. Lauren.

SPEAKER_05 33:37

The bestie. Yeah. The bestie. The bestie Lauren. The best anater. I don't know. In this story, I played the role of the bestie.

SPEAKER_03 33:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 33:48

Okay. Professor Nator Hootsworth gave an approving nod. A splendid ingredient.

SPEAKER_00 33:58

Wait. Are we cook cooking her?

Sympathy For The Fox Final Scene

SPEAKER_00 34:03

We're baking her.

SPEAKER_05 34:04

We're baking Lauren. Splendid ingredient. Lauren is a rather tender subject.

SPEAKER_00 34:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 34:19

The recipe card shimmered once more. Ingredient two. One bestie. Ready to laugh at the funny parts, gasp at the exciting parts, and quietly enjoy the peaceful parts together. The empty seat beside you gave a gentle whoosh. Vroom.

SPEAKER_03 34:37

I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 34:38

A warm blanket floated over the armrests. A bucket of buttery cloud popcorn appeared between the sights. Sights. Seats. Sights. Sights. Sights. And two cups of hot cocoa settled into cup holders with little swirls of marshmallow clouds. The fox climbed onto the back of your row. Help me.

SPEAKER_00 35:01

Poor thing. Has to climb.

SPEAKER_05 35:04

Help me.

SPEAKER_00 35:06

All broke.

SPEAKER_05 35:10

This poor fox zombie is just like hovering throughout the story.

SPEAKER_00 35:16

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_05 35:18

Now that's what I call premium seating. That's what he says. Right behind the two of you. Be good. The projector hummed back to life. I guess it died. On the screen, the little hedgehog spotted another figure trudging through the snow. It was a cheerful raccoon carrying a backpack almost as big as they were. You made it, the hedgehog called. I got lost, the raccoon admitted. Twice, but eyebrow snacks. Sounds like me.

SPEAKER_03 35:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 35:53

The two friends laughed. Haha, shared a handful of glowing popcorn. Doesn't sound good.

SPEAKER_03 35:59

No.

SPEAKER_05 36:00

And followed a winding trail of lanterns through the snowy forest.

SPEAKER_03 36:05

Oh.

SPEAKER_05 36:06

The theater grew wonderfully quiet. As it should have been because we're watching a movie. Yeah. Why is it just now getting quiet? Even the stars outside seemed to lean a little closer, eager to see what happened next. Then, from somewhere behind the screen, a tiny silver bell rang. Ding! Professinator Hootsworth smiled. One final ingredient remains. The recipe card revealed a blank line. Ingredient three, a feeling you hope everyone carries home after the credits roll. What feeling would you like the movie to leave behind?

SPEAKER_00 36:42

Ugh.

SPEAKER_05 36:43

Confusion.

SPEAKER_00 36:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 36:46

Disappointment. All of the fox's pain.

SPEAKER_00 36:49

Yeah, like sympathy for the fox or something.

SPEAKER_05 36:53

Sympathy for the fox.

SPEAKER_00 36:54

Yeah. The story doesn't know what we're talking about.

SPEAKER_05 37:05

Okay. Professor Professor Nader. Hootsworth reads your words aloud. Ingredient three, a little more sympathy for the fox. The recipe card sparkled. An unusual choice, the owl said. And a thoughtful one. No one really cares about the fox and his problems.

SPEAKER_03 37:29

No.

SPEAKER_05 37:29

So this is something that we're not used to. The projector began to roll again. On the screen, the hedgehog and the raccoon reached the end of the lantern trail. There, sitting all there, sitting all alone on an old wooden bench was the little fox from the bakery. Help! His backpack looked worn, and his map was covered in patches where it had been mended over and over. I thought you were the guide, said the raccoon. I am, the fox replied with a small smile. But who guides the guide? asked the hedgehog. The fox looked surprised. No one has ever asked me that. No one cares about me.

SPEAKER_00 38:12

Why would you ask that?

SPEAKER_05 38:14

The three of them sat together for a while, saying nothing at all. Awkward silence.

SPEAKER_03 38:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 38:20

The snowy forest was peaceful and sometimes that was enough. After a moment, the hedgehog reached into the backpack of cloud popcorn and offered it to the fox. The raccoon wrapped. Wrapped halfway around them. All three of them. Stretched stretched himself around everyone.

SPEAKER_00 38:43

Ow! Poor poor thing.

SPEAKER_05 38:46

Binds all of them.

SPEAKER_00 38:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 38:48

And then it ends up being like that scene in Gumby where all of them just get squished together in one big clay ball.

SPEAKER_03 38:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 38:56

And then just roll away.

SPEAKER_03 38:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 38:59

Um, actually, it says the raccoon wrapped half of the warm blanket all around three of them. Around all three of them.

SPEAKER_00 39:07

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 39:08

The fox's ta fox's tail gave the tiniest wag. I almost read swag, but it says swag. The tiniest swag. Keep this. This is my tail. I spend every night helping others find wonderful places, he said. I suppose I forgot that I could stop and enjoy them too. So, said the hedgehog, tonight you're not our god. What am I? Our friend. The lanterns glowed a little brighter, not because they had more light, but because they were being shared.

SPEAKER_03 39:43

No.

SPEAKER_05 39:45

As the credits began to roll, soft music filled the cozy theater. Professinator Hootsworth carefully lifted the finished recipe card. It now read a cozy movie theater, one bestie to share the adventure, and a little more sympathy for the fox. The owl tucked it into the old recipe book. I believe, he said, smiling over his rum. No, it says the rim of his spectacles. Oh, oh, okay. He's not drinking. It's okay.

SPEAKER_00 40:18

Drunk owl.

SPEAKER_05 40:19

Smiling over his rum.

SPEAKER_00 40:21

Drunk owl.

SPEAKER_05 40:23

Been drinking this whole time. That this recipe will be baked for many nights to come. The fox looked at you with grateful eyes. Thank you. He said. Guides needs friends too sometimes. Oh my goodness. Guides need Guides need friends sometimes too. There's too many S's in this. Outside, the first hint of dawn painted the clouds with peach and gold. No cannabis. It looks like sunrise is on its way, said Baker Bramble. Time to head home. The cloud beneath your feet drifted gently back toward your room, carrying the scent of warm peaches, fresh popcorn, and cocoa. Just before the tiny round door beneath your bed clicked shut, you heard the fox call one last time. Half. I'm still broken. Next time the movie's on me. The end for tonight.

SPEAKER_00 41:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 41:27

Yay.

SPEAKER_00 41:28

Very nice.

SPEAKER_05 41:30

That was fun.

SPEAKER_00 41:31

Yeah, very nice bedtime story.

SPEAKER_05 41:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 41:33

I hope the fox got to a hospital or a vet or something.

SPEAKER_05 41:38

Yeah. Poor guy. Alright. Well, I'm gonna wipe my tears. I'm still crying. Oh, the movie was sad. The movie? The story was sad.

SPEAKER_00 41:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 41:52

That was

1993 Favorites Life Woes And Goodbye

SPEAKER_05 41:53

it.

SPEAKER_00 41:53

Yeah, I liked it.

SPEAKER_05 41:54

It's number 93.

SPEAKER_00 41:56

Yeah, 193.

SPEAKER_05 41:57

193. Sorry. I have to ask you what your favorite movie is from 93.

SPEAKER_00 42:03

Ooh. From 93.

SPEAKER_05 42:05

That's the year that I was born.

SPEAKER_00 42:06

Yes. I mean, maybe, maybe. Maybe. No, I mean, uh, Jurassic Park. I mean It's a good one. Can you beat it?

SPEAKER_05 42:15

Maybe.

SPEAKER_00 42:16

Maybe.

SPEAKER_05 42:16

Maybe.

SPEAKER_00 42:17

I mean, there's a lot of good movies from 93. Like City Hunter.

SPEAKER_05 42:22

City Hunter.

SPEAKER_00 42:23

Crime Story.

SPEAKER_05 42:25

Nightmare Before Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 42:26

Yeah. Demolition Man, fun one. But yeah. I I think Jurassic Park was such a game changer. So I I I have to go with that one.

SPEAKER_04 42:38

Alright.

SPEAKER_00 42:39

Yeah. But yes, as you said, Nightmare is also very good.

SPEAKER_05 42:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 42:44

Alright. Well, I believe we are at the end of the episode then.

SPEAKER_00 42:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 42:49

So uh please tell me what is currently ruining your life.

SPEAKER_00 42:53

I feel fat. You look fat. Yeah, thank you.

SPEAKER_05 42:58

You're welcome. I I can say that as your bestie.

SPEAKER_00 43:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 43:02

I don't think it would be okay if anyone else said it.

SPEAKER_00 43:05

No. No, but uh yeah, I've been eating I haven't been good at all since ever. Ever. Uh no, for a while now. So I know I probably gained.

SPEAKER_05 43:18

Same.

SPEAKER_00 43:20

That's ruining my life. And that's your answer too.

SPEAKER_05 43:23

Yeah, I think so. Maybe. What else do I have? Procrastination, laziness in general. I could have gotten a lot of things done this week, but I just uh didn't. I bought a TV instead.

SPEAKER_00 43:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 43:37

And covered that up with I'm busy with the TV. I can't possibly do anything else right now.

SPEAKER_00 43:42

Sometimes you do things like that.

SPEAKER_05 43:44

I do that. I do that.

SPEAKER_00 43:46

I do that.

SPEAKER_05 43:46

I do that. Are you all out of sips?

SPEAKER_00 43:48

Well, yeah, I'm all out of sips.

SPEAKER_05 43:50

So am I.

SPEAKER_00 43:51

Yeah. That means. That means we're all out of episode.

SPEAKER_05 43:55

Would you like to wrap this up?

SPEAKER_00 43:56

Let's wrap this up.

SPEAKER_05 43:58

Alright. Thank you for listening to this episode. I hope you enjoyed it. I thought it was kind of funny. Yeah. I enjoyed the story.

SPEAKER_00 44:05

Yeah, I mean it was uh It was a good idea. It was a good idea. I I it turned out better than I thought it would.

SPEAKER_05 44:12

Never expected we'd actually have a good episode today.

SPEAKER_00 44:17

When I said the bedtime story, I'm like, this sounds weird.

SPEAKER_05 44:22

It could be dumb.

SPEAKER_00 44:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 44:24

But it was fun.

SPEAKER_00 44:25

Yeah, it was fun.

SPEAKER_05 44:26

We will be back next Tuesday as usual. So make sure that you are following and subscribing and stuff so you don't miss it.

SPEAKER_00 44:36

Yep.

SPEAKER_05 44:36

Could be a good one.

SPEAKER_00 44:38

Hopefully. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 44:39

Alright. Thanks again. Thank you. Have a good life.

SPEAKER_00 44:43

Yeah. See you next week.

SPEAKER_05 44:44

Bye.

SPEAKER_00 44:45

Bye-bye.

SPEAKER_05 44:46

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SPEAKER_00 44:50

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SPEAKER_05 45:00

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SPEAKER_00 45:05

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SPEAKER_05 45:13

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SPEAKER_00 45:17

And we'll be back with another one next Tuesday on a podcast provider near you.

SPEAKER_05 45:22

Goodbye, Matthias.

SPEAKER_00 45:23

Goodbye, Lauren.